You know, with how the Psychic 7 were trying to explore psychic abilities and stuff, I think it would be hilarious if Bob figured out invisibility on accident because he made a fool of himself in front of Helmut before they started dating.
Imagine if you will, Helmut flirting with Bob a little, just trying to test the waters, and the following happens:
Bob, trying to escape the conversation because he's Not Ready For This: I gotta go, I, uh, I have to go put my oven in the fridge.
Helmut, confused but still smiling: What?
Bob, panicking as he realized what he just said: What?
Helmut: ...
Bob: [turns invisible because he's dying of embarrassment.]
And then later, after the others have heard about how Bob figured out how to turn invisible:
Otto: So, you have to go put your oven in the fridge, huh?
Bob, still dying: Shut it, Mentallis.
I just think it would be funny, lol.
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my christmas related psychic 7 headcanon is that ford and otto used to have a tradition of going into the woods every year together to find the perfect christmas tree and chop it down, but after bob joined they swapped it out for the way funnier tradition of making an artificial christmas tree. sometimes its rly cool like an elaborate wooden sculpture (carving? idk if its still called a sculpture if its made of wood), and sometimes its really stupid like a tree made out of spaghetti. but they always keep it a secret from the others until the big reveal on christmas day and its a fun time all around
what are y'all's psy7 christmas headcanons??? i wanna hear them :]]]]
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I've been thinking about the story of the Psychic 7 more and the world of Psychonauts, and I think part of the reason why it just stuck so intensely in my brain is because of the little glimpses we get of their past, and how towards the end of the game, after everything that's happened, the group is reunited. Yes, there's things to work out, things they have to talk about (primarily looking at you, Ford), but despite everything, they're all together again.
Let me explain. (Also, please keep in mind I haven't played the game in almost 2 years and I only recently started rereading things for the games, I could miss some details).
In the world of Psychonauts, the world is not kind to psychics.
We're told this right away in the beginning of the first game. When Raz is reciting the text from the pamphlet for the summer camp, he has these lines:
Raz: You were born with a special gift but the people around you treat it like a curse. Your mother is afraid of you and your father looks at you with shame in his eyes. Come to Whispering Rock psychic summer camp and you can show them all! Back home your powers make you a loner, an outcast, a circus freak, but in this dojo in this psychic dojo they make you a hero.
As they show different campers in this scene, we know that these words hit home for them. They can all relate to the words Raz is reciting. Even by Raz's time, even after there's been a Psychic organization helping people for years, psychics aren't fully accepted.
To anyone that's ever felt othered, felt like they didn't belong somewhere, these words are relatable. We instantly relate to our main character, and potentially to the other psychic characters we meet. We know what their struggle is like.
Now like I said, this was in Raz's time. But back in the Psychic 7's time? There wasn't an organization like the Psychonauts. Back then there would have been even less reason for them to be accepted, so I think things were potentially even worse back then. There was far less known about how psychic powers worked since Otto and the others were the ones to do the research, and no doubt people were probably more afraid of psychics then.
However, despite living in a world that was even less accepting of psychics, the Psychic 7 still found each other. They still found each other, found others just like them, and they basically formed this little family.
Personally, what makes this hit even harder is the fact that none of them were exactly young when they all found each other, they were all adults and well into adulthood. They all had different backgrounds, different experiences. Lucy had already married and lost a husband, Bob had already lost both parents, Helmut was a struggling performer, Cassie escaped a dangerous environment, and more. They were all adults with different lives and came from different places, but they still found each other. Making friends as an adult is hard, but they still found each other and not only became friends, but became a little family.
And then, after Maligula, after losing Helmut, after being separated for so long, once they all see Lucy, they hug. They're back together again. They're not missing any members of their family again.
So that's what really makes it Hit Different for me. The fact that, despite the world they all lived in at the time, the Psychic 7 found and made their little family, and even after so much time and tragedy and separation, they came back together.
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