#thinking of them all alone with the copies of the dimis

[valleynix]

Was lunatic ever “human” like reader is? I feel like we’ve really only ever seen the mutated and I wondered if they ever went though any sort of inner turmoil while Miranda was mutating them

they actually were at one point very early on! this bit in chapter two reveals they were actually already in Reader’s head and “watching” them progress through their memories:

(notice how they have two eyes here?)

later on in the same chapter, Reader encounters who we assume is someone else, but it’s Lunatic sort of Going Through It™️ as Miranda further mutates them and they start to go after the Dimitrescus

it can sometimes be a little difficult to remember that Lunatic is Reader, if only a more aggressive and sadistic version. it makes sense the same things would upset them, especially earlier on when they basically were the same person

i mean, we all know how Reader reacts when they’re mutated: they hate their mutation and everything it stands for, and wouldn’t it make sense for Lunatic to think the same thing at first? to see claws appear on their hands, mold spreading along their body and covering their face, wings breaking their skin and spreading against their back… yeah, a little spooky

it might make it a little worse to realize that Reader and Lunatic are basically like twins raised in opposite environments. from the start, Reader has always had support, care, and civility from the women they live with. Lunatic, on the other hand, has only been referred to as a weapon or a pawn by the one woman they thought they could trust and love (Miri), since their versions of the Dimitrescus hold no care or respect for them

anyways- yes :) they were human for a long while actually, before they realized they were “just” a copy when Miranda took them from the megamycete

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