#let’s be honest it’s omegaverse the mama Wirt comment is telling enough

[sydchan]

Nothing ever came of this idea (drawing or in depth plot wise, I mean), but since I’m always about the fankid life, I did have an idea for a poetree fankid that was a bit dark. But I think they’re a rough ship so dark is to be expected.

Don’t worry about the details about how Wirt had the kid (could be omegaverse, could be just the Unknown and/or the Beast makes anything possible) but essentially, the kid between them is part demon tree so would work as an alternate fuel source for the lantern. So could break off the kid’s limb or antler or whatever and use the part to fuel the lantern for a while (could burn the whole kid and would be a bigger boost, but that’s not the point). Since the kid is part tree, any broken off part would eventually regrow on them, which is why the point is the kid is a potential renewable fuel source vs just a one time boost.

But what the kid actually is is another way to control Wirt. If he doesn’t fuel the lantern through the usual means, then there’s the looming threat their baby would be used to keep the Beast alive. I don’t think the kid would be born right away. Would be a bit down the road once Wirt starts to waver maybe? In my head the baby is a boy since stronger parallels with Greg that way. Projects his feelings of failure and wanting to protect Greg onto his son (can never decide if in this AU Greg dies and Wirt was tricked like canon was moving towards, or Wirt manages to make a deal with the Beast to save Greg but Wirt stays behind). But their son is very much the Beast’s way of further manipulating Wirt.

As for the kid himself, poor boy never got as far as having a name, but I was channeling Beast!Wirt a lot in how he’d be design wise. Kinda quiet and apathetic like. Break off one of his antlers or arms to feed to the lanturn and doesn’t react much. Cause I think it would upset Wirt a lot how his son doesn’t react to the bad situation they’re in. Although I do think once he’s old enough, he would act as a second lantern bearer of sorts. Help his mama out in collecting fuel for the lantern and ends up a more consistent companion to Wirt while the Beast is off doing whatever and showing up every so often to check up on them.

Again, I think the scenario was a bit too depressing so I never developed it a lot. Was just intrigued by the idea of a Poetree child where the Beast only wants the child as a way to further control Wirt/fuel the lantern in a pinch.