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CW: LONG ASS RANTING + POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR MUSHROOM OASIS

ok. so this just occurred to me mid adhd deep dive.

y'know Paras and Parasect? the mushroom crab (?) Pokemon? so I just recently learned more about the mushrooms on their bodies. what I want to personally highlight is this, taken straight from Bulbapedia from Parasect's page:

"The insect has been drained of nutrients and is now under the control of the fully-grown tochukaso. Removing the mushroom will cause Parasect to stop moving."

the bolded area is the area I want to focus on, because this implies that Parasect is dead. the mushroom has completely taken over Parasect's cold dead corpse.

why am I saying this?? well, those mushrooms are actually real. tochukaso are the Japanese name of a parasitic fungi called ophiocordyceps sinensis, or just "caterpillar fungus" in Western areas. basically they're mushrooms that do the same thing that the tochukaso does to Paras and Parasect: "replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its host."

so...

???????

my theory?: Mychael isn't a naturally-born mushroom creature, he died in the oasis and became the host of parasitic mushrooms, specifically the tochukaso. and I'm proud to say I actually have a bit of evidence behind this.

both mushrooms in general look really fuckin' similar. reddish in color with white dots with a pointed cap. also, tochukaso can give off spores that are attached to Paras eggs...

... just like Mychael can. (sorry for low quality image it was the only one I could find)

on the topic of releasing spores comes my second point: tochukaso are used in China for medical remedies, as well as aphrodisiac. as it may seem, the spores that Mychael can release have an aphrodisiac effect on us.

"well how do you explain his horns and tail?" fourth point: parasitic mushrooms, more often than not, produce more mushroom appendages onto the host. examples:

the horns? mushroom appendages. the tail could also be a mushroom appendage with a long ass stem, as displayed by the cricket w/ the bigass mushroom above. shit, the ears could be mutated to be longer.

also, mans is in a whole ass WOODS. he could've easily died in those woods and the mushrooms were like "yo score a nice host".

thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

Theory: the reason why all of Pokemon protagonist are raised by single mom is because they all kids of one trainer - casanova, who bangs ladies all over Pokemon world. That's why they all become champions because they all inheired talent after their dead - beat dad.

I was watching Enchanted and couldn’t help but make a headcannon. What if Twisted Wonderland was literally an animated world whereas Yuu’s world was realistic?

I can imagine Yuu freaking out about how they suddenly became a cartoon character when they arrived to NRC. Sorry if this came out of nowhere, I just felt like sharing this 😂

I LOVE ENCHANTED 😭 I only recently watched it this year, but I really enjoyed it! Apparently Disney is working on a sequel right now…? I read the synopsis recently, it sounds sort of like Shrek Forever after (where a character isn’t happy with their happily ever after and wishes for things to change, only for it to all go terribly wrong). I hope it’s just as charming as the original!

bxjdvsiwnsks If TWST were an animated world… isn’t that just whenever the TWST anime comes out— I never really thought of it like that since it seems like no one in the universe of Enchanted notices how their forms change between the real world and the animated world (at least not that I can remember)?? 🤔 Though thinking about it, TWST would be one of the more “realistic” animated worlds? There’s magic, yes, but the way problems are resolved and discussed are definitely more rooted in realism than fairy tale-esque solutions like “let’s get married the same fay we met because of true love or something”.

Ehhh, I’m sure Yuu can get over it eventually 😂 but the initial shock would definitely be there. It’s mainly an physical change plus the addition of magic; the logic the world runs on is still pretty similar to that of their own world, no?