#Gregory's closest and possibly ONLY friend. the only true connection he still has in the outside world.

[monty-glasses-roxy]

Hold on something's just hit me.

If everyone in the Plex were to believe that Gregory dropped Cassie at the end of Ruin to keep himself from being found, whether he did it or not, wouldn't that make Roxy to one most able to understand him?

As Mimic's guard dog, surely she would know the lengths you have to go through to keep that fucker trapped. A whole team of Raceway construction workers went straight to their deaths down there. Roxy won't let the Raceway be repaired and re-opened in order to keep people safe. She's probably been able to see Mimic and its victims through the floor this entire time, she knows what it can do and what it's done, even if she doesn't know the full extent of it.

She's willing to sacrifice her Raceway and Salon to keep people from finding Mimic. Her pride and joys, basically her whole reason for being built in the first place. They're not worth the risk to her.

Whether Gregory sacrificed Cassie to keep Mimic trapped or not, surely Roxy would realise some sort of similarity. She may think doing that to Cassie was too far, she may think he's a monster for even considering it and she may feel as though nothing could justify what he did... But there's a part of her that gets it. The absolute terror that comes at the slightest possibility that Mimic could escape. She gets that sacrifices have to made, fuck she's made those sacrifices herself. She would never have sacrificed someone for this, that's why she ran headfirst at Mimic instead of just sealing the exits again, but there could be that tiny little part of her that feels the need to constantly to remind her that Gregory was trying to do the same thing she was.

The key difference here, is that if Gregory had done it, it would fall in line with almost everything else we've seen him do. The sacrifices he makes, are of other people, and not himself. He sacrificed Roxy, Chica and Monty to upgrade Freddy for his safety and possibly the safety of Vanessa. If he also dropped Cassie, then he's once again sacrificing someone else for the sake of his own safety. Not like he has that much else to lose, but I'm drawing comparisons here.

Roxy on the other hand, sacrifices herself. She sacrificed her Raceway and her Salon for the benefit of both herself and others. Unlike Gregory finding himself in a hopeless situation and hurting others to get out of it, Roxy was given this job (probably) and chose to give up what little she has in the world to keep the situation from happening. Even when Cassie deactivates her and ends up face to face with Mimic, Roxy jumps straight at it to buy her time to escape which could have easily killed her.

So now you have Roxy, who unfortunately does understand Gregory's choice to drop Cassie (if she believes he did it which yeah she probably does) but has absolutely no sympathy for him. She couldn't care less about him. There's potentially a fearful little voice in her head that she's the same as Gregory that fuels her anger towards him even more. She hasn't ever sacrificed someone else to keep the Mimic at bay and she's been doing it for fuck knows how long, what gives Gregory a free pass? Maybe if he hadn't stolen her fucking eyes she would have been able to stop the whole thing from getting that far anyway!

I'm not saying this to frame Gregory as a villain or anything. I don't think he dropped Cassie and I still think it was entirely Freddy's fault for what happened to the others in SB. I just think this is interesting from a character stand point. The one person that could understand the choices they've made to keep Mimic from escaping is each other, but they're both too hateful of each other for it to affect anything... If they were ever to settle their differences, I think it would have to start here. The only common ground they share, is the one thing no one else does.

But Gregory didn't even fucking do it so I bet that goes well lmao

[cheslock]

Cheslock Headcanons and Theories

The way Cheslock dresses and speaks is enough to suggest that he isn’t of very high birth, but what really sealed the deal for me is when Cheslock and Edward are at Sphere Music Hall and Cheslock has to explain to Edward that music halls are for the common people, and afterwards kindof mutters “What a rich kid” implying that he himself is not rich. 

So, if he’s not a rich kid or of high birth, how on earth could he afford to attend Weston? My theory is that he received a scholarship for his incredible music talents. It’s possible that many students in Violet Wolf may be in a similar situation to Cheslock, talented but perhaps not noble or rich. 

Additionally, I believe Cheslock does not have a very good relationship with his family. When the June 4th events came about and Weston students were exceptionally allowed to invite their families to campus for the cricket tournament and the celebrations, no one came for Cheslock. His family didn’t show. He’s just shown with Violet in both the reception and the match itself while others have their families waiting for them on the sidelines. And when he bowls with the Purple Burnout he immediately turns to Violet for his approval instead of some family member.

I believe Cheslock is an incredibly honest individual. He says what he thinks without holding back. Sometimes his thoughts may come off as pretty rude, but that is the price of total honesty. His honest nature also shows itself in the way he presents his aesthetic. He doesn’t try to conform to the strict expectations of Victorian society at the time, and instead stays true to himself with his style of hair and makeup and dress.

Many people in the fandom believe that Cheslock’s scar isn’t real, but is instead a part of his aesthetic and that he draws it on with makeup every day. Their support for this is that he’s later shown without the scar in certain panels, such as formal events like Sphere Music Hall. I’m personally torn on this one, when I first heard the theory it threw me off because I always believed it to be real myself. My first instinct was to say, well, Yana makes mistakes in panels sometimes, she often forgets Vincent’s mole, and even Undertaker is occasionally shown without his scar. So personally I believe that the scar is real and that it came from an abusive home life. But, if I go with the common theory and say, okay maybe Cheslock’s scar is drawn on... My headcanon in this instance is that it’s only partially fake. Perhaps, he has a small scar from his home life, and then extends it with makeup as both a way to cover up for it, and also a way to kindof reclaim it for himself.

I imagine he doesn’t like talking about his scar much, or gets annoyed with people constantly asking him about it, so he starts making up nonsense to get people to leave him alone. While he’s honest, he’s not the type of person to tell random people about his Tragic Backstory™. He’s friendly but he only opens up to his closest friends, as most people would do. 

I believe Cheslock’s love of music comes largely from his bad home life. Of course it’s not uncommon for people to just simply love music because, well, it’s music, but I find that most often the people who are really passionate about music is because it helped them get through difficult times. I believe Cheslock finds escape and catharsis in music, in addition to simply loving the intricacies of the patterns and how creative you can be with it. There would be times even at Weston when he had a rough day so he’d just go off alone to play somewhere away from people to make himself feel better.

So what do you get when you take a kid with a bad home life, an unusual sense of style that would be frowned upon by society, and an incredible talent for music, and put him in a school full of rich kids? For one, I believe Violet Wolf, and especially Gregory Violet himself became somewhat of a pseudo-family for Cheslock. Finally, people who are similar to him and accept him as he is and share his passions! That is an incredibly invaluable thing to find and I believe that’s largely what leads him to become Violet’s fag and eventually prefect himself. His love for this new family is genuine. Why else would a rebellious punk willingly become a Prefect’s fag, or be an upstanding enough student to gain the role of Prefect?

And yet he hates the other dorms so much. This could partially be just because of competitiveness and team loyalty, but also going off of my headcanon about him getting a schollarship and my theory about him not being rich, there would be somewhat of a divide between him and the other students. Where Violet Wolf would have accepted him with open arms, the other students at Weston likely had very different reactions. Students still think Violet Wolf is largely full of weirdos, and then so many of the kids there were likely forced into attending by their wealthy family. I imagine that someone like Cheslock who likely got in through means other than wealth or status, may have initially resented the other kids who seemed ungrateful for something he may have wanted so badly. Of course, after the events at the end of the Weston arc and then working with the other houses so closely in the P5, and especially his closeness with the other Prefects and fags, I imagine his distate for other houses has lessened somewhat. 

Which brings us to Edward Midford, heir to the Midford Estate and future Marquis. Honorable and respectable and always following the rules and his family’s teachings. He and Cheslock probably hated each other at first, but then gradually grew close as both being Prefect’s fags. Now days their bickering is mostly just an example of how close they are. After all, why would they willingly spend so much time together if their fighting was truly genuine? I believe they also can tell the difference between play anger and when the other is legitimately upset, and know when to back off when they notice a change. In fact, I think behind closed doors where no one can judge them, sometimes they can share private things just like any close friends would. That is, before getting embarrassed and turning back to being tsundere again. Of course, with Edward being heir to a marquisate and the expectations that he’d eventually produce heirs of his own, he’d have a real struggle with accepting any kind of homosexual urges, not to mention Victorian views on that at the time and his family reputation at stake. It’s still yet to be seen in the manga what will happen with that, perhaps they stay friends, or perhaps they find a way to be together. But regardless of outcome, Cheslock absolutely is gay for Ed, and their connection is mutually beneficial for the both of them, with Edward grounding Cheslock’s wild nature a bit, and Cheslock helping Ed break out of his shell a bit more and maybe even gain more confidence in himself.