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Headcanon:

The number of cigarettes Sasha smokes in a day is a direct indicator of how stressed out he is, even when he doesn’t show any other outward signs. 

#This is my mental justification for why you only see him smoking once in P1 but he's smoking almost every time you see him in P2 #Psychonauts #Psychonauts 2 #Sasha Nein #my headcanons

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Headcanon:

Raz used to only show his drawings to Mirtala and Nona (occasionally Queepie). Everyone else in the family either made fun of him or was patronizing about it. He only ever showed his True Psychic Tales submissions to Nona, but that was only because he was pretty sure she couldn’t really see them anyway and didn’t think she’d tell his parents. 

Now he shares some of them with Lili and the other interns junior Psychonauts. Most of them are pretty encouraging about it. He’s been too embarrassed to show Sasha or Milla, though, because so many of his old drawing are of the two of them. 

#Morris asked him to help make secret fliers for KLOB #Psychonauts 2 #Psychonauts 2 spoilers #I don't if people still care about that but I'll tag it anyway since there are technically end game spoilers in the post #Psychonauts #my headcanons #razputin aquato #Raz #mirtala aquato #nona aquato

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Headcanon:

The reason Raz is happy about the idea of getting one of Sam’s dirt/bird milk/snake egg pancakes is because he’s planning to feed it to Dion.

#I actually don't believe this at all so it's not a real headcanon #but I thought of it so now it's here #Psychonauts 2 #Psychonauts 2 spoilers #in case people still care about that #Psychonauts #my headcanons #Razputin Aquato #Raz #Sam Boole #Also I do plan on putting more stuff on this blog eventually #Dion Aquato

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Got any headcanons about Maligula?

I don't, actually. I might once the game comes out, but not now.

#asks #anonny #I'm just usually don't speculate much about characters we haven't seen yet #I get why people like doing it but I don't have the brains for it lol #Psychonauts #Psychonauts 2 #Thank you for sending the question!

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Headcanon:

Sasha and his father have nearly identical voices, except for his dad’s being a bit scratchier from age. (Also he has a thicker accent when speaking English, but in German the two are almost indistinguishable.)

#Milla thinks it's funny #Sasha is mildly annoyed by it #Psychonauts #Sasha Nein #my headcanons #Also sorry this blog existed for like 12 seconds before I forgot to keep posting #I'm about to play the game through in preparation for P2 so I'll be making a list of stuff as it occurs to me #Might post thoughts as I play and give them their own tag not sure yet

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Headcanon (sort of)

Lungfish are native to Australia, Africa, and South America (three different families, taxonomy-wise). They don’t naturally occur in North America, where Whispering Rock is presumably located, meaning they were probably introduced to Lake Oblongata at some point in the past. Why? Who knows, maybe it was an accident. 

Also, if you wanna get even more technical, Linda (in her original, un-mutated form) most closely resembles the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri, top photo), which has bigger fins, although her smooth skin is closer to the South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa, bottom photo). 

#Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp #Lake Oblangata #The Hideous Hulking Lungfish of Lake Oblangata #Psychonauts #Linda #my headcanons #Here with the lore nobody asked for #Also it turns out it's very hard to find a decent photo of a South American lungfish #The more you know tm

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Headcanon

Slightly NSFW- Just a little bit, but putting it under the cut just in case babies can see this blog:

Many, if not all, psychics are touch-sensitive, as in they automatically read others’ thoughts/emotions via skin-to-skin contact. That’s why so many of them wear gloves, long sleeves, etc. to avoid doing it on accident. 

The more nerve endings in a given spot, the more sensitive it is both physically and psychically, meaning the most psychically sensitive areas are the fingertips, the lips/face, and certain...other areas. This can make sensual/sexual contact much more intense for psychics than for the average person, which can be a great or really bad thing, situationally. 

#And also could explain why all those little kids at camp have such messed up relationships already and why they're all obsessed with kissing #Not my usual style really but I've had this thought for a long time so now ya'll have to think about it too #Psychonauts #my headcanons #Should I tag this NSFW? #It's under the cut so I'm gonna leave it

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Headcanon

Sasha claims not to be an animal person, but cats and dogs are magnetically drawn to him. Milla thinks this is hilarious.

#I'm sorry all my headcanons are about Sasha and Milla or totally random world lore and nothing in between #Kind of sorry anyway #Psychonauts #Sasha Nein #Milla Vodello #my headcanons #I can just imagine Sasha as one of those didn't want the pet dads who then gets super attached and spoils the pet more than anyone #Sasha has some major dad energy in general #It's not his most salient trait but it's definitely there

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Whispering Rock Headcanon: So, all the animals at Whispering Rock have psychic powers because of the psitanium. The bears have telekinesis, the cougars can set things on fire, the lizards can turn invisible, the squirrels and the fish have telepathy (although they might be normal and the kids just talk to them because they have telepathy, but I tend to think they at least have heightened intelligence or something).

Anyway, the only ones that don’t seem to are the little birds and the seagulls. Maybe they do have psychic powers, but you can’t tell because it’s levitation.

#Psychonauts #Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp #my headcanons

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Headcanon:

Milla’s the kind of person who gives Christmas presents to pretty much everyone she knows.

#Psychonauts #Milla Vodello #my headcanons

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Headcanon:

Lili learned about 50% of the swear words she knows from Sasha when she was younger (not that he taught them to her on purpose; he just didn’t necessarily remember to filter his speech when Milla wasn’t there to remind him that a 6-year-old was present). The other 50% was mostly from biker movies. 

#I don't know I just feel like Lili would like biker movies #Like she went through a phase of them #Psychonauts #Lili Zanotto #Sasha Nein #Milla Vodello #my headcanons #I actually imagine that Sasha used to swear a lot when he a teenager/very young adult #partially as a thing he picked up from working in a factory and being on and off homeless #Not purposeful rebellion just a lack of caring what other people think #and maybe he didn't really start caring until a specific someone (perhaps his very attractive and talented partner) had an opinion on it #Wait wasn't this post about Lili oops

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Headcanon:

Most of the kids at Whispering Rock have been coming to camp for at least a couple of years, some more than that. The new campers the year the game takes place are Dogen, Maloof, Mikhail, and Chloe. (And Raz, of course.)

#Dogen and Maloof are pretty much stated in game to be new #Mikhail and Chloe aren't but they don't seem to know anyone else the way all other kids seem to know each other #Of course they also are generally less interested in all the other kids' drama so that could be why but still #If we believe the stump in the parking lot then WR has been open for five years meaning nobody could have been coming there longer than that #Then again the timeline of Psychonauts lore is kind of a mess so shrug #Psychonauts #Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp #my headcanons #Dogen Boole #Maloof Canola #Mikhail Bulgakov #Chloe Barge #Camp kids

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Headcanon:

All those signs around the outside of the GPC- Sasha ordered them online, but accidentally got them in German instead of English. He could have sent them back, but figured whatever, they still get the point across. 

#Psychonauts #Sasha Nein #Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp #my headcanons #If purple is close enough than this is also close enough #Geodesic Psychoisolation Chamber #there's no reason to tag that but how often do you get the opportunity to type that out?

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Heacanon:

You just know Milla’s hair is e v e r y w h e r e. Sasha travels with a lint roller specifically because of this. 

#Anyone who has even longish hair knows this is a problem #and Milla's is super super long #Psychonauts #Milla Vodello #my headcanons #Sasha sighs as he pulls them off his coat sleeves again #Sasha Nein #does this count as #SashaMilla

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Headcanon:

Whispering Rock is located in Wyoming, Montana, or northern Colorado.

Of course, it could possibly be in a lot of places. But the rocky landscape with the mostly evergreen (and aspen-y looking deciduous) trees, combined with its gold rush history and the fact that apparently it’s cool enough in the middle of summer for many kids to wear sweaters suggests Rocky Mountains to me. 

#Psychonauts #Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp #my headcanons #Could also reasonably be in northern California #But I've definitely been places in Wyoming that feel Whispering Rock-ish #A lot of it is wide/flat but there are spots tucked into the mountains that could totally fit the WR rocky forest valley w/lake combo #But I'm really curious about other ideas ya'll have about where it could be #My experience w/ the world is limited #And we could get into the is it in the US question but I'm gonna assume it is #based on the fact that all but like two of the kids are clearly American

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Headcanon:

Whispering Rock clearly has a sleeping arrangement problem, with 21 kids and only 18 bunks in the kids cabins area (maybe they were never expecting to have so many campers at once). But kids are springy and it is summer camp after all, so the extra kids sleep in sleeping bags on the floor.

But there is also no apparent place for the counselors to sleep. So headcanon is that there’s a basement in the lodge set up kinda like a military barracks- guess who designed that? Actually, Morry usually sleeps in his treehouse, partially for child supervision and partially because he snores and talks loudly in his sleep, and it was politely(ish) suggested that maybe he’d like the fresh air better. Ford sleeps in his sanctuary where his brain can function. That leaves Sasha and Milla in the lodge basement as basically a shared dorm (which is not at all a source of gossip for folks back at headquarters). 

#I feel like the lodge is weird but there's literally nowhere else it could be #Unless Sasha sleeps in his lab which I can't see unless there's another room attached somewhere #cause there's no way he's sleeping on one of those weird bacon chairs- wait did Ford pick those out?! #And I guess Milla could have that underlake lab from the concept art but that seems like a weird place to sleep too #Psychonauts #Or maybe they jus sleep on the ground in sleeping bags too but like #they're too old for that crap #I'm 26 and I'm already too old for that #Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp #my headcanons #Camp kids #Morceau Oleander #Sasha Nein #Milla Vodello #Ford Cruller

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Headcanon:

Sasha’s middle name is Leopold. 

#I told you they'd be bland #Psychonauts #Sasha Nein #my headcanons