#moomin theories

[rosie-love98]

Fan Theory: Tulippa Is Alicia's Mother:

Ok, I know this is a stretch for obvious reasons (for one Alicia is around the same age as Snufkin, Moomin and the gang) and, according to the wiki, she leaves the Moomins to be with a guy at a light house.

BUT, since this is the 90's anime I'm talking about, some liberties could be taken. For one, Tulippa could be a product of The Witch's magical experimenting that led to making a human from a flower (a la "Thumbelina" or like the Power Puff Girls). Somehow, (maybe in another of Moominpapa's memoirs) she'd meet and marry the Light House Boy. Alicia would then be the result.

What do you think?

[cupcakeshakesnake]

*steals your anime villain and turns them into a little critter*

[chalkeater]

i know the sharp teeth is something to consider but has anyone ever considered hippos before?? think about it. sharp dino teeth on a hippo

i mean i kind of think you can be creative with this instead of pointing at horse all the time

and ALSO you get to copy the moomin shape more. do i have a point??

also hippos in character design tend to be associated with the cool colors (purple) and shades of pink or red sooooo??

thanks for coming to my talk

[konkadra]

Snufkin's backstory

I have a headcanon that seems to explain the whole backstory of Snufkin. I don't know, maybe someone before me has already proposed such an idea, but personally I have never seen anything like it. In all animatics, comics and just fan clippings, I saw a baby Snufkin in a basket being carried down the river like some kind of Noah. And I have always been haunted by the question why did they do it? what were the prerequisites for this? After all, the Mymble-mom and Jokster may not be the best parents, but clearly not so much.

As a result, I remembered the very first book, where there was a terrible flood. And what if this flood got to the island of the Mymbles? In this case, Snufkin, caught up by the wave, could simply be separated from the others. And he was incredibly lucky to survive such a flood at all. Since we know perfectly well what the current is capable of, even for an adult. The Mymble-mom has quite a lot of children, so it's quite understandable why she couldn't save everyone. Perhaps a few more children besides Snufkin were lost in that flood. I'm not even talking about the fact that someone could not survive at all.

[angry-teacher-says-fuck]

Just a humble request I would like to put out to everybody in every fandom here on our favorite hellsite;

Please tag your awesome fan art and theories with the show, movie, book, video game, ancient legend, etc that inspired it...

so the rest of us can actually learn more about this story that you have clearly put some work into piquing our interest in.

(If you reblog this, please consider tagging some of your more obscure fandoms in it so people get the memo)

[blorbobutworse]

Do u guys want more snufkin stuff?? i saw that my last post,,,got a little bit of attention

[gay-ppl-real]

Prev just to clarify, I'm not saying he lives with them in Comet in Moominland! Sorry lol that was very easily misconstrued. In CIM he hasn't met them yet and gets invited back to Moominvalley for the first time after the comet passes, we don't see anything of what it's like for him settling down in the valley. You aren't misremembering haha

What I'm referring to is 1 - the illustrations Tove Jansson drew of a map of Moominvalley and Moominhouse, (which I have studied MUCH too closely because I made a Sims 4 replica years ago) which show that Moomin's room has two beds in it and is called "Snufkin's and Moomintroll's room" in the version printed in FFM (collectors edition), and 2 - at the beginning of FFM, Snufkin and Moomintroll talk to one another before going into hibernation together, and then in the last chapter Snufkin explains his fernweh to Moomin and suggests his plan of leaving for the winter for the first time - which by Moominsummer Madness has become their routine ^^

Tl;dr, it's something you have to extrapolate about the time BETWEEN books rather than from the previous book itself :)

I wanted to check it wasn't me misremembering, so I went and reviewed my copy of FFM and snapped some pics for ya since I had it out anyway

Love the trope of "Snufkin coming back late to the valley and Moomin attentively waiting for him" that Moominsummer Madness and the adaptations inspired by that aspect of that story have given us in the Moomin community, but I do feel sad that because of its popularity and the interpretation of this 'cold/tsundere Snufkin' who's aloof and off doing his own thing that so many people accept from that and The Spring Tune, so few explore the alternative.

The year that Snufkin arrives early, and the Moomins aren't awake yet. There's so much opportunity there! So many different ways it could go!

Does he set up his tent and wait? Go and spend the last few days with Too-Ticky? Let himself in to Moominhouse and go to sleep in his bed? (Drives me crazy that non-book readers have no way of knowing that pre-Finn Family Moomintroll he hibernated WITH the Moomins and he HAS A BED IN MOOMIN'S ROOM for when it's too cold or dangerous out for the tent. Grrr biting chewing gnawing) Does he quietly start prepping the house for when they do wake so that their spring workload is reduced? Does he wake Moomin up himself?

There are ways that all those events could make sense for his character, and I want to see themmm T-T

[moomstersnuffer]

I have some crazy conspiracy theories:

I always get this really strange, really disappointed, really let down feeling(depression am i right)when I actually stop and think about the relationship dynamics in Moominvalley. I mean, there are so many people who wholeheartedly believe in and support Snufmin but does anyone realize that if they were made canon, it would likely be more unusual and out of the norm for Moominvalley than it would be for our world of reality?

Let's start with the og crew: Moominpapa(Moomintroll's father), the Joxter(Snufkin's father), and the Muddler(Sniff's father). They were a trio of good friends going on adventures and then you look at their children and see how they too are a trio of good friends(I can't assume for two of them though...)going on adventures. Generally, I feel like Moominpapa and Joxter are the ones talked about the most and that's certainly true of Moomintroll and Snufkin as well, although we do love our Muddler and Sniff.

Then you look at what happened after their adventure days were over. They all got married(well most of them anyways) and found girls to love and had children. That's the norm. That's what's expected. That's their childrens' fate.

In the eyes of the kids who watch the show, Moomintroll and Snorkmaiden are soulmates. They��re the perfect couple. They'll end up like Moominmama and Moominpapa. And hopefully, Sniff and Snufkin will find someone too. I mean, I don't how many of you have even heard of the Snufkin and Alicia ship. I don't like it but that would be the norm...I guess. Sorry I really don't like that ship :/

It's never even implied or mentioned ever but I just feel like the unmentioned norm would be expected from like, everyone.

However, I think there’s more hope for the future now since it's now implied that Sniff doesn't really feel romantic feelings for anyone. I think it's safe to even mention that Snorkmaiden isn't a moomin like Moomintroll's parents both are(I mean it's another difference between generations to pin my delusions to)And despite that weird ship with Alicia, I doubt there's anyone on Snufkin’s radar except Moomintroll.

That brings this whole spiel to an even sadder conspiracy: Snufkin is the only one of the two who harbors romantic feelings.

I can't name certain instances because I have short term memory loss but I think this a very plausible theory. There really isn't a romantic interest for Snufkin in the series unless you count when his own step sis tried to get with him in the anime(like wtf was that?) Anyways, Moomintroll, on the other hand, has Snorkmaiden. My thing is, he either loves Snufkin platonically or he realizes he feels something more but doesn't want to break the social norm and disappoint people.

it's gotta be one of those two and since i'm a shipper I gotta lean toward the latter.

(I actually tried writing a fanfic about this a few months ago but I dropped it temporarily. I think I'll pick it up soon because I did like it I just got insecure lol)

But really all i'm doing here is throwing words in your face because I rewatched some s2-s3 episodes and got mad all over again. So yeah.

That's all I have to say today. I honestly think I say more on this site than I do in real life which is really sad but that's life these days. Nobody around to talk to about this stuff except you guys.

Thanks for reading whoever ended up reading this! I'm sorry if I left you more confused than you were before.

'Night, tumblr

[tiredsmashbros]

🍔 TIREDSMASHBROS INTRODUCTION

howdy! i'm tomm / tsb / tired , the burger man

☁️ just a simple, silly dude who loves cheeseburgers too much, growing up in the heart of texas. an animated maniac influenced by western cartoon shows and indie + mascot horror games with a passion for complex storytelling. i'm a comic, furry, and a multi-fandom artist.

🔆 i use both he/him and they/them pronouns. i am a queer artist; demiboy + pan + aroace spectrum. i'm an adult, currently close to graduating college, and my birthday is on jan 10th.

🌿 i struggle with dyslexia, i apologize in advance for any minor grammar errors. additionally i process things a bit slow at times or am extremely busy irl, responding slow to responses + reblogs. i'd appreciate some patience, thank you!

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EVENT TSB BIRTHDAY PARTY BASH

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SHOWS / FILMS

my little pony, south park, animaniacs, looney tunes, mickey mouse, ducktales, felix the cat, bluey, total drama island, grojband, danvs, regular show, gravity falls, ninjago, teenage mutant ninja turtles, moomin valley, how to train your dragon, centuarworld, dragon ball, one piece, naruto, fullmetal alchemist, jojo's bizarre adventures, hlvrai, khonjin house, eddsworld, helluva boss, hazbin hotel, lackadaisy, trolls, better call saul/breaking bad, smg4, meta runner, murder drones, fairy oddparents: a new wish, popee the performer, the great gatsby, holes, the sixth sense, kingsman, matilda, beetlejuice, deadpool and wolverine, arcane

VIDEO GAMES

minecraft, five night at freddy's, cuphead, super mario bros, sonic, undertale, bendy and the ink machine, poppy playtime, baldi's basic, garten of banban, cult of the lamb, friday night funkin, pizza tower, parappa, amanda the adventurer, choo choo charles, epic mickey, rabbits, spyro, rayman, duck season vr, billie bust up, genshin, wuthering waves, god of war: ragnarok, red dead redemption, mouthwashing

BOOKS

scott pilgrim, warrior cats, garfield, charlie brown, ganbare nakamura-kun, heartstopper, goosebumps series, mashle, usagi yojimbo, promised neverland, beastars, show-ha shoten, gokurakugai, + above

MISC

dawko, matpat, fuhnaff, coryxkenshin, dashiexp, isaacwhy + the group chat, (yep) the boys, sam and colby, cg5, jakeneurton, peso pluma, welcome home, sherlock & co, a shit ton of musicals just ask me or check my spotify { tommfoolery }

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SUPER MARIO BROS COMICS

DONE ↳ mario and luigi superstars ; sketch comic

DONE ↳ bowuigi rewritten ; sketch comic

SMG4 / SMG34 COMICS

DONE ↳ lipbite : prologue

DONE ↳ lipbite : chapter one

CURRENTLY WORKING ↳ lipbite : chapter two

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TSB : SMG4 AU

🍔 my smg4 oc, TSB! a yellow, white, blue, burger-loving, cartoon individual with a propeller hat who's beloved for his silly, looney, and mania personality. stick around and attempt to uncover the mysterious lore hidden within this animated maniac! if you want to know more, check out his tags, comics, and spotify/youtube playlist !!

#tsb official ↳ all official art and posts made by me #tsb / emmet eggs + #pipedream + #tsari + #tsmg4 ↳ characters + ships #tsb askbox + #tsb theory + #tsb memes ↳ misc content ↳ official tsb reference sheet + official emmet reference sheet ↳ spotify playlist + youtube playlist

TSB LORE COMICS

comic ↳ strange, unpredictable, dangerous

ask ↳ " smg4, why don't you trust tsb with tari? "

ask ↳ outfit change with a television star

ask ↳ " can you give us a painting tutorial? "

1k event ↳ memories - part two

ask ↳ " so just dance with me baby "

ask ↳ " of course, i can paint with free will! "

TSB LORE FANFICS

tari's bday ↳ " happy birthday, bluejay " [2k words]

1k event ↳ memories - part one [2k words]

💛 thank you for stopping by, and hope you have a wonderful visit !!

[pinkydoggy83]

🌼🌿--- SNUFKIN GAME SNUFIN GAME SNUFKIN GAME

I'm almost done with the game and I'm so excited for the ending!

SPOILERS:

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My original theory was that the whole Moomin family would be missing but knowing Moomin wanted to stop the park keepers like Snufkin is really sweet <3

For the Groke chase scene, I kept running into circles because I would keep slipping up :,D BUT it was so cool to see the Groke helping! Love her <3

The siblings and their misadventures <3 I really love the design and music for the Hattifatteners Island. It was so detailed and the colors were so pretty! AND WE SEE THE PIRATES!

I also love how the Hattifatteners just move around Snufkin. I just had fun walking around them honestly.

Love how Snufkin tried to trap the Woodies then decided to free them because he actually needed them. The humor in the game is great <3 There's so much great dialogue between characters.

Dude I gasped when the log broke because I was actually thinking of walking back in case I missed anything :,D

Anyways, I'm almost done with the game. I'm right now in the part where they're making the play. The game has been such a delight to play and I was having a blast walking around exploring everything.

[hishoi]

It could be the wizard's hat! (Trollkarlens hatt)

The story goes basically, the moomins find a strange hat that does strange things, and they have to give it back to the owner

Giant top hat in Moominvalley in beta. No idea what it’s for or if it’s just a weird bug. Looks to be sized for Moominpapa, since we’re tiny as butterflies.

[the---hermit]

21|10|2023

Today was a chaotic yet good day. Last night I went to sleep way past my usual bedtime, after spending hours texting a friend and doing tarto readings for each other. It was pretty a pretty intense experience in the best way possible, I really hope that my friendship with this new person will continue because they are giving me the best vibes, I tend to have a pretty hard time opening up, but this person makes me feel very comfortable, and is bringing me a lot of joy. This morning my alarm didn't ring, so I ended up sleeping more than I had planned, and when I woke up I wasn't even mad about it. Usually when things like this happened to me I would panic because my whole day plan had to change, and yet this morning I was happy I slept more because I felt reseted and energized. I did change my study plans, and I still got to be very productive. I also spent some time with my brother since he had errands to run and asked me to keep him company, we sang in his car and were very chaotic together as usual. Overall this was a very good day, and I am looking forward to my rest and relaxation day tomorrow.

Cozy hobbit autumn activities and productivity:

slept in and actually had a great night of sleep which counts as a cozy hobbit autumn thing

read first thing in the morning (I am finally reading my first moomin book and I am in love after just one chapter)

read the 12 arguments at the beginning of each book of Paradise Lost (which is the last book I'll have to work on for my English lit class)

did some study planning for the next couple of months, to see when I can work and when I cannot, how much I'll have to do and so on; ngl it was a struggle but I have a clearer view of what I need to do now

ran some errands with my brother

worked on my power practices and men theories class (I found out one of the recorded lectures had no audio, so I moved on the next one, and in the meantime someone on our course groupchat was kind enough to send me their own notes on that particular lecture, I am so grateful to them they really saved me this time around. I also started to write down some notes of my own for said lecture, but I was too tired to finish)

did a bit of planning for next week and set up a new weekly spread on my bullet journal

daily Irish practice of duolingo

started working on a future post

📖: Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson

[noodlesandtoons]

I’m honestly so happy that somebody finally spoke about the Moomin Valley episode 11 situation + the film. Your analysis was great and I agreed with all your points, some of these people just needa chill out and do some research fr 😭 I wonder when the film will come out…I’ll be having gray hairs-

I'm glad other people understood what I was trying to get across in that video. I feel like when I make long discussions like that I just become a rambling mess that no one can understand. So I'm glad people understood my points and where I was coming from. I was legitimately nervous when I first posted it cause of how mad I saw some people were which would then lead to people being mad at me- But like that didn't happen it was just my brain messing with me so, yeah. XD

And honestly my theory for when the movie comes out is either 2025 or 2026.

Because according to that poster it looks like the film went under planning around the same time as season 4 did, which was 2 years ago.

The reason why I think it could possibly come out next year is that 2025 is the Moomins' 80th anniversary and I feel like Moomin Co. would want to put out a lot Moomin stuff this year. So it's possible they'd ask Gutsy to set the release date around then. The problem with that theory though is that would mean the movie would've taken 3 years to make and most animated films take at least 4 years. Which is why I also think 2026 could also be when it's released.

Granted the 4 years thing is for movies that are meant for theatrical releases, I don't know if there's much difference in movies that are for TV series and that are most likely gonna be for streaming/cable.

Like I tried looking up how long movies like Steven Universe the Movie and the Craig of the Creek Movie took to make but I couldn't find any info on that.

Either way I don't think we're gonna know or hear about much until it is close to the release date. I mean Moomin Co. doesn't seem to like to release trailers and stuff until like- a week or two before the thing comes out. XD I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see.

[henrykathman]

The Amateur's Guide to Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

In this video, I return to the world of Moominvalley to analyze the hotly anticipated game Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley and its relationship with the original Moomin stories, Tove Jansson, and the philosophies it connects with.

Special Thanks to Kiki from Transparency for looking at the script. You can follow her Moomin Stuff at @marsmombestmom

Disclosure: My copy of the game was provided to me by Hyper Games and Raw Fury. While I think objectivity is overrated, the opinions in this video have not been influenced by the developers and are a reflection of my own thoughts on this game and the Moomins.

Work Cited Page

Bletchly, Rachael. “How Moomin Author Built a Brand Worth £700m and Why Brits Still Love Them.” The Mirror, Reach PLC, 4 Jan. 2021, www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/how-moomin-creator-built-brand-23260983. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

Dymel-Trzebiatowska, Hanna. “Moomins Take the Floor. Finnish Trolls in Contemporary Mass Social (Media) Events.” Children’s Literature in Education, Aug. 2022, pp. 1–16. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-022-09497-6 Link

Ellis, Rowan. “Why Is Cottagecore so Gay?” Rowan Ellis, YouTube, 30 July 2020, youtu.be/5odKiL7jRW0.

Kramer, Ash. “Philosophical Materialism: Vital Materialism.” Philosophical Materialism: A Study of Early Modern Literature and Contemporary Theory, The Alliance for Networking Visual Culture, scalar.usc.edu/works/material_philosophy/vital-materialism#:~:text=Frequently gendered female, vital materialism. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

Meereboer, Arwen Dagmar. "Moomins and Complicity with Matter: Tove Jansson’s Moominpappa at Sea as an Intervention in Vibrant Matter: A Political Ecology of Things by Jane Bennett." SATS 23.1 (2022): 17-32. https://www.doria.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/180011/meereboer_arwen.pdf?sequence=2

O’Connell, Joe. “The Melancholy Promise of Heidi, Girl of the Alps.” Beyond Ghibli, YouTube, 20 Sept. 2018, youtu.be/_DFPoZN-FoI. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

O’Luanaigh, Robin. “Co-Opting Cottagecore: Pastoral Aesthetics in Reactionary and Extremist Movements.” Global Network on Extremism and Technology, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, 19 May 2023, gnet-research.org/2023/05/19/co-opting-cottagecore-pastoral-aesthetics-in-reactionary-and-extremist-movements/.

Peter Marten. “Moomin Characters Ltd Keeps a National Treasure in the Family.” This Is Finland, the Finland Promotion Board , Apr. 2010, finland.fi/business-innovation/moomin-characters-ltd-keeps-a-national-treasure-in-the-family. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

Samson, Anna. “How the Moomins Became an Anti-Fascist Symbol.” Huck Magazine, TCO London, 22 Sept. 2021, www.huckmag.com/article/how-the-moomins-became-an-anti-fascist-symbol.

[skymothkid]

Screenshots and updates

This has days of feast, music and season of moomin prices, A few small updates/ design changes ( they are mostly for android and IOS users) such as news, you can put sayings into the emote wheel and some more graphic settings. We also have some more news about how you spawn in your nest, the balcony and some permanent items in the nesting shop. Some theories about which spirits are coming back which we will not know til December 31st speaking of, y'all should watch the fireworks for it in aviary.

This is a big update and I'm very exited that some of the stuff is actually free and for the IAPs their actually a reasonable price, hopefully with 2024 going out with a bang, 2025 with the new lore, finally reasonable prices (kind of) and them listening to us, we will get a game that's not ran by a money hungry company and an expansion of lore, I can't say they aren't but from them genuinely trying I think y'all should give them a chance.

I forgot to add A screenshot but we can go out of the house with the ninny cape, I don't think she said how much it costs unfortunately but believe y'all, believe

[spiribia]

it will look different for everyone but i think the biggest FOMO hurdle in sky cotl could be during your moth-hood when opening your in game wallet causes nothing but a lonesome fly to waft out and they force you to wear a brown paper bag everywhere. it is to be clear a cute design but once you encounter the diversity and self determination of other players your own assigned defaultness will start to tug at you. the map constellations provide a steady option for non-default cosmetics, but much of these are just recolors of what you are wearing, while out there are the players with cloaks shaped like jellyfish or feathered wings. traveling spirits will blow through every two weeks selling an exorbitantly priced mask but not a cape, an exorbitantly priced cape but not pants, drip feeding you scraps you can slowly, geologically exchange fractions of your default appearance with. and if you do not have the funds or if the article of clothing is not part of your vision, it passes you by. meanwhile, the developers say: here is our shop, and items you can have right now, beautiful and interesting outfit pieces. and you resist and say i will wait it out. and then in time you have an outfit you like put together and it matters less if you miss out on something. why fret so much over a cape when i already have a cape? and then one day months later you crack in half and buy the moomin tail bundle microtransaction nullifying your own theory on your own post