Height HCs

Tagged as Custis Pendleton, Morgan Pendleton, Treavor Pendleton, Jessamine Kaldwin, Corvo Attano, Emily Kaldwin, The Whalers, Daud

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Idk how to really tie into height discussion but like, my personal hc for why Custis is technically shorter is bc he slightly slouches due to working at a desk all the time, so like he LOOKS shorter but he's still technically the same height. Everybody gangsta til Custis straightens his spine

I think about Custis and his working habits a lot like, him at his desk. He eats at his desk a lot for efficiency. It used to be just small snacks and fruit but later it grows to him bringing whole meals to his office. He upgrades to a full panini maker in his cabinet

Treavor is just so slim he shrinks

Jess height speculation. tall jess short corvo. both tall, jess taller, emily? tallest.

god im very here for short corvo tho. short slender unassuming corvo is my absolute jam

Hmmm Thomas height,,,,, 5”5 1/2 mayhaps??? Teeny man

hi gamers im thinking about daud who is short. i will be brief (1/344)

jk but i dont think ive really spoken about WHY i like that concept in here? like obvs theres the Height Difference between him and corvo who is like 193cm tall but theres more than that

like. daud's character type - an assassin, an action man, a person defined by physical deeds - is typically in media tall and muscular. obvs i draw daud as very broad but the height aspect is important

like if u look at leading men (e.g. all the marvel and dc superheros) most if not all are 6ft or taller. i remember like 2013 tumblr would joke about how a 6ft tall spn actor looked short despite being 6ft tall bc his co stars were taller. there is a trend for tall men to have these sorts of roles

for daud to be 166cm tall (or like 5ft5, i seem to alternate between metric and imperial) it turns that trope around. daud is all those things but also shorter than average but that doesnt change anything

also, i feel like it suits dauds character and role. like, for example, i couldnt make corvo short bc being 193cm tall imo suits corvo and his role - a protector standing guard over his ward. but, for daud, a short sturdy assassin just fits. idk being short and sneaking smthng smthng

and thinking about young daud. 16yr old daud fresh in dunwall. hes even shorter cos hes still growing. but hes feral with a fire in his eyes. the other street kids, milling on the fringes of gangs, dont take him seriously at all. this short scrawny kid, better suited for a nursery than trying to organise them. a big 17yr oldmakes fun of daud and intends to beat him up. but daud gets the better of him and when he leaves his bigger opponent on the ground lying in a puddle of his own blood. thats when the street kids realise daud is something to watch out for. someone who knows what he wants and will get it

i like it as well bc its something that would be obvious and visible to everyone but doesnt change the plot at all. and idk the silent fear ppl have for daud would just be magnified if physically, he wasnt taller than average and imposing but rather shorter, looking up to his clients as he arranges a contract

i also like the thoguht of the whalers walking alongside daud as he gives instructions, the whalers are craning their heads down to look at him, giving him their full attention

hm also but like. a noble, hiring daud for the first time. anxious, nervous, for the knife of dunwalls reputation preceeds him. and then a short man, shorter than a lot of the homeless kids who loiter on the street walks in. and the noble softens, almost smiles. because why are people afraid of this little man? and immediately regrets it because when daud glares at him, the noble can get a glimpse at why the knife of dunwall is so feared. smthng smthng ppl underestimate daud

like back to young daud but people seeing this tiny kid and shrugging, nothing to worry about, kids got ambitions but he'll soon learn what dunwall is really like. dunwall isnt a place for dreamers. but then daud builds his way up from the streets, amassing a loyal gang of followers who have seen him in action and join him out of awe and respect, and out of fear for the trail of blood left in his wake as he claws his way to the top

GOD ALSO!!! corvo and daud dh1 fight where daud is almost a foot shorter than corvo. Corvo attempts a chokehold but Daud slips out because Corvo's so unused to using that technique on someone who is simultaneously super short and unnaturally strong. corvo reaches down to choke out daud - daud lets his legs bend so he dips down even lower and yanks corvo down with his bodyweight

like. when jess was murdered. corvo was held in pull or whatever as it happens. he sees this stocky guy who he can perhaps tell is Not Tall though hard from the angle etc murder his wife then walk away, then corvo is knocked unconcious not long after and maybe forgets some fine details bc Concussion idk

cut to the flooded district, he sees daud again, can see daud is shorter than his whalers but still corvo isnt standing himself so the difference is still hard to gauge. its only when they fight - the fight no two others could fight against the ticking of the clock - that corvo can truly see that daud is so much smaller, lighter on his feet, but powerful. someone the type of which corvo has never fought before

ALSO!! back ot the underestimation aspect but its easy to comprehend why people would be scared of a character who is Big adn Tall bc like physically it is imposing. But if daud was smaller than all his clients (for even short nobles wear heels that usually raises them to just above Daud-Height™️) - but when hes short... theres something else there, something silent. Anyone who meets a fearsome figure who happens to be tall -> "ok can understand without thinking how this person evokes fear and so on"; when short -> idk it just means. theres something else going on. and that unknown is scary.

Like hearing a noise in your house while you're alone and not finding the cause. like your IDE telling you there's an error in your code and you can't find it

like "hey this is steve the scary murderer"

-> *steve is 6ft 6* ok cool i can udnerstand dude is big and scary

-> *steve is 5ft 5* ok... even with the same glare and everything else, still broad, still strong, everythign else the same bar the height, and stilling having the same FEAR. theres something else going on there too

I think also. Just the fact on having to look down at something you fear. Has a different effect then looking up. Dunno how to explain. Like. It’s unexpected

but daud also has this,,, imposing presence. hes short but he fills the room like someone much larger. when hes commanding his whalers, you know he is the one in charge. he is the one they look to. on a rare day off though, daud simply blends into the streets and bustle of dunwall, unseen. Which is good for an assasssin

and also to add,,, that daud has this presence effortlessly. he doesnt have to garner for peoples attention or respect. he hasnt had to prove himself on account of his height since he was a teen. people listen and respect him because they sense.... whatever it is that drives daud

cotninuing w like. an ask on tumblr i got the other day about if daud thinks hes pretty nd i was like "nah he doesnt care for his appearance" - daud doesnt care about his height. its irrelevant to him

I think apart from if he stinks like the plague dead (and maybe even if he does) he doesn’t care what he looks like. Unless it annoys him. Like occasionally his beard gets to much and he gets someone to trim it/does it himself. Same w hair

honestly him owning that he's "ugly" is so hot in and of itself. I feel like he's the kind of guy who'd find comfort in owning that he doesn't look good? In a "I know what I look like and if you don't like it that's a you problem" kind of way

I think he’s the kind of person to be distrustful if someone/something looks tooo good. “If everything is going smoothly something is wrong”. same as the handwriting.

like if someone goes to efforts to present themselves well daud wonders if are they hiding something??? or a well presented noble as a client, dressed smartly in what seems to be the finest wear for this is a noble and a proud one, but daud notices little bits beyond the facade, the stitching on a small portion of the jackets hem, a faint stain on the shirt barely visible under the cravat... little things that tell a different story to the one outwardly presented

GOD related back 2 the height thing but also like. a general concept of nobles thinking daud is hot and wanting Him and hes like No (i remember a tumblr post i think where its like. that. which is what im elaborating upon). but a noble hiring daud like thinking like :)))) (maybe stories about daud that circulate Do Not Mention Height so he is largely intepreted as tall on account of his physical presence) and then they meet him like. wait what??? and daud is just like do you have my money or not?? ok im leaving bye.

Would love a smooth, affably evil noble thinking he's The Shit™️ and trying to start a pre-business discussion like some kind of low-budget Hannibal and Daud's like "Target. Money. Now."

And Daud is like. THE MASTER tm @ murder. And he’s filthy, stinks like outsider knows and is wayyy shorter then he was expecting the professional to be

god ALSO daud does realise what is happening but MUCH too late like. "wait a minute" type moment and is jus t yeeting out of there like Give Me The Money or no deal

Daud, meets an aristocrat: what are you hiding?

Aristocrat who stinks of perfume and is dressed to the nines: nothing.

Daud: squints

Nobles: omg Daud is gonna be my knight in shining armour guys he’s gonna be corvo hot

Daud: a feisty gremlin who just went through the dumpster

noble dressed in his best, shirt slightly open, lounging, waiting for the knife of dunwall to come and discuss a hit but really the noble wants... well. yknw:

daud: *enters*

noble: oh. i was expecting daud to come not-

Daud: i am daud.

noble:

noble, glancing at the roses he left lying around for atmosphere: oh ok. hm.

noble: well anyways im still game so-

daud: of course. i wouldnt expect otherwise, do you have my money and target details??

noble: well..................... actually....................... :))))))

daud: WHY do people think my profession is a joke do you have the money or not??? no??? alrighty then well i m leaving *steals a sokolov painting on his way out as he scutters on all fours like a feral gremlin*

Billie: What have you got here?

Daud, a smoothie in hand and a Sokolov painting in his mouth: 'h thmoothie

noble: well at first, mr daud let me offer you... a drink :)))))

daud: i dont really care for alcohol and this is business

noble: ok well... suit yourself :)))))

noble: so daud... tell me about yourself?

daud, getting impatient: well im an assassin which means i kill people for money and time is money

noble: i know that but *dramatically lounges onto the bed, drink in hand* tell me about you

daud: i. dont- look do you want me to assassinate your wife or not?

noble: oh DAUD!! right to the nitty bitty business i see :)))))

daud who came there because he is being hired to kill this mans wife: ?

daud: LOOK no money. no details. no job. do you have it or not or do i have to deal with you for wasting my time?

the noble, who is scared now: *holds out the coins and the note with the details*

daud: right. thanks *snatches it and leaves*