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{Indefinite Haitus!}

Hi! Welcome to epitheterasedgen. I write gen-only (non-romance) headcanons based on the show Epithet Erased by Jelloapocalypse, which is available to watch for free on VRV and Youtube. Before you ask me any questions, please read the Rules/About and the FAQ pages— I try to keep ‘em short, promise!

If you want to read through the backlog of headcanons while ignoring non-headcanon posts, you can either block the tag “not headcanon” or search through the “answered headcanons” tag!

Looking for something specific? Here’s a google doc of every major epithet project I’ve ever done.

This blog is currently on indefinite semi-hiatus. I am not accepting new requests at this time. Note-spamming of old posts is perfectly fine; you’re also more than welcome to send in art or fic based on any headcanons you find here. Enjoy the blog!

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Following up this post, here's a few more facts about Epithet: Switched. (SPOILERS FOR THE ACTUAL EPITHET: ERASED FINAL BOSS.)

Lorelai swapped with Naven, who was now just Giovanni's babysitter (since it didn't make sense to make him an older sibling). He had a watermelon theme instead of an apple theme, so "watermelon" was his codename around people who didn't know anime campaign spoilers.

He was still dating Yoomtah in this universe, so there was a funny dynamic of "inexplicable cyborg mundie stalker of immense strength and her normal-ass lame boyfriend who tutors kids and babysits on weekends."

He did, however, still have his motorcycle from anime campaign. I think they cameo'd in a filler script once riding the motorcycle together, I don't remember.

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Any headcanons about Epithet Switched characters?

Yeah sure, here's some various headcanons that I had in mind while writing the scripts. I don't remember if I've posted them anywhere, so here you go! (Sorry if there's any repeated info.)

Sylvie adopted Percy at a young age. Percy has zero interest in her biological parents and loves her dad a lot. They are both extremely autistic.

Lorelai was the leader of Bliss Ocean. Molly was rising up the ranks of the Banzai Blasters to amass enough minions and power to stop her and get revenge.

Percy was intersex, having a damaged or missing second chromosome. I did more research on it back when I was writing the scripts; I don't remember the specifics.

Indus's epithet acted as both a physical and mental barrier, making it very difficult for him to concentrate on more than one thing at a time. I don't remember if that detail made it into the final script, but that's why Mera tried to keep people from "distracting" him.

"Fiona Boss" (Death Cap, the E:S version of Mushroom Girl) was named that because her name was a terrible pun on "Final Boss," a reference to Jello's multiple jokes that Mushroom Girl is the secret final boss of Epithet: Erased.

Sylvie met Yoomtah after some of his clients saw her in their windows at night. She thought Sylvie was more interesting than them, so she moved onto stalking him instead.

Meryl and Eros were swapped, hence the "nervous radio voice" in the police car.

also E:S Sylvie is alloaro. this isn't relevant to the scripts in any way but he's my skrunkly and I declare it to be so.

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Wowie Zowie! It's Molly-Wolly-Doodle-All-Day Blyndeff, from the hit webshow Epithet Erased! Adopt her now!!!

good morning Epithet Erased fandom

if you were not aware, me and Almond are selling Molly stickers. you should buy one :)

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according to majin, sylvie hasn't trusted his family or the idea of family since he was young. could we possibly look into some (museum trio, but others are cool) found family that kinda delves into this?

Sylvie's parents have never been mentioned, even in anime campaign, so it's a reasonable assumption that he doesn't live with them anymore. I personally like the headcanon that his Uncle Chappy raised him and is still his legal guardian.

I think Molly and Sylvie have a lot of potential bonding to do over that. Molly's dad is horrible, but her mom wasn't perfect either, and she probably has a lot of conflicting feelings to work through about how much she loved her dad as a kid.

Giovanni is just horrified that all these children aren't being raised correctly. He is Papa Bear now. Don't worry about the fact he's only 19. Shhhh.

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For the EAM true ending, any headcanons for a game night? Either boardgames or Mario Kart, Mario Party, etc. Whichever is easier for you.

Mario Party/Mario Kart! (Their mains are all here!)

Molly isn't huge on competitive games, but she'll happily play anything Giovanni wants to. He always makes it fun.

Giovanni LOVES the "colorful Mario characters commit crimes against each other" series of games. He always picks a villain and role-plays his character out loud while playing.

Sylvie pretends to be nonchalant, but he cares way too much about winning and is trying REALLY hard to beat Giovanni Specifically.

Mera is a sore loser. It's better for everyone if you just let her win.

Indus solely tries to help Mera win! Sometimes his help ends up as more of a hinderance, though...

Ramsey is just playing for fun; he doesn't care if he wins or loses. It might be a little too tempting to go after Mera, though—her reactions are just so good!

Percy is VERY frustrated by the unfair nature of the games and how much Mario Party specifically is about stealing from one another. It takes Molly a while to get her to accept that it's just a game.

Zora is always ready to play, and seems like she'll be a good and fun opponent, but oops! She's Also A Sore Loser. Do not pit her and Mera against each other or it will be a terrible time for the whole house.

Howie is uninterested in games. The kids convinced him to play Mario Kart ONE TIME after months of badgering, at which point he picked a standard kart, absolutely destroyed everyone, and returned to work without a word.

Bonus Guests:

Phoenica loves to play, but she is purely here for the cute aesthetics. She will lose on purpose if you ask her to, but honestly, you don't have to ask her. She's going to lose anyway.

Trixie is competitive in the fun way—the best part of the game is trash-talking each other and deciding who is your Eternal Rival. She's never actually upset when she loses.

Meryl goes into panic mode and screams a lot during minigames. She's... maybe not the best person to play with.

Yoomtah cheats by connecting herself to the TV. Nobody will play with her anymore.

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Any headcanons for interactions between Giovanni and Ramsey? We only got to see a little bit of them meeting in actual canon, but a wannabe criminal getting to hang out with an actual criminal seems like a good combination.

Most of Giovanni and Ramsey's initial interactions are Giovanni asking Ramsey to tell him all about the cool, dangerous criminal stuff he's done and Ramsey slowly exaggerating the stories more and more until they are unbelievable

(Percy overhears one and goes >:O!!! because she believes it)

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Howie and Molly bonding HC?

Molly and Howie's bonding mostly takes the form of shared hatred. They are both FED UP with people who are bad at their jobs, and have tons of terrible stories to share. Think about your favorite coworker who you mostly just complain with. That's Molly and Howie.

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I was just reading the kid!mera head cannons, so I was just wondering if we could see some more. It doesn’t have to be EAM related.

I'll be so honest I can't find the old ones, so I'm just going to say my thoughts and I repeat anything I'm sorry

Got very frustrated as she had to stay home from school more and more, even tried to sneak out once but it went Badly (TM)

As she became more bedridden, she spent a lot of time reading books, especially romance and adventure novels

She played some video games, mostly ones where you take care of pets or babies, but she tended to get bored quickly. Maybe if she played Undertale it would've fixed her

Her parents offered to cut her hair multiple times because brushing it was SUCH a pain, even bringing her to tears, but she always refused. She already gave up a lot, she was not going to give up feeling pretty

Wore mostly nightgowns because 1) silk didn't bother her skin, and 2) pretty. No need to dress in normal clothes if she wasn't going to leave the house anyway

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I'd love to see more of what happens after Zora brings Molly some pet chickens. Like, maybe after a while the chickens end up hatching some baby chicks and even more shenanigans plus cuteness ensues.

I'll be honest I don't have any particular thoughts on this one but I'm posting it because I want someone to draw Zora and/or Molly with baby chicks, I think that'd be really cute

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If everybody could do ONE fun thing, what would it be?

Molly - take a nap

Giovanni - ROB A CHAIN STORE OF ALL ITS CANDY TO REDISTRIBUTE TO THE CHILDREN ON HALLOWEEN!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Sylvie - travel to another country and research the local food and culture

Mera - it'd be fun to ride a rollercoaster without dying. or go to a concert without her eardrums blowing out. or anything really—

Indus - anything Lady Mera wants to do!!! :D

Percy - perhaps indulge in a trip to the train station and read all the maps :]

Zora - play in a real-life death game like the ones they have on TV. now THERE'S some real action

Ramsey - take a nice, long vacation somewhere warm and sunny where nobody knows him

Howie - work.

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Any "Law & Order" Headcanons? Maybe Percy interacting with Beefton, or their relationship after the museum incident? Hurt/Comfort? Really anything, they are my two favourites and you have the greatest headcanons!!

With the new confirmed canon that Beefton works while Sylvie sleeps, I think they pull all-nighters together. Beefton makes them coffee and tea and they do paperwork and chat about epithet law. They get along surprisingly well considering how they met!

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Question about the EAM au: Have Sylvie and Zora ever tried to talk about Zora's hatred for epithets? You know, since Sylvie specializes in epithet-related issues and Zora seems to have lot of issues with those things

it takes a whole year of living together before Zora finally agrees to any "therapy" talk but once she finally does, she starts actually. hanging out? with Sylvie???? they walk in the front door with ice cream and an old Wii game and the rest of the family is like "since when do YOU guys hang out????????"

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Eam wacky racer au, like imagine the ee crew having their own car and giovanni being the dick dastardly of that au. Maybe molly's car would be a small brown beetle with bear ears.

I don’t know what wacky racer is so I hope you know all I’m picturing is this:

[cradle-of-darkness]

(guy who is extremely late to reading epithet switched voice) hi

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is it ok if i take inspiration from this blog and make a blog centered around gen headcanons from a different fandom? epitheterasedgen has calmed me down a lot of times when i was stressed + i love the love for gen dynamics :>

you do not need my permission, make whatever you want forever

also I would absolutely love to see more people making gen headcanons just in general. there should always be more appreciation for all the character dynamics that aren't romantic shipping