alexwadsy:

I think Gumbald is going to be a great villain. His bitterness comes from his lack of individuality caused by PB. Bonnie created her family to act the way that she wanted them too. Uncle G’s plan to build a city threatened the simple family life dynamic that she wanted them to have, so she tried to stop him. He didn’t want to be a benign man who lived a rustic life by the lake, but Bonnie did, and she drove him mad by trying to make him that way. So far Gumbald has been displayed as a completely despicable a-hole, but I can’t entirely dislike the guy. He’s definitely gone overboard and needs to chill out, but I can understand why he’s so salty. He’s the ultimate embodiment and final culmination of all the times we’ve seen the underlying stigma against PB arise in the Candy Kingdom. He doesn’t like the idea of being created to fit the mold that Bonnie made him to fit. I’m not saying that PB is awful or at fault here. All she wanted was a family and it’s sad to see how as a little girl, it all blew up in her face. But in the end, the problem was that Gumbald was a different person to what Bonnie wanted him to be. If I could change one thing about ‘Bonnibel Bubblegum’, I would put more emphasis on showing how “micromanaged” Bonnie’s family’s lives would’ve been.

ok so i just reread this post, and your comment on “lack of individuality” interests me.

the guy’s just so… weird. we know, just about, that he has an obsession with his own brand, but that’s as far as his personality stretches. the very moment he decided to start making his own decisions, he started wearing a weird villain cape, and continues to do so….. and everything hes doing right now, is a weird spinof of something peebles has already done.

his clothing aesthetic is the same but more “villainous”, he’s trying to build a new kingdom (probably because that was his idea in the first place), he’s plastering Gs everywhere, he’s performing science experiments with pb’s technology and poisoned his family with her formula….. he reminds me of lemongrab. is he imitating her weakly? is his attempts to create a brand about himself making up for his utterly hollow, boring character?

like, the other two, they’re… so empty. they Rebelled but they were ultimately still what she told them to be, just turned against her, and theyre doing exactly what this guy says even though he poisoned them. this entire family lacks not just love but individuality. both of these things are something they had while they were regular candy people - manfried and crunchy were very distinct, punchbowl guy was….. himself. maybe theyre written this hollowly on purpose?