#glith0

1. Phil is like Death’s right hand. He also leads and elite squad to carry out certain tasks that he isn’t able to do alone. Etoiles was apart of said squad as well as Missa who is a reaper.

2. Etoiles would talk to Phil about some of the missions the squad carried out with a crystal clear memory, making Phil reminisce in the process, simply glad their team work was never forgotten.

3. The squad was specially picked by Phil, so they all ended up admiring Phil more than Lady Death. They also spent a lot of more time together

4. The group uses crows as a form of communication while on missions so Etoiles is very fond of crows and gets along well with them.

5. The team was never necessarily disbanded, but with Phil’s absence, they all left after to follow him instead. This surprised Death, but untimely found it funny yet precious how that small group would rather follow their leader instead of his superior.

I might have more, just can’t think of any at the minute. I hope you like my theories/ head canons!

OOO I do like these!

Personally I see Etoiles as more of a lone wolf than working with a group, Missa I can absolutely see as working in a group though!

Etoiles imo, doesn't essentially work for Phil/Angel of Death, more like worships. Like you would worship say a greek or norse god. Offering up like offerings for their blessing.

Etoiles will give offerings to crows hoping they take it back to the Angel of Death to bless his fights and bless his training.

He takes his worship of the Angel of Death very seriously to the point he will not start a fight without sending a short good luck prayer to his angel, even if the fight has already begun he will hold his own to send the message.

Philza at first doesn't notice he does this until he joins in with watching one of the code fights and sees how Etoiles will get on his knees to talk to one of the crows around the arena - specifically Lady Death's crows as they're drawn to areas where they know death will soon follow - and how he talks quietly to them before offering them like a bone or a shard. Something that signifies he's going into a fight soon and wants his angel to watch his back. That's when Phil realises he doesn't worship Lady Death but him

1. Phil’s feathers would fall out every once in a while. When this happened the first time, Forever picked up one of his feathers off the ground and they started talking about Phil’s wings. Now Forever keeps the feather and just uses it as like a good luck charm

2. When Forever was passed out from the drug antidote and was carried out and put on the bench, Phil wrapped his wing around him, simply making sure that he didn’t get cold throughout the night. Phil refused to leave his side for the rest of the night. So they slept until the next day and they moved Forever to the hospital.

3. Phil has become protective over Forever, he always has been, but especially much more since the drug ark. So if he’s around and there’s even the slightest hint of noise, Phil will outstretch one of his wings behind Forever, even if he knows he can protect himself.

4. When Phil disappeared, and when Forever woke up, Forever instantly became worried as Phil didn’t come to see him, and he could remember his voice, what he said, while he slept. He laughed the entire time with Phil, it game him something to try and think about. It became all the more prominent as an entire murder of crows flocked the Favela and even at the presidential office. They were relatively silent, and if one did speak, they would instantly be shut up by the others. Back to my point, Forever searched everywhere for Phil, even trying to talk to the crows. They looked almost sick so he didn’t push it. When Forever noticed Phil was back, he knew something was off as he sounded exhausted, even if he had been sleeping the entire time. So Forever practically became as vigilant around Phil and he was around Forever.

Honestly, I don’t know what there is to say on my end. I’ve never really looked into hc for duos, specifically ships. And Philever isn’t my top ship so it makes it all the harder (Deathduo is my first). But I hope I did this right? Never done anything like this so I hope you get my point.

YYESSS I ADORE THESE!! also totally get the ship thing, i personally see phil and missa as queer platonic partners because they have the same vibes as me and my qpp when we play minecraft LMAO

as someone who owns a bird, feathers get EVERYWHERE bro they are all over the place. Forever keeps the longest one on a necklace but every so often when Phil loses another, he keeps them all in a small jar (something that I do with my bird, its very cute)

I can absolutely see them becoming more attached to each other after the drug/disappearance arc like Forever even goes to Etoiles to ask him about it and he doesn't speak to Etoiles often he just knows they're close. It becomes more worrying when they both realise neither have heard from Phil.

I love the idea that Forever has his own crow that follows him around, they keep an eye on him and make sure he's safe so that if he's not, Phil can get there quickly. Phil doesn't want to lose him again whether thats to the drugs or to kidnapping, he refuses to lose Forever.

1. The AoD started as like it’s own… sub religion? Is that a thing? Anyways, Etoiles did not make this religion, but the ancestors of his community did.

2. Where Etoiles grew up was like Sparta, very war/ battle oriented. So they didn’t worship Death, but the being that caused death.

3. When Etoiles left his village, there was a ceremony because he was the strongest of his generation. So when he left, he was given a feather from a crow that perched on his shoulder and “chose” him. He was then given a new name, something that was in the sky. So Etoiles was his new name, a being strong enough to destroy stars.

4. The religion of the AoD was taught as soon as they were born. If a crow gathered around a baby if it had a promising future. A whole murder surrounded Etoiles. That was the difference between the Death crows and the AoD crows. Hers symbolized failure, while his symbolized a glorious victory. If you lost a battle with crows around, you’d be shunned, maybe even exiled/ dead depending on the amount of crows.

5. Stories were told about the Angel, from hardcore to his death and “revival.”

6. Ruins of his hardcore series were found and the people protected the ruins with their life, making sure that people saw, but never dared to approach.

7. I’m sure this is clear, but crows were a sacred animal meaning a glorious victory.

Well, how does this sound? If there’s a change to be made, just say it!

I LOVE NUMBER 4, like the idea of crows being used as a symbol on how the childs future will look and him being surrounded by them is such a cool idea. its a full on blessing from the Lady Death and i LOVE thattt

I do like the idea of Phil's hardcore world bleeding into their world though not sure how itd be able to translate into their current world with the qsmp.

I prefer the idea that Etoiles didn't know anything about the angel of death and it was like a taboo subject for his people since they only worship the major gods not their followers so him researching and going out of his way to learn about the Angel of Death was something he had to do ON PURPOSE and wasn't handed to him, he made the choice to follow Phil (without knowing it was Phil) and it was his decision to devote his life to it.