Haunted House

I've been thinking about the trio's parents and I've seen a large consensus that their dad was not good, but haven't seen loads on their mama!

Florence Whipstaff is my take on the original owner of the manor (her father built it and was like my wonderful daughter. It is yours #thefamilywasfilledwithloveonce) and when she died she was the first to haunt it, but not as a ghost. She couldn't bare to part with her children and wanted to watch over them, especially since their father was still living in the house, so she became a sort of poultergiest and doesn't have a physical from, instead she is Whipstaff Manor (Monster House style)

I think her spirit is what tied everyone else to the manor after the Mcfaddens died, she's loving but also crazy possessive (ha) and won't let anyone go.

In life I imagine she was this very eccentric, intense woman who had an affinity for the macabre. She was this crazy, sort of scary lady but above everything she else she adored her house and family.

Originally I drew her with more sharp edges then I remembered the manor has like NO corners lol, it's all sweeping curves and spiraaalsss (and in light it's like, way more orange than red lol whoops)

I have never seen A Spirited Beginning/ haunted christmas/scare school. My extent of Casper media knowledge is the 1995 movie (#big obsession), the animated series that followed it and then the 50's cartoons. Spirited Beginning isn't one of the films I watched as a kid, THAT BEING SAID the whole thing is just like. On youtube so. My evening plans. They are planning.

On a side note though I do know of Kibosh and Snivel (idk if there are any other significant characters from this film lol) and I like Kibosh's design (no comment on Snivel), so I'll probably draw him at some point!

Stretch watched Casper grow up at a distance, and then mrs wife died and that's where everything really started to fall apart.

J.T becomes more taken by his work and leaves Whipstaff for increasingly long periods of time, leaving Casper in the care of staff (and when he's about, Stretch.)

Stretch gives J.T an out of the business, noticing how much he's been neglecting his son but J.T is like NAW I don't want to do that and doubles down, going greedy mode.

Stretch found himself stepping in at Whipstaff more and more, and began to neglect his own portion of the buisness. (Could do a separate thing for the McFadden business, it’s all shady stuff,) Initially he was reluctant to be around Casper and really hated him, feeling mixtures of anger and sadness whenever he looked at him. But eventually he came around, his values shifted and he found something that was more important to him than his career. (#family wow so inspiring) but like yeah he was basically Casper's dad because J.T was negligent.

At first Stretch found Casper difficult to deal with, as he was clingy, energetic, and had traces of separation anxiety from J.T's absence, made worse by the fact that Stretch was terrible with children (Stinkie and Fatso helped him out) It wasn't easy, but they eventually fond a good balance.

AS A GHOST I like the version of Casper that's more like, dry. I don't wanna say sassy because that sounds a bit much, but he's spirited (har-har) for sure. He's a little bit jaded, but still just a kid who wants friends. He's forgotten most stuff about his life but some details persist, like his obsession with trains or him constantly seeking approval from his uncles.