Barnabas Bennett headcanons :)

I have so many headcanons for him he’s basically an OC. I just think about him a lot okay???

• He likes the sound of the rain but hates thunder
• He has sectoral heterochromia. His eyes are brown except for a small patch on his left eye, which is blue
• He attended boarding school and was roommates with Jonah (oh my god they were roommates)
• He had a hard time making friends and was picked on constantly. Jonah was pretty much the only person who tolerated him
• He likes to fall asleep to the sound of Jonah working
• Unlike Jonah, Barnabas is not academically gifted. He probably has a learning disability of some sort but it’s the 1700s so they don’t know that. They just assume he’s lazy or stupid
• He’s kinda the family disappointment, reduced to living in the shadow of his brother, who is much more well adjusted and liked. He goes to the same boarding school
• Personality wise, I think he would have a lot in common with Martin (Jonahbas/jmart parallels save me….). He often feels like he needs to set himself on fire to keep others warm
• He’s also stubborn, impulsive, and prideful. It leads him to get into situations he can’t control or handle (ie what happened with Mordechai)
• He gets jealous VERY easily. He’s very protective of his one true companion and gets ticked off when Mordechai comes into the picture. He’s afraid Mordechai is trying to take Jonah from him (which he did in a way)
• Barnabas and Jonah did have a genuine relationship, but as Jonah falls deeper into the clutches of The Eye, he starts to ignore Barnabas. Cue Jonahbas breakup
• It’s mentioned that Barnabas didn’t care much about Jonah’s absence. I’ve chosen to interpret that as a lingering bitterness towards Jonah for leaving him mixed with the effects of The Lonely
• At some point, Barnabas stops sending letters because he knows no one will answer. But he continues writing them, because a part of him refuses to give up hope that he could be saved
• Jonah finds his remains along with a stack of unsent letters, the writing getting messier and more desperate with each one. Many of them are completely illegible because the ink is smeared with tears

Might rb this in the future if I think of any more. Barnabas my shayla………..