ngl when people are into background characters I usually tend to be curious about it, as someone who loves background characters, sooo...what are your favorite headcanons about them? I'd love to hear how you see them
choco. choco. i actually clicked off the page while I was writing this ask and I lost. so. much. i think I am going to cry.
welp, here's some of the stuff I'm rewriting, it will be much shorter than intended.
-ringo is from new york and he lives with his aunt. she runs a salon.
-ringo really likes slam poetry, especially Denice Frohman. he actually has a very similar accent to hers
-ringo is the sassy blunt advice friend who is constantly pinching his nose at the dumbasses he is surrounded by.
-sandalwood and Cherry crash are fraternal twins. their dad is afro carribian and their mom is from north Africa.
-both sandal and cherry are actually very smart. cherry likes econ and studies things like class and financiers while sandlewood is interested in world religion and folklore and theology, and how that changes across cultures. he is very well-read.
-sandal wood practices witchcraft
-sandal wood always smells good. always.
-cherry raps and sings and plays base. she has a very strong voice.
-sandalwood likes RnB and indie music, as well as soul
-he listens to iyoeka and Erica Badu
-cherry crash is confrontational and action-oriented, as well as impatient. Sandalwood is usually calm, passive and usually sort of measured when it comes to conflict. They clash a lot because of this.
-Valhallen is blind and lives with his grandmother, they are Armenian.
-the neighborhood they live in is sort of run down and in the poorer part of town
-it pretty much gathers around this community center built by Crimson Napalms mom. it’s a like a ymca type deal, she runs after school stuff and clubs and holiday parties and potlucks there. it’s a lot of community organizing. Crimson helps her a lot with it, and he’s sort of set to inherit the job of managing it.
-everyone has massive respect for crimson’s mom
-Crimson is very, very politically active.
-i can’t decide whether crimson and his mother are black/mexican or hatian. Or hatian/hispanic.
-crimson does pyrotechnics! he also has a fireworks license. no he will not help you do dumb shit. he doesn’t want to lose his fireworks license.
-Brawly is white Hispanic and very pale. his family calls him blanco or blanqito
-Brawly can sing. I'm talking opera sing. the boy has pipes.
-he’s on the canterlot varsity weightlifting team.
-You know those bro posts? brawly is those bro posts. absolute Himbo.
-thunderbass moved from a small village in Scotland when he was around 9 or ten
-Thunderbass’s mom is desi, and his dad is scottish
-he’s a dancer! he loves a ton of different styles and does choreography
-Before flash and sunset dated, Thunderbass and Flash were just. theatric dorks together. everyone joked they were married or starrcrossed and they just played it up
-Thunder bass may or may not have a real actual crush on flash. my poor boi piiiiines.
-Microchip is a snarky little shit
-seriously, Mic is very sarcastic.
-mic usually does the maintenance and set up for a lot of the group’s equipment
-Microchip is neurodivergent. he has a lot of sensory issues and gets very attached to inanimate objects.
-he and flash are super close.
mic is kind of like a cat, he just sort of enjoys being in the same room as people he likes.
-flash is everyone’s go to ride
-mystery mint and her mom moved here from belarus when she was small.
-mystery mint is incredibly perceptive about emotions and intentions. not much gets past her.
-mystery mint likes knives.
-everyone calls flash a slut as a joke.
-cherry and flash both have adhd.
-when they all get together, they call themselves the Rocker’s guild. (because they’re dweebs)
Okay! here is a rundown of my favorite headcanons, or the ones I really like that I can think of rn. i have thought. so much. about these characters. this is really kinda the surface and I cannot thank you enough choco for giving me an opportunity to talk about them. I Just, They are a FOUND FAMILY and I LOVE THEM
