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gallusgalluss · 2 years

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A Grumpus History Timeline Headcanon Thing

The whole history of grumpuses on Snakooth is real interesting to me, so this is something I’ve been workin’ on for a few days! Above shows a simple timeline of Ancient Grumps on Snaktooth/Broken Tooth as well as a another shorter timeline of Modern Grumps who’ve been rediscovering Snaktooth.

And below lot of more info about the time periods, there’s also some extra art!

Ancient Grumpus Timeline

Year 0-300: Stone Grumps

Grumpuses have existed on Snaktooth Island long before this, but I’ll just start the timeline here as if to say “Grumpus Civilization is an actual thing now”.

Stone Grumpuses were the first grumps who were able to properly live and survive on the island. They were usually found in various areas around the island, living in small groups of around 10-15 members that either consisted of family members or any random grump they happened to team up with. Groups were led by one grumpus who’s devoted enough to protect and take care of their fellow members.

They lived alongside bugsnax and worshiped them. Like current Snaktooth, bugsnax were the primary food source for Stone Grumps (there were also the sauce plants, but the snax were a lot more nutritious). Even though they ate them, they still respected them and dedicated a lot of statues, architecture, paintings, writings, etc to them. They viewed them as magical beings that could grant any grump who eats them eternal life (which is… not true in the slightest). They came up with the phrase: “Tu Quid Edas, Omne Vivum Ex Bugsnax.” (You are what you eat, all life comes from Bugsnax) as a way for them to go “By the way without the snax you’d all be dead so you better respect them.” it sounded a lot less ominous for them back then....

Year 300-500: The First Queen of Bugsnax

Related to their bugsnak worship, Stone Grumps used to sacrifice grumpuses (which includes anyone except the group leaders) to the “Undersnax”. The Undersnax is the collective name for many of the strange underground caverns found across the island that were filled with snax. Grumps are sent there for one reason, to appease the bugsnax. Even though they’ve been doing this for many years, nobody actually knew what happened to a grumpus once they entered the Undersnax… Until the first Snakqueen showed up.

The first queen; Stone Queen, was an unwilling sacrifice to the Undersnax. In there, she managed to still hold onto herself with all her anger and hatred towards the grumps who basically threw her life away for some weird looking fungi. And with all that intense emotion and the whole I-Don’t-Want-To-Actually-Die-Here mindset, she took control of her snakifications transformed herself into the Queen of Bugsnax.

She was in the Undersnax for a few days, but when she finally crawled out, her first action was to get revenge on her group of grumps who left her to die. She was going to stop there, but then realized how many other groups of grumps have been doing this for decades, other grumps who threw their loved ones into that terrifying cavern just to make their prey happy. So, now her mission was to make life on Snaktooth Island a living hell, which caused a large amount of grumps to escape to different islands and far away lands (few of them were truly successful in that). She also used her control of the snax to make them super aggressive and (even more) dangerous to all grumpuses they could sense.

Despite all this, grumpuses were still able to survive on Snaktooth; just as long as they don’t get spotted by any snax, the queen, or any of the queen’s loyal subjects (a select group of grumpuses who used to heavily worship snax who now chose to also worship the Stone Queen). Needless to say, life was difficult on Snaktooth during the queen’s reign, but it wasn’t impossible.

After around 200 years of ruling, the Stone Queen was a shell of her former self. Her total control over the snax was obviously slipping and she was physically rotting away. It didn’t take long for her to just fall apart, finally ending her reign over Snaktooth. Many grumps were ecstatic about her passing, others were furious, but the overall feeling they seemed to all had was fear of what’ll happen next.

Year 500-2500: The Desert Empire

A few years went by where the grumpuses lived their lives once again queenless. But instead of just going back to their old ways before the Stone Queen appeared, they instead had to live their lives in constant fear and anxiety. With no one ruling them and their previous experiences with grumps, snax have grown ravenous and aggressive towards all grumpuskind; either outright attacking any grump they sense or tricking the grumps into eating them so they could have some new hosts.

This era ended when one grump willingly sacrificed herself to the Undersnax, using her previous knowledge about how the Stone Queen came to be. She hoped that once she had control over the snax, she could pacify them.

So yeah, it worked and now she; the Desert Queen, began the era of the Desert Grump Empire. This was a time of true peace between grumpuses and snax, and allowed the empire to last for 2,000 years! Despite its name, the Desert Empire grew to cover most of the island, compared to the Stone Grumps only occupying a few areas on the map. It was honestly a utopia for the grumpuses, no more grumps falling apart into bugs, or having to run away at the mere sound of the distant sound of a snak, true peace.

But near those final years, the snax grew restless, and as the queen weakened, they realized that her control over them was slipping. So, like before, the snax started going against her original wishes and started finally giving into their parasitic instincts and wreaked havoc across the island. The Desert Queen eventually dies, and the grumpuses now realize the island was fully unlivable.

The ones who escaped the island traveled to the mainland continents, relieved that none of them had a single trace of bugsnax. This was the official start of the era of “Modern Grumps”.

Year 300-1875: Broken Tooth

During the beginning of the Stone Queen’s wrathful reign, Stone Grumps who lived near the southern area of the island were able to escape to the lesser island of Broken Tooth. The island has been a temporary source for different snax for years; since it frequently used to come out of the ocean for a few days before going back down. Grumps there believed that this was caused by a mystical being named Mother Naturae. They claimed that she was leading them to this safe haven.

Life on Broken Tooth differed slightly from that on Snaktooth. Instead of being a part of small groups, all the Broken Tooth grumps lived as one collective community. They still did many of the things they’ve done back on Snaktooth; making a bunch of impressive sculptures, buildings, and also very complex puzzles (just to show off). One lead grump was in charge of keeping everything together as well as holding ceremonies dedicated to the snax and Mother Naturae. There were a total of four different leaders over the time. The first two were well respected grumps; the first being one of the original Stone Grumps to lead grumps to Broken Tooth, and the second being a strong, wise grump who led the community for the longest time. But after the second leader’s sudden passing, a new grump was forced into the leadership position, which was most likely the cause for the island’s downfall.

The third leader was incredibly incompetent, not being able to properly lead the grumpus or actually give them the support they needed (which is ‌understandable when you’re suddenly forced into a position you neither wanted nor know anything about). Eventually, after a few years of utter failure, they’d banished her to Snaktooth Island; which was originally thought to be a straight up death sentence because none of the Broken Tooth grumps knew whether or not the Stone Queen was still alive. Her daughter; the fourth leader, was then forced to take her place.

The fourth leader was not a successful ruler. After seeing what happened to her mother and how strict the laws for leaders were, she’d grown distrustful of basically everything related to the island, the grumps, and especially Mother Naturae. So the Broken Tooth grumps once again are stuck with an unsuccessful leader, and all that stress and uncertainty among the grumps caused the snax on the island to act more restless (bugsnax are weird and absolutely love negative grumpus energy).

During their Snak-Eye Ceremony; whenever an annular solar eclipse happens, instead of the usual act of grumpuses heading towards the pond to have one completely relaxing night, the island becomes incredibly unstable. There are countless earthquakes that caused their temples and structures to break apart, and many grumpuses were trapped inside the collapsing areas, having no way out. Outside, there was a scene very similar to the one back on Snaktooth all the centuries ago. Bugsnax were emerging out of the ground, wrecking havoc all around the island. Some grumps called it “The Wrath of the Mother”, since Broken Tooth so suddenly became an absolute hellscape. And if things couldn’t have gotten worse, the island was starting to sink back into the ocean again; something it hasn’t done in centuries.

So the grumpuses were clearly panicked, not knowing whether they’ll be able to survive this event or not. But thanks to their many watercrafts, some grumpuses were able to escape the island before it got deadly. Survivors of Broken Tooth were able to find their way back to Snaktooth Island, now that it’s ruled by a new, much generous queen, or could travel far off to different Snak-less continents. Many of them still worshiped Mother Naturae in Modern Grumpus times (see Shelda, for example), even though there’s not as many followers as there used to be.

Modern Grumpus Timeline

Year 5000+: Modern Grumps and Rediscovering Snaktooth Island

So the events on Snaktooth Island have happened many, many centuries ago, and practically everything about it has been forgotten by the Modern Grumps. Even though most of its history is unknown, the island itself is still there, and that has sparked the interest in many explorers.

There’s been many grumps who decide to go off and travel to the island, but none of them have even come back. Because of how frequently this happens, any grump who dares to travel to the island is just asking for their own demise.

Despite this, a lot of explorers still thought they’d be able to go to the island and come back home, ready to tell their adventurous tales to the public.

This includes Grumpbeard and his crew, probably the first actual team of grumps who set sail to the island. He was known for his many voyages across the world, and his final destination was Snaktooth Island. Like all the explorers before him, he believed that he’d be the one to survive the island. And this belief was only supported by the fact he was accompanied by a crew of around 50 other grumpuses. Unfortunately, he was wrong, with him and most of his crew succumbing to the ravenous snax.

However, the few remaining survivors of his crew formed the Snakolytes; a secret society whose goal is to study and keep the secrets of Snaktooth unknown to the outside world until there’ll be a way to finally have them under their control.

There was also Bronica Lottablog; a relatively well-known explorer and archaeologist, and her team. Her team faced a similar outcome to Grumpbeard’s crew. Either dying or joining the Snakolytes. However, nobody knows exactly what happened to Bronica herself.

And lastly, there’s Lizbert Megafig.

Lizbert’s Expedition

Lizbert’s team was the fifth major group of grumps to travel to the island, and (depending on how things play out) the first and only group to actually make it back to mainland.

You’ve played the game, you know what happens lol

#long post #seriously there's like almost 2k words under cut lmao #so yea again this is something i've been workin on for a while cause ooo oooo funny muppet monster history oooo #bugsnax #bugsnax spoilers #bigsnax spoilers #hope the read more doesn't break or anything cause oooo... that won't be good lol #tried my hardest to not turn these all into word salad #trypophobia #scopophobia

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laterisers · 2 years

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THE BUGSNAX ARE EXTRATERRESTRIAL CREATURES — AND HERE'S WHY. || (MAJOR BUGSNAX + BIGSNAX DLC SPOILERS)

Note — I've been researching this since yesterday and I finally figured all of the lore out! I think-

So, first things off ‐ as the title says, this post contains MAJOR BUGSNAX SPOILERS FROM THE ENTIRE GAME!!! SO IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME YET I think it's best that you skiddadle your way out of here!!

Back to my theory — the bugsnax are extraterrestrial creatures. Why? may you ask. And the answer is simple! Many clues across the entire game from start to end have pointed at the fact that these creatures are not from this world, and we have probably dismissed them.

To begin with, and as everyone already knows:

The bugsnax are parasites that lure their hosts into developing some sort of bond with them, be it emotional or physical - eventually forcing them to eat the bugsnax on huge quantities and fully undergoing the snaxification of their limbs - until the end of the game where the snaxification finally concludes and, if you score the bad ending, everyone presumably dies.

Knowing this, and with what Liz says at the end of the game, we know that the bugsnax are patient. They take advantage of the foremost weaknesses of their hosts and make use of those to transform them into snax. Adding onto this is the fact that the bugsnax do not mind being eaten by the grumpuses, despite being seemingly startled by them.

In the bad ending, as each grumpus dies, they recite a line referencing their tragic pasts and the demise that has come to them, showing that they are happy with the bugsnax and not being in the slightest bothered by the fact that the bugsnax are forcing themselves into their bodies — just like they did with Liz once her and Eggabell separated prior to the beginning of the game.

With all that said, comes the important part of the theory!

Why do I think Bugsnax are not from planet Earth?

First off, the paintings on the walls of the many caves and old buried civilizations of Snaktooth Island. As you may already know, these paintings in the real word have often been found to be tied to extraterrestrial devices and things of a similar nature! Which is pretty awesome, because the carvings and paintings in-game live up to these features as well.

Anyway, as I was saying - These old civilizations of Snaktooth Island are spread all throughout the island and they all seem to have gone extinct under rather strange circumstances.

or... have they really?

Triffany believes that these old civilizations of grumpuses fed on the bugsnax as well and even praised them (as seen in the Bugsnax DLC, Isle of Bigsnax) to the point where they would make offerings to them and sacrifice other grumpuses in order to satisfy the snax's hunger for... grumpus flesh? This doesn't add up.

During one of his side missions, Wambus mentions something about the bugsnax and the way they reproduce - mentioning that many times has he seen these little creatures carve their way out of the ground like vegetables. But, were they really growing off the soil itself?

I don't think so.

Let's return to the bad ending of the game! Remember how everyone gets turned to snax after the snaxification reaches its completion? Well, here's a funny hypothesis.

What if the snax's way of reproduction is mitosis on a cellular level?

This would explain why Wambus had various sightings of these creatures "growing" off the grounds. Many grumpuses could have probably been buried in the grounds of Snaktooth Island and, as Triffany said, a lot of these corpses would disappear without leaving any traces besides a couple of bones, which was extremely strange to her.

I believe that once the snaxification is complete and the grumpuses have finally surrendered to the snax, they turn to pieces of food - leaving these for "incubation".

Now, I don't know how long this incubation process might take, but seeing how the island of REPLETED with these snax, I am led to believe that the time of incubation has no basis of time and is only random.

The snax all of the grumpuses have eaten during our adventure are more than likely the remains of those past civilizations that could not escape Snaktooth Island and instead decided to surrender to these parasites.

But, this doesn't prove that the bugsnax are extraterrestrial crestures. Does it?

Well, it doesn't! But there's still one last thing to talk about. Or two, if you will. Or many. I didn't count them.

THE TRIPLICATE SPACE AND THE SNAKOLYTES — A SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS.

Ah yes, the triplicate space. I was so amazed by this gigantic piece of an Easter egg when I first accessed it! Marvelous work honestly. Props to the developers for managing to execute this flawlessly.

The Triplicate Space. The Snakolytes. How do they all tie into this? Allow me to elaborate.

Floofty and Snorpy have been known to work for the government, which is revealed during the near end of the game. The reason behind Snorpy's paranoia is that both of them have been put under lawsuits for attempting to reveal the government's inappropriate use of a new type of prosthetics that could have saved lives! And is the main reason of the conflict between Snorpy and Floofty as siblings.

Snorpy, obsessed with the idea of the Grumpinati and their connection with aliens, has already figured most of this story out. The poor little guy just isn't aware of it.

The Snakolytes are somehow tied into the government and this should more than likely be common knowledge. For us as players, at least.

As Alegander states in the tapes, these old civilizations were guided by "Gods" of the snax. Those who were sacrificed in pits full of snax would eventually return and release their full wrath over the grumpuses, or so did the first two. The first god was known to be malevolent, having the intent of fully reigning over the grumpuses and using the snax as a weapon to extermine them all. The second god was benevolent, yet not quite intelligent by nature. Their benevolence eventually led to the unintended destruction of the grumpuses.

And then there was the third goddess. Elizabert Megafig. The Snakolytes had hoped that this new goddess would bring peace to this world, weaponizing the bugsnax and putting society under instrumentalization! Which ultimately failed, as Elizabert was not quite fit for the intention of the bugsnax.

But, why do I believe that the Snakolytes had other intentions besides the instrumentalization? Or better yet, WHO are those in power of the Snakolytes? Presumably, they're descendants of Grumpbeard. And while I do believe this to be true, I refuse to believe that their objective was none other than to link the planet Earth with that of the Snax.

The Snakolytes. An organization led by Bugsnax.

HERE COMES MY FAVORITE PART!!

That eerie, atmospheric theme song of the Triplicate Space will always be stuck in my head.

And as the title of the song says, the Triplicate Space is "The Space Between Worlds".

This might just be a silly theory of mine buuuut, this song may be directly referencing the book under the same title written by Micaiah Johnson which specifically tells the story of a woman with the power to travel between worlds and often references various issues of privilege and position.

Privilege and Position. ALEGANDER JAMFOOT'S FOREMOST CONCERN! And perhaps the reason for his obsession with the triplicate space and why he was sent there to begin with.

"The Space Between Worlds" is also a pretty self-explanatory title for a theme song. The Triplicate Space's purpose is to link the world of the Snax with that of the Earth and continue the cycle of snaxification Ad Infinitum. Or at least until the instrumentalization is finally carried forward.

A Tasty Conclusion.

The bugsnax are fascinating creatures! Or horrifying parasites, depending on how you decide to look at it.

Coming from a different world or even DIMENSION that traces back in time for thousands and thousands of years, constantly seeked over by the Snakolyte Organization since the arrival of grumpbeard to the island.

The lore of this game is so extensive and I truly cannot wait longer to finally uncover every last bit of it! Until then, I shall keep on studying and researching what we currently have and, hopefully, come to a true conclusion someday.

also it's pretty weird that the triplicate space has a snak exclusive to it. I wonder where that little guy came from.

Farewell! ☆

#bugsnax #bigsnax spoilers #BUGSNAX SPOILERS #SPOILERS!!#SPOILERS EVERYWHERE #good grump this took a while to get written down #but hey #this is just a theory #A GAAAAAAAAAAAME THEORY

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bowsnbugsnax · 2 years

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I've been giving some thought to Pansina's character arc on Snaktooth and what kind of missions she'd give the player.

#Rose art #OC: Pansina Pufflecake #bugsnax #bugsnax fanart #grumpus oc #grumpusona #bugsnax journalist #the journalist

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caribbeangrumpus · 1 year

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Bugsnax OC: Samuel Sandefur

Samuel Sandefur is our main hero in this Bugsnax AU. He is the only human protagonist ever to appear in the story. Sam is a 10-year-old orphan boy known to be a very polite, curious, and soft-hearted individual with a strong passion for adventure. He's always eager to learn new things and to enjoy living life to the fullest. However, he's rather shy, and not quite adept at communicating with other people, especially when he encounters Grumpuses for the first time.

Sam's backstory is shrouded in mystery. Originally a citizen from the human realm, he found his way into a world hidden beyond the Great Red Barrier where it is said to be the home of furry monster-like people called Grumpuses.

Taking place before the events of the game, Sam gets shipwrecked on Snaktooth Island where he meets Lizbert Megafig and her expedition team made up of fourteen members. Their mission is to provide research and collect information about the insect-like food creatures given the name Bugsnax. Sam offers to partake in the expedition since he's been familiar with strange and otherworldly creatures, since to him Grumpuses are considered cryptids. As the boy tries to adjust to his new surroundings on Snaktooth Island under Lizbert's guardianship, Sam will learn important life lessons, and little by little will get to understand the history of the survival of the Grumpuses.

Will Sam be able to get along with any of the Grumpuses? He will surely face many challenges when living with fourteen of them, being the only human on the island. In order to truly be a part of their team, Sam must recognize his own shortcomings and work in many ways to improve himself and build better relations with each Grumpus he interacts with. No matter what risk he takes, he will eventually show all of them the power to fulfill their expedition.

Also, here's a couple of stickers I've made of Sam. Free to use for your consideration! ;)

In case you've missed it, here's a portrait of Sam with all the Grumpus stickers!

Tell me what you think in the comments. Reblogging is highly appreciated! 👍

#bugsnax #bugsnax fanart #bugsnax oc #bugsnax au #grumpuses of caribia au #samuel sandefur #sam sandefur #my artwork

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dandelion-spine · 2 years

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I HAVE A THEORY ABOUT BRONICA LOTTABLOG!!!

(And Alegander, and the Snakolytes,,,)

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE ISLAND OF BIGSNAX, ‘SNAXBURG GETS SPOOKED’, TRIFFANY’S MISSIONS, AND EVERYTHING POST-MAJOR CELEBRATION AHEAD!

(TL;DR at the bottom of the post)

I know that people were debating what Alegander Jamfoot meant when he mentioned that Bronica Lottablog had gone somewhere that Clumby shouldn’t follow her to?

Well, I’ve been thinking about it for a while now, and I think I have an answer. I, dandelion-spine, believe that Bronica Lottablog went through the door in the mountains and ended up being fully snakified in the Undersnax.

From what we learn from Lizbert in the Undersnax, becoming the Queen of Bugsnax (the only way to survive the fate she met as far as we can tell) is very difficult and energy-consuming.

Seeing as Bronica was pretty old by the time that she went to Snaktooth (based on Triffany saying that Bronica didn’t have teeth when she left for Snaktooth), she may have not had the energy to survive the snakification process.

This would also make sense because Bronica’s last known location was Frosted Peak based on her journal, and that’s where the door is. Another thing to note is that her bones are notably missing, but there are bones there.

My theory? The skull at the top of Frosted Peak belonged to a member of Bronica’s expedition who was waiting for her to get back. If Bronica had an expedition, it would make sense that she’d be able to open the door.

Maybe the other members of her expedition didn’t enter the door with her, and just waited outside for her return?

Now this is a bit of a stretch, but it’s entirely possible that the third member of the trio who opened the door was Alegander Jamfoot?

Now we’re getting into ANOTHER theory.

What if Bronica was meant to become the Third Queen of Bugsnax?

What if that supposed trio that opened the door before the events of Lizbert’s expedition were sent by the Snakolytes to make Bronica into the Queen of Bugsnax? What if Bronica was a member of the Snakolytes?

Maybe Clumby just went to the island to find Bronica, and found Alegander instead? Maybe he was being punished for failing the mission, or being punished in Bronica’s stead? This is where I can’t really give an answer. We don’t know enough about the Snakolytes at this moment to form any conclusion on this part.

Now that I’ve run out of things to discuss, let’s summarize!

TLDR; My theory is that Bronica was chosen by the Snakolytes to become the next Queen of the Bugsnax, and went to Snaktooth with Alegander and at least one other person.

The three of them opened the door to the Undersnax, Bronica went in alone, and she didn’t survive to become the Queen. She instead was fully snakified.

The other person died on top of Frosted Peak presumably waiting for Bronica, and Alegander ended up being punished by the Snakolytes and sent to the Triplicate Space.

#bigsnax spoilers #bugsnax spoilers #bugsnax #bronica lottablog #triffany lottablog #alegander jamfoot #spinesrants #long post #i had to get that out of my system lol- I’ve got at least 2 more long posts like this coming up!

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milkandraspberry · 2 years

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misc bugsnax thoughts

(spoilers)

Floofty’s ending photo shows them with a prosthetic leg, meaning that missing body parts regrown with bugsnax go away when the snakification wears off. So even if things initially worked out with the plan to cut off their head, they’d need to stay snakified to stay alive.

I keep going back and forth on what could cause Filbo’s immunity in the finale from a narrative standpoint. It could be that Filbo simply has the determination to overpower the bugsnax’s temptation due to his personality (Honestly he seems pretty hands-off to bugsnax, iirc the only time he asks the player for snaks is the Strabby in the tutorial, which I don’t think is comparable to a vice like other snak gathering missions since he was just hungry.) or maybe either the required story beats of bringing the grumpuses back to town/the final confrontation with liz could have acted like the side-quests do for the other characters.

I’m fairly certain that, if given more time, Gramble could have fully trained even the larger Bugsnax, I feel like alot of people noticed Sprout being loyal through the finale but also the trip-shot section uses a device powered by a Kweeble treadmill. Assuming these are the ones Gramble was training in Simmering Springs and aren’t part of the hoarde then that would mean that the factor that stopped Sprout from turning wasn’t being in a hamster ball or being too young, it was love (maybe)

In his interview Cromdo explained he was intending to hijack the team’s boat to escape himself before finding out that it’s missing and blaming Liz. Iirc the boat’s dissapearance is never explained?

Speaking of boats, Floofty’s makeshift lab in Boiling Bay is like, literally inches away from the Triplicate Space entrance. Two of that place’s biggest lore reveals involve Triffany’s Grandma and Snorpy’s conspiracy theories. Floofty just barely missed bringing huge revelations for their best friend and sibling (...or did they? the 100% post-credits dialouge brings up the idea of some of the grumpuses knowing the secrets of snaktooth but keeping quiet to be smart. It’s definitely speculation bait, but this is speculation anyway so)

Where does the skeleton hand that Triffany waves around come from? Like iirc she always has it on her, even when she’s away from archeology stuff. Is it from one of the Snaktooth Grumpus skeletons or did she bring it from home?

Triffany mentions Pinkle being an important crop for the stone grumpuses in her Flavour Falls sidequest, implying that the design of a pickle jar existed since what i assume is the equivilant of the stone age and that bugsnax can just look like future stuff. But in her Frosted Peak sidequest she mentions that the Pinkle reskin Aggroll was only reported recently (or maybe that was other flavour text?) which implies that bugsnax can’t look like future stuff. (if it turns out cavement *did* know how to pickle cucumbers and i’m just reaching, fair.).

In the finale, Eggabelle was able to fuse with monster Liz. Unless the rules are differant for joining and becoming a queen, that makes her the fourth known character to be a suitable bugsnax queen

Monster Liz being able to control bugsnax might be the reason why bugsnax avoid capture while they canonically want to be eaten. (I don’t buy into the theory that the snax are avoiding the player character due to their allergy because A: If they were only avoiding the player then Filbo wouldn’t have needed help to catch a Strabbu and B: I think the snax are too stupid to be that coordinated)

Chandlo and Snorpy both live in Sugarpine Woods at the start of the game. Chandlo doesn’t have his own house like Snorpy, but is shown to be skilled at building houses, so I assume he built Snorpy his log cabin along with other things like the watch tower and hot tub. I’d say this is Chaldo prioritising Snorpy over himself but he also probably built the basketball court just for him, so he probably just shares a bed with Snorpy

How did Wambus grow the special sauce he gives the player in the finale? Is it just an exotic sauce not found on snaktooth, or does it imply sauce plants can be cross-bred?

In Liz’s video letter to the player at the start of the game she mentions one of the player character’s articles on soylent grump, which based on it’s namesake is food made out of grumpuses. Beffica is an open fan of the Player Character’s journalism and would likely know about soylent grump, it’s possible this put the thought of cannibal conspiracy in her head and could explin why she so quickly jumped to assuming Floofty was a cannibal besides “Beffica mean”.

It’s also possible that Beffica’s admiration of the Player Character is what lead Liz to invite them specifically as the expedition’s journalist. Since the video message Liz sends takes place after the arrival to Snaktooth which seems to take place with most other Grumpuses aside from the player character and also gives a timeframe for the eixisting team to mingle, when Beffica could put the Player Character on Liz’s radar.

Might be me being dumb here but how did Shelda join the expedition? Like she says it was a raffle in the main game, then the dlc has her sidemouthing that it wasn’t actually a raffle. I honestly have no leads on how she joined, and even less on why she would want to hide how she joined. Is this just a retcon? and if it is what about the older explination made the writers want to retcon it?

I made at least one for each of the other 12 chars so i gotta complete the circle and do one for wiggle but i don’t care for wiggle so i’ll just ask if she ever got Grapeskeeto bites from sleeping out in the open on the Simmering Springs beach. and if so then good.

#bugsnax

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snakolyteagentkit · 1 year

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(Also you can follow Kit’s story on Snaktooth here!

-Mod)

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bunger-onfire-002 · 2 years

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Fanfic idea I'm not gonna write

Journalist fails to save everyone and with the power of game magic goes back in time to before anyone goes to snaktooth. Now on a mission to stop everyone from going to snaktooth, they have to solve everyone's problems before they can go to snaktooth.

#in the end maybe they still end up going cause so random journalist wont stop them #dont know how to give it a happy ending but would probably be a fun journey

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woogly-boogly · 1 year

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Games I Played in 2022 (reviews)

In 2022 I moved 18 hours away to a totally different state to live with some friends, and leaving everything behind has left me feeling very displaced. One of the ways I’ve been managing my feelings has been through video games. I played a lot of games this year - or rather, I played a few games a LOT this year - and I wanna talk about them. I’ll only be talking about games I played for the first time, though. I don’t feel like talking about games I’ve played before.

Bugsnax

We are whatever we eat

Not long after I released my album in 2021, one of my now-housemates told me it sounded a lot like it would fit in with the Bugsnax soundtrack. This felt almost insulting to me because I hadn’t played, or heard much about Bugsnax, but it looked and sounded to me like a stupid and condescending comparison. But a couple of weeks after I arrived in Queensland, he got me to sit down and play the game.

The main menu theme ended up being my top song on Spotify this year.

In Bugsnax, you play as an unnamed journalist who travels to Snaktooth Island in search of answers as to what Bugsnax are, how they function, and what happened to Elizabert Megafig, the researcher who recently disappeared under mysterious circumstances. You’ll meet twelve other Grumpuses on the island, develop friendships with them, and help them with personal missions to convince them to return to their town, Snaxburg. This often involves catching Bugsnax and feeding them to the Grumpuses, which in turn transforms a piece of their body to resemble the Snak they just ate.

A good metric for gameplay comparison is this year’s most “innovative” instalment to the Pokemon franchise, Pokemon Legends Arceus. One of the main draws of Legends Arceus is that to catch a Pokemon, instead of dealing with a long ass battle, you can just throw a Pokeball at a Pokemon, and catch it in a fraction of the time. The problem with this is there are 242 Pokemon in the game, and the absolute MOST interesting thing you can do to catch a Pokemon is to throw a berry near it to trick it into turning away from you, so you can hit the back of its head with the Pokeball to increase catch rates.

In Bugsnax, there are 100 Bugsnax and dozens of ways to catch them, and they’re ALL incredibly fun and satisfying. Lure them into your Snaktrap with their favourite sauces. Flush them out of their hidey-holes with your Strabby in a ball. Trick them into running into each other, and catch them with a net while they’re disoriented. Sometimes they’re on fire, so you and your tools can’t touch them. Sometimes they’re aggressive, so they’ll just bash you and your tools away when you get near. It’s always fun to catch a Bugsnak, and sometimes they’re a really intriguing puzzle to solve.

One fun surprise was how well-written the characters are. Each character feels like a person, and they’re all COMPLETELY different people, with really interesting relationships to each other, so no one feels repetitive. You’ve got Filbo, the mayor of Snaxburg who’s not taken seriously or respected at all by his peers, who lacks confidence but is always there and willing to help you, his only friend. You’ve got Wiggle, an award-winning “banjo-pop” star who’s trying desperately to find her spark again, and thinks Bugsnax may be the answer. You’ve got Snorpy, an anxiety-ridden conspiracy theorist who loves inventing things and is totally in love with his best friend Chandlo, a gym-bro fitness buff (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal!) who’s big on philosophy and maintaining one’s mental strength/wellbeing as well.

My point here is that there is a lot of diversity in the types of characters you’ll meet in Bugsnax, and you’ll never be bored with the conversation.

Returning to the soundtrack (by Seth Parker) for a minute, it really is fantastic. There were a few tracks that admittedly took longer than others to grow on me because they were kinda pitchy (namely Those Darn Bungers, but I’ve come to absolutely ADORE that track), but now that I’ve grown to understand it all, I really wouldn’t change a thing. It’s so fun to listen to, both inside and outside the context of the game, and a large amount of it holds a healthy amount of emotional charge.

All in all, I love Bugsnax. I didn’t even talk about things like the controls (excellent), the art style (excellent), the story (excellent), or the Snak designs (excellent), but I’d love to do a YouTube video about this game someday, so I’ll get further into detail then. But for now, if I had to describe Bugsnax with just one word, it’d be “charming”. If you’re a fan of Pokemon Legends Arceus, PLEASE play Bugsnax too, you’ll see what I mean when I say it wipes the floor with Legends Arceus.

Fav tracks (THE WHOLE FUCKING ALBUM ((except maybe Charwee’s Day Out))): Sunrise Over Snaktooth Island, Welcome to Snaxburg, You’re The Journalist!

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Donut County

Why should I apologise for delivering this pathetic, vegetable-eating coyote a donut?

In 2017, I got a lot of ads for free mobile games where you play as a hole in the ground that expands as you consume objects of increasing size. In 2018, Donut County came out; a game where you play as a hole in the ground that expands as you consume objects of increasing size. Over the years I’ve seen a lot of YouTubers say they thoroughly enjoyed Donut County, but I was always scared away by its price tag. After all, why should I pay $30 for a game that’s identical to all those free mobile games I kept getting ads for?

But then one day as I was listening to my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify, one song came on that had me thinking “oh shit this one’s a banger”. I checked what it was and it was Garbage Day, from the Donut County soundtrack. I decided ok, I’ll get the game someday, and a few months later I got bored and said fuck it.

Turns out it’s a short game, so I was able to beat it in a 3-hour sitting, but damn did I have fun. The gameplay is very simple - you move the hole around and make stuff fall in it - but it’s tight. The gameplay is tight. Not the hole. The hole is very expansive.

The story goes as follows: Everyone in Donut County is already in the hole, and each level is a flashback that tells the story of how each character ended up in the hole. At about the game’s halfway point though, a loose end gives everyone a glimmer of hope that they may somehow be able to get out of the hole.

The gameplay takes the story as an opportunity to explore new ways you can make the hole interact with the world. You can solve puzzles involving which objects you swallow in what order, ejecting certain objects to knock things down from high places, and more. It takes the simple mechanic and plays with it in some really fun and interesting ways.

MUSIC: Daniel Koester has a very particular style that I haven’t heard in video games before. It’s like lo-fi, but Daniel focuses a lot more on percussion than most lo-fi artists I’ve heard. A lot of clicks and snaps and other fun sounds make the soundtrack particularly unique, but it never disturbs the fun and casual vibe which is rounded off by lighthearted guitar. Hell yeah, I’d listen to this soundtrack for any reason.

As far as $30 mobile games go, I definitely like Donut County the most.

Fav tracks: Garbage Day, Slackers, Honey.

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Fatum Betula

Long ago I was gifted immortality. At first I was relieved. But 50 years into my new situation… I began to rot.

I really can’t describe Fatum Betula as anything other than a surreal masterpiece. It’s a walking simulator in which you search for liquids to feed the fountain of life, but there really does seem to be a much deeper meaning to it. For each liquid you feed the fountain, there’s a different ending to be found. This makes it a really fun puzzle to try and find/create new liquids in search of all 10 endings, interacting with the characters you meet and the world in really interesting ways.

The music is generally ambient and incredibly peaceful to listen to. If I could stream it anywhere other than YouTube, I’d sleep to it. It’s got this sense of melancholia about it that invokes this feeling of reflection as it draws you further into the world.

The graphics are that of a PS1 game, which really adds to the charm of the game alongside the dialogue and aforementioned soundtrack. It’s peaceful, melancholy, and invokes feelings of longing for a time and place you’ve never even been.

There’s also a healthy amount of comedy in it, though. From the old diver’s love for the ocean, to the literal angel that tells you something horrible about your future, to the Skeleton Ending, to the bizarre messages you read on the TV. This game has a great way of sweeping the rug from beneath your feet with an unexpected laugh.

Fav tracks: Cherry Daydream, Red Memories, Drifting

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Metroid Dread

You are faced with overwhelming power. Accept your helplessness.

Metroid Dread is the only Metroid game I’ve played, but I appreciated that it’s incredibly friendly to new audiences. I tried to play Metroid 4 on the SNES Emulator for the Switch, but I didn’t get far.

The story is simple but effective, and Samus’ abilities start from scratch which gives you plenty of time to acclimate to them as you rediscover what Samus can do. The maps are diverse, and there’s an abundance of exploration to do in each area, but none of the areas get stale because each new ability you find (which is a lot btw) unlocks a new area to explore.

I feel like I’m sounding like a broken record here, but the ambient soundtrack does a fantastic job of setting the mood, but that extends to the sound design too. In particular, the E.M.M.I.s are absolutely fucking terrifying. You know all those memes about how the pitter-patter of the piano at the start of the Guardian theme in Breath of the Wild is supposed to be the “sound that gives everyone a heart attack”? I never got that. I get that chill from the beeping of the E.M.M.I.s though. Those guys are so much scarier than Guardians, especially when they’re chasing you. Those motherfuckers are a well-designed enemy. Hell yeah.

What I really want to talk about, though, is how my dumbfuck friend ruined my night a few weeks ago while I was in the middle of my second playthrough. I was on the phone with him and I don’t remember exactly what led to this topic - I think we were recounting legendary Reddit moments (“I Also Choose This Guy’s Dead Wife”, “You Like That You Fucking R****d”, etc.), but he referenced a “Redditor who’s in love with his imaginary cockroach girlfriend”.

I, not having heard about this, immediately asked him what the fuck he was talking about, because it sounded like he was pranking me. He proceeds to find - and read out loud to me - this series of Reddit posts from some guy who watched too many Cronenberg movies, and created an imaginary girlfriend named Ogtha, who was a giant cockroach, but with a human vagina. Fucking… Ogtha. What kind of name is that?? It’s incredible how bad this story gets, though. A cockroach tulpa gf wasn’t bad enough, this dude managed to fuck his entire life up THREE DIFFERENT TIMES, YEARS APART because of this delusion.

I really recommend reading the entire story yourself. It’s horrible, and you’ll be outraged multiple times, each time worse than before. I bring this up because now Ogtha the Cockroach is now permanently intertwined with my memories of Metroid Dread. Her name is Ogtha. Why is her name Ogtha? I hate everything about this story.

Metroid Dread is a great game, though.

Fav tracks: Ataria II, Ferenia, Burenia I.

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So that’s my list of reviews, I might do this again for the end of 2023. I had fun writing this, although I really shouldn’t have procrastinated so much.

#games i played in 2022 #but only the ones i hadn't played before #ogtha the cockroach #ogtha #game reviews

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braverynight · 2 years

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Riamam Lampnom & Gyiel Scratchback in… Worthy Opponent (Bugsnax Fandom Fanfic)

Gyiel Scratchback owned by @orb-the-watchman

Hope you enjoy!

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The woodlands of the mountain on Snaktooth island were lonely and unforgiving, but Gyiel was used to being alone. After all, he had to stay on mission. He knew Wambus could keep everything in line but he was there to make sure of that. Still… It didn’t make his current post very very boring.

With a huff, he jumps from the tree he was sitting in to take a walk. No one would be coming up the mountain at this hour, so he was safe to walk around. How much longer would they have him and Wambus out here? He keeps side eyeing all of the snaks that watch him. He knew it was his job but he just wanted to go home, sleep in a bes for once, could a guy only wish—

“Hey mister!” Gyiel jumps and readies his gun, looking around for who spoke. He sees nothing until he sees a wagging tail in a tree. His gaze and gun point up the tree and he sees her… Wambus had warned him about this wild card, toothy smile and a pentenchent for chaos: Riamam Lampnom. She smiles and giggles, “Hi!”

“Uh… Hi?” He waves, gun still trained on her.

“You’re a new one, aren’t you? I’m Riamam—“

“Lampnom, I know.” Gyiel snarls, “You shouldn’t be here.”

She smirks, laying down on the branch, closing her eyes, “Buddy, I live here. I know these woods like the back of my paw. I bet I can catch all the snakpods in this area alone!” She cracks one eye open to peek at the still defensive Gyiel, “Buuuuuuut… That does make me wonder…” she jumps down and inches towards him, not even noticing the gun barrel pointed to her chest, “How have you been surviving out here, furless one?”

Gyiel instinctively backs up, gun still pointed at the horned grumpus. He had dealt with grumps with her personality type in the past, but none were as fearless as her given he had a gun and she had nothing. Did she not know she was in mortal danger? Oh of course she didn’t know, she was born hundreds of years ago! Still, it was frightening how unnerved she was.

“D-don’t come any closer!” He snarled, “I could kill you, I could kill you so easily with this!”

She stopped and laughed and looked at him with a pitiful gaze, “Well… Maybe you’ll be doing me a favor then. Maybe then I can rejoin my beloved Pylaar in death…” She takes a deep breath in as a rogue tear drips from her eye and she turns her back to him, “I won’t tell anyone that you’re up here. I can promise you that. But a promise for a promise, so can you do that?” She turns to him with a serious look, “Keep an eye on the blue farmer for me, ok? The poor guy has been under a lot of stress lately and I try to be the hunter Liz was for everyone but seeing him in distress makes me stressed. So please, don’t hurt him if you’re going to hurt someone…”

Gyiel could laugh, he had already been doing that for the past few months now! And now here was this stranger asking him to do the exact same thing? It was hysterical. But… He couldn’t tell her that. With his best poker face, he nods, “Alright, deal.”

She smiles and puts her right paw out, “It’s not a deal until we shake.”

He smirks and puts his metal paw out and shakes, “Then so it is.”

They share a glare with each other, both smirking and not letting up. A worthy challenger for the both of them. Perhaps the only one on this whole island.

“A metal arm? How did that happen?” She looks with awe.

“I… Rather not tell.” Gyiel grimices, remembering his past. He wonders if there were things in her past she would rather not say…

#bugsnax #bugsnax fandom #bugsnax fanfiction #riamam lampnom #gyiel scratchback #riamam au saga

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unknown-bugsnax-lover · 1 year

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Hey there!

I have completely scrapped the idea of a Bugsnax and twd cross over and instead imma do a Bugsnax apocalypse.

Bugpocalypse…

Snakpocalypse…

APOCABUGLYPSE!!!

(It’s gonna be Bugpocalypse)

Here is the current idea of it.

Bugsnax apocalypse au (might change some things)

Bugsnax have taken over and turns grumps into food zombie parasites. It takes place 2 years after the expedition escaped and Liz and Egg escaped the island a year after them.

How it started

A bugsnak made it to the mainland and entered a grocery store. It made itself look like an oversized but regular strawberry. Someone bought it and ate it and then it took 48 hours for them to fully transform into a parasitic food zombie. It then went around taking parts of the strawberries growing off of it and force feeds others with it which makes the infection spread.

Bugsnax head-cannons

Bugsnax:

-bugsnax can make themselves spread across someone’s body and control their mind to force feed others the, for example, strawberries growing off of its body.

-more bugsnax were able to get to the mainland and infected others.

-it also spreads through bites.

-they infect animals

-some of them are blind

-they cannot die by their brain being destroyed, they can only die by fire or explosion.

-if their brain is impaled or something else happens to it then they are incapacitated.

Character head-cannons

Questions:

-where were they when it happened?

-what did they do to survive?

-what are they doing now?

-what weapon(s) do they have?

-where are they staying?

-do they kill?

-any scars?

-extras?

Distiny:

-where were they when it happened?

She was in college.

-what did they do to survive?

She locked herself and a few others in a classroom and barricaded the doors and windows.

-what are they doing now?

She is leading a group of 30+ grumps.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

She has a katana and bow and arrows.

-where are they staying?

She is staying in a mall.

-do they kill?

Yes.

-any scars?

She still has the scars from first escaping Snaktooth, but she also has a scar leading from the top right of her face leading down to the bottom left, going across her nose.

-Extras?

She calls the ‘zombies’ rots.

Elizbert:

-where were they when it happened?

Hanging out with Snorpy.

-what did they do to survive?

Helped Snorpy lock down the house.

-what are they doing now?

She goes on missions.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

Machete. She is given a bow from Distiny.

-where are they staying?

Snorpy’s house at first then the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes.

-any scars?

Lots.

-extras?

Eggabell:

-where were they when it happened?

The hospital.

-What did they do to survive?

Lock herself and a few others in a room and slowly clear out the hospital.

-what are they doing now?

Working as a doctor for people who come back from missions. She sometimes goes on missions herself.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

One of Elizabert’s machetes.

-where are they staying?

The mall.

-do they kill?

Yes.

-any scars?

Lots but less than Liz.

-extras?

Buddy:

-where were they when it happened?

They were in their apartment.

-What did they do to survive?

After Filbo locked them inside the apartment, Buddy began counting how much food they have and filling up cups with water.

-what are they doing now?

Living in the mall with their friends as a scavenger.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

They have a pipe that they took from the sink. They get a bow from Distiny.

-where are they staying?

They stayed in the apartment but eventually goes and lives in the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes but only rots

-any scars?

The ones they got from Snaktooth and a tooth missing.

-extras?

Filbo:

-where were they when it happened?

He was walking back to the apartment after going shop.

-What did they do to survive?

He locked himself and Buddy inside their apartment and stayed there.

-what are they doing now?

He is with everyone again and are living in the mall.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

He has a severed wooden table leg.

-where are they staying?

He stayed in his and Buddy’s apartment. But he goes to live with Distiny in the mall.

-do they kill?

No. Unless accidentally.

-any scars?

He has a few scars on him but their small. But he eventually loses his hand (curtesy of Distiny) because he got bit.

-extras?

Wambus:

-where were they when it happened?

He was at his and Triffany’s house farming.

-What did they do to survive?

He locked his doors, gathered some supplies and left in his truck to find Triffany.

-what are they doing now?

He works the farm the grumps living in mall have made.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

His hoe or something else if he doesn’t have it on him.

-where are they staying?

At first he would wander the city but now he lives in the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes.

-any scars?

A lot small ones and a few big ones. He has a stitched scar on his leg.

-extras?

Beffica:

-where were they when it happened?

She was at a cafe.

-What did they do to survive?

She was able to get the keys to the cafe and locked herself inside with a few others.

-what are they doing now?

She helps Triffany gather information about the rots and goes on missions.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

Anything she can use. Mostly sharp objects.

-where are they staying?

She stayed in the cage but moved to the mall.

-do they kill?

Sometimes.

-any scars?

A few.

-extras?

Floofty:

-where were they when it happened?

In the university.

-What did they do to survive?

They met up with Triffany and locked themselves in the university after clearing of the rots.

-what are they doing now?

They are working on a cure in the mall.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

A broken piece of a window with duck tape wrapped around one end so they don’t harm semself. Eventually gains a cross bow (curtesy of Snorpy).

-where are they staying?

They were living in the university for a while, but went to live in the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes, if they have to.

-any scars?

Other than their leg they have a few tiny scars on their face from a broken window.

-extras?

Gramble:

-where were they when it happened?

He was with Beffica at the cafe.

-What did they do to survive?

He stayed in the cage with Beff and helped calm the other grumps who were also there.

-what are they doing now?

He takes care of the non-infected animals and sometimes goes on missions.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

A knife from the cafe’s kitchen.

-where are they staying?

The cafe at first but then the mall.

-do they kill?

If he REALLY has to.

-any scars?

Some.

Extras?

Wiggle:

-where were they when it happened?

Cromdo’s bar.

-What did they do to survive?

Help board up the windows and check the supplies.

-what are they doing now?

She goes on missions and helps lifts people’s spirits with music.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

Banjo. Distiny gifts her a guitar that is also an axe.

-where are they staying?

Stayed in Cromdo’s bar but went to the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes but only if she really needs to. Also she doesn’t like doing it.

-any scars?

A few.

-extras?

Triffany:

-where were they when it happened?

The university.

-What did they do to survive?

She grabbed the closest make-shift weapon she could and got rid of the rots and Floofty locked up the university.

-what are they doing now?

She’s a hunter and helps the others understand the rots better and how to deal with them easier.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

Knife. Eventually gets a bow from Distiny.

-where are they staying?

She lived in the university for a while then moved into the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes, only when she has to, doesn’t like it tho.

-any scars?

Same as Floofty, small scars on her face from

Broken glass but she also has a few scars on her body and one on her lip.

-extras?

Cromdo:

-where were they when it happened?

His bar.

-What did they do to survive?

When he saw the news he immediately locked himself and his costumers inside and they helped him board up the windows and door.

-what are they doing now?

He makes drinks for people and helps out on supply missions.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

A broken glass bottle. Eventually gets a katana.

-where are they staying?

The mall.

-do they kill?

Sometimes.

-any scars?

A few small ones.

-extras?

Chandlo:

-where were they when it happened?

Chatting to Floofty and Triffany in the university.

-What did they do to survive?

He got separated from Triffany and Floofty and ran into an abandoned house which he then boarded up the doors and windows.

-what are they doing now?

Goes out on missions.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

A metal bat.

-where are they staying?

Stayed in an abandoned house but went to live in the mall.

-do they kill?

Only if he REALLY needs to.

-any scars?

A lot.

-extras?

Snorpy:

-where were they when it happened?

His and Chandlo’s house with Lizbert.

-What did they do to survive?

Locked up the house and made sure he had plenty of supplies and tried to call Chandlo.

-what are they doing now?

Invents weapons and traps for others to use and sometimes goes on missions.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

Gun. And other inventions.

-where are they staying?

He stayed in his house at first but moved to the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes.

-any scars?

A few

-extras?

Shellsy:

-where were they when it happened?

With Eggabell at the hospital to visit her.

-What did they do to survive?

Help Eggabell ‘take care’ of the rots.

-what are they doing now?

Works as a doctor like Eggabell and also goes out on missions.

-what weapon(s) do they have?

Medical equipment from the hospital. Eventually gets given a bow by Distiny.

-where are they staying?

The hospital at first then the mall.

-do they kill?

Yes.

-any scars?

A few.

-extras?

#bugsnax #oc #bugsnax oc #au #talk about severed limb #Bugpocalypse #sorry for the people who wanted to hear more about twd au

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angsttronaut · 2 years

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90% certain that the Snakolytes who got the journalist declared legally dead; we don't get much of an idea of how long they were gone, but it was probably a few months or so, and generally getting someone declared legally dead takes 7 years- they'd probably have the money to throw lawyers and resources at the case so they can get them declared dead super early.

And it'd be pretty beneficial to them in two ways: the darker reason being that if they're dead in the eyes of the law, if they need the journalist to 'disappear' they can do that easily, even if they were reported missing the confusion them being alive or dead would hamper any investigation pretty well. The other, less grim reason (and honestly I think a more likely reason; from what we've seen of the Snakolytes I have doubts that they would go around murdering grumpuses to silence them) being that, well, now that they're legally dead they're going to have to spend the next few months trying to prove that nope, they're alive. Which is going to be wading through massive amounts of bureaucracy, all without access to any money they might have, any ID being invalid and about a dozen other problems. Meaning that's a lot of time they can't spend writing exposés about Snaktooth or spreading information about bugsnax- time that the Snakolytes can also use to observe them closely and try counteracting anything they might do that would get in the way of their mission. Wouldn't be surprised if they got the other expedition grumpuses declared legally dead as well, though they could have friends/family who fought it.

#bugsnax #the journalist #snakolytes #clumby was calling alegander the moment the journalist walked out like 'time to get this annoying bitch declared dead'

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poliel · 2 years

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Head Games Chapter 4/4: Truth

The party was a flop. No one wanted to dance or even mingle in a group, instead pairing off with their usual people or hanging out alone. If Buddy tried, they could perhaps convince at least some of the group to join Filbo in his attempt to ‘cheer everyone up’ as he’d put it. But… they didn’t feel up to trying to pretend everything was mostly okay any longer.

Beffica was right, they were a coward. Keeping Floofty’s death a secret was wrong and their reasoning for doing so was selfish. Everyone, especially Snorpy, had a right to know. But… but… after all the lies how could Buddy possibly bring it up and tell the truth now? … Well, Beffica’s note hadn’t placed a time frame on when they needed to tell, just said before they left Snaktooth, right? So, they could wait until right before they…

“Hey Bestie.” Beffica put ever so slightly more strain on the word, subtle enough that anyone else listening to it might not pick up on the fact that something was wrong. She sat down on the log bench next to them as they averted their gaze back to staring at the ground. “This party’s a real flop, huh? Not as bad as the first one but still.”

“Yeah.”

“Everyone is gathered though, even Snorpy showed up. So it might be a good time to like make an announcement and tell everyone something they should know. Or like, I don’t know, tell one person privately and then everyone else or whatever. However, you might theoretically want to do it. Assuming, you know, you had anything like that that you needed to say.”

“You’re not be very subtle.” And if someone over heard and asked what they were talking about Buddy might have no choice but to come clean lest Beffica do so for them which would be worse.

“You know, I overheard Snorpy whispering to Chandlo earlier about a kidnapping and possible rescue mission. They’re thinking about grabbing you and sneaking off during this party to investigate or something. They might decide to go off on their own though if they can’t get you to come with them. What do you think they might find?”

Buddy couldn’t pretend that that wasn’t a problem, could they? Nor could they pretend that continuing to let Snorpy have false hope, especially to the point of letting him waste his time like that, wouldn’t be wrong. They never should’ve lied. … Well really, they never should’ve pressed that button or let Floofty set up the machine or lie down on it. It was their fault and… they needed to come clean. But…

“I can’t yet. There’s, uh… a door up on Frosted Peak. I’m trying to figure out how to open it because I think Lizbert might be on the other side. I might need help doing that so… I can’t have everyone mad at me yet… you know?” Another excuse, any three grumps could open the door once Eggabell figured it out, they just wanted to be part of it. But the damage of lying and delaying had already been done, a little bit longer wouldn’t add any extra hurt or wrongness to it, right?

Beffica groaned. Before she could say anything, degrading them or in threat of coming clean for them, Buddy continued. “I will go do something about Snorpy’s plans though.” Still avoiding looking at her, they stood up. Before they could take more than a single hurried step away though, the ground rumbled and shook mightily, knocking them off their feet. Seems the world didn’t want them to tell the truth right now anyway. Luck was on their side for once, they had an actual valid excuse to put it off a bit longer.

*Later, during the escape sequence*

In the surprisingly competent paws of Filbo, the airship steadied as it rose higher in the air away from Snaktooth. Despite seemingly everything being stacked against them they’d all gotten safely on the ship and were basically home free. Everyone had made it aboard too. Now all they had to do was...

“Wait, wait,” Snorpy shouted from his spot at the railing, breaking the stunned silence following their rescue at Lizbert and Eggabell’s paws. “Pull her back down, Filbo. Floofty’s still down there somewhere… perhaps… hopefully.”

“Oh, uh, I don’t know how likely it is that they’re still…” Despite the doubt in his voice as he trialed off, Filbo changed course back towards the island.

“We gotta look though,” Chandlo said from his usual spot next to Snorpy. “Egg and what looked an awful lot like Liz turned out to be all right so Floofty might be too, right? So we gotta at least…”

Buddy couldn’t allow this to continue, not with how dangerous bugsnax had just proven themselves to be. “They’re dead! Don’t go back. It’d be just… putting ourselves into danger for no reason.”

“We can’t know that for sure,” Triffany said. “I feel we owe it to them to at least try to…”

“No! I… I…” They were getting closer to Snaktooth. How close before the Mothra Supreme came back to harass them again? Possibly knock them out of the sky, dooming them all. Was Filbo a good enough pilot to avoid that fate? “I was there when they died. I killed them.”

The airship lurched as Filbo jerked the wheel, not a big lurch but enough to surprise Buddy into losing their balance and fall as their spot in the middle of the ship didn’t provide them with anything to grasp onto. As they righted themself it was under the shocked looks everyone had turned towards them with. They all looked at them with various expression of shock and surprise. Except for Beffica of course who gave them a nod, it’s meaning hard to guess.

Snorpy broke the silence again, stepping towards them. “What do you mean you killed them?”

Buddy flinched but resisted the urge to take a step back. “It was an accident! Or uh… an experiment. They were testing to see if bugsnax could grow their head back if they had a machine cut it off. They asked me to help and I… I pressed the button. … Their head didn’t grow back. And then I hid all the evidence and lied about it because I’m a coward.” They wanted to say more, explain just how sure Floofty had seemed about it working. How they’d trusted Floofty to be right in their hypothesis. How if it had worked, that’d be a great scientific discovery, opening the door to many things that could help a lot of people. None of that really mattered though, did it? Especially since part of the reason they’d gone along with it was the selfish desire for a good story. And so instead they stood in silence, watching Snorpy’s expression change as he processed the news.

“They’re… they’re… really dead?” he eventually asked in a horrified whisper.

Buddy nodded. “I’m sorry.”

“And you didn’t grumping tell us?!” Chandlo was almost yelling. “All this time that’s Floofty’s been missing and we were worrying about them and looking for them but they’ve been dead this whole time. And not only did you know you helped cause it and then you didn’t tell anyone. What the grump is wrong with you? I thought you were cool, dawg.”

Buddy could explain how they were worried that the news would cause strife that would make it harder to find Lizbert or possibly result in the town breaking up again but it didn’t matter. So they just stood there in silence instead, staring at their feet. If they weren’t on an airship flying high above the ocean, they’d have run away. Technically they still could but… even if they probably deserved it, they couldn’t bring themselves to do that kind of running away.

“You’ve been one of them this whole time, haven’t you?” Snorpy was mad now too. It was probably an easier emotion to handle than grief and was well warranted. “I should’ve trusted my instinct about you when you first showed up at our cabin. This never would’ve happened if I had. How dare you…”

“Snorpy,” Chandlo interrupted, his voice softer, “let’s go. They’re not worth our time.”

Snorpy made a wordless sound of distress and anger, intense to enough to pull Buddy’s gaze off the deck and to his face. He was visually struggling not to cry and failing. Chandlo took his arm. He looked for a second like he was going to resist but instead, let Chandlo lead him away to the ship’s cabin. Presumably for privacy but definitely to get away from Buddy. A good idea; being around Buddy even to yell at them some more wasn’t likely to do him any real good even if they deserved it.

With the two of them gone, closing the cabin door behind themselves, a heavy silence settled over the deck once more. Everyone was still staring at Buddy. Seemingly no one else knew what to say next, neither did Buddy. What more even could be said other than how stupid they were for going with Floofty’s plan and how cowardly and awful they were for hiding the truth for so long?

Cromdo finally let out a low whistle. “Wow, this is gonna be an awkward flight back to the mainland, huh?”

Yep so hopefully it would be fast. Then Buddy could flee from all this and never think of it again. Not that they could ever escape the guilt of being a killer or how they’d lied about it for so long to people who they considered to be friends. At least they’d finally come clean and maybe, just maybe, they felt a bit better for it. No longer weighed down by the knowledge that they should tell, that everyone had a right to know the truth. It wasn’t much but they’d take what little comfort they could get.

And at least everyone else was safe. Buddy had helped get everyone else on board the ship. Not that their heroism made up for their crimes but it was something at least, right? They hadn’t caused the death of anyone else. But yeah, this was gonna be a long, uncomfortable ride back to the mainland no matter the length of time it actually lasted. Nothing else to do but settle in and do their best to give the people their actions had hurt the most as much space as possible.

#my writing #bugsnax #head games

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Frankley left for Snaktooth when things turned out sour for their previous life. As they briefly mentioned when the Journalist talks to them, something happened with their old friends that pushed them to go as far away from the city as possible.

Here's how their "friends" felt about it back then. Some took their escape far better than others

Long rambling about Frankley and this group under the cut!

Frankley originally joined the gang to help out their friend Trebias (the yellow one here). He seemed like a nice, friendly guy who saw talent in Frankley and, hey, could use the help! It's a hard life, but sometimes that's just the only way you have to survive.

Then a few other grumpuses join: Golliver, Rannata and Stebaloo (Golliver being the purple one and Rannata the red one. Steb is not in the picture). It's a chaotic but still somewhat functional gang. It lasted a good few years. Things were never perfect; fights were common among the group, discordance a daily factor. But with how things were going back at home, Frankley quickly found themself relying more and more in the group until they were all they had left.

As the years go by, the group—and particularly so Trebias—gets more ambitious. Situations become more tense, and Trebias always had a tendency to... lash out when things don't turn the way he wants them to.

A great heist was on their way, weeks and weeks of planning gone by as the morning of the big moment arrives... It's understandable that tensions are high, but still, the fight that day is particularly different from the rest. Unlike the others, no punching or fun wrestling is involved; it ends in just yelling and a terrified Steb fleeing the scene.

Trebias has always been someone volatile, but he's doing worse than usual. It doesn't help that Frankley saw the value in Steb's side of the argument, and the whole situation's got their anxiety riding up high, but the mission is still a go.

It's almost a given, but things don't go as planned. With Frankley shaking at the wheel and Trebias belittling and yelling in their ear all along, their anxiety only turns into panic and they crash.

Frankley scampers off, mind fuzzy and tear-filled eyes as the yelling continues... Then watches in horror as they realize the others didn't get away on time, captured by the police.

They keep on running, Trebias' threats fresh in their mind; they're no longer welcome, catalogued as a traitor. They have nowhere to go.

It takes a while to calm their own breath and stop the tears from falling. With no plan whatsoever, all they can hope to do is call those they can still keep in touch with; let them know they won't be able to contact them soon until things calm down...

They drag themself over to a phone booth.

Had the other side of the line taken a couple more seconds to pick up, Frankley would have placed the phone back and left. Maybe she was busy–or out on another trip–, and as uncertain as their situation currently was, they could find a way to let her know where to find them later on, whenever that may be.

Lizbert's voice was clear against the receiver, somehow more energetic than usual, but it quickly faded into concern when she recognized the other's tone. Instead of the surprise they expected, her own sounds rather exasperated at the situation. The I-told-you-so stings, but they can't find it in themself to reply back–nor have to. Soon enough, her enthusiasm springs back up.

She's leading another expedition, a large one at that, and the mention of possibly needing Frankley's help is all they need to hear for their mood to almost match hers. It's the perfect plan; it's a place to run off to after everything they caused, and a place in which their help could be appreciated. Moments later the phone is back in the booth and Frankley's quick and eager steps fade away in the distance. Snaktooth Island was waiting.

#i don't think i ever explained the full story here before??? i've told bits here and there a lot but never all together so!! there it is!!#bugsnax #grumpus oc #grumpus #Rannata #Trebias #Golliver #i think the only thing i've never actually explained is trebias' whole deal. i like exploring his character. his way of seeing things #he's messed up and a jerk and feelings equal weakness so he keeps his in check. it plays out against him eventually...#...which only fuels his anger #also Ranatta is cool i love her. she's a sarcastic asshole who cares Too much about money but out of these three she's Potentially good #Potentially.#Golliver's fun they'll joke around and be super friendly. but as much as Rannata's kidding in the dialogue there she's not wrong #Had Golliver had the chance they'd have been the first to stab everyone in the back and leave them to die #but unlike Trebias they don't really hide their intentions #like i said this group's messed up #Steb's a real one though if u ever meet him he's easy to befriend and will stick by you he's really chill #too bad he's not here but hey. that means he's safe out somewhere!! unlike these three #i could!!! go on and on about this there's bits i purposefully didn't go into because!!! wow that was getting long #and i only continued it in the tags!!!!!!#but yeah dslkfjsa tag time #oc #original character #digital art #also just as a fun fact!!! the last few lines were for a contest in a group i'm in and it led me to the whole rest of this post whOOPS #i Might have gotten carried away

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