#rarold rambles

[raroldenjoyer]

🌈 Time to get corny!! 🌽💖

Side blog to post and reblog anything that reminds me of Rarold!! :-]

My main is @joojdraws!! (Click here to know more about me)!!

[joojdraws]

Selfship/OC x Canon community RULES!!! I love seeing other people like me feeling so comfortable and safe with their F/O... it truly always make me smile so wide & big. and I wanna say, your F/O LOVES YOU SO MUCH!! AND WANTS TO HOLD HANDS WITH YOU!! AND KISSES YOU!! LOVE WINS!!💖

[joojdraws]

I love oc x canon!!! I love selfship!!! I love being full of love and you should too!!! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍🩷💘💝💖💗💓💞💕💌💟♥️❣️❤️‍🔥

[joojdraws]

The Rarold and Mousey plush handmade by my friend Santos (@entitybear) have finally arrived at my home... LOOK HOW HUGE THEY ARE!! Oh my gosh, they're so wonderful... It is surreal to me to finally be able to hug them... I'm so happy!! (And they both squeak 👀)

[joojdraws]

I think I will be forever thinking about this... Probably one of my most cherished Rarold items in my shrine... The "SMELL" pointed at him is the funniest thing... (Especially with that cutesy frame I added ahaha) But hey!!! Gotta love my smelly corn farmer... 🤭🌽❤️

[joojdraws]

Me needs talk about something undiscussed about Rarold that I do find quite interesting to analyze in-depth... Because, I do think he is an interesting character. (⚠️ Spoilers under the cut!!!)

Rarold's motives. As shrimple as that. 🦐

Before I elaborate on all that I have to say, all the way back in September 2022 I had a discussion with a friend that met the BKMN author at a convention... you can of course have your own interpretation on his case... but ever since I heard about it... IT HAS BEEN LIVING IN MY HEAD RENT FREE. And it makes so much sense with what happens in the book once you know this undiscussed detail about him. It makes his character so much more interesting when you know the reason of his actions. And it's why I love him.

In the book, it never is explained what were the reasons he did commit all these crimes... but if you don't know the fun fact he did kill for the sole reason blood would make his crops grow better... I feel like there is some clues there in the book that leads to this information.

We all know Rarold is the "Copycat killer". He doesn't have any original way of killing. (Sorry, Rarold, I love you but it's true... 🐒)

One of my headcanons for him is that he doesn't know how to kill at all. And that his wife most likely is his very first victim, and before that he never killed anyone... ever. Obviously sucks at killing. Which is why he got ideas from both the "Dead Rope Killer 2" movie and from Neighbor's way of killing. For both the ropes and purple threads.

Subtle detail you might miss... but the main character from the "Dead Rope Killer 2" movie most likely is a foreshadowing to Rarold's future crimes... He absolutely is shaped like him! And also, a bit before that part, we can see Rarold standing in front of the theater, and he most likely went to watch this movie for inspiration. (Which is funny to me... Given the fact Neighbor and Wegg were both alone in the theather when they saw that exact same movie, it just is hilarious to imagine Rarold being all alone in there and just taking notes...)

The reason Neighbor kills is related to blood... Hehe. Remember the fun fact I earlier shared in this post? Teehee. Yeah. What if...

WHAAAAAT IIIIIFFFFF... It was also truly Rarold's case...

First time we see Rarold killing someone in the book, is in his cornfield of ALL PLACES... and also, he specifies his corn is "so, so good"... Why would his corn be this good, huh?! Sus if you ask me.

I did some researches about blood and crops... and as cursed as it sounds, it actually is a good fertilizer to grow corn. (I guess that makes sense since blood is... well... organic)

"Anonyme a demandé"... French moment (My first language...) but once someone did ask why the copycat killer (Rarold) only did kill women... the author specified in their post, that it was intentional... and that... THE SEED IS THERE! I know it's a way of saying, but corn grows with seed... and most likely, his wife was the seed. His very first victim. And her blood made her crops grow better...!

Now, I need to talk about the dream/vision part of that one fun fact my friend got at a convention... That would make a similarity between Neighbor and him. Neighbor most likely had a dream about Lady Trudy... Rarold probably had a dream about another sort of deity... and I might have an idea on that deity. Yeah... Lord Callum. Why you may ask...? Well, Lord Callum is bird shaped... and you know what bird likes... yeah! Corn! Believe it or not but a male swan is called a COB. And you know what else is a cob? Yes. Corn on the COB. And a scythe is strangely shaped like a bird when you deeply think about it...

Might be a coincidence but it is interesing to think about... But the way a male swan is called COB and well Rarold's a corn farmer (corn on the COB) that is like... the revelation of the 20th century to me (lol 1974). Another headcanon I have is that Rarold only kills people he was told to kill in his dreams/visions... he doesn't kill any random person. I suppose I told everything I had to say about him and his motives!! Rarold is very interesting to me... Gosh, love the corn man.

Oh yeah, one more thing I'll say... but Rarold did not die. You can see him in the 1975 epilogue chapter... the man is still alive, and apparently not in jail for some unknown reasons... if Neighbor can have a good future despite all the people he killed (Glenn did not deserve his fate btw), I think it's fair Rarold can too. I believe he can be a better person too. Personally I think he regrets what he did, but that's a headcanon of mine! Anyone can have their own interpretation and that's 100% ok. Well here is the end of this post... thanks if you have read everything... I loved to talk about him and it's something I do wanted to share for a while, hehe. 🫶🌽❤️

[joojdraws]

Observing people's appreciation for villains always delights me; it reassures me that I'm not alone. I also love seeing others who take pleasure in self-shipping with antagonists—it truly is all beautiful to see. Villains deserve some love too. <3

[joojdraws]

Absolutely sweet commissions I've got from @cupiidzbow, Rarold and Mousey look SO CUTE in his style and I'm so happy with how it turned out!! Ohh, middle aged farmers in love... Love wins in the field forever and ever!! 🌽🥔❤️💚

[joojdraws]

Every single days I think of these super sweet drawings a mysterious artist has drawn on my strawpage... so thankful for all of these!! ❤️💚

[joojdraws]

Whenever Rarold talks about his cat Kevin and/or is alongside him it does warm my heart... the one where he goes "... MY KEVINN!! ♡" with that heart at the end of his sentence is very adorable to my eyes... even a grumpy corn farmer can be cute sometimes!!! 💖

[joojdraws]

I often think about how cute Rarold is with his cat, these two pictures live in my head rent free 🐈🌽💞

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Me needs to talk about my original character for "Be Kind, My Neighbor", Mousey... 🐭🥔

Time to elaborate under the cut! :-)

Here they are, this is Mousey!!

Who's Mousey...?

First of all, I want to mention, despite Mousey having most of my personality traits and me pairing them with Rarold (which is my F/O), they are not a self-insert. They're their own thing! They're an oc, not a sona... ^_^

It is through them I show my love for the corn man, so, naturally they mean a lot to me for that fact alone but they are way more than this... I created them all the way back in September 2022 and they are my favorite original character of mine ever! :-)

Now, let's truly talk about the Mouser!!!

Mousey is a 46-years-old potato farmer using they/them pronouns. (They're agender) They were born and raised in Belgium, but moved to the United States in 1952, in the small town of Baths. This is when they met Rarold, their neighbor, who became their rival the same year when they both participated in an agriculture competition. (Mousey won)

They are a very outgoing person, always smiling and extroverted. Always radiating a positive energy. Anyone in Baths appreciates them. Anyone but... Rarold. Or does he...? Rarold has always been mad at Mousey for beating him up at the agriculture competition for two entire decades... but deep down they're the only human being he tolerates in town. (He just won't admit it)

Physically, Mousey has a whiskers shaped mustach and long hair they always tie up in pigtails. They've been wearing the same overalls for years... This latter is missing a suspender and had a hole (that has been fixed). They always have with them their trusty shovel, which has been their best tool for decades.

They're very expressive as a person (as you can see on their reference sheet).

Their voice is deep, and they have a strong French-Belgian accent.

A few fun facts...:

Their birthday is August 19th.

They are bisexual.

They are autistic and have adhd.

Their first name, Mouserel, was completely made up... I wanted a first name for them with "Mouse" in it.

Their last name “Beltopo” basically means “Beautiful Mouse” in Italian; combining “Bellissimo” (Beautiful) and “Topo” (Mouse).

Their height is 5'3. (161 centimeters)

Puns are their favorite kind of jokes.

Their relationship with Rarold:

Rarold and Mousey's dynamic is something you could call "Rivals to Lovers Slowest Burn Ever Known To Mankind" see... I do like continuity. And well, Rarold was canonically married. (As unbelievable as it sounds) So, of course, I didn't make Mousey and him dating from the start.

Drawings by @/toothblushes, @/koo-zine, @/the-only-gods-clown and @/tespianmage

The both of them met in 1952, and for two decades long, they've been rivals. Out of jealousy for always losing to them at the agriculture competition, Rarold was acting grumpy towards Mousey and rolling his eyes anytime they were doing anything. “Such an annoyance...!”, he thought. And he had a nickname for them: “Pipsqueak”. He called them that to make fun of them... but Mousey appreciated this nickname quite a lot.

This all changed in 1973, around the time Kevin went missing. Mousey noticed how grumpy Rarold was... Well, he was grumpier than usual. In September of the same year, when he came back from Chopo's, he cursed everyone in his field for being so mean to his little angel cat. Mousey heard that, and, naturally, asked him what was wrong. He did not reply at first but they insisted and he said what happened.

They felt very sorry for him, saying how everyone was unfair to him and how they were despicable for making fun of a lost pet like that. Rarold, at this very moment, felt appreciated and cared for. He even blushed a little bit. It was nice to have someone that cared for you.

A month later, in October 1973, there were a local Halloween Party in Baths. Mousey invited Rarold to go to the party with them. At first, he did not want to, saying how “childish” such an event was, and that everyone would make fun of him. Mousey though begged him, which made him grimace. “Ugh, fiiiiiine...” is what he said to them, reluctantly accepting the offer.

He was dressed in a potato costume and Mousey in a corn one... it was all Mousey's idea. To have costumes of each other's crops. Rarold felt... very ridiculous in such a costume. Though, Mousey insisted of how cute he was and how “delicious” he looked, which made him blush furiously. “Is Pipsqueak flirting with me...? ” he thought, blushing even more.

At some point, there were love songs playing, and people dancing. Mousey asked Rarold to slow dance with them... he hesitated but accepted. During the dance, Rarold felt butterflies in his stomach... Mousey, the Pipsqueak... was so cute at this very moment. It is when he realized how nice they always have been towards him. He looked them straight in the eyes and said; “Pipsqueak, I thiiiink I may like you...” Mousey's eyes widened but naturally they replied “I think I like you too, Rarie...”. They looked at each other and after a few seconds of pure, complete silence... they kissed each other. This is where their love story started... at a Halloween party and to the “Close To You" song by Carpenters... Love wins!!! 🌽🥔❤️💚

Drawing by me.

That is all I have to say about Mousey... for now!! Mousey is a character of mine that is always evolving with me. So much new things happened with them these past two years and I'm excited to see what I will create with them in 2025. Thanks if you've read everything in that post, means a lot to me. 💚

Animation by @/scaredtomst

Check out these links for more!!:

Mousey's Toyhouse Page.

Mousey (1979)'s Toyhouse Page.

[joojdraws]

ohhhhhhmygosh i love him so much, anytime i stare at him i smile so wide and big, i love rarold !!!!!!! ^_^

on august 15th of this year it will be 3 years of me loving him 🫠❤️

need to reread bkmn for the one billionth time 🥺

[joojdraws]

You know you *really* love a character once you have a bodypillow of them... Here he is... MY RAROLD BODYPILLOW!! Beautifully drawn by my friend @rockabillybun!! I am so happy to have him!! He turned out SO GREAT!! wowie!! 😻🌽💖

[joojdraws]

Why do I love Rarold...? Well, the way Rarold loves his pet cat Kevin is absolutely adorable to me. His smile, his awkwardness, his grumpiness and his whole dedication to corn captured my attention too... (Been loving him since August 15th, 2022 when I first read BKMN ❤️)

[joojdraws]

Mysterious Strawpage Artist is back with their cute corntato art!!! 🌽🥔 Oh my goodness thank you so much!! 🥺🥺🥺 Whenever you draw the both them I smile so wide and big!!! 🥰❤️💚