how would the mercs react to someone they know really well (like family) coming out to them as genderfluid?? ur writing is šš btw
Thank you so much! I hope I wrote this well, if youād like me to make a change or two let me know!
For simplicities sake, Iām going to go with close friend that theyād consider family, knowing each other that well.
Also, the pov changes halfway through and I donāt feel like rewording it; Iāve realized I like doing second person a lot so I hope thatās alright!!!
Scout:
āYou drink gender???ā
Jokes aside, Scout may have a bit of trouble wrapping his head around it at first. For him, it makes a lot of sense, but itās a change that takes time for him to adjust to since he has a habit of speaking before he thinks.
Still, Scout always makes sure to ask their pronouns whenever they show up, and is unabashedly loud and proud whenever gender comes up in conversation.
He constantly makes positive comments that reaffirm whatever they choose to go by for the moment. It can get a bit overbearing at times, but he means well.
Soldier:
Immediately picks them up and swings them in a circle while hugging them. āAFFIRMATIVE! That you are, and I LOVE you for it!ā
Probably the loudest about it, but if they arenāt out yet to certain people, heās surprisingly loyal and will make a vow of silence if it means not outing them if they donāt want to be outed.
However, if someone tries to pick a fight? Itās on. Soldier will send them flying into orbit for the people closest to him.
Incredibly supportive, proud, and energetic about it.
Pyro:
Pyro completely understands from the get-go, even if they canāt say it through the mask.
To show they care, they immediately envelop their friend in a hug and shower them with love and acceptance.
They use crayons to draw their close friend, give them gifts and flowers, and overall do their best to show they care.
Will show up with a fire axe if anyone tries to purposefully misgender their friend or try to instigate a fight. Theyāre yelling muffled insults at whoever dared try and fight their best friend.
Demo:
Gives his friend a clap on the back, with a huge smile on his face.
āTook ye long enough!ā
He always suspected, but didnāt want to ask out of fear of scaring them into deciding to come out too early, or making them uncomfortable.
Obviously, ātook you long enoughā is a lighthearted joke, and heās fully willing to support his friendāpractically a siblingāuntil the very end.
Always asks what theyāre going by today before he ever uses pronouns, and sticks to them from the get-go. If he ever does make a mistake, he immediately corrects it and moves on without making a scene, as much as he breaks over it later out of embarrassment.
Overall, probably the best one to come out to first. Heāll provide a shoulder to lean on when theyāre sad or unsure, maybe even insecure; but will always step forwards in defense of them whenever possible. He knows not to cause a scene unless theyāre truly upset over someone misgendering or teasing them so as not to upset them even more. He will, however, exhibit a cold anger not commonly seen in someone with such a warm and friendly demeanor when it does happen.
If he can cause a scene over it, you bet thereās going to be fireworks.
More beneath the cut:
Engineer:
Wholly accepting of this! Does a similar thing to Pyro where he just wraps his arms around his friend and hugs them tightly; although in a much warmer and softer manner.
Wipes a tear from his eye.
āProud oā ya, real proudā¦ā
Heās humbled by the fact that they came out to him first. Plans a barbecue as a celebration, maybe even buys a few gifts! Itās a huge deal to him that somebody so close to him came out like that, and heās going to make sure everybody else feels the same way too.
He has a metal arm. If somebody fucks with them, he will not hesitate.
Heavy:
Heavy is perceptive. He picks up on it immediately, but like demo doesnāt ask out of respect.
He immediately socks someone in the jaw if they purposefully use the wrong pronouns, or make an offensive joke about his friend.
If itās an uncomfortable comment or joke, he exhibits the same caliber of cold anger, but to an extreme. Seeing as heās like a personal bodyguard in terms of intimidation factor alone, him hovering behind you with a stormy expression is enough to scare most people off.
Is always open to talk to them, and is a great listener. Heās great at offering an interesting subject or topic, maybe a book and tea if they need a distraction from dysphoria or somebody getting to them.
Rather serious about it, Heavy wonāt tend to make light hearted jokes about the topic of gender, instead taking a very open but grounded approach to it.
āIt does not exist. Is too narrow. Little person can use whatever works best.ā
Medic:
āAh! Let me add that to your file⦠I assume no surgery, then?ā
Heās not disappointed by the prospect of not being able to trans your gender, but also gets to work on other ways of affirming your own!
Doesnāt really treat you any differently, but will work on an experiment to let you change your appearance based on what makes you feel best in the background.
Gives you the option of using it, but lets the topic go otherwise unless something is wrong or if you bring it up; regardless of if heās giddy to know if it works or not.
Very chill about this stuff. Heās probably one to the better/best people to talk to about it, but know that he also wonāt provide much comfort as much as he will facts or potential solutions.
In fact, he almost comes across as distant until he suddenly drops a shockingly down to earth suggestion or a really, really good idea to help you out. Nothing too crazy, itās almost uncanny.
Thing is, heās just been dealing with gender problems for⦠His entire life? Heās already far enough along in his own that heās perfected his methods of staving it off.
Even if youāre not feeling dysphoria, (or you are), it doesnāt matter to him as long as you can get through it safely.
Sniper:
It takes Sniper a little bit to get used to it, to be sure. Itās not that he doesnāt care, heās just not used to dealing with the unexpected.
He feels guilty for it being unexpected to him. He sees you as somebody very, very close to him; he feels dense for not noticing it sooner.
As soon as he settles into it, though, expect him to be as loyal as a dog. Any mistakes he silently corrects, and if somebody gets in their way, theyāll be meeting a jar of piss to the face.
Honestly, Sniper probably begins to have some of his own self realizations soon after, but it takes a long time for him to come to terms with that one.
Ends up shyly asking you for advice eventually.
Spy:
He already knew. I mean, what did you expect?
He is, however, surprised that you decided to come out to him first. If anything, heās a bit prideful.
Emotions masked well, he pours the two of you a drink (whichever is your favorite) in a fancy wine glass, and raises his own, offering cheers for the occasion.
Clink!
Definitely calm about it, but tones down his snark temporarily. He knows how nerve-wracking it must be; although there is humor to be found that you voluntarily told your secret to the man who knows just about everything about everyone. Whether or not that trust is misguided, he canāt exactly say.
If you arenāt out to the others yet, or anybody else for that matter, the secret is safe with him. Thereās no doubt that Spy is the best with pronouns, seamlessly switching between preferences depending on whether youāre in a safe space or not.
Itās also the easiest way to know if youāre really, truly safe as well; because his heightened awareness of his surroundings means that he can tell if he might out you even when it seems like the coast is clear.
Even if you donāt care about being out to anybody, Spy makes sure to subtly ask if heās good to use your pronouns in any given situation outside of what you may be accustomed to. He doesnāt slip up once. Not once. Literally neverā
The Spy may be stinky, but words are his forte. He can curse you out in 12 different languages including French but you know damn well heāll use the right pronouns while doing so!
Phew, this one took a while. I hope I did alright on this one! I apologize if thereās any glaring issues or mistakes in this one, I worked on it over the course of what, a few months?āwith lots of breaks in-between.
Thank you to everyone for being so patient! I hope to put out more content sometime in the future, but I know that Iāll likely be slowing down like this as I deal with life stuff and other hyperfixations.
I might make another post with other hyperfixations that I might be up to making headcanons for! Feel free to request those too! :D
Hmmm, OH, how about heavy with an s/o whoās also Russian, and canāt speak English very well?
Source: Unknown. Could be Tf2gallery?
- Absolutely adorable together, while he doesnāt prefer his mother land of Russia, having his S/O be from there is incredibly comforting for him. It reminds him of his mother and sisters, and is like bringing a piece of home back with him.
- On the other hand. The language barrier can get a bit annoying at times with the other mercs, as his S/O is easily overwhelmed by their questions and comments, especially if they get frustrated when trying to respond, but not knowing the words to do so.
- They constantly fire off back and forth between each other when in private, though! If one stumbles across or into Heavyās little ālibraryā area, (a repurposed side room meant for housing tapes that have since been burned, the shelves are lined with books that heās collected over the years), theyāll often find Heavy and his S/O deep in philosophical conversation with each other, far swifter in Russian than in English.
- Medic, Heavy, and Spy all do their best to help teach them English, to varying degrees of success. Spy is incredibly helpful, but isnāt around enough to make a huge difference. On the other hand, Medic isnāt quite as helpful, but is a better teacher and is more than enthusiastic to help where he can. Heās often too caught up in his experiments to be there as often as Heavy, though; although his S/O is perfectly fine with being in the med bay, so long as things donāt get too hectic.
- Heavy and his S/O are virtually inseparable, though. Heavy is either glued to their side, or theyāre glued to his at all times. If theyāre separated on their own terms, itās for a very good reason. If not, and youāre the reason behind it, then youād better run. Theyāll find their way back to each other no matter what cost.
Iāve shipped little otter to you for Heavy⦠Heās little lionās colleague, and is here to help! Whenever Heavy is frustrated, little otter is very holdable and will want to help calm him down.
Perhaps I should sew up plushies for everyone⦠I think they all deserve a loving companion. :]
Heavy holds the little otter in his hands, and he smiles, pleased. āOh, he is good friend...thank you, I will keep him next to Sasha!ā He greatly appreciates the gift and the craftsmanship.
(Hey if anyone has the source of whoever posted this particular gif of meet the heavy, let me know and Iāll update!)
I wasnāt kidding when I said I was overwhelmed with love for heavy for no particular reason. Heavy appreciation post with additions from suggests discord server members! :]
Makes very very good sandwiches and is able to share with others, very generous and kind
protects everyone at all costs
Russian
has a PhD in Russian literature
incredibly intelligent yet also muscle man
brawny and bear-like
could crush a man then hug you gently
very huggable, 100/10
cares a lot for his family
worries over his family a lot, but gives them the benefit of the doubt when they say theyāre okay and can do things on their own
encourages his family members and teammates to practice self care, be strong, pursue their goals, etc.
reads a lot, would be nice to read together with him in a dimly lit room by a fire
could pick you up with one hand
youād have to be picked up or be on a ladder to kiss him (very positive trait)
trains a lot and is serious about his job
team player, great at getting things done
reliable in anything, especially knowledgable in subjects and great at doing heavy lifting
allows birds to sit on his gun despite being very particular about its appearance and who is allowed to touch Sasha.
trusting of everyone, and also trustworthy because of it.
not afraid to try new things or put his trust in someone who others may not want to (Ex. Medic)
gentle giant in general, could pet doves without much trouble despite having such huge hands
large hands, probably calloused from how hard he works!
Also wears very cool gloves.
very muscular!!! Can carry around Sasha and his other miniguns despite them being incredibly heavy and expensive to fire
patient as well!!!
mother hen instinct, probably makes a mean soup for those who have colds
can probably also bake very well because of his culture and upbringing-
he is the heavy weapons guy whatās not to love!!!
I was suddenly overcome with the urge to search upĀ āheavy image tf2ā³ on google dot com and caption an imageĀ āhuggableā
this transitioned to me almost crying over how amazing this guy is. plea-se- pleas..e...i am... goigmbng to yell
hes...perfect..................
Good morning all I did not sleep and also I ate mold on accident, by the way I had an idea for a sickfic with heavymedic in it and accidentally came up with a universe around it based onĀ āIām gonna like the way you fightā (vaguely, just the way the mercs r sorta sorted ykno? like its cool af how oc mercs are introduced)
anyways I still need a name for BLU Heavy. BLU Medic is named Kaspar! The REDs are referred to by their base class names or their first names, the BLUās are on a first name basis for now to help distinguish between characters.
If anyone has name ideas for Heavy iād love to hear em!
Inspired by a string of doveposts from medicsmenageries;
Ludwig names all of his doves.
The mercs have tried, and failed, to count how many he owns.Ā
Not even Heavy knows, and heās the only one allowed to petĀ the birds.
As mentioned in a previous post, this man can disney-princess style call his babies to his very whim, itās not unusual to think they bring him his coat in the mornings while he makes coffee.
He just really loves his doves okay?Ā
OKAY! GUESS WHO ACCIDENTALLY DELETED THE ASK SOMEHOW? I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I DID BUT IT THANOS SNAPPED ITSELF WHEN I PRESSED TAB SO.
Edit: Okay, so apparently it posted itself, thatās why. Hereās the ACTUAL post.
Iām glad I took a screenshot, I had a feeling this would happen.
@drjamjamsā
Thank you so much for the kind words! Iām so stoked to be able to do this, and it means the world to me that people are enjoying my writing!
I do hope that this rewrite isnāt too messy. This is the ask that I lost yesterday, I did my best to recover what I could and add some extra!
Yall, please give me tips on how to wrangle this site. But without further adieu...
Medic had his eyes on Heavy from the beginning. Hell, who wouldnāt? An absolute bear of a man, stoic but kind hearted, caring for his sisters in Russia.
It was rare before he had met this man to have ever been respected for his work. Most of the time he would deflect comments with an alarming smile and a morbid joke (or by inserting extra organs inside of them next time he had the chance, though it could be argued that he does that to everybody), so when Heavy treated the doctor with respect from day one, he was smitten.
Smitten? Medic had no clue what his feelings meant. Perhaps it was a side effect of surgically adding those souls to his own body, but he couldnāt help being a bit less wound up around his comrade, even going so far as to tell stories of his own past in exchange for theirs.
Misha, on the other hand, never noticed this until the other mercenaries pointed out the clear favoritism. Even then, he assumed it was because they were good friends. Until they hit the battlefield, when they became gods.
Medic, quite like the Engineer, is practically nocturnal. He has no time to waste in his eyes, he has too many organs, experiments, surgeries to conduct. This man will manage to cram a surgery between two autopsies within the span of a few hours, but this means he will hardly eat or sleep until heās satisfied with his latest abomination.
Why do I bring this up? Itās because Medic tends to crash outside of the med bay. A lot.Ā
Heavy is frequently the first to notice, and becomes something of a guard dog. He paces the halls, any and every noise swiftly shut down by a steely glare.Ā
Likewise, if Heavy is the one to crash, be it on a couch, the floor, or slumped over a table, the doctor will carry this man to bed. Youād be surprised what lugging around a heavy metal backpack and a medi-gun will do for your strength. Ludwig basically Disney-princess style wrangles his birds and helps lift him back to bed.
Once, Scout tried to pull a prank while Medic was passed out after one of his many week-long all-nighter streaks.
Itās safe to say Ludwig was not ecstatic to wake up to a medical emergency. This is something Scout will never overshare about.
If Heavy is being pocketed by Medic that day, expect to be stuck in respawn for the entire match. Not that it would matter, the team will still win! The two are an ubercharge machine.
Heavy is the only one who is allowed to pet Archimedes and the doves. Medic trusts that Misha wonāt harm them or accidentally crush them.
Itās mesmerizing for the doctor to watch. Itās as if his large, calloused fingers become light as feathers, gently holding the little angels with such care, petting them in just the right places. The doves practically flock to Heavy whenever he enters the infirmary nowadays.
Likewise, Archimedes and Medic are the only ones allowed to touch Sasha. Thereās nothing else to say here.
Heavy only ever shares his sandviches with Medic! Sometimes, Scout will badger him to convince Heavy to share with the others, too. Scout will also never overshare about the incident that followed. Starting to see a pattern here?
Matching pajamas. No, I will not elaborate.
Any chore list there is, Misha and Ludwig immediately pair up. If they change, they still insist on being together. During the change to the kitchen list (all mercs pair up save for spy, designated to a week in which they cook for the rest of the team), they immediately reach across the table towards each other, A gloved hand fit snug on top of that of the gentle giant.
āHEAVY IS WITH DOKTOR! NOT CHANGE THIS.ā - Tenās a crowd, chapter 8 I think. One that hasnāt been published at the time of writing this.
Theyāll cuddle together on one of the couches if they know they have privacy from the rest of the mercs. Medic also uses Heavyās lap as a pillow. Does this hurt his shoulders? Probably. Does he care? Nope. This man is stubborn and it shows.
Heavy is the little spoon. I rest my case.
Make the Plush Heavy and Medic be at their wedding!
I wonder what the Mercs would get them as wedding gifts š¤ (this is a request lol)
Bonus:
(@cinocappu think you might wanna see lol)
can the heavy and medic plush kiss........
the gays <3 (he needs to stand on a box to kiss his boyfriend lol)
This is the biggest project I have ever done so far and I'm so grateful and happy that you have all been here to see it here with me!
Links to the others: Miss Pauling Pootis
Oh! and if you want me to do any skits or random thingies with the crocheted boys, please send them to me in my asks, I will get to all of them if I can! :>
I will make some of the other main (but more side) characters, including the Administrator, Miss Pauling (finished) and Saxton hale.
With that being said, I will be taking a small break from this to work on other projects that I really want to make, and I will try to remember to post those here too.
But hey, maybe some of these projects are still related to TF2 in some way... cough cough lil pootis cast cough cough cough cough the goobers of each merc (eg: Archimedes) cough cough
With that all being said, again thank you all so much for sticking with me through this journey.
ps ps ps ps ps @cinocappu @hayden9708 ps ps ps ps ps
I got the orange box on the Xbox and it looked super cool, there“s a bunch of games on it. I joined a game but it booted me out in the middle for some reason and it would not let me join back in for a few hours, I sent a looking for a group thingy and someone eventually invited me and showed me a loophole to get in an online game because playing it on the Xbox one has a lot of problems but I don“t have a lot of options, for some reason you have to be invited to get into an online game, where other people who do not have that problem can join, I played Medic and Pyro and the dude that invited me in the first place was nice and did not try to absolutely destroy me when I told him it was my first time playing, and instead gave me advice. I usually am not fond of First Person Shooter games but it was very enjoyable. At one point there were THREE Scouts on one team. The nice dude I played with used spy. It“s crazy how it makes you so cautious that it could be anyone, but it makes for good gameplay when he is trying to sneak up on me when I am Pyro. Soldiers and Heavys are hard to go against, they are very strong and it“s super hard to get away once you“re close. I did not know the maps very well but I think I am pretty good at memorizing the little mazes cause of rain world. I would like to play again :)
Guess who has a new hyperfixation
Honestly donāt know why I had not found out about it sooner? Itās a really good game
This family's taste in men is so COOKED š
he wants that cookie so effing bad but he thinks that a cookie canāt love another cookie šš
art of my heavy medic goobers Ivan (big head) and august (little guy)
(og on the right)
my sillies for those who care
alright desperate to get asks so ask these fellers anything!! they'll try their best to answer C:
just click on the images for better quality bc tumblr's being tumblr
(the med ocs are doodles bc... didn't feel like making rendered drawings of all three,,, yeah,, sorry :C)
updated the thang
edit: I just fixed engie because he looked foul.
Felt like painting :]
Gaaayyyyysss
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