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We're getting an update soon!!! I'm definitely gonna do another play through once it comes out. I was thinking of doing one anyway, but this gives me a reason to :)

- Angie is a bit older than the boys, in about her late 20's - early 30's (the boys are confirmed to be in their mid 20's)

- She constantly forgets about her slime prosthetic arm at first. She's working in the lab most days, and she wears long sleeve coats and latex gloves most of the time, so when she does finally take off her coat she always has to do a double take before remembering; "oh yeah, my right arm's now made of weird sea goo"

- speaking of her arm, she gets real bad phantom pain at times. her slime arm doesn't feel pain like it used to, and if something clips her or she bumps into something, she just feels more discomfort than anything else. so, of course, her brain fills in the pain she's supposed to be feeling because human brains are stupid like that.

- She hides her arm while out in public, which isn't too hard since she can just wear a jacket and a glove, but it can get a bit annoying in the hotter months

- she has more of a pear shaped body, with scars littering all over her from her time on the island, especially from when she was almost killed by the spiders. the scarring's the worst on her hands though, from the many harsh chemicals she's handled and first and second degree burns from too hot bunsen burners. (all three have those, hers are just more prominent cause she's been doing this longer lol)

- Angelique's trauma shows in moments where she messes up or makes mistakes, forgetting that there isn't an immediate life on the line anymore, hers or someone else's. She copes by burying herself farther into her work, causing her to forget to eat or sleep or even to go home in the first place for days. In those cases, Philip and Howard have to drag her out kicking and screaming before they shove her in the backseat of their car, where she immediately passes out from over exhaustion. Philip then makes a big dinner for them all and lets her crash on their couch for the night.

- if there's a tier list of how sociable the three are, Angelique would be smack dab in the middle. she's good at socializing with others if there's a person or subject in common, but if she's alone with complete strangers she's cooked 💀

- she's not much for fashion most of the time. she usually just throws on what's most practical (and the cleanest) and heads out the door. she owns maybe one dress that she's worn a handful of times.

- Philip's usually the one that has to drag both Angie and Howard out of the lab to just go out and do something as simple as getting lunch, because if it were up to those two, they'd stay in that lab doing research 24/7. there was a time where Philip and Howard convinced Angelique to go on one of their fishing trips with them, which she actually really enjoyed

- Philip and Howard can both drive, but Philip has practically banned Howard from driving because his road rage is so bad 😭 (he's a total backseat driver too, Philip has to tell him to stfu every time they drive somewhere)

- Angelique, Philip, and Howard all research pathophysiology (diseases and how to prevent/stop them) in the lab that Angelique founded (they research other sciences as needed for the betterment of life in general, but they mainly focus on diseases). But, in his spare time, Howard has taken to studying Astronomy again. He and Philip will, most nights, end up in the backyard where Howard will study the stars through his telescope and Philip will read or play his guitar

- Speaking of, Philip plays guitar! He's no Johnny Cash or anything, but he can play a good amount of songs. He originally learned so he could play his sister's favorite songs for her while she was bedridden. He kept with it because it reminded him of her, and now he'll sit on the back porch of his and Howard's home and softly sing, stealing glances at his love as he stares at the stars. Howard pretends not to notice, but he does. He'll sometimes quietly sing along to Philip's playing.

- If Philip's sitting anywhere with his legs dangling down, Howard will sit on the floor between his legs and rest his head on Philip's knee or thigh and wrap his arms around his calf. He loves laying on Philip in general, but this way is his favorite. It closely mirrors a follower kneeling before their superior, and Howard often feels that way. He'd never say it out loud, of course, but if Philip ever asked, Howard would literally kiss the very ground he walked on. He realizes this is. probably not the healthiest mindset, but he honestly doesn't care at this point, it's the truth. If he had to go through that hellish island again just for a single moment with his best friend again, he'd do it in a heartbeat.

- Howard's second favorite way to lay on Philip is when they're in bed or on the couch and he's laying on Phil's chest, especially when Philip's sleeping. He loves to listen to the steady drumming of his heart beat to remind himself yes, he is here, I have him back and I'll never let him go again

- Their traumas show very differently. Philip genuinely can't take looking at raw meat or blood without wanting to throw up for a while after he gets off the island, which in turn inadvertently turns him into a vegetarian. Howard will flinch hard if anything or anyone touches him without him knowing about it first, especially if it's somewhat dark. They cope in their own ways as well. Howard drinks somewhat regularly, not usually enough to get super drunk, but he usually has a drink or two each time he comes home. Philip is a chain smoker. He can go through a pack within two or three days, one day if it was a shitty day. He never smokes inside the lab or their house, but he constantly smells like an ashtray. It started when it was clear Katie wouldn't get better, and only got much worse when things got worse working for Dr. Morose. Those were the days he'd regularly go through a pack a day.

- Howard is on the leaner side, but he's not skinny skinny. he's got a bit of a belly and some fat in his arms, legs, and face. Philip, on the other hand, is a beefy boy. Definitely stockier and just naturally bigger than Howard in general. He's even got two or three inches on Howard height wise.

I made a playlist for Anchorstar! (◍•ᴗ•◍)

- it's confirmed that Howard is the only one actually rhyming the whole game, so I hc he started rhyming when he was younger cause he loved the books his mom would read to him and liked the challenge it gave him (gifted kid head ahh) and he just never really grew out of it

- Howard was a gifted kid, Philip was not. He buried himself in school work after his mother died to distract himself and really only ever went out to hang out with Philip. (It's also part of why he was so butt hurt about not being chosen to go to Morose's island. He'd spent his whole life studying and working only for Philip to be chosen??)

- Philip's obviously still super smart, but he grew into his brains unlike Howard who always had them. He began studying science to try and figure out a cure for his sister. She'd always been sickly ever since she was born, and had a rare disease that really just didn't have a cure yet. Philip wanted to be the first one to discover it, but, she eventually succumbed and passed away

- Phil truly was the only thing keeping Howard sane after his mother passed away, and vice versa for when Katie Lou died later on. They want you to believe the codependency is one sided but it really isn't, and honestly it just gets worse after the events of the game 😭

- speaking of, the second they start actually dating (which I hc only happens like, a month or two after the game lol) they are both SO clingy, Howard being the worse of the two. They can't stand being apart for more than a day, and when they're together they're always touching some way, even if it's just knees or shoulders touching. (It's more from trauma than anything else. Howard was a little clingy before but he gets SO much worse after they both get off the island. He would genuinely crawl into Philip's ribcage if he could)

- they constantly go back and forth from bickering over the stupidest thing imaginable and acting like two teenagers with their first love. what's worse is that they'll argue while still being clingy as hell, so Angelique has, more than once, seen the two fighting over nothing while Howard sits on Philip's lap on the break room couch (she's just gotten used to it at this point)

- Phil's the handy one of the two, always preferring to try and fix something himself. Howard always stands back and oogles his boyfriend while asking if he's having fun (he usually is, he likes feeling useful)

- The two get married after about two years of dating. Howard's the one who asks cause he's genuinely just tired of waiting (he would've gotten married way earlier, if he had his way, but Philip wanted to wait a bit). They hyphenate their last names to Plunkett-Maude :)

- Three years later, they're given a baby girl! They name her Katie Lou, after Philip's younger sister. (I need to draw a comic of them seeing Katie Lou on their doorstep for the first time...)