#my Genos hyperfixation is showing

[itsthatmff]

Boyfriend Headcanons on OPM men

100 follower special!! I didn’t know what situation to take so I just went with regular boyfriend headcanons

I have no idea Why Genos’ part turned out the longest…(my hyperfixation is obviously showing)

Fem!reader

Included: metal bat, Genos, Garou

Genos

It’ll take a while for this guy to get warmed up to you. He has never been in a relationship so he doesn’t really know how it works. This guy has ISSUES alright.

Of course he loves you but he doesn’t know how to deal with these feelings.

Hates physical affection (again just has to get used to it) so often more than not this guy won’t let you touch him affectionately.

“Do not touch me” and “Get off.” Are probably the words you’ve heard most this year.

Though when it does come to touching (pun intended) moments between the two of you, like when you’re hugging or kissing, he longs for more. He likes the feeling so much but would never admit it to you because he doesn’t want to show any ‘weakness’.

Will never make the first move of touching you. But if you ask twice he won’t say no. He just can’t resist you.

When it comes to caring for you he goes all out. Will cook for you, buy you things, even clean your apartment without you asking.

Is also very clingy in a sense that he doesn’t leave you alone. Ever since he fell in love with you you’ve become one of his priorities. You’re working ? He’ll accompany you. Meeting with friends? He has to make sure you won’t get attacked. You’re resting in your apartment? He’ll come over to cook you food.

It makes you feel bad that he suddenly has all his attention on you instead of focusing on training under Saitama and finding the mad cyborg. That goal has been there for him way before you both knew each other after all.

You both may get into little fights because of that.

When it comes to jealousy, this guy gets jealous alright. If he sees you talking to male coworkers/friends he always watches from the distance and furrows his eyebrows. Won’t say anything though.

If there’s a guy harassing you he’ll step in. That guy might get away with no more than a broken hand. Genos says it wasn’t on purpose and that he just wanted to get his hand away from you. (It was VERY MUCH on purpose)

Will deny that he’s jealous until his death. Again he doesn’t want to show ‘weakness’.

Is so protective of you. This guy already has a big sense of justice and will literally self destruct if that means saving human lives. He wouldn’t hesitate to take a bullet for you.

Whenever you’re not around you’re still in his thoughts. When you don’t have time for him he’ll keep himself busy by cleaning saitama’s apartment.

Will go on Saitama’s nerves and talk about you with no end. Will ask for advice. Sometimes he talks too much about you and gets kicked out of saitama’s apartment.

He’s such a dry texter. But dry as in texting paragraphs of formal written texts. That’s why you both prefer calling. He calls you at least once a day just asking how you’re doing. They’re not very long calls. Most of the time they’re short ones where he’ll ask you where you are and if you’re free so that he can come over.

Is overall the most loving cyborg you can get. He just doesn’t like to admit it. The most you’ll get from him if you ask him why he’s calling you on a regular for example is :

“It is my duty as your boyfriend to care for you at all times.”

Extremely difficult to get him to say ‘I love you’ by his own accord. But keep trying !!

Garou

So cocky for no reason whatsoever

Sometimes it feels like you’re dating a dog more than a human.

He’s SO SO SO SO touchy It’s unbelievable. He can’t take his hands off of you. Especially in public. He just needs to show you off.

This guy doesn’t know what having shame is either.

In some sense he feels like he ‘owns’ you.

Unlike Genos he may not spend every second around you but whenever he does it’s either him being all over you or you two bickering.

He may be touchy but is not a romantic at all. He’d rather say “you’re mine” than “I love you”

His love is messy for sure. Like all over the place.

Gets jealous and will beat the shit out of whoever dared to cross your way.

I have a feel he likes biting. Not too hard but more in an affectionate way.

Doesn’t really know what taking you out on a date means. He’ll let you do all the planning and deciding. He genuinely doesn’t care as long as he’s spending his time with you.

If bang knows about your relationship he’ll push him to treat you well. Bang was surrounded by women left and right during his youth and knows his way around it after all. Often Garou will gift you things as roses because ‘the old man forced me to’. He’ll look unbothered but in truth there is a tiny hint of blush on his face.

This guy doesn’t even have a phone 90% of the time. He either looses it or breaks it. You both don’t really need phones to communicate. The moment you think about him he’s right by your side.

Metal bat

Most wholesome boyfriend.

Acts all tough around everyone except you.

The embodiment of “ay ay ma’am”

Whenever you’re both on a date and a Monster attack breaks out he tries playing the tough hero. “Get behind me. I’ll deal with it.”

He’s kind of shy when it comes to touching you. He doesn’t want to be to rough or do something you don’t like. When you go to hug him his entire face turns red.

Genuinely thinks you’re an angel and that you’re too good for him.

At school all he thinks about is you. Will beat his friends up if they make fun of him for that.

Takes you out on many dates. Will buy you bouquets or win you plushies at the arcade. Sometimes he’ll even take you and Zenko out on lunch. It’ll be the cutest thing ever seeing you interact with his little sister.

At first Zenko is a bit jealous that her big brother is giving someone else attention other than herself but she quickly gets used to you and sees you as her own big sis.

He’ll text you good night and apologizes if he forgets to.

Will always ask you if you’ve eaten and make sure you’re always well fed and rested.

Always buys you things that remind him of you during his Hero patrol.

You gifted him a phone charm once and he has not took it off his phone ever since.

He isn’t the type to say ‘I love you’ often. He leaves it for really special moments because he thinks they’re very important words.

[jamisonwritestf2trash]

what would the mercs' favourite shows/anime be? You might have done the 'shows' part before so im giving you the 'anime' option as a fresh twist ^w^ (No im not battling a double-hyperfixation of tf2 and jjba and seeking validation through mutuals why would you even think that-)

What Are The TF2 Mercs Favortie Animes?

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Oh boy it's been a hot minute since I've watched an Anime, I used to be so feral for any anime 😭

Mutual appreciation comment!!! Thank you for your asks! I love seeing them pop up, you always have really good prompts 🫶🏻

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POSSIBLE SPOILER FOR DEATH NOTE?

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Demo- Kakegurui

Did I ever mention that this man loves to gamble? Also, you cannot convince me that this man isn't super expressive when he does so. Literally is the anime. Loves how batshit insane it is. Loves getting whiplash from one episode to the next. Wasn't a fan of season two, but adores season one. Bindges, and re-bindges the show at least once a month. Just loves feeling insane when he watches an anime.

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Engie- One Punch Man.

Saw Genos and immediately went "I could build that." And doesn't elaborate. He's not gonna lie, he may or may not have tried to follow Saitama's training routine once, but threw up when he got to the running part. Don't get me wrong this man isn't weak or anything but I genuinely don't think anyone on this team can run besides Scout. Loves watching OPM because he loves how unbothered Saitama is and wishes he could be like that, and also wishes he could be as strong.

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Heavy- Your Lie In April

Loves the mix of a slice of life and melodrama. Doesn't care too much about how slow the show is. Just enjoys watching everything play out and being along for the ride. This man sobbed at the end. Couldn't believe it, well he could but he also couldn't? Even though it breaks him everytime he sees the ending, he still loves rewatching it.

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Medic- Japanese Tales of The Macabre/Parasyte

HE. LOVES. JUNJI. ITO. It'd be so wrong not to think so. He has genuinely wondered about the logistics of Layers Of Terror... be afraid of this man if he gets a curious look in his eye over any episode of this anime. He likes the books more but also loves the anime. I added Parasyte too because this man is a sucker for all types of body horror and I think Parasyte should always be mentioned. Just lord help us after this man's mind starts working when watching his favorite body horror animes. You'll here a mix of screams from the poor characters and Yippees! From Medic as he watches the horror.

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Scout- Death Note

I think this is everyone's starter anime, but it just happens to also be Scout's favorite. I can't tell if he'd think Light is a genius or insanely stupid. But that's not super important. Loves Ryuk! He'd want a death note just to have Ryuk hanging around the base. This man would be a menace if he had the death note honestly. He'd probably write his name down first just to label it, forgetting he'd die.

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Sniper- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K

Man has never related to a fictional character so hard until now. Also wishes he could be perfectly average in the public eye and also has inhuman natural talents. It's not even funny how much I can imagine Sniper in this anime. He watched every season and loved them all (likes season one best though) and regularly rewatches the show when things get to stressful around him. It's his comfort show.

(Not that anyone asked but, I fucking love this anime, it's not even funny how much I love this anime I'm going feral.)

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Spy- Black Butler

Can a fictional character have a kin? Well in my mind yes. Spy kins Sebastian so fucking hard. Picked up the trait of taking his gloves off like that. Definitely share the same annoyances, living with incompetent coworkers, an annoying child, a criminally insane friend or two, you know the normal stuff! Was severely disappointed by season two. Loved everything else though.

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Soldier- Attack On Titan

I think he likes AOT because of all the Gore, blood, and fighting. I can imagine him kicking his legs and smiling all goofy while watching this. This man bindged the entire show, no doubt. Like the other mercs were genuinely worried about him. He's a mix of devastated and happy that the show hasn't ended permanently.

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Pyro- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

The insane person loves insane anime, who would have guessed? No, but genuinely, you'd think they'd have a short attention span, wouldn't be able to understand what's going on, and lose interest. Nope! Absolutely love this anime. Has probably rewatched it a million times already. Has made Engie watch this with him and utterly confused the poor Texan. Feverishly waiting for part nine.

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I hope you like this! I had to pull out my list of animes I've watched, and oh boy it made me realize how weird. Maybe? That my taste in anime is.

Also sorry its not super long or super indepth I was going off some very vague memories for a few of these!

I love you guys!

[scary-senpai]

What's the appeal of Garou/Genos? Why do you like this ship?

Oh bless you, anon--do you really want to know what's in my head?

[begin affectionately cheeky answer]

"I'm Genos, and this is my husband Saitama.

And this is our boyfriend, Garou.

And this is Garou's boyfriend, Mumen Rider.

And this is Garou's other boyfriend, Metal Bat.

And this is Fubuki--"

[[cue Fubuki winking seductively, possibly while holding a whip.]]

[/end affectionately cheeky answer]

...I’m being a tiny bit hyperbolic here although I have a special place in my heart for polyam pairings...but I guess you could say I’m a multi-shipper? Although honestly I’ve never been keen to use “shipping” as a verb (at least when it comes to myself)--it sounds a bit like trying to make a thing happen. And really, I’m not expecting anything--just out here playing in my own sandbox, admiring all the beautiful and different things to be made from the same material.

My initial (equally playful) reaction was “bold of you to assume I have any modicum of control over my hyperfixations”--but when it comes to “why ship these characters?,” I suspect the answer has something to do with spending the first half of my life as a feral wolf child and the second half in crippling over-speculation whilst smugly showing off my arms (well, my arm tattoos--same difference 😉) ....I feel for the Lone Wolf and the Brave Little Toaster, is all I’m saying.

Anyway, if I ship them, it is not because of Chapter 165...in fact I held off answering this question until I could confirm that the aforementioned characters made it out alive 😬. Recent events hardly bolstered my enthusiasm for this pairing, although it seems like my fics got more attention? Hard to tell at this point whether it’s just the fandom re-activating, or if there’s literally a correlation between character conflict and ship-ability. I will crunch the numbers at some point. For science!

Facetious answers aside, I think it all started when I watched the shack scene (I was anime only at first). I’ve had this pervasive (and entirely unsupported) headcanon that Garou and Genos are from the same village (which would explain why Garou’s parents are conspicuously absent).

Specifically, my Overly Sad & Entirely Unsupported Headcanon is that Genos is this kid, the one Garou initially saved from the bullies:

So, essentially my brain saw this incredibly tragic and heart-wrenching scene—two characters that are essentially kids, both fixated on justice, each grappling with their own anger and grief, struggling to maintain their purity of heart in a violent and unforgiving crapshoot universe—they have so much in common, so much they could learn from each other, and here they are, literally at each other’s throats.

… and that’s when a little voice in my head went: “this scene is great, but do you know what would make it better? Sad. This scene needs more sad.”

And, yeah, I’ve always felt that’s the problem with choosing sides—essentially, you’ll end up fighting friends and neighbors. Sometimes it’s not that the guy you’re fighting isn’t actually the same guy that saved you, or will save you—it’s that he could be.

…anyway, I have but one superpower, and it is angst (usually existential angst). gomenasai ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So, the other thing about my headcanons is that they are very contrarian. Basically, on one shoulder I have a little angel/devil thing crying “more angst!” and a second little angel/devil thing yelling, “well, actually!...what if it’s opposite of what we all expect!” (which would explain my headcanons about Garou’s parents as well-intentioned people trying very hard, but never in a way that Garou experiences as help).

Interestingly, I love Unintentional Sad but I sometimes get squicked when characters are deliberately hurtful to each other. When people write incorrect quotes / fics / etc, they usually have Garou and Genos bickering and being mean to each other, and it just kinda brings me down a bit--I think it would, even if I didn’t ship them. I read to escape that stuff, you know? My personal humor-writing mantra is, “it is not comedy to be mean, that is called being lonesome and frustrated,” but YMMV. In any case, my brain is edge-ily rebelling with niceness. I can’t complain.

And if Genos did manage to pull off sarcasm, I feel like Garou’s immediate response would be “OMG BABY’S FIRST VERBAL IRONY???” and those would be his last words before promptly getting cremated. Worth it.

But to be insufferably (and kindly) contrarian, I like to imagine Genos and Garou arguing constantly in a way that makes everyone around them uncomfortable, but not because of their vitriol--everyone else becomes uncomfortable because Garou and Genos are far and away the smartest people in the room, and yet distressingly petty: is it ethical to win Monopoly by inciting a housing shortage, or does that cause undo hardship towards Meeples? Can you actually mispronounce words, or are the rules of language merely illusory? How come I can only tell Knock-Knocks from inside the house--doesn’t that negate the entire premise?

...turns out that I have a second superpower, and it is witty banter. XD

In any case, though, whenever I write/headcanon Garou x Genos, Saitama is always there--the first fic I published in this fandom was Garou x Genos, but very quickly I found my favorite interactions between Garou and Saitama were my favorite ones to write. I’ve basically given them my ideal relationship, which is all of the shenanigans and none of the sex, but also a very deep bond that causes all the benevolent trolling to blossom into accidental character growth.

Also, I feel like if you put the three of them together, the most rational person in your household automatically becomes Garou, and that’s...something. One of my favorite bits of dialogue to write features all three of them arguing about Thank-You cards that Tareo made, which Tareo has decorated with glitter and dried macaroni. Should you actually cook that pasta? The vote is split 2-to-1, and you can probably guess how that shakes out. Garou will gladly eat monster corpses but draws the line at macaroni art. Anyway, this is the reason why my “brotp and sometimes ot3″ hashtag exists.

But seriously, anon, thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk about this. I excitedly drafted many, many responses but found it was difficult for me to answer without info-dumping. Aside from my incorrigible and irrational headcanon, I have some thoughts on why their dynamics appeal to me, which I initially posted on my main blog back in 2020:

Genos, immune to sarcasm, interprets all of Garou’s snarky comments as sincere statements (which is what Garou wanted all along). Garou makes a lot of backhanded sardonic comments instead of admitting his actual needs & feelings, because he assumes he’ll be rejected. So imagine how Garou would feel if someone picked up on all his subtext, especially if it is someone as devoted as Genos?

Implacably Impish Garou is intrigued by Overly Stoic Cyborg. Garou thinks to himself "This guy never smiles? Challenge accepted!“ Imagine an exasperated Garou mercilessly tickling Genos, all the while yelling "Laugh, dammit, I’m fucking hilarious!” …This turned into a “Five Times Genos Didn’t Smile, and One Time He Did” fic that is currently a Work-in-Progress.

Genos is willing to stand by others, even when they are unpopular. Think of that touching moment between Saitama and Genos after Sea King battle. Or all the hate mail that Saitama receives after saving City Z from a meteor. I like to think that, while Genos often interprets the world in binary terms, he has demonstrated an understanding of how fickle public opinion can be and how nuanced/complex the business of justice is. Also, when Genos sees the good in someone he really latches onto it - Genos’ unwavering faith in Saitama inspires Saitama to act more nobly. Genos has an endearingly imperfect purity of heart, similar to Garou.

Seriously, though, so much adorable teasing. (Ex: A fluffy Wanpanmas drabble wherein Garou chastises Genos for his choice of Christmas decorations)

I also touched on this in a different fic-specific ask, but I think they have some interesting character parallels when it comes to more serious things:

I’ve always perceived Garou and Genos as characters that aren’t going towards strength as much as they’re running away from perceived weakness, and abandoning their human bodies has become an integral part of that journey for them. And that’s the response you’d expect, given the things that they’ve witnessed even from a young age.

Anyway, the full text of that ask can be found here, if you’re curious--specifically, it goes into the both of them coping with trauma/grief, and how those feelings manifest for these characters. But I am also mindful that you did not specifically ask about my writing, and WIPs a topic on which I can easily ramble for days.

In summary, I know this pairing isn’t everybody’s cup of tea, and I’m fine with that. When it comes to my writing, the feedback I get is usually “I’m not into Garou x Genos but I like how you write them” or “your plot is interesting enough that I’m willing to give this fic a shot”--which...feels like a huge compliment, actually! If we go back to the “playing in sandboxes” metaphor I used earlier, I feel like I’m mostly working alone but occasionally some very nice Batarou/Saigenos people will stop by, give me a juice box, and then ask me, with utmost sincerity, “are ya havin’ fun, kid?” And, yes! I’m having so much fun. The only thing I have to work on is de-coupling my love of creating things with my need for feedback, and practicing non-attachment has been part of my personal learning journey lately, anyway.

I will admit, haha, that I was a little nervous about answering this question. It came in the same day I posted about crying over Saigenos--not out of jealousy, it’s just a really beautiful ship, and it’s had an influx of some heart-wrenchingly beautiful meta. It also came a few days after I had mentioned being salty about Batarou--actually, not about the pairing specifically (because that’s probably what I read the most), but because I had done some drabbles for Wanpanmas and I wrote 100 words of Gearou and 100 words of Batarou--and I felt like they were equally well-written, but the engagement was much higher for the Batarou fic. I hadn’t been in the fandom space for awhile, and I had just...forgotten how fandoms work. In my day, we didn’t really have the concept of a “comfort ship” (or the ability to filter fics by pairing/character/etc, for that matter), but now that I do know, I think that the idea of a comfort ship is a really beautiful thing, even if your ship is not my ship. It’s really cool that fictional characters can build IRL communities. The Internet is a magical place sometimes, when it is not terrible .

Thank you again for this ask, anon! I was so, so excited to ramble on about this, and seriously, just thinking that someone was interested in my answer made me smile for days and days. Stay safe and be will, Cherished Internet Stranger!

[meefy]

✨🍰🍪☕🌧️🎶 for the ask prompt. ❤

Thank you for the ask, lovely!

✨- which fictional character (book, show, or movie) do you relate to most? (Just gonna do from OPM because that's my hyperfixation atm, and I don't watch or read much nonfiction anyhow.) Oh man, I love my sweet ninja babies but if I'm being truthful, probably Genos. Takes everything too literally, hyperfixates too much, tends to be obsessive, and deep down dealing with unresolved trauma. 😂 If I had to pick another from a different anime, probably L from Death Note, for similar-ish reasons, or Kurapika from Hunter x Hunter, for his morality and the scene from S1x09 where he is confronted by a trigger of his past. I love some emotionally vulnerable and imperfect characters, I suppose it makes me feel better about being both those things myself.

🍰- strawberry or vanilla? Neither. I'm a chocolate gal 🍫

🍪- cookie dough or cookies? 100 percent cookie dough. Would buy a roll of Pillsbury cookie dough and just eat it without ever baking a single cookie. Don't do like me, kids.

☕- coffee or tea? Again I'm neither haha, I don't drink anything but water really. Although I do like ice capps and bubble tea, not sure if those count.

🌧️- favorite thing to do on rainy days? Read, draw, write, or go shopping (if I have money which is never these days 😂)

🎶- favorite song right now? Hmm that's a tough one. I'm loving Lil Nas X and Ed Sheeran's new albums right now. Don't think I could pick a favourite from them though.