#also there's probably some sorta suggestive stuff on there and dark themes if i remember right so consider that a warning

[fedoraspooky]

Do you remember your sycamore blog?

Yep, that wasn't all too long ago in the grand scheme of things. XD Started that one back in college, I believe. Hyperfixation's not really there anymore but like most past ones I remember them with fondness! He was very fun to write. (Technically I was RPing as Xerneas as well, since it was an AU blog where he was secretly Xerneas larping as a human. XD)

And of course there was also the offshoot Sharkamore AU, bc I'm a sucker for baleful polymorph and monster/lab experiment AUs and I am nothing if not horrendously predictable. .w.;;

Not gonna lie I miss the days tumblr rp was still a thing, I always wanted to make an ask blog for OCs but ask culture has really fallen off since then and idk if enough people would be interested in OC stuff to begin with. ;w;

[fannishcodex]

oh no not another quickly brainstormed AU/theory that’s growing out of control

and for a new fandom: OK KO Let’s Be Heroes!

About Professor Venomous!

Okay, so I have a lot of (positive) thoughts about Prof Venomous’ first appearance in the episode “We’re Captured!”--

But the one relevant to this post is this stray thought I had about the episode.

I always wondered when Prof Venomous spots K.O. , if it’s just him realizing there’s something up and realizing a hero’s here...or if it’s also because he recognizes K.O. specifically. If there’s a connection between Prof Venomous and K.O. . And I wondered if that’s something the show subtly covers up for now with the idea that Prof Venomous in the episode plot is just finally figuring out what Lord Boxman has been trying to hide, rather than really exploring his full reaction in depth. 

(If I recall correctly, it’s also a shot of only K.O. that Venomous reacts to, not a group shot of all the heroes, K.O. , Enid and Rad together--so it could be that Venomous is at least partly reacting to K.O. -by-himself in particular.)

And given that K.O. ’s dad has been a mystery, K.O. and Prof Venomous at least have hair color more similar to each other’s than different (they both have dark hair), the trope “The Hero’s Mysterious Missing Father is the Bad Guy” is something the parody-themed show could play with--when I combined that with my thought that Prof Venomous’ reaction involved a specific recognition to K.O. himself that could imply a connection between the two, I wondered, “What if Prof Venomous is K.O. ’s missing father?”

(While still shipping Prof Venomous/Lord Boxman tbh. Prof Venomous is bi and things have been over between him and Carol for years, she’s a previous ex. Prof Venomous unattached and interested in Lord Boxman.)

I personally thought the idea was neat, and could make for a good fic--

AND THEN I SAW THE LABOR DAY PROMO FOR THE NEW KO EPISODE, AND NOW I’M EVEN MORE INCLINED TO THINK MY STRAY THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE MORE WEIGHT TO IT AS A THEORY.

The promo has:

-A voice that sounds a lot like Prof Venomous, I’m pretty sure it’s his character and voice actor.

-A lot of purple used, the color of Prof Venomous’ skin, and likely his signature/theme color.

-Silhouette figure that seems like it could resemble Prof Venomous’ own figure. (And the silhouette figure seems like it could be wearing a hood, meant to cover up features K.O. could recognize from a brief meeting, i.e. their brief interaction in “We’re Captured!”)

So that all makes me think the silhouette figure in the Labor Day promo is Prof Venomous.

And these lines from the voice that sounds a lot like Prof Venomous:

“I see something in you that no one else sees.”

Let me show you how to unleash it.”

Makes me think of my “Prof Venomous-is-K.O.’s-Missing-Mystery-Dad” theory. To me, those lines make me think of a familiarity--specifically, that Prof Venomous sees something in K.O. and he can show him how to unleash it, because Prof Venomous possesses something similar, and he knows K.O. has inherited it from him because they’re actually father and son.

It looks like K.O. ’s shadow self returns in the Labor Day promo, covered in purple too. I rewatched a clip of when K.O. first uses that shadow self from the “Face your Fears” episode, and even then it does have traces of people in its design, like a purple outline/glow around its shadow figure. It’s this dark shadow with purple that’s present before the Labor Day promo. That does suggest that it really is something already inside K.O. , and it is something Prof Venomous could show him how to unleash, rather than it’s all something Prof Venomous adds to K.O. , as I’ve seen others consider when theorizing it’s Prof Venomous in the Labor Day promo. I don’t think it’s that, I think it will mostly be that K.O. really does already have something, and Prof Venomous shows him how to unleash it. And I theorize that’s all because K.O. was born inheriting that something from his father Prof Venomous, who can show him how to unleash it because he’s more familiar with it, more experienced with what he ended up passing down to K.O. . 

More below the cut, including some headcanons I have about this idea.

Similar theorizing from YouTube [x] :

“Ok, here's a theory. About this dark side being inside of K.O doesn't makes any, as like the powers he have. As I can see, Carol's is all physical and strenth; so why his son has this kind of abillyties? Then I have the thought about K.O.'s father. Who was he? Where he is? Does K.O. has this powers because of him? Was the father a hero...? Or maybe a villian/anti-hero?“

And this:

“i think the idea of the man being K.O.'S dad is interesting. i bet its professor venomous, but it would give the plot so much more development and theories if it turned out to be his missing father. maybe ko's dad turned out to be a villian (maybe he participated in the robbery in the sandwich flash back) and carol separated from him because of it and now he's seen ko's ability and wants to teach him about his past and potential...but then again the villian is probably professor venomous“

But I really do think those ideas can be combined: the silhouette figure is K.O.’s dad, who is Professor Venomous. Prof Venomous is K.O.’s father.

Also there’s this:

“The man is his dad and he is teaching ok about some dark powers he really has. The man had those powers and now showing him the dark power. Ok will someday have control of them when he is older.

The thing inside him is the same one in the fear episode

I think the man is his dad

Then that means his dad is professor venomous”

Pretty much.

I can see Carol hiding the fact that Prof Venomous from K.O. because she thinks he’s too young. She has used “it’s a grown up thing/it’s an adult thing” as a reason to not to tell K.O. everything before.

I can even see her more positive words about K.O.’s mystery dad as something like an Obi-Wan thing, rather than an outright lie--Carol thinking of a time when Prof Venomous could have been different and someone she cared for, but he changed, and stopped being the man she cared for. 

This may go into more headcanon territory:

I think it would also be interesting to have Prof Venomous be K.O.’s father, and really play with that idea--like, I keep being entertained by the idea of this being played out in a generally deconstructive parody series that’s even sweet--that is, the fantastical setting meeting more domestic/personal themes in a way. K.O. actually building a relationship with his villain dad Prof Venomous. Prof Venomous didn’t even know K.O. existed until Lord Boxman’s dinner, he just immediately recognized the resemblance to his ex that he hasn’t seen in years and that gap of time could be as long as how old this kid seems to be, and who has dark hair like his--and, well. Prof Venomous and his suspicions confirmed, and he’s curious to see what else K.O. inherited from him. Later after some conflict, some gray happens--K.O. would like to get to know Prof Venomous as his dad, and Prof Venomous actually reciprocates, in his way. Carol and Prof Venomous talk, start to sorta reconcile enough that Carol more willing to let K.O. get to know Prof Venomous. Prof Venomous figuring Carol would have every reason for never telling him about K.O. before, and this is true for her reasoning. Carol and Prof Venomous as exes dealing with each other again because they both know they have a kid now. Fink as sorta K.O.’s adopted half sibling.

Definitely headcanon:

There really are a lot of wonderfully strange names in the show, but I also think about the joke where K.O. had to think and remember that his mom’s name is Carol, and that Carol did have a separate hero name, Silver Spark before. So thinking Prof Venomous is a separate villain name, and he does have another name, like Carol does. Headcanon that Kent Oliver is Professor Venomous’ other name, and Carol actually named K.O. after him, her son’s full name being  Kent Oliver when not written and said only as the initials K.O. Carol in her mind separates between Prof Venomous and Kent Oliver/K.O. Sr.; she cared more about Kent Oliver/K.O. Sr., she was thinking of him specifically when praising K.O.’s mystery dad before.

Pre-Prof Venomous/Kent Oliver/K.O. Sr.: Actually both similar to and different from Prof Venomous. Generally a nicer and more chill version of Prof Venomous before. A combination of “grown up stuff” and just generally drifting apart and changing priorities/beliefs resulted in his separation from Carol, taking on the name Prof Venomous and his villain career.

Part of what happened with Prof Venomous is why Carol seems to have pretty much stepped away from hero-and-villain industry and isn’t directly or officially involved anymore, and is more devoted to raising K.O. to be kind and thoughtful.

Carol and Prof Venomous have known each other since they were kids, and their relationship then had similarities to K.O. and Dendy’s relationship today.

K.O. very much takes after Carol the most. He only has dark hair and some abilities from Prof Venomous.

K.O.’s hair may spike at the tips a little more like Prof Venomous’ hair.

Prof Venomous’ enthusiasm for villainy and fighting heroes may be similar to K.O.’s enthusiasm for heroics and fighting villains. Prof Venomous still in villain-hero biz while Carol’s retired; and K.O. is just starting in the biz. Prof Venomous and K.O. could have more to talk about what’s currently going on in the villain-hero biz.

Carol and Prof Venomous are forever exes and are never getting back together. Prof Venomous is bi and is interested in Lord Boxman now.

Prof Venomous may have a type--drawn to a passionate fighting spirit that Boxman and Carol have.

Mr. Gar and Prof Venomous were never romantic rivals for Carol’s affections. Prof Venomous was aware of and neutral over Gar’s infatuation with Carol. Gar always a true gentleman and never tried to cause waves in the relationship between Carol and Prof Venomous. Now as Carol’s ex, Prof Venomous takes some pleasure in teasing Gar about his crush on Carol.

K.O. really wants to get along with Fink too. Fink is more grumpy over this revelation about her Boss’ personal and family life.

This is all a theory I enjoy, and canon may make it a completely fun AU come Labor Day. I’ll see soon enough.