my Phantom Blot’s headcanons!! (or at least some of them, won’t post everything because of spoilers) (please, mind that all his view are HIS views, not necessarily mine)
he’s a sort of mix between a nepo baby and a punk anarchist.
other points to add:
lot of trauma. dad was murdered when he was about 9 years old, his mother and his paternal grandma (than then raised him) were involved.
sort of god complex. he’s very intelligent and has actually a very deep empathy: thanks to these qualities, he can easily understand the thinking of the people around him and therefore manipulate them. for this reason and again the fact that he knows what people want and what they need, he thinks he knows better than others and that he’s fit to have absolute power. for, you know, creating a better place to everyone.
this realization came from different factors, including the lgbt+phobia he saw and experienced and the hospital bills he and Linda had to pay for some health problems Blayke had after birth. he just started to think “people aren’t able to change things with democracy. what if I take over and build a world with free healthcare, education and gays??”
he comes from a rich family, but built most of his money by creating the Instacrime social (a place in the dark web for criminals to socialize and share things) and the Interdoors Spaces (places between different dimensions, that villains can physically visit to connect one with the other and to exchange plans/objects- all with a subscription “modest” monthly price).
he started off as a weapons creator/developer with Blayke’s mom, escaping his family situation. after Blayke’s birth, he also started to work as a spy for hire, while continuing to develop weapons (he stopped the whole weapons thing after a despicable event around Blayke’s eight/ten years).
his family has French origins from his mother's side, and Italian/Irish from his dad's side.
will add others when they come to mind:))