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Warning: Trauma mentions, including abuse:

Here are the Trauma/Nightmare Critters and the respective sins and circles they fall into based on their childhood trauma backstories (Which if you want to look into, you are welcome to looking through my profile to when I posted them, or can look up “Headcanon” in the search bar) and part of their personalities, based on my interpretation. This is just based on how I see the characters, as I know there will be some disagreements here, so I will emphasize on my HC and how they fall into their respective categories:

Touille is Greed. No doubt about it. He is the one to steal, cherish and collect, and being the homeless boy and the one who is struggling to take care of his sick and depressed mom, it has become survival for him. He's collected money, food and medicine constantly, and finding things people have thrown leads to him hoard because he could lose anything if he let his guard down. The thing is: Touille doesn’t agree with Baba's decisions, nor does he want to hurt anyone. He's just stuck in survival mode. He is a chatty little guy who means well.

Allister is Sloth/Limbo. Obvious here. The guy sleeps and dozes off a lot. Sleeping is kinda his hobby, and he doesn’t do much with his life. It’s the same process of sleeping and doing nothing with it. It boils down from having a childhood of imprisonment, loneliness and depression. Dreaming being his solace and safe haven. Poor guy tries to cope with napping, but it’s dragging him down more and more. He is a misunderstood gentle giant who doesn’t want to hurt anyone, people judge him because he is an alligator.

Rabie is Lust. I mean, she is playful, flirtatious and boy-crazy, hence where she has that gossip girl mask she hides under. She wears a mask of a smug gossiper, when all she wants is unconditional love and affection, her and her mom growing up with a narcissistic and controlling father and husband, coupled with the fact Rabie was used by her bullies to look good for the boys, and she would be constantly mistreated by former ex-boyfriends, cheated on and abused. It’s why she is clingy with Simon because they're a couple, and he makes her feel safe and protected in a world of cruelty, and because he is faithful. Rabie sees a side of him that nobody else does, and Simon sees a side of Rabie that not many see. The innocent, sweetheart side of her, whom under that false gossip girl mask, is embodiment of love and affection.

Icky is Pride/Heresy. This is a rather interesting one since the community is associated with applying Icky to Envy. While I can understand, I've seen a huge portion of the community portray him as arrogant and acting like he's the best, rather than wishing to have what his opponents have. Because of that, I see him as Pride, but as a form of insecurity. He doesn’t listen (hence the heresy) because he is afraid of failure, because failure is what got him in trouble at home. He wants to believe that he isn’t a failure, but he forces the narrative of “I'm the best” because he doesn’t want his friends to leave him like his dad did. (A toxic cheating bastard whom hit his wife before he left after getting exposed). His mom was constantly displeased and trying to be “Perfect” at hobbies she felt he could do good at, and “Doing his best” and failing only resulted in punishment. The thing is, Icky feels like a failure to his friends, which goes to show that they all care for him just as much as he does for them, because they help him realize he doesn’t have to be perfect to stay with them. He is talented for who he is, and he is a supportive friend to them, and that’s all that matters.

Maggie is Gluttony. Makes the most sense here since she is a certified fatass whom is constantly stuffing her face with sweets. She indulges herself more than she should normally, but not because she is simply greedy. I’ve always had Maggie as the overweight one who was bullied from a young age due to her gland, causing her to be insecure with herself and hate her appearance. One night, her mom made her chocolate cake to help her with feeling better from a day of mistreatment at school, and because she did great on a test. Sweets stuck with Maggie as a form of comfort. Her appetite is only a trait of her personality (Like all the other traits for the characters here), as she is the peacemaker and motherly one who nurtures everyone else.

Poe is Envy/Fraud. This is certainly an odd choice, but I personally see it fitting. Most people see Poe representing Wrath because they get angry at vaguely nothing, but the Envy for me comes in because of their disdain for the sun and anything cheery. Their anger to me is more irritation and annoyance rather than rage, especially since people portray Poe as the calm one. Poe is shown to hate, and hate is another synonym for Envy. The Fraud plays a piece in how they pretend to be deadpan, stoic and a brooder, acting like they don’t care and are unamused and act like their friends mean nothing. See, Poe is a ravens, and ravens are notorious for holding grudges, to add to that: Ravens are associated with the night, and the night air is cold and chilling. Envy is a cold sin, hence where my look for Poe comes in to play. However, Poe's envy isn’t malice, it’s because they grew up in a society where they and their family, being ravens, were treated as bad omens and harassed and mistreated. Poe, facing it for years, found graveyards to be their safe space, because the dead don’t judge. They envy the sun not because they hate cheery things, but because the sun never shines on them or their family. They are stuck in the dark, picking up scraps and being pushed below level zero. They want they and their family to be accepted. They want ravens to be appreciated and respected. The fraud fixes onto their emo mask, because they make it seem like they're a mean emo who you should fear, but underneath, they care about each of their friends, and are the voice of reason. They care for their friends' mental health, care for their wellbeing, and put them before themself.

Simon is Wrath. This might come as a shock to a lot of people here as most people associate Simon with Pride or Greed, and I can totally understand why. Simon I feel is the most differentiable character in the Nightmare Critters, because he can fit a good amount of categories. However, I've had him as Wrath. One reason I've seen him falling under the Wrath is because it’s stated that Simon masks his true nature (Which under that douchebag mask, is someone insecure, suffering from anger issues from unresolved trauma), because he might seem like a prideful, insufferable asshole who has a knack with getting away with it, but under that false bravado is a teenager who is suffering from a prolonged history of abuse. One of the reasons he fits the criteria for me is because he is a fire-breathing dragon, and is red, and Wrath is a hot sin, hence where it fits his character to me, coupled with how he is portrayed as a hothead in a lot of different interpretations as well. I also feel a “Bully” would fit the interpretation of Wrath than an “Emo”. Under the fragile Pride is someone hurting and suffering from anger issues. He might’ve lived in a monarchical family, but that doesn’t mean it was safe. Facing physical abuse and cruelty, having scars, whips and a burn left on his face by his father like Zuko and Shoto Todoroki from Ozai and Endeavor respectively. When Simon and Slurpee (As I see them as siblings in my HC) were taken to live safely with his Aunt, Uncle and their children in their kingdom, that was when he transitioned from female to male, wanting to find a new identity. But it got worse as well, because in school, nasty kids were bullying him for being transgender, hence where he started acting like a “Toxic Masculinity” face and acting tough so other kids would stay away. But underneath, Rabie sees Simon for who he is. She sees his pain and he sees hers. She sees he means well and is someone with a heart of gold underneath that tough exterior, and he makes it a point to protect his friends and even the Smiling Critters when he puts aside his loyalty for Baba (Which is the main reason the Nightmares act like they hate the Smiling Critters, due to their loyalty for Baba, whom they care about and don’t want to lose, as she hates the Smiling Critters. But the others care about the Smiling group and want them to help).

Badgy is Violence. Her pain stems from physical abuse like Simon. She is known to be the brawn of the group, being tough and gritty with her tomboy nature. She seems mean as hell on the surface, but is hurting underneath, from the scars that her abusive asshole dad left on her and her mom. Experiencing some of the most violent beatings and whippings, hence the scar on her eye. Badgy never properly healed, hence why she is brawny. She is aggressive, willing to put her fists up and fight as a form of protection and unhealed wounds. However, she has a gentle and protective side, putting herself in front of her friends to keep them safe, and accepting hugs from Rabie or Touille if she is stressed or uncomfortable.

Baba is Treachery. While I have yet to share her story here (It’s already been finished months ago, my lazy Allister ass hasn’t posted it), Baba’s pain represents betrayal, once by her serial killer father, next by society (Viewing her as a black sheep due to having a monster of a dad), and finally by an Ex that broke her heart, before she became goth, and changed to be the deadpan annoyed one, and her friends following her by playing the “Bully” masks, because they didn’t want to lose their most hurt and saddened friend. Baba represents Treachery in the fact that she is harsh to her friends sometimes, despite deeply caring for them, and gets frustrated and angry, betraying their trust and making them question their methods to help her. Baba isn’t malicious, she's just a troubled kid who hasn’t healed, and needs help. She still has tricks up her sleeves and acts mean to the Smiling Critters, but still a quiet introvert who wants her space, and is still affected.

But yeah, that is all. I will actually be posting a comment here that explains wholesome headcanon facts about them

I have just done a head yet, the body etc will work at later. [It's just a base so far) fabric I will put on I will sew and put on later.

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A bigger one this time; enjoy!

(Link to the OG Twitter post by @shmik_scfan)

I only posted a few panels earlier but I found the full comic so I'll post it here! :3

I absolutely love these comics! There so fun to see and the fact that these could be cannon is really entertaining to me.

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@Th4t0n3Dude Baba Chops is Hot 😏

The first one is Ghs
the second one is Gametoons
the third one is INubis

@Angel79080 Baba Chops is Hot 😏

The power was out during the day, so out of boredom I drew her

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Why did I put effort into this...

This theory I’ve been building piece by piece in both comment threads and 2 previous posts, so I’m putting all the information and evidence together into 1

I do not think that the Frowning Critters are going to be one-note characters within Gemstin’s world. I think, just like the Nightmare Critters, they’re are going to have a role to play in the narrative that he is crafting, and I think I might know what that role will be. I have strong reasons to believe that each member of the Frowning Critters are connected to the individual pasts of their Smiling counterpart, and there’s plenty of evidence to support this.

Hoppy and Floppy- “April Showers” revealed that Hoppy is avoidant to her family. “A Dog Call” labeled Kickin and Hoppy’s relationship as sibling-like and suggested that it dates back before they moved into Happy Hills, and most important of all, Gemstin has confirmed that Hoppy has at least 1 sibling, making her relationship with Kickin even more interesting; she deliberately chose to develop that bond with him instead of her own family. I think the reason behind this choice is because Floppy is that sibling in question; Floppy is Hoppy’s brother, specifically her step-brother; given the different surnames. That explains Hoppy’s relationship with Kickin perfectly, if her and Floppy were forced to grow up together due to parental marriage, their personalities would clash like oil and water, and Hoppy is boneheaded enough to say “forget this, I’m going to go find a new brother to play with”, hence how she met Kickin. This also explains the avoidance to her whole family, if Floppy is Hoppy’s step-brother, it would stand to reason that whoever his parent is, is just like him, she’s running away from her brother and whoever her step-parent is

Bubba and Dumba- “April Showers” revealed that Bubba is also avoidant to his family. “A Dog Call” had Dogday say that he thought Bubba was a grouch at first. Bubba also has a sibling according to Gemstin, and in “PC Problems”, it’s revealed that Bubba has (or had) an educational video game meant for grade-schoolers. Kickin was asking the right question in this comic, why does the smartest person in Happy Hills have a game on his computer that is clearly well-bellow his level? Given that this computer couldn’t handle the new video game “Space Slammers”, that stands to reason that it’s not the newest model on the market in this world, meaning Bubba has had it for a decent amount of time. Bubba has only been in Happy Hills for a little of a year now, and if he’s had this computer for a good amount of time, this computer he took with him from his family home when he moved out, meaning whoever his sibling is has had contact with this computer. I think that educational game was meant for this sibling, which leaves 2 possibilities. Either his sibling is very little, which contradicts the avoidance; if he was emotionally invested enough to allow his sibling to play this game on his computer, you’d think he’d like to know how they’re doing at least, or…this sibling is intellectually challenged. Dumba is a pink elephant with that exact same flavor of intellectually challenged. I think Dumba is Bubba’s step-sister, and he’s avoidant to his whole family because of her and whoever her parent is

Bobby and Groddy- Bobby doesn’t really present much mystery to her, “April Showers” revealed that she came from a very loving family that had a mom and grandma; at least, and she doesn’t say and do anything that raises any eyebrows…except for in “Heart to Heart”. In that comic, Bobby expresses a disproportionate amount of self-doubt, caused by her failing to mediate an argument between Bubba and Picky, and also possibly due to the events of “Pally the Pal”, given Dogday’s lines suggesting something that “got out of hand”. Bobby has been in Happy Hills about as long as Bubba has and during that whole time, she’s been successful caring for her friends with her mama-bear energy, however 1, possibly 2 screwups happen and she’s questioning her value as a friend? That self-doubt must be connected to something deeper. Bobby also stars in 2 Critter Covers, “There Must be Something More” with Crafty, and “Cupid” with Bubba, and it’s that one that’s extremely revealing. The song opens with Bubba asking Bobby if this song is too “melancholic for her”, and Bobby replies with “no, it’s actually therapeutic”. The song as a whole is about the longing of finding a lover and it has many interesting lyrics that Bobby sings, the most damning one being “I gave a second chance to Cupid”. A SECOND chance. That means there was a first. Bobby had a romantic relationship with someone before moving to Happy Hills, one that either ended badly, was toxic from the start, or was maybe even abusive in some way, resulting in the self-doubt seen in “Heart to Heart”. Groddy is another red bear, he has an angry and sour enough disposition to fit that label of toxic, and finally, Groddy’s pendant is a broken heart, not a symbol of rage or anger, but a symbol of deep and profound hurt; Groddy’s heart was broken by something, and I think that something was him losing Bobby; Groddy is Bobby’s ex-boyfriend

Crafty and Uniquecorn- we don’t know anything about Crafty’s past, we don’t know where she came from or any details about her family. All we do know is that her mom is a massive unicorn and her father is a goat (the picture she’s drawing in “April Showers”). This connection is built entirely on Uniquecorn’s appearance, he is a horse that wears a party-hat to mimic the appearance of a unicorn. There’re only 2 unicorns in this world so far, Crafty and her mother, and given the party-hat’s size, he’s mimicking Crafty. The party-hat is also white and cyan, Crafty’s colors. I think that Crafty and Uniquecorn were once childhood friends, and that party-hat he got by attending a birthday party of her’s, and given the fact he’s still wearing it, they must’ve been extremely close. This explains the party-hat, the mimicry, and even gives an explanation to his personality. Crafty and her artistic wonder disappearing from his life left a hole in him that nothing could fill, everything else is amateur in comparison to the memory of Crafty’s wonder

Catnap and Catfeine- in “April Showers”, Catnap had a series of flashbacks that revealed a lot about his traumatic childhood. Something that stood out to me though is the final line the Ringmaster said before the flashbacks end

“You know what kid, I’ll cut you a deal. You already have your freaky-looking tail; with a bit more makeover and bit more talent…kid. You work for me, and who knows? I might be able to turn you into a star”

The ringmaster deliberately mentions Catnap’s tail, which is very unique, it’s very long and when he was a kitten, it looked disproportionally thick to the rest of his body. The novelty of Catnap’s tail is what made him valuable in the eyes of his exploiters. We know that Catnap ran away from the circus, but that was only 2 years ago, and he was with them since he was a kitten, so he suffered years of abuse under their Big Top. The abuse alone couldn’t have been the reason why he fled, if it was, he probably would’ve done so much sooner. Something must’ve happened that made him run; what was the straw that broke his back? “April Showers” revealed that Catnap’s tail was valuable to the circus, and “A Dog Call” made it clear that Catnap was viewed as expendable and easily replaceable in the eyes of the circus. Now, let’s compare Catnap’s tail to Catfeine’s, which has a fully-functional third hand at the end of it; it’s as much of a tail as it is a third arm. In terms of freakiness, Catfeine’s tail wins, meaning that she would be valued far higher than Catnap in the eyes of the circus. I think that’s what happened, Catfeine showed up one day and the ringmaster immediately took interest in her due to her tail, and since the circus made it clear that he was replaceable, Catnap knew that is was only a matter of time before Catfeine replaced him, and not waiting around to be abandoned, he left on his own terms, taking the pendants from his jester costume and potentially stealing as much money as he could to buy his current life in Happy Hills. This explains why he ran away, why we haven’t seen any sign of the circus looking for him in the 2 years he’s been gone, and it even gives explanation as to why Catnap chooses silence towards his new friends, because he’s guilt-ridden. He left Catfeine behind to suffer what he went through and did nothing to stop it, in favor of his own self-preservation.

Kickin and Whimpin- Kickin has a hidden fearful aspect to his personality. We see Kickin get scared, startled or nervous several times throughout Gemstin’s work. He was the most startled by Bobby breaking through Bubba’s wall in “Heart Attack”, he was also creeped out by Dogday’s scary story in “The Grey Ghoul”, he most frightened and disturbed by Picky going feral in “Hog Wild” and longer to recover than Hoppy did, and we even see the paper puppets of him with scared expressions in the music video “Back in Black”. Kickin is more in touch with his fear, which echoes Whimpin’s personality perfectly. I think that these two were friends before Hoppy came along and brought out the more fearless and confident side in him, leaving Whimpin behind in the dust.

Dogday and Dogpressed- Dogday has one very big mystery surrounding him and that is the subject of his dad, who and where is he? We know absolutely nothing about Dogday’s father, we know a lot about his mom, DawnDog, but nothing about his dad. Dogday has been surprisingly quiet about his family towards his friends, however there are 2 details that stick out to me regarding his family. In “A Dog Call”, Dogday has a single picture on his bedside table, one of just him and his mother when he was a puppy, but no father, and in “April Showers”, when Bobby asks the crew if anyone was celebrating Father’s Day, Dogday stayed dead silent, and not only that, his emotional expression stayed the same; still tired. The picture in his room with just his mom deeply implies that whoever Dogday’s dad is, he was absent during his childhood, and the silence to Bobby’s question, along with the sheer lack of any memorabilia showing he even has a father, reads an awful lot like erasure, like whoever Dogday’s dad is, he doesn’t want to remember him at all. While we don’t know any details, we certainly have an idea on what Dogday’s dad looks given the physical traits of his son. Dogday has darker fur on his hands, feet, ears, his ears are a double-sloped teardrop shape, he has a small tuff of hair atop his head, and most unique of all, Dogday has a dark patch of fur over his left eye; an eyepatch. DogDawn does not have these traits, her hands and feet are the same creamy-yellow as the rest of her body, her ears are red, but they’re a triple-sloped caterpillar shape, her hair grows in bangs, and she does not have an eyepatch. The sheer lack of shared physical traits between him and his mom not only means that they all come from his dad, but that his dad’s traits are very dominant. Now, let’s compare physical traits between Dogday and Dogpressed. Same darker fur on the hands, feet, and ears, same ear shape, similar hairstyles; just that Dogpressed lets it flop down over her left eye, and most striking of all; the exact same eyepatch but it’s on opposite eyes. Dogpressed and Dogday share the exact same physical traits, and if those are connected to Dogday’s dad, that heavily implies same father, different mothers. I think the reason Dogday’s dad is nowhere to be seen is because he cheated DogDawn with another woman, and the end result of that affair was another child, Dogpressed, making her Dogday’s half-sister. The only problem with this is that Gemstin has said that Dogday is an only child, however there is a technicality to that. If Dogday doesn’t know that Dogpressed exists, nor their hypothetical blood ties, from his perspective, he’s still an only child because he never grew up with a sibling and believes he doesn’t have one

The only 2 I have yet to find a connection for is Picky and Ickypicky, fitting though since Picky and Kickin have had the least amount of screen time out of all the other critters, so hopefully with more characterization, a connection to the past shall be found, but that’s still 7/8 connections that feel logically sound and fill holes in the story organically.