#headcanons tag.

[drwlf]

contrary to popular belief Oliver, even being an only child, is excellent at sharing. in fact, he's too good. he will always go halfsies on EVERYTHING, specially food

[of-forossa]

Forossan tradition has it that when proposing, a sword rather than a ring is offered to their significant other; one made to fit the hand of the reciever, that their heart will always be protected should their partner pass away.

Typically the sword is commissioned, though it has been said that a blade forged by the proposer is reinforced by their love. Perhaps that is why when a sword does not fit the hand of the reciever, its considered an ill omen for the marriage.

[hallagold]

the most important headcanon i will ever write:

teia owns most of the gay clubs / bars in antiva, and she also owns or sponsors most of the burlesque clubs.

she takes care of her dancers, too, and sometimes if her leo rising is feeling extra indulgent, she’ll perform with them.

side note: she has gone undercover at her clubs many times. such an easy place to honeypot marks.

[nebula-horizon]

Thinking about Part 3 Celeste and how she met Jotaro ONCE and never again KLSJDFHKSDGH

[uttergreed-a]

info-dumping mammon powers / headcanons i talked about over discord last night that i finally put onto documentation.

okay in the terms "greed has its hooks in everyone" i thought about how he seems to be a puppeteer in some mannerisms bc of puppet theatre so i considered "what if materialism or overall greed were like strung connections bound to one's soul" so like the more greed you have / selfish you are, the more strings attached to you. mammon's powers string from being able to control a person by their greed, so in some sense he can wrap his fingers in those threads && control someone like a puppet to do things for him, like murder or things you wouldn't normally do under considerable circumstances. depending on how influenced one is with their selfishness dictates how in control of them he is, && that buzzing of "self serving thoughts" is usually his whispers on the wind bc he's technically just a fly on everyone's wall -- especially since mammon is just another name for beelzebub

his power extends beyond hell, as noted that he has risen from hell aflame, riding upon a wolf. beelzebub was born from excrement, so i consider it like mammon was born from the literal shit of mankind's wasted potential, from their hunger for what's better in their ditch attempts to rid themselves of what they considered beneath them. ( especially since recycling / reusing is a general selfless act so to speak but that's beside my point. ) like flies, he swarms those with a hellborn syndicate he calls "the order of the flies" which is an actual biblical reference -- a group known for calling upon those consumed by a life-threatening greed to steal their souls bc they're essentially on death's bed && cast them down to hell.

mammon is actually one of the seven princes of hell, right hand to && directly beside lucifer in power. he's next in line in the hierarchy -- even above vox -- just below the king himself.

we already know he rules the greed ring of hell, which is the second highest of the circles, just below pride.

mammon, as a name, is actually a slur for greed — as such he prefers his stage name FIZZAROLLI or his birth name BEELZEBUB.

[thomasrekowicz]

                            The Spirit - The Maw - Endgame

By the end of the game, we have a very loose interpretation of what happens to Thomas after his supposed face-off with the Maw. The end credits scene leads on the idea that Thomas is still well and alive within the spirit world--this could either be a reference to his actual form passing through to the other side in search of the Spirit, or the Spirit having survived enough to escape the interaction. I have a few thoughts wriggling about on the subject of Thomas and the Maw’s interactions as a whole, but for the sake of interactions I will be going with the possibility of the creature barely bothering with the Spirit to begin with. 

Hypothesis: Disconnection 

- To something as ravenous as the Maw, a Spirit without the connection to its host isn’t something that poses nearly as much a threat nor would it have quite as much sustainability as a full strength medium; when Henry cut the Spirit off from Thomas, he successfully suppressed a good amount of power from both sides. While the two may have had a turbulent relationship, they still had a heavy reliance on one another and found strength in their togetherness, no matter how much Thomas prefers to ignore that fact--the Spirit was what helped him through the laboratories and tests, it protected him and provided companionship where he could find nothing else for years, it showed Thomas something more than the tiny world he was trapped in. That, eventually leading to the manipulation of Thomas from his sense of survival and an on-and-off again utilization of the bond, formed a twisted sort of strength in one another. 

Henry had trained himself enough to flip the script on a man so used to using someone’s own trauma and vulnerability to destroy them and effectively used the very same tactic on Thomas, but he didn’t have the ability to send off someone’s spirit wholly.  When the Spirit was trapped, it was humbled. It got to experience the other side of the coin from Thomas’ perspective. Now he was in a place he couldn’t escape, but this time there was no Other to help--it was a fate designed to directly parallel what they had already experienced with the outcome that had always been the plan. Stuck. Used. Tormented. Alone. When the Spirit is free and can no longer feel Thomas in the real world, there’s dread and pain in that realization. While he still had the power of an otherworldly being, it had been that connection to Thomas that had been the motivational factor--it was his drive, his objective, his survival, his link to something other than the cold decay of the spirit realm. And, while he spoke of Thomas as his own being, there was still that kinship of intermingling emotion. If he could not exist for Thomas, he would for the next best thing--his kin. 

Hypothesis : The Maw & Endgame (Continuation Inclined Ending)

- What use is a spirit without a host? It cannot be manipulated to reach the outside. It is little else than a husk, something to be consumed but already half rotten, ill sustaining and against what the Maw needs to survive on its already dwindling influence on the outside world. Why, then, would it bother to use precious reserves of energy to eliminate a smaller threat in the wake of something even more daunting: the possibility of an entire destruction of the self. The Spirit could send away Marianne to where she needed to be and provide a distraction, but channeling that energy without a steady foundation is draining enough on something already weakened. There is no doubt that he would have attempted impeding the Maw’s path to Marianne for as long as he could manage ( even at the cost of his existence ) but all the research in the world does not compare to an actual battle with something to powerful. 

And, at the end of the day, no matter how evil and disturbed it is, and as much as it is something the Spirit would relish in the sheer amount of emotion it brings, it is connected to Lily. And, as was said, Thomas could never bring himself to harm his own daughter. 

Ultimately, the Spirit did nothing. He made what distraction he could--likely blew a few fuses, blocked enough paths to cause issue for the Maw to have a clear shot to the lake, used what amount of energy could be spared to bother it enough to give chase, but the Spirit has only known survival, and those roots are hard to shake. Thomas thrived heavily on emotion and would give his life in an instant for his daughters. The Spirit, more reason inclined, knew he would be more useful alive. So he fought with as much as he could spare, and retreated when the damage began to grow too great.* 

*I do not have a specific ‘canon’ ending that I will be basing interactions off of--the Spirit’s retreat (instead of a full commitment to self-sacrifice that the devs probably meant to be the case) is strictly for the sake of having something to work off of with writing. The same goes for the ambiguity of the ending as a whole. There will be three possibilities I will work off of with Thomas and any can be requested: Marianne chose herself, thus cutting off Maw’s ability to realize outside possession to escape. Marianne chose Lily, finally putting an end to a nightmare that had gone on for far too long, but at the sacrifice of the family she had only just found. Or, Thomas finally taking the bullet and fulfilling Lilianne’s desire himself thus sparing Marianne the agony of the decision/the possibility of more bloodshed at the hands of manifested evil, as agonized as the choice would leave him.

[gcetias]

stolas is 13′3″ on my blog canon, no one can change this.