#npmd headcannons

[im-not-a-l0ser]

Okay, I want to talk about the Trans Richie headcannon. I'm not going to say anything bad about it, this is just some ideas and opinions about it, regarding it as canon.

I like the idea that if Richie and/or Trevor were trans, they'd be given an alliterative name set originally. Like Richie and Rachel, Trevor and Tracey, or Samantha and Sabrina; something like that. And then when one or both changed their names, they were so relieved that their names didn't start with the same letter anymore. Maybe they even hated it so much that they'd like... go by Chel, CeCe, Sam and Rina. Shit like that, that'd be so funny.

I would really like to see a show about how they grew up. As much as I don't know how to feel about a cis person playing a trans character, I also wouldn't want Richie played by anyone else— *the idea of Jae Hughes as Richie* Okay, that'd actually be pretty sick, and you could have both Trevor and Richie on stage without Jon having to do a bunch of quick changes, or prerecordings, and you could even have them on stage at the same time, but YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING! Anyway, I think it'd be really neat to have a song of Richie post-transition and Richie pre-transition singing about how they feel out of place, or how they have this secret that they have to keep, pre-trans not being out at all, and post-trans having transitioned in stealth mode. It'd be cook to see 'her' looking in a mirror or something, seeing post-trans Richie there because that's what they want to be. Some fuckin' reflection from Mulan shit, y'know?

Maybe it's just that I want to see Her as a musical, maybe that's my problem... I mean, now I'm thinking about it, and I'm right. I want that so fucking bad. Like, just imagine that for me, will you? I keep specifically imagining a scene of Jeri and Jerry berating 'her' for being too masculine as a song— I'm sorry, I'm being such a dork.

If Jon Matteson did a stream where he read trans richie headcannons and fics, I would fucking cry, especially if Her was included, since I'm very proud of it thus far.

I need like... a 5+1 fic of Richie coming out to people, I'd love that.

I forgot any other thing I wanted to say, just give me a second.

Oh, okay, here we go. I like to think that Richie is a cosplayer (my sister disagrees with me, so I know that some people don't agree) but I like to think that him cosplaying masc characters is one of the things that helped him realise his identity. This has nothing to do with the fact that after I started cosplaying TSS I got more masc and embraced that side of me, I don't know what you're talking about.

I wonder what Jon Matteson (and Will Branner, and everyone else) thinks about Childhood Friend Michie, not even them together romantically. Bc like, I fully understand not understanding that ship; I don't fully understand it myself, despite literally shipping it. But them as childhood friends? It almost makes too much sense, whether or not Max knows Richie is trans. Either way, you can make it make sense in some regard. I particularly like how @24-guy handled it in their trans richie story, but I won't spoil that for you (that's also their user name on ao3)

I think that's all I got for now, maybe I'll make a part two when I'm on a proper dose of adderall that actually does anything for me.

[hoybero]

richie lipchitz would definitely be a natewantstobattle fan.

yea.

[peatzah-rolls]

Idk why but this thought came into my head and I can't stop thinking abt it

Max Jägerman being neurodivergent (possibly having autism?) and being terrible at learning speech etiquette so he was unintentionally blunt as a kid, so he gained the status as a 'mean kid/bully' when he was little. This gained the attention of a bunch of not so nice guys who became friends with him (the other jocks we see in the musical) and he decided he'd rather have rude friends than no friends so he just stuck with the whole "bully" thing. I can't stop thinking about it and it's cannon to me because I love him and refuse to think he's being mean on purpose

[theguytoendallguys]

The headcanon that Paul is Richie's uncle is so silly cause like when you imagine it in not fanart it's just Jon Matteson in a suit and dislikes musicals hugging and comforting and trying to connect with Jon Matteson in a dorky weeb coded teen outfit and likes anime

[starkidblubber]

Steph: Thought I was meowing back at my cat for the past hour, but it was just me and Pete meowing at each other from different rooms in the house.

[my-true-love-insanity]

Can we just talk about the characters the LiB have 'claimed', for lack of a better term, or force to do their bidding.

To clarify:

Pokey has Paul

Wiggly has Wiley

Tinky has Ted

Blinky has Bill

Nibbly has Linda

WHY IS NIBBLY THE ONKY ONE WITHOUT ALLITERATION?!?1?/

Like come onnnnn dude! I love Nibbly and Linda, but why'd they have to break the pattern??

I get that Linda fits the story well, but I like the pattern. So HC to fix it?

I say yes. Linda is actually her middle name, and she hates it as that's what her father calls her, along with 'Piggy' due to her nose. Her first name is Nichelle, because her parents wanted her to stand out but no-one can pronounce it properly or try to shorten it, so she just got annoyed and now goes by her middle name.

Although Blinky may not follow the pattern either, as in Watcher World, he seems to be far more interested in Alice, and she kills the mascot at the park, however I have seen more fanart of Bill!Blinky and their general association.

But it seems to have been the intention to give each LiB a human that embodies their trait, and Linda fits Nibbly to a T, being so hungry for the win, she sabotages all her competition. Tinky is the Time Bastard, and Ted meddles with time to get what he wants, like a bastard. Pokey claims Paul, possibly because he is the most resistant to him, knowing once Pokey gets Paul, everyone else would soon follow/would be easier to convert as they are less resistant. And Wiggly has Wiley, who is very happy to do Wiggly's bidding.

So does Blinky really think a middle aged man, who is going through a divorce and trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter but his friends just leaving him hanging the best thing to watch?

Although if that were a show or something, people would EAT THAT SHITT UPPPP

[imasillygooose]

Do you ever wake up and think "I love Richie Lipschitz ☺️💕" and then remember he's dead and get hit with a wall of unfathomable despair?? The same thing happens with Paul sometimes. Okay, maybe a bit more frequently than just "sometimes".

I need to get a life.

[dead-meat]

SPANKOFFSCHITZ AND HEADCANNONS UNDER CUT!! @royall-ass , I'm so late to when this was requested :p BUT YOU THOUGHT OF LITTLE OL ME!? HONORED‼️

"Bro" used romantically

. The way they got together is that Richie used a terrible anime based pick up line and he continues to do them while there together

. Not a Headcannon but just adore how Richie is like always clinging to Pete

. They go on online dates more than in person ones. Like they won't even call because of call anxiety (both of them tbh) and just run around and use in game chat

. When they do in person dates it's always at one of their houses just silently doing things together.

. One time they tried to go out to a restaurant for their anniversary and they both hated it. Completely shut down in two different ways

. The only way Pete will sit on Richie's bed is if he hides those pillows. He loves Richie but thinks they're so odd. Genuinely the most heated argument they had. (At least in high school)

. Heath issue buddies!! Help each other out when they can :3 (disability Headcannons are a wholeee other thing)

. I like to think the way Richie came out to Pete (and Ruth) was that he did the whole literally coming out of a closet thing and then he did a whole slideshow about it that turned into his personal Headcannons for characters. Pete didn't come out till like two years later even though he had known since before Richie even came out to him

. Richie is always taking pictures and videos of Peter for "Film Practice" It's cute until Richie it yelling at him to hold still to focus or redo something

. They both go all out for Halloween!! Though it's always a fight on what the theme for their costumes are and they always end up just going as completely unrelated but Richie insists that in the Subtext it's a couples costume.

. R- "Omg it's so us", P- "I don't see it?"

I could do a lot more, this was lowkey cut down and this is all so excessive but I love and adore them :3

I have a whole playlist for them that I was listening to while doing this, still am >:3

[luminescentchimera]

Richie says intimate like Paul does

[januscorner]

My Hatchefield Headcannons

Garry Goldstein and Richie are Jewish

Richie is hoh

Lex is a m-spec lesbian and a demigirl

Hannah is Autistic

Ethan has ADHD

Paul was raised Jewish, is now agnostic but still celebrates the holidays

Ruth wants to be polyamorous but can’t even get one partner (I’m not projecting you are)

Ted is pan but doesn’t know

Detective Shapiro likes women

Officer Bailey is gay and has ADHD

In some timeline Lex joins PEIP

Linda is thalassophobic

[im-not-a-l0ser]

Max to most: Fuckin nerd (derogatory)

Max to Richie: Fuckin nerd... (affectionate)

[acutemushroom]

My version of the "Jon Matteson's characters are related" family tree

Sorry for the bad image quality, I tried to keep every character the same size without making the page too big

I know the popular headcannon wants Gary to be the father of the twins, but the surnames didn't match. So, to keep it coherent with the ages, I placed him as Paul's cousin on the tree. The twin's father not being Gary, then, I assumed he would be Paul's brother-in-law. Making him Richie's uncle from the maternal side.

As for Boy Jerry, there was nothing saying he had to be Paul's brother, but there was also nothing saying he couldn't. So, yeah, little Jerri is also Paul's nephew.

[silly-little-headcannons]

Richie is a Will Wood girlie

His favorite album is either The Normal Album or In Case I Make It

He’s definitely not normal about it

Mostly, he listens to anime soundtracks and scores

[starkidblubber]

forced to be a girl, born to be a literal monster

don't need no one to tell me

high school will be my peak

so I'm willing to take advantage

[icetobes]

michie headcannons from yours truly

- they discover maxs love for 60s, 70s and 80 music, his favourite song is December 1963 (oh what a night)

- they’ve danced together in richie’s kitchen at 2am one night when they were alone

- max and ruth become unintentional besties because they lightly tease richie about the same silly things he does (he helps ruth make a tinder/hinge and get a girlfriend)

- they go to a fair, max doing the typical “im going to win you a bear” but finds out richie is a master of fair games and max is mesmerised (they kiss on the ferris wheel)

- max has a truck and he and richie often make the back into a bed, lots of blankets and pillows, they stargaze and richie points out stars, max gives them names like you would a pet

- richie has stolen a decent amount of maxs hoodies, i’m return max has a few of richie’s oversized jackets, they have characters and writing on max neither knows or can read but they smell like richie

- richie makes max mixtapes that they play in the car

- max loves being the little spoon, he would never admit it but richie knows

- paul has found them cuddled together on the couch several times (he has many a photo he hopes to show at their wedding one day)

- max and richie have family meals with paul and emma every 2 weeks, they go to restaurant and catch up properly

- they spend college mostly apart, doing long distance, max visits richie on weekends and whenever they have time off, both working jobs on their respective campuses and saving to get a place together

do i give my college/after college headcanons

[rightsandanxiety]

Tinky is just a silly lil guy

I like to think that Tinky is the most powerful of the Lords In Black, having control over space and time, and the least mentally stable, but he doesn't know either fact.

Outside of holding court, the other lords avoid him as much as possible, but he doesn't know why. He'll randomly start cackling out of nowhere, and even though everyone else thinks he's nuts, he just thinks everything is funny and silence is boring.

He torments Ted relentlessly with the Bastard's Box and even the other lords think that it's weird, but he thinks he's being just like them.

He was hurt by Miss Holloway in "Killer Track" telling Rose that she doesn't want Tinky 'anywhere near her.' She was siphoning his power but she didn't like him? Even his favorite toy, Ted, doesn't like him.

He just wants to be understood but unfortunately he's an omnipotent lunatic who spends time tormenting others for fun.