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OKAY YALL here are my theories on Logan and Aidens backstory (which does delve into some Clark Family theory stuff and some things about Aidens mental state)

I originally posted most of this on the discord but then thought yall on tumblr would eat this UP so here you go! Would love to hear yoru guys' thoughts/feedback!

(quick TW for talk of suicidal thoughts)

With Logan, we know his family is involved with the mafia and that he now lives with his grandparents (personally I think they're his maternal grandparents, so mothers parents, just because I feel it's more likely).

Now firstly, since the grandparents were able to get the mafia to attack the facility to help get them out and (presumably) provide pain killers for Tyler, we can ASSUME theyre pretty high ranking and still have some contacts which are willing to help. This could mean they're still on good terms, that Logans family knows something that could be detrimental if the facility goverment people find out/is holding information could be used against them, or it could be nothing personal and just like an honor/obligation thing (in a 'you used to work with us now we help you' kind of way) We also know Logan had experience with a gun, enough so that he was about to hit a moving target (Jasmine) in three critical spots.

You know those targets you see in movies which are like a cardboard cut out of a human body? There's usually targets on it and where he hit looks like the places those targets would be, also the order he did it was very strategic. Now, we also know in the Phantom realm he was nervous when trying to hit the Phantom attacking Ash. We also know that Red has out empthasis on him not wanting to take a human life.

Maybe this is because in the past he miss fired and maybe hit someone on his team, like a parent, family friend or uncle/aunt however since they still seem to be on good (or at least neutral) terms with the mafia i don't know.

Or maybe he didn't take a shot in the past because he was afraid of killing someone. He hesitated and that person died regardless. This is the scene that gave me that idea:

If you can't already tell, im thinking Logan was raised as a child soldier. My best bet is the grandparents left by choice. Maybe, for some reason, Logans parents couldn't (maybe they were too far in, or they had people they needed to look out for) so they sent Logan away with them. Either that or the grandparents saw how damaging the environment was for Logan and chose to run off with him, keeping some contacts so Logan wouldn't grow up completely cut off for his family. Whether Logan wanted to leave or not... I don't know. There's a chance that perhaps he didn't want to leave and was forced but as he grew up he understood his grandparents reasoning and now instead doesnt fully understand why the rest of the family didnt come he could've been literally begging to leave. The mafia or at least people related still owe them so that's how they were able to call in those favours.

Overall, there's ALOT Red could do in terms of Logans backstory and whatever path she takes I'm sure it won't be without it's twists and turns.

Now onto Aidens.

As for Aidens, I think one thing we should note about the Clark family is that it's seemingly matriarchal (female led). The surname 'Clark' is both Aiden and Ben's names, the mothers are sisters meaning the name came from their side of the family.

Another thing of note is that both Clark sisters seemed to have raised their kids very differently. When we see Ben's house in the flashbacks it looks like the kind of well kept cabin you would find in the middle of nowhere, meanwhile, Aidens modern house is clean, too clean in my opinion. It doesn't look lived in if you get what I'm saying.

Aidens parents seem to embrace their richness however Ben's don't. In the family portrait with Aiden and his parents we see his father holding some kinda award which suggests whatever they do as a job they do good at. Also I would like to point out that while the parents are smiling ever so slightly Aiden isn't at all. He has eyebags (something I would like to note that he has had since the start of the series. Its been more prominent than the other characters) and his eyes lack spark (which... we'll get to that later)

They comment on publishing at some point or another, so im assuming they're in that industry. Sometimes, publishing can come with fame however I think it would've been brought up by now if his parents were well known

Now.. I wonder what Jessica and her sisters parents were like. If they were matriarchal, was alot of pressure put on the girls to succeed? Did Aiden and Ben's mother have different reactions to this which could explain their different life styles (Jessica went with it, got a good paying job, nice house, married well, out pressure on Aiden etc meanwhile her sister went against it, and put less pressure on Lily and Ben)

I can imagine if Jessica and her sisters parents were controlling and putting pressure on them, they would definitely put pressure on the grandkids aswell (especially Lily if the matriarchal theory is right 😭)

Obviously Aidens parents being like this wouldn't have helped his mental state at all. I feel like they're the kinda parents to neglect him for months on end and then come back and be incredibly overbearing. According to them Aiden used to be a quiet kid, and I believe that the constant travelling, moving around and lack of structure could've caused this. He never had the chance to properly socialise and make friends. I believe having Ben come travelling with him impacted him more positively than what's been admitted...

Also, Aiden used to look ALOT like his father. He changed his appearance at some point or another and now he looks the complete opposite of his father. This could be a sign of rebellion (basically saying "you don't control me" and "I am who I am") or simply apart of his mask, which is now both metaphorically and literally slipping (his hair dye is coming out, he has no contacts and at the same time his mental state is slipping).

Anyways moving onto my next point.

We know from Reds insta stories that Aiden canonically has ADHD and one other diagnosis she hasn't noted. Given the fact we have confirmation that Aiden has had suicidal thoughts and that we have seen flashbacks of him in a seemingly really depressed state most people think that it could be depression.

He used to be a quiet kid, so maybe over the years he's gotten better at masking his feelings to appear "normal" so he's more likable to those around him.

While I think it could be depression... part of me has my doubts. Now I would like to preface this by saying I'm not a professional. I don't know mucb about this subject so I may be totally off the mark here.

Honestly I need to do more research however I think it's quite possible he could have BPD.

Here's a few things I have found on Google. While we haven't seen ALL the symptoms in him, and his reckless behaviour could just be a product of his depression/suicidal tendencies and ADHD I wanna remind you... we don't know much about Aiden. We don't know what goes on behind close doors, we don't know his past, how he thinks, feels. We know the least about his relationship with his parents than anyone in the entire group in my opinion (which in itself is very telling) and even less about his relationship with his aunt and uncle. But yeah I think it's just an interesting possibility.

Now... the spark thing I was talking about earlier.

I tried to add more images to give you guys example however I can't so for reference two examples of what I'm talking about are in the train scene and in the scene where Tyler and Aiden talk in the bathroom.

There's a couple panels where Aidens eyes look... vacant. Almost like he's dissociating. I just think that's interesting to note. Both of the scenes i have mentioned have this happening when we are shown a flashback. They look similar to how they did in that portrait I pointed out earlier. Im pretty sure also see this with Ashlyn. I don't know quite what to make of it however I think we should just keep it in the back of our minds.

Anyways... yeah. Those are my thoughts. I invite anyone who feels like elaborating/adding to this to do so with a re blog or a comment, whatever best suits. I would love to talk to you guys in the comments about this!

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