Do you have any other HS kids headcanons?

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Are we talking ‘appearance’ or ‘most embarrassing habits’ because my answer will vary.

(Feel free to specify; I prob won’t have much time to answer for a while anyway. Otherwise, the next time I have actual freetime and not some stolen moments … so in a few days…. I’ll make a post of whatever pops into my head, if that sounds good to you)

I bet you thought I forgot about this, didn’t you? But no, I was merely trying to select a good bunch. So here is a tasting menu, since you didn’t give me any specifics. One for each.

John watches the Bachelor. Not because he enjoys it. He watches it for research purposes, like a biologist studying a new species’ behavior patterns. He is trying to Figure It Out. If you’ve been here for a while you know I hc him as aroace, so the kid is desperately trying to parse what the fuck is going on in the worst way possible. For the brief time they were ‘dating’, poor Vriska had to deal with a doomed John whose only ‘moves’ came from crappy reality tv. One time Davesprite caught John watching the show and was going to make fun of him, but John was so intent it made him uncomfortable. 

Rose has an anti-authoritarian streak that extends even to board games. Her blowing up her first gate was merely an extreme example. She doesn’t mean to ruin game night; she just can’t help herself. During Monopoly she suggests overthrowing capitalism. While playing Risk she brokers a global peace. She has brought several D&D sessions to a standstill debating the alignment system. Dirk will usually get sucked into most of this. Dave complains he can’t take her anywhere. Usually, though, once she’s gutted the rules or suggested changes, the new Frankensteined version of the game they come up with is a lot more fun.

Dave (all versions) plays with his food. I don’t mean pushes stuff around on his plate – he actually wolfs down meals pretty quickly, leftover from worrying Bro would snatch it away or do something iffy to it. But if he’s got animal crackers or gummy bears or anything like that, he’ll start arranging them into patterns or acting out complex dramas. Sometimes someone else will wander over and grab a handful only to be accused of eating the ruling class of the Green Dynasty, launching all of the other gummy bears into decades of brutal sectarian strife. John was unimpressed when he was accused of making his stomach a crime scene. ‘actually i think my mouth would be the crime scene, my stomach is more like the morgue.’

Jade doesn’t have a great concept of personal space, since she grew up alone and/or with carapaces who probably had different social standards. Since she’s got the Space hero/First Guardian thing going for her, she doesn’t get spooked when someone approaches her – she can smell or feel them coming. (Some people find it offputting that she knows how each one of them differs in terms of scent or the way they take up space, but as far as she’s concerned it’s the same as looking at their faces.) Instead, she ends up spooking other people by teleporting right next to them (or into the bathroom while they’re in the shower, because jeeeez theres a curtain, calm down) or touching shoulders, doing surprise hugs, etc. She’s gotten better, but when her victim is someone who also grew up alone or in a hostile environment, this can lead to surprised shrieks and a lot of apologies.