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Me personal theory:

Robert's sister somehow got SUPER hyped up on spiked candy, making her more sick and then making her go ballistic, which everyone mistakes for a possession, so they call Gregor to deal with it. Skid and Pump are there because they know Rob's sister from school (but don't know she's his sister until the events of the episode) and came over because they thought it was cool that their classmate got possessed, because of course they would think that.

Because of this they all end up isolated from Kevin's plot of dealing with the spiked candy. This could lead to a joke at the end of the episode with someone warning the boys, Robert's family and Gregor about the candy after they already figured it out and got the sister back to normal.

Edit: Just saw the new character outlines on the patreon post preview (since I can't afford to donate) and they're almost certainly Robert's parents and grandma, with the individual description hinting at their future appearances... Or I'm just huffing copium.

I think SM 6 is gonna have 2 main plots/POVs, one being Kevin and the Candy Dealer + Candy Cartel (because Kevin has 8 minutes of voiced lines and one of the OC submissions options was in the Candy Club), and another being Skid and Pump + something to do with religion (based on something that was shared on Patreon), and that those 2 plots will overlap, like with Lila, Jaune and the cops and Bob with Skid and Pump in SM 5

Roy episode predictions/ramblings <3

The closer we get to SM6 the more excited I get for both it and for the hatzgang episode just for the Roy content.

My theory for the episode is a little like this: Roy decides to mess with Skid and Pump but Ross and Rob refuse to join him so he decides to do it on his own. He finds the boys messing around in a somewhat secluded spooky place where he and the spookies encounter the episode's villain.

Most of the episode is the three avoiding the villain with Roy blaming everything on Skid and Pump but warms up to them over the course of the episode. Towards the end Ross and Robert, maybe even Roy's parents, decide to look for him and ultimately find him with Skid and Pump laughing not at them, but with them. They're all a little scuffed up but generally okay and the episode ends with Roy offering to take the spookies along with the gang for some candy... and promising that he'll actually pay for it this time. :)

You know, I was looking at the Halloween drawing and comparing it to the new one when I had a horrifying realization.

In both images Roy seems uncomfortable with being in a proper costume, but has no issue "making" a generic (and non horror adjacent) costume in Tender Treats.

I tried to figure out why when I remembered that specific costumes, usually with some morbid/horror twist, are sometimes used in roleplay which coupled with Roy's trauma would explain his aversion to traditional Halloween costumes and for the holiday in general, which could be a great parallel between him and the spookies.

(Also the ghost on the right in this year's image is meant to represent Dexter, you can tell by the mis-matchd eyes)

O yeah I know it's been a couple months but since I reblogged the post again:

0, 1, and 9 for Kevin

3, 5, and 8 for Roy

Kevin

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0- The background changes for his nervous breakdowns, art style shifts are always a pleasant surprise to me, especially when their associated with a specific character.

1- It's simple but effective. He manages to have the vibe of someone who (when Skid and Pump aren't around) generally enjoys his job without really being passionate about it. And I just plain love his little floof.

9- This poor bastard needs someone in his life and given who he's usually shipped with, I'd say their pretty good. The only one I take issue with is him and Lila since Kevin feels like a guy in his mid twenties, roughly ten years younger than Lila.

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Roy (thank you so much for asking about him, I have so much brainrot of him)

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3- The scene with his parents and him then giving the candy to Rob for his sister. It just does so much for all the characters and is the first major scene for Roy's arc, it's also more wholesome than a lot of the "individual" scene endings in both TT and past episodes.

5- Like Pump, he has some residual effects left over from his encounter with Eyes making him sensitive to supernatural energy. We might see this in a scene where Carmen and Richard come home from a "late meeting".

8- Roy's sensitive about his weight but in a very complex way. He was picked on for it when he was little, but Carmen would always console him, having been a heavier kid herself. The only issue is the same assurances also came from *you know who*, which left Roy feeling very conflicted. If someone makes a dig at him over it he would usually stand up for himself, but for a while after The Stars he would just kind of glaze over while Ross and Robert whooped a bitch.

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Happy to see this game resurrecting.

Volume 7 of Spooky Months Headcanons

Been a while, hasn't it?

Mr. Wonder was a banker. His son would somewhat follow in his footsteps and become an accountant.

Kevin used to have long hair but has had to keep it short since he started working at the Candy Club, as part of company policy.

Dexter had a bowl cut as a kid (This is a reference to a specific character from a specific show that only @crossover-enthusiast will get)

Pump absolutely gets arrested for doing something stupid on his 13th birthday.

While we're at it, Pump would drink at Skid's 21st birthday even though he's a year younger. Because you cannot seriously tell me that a 20 year old Pump would give a flying fuck about drinking age laws.

Jaune and Lila used to be friends with Carmen. They were the only girls who didn't bully her for her weight, but in their teens Carmen's weight wet to all the right places and she ditched them for the popular girls.

This started as a bit of a joke, but I took a liking to it, Robert is actually his middle name, his first name is Tom. Which you might remember was his original name when The Stars came out. He prefers to go by Robert to better fit with his friends.

Had a silly idea for the dialogue exchange between Robert and Susie for the opener of Spookyville season 2

"So what, you're going to eat me?"

"No! I have standards, Robbie, what'd make you think of that?"

"I mean you did summon a demon that eats kids-"

"Awww, you remembered!"

The implication being that Susie has told him about demons at some point, lmao

That's such a great little twisted moment, captures the vibes of both shows very well!

I just had a big brain yet sad thought for Spookyville

Sooo what if Robert's delusions started because of the death of his little sister? Out of grief his mind made him believe he was haunted by her ghost, which ultimately lead him to jump off the roof like Psychoville!Robert did

Then in the present he believes her ghost is helping him, which in reality is just Susie getting Moloch to do things for her

Or: I thought a bit too hard about Robert's family, realized we hadn't touched upon his little sister, and thought "why not cut off the whole family line?"

I kid, but it's either that or the kid deals with the deaths of both of her older brothers

That's great and awful, great idea!

Spooky Month 6 predictions

So, as a non-patron, my access to sm6 teaser is very limited, but that's exactly what makes me so fascinated by what I can get of them.

After combing through the teaser, I've managed to construct an outline of the episode's plot.

I hope my fellow non patrons will enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed putting it together.

LET'S BEGIN:

The episode begins with a typical spooky month set up with a montage of Skid and Pump running around town.

Some scenes in this segment are: Lila and Jaune are getting drunk together, the Kevin clip we got the other day and a scene with Rick and the cops at Gonuts, this sequence will likely introduce a new character or 2.

Most importantly, they come across the Hatzgang and Robert asks them to take something to his sister at the hospital.

After this, the boys come across Frank, who drops them off in front of the hospital at the same time as Gregor arrives, having been called by Patty to handle the Moloch situation.

At this point, we cut to a corner of hell where a New Demon (hereafter referred to as ND) realizes how long Moloch's been gone and decides to find him.

Back in the human world, the spookies try to follow Gregor into the morgue and briefly succeed, meeting a new mortician character, only for Patty to boot them out.

Afterwards they run into two men, one dressed in a Happy Fella costume and the other being the teased business man character, looking for the room of a severely ill girl who made request with a Make-A-Wish type group to meet Happy Fella, the boys assume the girl in question is Robert's sister, but she isn't and Rob's sister meets Happy Fella at the expense of a far more sick child.

Somewhere around this point we get a side plot involving the thieves looking for something hidden in the church, but their search leads them to the house of an old cat lady, this acting as the episode's major subplot. The item in question likely being cult related.

Back to the boys, we see that Robert's sister has many Happy Fella dolls, one possibly being possessed by Dexter, Skid and Pump naturally start destroying them.

Afterwards, they return to the morgue where Dexter's body has been cremated, releasing Moloch and letting him possess Gregor or Patty, either way, whoever he doesn't possess gets possessed by ND, who arrives at the perfect time start a demon fight! (which ends up being 2 bodies ragdolling in midair and occasionally smacking against each other)

Pump suggests they call Lila, but Skid says she told him she'll be busy, this is then contrasted with a scene of Lila and Jaune in full pisshead mode, when Jaune's husband calls to check up on them.

Then we get the climax of the boys (possibly with the presence of an angelic being) performing a double exorcism.

Annnd, that's it!

Special shout out to @crossover-enthusiast for helping my iron out some of these ideas.

Analyzing the SM6 cast line up teaser

More fun for the non-patrons as a height chart of episode 6's characters dropped and I have *thoughts*

Before we delve into the analysis, be advised that this will reference my SM6 prediction post, which can be found here.

And out last bit of preface

These three new characters teased in an earlier update are hereafter referred to as the businessman, the new mortician and the cat lady.

Bear that in mind.

So here's the 2 lined height chart, so let's start putting names to these blobs!

Line 1: The Thieves, Lila, Skid and Pump, Susie (she's pretty hard to see, but you can mostly notice her shirt and hair), Mr. Wonder, Jaune, Jaune's Husband (who was shown in full in an earlier update).

The next figure at first appears to be another shadow, but upon closer inspection seems to be Father Gregor, after that we have;

The Cat Lady, Dexter (likely in another missing ad or for his body being unpossessed, if for a moment), Patty, John and Jack, then we have the first totally new character, a massive person (taller than Frank, making them the new tallest human in the series) who brings me to my first new theory:

This character, whose proportions are highly evocative of a cartoon vampire, will be either yet another new mortician, or in charge of the hospital's blood bank. Funnily enough, this actually matches weirdly well to a half-joking conversation me and @crossover-enthusiast had the other day.

Line 2: Skid and Pump again (for reference), Ross, Robert and Roy, Kevin, Radford (in his teased casual outfit), the actor in the Happy Fella suit, Mayor Evermore, The New Mortician and then... Roy's Uncle??!?!

This might be my biggest validation yet, as I've had a thought for some time of us first seeing the New Demon in hell, torturing the Uncle, if this ends up being true, I am officially the king of the SM fandom!... Where were we?

Oh yeah, we then have; Ignacio, The Businessman, Frank and yet another totally new character, a portly person I have no solid theories on.

Before I leave, I'd like to mention some characters who are missing here (other than Moloch and any other supernatural characters who might appear). Those being; Lucky, the Actor and Actress and Rick.

Rick is the only notable outlier, as he's a relatively major character, so where is he?

Well, I think Rick's absence is quite simple to explain. While not outright confirmed, Rick is heavily implied to be working at Gonuts in episode 6, meaning he's wearing a new uniform. I think Pelo just didn't want to spoil this, and so left Rick and his new outfit out of the line up.

And that's all I've got! One last note before we're done here, I'm pretty sure next week's update will be the episode 6 trailer, so there's that.

Hollow Sorrows Trailer Breakdown LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

Obviously, if you don't want spoilers, scroll away. If you've already seen the trailer, LET'S GO!!!

So when we first see possessed Patty, she looks mostly normal, you can't even see her demon teeth through the mask yet. John and Jack probably only came in since they heard a scream and/or struggle coming from the morgue.

So we get a shot of the boys being too chaotic, something Gregor points out and what will likely cause the "bad character development" Pelo ahs mentioned.

Also, since it's 100% what Pelo would do, Costume Bob is the guy in the HF suit. Mark my words.

The scene with the hatz is really interesting to me, since Skid and Pump just annoys Roy for a moment and leave. I think this might be all we get of the hatzgang this time, similar to how Frank only had a brief Appearance in Tender Treats. If my theory that episode 7 will focus on Roy is true, this little scene will be very interesting to dissect when the full episode drops.

We actually get out first proper glimpse at a new character and I think this old man is the very last character in the line up teaser

And there's also a pretty good chance he Roy's grandfather and given the way he reacts to the boys antics here, I can definitely see him being a another reasons Roy's the way he is.

If he actually is Roy's grandpa, then @crossover-enthusiast and I's Roy discussions are going to get really fun pretty soon.

Here, Skid is clearly holding a framed photo, meaning this will almost certainly be the first time his father is brought up directly.

Also, yeah, with Pump's line about "hangover spooky month", it seems my theory about Lila in this episode was at least half right.

Yet more proof that the boys' absent parents will be more of a focus. The trailer as a whole gives me some ideas regarding the Wonder parents, but I feel they're best saved for another time.

The boys get into trouble with the cops and I have 2 theories regarding when, either Gregor tries to get them sent home before going to the hospital, but they talk their way out of it, or they actually do get sent home at the end of the episode.

John's expression here immediately makes we think that something Skid or Pump said reminded him of his daughter. Another plot thread that has yet to be directly acknowledged.

Ignacio watches Gregor lead the boys away, maybe he lives down the street from Skid and Lila to keep an eye on them for the cult?

Either way, I'm surprised his appearance won't take place in the hospital as I previously predicted.

"I will be your guide. And I know your parents would be proud of you."

There's something undeniably sinister about this line, but how sinister hinges on whether Gregor is a cultist or ex-cultist. Whatever the case may be, he definitely knows more about or sees more in the boys than he lets on.

A great title card, and thought the blood everywhere is definitely concerning, I don't think there's anything to really say here, just wanted to get a screenshot of it.

And it would appear the character I've referred to as the cat lady will have the unenviable role of a hapless victim to the episode's villain. But honestly, I'm more surprised by her being at the hospital in the first place and why that never occurred to me before.

The actual progression of Patty's possession confirms to she's possessed by something other than Moloch. And what seals it for me is, fittingly, the eyes. The white of her eyes becomes a more vivid yellow, yet her pupil snot only don't form Moloch's typical spirals, but they're a more vivid shade of baby blue, a color that has never had any significance in the series before. Moloch will mostly be trapped in Dexter before eventually possessing Gregor, I will die on this hill.

AND THE FUGGIN' RELEASE DATE!!!

Alright, that's all, only a month now. We're so back!

10 Days to Hollow Sorrows

I'll be dropping a random SM headcanon every day until the new episode comes out!

Today's headcanon: Out of the Hatzgang, Ross is the biggest anime fan, and he's doing his best to keep this knowledge away from Robert and especially Roy.

Horror Lingers in Hope

So, this is my first proper SM ficlet, and it's Roy angst because of course it is. I wrote this about a month ago, but refined it since and am posting to get extra hype going for the impending release of HS!

TW: Nothing explicit, but there is reference to past CSA, as should be expected from a Roy angst fic.

Roy was honestly surprised when his parents let him invite not only Susie, but Ross and Robert over. He was obviously glad, it just seemed a bit sudden. "Man, this place rocks, Roy!" Robert said as he looked around the lavish living room. "Heh, yeah, it does." was all Roy could muster, it was nice to not worry about anything for a bit, just enjoying a day with the people who mattered. "Now try coming here for dates all the time." Susie chirped, "With this fine specimen." She playfully tugged at Roy's cheek and got a little chuckle out of him. “So, being the great host I am,” Roy half-joked, “I wanted to ask; What do you guys want to do?” “Wait, you said you were writing a song, right? Can we hear it?” Again, Ross’s question took Roy a little off guard, it’s not that he didn’t like the attention, It was just something he wasn’t used to, at least not in this way. “Only, and I mean only, if  you promise not to make fun of how cheesy it is.” Which it was, a ballad he was working on for Susie, he’d never admit it, but it started as a birthday present he didn’t finish in time. Before he could get too lost in his thoughts, Susie butted in, “AND if you promise not to get jealous of his singing voice.” “Oh, yeah” Ross joined in, “I don’t think I’ve heard you sing, man.“ “Then you’re missing out. Trust me.” “Why are you saying that like I’M the talented one?” “Roy, you’ve heard me sing, you know which one of us has that kind of talent!” “I know, I know, you’re just a lot of fun to mess with.” And without missing a beat, Susie responded to her boyfriend the exact way he expected from her and loved her for, “Yep, we’re really in sync like that.”

That was when Roy's mother poked around the corner "Does anyone want anything? I've been meaning to try some new smoothie recipes." "Nope, but thanks for the offer, Mrs. L." Ross responded for the group, he really had a way of reading the room.

Just then there was a knock at the front door *knock--knock* Roy's hearing suddenly clouded as he heard his father in the next room say "Ah, on time for once." Suddenly everything seemed darker, everyone turned to him. Their mouths didn't seem to move, yet he could hear them, in unison "Go on Reynold, answer it." He suddenly found himself right in front of that door, the knock came again, faster *knock-knock* Roy felt something in his hand, nevermind the fact that it hadn't moved. The door opened and there he was. "Hey little man. Long time no see."

Suddenly Susie entered from Roy's peripheral vision approaching that monster, a calm, accepting smile on her face, yet her eyes full of tears, pleading through acceptance. "Thanks for this little number, Roy. Still not quite on par with those 2 treats you got me a few years back." "No-NO, NO! You're dead, you died that Halloween! You're gone! GONE!" Even with the door open, that knocking persisted *knockknock-knockknock "Thanks again, kiddo." He said as he wrapped his arm around Susie's. Her voice sounded so peaceful as she said; “Don’t worry, Roy. This is how it was always going to be.”. "You've done wonders for you're dear uncle." His voice rang out as the knocking turned into a near constant drone of beating against Roy’s mind. He tried to reach out, to pull Susie away, to do ANYTHING. But he couldn’t, he ran faster and faster, but with every step he felt like something was pulling him down.

Roy damn near fell out of his bed when he lurched forward as he awoke in a frigid sweat. The quiet of the night and the air around him feeling like a gentle hand on his shoulder telling him to leave that horror behind. Telling him to leave it behind in the exact way he couldn't leave it behind. Not alone. But he already told Ross and Robert everything, they'd already helped as much as they could. There wasn't a snowball's chance in hell he could tell dad, not yet. Mom, maybe, at least she wouldn't feel betrayed be her own blood. And Susie… how would he even start telling her? It didn’t matter, he had to tell them... Soon, sometime soon....

Moments from my first post HS hunger games

For those who haven't been here a while (and by "a while", I mean literally the first 2 days since I started regularly posting here), I did a highlight compilation post of moments from my Spooky Month hunger games simulator, and I'm doing it again, just with 36 characters instead of 24

That's some random stuff, but I also have some more specific insanity

First is what happened after Roy died

And after that....

Yeh

And then there's all the shit Garcia did

I'm so glad I used this image because it conjures the funniest mental images for me

And for those wondering how it ended,

Spooky Month Library AU

In a surprising turn of events, I'm not dead! And what is more, I've recently concocted a new AU to share with you all!

And before we get started, a special thanks to @crossover-enthusiast and @spookyscaryskidnpump / @woomy-wormy for helping develop this AU

The Premise

A library is briefly tasked with storing the mysterious Starborn Manuscript which is in truth a spell book. The librarian unknowingly reads a spell from it which leads to characters from the library's books coming to life as tiny paper people at night.

The Basic Lore

When close to the book of their origin, characters have access so abilities they have in the book but otherwise can't use.

Characters can be "tainted" by and sometimes reflect misdeeds of their authors.

Characters who are directly related (parents, grandparents, siblings) in SM share a book of origin. Other relatives are from different books by the same author.

The characters believe Eli the librarian, the only human they've caught brief glimpses of, to be their god.

Characters only come to life within the confines of the library.

Before we move on, let's appreciate this artwork curtesy of @woomy-wormy

The Characters and their books (some of them, anyway)

Skid, Lila and Skidad- Leads in a book from a kids' horror anthology wherein the father of the family is replaced by a monster, as the real dad doesn't directly appear in the story, the on that's brought to life is the monster.

Pump, Susie and Mr. Wonder- The main family in another book in the same anthology as Skid's family.

Roy, Carmen, Richard and Garcia- Carmen and Richard are the leads in a fantasy romance novel, Garcia orchestrates an elaborate scheme so Richard can be with Carmen and Roy is introduced into the story after a timeskip.

Ross, Jaune and Aaron- Ross is the protagonist of a cyberpunk YA dystopian novel

Robert and Radford- The leads in a lighthearted slice of life story.

John- Lead in a noir story.

Jack- Supporting character in a different noir story.

Rick- The main character of a newspaper strip which has a compendium in the library, speech bubbles appear when he talks.

Dexter and Michelle- A reclusive family from a gothic horror novella.

Hobomen- Tankmen doodles on a torn off and wadded up page of a student's notebook that rolled under a shelf

Bob- He's just a normal chef in his book of origin, but his author's recently outed violent tendencies have lead to him becoming much more violent than his book counterpart.

More characters to come soon, so stay tuned!

So surreal to see something I saw doodled in real time fully done like this (also, @woomy-wormy , please do these for Roy and Robert at some point)

the guy of all time

Roysie my beloved!

some things that i forgot abt... (believe it or not i have not abandoned this blog i prommy. i just changed hyperfixations like 3 times and im exploding)

THE HATZGANG!!!! I realized that I forgot to put a line in Robert’s hoodie to be the zipper thing but I was too lazy

Anyways here’s some doodles sense right now I don’t really like how the other two turned out (the doodles are to make up for that)

The cat and the worm on a string are there because there was empty space I needed to fill up and I didn’t feel like drawing another one of them again

Ik I ask you guys to ignore stuff in my art a lot (at least I feel like I do maybe I’ve never done it on tumblr yet) but ignore the non-existent logic of Ross’s pockets

Silly hatzgang (/polyhatz) headcanons (the images are mostly just headcanons about how I think they’d look like irl and what their sexualities/genders would be)

(TW: for bruises and scars, I put Robert first because he doesn’t have any in this redesign)

Ok here’s all of them

THE EDITS ARE INSPIRED BY THIS PERSON PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT THEIR EDITS R SO COOL!! /nf

Idk why Roy looks so differently edited then all of the others, he just does

Didn’t edit the doll because this isn’t about him

(More headcanons time + explaining some stuff about the images)

I feel like Robert has an afro but that’s just how I interpreted the way his hair is

Robert has a lot of siblings, the rest of the hatzgang are only children

The reason why I put Robert as polysexual and Roy as just gay even though gay is also usually non-women loving non-women is because I genuinely feel like Robert would like the label polysexual better and I can’t explain it

This may or may not be projecting but Ross has trouble showing emotions physically and usually has a blank expression or a small-medium smile even if he feels rlly happy inside

Ross definitely listens to emo + scene kid songs no doubt (he also plays his songs on repeat a lot until he doesn’t like them)

The reason why Roy looks kinda beat up is because in my mind if he’s a bully (and y’know also acts the way he does) then I feel like he’d get into fights at least sometimes

I gave Ross cuts near his ears because I wanted to give him earrings but I felt like he was too young, now that I think about it I feel like both of his parents would be cool with him getting his ears pierced but I feel like he’d wait until he’s at least a little older

When it says that Roy is in denial about being gay I mean it more in a way where he wouldn’t put a label on his sexuality because he feels like he shouldn’t be gay if that makes sense. His parents would probably just live with his sexuality and move on while not specifically being supportive or homophobic at least towards him, however knowing that they don’t like his ‘friends’ and the fact that they expect a lot of him and assume he’s straight (sense he never really said he’s not) Roy has just assumed that his parents would be h0m0phobic

I couldn’t (and still can’t) decide if I headcanon Roy as trans or not so I just left it out

They’re all dating 🫶 (Roy isn’t open about it basically at all but the other two who don’t rlly know he’s avoiding telling people only rlly tell people if they ask)

I’m absolutely losing my mind I can not tell for fuck’s sake who is taller (talking about Robert and Susie I know about the other two)

Robert is wearing a hat plus Susie is standing at a different angle my brain is exploding

I wonder when we’ll meet Robert’s parents if we do ever meet them, I feel like they’ll be new characters because so far apart from Jaune we haven’t seen any spooky month characters that we’ve seen before be revealed as parents (not including Lila sense from the beginning we’ve known she’s Skid’s mother)

I hope his parents are or at least where nice to him, I don’t want to see him get hurt dmsksmsmsjsmssjsj (if anything bad happens to him or actually any member of the hatzgang I will cry I love them all sm /p)