What if the reason why hershel cut his hair is because whenever people would comment “Hey nice fro it looks cool/cute!” It reminded him of Randall. And people talked about it so much that he just. Wanted it gone.
Hey I like this and it made me cry, but if you recall, Randall didn’t wear his hair in that style at that age.
What if Hershel cut his hair so it could look a bit more like Randall’s?
Randall always loved playing with hershels big hair
so when randall “died”, comments about how funky or big his hair was just hurt
so he cut it. and he found that it looked a little like Randall’s, and he found comfort on that. nobody could spot that connection but him. it was his secret to keep.
then his hat flattened it out
I also feel like he straightens his hair every morning even though it’s naturally poofy,,, as it reminds him a lot of his past