#headcanon?

the worst they could say was not no.

So, for those of you who don’t know, there’s a show in South Korea called “King of Mask Singer”. It’s basically a show where famous celebrities go through a singing competition while wearing elaborate masks and costumes. We have a show like this in the USA, called The Masked Singer.

Anyways, you know who’s famous? In the kpdh universe at least? The Sunlight Sisters. And who’s currently the only living and at least semi-public member of this girl group? Celine!

Of course, Celine gets asked to compete and she’s like “you know what……fuck it”.

And she tells NO ONE.

Even Huntrix is in the dark. Celine already is a bit of a workaholic so if they don’t see her a lot (especially after the first movie), it doesn’t surprise them.

THIS SEXY ASS FISH PINS HIS EARS AGAINST HIS HEAD WHEN HE'S:

ASHAMED

DEFEATED

Tense...? (I'll elaborate at the end)

Probably more tbh

AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY 🗣❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️

In this scene, Steb has his ears pinned back. His ears naturally rest pointing outward from his head. In the second scene, it looks like he's holding them back, but if you look closer in the first one, they're actually just resting flat against his head.

I see a lot of people saying that it's probably due to him being sad about Maddie's betrayal, but I feel like that's a little too vague. YES, he's most likely sad that his buddy stabbed him in the back, but I feel like it's more a shame kind of thing.

IN THE GIF BELOW, you'll see what I'm talking about. He looks over at Caitlyn, but after giving her a small glance, he looks back down, seeming to show some kind of shame or defeat. (Maybe even hopelessness?) There doesn't appear to be an out in their situation, and Steb knows that. I suppose he COULD be ashamed that he had trusted Maddie, but I feel like it's mainly just the defeat from the battle.

Ears flat against his head:

Ears usual resting position:

You can see his whole ear in the kneeling scene, and it's clear that he's not touching it. His ears just naturally pin back during some situations.

Not only that, but there are multiple scenes where you can see his ears twich. (I picked scenes from the same episode since it's easier to see here.)

↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑

(In these two, you can see both his ear AND scale frills twitch)

↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓

(You gotta look closely for this one) ↑↑↑

But this is where my third bullet point comes in, as well as why I'm kind of iffy on it. During the fight with the shimmer guys, Steb almost gets FUCKING SPLIT IN HALF, but Loris comes in clutch and sheilds Steb.

While Steb is curled up for the impact, he pins his ears against his head, as you can see here.

I feel like him being "Scared" isn't exactly the reason why he pinned his ears against his head. During the whole fighting scene, you can tell he is QUITE terrified, but he didn't have his ears pinned back until the scene above. I feel like it's less terror and more tension. He tensed up and curled on himself due to him expecting impact, causing him to pin his ears back.

But he's completely opposite on the inside. He's surprisingly pessimistic, closed off, workaholic, and most importantly, a reliable leader. His self-esteem fluctuates more than his 'dead or alive' status, and his trauma is ingrained in everything he does.

He is a pathetic, suicidal, riddled-with-saviour-complex old martyr with a pretty shell.

And I think it's just the biggest charm of Hal Jordan for me.

(It's like the "scary but actually cute" arch-type of characters, but the opposite)

No one would know how he's dying inside as long as he continues to smile and wave and make dirty jokes referencing his dick and his unpaid bills.

On another note, that is why I like making his female persona just as hot. That depressing trait must be carried on. Yea yea take as much as estrogen or voodoo magic as you want, Hal Jordan, but your trauma's not letting you go.

I bet he's still slightly nervous even after all those years, but he knows his parents would be a hundred times more worried about the results. So he keeps it to himself and only tells them afterwards once he's sure that everything is fine.

I bet he wonders what he would've done in Bobby's place. He would've wanted more time to say goodbye, but he also remembers what it was like when people who loved him were scared he was about to die.