#mountainous lore

hiii i still exist ive mostly been orikero brained anywho my universes ideas on Keronians and Age

Keronians age a lot slower than most sentient species. You do have some who Do age slowly - Angols, Nayotakeans, whatever tf Kogoro is - but nobody has ever aged as slowly as Keronians do. Because of this Keronians often have a kind of insider-outsider view, in that every time they revisit someone they seem to be entirely different, and it's thus easier to associate with their own society and species. Think Elves from Lord of the Rings - age slowly, ageless, stick to themselves because the world turns too fast. They're constantly updating treaties and negotiations bc other species just Change too fuckin fast.

Keronians also face the peculiarity in that, technically, they have no life expectancy. There are ages, of course - Keroro is 10K, Kululu 6K, etc - but without disease, without war, it's been observed that Keronians can, effectively, age without end, without growing brittle or old. A Keronian may and has grown so old that they can no longer effectively track their age with real accuracy. This is known as aging into Redundancy and is noted as such on their vital records. The Supreme Commander's age is Redundant. Nobody knows how long he's been in power - he just has been.

Invaders are by their nature, soldiers! Warmongers, offensive. They take over planets. They fight and kill. great. Some of canon, least in the beginning, mentions he used to Be this but coming to pekopon changed him. A serious cool invader who only likes toys and eating junk food? tf.

ofc, then you find out that he had apparently Always been like this, and he only supposedly got by through family nepotism.

imo most of that is hearsay, or propaganda, or rumors. Everyone ended up fucking off their respective ways after academy training for the next 8 thousand some years, no? Everyone has all of these expectations and visions, but i hc that the truth is that Keroro is...well...both! Both a clown, and an intelligent leader. When he has the means to be.

He wasn't really a Huge Hyperintelligent Serious Asshole before he came to earth with a fearsome rep - but neither is he a huge idiot dickhead the way later manga and early anime like to show it tbh.

The guy is a clown! He's always been a clown. The guy doesn't like to fight! But he can somehow forge alliances by Breathing. He has a Heart, for all that he's a bit of a dense jackass. He befriended the Angol tribe - an actual race of planet destroyers and otherwise a giant fucking threat to Keron. And it's clear by the progression of the anime, as well as the movies, that he's a lot smarter than people give him credit for.

He Unites people, and when push comes to Actual Shove he can and will actually murder someone for the sake of his folks.

this? these two bitches be co-existing. They are the same people. He is both Clown and Actual Serious Murder Machine.

tbh i hc that keroro is, when the humidity isn't fucking him up, friendly and thoughtful and charismatic with a love for toys ofc, but retains a very sharp edge that isn't afraid to get serious. He can Think and he can Process. He's Intelligent. He can actually sit his ass down and process and do his work like he's meant to and hold decent conversations that don't revolve around gundam or some other silly thing. He can function very well as an adult just fine. I think here of episode 262B in particular.

He's a Lot of things. Not many people saw the complexity. But the Supreme Commander did, and the Keron Star did, and that is what the Keron Star Needed and that is what the supreme commander Saw. a right and proper leader, with Actual Heart, a combination that nobody else really possessed. A person who can get things done without being so forceful or harsh, the way most of the military is designed to be. A unifying body.

its just that the fuckin humidity scrambled his brain so now he's kinda...like That, as he is in the show now.

So what people expect when they think of the holder of the keron star is not what they get - because the holder was not based on pure strength, and his environment is Also not good for his health. he's essentially kind of drunk and heat exhausted like. all. the time. so everyone is like ????

tadpoles probably shed more than adults but adults still do so more or less often depending on their environment, helps keep the skin moisturized when it starts to harden up due to dry weather. the platoon does this a fair bit on pekopon (by their standards) maybe twice a year? three times if summer or winter is messing them up.

its a lot like filing nails or scrubbing your face - nothing special but man go shed somewhere else stop leaving ur skin where people can Step on it gross (giroro shaking keroro vigorously)

like. how old can these guys Get. can they even really Die naturally at a point. wtf is going on. joriri looked the exact same from when keroro was like 10 to present day keronian equivalent of 42. the guy is like. at least 80. and yet he's running around like a spring chicken as if he'd not aged a day. or keroro's dad. he looks like ur typical 50 year old grandpa but keroro is 42 so hes gotta be like. joriri's age? older?

everyone has their strengths and weaknesses of course and everyone in the platoon is Powerful but this guy was a specially trained black agent operative meant to Kill People. im watching episode 132 and man really is fuckin holding back every other time look at this guy GO

yeah tamama is powerful, giroro is a weapons and military expert, but they're both hampered by emotions and inaccuracy. easy to dodge. kululu makes massive inventions but assassins can sneak thru and pick him apart.

keroro! his dad had a lot of achievements, so his status warranted him a single family home. giroro is the same! they're rather similar, status wise.

pururu might've had an apartment - her family was lower status, but still made some good contributions worthy of recognition! unsure as to what yet tho.

dororo - bro this guys family is RICH his dad was like. rank wise he mightve been something like a lt. general? he was a very high ranking doctor, essentially. his rank is more of a title, not so much a record of what he's done. big on homeside advising for political issues relating to the medical field. id need to read more on how that operates with regards to military/job/politics interplay

kururu - ok i know nothing about him i will be honest but he mustve been there for A Reason

tamama - supersoldier baby. kept home planet bound with a family that agreed to supply an enhanced government sponsored baby in return for Status and Cash.

orikero wise-

barara - family received a promotion that allowed them to move into an apartment on home planet when he was about four or five. partly because he showed signs of super strength, and his sister had fire powers. you'd consider them middle class.

umeme - child of a marshal. lived in a FUCKHUGE sengoku era fortress with immense grounds and lots and lots of security after the first palace, less guarded got burned down. whole story there.

UHHHH i havent thought of the platoon as much but I will DO MY BEST

Keroro: He/Him Autoromantic

Largely cis, but the guy is in love with himself. He is in love with All Aspects of himself, even as he may have a shitty fragile sense of self-worth. It's a kind of narcissism, arrogance to mask the insecurity, but that's why he's in love with himself. Passing crushes on Pururu, childhood things, the closer you are to something like Him, the more interested he might be. It's kinda insane. God bless.

Tamama: He/Him Demiboy Homosexual Aroflux

Tamama's a kid so there's not a lot going on here right now, but sometimes he feels like a boy sometimes he just vibes and that is Okay. He does grow up to Be largely gay but romance isn't really on the radar. Take or leave. He is here to fight and become strong.

Giroro: He/She bigender pansexual demiromantic

Can you fight? Can you beat him in a battle of life or death? You're in buddy who gives a fuck What ur gender is, but he does need a big connection to actually develop romantic oriented feelings. As far as gender goes the guy vacillates a lot and feels like both most of the time but he doesn't really get it so he hasn't discovered the 'she' part yet. It sure feels pretty good when he gets forced to play dressup and act fem tho....

Kululu: He/She/They/It genderfluid asexual quoiromantic

Kululu just exists. Like he just Is There. He's the guy who either feels like No gender or one of them or all of them and he would in fact be that cunt who doesn't tell you what way he's swinging so he can zap you for getting it wrong he's a cunt. Kululuko is great fun tho, hard ace, doesn't understand the diff between romance and platonic, he thinks all the adults need to just kiss and chill the fuck out

Dororo: He/Him Bisexual Biromantic

Dororo is boring I am so sorry. He's cis amab and likes many genders in varying capacities but all are worthy of love... Or something like that. He is however prone to falling very hard very quickly due to not really being noticed like a Lot.

Garuru: He/They Asexual Aromantic

Non-binary king who does Not understand romance but loves his family both biological and found so very much. He's a lot sillier than everyone gives him credit for.

Pururu: She/Her lesbian

WOMEN Pururu has been subject to comphet a Lot throughout the years, such that she barely every Gets to interact with other women and figure herself out. She'll get there eventually

ORIKERO WISE

Umeme: She/They/Ume demigirl barararomantic/sexual (no i am not joking)

Umeme feels comfortable in her skin maybe 75 percent of the time. The other part of the time she feels like a mysterious total lack of gender imparted upon her by being mentally part another species of alien and how do you deal with being dysphoric because you're not another total species that has a complete lack of concept of gender? It's a long story. her orientation is barara and just barara.

Barara: He/They/It Agender creechur umemeromantic/sexual (no i am not joking)

Barara has like a complete lack of identity. He doesn't know what he is, or who. Is he even a person? He builds his sense of self around his purpose, or facets assigned to him, or what he loved ones need. He/Him predominant right now but given time and age and maturity he may assume they/it or even it/its fulltime. His orientation is umeme and just umeme.

Shisese: She/her MtF trans lesbian

so like i have this thing in my headcanon that in keronian culture you MUST wear a hat. as in it is taboo not to wear one. you Must cover your head. you know how the platoon will wear other hats on top of their own? or like how the typical symbol of a keronian is wearing their hat. you literally never see them without their hats. or the fact that keroro's dad literally sleeps at night beside his wife with his Helmet on. natsumi is the only one whos seen keroro's bald head and that was because of that one episode where they switched bodies. you will actually be dragged off for exposing your indecency like that if in public.

it's like one of the worst taboos to see a keronian with their head exposed and Nobody is immune to it. Every keronian you see has a Hat, do you realize how baked into their heads that belief is. Even for those of the shurara corps, literal criminals, it is vitally important to their culture and comfort that they Wear Something, and the only reason you Cant is because youre physically unable to, as in the case with giruru, dokuku, etc. or maybe you've decided to wear a whole ass bodysuit as is the case with jirara, kagege (imo) or maybe you're just not fuckin Keronian but you were designed in their image hat included, aka kiruru n miruru

and they start from infancy, from the moment a tadpole has the ability to survive out of water - they have infant specific little hats just for them, cozy and snug and retains water for their little baby heads.

it's not really for religious reasons. honestly i feel like the Reason for it was lost to time and propaganda. it might've been hearkened back waaay into their old old old history in which wearing a hat was good for water retention and protection from the sun, and it just kind of grew from there. it's just another means for their society to control them.

the kind of hat that keroro and tamama etc wear is the standard traditional one, pretty common and probably a military standard when not active duty, although not required. wigs also count. helmets. cloth coverings that shield most of the top of the head. they have specifications for what defines an appropriate covering so nobody can get away with just having a Small Hat.

it has to be like. incredibly intimate to want to remove your hat around someone else. keron still doesn't advise it, and it isn't recommended, but. it's in private. it's with a close loved one, usually your partner. so its not so much allowed as it is, they're not looking. parents do, of course, tend to their childrens bald baby heads.