Isn't it great to be alive? But how would you know?
Warnings: Psychological horror, heavily angst, character infection, existential dread, trauma, implied violence, and major emotional distress.
I have been following and watching Spooky month: Night of darkness by @plasmagruntcalvin, and I really really love the plot and the story line
During that time, I also came across a piece of artwork that sparked an idea in my head. I think that becoming infected is no different from being dead. Although their bodies are still alive, the people they once were are gone, replaced by mindless puppets controlled by the Darkness. Rather than acting out of their own free will, they are driven by distorted instincts, unable to distinguish between what they once loved and what they are now compelled to attack, and infect, to hurt
I wonder if there was a chance, what if the people that got infected meet their past self, what would their reactions be? I think I would do the Hatzgang here, as I really love these idiots, and seeing them being burned traumatised me alot
Roy might be the one that does not believe it at first, he would think as a joke, a prank being pulled by someone. Until he realised that it was the truth, that he got turned into that thing. He would be scared and furious. Scared of how terrifying his infected self looks like, furious because of how he could get infected in the first place.
For Robert, he would be the one to break down instantly. He is quite emotional, easy to smile, easy to cry. Therefore, he would be purely devastated when witnessing his infected self, he would try to grab the face that was once him, wondering if is it really his face or not, before realising that if he do that, he will get infected
Ross would be the one that stood still, completely still, scared for his life when seeing his infected self, then he would ask if his parents are alright. Finding out they're alive brings relief, but that relief is immediately replaced by guilt when he learns he couldn't protect his friends and even tried to attack his own parents.
I also like that all three are shocked to learn they were burned by Jaune. Even if Jaune had no other choice, it's still a painful truth for them to process, especially Ross, hearing that his mom had to burn him to save herself and the others. That kid would be conflicted, he would be terrified when he knows his mom burn him and his friends, and would be glad that she managed to protect herself and the others from him
For the infected ones, after being burned by Jaune, there was no information about them afterwards, but I would see that in their distoretd mind, they are hardly empathetic. I am wide aware that they wouldn't feel anything, they are mindless puppets following orders and stuff. But from my point of view, at least there are some parts of their old self inside them, deep down inside.
Infected Robert would be almost disturbingly cheerful. He can't understand why Robert is crying and genuinely believes they should be together, trying to manipulate and infect him because, in his mind, they're already the same person, and he would want his past self to join them
Infected Roy remains consumed by resentment, blaming Jaune, Richard, and Aaron for burning him and refusing to accept their actions as necessary, that they didn't accept his offer to join the darkness. He could also force Roy to be infected, force, not asks gently like Infected Robert would
Infected Ross is, in my point of view, the most conflicted of the three. Part of him would instinctively try to lure his past self into the Darkness, believing they should become one, much like Robert. Yet when his past self asks about their parents, something within him falters. He cannot understand why that question stirs a feeling he can no longer name. The memories are fragmented, the emotions distorted, leaving him caught between the infection's urge to claim his past self and the faint remnants of the boy who once was alive. Deep within the infection, he unconsciously craves his living self, drawn to the warmth, humanity, and life that were stolen from him, even though he can never truly become that person again.
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