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they-bite · 1 year

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wendell & wild headcanons of varying seriousness

-father bests never found out which of the demon brothers were which

-kat’s hair is naturally green

-someone manberg knew (most likely a relative) was a hell maiden

-bearz-a-bub is tethered to rust bank, obligating helley to stay at RBC and keep watch over it rather than put distance between it/her and manberg. other locations have similar plot devices

-manberg was born with phocomelia, rather than having lost his legs to a demon attack

-siobhan is encouraged to wear contacts and relax her hair by her parents; post-movie kat helps her relearn how to put in braids

-delroy was in a garage band in college and wilma was working on a master’s in molecular chemistry

-hell maidens (if not humans in general) are to demons what guardian angels are to humans, and coming to the living world is the closest demons get to ascension (though it’s treated more like moving to a vacation state than that)

-helley and manberg have gotten in at least five slapfights, four tug-of-wars with bearz-a-bub, and two HR interventions over the years

-bearz-a-bub shows significant bias to any hell maidens near it and its answer to if it missed manberg would’ve been “no”

-raúl came out to marianna by asking if he could get that trans sticker he has on that composition book

-wilma and marianna were good friends in college and did regular mixtape exchanges

#w&w #wendell and wild #wendell & wild spoilers #kind of?#they speak #kat elliot #raúl cocolotl #marianna cocolotl #sister helley #manberg #bearz-a-bub #wilma elliot #delroy elliot #siobhan klaxon #the green hair thing is mostly a joke but if anyone calls me on it i have good reasons

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offscreendeath · 1 year

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#bearz-a-bub #uploads #offscreendeathshots #I want one...#Uploads #film blog #wendell and wild #2022 #jordan peele #henry selick #stop motion #animation #cursed #demon #demons #teddy bear #sickly green glow

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beados10 · 1 month

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If Wendell & Wild had a series

Name ideas:

Wendell, Wild, & Kat

Kats Adventures

Rust Banks Stories

Wendell & Wild the series

What it would be about:

Rust Banks restoration and rebuilding

Bonding time with Wendell and Wilds siblings

Some lore dumps on Sister Helleys past and how she became a Hell Maiden

Lore on Wendell and Wilds siblings and how they got captured thoroughly

How Wendell and Wild committed “treason”

More Belzer dad moments with the boys

The trio bonding somehow

Kat meeting another Hell Maiden

Kat developing and gaining new powers

Bearz-a-bub returning and having a lore dump

Spark Plug doing silly things and causing havoc to eventually delay rebuilding on Rust Bank

A actual demon from hell coming to torment the trio

Conformation on Wendell and Wilds past jobs working for Belzer

Conformation on how Wendell’s wings got slightly torn

Afterlife being confirmed by a angel, said angel would be Saint P

Having a funny interaction between actual demon from hell and Saint P

Father Bests coming back for five minutes before being slapped down to the acid pit that’s now place of the danged

What new characters it would include:

New Hell Maiden (Name TBD)

Actual Demon from Hell (Name TBD)

Saint P

Accompanying buff angel (Saint Ps assistant bouncer)

#wendell and wild #idk how to tag this #show idea #might reblog

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akatabitch · 1 year

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All the things I love about Wendell & Wild, off the top of my head…

1. Henry Selick’s subtle nods to Coraline. Raúl gave Wybie fa me lol. I saw it in how he immediately, unquestionably becomes Kat’s road dawg. In the beginning, he barely knew what was going on, but he was down for the ride. Also that one scene where Kat has on a yellow raincoat!

2. The soundtrack and character design. They did an excellent job of paying homage to afro punk culture. They made Black folk who often have to create our own spaces and lanes to be seen in a subculture we created, feel witnessed.

3. They completely subvert the narrative that Black and POC parent’s/families are, in this case, transphobic and non-Black and non-POC parents aren’t. Or that Black and POC families don’t support their children being an individual. Or support them in being themselves. I see it with Raúl & also with Kat. This is like the one universe where the parents aren’t exacerbating the conflict. In no way are they antagonists. In fact they help them resolve it.

3. I liked the world building and how it’s unique. The hell maiden, the bearz-a-bub , the demons, Bull Belzer, and everything else. To me it seemed thorough and cohesive. And not based off of anyone’s actual culture, which is harmful.

4. The way Raúl & everyone thugs it out with Kat because they knew it was trauma that was causing her to erect walls between them. I saw someone on TikTok mention how it references the strong & angry Black woman trope. But it’s almost like it’s flipped on it’s head, from the other side. From a young age, Black children have to be strong and scary and thick-skinned because we don’t have the systemic protections and safety other kids do. We see this manifest in how Kat often physically lashes out at people. Like in throwing things at Raúl and stomping on his foot, instead of communicating. Resisting Sister Helley. And even in pushing that bully down the stairs. Raúl and Sister Helley were incredibly patient with her, because they knew that behavior was less about her character and actually a defensive response to the violent environments she was in.

5. That leads me to my next point. The part when Kat embraces the “harmful” aspects of herself. Say what you want, but the methodologies Black people have employed to protect ourselves have brought us this far. It’s why we’ve survived so long in unlivable conditions. Shit can’t be sweet all the time. We can’t be nice all the time. We can’t be non-violent all the time. Especially when the circumstances and systems we face are violent as fuckkkk.

6. The way she wasn’t alone in facing and learning to embrace herself. Sister Helley was right by her side and blood bonded to Kat despite the risks, just to go through it with her.

7. On a Black religiosity tip, the “gift of sight” and connecting with spirits through dreams is sooooo Black lol.

#wendell and wild #jordan peele #black!reader #black stories

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stargazerlillian · 1 year

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Okaaay so I’m still a little bit on Cloud Nine over “Wendall and Wild”, so before I forget, I’m just gonna go ahead and splurge some of my favorite bits in no particular order.

(Spoilers beneath the cut - read at your own risk!)

- The changes in animation style when Kat has premonitions and when Wendall and Wild finally travel to the Land of the Living. I’m always a sucker for well-done blended animation, and this film is no exception to that. I also adore the visuals in general, from the unique character designs to the beautifully elaborate sets (especially those with multiple glimmering lights, like the Elliot family brewery and Belzar’s Scare Faire).

- The fact that Belzar’s fair is set to run inside and outside his body. It’s so crazy, yet it works so well. Also, the fact that his two remaining sons are forced to live inside him and away from the Land of the Living gives off similar vibes to the Greek myth of Cronus devouring his children to trap them and prevent them from overthrowing him in the future, which I like, as I remember having an absolute blast learning about Greek mythology back in middle school.

- All the great choices of music used throughout the film, many of which I had never heard before, and some that I had. “You Sexy Thing” was my favorite track, namely because it - combined with the thrilling imagery of Wendall and Wild getting to work on prettying up their first resurrected client - made me get up and dance. I just felt that if I didn’t, my body would commit Mary Reeser on the spot (read: spontaneously combust). I knew it wouldn’t, but who am I to ignore the convincing threats of my fidgety nerves? Plus it reminded me of my mother - she LOVED dancing to music like that in her hayday. I couldn’t help but smile at that thought. I also liked the original song “Raising The Dead” simply for how catchy it is and how well it fits into the scene where Wendall, Wild, and Raul raise an army of undead.

- The movie’s overarching theme of family. There’s Kat and her dead parents who she wishes to bring back to life, Raul and his loving supportive single mother, Siobhan and her greedy egotistical parents (whom she ultimately turns against for the greater good), and of course, Wendall and Wild and their overbearing father, Buffalo Belzar. Everyone’s family story is given the satisfying closure (or punishment, in the Klaxons’ case) they deserve, and it’s absolutely wonderful.

- The way almost everything has a connection to something/someone important or is something/someone important. Almost everything/everyone introduced in the film ends up playing a much larger role later, even if their first appearance seems to be just played off as a joke. The hair cream Wendall and Wild consume for simple visceral amusement at first? It turns out to be the little bit of magic they need to bring the dead back to life. The haunted stuffed bear that bites Kat and gives her the mark of the Demon Maiden? It’s actually a bearz-e-bub, and the key to summoning Wendall and Wild into the Land of the Living. The janitor who is constantly suspicious of Sister Helley and almost catches Kat in the act of stealing the bearz-e-bub? Turns out his name is Manberg, and he is not only in a tumultuous on-again off-again friendship with Sister Helley, but he is also a demon hunter/collector, and the bearz-e-bub Kat stole is his. The supremely large and elaborate painting Raul does across the many, many roofs of the neighborhood? It gets seen by Belzar right as the sun comes up, and helps him realize that he has lost his way as a father to his children. It’s astounding how much everything is connected in this movie, and I love it.

- The fact that Raul ultimately doesn’t become a love interest for Kat, but rather just a friend for her to lean on. Considering Kat is only thirteen and is still dealing with trauma over the loss of her parents for most of the film, romance would very much be the last thing on her mind. Besides, a romantic partner wasn’t what she needed to heal and realize her true strength. It was guidance in the form of a maternal figure (Sister Helley), closure in the form of seeing her undead parents again, and encouragement and kindness in the form of a boy named Raul. As much as I love a good romance, a good friendship is just as nice (and far more suitable in this case). I’m more than glad they went for this route.

- Showing right from the get-go that while Wendall and Wild may be demons, they are demons with dreams and compassion, as presented with their carefully crafted model of the Dream Faire they wish to run together without being under their father’s thumb, and the fact that when it came time for the demon brothers to test the hair cream on a larger creature, they ultimately decided not to experiment on Sparky, as they felt like they wouldn’t be able to forgive themselves if they were to kill him and not be able to bring him back to life. In hindsight, that little detail now seems like beautiful foreshadowing to the much more considerate and empathetic turn they ultimately take towards the end of the film.

- Having a touching yet believable redemption/team-up domino effect. The film sets up multiple characters as potential antagonists for Kat and Raul to defeat, but in the end, a greater goal/emergency/enemy forces them all to gather up and take down the last true antagonists remaining - the Klaxons. And my GOD is it epic. The last time I saw this trope played out so well was in “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou”, where the titular character and his crewmates (old, new, and even one of his bitter enemies) all dive down in the submersible together to find the elusive jaguar shark. It was FANTASTIC. P.S. Henry Selick designed all the sea creatures in that movie so there’s a little connection for ya~

Anyways, that’s all I can think of for this post. I loved this film overall and I very much recommend it to anyone who likes stop-motion animation, spooky stories about demons and the undead, touching stories about family, the works of Henry Selick in general, or even all of the above! I have a feeling this is going to be a modern Halloween classic for the ages, and I’m all here for it.💜💙💚

#Blooming where I'm planted #Also if any of my followers reading this haven’t seen the movie yet I recommend blacklisting the tag ‘cause I won’t be holding back...#... on any spoilers in future reblogs. Sorry not sorry~

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