#van headcannons

Van’s scars

After the wolf attack the fact that Vans face has healthier together is a remarkable thing. However…

For the rest of their life Van has issues chewing, their jaw also dislocates all the time.

Their face is not the only place they have scares they have some big claw marks on the top of their shoulders and shoulder blade. They are all raised and didn’t heal as well as the ones on Vans face.

Autistic Van Palmer

-Van has a massive thing against loud noises. If unaware that they are going to happen they will have a melt down. (Hence in season one they covered there ears at the shot gun competition)

-Shit at reading facial queues.

-Great at sarcasm though.

- Van has hand stims when anxious, they tap fingers and chews nails. When out in public Van self regulates by tapping their thumb to each finger.

-Van has facial expressions that are stims like the scronch face.

- Probably linked to being bad at reading facial queues, Van’s face can give away everything, Tai knows this and uses it to her advantage.

- Echolalia is a big stim, mostly its film quotes but in the wilderness its any sound or phrase they picks up from the others.

-School is completely unaware of Vans ASD cause ya know it’s the 1990s and “girls don’t do autism”

-Clothes and materials are a thing that can overwhelm Van, they make sure to cut all labels out of clothes and they have to be the right texture.

-the wolf attack was brutal. Tai was beyond distraught finding Van limp with their face and shoulder torn to shreds.

-Tai was so thankful when the others stopped Van was stirring on the pyre. It didn’t make sense.

- a month later Van was healing well shockingly well the open wounds turned into scares quickly. Van in themself felt stronger somehow, faster, they could pick up logs easier. Carry water from the lake quicker than anyone.

-Vans first change was violent and traumatic, they had been off for a few days, tai had noticed how they were pulling away from everyone. Refused to be touched etc.

-Van suddenly rand outside boiling hot they fell down in the snow to try and cool down. Everyone followed and watched in horror as Vans body broke and warped into a new form. What felt like forever Van rose onto their hind legs, and ran off into the woods.

-tai screamed tried to chase after Van but Nat held her back.

-Lottie looked up to the sky and pointed “the moon, she has chosen”

- the rest if the team are in awe and love Vans new power/ ability. Van has a lot of self hatred to the new version of them. They hate how they feel before transforming. They hate the rage and anger they feel bubbling under their skin.

- Shauna tries to have a go at Tai for something petty like maybe the poo bucket or not collecting enough logs, in a moment Van had Shauna up against a tree holding her at least a foot of the ground. Melissa, Gen and Akilah try and pull Van off her but they are to strong. Their arm hair claws growing. There are only two people that can calm Van and stop them from turning; Other Tai and Lottie.

- Van has always loved their hair being played with this include in wolf form who will just sit next to tai as tai scratches behind their ear

- Vans sense of smell is super charged, they are now obsessed with Tai’s small and can track the Tai round the woods.

-Van temp runs hot, like all year round. The team use them as a heat source in the freezing winter.

Hello, took me a while to clock the name of Vans shop lol

Ok so While You Were Streaming (or WYWS) is deffo more of a community hub than just a shop.

-WYWS has month long pride events from movie nights to poetry readings all for the queer community.

-Van knows a few drags queens that do children book readings, every first Saturday morning of the month.

-On major holidays Van hosts special family nights for people that need to find chosen family.

-(So I don’t know where the shop is but) Van always makes sure to include events for queer Muslims and Jewish people with the help of those community. They have a selection of movies that caterers to those groups to.

-Van has occasionally done Halloween shut-ins where all the shelves are cleared out of the way and a projector shows the classic horrors.