Some ExorJosh Headcanon Ideas.
I’ll be off from tumblr for about a week due to work but here are some head-canon ideas and infos on ExorJosh I’ve collected, thought of, and received.
If you want to write ficlets or bits of ideas on ExorJosh, you don’t have to follow these but it might interest you.
Also, Thank you to those that are mentioned in this post for sending me interesting ideas.
Related comic posts: [ #ExorJosh Master Post ]
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Some FACTS/CANON:
Josh’s father is a movie mogul. Thus Josh dreams of following his father’s footsteps in becoming a film producer, making him very knowledgeable about special effects and movie props. Josh became very close to his sisters due to his father becoming too busy with his work.
Josh made a [Remembrance Board] for his sisters that says, ‘never forget’ (this broke my heart)
Josh was diagnosed with a mental disorder(either schizophrenia or BPD ) back in 2006 (age11) with multiple re-occurring ‘incidents’
Josh is skilled at drawing. [Josh’s drawing]
Chris is fully aware of Josh’s need for psychiatric medications even though he doesn’t know the extent of how much, and the details of [Josh’s medical treatments.]
on exorcism:
While there are no clean cut rules to the lore of Wendigo, each Native tribes have very distinctive beliefs regarding this lore.
There is something called ‘Shaking Tent’ ceremony with in Native culture that could potentially be part of Josh’s exorcism. I need to do more research on this but it is a ceremony done to call upon the ‘higher beings’ in order to get help or cure the un-explained illness or to fight off evil spirits.
Limited coverage for mental health: Even with the free-health-care in Canada, The Canadian Health Act does not cover treatments by a psychologist or psychotherapist unless the practitioner is also a medical doctor. Which means, Josh’s medical costs are likely to be fully out of his parents’ pocket.
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My Thoughts:
- I wanted Chris to be the first to find out about Josh’s survival since he is the best friend who closely stuck by Josh even after being aware of Josh’s mental disorder.(People are often horrible towards mental patients without understanding.)
- Due to the tremendous amount of medical bills (psychiatric and wendio treatments) that Josh has caused his parents, I imagine that Josh would feel too guilty to ask for cosmetic surgeries like multiple skin grafts, and full teeth implants even though it is available to him.
I think for now, he would endure living with only the first mandatory skin graft that was done to close up the gap on his mouth area and to repair his right eyelid. This would have scaring and possible discolouration but functional. (Also, I personally find heavy scars visually appealing) - It would probably take a long time for Josh to be himself again even though he tries to ‘Josh around’ here and there with a bit of awkward results.
- With all the in-door time that he spends away from public, Josh could do a lot with his interests towards movies and visual art(esp drawing).
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I think Josh would have to be put on a puréed diet(aka. babyfood) for a while after he got exorcised due to the injuries with-in his mouth and due to the poor digestion from all the physical and mental trauma.
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Ideas Received:
@ficcyshit
said:
This is an excellent AU. ( Thank you! :3 )
Wendigo first showed up in Native American lore. Where I live, most of the local tribes have very specific beliefs and views about consumption.
Things like only taking what’s needed, and giving back as much as possible, things like honoring the animals or fish they ate, because their energy and life lives on in each person to allow them to continue their own life.
So the wendigo could be experiencing some residual memories or thoughts from those they’ve eaten. That can drive the wendigo to further violence and instability, and so on.
- (Regarding this, It’s interesting to me how Josh’s schizophrenic/BPD symptoms would go in combination with these spiritual hallucinations. If the residual memories continued even after the exorcism)
Wendigo are spirits/demons/creatures of starvation.
The most common story told about them is of people being snowed in and forced to resort to cannibalism to survive. It’s entirely possible that an instance of wendigo is an instance of possession.
@milkminority
said:
In until dawn I reckon the curse would only work on the mountain. The whole issue is that a bunch of people pissed off the mountain and released the wendigo spirit of the mountain. why would it even bother to work off the mountain? no mountain spirit gonna ditch it’s home mountain. I reckon if someone was to remove a wendigo from the mountain the person would revert back or die And the wedigo would fight back crazy hard. Imagine them gettin josh off the mountain. hannah could of been saved.
- This idea would definitely help with how they managed to successfully exorcise Josh away from the mountain. As milkminority said, Hanna could’ve been saved if she was found and taken away earlier in the process of transformation like Josh was at the end of the game.. but as we see her in the game now, I don’t think her damaged body can survive exorcism.
@ask-lancelot-and-kahmunrah
said:
My headcanon is that Josh can no longer eat flesh and has to become either vegetarian or vegan. Flesh (or maybe even animal produced products) might trigger the Wendigo spirit to come back again. This headcanon doesn’t entirely belong to me though.
- This could prompt some very cute fic or fan arts :3
@thekoontzy
said:
I dunno if ya ship Chris/Josh. But i believe that after this they start their friendship up and a few years later they try dating. It is awkward and there are issues. Josh is prone to be light sensitive some days and have bad days. Chris happily gets black out curtains and works around those days. They set up a panic room just in case so Josh feels safer living with people again and in control. They make it work cause they are best friends first and understand what they both went through.
- This is quite sweet <3 Chris would definitely do everything he can to lower Josh’s anxiety.
@charon-the-cheeky-drake said:
… ‘joshs first time eating solid stuff again’ … with someone helping him through the ordeal and embarrassment of eating with those remaining fangs and sharp teeth. I bet it would make eating normally extremely difficult.
- Ahh… this would indeed be very cute = w = we shall see…
@the-best-medicine
said:
…Do you think he might be somewhat tempted when someone gets hurt enough to bleed. But, not enough to go rogue, but enough to make him agitated and possibly angry/scared/outraged?the wendigo spirit is gone/subdued, but it probably had lasting effects on his psyche (Asking as someone who has flashbacks/urges based on previous trauma) Also I think a slightly lankier Josh would be cute? hunching over a lot at first before getting more comfortable around people/with himself
- @silverheartlugia2000 also asked about other little quirks Josh might have now post-exorcism. (Anything different about his senses, posture or behavior? Make any odd sounds?)
- This are some great points to think about but also, I have yet to really thought out whether Josh is fully free of wendigo or not. I do think incidents of violent fits or panic could make some very interesting story events.
- as for physical quirks, I think that could be very cute and I might do something on it but feel free to write or draw stuff as you imagine.
@zzsleepyzz
said:
…Did they automatically believe in the wendigo posession? They could’ve read the reports by the other survivors but it’s still a bit unbelievable, ya know? Did the other survivors find out about Josh’s survival and do their best to let the parents know it’s the wendigo or was it just like… Chris and maybe Sam??
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Parents will do anything to save their child even if it seems crazy.
(Josh used to be close to his dad) - My idea for ExorJosh head canon is that, Chris is the first one that hears about Josh’s survival after the exorcism.
- According to the canon, Josh’s parents already had trouble with the Native tribes of the Blackwood area(a letter in the main lodge) and they have interests in native American Myth and Legends (their book in upper cabin). Also, with the possibility of the hired-investigators retrieving the dead-wendigo-hunter’s note book (from the basement untouched by fire) for Josh’s parents, I don’t think the exorcism is a difficult thing for them to resort to especially after trying everything medically possible first.
@friisks said:
josh constantly wearing a scarf to cover his mouth but his voice is muffled and no one has any idea what he’s saying.
- Ahh- I almost forgot to add this one!! This is suuper cute XD!!
I like this a lot <3