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babycharmander · 2 years

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Ford, Truman, Hollis, and the Domino Effect

So I'm working on my current fic (penultimate chapter is being beta'd, btw) and writing a scene with Truman, which got me thinking about him for a while and talking about him with @jaywings --in particular, about how Truman is a very worthy successor to Ford.

Both Ford and Truman are fantastic at seeing people for what they are in spite of what they've done. With Ford, we see this in his recruitment of the Psychic 7, particularly how he recruited Compton. Compton had just been incarcerated for (inadvertently) killing dozens of animals, and then Ford shows up, bails him out, and immediately recruits him. In spite of the awful crime Compton had just committed, Ford immediately saw past that and saw what a powerful, caring person Compton was, and stepped in to help. Then, with Truman, we also see this in how he recruited Hollis when she was at her worst (more on that later) and how he was the one person to see through "Nick Johnsmith's" fake niceness.

We only see so much of Truman in the games, but everything we see of him points to his being a competent, caring leader.

But... when did he become the Grand Head?

We know that the Psychonauts have a position under the Grand Head--the Second (or "Lesser") Head. So it's possible Truman could have been the original Second Head before he took Ford's place, but we don't know that for sure. For all we know, the Second Head position could have become instated after Truman was put in office. But when would that have happened? Hollis is the Second Head under Truman, but he was the one to recruit her. Was there not a Second Head until then? When was Hollis recruited?

I was wondering about this, and checked out the dialogue in Hollis's level, as well as one of her memory vaults. Hollis does mention Truman recruiting her, but she doesn't call him the Grand Head. On top of that, we have this image here:

[ID: One of the slides from the "Breaking Dr. Potts" memory vault. Hollis is standing in a hallway, glancing over her shoulder and looking distraught, while a visibly-younger-than-we-see-him-in-the-game Truman Zanotto looks at her, smiling and holding up a brochure. The brochure reads "We Want YOU - Psychonauts" with a somewhat younger Ford on the cover. /end ID]

Truman looks pretty young here, and the brochure for the Psychonauts depicts a slightly younger Ford Cruller (likely when he was still Grand Head).

So... let's imagine this: while Ford is still Grand Head, either he or the other Psychonauts (or all of them) realize that he's not okay, and isn't really getting better. So they have a meeting to appoint his successor, and Ford (or other people of sound mind) ultimately settle on Truman (possibly to Bob's dismay, suddenly being outranked by his own nephew). Ford sees the potential in Truman, and Truman becomes second-in-command. This all works out pretty well.

And one day, Truman shows just how much like Ford he is. The Psychonauts get a call about a world-renowned doctor gone mad, and a young Truman Zanotto is sent out to take care of things. He sees that the doctor's lost his mind due to some extensive brain-meddling via Mental Connection. Truman is able to straighten him out... but he's also able to clearly see that a very powerful psychic did this, albeit unintentionally. He sees the potential in Hollis, and recruits her to join the Psychonauts where she can be trained to hone her powers and use them for good rather than misusing them dangerously.

And all is well... until Ford catches wind of this.

He's initially proud of Truman, seeing himself in him, thinking about what a great leader he will be...

But then there's... something about this situation that's... oddly... familiar...

A powerful psychic going into someone's mind... and a man's mind being shattered--

Something clicks in Ford's head, and he breaks, shattering completely. Instead of momentary lapses, he suddenly can't remember who he is at all. He's in the bowling alley, and he's working the desk. He's in the mailroom, and he's a mailroom clerk. He's in the barbershop, and he's a barber. Everywhere he goes, he's a different person, and he is no longer fit for office, and Truman (and, not long after, Hollis) is suddenly thrust into a leadership position.

Truman is now the Grand Head, at the cost of Ford losing his mind. And while he is a fantastic leader, things aren't well with the remaining Psychic Six. Otto survives as he always does (my personal headcanon is that he's the one who brought Ford to Whispering Rock and built him his sanctuary), but...

Bob, who already lost his husband and close friend, is suddenly, in a way, losing another one of his close friends. Deep down he may have seen Truman as the cause of this, and spiraled further into his depression and sank deeper into alcoholism. Later on this would lead to his being expelled from the Psychonauts.

Cassie was also doing poorly, distressed after Helmut and Lucy's deaths. Given her mastery of her own mind, she may have tried to help Ford, but been unable to, and was also no longer able to come to him for advice… and finally left.

Compton, now without Cassie there to support him, finally holes himself up in the Psychoisolation Chamber.

One simple act of compassion kicks off the domino effect that breaks apart the founders of the Psychonauts.

...but it's also what brings them back together.

Truman and Hollis work hard to continue the success of the original Psychonauts. When Raz enters the picture, it's Hollis who teaches him about consent, about the dangers of messing with people's minds, as both she (and, unbeknownst to her, Ford) had done in the past.

If/when Raz had tried to access Ford’s mind before, attempting to use the Psycho-Portal on him without his consent, it only served to make Ford angry and distressed. But now armed with this lesson of compassion and consent, Raz asks permission first, and is welcomed into Ford’s mind… and from there, he is able to help bring the original Psychic 7--all of them--back together.

#ford cruller #truman zanotto #hollis forsythe #psychonauts #psychonauts 2 #razputin aquato #bob zanotto #cassie o pia #compton boole #otto mentallis #psychonauts 2 spoilers #AAAAAAAAAAA #sorry this post might be kindof a mess #jaywings and I were talking and we suddenly had Many Thoughts #and I had to try to put them together into a semi-coherent post #also I am VERY EAGER to play MOAR of my Psychonauts 2 replay soon #i love all these characters so much ;A;

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1alchemistart · 3 months

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dont got much to offer for The Holiday but have these sillies!

happy valentines day :D

#sxf #spy x family #damianya #damian desmond #anya forger #my art #i am sleepy rn im scheduling this ahead of time like several hours ahead JKSDFKLS #unrelated to sxf. the tags are my speaking place shush #was not expecting the toby fox newsletter to have so much for me to think about JKKLDFSS #good ole gaster sending us love letters (we don't KNOW it's gaster but like. typing pattern + him being the only character to be like)#(directly referring to the game as deltarune)#ALSO THE WEATHERMEN HAVE NAMES NOW ?!?!? AND ARE IN LOVE ???!?!#so happy for them fr #i didnt get the mettaton card but like just know. that is my essence. all those blingee-core sparkles. those picmix hearts. me #anyway YIPPEE WAHOO

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ronanlynchbf · 8 months

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tshirt that says NO LIVE ORGANISM CAN CONTINUE FOR LONG TO EXIST SANELY UNDER CONDITIONS OF ABSOLUTE REALITY

#i literally JUST finished hill house a few days ago and i already want to reread. Badly. it's sooo so so soo sooooooooo good <33333!!!!!#also completely enamored by shirley jackson's writing style i NEED to read everything she has written ever like right now..#opening lines of ALL TIME btw 👆❗❗❗#r.txt #the haunting of hill house #ALSO i've seen commentary videos on the tv show they made of hill house but from what i remember of it it's SO different from the book???#i think they were all siblings in the show which is??????? like why would you change that part?? i love sibling relationships as much as the #next guy but i feel like the fact that none of them knew each other was such an essential part of the story like why would u change it....#also eleanor was like. an entirely different character who was also already dead in the show i believe??? and dr. montague doesn't exist??#hill house could've been really good as a show idk why they changed it up like that...like was the original story not interesting enough for #you or something?? WHO decided to make that change i just wanna talk 🤨

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weaselmcdiesel · 17 days

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Do You Love The Color Of The 413?

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wasyago · 2 months

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various tango doodles

#hermitcraft #tangotek #my art #sketch #i love drawing human tango so much you guys have no idea.... he's just. he's so... but the creature one is still the most favorite.#also the 3rd sketch of him with glasses..... don't think im gonna draw him with glasses anymore it just doesn't look right #idk why. maybe the forehead being covered or the fact that he doesn't have ears or something. it's just... no #in other news. im really enjoying drawing him with a bit of facial hair! it just adds that little bit of character and maturity #he looks less like a baby and i think that's a good thing #all my previous fanarts now look bald tho 😭

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egophiliac · 2 months

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What do you like about the Diasomnia boys if I may ask?

I always love hearing about the different reasons people enjoy characters.

I mean, c'mon. he has split custody over Sebek okay

also, Lilia in particular has maybe the best timeskip character development of all time

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 chapter 4 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 chapter 4 spoilers #stage in playful land #i hope this is legible whoops #anon i am sorry but you made the fatal mistake of asking me to talk about diasomnia #insert 'i just think they're neat' jpg #i do like the other characters a lot but they are definitely my favorites #they just hit a lot of my favorite things in characters i guess!#yes even you sebek even though you keep shrieking NINGEN at me #(it's okay he gets Character Development™ later)#and their dynamic! it's great! these guys frikking love each other SO much and they WILL have terrible terrible angst about it #ohoho delicious #give me all your emotional hangups baybeeeee #also somewhere in there i went from 'i like them all equally (but lilia is the most fun to draw)'#to 'lilia is absolutely my favorite (and still the most fun to draw) (EVEN MORE fun now thank you swishy ponytail!)'#(it was probably when his candy coating got a little scratched and whoops all the tragedy fell out)#(where's that 'get loved loser' post because i need to staple it to lilia's forehead)#i am extremely bad at putting things into words so please don't ask me to explain it any further #just know that the diafam is everything to me and if we don't get more episode 7 soon i'm going to crumble into dust and blow away #we'll be getting the crowleytimes on monday and maybe there will be. idk. some foreshadowing or something in his groovy #probably not but LOOK i'm desperate

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kenm4vhs · 5 months

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in japan is already december 7th which means HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE HONORED ONE THE STRONGEST JUJUTSU SORCERER GOJO SATORU 💕💕💘💖🩷💞💓💞🩷💝💘💕💕💖💓💞💘🩷💝💖

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callmelinamfsnow · 1 year

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“I’m family”

“So. is. he”

#they’re literally all they had for each other for years #the trauma bonding of losing everyone #I love nebulas character growth so fucking much #gotg3 spoilers #rocket gotg #gotg #gotg3 #guardians of the galaxy #guardians of the galaxy vol 3 spoilers #gotg v3 #gotg vol3 spoilers #the names rocket #rocket racoon #nebula

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demaparbat-hp · 8 months

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Little Zuzu for an incoming project 🔥

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stargatelov3r · 9 months

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I love characters that think they can't allow themselves to love or be loved

just to have someone stride into their life to turn that concept upside down

#like yisssss i live for that shit #so many of my fave characters/relationships #like #samantha carter #elizabeth weir #president t'rina #dana scully #kathryn janeway #see how all of these are women #i love women in case you haven't guessed as much yet

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mogwaei · 9 months

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all the love for the most perfect lass who has never done anything wrong in her whole life

#baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #karlach #karlach bg3 #artists on tumblr #sketch #mogwaei arts #MY WIFE #I fucking love ALL the characters so much. I am going to draw everyone (slowly) between my gaming time lol

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littlelightfish · 24 days

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He cares very much about his elemental just look at this man

He raised this bubble monster since it was a baby and worries about her getting mixed with other water things... Dad behaviour...

It's like he asks her to come out to fight.

He can't ask her that, he alredy sent her to battle. Is it either them or the quimera and he knows it damn well, that's why he looks at Marcille with something close to pity. He can't ask the undine to stop. He needs, they all need, the monster to be dead.

And then his baby droplet gets obliterated by this monster. He's not recovering up emotionally from this anytime soon. He freezes a few seconds in absolute shock.

"I even find it cute now". His baby is dead. It's gotta be something akin to adopt a stray cat since baby and then he gets run over. He starts tearing up. Look at this man's poor face, he's destroyed.

Here he's mourning the loss of his undine possibly, all sad faced. He is, at the end, the only one that lost someone there (many died but revived, and Falin doesnt count because she's alive). Either that or he managed to, somehow, save a bit of her and put it on the bottle and it's feeling sorry for his elemental or saying sorry.