Ghostbusters Headcanons

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DISCLAIMER: These are all just headcanons that are in no way canon, and may even contradict canon. I am not in any way affiliated with Sony, Columbia Pictures, or Ghost Corps nor am I associated with Dan Aykroyd, Ivan Reitman, Harold Ramis, or Jason Reitman. I’m just doing this for fun and to share my interpretations of these characters I love so much.

Headcanons

Peter

Peter's birthday is September 21, 1949.
He was born and raised in Kansas and moved to New York for college.
He was raised catholic, but no longer practices. He really only went with his mom on Christmas and Easter anyway.
He has ADHD.
He is bisexual and aromantic.
His dad left when he was still a kid and they never really reconnected.
He has some latent psychic ability but doesn't believe in it.
He is farsighted but wears contact lenses.
He did musical theater in high school. His senior show was Music Man and he played the lead: Professor Harold Hill.
He was roommates with Egon in college and met Ray through him.
Egon and Ray's conversations about ghosts and parapsychology acted as white noise and actually helped Peter study for his other classes.
Peter has a secret Garfield plush collection.
He is lactose intolerant.
For movie night, he picks comedies and movie musicals.

Ray

Ray's birthday is July 1, 1949
He was raised in upstate New York and moved to the city for high school.
He was raised Pagan
He is autistic with a special interest in ghosts and the paranormal.
His comfort object is a Dopey Dog plush he's had since he was a kid.
He tends to get understimulated more than he does overstimulated, so he's always listening to something or seeking out some kind of noise.
His favorite texture is canvas fabric and his least favorite texture is crushed velvet.
He met Egon in high school during detention. Ray was there for being late to class too many times.
In grad school while he was working on his masters degree, he played a lot of Dungeons and Dragons.
Ever since the crossrip of '84, Ray has been completely put off the taste of marshmallows of any kind.
He is mildly allergic to cats.
For movie night, he rotates through the same 4 or 5 horror movies.

Egon

Egon's birthday is November 21, 1949.
He was born in Chicago, and his family moved to New York when he started high school.
He is Jewish.
He is autistic with a special interest in fungus.
When he gets overstimulated, he will just leave the room and go somewhere he knows he can be alone.
His favorite texture is slime and his least favorite texture is marshmallow fluff (formerly eggshells).
He is asexual and agender.
He met Ray in high school in detention. Egon was there for his experiments with the cafeteria food because it was "creating a hazard" and "disturbing his classmates."
He has a polyphasic sleep pattern.
He is a menace behind the wheel. It is a wonder how he got his license. He doesn't even check his mirrors before shifting lanes.
He is lactose intolerant.
For movie night, he always picks some underground independent arthouse film that would make Eraserhead look like Marry Poppins.

Winston

Winston's birthday is December 17, 1949.
He was born and raised in New York City.
He was raised non-denominational Christian.
He is autistic with a special interest in Egyptology.
His favorite texture is tweed fabric and his least favorite texture is glitter.
He is bisexual.
He served in the Air Force.
He was on his high school's baseball team.
He has a corgi named Scout.
His bed at the firehouse is the only one that's ever made.
Before he was a ghostbuster, he mostly worked doing odd jobs and tended to jump from place to place.
After the group first disbanded, Winston worked a more corporate desk jockey job.
(In the video game continuity) Between the events of the first two movies, he got his masters degree in history, and between Ghostbusters 2 and Ghostbusters: The Video Game, he got his PhD in Egyptology.
(In the movie continuity) Between the events of the first two movies, he went to business school, and after Egon left, he started his accounting business and partnered with Louis at the start. (Note: webmaster is an art student and has no idea what they're talking about when it comes to business and economics.)
Movie night was his idea, and he would pick sci-fi movies.

Other Characters

Janine has the same glasses prescription as Egon.
Dana's ex-husband and Oscar's father was the violinist seen in the first movie.
Dana and Peter got married in 1991 for tax benefits.
Louis' pet hamster is named Bob.
Walter Peck was a trust fund prep school fraternity boy guy that has probably never thrown a real punch in his life. He and Jack Hardemeyer are divorced. (Jack bought seafoam drapes when he KNOWS that they clash with Walter's complexion.)
The Rookie in the video game was actually the only one that ever responded to the help wanted ads. Peter just told him horror stories about "the last guy" to give him a little scare.
Elon is Egon's identical twin and is the black sheep of the family. While Egon and their parents were more stiff, Elon was more free-spirited and hippie like. He went to UCLA for environmental science and started Wastebusters after moving back to New York to be closer to Egon. While getting the business set up, he met Walter while he still worked for the EPA and they started dating as a way to prank Egon. But then after about a month it wasn't a joke anymore whoopsie.
Callie's mother was a close colleague of Egon's in grad school. She wanted to raise a child, but wanted to do it on her own and without getting married. Since she trusted Egon, she asked him to be a donor and boom nine months later, Callie was born. Egon got to see her every so often and sort of coparent with her mother, but ultimately it was her mother doing most of the work as she wished.
That's not to say she wasn't pissed as hell when Egon just left without notice.
Callie has ADHD.
Phoebe and Trevor are both autistic.
Phoebe is agender.
Podcast has ADHD and is a demiboy.
Lucky is non-binary.

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