About wingfics, and on the topic of TF2... do you have any ideas about how a wingfic would take place in TF2? Or any HCs revolving the Mercs and wings? I'm very interested in this and would love to hear what you think!
Howdy Howdy. My main idea is that the mercs just do a lot of air fights, but I DO have some specific headcanons for each mercenary! Also, I'm assuming we ignore real-world logic that wings would have to be MASSIVE to support a human, because rocket jumping was invented before stairs in TF2, so. Offense Scout - I was originally gonna make this guy a humming bird, but I went with a peregrine falcon, the fastest bird on earth! He goes out to fly.. Alot.. If you can't find Scout just look up. He's probably doing some tricks. He knows all the tricks. LOVES divebombing people. He has crashed into things on occasion while flying because he was trying to impress someone and wasn't looking where he was going. uses wing-safe dye a lot (I assume this is something that would exist in Bird World) , usually dyes his wings the team colour. RED Scout is friends with RED Pyro because his wings look like fire when the sun hits them. Soldier - Eagle, what type I'm sure is obvious. His wings are pretty damaged , so he can only fly for short distances, or glide. This was an excuse to keep him rocket jumping. It gives him momentum so he can take off faster than the others. Instead of market gardening he just rocket jumps below someone and slams his head into them at high speeds. Has caused so many broken ribs or punctured organs. Someone gave him a hat with a spike on the top and it was IMMEDIATELY revoked Pyro - burnt wings, can't participate in air fights because they can't fly. Kind of bummed that they can't get close to the Giant Ball of Fire in the sky. Engineer doesn't participate in wing fights much either so they get to hang out. RED pyro spends a lot of time admiring Scouts wings because of previously-mentioned fire thing. Defense Engineer - I'm not sure what bird he would be, but he doesn't fly much anyway. Doesn't do airfights much, it's not like he can carry a sentry around while flying. He's strong, but the extra weight can throw him off while flying. Locks down the ground with Pyro. Mostly stretches his wings in early game when he flies around to find a good spot for his sentries. He has so many more cheesy sentry spots now. Has occasionally forced the teams to move the fight up higher because he found a spot high enough that his sentry could target the flying mercenaries. Demoman - Puffin. They're common in Scotland, I think.
it can be a bit of a struggle to get used to flying while drunk. But when he does he is a fucking MENACE. Ever tried to dodge explosives while flying?? no?? yeah. He can't use stickybombs but who even gives a fuck. When he falls asleep while flying (He does fall asleep in some of his voicelines) he tends to just glide for a few moments before he wakes up. Heavy - Siberian crane, an endangered species from Russia!
Stays with Pyro and Engineer mostly, it's difficult to minigun someone when you're in the air. Also just didn't fly much as a kid. His situation just didn't allow for it. He's flying more often nowadays though, to make up for lost years.
Support Spy - Owl Owls are completely silent fliers, and can turn their head 360! Perfect fit for Spy, if you ask me. Silent and can keep an eye on whats going on around him 24/7. likes to glide around the enemy team while cloaked and then backstab them and dive to get out before they can catch him. He is so happy that Pyro can't fly. Of course, it is a very bad thing that Pyro cannot do that, but he's selfish and an asshole so I think he's mostly thinking like " Hah. Loser can't spycheck if the spy is off the ground! " I want Spy to die like, right now. Sniper - Falcon Falcons have REALLY good eyesight, so it's super convenient for him. He's specifically a Peregrine Falcon. I don't careee that he's from New Zealand actually shut upppp.. I don't caaaaaaareeee... He can be an australian bird if he wants... Likes to hide up in trees to snipe people since he doesn't have to climb them, he just flies up there. A lot more annoying since if someone is above you, you need to be checking them constantly to make sure they haven't been sniped and aren't plummeting towards you to knock you out of the sky. Medic - Dove Obvious pick for the bird, but I don't know what else you want from me. two of his usual healing targets are mostly landlocked, so he ends up healing others more. Tries to convince Heavy to stretch his wings. His feathers are CONSTANTLY stained with blood, no matter how much he tries to fold them against his back while performing surgery. He will always get blood on them. It's one of those inevitabilities.
