I don’t know how many people care about the whole Demanitus, disciples, Zhan Tiri lore of TTS, but it was something my brain really latched on. Not in the way where it sat and festered and grew increasingly complex, unfortunately, but in the way where it will not leave my head.
I don’t think anyone really cares but they’re unironically so cool??? There’s so much unexplored lore and backstory there. Why didn’t Gothel become the spirit-adjacent beings that Tromus and Sugracha became? Was there some argument between the three that led them to split after they betrayed Demanitus? What even led them to betray Demanitus in the first place?
It is my personal headcannon that Demanitus took Gothel, Sugracha, and Tromus under his wing in their young teen years. Aka prime storytelling time, but anyways. This provides such an opportunity for them to learn from Demanitus and grow to have a loving bond and the three, and lead to a dramatic and tragic betrayal.
All this rambling is just me trying to say that I would KILL for a fanfic of the wholesome, lifelong lesson learning journey these four had together that slowly descends into a tragic, dramatic, dark betrayal and manipulation. This is coming from someone who barely reads fanfics anymore, like, that would just be so interesting.
I would totally write this up myself but I’m still focused on the v&t7k project. But who knows, maybe it’ll be a little side project? Who am I kidding, I have no time for that-