Villainous Theory: Flug and Miss Heed's Relationship (and Other Stuff) Based on Flug's Journal Notes
Making this theory and analysis based on compiling all the interactions and hints in Episode 6, Flug's notes on Miss Heed in Flug's Journal, some hints in Shrunken Rescue, and a photo posted by Alan on twitter.
(Super long theory, will definitely compress it into smaller parts and add on some parts I didn’t include and use this for reference 😅)
Personal notes about "MISS HEED":
Cecilia Amanda Kelly, this is how I met her for the first time.
Cecilia and I met at Black Hat Institution, I remembered we were both studying evil science. Back then it didn't used to be as popular as it is now.
At that time I was very suspicious, my classmates and other students in the Institute were deplorable villains who sought to make me suffer for various reasons, either because it was for homework or for pure pleasure. So when she approached me it took me a while not to think it was with some evil intent. But after awhile, I don't know how she managed it, but we struck up a friendly relationship. I guess it was because, somehow, at that time we were both "weirdos".
(Image 1) estudiando ciencias (evil science): The first class photo of the evil science class that Flug and Miss Heed are taking.
(Image 2) Así que cuando se me acercó me (when she approached me): Miss Heed and Flug's first official interaction.
(Image 3) Supongo que era porque, de algún modo, en ese momento los dos éramos unos "bichos raros". (I guess it was because, somehow, at that time we were both "weirdos".): Flug and Miss Heed bonding.
Flug said he and Miss Heed were both studying evil science. My guess is that the students in (Image 1) photo are in the evil science class, as they were also the same students as shown in the (Image 2) in the class Flug and Miss Heed are in.
Miss Heed, being obsessed with being popular and loved, probably didn't show any interest in approaching Flug before Flug was developing his thesis, because he was unpopular (This was confirmed as Flug mentions in the second paragraph above that he was considered a weirdo amongst others and students often approach him deplorable reasons like for homework or to bully him)
So, (Image 1) probably shows Flug's indirect interaction with Miss Heed, where the evil science students were taking a class photo which shows even before being a hero she always has the desire to be the centre of attention no matter how it inconveniences and affects other people. This also probably gave her a bad first impression on her classmates and cemented her as an attention seeking weirdo. (This is confirmed, when the mace haired girl in their science class picture in (Image 1) that Miss Heed ruined probably had a grudge for Miss Heed ruining the photo (or had some more negative interactions with her off screen) was glaring daggers at Miss Heed at (Image 3).)
As mentioned earlier, Flug probably knows Miss Heed exists and is in the same class as him because of that "photo taking stunt in (Image 1), but probably never interacted before this. So in the evil science class in (Image 2) was probably their first interaction.
Flug mentions he was suspicious of Miss Heed when she first approached him because his classmates and students often approach him for evil intentions, either for homework or to make them suffer for their own amusement.
(As shown in (Image 20) This suspicion ended up being proven right because Miss Heed had ulterior motives to steal Flug's thesis to manipulate people's emotions to become popular which probably drove her to become persistent getting Flug to trust her and befriend her so that she can steal his thesis when he drops his guard around her once it's done.)
Flug mentions in paragraph 2 that he was not sure how, Miss Heed did they ended being friends. His guess was probably because both of them are considered weirdos amongst their peers. I theorised means Miss Heed was able to gain Flug's trust and befriend him despite his suspicions because both their eccentric personalities and quirks just clicked and just bounced off each other well. So I feel like although Miss Heed still has ulterior motives, she ended up genuinely liking Flug because of this reason and Flug probably feels the same way. As you can see in (Image 3) both of them bonding by wearing Halloween costumes and acting quirky and not caring how they appear to others.
Cecilia was never very apt at evil science, I remember asking her several times why she was taking that class, but she would just tell me that she wanted to be able to develop something special that would make the world see that she was special too. Somehow she managed to inspire me and that's when I started to personally teach her everything I knew about evil science.
I remember it was difficult to get her to concentrate, she was a very lazy student and easily angered when things didn't go right the first time, but after a lot of effort I taught her enough so that she could become the second best in the class.
enseñarle personalmente todo lo que sabía de ciencia malvada (personality teach her everything I knew about evil science)
en la segunda mejor de la clase (second best in class):
These 4 images show Miss Heed's origins in Black Hat Institution's evil science class, Flug's formula and how it led to the creation of her perfume.
(Image 8) difícil que se concentrara (difficult to get her to concentrate)
(Image 9) alumna muy floja (very lazy student)
(Image 10) se enojaba con facilidad (easily angered):
These images are examples of Miss Heed's personality traits, as mentioned above.
Flug made a thesis in high school on "manipulating the limbic system through external means and its effect on human emotional response and affection" as shown in (Image 5) using serotonin (C₁₀H₁₂N₂O) as shown in (Image 4) in his stolen notes.
Despite Miss Heed's inaptness in evil science, Flug mentions her goal to "create something special so that people would see she is special" inspired him to teach her everything he knows and as a result she was able to become second best in evil science class was able to understand Flug's thesis on after she stole the it from him hence enabling her to modify it to make people fall in love with her.
I believe the reason why Flug was inspired to teach her is because he also has the same desire to be recognised and acknowledged by people for his hard work and genius, which is why he craves for BlackHat's approval.
This also may be another reason why they were able to fall for each other: because they relate to each other.
In (Image 7) the formula was said to be temporary because it came from an incomplete formula, meaning that Miss Heed stole it while Flug was still working on it, showing her impatient nature, probably thinking that 'she got what she wanted, no need for the formula to be complete’, not knowing this will bite her in the ass later on, when she needed Flug.
(Another possible reason is because the serotonin she produced was in low quality, hence Flug was needed to refine her self esteem in (Image 6) to produce better serotonin for her formula)
Flug mentions that Miss Heed has a difficult time concentrating. An example of that can be seen in (Image 8), during the end of the Episode 6 Miss Heed was trying to convince Flug to give her attention and get her out of the hero rehabilitation facility but she kept getting distracted by her vengeful nature of wanting GoldHeart to come after Flug for making her lose her popularity and her obsession for GoldHeart, hoping that he comes for her as well.
Flug says that she is a lazy student. An example of this can be seen in (Image 9) where instead of trying to improve on her own self-esteem (Image 6) by herself (or maybe getting a therapist to help her) to perfect her formula, she instead takes the more difficult route of mind controlling a group of scientists to do it for her.
Flug says that she is easily angered when things don't go right the first time. An example of her anger is shown in (Image 10) when she was infuriated and snapped at 5.0.5. for looking at an old photo of her. I think the reason might be because she doesn't want people to see her pre-hero look because she is insecure and hates her old appearance which people will most likely judge her for and also another reason might be because later on when she thought Flug wanted a photo with her, she says that she will give him one for 100 (dollars?, gifted subs? maybe), so she might be upset of 5.0.5. getting a photo of her for free.
Or when she got angry and shoves Flug into a vat of her formula (which might have side effects) for making her do something to lose her popularity, which shows she does love Flug, but she loves being popular even more.
One day she texted me at midnight, crying, telling me she needed help. I snuck out of my dorm in area B of the Institute, managed to sneak past the night guards, and made my way to her dorm in area C. She was at a window crying and I sat down with her and we talked, after a while she told me that me being there made her feel better.
However, this began to be a recurring event, that would happen at least 3 times a week, she would text me to come over and her mood would change radically every time I did. I asked her many times why she only wanted to complain to me instead of implementing any of the solutions I suggested but she just gave me the plane*, not literally, otherwise I would have been very happy.
(*Note: "gave me the plane" (daba el avión), is a Mexican expression meaning to ignore someone)
(Image 11) escabullirme de los guardias (sneak past the guards): Flug, wears a guard uniform when he sees Miss Heed, meaning he probably sneaked past the guards to see her, like he did during their academy days.
(Image 12) cada que llegaba cambiaba su humor radicalmente (her mood changes radically every time I arrived): Miss Heed's mood changes from suffering withdrawal from the lack of attention to happiness as she exclaimed "Kenny! It's you! You came to see me!". She probably had the same response in school when she was asking for attention from Flug to satisfy her attention seeking obsession. Her text sounded very sad and she appeared very sad before she saw Flug her mood change to happy.
Miss Heed is known for her fake persona and acting, so it's definitely a high possibility that she was faking being sad at school to get Flug to come to her and give her attention.
When Flug risked himself getting caught and punished by the guards at school (BlackHat Institute is an evil school, so they probably have some horrible punishments for those breaking the rules), it probably made her feel "loved" and enabled her attention seeking obsession and she additionally developed some feelings for him when he endangers himself just to see her and make her feel better.
(Image 13) diciéndome que necesitaba ayuda (telling me she needed help): Miss Heed tries to get Flug to help her. Flug appears to pity or feel sorry for her possibly both for her self destructive attention seeking behaviour and the situation she is currently in.
(Image 14, 15) le pregunté por que buscaba sólo lamentarse conmigo en vez de implementar alguna de las soluciones qué le sugería, pero creo que solo me daba el avión (I asked her many times why she only wanted to complain to me instead of implementing any of the solutions I suggested but she just gave me the plane): Flug tries to offer Miss Heed advice but she ignores it says she just wants attention. This happens again before Flug leaves saying that she needs to love herself but she ignores him and wants him to love her.
(Image 16) yo estuviera ahí la hizo sentir mejor (me being there made her feel better): In school Flug sat down and talked to Miss Heed and afterwards she said to Flug that him being there made her "feel better". "Feel better" probably means to satisfy her desire for attention. In a similar situation in the rehab centre, Miss Heed is shown to "feel better" after she starts to talk about her GoldHeart obsession and Flug looks like he's seen it all before.
When Flug met up with Cecilia in the hero rehabilitation facility, he probably had flashbacks in his BlackHat Institute days when he met up with her. How he would sneak past the guards and keep coming to her when she needed help and her mood changing radically every time he came to see her and to offer her advice, but she ignored it because in reality she was just "crying wolf" to get attention from him.
The look he gave her in (Image 16) was like "Yeah not this time".
Before Flug left, Flug tried to give her one last piece of advice: that she needed to love herself first (meaning no matter how many people or how much others love you, she will never be truly happy until she loves herself) but yet again she ignores Flug and just begs for his love and attention.
It gives off a vibe that like the boy who cried wolf ending, that when she really needed help, the person who she calls for help, Flug doesn't believe her and that no matter how much you try to help a person they cannot be helped unless they are willing to help themselves first.
One day without warning Cecilia didn't show up for class, for the next few days she didn't show up either. I waited for her where we usually read in the central courtyard for several days, but she didn't show up. Coincidentally, it was also the day I discovered that progress on the thesis that I was working on had been stolen by another student who had a rivalry with me.
la tesis que estaba desarrollando (the thesis I was working on): Flug was frantically looking for his incomplete thesis he was still developing that was stolen by Miss Heed
robados por otro estudiante que tenía rivalidad conmigo (stolen by another student who had a rivalry with me): Flug thought a rival student had stolen his thesis when it was actually Miss Heed, perhaps he thought it was the jock in the helmet, thinking that he must have taken it as the jock wasn't around Flug when he last had his theis and was there when he realised it was missing.
The student also appeared in (Image 1) in Flug's evil science photo and in (Image 2) in evil science class which appears to be enthusiastically poking on a dead squid/octopus (thing?) showing his enthusiasm for class and evil science, similar to Flug, so maybe he is Flug's rival.
My guess is after Miss Heed stole Flug's thesis, she probably didn't go to evil science class afterwards, realizing that now she had what she wanted and she can become a popular and beloved hero that even GoldHeart will love. (He won't, as shown in Episode 6 she was still trying obsessively to make GoldHeart love her.)
Miss Heed is also shown to be obsessively looking at GoldHeart being cheered on by a crowd with the words on the screen translating to "GoldHeart our saviour" showing her obsession for him and her desire to be a hero to be loved and popular.
As shown earlier in (Image 4) Miss Heed had a Hero Monthly Magazine with GoldHeart on the cover, indicating she was long obsessed with him before that.
It is common to hear that students disappear inside the institute for various reasons, either because they went to some forbidden place, fell into a trap, got into a fight, or simply did not pass the exam of a very strict teacher.
After Miss Heed stole Flug's thesis and suddenly left the school without a word, poor Flug really thought she might have died (from the reasons stated above) and genuinely was mourning and missed his friend after she was gone, from the way he was looking at the only photo he has with them together. He probably kept her head band as a way to remember her.
He is also seen writing a new thesis from the draft notes he had left after she stole it from him which enables him to create the foul flower.
Then, one day that I still remember very well, an emptiness and intense pain flooded me when I saw Cecilia on the TV in my dorm room in the news where she appeared next to my old enemy, Goldheart, who was naming her as the new member of his heroic league. "The Golden Rule".
Miss Heed and Flug were the same age and she became a member of "The Golden Rule" when Flug was still in Black Hat Institute as you can see he's still in uniform. So that means "The Golden Rule" was also formed around the time while Flug was in high school.
The searing pain Flug felt when he sees Miss Heed siding with his Arch-Enemy was enough for him to break out of Miss Heed's mind control.
Flug probably still had some feelings for Miss Heed, as he still kept the headband after she disappeared without a trace (and thought maybe she died), but probably discarded the item and decided to do his best to forget and get over her after seeing the news.
He succeeded having forget her as he didn’t remember who Miss Heed was until BlackHat brought up “The Golden Rule” and realised she was in GoldHeart’s team in (Image 23) and genuinely wondered if it was really Cecilia he was seeing again in (Image 20).
But despite that I think he still has some care for her as you can see him feeling some heart ache when he looked at an old photo in (Image 1) of her, looking sorry for her (Image 13) despite finding out she was responsible for stealing thesis and genuinely feeling bad for when he was about to leave in (Image 16).
I didn't see her again in person until the recent events in her city, Cosmopolis. Where we clashed and I discovered that it was really her who stole my school thesis research.
Flug was angry realizing that Miss Heed stole his thesis when she used his perfume on Ghoul. I felt like at that point he realised his whole friendship with her had been a lie and she was just using him to steal his thesis back at school. Which must have really hurt as she might have been his only friend at that school. And Miss Heed snapping at 5.0.5. was the last straw on the camels back to make him go off on her.
The worst mistakes I've had made been because I think more "with my heart than with my head" and for the case of this mission it was no exception.
I wonder if the mistake he was referring was the impulsively clashing with Miss Heed. Usually in these Hero Extermination missions, Demencia is the more impulsive one while Flug would be the planner. But for this case in (Image 20) Flug, became overcome with emotion with Miss Heeds’ betrayal and just charged impulsively without a plan which led him to be accidental mind-controlled by Miss Heed.
I also believe that "With my heart then with my head" can also refer to GoldHeart.
Flug places his GoldHeart stuff with a box labelled unpleasant and appears to look emotionally exhausted when thinking about GoldHeart and looking nervous and worried having to possibly deal with GoldHeart again in (Image 23) that he brought his backpack. (And also annoyed and fed up with him when he saw him spouting nonsense on tv in Episode 4 😂)
I kinda imagine Flug to care about GoldHeart and having a prior relationship, maybe as friends similar to Miss Heed, before realizing his true nature. He probably ignores the signs he noticed, willing to trust GoldHeart, hence the thinking with his heart instead of his head part before being betrayed and as a result they ended up having a fight which evolved into hatred. (Or at least from Flug's POV)
Flug felt absolutely heartbroken for seeing Miss Heed side with GoldHeart, so when Flug will eventually clash with GoldHeart I feel like the fight will be more emotional and intense than it was with Miss Heed.
Fortunately Demencia and 505 were able to escape from Cecilia's followers and help me get out of the hypnosis she put me in. In the end we were able to escape and expose Cecilia's plan to the world. The other heroes took her to a rehabilitation center for superheroes on the outskirts of the city.
Basically the summary for the second part of Episode 6. Miss Heed's obsession for GoldHeart was able to trigger a painful memory of Miss Heed siding with GoldHeart that enabled Flug to snap out of the mind control. 5.0.5. was able to distract Miss Heed's simps and Demencia was able to get past them to get to Flug. Flug was able to come up with a plan with Demencia's help. Miss Heed kisses Flug and breaks the simps out of their mind control. Miss Heed l pushes Flug out of anger and Demencia saves Flug and pushes Miss Heed instead into the formula vat instead and they manage to escape before the city went on lockdown. And Miss Heed was captured by her former followers and thrown in the hero rehab centre.
I'm convinced that Goldheart must somehow be behind this. I plan to go visit Cecilia today to get a little information about it and... to find out how she is doing.
“… to find out what she’s doing” Flug seems a bit hesitant to admit at the end that he does have some feelings for her. But despite he knows that he is being used (Image 16) by her again like he was in school when she asked him.
Flug being GoldHeart’s Arch-Enemy and associated with GoldHeart long enough to know him well enough to be a careful planner and have a bigger plan and ulterior motive behind doing things. He was able to conclude that GoldHeart something to do with Miss Heed mind-controlling all those people after Flug discovered that Miss Heed was associated with GoldHeart and his team, “The Golden Rule" and encountering her in her city Cosmopolis.
GoldHeart’s plan seems to involve the use of mind-control to end Villainy forever (with the help of his followers) and Flug’s has put a wrench in his plans, as shown in the end of the episode.
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