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OH WOE MONSTER HIGH G1 HEADCANONS BE UPON YE 4: GILAGOONA EDITION
Because they're my babies and I love them both so very very much
Lagoona
I always thought it was a little stupid that she hates geology, (ofc I'm biased I love geology) especially since it plays a huge part in coral reefs and coastlines so FUCK YOU MATTEL she's a huge geology nerd and she's absolutely in love with the Screamerican landscape and wants to study geology in Screamerica
Also related to the geology one, she does lick rocks. Just a little bit. Y'know to tell if they're shale or not. Definitely not because she wants to eat them.
Since she's half sea nymph she does have some amount of water magic, but it's not nearly as strong as her mothers especially since she takes more after her dad; she's mainly able to waterbend at a basic level, nothing like pulling water vapor out of the air like in G3, she needs a decent amount of water to be able to waterbend.
Neptuna is now a black devil anglerfish instead of a piranha because piranhas are freshwater and anglerfish need more love anyways. Lagoona also has a pet dwarf ribbon seal named Miss Blubbles; she taught her how to 'cheer' (slapping her belly to sound like applause) and 'perform' (Lagoona puts a toy trumpet up to her nose and Missy blows into it to play it)
Gets very cold very easily since New Salem is much colder than Australia and she's semi-cold blooded and can't really wear warmer clothes because her skin needs to breathe
Frequently sunbathes on rocks and sometimes falls asleep she gets so relaxed (side note HAVE Y'ALL EVER LAID ON A BIG ROCK THAT'S BEEN IN THE SUN FOR A WHILE?? IT'S SO NICE I SEE WHY REPTILES DO IT ALL THE TIME)
Internally screaming %80 of the time because of global warming causing ocean acidification causing large-scale coral bleaching/death which is one of the most telling geological/paleontological signs of a mass extinction event BUT IT'S FINE :)
Defo has beef with humans since they're the main cause of ocean pollution and aforementioned coral death and because they always act like she's an attraction for tourists whenever she visits home
Her species of sea monster doesn't create their own calcium, they get it from the crustaceans they eat and in a pinch eat coral skeletons. Thus Lagoona often gets the urge to eat chalk and other types of limestone since they're both essentially made out of calcium.
Her freckles are actually electroreceptive pits like on crocodiles; her face is especially sensitive because of it, one dodgeball to the face and it's fucking OVER for her
Gil
Japanese American because I'm sick of you people calling him white when he 1. Looks fucking Asian 2. Every single last outfit he has either has Japanese wallpaper or the Great Wave off Kangawa on it WITHOUT FAIL 3. His dad was in the 'koi' scouts and koi are native to Japan. 'oh but his last name is Webber' it's very common for immigrants to change their names to something more 'acceptable' and that's probably what his dad's family did. 'that's not confirmed though' yeah no they implied him to be Japanese for shits and giggles. (This was less of a headcanon because I actually fully think this is canon but I digress)
Had his lungs removed when he was young because he got very sick; the leftover scar ends up making it look like he had top surgery and he usually has to explain such and he jokes about accidentally queerbaiting people
Hatched in Brainerd, Minneskullta by the Hississippi since when Lagoona's imitating his mom it sounded pretty Midwestern to me and she says something along the lines of '10,000 lakes', which Minnesota is the land of ten thousand lakes and he also gives off a lot of Midwestern to me; A lot of freshwater folk in Screamerica are from Minneskullta because of all the lakes/the Hississippi.
Fucking loves dairy since he's midwestern and also because bones made for water tend not to fare too well on land, he needs the calcium. Also fish fucking love cheese in general.
Memory of a fucking goldfish, bro cannot remember SHIT due to the culmination of mild brain damage from SKRM, ADHD, and simply being a fish. Also tends to jumble the fuck out of his words sometimes and can be quite gullible despite how smart he is.
His favorite snacks other than seaweed are garlic Parmesan snails, ranch flavored crickets, and scareiyaki leeches. Also loves pistachios but doesn't bother taking the shells off to the dismay of literally everybody.
I always thought it was sad that his parents wouldn't let him have a pet so I made it so that after he moved out he got an asthmatic pygmy beaver and named him Critter (also because I find it funny that he's a RIVER monster with a pet BEAVER). He spent at least two weeks teaching him 'greet' (Critter grabs the person's hand and gives it a kiss) to impress Lagoona.
Bonus lore relating to the last one; freshwater monsters in Screamerica domesticated beavers to stop them from building dams in the rivers river monsters were living in and to help build dams to make lakes for lake monsters. Pygmy beavers are the domesticated beavers and regular beavers still exist, Gil didn't just snatch up a random beaver, they're still pretty common pets for freshwater monsters in Screamerica.
He always carries around a dry erase marker so people can doodle or play tic-tac-toe/hangman on his helmet when bored during class or just for fun, and he's now goated at hangman from playing it so often. He also whips out paint markers for special events for people to decorate him; at the end of the year he tries to get people to both sign his fearbook AND his head
Plays the bass since 1. Fish hear low frequencies the best 2. Bass is spelled the same as bass which is a type of fish lmao 3. His parents are fucking squares and hate nu metal so natch he learned to play the bass as a rebellion since the bass is one of the most iclawnic things about KoRn other than the drums and vocals.
The walleye in him takes over sometimes and his eyes just start drifting apart when spacing out, sometimes he only blinks one eye and he can roll his eyes in different directions; he's blind as shit outside of water since his eyes are missing a lens that allows his species to see above water.
Lagoona x Gil:
Since Lagoona is always fucking cold and Gil is always fucking hot they snuggle to achieve perfect body temperature. Also Gil always gives Lagoona his jacket when it's colder out since he's used to it (being from Northern Minneskullta n all) and she isn't.
Gil likes to gently pull one of Lagoona's curls and say 'boioioioing' when it springs back up. Lagoona loves it.
If Lagoona's running late or running out of moisturizer she throws herself into Gil's arms to get covered in his slime before giving him a quick peck and running off.
Gil's always blowing heart-shaped bubbles at Lagoona if they're too far away to talk or if they're not allowed to in class.
Since Lagoona fucking loves geology and Gil fucking loves entomology they have the best nerd dynamic ever conjured. Lagoona lifts up the cool rocks to look at them and then Gil gets to look at all the funky little bugs underneath!
Lagoona absolutely loves Gil's thundering (fish noise). 9 times out of 10 she buries her face in his chest to really feel the full rumble.
Pansexual queen and her bisexual malewife. (Lagoona has the pan color scheme in her design and Gil has the bi color scheme in his design)
They are both pathetically fang over heel for each other. Gil thinks Lagoona looks like an absolute goddess and that no one could ever look hotter, cuter, or more beautiful than her in both looks and personality. Lagoona couldn't even imagine a more attractive and caring boyfriend if she tried. She finds him absolutely smoking and even more so when he rebels against his parents to defend her honor. (WHICH HE HAS DONE CANONICALLY BY THE FUCKING WAY)
Gil helped Lagoona name Miss Blubbles. "It's a combination of 'bubbles' and 'blubber'! And she's quite the distinguished lil lady too." They both baby-talk each other's pets constantly and act like parents to the little creatures, putting them in tiny clothes and making them dance a lil jig.
Gil always puts his arm out for Lagoona to hold onto since they can't really hold hands because they're webbed.
