Headcanon?

[Ditto]

Let's talk about HEADCANONS! Here's my headcanons for the Once-ler.

1. His dad walked out on his mom.
2. Brett and Chett are his *older* brothers.
3. The Once-ler had to make his clothes, since he kept getting hand-my-downs from his brothers, but he's always been scrawny yet tall. Hence why he knows how to sew/knit.
4. He was mentally abused throughout his life but cannot recognize it. He thinks this is normal parental treatment.
5. His Uncle is his Uncle from his dad's side.
6. He is Ted's grandfather, having met Norma when he was young.
7. He will become a royal green Lorax when he passes away.
8. He's good at a lot of things(drawing, playing guitar, singing, knitting) because of constantly trying to impress his mother... also...
9. He's a lot like Cinderella. He was forced to do many chores, cook, clean, fix clothes(since he got so good at it), and more.

The Lorax:
1) There are more than one Lorax's. There are many forests and such in danger across the world, it's too much for one little guy.
2) Lorax's are made from people who pass on, who have a great connection to mother nature/wildlife.
3) They are not all orange.

So what do you guys think? ^^ Everyone share your own headcanon about any character!

[anarky]

So what was the lorax before?

Edit- I use ff.net for my headcanons- got an Audrey story coming soon.

[lightening816]

I think I have a Headcanon for O'Hare:

1. O'Hare's parents were not very well off in the beginning while they were trying to raise him.

2. Despite what his pesky siblings and bullies said, O'Hare had always thought that what he lacked for in height he made up for in intelligence.

3. When he was a boy, O'Hare was always trying to sell something to his neighbors. Whether it was a lemonade stand or a garage sale, he was always trying to earn $$.

4. He was 1 of the members of the crowd who 1st approached the Once-ler, the same crowd that sang of how much they wanted more thneeds.

5. When O'Hare turned 16, he went to work at the Once-ler's factory, where he would find his chosen career path.

6. In college, he lost interest in pursuing a significant other and became obsessed with learning how to be a leader and earning a degree in business.

7. This degree, along with the knowledge he'd already had about the Once-ler, were the tools he used in establishing Thneedville and becoming its primary influence.

[anarky]

Because all the trees are gone, people in Thneedville use e-readers. And no one is more pleased by this than O'Hare. It's one of the ways he can spy on his current and potential customers, for one. It also means a book's content can be altered to give the impression of things like that the Once-ler was more of a corporate logo than an actual person- that when older people mention having seen the Once-ler most adults think it's like saying you saw Ronald McDonald... And this does happen irl- part of why the Disney family opened a museum is because younger people surveyed were increasingly convinced Walt had been made up.

[msshmoshmonceler]

I thought maybe Once-ler was Ted's dad since (I haven't seen the movie yet) he doesn't seem to have one around? But he's super old now so maybe his grampa yeah XD They look alike so ..they gotta be related somehow

[anarky]

Apr 17, 2012 16:55:33 GMT -5 msshmoshmonceler said:

I thought maybe Once-ler was Ted's dad since (I haven't seen the movie yet) he doesn't seem to have one around? But he's super old now so maybe his grampa yeah XD They look alike so ..they gotta be related somehow

Speaking as an animator, it's my observation that character resemblances often relate more to a particular style on the artist's part or, especially in the case of computer animation, the result of streamlined design needed to make what is such a labor-intensive process a little more manageable. All the characters are built in the same rig program and the further you deviate from it, the harder it gets. Some cgi films have some sort of technological breakthrough in them, though.

In terms of the Once-ler's character design, I would say it borders on androgynous within the design scheme- reflecting both his metrosexual style of dress (an inspired choice for a character who makes his fortune in the garment industry) and his resemblance to both Audrey and Ted, the film's represntations of ideal feminity and masculinity. (Along the same lines are the Lorax and Anti-Lorax, O'Hare, and the contrast between Ted and the Once-ler's mothers... As well as Ted's dream sequence with its consumer overtones)

In Truffula valley, what we have could be read as parts of a whole. The Once-ler's background (represented by his family) is key- it's really not surprising his big invention is something so frivolous- given what he's observed growing up as to what his family values. In nature, he encounters his conscience (the Lorax) who sets out to neutralize this part of his personality with the river bit but the turning point is how this part of his personality gets associated with Pipsqueak- it's just as natural and protective, but the Lorax is still wary of it. When the rest of the Once-lers arrive, that could be read as literal or metaphorical- that his relatives come or he builds a family of his own that recreates that dynamic.