so, this philza's deal is where he made the worst deal with a god. let's go
context: and was born in the mid to late 1860s, he was never given chance to be a teenager and was forced to be a proper adult when he was 15 or 14. so he had a brother about 6 years older than philza and he was named William and he had a sister who had nickname of lily. he was an older teen, and it was 1880s and he was newly 19.
society of this time didn't like how William would be making things like stories, art, writings and other things and playing his violin. so most just side lined him, and he did have nice things since their family was pretty wealthy and their mom wanted them to flaunt that.
when philza got the consumption plague at late 17 years old, and nearly died he looked so bad like he was a walking skeleton when he was cured of the sickness but 2 hours after his mother told philza and 4 other siblings that the oldest kid who is Willaim has died to the snow.
this cause Lilly to hide all of Willaim's things that he truly cares for. thanks to a letter in his ring box, siting on his chair where he writes. the half of his jewelry, clothing, shoes, and some other things too but the other half which he was forced to used and take was sold or given away.
so, he has survived a sickness, a terrible family fight with his and another big family thanks to his aunt and mother of richshire family and now he lost his closest male sibling. so, there we are with him on his bed thinking about the story about people have wings given by the gods, so he thinks like go. he says to the family going "i swear on my life I will get some wings like the past." so he set off.
end of context
this man thinks it is a great a thought to try to challenge his fate with mumza who was called lady death by most mortals and suntail the goddess of fate, life, the sun and creation, which with all the myths about fate and what happens when you mess with fate, he dooms himself with that.
(yes, in my head cannon of sbi he did name his son Wilbur after his late brother :))
Opening scene to one of my all-time favorite fics, Cataclysm by @thanotaphobia !! I have wanted to do a comic for this fic for SO LONG, you guys don’t even know lol
Wilbur: Who's the lucky- who's the lucky lady, who's Missa, what's she like?
Phil: It's a dude. *laughs*
Wilbur: Phil, you didn't tell me you were bi, and also polyamorous.
Phil: Definitely not.
Wilbur: What does Kri- what does Kristin think of your- of your... husband?
Phil: SHE'S NOT CANON IN THIS UNIVERSE! And we- and it's not like that, it's not like that- it's uh, we're- it's platonic, we're just dude's hanging out protecting an egg-
fun fact wilbur used to have blonde hair when he was a toddler which means two thing: 1) 4/4 sbi were blond, and 2) twins duo real bc techno also was blond when younger and later his hair turned brown like wilbur's
Dark SBI where Philza is a nice normal human man whose family slowly gets replaced by super natural creatures. The youngest is the first to go, replaced by 'Tommy', a shape shifting imp who decided he liked the skin of the kid and decided to keep it. He lives for chaos, but his motives falter when he experiences genuine love for the first time. Then 'Wilbur' replaces another son in classic changeling fashion, the boy taken to fulfill the whims of the fae and leaving in his place a bitter boy who knows he's an inferior version. Finally, the last son becomes plagued by dark voices that grow worse and worse, leading him succumbing to possession by 'Technoblade', who thinks he'll make the perfect new vessel after the last one was destroyed. 'Technoblade' doesn't want to lose his new vessel so soon after the last one, 'Wilbur' was trained from birth to mimic the human he would replace, and 'Tommy' wants an identity he can fall back on to play innocent if he gets in trouble. It takes awhile before the others realize all three kids are imposters. There's friction, of course, but they eventually make a pact to continue pretending to be a sweet and unsuspecting family.
The thing is...Philza isn't dumb. There's this awful feeling in his gut, and he has a sharp eye for details that don't add up. He's increasingly certain these things aren't his children. He quietly gathers evidence, and the moment he's sure...he does nothing. Philza carries on in a careful pantomime of a perfectly loving family, terrified of what they'll do to him if they realize he knows their true natures. He smothers his fear and offers them warm smiles and boundless mercy and tender affection the likes of which the imposter children have never known before. Slowly, it becomes a easier for everyone to pretend.
Maybe, if Philza's kind enough, they won't kill him, or worse. Maybe if he's good enough, their evil natures will soften. Maybe, if he's patient enough, they'll give him his real kids back.
And the moment they do, he'll slaughter every last one of the monsters who destroyed his family.