#trenderman headcanons

I just decided to do terms of endearment :p Also this is just their "preferred" thing, but all of them would accept any of the below happily because it's you <3

Maybe I can do what they'd prefer in bed if you send this back in :)) I just would want the two to be separate posts :p

Weird nicknames (Raccoon, Dumpster, Cheese, T-rex, literally anything weird and silly because it makes them laugh and feel giddy with you):

BEN, LJ, Toby, Natalie, Splendor, Candy, Nina

Traditional romantic nicknames (Dear, Beloved, Angel, Honey, Sweetheart because it melts their heart and makes them feel loved):

Jeff, Tim, Brian, Slender, Jane, Smiley, Offender, Puppeteer, Terrors, Sully, Hobo

Their name (Because it just hits different and feels so much more special coming from you):

Slenderbeings, at their core, are a solitary species. Their instincts incline them to apathy towards weaker creatures and hostility towards anything that can be regarded as a threat to themselves or their resources. And what but a slenderbeing is powerful enough to successfully kill, harm or out-compete another slenderbeing?

As a result, early encounters between slenderbeings overwhelmingly resulted in bloodshed.

Unfortunately, you can't sustain a species with a population that kill each other on sight.

So life found a way.

Slenderbeings have a term for this "way" that one could directly translate into english as " [he/she/they/I] fought the love into [you/me]" or more poetically as "finding love through battle" or more concisely as "love-struck". The term describes a phenomenon in the species where intense sexual attraction is developed during combat.

For some slenderbeings it is sudden and overwhelming; in one moment you're trying to rip out each other's throats and in the next you're fucking each other into the dirt. For others it is delayed and gradual; you're limping away from your battle to lick your wounds in peace, assuaging your ego by thinking of how you're going to retaliate, how your claws will feel rending through the other's skin, how their blood will look staining the pristine glow of their face, how effortlessly you'll move through the attacks the other makes with their long, elegant limbs, how it would feel to fuck each other into the dirt - huh. Where did that thought come from?

Of course, not every battle causes this phenomenon. There are numerous factors at play that determine if and when an individual reaches that point. Generally, however, the more intense and prolonged the battle, the more likely this attraction will form in a combatant.

While occasionally both slenderbeings involved in the fight may develop the attraction at roughly the same time, it is much more common for only one combatant to "have the love fought into them". In other species this one-sided attraction may precipitate attempts at non-consensual pairings. However, the intensity and length of battle needed to trigger the attraction is only truly possible between slenderbeings of similar strength. Therefore, the "love-struck" slenderbeing would not have the power necessary to force a coupling with the object of their affection. This is understood both intellectually and instinctually so very few ever attempt it, with the determined preferring to throw themselves wholeheartedly into courtship and the stubborn preferring to ignore the feelings until they (hopefully) go away.

Once the most prevalent reason slenderbeings engaged in mating behaviors, it slowly decreased in prevalence as various pressures made it beneficial for slenderbeings to go against their instincts and form societal structures of increasing complexity, doubly so once The Revolution creates a broader cryptid society that prides itself in harmony between and amongst its diverse populations.

Trenderman built like an intelligent cricket

Ej looks like he snacks on pocket lint

Killian looks like a participation trophy husband

Toby is built like an onomatopoeia

Tims elbows look like he bathed them in flour

Candypop looks like he got crumbs under his bed

Nathan looks like an improper fraction

Jeff looks like he just discovered fire

The rake built like 820 ground beef

Brian looks like he has to pick a chin in conversation

Jason built like a full inventory

Offender got the posture of a run-on sentence

Ben built like a suggested password"

Puppeteer looks like he wipes ass back to front AND built like mystery meat

The list will be a little bit longer because a lot of my thought process is linked on his lore and more story-oriented headcanons (which I'll be writting in another blog soon) so I have to give lots of context and more glossed over explanations

First things first, I know its says right there that he uses browns and neutral colors, and that is right. I just wanted to make an American Psycho reference bc I'm taking a lot of inspiration from Patrick Bateman for Trender's character.

He wears lots of neutral colors to be as little noticeable as possible since his methods involve him hiding on plain sight. But that also can be a way to cshow his indifference and his ideals and views of fashion (as he is also based on minimalism and is a very close-minded person, believing there's only one way of living: the mainstream).

I kept the brown to be true to the original character and still have him recognized by the community. But also to make him seem harmless since brown is a very cozy color usually used for background characters.

His style also helps with this. I took inspiration from 50s trends since the 50s are known as a very casual and friendly-looking decade despite being extremely conservative and intolerant. Also because they used lots of knitwear which help for the "false sense of security" thing.

Like Splendor, Trenderman has a more brownish and "natural" skin color, only he's more desaturated. This is because he does spends a lot of time within humans and is interested in fashion -a very culturally significant aspect of humanity- and how their society works, but he does not give a shit about them. He uses humans and the things he learns from them for his own gain and other than that he's very anniliated from them, being way more alien than his relatives sometimes.

He does not have tendrils. Personally I could never view him with tendrils or tentacles, so I just didn't give him any, I'll be glossing over this in my future blog about the Faceless' lore, but basically there were complications on his birth (and he tecnically is disabeled now that I think about him). He is also very short for his species for the same reason.

Since he literally comes form a mannequin I want him to have stiff and very artifical mannerisms. He moves like a robot. And I think that can also help with the uncanny feel of his character and how he tries to give his victims a false sense of empathy or relatability but he ultimately fails because he just isn't human.

He is very expressionless by himself already anyway. Even more than Slenderman himself. So, design-wise, his glasses work so people are drawn to his "face" and see where he is facing but also to further understand that there will be little to no reaction since they're pretty much static the whole time in my drawings.

Character-wise, he uses them to further disguise himself and keep that feeling of relatability, he doesn't actually need them or anything.

First off! They are referred to as the Matheson Brothers in this AU as Matheson is their last name. Three of them are Valdernak, Splendor is Valderna. The Valdernak ones are also pureblooded, or purebred due to having full Valdernak parents.

SLENDER:

Name is Charles Damian Matheson. Known as either Sir, or Mr. Matheson to those who are not family.

Physical and mental age is 26, while chronologically being 26 eons.

Eye colour: crimson

The Mansion is really a boarding house because this man decided that having a bunch of clearly supernaturally enhanced killers on the loose was a terrible idea.

He was not wrong about this, and is very confused as to why humans are so sensitive to becoming supernatural in nature

His best proxies are Hoodie and Masky, though the later has a tendency to revert back to Tim Sutton.

He has no idea why this happens, and just possesses Tim when he shows up.

Baby of the family, and despite his maturity, it does show

Also the most homicidal if we discount Splendor.

Has a human mate and was delighted to find she ended up being a cryptid along the line due to her being a true witch.

Is honestly a pretty good father, and loves his daughter very much.

Does not quite grasp the idea that humans are horribly delicate, and sometimes is a bit frustrated when his proxies die after doing tasks that he thinks they should be able to do.

Has gotten better, but is still bad.

Hates traditionalists with a passion, and is not above killing them.

TRENDER:

Full name is Alexander Percival Matheson, also known as Alex and Al.

Age is 34, or 34 eons, and is the eldest brother.

Eye colour: bright yellow

Hates being called Ally.

Has a silk farm

This silk farm consists of genetically mutated spiders affectionately referred to as his little hellions. These spiders also bare frightening similarities to the varients found in both hell and the Path.

Owns a silk company and a tailor shop, both of which dating back to around 3100 BCE

Enjoys going into a human form and speaking with humans who are either artistic or into fashion.

The least homicidal of the siblings

Thinks humans are adorable.

Disappointed that he can no longer hunt as he pleases as all the humans he prefers to eat are highly influential people. No longer can they just die of an "illness" without humans figuring out Valdernak exist.

Very sarcastic, and protective of his younger brothers.

SPLENDOR:

Full name is Joseph Xavier Matheson

Sometimes is called Joey.

Eye colour: dark red

Age is about 31, or 31 eons.

Adopted when he was around 3 years of age

No one knows what went on during those those three years, and Joseph ain't telling

Loves fucking with people, and enjoys pissing his brothers off

Does not care particularly much for humans but understands why they should be allowed to exist

Is very homicidal and has been known to kill creepypastas, and other cryptids.

Happy for the most part

Has been trying to kill Laughing jack for years

At this point it's a ritual between them

OFFENDER:

Full name Jackson Victor Matheson, also known as Jack, or Jackie

Age 28, or 28, eons

Eye colour: bright rose

Was assualted when he was younger by their sire, and has resulted in him being rather hypersexual

While caring to his partners for the most part, he seperates himself from them during sex. This has resulted in him disociating during sex and killing his partners as a result

Rather romantic, he becomes very anxious when it comes to sex around those he finds attractive

Hates being alone. Genuinely cannot stand to be alone.

Has a Cerebus named Inglebert Humberdink who helps him with this and hunting

Flirty, which is a part of the hypersexuality

A sweetheart for the most part.

Probably the chillest around humans

Smokes a lot

Owns a bar, that's been around for as long as anyone can remember

Likes trenchcoats, but does wear clothes beneath it. Just finds them comfortable

Aside from Charles, is the most family oriented

SINISTER:

Name is Evelynn Veronica Matheson, has been known to go by Eve, prefers Evelynn

Age is 26, or 45 eons

Eye colour: very pale lilac

Has aged slower due to being a Void-kin

Eldest of the siblings

Grew up with ten younger siblings with adoptive family

Has been known to manipulate humans and cryptids alike

Like Charles, absolutely hates Traditionalists, mostly because they're trying to kill her

Never knew Birth Mother, just has the knowledge that she is dead

Has a pet Voidling named Lotus

Finds humans interesting little creatures

Eventually becomes an Aldritch

SLENDERJR

Preferably known as Elizabeth Maria Matheson

Eye colour: bright red

Age 16, or 102 years

Has just begun aging by the eon due to being half human

Helps out with her father often

Doesn't understand traditionalists

Quicker to come up with ideas in comparison to her father and uncles

Knows both traditional Valdernak magic, and witchcraft

take an old ass drafty post because I have no will too write <3

gimme your thoughts for this its...weird crap i’ve thought about

ya know dipper from gavity falls? and his forehead birthmark thing?

toby has that but it’s the lyra constellation

ben’s gotta sleep with pads on his face so he doesn’t fuck up his sheets

the proxies have a dysfunctional family dynamic

brian and tim switch between overworked dad and sad wine mom

toby’s their poor arsonist child

kate is tobys actual father but has been out of the picture for years

cody’s the neighbour who looks oddly similair too one of toby’s parents

ben’s addicted too bitcoin he thinks its the future of the world

doesn’t care if he’s fuckin dead

he’s considered communism

jeff’s religous trauma + aggressive political upbringing made him beileve anarachy is the only interest

who let angsty anarchy teen and communist twink be friends-

so like liu has a lot of plants and crap

one time sully killed one and replaced it with a fake one

liu cried when he found out he’d been watering plastic

once lj ate sally’s hamster too try and be funny

like held it in his throat and brought it back up when she began crying

slender whooped his hass

all the furniture in the mansion gotta be fuckin huge right

but for the really tall fucks like slender its kinda small right

so just slender sitting on the couch, knees curled up too his chest 

“Well, this is rather uncomfortable?”

and then fuckin tobys 5′7 ass who had too physically jump onto the couch

“bitch what”

jeff thinks clockwork is genuinely into him

whenever she gut punches him or gags when he walks into the room hes like

“dam baby if you wanted a piece of this ass all you had too do was ask”

and then he gets pummeled by someone

I refuse too beileve trender wears sweaters and fucking khackis

he’s all about OOo fashion

bitch looks like a homophobic  day care worker

Helen’s basically a vampire

thin, doesn’t go outside, dark emo boy hair

and like he’s a painter so he’s defintely taken a swig of paint water before right

but he paints with blood

lj doesn’t know how too use a cellphone

fucking fight me on this 

doesn’t have a need for them, he wasn’t really ever exposed too technology

thats why ben slightly scares him

hoe doesn’t understand

jane has her own little garden

that one’s not crackish but cmon its cute

her having like a little bookclub with ej and nina

they’re all friends, fight me

brian has lotsa failed stick and poke tattoos

wanted too be cool too have a small one

fucks it up everytime somehow

always wears longsleeves because of it

everytime its like summer tim tries too get him into a t-shirt

“You’re gonna get fucking heat stroke, we barely have an ac-”

hissing noises

Mercury Poisoning + General HC’s

Explanation: So I accidentally did general Trender headcanons instead of Trender x Fashion designer reader headcanons (Yes I’m that ditzy) so I’m just gonna post these here and pretend I meant to XD 

Warnings: Mercury poisoning, family’s reaction to horrible illness, mouth sores, anxiety, hand/head tremors, memories, insomnia (All the aforementioned triggers stop being an issue after you see this ~*~ signal. After that, its just random general HC’s ^^) 

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HE HAS HAD MERCURY POISONING BEFORE! Oh boy, I’ve wanted to talk about this in depth for forever but I can never get my thoughts together. The day I manage it, watch out.

Basically, though, Trender is in love with fashion (Obviously). The whole industry, but mostly prac- he loves to design, and create, and be amongst other people who design, and create. So he’s never been a big-wig store CEO or anything. He has always and will always be a worker (Even if he opened up a small boutique or even chain of boutiques. He’d be the manager that’s out with everyone else, on the floor, as often as possible.) and he’s worked far more than his fair share of factories.

Including those factories that used lots of mercury in their felt making. He contracted a terrible case of the ‘mad hatters’ disease through this (Ironically, he literally caught his case during a serious hat phase he was enjoying. Yes, Trender was literally the Mad Hatter.) and since his literal monster of an immune system was about to fight off the disease for a long time (During which time he watched friends and colleagues alike fall to the illness, in total confusion and grief), when he finally started suffering from the symptoms, they were bad. Like, he had one of the worst cases ever.

Splender and Slender took care of him during this time. Offender too, whenever he was in town (And he did visit a lot more often than before) but it’s never been in him to devote himself to others. When he was there, though, he didn’t leave Trenders side. Or, at least, the hallway that his room was on.

His symptoms included:

o   Sores in his mouth that caused a permanent metallic taste, muscle pain. Made even worse by his mania- always wanting to move. And do something. Usually sowing, either by hand or with a machine but he would also suffer outbursts where he would really move, and those are what put his muscles in the most pain.

o   Irritability + lack of patience. Splender was totally patient with him and endlessly kind, of course, but this did cause some nasty, horrible fights with Slender. Slender of course new that it was just the sickness but after a certain point his patience wore totally 2D, plus he was hurting from watching Trender be sick like this and stifling those feelings.

o   Introversion and shyness. He would often hide away in his room / cell cuz of course he wasn’t allowed to go places on his own, or at all to extreme lengths and it got to the point that he would only say 2 words if Splender came in (No one else), if they were lucky.

o   So much anxiety. Splender would do all he could to help him get through it but the attacks lasted days. All they could do was standby, keep his space clean, and continue to empty his vomit bucket.

o   Struggle with focusing on anything. He would keep going, of course, because even terribly ill Trender is determined, but it would get messy.

o   Tremors. In his hands (Which made the cuts he always accidentally gets on his fingers even worse), and his head.

o   Memory loss was one that hit Offender the worst.

o   He would also go days without sleeping. And I’m not gonna lie, Slender did resort to hitting him in the head whenever Splender wasn’t around to just make him get sleep (Cuz the insomnia made everything else 10 times worse).

o   His movements were also all over the place. Jerky.

It last years. At least 2-3 decades.

Wow, I did actually get a bit into this. Oh well. Okay moving on from this sadness.

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If he were to be represented as a planet, he would be Earth.

If they were to be represented as colours, Trender and Slender both would be grey. Because while their brothers are definitely completely different sides of the spectrum, hot and cold (Splender would never do something evil to anyone else and Offender would never do anything good for anyone but himself), Trender and Slender are different kinds of mixed. Slender leans heavily towards black and Trender leans heavily towards white, but they would both do things that counteract what they try to be.

He really hates when people try to define him. He’s not just the ‘fashion’ brother. He’s so much more; He’s Trender. Stop trying to stick him in a box he just doesn’t fit. It hurts, and its frustrating.

He is a self-sacrificing shit. I mean, at least Splender will keep himself safe in a dangerous situation because knows people need him- it would take Trender exactly 2 seconds to throw himself between a random stranger and a car, or cockily dare someone to shoot him whether he knows for sure that they wont or not if it means he could possibly psych them out or distract them so someone else can escape.

He’s also a, uh *Cough* Icarus-Type. He’s willing to risk the danger if it means he’ll fly. In other words, man is a DAREDEVIL.

He can take a mighty beating. Like, have you ever seen Alfred Pennyworth in Fox’s Gotham? Trender’s fighting style, attitude, and philosophy is exactly like that. He has a really good technique and he’ not afraid to fight, at all, but if he knows someone is stronger then him then he’s not at all afraid of outlasting them, either.

He’s a city boy at heart, but do not get him wrong- he’s a rural man at his roots.

Once, Slender was being his dickface self so Trender went under protest. He said, he would not leave the Slender’s toilet until Slender agreed to apologise to Splender and mean it (And *cough* make them dinner). And since Slender refuses to toilet outside or on any toilet other then his own (how unsanitary), it worked. Slender did try to just go in and do his business whether Trender was there or not but Trender anticipated this and had sat himself, draws down on the toilet, so Slender came in, saw, and immediately left again with a strangled scream.