#roy yaps

So, we know that, in the end, Simon explodes into a tree, killing Ellie, and stopping him from becoming apart of it. He is his own entity and, honestly, a giant tree growing from the bottom of the Blood Ocean is pretty sick.

My headcanon is that Simon is reborn through the Blood Tree. Resurrected is a better word, I suppose. He both is the Blood Tree and was born from it. I have this image in my head of Simon semi-encased in the trunk, almost as if in suspended animation or something. His body was destroyed along with Ellie and the SM-13, but it was regrown by the tree.

His mutations from the Blood Ocean are mostly healed and replaced with bark and other such things. The arm he lost is replaced with a branch-like appendage that resembles an arm. The skin on the side of his face that had mutated the worst is replaced with a tougher, bark-like skin.

He can feel through the bark-skin and it's slightly tougher than normal human skin. I like to think that he's got sap blood now

Anyway, to tie this into Bloodymary, Grace and Rocky come across the Blood Moon and notice there's a large biological organism within it. I'm not going to go into details because I don't actually have any, but Grace finds a human encased within the tree (wrapped in roots and bark, partially submerged), doesn't realize the person is literally a part of the tree, and pulls him out. Luckily, this doesn't kill Simon lol. Grace is under the impression that he just saved this guy and brings him aboard the Hail Mary.

After a lot of time and a lot of bonding, Simon allows Grace to run some tests. He's curious as to what's going on with him, because he remembers basically dying and wants to know how he survived.

Grace's tests show that Simon's DNA is mixed with that of taxus baccata, or yew tree. Although they don't have any samples of the tree Simon was pulled out of, they assume it was some kind of messed up yew. Grace has no idea how this could have happened as it doesn't seem remotely possible, but Simon realizes this must have something to do with the seed he found in the SM-13. That seed is no longer on his person and vague, disjointed memories lead him to believe it somehow grew.

Is it logical to say that the people of Eden knew the type of tree the Last Tree was? I assume they would, right????? Anyway, all of this is assuming the Last Tree was a yew tree. Because I said so (this is my headcanon, I make the rules).

The dots connect in Simon's mind, but it's so far-fetched that he doesn't fully believe it. It can't be possible, just like Grace said. But then again, a lot of things that happened to him shouldn't have been possible. He remembers his confrontation with the Entity (as I'm calling it) and wonders if it had something to do with this (it does).

Everything else that happens is your par-for-the-course Bloodymary stuff, Simon is just a tree instead of a fish

He's infamous in town, so it really only takes one person to wonder why there's a 10-year-old running around and not in school. Katherine tries to say he's being homeschooled, but caves when asked for proof.

I had a gag about how they need to dress him in normal kid clothes and that he and Esther are the same size, but I couldn't think of an outfit that matched her general style and Ben's. (They both give him clothes, but Ben's a little bigger.)

They all know that sending him to school is a terrible idea, but Katherine says she doesnt have a better one, so they'll just have to keep an eye on him. This makes Ben nervous, but Esther is ready to cause chaos with him.

Abaddon pitches a fit about having to go to school, but he warms up to the idea once Ben and Esther explain how school works. Much like the rollyfluff episode, he wants to be the most popular kid at school so he can make the students do his bidding.

It can go one of two ways: he's successful in having a small clique of kids to torment (praying upon the weaker ones who "need direction") OR

No one takes him seriously and he gets bullied lol

I think it could be fun because we could potentially see more of Heather. I really like her and Esther's dynamic, plus I think it would be funny if she were just there witnessing the chaos. She's at least met Abaddon, so it could be interesting to see their dynamic.

Meanwhile, Ben is trying to keep Esther and Abaddon in check the whole time. He does not succeed.