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Striker's Backstory

Fuck it. Ok, I know this is probably not going to be true and not going to make sense in the narrative, but here are some ideas I have been brainstorming about Striker's backstory. You all can ignore this if you don't like it.

So a lot of this is backed by parallels between not only Blitz but also the entire I.M.P. (yes, including Stolas). 

The first parallel is with Stolas and, by some extension, Blitz and Moxxie: we all know that we are kind of bored of "The Abusive/Ignorant Father Trope," so how about we switch this up and give someone a nice dad for once? That being Striker, because I can definitely see him having a pretty active father figure in his life that teaches him how to fend for himself, how to shoot, how to wrangle a hellhog, and how to skin 'em and patch himself up. While he could have a pretty difficult mother in exchange. Maybe a Wrath native rattlesnake father with a golden heart but a cold-hearted, Greed imp and succubus hybrid mother who is also a hitman carrying out brutal assassinations. You could say he had an almost good childhood if it wasn't for the fact that Snakes were hated by basically the entire Wrath ring. 

So I am going to keep this as short as possible:

Look, let me ask you this: we know Satan has a deep dislike towards Lucifer. Seeing how in Season 2 Episode 11: Mastermind, we see Satan flat-out lie about ruling Hell before Lucifer, but we all know the truth. What is Lucifer associated with? Snakes! What species does Striker seem to closely resemble? Also, snakes! Maybe Lucifer created snakes or many other reptilian species alongside imps with Satan while creating Hell. The reason why we see little to nothing of ANY snakes in the Wrath Ring except for Striker, and even then he seems to be a hybrid, could allude to the fact that Satan had a disdain for them because they were like a staple or reminder for Lucifer's presence even though Lucifer's not around anymore. Even though Satan hated them, they still were PRETTY resilient in comparison to even Wrath Imps. That made Satan set up a compromise in order to eradicate Snakes while also gaining trust from the Imps. That's by providing them temporary shelter from Reptilians/Snakes. That made the population die down due to no reliable source, which led to only having a few species of snakes survive. One of them being related to Striker's lineage. The Snakes most likely retreated to the volcanoes we see or somewhere that is pretty distant from Imp Civilization. Most of them could have migrated to other rings (like Greed). They are mostly used for their goods and services. Which could possibly be why Joe (Millie's dad) hired Striker as a farmhand with almost no background check. 

Striker's mother could already have had children of her own before getting with Striker's father, and they all could be pure-blood imps (or a Greed Imp-succubus hybrid). Seeing as how durable he is, I think we can safely assume that it took a massive toll on her and her body when she gave birth to Striker, which could mean she was forced to quit her assassin job at the Greed Ring due to the sudden physical weakness. That means she just hated Striker as a result of it (and so did her children). So maybe a little like Lady Beatrice? since Viv said that she does take some inspiration from Bojack Horseman.

The second parallel is Moxxie. I think it's pretty obvious that Moxxie was born primarily in Wrath because his mother is from Wrath but raised in Greed because, well, his father, Crimson, is the Mafia boss of the Greed ring. This could be the case for Striker as well; their was a small theory created by CartoonUniverse on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RHBCHFoh5bw?feature=share 

where he talks about Moxxie and Striker being half-brothers based on how Striker closely resembles Crimson (the horns and the golden tooth), and while I believed it for some time, some people pointed out how there are tons of imps with the same horn shape as Moxxie, and Crimson is seen at the start of the S2 Ep.3 Exes and Oohs, which makes sense. So how about he just had a Greed parent, but due to how fucking awful it is, it's maybe possible he was born in greed but raised in the wrath ring because Striker's father wanted to at least give his son a Good childhood (Again, exact opposite of Crimson)

The third parallel could be with Loona. This is not as concrete as the other ones, but I still wanted to add it. Striker was orphaned at a young age, but he didn't get adopted, maybe a similar scene like in Season 2 Episode 2: Seeing Stars, but instead it almost seems like he is going to be adopted only for it to be a false alarm, and he soon gets kicked out of the orphanage, where he had to fend for himself. 

The fourth parallel could be Millie, where there could just be (again) completely different scenarios. Striker is a ruthless assassin in the Wrath ring, which is what Millie was back in the flashback in Season 2 Episode 10: GhostFuckers before getting hired by Blitz and working in I.M.P., where she met Moxxie, married him, and now she is pregnant. Now, this could be interpreted in various ways. A lot of people have very different reactions to this, so bear with me. This could be a possible chance that maybe this could be what Striker was before the events of the show. That he was just a laid-down family man on a little plot of land on his own with his wife (or husband) with a kid and everything until it got taken away by some terrible event that basically shaped him into the person he is now. Maybe he's trying to let out his pent-up rage, which led to him having a cold-hearted personality, by killing people in the Assassin game and becoming popular enough to have wanted posters of him in both Pride and Wrath that state, "Preferably Dead, Please." Similar to the wanted posters, we see Millie being used as a mugshot in Season 2 Episode 11: Mastermind.

And finally, Blitz, like Loona, probably had a kid of his own (adopted or not) and died in a horrible fire incident, instead caused by a royal, but still carries extreme guilt for not being able to save his family; he could have had a lover that died in it as well. This was also explained better by a Reddit user.

daffysrhapsody 

Also, here are some speculations/headcanons I have had for Striker's parents.

Striker's Mother

Name:

Nerio Oleandro

Species:

Half-Succubus, Half-Greed Imp

Former Occupation:

Soldier (Soldato): An inducted member of Mafia families, mostly random to avoid people tracking her. She carries out the orders of their capo and other superiors.

Current Occupation: A normal farmhand at her current husband's farmland. 

Abilities: A vast knowledge of firearms (so a lot like Crimson), seduction, and agility.

Relationships/Kin: Has 4 kids, all with different fathers. They all are 25% succubus/incubus and 75% greed imps.

One girl (1/4 Succubus) and three boys (1/4 incubus)

Mother and Father were pure-blood greed imps and incubi, respectively. The father died because her mother was from a middle-class mafia family, and the family found out that one of their members got pregnant and killed the father. They spared the mother only at the expense of abandoning the child as it was born at an orphanage, Mother. So she doesn't know about her parents.

NOTES: Rigid, strict and straight to the point but gentle at heart (For now)

She married Striker's father mostly to hide her identity but soon actually fell in love with him and decided to settle down from her job in the Greed Ring.

Striker's Father

Name:

Dread Diamante

Species:

Pure-blooded Rattlesnake

(Western Diamondback to be exact)

Occupation: 1) Owns a ranch called Sidewinder Sibilance (I know this doesn't sound good; y'all can give suggestions if you like) that was passed on to him by his father and mother. It's a generational business; Nerio and her kids live there, and they love it.

2) A bar names Kill Count Casino (You know, from Striker's lair) that he started on his own based his mother's love for drinks; he also manages the ranch, but he also has assigned several workers (And no, Nerio is loyal; she doesn't cheat on her husband)

Abilities: Great in close combat with things like knives and ropes (from handling Hellhogs), good at making cocktails and mocktails, resilient (due to versatile nature), and thick hide/scales to minimize injury.

Relationships/Kins: No kids of his own before having Strike(r) with Nerio, but still accepted Nerio's other kids as his own. His mother and father were great, which might come as surprising considering that in real life, after giving birth, they usually just let them fend for themselves or eat the non-viable ones, but that would be overkill considering that Vivzipop doesn't copy the exact traits and adds her own artistic liberties. Besides, I don't want another abusive dad in this show. Anyways, Snakes, especially in the Wrath ring, mostly live secluded away from the common folk because they are not welcomed. But since they are physically much stronger than Imps, they do have some popular and useful shops situated in various villages, like gunsmithing, horse grooming, butchering, skinning animals, etc., but they were really just used for their services. That's all. Snakes do consider themselves as somewhat of a superior species due to their imagery connection with Lucifer (the cause of the whole snake theme). He is one of the only ones to not have THAT and build his own business.

NOTES: Nice snake boi, supportive, optimistic, and enthusiastic about his work and teaching it to his children.

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FW! Suicide, fictional violance.

So, i finally have my computor back i will just posting these...

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Gill: I can do anything I put my mind to. I once figured out Maya's phone number just by choosing random numbers.

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Stampy: *running towards Cassie with open arms*

Cassie: *moves out of the way*

Stampy: Hey, why'd you move?!

Cassie: I thought you were going to attack me.

Stampy: I was going to hug you!

Cassie: Why would you hug me?

Stampy: WHY WOULD I ATTACK YOU!?

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Aiden: My level of gay has reached “sighing deeply whenever anything extremely heterosexual happens near me”.

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Stampy: How the hell are you still alive?

Cassie: Honestly, I’m just as confused as you are.

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Had to remove some personal stuff about me in the Bio, cause the things I like and look up are deranged As FUCK.

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*Bullying Prevention Day at school*

Teacher: Aiden, what would you do if one of your classmates viciously teased you again and again?

Aiden: Oh, that’s easy. I’d take a pencil out of my pencil case— Teacher: To write something to your teacher?

Aiden: —make sure that it’s really sharp, and ram it into their eye at full tilt! My mom always says the pencil is mightier than the sword because they can’t outlaw bringing pencils to school!

Teacher: *internal screaming*

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Cassie: I'm gonna eat the chicken breasts! Lukas, snickering: Yeah, eat what you lack. Winslow, deadpanning at Lukas: Then maybe I should order brains on delivery for you.

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Winslow: So, what's for dinner?

Cassie, staring at the food they burnt: Regret.

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Cassie: I'm very scary. Aiden: You're about as scary as a wet kitten. Cassie: Wet kittens are cute, at least I've got that going for me. Aiden: And small. Cassie:

Cassie: …Yeah, yeah. I guess.

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Gill, rushing into the room: It’s terrible, just terrible! I am so upset! Lukas: Gill, sit down, tell us all about it. Aiden, would you get Gill some water? Aiden: What are they gonna do with water? Has water ever made you feel better when you were upset? Have you ever heard anyone say, “Thank God, the water’s here!”?

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Winslow: I have seen a lot of murders in my time, and all 3 of them were today.

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Lukas: I'm a nice person, but I'm about to start throwing rocks at people.

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Maya: I’m afraid of clowns. There, I said it.

Nell: Maya, if you don't like clowns, why are you hanging with Cassie?

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Stacy: A party is a celebration of a life, bringing people together to let the guest of honor know how much they’re loved. Lukas has done so much for us. This is our chance to do something for them.

Aiden: By forcing them to have fun at a party that they don’t want to be at?

Stacy: I knew you’d understand.

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Lukas: What, I can’t be in a bad mood? It’s like people think, “Oh, Lukas is such a nice person, Lukas is so happy-go-lucky! Lukas can’t be in a bad mood!” Well, you know what? Lukas CAN be in a bad mood. And right now, Lukas IS be in a bad mood.