• Ms. Pauling, considering her routine usually doesn’t really have any large meals, instead, mostly a ton of little ones here and there throughout the day. A lot of snacks that she could eat on the job. For breakfast (normally) I think she’d probably just have a coffee, and bread or something.
• Though despite her routine I think she would really enjoy a big fancy breakfast if she had the time for one. She’s definitely a breakfast girl, she’d probably really like avocado, crepes, or those dessert breakfast pancakes, definitely could see her having sweet things for breakfast like pudding too.
Days Off
• 100% if she had more days off she is definitely the kind of person to sleep in and then wake up in the middle of the day 😭😭
• But she usually doesn’t because she tries to get the most out of a one day vacation to a cartoonish degree
• But mainly it’s because she has a ton of different things she’d want to do at the same time, its why she does so good with her a million bajillion tasks, she’s more comfortable with feeling like she’s doing a lot
Winter vs Summer
• She does not prefer the heat at all 😭😭 , so summer is not her favourite season even though she likes its aesthetics
• She usually prefers a colder temp. so I could imagine if she’s ever anywhere and just doing paperwork it’s prettyy cold when you walk in there
Animal Preferences
• She has a soft spot for animals, or anything cute to her, really
• I know a lot of people would say otherwise but I think she’d be a dog person
• Baby talks dogs whenever she sees them and I think she would’ve been a dog walker in her teens
• She likes cats but she gets a bit sad because she doesn’t exactly know how to play with them
• “Awwwww — that’s a labrador I think. No. No Actually maybe a terrier. What do terriers look like again? All I know is they’re these little.. small dogs.”
• She likes hamsters, she’ll say she likes hamsters. Would probably own a mouse or a hamster or a guinea pig.
@hardtimez4dracula here ya go + its really random honestly 😭😭
What if Tf2 had an “Ultimate Weapon” for the Mann Vs Machine mode?
That would be perfectly TF2. The funniest part is that the setup makes everyone expect something world-ending.
Engineer calls it the "ultimate weapon." It's kept in a mysterious chrome suitcase. Everyone acts like it's a last resort.
Meanwhile Spy is the only person who doesn't know what's inside.
So throughout the mission you get little exchanges like:
Spy: "What exactly is zis ultimate weapon?"
Engineer: "You'll see."
Scout: "Dude, you're gonna freak out."
Heavy: "Ultimate weapon is very powerful."
Medic: "Oh, it is magnificent."
Spy: "Can someone simply zell me what it is?"
Soldier: "CLASSIFIED."
And the whole battle keeps escalating.
The robots are winning.
Sentry guns are down. Heavy is out of ammo. Scout is getting chased by fifty robots.
Everyone is screaming. So—
Engineer: "SOLDIER! THE ULTIMATE WEAPON!!"
Dramatic music then plays as Soldier slowly sets down the chrome suitcase.
The mercs stand back reverently. Spy even looks genuinely nervous for the first time in his life.
The locks click open. CLACK. CLACK. HISSSSSSS.
Golden light pours out.
Spy shields his eyes, "...Mon Dieu."
The lid opens…
And inside is the most absurd rocket launcher imaginable.
It's bigger than Soldier. It has extra barrels for no reason. It has smaller rocket launchers attached to the sides of the main rocket launcher. It has an American flag welded onto it. There's a tiny eagle perched on the scope.
The words "ULTIMATE WEAPON" are painted on the side in crayon.
Spy just stares.
Spy: "...it is a rocket launcher."
Soldier: "NO." (Soldier hoists it onto his shoulder.) "It is the Ultimate Rocket Launcher."
Spy: "What is ze difference?"
Engineer: "It's about three times larger."
Spy: "ZAT IS NOT A DIFFERENCE!"
Then Soldier fires it.
The rocket sails majestically across the battlefield— the size of a compact car. And painted across the side in giant red letters: RED TEAM RULES!!!!
It leaves a trail of fireworks with the eagle on the scope screeches.
The rocket explodes. Then explodes again. Then explodes into smaller rockets. Then those explode.
Half the battlefield disappears.
The robots are obliterated. The nearby mountain is also obliterated. So is a cloud.
The mercs cheer.
Spy looks at the smoking crater where a mountain used to be.
Okay okay, I have a perfect idea for a TF2 x Reader prompt!
Reader is a gal that hails from Mexico. But when Independence Day arrived at the base, she dresses up in so much American-themed clothes that it puts Soldier to shame.
Reader comes marching into the courtyard wearing:
An American flag shirt.
American flag pants.
American flag cowboy boots.
American flag sunglasses.
A hat with a bald eagle on it.
An absurd amount of red, white, and blue face paint.
She's carrying enough fireworks to level a small town.
The best part is that Soldier would start out thrilled. He sees her and he instantly goes: "MY GOD.” Soldier wipes away a tear. "She's beautiful."
However, Reader replaces her beautiful Mexican accent for the most broken and stereotypical Texan accent ever, like "YEEHAW, BROTHER. AH'M FIXIN' TA COOK SOME HAMBURGERS FER Y'ALL."
Engineer nearly drops his wrench. "What in tarnation was that?"
Reader grins. "THAT THERE IS MAH AMERICAN ACCENT."
Engineer looks physically offended. "That ain't an American accent. That's what happens when somebody strangles a cowboy."
The mercs gather around while Reader enthusiastically sets up decorations.
Heavy points at a banner. "Why does eagle have six wings?"
Reader shrugs. "More freedom."
Heavy accepts this explanation.
Meanwhile Engineer keeps suffering every time she speaks.
"Y'ALL WANNA DRINK SOME ROOT BEER?"
"Please stop."
"AH SAID Y'ALL WANNA DRINK SOME ROOT BEER?"
Eventually someone asks the obvious question. Probably Spy.
He takes a drag from his cigarette and gestures vaguely at the patriotic nightmare surrounding them. "Mademoiselle. Why are you doing... all of zis?"
Reader blinks. "What do you mean?"
"You are not American."
"Oh." Suddenly her expression softens.
The room quiets down a bit.
She rubs the back of her neck. "Well... America took my family in when we moved here."
The mercs listen.
Reader glances around at the decorations.
"I know America isn't perfect." She shrugs. "No country is."
Then she smiles. "But my parents worked hard here. I grew up here. Made friends here."
She gestures around the base. "I got this job here."
Engineer mutters: "Unfortunately."
Reader throws a napkin at him.
"But yeah. I celebrate Mexican Independence Day because Mexico is where I come from." Then she places a hand over her heart. "And I celebrate the Fourth of July because this country gave me a home."
Silence.
A genuinely sweet silence.
Even Spy doesn't have a sarcastic remark ready.
Heavy nods slowly. "That is nice."
"Yeah." Scout agrees.
Pyro gives a happy muffled noise.
Soldier looks like he's about to explode. His eyes are already watering.
Reader doesn't notice. "I just wanted to show my gratitude."
Then Soldier suddenly drops to his knees. "THAT IS THE MOST PATRIOTIC THING I HAVE EVER HEARD!"
Reader jumps.
Soldier is openly sobbing now. "You weren't even born here and you STILL LOVE AMERICA!"
"Soldier—"
"YOU CHOSE FREEDOM!"
"Soldier please—"
"YOU CHOSE EAGLES!"
"There's only one eagle—"
"YOU CHOSE LIBERTY!"
Reader looks desperately at the others for help.
Nobody helps.
Engineer is laughing too hard. Spy has turned away to hide a smile. Heavy is chuckling.
And Soldier spends the next three hours introducing Reader as: "My adopted American daughter."
To which Reader always responds: "I'm literally older than you."
A headcanon I have about TF2 is that the mercenaries fear Pyro when it comes to massive fires, but for anything related to domestic fire, they're completely dependent on him.
Because in TF2, there's this strange unwritten rule that Pyro is the only one who truly understands how fire works, while the rest of the mercenaries simply accept that fire appears whenever Pyro decides it should. 😆🔥
I love the image of Spy stopping at a red light in his expensive Ferrari red sports car and looking over to see Soldier furiously pedaling beside him on his bicycle at 30 km/h, somehow keeping pace through sheer patriotic rage.
Spy: "Zis is ridiculous."
Soldier: "YOU'RE JUST JEALOUS OF MY HORSELESS FREEDOM MACHINE." 🚲🇺🇸
First Date Headcanons With the TF2 Mercs - Valentine's Day Special 4/4 ❤︎
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Welcome to the end of the Valentines Day special! Writing this as I feel an evil presence brewing (I’m sick lol) so forgive the ending post being just a LITTLE shorter 😔Thank you for your ask and thank you for being patient with me. It’s always appreciated. I love you guys, and I hope you enjoyed all the February posts. I WILL try and keep this energy going into March :3 Okay, bye for real now, let's get on to the headcanons. (Also uh, yeah I took a bit of inspo from my confessions post, sorry!)
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Demo-
First of all, he's STRESSING. But second of all, he's so sweet. I think similar to how he'd confess, he would take you out for drinks or even dinner. He just would like smaller personal things. Very much a gentleman, he's definitely doing all the cheesy 'chivalrous' behavior. It's a little funny, of course, because it's 100% like over what's necessary, but it's also very charming. He will NOT shut up the rest of the night, I hope you know that you will listen to anything and everything he can think of to talk to you about. He's so talkative once he's calmed his nerves a bit. Basically, has heart eyes for you the entire night. You will NEVER see him look anywhere but you for more than a few seconds. Also, very touchy if you're okay with that, he will hold your hand, lean on you, you might even get a kiss on the first date if you're interested.
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Engie-
Engineer would be less nervous I feel. Sure, he would have normal nerves but nothing as bad as some of the other mercs. I think we would be pretty traditional too, you'll definitely get flowers, and compliments. Stealing again from my confessions post, (I know, I'm sorry </3) I've just always though Engie would do picnic dates because they're sweet and private. I think he really just likes being able to sit somewhere it's just you two. There's also a lot of talking, although it's not quite rambling or just general conversations. I think there's a lot of sweet talking and continuations of earlier confessions, as well as deeper discussions about whatever either of you want to talk about really. I think he wouldn't be as physically forward, but if you're someone who's happy with that, he'd have a smile on his face if you lean on him while spending time together.
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Heavy-
He is cooking for you both, but this can and will go two separate ways. The easier option being that you don't (or can't) offer to help. If you sit near the kitchen while he cooks there's not a lot of conversation, but spending time together is enough. He will also subtly show off. No, he won't admit it. He has NO idea what you're talking about. Now if you do offer to help, he WILL let you but also, it's a bit reluctantly. Not in a way you'll necessarily notice, but part of him is just used to, and happy to do things all on his own. When you do help, he'll guide you gently through the different steps and sometimes comment on random things. Overall, it's a nice experience and the food is of course very good. It's just something small, but meaningful between the two of you.
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Medic-
Unfortunately, I think Medic would be HORRIBLE at planning dates. I'm sorry to tell you but you're going to have to hunt him down. I think ultimately a date night would be a night spent in the med bay, either watching something together or talking while he performs whatever experiments he's locked in on this week, He's super giggly the whole time, I've always thought he's a person who laughs when he's nervous or embarrassed. He's also overexplaining EVERYTHING. He can NOT shut up. If you're watching something together you will spend the entire runtime of it being given every fact that's in his head. If he's doing some type of experiment he's telling you exactly what he's doing in great detail. It's a mix of nervous rambling and somehow also confidence. Also, of course the doves are there. They WILL fight for your attention, and Medic will get jealous. This is your fate now.
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Scout-
Lord, we know how Scout sets up dates. We all saw Expiration Date. But I'll spare you. I think Scout would do good with a dinner and movie date. Nothing super fancy. You guys are getting chicken, and you ARE getting the ”wanna do it 😼” line or he might actually die. But I think he would do a lot of the cheesy stuff. He's doing the yawn and putting his arm over your shoulder in the movies; he's always GOTTA be a BIT ridiculous. He would generally be very kind, and do all the same traditional gentleman stuff, you'll get his jacket if you're cold. After the movie when you two are getting dinner, he's a lot more relaxed, still trying to be overconfident and cool, but he'll also just have fun talking with you and making you laugh at whatever dumb jokes he comes up with. Also, if you DO take him up on his line, jokingly or otherwise, he might pass out in the restaurant, so, use that to whatever advantage you wish.
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Sniper-
I think if Sniper were do set up a first date it would be a lot like Medic in that he's not really all that good at it. But unlike Medic you won't have to hunt him down, you'd just have to ask him directly. He'd wait until night and take you both a bit farther out into the desert away from any lights that might come from the base and set up a nice spot to just look at the stars. I don't think Sniper is all that talkative, but there's still nice conversations to be had regardless of how many words are actually spoken. Because it IS late, if you fall asleep, he understands, and will make sure you don't freeze. He actually doesn't mind spending time together in silence. If you don't fall asleep however, he might make a fire or ask if you'd like to drive around a bit. He just likes spending time doing random things and being together.
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Spy-
I will always say, like father, like son, in how ridiculous both Spy and Scout are when it comes to romance. Spy would be both pretty good at dates and also oddly pretty nervous. Okay, hear me out! I honestly think he hasn't been on a date in a while. So he's not SUPER nervous or even outwardly nervous, but he's definitely got some nerves, you know? I think the dinner would be pretty fancy, and he would be much like some of the others, really hyping up the traditional/gentleman role, but it comes across a bit sillier coming from Spy because it's such an absurd thing from him (who does bro think he is 🙄). I think he would get you flowers too, as well as being a bit quicker to physical touch. He will 100% get a bit flustered if you somehow take the lead on anything to do with the date. (Also not too much detail, unfortunately, but I think he would take you dancing too :3)
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Soldier-
You think you can escape training just because you two are on a date??? HELL NO!!!! Unfortunately, you WILL be working out for what you guess could be considered a date. (Now don't tell anybody I told you this, but if you can't work out, there's a chance you can just watch, lucky you!) While all the other mercs are a bit more reserved with physical touch, Soldier IS tackling you. If you're into physical touch man you're having a great time. I will say, similar to Sniper if you want to do something else, being direct is probably the best way to go about it. He thinks training and being battle ready is a great date, but hey if you want to go to dinner all you had to do was ask. But if you are okay with just training you will get plenty of compliments, about just how strong the two of you are together.
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Pyro-
I actually think there are two options for first dates with Pyro. It can depend on how comfortable you are with things. I think Pyro would really like having a sleepover, but they obviously understand if you aren't down for that. It would then just ask if you wanted to hang out with them! Have a tea party, listen to music together, or just talk (with sign of course, still a major ASL pyro truther). But! If you are more comfortable with the sleepover idea it would be very sweet. A lot of stereotypical things, movies, gossip, if you like having your nails done, they are shockingly good at doing it. I think it is also very clingy. They would of course give you the option of sleeping wherever you want, but if you're okay with physical touch, they will be practically wrapped around you the rest of the night, utterly thrilled.
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And that's the post! Again, sorry it isn't as long, or possibly as good as my other posts this month, but God cursed me with being ill, so it's a miracle you've heard from me at all (/lhj). I love you guys and thank you for putting up with me and my bullshit. I hope you all enjoyed the Valentines Day specials, and I promise I'm going to be posting more consistently throughout the rest of 2026. Okay, bye!!
Does anyone else see Scout from TF2 as more of a squirrel or maybe a cheetah instead of a rabbit?
I think a rabbit is just the go to for every speedy character due to the association, and as cool as it is I think other animals fit him better, you know?
Like I said, squirrel fits him, it goes with that ‘chucklenuts’ thing.
There’s a bunch of squirrels in Massachusetts,, and the guy kinda looks more squirrel than rabbit in my opinion. In Meet the Scout the way he beats up the BLU Heavy.. also gives off squirrel.
