#dancing headcanons

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance made me want to write about how some of the Dateables would dance with you. I'm Puerto Rican, and Salsa and Bachata are dances that I participate in and adore. Baile Inolvidable was playing on loop as I wrote this.

Chance: 

Chance “knows” some dances, but has never been able to put them to practice. I think he learned how to do different ballroom dances like waltz and tango specifically to learn the proper terminology so he could be extremely accurate for his G&G campaigns. After playing a session involving a masquerade ball, you’re surprised at how much Chance knows and mention in passing that you know the dances. With this newfound information, he takes to learning the steps, eventually joining a local club to take some lessons. One day, you come home to music and Chance waiting for you nervously. He offers you his hand, then places the other under your arm. It’s a maneuver your body has memorized, making you reflexively settle your own hand on his upper arm. At the small action, he lights up. Lightly, he presses you back, leading you round and round your living room. Occasionally he twirls you. It’s clear that he knows the bare basics, but it’s enough to make your heart swell. Chance never realized how intimate dancing could be. The constant attention on properly leading you, all the while you follow along enthusiastically. A back and forth of trust. As you smile up at him, he feels himself melting. He decides to attempt a risky move. Thankfully, you know exactly what he’s attempting as you allow your body to follow the guidance of his arms into a dip. Leaning close, he presses a kiss to your lips. Both of you feel each other’s smiles as you enjoy the moment. 

Songs:  "Merry Go Round of Life"- Joe Hisaishi, "The Blue Danube"-Johann Strauss II, "The Seduction of Princess Leia" - Joel McNeely and Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Parker:

Parker is a clutz, he would refer to himself as such. Believing himself to have two left feet, he never attempted a dance more complex than the Cupid Shuffle. On a random day out, he discovers your talent for dancing. A live band is playing vibrant jazz as you enjoyed an afternoon in town. You see other people dancing, and decide to watch. As you see others step and twirl around, your eyes sparkle and you bounce on your toes in anticipation. A stranger notices you clearly engaged and asks if you know how to dance. You nod enthusiastically before the individual asks if you would like to dance. Turning to Parker, you ask if he’s okay with it. Not wishing to see that smile leave your face, he encourages you to go ahead. Although he’s happy you’re excitedly taking to the dancefloor, he feels a sour jealousy swirl in his gut. Obviously the interaction is platonic, the gentleman that asked you to dance is at least twenty years older than you. However, it’s still a very intimate position to be in with another person. Then and there, Parker decides to make it his mission to learn how to dance.

It takes months, but he manages to get the hang of it. Watching YouTube videos over and over, he repeatedly practices when you are away from home. The next time you witness a live jazz band, he’s ready. Offering his hand, he asks if you want to dance. At first, you wonder if he’s just messing with you, but it’s clear he’s serious. Tentatively, you take his hand. Immediately, he swings you onto the dancefloor. A surprising amount of confidence that has your attraction towards him skyrocketing. Together you step and twirl as big brass surrounds you. Exhilarating is an understatement as Parker manages to incorporate some more difficult moves into your dance. Your heart flutters at the thought that he did this all for you. 

Songs: "You Make Me Feel So Young" - Frank Sinatra, "Deed I Do"-Ella Fitzgerald, "Beyond the Sea"-Bobby Darin

Volt: 

One would think Volt would be more for the elegant ballroom dances, but in reality, he loves a good fast-paced jive. You would see him enjoy a waltz with single bar patrons at times, making you think that’s what he liked. Considering it wasn’t you preferred form of dancing, you never participated. Instead admiring the man’s elegance from afar.

However, when a big brass band comes to the bar, Volt is practically buzzing with energy. Excitedly tapping his foot to the music, he scans the room for someone looking to dance. When he lands on you swaying at the outskirts of the dancefloor, he makes his way over. His heart races as he hopes his inclinations are correct. His second lover, a dancer? Oh, he’s falling for you all over again. When he reaches you, he taps you on the shoulder asking if you wish to dance. Surprised, you ask if he knows how to swing. He nods, then offers his hand. 

Immediately, you’re swung onto the dancefloor as jazz blares around you. You laugh in exhilaration as you and Volt step, kick, and spin. Volt drinks in your joyous form, wishing for the moment to never end. He can’t help but stick to you the entire night. Though you dance on-and-on, Volt never seems to tire. As if he has all of this energy to expel, and he must do so on the dance floor. Specifically, he needs to do it with you. His hands practically never leave you. The connection is electrifying. He loves to dip you, taking the moment to brush his lips over yours before fully kissing you. Each time he pulls back, you see adoration sparkle in those bright eyes. Your own eyes shine with the same amount of adoration for the man. 

Songs: "Sing, Sing, Sing"- Benny Goodman, "It Had to Be You"-Harry Connick Jr., "All of Me"-Louis Armstrong

Eddie: 

Eddie actually already knows how to dance. Being a bar owner, he’s seen plenty a dance and has picked up on a lot of moves himself. It helps that Volt also has a penchant for dancing, which has provided him a lot of practice. Out of the dances he knows, Eddie enjoys salsa the most. Something about the second-sense of the clave is comforting. It’s a constant, unchanging. Yet, it still gives him freedom, allowing him multitudes of free-style. He can close his eyes, nod his head and fall into the music. 

One night, a live salsa band is playing at the bar. During a moment a freedom, Eddie takes the opportunity to enjoy the music. Sipping on a drink at the bar, you watch the man fall into his dancing trance. His feet move in a familiar pattern. Inside your head you can hear the “one, two, three, five six seven,” as you watch him move. He’s confident, more open. Arms up and his body swaying as he follows the steps. An amused smile curls at your lips, and your heart rate picks up. 

When he returns to serving drinks, you ask him about the dancing. He waves it off as just a little thing he’s learned over the years. However, you’re not letting him off easy. A trumpet blares, then a familiar tune begins. Jumping up, you offer your hand to Eddie. Seeing as no one is at the bar, he sighs, but ultimately lets you drag him onto the dance floor. It’s natural for the two of you. One hand holds yours as the other holds your waist. He begins to lead, making you step back. You didn’t realize how practiced he is, finding yourself being tossed and twirled around the dance floor. His fingers graze over your skin as he maneuvers you around with ease, making you shiver. Those sharp eyes lock with yours, making you realize that this is no longer just a dance, this is something significantly more intimate. Further into the song, Eddie has you pressed tightly against him. Finding himself teasing you with both his lips and hands. By the time you are done you are hot from the adrenaline and the flustered state he has put you in. Yeah, you’re going to need more than just the dance. 

Astra walks in on Mammon intently staring at his computer as if studying something. The music is out of the ordinary from what he normally listens to, which peaks Astra's interest.

Astra: Hey what are you watching? Can I see?

Mammon: Oh, Astra...yes please join me. I've been watching women from Earth perform this very tantalizing ritualistic dance. Perhaps you are aware of such practices.

Astra: Huh? *walks over and deadpans the moment she sees women twerking on the screen* Mammon...

Mammon: Yes? *smiles*

Astra: *laughs* Honey, this is called "twerking" it's really popular in Western cultures on Earth. It's just a fun dance that women with nice asses usually do.

Mammon: So this not a way to attract a suitor? There are a lot of men commenting on these videos with intent to sleep with them.

Astra: *reads a few comments and frowns seeing a lot of them are objective* Those men are gross. They don't respect those women usually.

Mammon: I see, humans are always quite strange with courtship. I find it fascinating.

Bimet: *enters the room* What's fascinating about- *stops and looks a the screen at the video* I see His Majesty is busy...I'll just drop this off...*places bag on the desk*

Astra: Bimet, wait! What do you think about the video?

Bimet: *coughs* No comment.

Astra: *starts trying to attempt twerking* Maybe I should do it huh?

Mammon: *stares*

Bimet: *blushes* Miss Astra!

Random palace worker peeking in the door: Your Majesty...?

Bimet: Get out! We're busy. *growls at the worker as they hurriedly close the door*

Mammon: *still staring as Astra continues her attempt until she finally gets momentum*

Astra: There we go, I think I got it!

Bimet: Miss Astra must you....do this now? *his face is still red*

Astra: Hehe, what you don't like it? *twerks toward him*

Bimet: Please, Miss Astra...I must...you can't....I'm leaving. *excuses himself immediately while trying to hide his face and composure in front of Mammon*

Astra: I think he likes it a bit too much, he ran away so fast. That's cute.

Mammon: And you're cute. Now do what you were doing but on my palm this time... *smirks while biting his lip and holding out his massive hand*

A/N: For some reason, when I check out the tag for Barakaxreader, there are a lot of dancing headcannons. Which I thought was odd, but then I thought "Oh Beauty and the Beast opportunity," And decided to write this this headcannon. So Happy Thanksgiving and don't forget about the people who suffer to this day. Never forget.

You and Baraka got the idea of throwing a feast of Thanks from Johnny Cage's invitation for an Earthrealm holiday. This feast came to fruition because Baraka didn't want to risk infecting any of Mr. Cage's guests and you wanted to raise the Tarkatan Colony's spirits.

You were able to request some extra supplies ahead of time from Empress Mileena, including alcohol in preparation. Baraka was in charge of preparing the meals for this feast along with some other able-bodied Tarkatans. Preparing food for all of the species who now reside in the colony. You asked many of your patients, including Shokan, Zaterran, and Naknadan, to pitch in to mix in their culture's traditions, including food, games, and events.

Although you helped to plan the entire event, you spent half of your time at Johnny's party so you could meet up with Mileena, Kitana, and Syzoth again. You opted for a mask that only covered half your face, leaving your mouth exposed for easier access to food. You made sure to act as a polite guest by gift Johnny a freshly caught beast native to the Wastes, as you heard from Kitana it's Earthrealm custom to bring food for this holiday.

Hi hello I drank coffee and got into a dance off with my dog (I lost) so here are some Dancy pants headcanons for our boys! (Unfortunately I didn't include Yudai in this one- I don't know him very well, sorry!)

Isagi: Mr. Clappy hands! Isagi has zero sense of rhythm and is fully aware of it, but he's having the best time so it all kinda works out. Tries to sing along but doesn't know any of the words so he just kinda mumbles along until he gets to a part he knows.

Bachira: A literal snake, his moves are so fluid it's like he's made of water. The one to run up to random people- familiar or not- and dance with them. Claims the monster is the one who taught him how to move like that.

Kunigami: Somebody come get your grandpa. Has the potential to dance fairly well but underestimates himself severely. Lots of shimmies and feet shuffles, nodding along with the music and does the occasional fist bump. Will loosen up some the longer he's out dancing.

Chigiri: Simple but pretty with it! He's shy- it takes him a moment to warm up to dancing, but when he does he has a great time. Kinda scared to re-injure his knee so he never goes all out, but he has the ability to dance fairly well. Kinda vibes with it.

More under the cut~

Good idea! I’m feeling happy today so I tried to make this fun :)

Also! If you want to read a short songfic about Josuke and reader dancing, I wrote one on AO3, just click here :D

Jonathan, Dio and Jotaro reacting to their s/o asking them to dance with them:

Jonathan Joestar

Jonathan is, in every sense of the word, a true gentleman, and, as so he knows perfectly how to dance with a s/o.

That doesn’t mean that he won’t get flustered when asked, though, and he would probably fumble a little before giving in and letting himself go on a dance with them.

He would be all kinds of soft with them, slowly guiding their steps in tune with the music as they lovingly look into each other’s eyes. It would be like dancing with a prince from a fairytale.

By the time he and his s/o stopped dancing, both of them would be heavily blushing, laughing and feeling even more connected than before.

He would probably ask them on another dance right after.

Dio Brando

He probably learned how to dance at some point on his life, but will deny it when asked. Dio doesn’t dance, that’s what he says, and will never budge under his s/o’s pleading.

Except he will.

He really can’t resist when they look at him like that.

At first, Dio would complain about everything: the music, the setting, the steps… but once he saw the delighted smile on his s/o’s face, he’d shut up for good.

They would dance sensually, forgoing the tune of the music and building their own pace with risky movements. Dio would completely enchat his s/o with his dancing, and both of them would have a surreal feeling around their dance, that no one else would understand.

Dio ends up enjoying the dance, but will admit it only reluctantly.

Jotaro Kujo

Jotaro would say his usual “yare yare”, tip down his hat and tell his s/o to stop saying nosense. He doesn’t dance, and that’s all there is about it.

In reality, he’s just afraid of doing it wrong.

He would appear, hours later, while his s/o is still listening to some music, and would approach them slowly. They would be surprised, until Jotaro said someone about dancing and a smile lit up their face.

Jotaro would do anything to keep that smile.

The young Kujo would be clumsy at first, not knowing exactly how to hold his s/o in his arms, but with a little bit of guidance and appropriate music, everything would eventually flow.

Aww 🥰 thank you 🙏 i shall try my best.

Askeladd would dance with his little girl like this while probably listening to Pokémon:

I feel like I’ve written at length about Ned’s dancing -- Nico is an excellent dancer, too. And while it might come off as slightly suspicious that Ree can hold her ground as well (could it be that you’re just writing about stuff you like, Chupa???) I headcanon that partner dancing is just that common in the FO verse, because the music lends itself to it (and internet isn’t a thing! gotta keep yourself entertained). So they’re not exactly special snowflakes -- just reasonably well-versed in what makes people popular at parties?

Toby: Hip Hop/ Break Dance

Toby can dance a lot of styles but he most definitely prefers the beats of hip hop to classical dancing - everyone assumes that his preference for break dancing means he can’t dance classically which couldn’t be further from the truth.

Nick: Ballet/ Lyrical

Nick’s “mad moves” in Tripping Up come from the ballet lessons he ended up taking as a child. He wanted to join the science club but got lost and became the ballet club’s newest member. He doesn’t mind people knowing that he likes ballet as long as they don’t tease him about it.

Lucas: Contemporary

Lucas loves to dance. Unfortunately he doesn’t always have a good sense of rhythm so he’s either amazing or abysmal depending on how he feels. He has fun, though, and that’s all that matters.

Jessica: Tap dance

Jessica took a lot of dance lessons as a child ranging from ballet to jazz but tap dancing holds a special place in her heart as it turned out her teacher was her dad’s long-lost cousin. She enjoys the energy and the tapping of the style and is quite flexible.