All right but what if the Collector and King’s relationship is just a dark parallel to Luz and King’s back in the beginning of Season 1. With messed up callbacks to humorous moments like “Eda! Who is this monster?!” Or “I am NOT your cutie pie!” “Yes you are!” “…I KNOW,” as the Collector just squees and obsesses over King like Luz did. But unlike Luz he never has a The Intruder moment… Where he recognizes that King is still fully his own person with agency who wants to be taken seriously and listened to, to have his wants acknowledged.
He’s like any kid who sees a cute puppy or kitten as just a toy to play with, and not a complex living creature with its own needs or wants that has to be treated as such. King isn’t just some toy that the Collector can neglect and throw in the closet when he’s not interested, he’s a friend who will need attention, just as the Collector demanded so much of it himself! The kid is gonna need to empathize with King, which…
(Collector voice) I’ve come to make an announcement: Phillip Wittebane is a bitch-ass motherfucker. He broke his fucking pinky swear. That’s right, he locked his fucking colonizer pinky with mine and he didn’t keep his fucking promise and he said “That’s why I won’t release you” and I said “Liar liar pants on fire!” So I’m making a callout post on my Twitter.com: Phillip Wittebane, you’re a stinky liar! The amount of respect I have for you is the size of this walnut except WAY smaller, and guess what? Here’s what my real form looks like! That’s right, baby! White hair, eclipse face, space onesie — Look at that, I look like a little cutie! He broke his promise so guess what? I’m gonna break the draining spell! That’s right, this is what you get: my SUPER DEADLY TAG!! Except I’m not gonna play tag with you, I’m gonna go higher! I’m gonna move the MOON! How do you like that, Belos? I JUST BOOPED THE MOON, YOU IDIOT!! You have 23 hours before we play Owl House, now get out of my fucking sight before I boop you too!
It’s almost Halloween, so here’s a re-upload of the Darkest Dungeon monster stats, now with tokens! The Collector, Crystalline Horrors, and the Shrieker. Spook your players!
