#maybe make a contrast to 1986 more 'evil' khaji to more mellow heroic 2006 khaji

[thenixkat]

so if we go with the alien Scarabs being alien tech AND magic as the Rebirth run, and the Egyptian scarab being a symbol of regeneration and rebirth then it would make sense if it could straight up revive fuckers from the dead.

thus Dan coming back from being dead. Whole ass zombie in like the actual real meaning of zombie (corpse reanimated with magic/rituals to do labor of the behalf of its summoner) and not the colonized ass rotting vampires that white people turned the concept into.

and also just being able to heal its host in general. Which we do see that Khaji Da can heal Jaime. If we go with it was also bonded to Ted just not able to do shit for him b/c broken (stated in the 2006 run) or going off of the Ted vs Dan fight in the 1986 run Ted being unwilling to actively use the thing that tried to take over his mind and revived his mentor back from the dead but evil I still think it should offer a healing factor for him. Like certainly not as quick as what it does to Jaime who it lives inside but something passive would be neat.

Like a backhanded, 'congrats for proving yerself worthy Ted! Here's a very minor power and better keep that will power strong or I will snatch yer body' kinda thing. Something he didn't want or need but now he's got it.

will be using the 1986 run stuff cause that's fun implications but altering the end of the fight to make Ted have to be the one to put his mentor back down using Khaji's power and very much not vibing with using the Scarab after coming back to himself fully. Idk i just think itd be fun. A dangerous last resort trump card. Also b/c I wanna turn Ted into a werebug. I just think it'd be neat.