Thistle

> *"Call it an eye for an eye, Zinnia. We're even."*
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Thistle is May's **3rd vessel** in episode 4.

## Biography

Thistle's biological parents are unknown. When we see them in Origins Chapter 4 (the original before the reboot), they're living with their adoptive dad. Their dad seems upset with their behavior as he thinks it's not ladylike, and he says later that he's trying to teach them to act more like a lady so that they can fit into society and will stop being bullied by others.

Later on, we see Thistle arguing with their dad, presumably after coming out as transgender. Their dad argues that being transgender isn't possible and that being a woman is the path God laid out for them, but Thistle says they don't believe in God and that a woman isn't who they are. Their dad doesn't listen, so they leave.

Thistle then eventually meets Yarrow after witnessing her fight with her brother, and they offer to teach her brother a lesson by fighting him. Yarrow agrees, and after fighting Yarrow's brother, Thistle meets Zinnia, who comes up to them and asks them to join her gang. She says the gang is being built to bring justice to others, keep order around the area, and protect the weak. Thistle agrees to join the gang, and later has a scar on their cheek along with the other gang members, showing that the scar is representative of membership in the gang.

At some point, Thistle is seen laying down with Yarrow, talking about how they're concerned with the way Zinnia has been running the gang recently. This turns into the two playing around, leading into Yarrow finding out that Thistle isn't biologically male. Thistle confesses that (at this point) they're a transgender male, and Yarrow says she doesn't care if they're not a biological male, and that she loves them either way.

Zinnia later kicks Thistle out of the gang after they lose in a fight against her, saying they've turned soft because of Yarrow, who ends up leaving them due to feeling like she's being controlled by them. This seemingly only adds on to Thistle's aggressiveness and anger, feeling stressed out and lonely with nobody there for them. This is, presumably, not too long before Imp approaches Thistle, making them May's third vessel.

When Thistle becomes May's vessel, May takes them outside, determining that in order to fix their problem with their attitude and aggressiveness, they had to make some friends. They first talk to an unknown dog before the dog runs away, leaving May to find people somewhere else. She ends up finding Zinnia's gang and leads Thistle there, unaware of the previous conflict until they laugh at Thistle for "playing dumb". This leads into her having to fight Zinnia, almost getting killed by her before a bird comes in and claws her eye, turning her half-blind. Thistle talks to Zinnia for just a moment before taking the bird back home, naming it Maple.

Later, after all of this, Thistle and Zinnia make up and become friends again, the gang being disbanded. Zinnia's cheek scar becomes an X shape like Thistle's, representing her leaving the gang by getting rid of it entirely.

## Trivia

Thistle used to identify as a trans male, but later realized they were non-binary.

Thistle's favorite food is oranges.

Thistle lives in Spain.

It's implied in Origins Chapter 4 (before the reboot) that Thistle is atheist, since they comment about not believing in God.