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Little wip of my Ncfom oc Penny ♡

Posting a wip bc idk when I'll finish this lol

Happy pride to everyone here :)

A honey badger with a bowl cut lol 🤣

it’s an animal that literally doesn’t care about anything. It doesn’t feel fear, it doesn’t stop because of pain, and if it decides it’s going to cross a territory or hunt something, there is no force in nature that can make it change its mind or back down.

"𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷...?"

"𝓘 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝔂𝓸𝓾."

To be completely realistic with Cormac McCarthy’s character, the short answer is no.

Anton Chigurh is not written as an emotionally functional person, but almost as a representation of fate or death itself. He lacks genuine empathy, emotional attachment, and remorse. He does not process human relationships the way a normal person would. To him, people are not “subjects” to emotionally connect with, but elements that appear in his path and can either be useful, irrelevant, or an obstacle.

However, here are a couple of headcanons about how I think he would act if he actually “cared” about us lol

1. If Anton ever cared about someone, it would never look soft or healthy. He would not become affectionate, emotionally open, or gentle in the normal sense. His “care” would come out as fixation, possessiveness and brutal protection.

2. If someone threatened the person he cared about (you) Anton would not react emotionally on the surface. No yelling, no dramatic rage. The threatening person would simply disappear later, and Anton would return acting as though nothing important happened.

3. He would absolutely hate needing someone emotionally. The realization itself would irritate him. He’d likely distance himself for periods of time because attachment would feel like weakness or loss of control.

4. If you cried in front of him, he would not know how to emotionally soothe you like a normal person. He might stand there in silence for several seconds before awkwardly offering practical solutions instead of comfort: “Tell me who caused it.”

5. Anton’s “protectiveness” would still be morally horrifying. If he believed someone was negatively influencing you, he wouldn’t encourage communication or boundaries. He would remove the problem permanently and genuinely believe he solved the situation rationally.

6. Anton would never say “I love you” casually. In fact, he may never say it at all. But he might spare someone he otherwise logically should have killed, which for him is far more intimate than verbal affection.

7. He would remember tiny details about you without ever admitting it. The way you take your drink, what noises make you anxious, what streets you avoid at night. He would silently adjust situations around them to reduce inconvenience or danger, but if confronted about it, he’d deny it completely.

I’m Your Man by Leonard Cohen

Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon by Urge Overkill

The Crystal Ship by The Doors

Wicked Game by Chris Isaak

You don’t form a relationship with him the way you would with a normal protagonist or anti-hero. He doesn’t invite people in… he destroys their sense of safety and order. The impact he leaves behind is fear, discomfort, and the realization that sometimes the world has no fairness or mercy.

With Chigurh, the connection is more of an existential collision that lasts only as long as the encounter itself… and it almost always ends badly if fate (or the coin) decides so.

The fundamental problem: Anton does not form relationships. He forms classifications. In his mind, every person falls into a category: those who are already dead (they just don’t know it yet), those who temporarily have instrumental value, and the rare exceptions that spark something resembling interest in him. A “relationship” would imply reciprocity, and Anton does not recognize reciprocity. So... What could work as an entry point?

Not showing obvious fear toward him. Fear only confirms his worldview. Carla Jean was interesting to him precisely because she challenged him in the end, even though it was already too late.

Not trying to understand or reform him. Any attempt to “fix” him or psychoanalyze him out loud would trigger his absolute contempt.

Not needing him. Dependency seems like a pathetic weakness to him. The other way Anton might “stay” is if the coin keeps landing in the Reader’s favor or if the Reader becomes some kind of anomaly to him. For example: every time the Reader should have died (a failed job, an enemy hunting them down, an accident), you somehow survive. Anton interprets this as fate not being finished with you yet. He may see you as someone the world continues to spare for reasons he does not fully understand. It is not love… it is fixation on something that does not behave the way it should. But fundamentally, a relationship cannot exist when you consider how he interacts with the world. He lacks mercy, humor, and affection. He values people only if they serve his immediate purpose. He operates completely outside social norms and human warmth.