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I think he’s just a lil quirked up damselfly goated with a lack of wings (no sauce)

also do you have any ideas of what plimbo even is because i cant think of any sort of insect he could be

NO!!!! HE'S FUCKED UP AND EVIL!!!!!

Like let's look at our options. Bear with me. Plimbo as a concept drives me insane.

WARNING - MULTIPLE CLOSE UP BUG IMAGES BELOW

Wingless bug options:

Termites - Well nothing about him suggests wood eating to me. Also he's green, termites are typically not that

Female ants - We see an ant portrayed in game through Sozo, Plimbo does not look like him

Fleas - I mean hey these have a sort of "mustache!":

Silverfish - I don't think so, though these things do love water

Bristletails - I still do not think so

Some stick bugs - Don't have the body type (also their antennae tend to be far longer)

Some roaches - Same issue with antennae, but I mean...?

True lice - They do make an effort to show him having two claws so he'd have to be a Mallophaga if he's a wingless louse, and I mean... Body shape kinda fits?

Non-insect hexapods (Springtails, Diplurans, Proturans) - I kinda like the idea of him as a springtail, especially because I'm constantly seeing those little shits around water they LOVE lakes n such. Springtails can also be green! Diplurans and Proturans are unlikely since they lack eyes

Bugs with "pupils"

Ok well NONE have pupils like that. And the only one I can think of with even something pupil-adjacent are Mantises and Damselflies.

But then we run into the wing issue again. Especially with Damselflies, those things got wings for days. Which is a shame since Damselflies are also big water enjoyers, and those itty bitty antennae would fit for him.

Aquatic Bugs

There's way too many to go through honestly. Most are larvae, and he doesn't... toootally look like he's supposed to be a larva? Then again I mean...

Dragonfly larva is a possibility. It'd get rid of the wing issue! He doesn't have the mouth for it but then again the cotl devs have like a vendetta against the idea of portraying ANY mouth correctly (side-glancing all birds), let alone bug mouths, so I don't consider that to mean anything.

And you know what? We could really make this work if we want him to be a damselfly larvae, but

he's missing HIS GILLS (the three lil thangs on the back)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So. I don't know!!!! But he is NOT a grasshopper. I refuse the wiki saying that. Never lie to me ever again. They put that there because he's green I bet anything.

Plimbo could be any number of things. Fuck if I know what the devs' intention was. What do I headacanon him as? um. I. Don't know. Maybe a damselfly? Maybe a springtail? I dunno!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a question that will haunt me forever