Kayi Rowling
Pet Shop of Horrors
/ spoilers volume
10
Speculation: Papa
D - Vesca Howell
Family / Angst
PG-13
Warning: Shounen-ai.
From speculation to alternate reality.
SofuD, PapaD-VescaHowell / post-vol10 / Sofu D hadn't known... He hadn't even imagined... that the full moon could persuade him so.
Author's Notes:
This one-shot was written on a whim. Still, I was not high in sugar, or in coffee, or was sleep-deprived. This was written over the course of a school week whenever free time coincided with inspiration… which was often, if I managed to finish, really.
It's a small, 4000-word one-shot (oh my, how small, isn't it? What a joke…). It wasn't externally beta-read, yet had nearly 20 alpha-reads and a last internal beta-read before being uploaded.
As well, I have put some of my hypothesis in a literary form. Three of them, being main:
1. Papa D didn't reincarnate into a human. This doesn't mean what you see in other fanfics, that he became a child kami… This means he didn't even bother in reincarnating at all. As well, be mindful that he managed to take Vesca Howell's life before the child even appeared. Please, do the math; it's an easy equation…My hypothesis: the child is a human-kami hybrid of sorts, probably child to Papa D and Vesca Howell.
2. Eye color on the kami. I possess an hypothesis for this, even when the term eye heterochromia does exist, and does happen; do consult Wikipedia for further information (I want to have eye heterochromia!). Anyways, what I think about the kami being able to have mismatched eyes (only case we know being our D), is that it is determined by separate genes. In other words, my hypothesis: each eye has its iris' color determined by a different set of genetic information, therefore making one independent from the other…
3. Papa
D didn't hate humans (that much). He could be defined, in terms
borrowed from a kami's point of view, as a philanthropist,
even. He did study a career (half-way, at least), accepts human
science, and, from the version of the manga I got to read, hasn't
sold a pet in his life (one never sees people saying, unless in a
scientific or truly human environment, "hey, Count D! It's you!"
whilst actually thinking of his father, or, perhaps, D replying:
"oh, you must be thinking of my father…" instead of the usual
reference to Sofu).
As well, have in mind that he was "just
playing" with the minds of Vesca, Leon, and his own son on the
last chapter of the manga; that wasn't a deadly virus, just a nice
little switch to blow up the top of the building… Apparently, he
had previously thought about it (maybe not a lot…), since he
didn't say a thing until Sofu and D had made their presences
known, and both were "distracted"; I do believe he wanted all
the living kami to just die off, really. His last words, to me, were
just what Sofu would have liked him to say to D, but he was actually
happy to die, that it was one less of their kind…
Many more
arguments, I do possess, yet this is already too long, so now
follows my hypothesis:
Papa D was a philanthropist kami, which is viewed as insane in their
terms, therefore causing his almost complete banishment from their
midst.
Do excuse me for dragging my Author's Notes almost infinitely, but I would have been forced to add a chapter after the story itself to explain all of it (I would have probably put even more things if that had been the case, but I'm a lazy writer, so no; if too confused, don't hesitate to contact me).
Now, I leave you with the story. Do read and enjoy. That's my priority, even over reviews, which would be an extra-kindness from you, reader. Do not hesitate to flame either; everyone has the right to say as they please…
Read and Enjoy, please.