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@captain-will

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I’ve already shared this with the soul void mutuals so I’m plugging it here. ********The paragraphs colored green are ideas that @paradoxlemonade came up with.

The Leech, The Waiting, and The Seeker would be such a funny trio of friends. Two giants and their gayass historian buddy.

I think that out of all SV characters, Leech would be the most likely to make crass jokes— not flirting or directed at anyone in particular, just spiritually a seventh grade boy. The Seeker, being from the 1960s, just splutters, scandalized every time. Flabbergasted, even. As The Seeker coughs out all the coffee he’s accidentally inhaled, The Waiting just stands by, stone-faced.

— He’s not embarrassed, despite what his countenance suggests. After being so long without company, they’re not horribly picky with who he hangs out with and is just happy to be included. Serenity amidst the chaos.

The Seeker and The Leech could be causing a scene in a restaurant (not on purpose but they are not successfully controlling their volume) and the Waiting is just "◡‿◡ I am having fun with my friends. Yes waiter could we please get some coffee for the table?" Completely unphased at this point.

The Leech would definitely call the player for information on all the modern lingo to confuse The Seeker— and the Seeker would go nuts trying to figure it out because he’s a researcher at heart. He is never like "the new slang words are ruining language" it's more like "Oh that's what people are saying now? and it has what roots? fascinating!"

Anyway I love them

it’s out guys!! After many many days of procrastination and writers block, my post-game angsty SV fanfic is out! Roughly 1.3k word count, all relationships (expect James and his unnamed s/o ofc) are platonic.

@captain-will

@paradoxlemonade

@ace-apple

I wish there was a one for when it want to become partners in crime. Business partners, but with less morality and/or legality. 

A word for when you look at someone and think ‘damn, I want to help them bury a body’. 

‘I want to bail them out of prison.’

When they say “dw, I know a guy”: it’s me. I’m guy. 

It’s that trust and connection built on not personal closeness, but the sheer amount of time that you’ve spent doing shady shit together. You know nothing about each other’s childhoods or personal lives but you know damn well, deep in your bones, that if you were in trouble, you could trust them to not rat you out to the police. 

SPOILERS!!!! OI!!!

tw: brief self harm mention, car crashes, death, blood mention, mental health struggles (is that too vague?). Let me know if anything needs to be added.

Demi and pan

The guy ever ❤️

has a fear of failure. It’s pretty intense, but I’m not sure if it’s to the level of Atychiphobia since Atychiphobia will usually result in the individual avoiding situations in which they could fail, and he definitely doesn’t. But. It sure does come close.

if he ever played DND he’d play a neutral good wizard. It’s the research aspect for him.

probably died in the 1960s. Fedoras had begun to fall out of fashion in the 70s, so it would give him a good time period to be wearing those (the fashion died when he did 😔)

ALSO: Car safety regulations began to be a concern in the 1970s. There, manufacturers started offering airbags and anti-lock brakes, better seatbelts, etc.

quote from a source I ain’t citing: “President Johnson signed the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 into law on September 9, 1966”

I’d like to imagine he died right before those car safety regulations. For the Irony.

He canonically uses phrases like “post-haste” so I’m putting him in the humanities field. Maybe history major with a minor in philosophy. (Did they have majors and minors back then? Probably not in the same way we do now)

Because he died trying to get someone out of a car crash, I assume that he had been one of the people in the car when it crashed— otherwise, how would he have lost his life by just approaching the car and trying to pull people out? Sure, Fire/car exploding is possible. But since he’s shown to have glass shards stuck in the same places where his scars are, I assume that he died from the broken glass of the car -> over exerted himself trying to save others and bled out.

The Seeker is completely unaware of how many void residents stan him (we all saw the Husk’s mural of him)

(is it a mural if its on the floor?)

Probably has imposter syndrome.

bitchass motherfucker would cry at sad movie scenes (unless someone else is also crying)

some theories:

It’s been confirmed that a soul’s journey through the SV depends on the soul itself. There was a guy in the Respite Biome that described a starkly different experience than the player’s, and then came to conclusion that the journey was different for everyone. However, I still think souls can cross paths if they share something in common with other souls. So if each biome represents an aspect of the individual’s trauma, then the biomes in which the Seeker has been should give insights on his character, right? Because he talked to the Respite Entity and inspired them to make a change before leaving— and yet the Leech does not seem to have met him (with how lucid she is about her situation, she would definitely have been able to collaborate with the Seeker in some way, and yet he isn’t mentioned). Even though the Leech Biome (guilt, I think— guilt and being toxic/parasitic in relationships) is very close to the Respite in the player’s journey, the Seeker does not come across it because it is not a trauma he shares. His books do not appear there.

He and his books appear in the grasping forest (wanting something always out of reach, implied to be happiness, loss of self*), his books are in the enamel core and the veiny area (idk what these represent), the Sketchyard (feeling of not being good enough despite efforts to improve/bring joy to others), and the respite. *he is shown to be afraid of losing his sense of self, both in his journal entries and when he’s dying on the ground.

The glass shards area (before the Leeches and after the Respite) probably has to do with his death. Idk why the player can access it, unless they also have trauma relating to car crashes/etc— or maybe it’s more generic. Maybe that biome stands for broken glass or sharp things in general (sharp things and allusions to self harm appear throughout the player’s journey, along with a glass bottle that is so pivotal to their character that it is used as one of the three keys to access the Grim).

I think a big theme for his character is how talking with people who share your trauma/experiences or can relate to them can be helpful to both know you aren’t alone, and to share stories/coping methods. The Seeker is able to traverse many biomes (although not all) because he shares their trauma somewhat. This is further cemented by his ability to sense others emotions by touching them.

Not all souls who share experiences form healthy relationships, of course. Some can become unhealthy/manipulative/dependent (ahem ahem, Grim and Leech). The individual needs to take steps to maintain healthy relationships (as is with any relationship, regardless of who is involved).

@captain-will