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j-nightingalesb1tch · 1 year

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every single grumpus was a good person because none of them ever misgendered floofty no matter how much they all hated them

#bugsnax #floofty fizzlebean #like not even cromdo #or fucking shelda #can you believe this #i love my supportive muppets

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beepbeepdespair · 1 year

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how bugsnax characters would react to getting into a fistfight (as chosen by someone who's barely made a dent in the game)

beffica - goes for the throat. by the end she's covered in blood and her opponent is in the hospital

cromdo - has all the talk of a fighter but takes one hit that's not even that hard and collapses sobbing. one slap and hes done

gramble - runs away but maybe throws a bottle or something as he leaves. it does nothing. probably completely misses. however if the fight is near the opponent's house he might steal their pets on the way out

chandlo - refuses to fight, in fact invites the opponent to his house for a couple of cold ones

clumby - says she's either "too sophisticated" or busy to fight but if you persuade her to she also puts the fucker in hospital

eggabell - 50/50 chance of her either refusing to fight or fucking going to town. the best part is she knows which wounds will be hardest to fix

lizbert - pays her opponent to hit themselves and lie down pretending to be in pain so she can go home and eat cake. only actually fights if eggabell is involved, in which case opponent should probably write their will

filbo - only agrees to fight if defending someone else but just keeps dodging or running away and hopes that the opponent will get bored and leave

floofty - points out that the opponent has actually been standing on a trap they stole from snorpy the whole time and watches gleefully as they get beartrapped or something. leaves them to bleed out

snorpy - gets chandlo to carry him away, or if the invitation has been made, is very excited to participate in the drinking of the cold ones

journalist - smacks the shit out of them with a book, makes some cringe ass joke about them "getting schooled" before walking away having done almost no actual damage

triffany - also only fights if defending someone else, won't do anything more direct but might push them off a roof or something in the heat of the moment, however might actually call the police on herself if she seriously hurts them

wambus - pitchfork to the stomach. job done

wiggle - making a run for it and singing beautifully as she leaves. might also throw a bottle but actually has good aim. if she does do any damage she'll write a song about it later and it'll go straight to number one, which is the real pain

sprout - kills the opponent immediately /j

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shwoo · 10 months

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Oh, nice design! I like the colours.

So Jamfoot got sole custody and then decided he didn't want to be a dad after all, so he dumped them on his subordinate? That's pretty terrible of him. I hope the newspaper staff at least cared.

Heheh, unexpectedly meeting up with your estranged kid and immediately trying to sell them a bridge.

#Bugsnax #Bugsnax journalist #Cromdo Face #Alegander Jamfoot #Clumby Clumbernut #🌵🍰 anon #Having Clumby have to let her own child go off someplace she's sure will kill them always gets me #Even more than just her subordinate who she maybe sees herself in #Also I like the name Joesepher #It's a good Grumpus name

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iameatingrawcorn · 2 years

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1/6/2022

Wambus,,,,,love the guy,,,,,might draw his wife soon

#wambus troubleham #bugsnax wambus #my art #bugsnax #i love this guy so muxh you dont even know #like #im weak for old people #him his wife and cromdo are mh favorites so much i love them #im supposed to be taking a test rn lmao

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wulfums · 2 years

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thinking about cromdo and crusher pooling their resources together to buy a closed down kareoke bar and refurbish it.. *clenches fist*

i think while they are working on it they are Sustained by being paid for interviews about surviving Snaktooth

#working on it together is very hard....but i think fixing it all up and decorating really brings them even closer together #to like an Inseperable degree #they have so many cute moments while working on the place...#i think they both make each oth er feel a lot younger..#though it was mostly cromdos idea #crusher REALLY wants to be a bartender so he can come up with the worst names for drinks ever #that is how CrusherFace Kareoke Bar was born #i think two of crushers most popular drinks are called the Lizbert and the Eggabel

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thelaughingmerman · 6 months

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All the images at the end of the game gave me so much life but this one makes me so glad look at theeeem

#i love characters who are rude and full of themselves etc #but grow for the better or show that they have the capacity to try #its part of why i love mellojimspaceborn so much #filbo aside floofty and shelda surprisingly were among my faves #i actually really like pretty much everyone but cromdo #even after all his quests cromdo left me feeling nothing.

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thegalleonsnest · 2 months

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Going over the kickstarter page, taking a closer look at the grumpus decks, I was calculating how many cards each one gets, but I noticed something off. At first I thought every one got 8 cards each, but trying to divide up the expert/advance decks, I couldn't get an even number. So I asked on the kickstarter for a confirmation on the exact division, and as it turns out, Cromdo is the outlier with 12 cards instead of 8 like everyone else.

It's so in character too, he's gotta hustle and grift his way to victory lol.

#Bugsnax #Bugsnax Card Game

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polysquad11 · 4 months

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💕Bugsnax Headcanons💕

☆How do they show affection

Wiggle shows her affection with music (obviously). Writing songs to show her love or appreciation towards you.

Gramble shows his affestion by making others gifts! Like sweaters, hats, mittens, etc. Anything he can knit for you!

Chandlo shows his affection is big bear hugs! If you needed comfort, he's the guy for the job!

Snorpy shows his affection through helping others with little things like fixing some items that they didn't notice. He rarely gives hugs but is still learning from Chandlo.

It's hard for Floofty to show affection, but when they do, it's very sweet. Either leaving small gifts on your table, giving you small compliments, or a simple pat on the back. Floofty's like a cat.

Shelda shows her affection through comforting words and wisdom if you're feeling down. Sometimes, she makes you a flower crown.

Wambus shows his affection just like Shelda. Giving encouraging words and probably a hug from time to time. Even gifting you some sauces everyday.

Triffany shows her affection by spending time with you a lot. When she starts rambling, meaning she's more comfortable around you.

Beffica shows her affection by gossiping and gifting you things. She is comfortable talking to you about stuff and giving you her time. She would give you cute gifts like photos, keychains, etc.

Cromdo is a bit reluctant to show affection, but when he does, he tries his best. Acting like he's bothered to do things for you, but does it anyway to show he cares. Even giving you half prices if he likes you enough.

Filbo shows his affection in so many ways. Hugs, gifts, quality time, helping you, etc. Anything to see a smile on your face.

Lizbert shows her affection with big hugs and helping you with difficult stuff. Either with carrying heavy stuff or discussing how you feel.

Eggabell shows her affection by spending time with you and watching your health. She wants you in the best shape of health and would scold you if you do something dangerous. She only does that because she cares.

Clumby rarely shows her affection. Always frowning, glaring at others, or yelling. But when she does open up and show her affection is by small gift giving. She hates talking about how she feels, so she gives small gifts.

Alegander shows his affection through making you coffee or tea before chatting about your favorite stuff. He would want to show he loves giving his time and learning more about you... even sometimes spying on you.

#bugsnax #wiggle wigglebottom #gramble gigglefunny #chandlo funkbun #snorpy fizzlebean #floofty fizzlebean #bugsnax shelda #wambus troubleham #triffany lottablog #beffica winklesnoot #cromdo face #filbo fiddlepie #lizbert megafig #eggabell batternugget #clumby clumbernut #alegander jamfoot #headcanon

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bugsnaxaudio · 7 months

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Why hello Bugsnax Audio Finder!

I’m pretty sure there are voice lines of the grumps talking to each other just before you follow Filbo and Eggabell to the Frosted Peak, and I’d love to hear them.

…i only remember the one where Cromdo tells Beffica that he’s not heartless-

“Bugsnax Audio Finder” has a nice ring to it. I think I’ll be putting that on my resume.

I think these character interactions, although very easy to miss, do provide great insight into the cast. From Wambus and Triffany insisting they’ll be by each other’s sides no matter what, to Wiggle comforting Gramble about having to leave his Snax behind, to even characters like Beffica and Cromdo and Floofty and Shelda putting aside their differences to work together. It makes for a more rewarding (or heartbreaking, depending on if you get the good ending or not) feeling once you finish the game and everyone’s back in New Grump City safe and sound.

Audio description is under the readmore for the sake of brevity, as well as spoilers.

Wambus and Triffany

Triffany: “I’m thinkin’ something big is coming, Wamby. The End, y’know?”

Wambus: “I know… Don't go givin' up just yet. And don't run away this time.”

Triffany: “Sometimes, it's smart to run. But I won't — unless you're right there runnin' beside me!”

Wambus: “Alright, Triffy. We stick together.”

Triffany: “Even if we're history!”

Wiggle and Gramble

Wiggle: “Gramble, darling… You have to say goodbye to them.”

Gramble: “B-but it hurts to leave 'em behind like this…”

Wiggle: “It's okay to hurt, darling. But you don't need Bugsnax, and neither do I.”

Gramble: “Y-you're right... We'll still have a family without 'em.”

Beffica and Cromdo

Cromdo: “I say we fix up the balloon, get it ready to go, and all of us pile in there!”

Beffica: “All of us? For free? Ha! What'd you do with Cromdo?”

Cromdo: “I ain't all heartless, Beff.”

Beffica: “Wow, you actually surprised me today…”

Snorpy and Chandlo

Snorpy: “I can make the trap twenty percent deadlier. Twenty-five percent if I hurry.”

Chandlo: “Think I should take out those bridges? Only takes one good punch, bro!”

Snorpy: “Good thinking! We don't know quite how many assailants we're facing. Best to be ready for literally everything.”

Chandlo: “Doesn't matter what comes at us, Snorp-dawg. You and me together, we're ready for anything!”

Shelda and Floofty

Shelda: “So it is, that Toxin — ugh… Well, we're certainly doomed, I was right about that. I don't suppose you'd reconsider your stance on Bugsnax, huh?”

Floofty: “While I don't necessarily agree with you, I'll admit that there's more to learn about Bugsnax than I anticipated.”

Shelda: “…That is the longest you've EVER gone without insulting me.”

Floofty: “Thank you. I'm trying very hard.”

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treefory · 5 months

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What if your fave bugsnax character got into a fight?

I’m ranking each character in these categories: will they fight, could they fight, and will they win.

Filbo Fiddlepie 0/10. Wouldn’t hurt a fly, I don’t think he even fought In The ending

Beffica Winklesnoot 6/10. Whether she wins or not, shes still going to talk shit about you

Cromdo Face 2/10. He’d let you hit him first then sue you later

Gramble Gigglefunny 4/10. Fought a man twice his size

Wiggle Wigglebottom 6/10. The media loved it

Chandlo Funkbun 8/10. Strictly in self-defense or for snorpy.

Snorpy Fizzlebean 2/10. With those little arms?

Floofty Fizzlebean 0/10. Never got into a fight before, only arguments.

Shelda 0/10. Who would fight a frail old lady???

Triffany Lotablog 7/10. Can not physically make an enemy but is still pretty buff

Wambus Troubleham 7/10 fought a man half his size and it didn’t look like he was winning

Eggabell Batternugget 2/10. She’ll try but all you have to do is push her over, she’d roll like an egg

Elizabert Megafig 10/10. Your only hope is to hide and pray she doesn’t find you

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fluffyglass · 3 months

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I really want you to tell us why Shelda is the most powerful and resilient resistance of Snaxburg

Okay okay okay. You gotta hear me out on this.

After the dissolution of Snaxburg, everyone scattered across Snaktooth Island, right? And nobody (aside from Chandlo and Snorpy) was doing particularly well for themselves. Beffica was in a cave, Floofty was in a shipwreck, basically everyone else was scattered around completely homeless. One of whom, of course, was Shelda.

So what's the difference between Shelda and everyone else, you may be asking. Gramble and Wiggle had nothing but a sleeping bag and a hammock, Triffany was holed up in her dig site, Cromdo was on the plateau, you get the point. Shelda is unique among the Literally Homeless crowd because She Is In Constant Mortal Danger At All Times.

Sizzlin' Sands is a uniquely inhospitable area of Snaktooth Island. Alongside being a literal scorching hot desert, it has the most aggressive snax out of any of the areas. Shelda has been dealing with Loaded Spuddys, Buffalocusts, Flapjackaraks, Scorpeppers, Incherritos and Preying Picantises out here for a MINIMUM of a month. That's not even counting Bombinos and the Mothza Supreme, btw.

That, on top of her not eating Bugsnax. Because of her religious practices, Shelda does not eat Bugsnax, so her only food source in the desert is sauce. Exclusively hot sauce, by the way, because the chocolate is stuck underground and the cheese sauce is too high up for her to access (and even if she could reach the cheese sauce, she would get lit on fire by the Scorpepper, and then the Black Lollive would steal it anyways)

Shelda surviving in this absolute nightmare scenario of existence I think proves that she is incredibly resilient against all odds. Also, she left Sizzlin' Sands unharmed, may I add! Girl has been living off hotsauce and fighting off like 5 types of dangerous snax daily and she leaves with no complaints aside from her uncomfortable sitting position. One is wise, one is pure, one is invincible. Et Cetera.

#bugsnax

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snorpdawg · 11 months

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And Now, An Unnecessarily Long Post Guesstimating How Long The Events Of Bugsnax Took Place

TLDR: My best guess for how long Bugsnax transpires is either between a couple months at least or a year at most.

So here’s the thing. The reason I even did all this meticulous research was to answer a question someone had in a Discord server. I figured I should probably make my inane ramblings a public post as a means of archiving for future usage, so here I am.

Please keep in mind that these are all educated guesses. I have both researched in my own time and scoured the depths of the Bugsnax Wiki to try to put together a coherent explanation of my thoughts. So inevitably there will be things I've messed up on or left out altogether. Any feedback or additions are appreciated!

In addition, this post will contain spoilers for the events of Bugsnax. If you haven't already gone through the main story, I strongly advise you not to read onwards, so as not to spoil your playing experience.

With all that jargon out of the way, let’s dive in!

Let’s go over what we already know. It is established that the expedition team has been on Snaktooth Island for roughly a year. During “The Quake”, around the start of the climax, when the Grumpus pairs are talking amongst themselves, Triffany mentions that the expedition group “only made it a year [on Snaktooth Island]”. This can also be backed up in the flavor text for the Lovely Sweetiefly, where Eggabell mentions that Lizbert gave her a bouquet of Sweetieflies for their anniversary, implying that the team had been on the island long enough for it to be celebrated. During the Major Celebration, Chandlo mentions that he would’ve come back “weeks ago” if he knew Snaxburg threw parties like this. This implies the town disbanding was several weeks prior to the events of the game, presumably months given how quickly Snaxburg ran down when the inhabitants left.

Here’s where things err on the trickier side; the prologue. In it, two weeks prior to the events of the game, The Journalist watches a tape sent by Elizabert encouraging them to come to Snaktooth Island. This simple scene actually brings up a lot of plot holes. For starters, we can tell from the background (no buildings, Cromdo still setting up his Cromdo Mart sign) that this tape presumably was made in the early days of Snaxburg. Presumably a couple days or weeks after Tape #0 (in the DLC, at least). So it begs the question; how long did it take for the tape to get sent to the Journalist? It makes Filbo’s observation of the Journalist being “a bit late” a big understatement if it took them well over a year to receive the tape and travel to the island.

Supposedly, “a bit late” can refer to those two weeks before the games events to about three month. It’s established that the Journalist presenting the tape to Clumby and them arriving to Snaktooth took them two weeks. When arriving back to the mainlands, Snaktooth Island can be seen in the horizon at not too far a distance, meaning the Journalist took more time in preparation rather than the journey itself.

A big point of contention is the epilogue, where Clumby tells the Journalist that while they were missing, they were declared “legally dead”. This is where I hit a bit of a fork in the road in my research. When I searched for information about how long it takes for missing people to be declared legally dead, a lot of conflicting information came up. The most common estimates are about seven to ten years, which is inconsistent with the fact that the expedition had only been on the island for a year. Perhaps the Grumpuses have a different law system when it comes to missing Grumpuses? Your guess is as good as mine.

There also other smaller details that also raise more questions than answers. When the player enters Snaxburg for the first time, most of the buildings are empty and in poor condition, with wearing paint and decomposing structures. According to my research, it takes between five to ten years for paint to fade and it can take up to five years for a wooden house to decay, which, again, raises inconsistencies with what is already established.

If I had to absolutely guess, if we’re to assume the tape was sent exactly two weeks before Snaxburg disbanded, and we’re to guess every in-game time skip via sleeping counts as days passing, the game would’ve taken roughly several months to up to a year to transpire. Pretty anticlimactic results, no? Well, that’s the best we’re going to get for now.

Again, a lot of this is educated guessing so there’s definitely more finite details I’ve might’ve left out on accident, so I’d really encourage any and all feedback if possible, as well as your own additions!

#bugsnax #bugsnax spoilers #🛠️.txt #reference tag

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shwoo · 1 year

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My very convincing and not all circumstantial list of evidence that the Bugsnax journalist is attracted to Chandlo (It's very circumstantial):

They try to imitate the way he speaks a couple of times, but based on Chandlo's reactions, they just come off as awkward. Journalist: Thanks, Chandlo, you really "slam dunked" my questions. Chandlo: Bro, that's not- just... don't. Chandlo: I gotta be stronger than a Grumpus! I gotta push my limits, ya feel me? Journalist: [Option 1] I feel ya. [Option 2] Word. Chandlo: (looks unhappy) Uh... (squints) I need your help to bulk up. As far as I can remember, Chandlo is the only one they do this to, or even seem particularly awkward around. They also mimic his speech style in a few places in their journal, but it's unclear whether or not they're just quoting things Chandlo said offscreen. Again, they only do this when talking about Chandlo. Do they want him to think they're cool or something? Because it seems to be having the opposite effect.

Look at this piece of art for Chandlo's main quest:

Assuming the Journalist is meant to have drawn the quest art in-universe, that's an interesting choice of framing. His arm is the focus of the image, to the point it takes up more than half its width. That is a muscular arm with some kind of snout guy attached. I know Chandlo has large arms and is always flexing, but still...

Finally, the descriptions for the interview quests all have variations on "time to ask the [occupation name] questions." For example, they call Wiggle a musician, Floofty a scientist, and Cromdo a salesman. Chandlo, though, gets called a "beefcake". They could have called him a builder, like in his profile, or a carpenter or a basketballer, but they went with beefcake.

#Bugsnax #Chandlo Funkbun #Bugsnax journalist #I'm reaching but only a little way #I just think it would be funny #And also one more thing the journalist has in common with Snorpy #I didn't reread all their interactions with every other character so I could be wrong on them not being this awkward around anyone else #I did reread all the quest descriptions though

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broken-clover · 10 months

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Analyzing the Naming Conventions in Bugsnax

I already forgot why I was doing this...

So, obviously to anyone who's played the game, one of the notable aspects of Bugsnax's worldbuilding is that Grumpuses all have very distinctly 'inhuman' names. While somewhat silly, they do help emphasize that this game takes place in a different place than ours, with different creatures and culture. However, despite the oddity, when looking over all the name characters there are at least a couple of conventions that pop up somewhat regularly. There's no perfect one method to it, but I still want to analyze the sorts of thought that goes into giving the grumpuses their names because...I can?

Note: I am not a linguist nor any type of language expert. I'm just really autistic

Given Names

Grumpus given names, at least compared to surnames, bear much more of a resemblance to human names. This is where I'd like to start the analysis, with the first group consisting of names that are more obviously based on real names and simply modified. This section, I believe, is the most obviously notable. Filbo, Beffica, Triffany, Shellsy/Shelda, Alegander, Bronica, Eggabell and Elizabert have a name that fits into this category. Chandlo may also fit in this category as well, but he'll be saved for the next section. These are more grounded, but still include a bit of silliness as to fit in with the rest of the world.

The next section is more of a miscellaneous one, names that may derive from existing words, include at last some familiar syllables, or may just be intentionally strange. Wambus, Gramble, Cromdo, Snorpy, Chandlo, and Clumby make up this category. Interestingly, outside of Snorpy's full name being 'Snorpington,' all individuals in this category have two-syllable names.

The last and easily smallest category are names that are simply existing words. As we will see down the line, this is a convention that is usually reserved for surnames, but there are a couple of outliers. This section consists of Floofty and Wiggle. It should be noted, though, that both maintain the sort of playful and whimsical feel that pervades all of the names in the game, so even though they are much simpler, they still fit.

Surnames

Though significantly sillier-sounding, grumpus surnames also generally follow a much more consistent guideline, with every character sans Cromdo fitting into the same fundamental structure.

In every instance of a character we're given, outside of Cromdo with his surname simply being 'Face,' consists of two words put together unhyphenated. That's a bit obvious. Fiddlepie, Troubleham, Wigglebottom, Fizzlebean, Woolbag, etc etc etc. However, there are still some other rules that go along with it. In most instances, the first half are attributive adjectives or adverbs- ie, describing the noun or verb that come after it, or are verbs themselves. The pie is fiddling, the ham is trouble, the bottom is wiggling, the bean is fizzling, the bag is made of wool. Sometimes there is a bit of an overlap- 'fiddle,' for example, can be itself a noun, but also a verb. Based on the consistency between characters, though, it indicates that in most cases it's meant to be interpreted as a descriptor

There are a few exceptions to the descriptor-noun rule, though none are as much an outlier as Cromdo. 'Gigglefunny' is a verb-adjective structure, differing from the others, but still not having a noun precede a verb or a descriptor. The second is 'Winklesnoot,' which can have a couple of explanations. 'Winkle' is a word, referring to a type of snail, making it a noun-noun structure, but it could also be a shortening of 'wrinkle,' with the R removed for the sake of the overall sound, making it a more typical verb-noun instance. The third deviation is 'Clumbernut,' which actually fits the general structure, but stands out in having no real-world descriptive word. 'Clumber' is not a proper word, though based on the '-er,' it can be inferred that it is meant to fulfil a similar role as a descriptor to the 'nut' that follows

(EDIT- upon second glance, 'Clumber' does actually have an origin, being a breed of spaniel dog who derive their name from Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire. I'm not sure if that was intentional, but in this case, it may or may not fit into the naming conventions, with 'Clumber' being a shortened possessive noun, as 'the nut belonging to Clumber' or 'nut from Clumber')

Still, overall, grumpus surnames never have a noun before the descriptor.

General Conventions

A common overall trait with grumpus names is that they tend to stick to very soft rolling 'rounded' sounds in their names. Letters like X, V, K, Z, and D are scarcely used in names if not entirely absent, while ones such as C, S, W, L and vowel sounds appear more frequently. Lots of boubas, not very many Kiki's. Often the letters that get switched/removed from grumpuses with human-adjacent names are the harsher-sounding ones, such as the harsh X being swapped for slighly softer G in 'Alegander' or the sharp Z being replaced with a soft Sh sound in 'Shelda.' Even when rare harsher sounds do appear, they tend to be encapsulated by or immediately followed by a softer sound, such as the D in 'Chandlo' being preceded by a Sh-sounding Ch and followed by a rolling Lo sound, and the Z in 'Elizabert' being followed by a long A. (Lizbert in general has a slightly-sharper sounding name than most of the other characters, possibly intentionally to show her more rugged nature)

This may go along with how grumpuses appear very approachable and friendly, as even with the visible fangs, they have rounded limbs, furry bodies, and heads that resemble muppets. Perhaps in that sense they were intentionally trying to draw inspiration from muppet names, especially ones from Sesame Street, as many of them have names with softer-sounding or rolling syllables, like Elmo, Grover, and Oscar. While actual muppets don't tend to have names as cartoonishly whimsical as 'Filbo Fiddlepie' or 'Floofty Fizzlebean,' it is possible some of the naming conventions could come from the same place. Grumpuses, much like the game they inhabit, come across as cutesy and unserious, with you only learning of the deeper issues as you play further.

#why did I make this #well I mean I suppose it might be useful to anyone making Oc's #might help make a name that feels more in line with the rest of the game #or I could just be fixating on pointless stuff again #wheeee #bugsnax #op back on her bullshit

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snakxreader · 7 months

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How about Floofty enduring shenanigans of the journalist whose oddly open to dangerous experiments?

A/N: First request, and ofc it’s a Floofty one/j

Honestly, OP? I don’t think I wrote Floofty well here at all, but I tried. This was a really interesting ting prompt!

Floofty and Journalist (Platonic)

There were limits to everything, as frustrating as it was.

It was one of the unfortunate realities of the world, and one Floofty had grown entirely used to. Limits in their field. Limits in familial love, despite how close you used to be, and of course ethical limits. The media was honestly overrreacting, they had given multiple consent forms, had debriefed the entire thing before and after, yet they still got treated like a monster by people who thought with their hearts rather than their huts. Media sways opinions and as such, swayed the public into not trusting them. This reputation even followed them to Snaktooth. The horrific Floofty Fizzlebean. They’d find the fear almost funny if it wasn't so humiliating.

So they started to experiment on themselves. Empiricism was the only way they saw fit and it worked them well, no matter the pain. They were their own best test subject, and that was almost to be proud of.

Key word being were.

And then that moronic journalist arrived and somehow they were met with someone more headstrong than them.

No, headstrong was not the word here. This had to be some sort of suicidal ideation because nobody in their right mind would do some of the things Floofty attempted.

Exhibit A; offhandedly mentioning one of their old experiences and then asking if it could be replicated.

Floofty blinked. “Why would you possibly want to know that.”

They shrugged. “Oh, I dunno…sounds fun!” The reporter laughed a little while responding.

“…..You cannot be serious.”

“I dunno, if you need a test subject, I’m willing.” The journalist replied, grinning like a maniac. Floofty’s eye twitched at their apparent humor at the situation.

“This is not a joke. My experiments are incredibly dangerous, and as such, I do them only to myself.”

“Can’t be that bad.”

“Throwing yourself against Bungers to see how far they can throw you?”

“Oh a few feet.” The journalist calmly replied. “They can do some serious damage.”

Floofty sputtered. “A-alright, fine! Remove Bugsnax from the equation. If you were my test subject, I’d have you…stay in exposed contact with lava to detail the Bugsnax near the volcano.”

“Fun! I’m always a bit cold most places I go.”

“Th-Then I’ll do the same thing with the mountain!”

“Always wanted to go camping in the winter!”

“I’ll-I’ll force you to eat Bugsnax and watch how your allergy affects you!”

“Ooooh, so a crytpid?” Their eyes gleamed as excitement laced their voice. “Do you think I’d, like, turn into a creature of unimaginable horrors?”

For a faint minute, they wondered if this was what Snorpington had dealt with, having to convince them not to do the things they did on a daily basis, which they always took in a stride of dark humor.

“Are you afraid of anything…?” They asked feebly.

The journalist winked, finger gun pointed at Floofty. “Paying taxes.”

“W-wha….?”

“But seriously though, those do sound really fun!” They contained, mindlessly rolling their hand about. “Even with the whole ‘danger’ thing, have you considered-hey!”

The journalist tilted their head, eyebrows burrowed. “Floofty, come back!”

Floofty paid the protesting journalist no mind as they walked towards Cromdo’s stand. Even if they’d get most likely scammed, that entire exchange counted for an extreme need of alcoholic beverages.

#bugsnax #floofty fizzlebean #the journalist bugsnax #bugsnax journalist #fic request #(?)#i can’t tell if this counts as x-reader #so I kept the Journalist extremely vague #this sucks ASS. but shrugs.#I hope someone enjoys it ^^’

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Going on another rant about Wambus sorry chat the Brainrot is getting worse.

So recently, I've been listening to Marina, and one of her more popular songs, 'Oh No!' really caught my attention (again ig bc I used to be obsessed with this song) because of how much it remined me of Wambus So I'm gonna rant about it like a normal person!!! 😋(TW: Spoilers For ALL OF BUGSNAX)

For me, the lines "I know exact what I want and who I want to be" Reminded me of Wambus because he knows what he wants to do with his life. He had a plan and everything. His whole life he planned out himself.

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Following along, I went into thinking more about his personality with the line "I know exactly why I walk and talk like a machine" is because, well, in game, I'd say he's the coldest out of all the Grumps.

He's aggressive, physically (ex: Throwing sauce on Filbo and Cromdo, also throwing Cromdo 31 ft) and especially with his tone and body language. He can be loud, we've seen it before, but most the time. He's just... like a machine. He's only really got one goal, that's to farm. We see him do it constantly. When he's not, he's either talking to Triffany or sitting by the fire.

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It makes me question Wambus. Continuing on with the line; "I'm now becoming my own self-fulfilled prophecy", my mind immediately went back to the first line. How Wambus basically planned his whole life out. How he had a farm, wanted to be successful. How even if it was just for a moment, Wambus became what he wanted. (Pre-Snaktooth) —

Moving on to Verse 2:

This verse was what really made me want to write this. "One track mind, one track heart" really stuck out to me. Wambus, as I've mentioned before, only really has one goal. Maybe he's got others, but he really only talks about wanting to start a successful farm. And with Triffany too, he really does care about her. On the inside especially, he's not good at showing his more 'vulnerable emotions' on the outside. She's really the only thing his heart cares and yearns for. — Now, the line "If I fail, I'll fall apart" I can take 2 ways with Wambus. If you fail to save him in the end, the last thing he says, is, and I quote;

It really makes me think. I've mentioned it before, but how many times it seemed like the bar was raised too high for him. By people like Triffany, and himself even. How he didn't want to fail her, but because of his miscommunication with her, he fell apart, well, *they* sorta fell apart. And you can see, from the moment you meet Wambus, he's devastated how much of a failure he was. How much he wanted to provide for others, but in the end failed at that. He couldn't do anything. In the end (depending on the end), he fell apart. Even if he does live in the end, and (for evidential reason) Triffany doesn't, you can hear how much of a failure he thinks he himself is. How he only looks back on how he failed for Triffany, now she's gone. He's only got so much. He literally, falls apart since he failed. — The lines "Maybe it is all a test" make me question how strict Wambus really is on himself. From how much he views himself as a failure as I just talked about, I can really only say so much. From what we see from Wambus, everything seems like a test to him. How good he can do, how high of a score he can get. Not treating life as a video game though, rather treating life as just one big multi-question test. It's a short line, not much to say, but it does give detail. — "'Cause I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best" Reminded me of one thing and one thing only: The first Party scene in Bugsnax. When Gramble shouts at Wambus after he made a snarky comment about love towards Gramble, acting the like best, "You don't know a thing about love! That's why your wife left you!" you can really see how much of a mark it left on Wambus. Only shortly after, he feels like the worst. I wanna go back to when you first meet Wambus as well, how he cracks a 'joke' at Filbo by saying, "Yer still alive? Thought you would've starved to death by now..." I took that as him, acting like the best. But when he throws the sauce at Filbo, seeing how much he accidentally hurt him, he feels like the worst, and his demeaner changes too. — Now, going to the second Pre-Chorus:

"If you are not very careful— your possessions will posses you" This line only made me think of Cactriffy, a lot more than you think. How Wambus, got so attached to a 'non-moving, initiate object', not realizing it was alive. Not much to say about these lines, I just thought it make sense when you think about it as hard as I am. — "TV taught me how to feel, now real life has no appeal" Oh boy, this line. THIS LINE. It was the reason I wanted to write this. For me, from the way he acts, he talks, nothing seems... interesting to Wambus. It's strange, no matter what, nothing. Nothing appeals to him. How he planned out his whole life, how he planned to do so much, it all seemed scripted. His whole life was just... a movie. Maybe it really was a video game. He just couldn't tell the difference. But there's the fact he failed at everything. It only made him seem more, numb. He seemed ready for failure a little bit, he seemed ready to fall apart. He couldn't meet the standards of himself or others, he was so angry with himself. There was no point in appealing others when Wambus couldn't see the appeal himself. How the line: "It has no appeal" repeats over and over a few times, each time being how Wambus failed again and again. The line repeats 5 times, and I like to think of it like a small timeline. 1, Wambus lost the farm 2, Wambus started to have communication problems with Triffany 3, Wambus stole all of Gramble's Bugsnax and the two had a (verbal) fight 4, Wambus and Triffany meet once more and sorta work out their issues (mainly their problem with distancing from one another) 5, Wambus (in the end) loose everything again. For Wambus, it all just seems like one big circle. He loses something one way or another. — Anyways chat, that was my stupid little rant on how I connected a song to a fictional character!!! this took me days I've been planning this for a week now and instead of working on my fanfic I wanted to get this out of my system because I was brainrotting about it Uhhh You should totally go listen to Marina her music is so good!!! also yes I love Wambus Troubleham this is my evidence to prove so im so silly (pls don't flop)

#bugsnax #wambus troubleham #bugsnax grumpus #bugsnax wambus #triffany lottablog #deadsnax au #bugsnax writing #bugsnax au #writing #creative writing #writer #character analysis #spoilers #bugsnax spoilers #wambus x triffany #triffany x wambus #wambus

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