Hi guys i have ikkan (and a few squid squad) headcanons
Since i like. Selfship an oc with him a good chunk of them really only apply to my own canon (trust me I'm canonically married to him/JOKE) so I'll share the ones that are in general. They r under the cut
I don't think these need a content warning but ofc if they do, let me know :)
He's not very old. Like mid 20s
I say this because it ties directly to my headcanon that he was like. A baby when he was in squid squad
I mean 16, itty bitty little guy
And he was a damn capable 16 year old. He was a very skilled bassist for his age and had so many opportunities and offers open because of how much of a musical prodigy this kid was
But he wanted to pursue being in a garage band, simply because it seemed fun. Thus, squid squad was formed
They were all young methinks, with ikkan being the youngest by a year or two. But they got along, and it was simply just for fun
But then squid squad took off. And it took off HARD
And truth be told? None of them were really prepared for this sudden surge of fame
ESPECIALLY ikkan. He wasn't handling it well. Can you blame him? He was just 16, and he was held on the highest pedestal where one wrong move could be his downfall due to how many people had their eyes on him
It's simply a matter of these people being too immature and being thrown into a situation they weren't mature enough to handle yet
And none of them handled it well. A lot of fights broke out over how their future should be handled, who should do what, how they should advertise, and even what they should right. The mindset went from playing for themselves to playing for the people
Ichiya, truth be told i like to imagine he was an instigator, given the fact that a few people canonically do not like him
So naturally I'm saying that he initiated a lot of these fights, and took it out on ikkan more, because ikkan snapped back. And these fights got ugly
The breaking point was when it got into a full blown physical altercation between the two, and heinous thimgs were said on both ends
That's when ikkan decided it was time to leave. What he went in to share his passions turned into nothing more tham a detriment to his mental health
So he did. The whole explanation of "he left because there was a lack of tension" was a coverup made by ichiya to hide what really happened
Moving along.. He was in a really bad slump after leaving. Like. He hardly played music anymore because of how bad it affected him.
He met warabi by chance when he was 18, and warabi knew who he was (i like to hc that statistically squid squad is the most famous splatband)
Warabi helped him so much, he helped ease him back into the art of music, and thus diss-pair was born
Thankfully, they didn't take off nearly as hard as squid squad. And lucky for ikkan, warabi knew how to handle fame better. It's a gradual process of getting comfortable again for ikkan, really
But the formation of diss-pair made him so much happier. You can hear his rekindled passion in their songs and demos
He also despises squid squad with a passion, and took very poorly to the question of whether he would return to them or not. It filled him with a burning seething anger and he had to leave
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