Vance hopper's gremlins
Toby(or sprout)
Toby loves meteorology, science, and mechanical engineering.
He rambles about it all the time and will be happy to inform you how to build a car, motorcycle, truck, etc.
Vance doesn't understand a word the boy rambles about but he's glad he has an interest that makes him happy.
He also loves games of all kinds, as long as it's fun.
Toby is sort of a know-it-all and follow-the-rules kid but he tries to be more open-minded when he's around other kids.
He was so happy when Vance tried to teach him how to play pinball. This boy is a pro at Pinball and is reaching Vance's high score by the day.
All in all, Toby is a very sweet, sassy, and humble kid. But if you mess with him or his family he will bite you.
Tammy(I really felt that toby should have a twin sister)(spout-et)
(their usually called sprouts when Vance wants both of their attention)
Tammy is a confident and artistic girl.
She loves to sew, sculpt, draw, and paint on anything that is a thing. Her other favorite things are stars and will use her brother's telescope(with or without him telling her she can use it).
She will kick, bite, scratch, and punch if you touch her so...don't do that. She is not afraid to get a little dirty to get her point across, she will fight you.
Tammy embroiders on everybody's clothes, and she did a cute design on Vance's jacket that said: "to the bestest protector ever". He couldn't not wear it?.
Tammy doesn't notice it, but she can be a bit overbearing or " My way or the highway "at times so you have to tell her, or else she won't realize it. She apologizes right away
Vance should have never given her spray paint, his house is covered in rainbows, unicorns, dogs, cats, and much more. Can he say "stop" or "no"? no. The drawings add a nice look to the house anyway.
She can get bored pretty easily and will start problems just to laugh. But never big problems.
She gets the princess treatment like her 'sister' Katie.
Bobby(or range rover)
Bobby hopes to be a pro wrestler and spends his day coming up with wrestling moves with Vance.
When he's not wrestling, he's playing with all his toy cars and trucks. He wants to learn how to build them but "it takes too long, and it gets boring after a while"
Pranks, this boy LOVES pranks. He'll prank anybody he'll prank Vance, kyle, Katie, Toby, max, Finney, Robin, etc. The only person he doesn't prank is Tammy because she doesn't cater to his pranks ad she will hit him. His pranks are lighthearted though, she's just easily irritated.
Bobby likes horror movies to the fullest degree, and he shares this trait with his uncle Robin.
His parents don't really care about him so he's watched a lot of horror movies.
He's kind of a quiet kid, he prefers to stay inside than outside. If he has to go somewhere he'll be quiet until someone talks to him. If not, he'll just be somewhere poking a dead animal or in the corner observing.
He's a pretty sweet kid and will stand up for others if need be.
He was bullied a lot in school for his vitiligo but again WAS. After he learned some fighting skills, he beat up two bullies and he was never bullied again.
Katie (or bow)
This girl cannot stand dirt, if she finds one speck of dirt on her pink skirt she will scream.
She's your definition of a "girly girl". She loves anything pink, glittery, shiny, and anything else you associate with femininity.
She is very kind and considerate, if someone is being bullied she will stand up for that person just like Vance and her 'siblings'.
The princess treatment is at an all-time high
When she and Tammy have a tea party EVERYBODY has a tear party.
She can pull the puppy dog eyes to get out of trouble but she does know when that won't work and will except getting grounded.
Very opinionated and picky girl
Don't let her food touch when it isn't supposed to, it's the end of the world.
Kyle(or dino man)
Kyle is the definition of"the shy kid" like his 'brother' Bobby.
He will have to have a small push to socialize and that small push is "KYLE, you've been in the house for three months GO TALK TO PEOPLE"
He has a small stuttering problem when he's nervous and is insecure about it but Vance lets him know that it's ok and he should take his time when talking.
He wants to be an archeologist and paleontologist. He almost knows about every dinosaur known to man and could tell you about every single one if asked. yeah, he's the "dinosaur kid".
He is developing a love for special FX makeup the more he watches horror movies. He never horror movies as scary because he knows the monsters aren't real.
Max(or rock & roll)
Max is a very loud and hyper child.
He will voice his opinion if he wants to, in other words, he can be very painfully truthful.
He loves rock and dreams to be a professional rock singer and player someday.
Vance teaches him how to play the electric guitar and let's just say...the neighbors do not like them in the afternoons.
This boy has the worst sugar rush so he's only allowed small portions of candy if any.
He's beaten up over 3 bullies, 1 his age and two 14-year-olds.
Max is very protective of his family and will hurt you if you hurt any of them.
I got bored so I decided to design some of the kids. Their names were created by @ihearthayleywilliamsxoxo who is a very good writer, and I recommend checking them out.
General headcanons:
Toby and Tammy are usually called sprouts because Vance saw plants & leaves in their hair once and he just started calling them that.
Each of their nicknames has to do with an experience or a subject that they like.
Vance doesn't even know how he got nearly all these kids in his house but he deals with it.
The majority of them barely go back to their parent's houses. The only set of parents that aren't jerks is Toby and Tammy's parents. They are genuinely nice people.
Their parents taught Vance how to work with black hair just in case anything goes wrong.
All of the kids wear these simple yet important necklaces that Vance and his mom gave them. The necklaces are family heirlooms and Lily hopper has a chest full of them.
If you have any headcanons for the kids my asks are open
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I'm seeing some confusion out and about over the title A Companion to Owls (generally along the lines of 'what have owls got to do with it???'), so I'd like to offer my interpretation (with a general disclaimer that the Bible and particularly the Old Testament are damn complicated and I'm not able to address every nuance in a fandom tumblr post, okay? Okay):
It's a phrase taken from the Book of Job. Here's the quote in full (King James version):
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
--(Job 30:29)
Job is describing the depths of his grief, but also, with that last line, his position in the web of providence.
Throughout the Old Testament, owls are a recurring symbol of spiritual devastation. Deuteronomy 4:17 - Isaiah 34:11 - Psalm 102: 3 - Jeremiah 50: 39...just to name a few (there's more). The general shape of the metaphor is this: owls are solitary, night-stalking creatures, that let out either mournful cries or terrible shrieks, that inhabit the desolate places of the world...and (this is important) they are unclean.
They represent a despair that is to be shunned, not pitied, because their condition is self-inflicted. You defied God (so the owl signifies), and your punishment is...separation. From God, from others, from the world itself. To call and call and never, ever receive an answer.
Your punishment is terrible, tormenting loneliness.
(and that exact phrase, "tormenting loneliness," doesn't come from me...I'm pulling it from actual debate/academia on this exact topic. The owls, and what they are an omen for. Oof.)
To call yourself a 'companion to owls,' then, is to count yourself alongside perhaps the most tragic of the damned --not the ones who defy God out of wickedness or ignorance, and in exile take up diabolical ends readily enough...but the ones who know enough to mourn what they have lost.
So, that's how the title relates to Job: directly. Of course, all that is just context. The titular "companion to owls," in this case, isn't Job at all.
Because this story is about Aziraphale.
The thing is that Job never actually defied God at all, but Aziraphale does, and he does so fully believing that he will fall.
He does so fully believing that he's giving in to a temptation.
He's wrong about that, but still...he's realized something terrifying. Which is that doing God's will and doing what's right are sometimes mutually exclusive. Even more terrifying: it turns out that, given the choice between the two...he chooses what's right.
And he's seemingly the only angel who does. He's seemingly the only angel who can even see what's wrong.
Fallen or not, that's the kind of knowledge that...separates you.
(Whoooo-eeeeee, tormenting loneliness!!!)
Aziraphale is the companion.
...I don't think I need to wax poetic about Aziraphale's loneliness and grappling with devotion --I think we all, like, get it, and other people have likely said it better anyway. So, one last thing before I stop rambling:
Check out Crowley's glasses.
(screenshots from @seedsofwinter)
Crowley is the owl.
Crowley is the goddamn owl.
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