Does Egon worry that Janine will ever find him inadequate? —an ask from @janeb984
This is such a compelling question. I love imagining elaborate head canons, but character questions like this are possibly even more interesting to me.
I think that Egon is most worried about failing to give Janine the attention that she deserves.
I think that Egon is mostly content with his place in life. I don’t think he is insecure about common foibles—like he doesn’t worry about how he compares to her ex boyfriends. He’s confident in his intelligence and probably too humble about his looks, but he doesn’t worry because he can’t easily change those things anyway.
But he knows that ghostbusting is a demanding, dangerous career. It’s his life��s calling. Sometimes he feels like he can’t be both a good partner and a good Ghostbuster. He tries to do his best to put his energy into both, and he ends up feeling inadequate.
Occasionally he feels bad because he has to work on an anniversary or birthday. Or he is so drained from work that he needs to decompress alone in the lab and can’t meaningfully engage with Janine. He knows that stuff disappoints her. So he finds ways to make it up to her—flowers, chocolates, a day at the museum, etc.
In the spirit of trying to postive about this time of year and not seeing Christmas as something to dread. I offer up my own question thingy. Questions are designed to hopefully spark good memories and things we actually enjoy about Christmas. Feel free to tag people you think would like this.
A Few of Your Favorite Christmas Things
1. What is your 3 Favorite Christmas Movies?
2. Top 5 Favorite Christmas Carols?
3. Your Favorites Old School Christmas TV special (dependingon your generation let's say 1990s and below)?
4. What's Your Favorite Christmas treats?
5. Favorite thing about Your Christmas tree?
6. Favorite Christmas episode of a series or TV show?
7. Snow, Love it or Hate it?
8. Favorite Family Christmas Tradition?
9. Favorite Holiday Drink (doesn’t have to be alcoholic)?
10. Favorite Christmas Memory from childhood (if don't have one from then, just a favorite Christmas memory)?
11. Just for silliness if Santa Claus and Frosty the Snowman were MMA (Mixed martial arts) fighters who would win the match?
12. Ugly sweaters, Yes 100% or No Way?
13. Favorite things to do on Christmas Eve?
14. How many Christmas Lights are too many?
15. Does your family do Christmas dinner?
16. Best Christmas gift you given someone?
17. Ever went on a trip for Christmas, where did you go?
18. Favorite things about the Christmas season overall?
19. What your favorite Christmas gift you've ever been given?
20. If you won 30 million dollars, what kind of lavish Christmas would you have?
Tagging a few people, please help me get me get this out there. Have fun 😄 @aserendipitousworld, @trammelsb, @pushbuttonkitty, @gagates, @fionagoodeinthehoode, @monsterintheballroom, @taygertot, @trying-to-get-somewhere-real, @ijustadoreyou22, @thechow, @myinitialsarentkdtb, @spengnitzed, @aboutmarymcdonnell
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ghostbusters (Comics), Ghostbusters - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Janine Melnitz/Egon Spengler
Characters: Egon Spengler, Janine Melnitz, Roger Baugh
Additional Tags: Twinkies, Coffee, Nighties, Gris-gris - Freeform
Summary:
A one shot. Set right after the events of IDW Ghostbusters Comics Vol. 2 Issue 6.
After feeling such a rollercoaster of emotions, Egon figured he definitely needs to get himself tested.
Typical day: It’s 7am. Egon has already gotten up to brush his teeth and grab the newspaper. Janine rolls over to find him reading. She pulls him into a cuddle. He subtly tries to turn it into more than just cuddling. 🙃 But they have to get to work, so there’s barely any time for cuddling or anything else.
That being said: When Egon isn’t feeling well, he turns into a big baby who wants lots of cuddles. He even lets Janine be the big spoon sometimes! Like when he comes home from a particularly intense bust and his muscles are all achy, there’s nothing better than a warm shower and cuddling in bed until he falls asleep.