#mixed with the funky movies like pan labyrinth and some other movies featuring a child going through wacky but scary adventures

[mewpirate]

do you have any headcannons about poppy?

Oh another ask? I'll try to remember a few headcanons since I don't have a lot for this character.

- Poppy .... Isn't really good with kids actually, he really doesn't know how to take care of one ; He usually leaves Janice and Nathan to either Calvary and Percy. He does care about Janice a lot, but he doesn't really know how to express his feelings twords children since he really isn't fond of them. The struggles of being captain really keeps him busy and stressed out 24/7. (plus children are rarely seen at sea) Through the seasons and episodes he starts acting more parental twords Janice, and more close as the series continues.

- I'd say he's morally grey , he sorta has a parallel with Earl having a extreme form of "Justice" , aka him skinning Thade when Thade hasn't personally done anything wrong to him, Poppy wanted to feel heroic at some point and later regretting it.

- he's very impulsive, and does things without thinking via gambling.

- he does have some trinkets Janice gave him , one of them was a little seahorse charm. He has an entire collection of them, he really likes collecting them.

- voice headcanon is Fergus (the dad) from Brave. (I might remake my voice claims post soon since all of them don't really fit my interpretations of the characters anymore?)

- he does parallel Janice's dad in a way, they're both dismissive of the shit happening to Janice due to them having other stuff happening on their hands , both care about Janice deeply and feel sympathy twords her , but rarely show it .

- he is overall a jolly fellow , though not 24/7. He has moments where he can either be like really happy or moments where he can be really strict. You never know what's coming .

- He usually shows his "strict" form around Percy .

- He and Milo's parents were absent throughout their childhood, he had to take the parental role at a young age for Milo and learn to survive on both land and sea .

- he's semi- traumatized from the shit he's seen from the seas as a kid but hides this from Milo, which is the start of him coddling and being protective over Milo.

- Milo developed some "rebellious" sense from Poppy and became a man-child from Poppy coddling him .

- Poppy really doesn't care when Milo bullies or scares Percy , he only steps in if the fights get too intense or he knows that Percy is deeply affected by it.

- he and Horace's rivalry is so .....confusing ...? They have no idea why they're even fighting in the first place , they are literally bitter exes , I legit headcanon them has bitter exes . They have no real reason to fight each other , neither has done anything really bad to eachother back then , it's probably because rivalries are fun ig.

- i'd say he's literally the upset weirded out parental figure when their kid has a emo/goth phase. He's seriously weirded out and embarrassed of Milo doing random shenanigans. Whether it be new looks or idk Milo getting into some random trouble.

That's all I got for him :)

Tbh I don't really like how complex I made his character since it really strays from the wiki and doesn't fit my overall vibe of my interpretation of cc but I feel like he should have some complex moments .