#I’m aware that my own headcanons deviate from canon and I have different interpretations of the character

[whoreiaki-kakyoin]

Do you have any head canon peeves when it comes to your faves? Like those head cabins everyone seems to accept and you’re like “nah that ain’t it” about the ideas?

Honestly, Bruno and Leone as this soft woobified “mom and dad” duo. I think parentifying them and treating it as this cute fluffy thing that they’re taking care of these teenagers erases a lot of what’s fucked up about part five. And it’s supposed to be fucked up. Bruno and Leone are super young. They’re in their fucking early 20s. Bruno lost his youth to the mafia. Lost his childhood and grew up far too fast. I was stunned to realize that I was older than these characters when I was watching Vento Aureo. It was heartbreaking.

So, at the end of the day, whether or not Bruno could take care of someone like a stand-in parent if he had to… he really shouldn’t. That’s a huge burden to thrust on a man with that much unhealed baggage, and it doesn’t sit right with me. He can’t be responsible for nurturing children when he’s never even gotten to fully look out for himself.

I do think he feels protectiveness and care for his team! But I have to wonder if a part of him doesn’t ache so fucking hard at seeing how young they are and realizing that they’re also having any chance of a normal childhood ripped away. It isn’t cute. There’s a trust and a found family aspect, sure, but I genuinely don’t think it’s anything like that. Bruno and Leone each have more than enough grief and trauma and personal demons of their own to heal. They’re not in any place to assume care of another human, let alone several.

Also, on the other end of the spectrum, Abbacchio or Risotto as completely cold and unfeeling. I could go into the grief they’ve had tear them each apart and the way they clearly care deeply for people, but I’m already rambling.

[oddberryshortcake]

16: Do you stick to canon when you write characters and fics?

I try to stick to canon as much as possible. I've never really liked being ooc. Headcanons and some characterizations I've used do have roots in canon but they're often expanded versions of canon after writing with and exploring the characters more!

I'm aware that I do have a different interpretation of Red's inner monologue for sure! But I promise I have looked into pretty much every appearance he's had in IZ canon to get inspiration for it and made my own conclusion to how his character would react to certain things (Like his relationship to Zim in their youth or escaping the Florpus alive)

I know my interpretation of 'Defective' is different from others, but given that the concept of defective is never expanded upon in much depth, people can make their own conclusions about what it means. From my experience as someone who suffers from both mental health and physical health issues, I see it as partly ableism mixed with toxic imperialistic ideals and deviation from the norm of any kind. It isn't necessarily canon, but that's what I've made of it.

[theprodigypenguin]

Scamander Headcanons Cuz I'm Pissed At Life Right Now

I'm in a very shitty mood so I'm gonna try and get rid of it by indulging in my version of the Scamander twins and their parents and life. Please note none of these are canon, they're my personal headcanons and opinions, you're allowed to have different ones. These are the ones I'm sticking too though, so have fun with yours like I have fun with mine:

Lysander is the oldest by a full five minutes.

They're the same age as Lily Luna, but Lily was born first.

While they aren't official Wotters, Luna and Rolf spend many holidays and just general get-togethers with them, so the twins grew up around the Weasley cousins and the Potter kids.

Lorcan is a Hufflepuff like his father but takes after his mother in personality.

Lysander is actually strikingly similar to his great grandmother (Tina) and his great grand uncle (Theseus).

Lysander is a Ravenclaw like Luna.

Lorcan is a very quiet and airy person, seeming to be constantly stuck in a daydream and often seen swaying on his feet as if to music.

He's a generally very happy person and loves hugs.

He gets along with most people, though he is occasionally bullied for being "weird".

Never seems to mind the bullying, usually just smiles through it and often will try to hug his bullies because "they need a hug".

Lysander, on the other hand, is very different, argumentative and cynical, hard to talk to because he tends to ramble when he's anxious (which is a lot).

Unlike Lorcan, Lysander has trouble working around his emotions, and usually just ends up getting frustrated and angry.

Finds it difficult to make friends because of internal self doubt and the fear that they'll ditch him eventually when they realize he's so difficult.

Because of this fear, he tends to ghost potential friends before they can really get to know him.

Says it's for the best.

Lorcan is a Legilimens like his great grand aunt (Queenie).

Lysander, an absolute dumb ass, is unaware of his brother's talent until they're around seventeen or eighteen, because he's a fucking idiot.

Like most born Legilimens, Lorcan has trouble controlling it sometimes, which often lead to migraines and physical trembling, fatigue and fainting spells.

If the thoughts get too overwhelming then Lorcan will seek out the most relaxing presences, the people whose thoughts aren't as loud, or are more predictable.

Lysander is often thinking of simple things like school or music, occasionally he'll be reciting something ridiculous in his head, and Lorcan finds it oddly therapeutic, so nine times out of ten he'll look to Lysander for comfort.

Other comforting presences are Filius Flitwick (he's always thinking of music compositions for some reason), Hagrid (always thinking about his creatures and his cooking), Scorpius Malfoy (his internal rambling is quite similar to Lysander's), McGonagall (she knows about his talent and always tries to be aware of her thoughts when she's around him, so she doesn't overwhelm him), Madam Pomfrey (also aware of his condition), and of course his parents.

Being in the great hall for meals always strains him the most.

Lorcan seems to take after their family the most, and has a born talent for dealing with and caring for magical creatures.

He was capable of calming even the testiest of creatures when he was still very small (and he's Newt's favorite but don't tell Lysander).

Lysander, on the other hand, is absolutely horrible around animals.

He doesn't even own an owl/cat/toad because when Rolf took him to get a pet for school, everything he held tried to bite or scratch him.

Because of this stark deviation from his family, Lysander spends much of his youth and teenage years hating himself, doubting himself, and fighting against incredible shame, thinking he's somehow less than the rest of his family, assuming they're ashamed of him and hate him as much as he hates himself.

He finds a bit of comfort in his studies, and prefers reading and hiding in the library or down by Black Lake over making friends (because he's honestly terrified of making friends).

He has amazing grades in everything accept for his Care of Magical Creatures class.

Though Hagrid never says so, Lysander can tell his teacher is always disappointed when he messes something up.

He's excellent at the written aspect of the class, he just can't physically handle the creatures.

Lorcan can read him like a book, and always feels sad when he hears Lysander thinking so badly of himself.

He tries to cheer Lysander up the best he can by reassuring him that just because their name is Scamander, doesn't mean they all have to be Magizoologists.

That Lysander can be anything he wants.

In the end he takes a lot of strength from Tina and Theseus, who become his role models, and he becomes an Auror straight out of Hogwarts.

Lorcan, unlike Lysander, loves animals. Creatures don't have any discernible thought process that humans can interpret, so Lorcan finds being around them very soothing.

He owns a big ginger half Kneazle cat, a gift from Rolf when he was just a kid, given to him when it was just a kitten.

The cat fucking hates Lysander and Lysander hates it right the fuck back.

Lorcan takes him everywhere though and it annoys Lysander SO much, cats don't belong in the FUCKING classroom!!!!

Despite how different the twins are, they're very close. Maybe not attached at the hip, but still close.

Lorcan isn't ashamed of hugging his brother whenever they cross paths at school, saying he loves him every chance he gets.

Lysander, while not as physical as Lorcan, still loves his brother dearly, and though he complains about the constant hugging, he has never and will never push Lorcan away.

Also not one to throw around the phrase "I love you", Lysander will mumble it incoherently when Lorcan insists he say it back.

He acts annoyed with his brother sometimes, because Lorcan's airy go with the flow attitude clashes terribly with Lysander's schedule oriented life.

Lorcan is a messy kid, his robes are never on right and his tie is always crooked or knotted wrong, so whenever Lysander sees him he stops just to fix the tie and straighten his robes.

Of course the minute he's gone Lorcan absentmindedly messes everything up again and gives Lysander a brain aneurysm from it.

To people who don't know them, it might look as if Lysander hates his brother, is so terribly annoyed with him, but Lysander loves his brother, and he hates nothing more than when people bully him.

While Lorcan doesn't mind it, Lysander has gotten into more than one physical fight (who needs fucking wands when you have fucking FISTS) trying to get the bullies to back off.

Lysander has a strong sense of justice and wanting to look after the little guys who can't defend themselves, which is one of the reasons being an Auror fits so perfectly for him.

Lysander is also an excellent flier and loves Quidditch, but never tried out for his house team because of his anxiety and fear of failure.

After Hogwarts, Lorcan studies Magizoology with his parents, specializing as a Healer for Magical Beasts (wizard vet!!!).

Lysander moves to his own flat in London to be closer to the Ministry and his work, partly because being an Auror is dangerous and has the potential of making him enemies, so he doesn’t want to end up bringing danger to his family.

Lorcan stays living at home because that was where their creatures were, where he studied after school and took care of the magical beasts that his family would bring home.

Though he would also travel in the situation where a creature was sick and couldn’t come to him instead.

Lysander is bisexual, but he’s had a crush on Lily since they were thirteen.

It took him several years to realize he liked her as more than a friend, though, and Lily was the one to ask him out first.

At first their “dates” were restricted to studying as friends (Lysander helping Lily prepare for exams), flying together during free periods (Lily insists Lysander help her practice for Quidditch), and walking to Hogsmeade and spending the day there together.

They don’t become an “official” couple or tell their families until after graduating and getting jobs.

Lorcan is omnisexual, but it’s very difficult for him to open up to people since their intentions are so clear to him, and normally not as pure as he would like.

He isn’t one to take relationships lightly, and is actually very sensitive when it comes to people’s crushes on him, or if he’s the one with the crush.

In the future he ends up falling in love with one of Lysander’s Auror partners, Liam McLaggen (OC), which Lysander isn’t exactly HAPPY about.

Both Lysander and Lorcan are around the same height.

Lysander has his mother’s silvery-blue eyes and keeps his hair neatly cut and styled.

Lorcan has blue-green eyes (see Newt!!!!) and his hair is a bit longer and curlier than Lysander’s (it’s also a lighter shade of blond).

After years of reading by dim wand light in the middle of the night, Lysander had to get himself glasses before starting at the Ministry(who hasn’t read books in the middle of the night under the covers with nothing but a flashlight?).

He’s supposed to wear them all the time, but rarely does, claiming he only needs them for “reading”.

It takes a while, but Lysander eventually becomes good friends with both James and Teddy.

James played difficult at first, pretended he didn’t like Lysander because he was dating Lily (and as the big brother it’s his job to be suspicious of his baby sister’s boyfriend, right?) but they genuinely got along and enjoyed each other’s company.

James basically adopted both Lysander and Lorcan as two more little brothers. Lorcan is very pleased with having another brother, Lysander not so much.

Lysander didn’t make any permanent friends during his seven years at Hogwarts, but as soon as he joined the Aurors and was placed into a field team he quickly made friends with each of his partners.

He would die for them, and they would die for him (but he’s not allowed to die cuz Lorcan would cry and Rolf would ground him).

Okay heck that’s all I got for right now, but writing all this down was super therapeutic. Heck I love the Scamander brothers. And I know everyone in fandom probably have a million different headcanons for these good boys, considering they’re not mentioned much in canon aside from the fact they exist, so their personalities are entirely fluid and up for interpretation, buuuuuut I’ve thought so damn much about about them and I’ve grown super attached to my version of the boys. I wanna reiterate what I said before though, if you have headcanons that differ from mine you are hecking valid and should be proud of your headcanons because they can be insanely hard to think up!

Anyway yeah, I’m in love with the Scamander brothers, bye!

[zlukaka]

Q&A meme thing

tagged by @cienie-isengardu​ (btw awesome questions, cienie!)

1. Your own Original Character(s) you like the most? 

Out of the already introduced ones I like Nathan a lot. Nathan is open-minded, kind and well-meaning, but he has killed to protect others and he wouldn’t hesitate to do so again. Almost no one alive is aware of just how deadly the guy can be. On the very few occasions when Belgar was killed and left him to fight alone Nathan meticulously murdered every single beastrider present. It was in the days before the Swarm got their own reincarnation system, so no one lived to tell the tale, and Nathan doesn’t brag.

Since his retirement most people have grown to see Nathan as this mild-mannered goody two shoes and a softie. Little do they know.

2. How do you feel about Darth Vader?

Darth Vader is iconic. You cannot have Star Wars without Vader. I watched the old movies a lot as a kid and I always thought he was a very cool antagonist. The moment when his helmet was removed before he died was very powerful to me as a kid, it probably contributed to the love for tragic villains that I have to this day.

3. Are you night owl or early bird?

I’m a pigeon, meaning I function best when getting up not too early and not too late. But I have insomnia, so it doesn’t always work.

4. Tell me something about your favorite female characters! Who are they?

I did a lot of thinking about it recently, and I’ve found that 90% of the time my favorite ladies are usually those that could have been men and been basically the same: old-school Lara Croft, Toph, Azula, GLaDOS, Demona, Lina Inverse.

My conclusion is that I don’t care for traditional feminine qualities in fictional women: gentleness, sensitivity, sweetness, compassion, tolerance, nurturance, passivity. The fictional women I like best are aggressive, ambitious, driven and pro-active, and usually humorous. I also like the occasional femme fatale.

The closest to a more traditional idea of a woman I ever liked is Nynaeve from the Wheel of Time. She’s an obnoxious, bossy, demanding, controlling, passionate chick with a strong sense of self-worth. She starts as a ‘wise woman’ of her village and rises to a global power while snatching the local Aragorn as husband on the way, all the time sassing everyone off and pushing everyone around. She isn’t a warrior, but why would she need to be one when she can verbally bully any nearby man into doing her bidding. Ain’t she a peach? XD

5. Do you have story (or any other creative project) you wish to publish one day?

I have too many. XD Together with Luffik we plan to self-publish at least two series of novels. Plus our video game, Eyes of the Swarm. I also have a personal literary project that I am slowly poking at in between.

6. Do you prefer cold or hot weather?

Cold, you can always put extra clothes on, but there’s only that much you can take off.

7. Favorite Disney’s villain(s)?

I love all of them so much. OuO I always liked Jafar and Scar in particular. I guess I grew up with them, and they’re kind of similar. Also Hades - both the design and the voice actor are so perfect. And Yzma is my absolutely favorite female villain, she’s hilarious and perfect.

8. What’s your zodiac sign?

Virgo. So many Virgos I know are goal-oriented unfeeling robots. I just feel a long-haired naked lady doesn’t quite express the callous pragmatism and inventive cruelty we, Virgos, exhibit! Put her in a lab coat, that’s better!

9. The last book you read?

A Monster’s Coming of Age Story (The Ouroboros Cycle, Book One). It was not bad, but not good either. No instances of ridiculously bad writing to laugh at like in Storm Front (Dresden Files, Book One), but also not remotely as exciting, except the last 10% or so. Interesting setup, though. Maybe it’s just the first book that needed to do all this exposition at the cost of actual plot and conflict and later books will be better. Unlike Storm Front it hasn’t dislocated my eyeballs with constant eye-rolling, so I will likely try to continue that series at least for one more book in the hopes that it picks up.

No offense to anyone who likes Dresden Files! I like Nickelback, I do not judge!

As far as books I would actually recommend, I will always praise The Lies of Locke Lamora - now that’s quality writing! Not your typical fantasy setting, very clever hard to predict plot, good humor, good action, keeps you engaged as you read. It’s all about intrigue and conmanship, but the action scenes were also good.

10. Do you have any headcanon(s) that you so badly wish to become canon one day?

Nah. I don’t care what is canon and what isn’t. Sometimes I wish a story would have more of a particular character or place, but I don’t care if they deviate from my vision as long as it’s interesting. I can always disregard stuff in fics and aus, twist or interpret events differently to explore other aspects of things. Canon ain’t the boss of me.

11. (Real of fictional) proverb that you really appreciate and care to share with us? I would love if you can write it in engish and your native / its fictional language too!

"Don't worry about what people think, they don't do it very often." - Jacqueline Delisle

Not a proverb, but words to live by.

Here are my questions to others:

1. How and when did you discover Santa or your local flavor of holiday spirit doesn’t exist?

2. What tropes in fiction do you dislike the most?

3. If you had the money to create a story or work of art in any medium what would you make?

4. Do you have a role-model or inspiration (real or fictional)?

5. Do you have siblings? If not did you ever wish you had siblings?

6. Any musicals or plays you would recommend?

7. What is your favorite protagonist in any medium and why?

8. How do you feel about downer endings in stories?

9. If you could safely tour a fictional setting, where would you like to go?

10. What was your favorite fairy tale or story as a child?

11. What is your favorite breed of cat, dog or other type of pet?

Tagging @kindelwyrm , @elegiacescapist , @kittymaverick , @lysidas , @canis-x-lupus , @tindalosmalakia , @nightmaredaisy and anyone else who is interested!