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The Wonderful Whimsical Willy Wonka: a mystery of magical candy concoctions, the pinnacle of confectioners, and proof that you should never meet your heroes.

He(/she/it) may seem fine at first; eccentric of course- what inventor isn't- but quite the bit self-grandiose, tells you not to eat anything whilst chewing on chocolate. Yet, there's little quirks... rushed speech, compulsive alliteration, a posh English accent that occasionally slips into something less rehearsed, the unwrapping of little candies from a hidden pocket when stressed, and an odd fixation on Temptation and Death that results in a Las Vegas-esque musical number mid-tour (Did he practice that?!)

A man prone to spirals, to fixations, to paranoia of her own mind, who closed its factory certain the world was out to get it, who reopened its factory after, at 3am in the dark of its office, realised that no Lazarus Machine nor Wonka-Vite would likely succeed. Willy Wonka did not want an heir, but it had become another nocturnal necessity.

And so: Six tickets, Six tests of temptation.

"Gloop, Teavee, Beauregarde, Salt, Piker, Bucket! Do come in.~"

CatCF Musical - Memento Mori - Wonka's Office

A long messy room, often inhabited in the early hours of the morning. Submerged in the glow of a large fish-tank, there's little ambience but the sound of bubbles and silence and the occasional frustrated ramblings of the confectioner in a creative trance at his desk.

CatCF Musical - Memento Mori

As the famed chocolatier walks around its factory in a spiralling haze, lost to yet another self-debate of right and wrong and temptation and death, the hoards of Oompa Loompa dance away, a songbird serenade to the subconscious:

E v e r y b o d y L i k e s Y o u

CatCF Musical (re-write) - Memento Mori

Merry Christmas from Mr. Wonka & her little helpers. 🎄🍬

So are telling me that, you’re shipping Ms. Bucket with Willy Wonka? Or is like one-sided? I need answers

Yep! It was not planned, and usually we'd never ship Wonka with anyone; but as we went over plot points everyone listening along went 'oh. oh this works really well.'

It's two-sided, but it's one of those relationships that defy titles: they simply know that they enjoy eachother's company, that they bring out a side in eachother that no-one else does- at least, for Mrs. Bucket, not since her late husband- but Wonka doesn't care for any label outside of a product's (not to mention, Wonka has a complicated relationship with the feeling of 'love') and so they simply are.

Molly Bucket understands Wonka in ways others don't; she knows his moods, its tells, her hiding places, how to clean his office without stressing him out, how to put her back to bed when she begins to spiral at 3am. And Molly never intended for it to be this way- in fact, she initially spent time with him to try and convince him into therapy for her son's sake; she was quite certain for a long while that the chocolatier was leading Charlie along, and would soon enough drop their whole family back into poverty.

But over time, over hot chocolates and talks and listening to William's ideas and rants, she realised he really did love the factory, that he did want the best for Charlie, but that he was so complicatedly lost in his own psychology's labyrinth that his logic and methods were beyond anyone's understanding… until, as she listened, she realised some of them did make sense.

And Wonka didn't like her in his office; he doesn't like anyone in his office. But she came with hot chocolate- his favourite- and she didn't pry in the way others pry and she didn't have annoying habits and- oh her voice. Like a siren on the outskirts of a whirlpool, her voice made Wonka feel so soothed, so feminine, so delicate, like none of the stressors mattered anymore, like time had stopped and death was no longer encroaching slowly.

He began to call her petnames like Gumdrop, Butterscotch, Cupcake. She calls him Dumpling, Teddy Bear. Sickingly sweet, but what do you expect from a confectioner? Still, it's not all cutesy- Wonka's still Wonka, and still has the energy of that one cat-knife meme; he'll say something with a sinister edge, and Molly'll give him a "Oh Will!" and William will reply with a "What?! It was called for!". She can only keep him in line so much.

But over time, realising she loves this woman dearly, Molly finds it's time to drop the 'Mrs.' in her name. That perhaps her husband would've wanted this for her. And the two help eachother out in hard times.

there's your infodump if u ever have specific questions happy to answer lmao

Wonka gets cute with Molly, but not in a 🥰 way, in a >:3c way.

Look!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaa!! ✨🥹 Oh my gosh Ollie did such an incredible job with this lot, thank you so much!

A whimsical sketch page commission for @otherbuttons of their Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompa (Toodles, Clovis, and Spriggs) OCs. These sketch pages were a whole lot of fun and improvisation and these characters were a joy to work with. :>

1971 Cherry Sundae concepts for Factory Rejects.

Fixated on Wonkamania, Cherry failed to break a story pre-tour. Disgraced, she falls down a rabbit hole (dragging Jerry along) trying to prove herself by getting an interview with the elusive Willy Wonka. And then she finds out all the winners are at the factory...

Team Rocket ensues. Charlie is Pikachu.

'Memento Mori'- Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Snapshot scenes, out of order, in the life of a spiralling Chocolatier. A collection of ficlets, following our own take on (musical) Wonka.

1/? - Strike That, Reverse It For someone who's so rarely seen, he sure wears a lot of makeup...

2/? - Three at a Time The Oompa Loompa are always a handful, even in very small doses.

The Entire UK Tour Teavee Family (norman doesn't count)

Started it in December before we saw the show, and adhd'd finishing it. After finally seeing the show 8 times in 2 weeks, we managed to get it done by the final day to pass on the prints to Leonie (Doris) & Teddy (Mike).

Mrs. T deserves this W moment, Mike is such an ass to her in this version.

❝Gloop, Teavee, Beauregarde, Salt, Bucket- Do Come In.❞

The UK tour merch was all of Broadway's leftovers, but we really wanted something special signed by the cast. So we just decided to make our own. We couldn't be more proud of it, and the cast loved it too! ✨

If anyone wants one, we're printing a limited run in our shop.

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CatCFember 01: 'factory' -- [Memento Mori]

"Don't aspire to be the man I am, Charlie. Aspire to be the myth you made of me."

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CatCFember 02: ‘oompa loompa’ – [UK Tour]

The Oompa Loompa entrance scene lives in our head rent free.

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CatCFember 03: 'candy store' -- [Memento Mori]

Wonka's first shop was not special, at least not in structure nor size. But to the starry-eyed candyman, so full of dreams, anything could be special with a little love and a lot of imagination...

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Shoutout to our 10 minute stream warmup sketch, somehow the best memento mori Wonka we've ever drawn.

Got to see & Juliet today and god was it incredible-

but interestingly, we kept getting that 'I've seen you in something' feeling with Anne's actress, and I couldn't place it until I checked a certain pamphlet from 2015...

Lara Denning. She was the very first Mrs. Bucket we ever saw. We didn't remember, but the brain did. ;u;