Talking About the Mundane, Headcanons, and Meta

If you've watched any of ColeyDoesThings videos, then you may have watched this one video about the topic of fanfiction and why some people love reading/writing it. You can watch it here if you're interested, but watching it reminded me why love writing about some of the Darkling Lords. The Spectral Knights aren't my favorite, and I find them a bit dull, personally.

I've only written one fanfic about one of them, and that was it.

Mainly, and personally, the Darkling Lords are more fun to write about because they are a messy bunch and you can go ham with them. But also, I like to dive deeper into some of the Darkling Lords and figure out what makes them tick. Cravex, Mortdred, Lexor (the comic version, not the cartoon), and even Cindarr are the most interesting out of the bunch because they have enough details to work with, but there's still enough blank spaces to fill in myself.

Cravex is a personal favorite character of mine because of how hammy the acting can get, but also you can tell he's been through alot. It's just the question of what his and the other characters' lives were like before the Cataclysm happened. Many of them didn't get the luxury that is overt character development; only Cindarr, Virulina, Reekon, and Ectar did, but even then most of it didn't get explore much because of how short-lived it was. And y'know what? I'm okay with it because headcanons are a thing, baby!

I remember lurking around on a facebook fan group page, and finding a post discussing with fans' about their personal headcanons about what they think some of the other characters like Darkstorm and Arzon, as an example, were doing before the three suns realigned that ended the Age of Science. I have to say there some really good headcanons (I wish I can link it but facebook stops you at a certain point, asking you to login or make an account to continue. Because it was buried deep within the group.) The most common assessment I've found was for Cravex, and it was actually pretty insightful. Yes, I ignored the "psychopathy" claims, I already wrote a whole ass essay talking about why I hate that shallow interpretation, and it got my brain rolling with it and adding more to it.

A few fans interpreted Cravex having some type of anxiety disorder, PTSD was a common answer, and being in the military (the air force to be more precise) at one point. Even one person explained why they thought this was because they've personal seen some military men almost act this way.

It's funny because while I was coming back to Visionaries, the thought did cross my mind at one point while brain storming: Cravex being a military man than a sheriff than I previously thought. I had a double drabble I posted but deleted because I wasn't happy with it. And so, seeing people with the same idea with a few differences really took off for me. But, do you see what I mean?

Just that one thought caused an avalanche of potential character development and exploration for just one character!

Personally, I want to write it in a more understanding, and possibly a more sympathetic, light for Cravex because I still believe he isn't the most evil out of all the Darkling Lords.

So in Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, there are moments where Mortdred shows impressive feats of strength. Seriously, he's pretty damn strong from these two episodes here and here. I like to headcanon that the other strong guys keep freaking out a little whenever Mortdred does the same thing that they can do, if not the task itself has more weight to it. Also, Mortdred can totally carry Cravex bridal style -full armor, no less- and it's like carrying a watermelon around for him.



I got to re-draw this piece one of these days.

 I can't be the only one that has the headcanon about Torch having an animal soul; am I? Wonder if anyone feels the same way here? Well, I have a couple more for him.

Torch is a curious little fellow. When you sort of remember your last life being a farm animal, there was something about limited spaces that make him feel antsy to get out of there and explore more. But ever since encountering that kid in the woods, he tends to be cautious nowadays when his curiosity peaks.

Torch has trust issues with humans. Ever since undead André and the kid, it takes him some time for him to trust a new master. He finds himself trusting the puppets more since that's the only family/friend group he's ever known. Don't worry! They love him no matter how he was brought to life.

Sometimes, he gets a little self-conscious about not having a human soul, or a human past life, or even the idea he was suppose to be Erich in the first place. Sometimes, he wonders if Leech Woman and Decapitron would've been happy to have him back. André -now known as Decapitron- regrets ever having that intention in his zombie state, but he is grateful that it didn't work out. He tells Torch he's happy to have him be part of the family/friend group as himself. Decapitron hopes that if his son was ever reincarnated, he had a good life, or possibly a better one than back in the 40's and how he treated him during that time.