This Is Something That Just Bothers Me: Why Do People Think Gunther Had Darker Hair When He Was Younger?

This is something that just bothers me: why do people think Gunther had darker hair when he was younger? Seriously, almost any time you see fanart or a sprite edit of young!Gunther, his hair is dark purple, if not just black. This is a public service announcement- GUNTHER'S HAIR IS NOT GRAY. His hair is a very pale lilac, a little lighter than Camilla's own hair color. And it didn't get lighter due to age, it's always been that color. That's not my head canon, it's game canon. When Kanna is fathered by Gunther, guess what? His hair is that exact shade of pale lilac. It's not dark purple, it sure as hell isn't black, which means that lilac is hereditary and is Gunther's natural hair color. For the same reason, Fuuga!Kanna's hair is russet despite Fuuga being bald, and Shura!Kanna's hair is white, despite that black patch Shura has. It just... it bothers me so much to see people trying to make him look EVEN YOUNGER, because light or graying hair is generally seen as a sign of old age (never mind that lots of people start getting gray hairs in their 20's...) and oldness is bad. It's not kawaii. Get rid of his wrinkles all you want, but don't dye his hair unless you dye Camilla's hair too, since lilac is such an unappealing color. I mean, if you wanna make someone look younger, start with Jakob: he LITERALLY has gray hair.

"How would you like your hair, my little ladyship?" "Ummm... pretty!" "Heh heh... Very well. I will try my hardest to make it 'pretty'..." Gunther had two younger sisters growing up, and with their mother constantly working to support a family of four on her own, things like doing their hair fell to him. Of course, as a ten year old boy with no practice in such matters, the most he could do was ponytails and simple braids, but they appreciated his efforts nonetheless. Fast forward forty years, and he still never bothered to expand his styling repetoir, but Nerr and Jakob didn't mind. My point? Nerr and (to a lesser extent) Jakob are very sentimental and still wear their hair the way Gunther used to do it for them as children. Of course, Jakob would die before admiting that, and even Nerr tends to be a bit evasive when it comes to explaining why she doesn't want to try new styles.

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Headcanon- Corrin and Kanna can sing Lost in Thoughts All Alone and use the same waterbending powers as Azura and Shigure, better, in fact, with less severe consequences. My reasoning? In Hidden Thruths 2, Anankos says, and I quote, "However... Only those with the same ancient blood could unlock the song's power." Now, he means the same blood as Cadros, the first king of Valla, right? But Cadros' blood is nothing. The game says that the ancient dragons chose the human generals who led their armies to rule, and gave them their blood (dragon's blood) as tangible proof of their right to rule. Cadros must have just been a soldier until Anankos gave him his own blood, which imbued him with the power to use the spell Anankos created. Corrin has that "same ancient blood" flowing through their veins directly, what with Anankos directly being their father. Think about how diluted Anankos' blood is in Shigure, and tell me Kanna, the direct grandchild of said god tier being, doesn't have a better propensity for revitalizing people by singing? Now, I'm not saying they could sing the 4th verse without dying, but they could probably sing the rest of the song twice without dying, considering the draconic blood in them is so strong they can turn into dragons. As a human, a human who's weak enough to get killed by his own curses, Anankos can give life to barren wastelands, eternal youth, or perpetual continuation of one's bloodline. I think his kid has the stamina to cast a spell twice.