◃ Het Huis Anubis Headcanons ▹

「decided to make this after seeing @anbubisibuna ’s most recent headcanons post about dha」

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⊰ Patricia and Joyce are childhood friends, with the Soeters and Van Bodegravens having been neighbors since the girls were 6 years old. When the two were in 5th grade, Joyce and her parents moved away abruptly without saying their goodbyes.

⊰ Being identical twins, Mara and Yasmine occasionally switched places, be it for a school test or just to mess around. With Yasmine being the more mischievous one of the two, she was usually the one that came up with the ideas, but Mara is guilty of a few herself.

⊰ Although she is the younger twin, Yasmine acts more like the older sister and is very protective of Mara.

⊰ Amber lost her mother when she was still a toddler. With her father being an extremely busy man who had to constantly travel for work, and her refusing to stay home and be looked after by her stepmother, Amber grew up having to go from one boarding school to another. Being tired of moving, she told her father to let her just stay at a boarding school in The Netherlands, her mother’s home country. She eventually ended up moving into the Anubis House at the age of 10.

⊰ Jeroen and Appie attended the same private elementary and secondary school. They were close friends despite being part of different cliques.

⊰ After his father received a life sentence, Jeroen lost his popularity status along with all of his friends. Appie was the only one that stayed by his side, not caring about the insults coming his way. A few months after, Jeroen’s mother remarried, and his relationship with her worsened. In grade 8, she send him away to live in an internaat¹. Jeroen and Appie stayed in contact.

⊰ Amber has been in the Anubis House the longest, having lived there since the summer of 2000. Mick and Mara came in 2001, with Fabian and Patricia joining the three in 2002. Jeroen came along a year later, at the age of 13. Having heard of their friends’ stay in an internaat, Appie and Joyce insisted, non-stop, to their parents to let them live there as well. In 2004, the two of them officially became a part of the group, to the surprise and delight of both Jeroen and Patricia.

⊰ Joyce’ father is a high-profile prosecutor. The case he was involved in when Joyce was in grade 5 went completely south, forcing him to flee the country with his wife and daughter. A similar case took place a few years later, in the year 2006 (the canon, witness-protection plot with Rufus).

⊰ Fabian was the first person that Patricia befriended in the house. After his “death” in season three, she felt like a part of her died along with him.

⊰ Mick and Amber’s fathers are business partners.

⊰ Just like Jeroen’s, Appie’s family is part of the upper class as well. His strict parents, who want him to follow in the footsteps of his older, successful siblings, put a lot of pressure on him. He is smart, clever and does his best in school, so as to not disappoint his parents. Lacking the desire and enthusiasm to continue studying business, he eventually gives up trying for it. And although some regard him as the “black sheep” of the family because of it, most of his relatives adore him for his free spirit and his positive outlook on life.

⊰ Noa’s adoptive father is aware of her background. She also has two adoptive older siblings who are fiercely protective of her. They were strongly opposed to the idea of her studying abroad, but Noa stood firm in her decision, so they eventually caved, albeit reluctantly.

⊰ Rufus Malpied is well-known in the criminal underworld, having been a part of it since he was a teen. He grew up in an orphanage, never having met either of his parents. With the atmosphere in the orphanage growing more bleak by the day, he made the decision to run away at the age of 13. While he occasionally takes on a job that involves causing harm to another individual, he is best known for being a messenger and a middleman.

⊰ Sarah, Zeno and Victor Junior attended the same schools throughout their childhood and teenage years. Zeno was best friends with Sarah, and had a sort of frenemy thing going with Victor Jr.

⊰ Sarah and Zeno have always been more like siblings, and have never thought of one another as a potential romantic partner.

⊰ Ewout Winsbrugge-Hennegouwen, Zeno Terpstra I (Zeno’s father) and Van Prijze (Raven’s grandfather) were childhood bestfriends. I have a whole story going on about this particular headcanon with these three, involving Victor Senior, his older brother, Ewout’s older male cousin and the great-grandmother of Nienke (the latter three obviously being characters that I made up because I liked the idea of them).

⊰ Not wanting to keep the secrets to himself any longer, and in desperate need of advice, Ewout confided in his butler, Victor Jr’s grandfather, who began to accompany him on his expeditions to Egypt soon after. Ewout built the underground tunnels and tasks with his assistance.

⊰ Victor Senior moved his two children, Victor Jr. and Marijke, into the house after his father’s death, the cause being a sudden heart failure. Marijke ended up taking Sarah’s original room, who, in turn, was forced to move into the attic, previously her father’s study. Junior, being the less favored one of the two children, got one of the smallest rooms in the house.

⊰ The Anubis House was turned into an internaat in the ‘60s. So, it goes without saying that there had been many kids and teenagers who had called it their home at some point. One time, when Amber was still a newbie in the House, a couple of the older kids dared one another to go up into the attic and spend a night there, having heard the rumors of it being haunted. They got caught by Victor Jr, who from then on made it a restricted area.

⊰ When Victor Senior was still alive, he used to use the attic as a form of punishment. Those who broke a rule were forced to stay up there for 24 hours. Senior never shied away from using corporal punishment either.

⊰ As we all know, the kids are not allowed to have any pets. But in a rare show of sympathy, Victor Jr. made an exception for 10 year old Amber, allowing her to have a little pet for company.

⊰ While her parents were very loving and tried their best to spend as much time as they could with Nienke, they were also very busy people. This resulted in Nienke having to stay at her grandparents’ for days on end. With Nienke being just four when they passed away, and staying at her grandparents’ place being the norm for her, she didn’t fully grab the situation at first. She would ask about her parents’ whereabouts every other day, which devastated her grandparents. When the truth finally hit her, instead of crying and expressing her feelings, she withdrew, making her grandparents even more sad.

⊰ Despite his reputation as a soft-spoken, respectful guy, Fabian is no stranger to physical fights, having been involved in a number of them against the bullies of his younger brother.

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¹A Dutch-Belgian type of residence for children and teens whose parents cannot provide full-time care of them due to wide-ranging circumstances. Unlike a boarding school, educational activities generally take place outside of an internaat.