#submas headcanons

[the-sleepy-conductor]

Submas Headcanons:

☾₊ ⊹ Sleep Edition ☾₊ ⊹

I will give one and only one warning: Bl&nk$hippers and pr0$hippers DNI!!! Do not make this weird.

So! First headcanon post! Been looking forward to this, so I apologize about the truckload below.

Ingo cannot sleep unless he is curled up in the fetal position. It's very comfortable to him and makes him feel safe and secure.

Emmet on the other hand loves laying sprawled out on his back like a Staryu. He will take up the entire bed and has even been seen falling off of it.

Ingo tends to pout in his sleep and sometimes drools all over the pillow.

Emmet sleeps with his mouth wide open and tends to kick in his sleep every now and then.

Ingo was always afraid of the dark and couldn't sleep without a light source. As he got older, he grew used to it but the fear never really went away. Once he returned from Hisui, he was terrified of the dark all over again. Sometimes wild Pokemon would attack him in the pitch-black darkness of Wayward Cave, which is what amplified his fear. As a result, Chandelure will stay near him while he sleeps if that's what he needs to calm down.

Ingo likes to take lots of naps. Especially after eating, as it usually makes him sleepy.

Contrary to popular belief, Emmet is the one who snores, not Ingo. You might be able to hear Ingo breathing but he never really snores. Emmet's snoring is loud, ironically enough.

When Emmet falls asleep at night, he usually stays asleep until the morning, waking up energized and refreshed. Ingo will most likely wake up for no reason in the middle of the night, and most of the time he heads to the kitchen to get a snack or some warm milk.

Ingo likes to wear his Pearl Clan hoodie over his pajamas, especially if he's cold.

Ingo likes to be bundled in multiple blankets all wrapped up like a burrito. Sometimes Emmet will get upset when Ingo hogs most of the blankets.

Ingo gets weepy when he's sleepy. He's more likely to get frustrated when he's tired, and will definitely start crying on some occasions when he's utterly exhausted.

Since laying on his back is the only way for Emmet to stay comfortable while he's going to sleep, he'll often get bored staring at the ceiling for a while. He ended up getting a galaxy light thingy that projects onto the ceiling for him to look at. It helps Ingo go to sleep too, since it slightly illuminates the room.

Ingo is not a morning person but Emmet is. Emmet will gladly drag a half asleep Ingo to work if he has to.

Emmet will be a bit more talkative in the morning, running around and saying "good morning" to almost everyone he sees. Ingo is more on the quiet side after he just woke up.

If the twins are sitting in a train and they get a bit too comfortable, they will likely end up falling asleep on top of each other on accident.

Sometimes Ingo will instinctively latch on to a pillow or blanket in his sleep. It's pretty common to catch Ingo clinging to something as he sleeps.

When they were little, their mother would sing them a lullaby to help them sleep. Nowadays if one of them is growing restless or has just woken up from a nightmare they'll sing it to each other so they can go to sleep.

Because of Ingo's preference to sleep with multiple blankets and curl up to seem as small as possible, it can be quite hard to tell Ingo is even in his bed in the first place. Just looks like a mountain of blankets is sitting there. This makes it very hard for Emmet to drag Ingo out of bed.

So yeah I'm excited to share different kinds of headcanons for these goofy goobers in the future! If you made it this far feel free to share some of your headcanons for Ingo and Emmet as well! I love reading headcanons for these two.

Woops I have work in a few hours

[moefongo]

Uncle submas headcannons? I see Emmet with strong awesome uncle vibes. Ingo is that “awkward but cool” uncle.

-Moochi

Aaa this has been sitting in my drafts for ages (im sorry!!)

The subway bosses as uncles

Ingo

He adores his niblings, like this man has a picture of them in his wallet to show everyone who comes his way.

He is the one, who gifts them their first pokemon, much to Emmet's dismay who wanted to give them joltiks. And it was actually their birthday gift and good ol' uncle Ingo remembered their ramblings about what pokemon they wanted.

Ingo is also good at giving them advice and will gladly babysit them. Speaking of babysitting, Ingo and his niblings have a toy train collection that would make Emmet absolutely envious of; luckily its their secret and Emmet will never find out.

Emmet

The second this man found out he was going to be an uncle, he immediately went and bought himself a 'Unova's greatest uncle' shirt and a mug.

When his niblings are old enough to have pokemon, then in Emmet fashion he will gift them exactly 48 joltiks whom have been trained to commit all sorts of petty crimes and to protect them whenever he's not around or if Ingo upsets them somehow (it doesn't happen but Emmet just wants to see his joltiks going ham on Ingo).

Like his own kids, Emmet also spoils them rotten, to the point that Ingo has to tell him to not spend all of his money on them. And of course Emmet takes great offense in this but ignores him anyway and continues spoiling them. Also he knows about Ingo's train collection and joke's on him though because he has a garage full of toy trains and both his kids and niblings know of it but are sworn to secrecy.

[kicksnscribs]

I can’t get over the fucking Nun episode lmao

All I can imagine is Ingo watching Emmet through the cameras as he’s doing patrols in the tunnels [he lost the straw game so it’s his turn] and going through increasingly stupid requests from his big brother to try and survive the boredom...

Ingo:*bored as shit but ready to cause problems for entertainment* Ok Em, this time...this time i want you to go to the end of the “A Line” tunnel and come down it doing you’re best Yenniwise run. Make sure the radios on so I can hear the laugh too if you don’t mind.

Emmet: Oh *thinks about it for like a split second before nodding*...yeah, sure...I can do that hang on...

*three minutes later*

Emmet *charging down the dark tunnel screaming loudly*

HHBHBHBHABHBAHWAHBHAW!! WAABBBBLABAGH!!!

Ingo: *cry laughing in his chair as Emmets garbly laugh echoes though the office*

[ingo-ingoing-ingone]

As iconic as the Subway Boss uniforms are, I can't help but feel they pose safety hazards while working with trains. The only "safety" thing they have are the red high-visibility stripes on the coats and hats. I like to imagine the thin gray stripes on the collars, cuffs, front, and back are reflective fabric, so the Bosses are easier to see in dark tunnels and low-lit cars.

I too enjoy this headcanon! I sadly didn't make them reflective on my own coat but it's a really, really cool idea.

I think the lack of true fastenings also is a safety thing. If the coat gets caught, they can simply slip out of it. Another tumblr user had the idea of tear-away coats!

Their ties are clip-on, for sure (even if my own cosplay one is not.)

I also had an idea that Emmet owns an identical coat that's entirely made out of a reflective material. If you shine a light at him he turns into a flashbang, and it can even reflect beam-type pokemon attacks. Because why not!

[justanintrovertedartist]

Me: Ingo doesn’t smile but he is very nice with his words :)

also me: Ingo doesn’t smile because the frown is his resting face and also he works with The Public. Emmet is able to smile because thats his resting face and also he was given a pass to be mean for Ingo when his niceness will not make a commuter understand they are being a Karen

[pokedocbedlam]

What kind of foods can the Selknight line have? Is there some foods they stay away from? And some they favor above others?

Food is simultaneously more and less complicated when one can shift between human and Pokemon form. Selkies tend to prefer Pokemon food such as Berries and Poffins (with tastes suiting their natures; Ingo likes Sweet, Emmet and Leslie like Spicy, and Emil goes for Bitter), but they more often than not have to resort to Human foods. For human preferences, I have a whole post about my thoughts here that at least mostly still applies to the Selknight version of the twins.

There's also the complicated nature of Meat. While the Selkies are omnivorous like most Pokemon, getting that protein and other nutrients from meat is verrry important! But it used to require eating other Pokemon, which. Could get complicated, so the twins had strict rules about what they could eat. I and others have headcanoned that the advent of cloning technologies means that lab-grown meat is commonplace nowadays, so acquiring meat is less of an issue...but one sometimes has to remind the twins in particular to COOK the meat before eating it, at least in human form where such is frowned upon. Regardless of source, Selkies have a strong preference for fish and shellfish.

As for foods they stay away from...well, anything too processed isn't great for them, so they try to avoid those (though sometimes the allure of a cheap, tasty-looking snack is too strong, and now you've got a Selkie curled up with a tummyache in your bathtub). Other foods specifically detrimental to Pokemon (or irl Seals) will likely also gunk up their systems.

Oh, and they tend to stay away from alcohol and other intoxicants, both for digestive reasons and also because they don't want to risk giving anything away and/or being too out-of-sorts to protect themselves. They'll occasionally indulge in a beer or glass of wine, but if one decides to drink more than that, the other remains sober in order to keep an eye out.

[arrowsperpetualcringe]

y'all totally irrelevant but like......

I hc Ingo's fucking addicted to scented candles.

[quietlywatchingwritingreading]

Submas Headcanons:

-Ingo has a deep dislike/distrust of the stat-changing Mints in Hisui, considering his memory loss. Just, its a  seasoning that can change you’re entire outlook and perspective on life, forever. And you just need to eat one? These are sprigs of Psychological Horror.

-Emmet easily makes friends with pokemon that express themselves differently. A Galvantula that desires to be a physical attacker? A Boldore that wants to be a Magical Girl? Twin gears that like to use stall tactics? Emmet could have easily taught them to fight with standard moves, but that would be doing his friends a disservice.  He would want to let them be themselves.

There is likely many that would consider this proof of Emmet’s skill as a trainer. Being able to use pokemon with unusual builds, and making them work. Especially with the added complication of needing to work with each other.

[sleepy-bunbun-ace]

i had an idea

what if the submas twins' taste in music switched as they got older?

ingo was into more punk and metal songs while emmet had more upbeat and pop songs. then that changed as they reached adulthood (especially in college). that change solidified post-pla when ingo opened up their shared spotify account and looks at the playlist emmet made called 'great songs to have a mental breakdown to' and it's all bands ingo listened to during his teenage years.

[lordtraco-fanfics]

Best part of every Emmet HC in my head:

Bi Emmet: Yay he's like me! All the more fun that he's devoted to the Nimbasa Trio and his pokemon above all dating prospects.

Ace/Aro Emmet: Yay he's like my friends! He's cherished and lives a fulfilling life :>

Straight Emmet: Ey cool, he's like my brother! He's a good brother. Best for infodumping sessions :D

Gay Emmet: Woo! He's like my cool cousin! Verrrry easy to imagine him with a paper towel roll ready for bopping.

Cis Emmet: "Toxic masculinity? Never heard of it. Klinklang is genderless and can learn Toxic though-"

Trans Emmet: *cracks knuckles* Time to make the pokemon world the ideal utopia where this is chill and/or celebrated. Or at very least he finds a world of support in those that love him.

[kurixta]

Babe wake up new headcanon just dropped, Emmet has pica

[glassesblu]

Hi hi! Could you take a shot at ansering for [durant] ? o(*°▽°*)o

Hi hi @belltrigger and @feroluce , gladly so!

[durant] what physical/visual differences can they see about each other that other people don't notice?

So! Mostly basing this off of how I draw them (because I love making funny little contrasts.) But also from my observance, unless one is already a blankship fan, might be more subtle than I intended!

Of course I do enjoy making their hair flip a different way. Emmet's hair has more flyaways and usually flips up, while Ingo's hair remains flopped down and in his face. Usually Ingo opts for haircuts sooner than Emmet, just to keep it out of his face. Of course they both could cut off the fringe - but where's the fun in that! Haha.

I do also think Ingo's just slightly more prone to gaining weight - but It’s not really noticeable especially with their uniforms and that there usually isn’t anything that disrupts their lifestyle and habits until of course, PLA. And my specific age difference AU’s haha. Though for Old Ingo, age is also a factor. For Young Ingo he does become more Muscled in Hisui, but that disappears when he returns to the ‘present’.

They’re also very attuned to each other’s microexpressions that others wouldn’t know. Emmet knows when Ingo is happy and low key about it just by his face, and Ingo knows when Emmet is upset and hiding it.

This tends to be an accident in drawing more than anything (it’s hard to make everything exactly the same just doodling on paper XD) but im kind of fond of them having subtly different jawlines. It’s not really much for the average passersby to register, but Ingo having a slightly wider/squarer/idk the word jawline than Emmet.

[moefongo]

May I request the subway bosses preparing to ask their s/o to marry them? I love your writing for them and I need more content about them so bad!

Of course! And Im so sorry I took ages to finish this!!

The Subway Bosses preparing to ask their S/O to marry them

Ingo

Ingo had been trying to plan everything for sometime now but he honestly had no idea where to start. He really wanted to propose to his S/O but he was super clueless on how or when to pop the question; all he had so far was the ring.

He had gone to multiple jewelry stores looking for the perfect engagement ring and when he found it he couldn't even believe that he was going to ask the love of his life to marry him. Despite not showing it, Ingo felt like the luckiest man alive and all he wanted to do was to make the evening memorable.

To his dismay, he had been flooded with work that week where he planned to propose to them. Seeing how stressed Ingo was, his S/O insisted for them to take care of him after his shift, and he gladly agreed, since there is nothing better to lift his spirits than spending time with his beloved.

As he rested on their couch, his S/O cooked his favorite meal and that's when it occurred to him that now it was the perfect time to do so. It was just the two of them and no one to bother them from the outside world. So as they had their back turned to him as the cooked, Ingo carefully made his way to their kitchen and got down on one knee before asking them to turn around for a moment.

When they did turn around, their first reaction was to gasp in surprise. For a second there Ingo thought they'd say no, but regardless he asked them if they would marry him and before he could even finish the sentence they had already said yes.

Ingo was overjoyed and couldn't help but hug his S/O as they cried tears of joy.

Emmet

Emmet pulled all the stops preparing and planning his proposal. He wants everything to be absolutely perfect because for him, someone as perfect as them deserves more than that. In fact, his planning has been so meticulous that it took a whole year to complete.

The ring, was custom made for them and Emmet took a step further and made the wedding rings match their engagement ring. Because in his mind, he knew that they would obviously say yes so he went ahead and got them ready as well just as a little extra surprise.

The venue for the date was already reserved a year in advance as well, making sure he took his beloved to the most expensive and exclusive restaurant in the whole region.

Unfortunately however Emmet is impatient and terrible at surprises so as soon as they arrive, he's already down in one knee asking them to marry him. And when they said yes, Emmet was about to cry because even though he knew they'd accept, he wasn't prepared to see how they lit up when he proposed to them. He swore he'd fallen more in love with them that evening.

And with that out of the way, the two went in to have a lovely diner together.

[maniacwatchestheworld]

Hey. Not to be aggro at you or anything because I don't think you mean any harm by it, but you might consider that it's sorta innapropriate to make a cutesy submas headcanons out of the Darius McCollum story. Like it just feels very off to me to take a real life story about a black autistic man being shuffled through the american system before finally being put away indefinately in maximum security lockup and turning it into a story about a couple of white autistic men being rewarded with careers for being good at trains. Like, there is actual human suffering and systemic racism built into that story. Again, not trying to come at you in an accusatory way. Just thought you should consider.

Actually, I completely agree with you! It's why even though I came up with the idea, I have 0 intentions of actually incorporating it into any works nor doing anything with it. If I ever do anything with Emmet and Ingo, I can assure you that this is not their backstory. For me to actually do anything with this idea, I would be unable to mentally leave Darius McCollum out of it and would feel guilty about rewriting his very unique story in such a way. For me to do anything with it would feel like I'd be whitewashing his story and downplaying just how unfortunate his whole situation is and how much the system has genuinely failed him. (From what I know about him, I wholeheartedly believe that Darius McCollum deserves better, and just HATE that the system has been set up to just thoroughly screw him over with no recourse. The solution to this problem is so OBVIOUS and the fact that they DON'T just give him just SOME sort of tangentially train-related job (with conditions, of course) INFURIATES me and really highlights how much this society of ours and the system in which we are forced to exist just hates the poor, the disabled, and the neurodivergent, ESPECIALLY if they are a person of color, and is looking for just ANY excuse to criminalize people and to fuck them over just because they can. It really goes to highlight how our justice system is ONLY interested in punishment, whether the 'criminal' deserves it to not, and not prevention, nor to ensure that crimes don't happen again. Basically, FUCK the police.)

But I still like the idea and thought that it was a funny and wanted to share it. I honestly didn't expect it to get as much attention as it has. I thought that it would maybe get like 20 notes and die out... But now that it's been spreading around and people really do seem to resonate with the idea, I don't want to punish people for not knowing the truly unfortunate situation with Darius McCollum. For myself, I don't think that I'm capable of separating this idea from Darius McCollum, and if I tried to do something with it, details form Darius McCollum's life would inevitably end up leaking in there. But for people who don't know about it, they may be able to create something entirely different and new with the idea that would exist entirely apart from his story. And if that inspires people and they do something genuinely interesting and unique with it, that would be good! I would like to see that! There are a lot of ways to do, 'serial train hijackers' that would be wholly different from Darius McCollum's story! I don't want to deprive other people of the opportunity to play with the idea, even if I feel that I can't.

Also I will admit that giving Emmet and Ingo a happy ending in this kind of idea is at least in part me expressing my frustration with Darius McCollum's situation and my wishing, wanting, and imagining a better path for him. I think that Darius McCollum should be rewarded, or at the very least not punished for his expertise in trains. I think that the MTA would only benefit from trying to find a way to hire him in some capacity. And I wish that in real life this could have a happy ending. But as it stands that can only happen in fiction. Deep sigh. And besides, it's not like train hijacking is an activity exclusive to Darius McCollum (though admittedly serial train hijacking is pretty unique). The real roots of this whole idea actually lie with Keron Thomas' story. (A while back, I was looking for train facts and Keron Thomas' story came up. I read how a 16 year old kid hijacked/illegally operated a train for several hours without getting caught and immediately thought, "Oh. That's 120% Emmet and Ingo when they were 10 or something!" I only found out that Darius McCollum is a person who exists because much more recently I was trying to figure out Keron Thomas' name.) And everything really seems to have turned out fine for Keron Thomas and his whole situation! So I think that there is a place for harmless train hijacking stories out there that aren't necessarily intrinsically tied to Darius McCollum.

[ingo-ingoing-ingone]

I was watching the Food Network show Chopped and I got to an episode where the contestants were all twins and during it I thought of those subway twins lol. You’re my favorite Submas blog so I thought I’d ask you: got any cooking headcanons for the twins? you think Ingo and Emmet could participate in a competitive cooking show? Idk just some fun thoughts I had. Have a nice day!

Ahhh favorite submas blog <3

But yeah! I do!

So I think Ingo can cook and Emmet is... not so good at it lol. Emmet is the "surely if I cook this at a higher temperature for a shorter amount of time it'll cook fine, right?" Never leave him alone in a kitchen, he's far too experimental XD

Ingo can cook! He's not like. Amazing at it but he makes good meals that are safely edible. He improved during his time in Hisui!

[lovelyblep]

Headcanon that Ingo’s Excadrill was the one to find the plume fossile that became Emmet’s archeops.

And so Excadrill views Archeops as his child because he took care of him since "birth"

Ingo is extremely happy about that and says that Excadrill is just like a big brother for Archeops