a while ago you mentioned medkit being implied to be biracial and i'm really interested in hearing more of your thoughts abt that :) i see most people only mention him having parents from blackrock and lost temple as just a fun side tidbit when it has so many interesting implications for his identity and relationship w/ blackrock during his time there, so it's really nice to see someone acknowledge that aspect of him
YES!!! ok. ill go over some things that are related to it as well.
So w the new lore drop a lot of the inphernals were placed into “naturally” and “unnaturally” born, naturally being spawned in and unnaturally being from two caretakers. I think the “unnatural” part is what classifies this as being the in universe equivalent of being biracial- even though two parents can be from the same faction. Just because of how it could effect the inphernal socially- since there is definitely racism within the world the inphernals live in.
Medkit being from a Lost temple parent and a Blackrock parent just makes it a bit more clear that he is to the audience- since that sort of minority is defined that way in the real world.( I would know, Im biracial.) And I genuinely think that because one of his parents was from the lost temple is why subspace despised him so much. Theres a lot of notes on him that specifies that he doesnt like people that are from other factions, hes racist as shit! I would not be surprised if he just… assumed medkit wasnt a “real blackrockian” because he didnt “look like one”. Pointing out any little “differences” that make it “clear”. I think that line of thinking was also what lead to that big altercation, the disaster if u would. I think subspace thought that medkit did not deserve that sort of attention because he “wasnt from blackrock” and that only a blackrockian person should deserve that attention. its gross and icky and completely justified what medkit did to subspace. and also explains why he just Dipped from the institution rather than moving to a different sector to me. as that sort of racism is probably deep rooted into the core of the beliefs.
I want to explore this concept more, its definitely hard because ive delt w that shit irl, and its easy to just slap on all the bullshit that has been said to me onto subspace. but holay molay i know a lot of people like subspace.