another bonus headcanon and more lore!! bokeh has been in my drafts for a month now, i still haven't been able to properly complete it (i'm sorry!) because writer's block is hot on my heels and summer break is ending (screaming and gagging, i don't want to go back).
anyway, as i was writing the story, i mentioned the 141 boys exchanging instagram handles with reader, which led to the creation of this post (i had a lot of fun making these profiles). there are 5 easter eggs embedded here, can you find them all?
masterlist | read bokeh here | bonus hc #1
- 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 -
his profile is public, but he keeps it relatively discreet.
price would use facebook, but he's on IG to feel hip, especially since he's surrounded by youngins now that he's back in academia.
price likes the outdoors and posts about it quite a lot. he used to be part of this hiking group where he met kyle, who he still goes hiking with sometimes.
fishing dad™
he has a wordpress website where he links all his scientific publications and writes his thought pieces.
this man is a little ancient, so he prefers posting pictures and the occasional video over stories ("this account is for keeping memories. why would i want to post something that only lasts 24 hours?").
- 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 -
of course, ghost's profile is private.
this guy doesn't ever post his face on his socials. in fact, he rarely posts at all.
has a black german shepherd named cerberus who he left in his brother tommy's care since he moved for college (this man misses his good boy immensely).
ghost goes to the gym with johnny sometimes, as seen in his stories.
his explore page is definitely filled with cat & dog posts, compsci memes, cooking content and those cool visualised physics explanation videos.
- 𝐤𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 -
kyle's profile is public and he has garnered quite a number of followers, most likely because he has the ability to post in that distinct influencer aesthetic.
he didn't even mean to gain this level of popularity. it's just that he has good composition and photography skills to make his pictures pop.
(totally not because this man looks fine as fuck).
truthfully, he's more introverted IRL than what is seen on social media, particularly in the way his posts only feature himself/his close friends and never really a "social" setting.
goes hiking with price for well-needed nature resets.
- 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐡 -
oh, this guy definitely has a public profile.
if you're wondering whether soap actually knows that many people, yes he does (i know someone like this IRL, it's insane, i could never).
posts memes and shenanigans on his story.
he actually gives good gym and workout tips. he will have his own protein shake brand one day, you'll see.
no, just because soap has a linktree doesn't mean he has an OF account (or does he? maybe he does...). it's where he links his tiktok, youtube, twitter, snapchat, tellonym, favourite charity, favourite protein powder company, etc.
basically, he's as active online as he is offline. how he manages to juggle all of that at once is beyond me.
𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲:
the instagram page is run by both staff and students.
i took inspo from several universities (i.e. harvard, oxford, sorbonne, copenhagen, toronto, groningen, zürich, UCL) when i came up with estelle.
lore-wise, it's on par with ivy league colleges, though the location of estelle is never explicitly stated.
estelle university has 8 faculties: science, social science, economics & business, law, arts & humanities, engineering, medicine, architecture.
there are roughly 150 departments and more than 250 study programmes across all degree levels at estelle.
my hc of the 141 boys for my upcoming two-part fic: bokeh.
heavily inspired by this incredible artwork by @sleepyconfusedpotato. hers is an original codmw headcanon, so i added my own codmw reboot twist for this one.
masterlist | read bokeh here | bonus hc #2
- 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 -
doctorate student (PhD) in international criminal law & criminal justice — faculty of law.
he's the type who gets things done and is always ready to bring the bad guys to justice (especially on an international scale, as it's his special interest). but at the same time, i also see him as an educative figure, like a teacher/mentor.
price has great leadership and communication skills, is good at strategic thinking, tough-minded and very efficient. i think those traits fit a law/criminology student well.
he's planning to become a professor so he can pass on the knowledge and experiences he has obtained in the past 13 years to the next generation (he's such a dad ughhh).
i'd like to think that he used to work as a criminal investigator before finding out that academia was his true calling.
he's also the type to often get burnout because he just gets so absorbed into his work/studies without knowing when to take a break. typical workaholic tendencies.
price is a bit up there in terms of age, so he doesn't party anymore. he does enjoy the occasional trip to the bar/pub to decompress and hang out with his mates, though.
- 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐲 -
graduate student (MSc) in cyber security and computer science [dual degree] — faculty of science.
this man is big brain—he's all about that strategic thinking, problem-solving, independence and precision. accompanied with his good pattern-recognition and level-headedness, ghost fits right into those tech majors.
he's pursuing a dual degree for no other reason than because he can (okay, flex).
ghost puts a lot of value in his personal space and independence, which makes teamwork a bit of a weakness for him, especially if his peers are less disciplined/logical than he is.
akin to price, i feel like he would be a perfectionist, which kind of slows his progress, as he's too focused on getting all the details right.
i think it's safe to say that ghost isn't the type to go out and party. he's just not a fan of crowds, especially full of inebriated people who can't keep their mouths shut and their hands to themselves.
he would consider going to parties if soap convinces him though.
- 𝐤𝐲𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 -
undergraduate student (BSc) in landscape architecture — faculty of architecture.
we can all agree that pretty boy kyle™ has great artistic sense and aesthetic sensitivity. he's also creative, innovative and attuned to people's emotions/needs, which makes him a great architect.
i'd like to think that gaz loves nature, hence his specialisation in landscape architecture.
i can also imagine that he would struggle with the detail-heavy bureaucracy (e.g. strict rules, permits, regulations) that is inherently tied to his major/field of work, as it would hinder with his creativity. he's never been the red tape kind of guy.
gaz is everyone's hallway crush and he's a member of the student organisation in his faculty.
while he's not a party animal like soap, he definitely wouldn't say no to letting loose with a good drink and good company (which is a bit more often than you'd think).
- 𝐣𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐡 -
undergraduate student (BSc) in marketing — faculty of economics & business.
you cannot tell me this man doesn't have charisma and people skills. in the campaign he easily broke down ghost's walls (aka the unapproachable man™) like it was nobody's business, he's just that good.
i think this major fits soap's profile because marketing students are all about networking, creativity, trend/brand awareness, good negotiation/persuasion skills and high energy.
i'd like to think he struggles the most with data analysis and long data reports, not because he's bad at it, but because it's so boring and repetitive.
in terms of college life, soap gives me the most frat boy vibes. he goes partying/clubbing once a week to go wild and get smashed (as in, to drink and fuck).
this guy is definitely a campus heartthrob. he's also the biggest gym rat—have you seen this man's muscles?
...𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬!
so in my fic they go to estelle university (it's an imaginary institution and the location is undisclosed).
since they're all doing different majors on different degree levels, i can't really explain how else they would be roommates, other than with soap and ghost knowing each other prior to the story, and the two deciding to share an apartment.
lo and behold, rent is horrendous in this economy, so soap puts out an ad for two more roommates.
price saw the ad first. because his stipends don't cover the full living costs + research resources for him to live alone, he takes up on it. he ends up being the one who recommends gaz to join them.
and bam! the 141 boys came to be (they call themselves that because they live in apartment 141).
as the oldest in the group with the highest education degree, price automatically becomes the leader/dad figure, keeping everyone in check and answering their questions about academia.
soap is probably the messiest roommate. however(!!), out of everyone, he's the most diligent when it comes to laundry because that was the one chore his mum designated to him back home.
ghost barely leaves his room—compsci things. surprisingly, he's the best cook in the whole apartment (and he cooks for all of them sometimes).
gaz is the one who makes their apartment look like a home because let's face it, none of the other guys have good interior design sense. as a creative person, he enjoys it, so it's a win-win for everyone.
