Starting my day with more rambling about my madcom au characters
This time talking about my favourite(although probably one of the most tragic) character, aka Host :33
(Part 2 out of 20-something parts of me talking about characters in my madness combat au)
Character trope: doomed to die or suffer in every timeline, from alive weapon to their own person
Metaphors/comparisons: "parasite and the infected"
A bit of explanation who Host even is, before i dive in more about them:
Host is Deimos' body. What happened to Deimos then? Well, during experiments (from which he became bat hybrid) he tried to escape despite his extremely weak state, but failed, and got killed on the way, his consciousness was turned into(rather unstable) ai that's now trapped inside a laptop, and needs someone to constantly monitor him, and this is where Host comes in!
After this whole situation was brought to Auditors attention, he decided that fuck that, and revived Deimos' body so it'll take care of Deimos(who is extremely unstable ai mind you). In exchange for fire that grants Host live, all their feelings, emotions, bodily sensations ect, was taken away. They're supposed to be a weapon, a shield for Deimos, so why need feelings and emotions, right? Also, after seeing how great Host was in battle, Auditor was considering using him for his own benefit in the future, and since Host couldn't feel a thing in all ways imaginable, he thought it'll be easy to get him under the control(spoiler: it's not)
A bit about how they look: as mentioned, Deimos was a bat hybrid, and Host obviously has bat features. Those being the bat wings and ears, ironically so, those are only physical indicators of them being a bat hybrid! But they also have a lot of stitches all over them(their fingers, eye, neck, chest ect) and their wings are severely broken and torn, and all this from being killed. Not nice
Now, going over the whole "parasite and infected" part of their character. Deimos and Host are connected, in, rather interesting way. When Auditor gave Host fire that gives Host's life, he made it so, quote: "as long as Deimos remains weak and broken, shall this fire burn brightly, shall he became stronger, shall this fire cease to exist". In simple terms, as long as Deimos is weak and dependent on Host to exist, Host will thrive, will be in their prime, but, when Deimos becomes powerful and doesn't need Host anymore, the fire will start burning out, slowly killing Host. That's why i compare this situation to "parasite and infected". Parasite in this case is Host, who feeds off of Deimos' weakness, but as soon as Deimos becomes powerful, the parasite died, because the infected can finally resist it
And, now going over, why they're doomed in every timeline(yes, there's multiple timelines in my au):
In good timeline: after escaping experiments, with Deimos, Sanford and Hank, Host starts to help everyone heal and recover, and most importantly, makes robotic body for Deimos, so he can finally comfortably exist, without need for Host, which, you guessed it, started killing Host! Since the life fire(aka the fire Auditor gave Host)was slowly burning out, Host's body was slowly rotting from the inside, their blood poisoning along with that. This is a very painful and long death. The irony of it, is that, the closer Host was to dying, the more they would start regaining their feelings and emotions. Ironically, they only had a few hours to experience all of them fully, before dying. Although they do get revived later on in this timeline, they were still dying for months, rotting from the inside. Only because they wanted to help someone they cared about, aka Deimos
In neutral timeline: this timeline is a bit more tricky to explain, but anyways. In this timeline, Host and Deimos aren't able to escape the experiments. And while Sanford and Hank getting under control of Phobos and Auditor through special mind control tech, it doesn't exactly work on Host. And just for a test, Deimos(who's still ai trapped in some laptop mind you) was put inside Host's body(their chest specifically). Basically speaking the two were forced to exist together like this, and this isn't good. Although Host and Deimos technically the same person, just different parts (Deimos being the mind, and Host being the body), they couldn't properly exist together like they do in neutral timeline. Host just went insane from experiencing all emotions in seconds, after Deimos connected to them, leading to Host loosing their sanity. Although, they have feelings now, they also suffer from them. And Deimos himself also doesn't really enjoy existing like this, constantly feeling Host's pain and feeling their broken psych, turning to dust
In bad timeline: that's the timeline of death for basically everyone, so not much to explain here. Both Host and Deimos were killed by Auditor, when he decided that there's no use from both of them. They died in a fight. Host was desperately trying to protect the laptop Deimos is trapped in, during the fight, not caring how much damage they'll receive. But one wrong move and boom, the laptop is destroyed, Deimos along with it, and you guessed it, Host died right after that! And no, not because Auditor used the chance to do the final blow, but because Host would die if Deimos would. Which happened here. The only things Host felt in last seconds of their life was guilt and fear
In insanity timeline: (this timeline roots from good timeline, so Deimos does have a robotic here, and yes this is important note) in this timeline, Auditor goes through with using Host as a tool for his benefit because of their fighting skills. Auditor also only returned one emotion to Host, that being anger, so their work would be "more efficient". And now, that their fire isn't burning out anymore, Host won't die no matter what. Ironically so, Deimos found out about this whole life fire burning out and killing Host because Deimos isn't weak anymore, so Deimos looses his mind, and literally starts breaking his body, hoping that it'll keep Host alive(because two have extremely deep brotherly bond, so of course Deimos wouldn't want Host to die). The thing is, he doesn't know that Host isn't all that dependent on Deimos being weak to live, so now, not only Host forced to work for his enemy, but also forced to see, one of the people they care for most, hurt himself, while they can't do anything about it. They're doomed to harm, and see their loved ones get harmed because of them
So yea, they're always doomed in one way or another. But despite everything, Host doesn't really care. As long as their loved one's are alive and well, they don't mind dying or suffering for them, even if it means suffering for all eternity
They may be emotionless, unfeeling, but they aren't cruel. Nevada's cruelty taught them empathy and kindness through observations. They may have been originally brought to live to be a shield and a weapon, but they learn to be way more than that. They learned to be more human, that other people ever will be. Who knew even some zed, can be like this
There's obviously, way more to their character, but that's all, for now, unless someone has questions :33
Thanks for reading my rambling <33
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