#ask the subcon snatcher

[tiramegtoons]

Hey snatcher! Bet you can't drink a bottle of soda in under a minute.

[hatgame]

ive probeely (new way to say probably) said this before but your snatcher art makes me so happy cuz i used to selfship w him CRAZY in 2019.... memories....

TY for enjoying!!!

[subcon-havoc]

*intro post!*

So the dwellers have introduced me to this.. Tumblr thing.. Well it's a weirder way of getting souls.. GO ON.. ASK ME.. and the dwellers.. Anything... just sign the contact a

On that.. Button.. Thing

(No NSFW and all the usual stuff of a ask blog rule list is here..

(Also you can ask snatcher and the dwellers stuff from outside their universe..

Also *this text style is the dwellers answering!*

[aethergate]

Which of your muses is the most likely to murder someone just to prove a point?

Snatcher. Definitely Snatcher. He'll kill and eat peoples souls for just wandering into his woods or doing a chore incorrectly, so he'd absolutely murder someone just to prove a point. Murder is a casual hobby at this point.

[zunckerz]

💜👻ghostbolt masterpost⚡️🧡

…kinda, this is more-so a general informative background post on this rarepair as someone who considers himself a ghostbolt enthusiast!

i want to get over my intense fear of interaction and become more involved in the fandom, so this is my exposure therapy. i’d also like to begin feeling comfortable posting AUs or just AHiT ideas in general and be able to converse freely with the community all around!

i’m unsure if ghostbolt counts as an AU in particular but regardless i’d love to answer any asks or questions people have after this post about the ship, whether they be negative or positive i just want to be able to get people interested in these lads.

so without further ado, click that read more and feast your eyes upon this concoction of a crackship.

Q: what IS ghostbolt???

A: i’m glad you asked little disembodied voice in my head i’m using for this post. ghostbolt is the ship name for snatcher, the silly ghost from subcon forest, and thor, a cut a hat in time character!

thor, (man pictured towards the right) is a cut character from AHiT who was initially meant as a helpful NPC who’d invent gadgets and hats for hat kid!

thor would briefly be cut with the removal of sands n sails, but remains in the game as an ice statue in vanessa’s manor, as seen below.

as for the name; much of the shipping conventions for AHiT ships come from attributes of the characters in question.

discotrain for dj grooves who loves disco, while conductor loves his train

subway sandwich for empress whose world resides on a city built around the subway, whereas cooking cat is a chef, hence the sandwich— you get the gist

ghost comes from snatcher and bolt derives from thor’s affinity for inventing, but it can also refer to literal lightning bolts since his name is THOR, god of thunder.

Q: …WHY?

A: thor definitely isn’t anyone’s first choice when it comes to shipping snatcher with someone. so how did i even come up with this.

truth is, i didn’t. my friend @dolcemeli9 did!

my friend back in 2022 of march would create this monumental crackship art of snatcher and thor.

i saw it and thought it was the funniest thing ever. but it was honestly very charming to me regardless of how random of a pairing it was.

it didn’t take long until i began to brainstorm ideas for the two, eventually leading me to the concrete set in stone path of ghostboltism.

Q: how would ghostbolt work in canon AHiT or current game?

A: because of AHiT’s very vague timeframe, i like to leave it up for interpretation for when i just want to write for the both of them.

but i’m more favorable to thor just being 28-29 or so and meeting snatcher during the events of the base game, and possibly dying soon so him and snatcher can be ghosts together!

if i’m writing based around their chemistry being stronger, i typically make thor someone snatcher knew as the prince, so there isn’t an insane gap and the two can have a friends to lovers sorta ordeal.

though generally it’s very loose and up to interpretation depending on what headcanons or stories i want to write :)

Q: what’s their general dynamic?

A: very much standoffish x curious but stubborn.

i personally characterize thor as someone who is well meaning but can be very egotistical as well as rely on impulse; kinda the opposite to snatcher who thinks more logically (when not under pressure) and tries to be more “proper” if that makes sense.

i think snatcher learning to be vulnerable and thor learning to not freak out at that vulnerability is one of the aspects of their relationship i love most.

I don’t think it’s all hunky dory the moment the two get together and they definitely argue even more but i think them slowly appreciating each other more and beginning to find those flaws endearing is one of the sweetest things about them, at least how i imagine them!

that about wraps up the general questions i thought of in my head that would be good to answer

if anyone is curious or just wants to ask me more about why i love this ship, please don’t feel afraid to send me asks or questions!

i’d love love love it if i could even get people curious or just interested in knowing more, but if not that’s okay too!

you’re more than welcome to just enjoy the general AHiT art i make, i just thought i’d make a post about ghostbolt since late may marks my official anniversary of posting them here for the first time hehe

[missmiseryguts]

If you're still thinkin about swap subcon can I ask what would replace the shadow puppet outfit from death wish since it's not snatcher anymore like would it be the same name but more vanessa adjacent or something similar with a new name and vibe

ACTUALLY LMAO! This was already done when I first posted Baroness! @ashfluffys designed an outfit for her called 'Witch's apprentice'!

But I thought, since I got the ask, and since Mu has had a redesign since then, why not try make another witch's apprentice design! SO!!! HERES MY TAKE AT IT! :D

TYSM for the ask! AND ONCE AGAIN CREDIT TO ASH FOR THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT!!! I hope this one is good :D

[hotpinkboots]

heyooo, how about uh—🍰🍰

snatcher x overly affectionate gender neutral reader who's love language is physical touch and they're pretty clingy tbh, cannot keep their stupid hands off the ghost's fluff lmao

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・୨ ✦ ୧・| Snatcher x Affectionate!GN!Reader

A/N: THIS IS SO CUTE AUGHHH 👏👏👏 Ty for the request :D

Warning(s): None!

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~He's a stupid idiot spaghetti noodle who thinks he hates affection. So much to where he brushes it off entirely. But the moment you leave, he's left wondering:

"What the peck was THAT?"

~It's no surprise that Snatcher hasn't felt happy about another person's touch in ages. The last person who attempted to touch him out of curiosity ended up with their head missing. Somewhere. The body's still walking around. No one knows how that works.

~...But he felt somewhat happy about your touch. You managed to get yourself a front row seat (his lap) to a book of HIS CHOICE ONLY (...your favorite book. He agreed to read your favorite book to you.), and in doing so, you also managed to bury your hands forearm-deep into his messy fluff when you were distracted during his reading session.

~His fluff is the type of soft where it feels like it's hardly even there and you have to keep petting to feel it. It's ghostly, smooth, somehow slightly rubbery at the same time if you're just petting the surface, and if you squint, you can even see your own hands through it (ghost logic).

~Snatcher stopped reading for a moment. Like a feral cat that had just felt soft human touch for the first time, he muttered something incoherent under his breath, before realizing what exactly was happening.

He snatched your hands away.

"HEY! HELLO! TOUCHING WITHOUT ASKING! THAT'S RUDE, AND- ALRIGHT, READING TIME IS OVER. SCRAM!"

Suddenly, you had been picked up by the back of your shirt and placed onto the ground. You went home as he had demanded, since you couldn't hang around in Subcon without him (that would be boring). Whoops.

~But then he started overthinking it. When was the last time someone touched him gently the way you did? He couldn't recall. Then he got angry at his own fuzzy feelings and ignored you for a bit.

~But not for long. Later, he approached you from behind and gave you a surprise noogie. Aggressively messing up your hair from behind.

"SEE? NOT SO FUN, NOW IS IT?!" He cackled.

You laughed.

Snatcher's hand dropped. You laughed harder at his disbelief. Then, you lifted your hands and approached him. He snorted.

"WHAT? YOU LOOK RIDICULOUS. PUT THOSE DOWN!" He protested as though he were a living human being approached with a knife. Over dramatic fool. How easy it would've been for Snatcher to shove you away, fly away, or straight up poof out of the area- but no. He stayed. Cornered up against a tree by his lover, who was half his size, or even smaller.

He complained all day, but didn't stop you from loving on him for hours.

~After that, Snatcher was much more open with affection. Sometimes he'd even initiate it! Not that he didn't still grumble about it. Something about "keeping up his fear factor".

~He melts inside when you touch him.

~~~

~Love, HotPinkBoots

[return-of-the-queen-au]

Just thought of the funniest level mod for a hat in time

Disclaimer, if this ends up actually being a thing it'll probably take LOTS of effort and I'll kiss whoever did it because I can't code or make levels for shit

But imagine. You know those mods that have multiple levels? Okay that, but pre disaster subcon.

like we get multiple levels where we get to interact with the people of subcon, the guards, the flower girl, the town folks and even get inside the manor without worrying about a crazy ice monster killing us.

And the levels are just more silly versions of the normal levels we have of subcon.

(Obviously the interpretation of the characters are my versions, but obviously I don't mind seeing how others see things.)

Contractual obligations:

We meet the prince and he greets us right before entering subcon. He notices that we're a foreigner and that we're looking for a specific object. He says he hasn't personally seen 'em, and that he'll help you find them by checking places we can't go in, but days to ask people around to see if they did see the time piece.

And it turns into us doing various (and really easy) tasks for the townsfolk, while also knowing some lore which is just them talking about what's happening rn and their personal lives.

in the end, we get this kid going to us saying he found this hourglass shining and that he noticed we were looking for it, so he gives it to us.

The subcon well: apparently there's some problems in the well, it's clogged and everyone is annoyed about it.

as we go around, the prince jumpscares us by popping out from somewhere (probably an ally or something like that.) doing the iconic snatcher "WHY HELLOOOOO THERE! you didn't forget about me, did ya?"

Before he says anything, he apologies for scaring us. He says how it was really just a prank he found funny. He giggles about it.

But either way, he needs our help.

He noticed how we were really helpful with his subjects and he thought he could ask us a favor to help him too.

he rambles about how he would have made us sign a contract but since we're a kid, he has to stick with shakes of hands and pinky promises.

Then he tells us how the well, or any of them in subcon, are clogged and it's bothering everyone. Especially Vanessa because the well is connected to the pipes in the manor and now they're clogged too (and Vanessa can't take a hot shower and she hates it.)

So he's asking us to help unclog the well (and the pipes) so everyone is happy.

"Normally" he would have asked an actual plumber, not a random kid who is ALSO a foreigner, but for some reason none of them are available and there's no way he's touching the well any time soon. It's too dirty in his opinion.

anyway, the level is similar to the original one from this point, we get the time piece from unclogging everything.

Mail delivery service:

Once again with the prince scaring us to death at random when we start exploring the place.

he apologies again, but not for the scare but because he's asking us again to do stuff. Yes he laughs again at hat kid getting scared.

This time he complains about how literally no one is available and that he bets he soon will have to ask you for your help again.

but this time he has a good offer.

We have to deliver some letters and packages (but this time it's dlc style where we have to deliver under a timer.)

He says that if we do him this little favor he'll give us a time piece he found in a random bush around the manor.

Once we're done, he thanks us, saying how he really needs to hire a new mail man because the last one has gone *poof* for some reason he doesn't know either.

Toilet of doom:

the public bathroom is acting funny. we notice because there's a line with way too many people that passes through the entire town.

once we reach the end (or start.) of the line we see two guards.

When we go talk to them they sound worried, saying how they've been waiting for the guy in there to come out so the others can use the bathroom but guy has been there for HOURS.

They tried asking both the queen and prince but both said they refuse to go near that bathroom, they think it's too filthy (and smelly. Especially smelly.)

when we go and reach for the bathroom door to open it, you struggle and it doesn't open. So we beat it up with the umbrella until it opens and a boss fight happens.

it's pretty much the toilet of doom boss fight but we see everyone around us occasional complaining about the smell.

Queen Vanessa's manor:

Vanessa centric level! We don't see the prince in here.

We basically get asked by two guards to go to the manor because the queen wants to see us, and so we do.

We get all vibes of the queen being some cold hearted dictator and when we enter we head the famous "WHO GOES THERE?!" From Vanessa.

We don't run (because we can't) and when we see Vanessa come in we see the pre monster Vanessa, who immediately recognizes us and goes "oh hello there!!!!! You're the foreigner my dear prince told me about!!!! The one who helped my subject and was kind enough to.....unclog that disgusting bathroom..."

In general, we see Vanessa as some really sweet and kind woman. She even offers us cookies (that aren't poisoned!)

We talk to her for a bit and then she tells us that she asked us to come over because she needed help.

the entire manor is a MESS and normally she would just ask her maids to help her clean, but they would take too long because the manor is big, and she needs the manor squeaky clean because the prince is coming back soon from his studies abroad. (Which is why we don't see him on this level)

So the task is to once again go around the manor, but instead of hiding from Vanessa, we clean around. (There can be maids around, like 2-3. Definitely looking the same or maybe the only difference is the hair.)

Anyway, just like in the og, we can snoop around Vanessa's diary and we get the time piece in the attic.

The final boss fight/your contract has expired: basically right after the whole misunderstanding mess.

We see everyone frozen and the manor doors open.

Stealth little game as we roam around with Vanessa (very angrily) looking for people and crying about the prince cheating on her.

We have the choice to go to the cellar and see the prince freezing there, we can't talk to him but if we're quiet enough we can hear him sniffle and quietly cry.

Anyway!! Once we reach the second floor we see Vanessa and there's this whole chasing part until we go out of the manor. From there we start getting chased AGAIN until we just run away completely from subcon.

The storybook from the time rift will probably be town folks centric during the whole disaster, we see the flower girl and any character we helped in the first level and how they ended up (likely dead and frozen.)

[luckyartdoll]

I gotta ask, what is everyone’s headcanon that explains how Snatcher was a prince when Vanessa was clearly the main ruler of Subcon, since she was the one who got coronated immediately after her mother - whom we can assume was the previous queen - died. There can only be one royal family per kingdom, after all.

One idea is that he’s the prince of another kingdom, but that wouldn’t explain why he seems so protective and possessive over Subcon as a whole. If it wasn’t his home then why would he remain there after his death?

My idea is that he’s the son of some local noble, like a duke or duchess, but once he and Vanessa became engaged he earned the title of “prince.” It would explain how he’s from Subcon while still being noble and well spoken.

[uh-oh-no-not-again]

Okay, what if ahit but its a DnD type fantasy adventure? It starts with just hat kid and bow kid on a mission to defeat the evil overlord (Vanessa), but they end up forming a silly ragtag adventuring party with people they meet on the way. (Please click for better quality)

Character details I've come up with so far under cut, and also me sounding like a little nerd with dnd classes and stuff.

I haven't decided on any location or character names yet so :P

Hat Kid- She's a wannabe elf warlock and Bow Kid's best friend (they'll probably get names, probably). She doesn't have an arcane focus in the beginning, but she ends up finding and using an umbrella later on. She's very energetic and determined (a little too much at times) and actually manages to become Snatcher's best friend. Bow Kid- She's a human beast master ranger with either a cat or a crow as a companion (idk which one yet). She's a lot calmer than Hat Kid but still gets really excited when she sees a cute creature (even if it is literally trying to kill her.) Cooking Cat- She's a silly kitty cleric (either light or peace domain) from Mafia Town. She's a ray of sunshine and definitely the mom of the group. Snatcher- He's a circle of wildfire druid (bc silly) who, until the kids came and found him, hadn't left his forest in over a century. He was stuck there in wild shape (silly ghost form. Don't ask what creature it is or why he chose to be able to wild shape into it bc i have no clue) because of Vanessa. She tried to turn him into a tiefling like her but it did not go as planned. Clearly. He's still that dark kind of goofy he is in game but just a little bit nicer. Not by much, though. Vanessa- She's a tiefling shadow magic sorcerer who has control over the entire continent. While her outburst (I'll think about more details of it later) effected Subcon the most, it had minor effects all over. She presents herself in her more humanoid form with an overly sweet personality, but the second she's ticked off ditches the facade and becomes her horrid, more demon-like self. She's less of a direct threat until they reach her domain. Empress and the receptionist are also going to join the gang, but I didn't know what classes to make them or what to do with their designs soooooo..... yeah. (To be fair, the other's designs will also probably change bc I made them in like five minutes).

If you have any ideas (especially for Empress and Receptionist) or questions, tell me!

[scri--bble]

(whoa i couldn't find ur ask button for a bit! sorry if this goes against ur posting rules!)

here's a photo i took in one of my fave games ahit (a hat in time) that kinda fits ur vibe ^^

|[ somewhere near subcon swamp and the main road of subcon forest with snatcher's home in the background. taken in the act contactual obligations. by astro ]|

OOO I FEEL FLATTERED

[tiramegtoons]

Since you asked for it @drowninnoodles

here it is!

First thing i start with is the head since it is the leading part of his noodle movement. The rest of the body comes after, just like a worm on a string :D As far as the curves go he gets bendier further down while his torso stays mostly in place to differentiate where the torso ends. I feel this gives him a slightly more "human" look. One that reminds me of how-despite his cryptic appearance and villainous standing- that he likes to get down and act casual. About his BEAuuutiful hair- canon is the way to go. In a way im glad he got his own 3d model in the game, but i dont mind his 2d beta looks either. I thought to myself why not both? and SHAZAM

my favorite part of making snatcher is his facial expressions and

boy

those eyes

they'll getcha

and then comes the smile and youre dead(perhaps even literally) Now comes the noodly arms. Those welcoming arms inviting you into the deadly embrace of death/j

I like to make his hands bigger, about the size of his face. From his hand his arm gets narrower and evenly spaced all the way going up into where his shoulders would be(if he had any lol). About the arm length id say a good 3/4 of his body, depending how long he wants to be that day hfdgbshgshg

and

TADA

the noodliest noodle in subcon :sparkles: Thanks for asking!!

[ravensroleplays]

'Captured'--Open AHIT RP

Well.

This was a bit different.

Most people who knew Snatcher and the rest of the Subcon family these days had a favorable, or at least neutral, view of them after learning the truth about Snatcher, Moonjumper, and what had happened in the kingdom all those centuries ago, but a few people did sometimes show up in the forest looking for trouble.

And this wasn't even the first time someone had come to Subcon looking to slay Snatcher, but this person had come prepared with an enchanted net, large enough to capture the specter. Nothing too strong, he could break out of it, or burn it away easily enough...but for the time being, the huge ghost was a bit distracted by the person's boastful claims, and how they'd come to 'slay the beast'.

"You know I'm technically human, right?" The ghost asked, with an unamused glance. "I know I don't look it, my soul was altered...but it's still a human one."

[hatgame]

if you dont mind me asking, what are your takes on vanessa and prince/snatcher ? and any other details about vanessa

Hello anon, thank you for your curiosity!

In regards to vanessa, I suppose I must say I view subcon predominantly from snatchers pov & think it's more narratively interesting when nothing is very clear about his past with her at all.. Just the way it has affected him, is affecting him. The player knows about her outbursts from environmental stollytelling & manor lore, but i personally don't think it's very fun if snatcher has all the same information readily available.. Its been a long time. So, in regards to SNATCHER vanessa is kind of intangible and all encompassing, dilluted and rearranged into symbols and largely represented by the snowstorm it must suppress. . . Which it tries not to think about too much. Scary

More broadly, when toying with vanessa as a more corporeal character, I still try to keep a kind of lack of clarity surrounding her wants and motivations, simply because I believe those weren't very clear to her either.. I like thinking about her as quiet and kind of flat, repressed, really keeping her thoughts to her diaries and, occasional outbursts. Touch averse but still holding closeness and ownership associated with it in significance, thinking herself to be disposable or ugly for not conforming.. completely oblivious to her rawer faults. Its a strong contrast to the outwardly obsessiveposessive fanonblob and comes less intuitively to me than snaker, I have to really make an effort to Craft Something here, which coincides with her generally not being someone I really enjoy thinking about.. so there is a hesitance & fairly little art I really make of her. But she's cool, she's interesting, not to mention that in order to take snatcher seriously you must take vanessa seriously too, seeing the degree to which she is significant to it

I hope this suffices! you're always welcome to ask for elaboration, possibly even on specific artworks, worst thing I can do is refuse answering haha

[snarlesofthesewers]

a taste of poison

snarles x reader part 1 - if there's enough demand maybe ill make a part 2 lol idk i hate writing so it would probably take just as long as this one

a while after landing on this strange planet, finding yourself in the dark and haunting forest known as Subcon a spirit known as snatcher steals your soul and forces you to do his bidding unfortunately for you while working to complete one of snatcher's tasks you end up far deeper in the forest then you should have been and end up in someone else's hunting grounds

after searching for nearly two hours you find yourself running into a small clearing leaves rustling and twigs snapping underfoot as you ran towards the rare flower snatcher had asked you to gather for a certain potion he needed to make what kind of potion? you had no idea but what you did know is that snatcher would probably kill you if you came back empty handed you should have been paying better attention to your surroundings while running you weren't exactly paying attention to anything other then the flower leading to you tripping over a fallen tree and planting your face directly in the cold and wet soil of the forest which definitely woke you up but when you realized just how much noise you had made on the way here you could feel nothing but dread something probably heard you no.. something definitely heard you you quickly wipe the mud from your face and come to your knees scanning the tree line and tuning in your hearing as you slowly get up but you see and hear... nothing nothing but the sound of wind howling between the cracks of broken trees the coast is clear and you are alone so you begin to stand and reproach the flower pulling it from the ground with the roots intact and stashing it somewhere safe for the journey back to snatcher's house but just as you pick it up the smell of something absolutely awful fills your nose its hard to stop yourself from puking and you probably would have if you weren't already so used to the constant smell of death that lays thick in Subcon's air... but this wasn't the usual smell of old decaying bodies this smelled far more ripe where the hell was that smell even coming from? "right behind you that's where~" a small crack and snap can be heard in the treetops above with the faint sound of hissing that transitioned into a shrill and wet sounding cackle that followed soon after you run but you didn't get far before you are promptly pinned to the ground by something far larger then yourself with its claws digging into your shoulders causing fresh blood to trickle down the side of your back and onto the cold wet ground and it was at this very moment that you realized YOU BLEW IT YOU TOTALLY SCREWED YOURSELF!~ you feel the smooth and slimy skin of whatever creature had you pressed against the ground began to coil itself around you like a snake ready to suffocate its prey your mind and body had already started to go numb but before you could pass out you were quickly snapped out of it by a voice... and maybe also the claws still stuck in your shoulders like knives but mostly just the voice

"finally.. fresh meat its been days with not a single soul... I was starting to worry that people had finally gotten smart and started to avoid this wrenched forest~"

"...now then.. how about we get started my lost little mouse~ it would be a real shame if I let fresh meat like you go to waste"

you struggle and struggle and struggle some more attempting to worm your way out of its firm grasp but its no use but if you were going to die you at least wanted to get a good look at whatever was about to kill you so you continued to struggle until you could get a good look at its face even if that meant completely exhausting yourself you catch a glimpse of its soulless yellow eyes flickering

"oh how cute the prey thinks it can escape~? you keep making this easier for me I almost feel bad... maybe the hunger is finally starting to get to me or maybe its just that scent.... wait hold on that scent" they lean in close to your face and just stare at you for what felt like an eternity before uncoiling you and towering above your sore body "is... this some kind of cruel joke?" they hissed in frustration before grabbing you by the leg and pulling you close to their face "no this cant be the case... did his previous contractor kick the bucket already? its only been a week there's no way he's dead already" they drool at the thought of eating the remains of snatchers previous victim even if there's no guarantee he was even dead...yet "well well well~ ...might you be snatcher's newest pet? oh ...don't worry about trying to speak.. I have other ways of finding out~" "my little mouse"

[zunckerz]

Hello Unun! I would like to inquire further abt ghostbolt :> What sort of background do you write Thor to have? If i recall correctly, he initially was to appear in Mafia Town, so, how & where did he & Prince meet? Did Thor travel? I know in Shane Frosts version of the story Prince(Painter) wasnt born into royalty & was a travelling orphan painter, so mayhaps it was them? I do hope you receive much support for your ideas, ghostbolt seems very unique & fun :)

firstly, THANK YOU SO MUCH AAAA I HOPE SO TOO! i’ve put a lot of thought into this rarepair so i’d be more than happy to answer any questions y’all have about these goobs!

i have 2 main backgrounds i write thor with; i alternate between the two depending on what chemistry i want the two to have

1st background (typically what i refer to as the most “canonical” one, as it doesn’t interfere with the past lore in the game)

this one is usually for when i want to write general standard ghostbolt without any other added context or anything between the two!

in this background, it takes place during the current events of the game.

thor has his workshop in mafia town as he was supposed to but just so happens to run into subcon forest while delivering materials to sands n sails for the villagers there.

he works under snatcher and the two slowly grow a bond, which leads to romance in some cases if i want it fluffy hehe. typically they have a slow burn, bitter enemies to lovers sorta ordeal here.

usually thor dies in these but does come back as a ghost soon enough!

2nd background (more interpretative and headcanon-y)

this one is my own interpretation as well as one i have if i want the two to have a deeper chemistry.

in this background, thor and snatcher were friends back when snatcher was the prince. the two remain purely platonic during this with MAYBE some feelings on thor’s end.

freezing happens, then we cut to current game where hat kid enters the picture. hat kid sees thor, thaws him out and he waltzes through subcon forest completely oblivious that his friend, the prince, is now an eldritch being.

story commences from there.

this background is usually if i want to write a bit more angstful ghostbolt where the two kinda have to come to terms with the fact that nothing is the same anymore in subcon.

while the two certainly don’t have bad blood in this like they do in the first background, with thor working under snatcher and all, it takes a LOOOTTT longer to pick up, especially with the added context of thor not knowing what necessarily happened between the prince and vanessa.

i hope this cleared up any confusion, really though i don’t have a set in stone mold for them and tend to switch it up depending on what i’m creating :D i just like to have fun with it hehe

thank you so so much again for the ask!!