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Idk if ur still doing these since they're from the other day, but if you are, for the character headcanons: Vil Schoenheit?

Hello, Anon! No worries at all! I love Vil, so thanks for sending this! 💜

1. Sexuality Headcanon

He’s gay, which I think is something he’s known for a long time, but kept quiet about because he was hyper-aware of the fact it could cost him roles. As such, he doesn’t really like to address it and, when he’s asked, he’ll just wave it off and say he’s too busy with work to even think about dating.

Which isn’t even a lie, per se, because for the longest time, he’d never met anyone who seemed worth being distracted by. That is, until…

2. OTP

Malvil! They’re SOULMATES because I just think that they. 🥺🥺🥺

Okay, but getting serious— Vil can be… neurotic (affectionate) and Malleus has this generally calm, patient, grounding personality that balances Vil out so well. Also, Malleus just always seems a little lonely and I feel like that’s something Vil can relate to, because at the end of the day, when he takes off his make-up and lets his hair down, there’s not many people in his life he’s comfortable being vulnerable with.

But I think he could get used to Malleus showing up on his balcony for a late night talk. I think they would both indulge each other in their rambling fixations (Vil going on about make-up and fashion, while Malleus goes on about gargoyles and architecture).

They’d become an old married couple in no time, much to the amusement of their friends and family. You’d see them having dinner by candlelight, speaking in low voices, but certainly not sweet little nothings. They’d be having a hushed, civil debate about some obscure matter regarding the craft of violin making or something.

3. BROTP

I mentioned Vil and Jamil in my post on the latter, so I’m gonna talk about Vil and Kalim here because that’s another BROTP that has my whole heart. I’ve yet to explore their dynamic in fic, but happily, my dear friend @moorsgrimhilde got right to it with Chapter 1 of you’ve got a friend in me. We both have a lot of feelings about the VDC gang as found family (Chapter 6 really complicated the timeline for all this relationship development, but bear with me here jdkalsjgklsdgjkl).

I just think the VDC experience is where they find common ground. They bond over music and dance, and Vil starts to see Kalim as a younger brother of sorts. He can be a nag, but Kalim doesn’t mind. He makes an effort to listen and apply Vil’s advice where it counts, even as he maintains his carefree attitude. Vil notices the effort he makes underneath that eternal smile and laughter, so he doesn’t accept anything less than Kalim’s best in their dance practices and study sessions. This works out really well since Kalim respects Vil’s talent so much, he’s incredibly motivated to receive praise from him. Just a head pat or a “good job, Asim” means absolutely everything.

4. NOTP

The biggest nope for me is Leovil, but full disclosure: I just don’t like Leona, so that’s easily the major factor in why they’re a NOTP for me. I don’t want to dwell too much on that, so let’s see… another big one is Rook and Vil. I really love Rook, he's great, but I can only see him as maybe having had an unrequited crush on Vil when they first met. Emphasis on unrequited. I think Vil just kind of barely tolerated him for the first few months, growing more comfortable as Rook's crush faded into mere respect and admiration. They're best as besties. 🥰

5. First headcanon that pops into my head

Vil is a cat person. He loves and adores them, but he's allergic, which he had the misfortune of finding out upon finally getting the kitten he begged for as a child. He was devastated when his father told him the cat would have to be re-homed, since Vil couldn't very well show up to set looking and sounding like he had a perpetual cold.

All the years since that heartbreak, Vil still has all these videos of his kitten that he watches at night, just before bed, often falling asleep to the sound of his kitten's recorded purrs because he finds it soothing.

Then, one night, after he's started dating Malleus, they're cuddling in bed together and he has his fingers in Malleus' hair, gently rubbing at his scalp, when suddenly, Malleus begins to purr. Deep and rumbling.

Vil stops what he's doing, causing Malleus to crack one eye open (all green and cat-like, Vil thinks) and ask him what's wrong. Vil doesn't know what to say, so he just tells him, "Nothing," but that only makes Malleus raise an eyebrow because he knows a lie when he hears one.

Finally, Vil admits, "I suppose I just didn't realize dragons... purred."

"Ah." Malleus considers this for a moment. "Does it bother you...?"

Vil's eyes go wide and he quickly shakes his head, starting to rub at Malleus' scalp again with a flush to his cheeks. "No, it's fine," he says quietly. "I like it." (Malleus hums at that; soon, he starts to purr again.)

6. One way in which I relate to this character

The way he's such a destructive perfectionist always has me like, "Me too, bro. Me too." Our ambitions and fixations are quite different, but I still feel something familiar there in his attitude and the way he goes about things, pushing himself to burnout and forgetting to have fun, letting his failures eclipse his accomplishments. That sort of thing.

7. Thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character

Hmm, so, I'm gonna say the way he asks his phone the equivalent of, "Siri, who's the prettiest boy alive?" and, uh, gets a wee bit demented over the answer lmao. (I maybe lost my shit the first time I heard him say "Mira Mira on the phone...") 😭😭 I don't know, I'm of two minds, because on the one hand I see the gaping wound of his insecurities revealed by this, but on the other hand, I need both hands to cover my face because he's such a dork sometimes and it's hilarious. 😭

8. Cinnamon roll or problematic fave?

I'd say he's firmly neither, just somewhere in-between. He's got a soft heart, but then sometimes he can be a little overbearing as a leader and it can be hard to recognize his good intentions underneath that. I don't think he's done anything to warrant being called a problematic fave though. He's just a kid who grew up too fast in an industry that nurtured his skills and aesthetic value more than his soul, if you will, so I think he struggles with how to express how much he cares about his dorm and his friends in a way they understand. Epel has certainly born the brunt of that, BUT I've noticed some encouraging character development in their relationship as well as in Vil individually over the course of the story (especially post-overblot). He's doing his best. 💕

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