#red queen headcanons

[lilo-jacos]

Maven Headcanons!

- He's very good at remembering his own personal information or that of someone else, but with legal documents and things of that nature, he is shit. He takes pictures of them and keeps them in a saved album on his phone. He doesn't care that it's not the most secure place in the world, it's the only place where he can easily look back and be able to remember what they are

- As a kid, he was standing with his family after travel and they were near a pond/park. A goose snuck up behind him and wouldn't leave him alone. To this day he has a fear of geese

- In elementary school, he only got three signings in his yearbook besides the teachers. Cal and Elane, and one boy he occasionally talked to

- He is very bad at knowing how to respond to jokes

- One of his favorite desserts is banana cream pie despite disliking bananas on their own. He will only eat them if they are presented as pie or pudding

[brideofsamos]

any headcanons for volo samos. . . i love seeing underrated characters get appreciation !!

i feel the same and can't believe how little recognition there is for him and some of the other characters in the series. also yess here are a few of my personal headcanons for him!

Volo Samos Headcanons

✧ Volo is seen more often with gloves than without. Sleek, black leather gloves that end just at his wrist and are left unadorned except for a plain wedding band and an equally simple but twice as commanding signet ring – both of them silver, of course.

✧ It's not that he can't go without them. Depending on the occasion, he might switch to wearing silk or forgo the things entirely, but the fact of the matter is, the gloves are almost as much a part of his cultivated persona as the scarcity of his words or the simplicity of his clothes. They show the rest of the Silver court that he is uninterested in their frivolity, and more importantly, that he won't reveal any more of himself than is strictly necessary.

✧ This means that whoever he does take his gloves off around? He cares for them more than he can bring himself to admit both out loud and privately to himself.

✧ Evangeline and Ptolemus can probably just about put their heads together and count how many times they've seen their father ungloved. If they thought about those moments any longer, they might also have realised how much softer he was to them then. Well, as soft as a man like Volo Samos would ever allow himself to be.

✧ But that's actually my next point. Despite how cold and detached he seems – even by the standards of other Silvers – Volo is actually a lot more hands on (pun unintended) with his family than most High House lords and ladies.

✧ This lowkey isn't even a headcanon because we already get a glimpse of the way he trained Evangeline to notice which things in a room she could use as a weapon, but I think it goes beyond that too.

✧ In their early years, even though it would have been seen as beneath him, Volo would have not only been teaching his children how to grasp their abilities, but was also the one to teach them most, if not all, of the basics of their education. After all, if Ptolemus was to be his heir and Evangeline was going to become the winning Queenstrial bride, then what better way to ensure perfection from both except by teaching them himself?

✧ Technically speaking, he is not a bad teacher but let's just say that more than once, his lessons would have resulted in the classic situation of a parent screaming at their tired and traumatised child what 2 + 2 adds up to 🥲

✧ Not sure about whether this can apply to wider Silver society or if it's more specific to the society of the Royals and the High Houses, but in my mind, they are quite Victorian about the sleeping arrangements of husband and wife. Meaning that other than for procreational purposes, most couples usually sleep in seperate bedrooms.

✧ Knowing what we do about Volo, this might seem like the least likely thing, but I think he's an example of a noble who goes against the grain and actually does share a bedroom with his wife.

✧ (And no, I'm not just saying that because I'm biased and my username is literally Bride of Samos 💀)

✧ He clearly leaves no stone unturned when it comes to having control and power. In the context of a political marriage, especially his one to Larentia, I think he would have been keen to whiff out any signs of betrayal or weakening allegiances – something he can't afford to risk if he was planning to declare the Rift a kingdom for as long as I suspect he was.

✧ There's also the story of the Poison Bride. Now, it's unlikely that Larentia would ever have gone ahead and sent snakes after him, and he certainly would have been able to hold his own, but the story has definitely made its rounds in elite circles through hushed whispers. Volo is certainly not intimidated by Larentia but again, he leaves no stone unturned and wants to make sure she knows that. So, for him, sharing a room with her would also be, a perhaps extreme, act of reverse psychology.

✧ When he repeats this formula with his second wife, it has the added bonus of cultivating a better marital relationship than most lords and ladies can dream of ...

✧ (Okay, so now that is me hinting at my own delusion but can't a girl dream?)

[maveys-baby]

Cal b like: I tried to find a newblood who could fix him..

dawg he didn't need a newblood, he needed a damn therapist lmao

[aerticent]

i’m in love with the headcanon that Maven can play the piano

[lucy-the-cat]

Maven died a virgin but if he didn't he would be suuuuuuuch a fuckboy

[skierisa]

Red queen characters if they played genshin impact

(they would have to be from our time to play it, so let's imagine it as a modern au) and I may regret mixing this two things part 2

Cal

- has all 5 stars, both limited and standard banner.

- not f2p at all

- more crystals than primo gems

- thinks mondstat is the best region

- likes to fight against La Signora and hates fighting against Oceanid, since his party consists more in pyro and geo characters (i headcananon it as Diluc, Zhongli, Itto and maybe Hu Tao but he's always swapping the fourth space)

- when he started playing, he was a Kaeya main

- chose Aether

- listens mostly do boss theme music

- favorite one is Raiden Shogun second fight theme

- doesn't like fighting Dvalin

Maven

- looses 50/50 constantly, always to Qiqi

- has almost every character, but really wants Ayato

- lost his 50/50 to Keqing once, but she was already C6, so... Completely useless

- the reason Cal downloaded genshin

- could be using money to buy crystals instead of doing daily commissions to get 60 primo gems? Yeah, totally

- why he doesn't? He wants to enjoy the game and run away from reality

- got mad while fighting Raiden Shogun when he first arrived at Inazuma and lowered his world level so he could beat her

- finally won

- hates Yae Miko with a burning passion

- his favorite region is Inazuma, but prefers mondstat ost

- his team is pure elemental reaction

- kind of accidentally chose Lumine

- thought he could change it while playing

- Childe apologist

- reasons: cool backstory, cool designs, nice voice, he's hot, very strong character, he's hot, cool design

- never, ever gets good weapon

- one of his dreams in game is to get a 5 star and it's character weapon

- worse boss to fight in his opinion is Raiden Shogun and Azhdaha

Mare

- Kujou Sara and Beidou main

- wanted Ayaka, got Ayaka C1

- Gisa helped her doing her daily commissions, ofc

- her favorite region is Inazuma, not because it's the land of lighting, she just likes it and the music too

- loves fighting against Childe and Raiden Shogun (her favorite part of Inazuma's chapter was the first fight with her) and hates fighting against Dvalin

- because of the camera angle, ofc because EVERYONE hates it

- hates the fatui mages with her whole soul, because she's main electro

- and cryo cicin mages are just devil's incarnation, so she avoids them in general

- chose Lumine

- answered "emergency food" when Amber asked what Paimon was

- when she started playing, she tried to get Barbara's C6

- constantly kills Timmie's birds

- she doesn't like using bow and arrow, so she avoids wishing for characters who uses bow and arrow

- wanted a 4 star in Yoimiya's banner and got Yoimiya, a bow user

Gisa

- probably the first amongst everyone here to play genshin

- converted Shade and Kilorn, who converted Mare to play this

- somehow, almost never looses 50/50

- started as a main Lisa

- loves Liyue region and also it's ost

- chose Aether

- loves fighting against Oceanid, since she uses cryo and electro in her party

- Patiently waiting for Kazuha's rerun

- thought he would just be a 5 star Sucrose

- used to fear ruin guards, now she kinda likes fighting them

- "YELAN COM HOME"

- she really wants Yelan

Kilorn

- probably accidentally activated Bennett's C6

- he'll never forgive himself

- accidentally got Itto while trying to get Barbara's C6

- cellphone player

- can't type while fighting

- hates fighting against fatuis

- very bad at building his characters and at least one time someone will ask to help him build his characters better

- chose Lumine

- doesn't have a favorite region, but is excited to Sumeru update

- loves Liyue ost

- plays the game out of pure fun, doesn't care if he has all or none 5 star characters

- surprisingly, the first to explore the chasm

Evangeline

- her main party consists of Eula, Raiden Shogun, Kujou Sara and Fischl (fischl is there probably because it's one of her girlfriend's main)

- saw Elane playing and decided to join

- wants Yun Jin so bad but it's the only 4 star she doesn't have

- chose Lumine

- loves anything related to Liyue

- believe it or not, her favorite boss is Azhdaha because it's the only challenging thing in the game til now

- mains cryo

- Yelan wanter

Elane

- among the silvers, she was the first to play this

- Already knows Fischl's lines and repeats them with her while playing

- Raiden Shogun apologist

- loves both Liyue arc and Inazuma arc

- everytime she comes back to mondstat she finds it very nostalgic

- y'know those little elemental plants? Yeah, she hates them too

- loves fighting against Childe and La Signora, and is patiently waiting for Scaramouche to become playable or a boss

- chose Aether

- hates fighting cicin mages in general and the hydro and cryo fatui duo

- almost never looses 50/50

- got Diluc as her first five star, but she wanted Jean and never even leveled Diluc past lvl1

- probably in the fandom

- will probably scream once she sees Dottore in-game

Farley

- Saw Shenhe and knew she had to get her

- got her after 10 wishes

- the slowest of the character's in playing, since she plays it only sometimes and after maybe 3-4 updates

- but she build her characters well

- probably loved the Windbloom festival and the second lantern rite

- chose Aether

- hates fighting La Signora, because her main party consists of Chongyun (cryo), Shenhe (cryo), Thoma (pyro) and Barbara (hydro)

- probably listens to the Inazuma OST while working

- favorite OST is Raiden Shogun boss fight theme 2

- may or may not shed a tear in Imperatrix Umbrosa act II

Shade

- got Gorou and never ever thinks of removing him from any of the four partys

- loved the Windbloom and Lantern Rite festivals so much

- tried to get Xiao, lost it to Diluc

- now he has a level 1 C6 Diluc

- chose Lumine

- hates fighting against Childe but almost everyone in his party needs one of Childe's material drops

- Uses Rosaria because she reminds him of Farley

- trying to get Gorou's constellations

- really wants Kokomi rerun

- he's still waiting for it

- but Childe got three reruns :D

- also, he hates Ajax/Childe

[evangeline-of-montfort]

theoretical newblood equivalents of silver abilities

I’m guessing these equivalents don’t exist for a reason (OP and in some cases, plain fucking weird), but this is cool to think about:

Greenwarden—theoretical newblood equivalent: I think greenys could count as elemental, so if a newblood equivalent were to exist, perhaps they could create new plant life and not simply manipulate it

Silks—theoretical newblood equivalent: would be badass and also even more superhuman

Windweavers—theoretical newblood equivalent: raise an entire hurricane, why not

Whispers/Singers—theoretical newblood equivalent: I Don’t Want To Think About That

Banshees—theoretical newblood equivalent: voice packs the approximate strength of a medium-sized bomb, can level buildings

Animosi—theoretical newblood equivalent: what if they could control the actions of humans but not read their minds? like if they had a larger range than Silver whispers but without the mind-reading bit

Healers—theoretical newblood equivalent: immortal and/or Jesus Christ

Strongarms—theoretical newblood equivalent: Thor, probably

Mimics—theoretical newblood equivalent: copy ANY ability to fullest extent, for time of user’s choosing, or without need for physical contact (or all three)

Magnetrons—theoretical newblood equivalent: based on the elemental equivalent theory.... could they produce metal?? is metal considered elemental?? perhaps not but that would be dope. alternatively, they would control metal to greater extents than silver magnetrons, ie the trace amounts of metal in your body, and probably magnetron flight as well. again, scary.

Telkies—theoretical newblood equivalent: could probably be the equivalent of a Silver elemental ability by controlling the movements of water/air/earth/fire with their minds. the Avatar, basically.

[lilo-jacos]

It's no secret that Cal could have pulled almost any woman he wanted in the courts and high houses. Or outside of it, honestly. But he was never interested in short-term dating or paid much attention to women until Mare, and he was too much of a nerd to get too deep into his interests with girls before her, so I think there were a lot of times Cal found himself genuinely confused about things women do. For example:

- He noticed a significant number of women in the guard wearing hair ties around their wrists and asked why they had it there

- He's knowledgeable about periods, because he probably took multiple health classes and he was basically raised to be a dad and wanted to take a child development course, but for some reason it never clicked why women would like to take their bags to the restroom with them. He assumed it was to avoid it being stolen

- He didn't know what a lip liner was

- He assumed that if it was casual clothing, not a gown, then surely it would have pockets. When Gisa would bring up the fact that clothes had pockets, he silently wondered why that was so extraordinary