troll hair floof attack

curlicuecal:

Just had the BEST conversation with @rollerskatinglizard discussing the concept that troll hair floofs up like a cat’s when they’re excited/agitated/angry.  Which is even more fun if you imagine it as a latent psionics effect like they just accumulate a lot of electrical psychic energy around them when they’re emotional and it statics into their hair.  Plus this means it works with all hair lengths and can manifest in fun and varied ways for diff characters. Anyway, I promised I’d write up some of the headcanons we brainstormed b/c I am seriously invested in this xenoanatomy concept now and I need this on my blog.

Feferi: All of her hair floating up and whipping around her in unseen winds like some kind of eldritch horrorterror.  The Condesce’s hair could probably actually eat you.  And a low key floaty mermaid effect for Fef when she’s EXCIT—–ED.

Gamzee:  Poofs up suddenly and dramatically when he’s startled, surprise hair explosion.  Also picture him when he’s agitated with his voice starting to rise and fall and his tendrils of hair are starting to get more disheveled and poof out around him and it is very clear how close to the edge he is and eeeeek alarm bells.

Karkat: Permanent angry floofball.  Small angry cloud.  Bristly hedgehog.

Nepeta: Bristles like a cat/wolf, with the hair going up in a ridge like it would along the spine of an angry, dangerous animal. Silent threat. Very effective communication.  People pay attention.

Kanaya: Studio Ghibli effect, her hair lifts up around the sides of her face when she’s angry.  She’s so even temepered this happens very seldom.  Kind of understated.  Her face is very calm.  And when it happens everybody in the room is like HOLY SHIT, run.  Also she ruffles like a parakeet when she’s flustered by Rose. :33

Sollux: Keeps his hair short specifically so he doesn’t have to hassle with it and all his psiionics all the time. It would get in his electronics while he’s working.  Does get bristly when annoyed.

Aradia:  Also does the eldritch-being floating cloud of hair. You do not want to see her coming at you with her psioniics all around and death in her eyes. Also just general springiness and poof when she’s excited, which is most of the time.  Like a bouncy sheep.

Equius: He’s got that long, smooth hair and its an outward statement of how strong his bond is with his moirail because he stays so calm and in control and his hair is always so settled.  And he does try so hard to manage his emotions all the time and be in control and not hurt people/break things.  And honestly, it’s still kind of hella intimidating because he just KNOCKED DOWN A WALL and he DOESN’T EVEN LOOK MAD.

Terezi: Spiky bristles everywhere muahahaha.  She knows exactly how to do it for maximum intimidation and dramatic courtroom effect.

Tavros: Hahaha his mohawk stands on end when he’s angry/alarmed and then poofs out everywhere when he’s really freaked out. He’s also spent so long being low key alarmed and put upon that he rarely floofs b/c uh, this kind of seem like, not that big a deal, yet?  And people often don’t notice this for quite a while but when they do they are impressed b/c he STARTLINGLY more mellow and confident than he appears?

Vriska: Her hair fluffing up around her in a static cloud when she’s mad. Also, her hair going all bristly and frizzled and disorganized when she’s flustered/caught in a mistake, and making her look like a cat that is trying to pretend it is not freaked out and has not been caught off guard and meant to do all of this.

Eridan: His little purple hair plume standing on end.  Oh my god.  You know that thig cockatoos do?  Eridan is a cockatoo.  All his hair floofs up and forward like a little fan around his face.  And he’s flaring out his fins, too so it’s a damn display.  Also.  Can you picture.  Eridan trying to act all cool and calm and collected and he’s all massively fluffed up like an alarmed bird.