BITCHEEEES
K so I spoiled the quest for myself a long time ago so I've been holding this in like the fart of the century for WEEKS.
Okay okay okay, I know we're all mad at Causthicc™, but his character just got mch more interesting with this latest chapter, and I love analyzing bad guys so here we go~
So we learned that he's hella protective over Wattson to the point where he snitches on Loba and completely fucks the whole thing over. There's no doubt that the way he went about defending her was bad. Like, dudes a piece of shit for ratting them out and framing Crypto. I'm not defending that at all.
First off: I really don't think he did all of that "for the sake of science". This dude clearly DOES NOT know how to talk about his feelings upfront with people. There's no way he's gonna straight up tell Gibby that he snitched so Wattson wouldn't get hurt because he cares about her as a person. He sleeps with a Nessie plush from Wattson next to his pillow and straight up Bart Simpsoned Loba when she got hurt during that quest, so I'm gonna spitball and say he really does care for Nat.
I don't think there was ever a time when he was comfortable expressing his feelings in a healthy way (hence his experiments and him supposedly blowing up the lab), which leads me to my next theory–
Caustic's mom's last name was Ticacek. The orphanage that took Crypto and Mila in was called the Ticacek Orphanage. Now, I'm not saying his mom directly raised Crypto or that the orphanage was owned by her (it could've been run by a close family member and his mom was just involved on the side), but I have a feeling that his mom did foster Crypto at some point when he was very young. Here's why:
Crypto said his mom used to call him a "smartypants" as a kid. If they happened to share the same mom at one point, she most likely called Caustic a smartypants as well. And that's what he signs the end of his letter to Revenant with.
A. Smartypants = Alexander Smartypants
Tom has stated before that Crypto doesn't talk to the other legends outside the games, so I don't think it was something Caustic picked up on by just eavesdropping on his conversations with the others. And there's NO way that Crypto calling Wattson a smartypants and Caustic calling himself a smartypants is just a coincidence. Maybe it's not exactly what I think it is, but there's no way those two aren't linked somehow.
And back to the subject of his mom possibly being involved with the orphanage and fostering other kids, maybe this caused her to mentally/emotionally neglect her own biological son. People like Caustic aren't born with sociopathic tendencies, they're made. It would make sense if this is the reason why he has a hard time communicating with others on a personal level. Because he never learned how to as a child!
That's my hot take for the day, babes. I think most of the anti-Caustic crowd has me blocked by now, so I can post this 😂 Also I've been at work all day. Any comments, critiques, questions, and threats will be dealt with tomorrow.
