#[r]: henry cooldown | we are finally cowboys

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Jin Kisaragi 🤝 Henry Cooldown 🤝 Hayate 🤝 JC Denton

being one of three siblings, who are in some way compelled to kill a specific sibling for whatever reason it’s often forced by the narrative* (be it emotional manipulation by a higher power/authority figure, to bury the past or to adhere to the strict rules laid out by the society they live in).

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Rambling about Hen.ry’s clones + detailing my silly little headcanons/characterisation about them + their interaction/relationship with Shallow Candy, my NMH self insert.

Tw for mentions of human experimentation, uhhh experimenting with the question of ‘can clones have individuality). Slight NMH3 spoilers + also this is VERY MUCH MY interpretation of canon because I’ll be honest for as much of an interesting idea ‘The Order of the Emerald Knights’ is, it really goes no where lol. Suda why did you make this idea and do absolutely NOTHING with it??? /genuine

Had a thought, but since Henry's clones wear masks, I assume that some may have a form of facial scarring/facial trauma/facial disability (like blindness, facial muscles not working, gouged out eye/s etc) or have some eldritch body horror thing going on, either due in part from then either taking missions that went awry, or that said characteristics is the result of... human experimentation or something... even worse... (Clones have been established due in part to Bad Girl’s dungeon in NMH1, which implies that her victims are clones.)

Anyways, NMH3 implies that these clones kinda operate like a hivemind, but at the same time each clone member wears a mask that have small differences to them in their designs - which implies some form of individuality. Maybe I could be wrong here but whatever the case is, it could be possible Henry did this to discern each clone as potentially their own separate person.

Honestly whatever the case is, it's very clear that Henry trusts them enough that they literally share the same attire as him - which does still kinda imply some sort of hivemind. But hiveminds doesn't mean freedom/individuality is gone. The best comparison I can make is that of the Zerg from Starcraft, who seem like a mindlessly destructive horde/colony of monsters but they DO have emotions, feelings, are able to feel pain etc. They are also capable of showing affection, sadness and grief especially when in the presence of Kerrigan, even after she's been de-zergified, they still view her as their leader of sorts.

Now stay with me, that whole pre-amble is important! because they do sort play a role in Shallow/Henry's relationship, like obviously it would be SO EASY to make a reverse harem joke when there is like so much more to it.

She takes time spending with each member, trying to gain an understanding of who they are individually - she even asks if its okay to give them nicknames in the meantime to help them feel more human. Shallow is undeniably affectionate to them, but it’s mostly due to A) them never having experienced affection of any kind and B) even as a hivemind, they still are like. Human beings. With feelings you know. They are more than assassins!

I think when enough trust gets built with each clone individually, I think they start to open up to her one by one, and while they are similar in mannerisms, speech, actions, behaviours but their emotions and feelings are their own. Or at least it helps them start to build an individual identity on top of the collective hivemind clone thought process they already have.

I think I should stress that Henry’s clones deeply respect Shallow, and kinda revere her in a way? It’s kinda teetering on borderline ‘worship’ type thing, although it’s really just they have undoubtedly pledged their full allegiance to her to their dying breath.

Like if you imagine what a pissed off and angry Henry Cooldown looks like, imagine that and times it by 8. Yeah um… they are not to be trifled with.

Shallow Candy is sometimes intimate with the clones, and Henry doesn’t mind it, because they ARE his clones, so by proxy she’s just giving him attention by default. It should be noted that Shallow is FULLY aware of the kind of power she has over these clones because of their allegiance to her, and so she instead prioritises what the clones want regarding intimate interactions, because again these folks are fully human beings who were denied a small facet of the ‘human experience’.

This never really gets displayed in front of house guests or anything, but I think Travis would be the LEAST weirded out by this whole thing. Like to him it’s just no different to any of the weird otaku shit he’s into.

LASTLY, and this kinda affects my whole Amelie and Rhys Cooldown fankid hing, BUT I like the idea of Henry's clones slowly warming up to the idea of being important figures in the lives of their leader's children. Although the problem is that they are terrified of taking off their masks and scaring the children - so they unfortunately again distance themselves but since the kids are curious and they can’t really say no to their big puppy dog eyes that they give them.

Due to this I think eventually they grow to adapt to not wearing their mask inside the house all the time, but will revert back to wearing it all the time if going out in public for whatever reason, be it Shallow and Henry are busy doing their respective jobs and can’t pick up Amelie and Rhys from school, or they have a task assigned by Henry or Shallow (who ar some point does create her own private detective/bounty hunting business that was created in response to Henry’s horrible adoptive family falling apart and hunting down leftovers of that ‘old empire who pitted everyone against each other, and reaped the rewards.’

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REAL SLENDERMAN SIGHTING (TOTALLY NOT FAKE!!!).mp4

[Video ID: a cutscene from NMH3, in which the camera slowly zooms in on a cabin/room of the No More Heroes Motel, displaying the door (seen on the right) and the window (seen on the left). The character of Henry Cooldown can vaguely be seen through this specific motel room’s window, indicating that he is inside the building. End of ID.]

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haveyoueverseenanunhingedmansodamnattractive.mp4

[video ID: a cutscene from NMH3, in which the side character, Henry Cooldown confronts the player character/protagonist, Travis Touchdown, who is also his brother. They are standing in the parking lot of the No More Heroes Motel, but the surrounding area is seemingly covered in a fog or orange tinted haze.

The dialogue between Henry and Travis goes as follows:

Henry: “How many times must I say this? I saw a movie about God, and it just flowed through me like electricity. I realised the anguish of having such a good for nothing-for-nothing little brother, and came to the conclusion that I have to stop you.”

Travis: “Yeah, no thanks. Quit getting in my way with your personal bullshit.”

Henry: “Hey, do you remember?”

Travis: “Nope.”

Henry, while approaching Travis: “Listen, little brother. It was a snowy day. We three siblings made our escape from our serial killer father.”

The video ends abruptly. End of video ID].

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sometimes i forget Henry is an incredibly scary man.mp4

video id below

[video id: nmh3 gameplay footage on easy mode. the battle setting is the no more heroes car-park lot, and the boss character is Henry Cooldown. Henry is imbued in this green light colouring, indicating he is in a much more powerful state, which is communicated through his attack patterns, that range from projectile energy spheres, projectile slashes, a multi-slashing move and using himself and his powers to create a wheel of energy to lunge and attack the player. throughout the video he is also consistently teleporting. the player character Travis, is doing their best to avoid these attacks, and make their own strikes when there is an opening/pause in Henry's attack patterns. end of video ID].

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travis: hey can you like. do a something about that alien prince guy who wants to conquer the world??

henry: lol no. sorry not sorry. i'm too busy in my villain era to care about that </3

[video id below!]

[video id: a cutscene from nmh3, in which the characters Travis Touchdown and Henry Cooldown are having a conversation that is hostile in tone and nature. The context that led up to this conversation was about the revelation that Travis, Henry and Jeane (of whom are siblings) tried to runaway from their serial killer father, only to be found and separated. Henry states that his memories were wiped and implanted with memories of being the child of the Cooldown Family. The following conversation in the video goes as follows:

Travis: "So fucking what? This is something you gotta bring up right here, right now?"

Henry: " 'Right here, right now' is exactly why I bring it up little brother. You were always crying. Keep on crying as you live, as you always have. No - keep on crying as you die."

Travis: "You really turned out fucked up, you know that? The fuck is all this Dark Side bullshit? Before worrying about me, kill that asswipe."

Henry: "FU... He's not my target. He's yours."

end of video id.]

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tmw you you're too busy admiring a specific boss character that you forget their attack patterns </3

[video id: gameplay footage from NMH1. the boss character for this segment is Henry Cooldown (the one in grey/silver). Henry has fast attack patterns, which throughout this clip have been able to knock down Travis (the one in red). end of ID.]

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henry cooldown steals the spotlight from travis, again.mp4

[video id: a cut-scene from nmh2, in which the side character Henry Cooldown breaks through a glass window and saves his brother, Travis Touchdown from being killed by Jasper Batt jr.

There is not much dialogue exchanged aside from Travis saying "Henry?!", almost as if he is surprised/shocked at his brother's sudden appearance. end of video id.]

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[video ID: a cut-sene from nmh1, where the protagonist, Travis Touchdown (the one in red) and his twin-brother Henry Cooldown (the one in grey/silver), are dueling in the No More Heroes Motel parking lot. Henry says the following: "But Travis, my brother... We're similar in many ways." End of video ID].

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thishasawakenedsomethinginmethaticantexplain.mp4

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local Irish assassin reads a script to play the part of a front desk receptionist to an organisation that doesn't actually exist (yet).[spoilers: it's adorable].