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saevus-brutalis · 2 years
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alright, this needs to be done
dying light 2 — what’s their signature smell headcanons:
aiden caldwell
chamomile and honey, of course but also sweat, but like- not nasty smell of sweat. kinda like baby boy sweat. very mild, but definitely there - i mean he jumps and runs around a lot, swinging weapons at infected from dusk till dawn. i think he’d be pretty hygienic too or at least tries to to be. not everyday coz you know, the water is scarce, but still- he’s one of the good smelling folks despite the end of the world.
barney
man stinks like hell. i’m sorry barney baby, but you reek of alcohol and just nasty sweat. this man looks greasy af, showers once a month at best, sometimes less. probably is the one to be the last one to get cleaned up, insisting on using the water for other purposes. probably if deodorant was still a thing, he’d pour it all over himself to cover the smell - which would just make things worse.
hakon
neutral smell, i’d say with earthy undertones - like moss, wet wood, dust and dirt, maybe hint of lavender or any wild flower. he’s a very clean person and after the Fall, when the water started becoming an issue, he found out which herbs and plants help with keeping your odor in check. additionally he cleans himself regularly, so he’s really not smelly.
juan reiner
you’d think expensive perfume or cologne, but i think simply just soap. there’s no use in using perfume if you’re not clean. so most of the time it’s a strong smell of soap with the slightest musky hint to it. other people seem drawn to it. it’s definitely nice, attractive.
vincenzo
again, sweat, but that’s just the undertone. what really sticks out is the workshop smell - rust, oil, grease. smells like an old garage or a mechanic’s shop. not pleasant to everyone, to some it’s quite nice, to others not so much. definitely can tell it’s him when standing next to him, it’s that significant.
frank
alcohol (yes, even after you give the VNC tower to him and he seemingly stops drinking), very pleasant musky smell. he smells like a lumberjack, like a manly man, like a manly man with beard, a mechanic. something warm and pleasant. it’s comforting, cozy and homey. he doesn’t stink of sweat ever since he stopped being a Nightrunner.
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crane-on-a-crane · 2 years
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nighthunter!crane headcanons….
- hiding during the day in abandoned buildings and darkzones, sometimes he’ll hear survivors go by especially if he’s close to the bazaar/fisheye.
- because he spends an ungodly amount of time with only the company of the undead, he has adopted the habit of just talking to them (through telepathy). they aren’t great conversationalists though.
- during the night, he protects survivors caught out in the dark from volatiles and other infected. but everytime, they run off scared of him too, which destroys him inside. he tries to shake it off, but there’s a burning hole of resentment that grows inside of him everyday.
- he clears out darkzones during the day so nighthunters can loot them during the night. he feels humanity with them, which he loves. he loves every moment with people who actually understand him and aren’t completely afraid of him. but when the sun rises he’s back hiding in buildings.
- he tries to build up his tolerance to uv rays by letting some light into whatever building he’s inside, which doesn’t seem to be doing anything, but he does it anyways.
- he is able to find good loot in hard to reach places, but because he’s so clumsy he can’t bring it back to any safe house.
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dlthedescent · 2 years
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some Descent headcanons
So thanks to @thatguyender​ for starting this, I made two lists: a skill tree list for Mad Jack, my OC kickboxer, and a skill tree list for Freakazoid. I’ve had these thoughts way at the start - since when I first started the fic, I also thought of it game-design-wise - but never really sat down and wrote them out.
Though I expect myself to put a balance patch cuz I might have overdone it for Freakazoid... Eh. shrugs
First off, Mad Jack, my DL OC, Crane’s wingmate/crazy partner and Descent deuteragonist. She’s in a manner of speaking, a jack of all trades but also a skilled brawler. I do see her having some abilities/skills like old human Crane’s (power, survival, agility) because she is still a human fighter thrown in the same situation as he was (and not an overpowered infected). She’s no mercenary, though but she makes up by being crafty like a con artist.
Power
- Professional kickboxing brawler for 9 years (give or take). As true to her name, Mad Jack the Wild Dog, she can be a real berserker in combat. And when need to be defensive, tai chi (a lil hobby she took up in recent years) so that she can divert attacks thrown at her. 
- She's ambidextrous. Able to use double weapons faster and effective than Crane would one handed weapon.
- She has a couple of power moves like Crane's. A suplex move, a roundhouse kick, maybe a dual wielding move etc. Can even put a man in a head choke
- She knows how to use guns. Had used them in the past. But she actually won't use guns right now (there's reason to my madness here, story purpose). If in game, her skill in using firearms would be the last thing unlockable down the tree. And if unlocked, added with her ambidexterity, she can be very deadly. She can use bows easily btw.
Agility
- Almost on par to old Crane's parkour skills (had learned them from her cous), relearning the ropes and such.
 - More agile in combat and escaping/dodging than on parkour, where she puts her energy into.
 - She has high tolerance to pain. Like a berserker, she can endure being inflicted when in a pinch.
- Taunts, bring the fight to her and not to other people.
- Thanks to tai chi, she can regenerate stamina faster (have a mental moment to get like a second wind) 
- Will bite. Helps her get out of a sticky situation
Survivor
- Not a pro survival expert unlike someone who puts corpse grime onto himself. But willing to learn if it means surviving (doesn't mean she likes it)
- She has an eye for detail and is very resourceful, something from her past job. Which means she has better chance in looting than human Crane.
- Good with her words, twice good at bartering/haggling with shops (except with the Ravs. They know her tricks)
- She pickpockets. In battle, out of battle. She literally pulled a flash grenade off a Demolisher's body while being chased by it
- (tw blood, was a little unsure about putting this down) With her blood perk (poisonous to anyone infected), she can coat a bit on her weapons just by running her bloodied thumb/finger on it. Preferably sharp weapons work best.
- Open to new ideas on devices and tools if they can help with her survival. Example, the ascenders from the Junction. Plus only way to keep up with Freakazoid.
- Uses methods and tools that’s meant to distract enemies or lure them to a location. Examples: loud devices, fire alarms, her taunting.
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Next up, Freakazoid (aka Kyle Crane as Sentient Day Hunter/Volatile).
And oh boy this is a long list. I might have given Jack more work as his teammate than I anticipated... Oh well. I’ll nerf him later.
Also, I took some liberty to base his infected passive and active abilities on the Night Hunter. With inspiration on other games’ abilities cough.
Power
- He still has the standard moves, windmill, drop kick, etc. Plus some Hunter moves like Arial Ground Pound, leapfrog, etc. In a way, he fights like his old self with new tricks as an Sentient infected. A super soldier 
- Pick claws or fists anywhere, anytime. Claws swipe faster, dealing damage faster than punches but of course, punches hit harder.
- Has tendrils like a Hunter so can grapple an enemy (anything weaker than a volatile) to bring them right to him so that he can smash their head to the ground. Can also pull himself to an enemy (anything stronger than a Viral/Biter/Common) and literally kick them.
- He has a blade bone on his right and now a bone-spike gun on his left. That doesn't mean they're more effective than normal weapons or that he can't use weapons - they just serve as being convenient. He can use weapons but they break faster than normal human Crane would (which means future craftsmen gotta make him weapons suitable for his strength. Note to self, make that for side quests)
- With his infected side, can get a defense and power boost like Jack's second wind ability
- Charge into a large group like a bulldozer, stunning his enemies (edited)
Agility
- Also has the same agility moves as his old self, but with some new tricks as well. 
- Can wall run, wall latch, wall climb far better than Aiden. Talons sharp enough to latch on a wall longer than Aiden can stay in the air.
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- With tendril locomotion, can dart around fast but still hindered with turns/rotations like the Night Hunter. Escape is also more convenient by tendril. He can yeet himself out of combat.
- Faster health regen than his old self at night, slower in day. All thanks to his infected side.
- Instantly leaps onto an opponent like a Night Hunter but rather than sinking teeth down, he snaps the neck
Survivor
- He has some of his old skills, minus his haggle/talk for the time being. Jack helps him with that until he finds people not too freaked out by him. You know, because of his new body situation?
- Still can do throwing stars - because why wouldn't you want an infected throwing shuriken like Genji?
- Has the infrared eyesight of an infected where he can see human enemies behind walls. This can be switched on and off game-mechanic-wise and isn't effective in daylight.
- Not just with camouflage, can land critical stealth skills after being cloaked or in darkness.
 - UV resistance/block duration increase down his skill tree.
Infected - this is a new branch on Crane’s skill tree I made as a category, special thanks to Ender for the idea. Since there are some things like mutations, his telepathic way of communication, and skills/abilities that don’t fit with the other three categories entirely (even though the above, it’s a harmonic mixture between his old and new self)
- Pretty much higher defense (iron skin), higher attack (claws), faster regen, better scenes (can track infected/human easy like a bloodhound)
- Howls, can inflict fear into humans and staggers enemies. Good with clearing space against groups
 - With his mutations, he can be undying in combat (final passive skill in the tree). This gets reset back to normal until the next fight. He can also give this to his infected allies, namely Jack (concept in the works btw, may not be included), a sorta telepathic link to them to prevent them from dying.
- Tempted to give passive ability that he can feast on infected to regain back some health, considering the kind of person in the past to eat anything he grabs in the middle of an outbreak. Jack will most likely stop him on that. Or not. She can't completely control this beast.
-- Below are skills not lockable on the tree but gained after defeating a rare type of enemy; Sentient Volatiles.
- Invisibility - his first infected skill he starts with. Can go invisible as long as he has stamina to burn. Helps with his crit stealth kills. Uninfected human enemies can still see him however.
- Rage - Lets out the beast from within, as long as he has stamina to burn.
- Doppelganger - second infected skill, gained after defeating another sentient Volatile like him. Creates a shadow to distract enemies off him (similar to Mother's fight with her clones)
- Other newer skills he'll obtain after defeating three other Sentient Volatiles, in the works currently. 
and a sidenote from story; he has this territory bubble where his presence makes infected not want to come to him. So his presence helps safezones be warded off from troubling infected. Didn't know if should have been under infected branch
And that’s it.
God this post is so long...
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zeroth-writes · 2 years
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Did You Hear Him? -Aitor- -Headcanons-
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Prompt: Can i request dating headcanon Aitor x male!piligrim!reader and after some time dating, Aitor’s son by accident call’s reader as papa   
Pairing: Aitor / Male!reader
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at first you were skeptical about meeting aitors son
you knew he was still upset about his parents split
over time Oier slowly began to warm up to you
he’d greet you in the morning
and goodnight before bed
but he has yet to call you anything other than ‘pilgram’
or simply your name
so when you heard Oier say
“hey dad, can you help with my homework?’
you expect him to be looking towards Aitor
yet his eyes were on you instead
you’re to shocked to notice
but the young boy doesn’t notice his slip up
he just looks at you waiting for an answer
which you give after your mind clears of shock
you quickly help him
and explain how you did it
before he does it again
“thanks dad”
this time though
he catches is mistake
the boys eyes go wide
as he stumbles over his words
trying to come up with an excuse
but ends up with walking away with red cheeks
after the young boy left
you stare at aitor dumbfounded
neither spoke until you said the obvious
“did you here him? he called me dad!”
as soon as the words left your mouth
you felt worried
worried that aitor might have a negative feeling towards his sons words
yet he only had a smile
“yeah i heard. i’m glad hes starting to warm up to you”
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brainrot-stitch · 2 months
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Steve saga doodles !! :3
All early steve saga, like before rainbow could talk timeline
Grhh I am so normal about them so so normal...
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dicktat · 8 months
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Aiden Waltz Caldwell-
My take on the concept of “what if Aiden was his biological son” and raised by Waltz lol.
👹👹👹MAJOR CONTENT WARNING:
Some hidden trivia:
-heterochromea courtesy to fade. He’s got his fathers eyes (green) and his usual blue
-Cannibal because ofc, Waltz can’t stand his son eating raw food tho. And they fight
-he’s…not humane, to say the very fucking least. He treats his victims like prey and toys with them, watches them bleed and gets excited.
-fucking injected himself with so much inhibitors that he’s tall af, like 6’5” and so also physically strong due to mutations. Grey skin too.
-kill count higher than Waltz
-like mad issues with him too, always throws hands because of some volatile territorial instinct bullshit, they get animalistic and growls when they fought, Aiden being a bit insane almost took a chunk of meat off him once. Son of the year, truly astonishing.
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ghost-leviathan · 1 year
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I couldn’t decide if he’d like frogs or turtles. Although I feel like he’d love frogs. ….although now that I think about it he’s more like a raccoon…trash panda.
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ultravioart · 10 months
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Ramattra: Do you know why I called you in here? Maelstrom: Because I accidentally pinched one of your wires during repairs yesterday. :( Ramattra: (pouring expensive omnic oil, surrounded by lit candles) ...accidentally?
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kylecrane · 1 year
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hiiii, do you think you could do some dad!crane headcanons? (Really just him Aquiring a kid and being like "welp, I'm a dad now") thank you in advance if you do :>>
Alright. So. First of all (I hope you are listening):
I. Am. An. Amazing. Dad.
Yeah, I admit I didn't want kids for a long-ass time. They're a lotta work and my plates are always pretty damn full already, but sometimes you just have that calling you know? And my calling is to dad the shit out rugrats, 'lill punks, and 20-somethings who think they're hot shit already but haven't learned how to not get sucker punched every five minutes.
But anyway. Five Papa Crane facts coming right up.
*holds up a finger* One: No child of mine grows up without a dog.
Two: I'm the dad with the baby sling. I'll be carrying that muchkin around all day if I can get away with it. DISCLAIMER: This only applies to children of the appropriate age, I am not about to strap Aiden to my chest. Okay, so, I may have done that once but that's called tandem paragliding, alright?
Three: Lullabies. They may not all be PG, but there will be lullabies. This applies to children of all ages, whether they like it or not. But we'll call them sea shanties for the big ones.
Four: Every child of mine learns how to deal with bullies and how to not be a bully. The Crane household is a bully-free zone. That goes for any child acquired at any age.
Five: The wife says I have a problem. I keep adopting more. Help.
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yolophobic · 2 years
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Crane would win this, Aiden is faster that, all of u are dumb as shit bcus the one truth is that Crane would begrudgingly adopt Aiden in a heartbeat and they would be an unstoppable power duo. 
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tafferling · 2 years
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Kyle Crane is the type of guy who’ll apologize if he stepped on a snail by accident.
And then he’ll feel bad at the most inconvinient of times in the middle of the day.
The snail just wanted to snail around god damnit.
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saevus-brutalis · 2 years
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part 2 because im unhinged and no one stopped me dying light 2 — what’s their signature smell headcanons pt.2:
rowe
okay, hear me out - aftershave. we all know this man fucks a lot so, he must smell nice. best smelling man in his unit, hell, best smelling man on Missy (right behind Juan). uses aftershave as some sort of cologne, especially when he has a date (hook up) lined up. there’s a running inside joke in 404 and silent agreement amongst them that the only thing to gift to Rowe is a bottle of aftershave.
aitor
i don’t know what it is, but he just smells nice, y’know? probably found a deodorant stick on one patrol and now it’s his holy grail. he’s not sweaty, not usually, since he’s spending more time in the PK base’s office, rather than outside, preoccupied with finding Lucas’ killer. you can’t stop yourself from taking a long whiff when you hug him, it’s very comforting and warm. maybe once saw Hakon with a crushed lavender sticking out of his front breast pocket, tried it, and now from time to time uses flowers to neutralize any odor
lawan
she’s one of the good smelling folk in Villedor. very neutral, natural with hint of musk. though i must say her hair smells lightly of vanilla because of a shampoo she’s using. found it once in a Forsaken Store and now is running low on it, so she uses very little amount - that’s why it’s barely noticeable unless you have your face directly in her hair.
dr. vincent waltz
rubbing alcohol and dirt, maybe cigarettes. he’s quite smelly, sorry mister. sweats quite a bit due to stress tied to Mia and living in Renegade’s HQ isn’t helping him much. in his office back at the Butcher’s Stronghold he strongly smells of chemicals and cigarettes - boy smokes like a chimney. it’s not very pleasant, bites at your nostrils if you inhale too much.
thalia
again, very natural, not really sweaty, since she spends most of her time in the library and not hunting zombies and scavenging for food. probably smells of book and dust. it’s very nice but not crazy good.
sophie
unapologetically sweaty and musky. like Barney will rather use the water for the Survivors than for a shower and if she does - she shares the water with her brother and Hermann (won’t get into in which order. Barney’s the last). tries to be as clean as possible but she’s more focused on helping her people and improving the Bazaar.
bonus:
Vinny
sickly sweet, overcompensates the smell of his sweat with deodorant or perfume he got from Juan. not pleasant, really, but Juan doesn’t seem to mind, for him it’s just an excuse to take a bath with him.
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crane-on-a-crane · 2 years
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kyle crane & aiden headcanons!
at first, kyle acted distant to aiden because of his Past Experiences [cough..rahim..cough cough]. he'd act annoyed at aiden's sly jokes, sarcasm and pure dumbassery [/pos] but kyle really cared about him, and even found him kind of funny but he never will admit that even after they grew closer.
kyle's the kind of guy to reprimand you as he lovingly takes care of your wounds, which he does for aiden, many many times. "YOU SHOULD SERIOUSLY BE MORE CAREFUL. is the ice too cold for you? GOD YOU NEED TO GROW SOME SELF PRESERVATION SKILLS. does that sting? YOU REALLY NEED TO BE SMARTER KID SERIOUSLY. here you're all stitched up :3"
kyle shows how much he cares for aiden by looting stuff for him, no matter how old aiden is. even if it's just a passing comment like "shit i really need [insert thing here]" crane will make a mental note and spend the next few days finding it for him.
aiden making stuff for kyle and kyle keeping ALL OF THEM. no matter what it was, or how ugly it looked [you know kid's crafts...they aren't the prettiest things in the world im sorry]. and one day Adult aiden finds all the things he made for crane in his childhood and he's just like :)
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dlthedescent · 2 years
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So thanks to the fun nighthunter!kyle reblog I did, I’ve been thinking of sharing other HCs I have in mind. It was really fun and also helps brainstorming too. But the HCs I have were partly thought of for my fic, the Descent and some are ideas that are linked to OCs based around interactions and DL events.
I create OCs either to push more development out of a DL character or push more of a DL relevant plot point - and one easy example I can give is Mad Jack, she was made as a foil character to Kyle Crane. Whether with old and new faces, it bring out more layers in the development, one-sided or both. And thanks to that, it helps me with of a lot of ideas from DL lore AND what Descent offers in world building. I know not everyone likes OCs for a lot of reasons. Hence me being hesitant about this.
Also, there are some hcs I don’t know if I’ll be able to put in my fic so they’ll just flow in my empty space of a brain forever.
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I wanna ask, would you like to hear some of these HCs even if they might be OC-related/connected? I can keep it just about the DL characters only (probably some context will go out the window). And this can help me explore even more hcs and bring them out in writing for my readers. Whether an original DL idea or from DL itself. I wanna see how far I can take for Dying Light fanfiction!
Let me know. Edit: PS. Some hcs I have are also angst, sad, depressing so I think as a warning, if I go with this, could make you guys sad. Alright? Alright.
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dying-sun-light · 2 years
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i love posting art that no one has the hundreds of headcanons needed to truly understand why i made it :D
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xyreferyxbeazt · 8 months
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SOME HEADCANONS FOR MY DYING LIGHT2 AU!
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Ahem, here lemme tell u:
1.) I believe that special infecteds(Like Volatiles, Banshees, Virals, etc.) are taller than biters, and humans. The mutants/sentients aswell. It just that they aren't taller than those special infecteds, meaning that Waltz and his Renegades are taller than humans especially Renegade!Aiden. I show u the height difference of Renegade!Aiden and Renegade!Hakon
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Yep, tall yeen
2.) Because the family bound between Aiden, Mia and Waltz in game doesn't make sense so in here, I made both Aiden and Mia are actually related as siblings and Waltz is Aiden's biological dad. Yay. I clearly don't have any idea why Techland made Aiden aren't related to Waltz and Mia while there are some similarities of Waltz's face structure with Aiden's(ty for my moot for showing me the pic of Waltz model). What are they smokin? Weed?
I have more hcs but I need more ideas and some proof
BONUS TRIVIA: Why Renegade!Aiden has big appetite than normal humans? It's because the mutation in him isn't only just at the outer body, but insides aswell. His organ systems are become 2x bigger than before, especially his digestive system. So that's why he likes to eat more food in big portion
Tysm for stayin to read my hcs in my DL2 AU :D
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