headcanon: Dawn identifies as a demigirl. Because there’s a definite part of her that feels very much female, but there’s also a part of her that feels genderless more than anything else.
headcanon. when buffy was fifteen years old, she was given the responsibility of babysitting dawn alone for the first time. hank and joyce had mutually decided that she was old enough to take care of things, and after giving her a set of detailed instructions and a list of phone numbers, the left the summers daughters alone to head off to a dinner meeting with some corporate big shot. though the sun was dipping below the horizon, the girls ventured to the backyard where dawn demanded buffy push her on the swing. (and buffy was incapable of saying ‘no’ to those big doe eyes of hers.) however, buffy didn’t know yet that she was the chosen one; didn’t know that she possessed super human strength. when dawn requested to go higher, buffy pushed harder – too hard. her little sister flew from the swing, falling face first and landing on her arm. though dawn was the one with the broken arm, it didn’t compare to the pain buffy felt from hurting the one person she cared most about in the world. buffy stayed up all night at the emergency room with her, and dawn even allowed her to sign her cast the next day:
dawnie, i’ll never let you fall again. love buffy. xo ♥
dawn’s arm healed, but the pain from the most prominent memory the monks gave buffy never did heal.
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name : Dawn Summers alias ( nicknames ) : Dawnie, Niblet, Little Bit, Pumpin Belly, Junior Watcher, Umad gender : cis female. age : canonically 14-17 (verse dependent) date of birth : April 7 (headcanon) spoken languages : English; she doesn’t speak any others regularly, but can pick up on them quickly. romantic preference : biromantic, with a preference for guys. sexual preference : demisexual occupation : student / watcher criminal record : none disorders : kleptomania eye color : blue hair color : brunette height : 5′7″ scars : a thin one on her arm from the time she freaked and cut herself burns : none overweight : no underweight : no color : green song : Human - Daughter food : anchovies drink : chocolate milkshake candy : gummy bears had sex : post-canon, yes had sex in public : no gotten pregnant : no kissed a boy : yes kissed a girl : yes gotten tattoos : none gotten piercings : earlobes & cartilage smoked / drank / done drugs : once but she hated it / yes / a few times had a broken heart : yes been in love : yes needed surgery : no stayed up for more than 24 hours : yes a virgin : verse dependent a cuddler : yes a kisser : sometimes scared easily : sometimes jealous easily : yes trustworthy : most of the time single : yes in a relationship : not in any current verses considered mean : no harmed themselves : yes thought of suicide : only to close Glory’s portal attempted suicide : no wanted to kill someone :yes have / had a job : no fears : that she’s not real, people she cares about leaving her siblings : Buffy Summers (sister, alive) parents : Joyce Summers (mother, deceased), & Hank Summers (father, alive) children : no pet(s) : no
Two headcanons you have for your muse that you never told anyone. • Dawn’s kleptomania wasn’t written in by the monks. It’s a habit she formed later on, on her own. Even though she knows that it was a terrible habit to have, part of it was a reminder that she’s actually real, and could be imperfect just like everyone else. • Out of all the Scoobies, Dawn hasn’t only had a crush on Xander. The rest of them were false-memory-induced, but still she remembers brief and onesided schoolgirl crushes on other friends of Buffy’s, including Cordelia and Riley.
Three things that your muse loves doing in their free time. • Writing in her journal. • Going to parties with friends. • Spending quality bonding time with the Scoobies, especially Tara and Xander.
Four people that your muse loves. • Buffy • Joyce • Tara • Xander
Three fond childhood memories. • Going to the beach in L.A. with her entire family, pre-divorce. • Making up silly recipes to test out with her Mom. • Going on a rollercoaster for the first time with Buffy. Even though she threw up right after they got off the first time, they went right back on again and again once she felt better.
Two things your muse regrets. • Trying to bring her Mom back from the dead. • Kicking Buffy out of her own house.
One thing they’d go through heaven or hell to save/change. • Joyce’s death.
