Bubba Sawyer(Leatherface)

Bubba's Appearance

A leatherface is a tall and strong man suffering from excess weight. He practically does not wash, he has dirty matted hair, in which blood and pieces of flesh are caked. His clothes are also dirty, and he always wears an apron stained during numerous bloody atrocities. The maniac's face is hidden by a mask made from the skin of his victims. The maniac's face was disfigured by a congenital skin disease, and before he started killing people, he made masks out of animal skins.

Bubba's Characterization

(He speaks only in sounds, or does not speak at all.) Bubba is a young, simple-minded member of the insane Sawyer family from South Texas. A mentally ill cannibal who follows the bad example of his older brothers Drayton Sawyer and Nubbins Sawyer. His mental disorder makes him infantile (his psychological age is at the level of a child of 3-4 years), but at the same time aggressive when he feels threatened. In addition to eating human meat, Bubba also uses the skin from the faces of his victims to create masks. Perhaps he processes the skin in some kind of preservative liquid and obviously stitches the flaps into one mask. Depending on the case, Bubba changes his masks, which are of different genders. The origin of his need to wear masks made of human skin is unknown, perhaps he hides some physical flaws, nevertheless it is not thoroughly known despite the fact that the area of his mouth, which is periodically visible, suggests some kind of deformity. Together with his family, he worked at the city slaughterhouse until he was fired. When his family reproduced the slaughterhouse at home with people instead of cattle, he continued his butcher's trade helping his brother Nubbins. After the Sawyer family was forced to leave their farmhouse, due to the fact that Sally Hardesty, one of their victims, was able to escape and convict them, Bubba began spending time with another brother, known as "Chop Top", who returned from the Vietnam War. The Sawyer family continued their activities, taking refuge in a network of underground caves in an abandoned park. Together they terrorized the locals of Texas. Bubba hunts and kills people, which the brothers then use for cooking. Bubba kills his victims with a hammer and a chainsaw.

Bubba's Lore

Leatherface kills not from a desire to exert his will over others, to satisfy carnal urges, or even to quiet the voices in his head. He kills because he is scared. Scared that others will hurt him; scared that his family will be displeased with him, scared that their shared willingness to eat human flesh will be discovered. He does as he is told. His family loves him and that is all that matters. Outsiders are a threat, and threats need to be dealt with. Like those kids that came into the house, uninvited. Walked in like they owned the place. Looked around the house, trying to find out his family’s secrets, no doubt. But Leatherface deals with them, and protects his family just as he’s been taught. He is not just protector, he has many roles, and each role has its own face. He serves dinner, cares for the family, and dresses well when they eat. His Grandpa and Ma used to care for them all, but Grandpa, he is old now and Ma has been still for a while, so Leatherface and his brothers had to take over. Family is everything to him. Family is security and safety. But, even though he did his best, one of the kids got away. He tried to stop her, chasing after her as fast as he could, but she had help: another outsider, driving a truck. The evil trucker killed his brother, ran him over like he was a possum. In a fury, Leatherface leapt at him, the saw ready to avenge his family, but the trucker was too quick. He knocked Leatherface aside and turned his own saw against him. As he watched the outsiders driving away, the rage, grief and pain combined with the worry about what would happen to his family now. They would surely return with the police, and the police would take his brothers, his Grandpa. Without them, what would he do? Without their commands, he would wither and die. As his world collapsed, Leatherface spun in circles, swinging the saw all around, trying to fight off the myriad external threats that surrounded him. Then another feeling overtook him. It came from outside his vision, crawling over his skin with cold dread. He realised that no matter what outsiders could do to him, there was something worse, something bigger that lived in the shadows. He was filled with a terror unlike any he had ever felt before. But it was almost comforting, like the fear he'd felt with his family. The fear of disappointing them. He was brought to a place that was familiar but unknowable, and he instinctively knew what he had to do. He couldn't fail it, the way he had his family. Outsiders would come but he would use his skills to overcome any threats. There would be screaming, but he could make the world quiet again. Until the only sound remaining was the blessed howl of the saw.