#headcanon tag tbt.

[shadowedstaff]

as bouncing off my jim - claire gets a septum piercing in honour of draal. where jim wears a false septum piercing (partially because he doesn't like it long term and affects his breathing since his nose shape did change drastically) but claire doesn't have those issues - so they proudly wear the piercing in honour of their fallen friend.

[pistolslinger]

whatever. in my head jesper and nadia and adrik are pals eventually. whenever leoni visits kerch to see jesper, she brings nadia and adrik along, and jesper gets to show them all the normal tourist-y stuff in ketterdam but they also spend loads of time in the zemeni districts just enjoying the food n theatres n going shopping. jesper introduces them to his zemeni friends there, and ofc there's always an open invite for them to come spend time at the faheys farm

[pvnkshooter-a]

𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝?

knuckles

it feels as though you have fought every day of your life. sometimes, you cannot even tell how much of the blood on your hands is your own... and how much comes from those who've tried to hurt those you defend. you deserve the gentleness of a kiss to your bruised knuckles and broken skin, a reminder that you are not only made of violence.

𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲: @thewolvs 𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠: @tthebanished / @wildernesslost, @kidoftheblxckhole, @perfectionreached, @misquigley @thrillor & whoever wants to do it tag me so i can see!

[yourflame]

canon event: innocent child curiosity lead to a freak accident involving his father's death, mother became his emotional rock and helped him (mostly) avoid internalizing this. wayward do-gooder always looking for a new adventure.

canon event: same exact freak accident, except his mother emotionally abandoned him and grew to resent him. internalized the fuck out of it, was also lowkey raised by mobius satan. wild card. who's side is he on? whichever's the most fun!

canon event: freak 'accident' involving his mother, thought it was his own fault for years - turns out it was his PoS dad who scourge later killed to death when he found out. corrupted by his childhood, went on to take over his shitplanet to feed his own ego and keep his mom on life support.

canon event: freak accident? no, freak homicide. killed his abusive dad to protect his mom and went on to invent world peace. lives in a nice castle with all his friends. has kintober on a salary.

[generalzelgius]

romantic gestures

BOLD what applies to your muse , ITALICIZE if there's potential / it depends . repost , don't reblog .

holding hands ( in public ) · buying flowers · cooking · cuddles · writing a poem / song · holding door open · tying shoe laces · sharing a milkshake with two straws · offering their jacket when it's cold · kissing in the rain · publicly confessing love · long walks at the beach · doing the titanic pose on a boat · kissing the back of their hand · slow dancing · introducing them to their parents · lighting candles · flower petals on bed · love letters · star gazing · brushing / doing their hair · picnics · teaching them to play an instrument while gently guiding their hands · compliments · drawing them · self-made gifts · massages · proposing with a family heirloom ring · lending them their favorite book to read · paying for dinner / coffee · surprise birthday parties · feeding them · handing them keys to their apartment · making space in drawer for their clothes when they stay over · sharing a blanket · couple costumes · tucking a hair strand behind their ear · keeping them from leaving · moving cities to be together · blowing a kiss · breakfast in bed · defending them in a fight ( verbally / physically ) · joint bubble baths · dropping the l-bomb ( "I love you" ) · dedicating a song to them · wearing their clothes · yawning before putting an arm around them while watching a movie · grant them the last bite ( of a meal )

tagged by: @annjiru tagging: @unforestalledreturn, @starborne, @darksails, @seawrought

[grievedifferent]

CHRIS 4 JOSH? let's talk about it ... and let's be honest.

read more for length only, it's all pretty sfw and non-triggering content.

speaking with otter first and foremost, here are her thoughts on the matter:

for context, she has a degree in video game art & design, so she knows the entire pipeline for how video games were and are made currently. she actually graduated like right around when UD came out, so this is perfect because she also helped me understand some of the modeling and why the original game is just honestly more fluid in mechanics versus the remake, so i've been giving the remake a pass in a lot of big ways and just sort of accepting everything else as is in conjunction with the original game (and in our case, the 2013 prototype).

basically, she said it originally looked like this is what likely happened: a texture artist was given permission to do a heart, someone else or that same artist put in CHRIS + JOSH and basically whoever was in charge of them (i have no names for this) likely said "you absolutely cannot confirm a fan ship, it's not happening" which is why it became CHRIS 4 JOSH. otter was explaining how the 4 looks a little off like it wasn't there originally but more of something to replace what was underneath. like a 4 covering a +.

still likely meant to be a joke, maybe it could go so far as to that texture artist shipping it, but either way, it was never going to make it into the official game as a way to be interpreted as josh and chris are canon. i know the app contradicts one major thing for chris and ash because the game itself literally confirms they both like each other in various scenes and context clues and all of that content we get in-game for them.

based on my own time being in school for video games, this makes a lot of sense. i might not have finished, but i did learn this lol. so, what she's saying is pretty on point. that's how companies are, even if it's "supermassive" ... they are working under sony.

so, does it mean anything? not really. i know this was probably huge for the other side of the UD fandom (i see it being two sides: rpc and non-rpc, which can be similar but are generally very different ... in-between those spaces are typically the fanfic writers and then the sub-genre of reader insert fanfic writers if that makes sense? anyways). but it really means nothing.

it's just a little easter egg. if we want to look into it at all? it was likely done by chris (otherwise it would say josh 4 chris if it was from josh), and also ... i know this sounds probably so lame, but that's just how guys are. they act like that, especially if you're super comfortable with a long-term friend. people have probably wondered about it based on how close and jokey they can act, they don't seem like the type to "shy away" from any sort of intimacy, especially for a joke, and idk, they're just like that? that's pretty normal.

HOWEVER ... where this gets even more interesting for me is this part: bringing in the 2011-2013 prototype, the game that was being pumped out for demos and such before supermassive did an entire rehaul of the original 2010 game (so, this is not london studio's project anymore, it hasn't been for a while, and their original iteration actually had hannah and josh as a couple named hannah and clayton).

why is this interesting? i've mentioned before several things about that prototype specifically: a) mike and chris never changed from design to actor, they were always solid (so it's weird to not even consider using their old voice banks for new content for the 2024 remake but okay??), b) this had originally intended (all the way back to london studio) to really be a "couples game" that "couples play together", giving the controller back and forth, and c) the fact that sam clearly liked josh in the original iteration, josh did not feel the same, but he had basically the same relationship with chris, who seemed to still like ash and vice versa, but josh also had a pretty high energy by comparison both in general to rami's josh and also to specifically chris in comparison to (that verison of) sam.

let's dig into 'c' a bit more. the sam and josh problem. it's not really a "problem" but i think there's somewhat of a general misunderstanding as to what their relationship is realistically like based on their connections and affiliations over what is sort of "expected of them".

here's what we know for facts:

sam and josh know each other, we can maybe assume from childhood or middle school era, but long enough for sam to be considered hannah's best friend.

which brings me to my next point: sam is hannah's best friend, not josh's. not even "hannah and beth's best friend". she is hannah's best friend. this is josh's little sister's best friend. i have to reiterate this because i see this huge sort of blackhole when it comes to this fact about sam and hannah. this is literally sam's entire tagline! even the game sort of forgets that sometimes? sam actually somewhat harshly criticizes hannah in her bedroom, something that is only open to sam and no one else. i'm not sure where this idea that sam is there for josh when she should be there for hannah. you can also tell sam and josh weren't that close over that year because she needs chris to confirm that a) this entire getting back together is a good idea and b) if josh is doing okay. if they were close, wouldn't she know? also, josh wasn't that close to anyone besides seemingly chris? which sort of makes sense but even he only lets chris see certain sides of himself. so, they aren't as close as people i think mistake them to be.

they were supposed to have something one-sided in the prototype before the finalized release. in the protoype, sam likes josh, but josh seems to not reciprocate. it's heavily hinted at when she flirts with him in the scene at the lodge door, which is very different but also somewhat the same as the version we get.

the finalized verison of sam (ie "hayden-sam") doesn't seem to have a crush on josh ("rami-josh") ... at least, from what i can tell. i think she actually feels somewhat uncomfortable around him, if we're being honest. maybe not before the prank, we can see they are comfortable together briefly in the new snapshots on the camera, but after? definitely so. this makes sense. they are somewhat avoiding each other. why would she go back there? both hannah and beth are dead, leaving josh.

finally: josh is hannah's older brother, thus acts as an older brother to the group ... sam included. this is literally in josh's characterization.

so, delving into probably headcanon territory here, and i'm not even going into my own sam headcanons ... basically, i think sam sees josh as an older brother and josh sees sam as a little sister figure. ik ik it's boring.

hear me out here: i think this was done simply because there are so many couples in the game already, which is so funny because it was supposed to be a couple's game but then got changed to a sort of "play alone or pass the controller".

now? UD is meant to be played either on your own or between multiple people, you can assign one person to each person you're playing with or just split the cast up the way otter and i do. it's more liberal and intentional to be that way versus its original intention. think about it: when you really start actually playing, there are two for sure couples, one maybe "will they won't they", and then two that aren't dating. that does feel more realistic just in general in a friend group, doesn't it? people date each other, break up, bring new members in, etc, but not everyone always dates everyone all the time.

also, i think just blanketed, supermassive wasn't even considering that likely at least one of those characters is probably gay or bisexual. until dawn is only so deep because it can only go so deep, and if they were going to go deep? it was going down the mental illness rabbit hole along with the background story they were trying to flesh together coupled with the mo-cap technology they were working with.

also, not to be that person, but life is strange came out in 2013 and kind of nailed it, right? they had their own set of issues they tackled incredibly well, whereas it doesn't really fit into UD. UD is about being a true "classic horror" story with the heavy use of intentional character tropes. so, give UD some grace here, i'd say.

cause let's get real for a second: there were so many last-minute changes while holding onto the threads of what they wanted. some stuff from the prototype for example is pretty shot-for-shot or word-for-word and some is super different. like ... im sorry, but the wolves aren't in the prototype (just as an example), so you can see how fast they decided to put those in because those wolves are literally broken animals.

back to sam and josh: taking my own headcanons aside, i don't think it's impossible to headcanon sam having a crush on josh at any point in her life that she knew him pre-UD. it's not uncommon, of course. he's classic older brother, he's fun, he's cute, he's friendly, and he's always around. again, while i think at least narratively they took that aspect of sam's character out when they cast hayden (she gives a much different, honestly better vibe for sam from the original actress, whereas ashley is like the same ngl), there is something to be said about not saying anything, i suppose. i just don't see it as something that was meant to be noticed, if that makes sense. not that it's not fitting? i guess?

but it's how josh feels, more the position he's in, that i sort of get caught up in why i'm sometimes hesitant with outright sam/josh with no plotting beforehand (as if it's canon). josh is the older brother. for him, there's sort of some lines he feels he isn't supposed to cross, trust he isn't supposed to break, and just sort of general boundaries? like, age isn't necessarily his factor here, it's literally how they met and how they know each other. it would be likely hurtful to hannah, probably awkward? i imagine?

so, is josh willing to cross his sister's comfort like that? yes, he lies to her ... about his mental health. it's never implied anywhere else that josh lies to hannah or beth about anything else. also, we can argue it's the parents hiding it from his sister's, wanting them to have a certain view of their brother.

then, post-death, we know there's a huge change in their relationship. josh and sam become distant, as i've discussed above.

with a lot of plotting and specifics, i could do it. just blanketed? or like ... how i see these characters without anyone else's interpretations in consideration? like just playing the game as is without even considering rpc? i don't see it.

so, what about josh and chris then? i'm not going to lie, i've only even recently come around to the idea, and even that comes off to me as still one-sided if it were ever even considered. likely? it would have been chris like ash, ash like chris, josh maybe likes chris? but that's so pushing it to assume supermassive would imply, though it's actually more sound for inferences in the prototype.

the chemistry josh and chris have is very natural. we can give that partially to the actors, of course, and partially to the writing. they have known each other a long time, and i've talked about it above how that's just how these types of guys are sometimes. they're just comfortable with each other.

so, even i'm just writing general headcanons without taking anyone else's specific interpretation in mind? i see it like this:

josh and chris? best friends from childhood.

chris and ash? the intended "will they / won't they" of the game.

josh and sam? older brother figure to younger sister figure (ie the friendship that can form with this type of bond, but likely nothing else).

but josh flirts with sam, remember? he infers he'd help her with the bath. he also calls mike and jess pornstars, says he wants to get friendly with ashley in the snow (and calls her a sleeper hit), etc. he's pretty mouthy about that sort of thing. it's just how he is. i guarantee if that were jessica in the bath, he'd say the same thing, and might even be more persistent about it (given that jessica is more playful than sam in that regard). however, were that emily in the bath? not a chance, he probably wouldn't have said anything tbh. i also write sam as a lesbian.

okay, so this is all "canon and great" and everything ... but what about me? what are my personal ships?

i can see so many with josh. i think that he's probably more gay than straight. he sees himself as open-minded.

does he lean more towards men or women? privately: sexually and romantically speaking, men. socially: women.

i have it that he chooses the "women make me uncomfortable" option when i play. i think this makes sense for josh.

why do women make him uncomfortable, but he socially pursues them? is he actually attracted to women? what is his sexuality for real? so, why women: it's socially understandable and acceptable. it's what he's relied on since puberty / actively encouraged to pursue since dating was on the table. he's with such a "bro" crowd — and so bro-coded both in being written that way narratively speaking while also just self-imposing that sort of role to himself ... while also naturally filling that role. his sexuality with labels: bisexual with a heavier male leaning preference, would be considered more demisexual when it comes to women. he is attracted to men romantically and sexually, and he is attracted to women, but there has to be a relationship fostered for it to be more romantic than sexual. i think he's fooled around with girls, but never had penetrative sex with them. he's likely never been with a guy, as he's very closeted, despite this being his active preference. women intimidate josh and make him uncomfortable.

further on him being more closeted despite being in the industry: josh has his family's reputation to consider. the world doesn't always agree that being bisexual is natural and non-offensive. he would be outright just called and labeled gay (which isn't entirely inaccurate but is not accurate). it could hurt his family. this isn't 2024, this is the 2010s, and yes it was getting "big" in the way we see acceptance now, but it wasn't so seen. people were (and still are) hiding. think of it like this: if josh has to hide his mental illness the way he does, he's likely having to hide his sexuality.

i think that's why the traits we do see in josh are so exacerbated because he has to stifle so much of himself down that the parts he's allowed to express become the loudest to hear.

all of that to get us here: my ships for josh.

personally? again, no other interpretations are considered necessarily, just ships i like based on various things from simply aesthetics to actual connections i can see them having.

what about chris/josh? honestly? i never even considered it until recently, and now that i have, it seems more obviously (if anything) one-sided by josh (the giver) to chris (the receiver). i don't think chris has ever consciously thought about it. josh (probably) has. as a default, however, i write them as bros. i do genuinely love their friendship. that being said, i do like it as a ship. i don't write my main plotlines with that in mind, though.

quickly: if anything, i think chris is the most compatible for josh (and vice versa). there is a lot of game evidence to support this, but that's for its own post.

josh/ashley -> this had always been my previous top ship for josh, but as more context becomes available via the remake and data mining the game, my opinions have swayed a bit, but i will always love joshley. it's a demi thing with them, i think. i also think josh is kind of jealous of ashley's relationship with chris (chapter 2 is called jealousy, and yes, that refers to the matt-mike-em-jess stuff but could be inferred to the trio), yet actively supports his bro, so doesn't really "get in the way". in fact, he encourages it.

josh/ashley/chris -> i see this as mostly ashley dating both chris and josh, maybe josh having some feelings for chris? from there, it's open-ended, but it's mostly "ashley has two boyfriends", and i am here for that. i love her.

additionally, i do ship chris/ashley. i like that josh is actively trying to get them together, and i think while it's for "nefarious reasons" or whatever you want to say when we see it in-game, josh is acting as a direct reflection to how he always has been ... so we can assume he's always been trying to get chris to make the move on ash.

josh/jess -> this is primarily aesthetically speaking, i think they just would look good together? opposites attract? pre-prank of hannah, it's definitely that ... opposites attract. he's not really her type, lbr, but she's probably his type in the way she's pretty ... but she is also intimidating to him. it's funny because, ultimately, that sort of confession to mike that jess gives about her insecurities would be very understood by josh (and actually matt, who i see as insecure), and i like all three of those boys with jess. yes, i hold jess accountable for the prank, but just character traits and such? i can see some vibes here. also! a lot of my fondness for this ship probably comes from post!verse stuff, like retribution, etc. honestly, i just like these two together not even romantically? i just want to see more of them interacting idk josh and jess are very contrasting characters that could go really well or horribly wrong together. also, i just have to say that i feel like there was some genuine interest when jess suggested that josh might be flirting with her and mike (jokingly) asked to basically have a threesome together, like she was kind of into it ngl.

why none of the other UD boys with josh? like mike and matt? we don't really see too much matt and josh unfortunately. i'm also a huge matt/jess shipper idk but i just don't see matt and josh being compatible, and i also write matt ... and i also write matt as straight, so. there's that aspect. but generally? i don't see it.

so, no em and josh? i literally do not have enough canonically to go by to even say what their default dynamic is like! they never talk!! like ever. so ... once i can establish with an emily writer what that is, i'd be more down to clown.

i can't with mike, either. i love mike btw, literally no shade to him, i don't think josh is the right fit for mike either by any means. mike is great at "handling" josh at his worst in a crisis (kind of? idk it depends sort of on the choices you make, but i get his vibe, i do get it) to get him from points a to b, but that's about it. mike also just comes off as very straight (to me).

all of that to say this: i generally write things as they are from the game unless there's a pretty good clue, inference, or some sort of thread i can unravel to make something make sense. it has to make sense for me, i'm just that type of person.

but ... with the right chemistry, plotting, and a bit of time? anything can happen. just because i default see something one way doesn't mean that i cannot be convinced otherwise ... or still hold that belief for the game itself but write enough development that i love something else in an rp sense. i'm a very "this is game, this is rp" and then from there, i take from the game to make the rp experience more game-like. does that make sense? did any of this make sense?

[qatakami]

important q: what does oetsu think of zangetsu(s)? blade wise?

OOOOOOOK, so until TWBY Zangetsu remained a single sword but this couldn't continue any further because in order for Nimaya to be able to reforge broken Zanpakutō Ichigo finally needed himself to pick an Asauchi, then tidy up things in his soul-scape thus he butt-kicked him to Ishin, w/o telling him what's the big deal, just waiting for that to happen naturally, and if not then BYE BYE bc he's a damn goblin FYI. I strongly spin spoon in my HC kettle that while he forges Zanpakutō he concurrently takes a glimpse into one's soul ( making him able to see HOW the spirit of wielder looks like, by every means he felt there's also someone else 'hiding, waiting', then he saw an old man all Yhwach style-like while Ichi's Asauchi looked completely different and stood stupefied for a fraction: oh ... I see ... now ... It's funny that later Ōetsu became a witness to internal conflict, realizing that giving ground to one and boxing the other was was never meant to be solution so ... each of them needed their own dwelling space / territories without threat of clashing. And what idea could work better than making Zangetsu a dual blade? Based on Ichigo's choice to follow Shinigami's path ... Shiro only grew stronger, chains would not hold him back anymore, if his confrontation with the real 'suppressor' did not work no change would happen or one would had to step aside. Ok, I cannot fully say 'suppressor' because - yeah, while he was... BACK then he was dominating in that chapter of his life and just followed the rules, and again I cannot say one would have to 'leave' because neither of them actually could; both are different yet creating a trinity of sort -> ONE WHOLE.

Aye let's unbuckle our seatbelts as we hit the finish of our (rambling)track. - As for his personal reflection about the blade, Ōetsu, finds Zangetsu(s) interesting, their potential promising and uniqueness of origins doubtless. He thinks each should be handled with delicate respect when approached.

- The shape. Was it a random design choice? Well, yes, and no. Remember how he first crushed the remnants of Ichigo's and Renji's blade? By then he sure had a chance to compose a clear visualization of their original looks, but remodeling broken blade directly at Houou estate meant such alteration would equal rebirth; restyling the majority of the form as we could see (the handle, middle space, mini-Zan, even color of the steel). Sure he drew from the original source of outline while creating design brandly new. Because his Shinigami/Hollow powers merged, and respecting the fact that most Ichigo's releases are Hollow-like in nature the larger blade (Shiro) represents not only the path chosen but where his true strength lies at that MOMENT. Everything is moment-bound and Zanpakutōs are no exception. The old man had to step aside, he was granted his own space while compromised that it was time for Shiro to steal the spotlight. However ( there's always that 'however', innit? lol ) a meticulous master of his craft holds awareness of endangering predisposition coming hand in hand with hybridous duality ( it is different than with other dual-blade wielders like Kyōraku who deals solely with his Shinigami-powers ) Ichi-chan here has to keep the upper hand, maintain the 'balance' and not overweight one party too much otherwise internal disunion could occur. Like with Visored (if they don't manage their inner Hollow from breaking free it would be catastrophic not just for the bearer).

[razorfst]

okay but child andrei went to sleep under the stars most likely on clear and warm nights when he was living on the streets of romania. no doubt he learned in his own way that constellations were which, spoke up to them as if they were friends because who else could he talk to? if it wasn't the dogs wandering the streets, it was the stars.

[veilstr1der]

the strike

summary: a short snippet of feynirin's past during the events of the mage - templar rebellion. content warning for torture.

the hinterlands might have been beautiful once. with its vast grassy plains, its flush trees scattered among rolling hills and tall cliff faces. now they were bathed in acid green. the fade spilling out across the sky like a poison. he could still smell the blood of his peers and the templars alike, the rancid stench of melted armor and scorched robes, of sick and sweat, and the fear. he could smell the fear in the air. the mages, the templars, the people caught in the crosshairs of the rebellion. and his own.

his fear stuck to him, soaked into his skin, slick and wet as the cold sweat that coated his skin.

" i'll ask you again, " knight-templar murtagh's voice grated. a low, gravel pitch like rolling stones that set his teeth on edge. " where have they gone? "

feynirin swallowed thickly. his hands, bound on either side of him at the wrist by rough and worn rope, forced to his knees, robes torn to expose his back to the cold wind and murtagh's withering glare.

" i don't know, ser murtagh. " there was a crack like thunder, followed by pain. sudden and excruciating. it flared across his back like nothing he had felt before. his mouth fell open, yet no sound came out. his breath hitched, his expression twisting into a grimace of pain as every fiber of his being tensed, attempting to flinch away.

feynirin choked on a ragged gasp. tears welled within his eyes, fists clenched and mind, for a moment, going white. no thought. no feeling. only pain. there was no relief, no moment of reprieve. the pain flared, white hot and searing. feynirin shuddered, biting back a whimper as his body twitched, pulling at his restraints. his mouth was dry, his voice barely above a whisper as he answered.

" they were gone when i awoke this morning. " another crack. another strike of pain. worse than the last. " i don't know where. "

" you lie. " murtagh's unforgiving accusation was followed by another crack, and another and another. each strike left feynirin more winded than the last. his back was on fire and freezing all at once. the world narrowed into a pinpoint until he could barely think of anything but the pain. he struggled, cries silent on his lips, unable to summon the strength to even scream.

their escape had been desperate and impulsive. the six of them leaping at the first chance at freedom as their captors had dwindled to less than a skeleton crew while the bulk of the templars had left for the temple of andraste. he could have gone with them, but none of them knew the lands they found themselves in. someone had to stay behind to stall murtagh's hunt. it had to be him.

" i dont. " feynirin whispered, bowing forward as his strength slowly drained out of him. " i don't know where they are, or where they've gone. "

his world blurred between lashings, split between foggy delirium and painful clarity. he could feel murtagh's frustration building in every strike. no longer were the lashings to incite cooperation, now they served only to punish feynirin's dishonestly and stubborn resistance. feynirin endured. aching with every passing moment. it had to be him, he told himself desperately. he had to be the one that saved them, that kept them from murtagh's cruel clutches.

" they are gone, ser murtagh. " feynirin said between lashings. " gone far away from here. far from you. " feynirin said through gritted teeth. the lashing that came next was the worst yet. he felt the flesh and meat of his back split open and he whimpered, tears sliding down his face.

" you'll never find them. and i'll never help you. "

[p3cc4tum]

Spectrum idea: willing to share all the dick vs. who want them all for themselves first

send me a ‘spectrum’ to sort my muses into.

Thanks for the idea!!!

Jonah, Troy and Wyatt are all happy to share as long as they're getting their fair share of attention. Owen doesn't see the need but doesn't mind, especially when it's a larger group of guys he thinks it's reasonable to have another bottom to share with.

Tommy is submissive enough that he will oblige and share if asked but also is pleased if he gets to serve them all by himself.

Jasper and Dion don't mind the idea of sharing but prefer getting all the cocks to themselves. Jasper is a greedy slut and Dion particularly enjoys gangbangs, so having someone else to share the group's attention with is not his favorite but he'll do it.

Felix and Louis both much prefer being the sole center of attention. They are fine if it's one-on-one sex, but if multiple partners do get involved, it takes convincing for them to share cock willingly.

Not pictured, but as a bonus - our current plotted muses: Kai is absolutely willing to share - he gets a bit insecure and envious if he's made to only watch, but does not mind sharing at all. Naveen is a greedy bitch and very much on the side of wanting all the dicks for himself. He can be convinced to share, but will always prefer getting every cock to himself. Kiefer, meanwhile, is somewhat on the same lane as Owen. He's okay with sharing, but simply does not see the need for involving someone else when he's perfectly capable of handling all the dick himself.

[bastardborne]

one day i will expand on his scars but as of right now i offer the fact that at some point during a battle when he was in his early hundreds, an opponent managed to get a few inches of a blade in his throat. upon disarming that opponent, the blade took a turn and slashed downwards until it cut just a little past his collar bone. from impact, cassian suffered a fracture in his throat that damaged his vocal chords ( and almost took his life ). during healing, he wasn't able to speak without it causing him pain — though, after a few months of rehab and rest, he regained his ability to speak. not without consequence, cassian's speaking voice has a gravelly, thundecrack rumble to it, and he still suffers from pain in his throat after long days or battles ect. he does his best to take care of them and has check ins with the family healer to make sure that he's doing so properly

[pistolslinger]

jesper has so many friends in the zemeni district. i cant imagine he'd hang on to 3mil kruge without doing smth for the ppl he's met out there, specifically all his fav businesses and the services that zemeni locals frequent the most. kerch took so much from novyi zem and continues to try n take more bites out of it, and i cant imagine jesper ever letting that slide, not w/o handing pieces of kerch back to the ppl who deserve it, whether thats helping get kerch businesses OFF zemeni land (w/ wylan n the dregs' help) or by supporting the zemeni district himself as it continues to grow alongside him

[pvnkshooter-a]

alright guys here’s my headcanon about nat and mosh pits!

even before the crash nat obviously loved going to shows/gigs especially ones at smaller venues and smaller local shows where she would really get in the crowd with everyone and get in here for the music. of course music for nat has always been a huge escape and something she’s relied on to get her through low emotional states and traumatic experiences but once nat realised these shows and these mosh pits was a safe space for her to let out her complex and unbridled emotion she got kind of addicted to the feeling. addicted to the adrenaline rush that came with pushing up into strangers and being so close to so many people who didn’t know her or judge her because all they cared about was the music as much as she did. for nat this became a really good way to get rid of all her anger or shit she didn’t want to confront.

why is this?

because a mosh pit is contained & controlled violence. violence that she can participate in that is both in this context socially acceptable and void of any actual rage toward anything specific. this was about channeling the anger she felt.

participating in this ritual of the mosh pit and participating in this kind of violence in this way was about subverting he chaotic and uncontrolled violence other home life.

this definitely continued after they were rescued from the wilderness. this even combined with drugs often once she was back from the wilderness because the drugs were her reckless coping mechanism. something she couldn’t really seem to function without most of the time post rescue.

[yourflame]

Cynic and Violet met like right before SA1 and originally were band mates. He was a bigger piece of shit back then, as a teen, and a lot less careless. He unintentionally set Violet on a greater path of self destruction and kinda brought to the surface issues that were festering for her a long time. And Violet, for as desperate as it was, tried to love him. She embraced him entirely, even the badness, and as a result they made each other worse. The tragedy here is they were friends. But got caught in each other's astroid belts and tore each other to shreds. Cynic walked away from that relationship with his self esteem in shambles and with more trust issues than he already had, and Violet remained borderline obsessed with him, because he pursued her and she refuses to let that go. They did hurtful things to each other. They were deeply codependent on one another! And sometimes, when they cross paths with each other, they still feel that intoxicating pull.

Violet right now is trying to.. be better. And focus on her music instead. But she's kind of just a ticking time bomb lol

[captainseamech]

All jokes aside... High Tide knows he needs to take care of himself more, but he just doesn’t know how to do it or who to reach out to. Due to how he was treated before, he mostly sees himself as the ‘stoic figure that doesn’t deserve / need help or reassurance from anyone that isn’t.’ Is this a toxic way of thinking? Yes, but sadly, that’s what he believed to be true but never voices it out ever, because he knows people have their sheer amount of problems to deal with and thinks he shouldn’t bother them with his ‘useless ramble / crying out loud.’ Of course, he might shortly talk it out, but never go too deep into that topic to prevent himself from speaking more than he should.

If someone, anyone even, is willing to let him know it’s okay to vent about his problems... He’ll absolutely shatter, like a mask made out of the strongest material possible somehow finding it had a weak spot and falling apart all at once. High Tide never thought that a mech as old as he was needed comfort, needed to be heard, needed to know how to properly let go... He always struggled with his own feelings, but he will be absolutely helpless and weak if he was allowed to let it all out.

His main problem, aside from everything that surrounded him, is regarding death. Not the concept of it, but the fact people around him died a lot of times in the past, people he knew, people he was friends with... and people he loved, too. Falling to pieces and offlining all around him either because they got caught by war... or by his own hands, in a way or another. Guilt surrounds him everyday, every time, non-stop in his mind. Remorse constantly stabbing him in his spark, a tiny voice in his processor making him feel like an irredeemable monster for being such a strong being capable of murdering each and everyone.

High Tide is strong. High Tide is very strong, even. A soldier, an experienced captain, a mentor, a mech that can get what he wants when he wants, a mech that can easily shield anyone and take a large amount of damage to protect those in need.

And yet... all it takes to break him, is someone with good intentions asking “are you okay?” with the sweetest and calmest of voices.

[grievedifferent]

important details to note:

he was studying psychology, which makes sense in two ways: both for him to understand himself, but also to make better movies. simply put, he wants to be good at what he will eventually be doing professionally. i also sometimes have him minoring in some sort of either creative writing or business. i think that, while he wants to produce movies, he wants to also be part of writing scripts and truly just the whole "process" of making a movie. we can see he is multitalented in the film industry, from writing a script to executing props and effects to acting, which makes sense to my headcanon that he was originally intended to be a child actor, but that just didn't pan out for multiple reasons.

he is known as the oldest of the group, which is true, but it's cute that they kind of acknowledge it even though he's not really that much older than any of them. it's also endearing to think he looks at chris like a little brother more than just a best friend. josh definitely embodies "big bro" energy. it's noted that he loves taking the helm, organizing events, and making sure everyone is having a great time.

he honed his party animal streak back in his freshman year, thus he dropped out in his sophomore year. i can say with some confidence he was probably becoming more of a party guy back in even his senior year of high school, depending on who you ask.

he is described as having a warm and friendly personality. combined with his personality traits of complex, loyal, and loving, this makes sense for him. he was struggling a lot with his mental health, but he was never actively a "bad guy" before until dawn. he was just "a guy" who happened to have insanely good resources combined with the wrong care despite the (at least start of) best intentions (it seems based on the track record of working with josh psychologically over the years from earlier youth). at least pre-revenge, he wasn't actively looking to really hurt anyone, and he clearly didn't want to "hurt" anyone in a way that didn't totally kill their ego, which is what i think he was aiming for ultimately: shame, humiliation, and an ego death, which is hard to recover from. he was going to "make them go viral", which is like, his whole prank is another post in and of itself, but the basis of this is that, before his plan, he was a pretty solid friend, brother, and likely saw himself as some sort of protector. the protector becomes the predator.