Its sad that Cairn's transfem identity is still heavily debated all because Aechmea manipulated them into a relationship as a way to isolate Phos so people ignore the fact that Red Beryl had been forcefemming them for like 75 years at that point
pt4 of 5: Yandere! Land of the Lustrous/ Houseki no Kuni various headcanon
HEAVY SPOILERS, MANGA ENDING SPOILING CONTENT (the ending makes me twist around like a pretzel)
read pt1, read pt2, read pt3
Phosphophyllite:
Phos loves you! He tries his hardest to please you, but end up messing up most of the time, so in the end, he just cluelessly follow you around like a lost puppy. But he's so cute you're not even mad. With a little bit of cheering up, he'll energetically bounce back up to find other ways to please you!
Legs-replaced:
Phos is fast now! And he loves you still! Not much has changed, he's just zoooooming around. He'll offer to fetch you anything you need, a sweet gesture indeed. But he's still clumsy, and sometimes can't control his speed, so he might come back with a bunch of bruises. If you ask, he'll proudly tell you everything is worth for you!
Arms-replaced:
Not sure what's going on, but Phos' arms are squiggly now! After the lost of his buddy Antarcticite, he had became more protective of you. He lost some of his naïve charm, but got more reliable in return, quickly learning to use his new arms, shielding and keeping you close at all times.
Head-replaced:
After the accident, Phos' head got replaced. When he woke up, he seems to be the same, but as time goes on, you're not sure if it's him anymore. You woke up to him watching you extremely closely one night, almost appearing creepy. You found him calmly telling others what to do..."manipulation" is the only word that comes to your mind.
Phos felt less and less familiar to you, and he seems to notice that. He tries and tries to get close by appearing like how he used to be, but the fact that he could mimic the old Phos freaked you out even more.
REVENGE:
Phos is bitter, resentful, and full of hate.
Why can't you understand? He's just trying to protect you.
He became prickly, not giving a fuck about facade anymore. He did everything for you, but you refused to understand! He ceased all means of gentle communication because what's the point? He would lock you up, put a chain on your ankle and obsessively tell you to love him. He doesn't care if you're scared, you're not going anywhere anymore! You're going to stay with him, forever!!!
God:
Through time and space, his love is the only unwavering thing that persisted, always. Whatever you ask for now, he'd grant it, since the world is going to be wiped out anyway.
Or...maybe he'd spare you, maybe the idea that there's only you and him left in the world is so tempting, that he'd risk having you be mad at him?
𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥 ℚ𝕦𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕫:
𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥 is quiet and passive, he subtly follows you around, smiles whenever you notice him. He had lost a partner before so he will look after you dearly, even if he has to sacrifice himself. He's a bit of a loner, and you're not sure if that was deliberate, but he gets overlooked by others a lot, so, once you show him a bit of warmth he'll stay attached to you forever.
After you've been with him for a while, he'll let you in on a secret: there's someone else in his body. Said person is bit of a hot head, as described by 𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥, so they might urge him to attack anyone who's too close to you for their liking.
Cairngorm (post-ghost, pre eye-cleansing):
Cairngorm is fierce and firm...but worried. You were with ghost, but ghost is gone. Will you like him now? Will you stay? Cairngorm thinks about this day and night, slowly modifying his behaviour until everything he does is to satisfy you in order to make you stay. Don't go, don't go! If you leave, he will spiral into self destruction.
Headstrong and clingy, Werregat will have his way. He is DONE worrying and DONE pleasing! He had thrown away everything from his past and focus on what he wants right! Now! He loves you so he'll be with you 24/7, he enjoys the femboy look so he'll wear those, he wants your attention to be on him so you will comply! He is needy and vocal about it. You're gonna be with him til death, or else!
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read more, read pt5
Author note: I bet author of land of the lustrous is friends with fire punch's author, if not they'd definitely vibe...
I think narrowing Cairngorm/Werregat's and Aechmea/Yamma's relationship to just 'Victim and their Groomer' is SUCH a big disservice to both of their characters and the actions they take that it honestly makes me a bit mad. I'll talk about it another time but come on
I'm invested in your revered ghost and true cairn aus and I'd like to hear more about them.
WOAH WHAT A JUMPSCARE!! Well, since we only have one month till hnk ends you get some fun info!!! </3
Reversed Ghost AU
Cairn's head is visible in the sunlight when everything else about Ghost is see through
Ghost goes to the moon with Phos and Aechmea tries to coax Cairn through Ghost with the promise of freeing Cairn's head from the confines of Ghost, and Cairn's inclusions respond to that (despite Cairn not actually being 'there')
Ghost is a lot more... creepy and ghost-like, they often repeat certain phrases and sentiments that Cairn once said themself
That being said their voice is dual-toned, with their main voice deeper and if you listen closely, theres an echo to them that sounds a lot like Cairn's voice
In this AU, Ghost is transmasc
Ghost is still self-sacrificial, but is very protective of their arm that still has Cairn's arm
True Cairn AU
She loses her arm and is still insecure about it, but is more vocal about the problems it causes
Cairn still travels to the moon with Phos, on their on volition now
She still gets into moon fashion
Very dismissive of whatever the fuck Aechmea has going on, but she tags along with his shenanigans because she's bored and curious
She never officially gets with Phos, they moreso have a vague situationship
During the 10k years she wears a pendant with a drawing of Phos that Ghost drew for her (she never truly got over Phos)
She does in fact marry Aechmea but she also performs Lunarian's first Divorce:tm:
She still becomes besties with Shinsha and Antarc, and reminisces about Phos with them
Honestly, I wish people gave Aechmea/Enma/Yama the treatment of say Touga or even Saionji from RGU. Cause like.. he isn't as "evil" as people assume of him, the only thing he really did was sentence Phos to 10,000+ years of isolation, kidnapped and turned Gems into dust, giving Werregat as much freedom as he can without messing up his plan to give EVERYONE (temporary) freedom. Yama is basically "the means justify the end" personified. And I wish people would actually understand his nuance and depth but nope. People are going to hate me for this but honestly, he seems like a pretty good guy to me.
