Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy: NMH3 'Fix it' Headcanons.

Just wrote a lot of what I hated on the NMH3 in an unpublished blog entry to feel a little at peace with myself and concentrate on my 'fix it' headcanons (I got even madder and sad but that's not the point of this entry) So YEAH, here is my NMH3 fixit delusional headcanons!

The real Henry is not with us in NMH3, I believe that the shadow on the window after his fight is his real body being controlled by the emerald on his forehead. (OR also the one who kills Travis in the bathroom is just another one of his clones and the real Henry is kept on a tube or something to use him to do more clones of him.

The emerald thing on his forehead (for me) would be like some kind of tiny alien holding onto Henry’s forehead and possessing him in mind and body. Meanwhile, the real Henry, or his soul/real consciousness is trapped in a sort of dreamscape, like the one in NMH2 while fighting Mimmy, but instead of her, Henry imagines Travis in a similar shape as Mimmy, sporting instead his Glastenbury armor but in the moe way Mimmy has hers.

This little Travis would talk a dialogue similar to Mimmy’s, about Henry not wanting out of that ‘dreamscape’ and that he is but the creation of Henry’s mind. The memories that the clone Henry mentions can be real memories that have been distorted by the Emerald ‘alien’, and the whole ‘I was brainwashed to think I was part of the Cooldowns and now I am myself’ is actually bullshit made up by the same Emerald alien and the different voice is the voice of the Emerald alien as well. Travis would be fighting the fake Henry with his ‘Relaxed style’ outfit but would be wearing a ‘Sir Henry Motherfucker’ T-shirt in a similar style each alien from the top appears in one whenever Travis defeats them. This Henry T-shirt would have the face of his old design.

Set of hc drawings I did on 2022, this refsheet is my life.

Henry imagining Travis in a Glastenbury mecha suit.
(I tried to do a similar design to the one Mimmy uses in NMH2).

I was revisiting the 1st and 2nd games in order to feel again and to have more details I might have forgotten about Henry's interaction with Travis and it made me even more sad how his character was practically killed.

ven_porque_te_necesito.mp3

I have attached myself to the idea of Henry being trapped in a dream, I can't let it go. In NMH2 the particular dialogue he has with Mimmy resonates with me profoundly after seeing his ''development'' in the other games. If Henry being deranged and brainwashed by watching Thor was a joke, I don't think it worked in the long run....at least for me. I miss Henry.

Another thing that has me kind of giggling everytimes is WHY would Henry dream about a mecha loli. Ofc I know that he is surrounded in Travis' room that has tons of that merch. I noticed a little mecha like the one Mimmy wears on a shelf near his closet plus the green haired loli figure he has on his desk. So I thought why wouldn't I draw a shota Travis to 'torment' Henry in his mindscape?

Small study of the siblings as kids and a heavily stylized little Henry.

How DARE you look like this and then in game he's NOT HIMSELF???

I love this drawing of Henry so much and it hurts my soul that he's so different on NMH3, why did they have to change his whole personality....I mean, him 'unlocking memories' doesn't need to be whiping his personality completely... I will cry forever about this, bear with me....

Don't get me wrong, I loved the HenTrav crumbs (the kabedon aaaaaa) and 'childhood lore', but it's just not him...GOD why didn't they even try to match his old voice... the voice makes everything not mix well for me.

Henry on 1

Henry and Travis 'getting along' on 2

The biggest mistake of NMH2 was to make Travis worried about Henry being dead as well as Sylvia and Shinobu. He takes Henry's head! Just look at Travis' expression. I ship them so hard....

Curse you, TSA. (Not really)

THE HENRY FACE STUDY FROM THE BOTTOM LEFT, THAT I HADN'T SEEN UNTIL NOW??? (09/09/2025)

Idk why but I just love Henry so much, and he barely appears OTL, why are you like this brain????

Henry wiki explaining wtf is going on with him.

~~I'm thinking of using this hc page as a reference if I get to participate on the Folgers Exchange this decemeber, so here is what I'm requesting :'3~~

UPDATED 2025!

-Interested in seeing Travis’ sad/shocked reaction at looking at Henry’s clone, especially hearing his different voice. (Travis taking note of how annoying his Irish accent was but that it was better than his current voice, trying to sound like some edgy chad or something).

-Henry and shota Travis interacting, you can make Henry recognize Travis' new 'form' or not, you can make something sad or something spicy or a mix of both.

-Shota Travis is one of the few shotas that can be on the bottom for me.

-Smut of HenTrav is okay! make them angry fuck or tease each other, make them not fuck, go wild.

-A study of Henry's personality change and how Travis' reacts to it.

-If it's NMH3, I'd love if the Henry we used to know is in the dreamscape, feeling what the 'new Henry' is doing. If shota Travis is there, have him also feel and wonder what's happening.

-For me this is set in the NMH3 era, so it has to be something with a sad/melancholic tone, especially because of what was done to Henry in the game (rest in peace sweet prince...).

-Jeane mentions are okay (as in Henry and Travis' sister).

-If possible, anything happening on the NMH3 times, I'd love if Travis had his disheveled look...

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DNW

-It must be shota Travis in the dreamscape. No adult Travis.

-No bottom Henry or top Travis.

-Sylvia can be mentioned only if it serves to remind Travis' of Henry.

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There’s literally nothing of this pairing on ao3 but a small fic from 2012 that isn’t even marked as a pairing kinda fic. Also I haven’t spotted any fanarts ;; I'm super thirsty for this pairing...

2025 UPDATE: There's 3 fanfics of Henry/Travis on AO3!!!! A happy year!!