What's your favorite headcanon? 3: The mods must be crazy

[Lvl 2 Expert]

This is a thread for all your headcanons, stuff that might be untrue or plain unconfirmed within the canon of your favorite media, but as far as you're concerned is true. The Jurassic Park dinosaurs are actually genetically modified ostriches? All Star Wars movies after the second one are Darth Vader's dying dreams? Sailor Moon is secretly a robot? Tell us your craziest theories!

Following up from here, with the original thread 1 here.

(Also: I was wrong, it wasn't 20 but 25 infraction points.)

[Tvtyrant]

The Titans in Attack on Titan fled from Claymore's world and were one of the failed weapons programs there.

[moonfly7]

That momo in avatar the last Airbender is the reincarnation of monk giatso and that Boomy was aware of this, which is why he always claimed he was important.

[Precure]

Starshine and Draketooth families are descendants of Loki.

[Durkoala]

Kim Possible and Sym-Bionic Titan take place within the same universe: KP is set in the early 00s and is a relatively carefree interplay of the heroes and supervillains of earth, until the alien invasion of the finale. Despite the invasion being repelled, the helplessness the population felt before the overwhelming power of the Lorwardians ushered in an era of paranoia and anti-alien sentiment. Within a few years the US Military was headed by the alien-hating General Steel and Hero organisations such as Global Justice had helped fund the formation the secret group G3 as a shadow organisation to head off alien threats on their own terms.


By the time three alien refugees from the Gallalunian Civil War go into hiding on Earth, Kim Possible is still fighting the good fight with both villains and normal life. She would like to help fight the giant monsters, but there's not much you can do against Kaiju when you're a twentysomething woman with a grappling hook, laser lipstick and sixteen forms of kung fu, so she probably carries on as normal and reluctantly leaves the giant monsters to earth's new defender, the Titan.

[Velaryon]

I don't know if I or anyone else did this one in the previous headcanon threads, but:

Trelane (from the Star Trek TOS episode "The Squire of Gothos") was a Q, probably a juvenile one. For that matter, many of the other beings of godlike power the Enterprise encountered on its travels probably were Q as well.

My view on this is largely inspired by a Star Trek novel called Q Squared by Peter David that I read long ago and remember enjoying immensely.

[Precure]

Trelane (from the Star Trek TOS episode "The Squire of Gothos") was a Q, probably a juvenile one. For that matter, many of the other beings of godlike power the Enterprise encountered on its travels probably were Q as well.

Well, Q is clearly based on them.

[Bohandas]

However, the Q aren't reliant on devices the way Trelane was. IIRC the only time the Q have been shown using tools rather than their immense psychic powers was when they built handheld superweapons to kill each other in the episode with the Q Continuum civil war

[Kantaki]

However, the Q aren't reliant on devices the way Trelane was. IIRC the only time the Q have been shown using tools rather than their immense psychic powers was when they built handheld superweapons to kill each other in the episode with the Q Continuum civil war

Didn't Q* claim that was a "translation"/interpretation of what's going on in the Continuum for the minds of the Voyager crew (and the audience)**?
I don't think Q even have "hands" in their natural form.
Or tools. It's all reality warping mind powers.

*Not sure which one.
**Also because Civil War (or whatever it was) reenactments put less strain on the budget than glowing clouds throwing exploding suns at each other.

[Anti-Eagle]

Event Horizon taking place in the golden age of humanity.

[Grey Watcher]

Final Fantasy 6: Celes really was an Imperial spy (this was apparently meant to be canon at one point, but scrapped). Locke's entire escape from South Figaro was carefully staged to get him to vouch for her to the other Returners. While she did eventually come around to actually believe in their cause, the truth of her intial joining is still uncomfortable enough to leave her ashamed when Kefka spells it out. Heck, she might not have even fully made up her mind about defecting for real until Kefka forced the issue.

This also explains her varying interactions at the siege of Narshe. She plays up her penitent defector angle in front of Locke, but she bluntly shuts down conversations with Cyan or Edgar when he's not around to benefit from the distressed damsel shtick. And then contrast that no-nonsense attitude with her stopping specifically to have a friendly chit-chat with Terra; an action that makes more sense if one of her objectives is to get Terra back to the Empire, preferably willingly.

Plus I feel that, without that measure of guilt in the mix, her avoiding confronting Locke after the Magitek factory feels out of character; she should be righteously indignant at being doubted. Running away in shame makes much more sense if she feels bad because there was a not insignificant amount of truth to what Kefka said.

I also like this idea because it makes Gestahl's three top generals each useful in different ways:

Leo is great at conventional warfare, any situation where patience is necessary, best when conservation of troops is an important consideration, and ideal for situations where optics is a factor. He's bad at any situation that requires taking large risks, unorthodox tactics, or any degree of subterfuge.

Kefka is aggressive, downright reckless. He works best when the situation calls for overwhelming force or some decisive, brutal stroke. He's very bad at subterfuge and subtlety and is reckless, wasteful, and impatient, making longer engagements like a conventional siege difficult: either he wins immediately or is liable to throw costly temper tantrums in his impatience.

Celes is calculating, efficient, and an outside-the-box thinker. Much more adept at manipulating factors like enemy morale and espionage, she's best at preparing a battlefield such that she's basically won before shots are even fired. But there's only so much cleverness can achieve against a particularly large, stubborn, or insular foe like Doma. If there isn't an angle she can exploit, she's liable to retreat until she can find one. Thus she's bad at keeping up sustained pressure over the long term.

Now, a major weakness in this headcanon is the lack of a real come-to-Jesus moment where she really starts to change her mind. Arguably seeing Rachel and later Ramuh first-hand to get a more direct sense of the misery the Empire is inflicting could account for it. But then it becomes harder to justify that her being conscientious objector (and in turn getting arrested for it) would have been fake in the first place. But I still think it answers more questions than it raises.

[Hopeless]

Palpatine was a Jedi assigned to a black ops program to maintain the illusion the Sith still existed so the Republic wouldn't question any of the Jedi's actions including securing force users to insure they didn't end up joining the other Force Traditions.
Palpatine however messed up being possessed by the Sith Spirit imprisoned beneath the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
It modified the Clone Troopers program to obey the Order however it misled the Jedi into thinking they obeyed them instead of the Supreme Chancellor.
Anakin was the result of a secret breeding program similar to the one that bred Maul however when Palpatine successfully committed suicide via Vader the spirit was trapped in Vader's mask until it came into Ben's possession.

[Fyraltari]

Event Horizon taking place in the golden age of humanity.

Do you mean another story’s golden age or do you think that everybody not in that movie lived in an utopia?

Palpatine was a Jedi assigned to a black ops program to maintain the illusion the Sith still existed so the Republic wouldn't question any of the Jedi's actions including securing force users to insure they didn't end up joining the other Force Traditions.
Palpatine however messed up being possessed by the Sith Spirit imprisoned beneath the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
It modified the Clone Troopers program to obey the Order however it misled the Jedi into thinking they obeyed them instead of the Supreme Chancellor.
Anakin was the result of a secret breeding program similar to the one that need Mail however when Palpatine successfully committed suicide via Vader the spirit was trapped in Vader's mask until it came into Ben's possession.

But the official story was that the Sith had been extinct for a millenium. Also the Jedi didn’t know Sidious had any Force powers or combat skills

Also:

program similar to the one that need Mail

Come again?

[comicshorse]

Do you mean another story’s golden age or do you think that everybody not in that movie lived in an utopia?

I'm pretty sure this is referring to the 'Golden Age' from 'Warhammer 40K'. The era before humanity almost got wiped out and the Emperor rose to power. This is because 'Event Horizon' is pretty much exactly what you'd expect to happen if you go into the Warp without a Geller field

[Hopeless]

Bred Maul my spell checker is playing up!

[Fyraltari]

I'm pretty sure this is referring to the 'Golden Age' from 'Warhammer 40K'. The era before humanity almost got wiped out and the Emperor rose to power. This is because 'Event Horizon' is pretty much exactly what you'd expect to happen if you go into the Warp without a Geller field

Isn't that "The Dark Age of Technology"?

[comicshorse]

Isn't that "The Dark Age of Technology"?

I always thought it was both depending on which perspective you see it from
It's a 'golden age' because Mankind is powerful, wide spread through out the galaxy and generally well provided for
It's a 'Dark Age' because Mankind is inventing new technology (Heresy) and ruling itself without the Emperor ( double Heresy !). Also it leads directly to the Men of Iron and billions dying violent deaths

[Gnoman]

However, the Q aren't reliant on devices the way Trelane was. IIRC the only time the Q have been shown using tools rather than their immense psychic powers was when they built handheld superweapons to kill each other in the episode with the Q Continuum civil war

David's novel (the source referenced) explains this as Trelane still being effectively a baby at the time, as we see in the episode.

[Bohandas]

The in Star Wars forest moon of Endor is experiencing kessler syndrome due to the destruction of the second death star, but it doesn't matter much because most ships have some form of shield projector.

**Also because Civil War (or whatever it was) reenactments put less strain on the budget than glowing clouds throwing exploding suns at each other.

I got the impression that the exploding suns weren't weapons themselves, they were just a side effect of some of the excess power from the weapons (equivalent to the muzzle flash in the gun metaphor) bleeding into normal space.

David's novel (the source referenced) explains this as Trelane still being effectively a baby at the time, as we see in the episode.

This could explain it, but necessitates that Trelane must have used his abilities to go back in time as well, as the young Q from the end of The Q and the Grey was apparently the first baby Q ever, the Q being otherwise ageless and eternal. It additionally still requires an explanation of what Trelane's tech actually does, does it enhance powers that aren;t fully developed yet, or help control powers he cannot yet fully control, or something else entirely? And his name doesn't begin with the letter Q.

[GloatingSwine]

The in Star Wars forest moon of Endor is experiencing kessler syndrome due to the destruction of the second death star, but it doesn't matter much because most ships have some form of shield projector.

Also Endor is a deathworld anyway. Basically everything that lives there is hilariously large, dangerous, and predatory.

Especially the Ewoks.

Like you think Ewoks are cute little teddy bears, but the rebels didn't teach them how to build log traps heavy enough to crush armoured Imperial walkers, that's all them. They are used to hunting and killing things dozens of times their own size, because that's just how Endor rolls.

[Fyraltari]

Also Endor is a deathworld anyway. Basically everything that lives there is hilariously large, dangerous, and predatory.

Especially the Ewoks.

Like you think Ewoks are cute little teddy bears, but the rebels didn't teach them how to build log traps heavy enough to crush armoured Imperial walkers, that's all them. They are used to hunting and killing things dozens of times their own size, because that's just how Endor rolls.

Also, I don’t care what Disney or Legends say, they totally eat those troopers.

[Velaryon]

This could explain it, but necessitates that Trelane must have used his abilities to go back in time as well, as the young Q from the end of The Q and the Grey was apparently the first baby Q ever, the Q being otherwise ageless and eternal. It additionally still requires an explanation of what Trelane's tech actually does, does it enhance powers that aren;t fully developed yet, or help control powers he cannot yet fully control, or something else entirely? And his name doesn't begin with the letter Q.

I could believe that Trelane wasn't even his real name, just an affectation since he seems obsessed with the whole "squire" thing. Effectively part of his nobleman cosplay, if you will.

[comicshorse]

Klingon bodies are stupendously tough with back up organs and strong healing capabilities for every organ but their brain. Given this a Klingon who doesn't die from unnatural causes will almost inevitably succumb to dementia of some sort. Hence the Klingon obsession with a 'good death', knowing their eventual fate and not wanting to be a burden on their clan and family Klingons seek to die gloriously before this can happen to them.

[Morgaln]

The protagonist of the Herman's Hermits song "No Milk Today" is gay and his love interest liked to wear drag, hence the reference to him reigning as a queen.
I don't even know why I've got that headcanon, that interpretation just lodged itself firmly in my brain.

[Hopeless]

Luke Fox in the CW Batwoman tv series is a fake explaining his Kate disappears as he would be able to set this up easily.

Here's the extremely unlikely idea though.
Rian who finds the Batwoman costume is a fake out as she gains a sidekick in a street tough named Matches Malone whose recovering from a bout of amnesia.
He accompanies Rian to the Gotham Bat Cave where he has no trouble activating all the stuff that should be security locked to Bruce Wayne only and Luke has no idea how he's doing that!

Yeah have a scene where they're both looking at the Robin costume and laughing their heads off wondering about the poor kid who had to wear that outfit!

He's eventually revealed to be Bruce Wayne when they confront Hush whose appearance restores Bruce's memories.

Please note they aren't in a relationship and could easily assume Matches is the sidekick to Rian's Batwoman but it will be easily clear Matches knows what he's doing despite the memory loss but no one believes this assuming Batwoman is the one beating everybody so easily.

I'm thinking a call back to the Green Hornet where Kato is clearly the competent part of the duo and seeing this as honouring that series eventually revealing Matches is actually Batman.

It could never be that good given their lack of writing talent but this is my headcanon for what season 2 would have to do to redeem the series as a whole.

[Grey Watcher]

Two here:

Norse Mythology:

The Einherjar aren't the elite troops of Ragnarok. They're cannon fodder. I mean, you don't get in for any particular level of skill, you just have to have been too stubborn to retreat when it would've made sense to do so. Sounds like what you'd need for people you intend to throw into the meat grinder to keep the enemy occupied.

The Good Place:

NOTE: I haven't seen all of Season 4 yet, so if you reply to this, please be careful about spoilers. I'll probably have finished it up in a week or two.

Spoiler: The Good Place, Seasons 1-3

Show

OK, so on the one hand, Season 1 suggests that Mindy St. Clair, a coked out Wall Street gal from the 80's, had a shot at getting into the Good Place, depending on whether or not she gets credit for the charity she intended to set up and ended up getting created in her memory. On the other hand, we learn in Season 3 that no human has gotten into the Good Place since 1497. So it seems unlikely that someone as dissolute and self-absorbed as Mindy was could somehow buck the system, no matter how wildly successful that charity was. Especially since the way the points system handles consequences means she'd be held responsible for every act of embezzlement and such the charity gets roped into.

So, I figure that, being the rule-abiding-to-the-point-of-stupidity types they are, the Good Place, the Accounting Department, and the Eternal Judge all refused to have Mindy's final tally prepared until the disposition of those charity points could be resolved. If they had just run both versions of the numbers, they'd have realized Mindy wouldn't meet the threshold either way and the debate is academic. But because rules, they keep arguing about the possibility she could qualify if she got those points, so the Medium Place happens. Effectively, she's only dodged the Bad Place by dint of bureaucratic shortsightedness.

[Rynjin]

Been rewatching Naruto recently (just finished up Shippuden, at least to the manga's ending) so naturally Hiashi's master plan has been at the forefront of my mind.

[Lord Raziere]

Been rewatching Naruto recently (just finished up Shippuden, at least to the manga's ending) so naturally Hiashi's master plan has been at the forefront of my mind.

Very intricate.

One flaw with it: The Uzumaki Clan are descendants of Asura Otsusuki and are distant relatives of the Senju, not Hamura. the Hyuuga have nothing to do with the Sage of the Six Paths god eugenicist nonsense

[Rynjin]

Very intricate.

One flaw with it: The Uzumaki Clan are descendants of Asura Otsusuki and are distant relatives of the Senju, not Hamura. the Hyuuga have nothing to do with the Sage of the Six Paths god eugenicist nonsense

Hamura and Hagoromo were brothers, and had the same two parents; they were even twins. The Hyuuga are quite closely related to the Senju and Uchiha, as well as the Kaguya (Kimimaro's clan). They are all direct descendants of the Otsutsuki clan, who possessed the capacity for every single Kekkei Genkai the four named clans possessed.

While the theory is clearly a meme, there seems to be some merit to it as well. =)

[Rater202]

Very intricate.

One flaw with it: The Uzumaki Clan are descendants of Asura Otsusuki and are distant relatives of the Senju, not Hamura. the Hyuuga have nothing to do with the Sage of the Six Paths god eugenicist nonsense

To be fair, it's really only one extra step removed, and even without the "divine power eugenics" the Uzumaki Clan are known to have an exceptionally potent life force, which not only makes them live longer but also allows them to cultivate much, much more chakra than the average person.

A lesser-known aspect of the Hyuga Clan is that members of the Clan have either a second bloodline or a secondary aspect to the Byakugan that grants them total awareness and control over all of heir tenketsu, or chakra points(instead of just the ones in the hands and feet) and pretty much everything th Hyuga do in combat is tied to pure chakra control through this power, so careful breading between the two clans to combine the Hyuga's power with the Uzumaki's life force resulting in a greater and more potent chakra to play with...

I mean, by the end of the series NAruto has enough raw power that he alone is equal to an entire army and the Nine-Tail's Jinchuriki can only be someone with Uzumaki blood. so after selective breeding, a Hyuga heir would be an ideal host.

Imagine a Vacuum palm with that kind of power behind it?

Anyway, Headcanon.

Jugo, from Naruto, has a kekei Genkai that bestows on him a number of powers. Most notable is a power called Senninka, or Sage Transformation. Jugo's body naturally draws in natural energy and molds it into senjutsu chakra, allowing him to weaponized it's mutagenic processes which combines with an ability to control and adapt his cells allows him to transform his body in various ways and even allows him to assume sage mode without training.

It also allows him to absorb chakra, absorb people's body and convert their cells into his own, and a few other things.

The term Senninka is also used to refer to someone becoming the Ten Tail's Jinchuriki.

The Ten-Tails, or rather the God Tree, passively drains the natural energy out of a planet, as well as the spiritual and physical energy(the stuff chakra is made of) out of the beings that live on it and molds it all into chakra. The Shinju is able to assume a number of forms for a number purposes and bestows Sage Mode onto it's host. The Shinju can absorb beings into itself and change them into extensions of itself.

Both forms of Senninka, Jugo's Bloodline and the Ten Tail's transformation, are categorized by entering a feral/semi-feral state of berserk rage and homicidal insanity that is incredibly difficult to control.

Both the Sage Mode of the Ten-Tails Jinchurki and the Sage Mode of Jugo's clan are categorized by horns of some kind.

A headcanon I have is that Jugo's clan are a mutant offshoot of the Senju Clan, either by deliberate action to freak chance: The Senju clan very rarely possess the Wood Release Kekei Genkai, which is all but explicitly said to be derived from Kaguya's ability to control the Shinju. I think that Jugo's bloodline is a mutation of that trait, instead of creating and controlling offshoots of the Shinju, their bodies become like the Shinju.

Bonus points: The Senju clan, and the Uzumaki clan who splintered off from them, have inherited the Yang power of the Sage of Six paths, and the databook say that Jugo has a strong affinity for Yang Release, Earth and Water Release(which combine to form Wood) and Wind(which doesn't fit but I'd feel remiss at leaving it out.)