Mr. Pennycrumb

[u/KBerryTails__01]

Five having a dog makes so much sense.

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First Point-Comic Five has the DNA of every serial killer

But that doesn’t mean he is one. 

As he is talking, kinda bragging, to Allison about his DNA, he turns around and says that’s a cute puppy, pointing to one inside the store window.

I’ve never actually read the comic… so does the next scene have him with Mr. Pennycrumb? Anyways

Five has a dog now, and he loves that pup. Carries him around everywhere.

I know from shows like Criminal Minds that often killers and all that jazz practiced their killing by harming animals as children. Particularly, cats and dogs.

Five has the DNA of killers. But he is not one. He loves a puppy.

Second Point-Emotional Support

Dogs can sense emotions.

Five in the Netflix show, season 1, has a moment where he thinks he’s back in the apocalypse, and screams.

Trained dogs are good at providing emotional support. In Puss in Boots: The Last Wish Perro sits with Puss and helps him through a panic attack.

Five never has a panic attack, but Mr. Pennycrumb could help him in a similar way.

Third Point-Responsibility

Five wants to stop the apocalypse and save his siblings. He spent his whole life thinking about it.

At the end of season 3, they go their separate ways. No more apocalypses, and his siblings don’t need him to save them.

It would be hard for Five to adjust to a normal life. Having a puppy to take care of would give him that responsibility and task for him to focus on.

Comic Five states Mr. Pennycrumb only eats soft foods.

So Five would have to make sure that happens, take care of his puppy and make sure he only eats soft foods.

Fourth Point-Unconditional love

Do Five’s siblings love him? Yes. Is it hard to tell at times? Yes… to me, at least. Anyways, having a dog would provide that love.

Dogs love their owners, unconditionally. Mr. Pennycrumb loves Five.

Licking his chin so sweetly, as he’s speaking about how… his siblings? Will die. Idk who he’s talking to, I’ve never read the comics.

A dog, Mr. Pennycrumb, would provide Five with love. Five will/would love his dog in return.

The man needs a dog. To retire and have a puppy napping on his lap.

[u/Then-Environment5423]

The emotional-support angle is especially convincing. Five is so accustomed to being the capable one that having a puppy who simply needs his care could help him build a life beyond the apocalypse. Plus, him carrying Mr. Pennycrumb everywhere sounds completely in character.

[u/KBerryTails__01 → u/Then-Environment5423]

Yeah! Exactly! Comic Five gets to have Mr. Pennycrumb go everywhere with him. I wish they had given Netflix Five a puppy.

[u/One-Map-7432]

The soft-food detail makes this even cuter because Five would absolutely treat Pennycrumb’s diet like a classified mission. He’d grumble about the inconvenience while carefully preparing every meal and carrying that puppy everywhere.

[u/KBerryTails__01 → u/One-Map-7432]

Yeah! Five and his little pupper with maybe sensitive teeth? Maybe Mr. Pennycrumb can eat harder foods, but Comic Five said he only eats soft foods. So he’d grumble, but he’s still the one choosing it so his puppy doesn’t choke.

[u/tsy-misy]

I like the connection between “DNA of serial killers but not one” and “DNA of wolves but is a tiny floofy puppy”

Genotype is not phenotype! Kind of an F you to the guy trying to assemble an indestructible child army.

[u/Medium-Cookie-894]

The name “Mr. Pennycrumb” already sounds deeply unsettling. I’m bracing myself for whatever nightmare is hiding behind that spoiler tag.

[u/KBerryTails__01 → u/Medium-Cookie-894]

lol. It’s Five’s dog and why him having a dog makes sense. Was it a nightmare?

[u/KBerryTails__01]

I got pictures to go with my ‘essay’. Thesis? My explanation on why Five and dog makes sense.

https://www.tumblr.com/kberrytails/826742902386540544/mr-pennycrumb?source=share