a drink for the horror that im in [ info/permissions/headcanon ]

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QUENTIN SMITH

INSOMNIAC x SURVIVOR x DREAM WARRIOR
when the alums of his preschool class started dying, Quentin dug into the strange dreams he had been having to find Freddy Kreuger angry and waiting. he's been fighting Kreuger for nearly two years in his sleep, when he sleeps.

IN CHARACTER

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Quentin is happy to give affection where it's wanted, but receiving isn't his strong suit unless it is BROADLY telegraphed
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: i am begging you to fuck him up
RELATIONSHIPS: all genders welcome for shipping, for smut i am once again begging you to fuck him up, kinklist here, I am HAPPY to fade-to-black/fade-in-from-black if that's preferred!
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: Human brain with a two big psychic holes in it, one from the childhood trauma, another from being relentlessly attacked by Freddy Kreuger in his sleep
MAGICAL INFORMATION: N/A
MEDICAL INFORMATION: 5'10", mildly underweight, takes adderall for ADHD which exacerbates his anxiety and depression, sorry about it
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: Childhood sexual abuse, repressed memories, self-harm, substance abuse, ALWAYS feel free to opt out of anything. I try to be mindful of folks' journal preferences, but if you don't have them up, lmk.

OUT OF CHARACTER

BACKTAGGING: that's just how i live
THREADHOPPING: not in memes, thank you
FOURTHWALLING: no, never, no thank you
NOT INTERESTED IN: N/A will update
WISHLIST: tangled killer CR, Yoichi shipping, metaphorical psychadelia dream-sharing

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

AGE: Generally playing him between 20-25, happy to skew younger/older AUs!
VISUAL: emo-colored fidget toy, dark blond hair, brown eyes
AURAL: Smooth baritone that belies his twitchy manner
OLFACTORY: cigarettes, Axe bodywash
DEMEANOUR: dead still until he moves like a particularly expressive spider

MUN

NAME: tenny (they/them)
CONTACT: PMs please
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: EST/slow, especially on weekends
BRACKETS/PROSE: ota
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: none at all, cómo se dice: hold me back

☆ code by kimmiserate ☆

Comments

HEADCANON

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dbd:

x when he first arrives at the campfire, he sleeps like the fucking dead. waking him up is a godtier challenge for weeks until his body acclimates and he realizes there is more to fear than just Freddy. after, he still gets as much sleep as he can, but it's lighter, more easily disturbed.

x some thoughts on how i like to play injuries/healing/death: accelerated healing is a constant in this universe, and it's always the same speed in or out of trials. you're going to be hard-pressed to find an injury that lasts more than a couple of days left unattended unless you're in a dying state. dying states can only be healed by others. others can all so speed up the healing process--MUCH MORE in trials than out of them. if you leave a trial with an injury, you're going to have to sit with it a bit. if you try to heal it too fast, you might heal it wrong and have to reopen/rebreak whatever thing you were trying to heal. if you're in a dying state and you die, you come back a day later with a death hangover.

x campfires: i like to play with multiple campfires in the amorphous "woods". there's a big one that the game centers around, but there may be others. you could even build one if you wanted. you could survive trials and long nights alone without ever meeting some people.

x when it comes to facing freddy, other survivors will know full well that quentin tends to either meltdown or go extra hard. i like to headcanon that freddy will rarely, RARELY hook quentin, preferring to put him in a dying state and have him watch while freddy cleans house, yukking it up most of the time, dragging it out as long as he can until the entity drags quentin out or he dies. freddy might kill him personally, but only if quentin has managed to be a particular pain in his asshole that trial. #itscomplicated

x Freddy is able to infiltrate Quentin's dreams outside of trial, but the situation has to be just right: Quentin has to be asleep, and Freddy has to have the attention and energy to go find him. this does not happen very often, but it's nasty when it does.

x will never, never, never abandon a teammate during a trial. known to pull stupid shit to get people out, run interference, and go out of his way to annoy or embarrass a killer

x quentin is very idealistic and will have a hard time accepting that killers have any good in them at all. i want to challenge and correct this idea, but please lmk if you want to tag but don't want negative CR re killers and I'll happily fastforward some character growth

nightmare on elm:

x being the son of a guidance counselor doesn't make him a better academic; his grades struggle despite his intelligence. he only manages because swim team is the only thing keeping him sane.

x because of the time he's spent with and without Nancy learning to negotiate Freddy, Quentin is a functional dream warrior. he has limited control of his dreams and generally has the option to try to outrun/outwit Freddy.

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PLAYLIST

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&burn, billie eilish & vince staples

go ahead and watch my heart burn with the fire that you started in me
but i'll never let you back to put it out

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wires, athlete

first night of your life curled up on your own,
looking at you now, you would never know.
i see it in your eyes; you'll be alright

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lost at sea, eisley

fantastic waves against our sides
and i'm not so afraid, lost at sea, as i should be

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junk of the heart, the kooks

i notice nothing makes you shatter
i wanna make you happy
i wanna make you feel alive

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angels of the silences, counting crows

every night, these silhouettes appear above my head
little angels of the silences that climb into my bed and whisper every time I fall asleep, every time I dream:
did you come? would you lie?
why'd you leave us 'til we're only good for waiting for you?

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some crap about the future, electric president

you lie down on the roof and watch the sun rise
its burning fingers rummage through your insides
and for a moment you feel like you're alive
and then it's gone, so you get up

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your ghost, kristin hersh

i can't drink this coffee till i put you in my closet
let him shoot me down; let him call me off
i take it from his whisper you're not that tough

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video games, young professionals

it's you, it's you, it's all for you
everything I do
i tell you all the time: heaven is a place on earth with you

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sleep, my chemical romance

a drink for the horror that I'm in
for the good guys and the bad guys, for the monsters that I've been

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my brain is a human body, ajj

my brain is a human body, and you will not get out
i thought i saw you before i knew you

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sleep eater, slothrust

were you dreaming about the graveyard?
if you were, i'll sleepwalk there with you

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numb without you, the maine

you are the rising tide
you're every fucking thing inside me now
you are the violence in my veins
you are the war inside my brain

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hollywood forever cemetary sings, father john misty

someone's got to help me dig
someone's got to help me dig

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bleed magic, idkhbtfm

crawling up your skin
potions, pleasing medicines to circumvent your brain

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angels in top hats, house of heroes

dreams are for dreaming, buckets for bleeding
eyes are for seeing, but you'll still be sleeping

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terrible things, brick + mortar

feels like I got things that go deep in my sleep
i'm doing terrible things