#maybe later...

I'm not sure if it's cannon or fannon (or just a personal headcannon) that Evil X has been mind controlled regularly at some point, but it's definitely something that's snuck into a lot of my interpretations of his character. Like, he's used to opening his eyes and not knowing if what he's seeing is real or if he's being manipulated. He's used to being beat up and forced not to fight back by someone stronger than him. Of course they're gonna try and prove that they're stronger by mind controlling others, because otherwise someone's gonna do it to them, right? And then they're let loose on... decently normal society (aka Hermitcraft) with absolutely no idea why everyone keeps getting mad and banning them. Of course they have a right to be frustrated, but Ex is stronger so they should all let him do what he wants! It's finally his turn to be in control and they should respect that (and he knows that when he leaves this place, there's no chance he'll be in control any longer, so he's clinging onto it as tightly as he can). Occasionally he wonders if he's actually not the strongest here, but then... why is nobody hurting him when he upsets them? It's not like he's good at not upsetting people...

quick clarification that art requests are now closed and I'm unfortunately probably going to ignore any further prompts in my messages / inbox, it was more just a fun thing to ask for and draw when I was bored on vacation. once I'm done with the original eight-ish prompts I got, I'll return to my previous status of "occasionally doing art requests but very very rarely and more on a whim"

Something something Nathaniel and SQ as Daedalus and Icarus