What are some of your headcanons for Tommy?
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So for my first headcanon, Tommy had a speech impediment such as a stutter when he was a child, and was teased about it immensely by other kids, making him feel bad about himself. He still has it, and it comes out when he’s really angry or confused, but he’s worked on hiding it, because he couldn’t handle the teasing and taunting, so he’s very self conscious about it, and that’s one of the reasons he’s so loud, is because he’s pushing back against being the quiet kid he was. I think Tommy has a lot of insecurities he hides under the larger than life personality. I actually headcanon Tommy as a big ball of jumbled up nervous anxiety that’s hiding insecurities, so he’s acting tough, but he’s really just trying to survive.
Dutch has a pretty shitty home life, so Tommy’s always having him over at his or they’ll hang out at Jimmy’s if possible. Tommy’s jokingly offered to murder Dutch’s dad, but he says it so seriously that even Dutch has trouble knowing if he’s serious or joking.
Tommy is super loyal to his friends, even when he doesn’t exactly agree with them, and he can get himself into trouble by following them or having their backs, such as ‘hating’ Daniel LaRusso, since I don’t really think he hates Daniel, I think Tommy just is loyal to a fault and thought they’d be justified in hurting Daniel because of what he’d done to Johnny at the beach. Also, under the Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy, rhetoric, he would have been still working with that.
He’s a morning person and a night owl, which makes for an annoying morning or night for his friends, especially Jimmy, who is definitely not a morning person.
Another headcanon is that, and this might be a little far out, lol, his father was a friend of Kreese’s, serving in the Vietnam War, I think possibly Tommy’s dad could have been Ponytail, since there’s a slight resemblance between the two... my headcanon for this is that Tommy grew up without a dad and so Kreese became that father figure to him, and that he felt a bit closer to Kreese because of the fact that Kreese knew his dad, who went away when Tommy was a baby, and never came back. So there’s that familiar bond, and the feelings he’s placed with Kreese because he’s the only real father figure Tommy has ever known, push him into trouble because he wants to make Kreese proud. (I noted some similarities between Ponytail and Tommy, so that’s how the headcanon went off)
I definitely think that Tommy would be the second to youngest in the Cobra quintet, and that it drives him crazy because Dutch pulls age a lot in a teasing manner, while Bobby gets a little too caring and might not know he’s babying him or telling him what to do. In fact, I definitely think that when Tommy first got to meet Dutch, Dutch told the others that he was definitely not babysitting, which made Tommy snark at Dutch, which actually instantly made Dutch like him, because he wasn’t afraid to lip off to him, which basically made them become instant friends.
He has a great singing voice, but rarely ever sings in anywhere but the shower, where he’s almost slipped, because he gets way too into the music. Dutch is the only person who knows.
He likes to come up with crazy and imaginative plans with Dutch, spending hours on it, and it can get out of hand sometimes, prompting Bobby to step in with the reality or a med kit.
He has the best hugs even though he usually goes in for a tackle hug.
Tommy’s worried that if he doesn’t go along with the group, then he’ll be alone again and virtually friendless, so he tends to follow where others lead, since he has deep seated insecurities that he is working out.
Tommy steals his friend’s clothes... I know it sounds really weird, but bare with me... it could be a jacket or something, but it’s mostly just that he absentmindedly takes his friend’s clothes because he feels comfortable with them, and he loves Jimmy’s sweaters, so his friends will find him wearing them from time to time and do a double take, like ‘isn’t that my argyle sweater that I haven’t seen in a year?’ — it used to annoy Jimmy so much, but he’s since gotten used to it, and gave Tommy one of his argyle sweaters to wear so that he’d stop randomly taking it.
While the actor was an Aquarius ♒️ I see Tommy more as a Pisces ♓️ because his chaotic energy fits more with the Pisces personality and attributes, rather than the calm and collected Aquarius... Pisces are also snarky, more so than many of the other signs, and are witty, always having something to say. Pisces people can also be rather shy and laidback or want to be the center of attention, and can be pretty loud if they’re excited, but also very quiet and thoughtful, which we also see with Tommy when he’s around his friends.
Tommy’s one of those guys that can’t sit still and is always bouncing his leg or tapping his fingers, which can annoy Bobby to no end, but Bobby is nothing but understanding, and has started bringing little items (basically the 80’s equivalent of fidget spinners etc.) that distract Tommy from getting bored or fidgety
I’m pretty sure that Dutch lost a bet against Tommy and that’s how Dutch ended up with his bleached blonde hair. Tommy teased him something awful, but later admitted it didn’t look half bad. He later admitted to wanting to try it too, and Dutch spent hours helping him bleach his hair, but when it was done, Tommy ended up looking terrible, so the two of them went to a salon and Tommy got his hair color corrected, but it was a rather embarrassing moment.
Tommy was named after The Who album, Tommy, his last name being Walker, which is the last name of Tommy from the album.
Tommy knew Dutch the longest and they were best friends even before the other Og Cobras came into the picture. He invited Jimmy to the group, though, and they formed a brotherly bond, mostly hanging out together and with Dutch, while Bobby and Johnny did their thing mostly.
He’s an excellent athlete and has tried out for not only the swim team and cheerleading team, but also the soccer team... he made the soccer team in the last year of high school, and after leaving Cobra Kai, he devoted most of his athletic time to being on the soccer team. He was definitely a defender or midfielder. He tried out for goalie as well, but couldn’t stand still long enough.
He used to tag along to his older sister’s dance classes, mainly ballet, and used to participate in the class as well. He knows a lot of ballet moves, but hides the fact that he does, because he fears getting teased.
Tommy’s one to try new things and doesn’t mind looking like a fool or something in trying it. He’s usually the one to come up with wild or fun ideas, and he usually gets Jimmy out of his shell.
He’s a whirlwind of emotions sometimes and only Jimmy and Dutch really know how to actually help him when he feels like that.
Tommy has five siblings, but only one is his biological sister, while he has three stepbrothers and a stepsister. He’s not really close to any of them, except his biological sister.
I definitely think that Tommy would have an older and very protective sister, who dislikes most of his friends, with exception to Bobby Brown and Jimmy. She dislikes Johnny Lawrence and Dutch, because she thinks that they’ve got her little brother into a lot of trouble in the past, although, she secretly likes Dutch in a romantic sense and has secretly went out on a few dates with him (if Tommy knew, he’d probably call Patricia a hypocrite) she’s a year or two older than Tommy and it bugs him immensely since she tends to, what he thinks is, mother him too much. Patty cares way too much and it turns into coddling sometimes, which pisses Tommy off and embarrasses him in front of his friends. They fight sometimes, but he’d be beside her through the best and worst of life, as she would for him. Patty is pretty much a carbon copy of Tommy’s personality, though she’s got a little more tact and knows when the occasion needs her to be sensible and not carefree and joking. She’s worked hard to keep her little brother out of trouble, and basically raised him from childhood, since their mother kind of gave up after the death of their father, when they were just little kids.
Okay 👌 I have a ton more, but those are just a few. Hope you’re having a great day!
