#I still buy Local Man Decides to Go Feral as an explanation tho

[drkineildwicks]

I’m having a thought

So as I see it there’s two (2) explanations for the stripes in Obake’s hair

One is the simple straightforward explanation, that he dyes it in like the punk-goth gremlin he is

BUT

The other one comes from hairdressing knowledge (which I get secondhand from my hairdressing Mom, but stay with me)

Severe brain trauma can cause hair near the affected area to significantly lighten

Now, Obake has dark hair, which would be a very dark brown since true black doesn’t actually exist in hair color without being artificially darkened

And we see in the photos of him at SFIT that his hair was brown, so it probably darkened because this man seriously needs to spend some time outside BUT

Dark brown would lighten to brown, then red, then orange, then yellow, then white

And where Baymax says the brain trauma is...is about where those two stripes would grow out of

Now not that I’m saying I actually buy the brain trauma explanation for Obake’s actions because it’s pretty clear he’s perfectly aware of his actions and personally I buy the explanation of Local man turns thirty and decides to start causing problems on purpose because minus the mass death and destruction mood

And I sincerely doubt anyone involved with the design was aware of this and probably went for the Aesthetic but...this is also the same group who named the Season 2 baddies after a witch in The Tempest, which Professor Knox quotes and with amara possibly meaning everlasting so...maybe???

If it’s intentional, it’s interesting

I still prefer feral gremlin approach tho