#system headcanons

I fully believe that he could have been first given the role of Captain Marvel a year or two before the age of ten, the age I have in mind being 7. He works as Captain marvel in Fawcett for a while, building up his reputation, learning to love life better, but as Captain Marvel and never himself. Seeing the world through the Captains eyes makes the world seem like a better place, but then when he's thrown back into being himself, he remembers why the world sucks all over again. But he keeps fighting. Keeps being a hero. Keeps chosing good, to be good, to believe in good, to fight for good- and besides, why would an orphaned homeless kid give up the chance to live a better life, even if it's a lie?

He come to have a complicated relationship with the concept of "The Captain" in his head. He idolizes him because he's everything he could never be, he's gets everything that he could never have, everything that he oh so desperately wants, he, himself, SAVED Billy, in a way. But that's exactly why he hates him too. He gets everything, Billy gets nothing. Nobody cares about a worthless homeless kid. He has to insure suffering just to make sure the world is safe, and he despises it a lot of the time. Being a hero, having to hide his identity because it's for the "greater good". What about the greater good for Billy Batson? what about what's good for him?

And that's where the division between them starts. The horrors of being a young superhero who actively chooses to fragment his identity in a severe way by being a superhero, alongside the horrors of being a homeless orphaned child on the streets, lead him to developing a CDD.

I think it'd be hardly noticable at first. Billy wouldn't realize that Cap isn't him anymore. They were already becoming separate people to him, so he doesn't really notice when they literally become separate people.

Cap, however, does notice. Notices lulls of quiet, lulls where he realizes something is just plain off about himself, about what's happening, but The Symptoms happen, and he can never remember what he was so worried about just minutes earlier.

I do think Cap would notice first, would, for a lack of better term, become self aware, more sentient, and realize that he's Not Billy, but not quite Captain Marvel either. I fully believe Cap slowly but surely branching out, learning more about what HE likes, what HE prefers, how HE acts, and not Billy, would lead him to realizing that he's Not! Billy. He would slowly be one more defined of an alter and realize he's A Whole Ass Person. Maybe not like. Realizing he's . An alter, but very much realizing he has different tastes, opinions, preferences, etc, than Billy does. Their likes should be the SAME, but Cap finds he doesn't like the same things anymore, but he also.. does? At the same time? ??

And THAT. him becoming more distinct, him slowly coming into his own identity as his own Being, would be what leads Cap to being the first one to realize that they ARE two separate people.

Jeezus fucking hell ost 4 am. I have to stop writing I have an important party tomorrow.

BUT I CANT ATOP THINKING ABOUT MY SON??? THE CHAMPION OFMAGIC?????

The basic gist is that they both go by Two Time, but to differentiate they also both accept being called "First Life" and "Second Life", or just First and Second for short. Second Life formed as a persecutor/protector that shielded First Life from the cult's worst aspects, though in the process, they ended up believing lots of the teachings and ended up holding it for First Life. As a result, they were the side of Two Time that killed Azure and caused the two to become far more separated.

Despite all that, Second Life is NOT evil or meant to be interpreted as an "evil alter". During Forsaken is when they'd learn they're plural and start working together, breaking down the barriers between them. Innerworld, Second Life looks like an inverted First Life!

Current host

Is a very bad host

Most of the system hate her because she tends to ignore her systemhood and alters.

Has been host since teaming up with the guild

'Old host'

The part that was fronting during dead apple

Was also a bad host, but was more aware of his alters needs than the current host

It explains why their personality has changed so much from dead apple to canon story

Punishment

Persecutor, both inside and outside of the system

An introject/embodiment of their ability

Punishment teies to get them murdered for fun.

Obligatory child alter

Is often held back from fronting.

It's very obvious when she does front, she doesn't talk like the host and often clings to those around her.

Gets along very well with Nikolai. He hasn't worked out she's an alter, and assumes that Fyodor is simply trying to miss with his head, but plays along with it.

The part no one speaks about

They don't talk about this guy

He's basically the less serious side of Fyodor and is rather lazy

Doesn't care about much, he is a NEET at heart and would rather plan the end of the world from within his own bed (if he could be bothered to do so).

The heavily religious / Traumatised part

Tends to front in high stress situations

It fronting is probably the worst thing that could happen in host Fyodor's eyes

Is acutely aware of its status as a system member and the incident with Sigma was a partly down to it fronting (host Fyodor was also there but was the one responsible for stabbing Sigma)

Bram....?

I think being killed is pretty traumatising, it's entirely likley that with the stakes of their latest death they introjected Bram.

I think they've also introjected several of the people that have killed them over the years.

I also think it would be very funny if the person they killed just ended up in their system because of a throw away line in 115 or 116 I can't remember which chapter

The others

They have a whole army in there

Being alive for 10000's of years means that you're basically guaranteed to be polfragmented