#gambit headcanons

Yes! I am so glad you brought this up because I have heard about Gambit’s subtle hypnosis abilities and I need more context to that! I can’t find it referenced anywhere😭 Maybe I’m not searching correctly.

Like, is it that accent that entrances his target? Does he require a pocket watch? Or can I make it up as I go?

Song associations ask meme

- Remy’s scars annoyed him. Beyond all rationale. He cried over them every day for the first month and a half after he returned to the mansion. It takes him a long time to accept that they’re a part of him, and to stop any attempts to find a way to get rid of them.

- When sleeping alone, he can’t sleep without a static filled radio station. It plays something like jazz, with interludes of white noise and someone’s voice - soft and far away, like a dream. Sometimes he thinks he’s hallucinating, because no one else in the mansion is able to tune in.

- When his first birthday since becoming Death rolled around, Remy forgot how old he was until someone reminded him. He felt older.

- Remy develops a superstition about walking through doorways first. It’s a very strange habit to have as a thief, and it stops slowly with time. But for the first few months, he’d insist someone else walk through the door before he did if he had company. Something nagged at him about Death not waiting for permission, for strolling right on through and doing what he pleased. Remy supposed it was about forcing himself to prove that he’d changed. Whether that was something he felt had to prove to himself or the others remains unclear.

- Ororo insists that he picks up some of her habits when he seems in a better mental state. She comes to wake him up early in the morning when he’s alone, and they go on walks around the estate (with Jean on occasion too). She also helps him pick up gardening. He’s shockingly bad at it, but he’s trying hard to move on, and that’s all that Ororo really cares about. Even if he does accidentally kill three of her favourite plants.

- Furthermore, Remy goes to Kurt for support. Not that he’s converting to Catholicism, but just for tips on keeping calm and meditation, which Remy ends up doing at least once every day, in the morning or the evening.

- Starts enjoying shopping more. He’ll go to the mall every other weekend and come back with a bunch of stuff he needs and a bunch of stuff he doesn’t. It makes him feel human again. Although he’s been told to stay away from Pop Mart because the figures are taking up too much space.

- When Rogue sleeps in his room or vice versa, they wake up early to talk. Rogue doesn’t normally wake up before noon on lazy days, but Remy’s night terrors tend to rip her away from dreamland. Before going down for coffee, they’ll talk about Death. It started as a stupid pact, but it became more serious once Rogue realised how much Remy needed to vent. And when she gains some control over her abilities, he even lets her touch his scars. The reason why he grows to accept them? Her, reassuring him that he’s still beautiful, that the past is the past, and her love for him is irrefutable despite what happened.

Thanks for this! This was asked a while ago but I’ve recently learnt about Deathbit so I’m hoping these headcanons make sense

- I’ve said it before, but I think he has like a smattering of white hair hidden close to his scalp. A reminder of his time as Death. But you’d only know if you went looking for it.

- Remy trains more with Logan than before. This is for two reasons. One: self destruction. Remy wants to punish himself by pushing himself too far. And he knows Logan is persistent. Point two: Logan understands this. He realises Remy needs help to work through his trauma but also knows that sometimes this is part of the journey. So he doesn’t question him as much. Remy simply asks for a session and Logan’s there, sparring with him for hours. It gets less frequent as time moves on and Remy finds alternative ways to heal.

- Avoids mirrors at all costs

- Initially, Remy becomes more reserved. He still teases and jokes where possible, but the charming guy persona fades away quicker than it did before.

- If we’re talking specifically after he becomes Death in X-Men ‘97 (it’s going to happen I swear), he and Rogue fall out. Big time. In fact, they have a physical fight in the Danger Room one night after the miscommunication all comes to a head. Deep down they’re both trying to convey grief, anger, and sorrow over their own mistakes or wrongdoings and how that impacted their relationship, but because they are unable to not be angsty for more than 5 seconds this is how it happens. All is forgiven in the end, but it takes a while for their relationship to be rebuilt.

- He’s more sensitive to sounds - acclimatising to the Danger Room and actual missions was difficult