Gonna leave some golden girls headcanons here and then I’ll do a separate one for Dorothy x Blanche (there are too many):
1. Sophia would teach them her Sicilian recipes and it’d be like private cookery classes. Blanche would struggle with it slightly but eventually get the hang of it with some half hearted instructions; Dorothy would be quite ‘clumsy’ with the ingredients and begs Blanche for help, but the two get a little… distracted. Sophia fondly (or not so fondly) curses them out in Italian. Rose is a natural and Sophia is very proud of her and calls her “My only worthy daughter”. That is, until Rose decides on her next attempt to add some Scandinavian twists and the 4 of them end up with mild food poisoning.
2. Dorothy and Rose share a love of musical theatre. Dorothy’s favourite is Les Misérables for its powerful message on social hierarchy and the way it advocates for compassion, human kindness and hope when fighting for justice, no matter what you’ve been through. It always makes her cry. Rose, choses the far more contemporary Matilda, and when asked, she says it reminds her of her childhood. Dorothy points out she wasn’t the smartest person in the world and Rose would roll her eyes and explain it was because she didn’t always pick up on social cues which would isolate her from other children, and later adults. This would fit in with @eeblouissant’s headcanon that Rose is autistic, since Matilda is also suspected to be too.
3. Sophia and Blanche sing Copacabana for Karaoke at every opportunity. No one knows how this tradition started, but every Sunday after the football the pair head down to the rusty anchor to serenade the guys. They adore Sophia, and Blanche improves on her singing after many, many, many weeks.
4. Every birthday, the other 3 girls make a homemade cheesecake instead of a regular cake and add candles. Rose sings in Swedish, Sophia in Italian and Blanche in French (even though she forgot most of it after finishing school) Dorothy is the only one who sings in English. However, after it gets too loud, they all sing in English the second time around!
5. Blanche is far richer than any of them realise - she’s from an old money family and married a wealthy guy; they know she’s well off, they just don’t realise HOW rich. The only reason she has roommates is for her own personal comfort so that she doesn’t feel as lonely after the kids left and George died. Plus, she wanted some more female friends too, so it was the perfect solution.
6. Sophia’s least favourite child is Gloria, and she praises her so much because she feels bad about it. Sophia loves Phil dearly but doesn’t understand him entirely. Dorothy’s her first baby, and the one she’s the most similar personality wise. Of course, she’s not crazy about the fact she put her into shady pines, but she appreciates all the things Dorothy puts up with for Sophia, even if she doesn’t always show it.
7. Sophia is protective of all of the girls, but has a well hidden soft spot for Rose. She loves them all equally, but she feels a certain need to protect Rose because of her naivety. Rose brings out her maternal side because she knows the other two are better at defending themselves. Obviously Rose can too, but they underestimate her abilities: though Sophia used her sarcasm to hide her concern for Rose’s mental health after they were burgled in S1.
8. Rose and Blanche paint each other’s nails. Blanche tries to coax Dorothy to let her paint her nails too (considering Blanche is Dorothy’s biggest weak spot) and sometimes she agrees, but most of the time the best friends practice on each other instead.
9. Sometimes when Dorothy’s particularly sad, she goes to Sophia’s room and makes Ma brush her hair to remind Dorothy of her simpler childhood days. One of the most comforting things in Dorothy’s life was when Sophia would wake her in the early hours of the morning to plait her hair; sometimes it hurt because Dorothy’s hair was naturally curly, but she’d never complain because it gave them more 1:1 time together without the burden of her siblings.
10. Rose was the smartest person in St Olaf - she taught them to go inside when it rains, she went to St. Gustav university to do Latin (I headcanon she got a 1st) and in my personal opinion the reason she knows so much about the town’s gossip was that she was a private investigator for the elite in St Olaf. And Bridget went to Oxford, so she must’ve got her intelligence from somewhere! She just doesn’t tell this information to the others as she doesn’t want them to feel bad about themselves.
11. Blanche suffered post-partum depression after Janet’s birth and that’s why they’ve got the worst relationship out of the children. Don’t get me wrong, Blanche wasn’t the mother of the year and had many faults, but she clearly had stronger bonds with the other 5. We don’t hear anything negative about the relationship with her sons, and Becky’s just seems like poor communication which is quickly resolved and they eventually become exceptionally close (particularly after the moving birth of Baby Oreo at the beginning of S6. With Janet, she was a new mother and considering PPD wasn’t recognised as a condition until the 1990s, she wouldn’t have gotten the right support either - probably trying to hide it to appear like the perfect wife and mother to her other high society friends. She adores Janet, but it definitely would’ve impacted their relationship.
12. Rose knits her own animal jumpers, basing them off the animals she remembers tending to on the farm. She also knits pride badges onto Dorothy and Blanche’s clothes and accessories to show support for them (and to get used to knitting different patterns.)
14. Blanche has a Diet Coke obsession like me. No further explanations needed.
15. Blanche first learned to cook from Mammy Watkins. Blanche clearly knows how to cook from the catering episode (was it one for the money?) and obviously she could’ve learned to cook as an older woman, but in my opinion she would’ve learned to cook from her Mammy. They were very close and Blanche was clearly the favourite Hollingsworth child; and she wasn’t close to her sisters (even though she was her brothers) so while she was cooking, it’d only be natural that they’d do it together. They’d have to hide it in case Mammy got in trouble though. Blanche wouldn’t have expected to cook and clean as a rich, married woman of that era as she probably would’ve had maids etc- but old habits die hard; especially the childhood ones.
16. Dorothy had a girlfriend before she met Stan. So did Blanche, but unlike Blanche, Dorothy tried to suppress the fact she was attracted to multiple genders after she and the girlfriend broke up, so she got drunk and slept with Stan to try and stop the pain in her heart. That’s one of the biggest what-ifs in her life :(
17. Blanche would be a fan of anything 50s-80s that’s remotely upbeat or popish, and is a big, big fan of Gwen Stefani, Madonna, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald. Odd combos, but it works for her. Dorothy Likes Frank Sinatra, Cyndi Lauper, Prince and George Michael, and is a big fan of jazz, but listens to anything really. Sophia loves Boney M, Pavarotti, Cher (obviously) and she and Dorothy share a profound love for Eminem. Rose loves ABBA, Amy Grant, The Beatles and Nirvana.
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