#quayle

We don't know a lot about him. We know he became fixated on the concept of smartness from a young age, but why? what circumstances would lead him to the way he acts now?

my theory (headcanon) is: He has a single mom, who is a nurse at the hospital. She's always busy, and when she isn't, she's exhausted from work. Now, having a parent that doesn't really have time for you definitely puts a certain amount of strain on a kid. Possibly leading them to.... latch onto any external validation or concrete praise they get? Maybe develop a superiority complex to make up for the loneliness they constantly feel? And not only that, but with so much alone time in the day, how would a kid in that situation occupy themselves? Perhaps by gaming? Pursuing a part-time job? Studying? do you see my vision.

Anyways. Here's my Berdly's Single Mom design. Her name is Quayle

Quayle: Nonsense, I'm looking at you right now and you're the most beautiful girl in the world.

Anomen: Dad, am I ugly?

But Shakespeare knows what the sphinx thinks, if anybody does. His genius is penetrative as cold midwinter entering every room, and making warmth shiver in ague fits. I think Shakespeare never errs in his logical sequence in character. He surprises us, seems unnatural to us, but because we have been superficial observers; while genius will disclose those truths to which we are blind.