Dottore Headcanons (not all of them...)
i just wanted to share my personal dottore headcanons, kinda fleshing them out on a post as 90% of this stuff is just in my head. this is probably canon divergent asf. i only really know stuff from way back in sumeru. also, canon bores me. yawn. ill list these off but it might turn into kind of a rambly post. dunno.
HES NOT DEADDD UGGHHH I HATE 6.6 AND HE DIDNT KILL THE FUCKING SEGMENTS, WAY TO AVOID WRITING CHARACTER ANALYSES HOLY FUCKKK
anyways. hes a trans man. theres no way hes not, to me. hes also achillean. his gender is a bit fluid but he considers himself a trans man and has transitioned into a man.
speaking of identity, the name ''zandik'' wasnt given to him. he took it as a rebellious act, after being called such a thing dozens of times. he actually came to like the name a lot.
him being trans isnt known by anyone except pierro, the tsaritsa and capitano. they dont care of course. any other member of the fatui way back then that knew this is dead.
i... dont ship him with pantalone. i dont like pantalone. this is my confession. i do ship capittore but its largely because dottore is there and i find myself drawn to characters like capitano anyways. (literally silentlily in a different font guys)
hes lonely, hes freaky, of course hes ''done things'' with or including his segments.
ah yes, the segments. he made all the segments from before he transitioned the way he wouldve liked to be as a trans person. most of them have detatchable ''parts'', which was actually requested by the first segment he made...
he has LOTS of segments. hes divided all of them into what subject he was best at at that time, before putting them in specialised labs. so specific labs only have a few specific segments, most of them similar ages.
the segments arent incapable of change, only in limited ways though as theyre stuck within their original perspectives. i genuinely HATE the ''segments cant change'' thing. theyre just immortals, something i view as a person that will remain relatively similar no matter what.
fun little note, speaking of change. i associate dottore with monarch butterflies a lot... the metamorphosis imagery lines up so beautifully with my trans headcanon. the migration path they take and the time they choose to migrate is how i view the segments. though they may vary and diverge they all still come from the same place, from the same person.
the segments are inhuman... but theyre also still very human. no matter what they were made as or try to be they can never escape this fact. its a humbling fact, even comforting to some of them.
the original zandik isnt dead. well, he did die of natural aging, but transfered his consciousness to a vessel he made, then AFTER that, he began to make the segments. hes kind of like a server computer to all the segments. he knows everything the segments think, feel, sense etc. this is ''prime''. he can speak back and forth to the segments too.
yes. he did dissect his original body, still. and documented the entire process.
dottore definitely knows how to uphold a managable environment with his segments. its not based on any hierarchy or anything, just their own thing, mutual agreements and all. the way i imagine hed set it up is a consistent flow of work more or less. they have meetings every month, just a space for suggestions or general discussion, maybe debates... its kinda like a fucked up family if you think about it...
most of the segments keep the peace because itd be super inconvenient for it to be any other way, especially when while keeping the peace they get what they want most... MORE knowledge... some of the segments might cause trouble but all of it really boils down to mental health.
honestly for how repressed dottore definitely is i still think the segments would be very open to each other especially because its literally just... himself hes talking to, lol. so the whole segment congregation thing would work. i mean if it didnt prime could just terminate it and do it another way, i guess!
oh also, the segments dont know what prime knows. but prime knows everything the segments know. i think prime is just very wise and only cares about a few certain things. the segments definitely have some pettiness to them, but prime is like... bigger than that? eldritch material for sure. AND old man vibes. just less foolish because he literally knows better.
this guy is a professional ragebaiter... he definitely teases a LOT and likes to act way more dramatically than he actually feels. hyperbole is his humor. not to get attention or anything but to see how many people are foolish enough to fall for it. (spoiler alert: all of them do and he thinks this is incredibly funny. he can NOT believe the gossip going around about him.)
ahh my brain has melted this is all for now... hope u like them love my wifeband my dottiri... if u have questions pls ask i always wanna talk more abt dottore AAARG I LOVE MY WIFEBAAAND (wife husband)