I’m very interested about what happened between Firebrand. Firebrand’s kid. Firebrand’s child in law.
FB’s kid and their spouse have Valk and Dom. Are likely abusive or neglectful in some way. Dom loses an eye.
I’ve always thought. The loss of his eye HAS to come from his parents. Like. We know it wasn’t Valk or Firebrand. Umbrella cares too much about him. WHO ELSE IS HE SEEING. HIS PARENTS ARE THE ONLY OPTION
Valk and Dom dislike their parents. Their parents were in a violent altercation. Firebrand has to step in as a parent. WE KNOW THIS. ONE OF THEM HAD TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOM’S INJURIES.
Okay but here’s what I’m curious about
I see so many people chalking up the Scorch to. Anger. Like, it’s easy to see these two, clearly related events, and say “Oh, he was just mad about his grandson getting injured and then decided to kill a bunch of people”
I HAVE SEEN PEOPLE ARGUE THIS. But it’s like. Fuck. I can’t stand that. THE PUZZLE PIECES DON’T FIT
There’s a gap here. Dom loses his eye when he’s “young.” Firebrand takes custody of them. Insert unknown length of time. THEN the Scorch happens when Valk and Dom are 14. TIME HAS TO PASS IN THERE. AND I WANNA KNOW. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED. IN THE TIME.
We really don’t know shit about this gap. Like there’s just NOTHING in there. And I’m so. Curious about it?
Even the fanart we have of Firebrand with the kids depicts Dom uninjured.
When investigating a crime (the Scorch) I feel like it makes most sense to try understanding what state of mind the person was in beforehand. But for Firebrand. It’s entirely undocumented. And I can’t help but feel like that’s on purpose?
We have the timeline unambiguous up until the injury. Firebrand has his kid. They grow up. Get married. Valk and Dom are spawned. Incident happens. Fireband gets custody. And then it just CUTS! RIGHT THERE! WHY DOES IT CUT THERE. WHAT IS THAT.
I’ve been thinking about the gap for a while. If we can’t know what happens in there, I at least wanna get the detail right
The gap between him gaining custody and the Scorch could have reasonably lasted anywhere from months to 9 years(?)
I say that because we’ve got this fanart
We know Dom loses the eye when he’s “young” and the Scorch is when he’s 14 (which is still young)
I feel like they don’t look like newborns here though, I’m GUESSING like five hence why I say. 0-9 years. But we know inphernals can walk and talk upon spawning, so take this with a grain of salt. This could be them as babies idk
One thing I THINK could take place in the gap is Firebrand working on the Bandland. We know he didn’t get to finish it before he disappeared, so he must have been working on it. Recently. Then Windforce takes over to finish it for him.
Six years ago, four years after the Scorch. Side note, this implies Windforce was the warden for 4 years and that sounds so fucking scary holy shit????
This could imply that Firebrand DID finish the Banland and HE was the warden. Hence why. Windforce didn’t FINISH the project she just took over as warden. That makes more sense than what I was thinking actually
So this gives us ONE thing during the gap. Firebrand is the warden of the Banland. BEAUTIFUL!
So all we know about this gap is that he was working and taking care of his kids and living life normally and mot contributing anything to the lore AND THEN. BOOM. SCORCH. WHY!!!!!!!
