been going down a rabbit hole of golden age fics and this is my take on the nightlight design tee hee (I love him with all my heart and soul)
also it’s my personal head canon that nightlight was a past life of Jack’s and can access his star boy powers in life/death situations?? Idk but wouldn’t that make a cool future scene where jack can access past PAST lives’ memories and just see his cool space protector self like
"sometimes when you look at me like that i dont understand"
"how you forgot"
I AM SPINNIN IN MY ENCLOSURE i WANNA MAKE A COMIC AN IM TRYING BUT FOR NOW ITS JUST BITS AN PIECES
Positivity makes his corruption hiss and bubble, it's incredibly painful but nightlight is used to that, the grief of being seen as a monster by his own brother hurts worse.