#but also packing fic is just like. yeag.

[littlemousejelly]

would you ever consider writing a 3rd chapter to the packer fic or is that off the table?? love your work btw, hope you’re doing well!!!

maybe! i have so many wips that i just need to sit down and finish but i'd also love to revisit packing fic cuz that's one of my favorite and most self-indulgent fics

[unpoppedcolonel]

hi ur tags are so good !!!!!!! the tags ab soap watching his demolitions ?/?:? yeag hauve covid too etc i love the idea that he gets so focused it ends up monstrous and ghost is just wired like That so it doesnt Bother him exactky And also what’s ur fav headcanon if u have one ?

You gotta be more than a little fucked to be a storyline playable character for this series imo. The logical conclusion of accounting for all playstyles sorta deal, which is Very Fun to apply to fics.

As for headcanons: most of my more mild ones have been fully explored in one way or another by fic authors and meta posters.

My biggest reasonable one is that Soap is a mask for John Mactavish. While the persona hasn't always been referred to as "Soap" (maybe "Tav" by schoolmates and fellow recruits, "JJ" by family), John has had some version of it since grade school.

Something something, being smart and trying really hard wasn't enough to make people like him or get the attention he lacked. But being outgoing and friendly and ballsy, that's what works. Even the people who complain about him being loud still at least hear him. John figured out how pack bonding works, essentially, and manually calibrated a persona with the intention of using it.

It wasn't even "acting out to get attention", it was a deliberate set of rules he figured out and applied to himself. It's a whole separate skillset he taught himself.

This is not a bad thing. It did wonders for his emotional development and confidence.

This is all to say that Sgt. Mactavish was wearing a mask when he met Ghost. It's why the only time he jokes about Ghost taking it off, his phrasing is laced with silly innuendo and they're separated by what still felt like an insurmountable physical distance.

In some ways, he's always testing to see who gets to see Johnny rather than Soap or Sgt. Mactavish.