The Butcher's Vanity || a Simon from Iron Lung Animation
Details, Headcanons and small yap below the cut
Heya, so I wanted to mention some details in the animation that I put in. So firstly, this focuses on Simon's time before Filament station back when he was known as the Butcher (- of Eden). You can see Simon act a bit different in the Animation to how he acts in the Movie. That is due to my headcanon that before Filament station blew up, Simon was mostly just going through the motions, doing what he was told like everyone else. He grew up in a place where following what was told was key to survival, and violence was encouraged. I'd like to mention that in the movie, Simon at one point remembers/hallucinates a voice of a Eden brother asking him "Since when did you grow a conscience, Simon?" This made me headcanon that Simon only really "grew a conscience" during Filament and Prison. Maybe something happened on Filament that really made him realize enough that he didn't want to fight, so he tried to stop his Brothers from blowing everything up. They still did, 62+ people died, Simon surrendered to the COI and got blamed and punished for it. So before that on Eden, he was infact violent when he was supposed to be, even if it didn't align with is actual personality beneath what he was raised with. I resemble that in the animation with young Simon getting handed the knife on a plate, and he picks it up, accepting his role for survival overall. That's all I think, maybe I'll edit this later if I have something to add, but thanks for watching the animation! Shout out to @ctrl-shift-alt-9 for providing so much useful information and putting everything we know and need for Iron lung together! :D
