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@icechippies thank you for giving me an excuse 2 talk about twomp found family au <33

Okay so!! Some basic stuff about my Plargos + Mark Found Family au (<- seriously I need a name for this, this is way too long) . Argos and Mr plant became friends with Mark, and as they become closer 2 each other it becomes apparent that it's more like them adopting Mark instead of being friends with him . Obviously Mark has been thru a LOT and takes a while 2 fully trust them,, but they care abt him sm and help him with when he needs help with anything- emotionally or physically . And they become a Found Family aww . For more info I literally wrote a fanfic about it soo if u wanna read it it's "A day in the life of Mark" in ao3! :33

Anyways!! With regards 2 your question, short answer it's young Mark . Long answer, So after a few months after Mark escaped Billy, he migrated 2 the Void. After staying there for a few days, he meets Argos!! There they became friends n Argos introduced him 2 Mr plant and they became friends too! After a bunch of shenanigans they become a found family :3

Some people might think this would be impossible since "Mr plant hates kids", but fear not! I come prepared with this Reasons Why Mr Plant Wouldn't Hate Mark

And here's How Twomp And Maf Lore Are Connected

Annnddd finally here's my Emo Mark au (au where Mark goes thru an emo phase) headcanons featuring Plargos found family!

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Wait have I ever posted my headcanons of the Plargos + Mark family au?

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How are we feeling about the newest episode chat . I have some thoughts :3 (spoilers under cut)

OH MY GOD I EAS SO EXCITED 2 SEE MARK N YAYYAYYY I GOT 2 SEE HIM!! MARK MY BELOVED YOU REALLY CANT CATCH A DAMN BREAK CAN YOU 😭😭

ALSO. I did not even think Mark would have a cousin,, I'm gonna have 2 think abt this 4 a WHILE on how 2 make it fit my Found Family Plargos And Mark Au .

I love Millie so much honestly I really hope she didn't actually die . Also I hope she didn't kill Mark too like I hope at least he survived, if Mark actually died I would be so sad :((

Like Mark n Millie is such a fitting name I need 2 draw a thousand fanart of them

Argos is so sweet omg,, he's helping kids despite the fact that he could die!! And despite the fact that he knew Millie was beyond saving, he still tried. He even brought the flower !! Look how kind he is!!

Argos almost swearing was so funny I did NOT expect that 😭

The last scene with the blue puppet was so cool hello?? Like arghhh absolutely amazing aodiosnwoajdw

Now I need 2 buy a blue puppet too n put ribbons on her 2 make her Mille (since I already have a Mark puppet)

I really hope ashur makes a part 2! I desperately need 2 know what happened next !!!

WAIT I WAS JUST ABT 2 HIT POST BUT. I JUST HAD AN AMAZING IDEA . HOLY SHIT FANFIC POTENTIAL OMFG HOLD ON YALL

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Who is big mongest?m sorry I meant monster

OH BOY AM I GLAD U ASKED ME THAT!! Big monster is the guy who started it all, the guy who's the reason Billy hendricks turned out to be like this. Also Mark's uncle.

So the plot is, Billy was a child actor when he was a kid yeah. Big monster was a super famous actor. They were supposed 2 star in a show "my dear monster" together. But Big monster used Billy hendricks to lure children into his sewers so he can eat them. He got caught and in prison, a guy named Tim flowers killed him, claiming he "did it for the child". (We never see that Tim flower guy ever again tho) anyways because of this incident, Billy's mom made Billy stop being an actor cuz she thought "a life in the spotlight isn't for my son". <- in that poster Billy hendricks is seen 2 be crying. One can infer that this is what set him off to become a child kidnapper just like Big monster, nd kidnap his nephew Mark to do that maf episodes stuff. Oh and also! Mark's mom is Big monster's cousin yeah, she changed her last name cuz she "didn't want to be associated with that monster". So yeah that's basically it! Big monster was the guy who started it all, who died so fast in the plot, but continues to haunt the narrative.

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Mark with horns headcanon!

So @corrupteddoodles came up with this headcanon that Mark would grow horns like his uncle Big Monster when he grow up. And I absolutely love it! It has so much angst potential and drawing horned creatures is always so fun!

So regarding 2 the horn design, I imagine he would has blue horns cuz Big Monster had red horns which went well with his red eyelids, and Mark has blue eyelids so he gets blue horns (green goes better with blue than it does with red too so it looks better too) And I think he would have short horns cuz Billy would cut em off when they first started 2 grow, which would stunt their growth! :3

And here's my thoughts on the angst it could possibly create, which I'm too lazy 2 type out again xd

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I have many thoughts

Spill em bestie

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Url change! Thought it might be more fitting cuz I realized the majority of what I post here isn't really 'theories' and more like. Just character analysis or ramblings abt stuff lmao

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Good morning everyone I am having Thoughts about Ashur's latest video

Special thanks 2 my buddy @corrupteddoodles 4 letting me talk abt it :3

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Should I watch mark and friends !?!? What triggers does it contain ? How long does it last ??

YES WATCH IT. IT HAS AMAZING LORE AND ITS JUST SO HEART WRETCHING. IT LAST 25 MINUTES IN TOTAL, SEPERATED BY THREE PART COMPILATIONS. U CAN WATCH IT ONNYOUTUBE, ASHUR GHARAVI IS THE YT ACCOUNT NAME/CREATOR OF IT.

Okay now for the triggers. Oh boy (cracks knuckles) okay let's go.

Child kidnapping, child torture, child physical and mental abuse, manhandling a child, murder, blood, gore, drugs (its only implied in one episode tho), child abuse, (implied) abusive parent, implied starvation, (idk how 2 word this one but) forcing a kid to eat/drink inedible stuff, lighting a kid on fire, thoughts of death, selling a kids organs, paranoia, forced cannibalism, animal abuse, surgery done by someone who's not a surgeon with the intent to hurt the child, the theme of cycle of abuse, just some really dark stuff

And yeah I think that's all loll yall lmk if I missed anything

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Holy shit Argos and Billy hendricks are more similar than I thought

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I'm tryna find this post again 2 reblog it 2 my theory blog and I can't fucking find it so. Yeah I'm just gonna post the screenshot of it

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Billy Hendricks Character analysis

[DISCLAIMER: I am not justifying or condoning his actions, I am merely showing that he is not just a mindless villain and I'm exploring the depth of his character. This is probably obvious but yeah please don't come after me for this]

Billy Hendricks, kidnapper of Mark. He's a terrifying villain who has so redeeming qualities. Let's dissect that fucker cuz he's got a LOT of layers and depth.

First, let's see some context.

Billy Hendricks was a child actor, starring in 'my dear monster'. He was groomed and made into luring children into Big monster's sewers where Big monster kill them. When Big monster was caught, Billy's mom got him out of the show, saying she doesn't think a life in the spotlight is for her son. In that newspaper poster, Billy Hendricks is seen to be crying. In the poster above, Billy is smiling. Showing how he views Big monster as an inspiration and loves acting. Keep in mind that he was just a child when this all happened, he was supposed to become famous. This was supposed to be the film that make him really get famous in the film industry. He was about to get everything he ever wanted, but than in a flash, everything was taken away from him. He was taken away from what he loved most, acting. Now imagine how this would make him feel. Billy was a kid when this happened and he was an adult when he kidnapped Mark, this suggests that his hatred for Big monster (who's the reason he can't act anymore) has been burning for many years. He is still hung up on his dream, a dream that was shattered long ago and would never be possible to achieve again. This suggests that he cannot move on from the past. (Plus he's a theatre kid and theatre kids are dramatic as hell. Trust me I'd know, I'm a theatre kid too)

The way he act and treat Mark

I think it's obvious that Billy hates Mark, his hatred for Big monster transferring to Mark just because he's Big monster's nephew. His hatred for Mark just grows more and more episode, this can be seen because in the earliest episodes, he refer to Mark as his "best friend". For example, in the first episode he starts off with, "Hello kids! And welcome back, meet my best friend, Mark!" But he stops doing that in later episodes, just referring to Mark as his "friend" instead of "best friend". This subtle change hints that Hendricks is getting more and more impatient with Mark. He also constantly silence Mark for small reasons, in the first episode he just shook his head when he didn't want Mark to say that he want to see his parents, but in later episodes he go as far as to shutting up Mark by putting his hand on his mouth. He doesn't just normally do that too, in the picture below you can see that his grip on Mark is strong. That must hurt Mark. He probably does that on purpose as he resents Mark and is very impatient and hateful towards him.

Billy Hendricks feel as though he is achieving his childhood dreams by doing all this. This may be true because of the way he act. In the rain day episode, when they do those activities such as building a pillow fort, Hendricks actually look genuinely excited for it. He could just be good at pretending to be excited for camera, but it actually felt real. Him acting childish like this reinforces the idea that he is living in the past and hasn't move on from it. Even though he's not a kid anymore, he never grew up. This is also furthur proven because of the fact that he has a "signature outfit" and wears the same set of clothes since he was a child, showing how he never grew out of his childhood. Anyways so, in that episode they do three activities. Building pillow forts, making paper cut pictures, and playing hangman. In the first activity, he looks genuinely happy when Mark says he like the pillow fort that Billy made for him. He could just be acting to be happy, but I don't think that's the case. Because in the other two activities where it starts having a twist of him taunting Mark, he did look "happy" but not as geniune as he did in the pillow fort activity. The comparison can be seen in the pictures below. It's subtle but you can see it, the smile on the right picture looks fake. This implies that he sometimes forget that this isn't what he wanted, and has to remind himself that he isn't just doing this to make himself happy but to also torture Mark and get revenge.

His attitude switches up very fast. Most of the times he talk in a singing-ish tone, mimicking kids shows where they do that. But when he's angry, like for example when Mark tried to escape, his voice becomes firm and serious. This shows how he struggles to stay "in character" sometimes, because his hatred runs so deep that it can be hard to pretend to be this cheerful kids show host. When his voice is firm and he calls out for Mark, he usually emphasises on the 'k' sound of his name. This creates a plosive sound, illustrating that he is being rough in the moment.

Billy Hendricks is dedicated to make Mark suffer. Besides the very obvious tortures that he make Mark go through, he torment him in other more subtle ways too. Here are some examples where he does that.

In the Staying healthy episode, they look at the anatomy of a Little Monster. When Billy said that "It's important to stay healthy so your brain continues to think!", Mark continues the advice by saying, "and your heart continues to love!". But then Billy corrects him, saying, "Pump blood, Mark!". This illustrates Billy as shattering Mark's innocent view of life, contrasting how his childhood dream got shattered too (even though this is a less extreme extent of it)

In the Pet episode, Mark says that he knows alot about pets and suggest that maybe he could lead that episode. But Hendricks shut him off by saying, "I know alot about pets too, Mark". You can sense the anger in his voice when he says that line, suggesting that he gets mad when someone else gets the attention and not him. This ties in his whole character of him getting so much attention from his classmates because he was a child actor and people loved him, but then he got thrown off the spotlight later because of Big monster. His mother's line, "I just don't think a life in the spotlight is for my son" suggests that he doesn't get attention anymore. (Plus he's a theatre kid and theatre kids are attention seekers- yeah okay I'll stop bullying theatre kids now). This idea is further reinforced in the positivity episode, when Mark says that he made a sticky note saying "Yes you can!", Billy tries to get the attention back on him by saying "I wrote some sticky notes too Mark!". This shows how he wants the attention and spotlight on him, and gets mad when Mark tries to get attention too.

Billy Hendricks doesn't just torture and torment Mark himself, he forces Mark to do things he doesn't want to too. For example, in the cooking episode he pressures Mark into killing the paperbag monster, "Are you gonna skin it Mark? Or do I have to do it?", he says the second sentence with a hint of anger in his voice, implying that Mark will probably get tortured if he doesn't do what he ask him to do.

Billy even goes as far as to hurting himself to hurt Mark. Like in the episode where they go to sleep, he brushes his teeth until they're bleeding. He hurt himself just to scare Mark. This portrays him as someone who's dedicated to taunt Mark, and would do it at his own expense.

He also seeks to control Mark, like in the drug episode he says that he'll give drugs to Mark if he's good and go along. This may be because he was forced out of the film industry and it was all out of his control, so he wants control back.

Recurring themes

There's a lot of scenes where Billy Hendricks monologues. All of those monologues portray a pessimistic and negative view of life. He constantly puts a negative spin on things that Mark enjoy too. Some examples are in the Halloween episode where he put razorblades in Mark's candy and ask if it's still his favourite holiday, in the pet episode where he carelessly gave Mark a pet that he wanted who died of neglect, and the biggest example is the career day episode where he puts a negative spin to the jobs that Mark said he wanted to do. This links to how he was going to be a famous actor, but it didn't work out.

Billy Hendricks is presented to have a weird obsession with death and wasting your life. This can be seen especially in the career day episode, where he monologues, "There's only 2169 days until you have to choose a job and it creeps up on you fast. 60 years will pass and before you know it you'll be lying in your death bed wishing you had picked a different career to waste your life on". This may suggest that during the time between after he quit being a child actor and before he kidnapped Mark, he had 'wasted' the years by doing a job that he didn't enjoy. He believes that he would have been happy if he was an actor, but now he couldn't be one. This may be one of the reasons why he is portrayed to be very pessimistic.

His obsession with death is further explored in the kids episode where he says that a child is your peak because "you get showered with adoration and have lots of fun". He wants to be a child again because now he's miserable as an adult, but instead of trying to improve his adult life and moving on from the past, he took away another child's childhood. In that episode, he also taunts Mark by saying that in the adult world, life goes by very fast and that before he know it, he's gonna be too old to work and die. There are many more instances where he monologues about this, but these are the main ones.

There's also a recurring theme of toxic positivity. This is obviously shown in the last episode, the positivity episode. Where his 'inspirational' sticky notes say that everything is okay, while it's not. This is further shown in the posters where he says that you can do dangerous things because "everything works out".

The theme of toxic positivity is also seen in other episodes, like for example in the feelings episode where Billy asks Mark if the pictures are happy or sad. When Mark said that the picture of a dead penguin is sad, Billy says "No silly, all these images are happy". This may be because he was forced out of his dream yet he had to pretend to be okay with it at that time.

People who influence him

There were two people who were a major influence on him. His mom, and Big monster.

Let's talk about his mom first. She just wanted what was best for him, and she got him out of the film industry because she thought it was best for him. She was just looking out for her son, but she didn't realise the negative consequences that her actions would bring. Billy was just a kid and didn't fully understand why his mom would do that, she probably could have explained it to him better. But even if she did, Billy most likely would have just turn out this way anyways because his ambition was too strong. But still, if she did explain it maybe he could have turned out differently. Maybe he wouldn't have this much resentment in him.

Now let's talk about Big monster. He tricked Billy into luring his friend's brother, Johnny Hackett, into the sewers so he can kill him. He was Billy Hendricks' idol, Billy probably saw him in a rose-tinted light and never saw anything bad about him as he idolised him too much. But then he turned out to be a murderer who used Billy to get his victims. This may turn Billy into a pessimistic person, linking back to my point earlier, and would make Billy just expect the worst of everything. He's the main reason why Billy Hendricks became a kidnapper.

Ashur's acting skills

Ah yes, the very necessary ramble about how cool Ashur is. Skip this part if u wanna, I added this solely for myself <3

ASHUR IS SOOOOO GOOD AT ACTING LIKE WTF??? HE SLAYS THE ICONIC BILLYS THREATENING SMILE FACE LIKE HOLY SHITTT THAT MAN IS TERRIFYING!! HE EVEN SOMETIMES SCARE ME GENIUNELY LIKE HOLY FUCKING SHIT HES AMAZING. BILLYS VOOCE RANGE IS JUST SO PERFECT TOO AND NOT 2 MENTION THATS LIKE HIS FIRST TIME ACTING USING VOICE?? (HIS PREVIOUS ACTING SERIES ARE JUST TIKTOK POVS WHERE HE DOESNT TALK) HES LITERALLY SO COOL BRO HES LIKE MY NUMBER ONE INSPIRATION FOR ACTING!!! LIKE THIS MAN LOOKS ABSOLUTELY INSANE AND I LOVE IT!!

The cycle of abuse

The backstory of Billy Hendricks is very tragic. He was an abused child who turned into an abuser. It is important to recognise him as a human too and not just a cruel villain, this does not mean justifying his actions. I firmly believe that dehumanising villains is a bad thing to do, because if you so that you will separate yourself from them and won't recognise it when you're being an accidental asshole. So while I hate him for everything he has done to Mark, I still think we should also see him as a hurt person who continued the cycle of abuse. Let's just hope Mark doesn't do the same thing.

End notes

Ahhhhh I've been planning 2 make this post for so long now! And even though this post is like, VERY long, I still feel like I've only barely scratch the surface of his character. He's a very interesting and complex character n should be treated as such. Also, this is just the way I see him, you are allowed 2 disagree with me ofc! You can have a different opinion on him than me, and you can express it, but please just don't be rude about it! If you'd like 2 discuss his character further or is confused abt smth I said here, feel free 2 ask me abt it! I'm more than happy 2 do it (if you're nice with it ofc) :3

Anyways yeah I hope u enjoyed this character analysis of him, and please reblog if u did (no pressure) cuz it took me such a long time 2 make this TwT

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The clouds. (Twomp side character)

Ty for the ask!! :3

Character design. I LOVE the clouds. Love how there's 3 of em. And I love how the color isn't just white like it has some blues too. He's one of the only creatures of the void who doesn't have a "signature outfit" i think. I think I've seen him wear other outfits too.

He reminds me of argos. Many eyes, works a ton of jobs, friendly, argos always run into him when hes visiting somewhere (camping, stargazing, beach episode. Etc) and yeah he's like argos in a different font. Surprisingly I don't really have much 2 say about him. I thought I'd have alot 2 say abt him since I love his character so much. But apparently not ig. He's very cute very nice. 9/10

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OPINIONS ON MR PLANT GO

YIPPPIEEEEEEE TY FOR THE ASK!

Okay so first impressions (character design). Very scrunbly. Unsettling eyes + Alarming smile, great way 2 show his character. Loving the petals too. Really pretty. Love how he wears sweaters and yellow sandals. Absolutely perfect.

In like the first ever episodes, he's very antisocial. Very murderous. No remorse. No friends. No nothing. But he slowly started 2 soften up in later episodes n restrain himself from killing (which sometimes doesn't work but hey he's trying) thx 2 argos. He's a very interesting character. I wonder if he ever feels guilt for the ppl he killed. Possibly yes, probably not. Oh and I don't really like it when ppl just portray him as a stereotypical bad boy. Like ik we all hate it when ppl reduce argos into a soft uwu boy but let's talk abt mischaracterization of Mr plant too, or at least this is just my opinion you're allowed 2 think I'm wrong ofc. Who am I 2 tell u what 2 do. Anyways getting off track here. I don't think Mr plant should really be seen as a stereotypical bad boy yk. Like sure he's antisocial n murderous but like. He's also a big awkward guy. He's constantly fidgeting with his hands n having an existential crisis. He does not know how 2 make friends even when he tried. He has separation anxiety (seen in the episode where him n argos see the stars n he gets separated with argos) he wears big sweaters and yellow sandals. So yeah I think he's also just an awkward murderous guy and not just a ""bad boy"" yk. Best boyfriend ever. Skinned someone alive n wear it as a mask so he don't have 2 admit he died. Perfect plan. Always tries hard 2 love argos n help him. Has communication issues. Never voices his worries. Never talks (ik he's mute but like. Sign language/ writing stuff down on paper exist yk). Probably doesn't even have a family. Probably never had any friends. Going from wanting 2 kill argos 2 killing ppl who offend him. Even helping argos cover up his murders. How cute. Hashtag relationship goals. Love how ashur isn't afraid 2 make him "problematic". Like he's not a misunderstood villain or whatever he actually kills good ppl too. Would not want 2 piss him off. Anxiety ridden existential murderous flower boy. Absolutely perfect 10/10

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Hm... the mushroom dude :3 (yk the one that had a mushroom shop. Also Why does everyone that sell stuff in this show are the thing they sell-)

Yayyyy thanks for the ask!

Okay so character design. Loving the whole fucked up face look n clothes. Really fit him. Love the eyes n the mouth, amazing.

In the argos deals with death episode where he go 2 the rose guy 2 buy flowers, at the end he says "it's highly unethical 2 sell flowers when you are one". This kinda suggest that this guy is unethical or smth cuz like he's a mushroom selling mushrooms. But man he looks like he's done with everything. Whenever argos ask him a question (eg. "mushrooms are in that much demand?" ) he just shrugs. He just does not give a fuck anymore. Also when Argos asked him if the clock is for sale he just shrugged and sold it 2 argos. That clock was clearly not for sale but he sold it 2 argos anyways. Is he desperate for money? Is he so desperate that he betrays his own kind for it? Overall a nice character, raises alot of questions abt ethical measures in the void, sells argos the clock (that he gave 2 Mr plant as a Christmas present) I'd give it like a 6/10

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Emo Mark Headcanons!!

Okay okay so. This is kinda like based on my plargos found family au. So like it's set after Mark escaped and has settled down n become friends with Argos n Mr plant and stuff.

So Mark has trauma surrounding music, cuz of rhe music episode of maf, so he can't listen 2 music without being reminded of Billy hendricks. But he wants 2 listen 2 it cuz yk he wanna heal n stuff. He specifically has trauma wth loud music (cuz in that episode that music was too loud that he couldn't even hear Billy n stuff yk) soooo Argos introduce him 2 those depressing quiet emo music type as exposure therapy or smth. And it took Mark a while 2 get used 2 it but he fell in love with it n became emo :3

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What do you think Mr plant's tear strikes are ? :3 (like I think they're scars but a lot of people think if em as actual tears ect)

Oooo interesting question! I don't really have a strong opinion on this so my opinion might change later butt for now, Me personally I think they're actual tears. When Ashur first created Mr plant's character design in the turning aesthetics into characters video, there is a caption asking Mr plant why he's always crying. So I think it's like, his tears yk. Maybe he's just forced into this state of looking like he's crying forever, but not actually "crying" yk. It could also just be like,, scars from his tears cuz perhaps it was acidic? Ehhhh idk I'm leaning more towards the actual tears theory loll. And again, my opinion on this will probably change later xd

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