#miles maitland headcanons

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Miles Maitland Headcanons

The lack of Miles headcanons is absolutely criminal, so I will take it upon myself to make both general hcs and also x reader ones because why not. These are just general hcs of how I think he'd be in a relationship :)

This man would be so sweet and would absolutely spoil his lover

His main love language is physical touch (which sucks, because it's the 30s, but he gets very handsy when in private. In a modern setting/AU though, he would not be able to keep his hands off his boyfriend)

He would love going out to dinner with his lover (if he's dressed for it obviously)

Would never get his lover (too) jealous on purpose, but thinks it's attractive when it happens

He strikes me as the type of person to enjoy deep conversations no matter what time it is, as long as he actually loves the person. It could be 3 in the morning, and he would still be open to any kind of conversation, so long as it's interesting to him and he's learning more about his boyfriend

So many gifts. He would practically pick his lover's wardrobe. He knows his fashion and he knows what would look good and what wouldn't. Most of his gifts would be clothes related

When they aren't though, they're so meaningful and at first glance, they don't seem that deep, but every gift he gives is tied to some sort of memory

That being said, while he's definitely very sweet with his lover, he's also such a little shit

This fucker will tease his boyfriend relentlessly if he catches him doing anything dorky (in the most loving way though)

He is absolutely going to pout just to get his way, as long as it's not a big deal and not in a manipulative way (i.e, he's not going to pout just to get his partner to fuck him, but he will pout to get his partner to buy him that lovely pair of shoes that he's been eying for the past week)

He's definitely the type to subtly tease his boyfriend. Like, it's subtle enough that no one would notice, but it's also obvious enough that his boyfriend and friends would notice, if they paid attention

Speaking of attention, he's an attention whore and will do almost anything for his boyfriend's attention

He's also so dramatic

"What do you mean I can't buy that shawl? It would look absolutely stunning on me...I'm aware I should save my money, but still. I should be allowed to pamper myself."

Cue a very pouty Miles

He's also a big fan of pet names. He'll call his boyfriend "Dear," "Love," "Darling," and anything else he can think of

That's all I have for now. Thanks for reading :)

[marchentraume]

Hi uh, I'm just gonna list out my Michael Sheen and David Tennant crossover ships with short headcanons and why lol:

Miles Maitland and Ginger Littlejohn (Bright Young Things)

They both existed in the same project before even knowing who the other ways ofc I ship it

Beautiful and full of life Miles balances out the serious Ginger, the latter can make sure Miles is safe from anyone who would hurt him

This one is probably my fave and have been slowly getting more invested, shout out to my kindred spirits who also have a galaxy brain for these two

Martin Whitly (Prodigal Son) and Alec Hardy (Broadchurch)

This might just be copying hannigram but I haven't watch Hannibal yet so no clue here haha

Martin is quite literally a criminal but also very educated, he would see Alec and want to save him realizing there's one person he wants to keep safe if not contained and away from the world

Alec is perplexed how such an educated man can do what he did but also attracted to both sides he shows

This isn't a healthy ship but why would I be into shipping for only that :D

Romeo and Romeo (Romeo and Juliet)

Both have played Romeo once in their respective lives and maybe I just want them to kiss

It's nothing deeper than that, both are INCREDIBLY gorgeous in their productions and I wish more photos existed...

Aro (Twilight series) and Peter Vincent (Fright Night 2011)

(yes this is a remake)

Vampire and "vampire hunter"? That's all I need.

You know Aro would love teasing the supposed cowardly Pete but surprisingly turned on when he he stands up to fight back

Of course the angst for Peter gaining attraction for a creature that killed his family

The sex would be insane you know it

I'm sure I'll build up more as I continue the brain rot but also let me know yours or any additional HCs with these ships I love...sheen and tennant...

[howlingdemon13]

Something that I think we don't talk about enough is Beetlejuice and all the cartoonish sound effects that follow him.

This is rambly, but I'm making this surface-level analysis/speculation/headcanon everyone else's problem. >:3c

Ignoring the cartoon (since that's expected in the soundscape of an animated show aimed at younger audiences), Beetlejuice himself is accompanied by over-the-top sound effects in the film and musical that just aren't really present for other characters (at least not in the same way they are for him). While it's obviously to make his scenes funnier, I love the idea of them being an extension of his magic. Either he finds it funny for his actions to be accompanied by goofy sounds and times them himself for comedic effect, or they're a totally subconscious thing/he doesn't even need to think about doing it.

Especially in the context of moviejuice being more malicious than his counterparts, it's an unsettling dichotomy of this centuries-old conartist/manipulator being accompanied by goofy noises. And, if he chooses to actively magic these sounds into exiestence when he's interacting with the people he's tormenting, it implies that he enjoys the victims' suffering and finds it funny enough to go the extra mile to make it humiliating. They do seem to be tied more to when his magic is being used rather than happening in response to what he's physically doing.

I feel like the idea of intentional sound effects is true of musicaljuice, too. Yeah, he's meant to be more sympathetic while still being manipulative and selfish, so I feel like he does it to make himself goofier since he's so painfully lonely and lacks social skills (literally being invisible will do that). It could also be because of some anxiety, but I don't want to project too hard. I'd even go so far as to say that he thinks the sound effects make him less-intimidating.

There's some evidence to suggest that the sound effects are intentionally done since musicaljuice breaks the fourth wall in multiple instances across slight variations of the show (DC, Broadway, tour). Whether it's putting on a show to intentionally mislead the Maitlands/Deetzs (and by extension the audience), or trying to come off as funny in the hopes that it'll make up for his more obvious flaws, it's anyone's guess. Personally, with how desperate he is for friends and for someone to break his curse (we know he's not above manipulating people), I'm more inclined to believe it's a little bit of both.

That said, I also like the idea of them being a result of how Beetlejuice (musicaljuice specifically) interacts with the material world. He's an anomally (half-ghost-half-demon) at best and an abomination at worst. There's a part of me that wonders if the physical world outside of the Netherworld cannot handle his very existence without an assortment of "glitches" happening as a result of his mere presence (like the stretching sound that happens when he phases through walls and tables for example).

And, to really stick to my wishy washy thoughts on the whole thing, the toony sound effects are a bit of both. A reminder that the world of the living can't really handle his existence, but he's embraced it and made it his own. It's now a part of his shtick. It defines him as different, but he owns it and has as much fun with it as he can, or manipulates the ability when he sees fit.

And you know I will be abusing the toony sound effects thing in anything I end up writing.

[rat-with-coffee]

I know we're all talking about Miles Maitland but did anyone else see Nina as aro- or ace- spec? She clearly cared deeply for Adam (in my opinion/headcanon, queerplatonically) but she was also unenthused after sex and had her whole thing about how love seemed too much trouble-- did people interpret this bit about love as sort of aromantic or simply along her "a girl's gotta take care of herself" ideology?

[angelicspaceprince]

Youtuber!Beetlejuice Headcanons Part 2

I don’t know how, I don’t know why, but my Youtuber!Beej hcs have gotten almost 200 notes in like under a day (thatsalsocountingthespamjustballoonfishthingsdidbutanyway) and I promised a part two once I reached 100 so. Here we are.

Part 1

Tagging: @justballoonfishthings, @broadwaytrashstrikesagain, @imma-fucking-nerd

You have figured something wasn’t quite normal with Beetlejuice long before the two of you started dating

For one, he always ate just really weird shit

Bugs, glass, wood, paper, rat poison on one occasion and just constantly eating tide pods

At first you’d panic but as time went on, you figured it was all a prank and it was just sugar made to look like inedible stuff

Would explain his hyperactivity and why he always seemed to just need to Move

But when you eventually started spending more and more time at his and filming your videos at the Deetz’s who were his family but also not apparently, the more you realised

No there was some fucked up shit happening

The amount of times he just....took a glass from the cupboard and started munching, or just took one of Adam’s model houses and slammed the whole thing in his mouth or found a random beetle and just. Fucken ate the sucker

It was terrifying

But according to Lydia, he has a really strong stomach and he won’t die from eating literal poison as he downs a bottle of weed killer

You just watched and decided

Ok. Fine. I can handle this

Then there was the hair. On camera, you thought it was a trick of the light because during the con, his hair was a permanent green with occasionally the tips being pink, but that could be hair chalk

But at home, his hair changed constantly, on its own, according to his mood

Perhaps it was a type of hair dye that changes colour depending on body temperature

Ignoring the fact that his hair is very much, for the most part, away from his scalp

But more small things started to happen. Like how he could just disappear and reappear at random, at first you thought it was ninja skills. But then it became ‘no this is physically impossible for him to be here so quickly’

Once, you swore you saw him levitate

His total lack of regard for danger too, it just all slowly started to add up that perhaps there was more to this story than everyone was letting on

The kicker was when you literally caught him sitting on the ceiling to entertain Lydia

It wasn’t the ceiling part that got you, although that was creepy

It was the fact he was slowly turning his head a full 360 degrees

You booked it out of there, rushing past the concerned Maitlands and the Deetz’s and out the front door, all the way back to your house

Beetlejuice kept blowing up your phone with voice messages, his preferred way to text ‘You ok babes?’ ‘Adam said you looked like you’d seen a ghost!’ ‘Please message me?’ ‘Babes, seriously, are you ok? Everyone’s worried.’ ‘Are we through? Are you ghosting me?’ ‘Very mature Y/N. Call me when you decide you want to be an adult.’ ‘Please. Please at least text me. I’ll get Lydia to read it out! Just. Don’t ignore me, please babes.’

The last one sounded so broken but you ignored it

What the FUCK was that?

You could feel the panic brewing in your gut as the vision played again and again in your brain

Maybe you imagined it? No, there was no way that you thought this up

When you finally collect yourself, you text Lydia

‘What the FUCK was that with Beetlejuice?’ 

Minutes passed before you got a response, simply a question mark.

‘His head was rotating like a fucking owl Lydia!’

Almost instantly, your phone started buzzing with Beetlejuice trying to call you

You hesitate over the ignore button, but figured that it was best to hear the excuse from the man himself.

You press accept

“Babes! Are you alright?” He shouts down the phone, clearly concerned.

“What. The. Fuck.” Is all you get out, anxiety now turning into rage. “What the fuck was that? How the fuck? Beetlejuice, I could accept that perhaps you had this weird biology thing which meant you could eat weird shit, and perhaps you could decide to be light on your feet when usually I can hear you coming towards me a mile off, but what. Was. That?” You spew out in one large rush.

There is a pause, you can feel him thinking

“Say my name three times.” He begs

“What?” The change of subject confused you enough that the anger pretty much all but disappeared. “Is this a hypnosis thing?”

“No!” His protest is loud as he struggles to remain composed. “Look, just. It’s hard to explain. Just say my name three times, it’s gotta be spoken, unbroken ok? Just say my name three times in a row.”

You blink but decide to entertain him.

“Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice.”

“One more time. Please babes.”

“Beetlejuice.”

Suddenly, with a loud pop, he was there. In front of you. Still holding his phone. His hair was blue and purple, which you came to realise was sad and scared. He quickly hangs up and just stares at you as you process what just happened.

“What. Ok. I’m losing my mind.” You finally decide. “Stress, I have too busy a schedule, I’m just stressed.” You flinch when his hands move to grab your shoulders

“No babes, it’s me.” He hesitates for a second before taking a breath. “I’m dead.” “You’re gonna be.” “No, I mean now. I’m the ghost with the most. Dead.”

You blink before mouthing the words ‘dead’. “I need to see a shrink, clearly I’m psychotic.”

Beetlejuice groans. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner, I was scared you were gonna run off and. Well. I didn’t want that.” His hand moves to cup your cheek, thumb running at the skin under your eyes gently. “But this is real, and I’m still real, even if I’m a dead guy.”

“Hence the glass and bugs and rotating head.” He nods.

“It’s not all I can do, but it’s some of it.”

You poke his chest, causing him to push back slightly before sighing. “Is there anything else I need to know?”

He looks at you confused. “You’re not dumping me?” You raise an eyebrow

“I moved halfway across the country to be closer to you. You’re still the same dumbass I fell in love with, the one with Mommy issues who loves it when people during out livestreams spend the entire time gushing over how lucky I am to have you, because it gives you an excuse to say that you’re the lucky one that I chose you. Still the dumbass who laughs during horror flicks because its so unrealistic and claims to be best pals with the Mothman and is addicted to Buzzfeed Unsolved and wants to do a collab with them. I’m not dumping you. You hid this from me for a reason and I’m just glad that you’ve told me now. But, as I said.” You make eye contact for the first time since you saw his head spin around his body like a Beyblade. “Is there anything else I need to know?”

“I tried to marry Lydia in an attempt to become alive but she killed me shortly after, Delia gave me the ok to kill a man and I’m pretty sure Charles has come close to murdering me too, but we are all friends now. Also, the Maitlands are also ghosts.” He gets it out in one long breath. You just stare at him.

“Is everyone in that house dead?” “No, just me and the Maitlands.” “Lydia looks like she might be dead.” “She is on the inside.”

You nod as the shock slowly goes through your system. “You tried to marry a teenager?” “It was a green card thing!” He protests. “And, and, and! I had a full blown panic attack because breather emotions are evil and that teenager stabbed me!” “I think she had a good reason Beej.”

It takes a little adjusting and a lot more questions, but you are more or less content with the whole thing, a month before you’d fully accepted it and five weeks before you finally processed the whole thing

You had a lot of questions for the Maitlands and when they told you the sort of person Beetlejuice was before he met you, it made sense compared to all the shit he had told you in confidence 

Still

Life goes on

And it turns out you have a dead youtuber for a boyfriend, who lives in a house with two other ghosts, a teen he tried to marry, a spiritual guide who asked him to murder her ‘guru’ named Kevin and one relatively normal guy

Tbh that’s a sitcom that you’d wanna watch.

[goftwinemoms]

soft headcanons

beetlebabes, just no. begone.

these are just some misc. soft headcanons of these 5 because like. i love them.

(i know there may be some repeats in my lists, but that’s usually because i’m elaborating on them a bit more, or i think they’re pertinent to the list.)

- delia and beetlejuice talk about their pasts a lot. a lot of the time they can be found cuddled on the couch or in bed after. unless it’s a particularly bad day, everyone else lets them have their time.

- just because beetlejuice is dating literally all of her (current) parents, doesn’t mean lydia and beej aren’t still friends. beetlejuice makes sure that they have time to hang out every day, and spends at least one day a week doing whatever the fuck lydia wants to do. (lydia wants to go out in the middle of the night to go get pictures of the graveyard? you’ll bet beej is gonna untangle himself from his partners at 1 am to take her.)

- when bj is out with lydia, the couples do one of 2 things usually: they either hang out all together, or they break up into seperate couples in order to spend time together. (they did marry for a reason y’know. they may love their partners a lot, but they still need some time together.)

- the entire family goes to pride. charles is the shyest one there as he’s never gone, delia and beej have gone to pride many many times in their pasts, the maitlands have gone to a few smaller ones, and lydia is just super excited to be at her first pride. (she brings along a few of her friends so that they can walk around together)

- the 5 are really happy that they can actually act like a couple for once. (while lydia’s off with her friends. she doesn’t like seeing the adults do anything coupley, “that’s gross guys, ew.”)

- beetlejuice uses his power to keep the 2 ghosts in the physical plane during pride for the most part. it’s exhausting, but it’s worth it to see his partners so happy.

- cuddle piles happen often. every person in the house loves them, whether they admit it or not (aka lydia and charles)

- due to the couches just Not having enough space for everyone splits up into pairs for family movie nights. (usually it’s the couples and beej & lydia, but they can change sometimes.)

- the couples each get a couch, beej and lydia pile blankets and pillows on the floor to make a makeshift nest (they maintain that it’s 5x comfier than the couches anyways)

- they get beetlejuice to shower/bathe (semi) regularly, however one or more of his partners has to do it with him, due to his fear of water. (it has something to do with juno, although no one is completely sure what happened.)

- he loves bath bombs. besides the fact that it’s fun, it’s also a sensory thing that makes the baths much more bearable.

- as loud as beej is, sudden loud noise & loud noise & a crowd of people is Torture for him. everyone knows to stick close to him in loud crowds just in case. (he really appreciates it: he struggled with it for A Long Time seeing as parts of the netherworld are super super crowded)

- beej likes playing instruments, and will keep track of what everyone is listening to and will learn it on an instrument and play it for them. (occasionally he plays love songs for his partners. they cry almost every time.)

- delia and lydia share a big interest in the supernatural and herbal medicine. (however they know that doctors are necessary for big things. delia and lydia say Vaccinate Your Fucking Children.)

- beej goes bird watching with charles because he can mimic the birds & turn into them in order to attract more. (this backfires occasionally as birds sometimes try and get.... frisky with him.)

- delia, barbara, and adam like to create/make art together. beetlejuice sometimes joins them, and even though it’s usually not that good, they appreciate everything he makes for them. (although, he surprisingly has a decent amount of skill in sculpting.)

- charles and lydia occasionally go into the city together and go to places they used to frequent when they lived there. the others are usually ready to cuddle the two when they get home

- they do one big group halloween costume every year, and run the best and scariest haunted house for miles (courtesy of the 3 ghosts and 1 goth child)

- when lydia eventually goes off to college, all of them cry. a lot. (whenever charles and delia visit, beej uses his power to bring the maitlands with him on a summons via lydia after the deetzs get to her college)

- she summons beetlejuice occasionally and they Wreak Havoc on the campus.

- everyone just. cares about each other a lot. they would all die (in some cases, die again) for each other in a heartbeat.

[patricianandclerk]

you know the little headcanons about how aziraphale is taking care of miles maitland and being such a paternal figure for him? i’m living for that.i need more

YEAH i die big time especially because like

tv aziraphale is kind of wet, but book aziraphale is exactly the right kind of stern to actually give miles support but also put him on the right track? like i don’t really think tv aziraphale would be a good father figure for anybody, because he’s just a little too wishy-washy and is too frightened of taking control, but like...

book aziraphale just--

taking charge of things? like when it all goes pear-shaped he comes over and he sets everything out and he organises things and puts miles down

i’m dying big time over the concept of like, sickfic, because the thing about agatha and miles is that they take care of each other, but their vows are very much based in a mutual selfishness, where they have to have as much fun as possible before they take care of one another

so if miles gets the flu, agatha isn’t going to take care of him, and i don’t think his mother or the rest of his family would be all too great either

so i just die over like, miles being put to bed in the fusty, ugly little room that aziraphale doesn’t use as a bedroom, aziraphale fussing over him all day long, ripping out the throat of any customer that tries to talk to him when he’s busy, making him all these cups of cocoa and just taking to him.

like aziraphale, sitting up on the bed so that miles can lean in and put his head on aziraphale’s chest? aziraphale reading to him?

“oh, you must think i’m so childish, asking for all this...”

“my dear boy, i don’t recall you asking for anything. my decision to dote on you is my own.”

and miles just... dying over it

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Hello, darlings! Brand new Miles Maitland blog, heavily film && mildly headcanon based. Mun’s of age, but no smut here. Drug and alcohol use will, however, pop up. Following back from shedontgetnormal, no need to follow back there~ Crossover friendly, preferred to write with mutuals, but anyone can send in asks~ Like and / or reblog if you’re interested, and I’ll definitely check out your blog! Personals don.t int.eract please

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Miles Maitland the disaster gay is such an amazing performance from Michael Sheen, I absolutely love it. I think I have to write a fanfic about Miles at some point because I need more. My effed up headcanon actually thinks he probably died in WW2 because he was gay but you know...

Actually what about a Doctor Who crossover where he ends up traveling with the Doctor? I could maybe even ship him and the 10th Doctor together, who knows.

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Do you have any miles headcannons it can be angst or fluffy or a little bit of both. It's up to you

Haha. You gave me too much power. Also, I wasn't super sure if you meant general headcanons or, like, x reader kinda ones, so you get general hc's (if that's not what you wanted, I apologize and will write whatever it is you actually wanted lol). Anyways! On with the headcanons :D

TW: Angst, slight mentions of SH, mention of panic attack, mention of drugs, mention of sex

Fluffy headcanons

He absolutely adores the piano. I think it's canon that he at least knows how to play the piano, but I feel like he really likes it and kinda uses it as a stress reliever of sorts

I feel like he'd also just like the sound of a piano being played, which is what made him want to learn in the first place (The mental image of him serenading his lover by playing the piano. I ascend)

Personally, I feel like he's neurodivergent in some way, so when he gets really excited or happy, he stims in very subtle ways. Like, watch the scene where Miles is telling everyone to go to Tiger's race, and that's what I'm talking about

He's the type of friend that's there for his friends no matter what. He will drop everything just to help them if they need it

He is a little shit though and he will mess around with them and tease them if they do something stupid

I honestly feel like his mom is actually really supportive of him being gay and encourages him to wear what he wants and to do what he wants to do (y'all saw how she kept Simon from the party right? I know she said it was because he was spreading rumors about her son, but part of me feels like it's because she knew and didn't want him to be exposed)

In a modern AU, he's a Swiftie and also loves Lana Del Rey (but only specific songs). I take no critisism

I feel like he definitely had an attraction to Adam at one point, but then Nina showed an interest in Adam, and he backed off. Adam never knew that Miles liked him, and was confused as to why Miles started acting slightly differently when him and Nina got together

Miles did get over the attraction though, so it's not like he was heartbroken or anything

He ends up knowing a lot about cars after dating Tiger

I also feel like Tiger was his first actual relationship. Before Tiger, it was all just one-night stands

Angsty Headcanons

After the Tiger incident, he has trust issues

It takes him a while to fully trust someone again (especially in a romantic sense)

He's back to one-night stands and uses it as a coping mechanism

He also falls further into drugs for a while

We never see his dad in the movie, so I feel like he just kinda...left him and his mom, which really upset him when he was younger, but now he really doesn't care

He kinda went into a really dark place after the whole Tiger incident

Once he realized that he had no friends, he had a panic attack on the train and just cried the entire time

When the letters were first revealed, he briefly considered harming himself

If he ever does get a boyfriend again, I feel like he'd do his best to keep said boyfriend at arms length. He'd feel terrible for it, but he just wanted to protect himself

He misses his mom and his friends, and will cry himself to sleep sometimes because of how much he misses them and wishes he could see them all again

That's all I have! Sorry this took so long, I've been busy and swamped with work these last few days and I hate it lmao

[crimsonandobscene]

concept....gomens demon verse but everything that happened in bright young things happened to maitland