What's your favorite characterization of sniff in media (movies or series specifically)
And if you find one. There's any characterization of sniff I'm fanfics that you like (sorry for grammar, English isn't my first language)
Uhhh... hmm... Besides the source material I think the 90s series did better than most.
Mūmin 1969 and its sequel series Shin Mūmin veers too much from the source material in nearly everything and doesn't really carry over much of Sniff's characterization as a part of that. 2019 Sniff goes through such great injustices to his character that I've done nothing but pull my hair out when it comes to him. Fuzzy Felt seems... Okay I guess but I haven't watched much of the series besides Great Comet Chase and Winter Wonderland (hopefully I'll be able to get to that soon), and anything else like Moomins on the Riviera or Mumintrollet 1969 either feature him as a cameo or don't feature him at all.
So that just leaves the 90s series, which does indeed adapt alot of what made Sniff, Sniff and doesn't lower his character below everyone else because the writers clearly doesn't care for him (cough cough 2019 cough what?). But besides loyalty to the source material (to an extent, looking at all the extra cowardice the Comet in Moominland movie decided to inject), there's alot to like about him; I really like his expressiveness compared to the other characters, I appreciate his little moments where he shines like that bridge scene where he tries to wrangle the alien device from Stinky, his dynamic with everyone feels well-balanced although I wish they did just a few more things with those dynamics, and overall he really does make for a fun character to watch if you don't mind his more annoying eccentricities like his voice (which I got used to easily).
What I don't really like about him is the extra emphasis on him being a scaredy-cat for no particular reason besides comic relief or writing him out, like how they made Sniff scared of the ocean so he wouldn't go with the Moomins on the Hattifatteners island or the Lighthouse, or the way he was super scared about looking at the Comet through the telescope. And I think the most unlikeable he could be in the show is during the Moominsummer Madness adaptation where he's downright selfish and bratty which I really don't like, especially when you consider he's replacing 3 whole characters including Mymble Jr (who is super underwritten in the show) in that story.
As for fanfic... Please, to those reading this answer, tell me any recommendations for fanfics featuring Sniff. I haven't read alot of fanfic but they usually tend to not use him very much (if he isn't straight up not in the story) or if they do use him he's either written too simplistically (without emotional depth to his character) or maliciously (being straight up the villain of the story) which I don't love.
