Catman

AHAHA, YOU'VE FALLEN INTO MY TRAP OF ERIDANOFICATION OF KANKRI UNDER THE GUISE OF BEFORUS REMAKES!!1!

But in reality, this was a natural progression of events - given how strongly the Sufferer's fate influenced Karkat, I was interested in trying to directly connect the Imposter's fate to Kankri.

Kankri is the Seer of Blood. And, as an ancestor, he was able to realize his potential by seeing life on Beforus before the scratch. But what if the visions visited him during the game as well? In a previous post, I said that the bags under his eyes were a consequence of these prophetic dreams. But that's not the only thing that changed in him after the very first vision.

I headcanon that recuperacoons on Beforus were unlikely to be as widespread as on Alternia - they were primarily a medical device, as trolls didn't need to take sedatives for regular sleep. Kankri, like his peers, calmly used a bed until one day he had a series of dreams so vivid, so colorful, and so real that upon waking up he couldn't immediately understand who he was or where he was. Most often, these were fragmented memories of other trolls, but one dream stood out particularly among them.

It was a vision of his ancestor's life. A vision that showed him what could happen to him if he wasn't careful.

That was the last straw. After that, he slept exclusively in recuperacoons - they didn't remove the visions completely, but significantly muted them, making them easier to process.

He also became more insufferable, gradually becoming the version of himself we see in the comic. More indifferent to others and detached. After all, he is self-sufficient. He is an adult. He can take care of himself. He is not a somewhat dim-witted grub.