random headcanons
yuwen would love the savannah bananas
kai secretly gets yuwen hooked on "real princesses" and sometimes he joins her and her grandma for watch parties (she is sworn to secrecy about this tho)
laurie and rochelle sing for "the first time in forever reprise" every karaoke night/sleepover (laurie is anna and rochelle is elsa)
they also sing "what is this feeling" (laurie is galinda and rochelle is elphie)
laurie is actually a really good singer and does theater/choir/voice lessons after quitting softball
laurie has t1d
laurie is the kind of person who just looks like she is allergic to peanuts so everyone assumes she is until one day she's caught eating a pb&j and everyone freaks out (besides rochie). poor girl is like "im diabetic not allergic to peanuts, this is my insulin pen NOT an EpiPen."
taylor is also a pretty good singer, but it isn't her main focus like laurie
taylor loved to get the boardwalk hermit crabs every summer at the beach, but ira told her about how badly they were treated and she never got another crab again
people think tom would be good at basketball bc of his height, but he's actually AWFUL
TW: laurwen (if you don't ship, don't interact)
their school makes them do a musical every year for some sort of arts credit, 6th/7th graders have the option to audition for actual roles but it is required for 8th graders. the pickles' 8th grade show is beauty and the beast (jr ofc) and laurie is belle (QUEEN). yuwen gets beast bc he has a beast living inside him yk.
a little crush on both ends begins here but isn't fully realized/acted upon until high school when they start dating.
laurie fell first, yuwen fell harder.
cast list heehee:
belle- laurie ofc
beast- yuwen
mrs. potts - taylor*
chip - ira*
gaston- borna
lefou- lucianna (thought this was silly for the duo)
lumiere- rochelle
cogsworth - tom
babette - kai
*you just KNOW their dad is bawling in the audience about his babies growing up and getting this cute sibling moment*
