💗💧☁️🔥🖍️🎭🌌 epsilon the among us
💗 GROWING HEART - if they have a crush, is it noticeable? what changes when they're in love?
Tangy. It's Tangy.
They are partners for a reason! (Heck they adopted a kid together!)
Epsilon in love is... A very curious thing indeed.
It's like that deep-seethed desire to be wanted is not as pressing anymore. Like for once his appetite is actually sated...
For what it's worth, the parasite also seems to like Tangy.
💧 DROPLET - random angst headcanon
He gets phantom pains sometimes.
That's to be expected after a traumatic amputation.
What he doesn't understand is why the feeling of his missing limb contorting itself into something else seems so vividly real...
Or why he gets so many nightmares about losing his first crew where he sees himself doing terrible things to them. He would never kill anyone! Would he...?
☁️ CLOUD - a soft headcanon
He adopted Golf to help overcome the trauma of losing his arm and crew. It's kind of funny seeing this very big man walking around with a pony sized alien dog under his arm like the big beast weighs nothing!
🔥 FIRE - do they have any self destructive tendencies? what habits do they have that hinder them from becoming their best self?
Epsilon Is over-critical of himself and tends to care too much about what others think of him, which leads him to run himself ragged trying to be a people-pleaser.
The thing is, Epsilon desperately wants to be liked.
And while there's nothing wrong with this per say, his desire for companionship and attention from friends tends to be a little on the excessive side. He's constantly craving it. And when he doesn't get it he tends to stress-eat to cope.
There's a reason why people can so easily take advantage of him, and it's this right here. He wants so badly to come off as friendly, reliable and likeable that he basically gives into the whims of others just chasing after a very brief feeling of empty fulfillness.
🖍️ CRAYON - what advice would you give to them?
Stop trying to make the entire world your friend. That's not an achievable or healthy goal. Not everyone will like you.
Stick to those who've proven themselves worthy of your loyalty and kindness. Also maybe seek medical attention.
🎭 MASKS - do they act differently around certain people? what's different between the way they act around friends, family, strangers, etc.?
Yes but it's not really intentional on his part...
Epsilon is overall a pretty decent guy in terms of socializing. He's polite, soft-spoken, respectful of other's wants and feelings, and he genuinely gets invested in making friends with them. He tends to come off as a bit gullible tho, and sometimes people take advantage of that, or write him off as a big weirdo/bother.
Unfortunately, due to his condition, the way people treat Epsilon tends to affect how the parasite treats them in return...
Anyone who's proven to be of some use to his well-being like Tangy (who Epsilon is very attached to), or even just people who provide him with basic decency, get a free pass because they provide endorphins which the parasite also benefits from.
But anyone who's confrontational, rude or downright condescending towards him tend to be targeted as a potential meal, since they're causing him needless stress that harms both him and the parasite.
Which means Epsilon's behavior goes from the polite idle chatter, occasional silly joke, and offerings of snacks, to a very eerie silent indifference that feels incredibly out of character for him. Epsilon is not in the habit of being quiet... And while it's easy to write it off as him just giving up on trying to be nice to a jerk, in reality that's an indicator that he's not the one currently steering the car, so to speak...
🌌 MILKY WAY - what was the inspiration behind your oc? what was the first thing you decided about them?
The main inspirations were John Carpenter's The Thing, Carrion game, and overall just my love of body horror, body-snatching horrors and unwilling/unaware transformations.
I wanted Epsilon to be horrific in concept (he's a big beefy dude that got taken over by a parasite with an insatiable appetite for flesh), but at the same time I wanted him to subvert the trope and actually be a pretty decent and upstanding friend.
He really means well and wants to look out for the team.
He just can't help what his condition makes him do!