Characterizing Butter
a month ago
I wanted to do a better job at describing how Butter acts since I felt I have developed him more but haven’t shown it all in drawings yet. So I made this journal to better describe how he behaves, I’ll also add these to his reference
[Butter will downplay his weight/size when teased about it]
Butter would try to downplay it to try and get them to stop. He’d nervously say something like, “I’m not that big! It’s just my fur that makes me look this big!” If they teased him about eating so much he’d nervously say something like, “I skipped breakfast so I’m just really hungry.” Or, “They were on sale so I bought a bunch without realizing it and don’t want to throw them out.” He of course doesn’t believe any of these excuses himself he knows he’s way too big and fat, but he hopes these flimsy excuses will somehow make whoever is teasing him stop.
[Butter is easily embarrassed]
This sort of goes with the previous one but I figured I’d make it it’s own. Even if nobody is teasing him about his weight he can still feel very embarrassed when it causes a scene. If he gets stuck in a doorway, breaks chair, or takes on some food challenge at a restaurant unknowingly and demolishes the record he’ll be blushing in embarrassment while trying to downplay the situation.
[Butter is not obsessed with light]
Everybody knows the whole “moth obsessed with light” thing, so it might surprise you that I’ve never used that. Honestly I just don’t care for it. I felt including it would just be because it’s the norm, not because I actually wanted to. That’s why Butter or his parents don’t have that.
[Butter is obsessed with desserts]
While I might have just said Butter doesn’t have any obsession with light, desserts and pretty much anything sugary might as well be his light. Butter can be easily distracted with desserts. Someone could tease him about his weight making him embarrassed, but if they give something sweet he will immediately forget about everything else in the moment and just eat the food. It’s hard to get his attention while eating. While teasing him usually makes him embarrassed, when he’s eating it’s just in one ear out the other for him.
[Butter can be easily lose all self control with desserts when no one will make him feel embarrassed for it]
While he is obsessed with desserts it’s not like he has zero self control around them. He can walk into a bakery and not eat everything. Though if there is no one is around to judge him or he is being heavily encouraged to keep eating he will gladly do so. Even if he’s so full he feels like he’s about to burst, he’ll eat until he can’t swallow another bite if will make him feel embarrassed for doing so.
[Butter is not dumb]
With how easily obsessed with food Butter can be and the fact that he lives with his parents it could easily be misunderstood as stupid or a child but those aren’t true. While he’s by no means a genius he is an adult who is capable of taking care of himself and living on his own. He stays with his parents because his mom doesn’t want him to leave and he loves her cooking so he sees no point in leaving if he doesn’t have to.
[Butter can’t fly]
Due to his massive size and weight he is incapable of flying. He is not even close to being able to fly. Even if he lost half his weight he still wouldn’t be able to fly.
[Butter is not in very bad health]
With Butter being absolutely massive you’d think he’d be almost dead but no he’s in decent health. His only real health issues are he gets easily exhausted from having to carry all that weight on his legs while waddling, and he has a high heart rate. But honestly his health issues never really cause any problems for him
[Butter will downplay his weight/size when teased about it]
Butter would try to downplay it to try and get them to stop. He’d nervously say something like, “I’m not that big! It’s just my fur that makes me look this big!” If they teased him about eating so much he’d nervously say something like, “I skipped breakfast so I’m just really hungry.” Or, “They were on sale so I bought a bunch without realizing it and don’t want to throw them out.” He of course doesn’t believe any of these excuses himself he knows he’s way too big and fat, but he hopes these flimsy excuses will somehow make whoever is teasing him stop.
[Butter is easily embarrassed]
This sort of goes with the previous one but I figured I’d make it it’s own. Even if nobody is teasing him about his weight he can still feel very embarrassed when it causes a scene. If he gets stuck in a doorway, breaks chair, or takes on some food challenge at a restaurant unknowingly and demolishes the record he’ll be blushing in embarrassment while trying to downplay the situation.
[Butter is not obsessed with light]
Everybody knows the whole “moth obsessed with light” thing, so it might surprise you that I’ve never used that. Honestly I just don’t care for it. I felt including it would just be because it’s the norm, not because I actually wanted to. That’s why Butter or his parents don’t have that.
[Butter is obsessed with desserts]
While I might have just said Butter doesn’t have any obsession with light, desserts and pretty much anything sugary might as well be his light. Butter can be easily distracted with desserts. Someone could tease him about his weight making him embarrassed, but if they give something sweet he will immediately forget about everything else in the moment and just eat the food. It’s hard to get his attention while eating. While teasing him usually makes him embarrassed, when he’s eating it’s just in one ear out the other for him.
[Butter can be easily lose all self control with desserts when no one will make him feel embarrassed for it]
While he is obsessed with desserts it’s not like he has zero self control around them. He can walk into a bakery and not eat everything. Though if there is no one is around to judge him or he is being heavily encouraged to keep eating he will gladly do so. Even if he’s so full he feels like he’s about to burst, he’ll eat until he can’t swallow another bite if will make him feel embarrassed for doing so.
[Butter is not dumb]
With how easily obsessed with food Butter can be and the fact that he lives with his parents it could easily be misunderstood as stupid or a child but those aren’t true. While he’s by no means a genius he is an adult who is capable of taking care of himself and living on his own. He stays with his parents because his mom doesn’t want him to leave and he loves her cooking so he sees no point in leaving if he doesn’t have to.
[Butter can’t fly]
Due to his massive size and weight he is incapable of flying. He is not even close to being able to fly. Even if he lost half his weight he still wouldn’t be able to fly.
[Butter is not in very bad health]
With Butter being absolutely massive you’d think he’d be almost dead but no he’s in decent health. His only real health issues are he gets easily exhausted from having to carry all that weight on his legs while waddling, and he has a high heart rate. But honestly his health issues never really cause any problems for him

BakeryCreature
~bakerycreature
Aw, that's cute when winged characters become too fat to fly!

ButterMoth
~buttermoth
OP
Yeah it’s perfect way to show just how fat they’ve gotten.