im talking abt chapman again . So he doesnt really need to eat Normally like how you and i eat right he eats much like a snake or a carnivorous plant would. theres a digestive enzyme mixed in with his mud that slowly breaks down anything that gets trapped in it; it IS corrosive to everything except himself so if his mud gets on anyone it's advised to wash it off asap, but its strength depends on his state. the closer he is to fully collapsing the stronger it is and the more human he is the weaker it is yada yada. when hes more human it can take a couple minutes before you'd begin to feel tingles, and when he's closer to a bog state you've got Seconds as it'll start immediately eating at ur skin, leaving nasty itchy rashes and blisters behind even if ur quick to catch it. unfortunately for him (huge animal advocate, Hates hunters and ppl who eat animal meat etc etc) the bulk of his diet is sick and injured wildlife that get themselves stuck in his bog, which kind of has a mind of its own btw. i see chapman and his bog as seperate entities, and he views that state seperately too. but the bog Is capable of spreading and overtaking areas, albeit slowly. he tries to position himself near bodies of water he Knows are popular with fishers so his bog can creep up on and consume humans instead. i was thinking about if i Should give him a normal stomach when he's wholly human, but i kind of like the idea of him not having one. it makes more sense i feel. hes got something different going on in there. the whole point of this spiel was so i could say he doesnt really remember what foodstuffs taste like (or are in some cases too) and i get a kick out of imagining him experiencing a whole bunch of "new" foods only to have to spit them out onto his collapsing parts to digest. like that's so gross but i think its Super funny. just imagining him being around people that don't really know him and Watching him do that oh my God. EW!!!!!!!!! i don't think he would actually Do that in front of anyone, he'd probably spit whatever it was out into a napkin then throw it away cuz that's less embarrassing, he's kind of........ well not kind of he's Really self-conscious