#regressor headcanons

You couldn't help but feel ashamed, looking around at how well your team handled their traumas without pacifiers or stuffed animals. You were already the youngest on the team, you didn't need to make it worse by making them take care of you.

That's why when Price walks into your barracks while you're playing with your plushies, your pacifier drops from your mouth, and you begin to wail.

"Woah woah! Kiddo, calm down!" Price immediately rushes to your side, getting down to your level. You pull away from him a little, clutching your stuffed bear tight to your chest.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'll be big, I promise!" You hiccup, which makes Price's heart break. He takes you by the shoulders, squeezing them to get your attention.

"Breathe, kid. Look at me and breathe." He orders, but in a much softer tone than you'd ever heard him use. You do as he says, breathing in shakes bursts at first until they finally evened out. Tears still steadily dribble down your face, your chest hitching with your leftover sobs. "Why were you hiding being a regressor, kid? Hmm? You're not the only one on the team who regresses, you know."

"Huh?" You feel yourself flush at the noise, chewing at your bottom lip. Price chuckles fondly and pats your cheek.

"We can talk about it in the morning. It's late for little soldiers. You should be in bed." He hums, which makes you pout a little. He taps your bottom lip softly which makes you giggle, before he picks you up and sets you in bed.

"Let's clean this off." Price sighs as he grabs your pacifier and wipes it down with a baby wipe. You happily take the offered comfort item, laying down when Price tucks you in.

— thinking abt the batkids, especially jason and dick using regression (even if they don’t entirely realise that’s what it is) and retracing the little things they enjoyed and new things they never got the chance to. especially if you consider batkids dynamics with each other & agere, where they’re suddenly having these actual sibling relationships in ways they never got to before; forming entirely new dynamics.

— bruce,who doesn’t entirely have a clue what’s going on, but he wants them to be okay (both because they’re his kids, and because semi well adjusted people made for better heroes) and is putting copious amounts of time into learning and indirectly helping heal the mistakes made the first time

— the batkids getting to experience that sort of closeness without the undercurrent of resentment in their big lives. even if dick & jason would have the hardest time being around each other (bc of the complexity of everything that went down with them even indirectly) I still think it would be sooo important for them to have each other without the presence of the capes.

"Even though sometimes I can really be a monster– today I'm just... a sea monster." / "I wanna play. I really, really do."

"You remember anything before she died?" "I don't know. I remember at night she would wrap me in a quilt and sing songs to me. Sometimes, she'd trace her finger along my ear. Tickling me." "Must have made you feel good." "It did."

Yes absolutely!! Baby regressor Cass coming right up :D

Padded regressor!! She's literally a baby she's too little to hold it!!!!!

@caprandcowlnursery headcanons that she really likes sesame street and I do agree

I also think she likes a lot of Disney princess stuff!!! Big pretty dresses :D

Basically anything princess themed is a go for her

I'm also giving her PBS kids watcher in general so she has a few of my favorites as well

This includes: The Goodnight Show, Peep And The Big Wide World, The Chica Show, and

Also Sprout! For Poppy Cat specifically.

And a list of other shows I think she'd like: Treehouse Masters, Pocoyo, Dinosaur Train, Dragon Tales, The Magic School Bus, Clifford, Angelina Ballerina, Lalaloopsy, and Kipper. And Animal Mechanicals!

I think she would like shows with bright colors but also ones where there's not a lot of talking, like Kipper, Rubbadubbers, and Canimals.

Am I projecting? Yes.

Anyway!

She likes soft fabrics, and loose clothes mostly, nothing too restrictive

I like to think she has those 'I think my dad is Batman' onesies because she's really really proud of it

She also wears those kids' princess costumes a lot

And ballerina outfits, obviously!

She's almost entirely mute, she will make sounds to get her point across but no real words unless she's watching a learning show or one that prompts viewers for responses

As for toys, she likes letter blocks, she has a few sets so she can spell things with double letters

She also likes crinkle toys, rattles, and music boxes

And those rainbow stackers

She likes to play a little bit rough with her stuffed animals (she's playing hero!) but she forgets that she actually does have strength and then Alfred has to fix them

Giggles a lot

She has a bouncer, I know this in my heart, put her in the baby bouncer

Her main caretakers are Bruce and Barbara but sometimes Dick babysits and Alfred's always there if she regresses while Bruce isn't home

Likes to crawl around but also likes to be carried, DOES NOT like to walk

Can be alone while regressed especially since she mostly just plays quietly but she does like having company. Parallel play!

A lot of her time regressed is just her watching cartoons lol

At some point Bruce makes one of the rooms into a to-scale indoor playground w/ a baby area and she spends time there roo

regressor volt hcs ⚡️

for @ageredateeverything (sorry these are MONTHS late 😅)

is almost the complete opposite of his usual personality: very low energy, barely talking, anxious and uneasy

wants nothing more than to be with eddie but terrified of being in that vulnerable position, of being out of control and the one needing help

when either volt or eddie is regressed, if they can bring themselves to ask, falling asleep in the others’ arms for a nap is the best sleep they ever get

if eddie is busy and volt is feeling too self conscious to go to him, he’ll sometimes go to betty, as she’s perfect for being a nap buddy, she’s gentle and understands what’s going on without having to ask questions that would be embarrassing

his natural tendency is to be very clingy, if he isn’t in the headspace to help and protect eddie he at least needs to visually confirm that he’s okay, but he often represses this and isolates instead, he’ll sit or lay on the floor of the shower or their bed, hugging his knees and rocking trying to self soothe

in the classic eddie and volt dynamic of “i’ll give you the world you just have to ask”, eddie would never shame volt or hold his regression against him, god knows the stress they’re both under they’re just coping by any means necessary, even if he was having a bad pain day he would be glad to just rest together, making sure volt is okay and prioritizing his comfort over the maintenance, but he rarely even knows it’s happening

volt is autistic but normally very high masking, but if he’s regressing he’s usually too tired or stressed to keep it up so he’s quieter, making less eye contact, stimming more visibly, etc

Shawn likes spinning in Lassiter's chair and the detective surprisingly lets him

Shawn uses baby products unashamedly (like the baby shampoo he carries on him)

Age range, vaguely 10 years and younger

"Talk to me like I'm five"

He can be lulled to sleep during rides in his dad's truck

Buzz is often called to babysit Shawn but doesn't even know Shawn regresses, he's just happy to be involved

Shawn actually gets frustrated pretty easily

"You're acting like a child!" "I'm not acting!"

His mom deduced that he regressed the first day she was back

Henry let Shawn sleep in his bed ONE time after he got concussed on a case and now he'll randomly wake up to Shawn hogging his blankets