gnawing

*throws him at a wall*

all this to say how the fuck do you capture a bitch whose favourite activity is bin diving at the identity thrift store. like i have some ideas for how he will turn out when all is said and done, but this fucker is insane and in my head and influenced by msq so who knows.

so it just feels weird trying to make a concrete design because eo is consistent, tdjerail is consistent, but then bu is just...yeah. at current time of DT, he isnt around at all and his partners are (forcibly) weaning him off the phantasia but still.

over the msq he grew to loathe being called a warrior of light or recognized, so barely anyone even knows anymore that he is eo's brother, mainly those close enough to figure it out. as far as the world at large knows, there is one warrior of light and it is eo, he just has companions with the echo.

connect the dots, yshtola first and then thancred. there was a period during the crystal tower and bahamut series where bu went off the phantasia but the moment the banquet happened he relapsed hard. hes been addicted since, with only sparse moments between which he never responds well to.

he started drinking phantasia habitually, changing his appearance so regularly that people thought eo just had a lot of friends. obviously, by the point of arrs conclusion, the facade would fail as some of the circle of knowing had met them before the calamity and could now recall enough to

he and eo were both kids then, and hearing people talk about the warriors of light over the next five years really cemented in bu's head that he should never let anyone connect the dots so theyd never have to be in danger again. eo was too proud to hide who he was, so...bu decided he had to.

because everyone knew louissoix had a viera and an aura with him in the battle so when they got zapped to dravania, the first thing he did was steal a phantasia vial and force it down to appear like the other aura hanging around and eo. finding comfort in looking like the one person who he had left.

then you add on the tdjerail of it all. the fact that bu even got addicted to begin with was because he remembered tdjerail constantly taking phantasia to assume new identities for his job, he didnt understand the danger of it so when he and eo needed to hide after dalamud fell, he didnt think twice

and even then, it wouldnt be correct of him to emulate eo because even as a child eo was larger and more close to the traditional aura than he was, looking like their father while bu looked more like tdjerail, their mother.

what the fuck is that