( 📂 )  Cliff misses all his senses  —  what sane or insane person wouldn’t? To make up for the sensation of touch, Cliff will sit outside in full sun and pretend he can feel the warmth of solar energy. Sometimes he actually thinks he can feel something, or maybe that’s just his wiring melting... Either way, heat seeking reptiles enjoy soaking up the heat from Cliff’s metal body. 

( 📂 ) Frank learned to be very, very wary of all his possessions while in the service. During his first month in boot camp, someone jizzed inside his shampoo bottle. A lesson was learned. Years later, Billy played a “prank” on Frank as a reminder of their old rookie days; Billy claimed the jizz wasn’t his own which made the while thing even stranger. 

( 📂 ) Deep held onto the belief of the existence of mermaids far beyond an appropriate age; he used to daydream he’d get laid by a bunch when he got older.

( 📂 ) Benjamin used to watch porn in order to learn how to kiss, preparing for the day Julie and he would “inevitably” end up together. The porn itself never did anything for him.

( 📂 ) The thought of his mother has crossed Bullseye’s mind more times than he’d admit. Not remembering what she looked like or even her name, his brain defaults to associating her with Natasha or Elektra when she appears in his dreams during rare occasions. It leaves him feeling very weird upon waking up, enough that he is half tempted to look up her information in order to clear dumb dreams from his sleeping mind.

( 📂 ) Ever since coming into possession of the ant-suit and forming bonds with hymenopterans, Scott has generally grown much more empathetic and kind toward all invertebrates. He’s even become strongly opposed to the use of pesticides!

( 📂 ) When Noh can’t decide on which song to listen to, he’ll play several at the same time; he was annoyingly notorious for doing that when he first heard music on Earth. He’s settled down a bit since then.

( 📂 ) Remy abhors branded super hero merchandise especially if its Avenger themed; he thinks it’s in bad taste and benefits no one.

( 📂 ) Spencer is tempted to whittle his own chess pieces, but he knows he’ll end up losing a finger or losing too much blood from a laceration despite taking all the necessary precautions.

( 📂 ) No matter how many years pass, Dorian dislikes the taste and aroma of basil; it reminds him too much of the past

▋   📂 📂 📂 📂 📂 📂 📂 📂 📂 📂 (one for each muse? :3)  𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈  @secondhandmckie​​​ .  .  .  .   ┖ send   📂 for a random & useless headcanon ┒     

Child. Daughter. Clara. Love. Family is a sensitive subject not because it comes with inherent difficulties or unpleasant, forced holiday dinners  —  it’s because Cliff fucked up. If every mistake was a step, Cliff would be capable of making a trip to the moon and perhaps even the return trip. He should have died with his wife and child, and though a horrid guilt and depression fogged the last part of his living self in a metal tomb, it saved him, too. Without Clara, there was absolutely nothing to live for, however even after gaining full function over his robotic body, Cliff did not break himself to a million pieces when he could have so easily done so. It was not fear of a potential afterlife, certainly not paying thanks to Niles  —  it was his daughter’s death. The guilt worked against him, worked to keep him alive. Mistakes and guilt existed for a reason. Bad people needed to be punished. His punishment was to keep on living, keep on repeating the horrors of the car crash and every fuck up leading up to it. No one is gone if they live on in your memory. Cliff had never been big on anything sentimental and philosophical; his own wedding vows were thought of on the spot ( a little tipsy nonetheless ). He liked those words however. The truth behind them leached into his heart brain, and he sobbed something robotic and ugly when he found a private corner of the Manor. He HAD to live to pay penance to his family and keep his beautiful Clara alive. It took years, and then Cliff smiled internally at the thought of . .  his daughter would be alive forever as long as his brain kept on ticking inside the metal tomb. Clara had always been alive even before he discovered the truth.

▋ 𝑴𝑨𝒀𝑯𝑬𝑴 𝑩𝑬𝒀𝑶𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑶𝑶𝑴 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑶𝑹 .  .  .  .  .   Hc + daughter + cliff!!   𝙁𝙍𝙊𝙈  @vihilum​​​​​​ .  .  .  .  .   ┖  send me ‘hc’ + a word ┒

WHO IS THE MOST EXCITED FOR THE HOLIDAYS ?

Steve. Arguably the biggest fan of Christmas. He favors a traditional and lively Christmas, but he’s either too occupied to indulge the desire for a full blown extravaganza or spends the entire day with Sharon doing homey things. Every person on his contacts list receives a personalized card, and all close friends receive a present one month to two weeks in advance.

Scott. Popcorn garland, signing Christmas songs to embarrass his daughter, and bingeing on Holiday movies ?  You bet. Unlike Steve, Scott will be damned if he lets anything get in the way of Christmas. Not only is it generally cheerful and a great excuse to pig out on sweets, Christmas reminds him of family. Sure Cassie is all grown and living with her mother, but Scott likes to pretend Christmas time is nothing but gleeful father-daughter bonding time. He goes all out for Cassie’s presents even if it means not being to pay rent for the month.

Remy. The Holiday season is nice . . you know, romantic. Really the optimal time for romantic gift giving, roaring fires, and snuggling up close to his partner. Remy doesn’t have any attachments to the Holiday season. If anything the Holiday season was prime time to pick-pocket people with entirely too much money before their spending spree began. He does like to do charitable things around the season ( mainly for children and mutant youths ), otherwise Remy can do without it.

Bullseye. He thinks blood looks nicer on snow, and it is nice shitting on people’s capitalist merriment with some death. 

Cliff. Holidays ?  You mean a spiral of depression and regrets ?  If it wasn’t for Rita decorating Doom Manor, Cliff wouldn’t even know Christmas was around the corner.

Deep. Christmas was never a big part of Kevin’s life. Although he grew up in a Jewish household, his parents were far too occupied on the superhuman part of their son to make any effort for the holidays. Both parents were also very morally corrupt and did not instill any religion values onto their son. It really did not matter for Deep however. Between the supe camps, photoshoots, youth supe pageants, and his parents high regard for him, he was spoiled all year round. The notion of receiving presents only twice a year was absolutely absurd. It’s no surprise the merriment and ‘  giving spirit  ‘  went way over his head.

Roy.  Like most children who did not grow up with their birth parents, Roy feels icky about the holiday season, but he doesn’t outright bring attention to it. His foster family did not practice any Abrahamic or monotheistic religion. In fact, they had no religion whatsoever, and every day of life was spent appreciating family, nature, and the the bounty of life. The holidays were really rough after the death of his foster father when Roy was just a kid living on the streets and stealing. He always wanted that Hallmark channel perfect family. He does enjoy spending the time with friends because he enjoys giving quirky gifts, otherwise it’s something of a tender subject.

                      F  I  R  S  T    D  A  T  E  S

Rogers, Steven.

The works : dinner at a four or five star restaurant, entertainment at a theater, live performance, or cinema, niche dessert place, walk through a park or through an art gallery. 

LeBeau, Remy.

Southern charm : dinner at a five star french restaurant, live music at a historical district or at a beach, gelato or pan au chocolat at the beach, staying up as long as desired to watch the stars, midnight coffee.

Lang, Scott.

Howdoesonedothisagain? : Movie at the cinema, dinner at an italian or asian fusion restaurant that is well-known but not filled with hipsters or impossible to get a reservation, ice-cream down the street, embarrassingly talking too much.

Bullseye.

You gotta be kidding me : Desperate, angry sex if anyone is up for it. Want a stabbing or two as well?

Steele, Cliff.

Simple : monster truck events or firework show with snacks, dinner at a diner or steakhouse, taking a ride with the windows down and the music up, trying to get that first kiss.

Harper, Roy.

The adventurer : Surfing or archery or rock climbing or walking through a botanical garden, early dinner; wherever the date wants to eat, live music or karaoke, over the top dessert at a yelp ‘worthy’ place.

Moskowitz, Kevin. The Deep.

People date? : thisdickaintgonnasuckitself.

ruined by trauma | you cannot get over the PAST. you are constantly remembering, never forgetting. you cant live in the moment because the moment is not what brought you here. you are birthed, raised, and killed in the past. you will never get over what was done to you, be it big or be it small. you cannot escape what you refuse to confront.

                      ➥    HOW  ARE  YOU  RUINED  ? 

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