Right on! Yeah I feel that they're a lot more meaningful with giving a little story that sparks their creation, so I totally approve of that. And to be honest, turning down the horny makes a lot of sense, too.
Hah, it's fair he's not ready for anything nipple related this build if you're looking for v0.5.2 ideas specifically, just had to make it known. 😉
Interesting point on the layers, yeah I can't blame you for not wanting to do that rework since you already had to do all the other sprite rework for Asterion. And I assume anything with a brim requires extra work with the angry and shocked sprites having a bit of a different perspective, really only this matching paper crown or a headband wouldn't require that extra work probably.
If you do decide to put in the work for hats, other obvious choices I see are a trucker cap (both forwards and backwards) and some sort of cowboy hat, though naturally the latter needs to have Luke throwing in a comment upon getting it, haha.
Oh and the last thing I have for now, you could always throw in a Boomer's Big Date reference, haha. His classic motorcycle shirt or maybe the work overalls. Would be easy to explain with a garage addition to the hotel I suppose.