ok ok so, you know how when you get stressed it’s harder to keep calm and and shit?
What if Grian gets more watcher-like when he gets stressed
if we run with the “the watchers are evil and he ran away” thought process, then it would make sense that he would have anxiety whenever he thought of them
Then he would start having more watcher features show up; his eyes/wings turn purple, he gets more eyes, etc
and with those showing up, he’d get more anxious and get more features, turning into a spiral of he can’t calm down until he isn’t in his watcher form, and he can’t get out of watcher form until he calms down
even if we go with the “the watchers aren’t evil, just chaotic fucks/ overbearing parents and Grian left just cuz he wanted to” it still works
It works because Grian would be afraid of how the other hermits would react
he has no idea if they know what a watcher it, if they’ve met one before, or their opinions on them
so he’d be afraid of scared or disgusting his new friends just for what he is
thus the spiral again
Maybe eventually the other hermits start to find out, by either he tells them or they walk in on him in the midst of a spiral
Pearl would know by the time she showed up -cuz she is a watcher-
none of them would really mind, I think at most Scar would be mock offended Grian didn’t tell him sooner, and then go into a million questions
but even after they all know, he still get anxious when he starts to turn, so he has really good control of his emotions
Credit to this amazing cosplay for the inspiration
Omg I’ve been wanting to do this for so long. My mom got me a red sweater, and I planned on using it for my Tommy cosplay (no joke, it’s actually from a brand called Tommy!), but then I said “wait, I could do the OTHER red gremlin boi”, and HERE WE ARE!
Here’s a video. I made a angsty one (with a certain pair of headphones, if you know what I mean), but I will spare you of that and give you a more lighthearted one!
Also, here’s a funny thingy
Me: *aggressively ruffles my fringe before filming*