Happy Birthday Nico Hakobyan!
Meow meow! (Our favorite cat person's birthday has arrived!)
Mrow. (As always, small character analysis + fun facts + songs!)
CW Transphobia, bullying, blackmail, death threats, murder attempt
-Nico is the Ultimate Pet Therapist! This is because, as they've explicitly stated, they like interacting with animals more than humans. They feel as though there are many unwritten rules of human conversation they don't fully understand, while animals are a lot simpler by comparison. Mood.
-Their secret may also play into why they prefer interaction with animals. It was "No one accepted you for your identity. You were constantly mocked by your family, your peers, and everyone else." Basically, people made fun of them because they're non-binary, to the point apparently they threw rocks and mud at them :(
-Speaking of secrets, the quote on Mai's page associated to them is "Everyone confided in her." Presumably they came out to Mai out of their own will, instead of being essentially outed by David (which is one of the many morally wrong things with David's whole "sharing secrets" operation, but this ain't about him).
-And speaking of secret quotes, the one on Nico's page's source code is "Why should I own up for the mistakes that someone else made?" A bit vague, and one which will probably only make sense with future context. Although, it may actually be referencing something we already saw.
-Time to talk about The Gym Incident.
-Ace got Nico's secret at the start of CH2, and because of his own set of issues, he decided to use this power over Nico to bully them relentlessly. Now, Nico also got Ace's secret, but for one reason or another never brought it up. Possibly because they had a "better" idea for how to stop the bullying: in the heat of the moment, Nico threatened to kill Ace. I mean, killing the guy is a lot simpler than the blackmail equivalent of mutually assured destruction, and we know how Nico feels about complicated social rules and norms.
-Thankfully Hu stepped in before things escalated further, although her method might have been, uh, flawed. Giving her friend the benefit of the doubt, she blamed Ace for everything and slapped him. Which, yes, Ace was horrible to Nico. But the death threat should probably be addressed, shouldn't it? Or should they "not be forced to apologize for someone else's mistake?"
-One thing led to another, and Nico tried to kill Ace in the gym.
-To be fair, the whole situation is still surrounded in speculation, but they have admitted to it. To be clear, I don't actually think this is the situation their secret quote refers to, since they did say "I shouldn't have done that" in the trial, so they presumably feel enough remorse to feel like maybe they should apologize, even if Ace is far from blameless. Or maybe I'm wrong and this is the situation the quote refers to, who knows.
-Additionally, they never denied stealing Rose's turpentine to pull this off, so it's very possible they did.
-Oh, yeah! Nico and Rose and friends :D (or at least they were before the turpentine thing). They shared an FTE, which only had a 0,4% chance of happening apparently :O
-It's a very sweet one, where they vibe for a few minutes without talking, then call each other cats, and talk about their issues with communicating their feelings. It's revealed Nico has a pet cat named Tractor (because he meows very loudly), which is pretty old, and that they miss other cats they knew before the killing game. Also, when Rose brings up she's scared of what she knows because of her memory, Nico drops this while thinking of the killing game:
Nico [thought]: Everyone here probably is afraid of themselves and what they might end up doing.
Foreshadowing is a narrative device-
-Their numeral in the the David MV is VIII (8), which is "even if I try to think, IDK!!!". Explained at 1:58:22 in this video, though it's not too complex.
-According to Color Theory they get light blue, with the words "cry, cry, idk!!!" I don't think I need to explain why this applies to Nico, who might actually have more crying sprites than the rest of the cast combined (I don't think that's true, but you get the idea). Mood.
-Their birthday, December 19th, lands on National Hard Candy Day, National Harry (yes the name) Day, National Oatmeal Muffin Day, and National Emo Day, among others. At this point I'm no longer surprised by these things.
Fun facts!
-They like cat-themed things and dislike bathtubs. Cat behavior.
-Like most of the cast, they're American, right-handed, their sexuality is unconfirmed and their hair color is natural.
-They don't have a favorite color, as they are not interested in such things, but their least favorite is white. They find it unsettling.
-Nico cuts their own hair, as stated in their FTE.
-Their favorite ice cream flavor is "the flavor." No elaboration. Mood.
-They smell like a kitty-cat.
-Their favorite food is unprocessed and natural food.
Songs!
(I was really tempted to give them some of Muu's songs from Milgram, but whether or not they work depends on what their secret quote actually means so :p)
+The Chattering Lack of Common Sense by Ghost & Pals
+Scapeg∞at by Ghost & Pals
+God-ish by PinnochioP
+Karma by CreepP, CircusP
+Nobody Makes Sense by PinnochioP
+Monster by KIRA (listen evil Nico lives rent free in my head ok?)
+The Spider and the Kitsune-Like Lion by MASA Works Design (So about the evil Nico thing-)
+And Happy Birthday! Sung by kitties of course.
(Wow I did not have a lot for them rip)
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