#aphverse headcanons

I like the idea of the Ro'Meave brothers (Garroth, Zane, and Vylad) being genetically odd despite all being human. I especially like the idea of them getting their genetic oddities from Zianna specifically.

Garte: perfectly normal human qualities. Normal human strength. Normal human appearance. Like, he couldn't be a more normal human if he tried.

Zianna: Looks normal, but has the agility of a Mei'Fwa, and is slightly stronger than she looks. She also has pretty sharp teeth.

Garroth: Steals Garte's entire face and body, but has the unusual strength of his mother (though can be hidden behind his muscular physique). It's damn near impossible to notice his physical oddities because he's visibly strong.

Zane: Almost completely stole Zianna's face, and has most of her genetic oddities (hidden strength and agility plus hella sharp/animalistic teeth). You don't need to pay much attention to realize his body and species don't match up with his physical stats.

Vylad: Also has the odd agility and teeth from, but has normal human strength. You only notice his oddities if you really pay attention, because he's not really ever in positions to show off his agility.

Garroth's oddness is easy to miss because he's huge. He's hella muscular. Of course he can lift up couches and vault over things with ease. He's Garroth!

Zane's is a little harder to miss, but easy to dismiss if you've never seen his body. Zane's always wearing hoodies and baggy pants, maybe he was hiding some muscles. But, like a Victorian Vampire, he's thin and petite. There's no way to explain his strength when he's built like a 2000's Victoria's Secret model.

Allow me to summarize my last 8 hours of relentless headcanoning.

Ro’meave castle in O’Khasis = Hohenzollern Castle, Germany

Von Ronsenburg (Rosen’ask) castle in Scaleswind = Ksiaz Castle, Poland

Alliance Assembly on Phoenix Island/MCD Era = Chateau de Fontainebleau [exterior], Parliament of Portugal [interior]

Republic Assembly in Phoenix Drop/MYS Era = Parliament of Hungary [exterior], French Senate Chamber [interior]

New Meteli & Surrounding Countryside/MYS Era = Yorkshire, England

Zvhal Family Ranch in Mystreet, on the outskirts of New Meteli = Yew Tree Farm, Coniston, England

Garroth somewhat learned to play the electric guitar just to show off to others in highschool. I say somewhat because he only did a few lessons before getting bored and stopping. He definitely still used what little he learned to try picking up girls, though.

As an adult, Garroth decided to start learning the average guitar, and actually sticks with it. He ends up buying his own guitar, too. He even plays in his free-time, outside of lessons. He's pretty focused with his guitar, so he's not planning on learning other instruments soon.

Zane learned to play the piano. He was very uninterested at first, as he didn't see the point in learning an instrument. However, as he continued his lessons, he found himself getting more interested in it and found a genuine passion for the piano.

As an adult, Zane no longer practices the piano, but still remembers how to play it. If given the chance to play a piano again, he goes all out. He wouldn't mind learning another instrument.

Vylad learned to play the average guitar in highschool, and completely stuck with it. He loved playing the guitar, and continues to in his adult life as he travels the world. He has no interest in any other instruments.

Now, the sports part of it. Zianna canonically has a little sports rule for her sons; you have to sign up for at least one sport. Zianna exempt Zane from the sports rule, so he didn't even have to sign up.

Canonically, Garroth plays baseball in highschool.

Zane does join an unofficial committee called The Jury, dedicated to disciplining other students. An actual sport, however, he does not play, since he's the exception.

Vylad does do fencing, but not for school, as they do not have a fencing club. He only does it because Zianna required the boys to sign up for at least one sport.

However, despite not actually signing up for a sport, in canon, Zane does try playing soccer with Vylad, Garroth, and Aphmau. He pretty much immediately gave that up, and never even attempted to sign up. What if he did end up enjoying it a little and signed up for the soccer club?

I can also see this being a fun way for the friend group to see Zane's full face for the first time.

Under IFAB Law 4, you cannot wear a standard cloth, surgical, or any face mask that covers only your nose and mouth during a soccer match for safety/breathing difficulty reasons.

I can also see my little scenario happening during Minecraft Diaries, the alternate universe of Mystreet. Since Minecraft Diaries takes place during a fantasy medieval time, I had to take that into account. Btw, I have never seen Minecraft Diaries, so everything is just from my mind.

Instead of the blinding incident being during a snowball fight, it happened during a practice duel. Garroth and Zane were practicing with magic, and Garroth got too over confident. He fired at Zane despite not being instructed to. Since Zane wasn't prepared for an attack, he couldn't shield himself in anyway, and was struck in the eye by the magic Garroth had cast at him.

No matter what healer the family went to, none could fully extract the magic that remained in Zane's system, nor could they restore his eyesight. So, Garte went to a dark wizard/witch, someone who knew the dangers and potential healing abilities of dark magic as a last resort. Using a potion bought form them, Garte treated Zane with the elixir by pretending it was prescribed by one of the good healers they had seen.

I don't remember much about the forever potions, as it's been YEARS since I last did a full watch of Mystreet. However, what I do remember is that Garte is one of 3 fathers on Mystreet who used the forever potion on his children. He explicitly used it on Garroth, which explains his unnatural strength despite being an average human (ie constantly breaking down doors, [unintentionally] causing Zane's blindness, having hard punches, etc). While the potion is usually used for mind control and the like, I'm assuming he used it on Garroth in small doses.

What if Garte did the same for Zane? After the events of the snowball incident (the aforementioned one where Zane lost his sight in his right eye), Garte was desperate to ensure this wouldn't affect Zane do the point of brain damage. So, whenever he could, he would somehow sneak Zane some of the forever potion.

It didn't completely heal Zane. He's still blind, but it's nowhere near as bad as it would've been had he not given him the potion. However, the potion boosted his "stats" the same way it boosted Garroth's. That explains Zane's unexpected strength and speed despite only having recently started working out (and possibly not even sticking with it).

I love how Zane and Garroth got different aspects of their parents.

The most obvious of this is their appearance, which we've already covered. Garroth is a carbon copy of Garte (blond, tan, blue eyes), Zane is a carbon copy of Zianna (pale, black hair, nice figure).

The second one is their personalities.

Garroth has Zianna's personality. Easily happy, very emotional, loves out loud.

Zane moreso has Garte's personality + his own emo flair. Quiet, keeps to himself, loves in private.

The third is their style. Specifically, they inherit the willingness or lack thereof to change their styel.

Garroth wears blue/white plaid jackets and jeans. He'll change his style if he has to, but he'll stick with that most of the time.

Zane wears anything and everything on the grayscale (black, white, and gray). Occasionally, he'll dabble some blue in his outfit. He's slightly more experimental with his clothes. He keeps his outfits emo, but he'll more willing to change what kind of hoodies, pants, and accessories he wears. Like, he'll wear black skin-tight jeans one day, and baggy/bell-bottoms the next. He'll wear silver chains one day, gold bands the next.

Zianna is a fashionista. She's constantly aware of what's hot, what's new, what's trendy, and incorporating them into her outfits while still making sure she's her.

Garte is almost always in business casual. You can pry his slacks and button-ups from his cold, dead hands once he's in the grave, but no sooner than that.

I can see like a family shopping trip.

Garte and Garroth are looking at simple things. Garte's just looking at ties and the like. Garroth's looking at little trinkets to keep in his room and forget about.

Zane and Zianna are looking at actual clothes. They're both in their respective pants aisle looking for their size, feeling the quality of them, looking at designs, and getting 2 or 3 pairs each. Then, they do the same with shirts, occasionally showing something the other would like. Then, they go to the shoes.

The Z-Team walks out of the mall with about 3 new outfits.

The G-Team walks out of the mall with one bag each.

Now, cooking habits. Zane and Zianna are great cooks. Garte and Garroth aren't.

Garte and Garroth just follow the recipe and calls it a day. As long as their meal is fully cooked, they think it's fine. If Garroth does experiment, he doesn't put much thought into it, and his dish ends up a little.. horrid.

Romantic

Words of Affirmation - Garroth,

Gift Giving -

Quality Time - Zane, Vylad

Acts of Service - Zane,

Physical Touch - Zane, Garroth, Vylad

Platonic

Words of Affirmation - Garroth, Vylad

Gift Giving -

Quality Time - Zane, Vylad

Acts of Service - Zane, Garroth,

Physical Touch -

GARROTH

For Garroth, platonically, I'd say Words of Affirmation and Acts of Service. At first, I had WoA and Gift Giving, but I feel like Acts of Service fits better. I don't doubt that he'd give gifts, but I feel like Acts of Service is more him. He'll always help, even if you didn't ask, just because he feels like it's the better thing to do in that situation. He wouldn't hesitate

Romantically, for Garroth, I was torn between Quality Time or Physical Touch. Honestly, I was ready to give him both. Both feel like him, but I think Physical Touch is more him.

In my mind, if his partner wants to do something/watch something with him that he isn't really interested in, he'll join them, but he'll be noticeably quieter/uninterested.

Physical Touch feels very Garroth. He'd definitely be all for PDA. SO sitting on his lap, snuggling in public, uncontrollable face kisses, etc, all feel like things Garroth would do with his spouse.

ZANE

For Zane, platonically, I think it's Acts of Service and Quality Time, depending on how close you are to him, but subtly.

He wouldn't be "loud" about the things he does for you as a friend, but would appreciate it if you were to (privately) acknowledge his work.

If you're a close friend, it'd be Acts of Service + Quality Time. Movie nights, shopping together, playing make believe (something he adorably does canonically), etc.

For Zane, romantically, I think it'd be AoS, QT, and Physical Touch. He's not really a touchy person with any of his friends. The only friend he's seen regularly touching/being touched by is Aphmau, his closest friend.

However, in a relationship, I feel like physical touch is a language of his. He wouldn't be all for PDA, but in private? Snuggle Bug, Kiss Konnoisseur, etc.

VYLAD

For Vylad, I think for both platonic and romantic, his love languages are Quality Time and Words of Affirmation.