( I Know That I Just Asked You A Question But Im Bored Af)

( I know that I just asked you a question but I’m bored af)

Do you have any Hal angst?

BE NOT AFRAID TO SEND ASKS BESTIE. BE NOT AFRAID.

As for Hal angst... There's alot one could go over. Such as :

How Hal's father's death affected his life, and possibly how he works at being an "enforcer of justice" (And the possibility that the "Death is inevitable!" quote might've unfortunately been his father's final words before said death) from then onward.

While his father might've meant this quote as a way to ease the pain for Hal, it definitely seems to have done the opposite. Man is probably putting the work in overwork at his job now because of one thing:

HE WAS AT THE SCENE WHEN IT HAPPENED. HE COULDN'T STOP IT. And he CAN'T accept that reality yet, if at all. HE is supposed to BE AN ENFORCER, not some bystander to something so tragic. So he tries to work hard to avoid speaking about his pain instead in a healthier way. He CAN'T. Not when there are people to protect from a similar fate.

Jr has tried to talk with him about this, but Hal always redirects the subject back to how Jr. is doing. Jr wants to help his dad, but his dad seems to not want any. Not until he can ENSURE SAFETY FOR ALL.

How Mrs. Monitor's (albeit offscreen) death affected Hal and Jr.'s life (exclude this from the "Mrs. Monitor Lives AU")

This left Hal and Jr. in a more unstable finacial state, but when Jr. got his own body built, he took over his Mom's old "Apppliances Store" (Yes it's spelt that way in the show, and the headcanon why is because Mrs. Monitor "autocorrects" it to that instead of Appliances, to which Hal and Jr. refuse to change it). Now the duo are overworking buddies!

Jr. has been saving up for something for a while without his father knowing though... Therapy. Jr. knows what the two of them isn't healthy, even if they are "Robots/Cyborgs" thanks to the lovely advice from Shroomy and Karen (who stop by/babysit on occasion). He wants to help them get better, BE BETTER for each other's sake. But the only problem now is getting Hal to agree to going along with him to said sessions...

Why does your version of Shroomy have a scar on his back? What happened?

Shroomy's been hit with more than ONE bear attack, if anything, I probably should've added more.

It got to a point where Shroomy wanted to throw hands with them ON SIGHT might I add.

Suffice to say, man's got some scars from these fellas. Probably why we haven't seen Cub Scout leader "Victor Smokeavich" (I think that's how you spell it???) return because Shroomy probably has beef with him despite formally being his star pupil scout.

Some things I found noteworthy of Hal from a small binge watching of SMG4 episodes in no particular order

Hal Monitor can in fact breakdance. This man can literally bust it down to reel you in, and by the time you realize it, his crew probably already has you walking to the car in cuffs.

2. Hal's face plate/monitor screen has seen some updates offscreen, allowing him to eat/drink like everybody else. I think it was the moment he and Meggy had in the "SMG4: Officer Meggy" episode that made him actually realize he hadn't eaten before (trying to mimic other coworkers behavior).

3. Transforming. Into. Other. Machines/Vehicles. I don't think anyone talks about this enough but Hal has transformed into a CAR, A TANK, A SENTRY GUN, AND EVEN GOT THE BODY OF OPTIMUS PRIME AT ONE POINT WHAT THE SCALLOP??? Only headcanon I can give that goes with this is that Jr. inherited this ability from his dad.

4. Warping through video recording devices. I think this is also very interesting because man can just be ANYWHERE in no time at all.

Am I just making this to make notes for any future writings/comics/headcanons I make of this guy?

Maybe. maybe.

SO... DANDY'S WORLD HUH?

Yeah I might need to make a new ROBLOX account (lost the password to my old one since I haven't played on there since like mid 2010s oof)

And what's this??

Who is This little guy?? >:3

How water-resistant is your version of Hal? Does he just pass out at the slightest amount of moisture? Or is he able to full-on swim?

Good Question!! Mainly because We aren't sure about canon Hal Monitor's resistance to water! (the screenshots being from the same episode makes it so confusing like why the scallop is he in the lake in one just fine and just knocked out by being sprayed like a cat MINUTES LATER???)

To which my theory on why he was able to submerge in water earlier but get damaged by the spray bottle water is these bad boys below!

I think Hal had some usb port covers plugged in (thus protecting himself from water leakage into his server systems) but had removed them to dry them off afterwards, leaving him vulnerable to the Shy Guy's attack.

So to answer your question: If he were to have these covers plugged in, my buddy boi here could swim without issue, without them he's definitely screwed.

A little angst for you too!

He may not say it out loud, but he's truly glad Meggy didn't go on to join him in the enforcing business and instead went for coaching in the end. She was capable yes, but that close call of a mission where he COULDN'T DO ANYTHING EXCEPT WATCH OVER HER while she went to stop the Shy Guy was quite the unnerving callback for him. Lucky she did "capture" the Shy Guy in the microwave, but it did leave him in his office for a while worried about what if she hadn't succeeded.

The first night wasn't the easiest...

And introducing the brother of the hour: Verdant Mushroom! Punchy's older brother/parental figure!

Verdant, while mostly stoic towards others, was always quickly switching up to share his feelings with Punchy. The duo's folks weren't always available due to their "habits" and "discussions" as he put it, but they made due. Verdant was taking up any odd job he could to make enough money on the side to buy themselves a couple tickets to a new life in the Mushroom Kingdom. But with a recent upping in rent price costing them possibly getting out unscathed, Verdant makes the sacrifice to pay for Punchy's ticket and wait for another chance to pay for his own.

Punchy misses his brother, and for the first few nights was waking up in cold sweats from nightmares of Verdant telling him to "Get out" in a much more cruel voice, almost sounding like someone else... Punchy blames himself for not making enough to help, for not doing "anything" and as such has been trying to take up jobs to send Verdant in hopes of paying for a ticket to reunite once again.

Shroomy just hopes the Luncheon Kingdom opens up soon, just so he can finally stop lying about "sending Vert the money" for Punchy's sake and unite the brothers once again.