I didn't have much time to write today, so here are my dancing-related headcanons for some of the RA and BB characters <3
Will: used to be bad at dancing, but picked it up quite quickly once he started practicing his dancing for his and Alyss’ wedding. He won’t spontaneously burst into a dance, but if there’s a good vibe in the room, he’ll be glad to join. On late evenings you’ll catch him and Alyss slowing in their living room.
Alyss: used to be an even more terrible dancer than Will, but like him, she’s a fast learner. She started taking dancing lessons when the news of Halt and Pauline’s wedding came, and has been a gracious dancer ever since. But when Will plays a catchy tune on his mandola, you’ll catch her making the silliest moves, with the sole purpose of making Will laugh.
Halt: swears high and low he hates dancing, but when it’s Pauline or Crowley asking, he will gladly join them on the dance floor. If it’s a public event, he will do one dance with them, and then retake his seat, but if he’s at home, their dance sessions can take a little longer. Pauline or Crowley will provide the music by humming a tune. One some rare occasions, Alyss and Will join in and Will will play some songs on his mandola. Halt’s actually quite good at dancing, thanks to his ranger training.
Pauline: loves a good dance. She’ll gladly twirl around on the dance floor with her friends. You can catch her randomly bursting out in a song or humming a tune when she’s in a good mood. When Crowley’s around, he’ll immediately chime in, which annoys the living hell out of Halt (at least that’s what he pretends. Pauline and Crowley know better.)
Crowley: not that good of a dancer, but makes up for it with enthusiasm. Is absolutely that kind of guy that randomly starts twerking in the middle of the dance floor. Is also that kinda guy that gets the vibe going: his energy is infectious, and when he starts dancing & vibing, the other people in the room won’t take long to follow.
Gilan: biggest partier in the room. Can’t dance for the life of him, but that absolutely doesn’t stop him from vibing to the music. The type of guy to sing in the shower like they’re giving a concert, ignoring the fact that his singing is more shouting and completely off tune.
Horace: everyone seems to think that he wouldn’t be a good dancer, but can actually dance quite well and really enjoys twirling Cassie around the ballroom. He’s the kind of dad that took every opportunity to dance with his daughter.
Because of this, Maddie’s also quite a good dancer, although she’s a bit more shy about it. The only people she’ll dance with are her parents, and maybe Will and Alyss.
Cassandra is the best dancer of everyone. She tremendously enjoyed dance classes as a kid, and never stopped trying to improve her dancing. It’s an absolute delight to watch her float across the room.
Duncan & Arald are a bit the same when it comes to dancing: they know how to dance, don’t look too bad while doing it, and make up for the rest with enthusiasm.
George: can’t dance for the life of him, and doesn’t really enjoy it either. He prefers to watch and enjoy his food & drinks in peace, although he’ll join his friends when the mood’s right.
Jenny will often join him, cause she’s not the biggest fan of dancing either, especially when people are watching, but she enjoys the music, so she prefers to watch the others. Sometimes you’ll catch her and George swaying to the music together somewhere a bit more to the side, they prefer not to be in the middle of it all.
Stig & Hal (cause these two absolutely belong together): will take any opportunity to dance together. They’re not exceptional dancers, but because they’re so in sync with each other, you don’t really notice. Stig’s favourite move is lifting Hal up and twirling him in the air. Preferably when he can catch Hal off guard, cause that will send Hal into a fit of giggles.
Lydia & Ingvar look the cutest while dancing. Ingvar’s really scared of accidentally stepping on Lydia’s toes, so Lydia will whisper the steps to him. That way he doesn’t have to focus that much and he can enjoy the dance so much more. They always take it slow and keep it simple, but that’s exactly the way they like it. Most of the time, they’re the last to leave the dance floor.
When it comes to the rest of the herons, Edvin stays a bit more to the side, while Jesper and Stefan are in the middle of the dance floor, probably performing some sort of impromptu dance routine that looks an awful lot like the kind of dance you would perform for your parents when you wanted your best friend to sleep over. Ulf and Wulf are either the background dancers, or performing their own dance routine. It’s uncanny how in sync they are.
Erak & Svengal are … well, dancing. They’re certainly moving their bodies in ways that aren’t the usual. They got vibes though, so it’s okay.
Thorn’s dancing with Karina. They’re the most gracious of the Skandians on the dance floor. They also only have eyes for each other, and won’t really notice they’re the only ones still dancing while everyone’s watching them until the music stops.
Feel free to add your own dancing-related headcanons to the list!
Some headcanons for Jesper, our beloved trickster <3
No fanfic today, but instead some of my headcanons for Jesper, who's canonically the biggest trickster of the ra universe!
He has blonde curly hair that reaches his shoulders, bright blue eyes, a face full of freckles, and he's really tall and lanky
Lives with his mother, his father left when he was young, and he’s a mama’s boy through and through
He has a younger sister, they are seven years apart and he loves her a lot. She also really looks up to him and hopes to be in a Brotherband when she’s older too.
He and his family used to have trouble getting by, so that’s why he used to be a thief. Now that he’s a member of the Herons he doesn’t have to do that anymore, and he’s able to provide for his family without having to resort to stealing. Hal will also make sure that the family has everything they need.
When he was young, he initially didn’t want to become part of a Brotherband. He wanted to become a bard, and he would often write poems and songs and perform them for his mother. They were just as bad, if not worse, as the ones he composes during the series, so his mother — although she always remained supportive — would always gently let him know that it would be a good idea to have a plan B in case that wouldn’t work out.
When he was eleven, he went to see the Maktig games, and that’s when his interest in sword-fighting and becoming part of a Brotherband was sparked.
He has a really strong obsession with all kinds of reptiles and bugs. He knows a lot of random facts about them, and will often befriend one. It creeps Stig out, and Hal had to calm him down more than once after one of Jesper’s pets found it’s way into Stig’s bed.
He once had a giant pet spider named Frida, and it would randomly climb on the shoulders of the Heron’s. Most of them got used to it after a few times, but Stig never did. Each and every time, without fail, he screamed, ‘GET THIS THING OF ME!’ over and over again. Everyone would just laugh at him, before Ingvar took pity on him and took over the spider. After Jesper, he had the strongest bond with the spider. Jesper thought it was oddly sweet, although he would never say out loud that he thought Ingvar looked cute whenever he gushed over the spider.
He is really good at precision work (like the lock picking he does), so Hal will occasionally ask for his help on projects when they involve a lot of precise handwork. Jesper doesn’t express it out loud, but it makes him unbelievably proud every single time he had a hand in one of Hal’s projects. Hal still notices, and makes a point of it to include Jesper in as much of his projects as he can, because he knows how much that does for Jesper’s self-esteem.
If you guys have any other headcanons, don’t hesitate to add!
