The Arms Lockdown Hair Saga

DIY Haircut Horror
When the 2020 lockdown happened, many doting FAHns were thrilled at the prospect of witnessing Arms's haircut lifecycle grow beyond week 13. The mood turned tense when first Foil and then Hog decided to give themselves a home-styled haircut in the same week. Arms Hair FAHns, by then an established cult, were utterly terrified. Arms himself, always up for a bit of FAHn Feather Ruffling, hinted in one of the PUBG Streams (20 May, ca. 50 min in) that:

"'I think it might be coming to that... [heavily pregnant pause] I've got the clippers!'"



A very cruel thing to do in what was only week 10 in the Haircut Lifecycle when he was nowhere near due a haircut even in normal circumstances! But then again Arms *is* a massive tease, as we know all too well from that one time (also on Twitch!) where he left dozens of Doomdah-deprived FAHns hanging on an Ehhh....

It was obvious someone had to try talk some sense into that lad. FAHnvidder Heleendje edited together a short hair horror vid, using her own handwriting and some nifty old-skool effects she "borrowed" from a tutorial.

FAHnartists meanwhile took to Instagram en masse and created a shrine to Arms's lush long lockdown locks. The intention was of course not just to celebrate the new look, but to nudge him towards a final decision to keep them intact throughout the lockdown. In short: to not get Foiled! They came up with all sorts of crafty ways to teasingly pitch the benefits of a long hairstyle to Arms. Falescilo annotated her highly convincing portraits, conceptualising four different ways in which a clipper-happy Arms could end up ruining his boyband looks (which may or may not have turned out to be a step up, comedy career-wise):

"'After careful consideration - with some visuals - I míght agree with @Heleendje: He shouldn't risk a #buzzcut or the #BlackAdderBowlCut [#maybe #foilarmsandhog #haircuts (#MightBePoorHairDrawingskills)]'"

The dominating sentiment was neatly summarised by FAHntoonist things_i_cre8:

"Dear Arms, Don't do it!!! Kind Regards, The FAH crew PS. We will just be very upset" [#foilarmsandhog #diyhaircut #lockdownhaircut]

A Drawn (Out) Affair
Just as the lockdown was being phased out, Heleendje made a Quarantine Characters compilation FAHnvid in which the Hair Saga features extensively. In the interest of balance, all three lads' haircuts before lockdown are included in the comparison view slider below: the "thens" are taken from '''Squatters Ep. 1''', their last pre-lockdown sketch; the "nows" from Black Market Lockdown Haircut for Foil and Hog (i.e. their last on-screen appearance before taking the clippers into their own hands) and from Lockdown Is Tough On Everyone for Arms (because the camera angle was absolutely perfect!).

The Post-Lockdown Trim & a Guide to Hair Slagging
The last time Arms treated us to a full head of dramatically voluptuous hair was in The Hidden Benefits Of Facemasks (premiered on 9 July 2020). As if to allow us to say our farewells in style, he gave us a 360 degree view... Surround Lushness, as it were. It lead some FAHns to daydream about all the post-lockdown characters that might spring to Arms's creative mind, as he'd stand in front of the bathroom mirror, trying out different directions in which to brush his growing fringe.