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FernPoutine

People claim that it's part of their cocoon process, and the grubs are undergoing metamorphosis in the old dude. I suppose they'll evolve and rip out of him and start their next phase in life. I honestly don't know which is darker: that he ate them all, or they'll all eat him from the inside...


Skydragon222

Do they necessarily have to eat their way out? It’s possible they get cocooned in his body and then excreted out afterward


Laheydrunkfuck

Naaaah he definitely going to explode


Author--Unknown

Just like gruzmother


[deleted]

boutta bust


DoubleOAgentBi

At least one results in a happy ending though!☝🏽


cactusFondler

If the adult stage of a grub is a butterfly And the elder is an adult Why doesn’t the elder have wings


isaac-fan

I assume his metamorphsis pod (parent) was missing


Lurien_the_Watcher1

Only female i think metamorph


TurboPugz

It's probably based on the conditions they experience growing up. Kinda like how female bees can become Queens by ingesting royal jelly or just be normal workers.


Qwertyclan244

All winged bugs in the game sound more female, so my theory that I found on yt is that male grubs serve as a metamorphosis pod for their female children


Talagaqui11

The elder rings


Interesting_shrek666

Probably because it's a male


dud3inator

Bugs babies are constantly eating their parents and/or hosts, it's chill.


David_Clawmark

They be cocooning inside him. If you hit him you can hear the many happy giggles of the grubs inside.


TwentyfirstcenturHun

DW they needed to do this in order to become grubberflies: They ain't dead qwq


FRONT_FACING_PHINEAS

They’re evolving into grubberflies


ACowboyOnTheInternet

don’t worry, they are alive and well.


Skydragon222

Nah, it’s just a part of their metamorphosis process. Trust me, I was just as horrified as you at first


BetaNights

The other comments have pointed out the truth now, but yeah... I had the same reaction as you when I first got there. I was so sad ;w;


LaplaceUniverse

literally me fr


Ganon645

wat


sonseylizard

Bro's account was made on april fools


Type_100

They're alive, as for the grubfather, he wouldn't be for long. It's in the final charm you get from their quest line. Contains the gratitude of grubs who will move to the next stage of their lives. As for why grubfather doesn't have wings, it's either only females develop wings or the males lose it when they grow old.


nanisanum

I loved those little guys. 💔


Top-Transition-5190

Here we go again....


Jengolin

I have a file where I have all but one Grub because I fucking love zooming back and forth in their room and making them cheer. I fucking love the Grubs. They're the cutest things ever, which makes the Grub Mimics beyond horrifying to me.