What is nightmare and killers relstionship with their son and each other from beggining to end. Does it change? Do they start to care or worsen?
I mean in time between crescents birth to way later on in the future
Unfortunately, even though I love Nightkiller, I realize that it's unhealthy ship. It has no Β«canonicalΒ» positive development, and Crescent's existence didn't change anything between them.
As I mentioned earlier, Crescent wasn't born out of love. That was the plan. The plan is to get a strong, perfect warrior who could inherit Nightmare's power.
According to the plan, at least one of the souls transfer that part of the power that Nightmare had to Crescent, then son's psyche needs to be broke - and he would get a deadly weapon.Β
It wasn't difficult for Nightmare to sacrifice himself for the experiment. As a demigod, the exhaustion of one of the 999 souls was a small thing. He, himself, became Crescentβs bearer, allowing him to absorb all the darkness that he had, and Killer was the second test subject β as the most reliable of his followers. The most devoted. The most submissive. And if loyalty could be inherited, that would be a useful thing for Nightmare.
Of course, this also means that even weapons need to be taken care of, otherwise they will become dull. Crescent was fed, given knowledge and protected. He was not influenced in any way. Not now. Nightmare waited patiently until he was old enough to move on to the next stage.
Nightmare didn't punish the child physically. Didn't touch him at all. He acted differently. When little Crescent began to suspect what was going on, Nightmare started to break him. Slowly. Mentally. Set it up, so that his creation is corrupted enough, and he could be controlled like a puppet.
Nightmare wanted to be hated. He wanted Killer to be hated as well. The world, and everything to be hated by his son. It was profitable, because Nightmare was fed by negative.Β
At first, Crescent was shocked to see how Nightmare punished and manipulated his subordinates. He began to understand what Nightmare wanted to make of him, and he got used to it. Over time, violence stopped scaring him. Now it was part of his life.
At the age of 10, he understood that he started hating both βparentsβ. The experiment got first results.
Nightmare ordered Killer to engage the physical training for Cresent. Killer didn't mind, he did his job, smiling, but empty and detached, as if his whole life had been drained out of him. Yes, lifeless, like a doll... Crescent looked at him as if he was a black hole. And he hated it.
They spoke very rarely. They exchanged a couple of phrases during training. Nightmare forbade them to communicate and didn't allow them to be in the same place outside of training. But Crescent wasn't eager to chat anyway.
And then... then, when he got older, the realization pierced him. Killer was also a pawn. A weapon. Just like him. A broken doll, maybe not by Nightmare himself, probably somewhere else, but that information has been used in right direction.
That's what Nightmare wanted. The dolls can be controlled. Can be twist by the hinges, put in the right position, speak by the owner's voice. It's convenient. Killer was convenient.
Crescent found out quite late β Killer likes to draw backgrounds. He can play musical instruments. He often feeds the street cats.
That he might still be alive somehow.
An inspiration, a sparkle of hope ignited in Crescent's soul.
And actuallyβ¦ Crescent didn't really hate him. He didn't like him, definitely not. They don't have any family bonds. He would never call Killer as his father, and Killer would never call him as his son. Killer doesn't really care if he exists or not. He's been used and probably doesn't even remember it. He just takes Crescent as βone of his ownβ, nothing more. Nightmare told him not to hurt Crescent, but to protect, to train β and he obeys. He has no choice.
But it made Crescent feel a little better. It became easier to direct anger at someone who really deserved it.... at Nightmare.
