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[magicdumbass]

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2. What is one HC you have that you haven’t had the opportunity to explore in RP?

Honestly there’s a lot I haven’t explored with Wanda yet. She’s been a very quiet muse, which I think suits her personality quite a bit. I guess the HC of her past/connections with Magneto and the other mutants is something I’d really like to get into more! It would also be fun to explore what her childhood was like, the protests she and Pietro went to after their parents deaths, how they felt during Hydra’s experiments... Hey Claire, let’s make it emo. 

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[rictorscales]

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What is one of your favorite HCs for your muse?

Rictor’s background is one thing that has never really been explored in depth in the comics, so a lot of what I use for him in that respect comes from headcanons. In particular, I’m partial to headcanons regarding his heritage. Rictor was a teenager when he entered the United States, and he didn’t come through the legal channels. He didn’t speak English when he first arrived in the country, and he still has an accent now. This background is something that I also bring into play in regards to Ric’s status as a mutant. In a political climate that is particularly harsh towards both mutants and immigrants (especially Mexican immigrants), being both is scary. This is something Rictor has expressed before, especially when grappling with his sexuality and the complications of coming out of the closet. Over all, this headcanon is one near and dear to my heart and I’m always excited to go on about it!

[sparklingdumbass]

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1. What is one of your favorite HCs for your muse? (Can be more than one!) 

My favorite headcanon for Carol is her fear of her past. She comes off so confident and cocky, but the life the Kree stole from her is still so blurry in her head, and that terrifies her. I play her as only remembering bits and pieces, though she remembers the events of the MCU movie without a problem. That leads into another HC I really like for her, which is that she feels immensely guilty re: Monica and Maria. She reconnected with them only briefly, and then disappeared again for decades. She’s scared to search them out again, doesn’t even know if Maria is still alive. For someone who comes off as fearless, she has a lot to be terrified of. 

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[spangleddumbass]

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2. What is one HC you have that you haven’t had the opportunity to explore in RP?

Steve’s relationship with illness. Specifically, his own frustrations with his health growing up, and how useless and weak it left him feeling. It’s made him over-compensate ever since he became Captain America. Before he got the serum, he could barely lift ten pounds, he was always sick, his asthma attacks struck constantly. He couldn’t work, he could barely manage school, and he and Bucky struggled for it. Steve doesn’t really talk about that time of his life, much less how he feels about it -- the guilt is intense, and the shame even worse. But will he ever admit it’s there? Stay tuned! (For the replies I will do eventually.) 

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[mysteriousdumbass]

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2. What is one HC you have that you haven’t had the opportunity to explore in RP?

Raven is incredibly ashamed of her true form. That’s not so much a headcanon as explicitly stated in certain comics, but it’s still something I haven’t really been able to bring out very much. She loves her abilities, she uses them to great effect, and she’s the first one to yell out MUTANT AND PROUD. But in the end, her true form isn’t one she’ll stay in for very long. She’d wear a thousand faces before turning back to what she really looks like. One of her greatest fears is someday she’ll be stuck with those yellow eyes and blue scales. 

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[sparklingdumbass]

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2. What is one HC you have that you haven’t had the opportunity to explore in RP?

Carol’s insecurities haven’t come out in a lot of threads, because she is very very good at hiding them. But I HC that she is just riddled with doubts and fears, constantly wondering if she’s making the right decision -- but she’s so good that she even manages to fool herself. So I would love to have that come out a bit more, especially in regards to Maria/Monica. It’s been decades since she saw them last, so there’s a lot to unpack there. I HC that she has been actively avoiding looking them up, terrified that Maria might not even be here, and that Monica might be all grown up and angry with her for being gone so long... But who knows how it’ll play out! 

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[solarsunspots]

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What is one of your favorite HCs for your muse?

Bobby is often shown as being incredibly intelligent despite his outward appearance as a total himbo. Additionally, in early comics, he’s frequently shown speaking to himself in Spanish under his breath. Now, I know that this is probably because someone on the writing staff didn’t do a ton of research and assumed Brazil was a Spanish-speaking country, but that’s dumb! So, instead of accepting that, I take into account both his intelligence and status and headcanon that English is Bobby’s third language. 

In my headcanon, Bobby was raised in a bilingual household. His father, Emmanuel, was born in Brazil and spoke Portuguese to Bobby while his mother, Nina, was born in Spain and spoke Spanish. Bobby learned both languages at the same time, as many children raised bilingual do, and thus became comfortable in both before he started school. He learned English as a teenager and picked up a love for languages as a result. On top of these three languages, he’s also fluent in Mandarin and Classical Latin.

[twentyninetynines]

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What is one of your favorite HCs for your muse?

My favorite HC for Miguel deals in something I wish the comics had brought up more --- specifically, it deals with his mother, his stepfather, and what it feels like to be raised in two worlds by two people who are both far less than perfect. 

Miguel’s mother was Mexican, and though the comics never define what this means in 2099 terms, she is shown speaking Spanish on more than one occasion. His stepfather (who Miguel believed, until adulthood, to be his biological father) was white (specifically Irish). Both parents were abusive, his mother emotionally and his stepfather physically. His stepfather also physically abused Miguel’s mother. 

Based on comic canon, I don’t believe George O’Hara spoke any Spanish. Based on everything the comics tell us about him, I don’t believe he enjoyed it when his wife or sons did. Because of this, I don’t believe Miguel’s Spanish is very good. I headcanon that, after George was out of the picture, Miguel’s younger brother Gabriel went back and learned Spanish more fluently. Gabri had a much better relationship with their mother than Miguel did, and wasn’t treated quite as poorly as he was due to the fact that Gabri was her legitimate son with the man she’d married and Miguel was her illegitimate son with her husband’s boss. Miguel’s mother hated his father and, because Miguel reminded her of him, she wasn’t fond of Miggy, either. Gabriel didn’t carry the same weight for her as Miguel did, and therefore Gabriel had more of an incentive to learn her native language and speak with her in it. Miguel didn’t.

This isn’t to say he doesn’t know any Spanish --- he’s shown speaking it a little in the comics, and based on this I’d say he probably speaks Americanized Spanish, and I’d say his mother probably scolded him for that pretty frequently. His Spanish is also limited, not expanding far past the basics. It’s not unlikely that he’ll pick it back up someday but if and when he does, it will be a decision he makes for himself, not for his mother the way his brother did.