#gen headcanons

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Hello! This is a blog based off of gen headcanons for The Magnus Archives, and you can request headcanons, short fic, and fanart here for gen dynamics :> more info under cut

Context: I adore John Denver. Specifically, his “An Evening With John Denver” live recording. It’s my favorite album ever because it has this energy that none of his studio albums have. Ever. I call this the “Bob Seger Problem” because Bob Seger’s early albums have this same problem. Anyway.

The meat of things: I think Matt Murdock would absolutely sob upon hearing that recording of “Matthew.” The man loves records, and that shit comes in vinyl. I do not own it, but I know it exists.

The song, “Matthew,” is based around John Denver’s uncle who died when he was eighteen, but the song immortalizes him as a forever child, as his father’s only boy, riding on his daddy’s shoulders behind a mule beneath the sun.

Rantaro’s difficult to write, since we don’t see as much of him in the game compared to other characters. Hopefully I’m not too off-base!

He’s an exceptionally chill alpha with big dad friend energy. He never seems to get involved in territorial or dominance fights, and is more likely to be trying to pacify the involved parties instead.

On the rare occasion another alpha tries to challenge him, Rantaro just… kind of shrugs and ignores it. It’s very beta-esque behaviour - even omegas are known to get territorial if provoked enough - but Rantaro doesn’t care much about acting the way alphas are ‘supposed to.’ He’s not spineless nor conflict-avoidant, he just doesn’t see much point in fighting.

That said, he does have a mild protective streak. Nothing intrusive or even all that noticeable, but having a large number of younger siblings will inevitably instill some kind of instinct in you, be it good or bad. In Rantaro’s case, he often has Dad Friend moments before he remembers that no, he does not need to do that, these people are his age and should be able to take care of themselves.

These people cannot take care of themselves. Rantaro is screaming internally. Oh god help him.

His scent is notably relaxing. Great for calming down nervous younger siblings, or getting your very chaotic and very high energy class to please chill the fuck out.

Kokichi’s a really hard character to write for, I hope I did him justice!

He loves playing up the ‘sweet innocent omega’ act. If suspicion rightfully falls on him for some prank or other, he’ll pull a whole routine of ‘me?! you can’t possibly think I did it, I’m just a poor little omega!’ It’s complete bullshit and most people know it, but once in a while someone actually falls for it.

If he doesn’t care about getting caught/punished he’ll follow it up with ‘geez, you fell for that? you really thought I couldn’t have done it just ‘cause I’m an omega? you gotta stop relying on dumb old stereotypes!’

Another trick in his arsenal is fake tears. Alphas and betas have an instinctual discomfort to seeing an omega cry, and Kokichi exploits the hell out of this. It’s rarely effective enough to actually get him out of trouble, but it’s great for annoying people.

Because of this, the omegas in his class often get put on what’s been nicknamed ‘Kokichi duty’, aka being the sucker who has to tell him to stop doing whatever it is that he’s doing. Although omegas don’t have the instinctual discomfort to tears, they do have regular non-instinct related discomfort, so it’s still a generally unpleasant experience.

He can and will steal stuff from literally everyone for his nest, even from people who by social custom he’s not close enough with to take nesting materials from. He does this solely to be obnoxious, because it’s considered a massive faux pas to take stuff back from a nesting omega’s nest unless you seriously need it and you have something to replace it with.

There are people who say ‘screw the rules’ and take their stuff back anyways, but then Kokichi dials up the waterworks to eleven and becomes ten times more annoying because he has an excuse now, so it’s usually less of a hassle to let him keep the stuff until he dismantles the nest.

Gonta is such a good bean, I love him

He’s an alpha, which combined with his imposing appearance catches a lot of people off guard when they first start interacting with him. People expect him to be rough or aggressive or any other multitude of negative alpha stereotypes, so it’s strange when he opens his mouth and starts gushing about bugs and trying his damnedest to be as gentlemanly as humanly possible.

Having been raised in the wild, he doesn’t always understand why and how to reign in certain behaviours. These include but are not limited to scent marking, posturing, dominance displays, etc. Oddly enough, he doesn’t seem to do these things out of a desire to challenge other alphas, but rather because he’s so used to not being around anyone who would feel challenged by him.

Being a gentleman, he’s of course horrified when he learns that those behaviours are unacceptable in polite society. Completely stopping them is a work in progress, but he’s trying his best.

For the purposes of this request (and, probably, the blog in general), I’ll be assuming that Izuru is a wholly separate person from Hinata. Maybe a non-despair twin AU or something?

Quite unmistakably an alpha. He isn’t one to advertise his secondary gender, but he sees no reason to hide it either. Has had one or two (bitter, jealous) people accuse him of being a beta pretending to be an alpha to gain an advantage, but Izuru really couldn’t care less.

Not one to ever leverage his alpha status for personal gain, even if it’s to do something like scare off annoying people. He can do it just as easily without resorting to something as crude as threat displays, so why bother?

He has an oddly comforting presence once you look past his apathy and general distaste for human interaction. Largely non-threatening yet strong enough to protect if need be, with the latter impression being bolstered by his alpha status.

Even though he likes to act like he’s completely above and beyond human instinct and desire, he’s still prone to little things like wanting to protect anyone he considers friend or family, or being mildly territorial. He’s able to completely reign in his behaviours in a way that few others can, but the instinct is still there.

Like her brother, she’s also an omega. She has a calming scent that smells something like rain and grass, like an open field after a storm. It’s remarkably mild, so much that every once in a while someone who has a slightly less sensitive nose mistakes her for a beta.

Her nests tend to be on the smaller side, just about big enough for herself and maybe one other person her size if they squeeze in tight. Though small, her nests very cozy, packed in tight with soft blankets and pillows, sentimental plushies, and clothes scented by her family.

During her heat, Komaru gets jumpy and prone to tears. She spends a lot of time hiding in her nest when she can, to the point of sometimes calling in sick to school when the stress is too much to handle. Most omegas like physical affection during their heats, but not her - she just wants to be left alone.