#respect scout

[mewfortress5]

Found out that Sniper's supposed to be in his twenties and I felt that it was bullshit. Then I figured it might've been the five o clock shadow he's got and I had to test out two theories...

Have a peeled Mick and fuzzy Jeremy!

Edit: @defctive-e psssspspspspspspspsps >:)

[boimann]

A while ago you made a post abt neurodivergent headcanons for the TF2 characters, and included Medic having chronic mania/hallucinations. As someone who experiences those very things I’ve been wanting to hear further on your thoughts surrounding this headcanon (that I share myself :D). If you’re up for/comfortable with writing abt it, I can understand if you’re not :) Still! I wanted to say I enjoyed seeing a headcanon abt medic dealing with psychosis that wasn’t an angst fest or “grr scary and evil!!!” Type deal

I feel the same way I'm exhausted of seeing psychosis always get demonized (that headcanon was basically just me projecting on my favorite little guy) also i have been dying for an excuse to expand on this headcanon so thank you anon!!!!

as said in my previous post medic has hallucinations on the daily, mostly minor auditory stuff

I don't think he would be freaked out by his hallucinations, he'd be fascinated by them and he would want to study them (he follows cartoon logic: he hallucinates a big scary monster and he sticks his head in its maws and marvels at its teeth)

sometimes tho he gets too wrapped up in his hallucinations and has a hard time separating what's real from what isn't and that's where Archimedes comes in

medic trained him to pick up on certain cues to which he responds by perching on his shoulder and applying pressure therapy by pressing on the side of his neck

other times he tries to get medic to pet him to distract him and make him focus on something soothing instead

occasionally tho it's better to ask the other mercs for help and he just goes up to them and straight up asks them if what he's seeing is real

he's told them of his situation and they are all pretty used to it at this point (also this is probably one of the more normal things about the guy who sews animal organs into people)

although sometimes when he's alone with scout he gets to have a little fun with it: he gets really close to him, stares into his soul with his cold blue eyes, points at the nearest corner and goes "do you see zhe grinning man?"

medic has put the fear of god in scout for the funnies and scout has shit himself on numerous occasions

he just likes to be silly in true medic fashion

here are some silly sketches about this headcanon

Scout pov:

How scout sleeps since medic started pulling these pranks

[fallen-goldfishcracker]

Yeeess cower before the child. Be afraid. You should be shaking in your boots that's a man on a mission. He's there's, he's square, he's terrifying, he's gotten two hours of sleep in the last week. Cower before him.

[froginamoodboard]

Orel Puppington moodboard

Requested by: @kyleiskoool

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[spellslinging]

boy dad penny vantasmo

[ikachap]

Doodling my TF2 cosmetics to hopefully get out of an artblock

[asmoteeth]

Thinking about He/She Pyro

[biblicalhorror]

The most frustrating part of engaging in any of this discourse with pro-Israel people is that they claim there's just something ineffable about "seeing and understanding" how supporting Palestinian liberation is directly calling for the eradication of Jewish people (as if that type of rhetoric isn't exactly how actual antisemitism often manifests in online spaces but that's a topic for another day)

They get through people debunking the "the land belongs to the people of Israel anyway" argument and the "LGBTQ Palestinians are safe in Israel" argument and the "Genocide isn't what's happening here so you should educate yourself" argument and when all of those points are meticulously disproven over and over they still stand with "Well, myself and your Jewish friends see the hate you have in your heart for us" and it truly doesn't matter what you say at that point because even if you yourself are Jewish they will claim that refusing to support the state, government and military of Israel is inherently hateful and bigoted, as if a religious ethnostate is some inherent human right that is being taken away from them. I know many of them are blinded by the relentless propaganda that's been around their whole lives and how hard it is to break free from a belief system that is so tied to your core identity as a human being but it is so frustrating watching people being led straight to the point over and over again and just turning around and refusing to see it.

It's also so frustrating to see people using the momentum of this movement to casually tack on actual antisemitism to these discussions, as if having Jewish people in positions of power is why the US bends over backwards to excuse the actions of Israel and not, yknow, the fact that our government directly benefits from having a military stronghold in the middle east. I've talked to some well-meaning pro-Palestine friends irl who casually use antisemetic talking points because they've ALSO bought into the narrative that Israeli = Jewish and so they blame the actions of Israel and the IDF on Jewish people's "religious values" and ignore the fact that this conflict really has almost nothing to do with religion itself and everything to do with capitalism, imperialism and maintaining the US's status as a so-called "global power".

[larsnicklas]

[240210 pdx vs. sea] the portland winterhawks congratulate goaltender jan špunar after a win. špunar recently returned to the ice after an injury that took him out of commission for over two months; in the three games since his return, he has gone 3-0-0 while allowing just a single goal in each outing. špunar leads all whl goaltenders in gaa (1.70) and sv% (.934).

[cheemscakecat]

So I started playing PostKnights 2… Tell me why Almond is the most annoying person in existence, bro!

So first of all, this dude is never wearing armor or carrying a weapon on him. He’s always wearing the Postknight uniforms and sprinting into battle unarmed. I ain’t ever see him packing a sword or anything.

So he keeps challenging me, a woman in full metal armor with a heavy weapon, to a race. And when I pulled up in the last race, the first enemy in my path was a fully grown Treant. And I know darn well they don’t fall in 1-2 hits, they take like 5-6.

And there’s always a bunch of enemies in my path on these races, which means either A: the enemies refilled when it takes at least an hour to reset a patrol, or B: this loser ran past all the enemies knowing I was going to get held up!

And I’m inclined to believe B, ‘cause every time this man encounters an actual threat, he’s trembling like a coward.

[Not my Playthrough, captured from a YouTube walkthrough].

Maybe you could actually hold your own against danger if you had a weapon and real armor! What is the Postknight banker hat and jacket gonna do against a big battle axe, huh? Yeah that’s right, nothing. And if you really are just running past every enemy, you ain’t getting default armor and leveling it up!

This man talked such big game about how he was gonna be the hero and how he was gonna graduate from training first, but he just used his speed to get through everything. No fights, no leveling up. Just speed boost and try to act tough.

And you wanna know what’s crazy?!

*Inhale*

SHUT UP BANKER BOI, YOU AIN’T GET TO CALL PEOPLE “USELESS”!

I just want to take a second to compare this loser Almond to Scout Tf2, just a quick second.

Bro is just out here fighting people 3 times his size, first of all. With a baseball bat half the time. If you can carry yourself in battle or at least try, people will respect that a heck of a lot more than just running past all the enemies and calling yourself better.

Scout and Almond both have inferiority complexes, but Scout at his worst is still better. He made fun of Spy instead of doing last wishes in Expiration Date, but then came by to apologize and ask for help. But that was a prank, not literally calling Spy useless or weak.

Almond is way too comfortable saying that, just from the word go. And he admits he’s a hypocrite, but to the player, not the girl he just insulted. And when you run up on them talking in Violetfair, she’s crying. What did you say?!

This dude talks smack, but you can tell he’s not like the worst person ever. He managed to go to Spy to say sorry and ask for help, which is not easy for him to do. “Look Spy. This Never leaves this room. …You are better than me, alright. I need your help.”

And then there’s Almond saying “FinE, RaZ. YoU’Re NoT USeleSs.” Like that snarky attitude is gonna fix what you said. Bro deserves to get fired for real.

[leadersguilt]

cant remember bringing this up for a while so honestly i'll never be over the reiiteration that jean himself has a bleeding heart. he is going to be both blunt and honest with whoever hes speaking to, but in a way that he hopes will come to help them understand the situation but also does it so whoever he's speaking with actually understands the full situation and what that may entail despite the gruesome outcome.

[elysianstarl1ght]

TF2 HALF-ANIMAL AU

HEAR ME OUT.

au where engie and medic are experimenting, the other mercs are in the room when something goes wrong. they get it contained and don't think anything went wrong, until they all go to sleep, wake up, and find that they all have new animal features.

medic - dove heavy - grizzly bear pyro - scorpion engie - bumblebee demo - 'unknown sea creature' (nessie) soldier - eagle spy - rattlesnake sniper - tarantula scout - rabbit

i wanted to avoid mythical creatures but i really had no idea what to do with demo. but i think imma stick with it because technically its not mythical in the tf2-verse and i have a rlly funny hc about it.. so..

ONTO SOME HEADCANONS!

(warning you. theres alot. a l o t .)

scout constantly complaining that he "got a rabbit of all things and not a cool animal" and refusing to admit he's actually having a lot of fun as a rabbit. he really likes his new ears he'll just never admit it

(also pauling trying to talk to scout through the headphones but his ears are on the top of his head and he cant hear through the headphones

one of the mercs calling pauling to let her know what happened and she shows up at reds base and is just like "what the fuck did you guys DO" and she goes on a huge rant and eventually asks if medic can make an antidote, to which he says yes.

demo having a huge ass tail and constantly knocking things over because he doesnt know how to control it.

medic officially banned him from the infirmary until he could get a cure to un-animalify them. demo went in there ONE TIME on the first day and knocked over an entire cabinet filled with medical supplies and he never went in there again (he darted out of the room instantly because he was worried medic was gonna kick his ass /lh)

engie absolutely loves his wings, he doesnt use them often but when he does he gets so excited and giddy bc theyre SO helpful!! hes probably also rlly protective of them too!

soldier knocks shit over with her wings all the damn time too. she randomly flaps her wings because she Loves Them and wants to show them off and whatever she's next to goes flying. she was also probably one of the only mercs that wasnt extremely concerned when she woke up; she probably shouted "AMERICA!!!!" at the top of her lungs and woke up half the base

spy wearing his mask significantly less because she has scales on the side of his face and under her eyes and the mask rubbing against the scales makes him cringe (sensory issues moment)

also i just find it slightly cruel how i made spy a SNAKE and scout a RABBIT. just- just think about that real quick.

sniper would have the time of his LIFE fucking with his team and the opposing team with his new spider powers!! some examples below

creating web traps to catch them. he especially does this to blu spy when he tries to backstab sniper (and scout just for fun. he falls for the traps every time)

web nets just around corners in the base that the mercs run into

crawling along the ceiling and walls to scare the shit out of his team, especially at night

swinging down infront of them when hes hanging on the ceiling also to scare the shit out of them

yeah sniper probably hated being a tarantula at first, but after he discovered what he could do oh BOY. he never realized how much fun messing with people was!! (he no longer blames scout and pyro for doing stupid shit)

pyro lowkey struggles with their mask and suit because of their new scorpion features. like they have those extra leg thingies and it was a huge struggle trying to get those to work with his suit

and dont get me started on his pincher hand things. pyro struggled. alot.

and his stinger thing. houh boy they probably accidentally killed the mercs a lot of times with that thing...

i dont really have anything for heavy yet (please feel free to drop any hcs) but i can tell you this much he has HUGE bear hands and he has bear ears and medic finds it absolutely adorable.

adding onto this medic wrapping his wings around the mercs while healing them when theyre standing still. like theyre hiding around a corner and medic brings them closer with his wings.

ALSO MEDIC HAS BIRD FEET (he hates it) and he had to cut holes in a pair of his gloves because he got bird talons (he REALLY hates that.)

oh my god thasts... thats a lot of writing... thats not even all of it... oh yikes...

[yourlocalxenomorph3]

yesterday i saw and got hugged by someone i knew from elementary-thru-high school who i hadn't seen since graduation and she was always super nice to me even though we weren't close and i'm still emotional about it

[funsize-cenobites]

Scout: *Makes fun of Boston*

Literally Anyone Else: "Yeah man, fuck Boston."

Scout: ".... Oh you think you're funny? You wanna say that to my face you fuckin piece of shit? I'll put you in the ground. You wouldn't last a day in MY CITY. Boston from Birth to the Hearse, you fuckin readin me? You pickin this shit up? Cause Im tellin you buddy, pal, friend, you open your mouth again, my foot's goin all the way up the back door and out through the front.. You got that??"

[luisamariatraumer]

His eyes ...

His eyes....

Between these two pictures there are 28 years apart.

And he still has those blue expressive eyes that had helped him communicate the emotions from his characters through all these years.

Those eyes that can reach to the deepest part of your soul.

I needed to find a Charlie. But when the Brendan Fraser “aha!” moment happened, I was like, “Oh, that’s really interesting.” Honestly, I didn’t even know that much of his work. It was more just seeing his eyes and his soul. And then he came by my office and we met and we sat, and I was like, “Wow, what a gentleman, what a sweet guy who clearly, clearly has a lot to tell the world about what he can do and hasn’t been given opportunity.”

Darren Aronofsky

The magic of Fraser’s performance here lies in his marvelously expressive eyes, which are practically bulging with love, though frosted in fear that he’ll never again find someone to direct that love toward. There’s a boyish charm in those eyes, and if you look close enough, you can also sense a fighter behind them.

Los Angeles Magazine

... Fraser nonetheless manages to communicate the humanity in this character even when the film itself does everything it can to undermine his efforts. It’s the way that he uses his eyes and his facial expressions to communicate sorrow, fear, self-loathing, self-pity, hope, desperation, spiritual longing, a fake sense of joviality and a genuine sense of joy. The manner in which his eyes dart around when he’s unable to reach a key that’s fallen on the floor.

Rolling Stone

 Although he’s draped in heavy layers of latex, the actor’s eyes convey subtext the screenplay can’t excavate.

L.A Weekly

But regardless of all the role’s transformation trappings, Fraser’s performance resides in his sad, soulful eyes and compassionate interactions with the characters that come in and out of his home.

AP News

.... His blue eyes

[twowink]

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