#combo funbucket

[thesolarfandom]

Got any headcanons in this trying time?

Absolutely I do! A few up front disclaimers though:

1. These will include spoilers up to the halloween special

2. They aren't cutesy, my neurodivergent brain thinks up deep lore instead

3. They're not original! Though not all, many have been discussed with or adopted from others. I can't help it, I love to talk about these aliens lol

Okay so my 2 biggest headcanons:

The asteroids that destroy Shlorps aren't random or from the Silver Cops, but from Shlorp's own elite ruling class.

Since the teams are named "ballochory", a term for seed dispersal that relies on explosive self-destruction, this implies that the asteroids are entirely intentional. And yet, it seems most Shlorpians (the working class, "bred for duty and servitude") saw the asteroid as a freak, unpreventable incident that cruelly destroyed their homeworld. Meanwhile, the ruling class was told about the asteroid in advance and went to the planets that would eventually be terraformed.

My theory is that the ruling class takes over other planets and depletes them of their natural resources until they are no longer viable to sustain their leisurely lifestyles, then intentionally destroys them to wipe away any evidence while going to new planets to start the process over again. The working class is left unaware of this scheme, continually destroyed and recreated by pupas, kept in belief of a strict religion and government that punishes any dissent and free thought. It is, essentially, "slavery with more steps". While the Silver Cops are aware of this scheme, they aren't aware of the class distinctions.

Chris the red goobler is still shrunk.

At the end of "The Booster Manifold", Korvo and Terry hit Chris with not just one, but two guns that shrink him down.

While Chris has clearly grown a LOT since this incident, he still exhibits some dwarfed anatomy that Combo Funbucket displays when shrunk.

Though it should be noted that the guns used to shrink Chris are different from the gun used to shrink Combo Funbucket and people in the Wall, the humans display no evident dwarfism, while Combo Funbucket does.

My theory, then, is that if Chris were not shrunk, he would be a monster bigger than Combo Funbucket-- which makes sense, since red gooblers are supposedly meant to kill the Shlorpian they came from. This also means that any future red gooblers made by our Opposites family will grow to these enormous sizes if not shrunk twice.

Feel free to ask for more! I'm full of them 😅

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