#stp headcanons

[chaoticgoodthief]

Echo

[mjlegends]

Cheated buying pepper spray to protect himself. He ends up pointing it the wrong way and sprays himself instead.

[burntpaws]

i'm finally back in the bird game!!!! and i'm making pride headcanons art for each of the voices!!! doing this in order of who was designed, so cheated is first! next will be contrarian!

(explanations below cut!)

ftm trans - trans guy! taking T and has top surgery!

disabled - missing a toe (cane in the wrong hand but he has to do it bc his arm broken :( sorry !!!) and torn wing!

omnisexual (masc pref.) - for those who don't know, omnisexuality is very similar to pansexuality in that they both include attraction to ALL genders, except where pan has no preference, omni does! and cheated prefers masc :)

i chose to represent his flags via patches since my cheated is very much stitched up - his head/neck, his middle, this man is a MESS. but he's proud!!!!

special thanks as well to my pal @/inthereverb for helping me gather references for cheated's cane! i originally had his cane waayyy too short so i fixed it up!

[salty-an-disco]

Here's some misc Opportunist headcanons, because the guy took over my mind the past few weeks–

– has like a million little hobbies and would be part of hundreds of clubs when in the outside world cuz it makes him more personable, but he doesn't give any enough time or effort to really get into them and is only good enough to say he can do them

– has some form of OCD, though his compulsions are more subtle stuff, like tapping his fingers a certain amount of times, and a specific routine he has to do every night before going to sleep. Very hard to discern intrusive thoughts from his actual thoughts which is why he thinks he's worse than he really is (which is still bad, but y'know)

– really likes dancing, especially more experimental stuff, but forces himself to stick to the popular styles that are more widely accepted and not seem as 'weird'. The occasional weird shit can't hurt though, it's good for variety!

– gets tired from social interactions more times than he'd like, but he's got pretty good at ignoring that and just pushing through. Helps that he likes talking, it's the listening that gets harder after a while

– really likes poetry. especially the overly flowery ones with extended metaphors, they help add to his vocabulary, and having a good metaphor on hand is always useful

[cracked-frog]

The stp voices self harm/ harmful habits list no one asked for!

⚠️Tw for self harm obviously

The 1st 3 are tweaked versions of a post I made before about them, now everyone else is here, also let me say this, these are MY HEADCANONS, something that is true only in my interpretation of them, not a rule and not an argument, tho I encourage yall to share your own ideas and criticisms ♡

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I think everyone at least somewhat expected Broken as the first one, I see his problems as the most visible and noticeable as negative. He's already pessimistic, or at least with tendencies to drown in a negative thought and hold onto it like there's no other choice, adding his low self esteem, willingness to throw himself to other people, giving up and submitting to others for a chance of safety. His survival isn't a priority, he doesn't feel appreciated (or needed)

He would neglect his needs, both in self care and general comfort (allowing others to break his boundaries)

I also think (because of the Tower route) he would believe in self discipline through punishment like starvation and such, I feel like the punishments MIGHT involve immediate harm but denying himself basic needs is self harm too. Staying for hours on end in bed, not eating, drinking, or preening himself. Sometimes because he thinks he just wastes recourses, bothers others or he genuinely cannot get up.

And another headcanon I got is he plucks out his feathers, one for every bad thing he thinks he did, which is a lot over time

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Stubborn! I feel like his explosive personality and need for adrenaline and fighting, chasing that feeling, making rash decisions- is the problem here. He gets the kick out of life by fighting, it's his whole "thing".

He would purposefully get into disagreements, goad them to fight him or just straight up ask for one. Of course he hates to lose them, but the most fun part of these fights would be getting injured in some way or another, that adrenaline, the pain, makes him able to feel like he's alive and not focus on any psychological existential turmoil. Most of the scars he has now are from his own stupidity. He tends to scratch off his scabs too so it leads to more scarring. Stubborn would be into pain but in a more distraction way than genuinely enjoying it. It's hard to see at first, some may even think he's just careless and doesn't realize HIS body will be scarred for life, but he does know. He wears his scars with pride but sometimes he just looks at them and remembers why he got them in the first place. Because he couldn't cope otherwise, he doesn't know any other way to stop thinking about everything that's happened.

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Now for Opportunist, we all know him but also no one knows him. His methods are more internal if that makes sense. He desperately hides parts of himself to appease others and get something out of it. He would try and make others trust him, for favors, security, sense of belonging- but once they do, he'd start pushing them away out of fear for his own vulnerabilities being revealed. He looks for tricks and lies where normal kindness is, he can't let himself accept that people don't want to harm him if they get a chance, an opening to strike. He's so deep in this delusion he wakes up thinking this is the day the flock will get rid of him. He pushes everyone away but also knows he needs them close to survive. He needs to let out his emotions, he needs to let out his fears but keeps bottling it up for a cheap mask. His self harm takes form of sabotaging every chance to get better, to be better, to let others into his mangled mind. And he has to do it. He has to keep up an act. He can't slip up. And he will keep acting until he breaks.

And you can't help someone that doesn't want help.

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Cold would get into all types of self harm, hell he'd even be an enabler or copy others' sh. He would cut himself, drink till he passes out, smash his head against a wall, burn himself with cigarettes and candles, get into risky situations such as annoying Smitten in his burning (hea) form so he gets burned or taunt Stubborn to fight him and get his ass beat. It's definitely something he tried once and got addicted, trying new ways, needing more and more pain to get that same thrill again.

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Idk why but Contrarian would definitely have an alcohol problem in my head. Maybe it's the whole "smiling depression" thing with him, he would want to run away from what he's feeling and drink himself to sleep, everything just seems way funnier under the influence, and he's even worse when he's sad so why even allow himself to feel this way?

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Hunted already has a lot of stress and he'd bite down on his hands to calm down, sometimes a little too hard. Normally nibbling down on something soft or (if there's nothing else) his palms, calms him down but at times of peak stress or fear for himself or the flock it becomes a real risk of bringing harm to himself. I can also see him seeking out something to chase and kill when he feels threatened or weak which then spirals into him thinking himself to be less conscious and "human" and distance himself from logical thinking.

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I always had this view of Hero having the oldest child syndrome, acting like a parent when he technically shouldn't have to, ignoring his own needs for the sake of others, it's nothing big but I wanna point it out, it wouldn't matter if he feels like crap if someone needs him for anything he has to be there, he has to manage the flock because if he doesn't they're gonna kill each other or something. Yea nothing much for Hero, just ignoring his feelings for the sake of others.

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Paranoid oh Paranoid, it's hard to pick something consistent with him honestly, he's definitely one of the ones that physically harms himself, scratching, picking skin, overpreening and such. But from something he said in Apotheosis I've been thinking he also just wouldn't want to get better, thinking that his obviously bad mental state is gonna help in the end, just like it did in the construct. So he'd deny any help offered or even forced on him because if he calms down, if he stops being able to pick up on the slightest details, he won't notice something bad coming.

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Smitten, as he clearly showed in game, has some unhinged impulsive behaviours, plus emotion regulation issues. (Mostly towards Cold) it would sometimes escalate into him hurting others physically, often by accident especially when he's burning already but sometimes his impulses scream at him to let out his emotions in a violent way. Those outbursts and meltdowns would also harm him in the process, not being careful, punching something hard, and general emotional burnout after.

As for unhealthy behaviours he's such a people pleaser, while also being so sure he knows what everyone needs it would quickly get overwhelming and annoying for everyone involved

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Skeptic is just the perfect candidate for that "smart guy drives himself insane" deal, burying himself in a case he can't solve and denying any help, calling everyone else incompetent and losing himself in a mystery that doesn't need solving or the answer is so easy he just doesn't believe it, which just makes him spiral more

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Cheated is a big pain himself, just a ball of hurt. He would push himself past his limits, ignoring his disabilities/ differences to others, thinking he just needs to "suck it up"

He also gives me the vibe of a guy that doesn't believe in mental illness, but like- only for himself. Everyone else may need therapy but he just needs to get himself together. And it doesn't matter if he bleeds, doesn't matter if moving hurts, life was never fucking fair for him so why would it be nice to him now?

[toadletthesecond]

Contrarian and Opportunist both use all pronouns, but for different reasons.

Contrarian does so because they saw the whole reality multiplying and breaking, how can they believe in any strong identity? + it's in his nature to break expected rules + she would want to try everything + they're stranger' ally + all other valid reasons y'know

Opportunist on the other hand does so just because he goes with anything people call him as long as they call him

"Gender is a social construct!" They both exclaim in unison, but one of their voices turns more and more into the triumphant villain laughter

[everestgale]

Pinecone / Post-Construct Lore Time!

I had this idea for a while to have my voices have a different appearance at the start of immediate post-ending story/as soon as they get their own bodies, and have their "official" designs (the ones on their reference sheets) be actually what they look like a few years into post-construct! For some, the difference is not very noticeable, and for some... well-

[Explanation of the drawings is under the cut!]

I mentioned this in the character design ask for Hero, but at the start, Hero has very muted browns and greys in his color palette, mostly resembling The Long Quiet. He doesn't gain his bright blue-and-yellow plumage until wayyyyy later, first he needs to deal with all his feelings of responsibility for his fellow voices (as the only one who actually remembers almost all of the Construct events from the get-go), his doubt in his leadership abilities, his longing for the simplicity of the Construct, his guilt for his longing-

Cold meanwhile isn't much different between his early- and late-post-construct versions, with the main difference being the tail and the shawl. For the shawl, it's actually a cute detail I wanted to add to my pinecones, which is that their "main accessories" (the ones usually labeled as such on their reference sheets - so the coat for Skeptic, bowtie for Smitten, shoulder cloak for Hunted, etc.) are actually gifts from their Stranger counterparts. So in Cold's case, his shawl is actually a gift from Paranoid. As for why... well, that ties into what happened to his tail-

Long story short, Cold joins Smitten and Paranoid on some sort of expedition or mission, the latter two would've died or gotten badly injured from [pretend EG came up what threats exist in their post-construct] if not for Cold. Unfortunately for Cold, as they're all trying to escape, his long tail gets stuck on the branches, and in a hurry, he just decides to nonchalantly cut it off to keep running. Great job Cold /lh

Anyways, they all escape, at most with some minor injuries. Something something, the incident causes Smitten and Paranoid to realize that Cold does actually care about the rest of them (even if he can't feel it), something something, Paranoid gives Cold a shawl to cover up his tail as it's (very slowly) growing out, something something. I haven't fully planned that part out yet. But! Yeah! Pinecone lore :D

[what-is-my-life-lmao]

Bro I keep imagining being partners with The Long Quiet and him just being like O-O cause all the voices like you and he doesn’t know where to start. Idk it just makes me happy. :)

I'm assuming this is a request? I'm gonna take it as a request

THE LONG QUIET & THE VOICES X READER ROMANTIC HEADCANONS

You got a 12-in-1 deal! Lucky!

At first it can be a bit unnerving to see Quiet just stare at you for minutes at a time without even moving while there's an entire war going on in his brain, you're gonna have to be patient

While all the voices love you, they have different ways of expressing their affection for you, their conversations tend to go something like this

Paranoid: Oh no no no no no this is bad, wh-what if we mess it up? What if they hate us for it? Oh no, have they secretly hated us this whole time? They're just waiting for a chance to hurt us?!?

Opportunist: Now, now, don't work yourself up over nothing, but we should still be cautious, pay attention to their face, watch our back, make sure they can't backstab us

Broken: We'd deserve it...

Smitten: Nonesense! Our beloved would NEVER put us in harm's way! Don't you see the way their eyes shine as they look into ours? There's nothing but the purest form of love in them!

Stubborn: Ugh, quit it with the chatter! I just wanna get this over with so we can fight them!! Do you see their muscles? I bet they'd pack a mean punch!!

Contrarian: I wanna see if we can throw them out the window, we never got to try it with the Princess that one time

Hunted: We've been silent for too long. They're getting worried

Cold: All of this is pointless, just ask them already

Cheated: Can't believe I'm saying this but I agree with the freak, just fucking ask them already

Hero: Yeah, I doubt they'll hate us for... Uh... What were we gonna ask them?

Skeptic: we wanted to ask if they could do the dishes tonight despite it being our turn

Hero: Oh yeah!

Quiet's feathers are really fluffy, so you basically have a giant, feathery pillow all for yourself

Your dates would vary a lot, going to a fancy dinner that Smitten found, having fun in an amusement park and getting in all the super-intense roller coasters because cold and contrarian wanted to, watching some crappy murder mystery series at home and Skeptic figures out the killer in the first episode so now he's pointing out any plot-holes he finds so you two can laugh, some friendly sparring (Stubborn would want to go all out, but neither of you can respawn since you're not in the construct so he has to hold back), cuddling in bed when one or more of them is having a bad day, etc

Speaking of bad days, I imagine they'd all have their fair amount of them, after all that they've gone through, nightmares and bad memories are to be expected, but with your help they become way less terrible

And don't think it's one-sided, if you're ever having a bad day, rest assured they'll all try their damn hardest to cheer you up and help you however they can, most of them aren't very good at feelings, but they're all determined to make you feel better, and you can bet your ass they're not giving up, whether you need help with a problem, someone to distract you, or just a shoulder to cry on, they're all here for you