#hoofrot

   for the character meme from a while back!!

how i feel about this character: I LOVE BUBBAAAAAAA!!! i’ve always been very sweet on him and can’t recall a time in my life where i didn’t like him; the “monster with a hidden heart of gold” trope is incredibly dear to me. i think the moment where bubba was officially solidified as a favourite character of mine was the scene from TCM2 where he lies to chop top about killing stretch. like… yes, this man is a cannibal. yes, he’s extremely dangerous and doesn’t abide by the rules of our society, nor does he seem to have a grasp on them - but he’s capable of caring about people. there is a heart in there, and he shows it throughout the second movie when he tries to protect stretch from his family. does he go about it the right way? no, not really, but he’s trying, and is genuinely distraught when forced to choose between his crush and his brothers. that’s something that sets him apart from a lot of other slashers for me. most of them aren’t presented with that kind of moral dilemma, and the few that are given a choice between good and evil (i.e. jamie trying to appeal to michael’s humanity in H5) don’t seem to struggle with that choice as openly and explicitly as bubba did. and you know what? bubba handing stretch over to his family wasn’t an example of someone caving in to their own evil. that was a terrified abuse victim who felt backed into a corner. i’ve been bubba. i understand why he made the choices that he did. you tend to gravitate towards characters you feel that kind of connection with, and that’s exactly what happened with me and him.

all the people I ship romantically with this character: jason voorhees, michael myers, @antlercrack‘s oc bartholomew and - wait for it - freddy fucking krueger, under some circumstances. leatherjase i ship for the same reasons a lot of other people ship it (it’s very cute, it has potential to be healthy due to all their points of empathy with each other, we were given basis for how they’d interact thanks to the FVL comics). mike/bubba and bart/bubba are ships developed through roleplay and roleplay discussions with my best friend (the very person who sent me this ask, hello ruben!), and are pretty specific to ruben’s portrayals of those characters (bubba’s sweet nature defrosting two different ice queens, to make a long story short). fred/bubba is the result of me wanting frason and leatherjase to be able to co-exist with each other in the same universe, and realizing that bubba’s warm, maternal demeanour might do nasty ol’ fred some good - at least in scenarios where freddy has mellowed out and powered down a bit.

my non-romantic otp for this character: bubba/stretch and bubba’s brotherly relationship with chop top! i like to think bubba and stretch were able to work things out post-TCM2 and that they developed a loving relationship, but it’s also not something i could see working out long-term. they may care about each other deeply (at least in my personal canon), but they’re two very different people who want very different things in life. stretch has dreams of becoming a big-time reporter, bubba would be content to spend the rest of his life living peacefully on a farm. there’s also the fact bubba’s… you know, a wanted man, which would directly interfere with stretch’s desired line of work. i like to think they’re still in touch with each other, and even like to believe stretch is babi sawyer’s mother, but i want the best for those characters and just don’t see it happening for them in a romantic context. as for bubba and chop… well, that one’s pretty self-explanatory. chop’s interactions with bubba are fucking adorable and they clearly enjoy each other’s company. chop’s far from perfect, but i’m glad bubba has at least one sibling is in his family who isn’t constantly out to get him.

my unpopular opinion about this character: is bubba a sweet guy? yes. is he naive, easily manipulated and inexperienced with the ways of the world? yes. but i don’t think bubba is this “uwu innocent baby” that a lot of people make him out to be. like guys… he does have a body count. he was exposed to the likes of drayton, chop top and nubbins growing up. i can’t imagine being raised by those guys and not having a chip on your shoulder. bubba can be a real smartass when he wants to be, and he gets cranky just like everyone else does - he’s just gotten good at hiding it so he doesn’t get in trouble.

   The Grinch preens, sticking out one hairy leg and flexing his ankle, showing off one newly-stolen - er, purchased - Jeffrey Campbell. “Thank you. I’m intending to use them as accessories to murder.”

                       ✨ @hoofrot for WHAT DOES YOUR MUSE THINK IS MY MUSE’S MOST ATTRACTIVE FEATURE! still accepting.

im gonna need u to look @ this gif of whoopi goldberg and know that it’s me rn

oh god but ur right!!! yeah he's always adapting and changing and critically thinking, even when he's at his most uncomfortable, lowest points. which happens often, btw. i know he talks big game about leaving heaviness behind, but virote's gonna be hauling his burdens around for a very long time. all he can do is hope they dont crush him. :/

his heart is a good one. yeah he can be aggressive and ambitious, but u rly can't knock a dude for being a go-getter in a world that constantly wants to shit on u for existing. anyway about bart. he's a beautiful soul and he deserves the best everything...!

vi can't help but to watch him in awe. he never expects to make friends with anyone, let alone with someone so marvelous and brilliant and strong. ugh.

  meme: crucial muse development questions || status: accepting !!

   13 has been answered here !!

14. how does the image your character tries to project differ from the image they actually project?

   this is another really juicy one. cutter wants to project the image that he’s the ultimate badass — that he’s this untouchable bastard who’s two steps ahead of everyone else. he wants to be respected, he wants to be feared and desired all at once, wants to be the funniest, smartest and most interesting person in the room — and to his credit, cutter does have an extremely magnetic presence, and many ( both in and out of universe ) have commented on both his bizarre charm and the confidence of the way he carries himself.

   but an observant enough person might notice the cracks in his armour. how short his fuse is, how his calculating is usually ruined when his emotions get the better of him. an empathetic person may realize that a good portion of cutter’s bluster and swaggering attitude is all one big cover-up for his insecurities should they look at him carefully enough — that most of his behaviour is just cutter screaming “NOTICE ME, MOTHERFUCKER!” someone well-versed in human psychology may come to similar conclusions just by watching him for a long period of time.

“ ... Oh... “ She was exhausted, unsure if she could manage another two hours of driving, “ Do you know if there is a... hotel in this town then? “ Just for the night, she promised herself. She would go back on the road tomorrow. Running.

   The Grinch SHRIEKS, frantically shielding his face as he barely — just barely — flings himself out of harm’s way. He lands on his stomach with an ‘OOMPH,’ that tacky excuse for a Christmas tree crashing down mere inches away from his face. Wheezing, Grinch digs his hands into the plush carpet, dragging his body across the floor as fast as he can muster. ABORT ABORT ABORT. THIS IS NOT GOING THE WAY HE PLANNED, HE REPEATS, THIS IS NOT GOING THE WAY HE PLANNED !!!

   He’d anticipated a lot of things that could go wrong. Guard dogs. Jacked up security systems. Maaaaybe a sleepwalker or two. But THIS SHIT? NO. N O. NOT EVEN GOVERNMENT FUCKING TRAINING COULD’VE PREPARED HIM FOR THIS RABID CHIPMUNK ON STEROIDS.

   Cutter quickly plucks his reading glasses off his face at the sound of his customer’s voice, shoving them into his pocket. ( He’s gotta be more careful with them things, but they’re the cheap dollar store kind anyway. Easy to replace. ) On his desk lays the May 1954 issue of Weird Tales. He flips it over so the little fucker can’t see the inside of its contents - not that it’s even close to the worst thing he’s ever hidden inside this store. “Lemme see that,” comes his gruff response as he takes it from the kid, holding the doll up to his face and examining it.

   He recognizes this thing; one of Baby’s old dolls, one he’d thrown together when she was a little girl. He can still remember the way she’d hugged it, chirping and chattering away to the dog-like thing as if it had been flesh and blood and not made of recycled tote bag. They hadn’t been able to afford anything else for her at the time, and she’d been desperate for a new toy. It was the very least Cutter could do. 

   What the hell is it doin’ here at the museum? he finds himself wondering, turning it over in his hand. For him, it was small enough that he could wrap a singular fist around it. I didn’t ask for it back, did I? Naw, I wouldn’t. S’hers. 

   Did Baby not have any use for it anymore? Did she sneak it in right under his nose? The thought brings a great pang to his chest - one he swallows down when meeting the blonde tourist’s gaze, expression blasé as ever. 

   “’Fraid not,” Cutter declares, passing it back. He wants to believe this one has enough decency not to waltz out of here with it anyway. Here’s to hoping he won’t be proven wrong - he’ll be watching very closely. “That there thing’s cursed. You bring it home, you don’t know what kinda voodoo bullshit you’re gonna wind up unleashin’ onto your ass and I certainly won’t be held liable for that, thank you very much.” 

   Ever the businessman, he’s already thought of an alternative. Cutter plucks up a particularly ugly Troll doll from the corner of his desk and holds it out in offering. He smiles.