#darryl wilson headcannons

[greylight32]

I’m sorry, but nobody can convince me otherwise that Darryl was the most anxiety filled kid ever. Like he was constantly wondering what God would think with every action that he did. He was constantly afraid of screwing something up so much that he would just freeze in certain situations. Like completely tense all of his muscles, my man was so deer in headlights coded.

I think that he had multiple panic attacks growing up, but they didn’t think that they were panic attacks. They just thought it was him freaking out over little things because of stress. (Yes I am aware that panic attacks come from stress. I have very bad anxiety myself, but he grew up in the 80-90’s)

Like when he went on the turkey hunt with his dad, the moment the gun fired. He completely froze, dropping the gun into the snow blow him. Wondering if that animal had a family. He started stressing about it whenever he was eating it. How he would feel if his dad just never came home one day. He just had a panic attack right there at the table, thinking about his dad dying and never coming home.

Darryl would constantly bounce his leg because if he wasn’t moving he thought the world would end.

Like motherfucker should’ve been on meds. He got it from his grandpa i swear.

[duckies27]

Some pre-season 2 headcannons for Dndads

Spoilers for both seasons ahead!

Read at your own risk!

- Ron retwists Terry Jr's hair while in the forgotten realms to the best of his abilities. Afterwards, Samantha would teach him how to do it better and it becomes a bonding experience for the two

- Lark and Sparrow would notice one day randomly they have pointy ears. Henry would have to explain to them that they always had pointy ears, they just thought it was normal because Henry had pointy ears. They're actually, y'know, half elves.

- Nicky would call Glenn "Dad" half the time on accident. Pisses Jodie off but Glenn would just shake his head and be like "just cuz I'm cooler doesn't mean I'm your dad, ayeeeeee". Makes him a little sad in the beginning but it becomes a running joke between them

- Terry Jr and Grant 100% had a short dating stint in the forgotten realms but both of them said "Nahhhh" after

- Darryl realized he's bisexual post forgotten realms. He goes to pride parades with Grant wearing little pins but he keeps it in the down low.

- Lark is on the aspec spectrum, Sparrow is pan like his father. They wear shirts that way "All or Nothing" with both flags as a joke.

- Ron takes up fishing with Terry Jr but half the time they just would go feed the ducks instead of catching any fish. They use popcorn instead of bread

- Henry, Darryl, and Ron have a weekly get together where they hang out and sometimes talk about what happened in the Forgotten Realms. It's a lot of trauma on them all so they confide in each other

- All the dads were at Sparrow's wedding and definitely cried more times than anyone could count. Henry and Darryl danced like idiots while Carol and Mercedes talked over a glass of wine

- All the wives have book club every week, which often turns into just them talking together and enjoying each other's company

- Ron has nightmares a lot of the time about Willy. Henry has nightmares about Barry. Both often spend time post nightmare together, with the other dads as back- up if needed

- Henry has a giant fear of throwing up post doodler, to the point he only throws up if his body forces him to. Otherwise he swallows it down.

- Grant met Marco on Fortnight

- Lark and Sparrow got their tattoos updated when they were 18 to fix them. Because, y'know, child making the tattoo wouldn't last long. Sparrow adds Normal and Hero's names to his other arm after both of them are born.

- Normal and Hero used to play with Lincoln during the summer. Hero and Lincoln play one on one while Normal would cheer them on!

- Taylor would be the one guy in summer wearing a full jacket and long pants and boots because he's constantly freezing

- Hero has round ears, Normal has pointy ears post church of the doodler

- Hermie had a crush on Normal pre-joker story but he had to drop it for the ✨ character✨ of it all

- Normal is trans (duh), and most of his binders were handmade by Lark

- Taylor has a ton of different arm crutches, mainly decorated, but he only has one sword cane.

- Grant is in therapy and on antidepressants but his true antidepressant is his family (he says this and it is not true, he's just cheesey)

Hope you enjoy

[pleeborp]

Dndads headcannons in celebration of a new episode (not related)

• Glenn Close HAD nipple piercings. He doesn’t wear them any more, but he will gladly show pictures if asked.

• Daryl Wilson got so fucking confused watching Top Gun the first time. The volleyball scene was his favorite part but if you asked him why he couldn’t explain it to you.

• Ron Stampler eats erasers.

• Henry Oak Garcia paints nude paintings of himself and his beautiful talented wife Mercedes. They’re ranged from abstract to insane realism. None of the realisms are actually fully done yet bc he insists Mercedes deserves perfection.

• Ron Stampler fucking loved Lazy Town the show.

• Paeden went on to be happy and never die. It’s canonical, Anthony Burch told me himself.

• where the fuck is Yeet Biggley

• Henry likes to take photos of random things to “appreciate the Beaty of all my surroundings” and he prints them off and places it on a large mosaic he’s creating.

• Lark and Sparrow call it his “stalker wall” or more affectionately, his “serial k!ller wall”

• Scary Marlowe reads Warrior Cats. I personally haven’t, and don’t plan to but she reads the vibe of my friends that have.

• Normal draws fanart of all his friends and quietly ships them together. He used to be a hardcore gothcleats guy but he’s seen the chemistry between swiftkicks. (Don’t ship real people btw but he’s a hs he don’t know no better) He stoutly refuses to ship KickWorthy.

• Samantha Stampler is still alive and she’s kicking ass as a therapist. She doesn’t know about Terry yet.

• Carol, Mercedes, and Samantha meet up for book club regularly. They don’t actually read books Tho they get together to eat food and talk shit.

• Ron Stampler ate my homework.

[aro-aceattorney]

with my aro headcannons, i think they all know to some extent that they're aro except darryl who just like. fully refuses to do any level of self reflection. darryl wilson Truly Believes in his heart of hearts that he is a straight man, he just thinks that feeling no romantic attraction and finding men hot is part of the straight man experience

[twoheadedcalfsanctuary]

DNDADS ASTRO HEADCANNONS PART ONE

Glenn Close- TAURUS SUN

preoccupied with sensation/tangible pleasures like food, sex, drugs, I feel like music could even be part of this even though it’s not tangible it’s still a sensory experience. Aesthetic informs meaning. More likely to blame circumstance than self.

stubborn. stands up for himself and his friends and accomplishes the impossible through sheer force of will! But,,, also sticks with bad situations, people, and thought patterns/behaviors long past harm is done.

venusian. inclined towards the arts, and has very specific tastes. romantic. as sort of a beautiful reframing of the stubbornness, taurus’ coloring of the Venusian energy is so devoted compared to flirty/flighty libra-He still considers himself married long after his wife is gone and still wears his wedding ring.

Darryl Wilson- SCORPIO SUN

allergic to vulnerability (but expects it from the people around him)

once those emotions are uncorked though, they are INTENSE

fitting for a barbarian to be ruled by mars, the planet of ACTION and RAGE

Scorpio is the sister sign to taurus and is said to be just as devoted!

I’ve also heard it said before that scorpio is just cancer in a leather jacket- I feel like that really fits the parallels Darryl has with Grant, who I’d list as a Cancer sun, because they’re similarly guarded, but Darryl is still this intimidating figure to Grant and it kind of accounts for that added angle of how well either of them are able to adhere to traditional masculine standards and how that effects the way Grant sees Darryl.

Henry Oak-Garcia- canonically a GEMINI SUN if I remember correctly!

genuine love for exchange of information and ideas combined with a love of hearing himself talk and being seen as intellectual makes for a lot of ideological rambling

friendly and sociable!

air sign emphasis on communication.

Mutable energy that can mean struggling a lot with identity and dissonance-conscious morals needing to be abandoned under disparate circumstances, repression and disowning of how he was raised and where he comes from, and sometimes just a straight up inaccurate perception of self (presenting as laid back, and occasionally believing it himself despite being very high strung. The points when self hatred and/or sense of moral righteousness clouds his ability to be as nonjudgmental as he says he is)

Ron Stampler- PISCES SUN

head in the clouds

sensitive

ruled by neptune, planet of dreams and illusion- homie has symbolically significant dreams and is sliiightly less tethered to reality than most hahshshhshsb

and CANCER MOON!

empathetic

relates to others by sharing personal experience, attempts to show evidence of understanding

insecure, defensive

Vibes of a cartoon character. Those “Drake the type guy…” memes also apply to him

CAPRICORN RISING

very important to him that he is taken seriously, particularly in his career and fatherhood, two things frequently attributed to the archetypal capricorn

Played by Beth May, real life capricorn

With his rising opposing moon, the way he thinks/makes decisions/internally reacts to things makes it difficult for him to actually be taken seriously. This fella is deeply silly In a tragical way

[squigglywitch]

Obviously the teens all have direct family connections to the original dad squad but hear me out, they are spiritual successors to different dads than the ones they’re related to.

Scary -> Glen

I think this is the most obvious but I see Scary as The Glen of the group because they’re both so undoubtedly Cool. They both love their chosen art forms, dressing according to a cool subculture of their time, & keeping their emotions locked up under a thousand layers of Being Baddass. They Never. Ever. Admit to any insecurities. Their character arcs are more subtle because of the depth and intensity of their resistance to change. A big change in their lives once happened without them being able to control it, (Scary’s mom marrying Terry, Glenn losing Morgan) and now they’re terrified to ever be out of control again which is why they don’t admit when it’s happening even if it’s clear to everyone around them that they don’t have a handle on something.

Lincoln -> Henry

Lincoln and Henry both struggle with a lot of anxiety and easily loose their cool in stressful situations. Voted most likely to Fall To Pieces when something goes wrong in their own lives, BUT when there’s a situation where their friends/ family are being threatened or someone is asking them to compromise their values, then they have spines of steel and will fight back with venom. They also both grew up in sheltered situations and are having to come to terms with the dangers of the larger world.

Normal -> Darryl

Normal and Darryl are the cheerleaders of the group and the most invested in team unity. Darryl has more of a leadership role and commands more respect than Normal, but I still think they both have that Peacemaker urge to smooth over disagreements between people and keep everyone together and on task for the good of the group. When there’s turmoil in the group because of a decision that needs to be made, they might sometimes act before thinking because they’d rather end the conflict fast even if they don’t make the absolute best choice (like when Normal shot Scary in the duplicate situation partially bc he was anxious about making a choice. Can’t think of a Darryl example off the top of my head but i remember him doing that kind of thing too)

Taylor -> Ron

This one I think is the least self explanatory but hear me out. They’re both a little dumb (affectionate), act much more based on instinct than logic, and they both have absolute conviction in a role that they’ve made up for themselves in their own heads (Ron as a businessman, Taylor as the main character in an anime) regardless of how much they actually embody that figure in real life. They both have a kind of confidence that’s partially born from being a few doughnuts short of a bakers dozen and partially from being a bit self absorbed. They’re also both surprisingly very affectionate and sweet with the people in their life (Taylor and his mom, Ron and Terry jr)

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

[lincoln-li-wilson]

since pride is coming to an end i’ll start a little series with all the season 1 characters at pride!! please enjoy darryl our local supportive and embarrassing dad 🏳️‍🌈

inspired from my discord friends and pride hc’s i’ve seen on here! more to come soon hopefully!! concept by my discord comparing him to the dads at pride who come out to support those without supportive parents in those free dad hugs shirts. anyways here’s darryl’s shirt ref! :)

btw i’m new to posting my art so please be nice :(

[duckies27]

Napping headcannons because I've been napping off my sickness

Taylor rarely actually naps, only when he's super sick. Doesn't want to be vulnerable! However, he sleeps like a rock so that kinda defeats the point

Lincoln only likes napping in the car after a soccer game or school. The rumbling of the engine comforts him

Scary used to nap but now she doesn't even really sleep that often. Now it's more of an accidental thing where she'll rest her eyes and then bam, 3 hours later

Normal naps every Sunday for a few hours to get him that energetic boost for the coming week. He's the most prone to napping, however. Leads to nightmares if he isn't careful.

Henry just has too much energy to nap. Mans tries and fails

Darryl does the "resting my eyes" nap where he's on the couch and just slowly drifts away.

Ron can't nap. He tried. He failed. He just likes normal sleep.

Glen literally spent half of the campaign sleeping, change my mind. Cat coded human being, he would just zonk out constantly

I know we're only one episode into season 3 but come on, I can't help myself

Tony rarely sleeps as is, he just shuts his eyes and dozes. Nothing too deep, or too long. Mainly due to ✨war flashbacks✨

Trudy doesn't have time to nap! Her house needs cleaning and her children need assistance! She used to sleep a bit more when she had little babies, but the perfect housewife has no time!

Kelsey tends to nod off during some more...boring times in her research but she tries her hardest to just sleep on the normal times. She's done quite a bit of research into "Bedtimes" afterall!

Francis has taken short naps between school and work, but he's pretty busy. May be a little lame but like, come on, look at him. Hard worker.

[duckies27]

Pre-Ravenloft Season 1 dads meet post finale Teens

Henry would very quickly hook onto Normal and be that ear to actually listen to him. They both spent all the time basically talking about rocks and cheering and making crafts from the museum.

Darryl and Linc just play sports together. It's like their normal relationship! Just with a younger Darryl. And more traumatized Linc.

Taylor and Glenn play instruments together and vaguely talking about media they enjoy. Glenn wouldn't understand the anime and Taylor wouldn't get the rock, but they enjoy the company.

Ron would automatically spot the similarities between Terry Jr and Scary. He would pull the same sort of idea to try and bond with her, but it doesn't work until he mentions Willy. Then they bond really fast and actually get a really healthy relationship. He teaches her all about business and they like to write songs together.

[pleeborp]

So I have a couple thoughts on the dads in the form of head cannons specifically based on my personal experiences

• Darryl Wilson crochets

There’s no real explanation to why I think this, but like- the man reads a big gift giver vibe and there’s nothing better than hand making something for someone.

• Henry Oak builds wind chimes out of odd shit and his house now if surrounded by colorful horrible sounding wind chimes

• Glenn Close upon entering hell began singing “All I want for Christmas” and that was all it took to make the demons change sides

• Ron Stampler sleeps with pillows without covers

(To specify: I mean pillows that don’t have covers on them. Raw pillows.)

[pleeborp]

A continuation of Darryl Wilson crocheting hcs

• This mf uses ergonomic hooks AS HE SHOULD protect those hands big boy!!!!

• He absolutely is a BEAST at sweaters and Blankets.

• He crocheted the Chelsea Boys Sweaters.

• Darryl Wilson does not start a new project before he finishes the old one.

• He also definitely made Lincoln a baby blanket when he was born.

• Old Man Henry Oak-Garcia has a shawl that Darryl made him that he cherishes.

• Darryl is not afraid of restarting a project if he messed up but is already halfway through. (Bless him)