if the Loud sibs had superpowers, what would you think they'd be and which siblings would be superheroes or supervillain (or anti heroes and anti villain since let's face it, they're not exactly servants of the law, nor are they genuinely evil)
Ooh, interesting question!
I’ve been thinking hard about the whole superhero/supervillain thing, and I think it would be fun if the siblings had some kind of big fallout and were now split into two opposing sides, loosely in the style of Captain America: Civil War.
Ok I ended up yapping A LOT, so all my many thoughts are under the cut!
Okay, so this set-up offers up a lot in terms of interpersonal drama, if you want to take this in a more serious direction. Something (or multiple somethings) happened to push the family apart -- they still love each other, but now there’s a whole lot of mistrust, resentment, and disagreement clouding that love. They all think they’re doing the right thing and don’t understand why the others can’t see that they're wrong!
That being said, they’re not all just superheroes -- some of them definitely do lean more villainous, but it’s more about them working outside the law than intentionally hurting people. Like you said, I don’t think any of them is genuinely whole-heartedly ‘evil’, and I would definitely be more interested in exploring more complicated motivations than plain good/evil.
I don’t know the exact details of what the siblings are so divided about, but I think vaguely the idea would be that one side (call it Side A for now) are the more classic ‘superheroes’ who have some kind of code and system they abide by, working within the law, whilst the other side (Side B) are the more uhhhh morally loose ones, let’s say.
(I don’t think they’re even all necessarily in alignment with each other within those teams, with a lot of disagreements over what to do and how to do it. I mean, they’re siblings -- they can’t even agree on what to watch on TV, you think they can agree on complex ethical dilemmas? )
(Also although it’s pretty common for them to team-up, they do also all operate independently doing their own things, too.)
As for who is on which side, hm. I had the idea to split all the roommate pairings à la ‘Room with a Feud’, with Lincoln trapped in the middle as a lone neutral agent. This lets us have even numbers and also puts Lincoln in a really interesting (and extremely typical lol) position of trying to mediate between his sisters. Additionally, I think it presents a lot of opportunity for angst, that they’ve all grown so far apart from the people they were once close enough to share a room with :-(
Okay enough yapping! Now onto -- well, more yapping, except this time I’m actually talking about the specific characters.
Lori
Alignment: It makes sense to me to put Lori on Side A as the de facto ‘team leader’. She definitely thinks she’s at least 99% in the right, and is frustrated that her siblings won’t just do what’s clearly best for everyone. Her anxiety and insecurities cause her to overcompensate and double down through sheer stubbornness, which doesn’t help matters. She’s secretly really, really hurt that half her siblings resented her leadership enough to switch sides :-(
Powers: I think besides the typical roster of enhanced durability, agility and combat skills etc, Lori’s main special ability would be creating portals and using them to teleport not only herself, but others too. She’s the one her siblings rely on to travel from place to place, in the same way that in the early seasons she’s the only sibling with a driver’s license lol. I like her being the leader and therefore more of a strategist, able to see the whole battlefield (maybe she can fly, too…?) and move her siblings around… a little like pawns on a chessboard. This also plays into her more bossy ‘control-freak’ tendencies quite well too!
(Plus, I also like the thought of her being one of the most powerful of the siblings, and feeling a lot of pressure from that responsibility. She needs to protect them, you know?)
Leni
Alignment: With Lori on Side A, this means we’re putting Leni on Side B (wow, I really need to come up with better names for those). Anyways, Leni is sweet and selfless and feels just awful about ‘betraying’ her sisters, especially Lori, and is generally the main proponent of everyone just making up and being friends again. Despite the guilt, she switched sides because she genuinely thought it was the right choice to make in order to help the most people -- including her wayward little sisters, who she was worried about getting into trouble with no one there to heal them. Side A has Lori, so they’ll be okay without Leni… right...?
Powers: I quite like putting Leni in more of a supportive healing role. Perhaps she has the ability to repair damage -- maybe like a Miraculous Ladybug style thing where she can fix anything that was broken after a battle (buildings, cars, people…), with the caveat being that she can only specifically repair things -- not completely restore them. If a building burns down, that’s just ash now. If someone loses a limb, she can heal the remaining tissue but she can’t bring it back. And if someone dies…
Of course, this is a pretty taxing process, and the bigger and worse the damage she’s trying to repair, the more it takes out of her.
Also when it comes to healing biological matter, I think we go with a form of emphatic healing, where she can ease people’s pain and calm them down. Maybe we lean into her selflessness, so it’s that she absorbs the pain and stress at the cost of herself. ie, she can only heal as much as she’s able to give. Poor Leni.
Luna
Alignment: This is where I immediately doubt my roommate split idea, because it makes so much sense for Luna to be on the anti-authoritarian Side B (and tbh, I’m still not totally decided on the alignments -- they’re liable to change!). At the same time, I think it could be interesting if she stuck on Side A, despite her rock n’ roll anarchist persona, because she really values loyalty. This could be the source of a lot of tension, where she feels like a fraud and a hypocrite and loses some of her confidence in her identity -- and maybe she has doubts about whether they’re really doing the right thing or not.
Powers: Predictable, but I would give her Bardic musical powers with a range of applications. She can amplify her music and play superpowered chords that create powerful shockwaves. If she projects her voice enough she can make it physically painful to be within earshot, making people collapse or forcing them to run away. She maybe also has the ability to boost her teammates by accompanying a fight with a song, like magical inspiration! Of course, there’s some downsides to these powers: she’s weak if anything happens to her voice or ability to play, and her powers affect everyone within earshot, not just her enemies, so there’s a lot of possibility for friendly fire.
Luan
Alignment: I’m erring towards putting Luan on Side B, if only because, let’s face it, she would make for a really fun anti-hero slash lowkey villain. We’ve all seen her on April Fools. But I can also see her being the loosest cannon on Side A -- whilst she’s technically aligned with them, she’s a bit of a wild card. And maybe there’s some other things going on with her… some kind of Green Goblin-esque corrupting factor…? Mr. Coconuts gone wild? Hmm.
Either way, whatever side she ends up on, Luan’s still doing her own Luan thing. It honestly depends more on where I end up putting Luna.
Powers: Illusions! Luan’s whole deal is being able to conjure up illusions, and how effective they are is heavily dependent on how clever and creative she can be with them. Some applications include the ability to disguise herself, straight up just become invisible, tricking people into running into walls (or oncoming traffic…), tricking people into fighting each other, casting mirror images of herself so you don’t know where to punch, or conjuring up full on hypnotic cuckoo-land nightmare-scapes. The possibilities are endless!
Luan is very much a support player, using her illusions to manipulate the battlefield and confusing their opponents so that her teammates can get hits in on them. Her weakness, of course, is that none of it is actually real, and her illusions can’t directly hurt people -- even if it feels like they can. I also think the bigger and more complicated the illusions, the more energy it takes -- she can tire herself out real quick by going overboard.
Lynn
Alignment: Hm. Tough choice here between Lynn and Lucy. See, part of the difficulty is that I don’t know what specifically the sisters have fallen out over, or else it might be easier to decide what each of their exact opinions are on the matter. That being said, I’m going to hesitantly place Lynn on Side B. I think she is more likely to be outspoken and openly disagree with Side A, and also with the powers I have in mind it will lead to slightly more balanced teams.
Powers: Lynn is raw power, baby! She’s got something Hulk-like going on, where if she gets riled up enough (based on her heart rate, maybe?) she can transform into a bestial super-powered form with enhanced senses, strength, durability etc that allows her to just go berserk. I like her ability being something very physical and instinctive!
The issue is one of control. The more often she transforms, or the longer she stays shifted, the more she loses her human mind and the harder it gets to switch back. The bloodlust leads to a higher and higher heart rate, which in the worst case scenario could cause her to get trapped as a rampaging monster until she forgets who she is completely. Oops!
Also, since it’s dependent on her heart rate, it means Lynn needs to be able to exercise enough self-control not to get riled up in the wrong situations. See the problem?
Lincoln
Alignment: Like I said, Lincoln is in the sad sad position of not being on either ‘side’. He’s the only one besides Leni who is also very much vouching for everyone just coming together and talking things out… although that never goes well. He wants to understand where everyone is coming from but refuses to pick a side, because he doesn’t want to choose any of his sisters over the others -- although this has still made some of them feel frustrated and betrayed by his lack of commitment. Especially when they’re clearly in the right.
Still, the one thing they can all agree on is that they’re worried about their brother doing hero stuff out there all alone...
Well, alone with Clyde. But still!
Powers: Lincoln can mimic other people’s powers! I think this ability suits him really well as a jack-of-all-trades type character, and it opens up a lot of fun possibilities for people to get their own powers used against them. He can only ‘copy’ a power if he has direct skin-to-skin contact with another super-powered person (it doesn’t do anything with mundane people) -- it would be cool if it wasn’t optional, so he automatically copies the power of the last person he touched whether he wants to or not. This could be used against him, or it could lead to some fun scenarios where he discovers someone he thought was normal actually really, really isn’t.
It also means Lincoln is in the perfect position to empathize with all of his sisters’ various super-issues, because he’s the only one who can genuinely understand how it feels.
Lucy
Alignment: I’m putting Lucy on Side A by default, since I’ve already put Lynn on Side B. I wish I had more to say about this!
Powers: Lucy is able to control shadows and manipulate darkness. I’m maybe imagining something Raven-esque where she can cast spells and dark magic through recited poetry. In any case, she can do all sorts of things with her powers: bend darkness until it’s a solid, palpable weapon in her hand, use it to restrain people (I’m picturing it latching onto their ankles when they move through a dark space), attack people with their own shadows, wrap darkness around people’s faces and blind them, and so on…
She’s at her most powerful when it’s dark, and weakest in brightly lit areas.
Lana
Alignment: Side A. Between her and Lola, I think the latter is wayyy more likely to butt heads with Lori and go off to do her own thing, whilst Lana doesn’t want to leave her sisters or give up on the familiarity of their home turf. Also, like with Lynn, it makes for more balanced teams.
Powers: I would love to see Lana with Beast Boy powers, so I think she should be able to shapeshift into different creatures! We could also go the Animorphs route with her having to have touched and absorbed that creature’s DNA in the past before she can change into it, if we want to add a layer of difficulty. Eventually she learns how to mix-and-match different pieces of DNA and turn into unholy hybrids, which really kicks her fighting skills up a gear… also, she can talk to animals of the same kind whilst shape-shifted.
Not only is she a force to be reckoned with in battle, but Lana’s power also has a lot of tactical uses. She can turn into bugs and scout places ahead of her team, or turn into a bird and fly above the city to track people down, or generally just sneak around as a rat or something without anyone knowing it's her (which would give Side A a way to even the playing field if Luan is on Side B).
Limitation-wise, we could also use the Animorphs time limit, where if she stays in morph for longer than 2 hours, she’ll be stuck forever. Also, maybe her animal morphs come with their own instincts that she has to exercise control over?
Lola
Alignment: As said before, Side B. Her and Lana really really miss each other :-(
Powers: For Lola, I’ve decided to give her the power to conjure mirror-like shards that she can use as projectiles or to deflect attacks. I also thought of giving her the ability to use reflective surfaces to spy on people, or even communicate through. I’m not sure exactly what the range or limitations of that are -- maybe she has to be familiar with the surface she’s trying to see through (so she can’t spy somewhere she’s never been before), or/and she has a specific magical compact mirror she carries on her that she uses to do this.
I’m imagining her and Lana using this ability to talk to each other in secret <3
Lisa
Alignment: Lisa is definitely on Side B. I can even see her being one of the main instigators of the Split (it’s capitalized, which is how you know it’s serious), with her being frustrated that she’s invented the perfect solution to fix some major issue and then being repeatedly told by people she considers less intelligent that she can’t use it because it’s ‘unethical’ and has ‘troubling implications’. So she has to watch a situation get worse and worse, until eventually she just decides that it’s illogical to follow codes and rules when she obviously knows a way more effective way to deal with things. The results speak for themselves, don’t they…?
Powers: I do like Lisa genuinely just being really smart and inventing a bunch of contraptions, no powers involved. Still, maybe we can give her some lowkey telekinesis that she mostly just uses to help her around in the lab. Floating beakers around and whatnot.
But Lisa’s main deal is supplying her team with useful gadgets and doohickeys, battle-robots, and generally taking care of all the research and remote intel gathering.
Also, I think she has a mech suit.
Lily
Alignment: Is a baby. That being said, Side A.
Powers: I’m taking the Jack-Jack approach wherein Lily’s powers haven’t fully formed yet -- or her siblings don’t think she has any, and then at some crucial moment it turns out she does. So she might be an extreme wild card for her team.
I don't know if you've already mentioned it, but how many seasons do you have planned for The Guardian? Also, what is your favorite out-of-context line from any upcoming chapter :-D
Ooh thanks!
1. Well, um (checks notes) 9 seasons. At least. Yep.
2. Hmm, tough, but... "Why the hell did you just spritz me?!"
Btw, it's possible your third comment got cut off? Idk, but regardless, I am really grateful for all your thoughts! Like I wrote on my reply to you, I worked on that story for 3 years, worked even thought it took everything out of me, and I didn't get much feedback XD so I appreciate this greatly!!!
Yes, it looks like my first and third comments got cut off early, which is annoying -- I looked into it, and apparently the site HTML processes the ‘<’ symbol kinda weird, which is what caused that. So every time it cut off it was because I was trying to write a heart like this <3 haha. But I sent the rest of the missing comments just now! Luckily I wrote everything down in my notes as I was reading :-D
Also, I just like making sure authors know their work is appreciated, especially when you’ve obviously spent so much time and effort on it! It's always a little heart-breaking to see people's writing not get a lot of feedback or comments, especiallly when it doesn't take much to let the author know you enjoyed their fic. So it's the least I can do!
Just saw your comments and they put such a smile on my face! I wasn't expecting the response (in the best way, long comments are like nectar of the gods) and I'm thrilled to reply to it! Thank you kindly!
Of course, you're so welcome!! It's so much fun to write down my thoguhts and feelings as I'm reading, it really pushes me to pay attention and appreciate all the little details. And talking with the author about their work is one of the best parts of fanfiction culture, so it's a shame people don't do it more!
I'm looking forwards to reading what happens next... expect the return of the mega-comments for Chapter 2 soon :-D
Got any TLH AU recommendations? I wanna explore some of the fandom’s AUs :D
Oooh, this is such a good question and I very much wish I knew more AUs, but like all of us I'm mostly reblogging from the same 3-4 people </3
I'm a big enjoyer of @only-has-three-fs-to-her-name's My Sisters The Villains AU, where Lincoln is the superhero Ace Savvy who has to defend the town against the villainous Full House Gang (guess who). It's fun and mostly light-hearted, and it offers a tooon of potential in terms of sibling shenanigans! There's some fun identity stuff going on there too :-D
I also like the same person's Loudide AU, which takes place in a fantasy setting where the siblings were seperated at birth (prophecy, curse, long story) but eventually find each other again and travel around having adventures!
You also should absolutely check out @spongeguyandlelouchvibridankia's The Guardian, about Lori getting super-powers and having to grow into being a superhero. There's a ton there to read and enjoy, and I absolutely recommend it!
(Aka: A rewrite of Fools Paradise’s ending because the writers are too pussy to make it actually terrifying)
Notes:
( []= Thinking
Normal= actions
“” = Speaking )
It’s in Lana’s POV
Word Count: 1282
TW: Allergic Reaction!!
This is my first 1st person POV fanfic
I looked up at the ceiling which was pretty high up from how far I fell. Luckily I landed in some pie! But it looked kind of familiar..what kind of pie did Luan make? I might as well try it out a bit since I’m a bit hungry and I don’t think the rest of my family can reach me down here. I took a little lick of the inside of one of them since it smashed on my cheek down here.
[Hmm.. Tarty, sour… uh oh..]
Then it hit me.. it’s rhubarb. Out of all the pies it had to be rhubarb! I already felt my mouth going numb and I tried to open it to spit it out. My tongue started to hurt and my throat was too itchy for me to yell for help..
[I remember back when I was a toddler and I ate some rhubarb jam at a preschool party. They had to call an ambulance and everything! They gave me something called an.. EpiPen? It’s supposed to save me from dying. Did Mom bring it? No wait Dad did! Uhm.. wait.
It’s in my room all the way back at the house!!]
I try to get up but I start to feel dizzy and slip in some more pie. I land on my back but I get even more rhubarb on me. It only affects my throat and stuff so I’ll be fine.. right? Then my arm starts feeling itchy like it’s on fire! I look down and see it swelling up. I’m all sweaty and I can’t move.. [I just wanna go home now.
Maybe this is just a really bad dream! Luan wouldn’t actually try to make me sick on purpose right? Maybe I can try to yell for help!]
“Help!” I wheezed out, just my luck. I can’t even say anything anymore!
I looked around for any pieces of the cart that fell but they must be under the pie. Rats! I start to get mad and really scared.. I can’t see anything up there so they must be trying to get a rope or something! I crawled through the pies, each making my palms feel like hot water balloons. Ouch. I finally found a piece, some pieces of wood from the original cart!
I picked up the pieces and stuck them in the dirt wall and tried to climb up. My arms felt heavy and I couldn’t see very well. I tried not to get splintered but it was hard because the wood had just split. I’m almost at the top and I see some wires.. that’s not a good sign.
[Who designed this place anyway? Fake rooms, faulty wiring, and a deep pit of rhubarb pie? Geez this April Fools is starting to feel like a living nightmare! I hope Lola is okay… maybe when we get home I can give her a tomato bath so she won’t be so.. sick looking]
I finally made it to the door area. It’s a big leap.. one wrong move and it’s back to square one. I use the top of the last wooden board and grab onto the bottom where the floor is SUPPOSED to be and I just dangle a bit. Then I feel it hit, my throat is already swollen and I can’t breathe. It clawed onto the bottom of the doorway and tried to stay calm.
[Mom or Dad is standing there and they’ll catch me if I fall.. wait, how high did I climb?
Don’t look down
Don’t look down
Don’t look down]
I feel a pair of hands pick me up from my sides. [I’m safe! But who's picking me up? It can’t be Lori since she has a jacket on.. it’s not Lucy or Lincoln since they have paler skin.. wait.. It’s… Lynn?]
“LANA!” Lynn yelled out, she had me on her lap and for some reason.. she was crying. [I never saw her do that before..]
“I was just about to go down and get you! You’re all swollen!! Did Luan use Rhubarb for those damn pies?!? Where’s your EpiPen thingy?? Lana?!”
All my other siblings who haven’t been pranked yet look panicked and are trying to call out for Mom and Dad. Lincoln was trying to get the splinters out of my hand and Lucy was just shaking, staring at what was going on.
I rasped and cried and everything had become so loud.. I start choking and crying. My tummy hurts and my body is all beat up and swollen, I look back down and see how far I fell. I feel my chest starting to hurt and I couldn’t breathe. Then I just couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore.
[It felt like I was floating in the air but not really floating. More like being carried. I heard my family yelling and screaming, trying to get me to Vanzilla. I don’t get it! Vannzila was broken down and that's the whole reason we stayed the night here! Wait.. The engine only had a mild scratch on it. How could I have missed that?! I barely can hear anything but it sounded like Luan screaming at Lori? And Lola sobbing.. What’s going on?? I wish I could talk but I can’t. It hurts so much..
I wanna wake up!
I WANNA wake up!
I WANNA WAKE UP-]
I open my eyes and everything is blurry. My throat doesn’t hurt anymore and I can breathe! Maybe it was just a bad dream! I look over at the blank white sheets and I don’t feel my hat. I can see a little tray on my lap and those IV pump thingys. This definitely wasn’t a dream. I can’t see it very well but Luan is sitting next to my bed, she’s looking out the window. She’s holding my hat and I can hear her crying.
“Luan?” I say quietly so I don’t scare her.
Luan turns around and I can see tears rolling down her eyes. She smiles a bit and hugs me.
[Why was she hugging me? How long was I asleep? Where is everyone-]
“I’m so so sorry Lana! I didn’t know you were actually going to fall into the pie, I was planning that for Lola! You almost died and it’s all my fault! I’m fine if you hate me forever now!” Luan started shaking and her metallic braces brushed against my skin.
[Was she really being honest? She knew about my allergies! I think.. But still!]
“I’m never gonna hate you Luan! It’s just that I think you took the pranks too far this year!” I frowned and looked away. “It really hurts! It makes it seem like you don’t care about me!”
Luan looked at the ground, thinking about her actions before she placed a frog hairpin in my hand.
“I understand..I’ll try to make it up to you by taking you dumpster diving if you’d like. I also got you this hair pin at the gift shop” Luan said, a little less melancholiac
I smiled a bit and put the clip on my hair.
[ It actually looked..cute? Not the Lola kind but my kind! I wonder if Skippy would like i- Wait! Focus Lana! You need to answer Luan!]
“Thanks.. I guess. But you better not prank me next year!”
Luan giggled and placed my red hat back on my head. I also started giggling and the door opened, the rest of my family came in hugging me and holding “get well soon” cards.
[The room felt a lot less depressing now but I’m still scared. I could have died if I didn’t get here in time! But Luan didn’t mean for me to get sick..right? I just don’t know how to feel? Mad? Sad? Scared? I don’t know any words that can describe this! Maybe I’m overreacting.. I should just move on and focus on feeling better..]
The end?
(Sorry if this fic is absolutely dogshit or mischaracterized anyone)
Woahh nice job on this fic dude!! It was so fun to read, and it was super cool to read someone else’s take on the ending to this episode!
I really enjoyed all the parts with Lana’s internal monologue — the way you emphasised the fear, pain and confusion she was feeling was really great! And I loved the flashes we got of everyone else’s reactions too. The part where Lynn picked her up <3333
Also Lana and Luan reconciling at the end was really sweet! The frog pin!!!
Anyways this was so good, thank you writing and posting it! I’ve been meaning to have a go at a post-Fool’s Paradise fic myself so this was super interesting to read. Much to think about! :-D
What are your personal headcanons for the Loud Siblings?
Okay I took some time to think about it! Some of these might just be canon things that I forgot were canon, but whateverrrrr :-D
Lori
Wears prescription contact lenses.
Has one of those designer pastel gradient water bottles, with the amounts you’re supposed to have drunk at each moment of the day marked on it.
Got really into bullet-journalling when she first got into college because she was hyping herself up to really focus and be a great student... she gave up after a week when she realised she was spending more time doing calligraphy than studying.
@eggonicayto's HC about her and Leni sharing a TikTok account is so so precious to me and is 100% canon, trust.
Probably has Snapchat too honestly
Only video-games she plays is the Sims (she makes herself and Bobby and gets genuinely annoyed when Sim-Bobby flirts with other Sim-women) and Animal Crossing (she runs that town like the military).
Leni
When she was very young she learned about moths for the first time and was so freaked out by the thought of them eating her clothes that she drew some scary monster faces and taped them around the house to scare the moths away.
Had a very dedicated loom band phase. All of her siblings have at least one old loom band bracelet she made for them stashed somewhere in their rooms.
I can’t decide whether she loved the show H20: Just Add Water, or if the premise of never being able to moisturise again without getting a fish tail freaked her out too much to continue watching it.
Downloads every phone game ad she sees.
Makes a lot of miniature clothes for Mr. Coconuts!
She's asthmatic, and has bedazzled her inhalers.
Luna
I think Luna is a really light sleeper and struggles to stay asleep, which often leads to her just listening to music through her headphones way into the early morning.
She also strikes me as someone who is always dying and cutting her hair and trying out new styles every other week! I think if she goes into the bathroom alone there is a 50/50 chance she’s coming out looking completely different.
Cuts the sleeves off all of her tops. Safety pins are keeping a lot of her clothes together.
Doodles future tattoos she wants on her arms and legs when she’s bored!
She used to bite her nails, but once she started painting them she was able to wean herself off of the habit, since she didn’t want to ruin the polish. However, now she just picks at the skin around her nails when she’s nervous, which isn't better.
Tried a cigarette once, hated it, and only ever told Luan about it because she couldn’t figure out how to get the smell out of her clothes before their parents (or Lori) noticed.
Luan
I think she’s perpetually spotty and has acne even past her teens. She’s self-conscious about it, but gradually gets way more secure about her skin as she grows older. Especially when she discovers acne stickers!
Also, she’s got that teenage greasy forehead syndrome that makes her bangs get greasy real quick, which is why she usually keeps her hair tied up and out of her face.
She loves accessories and painting her nails in fun colours! I think she would get those colorful rainbow braces too :-D
Her phone has a ton of stickers and charms on it!
She’s tall and gangly for her age -- generally in that stage of adolescence where everything is a bit awkwardly proportioned.
Has an almost encylopedic knowledge of every internet meme ever. Was extremely cringe as a little girl and continues to be so, but we support her regardless <3
Knows a lot of random fun facts!
Inversely from Luna, I think she’s a really heavy sleeper! This is definitely inspired by ‘Snoop’s On’, when Luna has to purposefully slam the window over and over before she wakes up. I think Luan conks out like a light as soon as her head hits the pillow, and has a really hard time waking up in the mornings.
Very specific and random, but in ‘Season’s Cheatings’ when Lincoln calls Luan pretending to be Lori, to try and get her to get him a gift, only for Mr. Coconuts to interrupt and say he’s gonna get Lincoln a prank gift, I’ve always thought that was Luan clocking onto Lincoln’s scheme and just saying that to mess with him :-)
The only time she's ever been to the hospital was because she fractured a rib laughing at her own joke. It wasn't even that funny.
OKAY I know canonically her middle name starts with L, but I read a fic once where her middle name was Olivia… so her initials are LOL. That is so silly and so so so important to me, so I am incorporating it into my fanon.
I also HC her as having ADHD;
Rejection sensitivity, but doing stand-up has helped her figure out how to deal with that (although it can still get to her now and then).
Her mind moves in leaps and bounds to draw connections to make jokes and puns out of any situation, but sometimes she goes too far ahead and what she says sounds completely unrelated.
She’s an impulsive yapper, interrupting people a lot, compulsively telling jokes, and sometimes just doing things because she thinks it’ll be funny without giving herself the time to wonder if it’s actually a good idea.
Often easily distracted and very prone to messing around instead of working. Ok, that’s just canon.
A bit of emotional dysregulation -- I think she feels everything very very strongly. One of those people who just has to have a big cry at the end of the week and then feel fine afterwards ya know?
Also I see her as a little overly anxious and neurotic -- she overthinks things, she's prone to obsessing over small stuff, and she overcompensates for her inattentiveness by being very strict with her scheduling. That girl has a PACKED calendar.
I alsooo just think she's really smart, she just has a hard time applying this to her schoolwork because comedy is what she's passionate about. Also, like, the engineering involved in some of her pranks...
Lynn Jr.
I think she’s short for her age and hates it.
She’s one of those people who always has a sunburn. Lori has to chase after her to make sure she's got her sunscreen on.
Her hair is a bit uneven and choppy because she got impatient having to wait for a haircut appointment (the plight of having 9 siblings), so she followed Luna’s lead and tried to cut it herself. Didn’t go well, but Leni helped fix it up so it didn’t look as terrible.
When she was younger she invented a lot of fake sports that, completely coincidentally, always ended with her winning.
The family used to have a way bigger inflatable pool, but when Lynn was little she tried to put Cliff in there to teach him how to swim and he punctured it with his claws trying to get out. She never ever told anyone that the pool mysteriously deflating was her fault because she felt really bad about scaring Cliff.
Used to get in trouble a lot for biting other kids :-P
Lincoln
Watches various Twitch streamers and Youtube Let’s Players, and definitely has a brief but intense phase of desperately wanting to be a famous gaming youtuber… which leads to some very embarrassing videos existing out there of him and Clyde trying to get views.
He still Twitch stream games with Clyde every now and again to a grand audience of 2 viewers, maximum. They just do it for fun though :-)
He stays shorter than most of his sisters (sorry Linc), but he does end up taller than Lynn. She hates this.
His wardrobe is composed almost entirely of polos, cargo shorts, and a single pair of jeans. Leni is desperate to get him into more stylish clothes and makes him try on a bunch of stuff when they go shopping, but Lincoln's happy in his tween boy fit.
I think he has an anime phase at some point. One year he dresses up as Naruto for Halloween.
Lucy
I really like that HC (also from @/eggonicayto) about her growing up to be the tallest, so I’m stealing it. It's canon now. :-D
She takes old plastic toys from the attic just to boil them. Keeps a collection of these half-melted atrocities under her bed. No one likes this. (She has also obtained a Labubu just for this purpose.)
Has been feeding crows in the backyard in an attempt to train them, and now they bring her trinkets like soda can tabs and rusty nickels.
She follows Wikihow articles on how to convince people you’re a vampire, and also watches Youtube subliminal messaging ‘Become a Vampire!’ videos in the hopes that one day one of them will work. Keep trying, girl.
I think as she gets older she gets really passionate about 19th-20th century Gothic literature, especially ghost stories, and goes on to study literature & creative writing in college.
That, or mortuary sciences. Both?
Conducts ant funerals for dead ants Lana finds in the house. This is very serious business, which is why Luan is not invited.
Lana
I think this may just be canon, but she is definitely one of those kids who always, always has some kind of mud or dirt or grease on them. Her knees are permanently grass-stained.
Like Lynn, she used to get in trouble for biting other kids, but unlike Lynn, this was not done with intent to harm. They were friendly bites!!!
She’s just one of those kids who would roleplay as a wolf in the playground, you know?
OH she for sure has an old DS with Nintendogs on it <3
I think she manages to obtain a retro tamagotchi when she’s older and she looks after that thing religiously... well, until it dies. Then she feels so bad she buries it in the garden and never looks at it again.
She has a really hard time giving anything away, even old junk, because she’s convinced it’s going to come in really useful one day. I think she’s one of those people (ie me) who keeps a box full of broken wires and random plastic bits and pieces.
I don’t think she goes to college. I’ve always imagined Lana living at home in her 20s with an apprenticeship at a local mechanic’s, maybe with a part-time job at an animal shelter, doing odd jobs around town. She’s in no rush to leave!
Lola
Was one of those little kids who really struggled to understand why she couldn’t just take things she wanted, and had a bit of a klepto streak. Would get insanely jealous if she went over to a friend's house and they had something she wanted, so she would either take it or hide it from them. ...I'll be honest this is entirely based off of me as a kid.
Has definitely stolen a lot of makeup from her mom and older sisters over the years -- once when she was younger, she tried to put lipstick and mascara on a bunch of her toys and none of it ever really washed off completely.
Like Lana, also has a hard time giving anything away, but this is more so because she likes having stuff that belongs to her.
Also definitely tried to give the pets makeovers when she was little.
I thiiink when she gets older, she cultivates an online following and becomes somewhat of a personality celebrity (and lowkey an influencer), but her family and especially Lana keep her grounded, so she manages to strike a healthy balance between her online and offline lives.
I also think she ends up getting diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and has to get an insulin pump. Initially she really struggles adjusting to managing her blood sugar levels as well as having to wear the pump under her clothes, but Leni helps her tailor her costumes so it doesn't show and eventually Lola becomes confident enough to just own it and wear it openly.
Lisa
A little bit of a hypochondriac... every time she has a cold she pulls out the hazmat suit because she’s convinced it’s something ten times worse.
As the family IT expert, she ends up getting a lot of siblings (and parents) coming to her to ask how to fix various tech issues. There is now a sign outside her door with a list of answers to all the most frequently asked questions, such as: “Why is it that every time I type OMG, it turns into LOL?” (Luan messed with your autocorrect), “Why did my phone turn off in the middle of my call?” (Your battery drained because you were talking with Bobby for three hours), and the classic “Why can’t I hear any audio from my laptop?” (It’s muted.)
She has a hearing aid that she turns off when she’s trying to focus on her work… or she thinks the current conversation is stupid.
She owns no social media. You can reach her through the family Whatsapp OR you fill in a form and slide it under her door. Stop barging in when she's handling highly volatile chemicals. STOP IT.
Lily
Is a baby
Wait actually! I do have an HC that she keeps on drawing as she gets older, and eventually becomes the family artist :-)
I think in her tweens she assigns all of her siblings fursonas and draws them. They don't get it but they're supportive <3
Random Ask but what’s your personal opinion on Loud House ships?
I’m not much of a shipper, honestly! It’s pretty rare that a romantic pairing engages me more than a platonic one, and my favourite part about The Loud House is definitely exploring all the familial bonds between the siblings :-P
That being said! If I had to say I ‘shipped’ anything in TLH, I have the (apparently unpopular lol) opinion that Luan and Benny are really cute together. I really dig the manic pixie dream girl thing she’s got going on in that dynamic, and how much he supports her and goes along with all her insane plans. That bit in ‘Dread of the Class’ where it’s revealed she’s been lowkey scamming him out of money with her online comedy course always makes me laugh. Like, girl…
Also there’s a quote from ‘Puns and Buns’ that sticks with me where Luan goes "Remember how I'd sneak up on you and scare you, and you'd knock over your popcorn cart?" and Benny just laughs fondly and very sincerely says, “Classic us!” Maybe it’s a low bar, but I like that he likes her because of how silly she is, and not in spite of it! It’s not as much a thing of him matching her freak (although he does in many respects), but that he seems so genuinely fond of even her more obnoxious and over-the-top theatrics and… well, just the Luan of it all.
Sooo yeah I think they’re sweet :-)
(I’ve also seen Luan x Maggie pop up here and there in the fandom, which I think is conceptually pretty fun! I don’t have much to say on it, since it doesn’t really have canon material, so it’s more about how different artists and writers portray the potential dynamic there. But I’ve read a couple good fics with that pairing!)
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