#deantha living is also a REALLY COMPLICATED THING

[pervorsitas-a]

//ALRIGHT here’s a BUNCH of headcanons for bad dad because after that verse came about i just had SO MANY and i cant. hold all of them so here we go....

arceus, before he became all shitty was actually really timid and lacking in self confidence. he worried about his kids a lot, and he was worried if he was being a good father at all. he doubted himself all the time, and he really... wasn’t assertive at all. in the beginnings of his universe, he managed to travel to a different universe and met the creator of it and he was so smitten by her, like it was pretty much love at first sight. she and his kids were pretty much the only thing keeping him from going over the deep end into full on corruption.

her universe’s version of earth was slightly smaller, much more green, and had less water on it (but still enough for the people there). the kids were definitely too young to remember any of it. her name was deantha... and she and arceus were p much a thing. he planned on marrying her, but after a few years, she started to slowly die along with her planet. once she actually died, arceus took on her universe, though he effectively abandoned it, leaving the people there on there own. he just couldn’t stand to be there since it reminded him of her.

and then he went off the deep end. his grief made him vulnerable, and the power got to his head. that’s when he became the Literal Worst(tm)... 

so that’s just a little background. let’s talk more about how he was before he became the trashboat he is. he kept a journal! he wrote in it every single day. the progress of the universe/earth was a prominent topic, along with his kids. a lot of his doubts/worries are in the pages. after deantha died, he just stopped writing in it. 

most of his days were spent chasing the little creation trio all over the hall of origin. gira LOVED to climb all over everything, and he constantly had to make sure she didn’t climb over the stair railing and fall. his hands were absolutely full as a parent, and he only found time to visit his gf in the wee hours of the night

he cared about literally everything. he’s an apathetic piece of garbage now, but he was so empathetic and full of sympathy before. his caring nature could be considered his biggest weak point, because he might have been a little TOO trusting....

ok this is getting really fucking long.... bad dad is still the garbage lord but i dont really touch on how he was before very often????? so here u go

now i wanna make a verse where deantha never died and he stayed normal.... kill me thanks