Ho hum, thinking about angst headcanons for my SpongeBob OCs.
Thinking about Riley always instinctively looking for their siblings and waiting for them to say something, to hear their voices, only to realize they’re not there, and remember how their siblings that they helped and practically raised, abandoned them with their parents like they never even existed. Riley hiding their art and their passions and things they love to do under lock and key, because they were always shamed and labeled as the ‘family embarrassment’ for their behaviors and interests. Scared to displease anyone, to make the wrong choices, knowing if they do, they’ll be punished for causing anyone trouble- or so they learned under their parents’ disgusted and irritated yellow eyes. Riley getting anxious every time SpongeBob or Patrick have to leave, because they’re worried they’ll never come back like their parents did, and they did something to make them not want them anymore.
Thinking about Maverick always remembering their dad when they see hospitals or hear someone coughing from illness. Maverick seeing a younger sibling play with an older brother and getting so wrapped up in memories they snap and need to blow something up to forget. Them getting injured and when Plankton or Karen suggests a hospital, Mavey breaks down in tears and begs to not be sent there, memories reeling and them covering their ears so tight they can barely hear the former/latter apologizing and asking what’s wrong. Mavey flinging theirself into their performances and magician-themed explosions they nearly get their fins blown off, but they don’t care because they only feel alive and free from the thrill.
Thinking about Terrell pushing himself hard to do things his ADHD won’t let him do, or forcing himself to read so much he gives himself headaches, because then he thinks his parents will stop fighting and they’ll love each other again. Terrell seeing Squidward leave after scolding him for something to go to the store, and Terrell suddenly grabs his legs and cries, profusely apologizing and promising he’ll stop “being weird”. Terrell meeting other kids like in Squidville and immediately the other octopus kids avoid him, saying he looks strange and he’s too ‘dangerous’ and ‘outside-y’ to play with, and Terrell ends up slumping in Squidward’s arms, wondering what he did wrong.
Thinking about Vaiana putting on shows, all day, every day, wanting to take a break, but then her manager tells her that she’s disappointing her fans and that she shouldn’t be afraid of a little hard work, and his phrases are so silkily spun that she believes every word and can’t think otherwise because she’s born into high society. And in high society, you can’t have problems or disappoint anyone. Those are for other people, not her. Vaia hating herself every time and refusing to keep mirrors in her penthouse, covering herself in the most expensive clothes and dieting so hard she barely eats Suh-lads, both from her anorexia, and from her manager that celebrities don’t have imperfect bodies. Vaia refusing to wear short pajamas, even in summer, because she knows what’s underneath and hates it.
Thinking about Rhiannon thinking about all the different fashion schools and degrees she could’ve gone to, and all the modeling contracts she could have gotten if she had just been there to catch Morrigan before she fell and got her leg amputated, and how Rhia still loves her sister, but feels so broken when she thinks about what could’ve been. Rhia not reacting to anyone saying anything speciesist, but still hearing people say “isn’t she too big to be in a place like this?” and “darn ink-squirters, always getting in everyone’s way” and just sighing numbly instead of calling them out on their bs. Rhia wanting desperately to make fashion lines for more species than just fish, but every time she tries people harshly judge it and call her too “exetreme” all because she made suits for cephalopods like her and dresses for crustacean women instead of fish outfits other species have to modify.
Thinking about Odell not following the sea turtle way of life, and staying in Bikini Bottom instead of traveling nomadically. Not because she wants to, but because of her fin injuries and how she physically CAN’T. Odell not seeing her family anymore and being seen by other turtles as ‘pitiful’ despite still being able to do everything else they can. Odell wanting to go out and talk with Mr. Krabs, or go to a cafe and hang with Mrs. Puff, but her pain meds making her so sleepy and weak she can’t leave her house. Odell looking at pictures of her memories in Kamp Koral and wishing she could have stayed there with her campers instead of what happened after.
Thinking about Ellie, when she gets older, and she goes to school do the first time. How the other kids avoid her like the plague and mock her spines and last name, calling her “Urchin Girl” and being scared of her no matter what she tries to do. Ellie picking fights against the kids who pick on her, only for them to pick on her more. Ellie coming home every other day on the verge of tears, and no matter what SpongeBob says while he holds her, or what Patrick does with her to take her mind off it, it doesn’t wash away how she feels when the other kids whisper about her behind her back or their parents complaining about their children being in the same class as a venomous lionfish. Until she meets her friends, of course…
Y’know. Just SpongeBob OC stuff.
