Spooky month: night of darkness(by @plasmagruntcalvin)
Warnings: Psychological horror, heavily angst, character infection, existential dread, and major emotional distress.
I noticed that Mr. Wonder sacrificed himself to save Pump, becoming corrupted in the process. Ever since I watched that scene, I couldn't stop thinking about one possibility.
What if, in his final moments, he gave Susie a hug, and corrupted due to that?
I know there's nothing confirming that happened, but it keeps lingering in my mind. Susie was the first one to become infected, and she's very likely the reason Mr. Wonder was eventually corrupted. But when he looked at her... did he really see a monster? Or did he still see his granddaughter?
Their parents were never there because of work, the siblings grew up relying on each other and on Mr. Wonder. He wasn't just their grandfather—he was the closest thing they had to a constant parental figure, the one who stayed, the one who looked after them when no one else could.
He's old, really old, and that was partly why he couldn't run away from the infection. But I also like to think that, in those final moments, he made a choice, he chose to stay, not just for his grandson to escape, but for his granddaughter to not be alone anymore, in this huge mess.
Susie had been forced to grow up far too quickly. With their parents constantly away for work, she took on responsibilities no child should ever have to shoulder at such a young age. She looked after Pump, kept the household together, and did everything she could to keep the house stable. I know that Mr. Wonder saw all of that, he may be old, but he's not neglected. He watched his own granddaughter put aside pieces of her own childhood so that her little brother could still have one.
Maybe that's why, when he saw her after she had already been infected, he didn't see a monster. He still saw the little girl who had always tried to be strong for everyone else. The little girl who found joy in the many things, who enjoyed drawing, filling sketchbooks with her favourite things. The little girl who once proudly handed him her drawings, waiting eagerly for his praise. The little girl who helped him with everything in the house as he was too old to do that.
To everyone else, she may have become another victim of the Darkness. But to Mr. Wonder... she was still Susie. His granddaughter. The little girl he had watched grow up, who had been forced to bare such responsibility far too soon. And perhaps, in that moment, that was all he could see.
And maybe, in that moment, Mr. Wonder couldn't help but blame himself for not being able to protect her. He had promised himself that, no matter what happened, he would keep his grandchildren safe, when their parents were not here. Yet there she was, standing before him, no longer the little girl who loved to draw and dreamed of becoming an artist, but someone had already claimed by something
He knew that he couldn't save her, but he knew what the best he could do for her, was to make sure she wouldn't be alone anymore, and for his grandson to be safe, hoping that this nightmare will end soon as his sight got blurred
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