BLINDINGBOOGA

This is what his bedroom looks like! Bedrooms are personal sanctuaries so let's see what we have here;

First off, his pillow? Soaked. And his bed? No sheets. It could be he doesn't know how to do them/tries but fails, but the far more likely answer is it's waaayyy fucking easier to just not have them, with his wetness. Bro can't sleep on a soft bed. Has he ever slept on a regular bed? When he's sleeping in other homes or in hotels, does he sleep in a bathtub to avoid getting everything wet? Waterproof blankets exist, has he tried them? Can he not afford them? Do they not work for him? Also, that blanket there isn't covering all of him. This could be a funny haha by the artist but can he not get a new blanket that covers his feet? Does he overheat in his sleep?

Also, his alarm clock and nightstand, something very vulnerable to water damage, covered in plastic. Does he do this with his phone, put it in a plastic bag? Does he do this with other electronics he has? Does he even have any other electronics?

Moving onto the posters behind him we see, from left to right, a hero that looks like Phenomaman, Abbath (a band formed in 2015 and still doing tours and music. I listened to some of their music and yep this is heavy metal alright lol. But it does say to me that his taste for Metal, a genre spanning 50+ years, is modern. Maybe he would like Ozzy and Lemmy?? If you like metal you gotta love Ozzy and Lemmy bro. Would he like Devin Townsend? Hallucivore? Dragonforce? System of a Down? Slipknot? Morgued? I'm fanboying now sowwy UwU Also funny thing when I researched if you look up Abbath on Spotify Waterboy shows up lmao), something I can't make out but I think is another metal poster? A hero that looks like Blonde Blazer, another metal poster, and another hero that looks like Phenomaman. These heroes that "look like" BB and Phen probably are them, but who knows maybe there's a Fantastiguy and a Brunette Blaster out there lmao. Either way given he directly states multiple times he's a big fan of Phen and BB, this tracks, he would have posters of them. But! posters are paper, how did he get them up there? We see tape, did he use gloves? Did he hold it really carefully? Are they wrapped in plastic and we can't see it? Are they all crooked because his ass can't interior design? His room strikes me as one he's had since childhood, given the antiquated alarm clock, posters, and bed that's too small for him. Does this mean the house is one he's had since childhood?

The plants! If he can vomit water at will, and given seeds are like, under 3 bucks, this is probably the only hobby he can partake in with his lack of funds and constantly caring for 15+ cats and his grandma. This could be another artist thing, but we also see no cats in his room, and cats are notorious for knocking shit off shelves. We don't see any flowers here, only ferns and small shrubs. That middle shelf could have a bonsai tree but those take a bajillion years to grow. From research on reddit and forums I think a bonsai of this size would be somewhere between five or ten years old. If it IS a bonsai. We also see numerous different kinds of plants, so it doesn't seem he sticks with just one. He's got a collection! I wonder how much sunlight they get in that corner, is it enough?

Panel 2 Page 2. He's leaving puddles, could be his normal could be him thinking about the day and the job interview coming up. I'm erring on the side of his normal. There's a couple cats looking at him and they don't seem enthused, I assume because they don't wanna be wet and know being in his way means getting wet. But the big thing I take from here is the plastic on the floor. Herman sweetie I love you but that isn't going to be enough. We can literally see water damage or mold growing on the walls here. There's no way he doesn't see it. Yet again, accommodations do exist- wood floors (is his house wood floored? Or is it all carpet?) with thick varnish, putting waterproof blankets over the floor, but I don't think he can afford it or has thought of that. Maybe he did what he thought was the cost effective, or quickest solution at the time, but this short term solution is a terrible long term solution. Also the water damage. I imagine he tried fixing it but given his failure as a janitor (beginning of episode 4 with Phenomaman on the tv, him washing windows late at night if you choose to date Blazer in 4, him vomiting water on Robert's pc at the end of episode 2) and the fact the water never stops he probably failed or made it worse.

Grandma! her room is very stereotypical grandma, she herself is very stereotypical grandma. We can see most of the cats seem to convene where she goes, as we see in the last panel on this page. They must like her! My theory is these cats are foster failures (for those who don't know, it's when you foster a cat but then decide to adopt the cat instead, meaning you failed to foster the cat for the shelter to take so someone else can adopt the cat) so they probably associate grandma with food and love and Herm with Being Wet. On her desk and walls is a bunch of photos, one of the cats beside the door, and one of Herman above her... why does she have two dressers what the fuck. Is that a drawer for knick knacks? Anyway. There's also a calendar and some plants, not nearly as flourishing as Herm's. Is she caring for those herself? Are they not getting enough sunlight? Are they fake because of the cats? Also noticing she has not one but presumably three pictures of Herman on her dresser. Three is a lot. Are they all different pictures of Herm through his life? Common grandma thing to do. Also also from the art for the calendar being a cat, we can tell she likes cats lmao. Also Herm, sweetie pie, your knees, your back, your posture sweetie.

The rest of the page suggests a lot for me. Why is Waterboy helping her with the toilet? We see her use a wheelchair later in the comic and she is using a mobility chair for the stairs, said stairs are also covered in plastic. Btw. How is Waterboy supposed to help her if he can't grab toilet paper? Something that stands out to me also is that grandma is expressionless throughout the whole page. No 'good morning Herman!' or 'thank you Herman!", just a blank state behind empty eyes. No buckling herself in the chair, no using the toilet by herself. Waterboy does not strike me as a control freak at all, is she not able to do these things? She had the strength to sit up earlier. Why does she need help here? There is also more water damage on the walls behind Waterboy and behind the toilet, this house has not been properly maintained long enough that it has become damaged. How come Herman hasn't gotten around to it? I think he's tried but again as shown in canon he isn't good at handiness, so he either failed or made it worse. And the house continues to decay. Also that fat orange cat is named Garfield for sure lmao

A brief pause- Cat count!

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First panel of page 3, something also that suggests a lot. Granny is in a wheelchair, Waterboy is in his gloves and suit (When did he get changed? Did he cook that meal, or did Granny?), they're in the kitchen and we see nothing atypical for a kitchen. What strikes me here is Grandma is cleaning up his water spills, water spills that will never stop given Herman's powers. Shouldn't she know this? Is she trying to clean them up before they soak into the unprotected wood? The big thing though is Waterboy has her weekly pills and is helping her with them, she isn't doing them herself. She also has some mess on her face that Herm is cleaning up. Shouldn't she know there's a mess on her face? Is she distracted by the water? Does she not have the mobility? Waterboy isn't feeding her, so I can presume she does have said mobility. Waterboy also has ignored his breakfast in order to help her.

Middle of page 3, we see the entire house is basically drenched in both Waterboy's water and plastic. The couch has it and the floor is plastic wrapped- which I imagine is not good for wheelchair mobility (She had the strength to sit herself up, but does she have the strength to push herself and her chair? Did Herman have to push her?). Waterboy feels confident handling the remote, maybe due to having gloves on now? There's also a photo of him and his grandma behind them, and some damage by the stairs. The cat that meows for Herman's attention. Did they know? Are they a new addition to the family? If we assume all of these cats have been there since forever, then why did Herman pet this one? Wouldn't he know cats hate being wet and therefore none of these cats want to be pet by him? Maybe this cat is just stupid, as cats sometimes are. Or maybe this cat is new to the family and didn't know about Herman's wetness and learned the hard way. Another thing I note is that that TV is hella old. That's a CRT, that's a chunky boy, that's a Mr. Ant Tenna. No flat screen as most people have nowadays? Can they not afford one? Does Granny not want to throw this one away? Does Granny (or Herm) not see a point in getting a new TV?