#caleb covington headcanons

[justgowithit505]

why of course!

Basically, it's a headcannon that I have that Bobby was being really left out by the band and by the audience in general (it was like it's Luke Alex Reggie and the other one) so one day, they're out clubbing, and Bobby is alone and depressed, and guess who appears... our favorite demon bastard Caleb Covington himself. He here because he knows the guys have powerful souls or whatever so he decides to trick Bobby into making a deal with him. "I make you awesome and famous and your friends won't ignore you, but I need your soul." Bobby is drunk enough to accept.

So basically what happens at the Orpheum is that they're packing up the instruments and all that and Caleb appears (Bobby is the only one who can see him because he owns his soul) and he tells him that he was going to mududrer the guys all along either to get more powerful himself or to offer their souls to another, more powerful entity (you decide). And Bobby freaks out and gets really pissed off at Caleb. So when the guys go get hot dogs in the end, he goes out to the back alley and Caleb is there, and Caleb posseses him (so he can see and feel but he can't control his own body) as punishment for like, getting angry at him? Either Caleb had some kind of fancy poison or he got some bleach from somewhere, I don't know.

And that's basically it! Also I think Bobby and Rose had an affair and that Carrie is actually Calebs daughter (its wierd) but that's a story for another day :)

thinking about Bobby mudurduring the guys... because Caleb possessed him... to give him more trauma... because Bobby wanted to be the most famous of the band... and if you think about it his wish came true... because he became the only one of the band...

Also, Reggie was fucking right, Julie's a WITCH

[rainysaturdayafternoon]

caleb covington for the character bingo ask game ^-^

Well, this will be exciting…never done Caleb before… thank you for the ask bestie!! 💜

the storm clouds over the headcanon one are there bc I like him in AUs where he’s nice (such as that lovely series about Christmas that I don’t have the fic tittle for at the moment, it was by caswelleyes? I need to find that now) .

Anyway, thank you sm for the ask, happy Friday, drink some water! 💜

[zerolostwalks]

5 headcanons: More Pacific Rim AU, plz and thank

HEYA!! ^_^

The Pacific Rim AU for those interested: Inny's Headcanon's / Ficlet

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--At one point there was a base wide prank war. It was ordered highly encouraged to end after the glitter bomb that went off. Alex was the primary target/victim and he took it in stride. Refused to wash off and danced around the halls spreading glitter to all his friends. 

Also glitter being glitter, the mess didn’t go away for months. Flynn took to carrying a hand held vacuum with them everywhere to TRY and reduce the amount of glitter making it back into the shop, where many of the smaller mechanical issues are taken care of. 

Everyone honestly thought Reggie and Flynn(seeing as most of the more complicated pranks WERE their handiwork) were the ones who designed the glitter bomb until they got all offended on behalf of all the smaller gears and instruments within a Jaeger (especially the more sensitive equipment in the cockpit with the drifting equipment)

--Caleb Covington is the base commander. due to his relationship with the Molina’s he had originally barred Julie from entering the Jaeger pilot program. Ray had to talk some sense into him. It also helped when Caleb could see how well Julie and Luke worked together outside of drifting.

--Other songs that Reggie and Flynn have looped while working (sometimes unknowingly): Skibidi(Little Big), Boss Bitch(Doja Cat), That Don’t Impress Me Much, Man! I feel Like a Woman(Shania Twain), I Wanna Dance With Somebody(Whitney Houston)

--Willie has joined the swooning competition, though he is usually only interested in seeing if he can break the folks who Reggie and Flynn have no luck with. Or in seeing how much he can fluster Reggie and Flynn.

--The week after the “We almost seriously injured/killed Julie” incident is one of the most awkward low morale weeks (that didn’t stem from actual tragedy). Reggie and Flynn play a crucial part in the morale of the base though no one admits it. Nor did anyone even realize how crucial they were to morale until the two went into ‘strictly business mode’ trying to overcorrect their actions.

No one knows what she did but Julie managed to get them back to their old selves….and is also one of the only people other than Willie to have points on the “swooning” scoreboard. 

--Luke and Julie after their first drift together spend nearly a full day with Ellie and each other. They don’t say much if anything. Mostly trade off hugging each other and Ellie. 

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send me an au and i’ll give you 5+ headcanons about it

[curvesomesunsets]

Sending an au! Or actually two, but you don't have to do both;

pirate au &/or serial killer au

<3

oooh yes pirate au is FUN lets go :D (i will try so, so hard to not make this like the mechanisms au i promise but elements might sneak in)

oh man oh boy CONSIDER: julie, bereft and seemingly out of all ideas when she is kicked out of her prestigious music academy, sneaks onto a ship just to get away from all her problems

said ship is then taken over by pirates aka the crew of one caleb covington who is nicknamed the ghost of the seas or sth like that because nobody can figure out how he manages to get so close to ships without anybody noticing

after julie is discovered, she manages to plead her case by saying shes a singer and could be the ship's entertainer (fully aware that she hasn't made music in ages, hence her being kicked out of the academy)

caleb goes 👀 and makes her part of the crew

and overall, life seems pretty neat here the crew is colourful and there's a LOT of music that julie has to quickly get used to

then she gets to witness how they get close to a ship and realises they're essentially doing a siren ploy, where they sing and hum and it WORKS and julie is like holy shit are they actual like mythical creature pirates??

and yes spoiler alert they are <3 and okay julie is human so she feels a little out of place and worried that she might overstay her welcome after all but consider: julie molina pretty voice that actually lowkey bends the universe around her a little (inserting my "julie says no to the universe and makes the boys stay because she is magic" headcanon for the show here)

and cue fun, mildly sinister pirate music times where caleb gets more sinister as time goes on and julie is the only one in the crew who isn't fully under his thumb cause shes still so new so she starts to hatch a plan of mutiny

send me an AU and i'll give you some headcanons for it!

[girlstuffnorp]

Ah that makes sense @1mnobodywhoareyou~! 😂

Right, headcanon time!

They're almost like two sides of the same coin IMO - Luke performs for the sheer love of the music and the connection formed with an audience. While Caleb also loves performing for an audience (his magic shows while he was alive, and now running and performing for the patrons of the Hollywood Ghost Club), there seems to be a narcissistic twist to it now - as if he gains more happiness from deceiving others and putting on a sparkling, extravagant, dazzling show while doing so, rather than the pure love and art of performing, which seems to be Luke to his very soul.

I can totally see Caleb thinking of Luke as a sort of twisted protégé - not that Caleb would ever give up his role in the HGC to anyone. He's much too drunk on the power by now. He doesn't fully understand the reasoning behind why the boys can be seen by lifers while performing, and that's frightening to him. He's run the HGC with an iron fist for so long, he's never been faced with something that he can't immediately stamp out - and then the boys show up. He offers them the chance to join the HGC house band, and they refuse. No other option then but to curse them. He needs them close to control them - they are enemies in his mind, after all. Threats to his comfortable villainous afterlife. I think Caleb knows that Luke is very much the leader for the boys - if he gets Luke to fall, so will Alex and Reggie pretty soon after. So, he plays into their hopes and insecurities, the allure of fame and being recognised for their talent and the art that they produce. I really think Caleb sees a lot of himself in Luke - that moment where he fixes Luke's bow-tie is such an underrated moment that is portrayed brilliantly by Cheyenne and Charlie, and Luke's vulnerable expression as he actually begins to contemplate the idea of the fame, and the applause, and the love from the audience that never ends... Such a fleeting moment, but done so well. @60sec400 gets it 😂

Luke reminds Caleb of the version of him before whatever mysterious figure tricked him into his own curse or dodgy deal (as referenced in 'You Got Nothing To Lose') - maybe there's a sense of envy for the afterlife that Luke has, free to live out his dreams in death without any contracts or deals like Caleb had to agree to so long ago. It's proof that there could have been the possibility for Caleb to take another path back on the fateful day of the deal, and somehow still end up happy - Luke wanted to perform in his afterlife, and he gets to do it, no strings attached. I could see that aggravating Caleb so much. So much that he wants to punish Luke for something that he doesn't even know that he has done.

The fact that Luke is the last to poof onto the Orpheum stage during 'Stand Tall', and the fact that he flickers in and out (the Back To The Future parallels 😍) makes me think that whatever happened between the boys and Caleb in between 'You Got Nothing To Lose' and 'Stand Tall' was much tougher for Luke than the others. That the magical hold that Caleb had on him was much, much stronger than Luke was ready for. Obviously his bond with Julie and the other boys was enough to help him through, but part of me thinks that the parallels between Caleb and Luke and their similar loves for performing and music would be enough to keep them intertwined for longer. Luke could feel himself slipping during the bow-tie moment, and I could see it scaring him too - that it really only takes one slip of focus to accidentally hand his all control over to Caleb. Maybe that gives Luke the edge to win in the fight to return to the Orpheum stage - he flickers in and out, and you can see the worry and uncertainty in his expression as he fades away. However, it's Julie and the boys who help him to overcome the grief of running out on his parents and give him closure, and now he's not the same seventeen year old who worried about letting people down and wanted petty revenge for Trevor stealing the band's work. Luke has grown and matured so much over the course of the show, and that's what helps him to get to the Orpheum stage to finish 'Stand Tall', because even after all of this, Caleb will always be a puppeteer trying and failing to fill the giant hole in his heart by forcing undying love from his puppets, and Luke knows deep in his soul just how much music can shape and create genuine bonds and long-lasting relationships, and he's become all the better for it.

(I wrote so much, I'm so sorry~ 😂)

I don't know if it's just me, but I'm so fascinated about the dynamic between Caleb and Luke - maybe that's why I'd love to write more for them ✍👏

[missmitchieg]

I like to imagine that every new ghost at the HGC gets a tour of the place from Fuego and then a "proper" tour from Caleb that is really just showing off every. single. picture of him he hanged up in there, complete with very boring long winded stories to go along with them and bragging about his acomplishments.

[reecethegeek]

idk if this is canon but i think that "other side of hollywood" is queer coded.

hollywood is known for the glitz and the glam but we all know there is a side that people don't want us to know. the stuff that isn't marketable and is seen as taboo, an example being queerness.

we've seen many celebs come out and say that they were in the closet for so long because their management didn't think it would be a good idea to be out and proud.

"life is good on the other side of hollywood" - i feel like "the other side' is symbolism for queer spaces. this is the only place where ghosts are able to do whatever they want and be themselves and some humans even pay to be their in secret which could by symbolism for people on the dl. it's referred to as the other side as if it's an evil space because that's how homophobes perceive it all.

"welcome to the brotherhood where you won't be misunderstood" - like honestly this speaks for itself. queer people are often put down and treated as outcasts and queer spaces are environments where they can just be themselves.

[michelangelinden]

Send JATP headcanons

Hey besties, it's been a while since I did one of these. My life is whirling around in a blender right now, so I need some jatp content to cheer me up.

Please send me asks with some (preferably fluffy) headcanons, platonic, romantic, whatever, I'm ready. I'll expand on them in my responses and give out lil forehead kisses in return. Thank you!!

[oh-to-be-alexs-hoodie]

Not fanart, but:

Caleb wearing thigh high crocs

[innytoes]

I had a bad day so you all get more self-indulgent Caleb/Ray/Reggie ABO AU fluff.

-Caleb is constantly torn between Wanting To Spoil The Shit Out Of Reggie and his cheap-ass taste. He’d never actually tell Reggie that, of course, but deep down it pains him a little that he knows Reggie will light up more over a little plastic pumpkin than over a rolex. He finally found a decent middle ground with Ray ‘It’s the Thought that Counts’ Molina, and now this?

So when he finds Reggie in their bedroom, gently rubbing one of Caleb’s silk shirts between his fingers, he is like YES. Not just because he is Extremely Jealous of Reggie walking around in Ray’s old flannels and henleys, but also because this is the perfect opening.

So of course he asks Reggie if he likes what he sees and Reggie immediately starts to apologise. But Caleb just tells him of course he can take whatever he wants from Caleb’s closet he’s been buying extra soft shirts for months now to entice him. 

Insert a scene here that is full of Sexual Tension where Caleb slips one of his silk shirts onto Reggie. He does up all the buttons, rolls the cuffs, smooths down the collar and smirks when he smells Reggie’s scent change in his arousal. He gets Reggie to agree to come with him to his tailor so he can get a properly fitted shirt and suit.

(Yes the tailor 100% calls Caleb on his bullshit when he does Reggie’s cuffs etc again and Reggie goes all flustered again.)

-Dumb ABO worldbuilding trope that I like is when scents are really complicated. Betas can’t smell them, and omegas and alphas can’t really smell their own scents unless they really focus, because they get scent-blind to their own scents.

Ray is always smoky, warm, and sometimes rich and chocolatey scents. (In my head his baseline like the smokey note of a lush Soak and Float shampoo bar.) Caleb is always icy and cold things: fresh snow, ice cold streams, etc.

In general, omegas are usually more sweet-smelling. In popular culture, it’s a massive stereotype and beauty standard. Paul was always a dick about how Reggie didn’t smell sweet and he was very  self-conscious about it. So one night he asks Ray what he smells like when Ray is snuggling with him and very clearly nuzzling at his scent glands, all happy.

And Ray is like: ... okay but promise you won’t get upset?

And Reggie of course immediately spirals like: they hate my scent I should be sweeter. And he tells Ray he can start wearing perfume if they want, or using scent-blocking soap. And Caleb looks up horrified like: don’t you dare.

And Ray admits that he thinks Reggie smells like a Pumpkin Spice Latte. Rich and warm and like spices. But he wasn’t trying to imply Reggie smells like (insert Ray awkwardly doing airquotes here) “a basic bitch”. (He knows memes, okay! Sometimes! He heard Flynn say it once!)

And Caleb is all: really? I think it’s more like pumpkin pie.

And Reggie is so mad at Paul because fuck you that sounds AMAZING he smells AMAZING and he is so pleased with himself.

[sunset-bobby]

Caleb automatically giving Alex to Dante and Fuego after he said he was looking for Willie makes me feel like this is not the first time Willie was sent to get some ghost and they lowkey only came because Willie was attractive

Willie’s job in the Hollywood Ghost Club is to go be cute in public so the club isn’t full of straight people

Caleb knows what he’s doing

[thegaylink]

In episode 8 Nick asks if him and Julie are still dance partners, meaning they will be dancing together in the future. But, guys, Caleb is Nick now... so this means that at some point Julie and Caleb WILL HAVE A DANCE NUMBER!!!!!!!!

[jatpistoowholesomesomebodyhugme]

Alex: Luke and I are having a baby

Reggie: That's grea-

Alex, slamming adoption papers on the table: It's you sign here

[nonbino-chaos-fox]

So everyone talks about how they think Caleb died and how he probably died during a trick that went wrong. I've seen many people put forward the idea that he drowned in a water tank trick.

But what if he just died in a really boring way? What if he just fell down the stairs and died? Because I think that would be hilarious. In the afterlife, he is very embarrassed about his death and purposely spreads rumours that he died during a trick because he hates the fact that he died in such a boring way.

[whattfisausername]

Another scale for your consideration...

Caleb is a distinguished gay.

Carrie is in-between functional and distinguished gay (or lesbian in her case).

Willie is in between disaster and functional gay (but leaning disaster)

Alex is a disaster gay.

(This is a sort of sequel/spin-off of this post of mine https://whattfisausername.tumblr.com/post/641322449188847616/for-your-consideration)

[riskitsam]

Okay but i cant wait for season 2 of jatp so everyone will finally see the true potential of Sacha Carlson and will stop hating on nick for no reason !! Because Caleb literally owns nick’s soul so Sasha will obviously need to act like Caleb and I feel like it must be super complicated for any actor to do this.

Give Sacha/Nick the recognition he deserves.