gaslight district yap session incoming
been turning over in my mind the fact that breadhead was an accident, and ken would've clearly known he was alive to some extent, but would he have figured sentient? bonus question, would he have Cared right off the bat?
totaling all the ingredients from the recipe, breadhead was born as the 140kg giant we saw in the pilot. that's a LOT of scarab spent on bread meant to be served, ken wouldn't pivot just cause its got eyes and it can complain (afterall, his menu is almost exclusively litterbug dishes)
what im thinking - when ken realized he has the mark of the black hand, he saw profit to be made. that money didn't go to waste afterall, cause they could just chop him up periodically to get fresh bread! and breadhead, imprinted on ken like a baby duckling because he created him, loyal to a fault, and mentally the age of a toddler, wouldn't have even needed chains to stay at the butcher shop - cause if you train somebody to just take the abuse from a young age, they won't even consider it an option to fight back (personal experience and projecting on this part)
when breadhead's language capabilities develop enough to verbally complain, to let him ask questions about WHY this is his life, ken... starts to feel conflicted. with how obedient this golem was until this point, he figured it wasn't intelligent life. but he is. breadhead is very much a person, and young and naive at the time.
now, the guilt comes crashing down on ken too hard to let him ignore it anymore. he stops chopping off pieces altogether, suddenly starts being Nice and treating breadhead like a family member, trying to karmically atone for all the suffering he caused - because under that facade of a careless butcher is a man that cares very, very much, and can't ignore a child's cries
(tying into the fact he DEFINITELY didn't bring mel into the district intending to raise her. he most certainly brought her home fully intending to kill her... but she was so small, and so cold, and so innocent, that he couldn't bring himself to do it. ken has a huge soft spot for kids)
this all comes to me from the fact that ken is TOO nice to breadhead in the car, the kind of sticky sickly sweet that only ever appears out of guilt, as atonement. "you've been nothing but good to me" unspoken, i haven't been good to you. unspoken, i don't deserve how good you've been because im a monster, and im sorry i ruined you too.
unspoken, i'm so sorry. forever unspoken
messy doodles on the topic, ok that's all!
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