What are some of your First Year headcanons for TWST?
Ohmygod, I am sooooo sorry this took so long. It was way harder than I thought it would be to corral all my ideas together, but FINALLY, here it is. I hope this is good enough lol.
Hooooooo boy. The amount of brainrot Iâve had for these little guys is unreal, even during the times when I wasnât that into TWST. But honestly, I donât really have a whole lot to say â not that much of a âheadcanonsâ person, myself. And a lot of what I do have to say has already been said in my fics. But Iâm going to do my best hereâŚ
Because of the whole Book One fiasco, there are a lot of⌠things, letâs say, that Ace has absolutely fought tooth-and-nail to keep from his seniors; injuries sustained from stupid stunts, fights, bad grades, etc. Itâs sort of like heâs doing whatever he can to avoid getting collared, despite knowing, logically, he probably isnât going to.
Basically, Ace is the definition of a kid whose parents were strict, so he learned to be sneaky.
Heâs actually a really snappy dresser, and not half-bad at doing makeup. He probably wouldâve been in Pomefiore if it werenât for his lackadaisical views on hard work. Meanwhile, while heâs not a strict person by any means, his stubborn, relentless attitude about his own twisted morals is what got him into Heartslabyul.
Out of all the upperclassmen, Ace feels the closest to Floyd⌠surprisingly. Jamil used to be a close second, but after the winter break fiasco, heâs since been replaced by Cater.
With Floyd, Ace can mostly chalk up the underwater museum incident to Yuuâs own meddling. With Jamil, itâs a little⌠less certain.
Before coming to Night Raven College, Aceâs nervous habit was to scratch the back of his head. After coming to Night Raven College, it was to rub the back of his neck.
Not really related to Ace, but I always headcanoned that his older brother was twisted from the Ringmaster from âDumbo (1941)â.
Surprisingly, there are a lot of things Deuce also tries to hide from his upperclassmen. He hates himself everytime he does it, but itâs better than bothering them every time he loses his temper and they have to sign him out of the infirmary.
Deuce has scars on his knuckles from his delinquent days.Â
Deuceâs main job at an Unbirthday Party is to move the tables and chairs.
The Dark Mirror briefly considered Deuce for Savanaclaw due to his strength and his instinct to hit a problem until it got out of his way, but his self-imposed pressure to be an honor student landed him in Hearstlabyul instead.
Out of all the upperclassmen, Deuce feels the closest to Silver.
Having a mommy/daddy complex will do that to you.
He likes to put oyster sauce on his tarts now â not because he particularly likes the taste, but because it makes him feel warm inside. (Tell Ace, and youâre dead.)
Deuce is actually really good at croquet for some inexplicable reason.
Whenever Jack needs to leave Savanaclaw outside of school hours, he just leaves without telling anybody.
At the beginning of the year, he used to actually scrawl a shitty note saying "I'm leaving" everytime he needed to leave, but rarely did people ever actually find it by the time he got back.
After everything that happened in Book 2 and Book 3, it's obvious to him that Ruggie and Leona really don't care enough, so he stopped leaving notes.
For the briefest of moments, Jack was considered for Heartslabyul by the Dark Mirror for his inflexible moral code. However, his steadfastness in the face of overwhelming odds landed him in Savanaclaw.
They grow nighthowlers in the Botanical Garden. They look exactly like blueberries. Not related to Jack (yet), but I thought it was important to mention.
Besides Vil, Jack feels the closest to Riddle in terms of upperclassmen.
He really does like Ruggie and Leona, but thatâs⌠a lot to unpack, at best.
He and Epel regularly get into fights over whether pears or apples are better, even in situations where neither pears or apples are involved.
Professor Crewel, especially, is very exasperated with them.
For absolutely no real reason whatsoever, Jack has the entirety of the âShaftlandsâ Etiquette Manual for Youngsters (Ages 14â18)â memorized.Â
Not related to Jack, but I always headcanoned his young sister as being twisted off of Bolt from âBolt (2008)â and his younger brother as being based off the Sheriff of Nottingham from âRobin Hood (1973)â.
Epel is a transgender male. Just wanted to get that out of the way.
Epel does actually like macarons â strawberry-flavored ones are his favorite.
Epel does still get into a lot of fights around school, but heâs gotten better at hiding the evidence. Employing a trick he learned from Vil, he hides the bulk of his injuries using his clothes and makeup.
More often than heâd like to admit, Epel accidentally refers to Vil and Rook as his âparentsâ in his essays. Luckily, Professor Trein still gives him full credit, and he doesnât comment.
He does the same thing when heâs talking about them to the other freshmen. They donât stop him because a) itâs sweet, and b) itâs funny.
Once, Epel vented to Riddle about Vil, and accidentally referred to him as his âMaâ the whole time. By the end of it, Riddle looked very, very, very concerned.
Out of all the upperclassmen, Epel feels the closest to Leona.
Epel had no chances of ending up in Savanaclaw, but with the Dark Mirror sensing great magical power emanating from him, he very nearly ended up in Diasomnia. However, because he hadnât developed his ultra-mega-powerful Signature Spell yet, it ended up diverting him into Pomefiore. Sorry, bud.
Am I only saying this because Epel is actually twisted off of a magic object, unlike the other characters? Yes, yes I am.
Heâs twisted from Hercules, donât freaking @ me.
Ortho has a few issues with looking into mirrors, especially since he looks so much like OG!Ortho.Â
Ortho has a few attachment issues, as a result of being an extrovert trapped in an introvertâs bubble for most of his life.Â
The first-years completely and absolutely baby him, no questions asked.
Itâs so bad that even if Ortho is completely at fault for something, theyâll take his side anyway.
Honestly, as much as I love this little guy, I really donât have much to say about himâŚ
Suffers from severe attachment issues, for about the same reason as Ortho â being âtoo muchâ emotionally, and surrounded by people who put in the emotional bare minimum.
Silver is kind of an exception, but heâs so stone-faced, it also kind of doesnât make a difference.
Has definitely called Trey âFatherâ more often than heâd like to admit. Trey thinks itâs funny, meanwhile Sebek is just straight-up mortified everytime.
Out of all the freshmen, Sebek actually feels the least close to the upperclassmen. But if I had to say which one he feels the closest to, even if it wouldnât be saying much at all, it would have to be Silver.
While Sebekâs favorite food is salmon carpaccio, his (closeted) second-favorite is his dadâs homemade yogurt.
Am I projecting? Yes. I love my dad, sue me.
Sebek was actually way more comfortable with his human side than he was with his fae side when he was a kid, but because Briar Valley, that didnât last too long.
Back in Briar Valley, Silver could usually go out by himself and not be botheredâmostly because he was General Vanrougeâs son and Malleusâs sort-of brother. Sebek, unfortunately, did not have that luxury.
The Dark Mirror considered Sebek for Ignihyde because of his never-ending diligence when it came to protecting Malleus and the other people he cared about. However, once it became extremely obvious that Sebek didnât know how to turn down the volume on his own phone, it put him in Diasomnia.
Honestly, though, I think Sebek and Ortho wouldâve both been better off if he HAD been sorted into Ignihyde.
Not related to Sebek, but I headcanon his older brother as being based on Tick-Tock the Crocodile from âPeter Pan (1953)â and his older sister as being twisted from Louis from âThe Princess and the Frog (2009)â.
Yes, I know Louis is technically an ALLIGATOR, but shhhh. Lemme have this.
If it makes you feel better, though, I also headcanon their father as being from Port oâBliss (the same place Sam is from), so through the power of genetics, it kind of works out.
Okay, I think thatâs everything. I considered adding Yuu in here, but then again, anything we know about Yuu is mostly headcanons, so I donât think it counts lol.
Thank you SO MUCH for your patience, and I hope my headcanons didnât bore you, I know theyâre kind of mundane lol.
