#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .��
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new game, but it's literally arranging headcanons about your muse in an iceberg meme ( least to most obscure ) format.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( i made this at 2am last night so i might as well post it SKBDKFJ )#( i think like 70% of these are totally incomprehensible to anyone who doesn't exist inside my brainrotted little mind )#( anyway!! i'm off today so i'm going to write ✨)
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ren would probably name the STRAY CATS that follow him around.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( birthday art got me thinking (it's beautiful i've stared at this for five hours now) )#( he's always very careful to give them meaningful names )#( they're all unique and he remembers + recognizes every single one no matter how long it's been )#( does he tell other people what their names are?? no )
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i think the fact that ren tends to keep a relatively indifferent-seeming outer shell acts as a smokescreen that conceals just how WEIRD he really is. like make no mistake, this man earned that wandering eccentric title. his manner of speech tends to veer very soft and deadpan — but the WORDS he's actually saying are blunt at best and tasteless at worst. his preferred way of entering a building is through the nearest window. when he's described as pragmatic, he really is pragmatic to the extreme — he will do violent or strange or just plain morally questionable things, but he does them with the unhesitating diligence of one who believes it's entirely justified. not even in the sense that he's knowingly committing a necessary evil, either. he's very good at replicating human behavior and mentally he's close to human — but then there are these moments when he does or says something completely alien. he doesn't have the flippant personality of an immortal who experiences decades in the blink of an eye, but he is an incredibly impressionable being effectively left to marinate in the worst horrors the world has to offer for LIFETIMES on end. if you're very close with him, he'll obliviously drop little crumbs of trauma like he's talking about what he did over the weekend.
also his personality is just plain strange? he has knowledge of the fake sky, of the world's hidden ( disturbing ) secrets but that isn't important right now because he has an essay to write. he's effectively a demigod but his weakness is bugs. he picks up weird hobbies out of boredom and drops them just as quickly. he speaks in double meanings and lies by omission — but he rarely lies OUTRIGHT. he will walk away mid-conversation if it's no longer interesting. ( or if you happen to take your eyes off of him for more than a minute. ) he's horribly awkward. he would unironically set the world on fire to keep kazuha warm. he has sopping wet cat energies that makes every elderly person in a fifty mile radius immediately start treating him like their grandson. he used to chomp seashells and rocks before he learned they were allegedly inedible.
he's good at hiding it, but don't be fooled by the aloof exterior. ren is a huge weirdo.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( you talk to him for a few minutes and you'll probably think he's pretty abrasive but otherwise Just Some Guy )#( but the more you get to know him the more you realize he's actually a little freak (affectionate) ™️ you know?? )
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old modernverse was ren becoming a streamer as an allegory for followers of a social media personality being akin to followers of a god — with a deconstruction of both parasocial relationships and relying on the attention of anonymous strangers to fulfill one's need for validation. ( even at the cost of personal comfort, privacy and reducing oneself to a product. )
new modernverse is just ❝ mom didn't love me so i invested in bitcoin ❞ with a side of that awkward moment when the criminals you agree to work for turn out to actually be criminals doing criminal things and faking your own death is easier than handing in a resignation notice.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#𝟎𝟏𝟕 : 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘳𝘺. ◟ v. modern .◝#( i'll write out a proper verse summary once i play around w/ it a bit more & get a feel for it but that's the tl;dr version. )#( i still like the original idea + themes behind the old blog's modern au but i want to lean more into ren's moral ambiguity this time --#and actually incorporate the fatui / more parallels to his canon storyline. )
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ren and scara are both fussy little neat freaks, and i think to a degree it's just one of those qualities baked into the most basic iteration of his personality. his base code. ( the kabukimono also has these tendencies — but he's considerably nicer about it. ) he cannot stand clutter and messiness. in clothing, in living spaces. his subordinates would be punished SEVERELY for tracking snow and dirt into his office. if your shirt is unbuttoned, if your hair is unbrushed, if your face is dirty, he's going to nag you about it like a disappointed mother. ren in particular is incredibly protective over his clothing and will go to extra lengths to keep them clean and pristine because it's much more inconvenient for him to REPLACE them — but even scaramouche will get irritated if you have the audacity to bleed on him.
it just irks him severely, and he's long since given up trying to make sense of it. if anything, he thinks he's in the right.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( in the same breath ren also doesn't brush his own hair & spends most of his time hanging out in the woods )#( it's the depression )
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i think it's a funny reoccurring joke that ren is very quick to correct people when they call kazuha anything other than his fiancé — especially because he's stated multiple times marriage doesn't really hold the same significance to him that it does for an ordinary person. he genuinely does want to marry kazuha, but big celebrations really aren't to his liking — and neither is being pushed into the spotlight. he's still more than willing to put up with it because he loves kazuha and he wants to officially share his last name. ( which unsurprisingly holds a considerable amount of symbolism for him. ) however, ren specifically goes out of his way to remind people that kazuha is his fiancé ( not his husband or boyfriend or anything else for that matter ) because he KNOWS that it's noteworthy to him, specifically. even if he isn't present for the conversation at hand, even if ren doesn't have any personal connection to marriage as a concept. this thing is important to kazuha and so he'll do everything he can to ensure it's handled properly.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#kaehdeh#( i cannot possibly overstate the degree to which he is ride or die for kazuha )#( but suffice to say it's very fortunate for everyone that kazoo is such a kind person )
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it's a small thing only i will probably spend an inordinate amount of time brainrotting over, but i purposefully changed the color used in ren's formatting not only to match with his new graphics but also as a sign of character growth. because i AM a huge sucker for development and he IS gradually healing — and i love the idea of his colors shifting accordingly from those dusty, desaturated hues to royal blue and gold.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( i still love the old palette. i'm just very soft about his ''main'' colors becoming more saturated in alignment w/ his development )#( like he's breaking out of the trauma / depression fog & learning how to appreciate life again. )#( i adore every version of the menace & i've been on the scaramouche train since unreconciled stars )#( but i am always a sucker for stories about deeply flawed characters healing even if they have to be dragged into it kicking & screaming )#( & ren scratches that itch in my brain perfectly )
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i have headcanons from my old blog queued to post up until mid-december, but i'm pretty sure i never got around to writing one about ren's bodysuit? ( because i spend way too much time brainrotting over miniscule details. )
it's made of a sheer / semi-transparent material, hence why the markings tracing his body are visible through it. they're best compared to ley lines — in the sense that they're a network of elemental energy flowing through his body, hence why they glow when ren calls upon his anemo. ( think of them almost like the wires inside of a machine. ) they only became visible after dottore unsealed his power; scaramouche's attire was entirely opaque and kept them concealed. even so, they still glowed purple beneath his clothing whenever he used electro.
it's not immediately apparent, but most of ren's bodysuit is actually backless. there's an opening that spans roughly below his shoulders to the middle of his back — that's how he REMOVES it. there are no buttons or zippers; it's a stretchy fabric, kind of like a very durable spandex. the opening also allows easier access to what i like to call his usb ports — or the places where he was plugged into his robot, which effectively serve the same purpose.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( fairly short headcanon but SKJKS it occurred to me i didn't actually have a post on this )#( i could literally make an iceberg chart on weird ren lore cooked up by my cursed little brain )#( this is not a flex this is a cry for help )
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i just think it's very funny that the one “major” disagreement kazuha and ren have in their entire relationship is NOT over any of ren's past atrocities ... but rather the fact that kazuha has a sword he thinks is plain and ugly and ren won't stop pestering him to replace it. ( he won't. )
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#kaehdeh#( they are so silly )#( ren's hatred for the fish blade is eternal )#( he's a weapon snob if he could have allergies he would be allergic to it )
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scaramouche does his whole teleporting schtick pretty flawlessly ( though it isn't actually teleporting so much as he is turning himself into electricity like an alternate sprint ) but i've always liked to imagine there was a time when that WASN'T the case — and when he was first growing accustomed to it, he definitely smacked into a walls / trees / furniture / etc. or he would return to his normal form and trip over his own feet from the momentum. he will NEVER actually acknowledge that era of figuring out how his power worked, but it happened and it was embarrassing.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( it gives off the impression of teleporting bc he's literally moving as fast as lightning )#( it's equally good for offense and defense because he's not only intangible but trying to touch him will actually harm you )#( & it's especially useful because the flash tends to disorientate people )#( the only reason why ren can't do the same thing w/ anemo is bc i'm worried he'd be too broken SKJVDKS )#( he's trying to figure it out though )
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my favorite ongoing theme with most of my scaramouche interactions ( on here and on the old blog ) is how he has a horrific knack for making everyone around him WORSE. he's a toxic influence to such a degree, you could argue it's practically LITERAL — as if his mere presence is somehow poisonous. if you associate with him, he will break you and leave you an objectively worse person. the only difference is what form it takes; whether by literally breaking you or simply manipulating you into stooping to his level. ( or both. ) he is so malicious and spiteful and angry at the world that he has to make everyone just as miserable as he is. he has been shown life is tragedy and betrayal and he will FORCE YOU to share in his perspective. he will normalize those atrocities.
scaramouche is legitimately just the personification of hurt people hurt people. and make no mistake — his own trauma doesn't make his own actions any less inexcusable. it's just awfully telling how he's always purposefully perpetuating this cycle of cruelty because he cannot stand being alone in his suffering.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( ren is my favorite but scaramouche just fascinates me )#( i love love writing him so much my favorite horrible little guy )
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rolling around the idea that when he sustains severe injuries, there's a chance you may actually glimpse tiny flashes of electro emanating from the wound as ren's body acts to repair the damage. it doesn't happen often — only in situations wherein the trauma is extensive enough to expose his inner workings. visually, it isn't unlike sparks shooting from a malfunctioning machine.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#body horror tw#( ironically it's actually a good thing because it means he is healing from the wounds )#( it's like the opposite of him bleeding purple )#( ren bleeding purple = his internal power source has been damaged and the bleeding needs to be stopped immediately )#( ren fizzling like purple pop rocks = everything is working as intended )#( on another note!! hi hello i've been training at a new job for the past couple weeks and i'm FINALLY done tomorrow!! )#( so i should have much more time to write moving forward!! )
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listen, ren ABSOLUTELY knows how to be sneaky and pick locks — but i am perpetually delighted by the mental image of him calmly kicking the door from its hinges or tearing off the handle because he isn't in the mood to bother with SUBTLETY.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( picking the lock is a deliberate choice. he's practically being polite. )#( he's saving your door. )#( but he is terrifyingly strong enough to just yoink it off the hinges if he feels so inclined )
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i made a post early on in this blog's lifespan about how ren would occasionally have these moments where the grief became overwhelming, when the anger and shame would grow too violent to control — and his usual coping mechanism would be to go somewhere very isolated and SELF DESTRUCT. scream. cry. reduce trees to splinters. an ugly, ugly, ugly outburst that feels more akin to the tantrum of a child gifted incredible ( and dangerous ) power. there is so much pain inside of him that he doesn't know how to process in a healthy manner — that he has never been TAUGHT how to process in a healthy manner, and the only way he knows how to vent his frustrations is by turning those destructive feelings outward.
i like to run my blog with a sense of continuity and story progression. time doesn't stay stagnant; interactions and relationships will influence my muse going forward, other characters may occasionally be mentioned in threads they don't appear in. all this to say, i'd like to think over the past year, ren has slowly come to a point where he doesn't have these outbursts anymore — or if he does, they've become so rare that they're more isolated incidents than a pattern of BEHAVIOR. he is still hurting. he is still learning how to forgive himself. he is still unraveling the mess inside his head and trying to figure out how to live with the ghosts of all the people he's wronged. but he has learned at least how to take it one day at a time and sometimes even allow himself to enjoy tiny things while ignoring the voice that tells him he doesn't deserve it. he's created genuine relationships despite kicking and screaming in PROTEST all the while.
it hasn't been constant improvement; he's relapsed back into old habits and sabotaged himself at every turn — but little by little, he is getting better. even if he only inches along in these infinitesimally small increments, he's still in a HEALTHIER PLACE than he was a year ago and it's just very sweet to see. ren may not believe it, but he's healing.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( i was thinking about that ask & yes he is still very much not okay but he's like .2% more okay than he was a year ago )#( it's still an improvement and he has a very long time to continue getting better )
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scaramouche actually respected the other harbingers ( and most of his associates in the fatui, for that matter ) so little he DELIBERATELY went out of his way not to learn most of their actual names.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( brought this up in dms & i thought i should probably post this here )#( it ties into how names are so important to him. what name he uses for you depends on how he feels about you / how much he respects you. )#( it gets particularly absurd when you remember his memory is basically perfect )#( so he will either purposefully endeavor never to learn it or pretend that he doesn't recognize it )#( remembering a name is a right you need to earn in his eyes. being referred to by a name is a right you need to earn. )#( learning his name is a right you need to earn. )#( scaramouche rolling up to the banquet like ''wow i don't respect literally any of you people.'' )#( you're not an equal you're whatever rank you have and maaaybe he'll vaguely acknowledge your codename when it's convenient )#( anything else is a reward for good behavior. don't get used to it. )
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a small detail i always get a little soft about is the fact that ren didn't actually realize blue was his favorite color until AFTER irminsul spat him out with his wanderer look ( because the entire outfit is a manifestation of his subconscious clothing preferences ) and now he secretly gets a tiny bit excited whenever he has the option to pick "the blue thing" in any given situation.
#𝟎𝟎𝟒 : 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. ◟ hc .◝#( he gets a teeny tiny crumb of serotonin like ''oh! this is the thing i like!'' )#( because he's struggled to see himself as a living thing for so long --#and an object doesn't need to have pointless preferences like a favorite color )#( but the more he drifts out of that mindset the more he learns things about himself that he never actually realized. )#( i just think it's sweet )
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