Could you Howie honeyglow doing the "we can do it" pose?
iii did my best! :,D
it was a little rough to figure out, but i do love howie,,, one of my favorite minor characters i'll say
and as a bonus to sweeten the deal:
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Epithet erased theory: Bliss Ocean's fourth Officer.
I remember watching the seventh episode one day and hearing Percy say that Zora was the 3rd highest ranking officer in its organization (and everyone else knows who the other two are so I won't talk about them) but she said 4 but I think I might have a clue on who the 4th one might be.
Who is it you might ask? Well, I think it's Howie.
Reason #1. His attitude towards epithets
The guys got what Bliss Ocean's recruitin'. Yeah, a strong dislike towards epithets (and sometimes, the owners), but his thoughts are about how the world isn't fair (quite literally) because companies/employers prefer Inscribed people over Mundies, even if said Inscribed weren't qualified for the job. A good example is Gorou. A man who isn't even fit for the position of sheriff because he's extremely naive but got it because he was the only Inscribed person in all of Redwood Run. Not to mention the fact that Zora mentioned how Mundies have to work TWICE as hard just to get something. So that might also explain why Howie is so tied to his work, he literally has to work extra hard just to receive some kind of recognition even if it's a very small amount. Not to mention that a majority of the world's population are Mundies and in every 5 people are Inscribed. ( Talk about tipping the scales of society in others favor)
Reason #2: His interactions with Zora
This was one of the first things that caught my eye. And it's his behavior around Zora. When the pair first meet, she's at the train station he's renovating, standing on top of his work. Howie is annoyed at this, not just because Redwood Run pisses him off with really dumb jobs that aren't even real, and the one person who does have a real one doesn't even fit the requirements for it, but also because a nuisance just showed up and ruined the last good moment of his day. Top it off with the 'Zora develops an onsight relationship with everything (and everyone) 8ft around her' thing. So Zora just pissed off Howie and made him lunge at her, jumping off the scaffolding he was sitting on. And keep in mind that a typical scaffolding tier is 5'7 and he was sitting on at least 3 tiers.
See now this is the part that caught my eye...With its dialogue. Howie falls and braces for impact but he's left floating in the air. And if I remember correctly he said that he should've seen this coming, leading to Zora saying yup. Just yup. I mean yes, Percy DID explain her epithet out loud but Howie probably (and I mean probably) didn't know that her epithet worked on people
Or did he?
Just think about it, IF he was part of Bliss Ocean then I have a feeling that as a coworker she's a menace, she'd probably put slippery shit on the floor, hide behind a corner, then catch anyone if they were to fall while saying something like 'Ya owe now bitch :]." And that would also be the reason why she caught him. If he gets injured in any way, Bliss Ocean won't have an operating top officer for weeks.
Now the next thing I'm about to say is what started this whole theory. And these are two lines of dialogue.
When Zora was on Howie's back, she shoots a clock, shattering the class and causing it to fall off the wall that was holding it. Then this exchange happens.
Howie, begrudgingly: I'm going to let this go. One. Time.
Zora, inconsiderately: Duly noted. Starts shooting more stuff.
These lines caught my attention, mainly because of Howie's line. Usually, most people who would say that to someone often know the other person for like months, sometimes years. Which just so happens to tie into another reason of mine that I will get to at some point.
His tone also plays a small part in this. The guy sounds like he's ready to commit third degree murder. Zora's line is also very interesting to me because of her tone and choice of words. Zora's tone is careless, she doesn't seem to mind Howie obviously minacious tone. Her words are dismissive but fully aware of what he might do, but she does it anyway. And with that, Zora leaving him spinning in the air just so that she can chase Ramsey and Percy.
Reason #3: The "opposite" diagram
So in EE, everyone's supposed to have an enemy. Molly has Lorelai. Giovanni has the Bliss Ocean leader. Percy has Ramsey. And Zora has Moot. This applies to all major characters. Why didn't I put Indus, Mera, and Sylvie? Because I don't know who their 'opposite' is. But for Howie I think I might have an idea. All the Bliss Ocean officers are paired with each other, with some traits that are similar and others that are different. Moot and Zora both have insanely strong epithets that affect them in a way. Most fans speculate that Zora is a cowboy from the past, so she has to use her epithet on herself to stay young and not crumble to dust. And Moot, from what @jelloapocalypse has said in a stream as a starter (since she's still in workshop), Moot can basically delete stuff with her hands. Which might mean she can't really do anything with them or else she'll delete something. Now who am I thinking for Howie? Yoomtah. Think about it, both are Mundies, have well paying jobs (Architecture rated 2 in the field for construction work and Chauffeurs receiving 5 figure payments a year), and could probably pummel everyone in the Bliss Ocean HQ, Zora and Moot included (without any use of epithets). Yet, with similarities comes the differences. And that's all in their personalities. Yoomtah is a energetic gremlin who's favorite past time is probably trolling people on the Internet for joke purposes and probably not care if you end up being a small bump in her road. However, Howie is a straight-laced, straight forward man who's about work and work only. If reading this and you don't get what I just said, no worries I'll explain.
Yoomtah is the energetic and carefree half to his straightforward and hardworking. Just like how Zora is the messy and lazy to Moot's uptight and neat (From what I can gather about Moot as a character).
Aight last part here we go.
Reason #4: Howie's place in the plot
This is mainly about Howie's place in the plot as a character. In Anime Campaign, (don't check out what that is, it's old and outdated) Howie was a background character, not that important. But when the poster for the series dropped, I saw that he was on it. You only see characters on promo posters if they're major to the plot. And since Jello did say that he plans on changing a lot of stuff in this series, this would include characters and their position in the plot, NOT TO MENTION how Jello said that Howie was a family friend to the Blyndeff's and would babysit the girls when they were little.
That's all I have for now but I know I'll add more later on. If you got anything, feel free to add on
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"yeah, I wish my father was a ee character"
"oh, Giovanni potage right? Yeah same"
"haha yes, one of the most popular and well loved ee characters Giovanni potage, most certainly not a very underrated hard working girlboss character who got much more screen time in the source material, and I am very not sad about most of the source material vods getting deleted so I cant watch scene of him anymore"
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