#obviously his head is *way* more human-adjacent than a real parrot; but also there are notable differences from greys specifically--

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

this rewatch of sdmi has been wild because once you start taking the talking animals and their place in the worldbuilding seriously it's just like oh wow this is some real final fantasy plot huh. what do you mean the resident discriminated-against beastfolk are not only descended from ancient otherworldly beings masquerading as gods, and not only driven insane even more effectively than non-beastfolk by a curse because of their heritage, and not only serve as apocalyptically powerful vessels for those otherworldly beings, but are easy to read as having been created specifically because they're more powerful vessels than normal animals, and then abandoned to their own devices (being enslaved) for thousands of years until the next time their creators pop into this reality and want a convenient corporeal form to snatch. which game in the series is this

#sdmi #scooby doo: mystery incorporated #shitposting #don't get me started on 'what if they look different to different people depending on what they expect to see' #'we're seeing them through the filter the gang/town would see them through; and/or the filter of the medium itself' #'and that filter might be kind of goofy and a bit abstracted; but still Recognizably Looks Like That Animal' #'if you take that away they look a whole lot less goofy and a *hell* of a lot more uncanny than what we get to see in the show' #'pericles is so completely removed from what his species is supposed to look like-- #obviously his head is *way* more human-adjacent than a real parrot; but also there are notable differences from greys specifically-- #because he has already been touched by the entity for his entire life; and he looks so completely different before and after the asylum #because the entity's had 20 years of isolation; among people who already see him as a terrifying monster; to turn all his influence on him' #'pericles looks the way he does because we are seeing the *real* pericles' #'or at least more of him than scooby or the others' #'that's what being the entity's special favorite will get you 🙃' #anyway these little fuckers are Interesting Actually and i'm having a lot of fun with them; even if the way canon handles them is upsetting #this isn't necessarily my main headcanon but it's one i like a lot and 'what do they *really* look like' might be a fun design challenge #SDMItag #to draw tag #professor pericles