#Whatever is left of the OG VT would likely want to hide and NOT being experimented on anymore so yeah

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The fact that Popopo is more worried that neither Meta and Gala would not want to hug him anymore after finding out he was Void Terrmina in the past, is just so him.

Sweet kid indeed. Someone hug him.

The revelation was going to make the arc really interesting and play into Popopo's conceptual origins as being based on the "original Kirby" in both an IRL sense and perhaps a precursor sense since in the ASM:R verse they were on that brink of "WHERE IS THE CHOSEN KIRBY WE ARE GETTING DESPERATE HERE."

Some fun extra detail with intentional "misinformation" in the story was Galacta's inconsistency with having "destroyed" vs "sealed" Void because he considered having dealt with him to effectively be the same thing, but naturally The Ancients had other plans. Since Dark Matter is effectively immortal until killed, what remained of Void was easily manipulated and used for some experiments, one of which resulted in little Popopo in hope of either Kirby finally showing up or for him to just straight up BE Kirby. Gala had no idea about the stuff but if he knew, he'd be pissed.

As mentioned, S2 was mostly going to be about Galacta's side of things and playing with that mess, and having him bond with some of the others a bit better was in the plan as well---having him forge a solidarity with Void Termina of all sorts was going to be a very fun route to take considering BOTH of them effectively suffered from The Ancients messing with them.

It's also low-key why Popopo keeps his horns like Galacta's---he admires him and his other side remembers their fight. But again, he doesn't hate him in the slightest, but was afraid he might hate him if he knew what he was. Thankfully, Galacta is not that type of guy. He knows this innocent baby boy is not the same "monster" he fought all those years ago and would be questioning if that "monster" really was one to begin with, considering around that time Zero (aka, Void's parent) was sealed away and Void was just seeking revenge/rescue while on an understandable rampage.

But yes, the baby will get all the hugs and also help bring a better era for the Dark Matters in general with Vladimir. He's happy he finally feels useful, even though he always was, haha.

#Loooreeeee #Popopo is a precious little one #And no the other DMs couldn't sense him since VT was like heavily dormant in him until Allies---Batamon can hide themselves/their presence #That's a gift from their maker VT so yeah c: #Popopo has been unintentionally hiding that aspect of himself #Whatever is left of the OG VT would likely want to hide and NOT being experimented on anymore so yeah #Plus living life as a Puff that feel things? THAT'S PRETTY RAD #FRIENDSHIP AND STUFF IS FUN #Starlyteart #ASMR Chitter Chatter #Side note with the horns; those are also a little trait from the OG VT as well but the fact they also mimic Galacta's is really cute #He can easily change them into anything he wants in his new form but CHOOSES to keep them as they are because they remind him of Galacta