#kruegergolem

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golemkrueger hcs?

ALWAYS room for more golem/krueger headcanons <3 first post that has the ones most crucial to my view of the ship here.

They can spend a whole afternoon side to side without exchanging a single word, and feel comfortable like so. it qualifies as intimacy

Unbelievably enough, Krueger did lay off the smokes a little because Hans kept chastising him about it back when they were in the KSK. On a normal day he smokes less than a dozen now. (gratuitous plug of Severance, my fic about their shared past, and also one of my favourite works I've made)

If they sleep in the same bed it's in each other's arms or spooning, they rarely just sleep side to side.

Krueger never actually lied, or lies to Golem. Golem is aware of it, which puts him in a weird position where he knows he can really trust Krueger... despite everything.

Incompatible music tastes (😔)

There's a lot of affection and familiarity between them two. They really, really like each other. By all accounts their relationship is a healthy one, it's no strings attached and Golem knows everything that he needs to know. They get their part of the cake, and there's no stakes. What more is there to ask?

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Like. I can't stress this enough this is literally kruegergolem.

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God. Your Hans/Krueger stuff is just…. So delicious. I can taste the bitterness and lust from my phone screen. I do have a couple of questions for your visions of the characters that I don’t recall if you’ve answered from your head canons page if you don’t mind!

I know you’ve said that Hans/Krueger mostly fuck around because they can and they have history. Was it ever romantic? It seems like from Hans perspective he truly is sick with how much he cares for Krueger (or more likely, the past he has with him that he idealizes in a poor attempt at metaphorical ownership of the man,) and Krueger seems more or less nonchalant with the whole emotional situation (like playing into Hans fantasy of him gets him what he wants so he does it with reckless abandon.) Are they bitter exes? Is the love still there? Do either of them want or would ever go for reconciliation?

I also have to ask where Nikto fits into their dynamic, if at all. Your nikto fics, at least by virtue of being Krueger’s perspective for the one about the tattoo, seem to have a lot more emotional weight between the two. Is Hans bitter over this? Does Krueger prefer Nikto? Or is it more like he gets different kicks from them? Does Hans even know about Krueger and Nikto? Would he ever want to?

Sorry for all the questions but your writing is soooo good it’s inspired all sorts of follow ups in my brain. Please feel free to share any other tangential thoughts!!! I love the way you think. I want more of it :)

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD ASK oh my god. You worded things so damn well. It'll be a pleasure to reply 🫡 Thank you so, so much about your kind words about my work. means a whole lot. ♥

The "short answer" is that in both those pairings, love exists, but as different words and concepts as a whole. In a "do not do this at home" way, Krueger/Golem is (post-reunion) love as temperance (moderation/restraint) and familiarity. Krueger/Nikto is love as violent devotion and codependency.

In both cases there's very reciprocal, genuine fondness, but it's under a lot of layers.

Long (very long. sorry. I am passionate about this.) answer under the cut. ⤵

I went over my vision of Krueger/Golem quite a bit in this post. To answer your question, yes, Hans is definitely bitter about caving in so easily for anything Krueger. Golem's tragedy is that he's very aware of it but he can't fight it, because two factors are at hand: his self-indulgence problem, and Krueger's natural tendency to get people in his grip (unstoppable force teaming up with the immovable object against Hans, if you will). But like I said in the post I linked, Krueger is attached. In his own Krueger way, but the familiarity between them is comfortable to him in a way he knows he can't find anywhere else.

Hans gets a very special treatment: Krueger does not push his boundaries. Anything Hans does regarding the Sebastian subject is ultimately motivated by his own will. He knows he can, so he takes and he'll tell you that's his problem only. Truth is, it plays a big part, but Krueger still wants him → which is why he doesn't let go either, and which leads to him constantly worming his way into Hans' life, for said man's greatest dismay... and pleasure.

You worded it really REALLY well: Krueger does play into Hans' fantasies because it's fun and it gets them what they both want, and that includes giving Hans this superficial "control" over his own actions by leading the way to things (as opposed to directly provoking them). Ultimately, both get the best of both worlds: Golem has sobered off from their initial "breakup" so this suits him - he does not want it to be an actual relationship. It's a loose friends with benefits thing, he's work-focused, and knows how Krueger works now: there's no unsaid things, no actual bounds: he's at peace.

As a comparison, Krueger will push Nikto's boundaries to feed more and more into their violent codependency, and because this is also what Nikto himself seeks from what they have.

So yes, Sebastian does get different kicks from Golem and Nikto. Which is exactly why he doesn't have an actual favourite. He needs both for his enrichment (physically and mentally, I can't say emotionally because I headcanon that Krueger has psychopathic traits and does not get attached (or bothered) like a normal human being would. but these two are the highest on the list of people sebastian krueger Likes).

Nikto is like. There's no one (ha) like him in the world. In a sick way, Krueger enjoys seeing him at his best, at his worst, being able to - perhaps being the only one able to read and handle him so well; while Nikto finds in this both an anchor and an outlet. Krueger and Nikto become insanely fusional because they're both obsessed with the other due to their sick traits and know they won't find it anywhere else. They're two dogs that will attempt to maul each other to death and then sleep peacefully on each other with their muzzles still bloody, because they are fond of each other. rinse and repeat.

Golem loosely knows about Krueger and Nikto, but he isn't really bothered or jealous. If anything, he gets an ego boost from it: Krueger messes around with Nikto on the regular, they both practically live in each other's skin, yet Sebastian still semi-regularly comes back to him? Yeah, he's got a special treatment. And he loves it.

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What Gets me the most with Golem/Krueger is that you can really HEAR in their interaction lines that there is... a lot of fondness between them. There's a bond there's chemistry and there's history, and imo in their short scripted exchanges you can really feel it. Yet there's SO much bitterness... and Golem wants it to be resentment so bad but it's not. Ultimately, it's not. Like he's incapable of it. It fucks me up bc golem is so Human rlly

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does nikto knows about HansKrueger were a thing?

I think he does. Because Armistice and then Allegiance/Coalition are like small villages in my mind - everyone knows everything really quickly, even the things that are meant to remain "classified" and such. I also like to imagine that the dossiers were declassified when Armistice split into Allegiance and Coalition.

More specifically, in my headcanon, Krueger uses his relationship with Golem as a mean to make Nikto jealous because they still occasionnally mess around (golemkrueger are like, a married couple. but they're divorced, and the divorce was messy as fuck. and actually they never were official to start with. exes but still fucking type beat). Not that Nikto really minds, it feeds into his and krueger's 'territorial' relationship and gives him more reasons to be possessive as hell, while knowing exactly how Krueger works 👍 and also Nikto does the same with Rodion (only difference is that Krueger doesn't mind but Nikto likes thinking he does). It's all balanced and everyone's getting what they want.

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Speaking of Kreuger and Golem- You explored Golem's reaction to KN in your writing before, especially right at the beginning. But how would he view that relationship once the dust has somewhat settled? (As much as dust can settle with KN, lmao)

Golem's stance is to keep a firm distance from Krueger and Nikto's relationship in more ways than one (not talking about it with Krueger, keeping Nikto at arm's length). Ultimately he's not jealous. He's... really neutral towards it in a way? Although he's attached to Krueger, the 2018 ~incident~ and subsequent years before meeting him again in 2020 definitely helped him have a distance with whatever him and Krueger had... and now have, albeit in a different form. He knows who Krueger is now. He's fine with that. Krueger still comes back to him, and their loose relationship is a good middle ground for him. Whatever Krueger does with Nikto is not his business.

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Aaand here it is. Severance, my mw19 Golem/Krueger fic exploring their shared lore, is nearly completed, so I'm starting to publish it on AO3.

First chapter is completely SFW but keep the rating in mind. Some interesting tags will be added with the future chapters :)c I hope you guys enjoy it! Massive thanks to everyone who made it possible (alana, mat, anna) <3 I'm excited to hear what you guys think!

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Does kureger actually have feelings for hans or he’s just another of his chew toy?

cw: unhealthy dynamics + those are my headcanons only

This is a good question. In my headcanon, it's a mix of both. if Krueger was ever able to feel conflicted about anyone he'd feel conflicted towards Hans because he genuinely both enjoys his company... and playing him like a goddamn fiddle; seeing him at his worst (mostly because of him) and always being able to go back to him anyway. You know how we love hurt/comfort and seeing our favourite characters go through the worst moments of their lives and then being comforted? yeah.

Though I gotta say - in the mw19 timeline, so post-KSK and for example the stuff I wrote in Severance, it's "less worse" because Golem surely can't resist Krueger worming his way into his life again, but there's a distance now. It's no strings attached because Hans has already grieved what he thought they could have two years prior. So they're back to the fwb status, with all the benefits of the years spent together (see my Golem/Krueger headcanons), but Krueger is acutely aware of the hold he still has over Golem, and Hans is acutely aware he's dealing with someone it is healthier not to have.

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Looks awful in small format, but the 2nd chapter of Severance is up! I made this drawing for the occasion - and because I wanted to draw something for this fic.

Mind the tags and the rating. I hope you like it! 🧡

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Severance (my krueger/golem fic on ao3)'s sequel reached 3k just now in my Word document, it's my slowest E-rated fic yet. I am having SO much fun describing Golem's existensial crisis in great lengths.

this is so fun Krueger is so fun. man masters psychological warfare, sucking dick, AND doing both at once. sorry Hans

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I need to write a 3rd instalment of my kruegergolem series actually. Or at least a MWII drabble with golem being the DE team leader on Specgru and Krueger the chopper pilot for Kortac since it IS the case..

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Welcome! This is a masterpost I'll try to update often as to conveniently access headcanons, art and fics about the characters I post/draw/write about the most.

For more links and info, read my about. I hope you enjoy your stay!

Here is my general (everyone) headcanons tag,

Here is my main art tag,

Here is my writing tag.

• CoD Krueger: general Krueger tag

All my Krueger headcanons / my very first Krueger headcanons,

Krueger tattoos headcanons

Krueger's youth, young(er) krueger hcs + art, another yung kroog extra

Krueger face headcanons here, here, here, plenty more in the tags above.

• CoD Nikto: general Nikto tag (art + headcanons)

All my Nikto headcanons / my very first Nikto headcanons,

Nikto's youth (+ art),

Nikto face headcanons here, here, here, and plenty more in the tags above.

→ Krueger/Nikto:

General kruegernikto tag,

Also this drawing of them "kissing". This one too.

Ship headcanons, tl;dr of their dynamic, and darker aspects of it (cw for unhealthy dynamics)

My kruegernikto fics (AO3)

→ Golem/Krueger:

General kruegergolem tag,

General Golem/Krueger headcanons,

My golem/krueger fics (AO3)

And an extra: stuff about the 2 original characters I made for my golem/krueger fics and who were their teammates back in the KSK :)

• Ghost: general headcanons, extra hcs, ghost in a relationship, Ghost/Soap headcanons.

• Also I don't talk too often abt them but, my niche König/Kortac milsim (his name is Samir btw) ship headcanons here. I care them.

• R6 Siege Kapkan/Glaz ♥

All characters are tagged individually on this blog, so feel free to look up your faves even if they're not listed here!!

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okay. we've had your headcanons on kruegergolem.... but not on only golem so. what are your thoughts on our friend hans 'golem' blaustein :)c

FINALLY... FINALLY I HAVE AN EXCUSE TALK MORE ABT GOLEM... To celebrate here's him unrendered with his face bare (he's sososo cute). my thoughts are that I love him

So here are some Golem headcanons!! Writing him in fics made me love him ten times more. he's a very very interesting character imo.

Good guitar player and decent bass player. Both electric and acoustic!

Golem IS a metalhead. He has so many washed-out band t-shirts that he refuses to get rid of because he got them at gigs or concerts and they are nice souvenirs!!! (you can't even make out the band name anymore)

Resilient and cold-headed by nature, but has tendency to fall into unhealthy coping mechanisms (such as willingly overworking himself, drinking, smoking more)

Has a weed problem. There are times where he will smoke more (if he's stressed) or less (if he's very busy) but he cannot kick off the habit. he needs half a joint to sleep.

Dry sense of humour.

Literally the best leader figure you can dream of. He's smart and knows how to make people listen to him but he's also affable, caring - selfless, but reasonably, and a very very good mentor.

That also makes him a good father too bad he's in the military

Hans is a perfectionist with extremely high expectations but mostly for himself only. Comes from his education, the will not to disappoint, and the fact that he's the only one of his two brothers who pursued his family tradition of making a career in the special forces.

Jewish, though that bit is technically canon. usually does not celebrate christian holidays but he does for his daughter that he loves vvv much. by 2020/mw19, she's 5-6 in my hc...

Golem likes hunting trips. alone. they're akin to meditation for him. He hunts with a bow when he can, and always uses every part of the animal - cooking, crafting, etc. It's extremely important to him.

all of @modernghostfare 's Golem headcanons also. They're worded perfectly please read them.

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I said this on twitter already but people shipping krueger/könig is so funny to me. krueger would eat this man alive figuratively and (probably) literally. he's a psychopath with, like, an offhanded god complex... and König is such an easy target 😭

I could envision Krueger/König in one way and it would be the most toxic shit you've ever seen. Just absolutely deranged. kruegernikto and kruegergolem in their worst versions are tame compared to it. so long story short I do not envision it

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Do you have headcanons of krueger/golem ship?(any type of headcanons is welcome)😸💕

I'm so glad you asked, w the fic I've been working on for a few months I've been rotating them in my brain A LOT 😳

Before going on, it may be better to know my Krueger headcanons because their relationship, in the way I envision it, is shaped by it. And again, these are my own hcs but I do love seeing others'. Multiple headcanons coexist in my mind 🙇‍♀️

(I'll post the full drawing sometime later ok)

With that being said. Golem/Krueger headcanons [cero touch]. This got long lol sorry. I hope you like it! ♥

Obligatory: they had a thing in the KSK. There is no way Golem bailed Krueger out of custody 72h after what happened otherwise 😭 No one knew about them.

For Krueger it started out as a FWB thing that became utilitarian (Hans liked him = "Josef" gained everyone's trust in the Platoon, peers and hierarchy alike)

Golem is an affable leader figure, but he's not naive. He felt something was off with "Josef" from the start, and he's virtually the only one within the Platoon who despite their fusional relationship still had reservations in the back of his mind*.

Krueger will never admit it but he's attached, too, in his own way. Golem is the closest thing he's had to anything long-term and they genuinely have good chemistry.

He also harbours a lot of respect for him and his skills. If one asks him about the KSK, he'll say that Golem was the only one in his direct hierarchy worth his esteem - and he means it.

Despite everything and the fact that it's usually very charged, they both seek and enjoy each other's company. When they reunite 2y after the KSK it's blatant they used to be - and still are very close.

They hook up semi-regularly. FWB 2.0.

They talk easily. They know each other's habits and nonverbal language by heart. Their late night convos, whether it is in KSK or in mw19, are akin to therapy for Golem, and feel like home for Krueger. There's a part of nostalgia in it.

Golem is conflicted because... he wanted to cut ties. His brain tells him he should but he can't bring himself to, and it's worsened by the fact that in mw19 Krueger doesn't give him any "reason" to do so because he's just... himself now. Krueger is distinctly aware of this and relishes in the fact that he has an effortless hold on the man.

Yet, Krueger finds a form of familiar tenderness in Golem's company he knows he cannot experience anywhere else because he doesn't need it. Golem is the literal exception. He'll never admit it, but even Golem knows.

It's a win-win situation for both of them because it's not official, never has been, yet it's tangible. And there is no outside liability anymore.

Golem is the literal only person with whom Krueger bottoms most of the time lol. they do switch sometimes.

Bonus: yes they still hookup even if Krueger/Nikto is a thing. In fact, it makes Nikto extremely territorial which is Immense Fun for Krueger

*it's precisely how and why Golem was drawn to him in the first place - I do hc that Golem is attracted to this exact kind of uncertainty. Which is something Krueger knows how to exploit. Golem also helped Krueger escape while not buying into his innocence claims at all.

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Microdosing on the Golem & Krueger interaction voicelines from MW19 like... We got robbed in MWII having no operators interactions honestly. With MWII's levels of hype we could have had so much more material... What in the world is as tragically homosexual as "- I don't have to worry about you, do I?... - You let me go once, do it again."