An Update List Of What I Think Some Of The Scp Researchers Smell Like

Im seeing people share their reads on Papa V so far and I just wanna throw my hat into he ring?

So, onstage- he's been described as shyer then Copia and a little unsure, hes charasmatic and a bit flirty, he's implied that he's running on a lot of partial information, and he's having minor confrontations with the ghouls that he's backing down from regularly.

So, V comes across to me as someone who's much sharper and observant then Copia, who's trying to navigate managing a band of literal demons who he has not earned the respect of yet. I read him as nicer on the surface then a lot of the clergy, but very intentionally so. He strikes me as a more controlled person then Copia who's better at masking his frustrations.

I feel like V is also much more aware that the role of Papa is a figurehead with not much of authority, versus Copia who never really internalized that. V wants to be liked, but I don't feel like respect is as big of a deal to him as it is for Copia.

But-

I also get the feeling from the timing of the Lachryma video dropping after Copia starts trying to publicly humiliate him and the main repeated lyrics from the song being "im done crying over someone like you", that he's JUST as catty and passive aggressive as his brother deep down. I mean- he even "borrowed" (i.e. stole) the gold blazer and the idea for the wings from his dear brother. I can see him also having a similar temper, but with his anger running a lot colder than Copia's tantrums.

He also has some more monsterous and creature like traits compared to Copia, which even if just cosmetic or symbolic, still adds a subtext of menace to him.

So- altogether, I see V as someone who, on the surface is a very polite, nice, charasmatic person who might even come across as a people pleaser sometimes, but is a lot more perceptive, sharp, then he gives off. V wants to be liked and is a good person, but is much more calculating than you'd expect and plays the fool because it usually makes things easier him when he's written off as "Just Nice". He has either a hidden or deeply repressed darker side and can be very passive aggressive and catty when pushed enough, but he's subtle about it in a way that Copia isn't.

In a lot of ways, I see V being a foil and reflection of his twin. Copia has the image of a confident and suave sex symbol- but was revealed to be kind of ditzy, openly temperamental, and just a guy. And I'm currently reading V as someone introduced as sweet and a little clueless- but actually very perceptive, prone towards absolutely devastating laser pointed insults when pissed off, and maybe a lil more inhuman then we might expect.

My ghouls >:(

referenced a free to use base from mellon_soup!!

My two major thoughts following yesterdays manchester show is #1 how perpetua hiMSELF just before the start of ritual said “take it away, dew” so uhhh i guess that debate is settled??? Also i made direct eye contact with phantom and i felt embarrassed like id accidentally made eye contact with a stranger like oops sorry didnt mean to do that

Copia headcannon

Doing the maths Copia was a teenager in the 80’s, he definitely had a massive goth phase

saw a silly image and physically couldn't stop myself from drawing them ♡

baby's first billboard #1 🥹

My go to reference

Gender is not real at the Ministry but horror movie monster archetypes definitely are.

konmy and mer mer

had to push out a drawing because i start uni again tomorrow and i fear my art motivation WILL die with me

Did some fun lil busts of Prequelle era Aether and Dew, got into Ghost during that era so I do have a lil bit of bias towards this look for the ghouls in particularrrr. Anyways had fun doing these ☺️