#— 🧠 lynn’s headcanons

[sixofpomegranates]

➢ Eddie Munson's eating habits and food head canons — PART 1:

→ ✿ ← Flowers will provide links to fanfictions of mine in which I used the headcanon above.

→ ☘︎ ← Clover will provide the link to an in-detail headcanon.

{TW: Food, Eating—Eddie’s little bit weird eating habits, Child Neglect, Overeating, Pot Brownies, Trailer Park Stigmatization, Manners, etc.}

Has eaten a worm for 10$ when he was 12.

→ [✿]

..."Please tell me that's a joke!" I squeal, sitting next to Eddie on the floor of my living room. He shakes his head, dipping another fry in his chocolate milkshake. "Nah, honest earned money." "You ate a worm for ten dollars," I exclaim, making him chuckle. "Yeah, because I was twelve and stupid. Today I would charge at least twenty bucks to eat one," he tells me proudly. "How about I give you fifty, and you promise to never eat a worm again?" "Deal, sweetheart." Grabbing my hand, Eddie shakes it eagerly, a boyish smirk on his lips. "See? Eating worms is already bringing in profits."...

Likes every flavor of milkshake there is. He loves that shit, so don't make him choose.

→ [✿]

Wayne used to bribe him with them when he was little. Trips to the dentist, doctor appointments, or tutoring sessions were rewarded with dinner at the diner afterward.

Dips his fries into his chocolate milkshake because “The sweet and the salty balance each other out."

→ [✿]

These are also top-tier for him:

salted caramel

Bacon & Chocolate

salted pretzels in chocolate

Popcorn and M&M’s

PB&J

He hates eating fish. The smell is enough to make him gag.

→ [☘︎]

This hate extends to:

Fish sticks.

Seafood.

Sushi. → May be interested in trying sushi without fish... But as he can't even look at raw fish you’d need to serve it to him in a safe environment.

Hates olives.

Loves apples.

He’s constantly snacking one if Wayne bought a bag. It's the crunch and that they’re juicy.

Drinks straight from the carton or bottle. (yes. milk, juice & soda)

Says that they wouldn't make it so easy to drink from them if you weren't supposed to, and it saves you from cleaning a glass.

When alone, eats out of the pan or pot instead of grabbing a plate. Doing dishes sucks.

Has pretty good table manners. (-if he wants to)

Wayne was very keen on teaching them to him. Little Eddie never cut his meat, digging into meals like a starving, feral hyena.

There is already the stigma of being uncultured and dirty following them as residents of a trailer park; Wayne wants his boy to be able and prove people wrong. Do good. Can't have him burp, talk with a full mouth, and tear the meat on his plate apart with his hands, never using cutlery. (Little Eddie was a hungry little raccoon.)

Healthy relationship with food. (Thanks to Wayne)

Used to overeat until he was sick.

After his mom died, there was never anything to eat at home. He was scared of being hungry and didn't know when the next time he'd get something to eat was.

Will finish your plate for you if you're stuffed. He's a big boy. He can eat a lot.

Loves everything cheese. Especially snacks.

Good at baking.

He found out that he's good at it when making pot brownies for the first time. Since then, he has made cakes for important celebrations like the end of a campaign and birthday cakes for friends, himself, and Wayne, muffins, and even more brownies—family-friendly ones as well.

Loves spicy food but doesn't have a high tolerance for it. He still eats it, even though he suffers a little.

Gareth once brought Eddie a bag of Rebanaditas (watermelon lollipops covered in spicy chili powder) from his vacation in Mexico. Eddie loves them and still has a couple of them stored away for special occasions.

[jennyanypenny]

🧠 & 🎶 for the ask game!

🧠 Share a headcanon/theory about the show that you like!

Ive recently started seeing Misto and Munkus as brothers! I think they have very sweet interactions in lots of productions and especially in Old Gumbie Cat and Old Deuteronomy. I also think the hc that Bustopher Jones is actually a stray that knows all the etiquette he needs to know to get food from all the places he mentions is very nice! Makes a lot of sense to me. I don’t think he mentions owners and its not like he’s literally going to human places and getting treated like a person :’o3

🎶 Who's your favorite ensemble cat and why?

Hard choice, but I think Victoria. I think her parts are very beautiful and the touching of Grizzabella is soo sweet. Her role¿ in the musical is just very important I think. The way the moon seems to affect her a lot is also so interesting.. I think Gillian Lynne did an amazing job with the character and choreo for her. Shes also very easy to spot when the cats are 3 pixels in size.

[carlandrea]

🧵🧠📌

�� What's your favorite production and why?

I saw a full bootleg of US tour 5 and oh my god it's so good. One of my favorites of all time just like the background interactions and their voices and

Out of productions I haven't seen i'm kind of obsessed with the current wichita one and the mexico tours. Just like for the costumes.

Also shoutout to cats 1998 I love cats 1998

🧠 Share a headcanon/theory about the show that you like!

When Jillian Lynne said "two women who have known intimately the same dangerous man" that burned itself into my brain and I have literally never recovered. What a dynamic

📌 What was Cats 2019's biggest mistake, in your opinion? (OTHER than 'bad cgi') If you don't think it made any notable mistakes, what's your favorite thing about it?

I think Cats 2019 was like embarrassed about being Cats. Like they kept trying to make a joke out of it and they tried to mold it into a real story and like. Even the attempts at realism with the designs all felt like they were embarrassed to be a silly bombastic ridiculous musical

[jelliclekay]

🎷 and 🧠!

🎷 Have you ever seen Cats live? If more than once, which was your favorite?

I've seen Cats live 12 times, I was very lucky in that the city closest to me was a 3 week stop from the second leg of US Tour 6. My favorite show was probably the opening night in that city and my first time seeing the second leg tour cast. I just instantly fell in love with all the performers and was so blown away by their talent. And also seeing and hearing Erica Cianciulli Bombalurina for the first time changed my brain chemistry forever

🧠 Share a headcanon/theory about the show that you like!

A theory that I really love is that Plato and Victoria have the kitten that is Grizabella's next life. I think it's a beautiful way for the story to come full circle.

Also another theory I love is that the Jellicle Ball takes place on the night of the Winter Solstice. According to Gillian Lynne, all cats are pagan so it makes sense that the cats would celebrate on a pagan holiday!

[gaylittlewizardcat]

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The answer to 🎁 is here!

✍️ If you had total creative control over a production of Cats, what would you change and why?

I wrote more than I intended for this one lol let’s go

Gillian Lynne’s choreography, early Broadway/US based designs, bring back Etcetera, Misto is mute but has his “mature” personality, give Jenny and M&R their second verses back and put those “Jellicle sharps and Jellicle flats” lines back in Jellicle Songs, someone has a tap-dance-off with Jenny again, give the Pekes and Pollicles back to Munk and change the racist lyrics, no Macavity interlude, Victoria is the one who initiates contact during the Lift, Misto and Cass also have that little moment of theirs during the Lift, tbh idk exactly what I would do for Gus but he needs a Something that isn’t Pekes or the original Growltiger, bring back the Shadow Dance, Rumpleteazer is mentioned during Macavity, I know I said mute Misto before but I cannot stress enough how much Misto doesn’t sing his own song, after he bring’s Old Deut back he does that slow walk and bow thing with Cassandra that I’ve only seen in the ‘98 film (if you know of any other production that did that plz lmk I’m begging), when Griz collapses during Memory everyone flinches as if they’e about to run up and help help her but stop themselves aaaaand last but not least is Griz takes the staircase to the Heaviside layer

The only change I’d make that isn’t a “some production did/does this” is Bomba and Tugger singing Mistoffelees’s song as a duet

Why? Idk man I just cherry picked the little details I like :]

🧠 Share a headcanon/theory about the show that you like!

Macavity is actually Mistoffelees’s dad but no one knows that, not even Mac or Misto themselves

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➢ Eddie Munson’s way of reading books.

{TW: MILD mentioning of Eddie's asshole dad, bullying from other kids (PASSAGE IS MARKED WITH A WARNING SIGN), ADHD}

It took him longer than other kids to learn how to read.

⚠️—It was a mixture of struggling with word pronunciation, other kids bullying him for “being stupid,” and the lack of help from home. His mom tried, but his father often insisted that it was unimportant because “the boy’s an idiot.”

Once he got the hang of reading and discovered that he could read his fantasy books now whenever he wanted and not only when mommy had time to read to him, he never put them down.

Can only read when it is completely silent. People talking, music, the tv... Everything is a distraction for the poster child of ADHD.

Loves comics.

*cough* Heavy Metal Megazine *cough* Garfield is also top-tier for him... A different tier, though.

Has thrown a book across the room before.

He was mad at the plot twist. So mad.

This is how he mostly holds his books ↓↓

Everything is a bookmark. ↓

When in doubt, dogear your page. Smooths out anyway.

Want to mark an important page? Dogear it forever.

What's a bookshelf? Those suckers get stacked wherever there is room.

The Heavy Metal Magazines are partially pushed under the bed... In case he wants to read something at night. No other reason... Really.

He annotates his books. ↓↓

Very thoughtful at times, unhinged bullying of a stupid character & dirty jokes at others. Also doodles into them. His handwriting is messy, the underlining a mess, but books are a home to be lived in.

Part of his courting process is to buy you a copy of Lord of the Rings. 💕 (either The Hobbit or The Fellowship of the Ring. Most likely The Hobbit.)

He loves it so much & wants to share his favorite books with you—even though he feels a little vulnerable and is scared you might not like them. He made sure to annotate it beforehand, explaining, commenting, and drawing into them for you. For him, it is the epitome of romance.

[sixofpomegranates]

➢ 9 home decor items Eddie Munson would own:

(personal opinion. headcanon. fight me.)

He’d think he’s the funniest man on earth.

[sixofpomegranates]

➢ Eddie Munson will most delicately remove the fallen eyelash from your cheek. His face so close you can feel his breath on your skin. His warm, brown eyes glance at you gently.

With your eyelash on his pointer finger between the both of you, he’ll whisper, “Make a wish, Sweetheart.” His voice is so soft that you’d miss it, wouldn't he be this close.

You’d close your eyes, make your wish, and then open them again. Eddie still watching you with curiosity and admiration.

Then you blow the eyelash away, sending your wish into the universe.

That’s when Eddie will dramatically clutch his hands over his eye, pretending you blew the eyelash right into his eye.

He’ll throw himself back and moan in pain. “I'm so nice to you, and that's what you wish for? Why?”

He’s lovable, dramatic, and just the biggest dork alive. Once you'll hug him, hand brushing over his hair, and (under tears of laughter because it is so ridiculously dramatic) explain that you didn't mean it, he’ll act as though it's hard to move past, but he still forgives you.

You have to be careful, though. He also does this in public. Try to explain to strangers that he's playing pretend because of an eyelash, and you did not just sucker-punch him in the face like he leads them to believe.

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➢ Eddie Munson’s rings are cold because that boy is constantly freezing.

(I know it was March during season 4 but come on! The leather jacket and that battle vest would let any normal human melt. Especially inside the school.)

Eddie is always cold. The worst are his hands and feet. His fingers are like frozen pepperoni sticks.

In winter, he’ll wear a shirt, a hoodie, his leather jacket, the battle vest, gloves, and boots. He’ll still wear ripped jeans, though, because style over substance. It's also the time of the year when he smokes less because he will absolutely not go outside for a cigarette. Not worth it.

He'll wear his leather jacket into June. Maybe even at nights in July or on days. He's a cold boy. There is no “Oh, it's getting a little colder at night.”

No. There is instant death due to hypothermia.

August is great because it's hot. But when it's too hot, he'll hate it too. He hates sweating if it's not for fun purposes in general (if you know, you know–If not, you're too young to be here).

When he says he’s hot, you know it's hot—cooking sunny-side-up eggs on the pavement hot. Still, he might be wearing a crop top or one of those shirts with big cutouts on the side, but he’ll still be wearing his ripped jeans.

If he doesn't: everyone else has already died of a heat stroke. That hasn't happened yet, though.

Eddie also has the habit of touching you. I mean, we know touching is his love language, but he also loves how people jump when he touches them with those fucking cold hands.

He’ll warm them up by sweetly hugging you either from behind or from the front and then hold you in a death grip while his hands move under your shirt to leach off of your body warmth.

There is no escape. He'll even move his hands around to achieve complete toastiness and flip them, so your skin also warms the back of his hands.

Eddie hugging you: “Hey, sweetheart.”

You, wrapping your arms around him: “Hey, baby—Oh fuck me! Jesus Christ!”

You try to wiggle out of his grip without success. Him humming happily, “Shhh just let it happen... So nice and warm.”

Bonus: You're lying in bed, warm and cozy, cuddled up next to him, and then BOOM! cold hands and feet of death. You're his heat radiator, his electric blanket, his heating pad.

Constantly Cold Eddie Munson 🤝 Constantly Warm Partner

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➢ Eddie Munson is a “Would you still love me if I were a worm?” boyfriend.

(And his questions are so out of the left field.)

▾▾▾

“Would you still love me if I’d get my face burned off by a flamethrower?”

“What? Okay, uhm, I am not with you because of your looks.”

“But you're also not not with me because of my looks. So I am asking you: Would you still love me if I’d get my face burned off by a flamethrower?”

Or

“Would you still love me if I’d get a machete straight through my skull?”

“How the hell would that happen?”

“Crazy serial killer in a summer camp.”

“A machete through your skull would kill you.”

“Yes. But would you still love me?”

Or

“Would you still love me if I’d travel back in time to check out the dinosaurs, accidentally knocked over a t-rex egg, and now we don't have chickens?”

“Jesus Christ. Eddie, it's 3 a.m.”

“We wouldn't have scrambled eggs for breakfast. Or eggos. I need to know if you would still love me.”

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➢ Eddie Munson hates fish. And Wayne tried to use fishing trips for them to bond.

{TW: Eating Fish, Fishing (& actually catching fish), Cooking, Vomit (Eddie, bc fish & he’s dramatic)}

Now, Eddie doesn't hate fish. He thinks they're funny—little stupid guys behind glass, swimming after his finger. Had an extensive shark phase as a little boy.

Eddie hates eating fish. He’d rather eat ANY AND EVERY vegetable on earth before eating fish.

He himself has no answer as to why, but his hatred for fish runs deep.

No allergies, just pure hatred, and disgust.

The smell is enough to make him gag. He becomes so violently sick that you get contact sick. Seriously, you have no chance of getting him to eat it. He’s already dry heaving from the look, smell, and thought alone.

And before you can say it, no, it doesn't matter how good you think this one fish dish you can make for him is. He won't eat it—Hell, he evacuates the area when he sees fish.

The only exception to fish is the tuna noodles his mom used to cook a lot when she was alive. It's two cans of tuna, milk or cream, spices (black pepper, salt, broth powder, garlic...maybe thyme), and pasta. It was very cheap to make, and one pot lasted for 2-3 days.

Eating it now unlocks childhood memories Eddie tries to hide away. If you try to make it and nail the recipe (one that only faintly exists in Eddie’s memory as his mom never wrote it down), you have him cry and eat fish at the same time... He’ll also may or may not attempt to marry you on the spot because you thought he was worth the effort. You do that, you're it for him.

Also, you have to cook it without him near. Opening the cans of tuna has him run for the hills. The smell is vile to him. And no, apparently once they're in the dish it doesn't count as fish anymore. (yeah, idk either)

➢ Fishing.

Wayne loves to fish and later prepares the “hunted” fish for dinner (as throwing them back in seems unnecessarily cruel). He tried taking Eddie with him on different occasions at different age stages. Tried to bond with his boy. ❤︎

Wayne doesn't force Eddie to eat fish. It's a boundary his nephew set and he respects it.

He also never forced Eddie to go on these bonding trips with him. Eddie came along because he wanted to spent time with his uncle.

The fishing trips are not actually for the fishing part. They are for Eddie to have a calm moment in nature. To talk about anything and everything that goes through his head (like when he came out to Wayne as bi). Tell Wayne about this new d&d thing the old man tries to but doesn't understand. Swap stories about his mom. To see that there are other activities to do with your dad than stealing a car. (they also listen to a bunch of country music on these trips)

There are two photos of their last fishing trip together in Wayne's photo album:

One is of Wayne holding a gigantic rainbow trout—what a catch!

The other is of Eddie holding a little bass—he caught it on accident. (He had never caught a fish before, having tampered with his hook before leaving for the trip.)

The seventeen-year-old boy smiles for his uncle, but there is pure agony in his eyes and a green tint plastered over his face.

He threw up a minute after the photo was taken.

Eddie swears to this day that his hands were slimy and smelled like fish for a week—They didn't.

He showered, and the smell was gone.

He's just being dramatic.

Ask Wayne, who loves telling the story.

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