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April 27, 2026 at 03:13 am Reply
aly
I promised I was gonna give the rest of my Ungifted headcanons so here we go. Some of these characters were only mentioned like, twice, but SHHHHHH

Also there's some extra Donovan Curtis headcanons I forgot to write about
- Daniel Nussbaum's snake is named Bam Bam
- Nussbaum is also allergic to shellfish
- Sanderson picked his nose when he was little
- Chloe loves saying awesomesauce
- In first grade, Donovan and Abigail had to dance in PE with each other and she cried
- Noah is SUPER burnt out
- Megan sleeps with a stuffed bunny
- Hash's family call him Hash Brown
- Hash is basically the baby of the family, like everyone is 8+ years older than him
- Katie really wants to be a fashion designer
- Tina is one of those babies who would constantly hit people around her and laugh
- The Daniels ONLY have 0.5 perspective photos of Tina
- When Tina starts speaking, she sounds like Anais from TAWOG
- Jacey Halloran loves hanging out with Donovan because he likes to listen to her list off random facts
- Kevin Amari and Jacey are besties (And they have crushes on each other :3)
- Kevin really wants to become a nurse because his dad is also a nurse
- Latrell Michaelson loves sci-fi horror movies (his favorites are The Thing and Alien)
- Heather and Dierdre stopped really hanging out with the Daniels after seeing how small
- Vanessa Mulclair and Zane Menash are friends
- One of the Baloney kids (probably Luna) gave Donovan a Kandi bracelet with "Candy" for the letters because he mentioned his dog, Kandy to her once
- Raina has pink braces and a lot of freckles
- I feel like Raina plays soccer
- Donovan still BEGS his parents for a pet raccoon, or at the very least, a new dog
- Victor is definitely a "why" kid
- The Baloney kids cried when they heard Donovan was leaving
- Claire and Manny loves Donovan giving them piggyback rides. He ends up exhausted and sore at the end of the day because of how much they ask
- Donovan and Raina did consider putting a kid leash on Jalen
- Luna definitely has a collection of things. Not like one thing. THINGS. Random trinkets, trash, and rocks she finds and thinks are cool
I'll finish The Chicken Doesn't Skate and A Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag soon and gonna write my headcanons for them (plus all the other books I read).
April 27, 2026 at 07:21 pm Reply

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LOVE these! I'm sharing them with my editor! --GK--
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LOVE these! I'm sharing them with my editor! --GK--
April 28, 2026 at 04:58 am Reply

Aly

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YIPPEE!!!! I'M SO HAPPY YOU LIKE THEM!!!! also I forgot to type the rest on one of the headcanons, I meant to put Heather & Dierdre stopped hanging out with the Daniels when they saw how small Noah really is, haha.
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YIPPEE!!!! I'M SO HAPPY YOU LIKE THEM!!!! also I forgot to type the rest on one of the headcanons, I meant to put Heather & Dierdre stopped hanging out with the Daniels when they saw how small Noah really is, haha.