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Dude I love Zach from wild krats I thought I was the only one hsggagdjjagafas
Omg I thought I was the only one too!!! So glad to know there are other Varmitechies out there! Hit up my DMs so we can talk Varmitech!
Thank you both for saying the things I have thought ever since I first saw this man in his gorgeous Arctic wear! So glad to have fellow Varmitechies to fangirl with!
Zach Varmitech Outfit Refs: Part 2 - Winter Wear/Trench Coat
Here is Part 2 of the Alternate Outfits/ Outfit References for Zach Varmitech! Zach’s Trench coat / Winter wear from Mystery of the Weird Looking Walrus.
Part 1: Zach’s Swimsuit from Aardvark Town
“Well, then I won’t breathe.”
The way the conversation was going just made me think of this scene! I wonder how long he honestly thought he was gonna last without breathing.
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ain’t no way
I totally agree with all of this and find it quite a coincidence because I just finished a sketch a couple days ago of teenage Zach and Aviva and I kid you not your description of him is EXACTLY how I drew him as a teen! Great minds think alike! Especially minds of Varmitechies!
Young(er) Zach Headcanon?
Why do I have a feeling that when Zach Varmitech was younger (like late teens to early twenties) he was a vibrant, healthy, and very attractive looking young man?
Like I imagine he had healthy undertones to his skin, he had a bit more weight on his body, he did not have bags and dark circles under his eyes, and his face was clean shaven. He just had a youthful vibe to him, and I feel like he might have smiled a lot more back then, genuine smiles, you know? And those smiles also aided in amping up his “attractiveness.”
Not that he isn’t attractive now (okay y’all might not agree, but that’s my personal opinion, I think the man is a walking masterpiece), but I just think the path Zach took in life and the choices he made degraded his health and made him look older than he actually is. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I plan to expand on this thought in another post soon!
I think he looked a lot like that, just with fluffy, less tamed hair, no goatee, and his skin tone was a bit darker, he also likely still had his freckles.
Thank you so much for doing these! They are all so great!
Gonna give some speculation into my OC Alessandra Swift’s headcanons now just to show how close you were to being head on about her:
Headcanon A: I quite enjoyed that take on Alessandra’s ZV earrings. I haven’t got the entire backstory together on them yet, but she definitely made them out of love and admiration for the inventor. She wanted to have a piece of him with her at all times even though she was forbade from seeing him, so she decided the earrings would be a good idea until the time was right for them to meet. She knew she’d have the hide them under her hair, but just knowing they were on her made her feel like Zach was a part of her life already.
Headcanon B: This would honestly be something that she would do. Not being able to approach Zach for about a year of knowing about him, Alessandra would have definitely taken secret photos of the inventor on her creature pod. One canon thing I can tell you is that she actually has a fan poster of Zach in her room on the Tortuga. She bought it at one of his Varmitech events a while after she fell for him and drew little hearts on it before hanging it over her bed. She often covers it with a Wild Kratts poster so the crew won’t see it, but every so often she’ll take it down to admire the Zach poster beneath it.
Headcanon C: Semi true as well, Alessandra was raised without a pet in her childhood. Her parents didn’t want an animal in the house, partially because of their allergies and partially because animals were a big responsibility they didn’t want in their lives. They didn’t hate animals overall, just didn’t want them in their home, so when Alessandra moved out she did want to make sure that she was around them as much as she could be, a definite factor in why she joined the Wild Kratts crew.
Headcanon D: Yes, in fact, there are very few small moments where Alessandra gets a bit of jealousy over Zach and Aviva having been an item once. However, these moments are very short and often immediately followed by worry for her own relationship with Zach or just feeling the tension whenever she’s in the room with them both. The two will always shoot glances at each other and almost always start quarrelling, leaving Alessandra a nervous wreck as she tries to meditate between her mentor and her lover.
Anyways, just some fun facts about my OC Alessandra Swift! Thanks again to @jokerislandgirl32 for these lovely headcanons!
Headcanons for Zach and, if you’re up for it, my OC Alessandra Swift ;)
I am always up for a challenge 😉. I have completed both Zach and Alessandra below the break. Many of the Zach headcanons I included here are ones I am using in my own Wild Violet AU. Please be warned some of the headcanons are angst driven, and the following trigger warnings apply: alcohol use, excessive drinking, smoking, mentions of death and cancer, attempted suicide, bullying, and volatile/ abusive relationship mentions.
Headcanon A: realistic
Zach: Zach is ambidextrous. I mentioned this in another post of mine, but Zach can constantly be seen using both hands for various tasks. Zach trained both hands to complete any task so this would improve his productivity when working on his inventions. As a child we are shown that he is left handed, but since the world is less accommodating to left handed people (tools and such are designed for right handed individuals) he started using his right hand with tools. He later trained his right hand to write.
Zach was able to subsequently skip a grade in school in part because of his ability to use both hands. When writing papers or completing assignments Zach had the advantage of being twice as fast because he could use both hands to complete any task. His teachers looked at him with concern at first, but once they saw that his work was impeccable, they decided he should be challenged academically, which resulted in his moving up a grade and graduating from high school at the age of 17.
Alessandra: Alessandra made her ZV earrings in a fit of rage. She made them after she realized she had a crush on Zach, sure, but she was livid at the time. She was upset she could not have him then and there, she was upset that the crew was trying to keep her way from him, she was upset at the lies and secrets she knew she was being fed about him.
So, she decided to channel all that negative energy and through her tears and a string of aggravated curse words under her breathe, she crafted the earrings. After she was done, she put them in she looked at herself in the mirror, wiped her face, and decided, that she would make him her’s no matter what.
Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious
Zach: This headcanon is one @m0thisonfire and I crafted together. Zach lives off of 3 types of liquids: coffee, energy drinks, and alcohol. Zach uses the coffee and energy drinks to help him stay awake so he can complete the work for his business and inventions during the week. But on Friday nights he goes wild and breaks out the alcohol. Why? Because he’s realized that his best invention ideas come to him while he’s drunk.
He wakes up with liquor bottles, blueprints, and half finished inventions scattered around him on Saturday mornings. But the man does not care, he has the best time of his life while drunk, he’s relaxed enough to actually laugh and enjoy the creative process. Granted, he’s wound up in the hospital a few Saturdays for nearly busting his head open, but even as he vomits all over the floor of the patient room he’s in, he finds humor in it, “wow, it’s all red!”
Below is an illustration crafted by my fren @m0thisonfire showing what Zach’s Friday nights look like. Plus the inclusion of our OCs Moth and Violet. Moth is egging Zach on, and Violet is trying to calm both of them down 😂.
Alessandra: She has a secret photo collection of Zach that she talks to when she is alone. This collection includes pictures she managed to sneak long before she revealed her feelings to him, and pictures she took of Zach after they began to spend time together/ began their relationship. She keeps them hidden away in a box inside her room in the Tortuga.
When she is alone, she will take all the pictures out and spread them on the floor around her in the shape of a heart. She will glance at all the pictures of Zach, one in turn, and whisper sweet nothings to him. Things she would never say to his face before their first encounter and things she is willing herself to say to him after they are together.
Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends
Zach: Zach has a crappy and tragic family life that leads to a severe deterioration in his mental health. Zach had a twin brother who died from cancer before their first birthday. Zach’s mother, mourning the loss of her other son, neglected to give Zach the love and attention he so desperately needed. Zach, therefore clung to his father, and while his father loved him, he focused his energies on grooming Zach, from a very young age, to take over Varmitech Industries. Zach’s father died from cancer while he was a teenager, leading Zach to take control of Varmitech Industries, graduate from high school, and attend his first semester of college all in less than a year’s timespan.
Zach, overwhelmed with the impending responsibilities, became hardened and started acting out: he cried constantly, he started drinking and smoking, his temper became increasingly volatile, he even attempting to take his own life. Due to his drastic change in behavior, he was bullied by others; the bullying was unintentionally started by the Kratts brothers. Leading Zach to loath them more than ever, and he set off on the path to become the villain we know him as today.
Alessandra: This is not too heart wrenching, but it is sad. Alessandra joined the Wild Kratts Crew because she never got the chance to be around animals in her childhood. Her family was allergic to animals with fur, such as dogs and cats, and they grew to detest all animals, so they did not allow any animals to be brought into the house. Not even a goldfish Alessandra won at a fair.
When she was able, Alessandra decided to set out on her own, and she wanted to work a job that allowed her to be around animals and help them at all times, that is how she came into contact with, and joined, the Wild Kratts Crew. Her family did not approve of her decision to join the Wild Kratts so she no longer has much of a relationship with them. That is why her relationships with everyone aboard the Tortuga are so important to her: They are her family.
Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own.
Zach: Zach actually likes some animals, cats in particular. Zach always wanted a cat as a child but his parents would not allow him to have a cat, or any pet, for that matter because they themselves had a bad relationship with animals. Zach’s parents, instead, ingrained the belief that animals were unnecessary, dirty, and dangerous into their son. Zach, in turn, did not learn the care and compassion that should be given to animal.
He grew to see animals as a waste of space, OR…as useful in other areas of life. This is why he decided to begin using animals in his inventions from a young age, if he could not have one, then he might as well harness their powers into an invention, what else were the animals supposed to do? Zach still realizes, deep down, that his treatment toward animals is wrong, this is why he usually gives up when his schemes do not work out: he does not want to cause anymore harm to the animals.
Alessandra: She is secretly jealous of Aviva and holds a bit of a grudge against her. This stems from the fact that she knows Zach and Aviva were previously in a relationship. Even though she understand that their relationship was volatile, she still wishes she had been in Aviva’s place to experience many of the firsts Aviva must have certainly had with Zach.
At some points when she sees Zach and Aviva near each other, she wonders if there are any underlying feelings that they still have for one another. Alessandra has a pang of jealous rage and storms off to her room or somewhere else to cool down.
Here’s the sketch I’ve been working on! Aviva dragging Zach to their next class in high school!
I like to imagine that Zach and Aviva were originally friendly rivals as kids in science camp and that they ended up going to the same high school after staying in touch as pen pals since their summer camp days. Their friendship picked up right where it left off, the two sharing a passion for science and bioengineering, however Zach began developing a crush on Aviva since she was the first person that was genuinely nice to him.
I would love to see more backstory for the crew and the villains! I’ve had some ideas recently about doing some “Wild Kratts: The College Days” drawings or fics, mostly of Aviva, Koki, Jimmy, and Zach, as I feel like they all went to the same college together. It would definitely be a fun concept to explore!
Young(er) Zach Headcanon?
Why do I have a feeling that when Zach Varmitech was younger (like late teens to early twenties) he was a vibrant, healthy, and very attractive looking young man?
Like I imagine he had healthy undertones to his skin, he had a bit more weight on his body, he did not have bags and dark circles under his eyes, and his face was clean shaven. He just had a youthful vibe to him, and I feel like he might have smiled a lot more back then, genuine smiles, you know? And those smiles also aided in amping up his “attractiveness.”
Not that he isn’t attractive now (okay y’all might not agree, but that’s my personal opinion, I think the man is a walking masterpiece), but I just think the path Zach took in life and the choices he made degraded his health and made him look older than he actually is. I don’t know if that makes sense, but I plan to expand on this thought in another post soon!
I think he looked a lot like that, just with fluffy, less tamed hair, no goatee, and his skin tone was a bit darker, he also likely still had his freckles.
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Hiiiiii!!!!
This may be a while coming, but I wanted to create a drawing with my OC Violet and other OCs in the WK fandom that are also Zach’s love interests!
So, if it would be alright with you, may I include our girl Alessandra Swift in the drawing?
Hey! Of course! I'd love for you to use my girl! Here's a reference drawing of her for ya!
Feel free to brainstorm with me if you need any tips on drawing her or anything about her character! Can't wait to see your drawing! I look forward to it!