#him to start up the bizzyboys. even if it took him a while to really get it going

[funkbun]

please unleash the inspekta hecta thoughts please please

yesterday went into a bit of a frenzy over him. wait no ive been crazy over him since november somebody help.

also love your art!!

bear my hectspek blast

Anyways I'm constantly just sitting here thinking about Hector’s whole situation. Obviously he fucked up severely; that’s clear as day, we’ve all played the game we know this, but I just like thinking about his life before godhood/his early years as Inspekta and how it all lead up to Everything and just, wuugh goddddd…

Like think about The Drain for a moment. In the game, it’s “located” between The Grove (this super important, mystical place where you can Literally Go Talk To Gods) and the Earth (you know this place). Whenever it’s mentioned, it’s just used as a negative euphemism, a place of nothing good. But it is still a place, people /live/ there, all the bizzyboys you see are /from/ there. And apparently it’s just hell, based on what we can infer about it.

And there’s something about how the Bizzyboys (INCLUDING HECTOR, ESPECIALLY HECTOR, THE FOUNDER OF THE BIZZYBOYS) are a bunch of lonely people trying to make a name for themselves, trying to find purpose in their lives, find something out of nothing. Even if they’re all from Literal Hell, they still tried finding a life outside of that. And Hector made them feel special, important, and loved and cared for and just….. auuugggghhhhhh I like to think that he really did do that. That he really did try his hardest and attempt to make their lives better for all of em. He didn’t want anyone else to go through what he’s been going through in all his loneliness and fears……….

I (personally) don't subscribe to the whole “Hector/Inspekta was ALWAYS evil and ALWAYS wanted to take over The Grove” idea, since I (personally) think that’s a pretty uninteresting way to view his character (personally). I think he truly wanted to make the world a better place, that he wanted to use what he had to help people and also change the way The Drain/Drainfolk are viewed to the rest of the world. His main fault comes with how he just didn’t know how to be vulnerable about his feelings and fears, especially going into godhood.

He probably thought that becoming a god would solve all his issues, but instead he just let his own destructive tendencies to both himself and others fester inside him for 33 years. I feel like King being elected as the new god right after his own ascension was sort of the breaking point there. Bauhauzzo mentions that it’s unusual for a new god to be elected right after another. To me, Inspekta probably interrupted that as the people of The Grove already grew tired of him and are ready for a new, more interesting god. Bro’s jealous! Bro’s pissed off! Bro’s scared! Bro’s insecure! It’s all pretty obvious in this line right here:

You already know about that final fight with him, the ultimate crash out, he’s going through it all so fuckin badly, fucked up evil creature experiences remorse, he realizes everything he’s done and is about to do, he’s surprised that people Actually care about him, they dont want to see him like this, they want him to understand everything.

Hector’s back, wuagh. And now what is he gonna do after everything? What’s his plan, his goal, how is he gonna live out the rest of his life? It’s absolutely warrented, obviously, but fuckin imagine trying to enter back into society knowing you almost caused an end to all of it? How you almost killed the very figures you’ve looked up to for so long, how much they’ve inspired you to become the person you wish you were, and how you could’ve put an end to all of that? And everyone’s going to remember what you’ve done! Your public perception is going to be changed forever! There’s no hiding that fact!

And connect it back to his original plan, his original goal for himself and the bizzyboys. Trying to make the world a better place for lonely people like him, and it all really just crashed and burnt. He lost everything, he really did. His life is ruined, and I feel bad for him a bit, a Bit honestly, but this is also really the most fitting punishment he deserves. He’s going to live on with the weight of everything he’s done, he’s gotta bear it allllll. Anyways I think it works well for Hector to both be super miserable, sad, and remorseful for everything he’s done and even if he tries his hardest to make it up to everyone, he understands if nobody would ever forgive him for what he’s done. AAAAAND I think he should also be a little piece of shit, still trying to make up for everything but also being unbelievably frustrated and bitter when people still refuse him to give the time of day. Like what’s the point of getting better if nobody’s going to be willing to give him the chance to grow? Obviously his anger probably isn’t warranted after everything he’s done, but I highly doubt he’s going to stop being a petty piece of shit anytime soon. He constantly flips between these two mindsets all the time in my mind.

I hope you enjoy my (mostly) Hector bomb. Hope it was comprehensible lol. Kill grandpa.

[batfansa]

The more I thought about it, the more I realized just how fucked up the whole situation with Cobigail really was. And to me, personally, I feel she was done the most dirty through Inspekta's actions.

Like, not to diminish what he did to the other gods or anything, but... at most he broke Mitternacht's heart, almost broke Thespius' heart, tricked Click Clack and made him feel guilty for almost ruining their show and hurting Thespi, tricked Bauhauzzo and made him feel guilty and upset for hurting Huzzle, Huzzle Mug was more so pissed and felt betrayed, all while framing and imprisoning King after taking Megapon away.

And none of the followers were in any real danger aside for Mitternacht's crying possibly flooding the Grove. But nobody seemed too concerned with that, more concerned with her being upset and having to deal with the rain. All of which was still bad, obviously, but none of it felt too terrible.

Meanwhile, with Cobigail, he outright tarnished her reputation and painted her as this dangerous god willing to devour her own people. He took direct advantage of the fact that Milldread hasn't had a harvest in a while and decided to directly blame Cobi for it. Literally accused her of starving her own people, all while she's starving too!

This is made worse by the fact that this poor corn lady hadn't even been visited by anyone in twenty years and was starting to forget herself and her memories. She couldn't even speak up for herself 'cause everyone was afraid of her, and she was unable to even recall things so would have been unreliable anyways.

But the thing that really makes this whole situation worse, is that because of Inspekta's letter, someone decided that the best course of action to take was to slaughter an innocent person in front of the entire town, children included. And that this same person also so happened to be someone Cobigail knew back when she was human.

Someone she knew as a child. A child she taught and had fond memories of. She watched that little boy grow up and build that town and community. He's also quite possibly the only remaining person from her time as a human still alive. He hasn't visited her in forever either and feels real bad about it, knows she's not a blood cobbler gobbler. That's his old music teacher after all. He knows she'd never hurt nobody. She's the same teacher who loves his milldreadberry jam and loved being able to eat it during the Harvest.

And now, he's about to be sacrificed to that same teacher-turned-god, without even being able to give her a proper goodbye or apology for not seeing her for those twenty years. And she, in turn, can't do anything about it. Can't stop it. And is forced to watch as he's bashed and cut into mush. His blood splattered onto her alter, in her name.

And I also think people seem to forget that Cobigail was this close to being forced to drink her own ex-student's blood. Like, she would have been slurping up Bloom's blood through her roots unwillingly. Would have been forced to taste it and know exactly who it was she was eating.

And that little detail alone just fucks with me so much, because it is so dark and so sad at the same time.

But while all this was happening, while Saul was yelling about cutting up an innocent man, Inspekta just sat idly in his domain and did nothing. Didn't seem to realize the gravity of the situation (or just didn't care, too busy self-rotting) to tell Cappy or his other Bizzyboys to interfere. Was totally fine with somebody getting killed and his fellow god taking all the blame and being forced to watch.

Like, Cobigail is just the sweetest and is so forgiving, literally welcoming back 'Speks into the family despite everything. Literally had no hard feelings and made it clear she was there for him. So supportive too. Just wants to see everyone safe and happy. Spook some folks. Be silly.

Just, somebody get this sweet corn lady some jam and company.