mostly berserk meta. i'm into berserk mainly for griffguts and i'm a huge fan of griffith.
ok but fair warning i don’t rly ship them myself so apologies if this is boring lmao
Sex headcanon
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Relationship with/thoughts on _____ headcanon
They got that mutual respect going on. They’re both easy going and happy to lead or follow. Roderick is suave and could put the moves on Guts and Guts would be receptive to The Moves. Also the adrenaline-fueled post-battle sex would probably be good, assuming Guts isn’t in pieces.
Holiday headcanon
Ok going modern AU for this because what even are holidays in Berserk: Guts either buys surprisingly thoughtful Christmas presents for people, or he buys generic gift baskets. No in-between.
Cooking headcanon
Guts learned to cook to feed Gambino, and he’s pretty good at it for a mercenary.
Sleeping headcanon
Bc Guts tended to sleep wrapped around his sword as a kid, when he sleeps with someone else he holds them particularly gently
Driving headcanon
Answered
Bathing/showering headcanon
Answered
Hugging headcanon
Griffith, post-torture, is the only person he’s ever hugged without thinking about it first. (I’m p sure there’s nothing in canon that proves this wrong)
Kissing headcanon
Kisses like he means it, ie, really tenderly.
Sex headcanon
Either wants to be told what to do and how best to please his partner, with lots of praise, or wants to lie back and basically be made love to. Basically needs verbal or physical adoration.
General physical contact headcanon
“Don’t touch me,” is one part rape trauma and one part from Gambino telling him he’s cursed, which is why it comes back with a vengeance after the Eclipse.
Physical appearance headcanon
Has no idea that he’s hot and half the people he knows swoon over him. I doubt he’s ever thought about how attractive he is but if he had he’d consider himself average and maybe slightly below average after losing his eye and his arm.
Wardrobe headcanon
He genuinely thought his giant feathered assassination hat was cool. It was only that unwavering belief that allowed him to pull it off.
Jewelry headcanon
He never stopped being slightly creeped out by Griffith’s behelit, even after it saved his life multiple times.
Nickname headcanon
He kinda likes it when Skull Knight calls him “Struggler.”
Dancing headcanon
Answered
Singing headcanon
Like the dancing question, he does not sing. He’d be a baritone if he did, and he’d be able to carry a tune with practice, but he’s not going to practice.
Anger headcanon
Idk what I can say that hasn’t been thoroughly explored in the story. Hmmm okay he gets angry because he’s a ‘doer’ and it’s an emotion that leads directly to action. Sorrow, fear, trauma, regret, loneliness, emotional need, etc, all ends up being expressed as anger so he can use it as fuel for monster slaying and feel like he’s accomplishing something. That’s practically canon but w/e.
Soft spot headcanon
Kids. It might not seem like it when he tells a 12 yr old to kill herself but man, few things make him feel worse about himself than hurting children. Why he let zombie girl stab him in the 2nd chapter, why he kept fucking up while fighting Rosine, etc.
Favorite possession headcanon
Sword. That’s an easy one ofc.
Favorite photograph headcanon
Like Casca’s it’s something simple and warm with the Band, but more Griffith-focused. One of many times they locked eyes and smiled at each other during a battle, for instance. Or getting tipsy together around a fire and just chilling next to each other. Also it would be in that brief time post-Zodd and pre-Promrose Hall.
Relationship with/thoughts on _____ headcanon
Well I’m gonna fill in the blank with Relationship with NeoGriffith. And a headcanon for that is that Guts is not going to be able to kill him. Like emotionally, even if he somehow found a way to physically. Dude can’t even think the words to himself lol. Though what I can see is Guts pseudo-accidentally killing him if they were on a physically level playing field. A la Gambino – subconsciously thinking he’ll avoid the strike easily and then feeling horrified when his sword goes through him. Though of course what kind of emotional shit must be wreaking havok on NeoGriff for him to fail to avoid a strike like that is another story.
Hmm that was more half-assed speculation than headcanon but w/e, close enough.
Dancing headcanon – Guts
Guts cannot dance and has zero desire to try. If he did try he might actually be pretty good at it, I mean fighting is like dancing in some ways right? But it doesn’t matter bc he’s never gonna try.
Bathing/showering headcanon
– Guts
Guts doesn’t give a fuck, he’ll dunk himself in water when it’s handy but he’s not going to go out of his way to seek out a bath. It’s fantasy medieval times, everyone’s used to BO.
Kissing headcanon
– Roderick
Dude just goes for it. He’s confident in himself and suave and experienced so he relies on his charms to sweep ppl off their feet and seal the deal with a kiss at the right moment.
Sex headcanon
– Roderick
Probably good in the sack, he seems to know what he’s about. tbh he’s got to be one of the v few Berserk characters who’s had good sex multiple times. Also he brags a lot about women but I’m gonna say he might go for women on land but at sea he’s happy with dudes.
Relationship with/thoughts on _____ headcanon – Roderick
You didn’t specify so anything so I’m going with thoughts on getting swept up in the whole thing with Guts and co.
Bc tbh I like his attitude – genuinely enjoying the adventure, impressed by everybody but knowing he’s got his own skills to match, heroic and cool and mostly unfazed by all the monsters.
omg lol, ty let’s give this a shot
Anger headcanon – Jill
Jill, being inspired by Guts but deciding to stay in her shitty town for whatever reason, channels her anger at all the awful people she’s surrounded by into teaching herself the sword. Maybe finds someone less terrible to teach her the stuff she can’t learn herself. When Griffith breaks the world half her town gets eaten and she takes off to become an adventurer.
Soft spot headcanon – Zodd
He has a soft spot for anyone who manages to survive more than 5 minutes against him. Especially Guts who he practically has a crush on and won’t let anyone else kill unless he absolutely has to.
Dancing headcanon – Theresia
hmmm okay – Theresia is out now, seeing the world for the first time, fueled by rage and revenge, but not so consumed by it that she can’t feel the wonder of experiencing the world properly finally after only seeing it from her window. She’s wandering from place to place learning to fight from anyone who will teach her something. One day she finds herself in a small town during some spring festival. There’s dancing in the streets, and she gets pulled into it. She doesn’t know how to dance but she has a great time moving from partner to partner and just going with it and letting loose for an afternoon. Afterwards it’s one of her fondest memories.
Anger headcanon – Slan
Omg okay I just thought of this bc of you putting the words Slan and Anger together, but hey what if the thing that turned her into a member of the Godhand wasn’t sex-related like we all assume from the fact that her tits are out in Berserk?
I’m not gonna build a whole narrative here but hell maybe she was an epic, prideful queen or something who lost a war, and decided to sacrifice all her loyal beloved subjects and become a god rather than accept her loss. Also for added camp drama the kingdom she lost to’s queen is her ex girlfriend. She was the main sacrifice. Now there’s a headcanon you can hang your hat on.
Relationship with NeoGriffith headcanon – Locus
Locus takes the noble knight thing waaaay too seriously. Also while the rest of the apostles are all in love with Griffith by default, Locus would be in love with him anyway. He’s got this whole loyal devoted knight/sexy king thing built up in his head.
Physical appearance headcanon
– Void
Dude looks like… that… because of a) how he was tortured (the hooks and stuff) and b) bc he’s a sage (nerd) and really wants to emphasize his brain over his looks. Superlong scarecrow skeleton arms are so he can pull his cloak out to the sides and flap it like wings and fly away.
Kissing headcanon – Anna
NICE. Okay her first kiss with Charlotte is initiated by Charlotte after she sobs in Anna’s arms about how she’s pretty sure her husband is a soul-less void and also gay af. Charlotte reaches out tentatively, says, “you’ll always love me, right?” and kisses her.
Anna spends about 2 seconds going ‘holy shit holy shit holy shit’ and then loses all decorum, takes control of the kiss, carries her to the bed, and immediately undertakes the job of making Charlotte forget all about her demon husband, with rousing success.
Driving headcanon
– Corkus
lmao THE WORST. Never get into a car with his man. He will scream at everyone, he will honk obnoxiously during traffic jams, he will tailgate, he will pass on a solid yellow line, he considers going the speed limit a form of losing.
Singing headcanon – Pippin
He has the best bass voice. He doesn’t sing often but get a few drinks into him and everyone shuts up to listen to him.
Hugging headcanon
– Casca
This is how she wants to comfort and be comforted. Casca is a huggy person, she will hug you without thinking if it looks like you need it. To get Farnesca for a sec Farnese loves nothing more than being wrapped in Casca’s strong comforting arms in a vulnerable moment.
Wardrobe headcanon
– Casca
Vastly prefers men’s clothes. Even if she got over her awkwardness with feeling out of place in a dress, men’s clothes are just more practical, easier to move in, and a whole lot better for combat. (Farnese agrees and they make a rly striking pair – Casca more casual while Farnese gets dandy-ish)
Favorite photograph headcanon
– Casca
I’d have to say her favourite memory is something really simple. Just, one of many very similar nights, hanging out around the fire, the rest of the hawk commanders are there. Actually yk that official (i think? if it’s fanart someone tell me who to credit) artwork?
This.
lmaooo nice. And I’m doing all the apostles. We’re going straight into freaky god/army of devoted monsters action, and i’m taking it semi seriously. It’s like 1 am here it’s the perfect time for this.
putting this under a cut tho for the thin veneer of decency
Kissing headcanon
The apostles are divided between the ones who get lovey dovey, keep mostly to their humanish forms, and are rly body worshippy, and the ones who whip out the tentacles and weird prehensile monster dicks. The former are the ones who like to kiss. Anyway Locus is like the prime example of an apostle into making out all night and lots of foreplay and looking human and trying to please, mostly bc he’s totally in love with Griffith even without the magic apostle/god connection.
Sex headcanon
I’m not sure whether to go for monster orgies/gangbangs or just like an
everyone gets their night to look forward to thing. Actually let’s go with the
latter bc it’s easier logistically. Like there are a lot of apostles.
It’d be like a nightly ritual thing, the god attending to his servants and rewarding their loyalty. Thru freaky ritualistic sex. Yk something something empty vessel for humanity’s desires exemplified by the apostles who gave themselves over to base desire. Totally legit.
Anyway in addition to the ones who want to ~make love~ that I already mentioned you get types like Raksas who want to inflict pain bc it’s how they show their love, and it only kind of works bc Griffith is basically invulnerable – like he can still feel physical sensation, it just wouldn’t register as harmful or bad to his weird god brain. But the apostles are still into it.
Then you have the Miura-typical apostles who just want to take bc aggression and darkness or w/e and fucking their god is like the ultimate experience for them.
Tbh I wonder if Zodd would consider it one of those stupid apostle things like the Eclipse was to him and refrain, and look down on everyone who got into the whole god sex thing. otoh Zodd would be a great service top for rough sex so that would be a shame if so.
Griffith is indifferent to everything and contentedly passive, and it’s another v graphic way to showcase his alien-ness and the disturbing discrepancy between our Griffith and NeoGriffith. (Though with his heart beating that could slowly change buuut that’s veering into fucked up Berserk-appropriate territory rather than fun wacky sex headcanon territory so I’ll leave it at that.)
Soft spot headcanon
This is related only by a thread but I have to say it: Zodd peaces out of the sex thing after Griffith calls him Guts by mistake and then pretends it never happened. Zodd just claims it’s because he’s above all the base desires of the other apostles while being secretly bitter. Next time he sees Guts his residual soft spot for him as a worthy opponent is totally gone and Guts wonders where their fun rival-y rapport went. Now there’s an award winning love triangle for you.
*cracks knuckles*
Holiday headcanon
Farnese would give Serpico a birthday gift on the anniversary of her finding him in the snow. She never asked when his actual birthday was.
Cooking headcanon
Serpico didn’t learn to cook until Farnese was sent to the monastery and he went with her. As punishment for some infraction (maybe something Farnese did and he took the blame for) he got assigned cooking duty, and found out he was good at it and enjoyed it.
Sleeping headcanon
Has a recurring nightmare about being burned alive, often by Farnese, sometimes by himself or his mother.
Driving headcanon
The best driver. He’s the guy you want to get in a car with – totally cool, chill, zen about traffic, lets people in, accelerates gently, always signals, doesn’t break the speed limit unless everyone else on the highway is, etc. Unless Farnese is in the passenger seat, because when she tells him to pass a slow driver on the shoulder of a four-lane highway or they’re totally going to be late for her appointment, he’ll do it.
Bathing/showering headcanon
The thing he likes least about traveling with Guts and co, other than the imminent danger aspect, is the lack of opportunities to bathe. I feel like personal hygiene is v important to him.
Hugging headcanon
Pretty much only hugs Farnese. Like if there was a crying child in front of him he’d only try to comfort him or her if no one else was available to do it instead. He’s a caretaker but not the most emotionally nuturing.
Kissing headcanon
answered
Sex headcanon
Okay I think he’s had plenty of unemotional hook ups with men in the past. Sure he was around a bunch of terrifying religious people, but we know the whole burning people alive thing was to keep the lower classes terrorized, so nobles weren’t really in danger. So he wasn’t too worried about being called a heretic for getting laid.
Also I think he’d want to be more submissive in bed than he’d actually allow himself. He’d feel like submitting to someone else was a kind of betrayal of Farnese, in a weird way. He’d still let the other dude have the upper hand during sex though.
General physical contact headcanon
Standoffish. Even with Farnese, she’s the one who generally has to initiate contact.
Physical appearance headcanon
A little vain. Knows he’s good looking and can be charming and uses it when necessary.
Wardrobe headcanon
Usually likes the finer things so he was surprised by how attached he got to his cloak, even if it is magic. He feels kind of like a fairytale hero when he wears it.
Jewelry headcanon
Not much of a jewelry wearer. I admit got nothin on this one.
Nickname headcanon
I’ll say he’s slightly embarrassed whenever Ivalera calls him a maid, if that counts as a nickname.
Dancing headcanon
Answered.
Singing headcanon
I’ve never heard his voice in the new anime, but I feel like he’d be a tenor. He’d also have a pretty good singing voice – I bet they had to learn hymns at the monastery. Maybe he was part of a choir for a couple years there.
Anger headcanon
Too repressed to get outwardly angry. Even when shit gets real and he brings the sword out and tries to kill Guts, he’s chill about it and only shows some intensity in his eyes. I can pretty much only see him losing it if Farnese ever got killed.
Soft spot headcanon
Other than Farnese? I think he actually has a soft spot for Guts, despite trying to kill him and considering him a danger. He respects him quite a bit, decides to put faith in his will power instead of trying to kill him again, and there’s that one moment during Ganeshka’s lightning storm where he leaps over to try to save Guts and Guts is like, ‘tf are you doing? you know there’s nothing you can do to help me so go do something useful.’ Little bit of irrational protectiveness coming out there. Then getting between him and Zodd. He probably has a bit of a crush.
Favorite possession headcanon
Probably the cloak and feather duster. I keep thinking of and then dismissing ways to say this. Like, it’s not that he wants to be special, or that they allow him to be useful, or that he wants to be part of something bigger than himself… it’s more like they symbolize he subtle ways he’s changing himself and becoming a better person – or at least a person he likes more?
Favorite photograph headcanon
Calling this favourite memory and tbh this is a tough one. Probably wouldn’t be anything pre-Guts. But anything post-Guts is also tinged with sadness because he’s on the outside looking in at Farnese, especially her more heartwarming and happy moments, a lot now. Man Serpico actually has a really sad life overall. Mmmmaybe I’ll go with waking up in bed being tended to by Farnese the very first time when she found him in the snow.
Relationship with/thoughts on _____ headcanon
I’m leaving this one blank because I have the worst time thinking of stuff to talk about if it’s not specified lol. But feel free to send another ask and fill in the blank! I was actually about to put relationship with Guts, but i figure I went over that pretty well in the soft spot question so… I’ll just leave it for now.
Hugging headcanon
He’s always the one hugging someone to comfort them, never the one needing comfort. So he’ll hug Casca after she thinks he’s dead to reassure her, but he’ll twist out of her arms when she’s trying to comfort him in the river.
But deep down, somewhere he won’t admit to himself, he really, really wants to be wrapped in Guts’ big arms. Like letting Guts hold him and letting himself feel comforted would be one of the highest relationship achievements to unlock.
Post-torture, when Guts did get to hug him and hold him a few times, Griffith would’ve pushed him away if he could and a tiny part of him was glad he couldn’t.
Sex headcanon
Because I think it fits him on a meta-level, I think if Griff has sex-related trauma it’s more about feeling objectified and used rather than say sexual position. So he’d switch but wants to be the one in control regardless. With Guts he’d definitely lean towards power bottoming, and he’d lavish praise on Guts, talk about how gorgeous he is, etc. Guts wants to be looked-at and Griffith wants to do the looking so I think they’d be rly compatible from the start. But I also think it’s kind of a burden to him to always feel the need to be in control so there’s another related high-level relationship achievement to unlock in some happily ever after au.
Also doing this one for NeoGriff because I feel like there’s a significant change:
NeoGriff otoh would have sex solely to please his partner. What with the whole “the desired” thing, he would just become whatever his partner wanted him to be, because the only reason he’d be having sex anyway is to further his goal. So Charlotte gets this ready-made fantasy object who doesn’t give a fuck but is really good at pretending to, and so does anyone else he might ever end up getting laid by, for whatever goal-related reason. He’s still in control no matter what he’s doing what with being a god and all, but it’s all dictated by the other’s desires.
Other than Guts who is still the eternal exception.
General physical contact headcanon
Guts’ rare casual touches make his heart skip several beats and get warm and fuzzy. like look at this look right after:
that hand on his shoulder is like a heating pad in a -40 blizzard.
Driving headcanon
I think modern AU Guts would actually be a pretty chill driver. He might enjoy going for drives in a zen way, like he likes doing sword drills when he’s thinking too much. Traffic jams would rly piss him off though. He needs to feel like he’s doing something, not just sitting around and waiting. Also I think he’d go on night drives when he can’t sleep.
Relationship with/thoughts on _____ headcanon
lmao he wouldn’t have a clue. Griffith would be a social media god, and Guts would just be like, why the fuck. He only cares about validation from a few specific people he knows irl so likes and comments would mean nothing to him. Maybe he’d be subscribed to a few youtube channels about gym workouts or something, if that counts.
Also he might have an instagram account solely because Griffith made him make one to follow him with.
oh also while I’m at it
yesgabsstuff said:
Griffith’s English VA
spoke to my soul. All of his show tune choices were theme-on-point. But I
had never actually thought about what Griffith the person would be
like. And the cooking thing makes sense. I feel like the Hawks made fun
of him gently for being fussy with cooking but always loved the results.
same lol, the outtakes are worth watching for many reasons but especially his showtunes.
also maybe they take turns cooking for the rest, and everyone looks forward to Griffith’s night. And misses it when he moves up in the world and starts living away from the Band.
I’m always down to talk Farnesca!
Ok so assume Casca comes back, nothing awful happens, and they’re hanging out taking a well-deserved break in Elfhelm.
Farnese would start out extremely awkward around Casca because she was her babysitter and very familiar with her as the regressed traumatized shell. But she wouldn’t avoid her – at first she’d keep trying to take care of her in some ways. She’d bring her her meals while she’s first recovering from the mentally exhausting process of coming back and being whole again. Maybe she’d ask if Casca wants help brushing her hair, eg.
Casca… hmmm I can see her feeling vulnerable and, whether she remembers what happened in her regressed state or not, associating very positive feelings with Farnese. So while she might say she can do it herself, maybe even snap a little if Farnese is hovering, she’d follow up with something like, “but you can stay if you want.”
Anyway that would continue, Farnese would try to be her attendent and start being her friend. Casca would probably be the first one to open up to her, offering some fond yet sad reminiscing about the past. How she used to be a mercinary captain, what it felt like to wield a sword, dealing with Corkus – nothing about Griff and v little about Guts. Farnese would share parts of her own life, and they’d grow closer.
Casca would start doing sword drills and physical exercises to recover her physicality, and she’d start teaching Farnese some basics as she goes.
Idk I don’t want to do a play-by-play of their entire possible relationship span, but as far as early dynamics go as they tentatively grow closer, this seems like a good start.
Also I think Casca would make the first move. Probably after some serious emotional catharsis – magical therapy is one thing, actually talking to someone is another – and if it’s an attempt on her part to once again find another person to latch on to and shift her identity around, it could mean interesting things for their relationship as it progresses and they have to deal with some underlying unhealthy aspects. I always prefer complications to pure perfect relationships so I think it’d be interesting to explore, especially with Farnese as a caretaker type and Casca as a protective warrior type, kind of relying on each other for their sense of selves.
Especially since, well, they’ve both got histories of that – Casca with Griffith and then Guts, and Farnese with Serpico.
If that is the case though they could have a realization and work through it. Or they could just roll with it and still have a gr8 interesting relationship even if it’s not picture-perfect and they both see themselves as the protector of the other (Casca physically, becoming another sword, and Farnese emotionally, guarding Casca’s heart).
Or they could mitigate the potential unhealthiness by, you know, having other healthy relationships and friends and not solely relying on just one person for that feeling of validation. Casca and Guts could still be friends, and they’ve got the whole posse, and Farnese has Serpico and Schierke and everyone else too.
Lots of good + interesting possibilities, basically.
ty for asking!
Dancing headcanon
Okay I’m gonna say that Serpico dreaded balls and dances, not because he hated dancing with Farnese but because they had a tendency to lead to awkward moments and lots of duels.
But as of now in the story he finds himself missing them and thinking of them fondly. They were awkward and weird and troublesome but he misses that us-against-the-world feeling when he was with Farnese among all the other nobles.
8. Sex headcanon
She’s mostly a top (and dom with the right parnter) but can switch. She can let loose and get rough but it’s very partner dependant – the thing she most wants to do is make her partner melt into a puddle of pleasure. She wouldn’t start having sex until after she learned a few lessons about being considerate and taking joy and pride in helping others (yk bc she’s still a virgin in canon afaik) and I’m js that would def help make her a gr8 top and/or dom. Her sadistic urges haven’t gone away entirely but I’d say they’re mitigated by care for the other person and rather than solely getting off on like burning someone or flogging someone she could definitely get off on making the other person feel overwhelming pleasure.
The masochism seemed like a manifestation of guilt and shame to me so now that she’s more comfortable with herself that’s probably neither here nor there.
12. Jewelry headcanon
She was indifferent to it when she lived among nobles and had like chests full of it, though I imagine she had a few pieces given to her by her mother and father that she treasured more than the rest.
When she ran away to pursue Guts she occasionally found herself missing the luxury and finery. But when she returned to the Vandimion estate for those two days or so when she was arranging for a ship, she realized how heavy it weighed on her and missed the lightness of the men’s clothes she’d been wearing.
15. Singing headcanon
as much as i’d like to say he’s basically his english va and breaks out into song at every possible opportunity, i’m actually going to say that he can’t carry a tune. at all. he’s happy to sit back and listen to other people sing folksongs around the campfire when judeau breaks out the lute or whatever, but he never joins in. people think it’s because he’s just that little bit aloof but it’s because he knows he’ll embarrass himself.
idk whether it’s better for neogriff to now magically have a gr8 singing voice that he still never uses, or to continue to be woefully out of tune.
2. Cooking headcanon
He can cook. Before he got a study full of books he was adequate at throwing together a stew over a campfire the way most mercinaries probably are. Now he’s an expert on which spices go together and knows all the theory about optimal cooking times and how to get your dough to rise and flavour combinations etc, but never has to cook anymore.
NeoGriff retained all the theory and now that other ppl do the cooking he’s become a food critic.
I think he’d be a passively receptive kisser for the most part. I hc him as gay and I think he’d go for that type of dude Miura likes to write as side characters – yk like Roderick and Luca’s soldier bf who i s2g he tried hitting on – the kind of good-hearted trustworthy action-oriented type who knows what they want, and Serpico would go with whatever flow and rhythm they set.
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