Weirdly specific König Headcanons
By an austrian for an austrian character
Definetly a bread snob. First thing he does when stationed in Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Northern Italy is to buy a loaf of bread and eat it with some butter and salt.
His favourite bread is Laugenbrot (lye bread for the non-german speakers)
Has mixed feelings about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Loves imitating his accent for laughs tho.
100% was called in once to translate for an interrogation with someone who only could speak german but struggled bc the suspect couldn’t understand his dialect.
The sound of cowbells during winter, especially in the evening, trigger his fight or flight response. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about google Krampus or Krampuslauf to see it in action)
Grew up on a farm and knows how to ride horses, milk cows and loves cuddling with barn cats.
He knows how to drive almost every vehicle under the sun and knows how to fix the older ones (those without the board computers)
Casually keeps up with winter sports like skiing and ski jumping/ski flying.
Has opinions on Vienna (as every austrian does), keeps complaining about whiny the people there are about everything but deep down finds it funny.
Acutally everyone in his squad thinks he’s complaining a lot in general, but that’s just how austrians are. We have a lot of synonyms for complaining.
He has strong feelings about what qualifies as a mountain, anything smaller is just a hill.
His bed at his home has a custom built frame. During deployment he acutally prefers sleeping on the floor with a mattress and some pillows propping up his head or feet.
Loves telling the origin story of the austrian flag. (See the point: legend)
Actually likes some Schlager songs, but would never admit to it. (For those who don’t know what Schlager is: it’s like country songs just worse and in german)
Had french,spanish or italian in school as a third language but only remembers the swears and how to order food.
His english vocabulary is impressive, but when he forgets the english word for something he shamelessly uses the german word and lets his teammates figure out the meaning without elaboration.
Regularly runs over children bc he just doesn’t see them.
If I can think of any more I’ll make a part two, so maybe look out for that.
Update: There is a part two!
And a part three, four, five and six!
