Just Some Waterboy Headcanons (if you even care)
He's Jewish! All my favorite characters end up being headcanoned as Jewish by others so I'm getting ahead of the curve here. Imagine him in a custom waterproof yarmulke, or knit one by his Nan, while arguing with her over where they're placing the menorah with regard to all the fucking cats and you'll fall in love with Jewish!Herm too.
He mounts chairs like Riker. Don't tell me I'm the only bitch that clocked that weird as fuck hip hop onto the seat in episode 2. My man's back is FUCKED from slouching and he's gotta swing that leg over like he's #1 at ten forward.
Was not born with his powers but getting them is his very first memory. I have two headcanons for this, one wholesome (for the most part) and one hurtful:
Wholesome wise I like to think of him as a young 3yo during bath time giggling at a water squirting duck toy and then out of nowhere going all 'look at me' to his parents and copying it. Poor babes hasn't been dry since. The consequences of doing a bit, rest in pieces 😔.
UNwholesome wise you know I'ma big fan of the drowning victim idea. Resuscitated water spit up except oop now you spit up water all the time and yep perpetual wetness have fun with that too. Still gotta happen quite young tho cause I don't really like him having known what it feels like to be dry, think that makes his dreams all the more sad and depressing and therefore I'm in.
He has, more than once, gotten angry and shouted 'did I stutter?!' only to immediately be hit back with the response of 'um like yeah,' and I think that's neat.
It's takes a LOT for him to cry but once he does it's a drowning hazard. I just feel like the constant leaking makes tears not really at the forefront. We keep seeing him objectively down but not teary eyed. I dooo think once he does get sad enough to actually burst into tears he does just that, burst. Waterfalls out his eyes and a blubbering mess till he is flooding the room and drowning, literally drowning, in his emotions. (I see you that one waterbae fic, I see you and I love you.)
Got more of them like glasses and abandoned but think this is enough of a starter for the mo.
