#but neither of those are as directly related to the bio origins conflict lol

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#Tbh it wouldn't surprise me if there was an illegitimate Ratri child somewhere around in the premium farms #And technically they could just not recognize the child as a Ratri on virtue of being a cattle child (via @thathilomgirl)

I also wouldn’t be surprised by any of the Ratri clan (since it says the whole clan and not specifically the head, so potentially someone like Andrew from the branch family could contribute to this too) taking advantage of this unbalanced relationship out of a sense of entitlement or ennui. With the degree of separation they and their scientists put between themselves born in the human world and the cattle children born in the demon world while having a wealth of knowledge of human history where chattel slavery was a very real thing, most view the cattle children as sub-human. They can be copulated with and similarities are recognized, but that mental block is still there to avoid any cognitive dissonance.

As for what it would mean to Norman, he’s never indicated any sense of loss related to not knowing members of his immediate birth family or fretting over his origins, but for him to be related to the clan that’s perpetuated this system of abuse over a millennia and with how his rigid sense of morality lent itself to the idea of exterminating every single demon, if he was in a particularly negative thought spiral, it might eat at him on some bad days.

(“Dreams Do Come True” epilogue)

And if anyone from the clan attempted to connect with him over it, he’d feel insulted.

Okay, stupid headcanon time (again)!

I guess most of us speculated once or twice during our time reading/ watching The Promised Neverland, that Norman could be related to William Minerva aka James Ratri, due to their looks and behaviour and overall savior complex. It didn’t helped Demizu depicted them both in weirdly similiar ways throughout the manga, as for example seen here:

Now, Shirai denied the speculations of the fanbase, stating Norman wasn’t related to the Ratris at all. Here comes my theory playing in.

Certainly James (or Peter) isn’t related directly to Norman, nor his father. But while re-reading Volume 19 of the manga, I stumbled across the profile of Grace Field headquarters.

See this little section here?:

Ratri Clan’s guest room - probably for when the current head of the Ratri clan (or one of his deputies) “honors” headquarters with their visit. Now, what if, in all those years Grace Field exists, one of the Ratris (or maybe even more?) took a liking to a sister working in the headquarters? Having their fun together, resulting in a little poor cattle child with a father, which controls the whole farm system himself? What if one (or maybe even more, again?) cattle child born from this connection was a girl, allowed to grow up and having children of her own? What if some dear Ratri blood flows in some of the current sisters and also Norman, making him related to the Ratris, but only over several generations?

Of course it’s all just speculation, a mere headcanon of mine, and doesn’t change anything for Norman or any other from the Ratri family. The thought alone amused me for the shere comedic potencial 😌

What do you think?