Super long headcanon post! (I've private'd the original asks and such, so here is a round-up of all the ones Pauline was asked/sent! You can click on the 'said' for the actual posts, if I made them private after public-posting.)
◉ - Any other question of your choosing ( If given the opportunity to space travel, would Pao Pao take the opportunity? ) ( Does Pao Pao believe in miracles? ) ( How does she feel about the "ghosties" in her house? )
If Pauline was called one afternoon and the voice on the other end informed her she won a ticket to space, she would be in her car so fast to pick it up! She would love to visit any sort of planet, but probably Pauline would love to visit Jupiter the most!
In miracles? No. She believes in coincidence, and that's about it. She's not religious, and doesn't really have any sort of faith/belief.
Pauline really doesn't enjoy their company, but doesn't mind them when they're just doing their own thing. It's like having unsavoury roomies; she just deals with them.
Pauline isn't very close to her primary family, but enjoys her aunt's company a lot! Her dad was always sort of distant due to his job, and her sister was too annoyed by her to pay much attention. When she moved into her aunt's house, she pampered Pauline nearly to death. Her aunt tried her best to make the girl (and then young woman) as happy as she could, and though she was often busy or preoccupied -- the woman was a better parent than her father had ever been.
☮ oooh (friendship headcanon)
Growing up the way she did, Pauline has never really had any friends. She's uncomfortable getting friendly with people due to past troubles, and has difficulty filtering who is actually nice, and who is only pretending. Despite this, if she were to make any true friends, Pauline would be a dear! She loves very strongly and passionately, and would love to share thoughts and secrets and what not with someone else other than her online diary. She's very afraid of displeasing someone she respects, and that is the main issue she has with making friends (and keeping them).
Pauline is a really huge baby when it comes to romance. She’s never even locked eyes with another person she deems attractive for longer than a gentle second. She has a bit of a warped idea of romance and how it should be, due to all of the gothic literature she grew up on. Regardless, if there was ever an opportunity for Pauline to be in that sort of situation with someone else, she would be so terrified of mucking it up that she would most likely avoid them. Pauline often daydreams about people she’s interacted with that she finds sweet or endearing, and they are always over exaggerated. Pauline is too much of a dreamer to actually ever be satisfied by real-life-romance, though she definitely hopes it will come around soon.
☠ - angry/violent headcanon
Pauline is usually very reserved and quiet, so she tends to hold in all of her anger. She is rarely angry in the first place, since she tries to let everything slide. Forgive and forget, and all that stuff. But if on the rare chance she does get very angry, Pauline will keep it bottled up until it forms into a very sharp-edged grudge. She will continue to bottle it up until one day, she just explodes. That is a time and place you do not want to be caught in, because she usually gets very frantically violent, and will throw/break anything she thinks will give her some release.
She loves dark coloured clothing, since it’s what she wore all throughout her childhood. Long sleeves, lengthy skirts, and lots of layers. These days, she tries to wear a bit more colour — though the intense covering up of any visible skin is still present. Pauline really hates skin touching skin, and will try to avoid it any means necessary; she’ll wear a tank top and a tee and then a long sleeved shirt, even in the warmer months. Layers are her friend, and Pauline feels they give her a sense of comfort from the outside world.
As for makeup and the like, Pauline rarely wears anything on her face. On occasion, she’ll wear a bit of mascara or lip colour, but only if she feels it’s necessary. Which, usually, it never is. Pauline does keep a very clean face, however, and loves exfoliating cremes and other lotions.
■ - Bedroom/house/living quarters headcanon
[ ooc — I've got to make a post about her living situation, but I'll write up a short description! ]
The house Pauline lives in is quite literally falling apart. She can’t use the third storey or attic due to rot in the wood, and the outside is so atrociously rundown many people just assume the house is still abandoned. Pauline uses a space heater in a few of the rooms she frequents, and practically never uses any of the plumbing (such as the toilet/shower, etc.). She’ll go to her aunt’s home if she needs a shower, and only one of the powder rooms has a functioning toilet + sink. The kitchen is in no state to make anything more than a ham sandwich, and really…the house is unsafe to live in in its current state.
As for tidiness and how she keeps her home, it’s very simple and kept neat. She doesn’t like clutter, though she does collect old clocks. They’re littered all over her home, and the ticking drives any guest she might have crazy.
