#the lorax chet

[spooky-donut-ghost-house]

Can't believe I'm making a post for The Lorax but here we are

I listened to the song that got canned for How Bad Can I Be

Biggering

And oh boy

Do I fucking HATE Illumination for cutting this song and going with How Bad Can I Be

This song would've cemented The Lorax as a iconic film with one of the greatest villain songs ever

But Illumination was too scared to talk about corporate greed in the Dr. Seuss story that's about corporate greed and now the movie is just a meme remembered for its flimsy story, mediocre songs and the first Tumblr Sexyman

Anyways wanted to give my personal headcanon and personal thoughts on how Biggering and How Bad Can I Be could've co-existed

Basically have How Bad Can I Be play first have it be when The Onceler is telling Ted what happened he tells Ted a fabricated version of what happened and How Bad Can I Be is basically how he tells Ted how things went down and quite possibly how The Onceler sees himself then when Ted leaves to go back to the town with the seed show what actually happened show that everything that The Onceler told Ted was a lie show that How Bad Can I Be was a lie and show what actually happened and cue Biggering

He wasn't peer pressured into creating this business by his mom he saw the forest for the trees and knew that he could capitalize on this he painted himself in a likeable light when he told Ted what happened because he wanted Ted to like him because if he manipulated Ted by telling him a fabrication of what actually happened so that Ted would do what he wanted

Hell to make Biggering flow better in the story rather than having it play right after How Bad Can I Be you can have Ted go back to the town with the seed and tell everybody what The Onceler told him only for O'Hare to show up and be like "Is that what he told you? Because that's not what happened." and he explains that The Onceler was his inspiration for starting his own company and then have a flashback to O'Hare as a child and him living in the desolate wasteland The Onceler created and have us see The Onceler's monumental factories and cue Biggering and it's revealed that How Bad Can I Be and everything The Onceler told Ted was a lie and Biggering is actually what happened

Of course Ted and the other townsfolk would have no reason to trust O'Hare because he's a lying, greedy, corrupt CEO but so was The Onceler

Have The Onceler lie about what happened to make himself look better when in actuality he's just as or even more vile than O'Hare

[wikiwis]

I had to

[ask-the-biggering-onceler]

Hello mister onceler, it’s a pleasure meeting you. I have a rather odd question to ask since it’s currently midnight and I’m sleep deprived. Have you ever drank to the point of getting tipsy? If so ,have you ever done or said anything embarrassing?

Why, it's a pleasure meeting you too~!!

Hmm...Well, after the celebration of the Millionth Thneed around last month, I suppose I did have a few drinks. I mean, who wouldn't, right? This was a moment to remember!! And I--

Doors open

Uhm, Brett? Chet? What do you guys need--

Stifled giggles

...WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT NO DON'T YOU DARE DON'T TOUCH MY COMPUTER DON'T!!--

MOTHERFU--

[weirdlythneederina]

Both: Mama! We crashed the car! ( ˶ˆᗜˆ˵ )

Isabella: Awww, Mama's so proud of her babies! ❤️

Once-ler: Mama! t-the tree *hic* h-hurt meee! 🥺

Isabella: Geez, is that all? You're running a business Oncie, there's no time for nonsense! >:(

☆he never got the splinter out btw ( ._. )""☆

[mapachedepapel]

Truffula Woods. (Au)

#1 designs.

Mapache here. This time, I want to bring a dumb AU I'm working on, I guess??? This is basically a parody to The Lorax + Rpg maker horror games because I like both, so yeah. I think I'm gonna be posting stuff related to this in the future, maybe. But at this moment, there are some character designs.

Note: Some of these drawings are older than the others, so there will be a small difference between the styles. (?

The Once-ler.

Other characters.

Extras.

Ik this cringe.

[gangles-toybox]

Onceler honors kid arc

Onceler, getting his first B on a grade report: Momma look! Isabella: Good...good... ... Onceler: What is it? Isabella: You need to do better. Onceler: ...but Bret and Chet get all Cs and Ds... Isabella: You're not them, are you? Onceler: No, but- Isabella: Then you need to do better. Do you understand? Onceler: Yes ma'am...

[ravencrow-shinies]

does any else add an ‘e’ at the end of words when writing on paper or smth

cuz i do

like 100% of the time i write ‘with’ there will be an ‘e’ at the end. i go to erase it and start writing again only to realize

theres

another

flippin

E

[myshiningdesire]

༘♡ ⋆｡༉‧₊˚.

╰┈➤ (quick a/n!! : im sorry for the wait, I hope the wait was worth it tho!!)

ೃ⁀➷ SPRINKLED SALT

it was then when your life had arose from its darkness, finally becoming great again. you or your boyfriend no longer had to worry about operating any business, as that was now long in the past.

you were glad you were able to finally able to spend some quality time with your boyfriend, along with a few barbaloots and a few other animals, who you insisted could come too, along with the lorax.

your boyfriend was busy cooking pancakes, preparing breakfast for the hungry load in his home. he was flipping pancakes around, letting the tiny barbaloot try and catch it on the plate he held, as you rested on you and your boyfriend’s shared bed, talking with the lorax.

all was calm and well, before a rumble shook up the house, as everybody rushed outside to see what was happening. “what is going on?” you asked, peering out the window with your boyfriend. “I don’t know..” he said as he headed outside, with you trailing behind.

you all watched as dozens of people marching over the hill, charging towards your guy’s house. you watched as all the animals started to run away, hiding away.

“oh no.. that’s alot of people.” the onceler said, cowering in fear.

you, your boyfriend and the lorax look closer to see that they’re all holding your boyfriends creation. the thneed. using it in a variety of different ways, either that or they were holding stacks of cash. you three had been put in a state of shock, watching as they march closer.

“ everybody needs a thneed! a fine thing that all people need! the thneed is good, the thneed is great! let’s hope we’re not too late!” the crowd chants as they march closer.

you watched as the crowd starting going ballistic, waving their money around in hopes of getting a thneed. while your boyfriend was still shocked, but still able to react as he gets carried up by the crowd, taking their stacks of money and waving it around, showing it off to you and the lorax. “aww yea! in business baby!” he cheers.

then in a blink of an eye, your boyfriend suddenly had a rotary phone in hand, calling his parents. “mom! I told you I was gonna be a success! you need to bring the whole family here right now! we’re gonna be rich!” he shouted, before looking at you and the lorax, mainly the lorax’s salty look.

“what? I’m gonna need all the help I can get.”

before you knew it, you were getting introduced to all of his family. their huge rv was parked right infront of your guy’s cottage, but soon then it morphed into what you’d call a house, as it had everything a house had on the inside, but it just didn’t look like a house from the outside.

“what a dump!” your boyfriends great aunt, grizelda yelled the second she’d stepped outside. just then the onceler turned around to face her. “hey great aunt grizelda!”

after his aunt had exited their rv, his chaotic twin brothers were next to step out. brett and chet were what you think their names were, as you’ve never really formally met them, so you don’t know much.

“hey chet! check this out!” the other twin yelled as he tried to throw one of the barbaloots. “no!” you yelled, running over to catch it.

“hey once. who’s this lady?” one of them asked, referring to you as the onceler chuckled awkwardly as you held the barbaloot in your arms. “she’s just my—assistant.”

you stood there, heartbroken, still holding the barbaloot in your hands, as his twin brothers gather around you, greeting you, as you return the greetings.

next to come out was his mother, the one who you despised most out of all his family. “there he is! there’s my big suddenly successful son!” she says, kissing him on the cheek. “we always knew you’d make it, oncie.” she says, as your boyfriend seemed skeptical. she turned to his family, earning their stares back. “right?” she says, referring to what she just said. the family responds with smiles and congratulations and little displays of affection. a man, lanky like your boyfriend came out of the rv, trapping your boyfriend in a hug. “hey! I love this guy!” he said.

as he was still in the man’s grasp, he turned to his mom. “but you always said I wouldn’t amount to anything remember?” he asked her, as she chuckled awkwardly.

“oh hush your mouth, I was just trying to motivate you.” it was like she was just trying to avoid that topic.

“I’m really glad you clarified that, because it actually hurt my feelings for a really long time.” he said, as he broke free from the mans hug.

you rolled your eyes, heading back inside the cottage, declaring that you could no longer handle another second out there, as your boyfriend watched you go, following after you.

“hey y/n!” he said, gaining no response, as you kept on stalking toward the bed, laying down in it and covering yourself with the blanket. “what’s gotten you so sad?” he asked, taking a seat beside you.

you responded with a grunt, which your boyfriend responded with a sigh. “you don’t need to know. It’s not like you care.” you say sarcastically as your boyfriend frowns. “but I do care! just tell me what’s gotten you so sad and I’ll do anything to cheer you up.”

“leave.”

[whatiwishfanfiction]

Reminder that Chapter 9 is up

While I like the concept of Once-ler having a mean, selfish family that shows why he turned out the way he did, I'm going to make it clear that listening to them and destroying everything was his own choice.

 

EXCERPT

It was unsettling how much having his family move in made Once-ler's life feel exactly as it had before.

Somehow they still managed to make him feel like the one imposing, despite them being in his house. It wasn't long till his closets were full of their clothes and shoes, and his ice box with things like "Brett's pickles, don't touch." "Gizette's hot sauce. No Oncies allowed" or "CHET ONLY" signs on the orange juice. Yuck. Once-ler patiently pushed the orange juice aside to fit eggs and milk for his pancake batter.

Since the time he'd seen them, Gizette had taken up soccer and now kept her equipment thrown across his lawn. It appeared she'd gotten her glasses somehow, glittery pink frames that she left laying around and never wore. Brett and Chet brought parts of motorbikes they fiddled around with, that Once-ler never saw in the long grass before they tripped him. His Ma seemed to have gotten even more knickknacks, clothes, and yarn than ever for someone who always complained about having no money.

However, he didn't know if he should complain because of how much she helped with the company. In fact, she helped a little too much, staying up all night on the phone, networking, negotiating, planning ads, and scheduling meetings for him to attend. She seemed to have become an expert manager overnight.

"Didn't you know I got a degree in business when I was in my early twenties?" she told him. "I used to help yer dad back when he was first startin' his wood cuttin’ business." Once-ler had not. She had never mentioned having any helpful skills up till this point.

Some of her ideas were better than others. Once-ler did appreciate the plans to expand the market, like with the promotions she took charge of. He liked the new top hat she picked out for him, to make him look like a proper CEO. And thanks to her fundraising efforts, the blueprints for his factory were becoming a brick and mortar reality atop the nearest hill beyond his window.

However, when it came to her suggestion about chopping down the trees to gather the leaves faster for their expanding customer base, Once-ler was annoyed.

"No. Truffula Trees take a hundred years to grow back, so that's not a good business strategy. Why don't we just use ladders?"

“Well, that’s pretty demanding of you,” said his Ma. “You make us move out here to help you, and won’t even provide the proper accommodations. Brett fell off one of those dangerous old ladders the other day, and got a big purple bruise on his nose. It’s not funny, don’t laugh. You gotta learn about bein’ a decent boss.”

Once-ler’s Ma’s opinion of a good boss seemed to be one that gave her whatever she wanted. Well, why did he have to give his family whatever they wanted all the time? His stubbornness was, indeed, the last thing still keeping him from getting out his ax and being done with it. The ladders and picker really were a pain. It would be easier to just yell “Timber!” and harvest a whole head of leaves from a fallen trunk, but he didn't want to give his family the satisfaction.

Oh, and there was his promise to the Lorax too.

[bewilderingbog]

I have a theory about the lorax

Ted is The Onceler’s Father (Theory)

     Ted? The Onceler’s father? Ridiculous! But perhaps this theory isn’t as far-fetched as it sounds. I’ve analyzed The Lorax (2012) for evidence to support this theory, and I think once you’ve seen the evidence for yourself, you’ll agree that this is actually a possibility.

     Now, of course one hole in this theory would be that Ted is a twelve year old boy, while The Onceler is an elderly man, at this point in the movie. However, this isn’t a problem, if you consider time travel as a possibility. Which I do. Keep this in mind as you read on. Let’s get into actual evidence.

     Let’s start with The Onceler’s physical appearance.

          You can see some similarities between Ted, and The Onceler. The dark hair, for one thing. The Onceler’s nose is round, similar to Ted’s, though slightly upturned like his mother, Isabella. The Onceler’s face is distinctly round than Ted’s, as well as Isabella’s. But not unlike Ted’s mother.

     The Onceler’s eye color however, is blue, unlike Ted’s. Unfortunately, it was unclear to me what Isabella’s eye color was.

There’s also some vaguely similar personality traits between the two.

     But that aside for now, let’s move on to other, more concrete evidence.

     We never hear The Onceler’s last name, as he’s only ever referred to as “The Onceler” or, by his mother, “Oncie”, meaning there’s nothing saying it couldn’t be “Wiggins” which is Ted’s last name.

     We also never see The Onceler’s father. His mother, Isabella? Yes. His elder brother’s, Bret, and Chet? Yes. His Uncle Ubb? Yes. His Aunt Grizelda? Yes. But his father? No. Unless, we have.

     Now, a few bits that first into this theory only work if you assume that The Onceler knows some of what happened in his father’s past, but not all of it. I doubt that knowing how not having the truffula trees affected the world, The Onceler would go out, and chop them all down.

     But if he only knew a portion of the story, knew that Ted did something important, did something that changed the world for the better, he doesn’t even have to know that it had to do with the truffula trees, this could make sense.

     There are things he knows that, I assume, he wouldn’t know. Not unless he’s heard it from somewhere.

     Correctly assuming why Ted is looking to learn about trees - To impress Audrey, by granting her greatest desire - perhaps because he’s heard about Ted’s former crush on/relationship with her. He also seems to instantly recognize, and know what the truffula trees are called, something that doesn't make complete sense - at least in my opinion - unless, again, he was told of them at some point in his life.

      Another thing to consider is The Onceler’s brief speech directed at Ted near the climax of the film “I know it may seem small, and insignificant but it’s not about what it is, it’s about what it can become. That’s not just a seed, anymore than you’re just a boy.” Again, implying that The Onceler knows Ted has changed the world for the better.

     Shortly after that, “I won’t let you down.” Ted says, “I know.” Says The Onceler. And he does know.

     At an earlier point in the movie, when The Onceler returns to his home after failing several times to sell his first thneed, he states that it “Turns out it’s ahead of its time” And this is a very literally true statement, given that the Onceler traveled far in the past in an attempt to change the world like his father.

     These are my main supporting points for this theory, however I have a handful of points that could make sense with or strengthen this theory while not necessarily being indicative of this.

     Those points being:

• Both Ted, and The Onceler changed the world. One for the better, the other for the worse respectively. An interesting parallel

• They also both wear striped pieces of clothing, and top hats at some point during the film, implying The Onceler possibly takes inspiration from his father when it comes to fashion.

• Admittedly less compelling than most other points, is that The Onceler carries with him an electric guitar, which seems like an unfitting instrument to have considering his previously rural lifestyle.

• And of course, what started it all, while it’s more likely that The Onceler is indeed saying “Thank you, Ted.” near the end of the song Let it Grow, it doesn’t sound entirely unlike “Thank you, Dad.”

     Given the overwhelming evidence, I think you will agree with me that it is more than likely, that The Onceler is actually Ted’s son from the future, who time traveled far into the past, likely in an attempt to make a name for himself, though the reasons he chose to make a name for himself in the past, and live out the rest of his days there, rather than in his present, is unclear.

[wikiwis]

In my opinion, Brett and Chet aren't as bad as Isabela. I think Onceler, Brett and Chet were close as kids. But one day their father left, leaving their mother alone with her three children. Onceler was very similar to his father, which is why Isabela made him the outcast of the family. She encouraged Griselda and Ubb to do so. And the only people who didn't understand what was going on and still treated Onceler well were his brothers. Isabela didn't like it and every day she encouraged the boys to treat Onceler badly, saying it was nothing. Like little children, Brett and Chet began to listen to their mother. They weren't terrible, but they made Onceler feel bad every day. Brett and Chet often slap Onceler and stuff like that, but that's because they show him love. Because no one showed these three how to show love. They didn't have a good example. Despite this, Brett and Chet still love Onceler, but they also want to please their mother because they want her attention. The three of them had to be doing something to get her attention.

At the end when Onceler's family leaves, Brett and Chet look like they care about Onceler and they would like to stay with him, but they don't say anything because they don't want to oppose Isabela. When Isabela says that Brett is her favorite child now, Chet looks at it like it's unfair but doesn't say anything. In the deleted scenes the twins are actually worse, but in the movie they are not that bad.

In my opinion, Isabela simply screwed up as a mother and couldn't raise her three sons properly. That's my opinion.

Chet's reaction:

I also think Chet is an unwanted child too just like Onceler.

[suspiciouslynotapastor]

Dragging this bitch out again like a plastic tree from the garage because I sure as hell ain't doing another one.

[feminariden]

had i watched this movie when i was 12 years old, i’m sure i would have thought the Onceler was hot, but if i told my 12 yo self, in the future, when i wil be 18, i would spend a saturday night watching a children’ movie, she would totally believe it.

Anyway i did a review of The Lorax, and it’s darn long, so it’s under the cut (pls read it, it took me days to write all this)

Yesterday i saw “The Lorax” (2012), a movie adaptation of the children’s book “The Lorax” by Dr. Seuss, a writer who is know for being able to transform heavy social and political topics in stories for little kids...seriously, one of his books “Yertle The Turtle and Other stories” is about Hitler, or “Horton hears a Who” is about post-WWII Japan, jesus...

And the cool thing is his book are actually very good, it’s hard to describe his style but Dr. Seuss’s works are the proof children’s literature can be deep, relevant and though-provoking justas the next book about fascism.

You should totally read some of his books (specially “The Lorax” if you wanna read this), Dr. Seuss was also a very “woke” person, so i’m sure you will like his morals.

So you can see there are high expectations for anything related to this author, “The Lorax” is one of his favorite and most popular stories so course there would be some adaptations, in fact there are 2, an 2d animated short film made in 1972 (i recommend it to all you) and a CGI movie made in 2012.

Of course i watched them both, i don’t wanna compare them, the 1972 short is a perfect reproduction of the book but except some dialogue, there is nothing original, while 2012 movie had lots of new content, but there are some questionable writing decisions.

Speaking of new content, i really liked the soundtrack, there aren’t many OSTs but i felt every melody was right for the every scene, specially the songs, even the deleted ones are all incredibly catchy and well made, otherwise they wouldn’t be huge memes; i also liked the little “easter eggs” like when Lorax revives Onceler you can hear a reprise of “This is the place”, fitting as both scenes are about Onceler bonding with the animals or how “Let It Grow” is a reference to Lorax’s amazing monologue in the 1972 short, and there are many others

Now speaking of the movie, it isn’t neither the best or the worst adaptation ever, it’s ok, i give 7/10, it has some problems, like the fact it fails the Bechdel Test, the Villan Song is basically 1/4 of book, but maybe the biggest mistake is the completely useless “main” plot, the OG book has 64 pages and there isn’t even much text, it would be hard make a movie longer than 30 minutes, i could understand why they decided to add that bland plot...if they didn’t add original stuff in Onceler’s flashback, and worst of all, that original stuff is actually good.

In fact, while i think the hour and 26 minutes spent watching this movie were well spent, the only parts worth REwatching are Onceler’s flashback (aka the book’s plot) and the songs.

Still as i said before this movie did something right, but i really feel like the best way to talk about this is talking about its characters and its deleted material.

Oh by the way, “The Lorax” is the absolute proof you should ALWAYS RELEASE THE UNUSED MATERIAL.

About the animation, it’s CGI, you either like it or not, and i liked the background, the color and the characters design, it’s not good like “Coco” but it works, in particular i loved the truffula trees:

They look cotton candy and they are lovely, i’m sure this is how Dr. Seuss wanted them to be.

Anyway, characters:

Ted Wiggins: i like they gave him a name and a story, the book never said why this child is the middle of nowhere listening a creepy hermit’s backstory, his tale also shows us the horrible consequences of Onceler’s industries; but did Ted really needed to be the protagonist?

In the OG book the child stands for the reader and the seed represents the awareness that only us can save this planet from pollution (worth nothing Dr Seuss’s characters are mostly animals and cute little monsters, while the child is on of his very few humans characters). 

In the movie he should have remained that, he’s bland and the writers didn’t cared enough to give him depth and complexity, just he isn’t worthy to be a main character.

The movie should have been like this:

Opening + first sing (thneedville)

Ted and Audrey

The Air Company

Ted’s family

introduction ends

Ted looks for the Onceler outside the city

Ted meets him

Onceler tells the first part of the story

 He tells Ted to return the next day

Some Air Company and family scenes

Ted returns

Onceler finishes and give him the seed

Ted, family and Audrey plants the seed (+Let It Grow)

Credits

(maybe) Lorax’s return

No secondary plot, lust Lorax and the Onceler, like it should be.

Audrey: well that’s certainly Taylor Swift, like her facial expressions, she was cute, (and it was nice they named her after Dr Seuss’s wife).

Ted’s mom and Gradma Norma: they were funny and good secondary characters, wish they had more lines.

Aloysius O’Hare: ok, i liked him, but he should be a secondary character, not even a minor villan, i liked him because: the Air Company was funny, and so it is that in-your-face Take That to the bottled water business.

I really liked the scene where a worker asks what will be the next each cow-invention and immediately we see O’Hare, like it shows hoe the Onceler and O’Hare are just two of the milions of capitalists, they aren’t special and their inventions and success aren’t outstanding or something, so yeah, erase the whole 1984-esque plan to stop Ted and you can keep him.

The Lorax: what can i say? he is just like his book version, just voiced by The King Danny DeVito, speaking of him, he voiced Lorax in many languages, one of them is italian and it’s pretty funny listening this otherworldly creatures’s weird italian pronunciation.

Anyway as i said there isn’t much to say abut him, he is literally the voice of nature, he is here to say to our faces “stop destroying the environment goddamit”.

I think, they expanded Onceler’s backstory, why the writers didn’t did the same for Lorax?

There is much you can do with him, and even if you don’t wanna say where he come from or what he exactly he is, you can explore his morality, the 1972 version did give him more lines to give more thickness to his opinions, like his whole speech on progress.

Overall: cute, funny and sassy character, he had some hilarious lines (”breakfast is overrated” was my fave), interactions with the Oncelers and the animals were nice.

 Also, this is pretty personal but after the last truffula falls and he starts to fly away, sorry but that moment was too much ridiculous, the whole scene is so incredibly dramatic and then Lorax flies away with his butt up.

Hilarious but i think it was unnecessary, but still in the original book that part was like the only funny moment, so i guess the writers didn’t felt cutting it was a good tribute to the OG story.

The forest critters: they could have been annoying, but they are adorable, funny and childish.

The “problem” with them is in the original book they had more focus, there were at least 12 for when and why they go away, 4 pages for the Bar-ba-loots, 4 pages for the Swaomee Swans and 4 pages for the Humming Fishes, in the movie all these pages are basically 1 minute of “How bad Can i Be?” and then the then all the animals leave the forest together.

In the end it’s not much, but i would be much more effective if we (and the Onceler) saw the animals leave one after the other, like in the original story.

Onceler’s family: probably the best addiction in the movie, because for what we know of Oncie’s OG family, it’s totally possible they were abusive money-hungry piece if shits, all we know is Onceler hired them because he wanted to enrich his family and they left him when he failed.

Maybe they had very few lines but they were a good example of emotionally manipulative family, the sort of people you should NOT consider in your life, they gave the Onceler a good freudian excuse, without making him someone “who did nothing wrong”.

I would like to know more about them, specially why they always looks like middle-class everyday workers rather rich entrepreneurs, even Oncie makes the family rich they looks the same, with the same clothes and all.

Onceler: oh god

So in the OG book he was never seen because he, the capitalist that destroyed the environment, could be anyone, even you, even Jeff Bezos.

In the 1972 short it was implied he is a human with green gloves and green pants, but the movie gives him a face, a backstory and his story gets expanded.

And despite all this change, i feel the character is still the same, he is still morally conflicted greedy capitalist.

Anyway in this movie the Onceler is a handsome, cute young man with a apparently adorkable personality; he’s pleasant, sweet and he likes to sing and play the guitars, he “likes” nature but loves animals and animals love him back, their bond is almost a parody of the “friend of the animals” trope because while their scenes are definitely adorable, you can see the forest’s animals aren’t exactly helpful like in Snowhite.

I think they added this sub-plot so

to show Onceler isn’t good with people and for him it’s easier befriending animals (ANIMALS?!)

to add cuteness

to make the whole flashback much more emotional, in the OG book Onceler was sorry for what he did to them but he didn’t cared until he was all alone; here, all his little ex-friends are now leaving because of his selfish greed, when i think Onceler said “i don’t wanna trouble” to the little critters that used to follow him literally anywhere, like he feels they are now enemies, well, i do feel bad.

He is like a brutal subversion of a male Disney Princess.

About his morality, while it’s the same of the book, the movie kinda make look like he is greedy because it runs in family, while said family is the “Lady Macbeth” of his life.

While “Biggering” is entire entire deleted song about why he is like that, i wrote a comment with my interpretation:

The Onceler’s character really improves with this song, in this movie it seems is greedy because it runs in family, here we see Onceler’s actually very prideful, and he wants prove himself to be the best, “bigger” than everyone else, he knows his company is just like every other, no matter how rich it is, every single company could fail, and even one big like his thneed production “his just trying to survive”, he wants to be proud to say he is a rich and powerful man as long he can, but like Lorax said “he is never satisfied” because there is no end to “biggering”, he saw the chance to be a great man and took it without thinking, i think this song made Onceler even more human”

THE END

this took to much time to write, i could be shorter, but whatever i’m proud, this is my first full review

[whisper-ma-phone]

I never noticed this!! Very interesting!!

A pointless thing I noticed about Onceler’s brothers

Bret has his sleeves rolled up

Chet doesn’t

Apparently this is their family’s lazy way of telling them apart

[mydisenchantedeulogy]

You stare in amazement at the strange yet gorgeous trees on your way to see Once-ler; it has been too long since you've seen him - the last time being the sunny afternoon he came to your house before venturing out on his own to create the famous thneed you heard about in town.

The address on the billboards in the city leads you further into a forest of tuft-based trees of various colors - that oddly smells like butterfly milk - and for an instant, you get lost in their wonder as you clutch the wicker basket beneath your arm. It reminds you of your home in the country, and you long to see your old house again. However, the further you venture, the more scarce the trees become.

An air of sadness consumes you upon seeing trunks of missing trees as far as the eye can see. The very air tastes sour and dry. And within the mess of dead trees sits a factory.

You approach with caution and knock on the doors. A familiar young adult answers the door, and you smile. Is he Brett or Chet? You don't remember.

You: Is Once-ler here? I came by to see him.

His eyes grow, and he immediately shuts the door. You stare in confusion. Does that mean no? As you stand there, wondering if you should knock again, something tugs at your pants. You look down in shock and notice a small bear-like marsupial staring up at you. It's adorable.

You reach into your basket and offer it a fruit. It takes it and eats it as you pet the creature's head.

Once-ler: Why are you petting that dog?

You jump and stare up at him unsure of when he came to the door. Your brow puckers.

You: You do know this isn't a dog. Right?

He hums.

Once-ler: What are you doing here? I mean, I'm glad you came by to see me. It's just I've been busy.

You frown.

You: I brought you lunch. Busy or not, you need to eat.

A hue of red crosses his face as he takes the basket from you.

Once-ler: Thank you.

He narrows his eyes. You feel bad for him; the success went over his head. He isn't the same happy Once-ler you used to know, the one you adore.

You grab his tie and pull him down to kiss his cheek.

You: Take care.

Leaving him in the doorway, you return to the forest. A small orange creature - too hard to describe - stands at the base of a tree.

The Lorax: Don't give up on him. I think he needs someone to lean on.

You nod; you will do your best.

[whatiwishfanfiction]

The Great Lorax Rewrite (beginning)

Hey guys, here's the beginning of the fanfiction I'm writing on Ao3. The aim is to tell Once-ler's whole story from beginning to end without Ted interrupting. There are four chapters up so far, and a lot more to come:

"Where is it? Where did you put my guitar?"

Once-ler smacked his head as he looked under the triple bunk bed he was forced to share with his brothers in their small house.

"Reckon if ya don't get out there n' chop some trees, I'll let Brett n' Chet smash that dang guitar for good!" his Ma's voice called from the kitchen.

His younger twin brothers and sister laughed from the dinner table.

"Hurry up n' get more money from yer wood," Brett complained. "We only got three potatoes in our stew today, n' they're smaller n' ping pong balls."

"Yeah, an' none for you, Oncie," said Gizette. "I get the last one!"

"Why can't I ever have any of the stew if I'm always the one earnin' the money?" Once-ler tripped out of their closet-like bedroom, and squeezed around the table through the equally cramped dining area. This was made even harder by his abnormal height; he always had bruises on his knees and elbows from being such a tall person in such a small house.

Before him sat his shorter, but equally ungainly family, squished around the table: his mother with her teased up hair balanced by a bow, in her patched polka-dot sweater while serving brown stew water, the twins Brett and Chet with ripped up overalls and squashed hats who were staring eagerly at two tiny potatoes on their plates, and the youngest "baby" Gizette with ratty hair, buck teeth, and the biggest serving of stew of all (which was still not very big).

In the corner Once-ler's father was asleep in the rocking chair by the fire, using his old gray coat as a blanket. His gray hat was pulled over his stubbled face, and his ax laid on the floor beside him after his long day of woodcutting. Once-ler had to avoid the blade as he tiptoed to the only corner of the room with enough space.

"Because, sweetie," said his Ma, "You're the oldest child, and we have to think of the youngins. It's time for you to be an adult. Anyway, we've all got to make sacrifices when times are hard." The fancy unidentifiable dead animal she always wore around her neck bobbed its nose as she scooped the last tiny part of the stew into her own bowl.

This was always the excuse whenever Once-ler said he needed anything: "We have to think of the youngins." He understood the sentiment, really. It just seemed like he couldn't recall anyone ever using that argument during the short time he'd gotten to be the youngest. The youngest kids were also older than he'd been when they'd first started using this excuse. In fact, it seemed his family had decided Once-ler was an adult the second he'd been born, and that the others could never grow up.