#larratsy

[campy-mccampface]

From what we can tell, the Lemmings have always been this way, i.e. being in lockstep, hanging out only among themselves, etc. As far as I can tell, all the Bean Scouts at the time of the show are 13-ish years old.

I’m sure by this point, as they mature, they start becoming restless. They want a change. They consider becoming more individual crucial to becoming adults. That’s not to say it goes smoothly even though they all agree about it. It’s hard; this is all they’ve ever known! They’re quite literally trying to become different people.

The first step the Lemmings take is seeing each other less, and that hurts them very much because they don’t have friends beyond each other, so separation automatically means loneliness until they do. Then they have to wonder: How do I make friends that aren’t my brothers? The only friends they’ve ever had were made for them! Their first attempts thus are very heavyhanded and awkward. (“Excuse me, cashier, do you wanna be friends?”)

Eventually, after they do some Edwardesque research into what friends are and how to make them, they try again. And this time, they get much further.

Larry draws inspiration from Camp Kidney and goes all-out on getting closer to nature and toughening up. He starts wearing flannel, chopping wood, fishing and especially hiking on his own. He starts a hiking blog and gets a little group of buddies going. They hit it off immediately and this little circle he’s started are his ride-or-die bestest pals for the rest of his days. He becomes a hiking guide as an adult, and has a small but loyal fanbase for the videos he uploads. (You know who really likes them and joins him a lot? Patsy. I wonder where that leads.)

Louie meanwhile realizes he’s not much for camp. It’s very sobering when it hits him that he only enjoyed it when it meant having something to do with his brothers. On his own, he’s tired of the dirt, the bugs, the rashes and so on. So what does he like instead? Well… he likes being tidy. And cute. And wearing things to stand out. Being colorful. Before even he knows what’s happening, he becomes a prettyboy, and a hairdresser, and he takes to it like a duck to water. He also starts seeing Larrison the stork, (who’s now a basketball star.)

Leonard did some interning with Nurse Leslie and finds he really likes helping people. In his free time after camp and before leaving high school, his nose is always in books and he’s volunteering at blood drives etc. After graduation, Leonard goes to medical school where he studies like nobody’s business, earns all necessary degrees, licenses etc., and becomes a traveling doctor. He’s really not around much as a result but he calls his brothers at least once a day and always shows up for Christmas and their birthday.

Liniment, the youngest, had the most difficult time of the brothers in regards to becoming his own person. He floated from hobby to hobby and for a few years was very aimless and dreary. (His brothers of course helped keep his spirits up!) Eventually though, Liniment decided, why not go back to square one? He returns to Camp Kidney where Slinkman is now Scoutmaster, and Lazlo now Scoutmaster’s Assistant. He becomes the year-round groundskeeper, (something Camp Kidney never had even in summer,) and Lazlo keeps him included in activities and so on. Liniment also picks up a love of gardening and flowers (from Lazlo of course,) and he really pretties up the camp and professionalizes its vegetable garden.

They still keep in touch and hang out all they can, (again Leonard can’t much in person,) and although they’ve become “their own people” they’ll always love one another and routinely reminisce and laugh about all the time they would follow each other in smashing into trees and such.