I’m actually glad that they gave Scarlemagne a backstory and character development. I was afraid the writers would go for the “classic cartoon villain” formula.
Not that it’s bad, but i like that gave him personal motivations to explain why he hates humans so much.
So just had an idea for something and now I really want to see it in season 3, so Kipo visiting Hugo/Scarlemange in prison she tries talking to him but he’s not really responding, the 2 end up sitting in silence before Kipo starts singing what we have is you, only for Hugo/Scarlemange to join in because Lio and Song sang it to him to…
kipo fanart. au where lio and song actually saw hugo as their son, and the reason song stayed behind was to get him. hugo goes with lio since there was no abandonment involved, never becomes a bastard dictator and is raised along side kipo in their burrow. he also gets therapy because yes.
Imagine how Scarlemagne felt when he realized that the giant Mega-Monkey was Song, that his mother was alive this entire time and now with him.
Yeah, he has issues with Lio, but Song? He doesn’t know if she abandoned him or not, his assumption was just that she died. And with the realization that she’s been controlled by Emilia up until recently, I can’t see him holding a grudge against her like he did Lio- Just pure sympathy on his behalf.
God, imagine the ANGST, but also the hope in his heart? The joy that she’s alive, that he helped save her from Emilia, but also the guilt of placing her underneath his control? How would he approach Song knowing this from now on???
Not to mention, for Scarlemagne, this is the first time his family has been reunited with him, since forever… All living in his palace, like he dreamed! This IS the dream he’s always wanted, so why is he still unhappy?
When Kipo was just a lil baby, Hugo would always cheer her up by talking with her, playing, singing, and through piano music.
He taught Kipo how to play the piano.
While Lio would be out getting groceries, Hugo would babysit Kipo and they would play castle. (Hugo as the trapped king and Kipo as the knight.)
As Kipo got older they both got a little extreme while playing castle. Kipo would have her own castle fort while Hugo would have his own and they would try to conquer each other’s kingdom.
Lio keeps a tally on who wins.
Board games like, Waterloo are their favorite to play and they both enjoy reading Shakespeare and would try to re-enact them.
Hugo could recite all of King Lear and Hamlet.
Lio is an astronomer and chemist.
Kipo is a mathematician and astronomer.
Hugo with his passion for music as gotten him interested in acoustics and biology(in honor of Song).
Ever since Hugo and his family escaped from the last burrow, he has NEVER used his sweat on others ever again.
But since the Mega-Monkey attack, Kipo and Hugo got separated in the sewage canals. He’s been hiding and fighting to find his little sister, and after he finds Kipo with the others(he saves them from the Newton Wolves) they get ambushed by Goth Apes later and he accidentally uses his sweat and the little secret goes out.
He’s hesitant to explain it all to them but tells that the mutation caused his pheromones to change only work in primates.
Ever since their encounter with the Goth Apes, they follow him around, wanting him to join their emo band. He’s only disinterested because he doesn’t want to leave his family and prefers classical.
Just like Kipo, he sees Wolf as a little sister despite her lack of trust with him.
When Kipo started showing signs of her mutation, Hugo was there for her and explained what he knew of the experiment for humans to live on the surface.
The scene in Hugo’s flashback, showing his daily routine after Emilia discovered him?
the pain?
the loneliness?
the fact there were nights Lio did not / could not visit?
And then Hugo going to the same places Kipo would later visit? how they experienced the same world in different ways?
And his last meeting with Lio? and Hugo asking to hold his little sister, but it is left ambiguous wether Lio’s hesitation is because he fears Hugo would hurt Kipo or Kipo would hurt Hugo?
I really want an AU where Hugo and Kipo are both raised happily as siblings (because I love it!) but also just for the idea of when they’re traveling with everyone there being a moment like in kung fu panda 2
