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twinsoftriumph · 10 months

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Do you have any hc for the twins ? Regular or angst ones ?

oh man yes ABSOLUTELY. before i go on though a few Disclaimers. some of these have been alluded to in asks before so there might be a bit of repetition in that regard. and also some will be theory related and moreso going off the assumption that certain extra material is not necessarily Canon in game. also i go into more Individual headcanons later in the post. i won't go into EVERYTHING but this gets long regardless. headcanons below the cut!

concept art related stuff

i've probably brought this up at least 3 other times but it drives me a little crazy that in the concept art timeline, the TWINS are the ones present at the king's coronation ceremony. this pic sucks but it's the only one

this is the first thing that made me believe the twins would have sided with the king in the whole dark stone/light creature conflict

concept art says "The Twins used to lead ceremonial spectacle that honored the King's victories in the Dark Stone Era" which is self explanatory

it ALSO says "Amphitheater was original site of King's coronation" as well as stuff about being free from fire worship and using dark stone for defense.

another reason is valley itself being a city of entertainment even before we got dreams and performance. i'm not saying this was All there was to valley as it seems genuinely culturally rich, but it gives a very Bread And Circuses vibe (superficial distractions from serious problems)

not to mention valley having darkstone contraptions Everywhere.

and who better to lead this than two energetic entertaining athletes?

since they were labeled the "priestess" ancestor in concept art, i think that could very much relate back to the king coronation ceremony. i can see them holding religious ceremonies in the fire era or very important kingdom-wide events (and i'd go as far as to say the king's coronation is religious in its own way due to the godlike powers granted by darkstone)

but on a less dramatic note, i also like to imagine it meant they were in touch with the emotions of their people in valley, offering advice and listening to their troubles Like a priestess would

more personal hc stuff

of course i think there is a genuine significant degree of sibling rivalry, but i ALSO think they play it up for the entertainment aspect. everything in the public eye is a big performance to them

the Sibling Rivalry is a little more complicated than that though due to my belief that they split into two upon falling to the sky kingdom and at times have such insane synergy that you'd think they're the same person because in a way. they Are (i talked about this in an in-character ask once)

but anyway i think they are very smart and aware of how they present themselves to other people and of their influence

they know how to get people energized/riled up regardless of whether they're the ones competing or not. GREAT commentators who can project their voice and capture everyone's attention with incredible persuasion and dynamism

do i think they flirt with the crowd? yes.

due to them representing young adulthood, i think they have a lot of internal contradictions and conflicts that they have a hard time working through

they can absolutely be arrogant and Not in a fun way. they want to feel justified in their convictions especially when it comes to siding with the king so strongly. so basically they doubt themselves but if you doubt them you'll probably just piss them off

they feel their emotions strongly but also have an incredibly logical aspect to their emotions and will get irritated at themselves for "irrational" emotions

they care A Lot to the point of trying to distance and distract themselves from caring, especially when shit is going down in the dark stone era

they love the attention but very much value their time out of the spotlight and even away from each other.

i like imagining that valley has Fights For Entertainment (not like any sort of gladiator to-the-death thing). they'll fight each other once in a while for a crowd but their sparring in private is very different

i think they have petty squabbles over small things but private sparring is letting off steam and being open to genuine criticism. by which i mean they are there to stay sharp and help each other by pointing out weaknesses

there's no aspect of entertaining an audience but it still flows like a dance. it is, however, more... ruthless? no intentionally slipping up for drama or dragging things out or interacting with the crowd

the nicks/cracks in their masks are from each other. i also did an in-character ask for this (i hate how it turned out lmao) but i think the idea i prefer now is that they had an Incredibly rocky time orienting themselves as a split star and dealing with their identity. i dunno maybe they tried to kill each other at one point. just sibling things

at the end of the day they are ride or die

they have adhd. To Me. (<- has adhd)

individual headcanons

they have similarly androgynous voices but there are some distinctions which i am Not sure how to describe. i imagine sah to have a clearer voice that sounds more playful/teasing with a bit of an Edge. for mekh i imagine a more theatrical, regal quality with maybe a sort of... smoothness to it? (this part is especially influenced by how they carry themselves in their cutscene)

sah tends to skirt around what they mean, mekh is more blunt

mekh is slightly taller. don't bring this fact up around the twins

when it comes to theatrical productions, i think it's funny to imagine sah being invested in like. the romance and comedy like Oh my god they were roommates and for mekh to be like YEAHH RIP EACH OTHER'S HEADS OFF and very into the drama

sah roasts a mean dark crab

mekh goes to the counter and says They asked for no pickles (yes i already drew this yes im saying it again)

with other elders

i will quickly reiterate and elaborate on some stuff i've stated before

daleth: noble and gentle, always seems to understand the bigger picture. the twins clashed a lot with them in the dark stone era and treated them rather flippantly, which they regret later on as daleth gave them very important guidance when they were trying to figure out their identity. daleth eventually reached a point where they felt the twins were too out of reach amidst their glory, and interactions were resigned on daleth's part and curt on the twins'

ayin: always hopeful and kind towards the twins, but ultimately they could not truly understand each other. ayin wished to be closer to them and also helped them in designing the valley's architecture. again, with how close ayin was to the light creatures, the twins became rather standoffish and especially defensive in believing dark stone was absolutely necessary to the livelihood of their realm

teth: someone they could connect with emotionally. they had a quiet understanding of each other's feelings of self-contradiction, and teth was not one to demand conversation or vulnerability. teth was, however, someone who would not back down from an argument, so they were more prone to Heated Verbal Disagreements even if they were relatively friendlier. neither are sure they can trust the other's impulses

tsadi: trained with the twins and became protective over them at some point, maintaining a friendly and mutual relationship a decent way into the dark stone era. both feel a great deal of loyalty towards the king, believing themselves to be standing for the good of the ancestors. things eventually sour between them as conditions in now-wasteland degrade, but tsadi blames themself far more for everything that happened than literally any of the elders

lamed: very mixed feelings. lamed recognizes their sheer influence and skill but still finds them to be too impulsive. the twins really are not that shallow or oblivious to lamed's opinions, but lamed is the Genius of geniuses and can come off as condescending or above-it-all even without intending to. stiff in the face of lamed's occasional sentimentality

ok im just gonna. stop myself here because i think my brain is melting from Samekh Thoughts but um. if you made it this far congrats! i hope this was enjoyable to read!

#ask #this is.... so long. oops #i know i didnt go that much into them as individuals but i just have So much to say about them in relation to others #headcanons #sol talks #ooc #thatskygame #sky cotl #sky: children of the light #valley elders #samekh

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parxdisepier · 4 years

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Understanding/Character study: Heckyl

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Shelby was really important for Heckyl's redemption. And is something interesting regarding the narrative giving that she is the one who wised up to his scheme earlier than any other ranger. She was the one that supposed that the dark energem was the one factor in common. And of course, Shelby is the one that gives him a chance at first and then is the one that tries to make him stay and help them. It is nice to have the first character that suspected another one to be the first character to believe in that same character. Is almost like a full circle Heckyl is incredibly fake for most the season, he smiles a lot but it's not a happy smile, it's part of his act, pretending to be nice and in control. And when it drops completely is the only time he's being genuine (excluding his little smile when the rangers accept him, because it was very different from his look the rest of the time). His act falls apart when he's not in control of the situation, and reveals that he's not as untouched and unfeeling as he seemed, even if he's still not good.

☆ Bonuses ☆

About the whole explanation that he gave about doing all the stuff to restore Sentai 6, I call BS. ((As I understood it, he remembered about who he was and everything else once he saw Arcanon with the Dark Energem. Before that, it was Snide the one that seemed to have a notion about the energems as keys for something about them that was unknown. When he confronted Arcanon before the reveal it was because he was in his territory and then as a response to the threat of becoming someones' prisoner again... His planet had nothing to do with it. It was after he remembered that he started caring and that Snide commented on it, before that none seemed to care one bit or even have any knowledge)) For me it was his way to cope with his own actions once he recovered his memories. If he was honest about his motivations, he would not have problems trying to contact the Rangers or believing Shelby, but the fact is that he stayed in the middle of nowhere and became cynic to her words. Those two things are the ones that tell me that he didn't believe his own words and as we saw in the last aired episode he thinks of him as monster and a villain ( which again is good because, I do not like excuses that crap over the characterization and the story for an easy way out).

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he has some very contradictory characterization too: he's manipulative and he's destroyed galaxies, but both Heckyl and Snide confirmed that Heckyl cared for his planet a lot, and Heckyl seems to still feel sad about it's destruction (which, since keeper knew about it, probably happened over 65 million years ago). While the other monsters seems to enjoy destruction, Heckyl is more apathetic towards it, like it's part of his job but not a hobby. He doesn't hesitate or feel bad about it, but unlike baddusa (?) I doubt he destroyed galaxies just for fun. And yet we know it was Heckyl who did it, and not Snide, since the others didn't seem to know about Snide at all. So I'm thinking he was telling the truth to an extent when he said everything he did was to restore his planet, like going through galaxies tearing them apart to find some power that could help, until his original motive and personality (and morals) were so warped that he became who he was when he was captured by Sledge, and at that point was really just after power and control.

on the fact that he is no longer who he was in the past and that he is still finding his footing. I believe he takes Shelby's opinion on account because she is the one that unmasked him, but is reactionary towards the others because they come from a place of necessity and not knowledge. I don't think he sees actions as futile per se, but knows that they can be and knows how wrong things can turn. On that note, it is good for the characterization to have the character actually having to deal with his actions and taking responsibility.

Heckyl was still reeling from the regaining of his memories, so it would make sense for him to lie to himself (like he does with everyone else) about his true nature. I do think that he knew his planet was destroyed before knowing how it happened though (unless Arcanon gave him a lift off the planet?) because he would remember leaving it, right? Or maybe all his memories up until that point were erased, which I hadn't really considered. I also got the feeling that they had argued about sentai 6 before when snide said "i never cared for your precious sentai 6". I don't know, it just sounded like an old argument. (and another thing about him and shelby, when she said he had changed he looked honestly contemplative. hesitant, but like he was considering it. but when the others agreed he instantly became defensive and went back to his "i don't care about your problems" act, which is pretty funny when you think about the fact that he chose to have his last meal somewhere he knew they would be)

he is really fake. I suppose it has to do with the fact that people trust more a smile and cannot differentiate nice from good. Also, when he is not faking it he is quite serious and also a real cynic./ Completely agree, Shelby opinion does matter to him because she is the one person that saw through the act (the thing is not only that, but her willingness to set aside their differences and work together and even acknowledging his help must have been quite a factor)/ Also, yes, he is very temperamental and easy to upset if one thing does not go as planned (given the entire merged with Snide situation,with the constant fluctuation and fight for control it makes the whole ruined plans even worse)/ Well, yes, I said it before. HE was the one that destroyed those galaxies. And I will add, look at him when he kills, as you said he is apathetic (I guess after destroying galaxies the individuals are nothing to him)

Heckyl is incredibly fake for most the season, he smiles a lot but it's not a happy smile, it's part of his act, pretending to be nice and in control. And when it drops completely is the only time he's being genuine (excluding his little smile when the rangers accept him, because it was very different from his look the rest of the time). His act falls apart when he's not in control of the situation, and reveals that he's not as untouched and unfeeling as he seemed, even if he's still not good. I love that Shelby is the one who sees through him every time, and how much more Heckyl seems to value her opinion of him than the others.

Heckyl (and still having him be not excused for his actions) is in my opinion a better way to portray good and evil, that the (projected) ends don't justify the means. Just because he has a reason for what he does doesn't mean it's okay to do that. I also want to think that the dark energem wasn't 'possessing' him or making him do these things, which would also explain why Heckyl still considers himself a monster after the influence is gone. Because he doesn't feel any different, the Heckyl who "fought so hard to save his own planet" really is gone, but so is the one who destroyed.

his way to cope with his own actions once he recovered his memories. If he was honest about his motivations, he would not have problems trying to contact the Rangers or believing Shelby, but the fact is that he stayed in the middle of nowhere and became cynic to her words. Those two things are the ones that tell me that he didn't believe his own words and as we saw in the last aired episode he thinks of him as monster and a villain.

the dark energem does create dark halves from something that is already there: Zenowing had just lost his teacher and had probably felt guilty over what happened to Sentai 6, as it was them the ones that hided the dark energem there without any protection. Heckyl was already most likely the sole survivor of Arcanon's attacks, was just wasting time trying to escape the later and most likely he knew it. In both cases you have survivors guilt and frustration.

Heckyl, shows complete cynicism once he is confronted with a similar situation given his experience he is aware that things can go south and just accepts it; it is not a pessimistic it is someone with experience.

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