He’s A Little Freak - Blog Posts

Jon definitely was the type to look at others’ faces without looking at their eyes when making conversation. It’s close to their eyes but never quite directly at their eyes (that trick where you stare at others’ foreheads instead of their eyes to creep them out) so no one ever explicitly calls him out on it. He isn’t even aware he’s doing that.

My favorite character interpretation for both Jonathan Sims and pre distortion Michael Shelley is that they’re a little odd in general even without all the fear entity stuff.

Jon stares just a little too long when makes conversation. Michael moves in a sudden jerky way that would remind most people of a spider moving its legs. Jon always looks a little too…stiff. Like he’s a porcelain doll sat against the chair instead of a man. Michael never walks flat on feet, he noticeably puts his weight on either on his heels or his toes.

Jon’s eye, hair, and clothing colors always look a bit dull somehow. Like someone drew him and then turned the contrast down. Michael’s fingers and toes are noticeably long and quite a few people have told him that he has the longest fingers/toes they’ve ever seen.

I could pretend this headcanon is profound commentary on their humanity, but honestly I’m just very fond of viewing Jon and Michael as cryptid adjacent.

"cool character I guess..." I mutter, walking away with a suspiciously character shaped lump in my throat