What are some of your headcanons?

[Carl]

Chop

 

-I'd like to think Carl Johnson dumped his 5 other girlfriends and started a family with Denise, either that or he got killed by Toni.

[universetwisters]

The Minivan in IV and V actually have actual proper names, just the devs were too lazy to think of one in IV and it rolled over into V

[Thelema93]

That Trevor has the big bushy beard as a result of being out in the country for so long. 

[universetwisters]

"Ken from Carcer City" who called the Electron Zone in LCS is Ken Rosenberg 

[RisingStar]

I think both Mikhail Faustin and Dimitri Rascalov fought in Afghanistan for the Soviet Union during the 1980s.

 

This detail was never stated, but it makes a lot of sense. Consider this:

• Faustin was born in 1963, Dimitri was born in 1969.
• Both served in the Soviet military during the Cold War.
• They met in 1987 as part of the military during this time.
• The real world Soviet–Afghan War lasted from December 1979 to February 1989.
• Afghanistan was the Soviet Union's Vietnam. Many soldiers there had PTSD, developed alcohol and drug addictions, and got into crime. All would perfectly fit their backstories.
• They later ended up in a Siberian prison, possibly for insubordination or some illegal activity/war crime.

Given their canonical birthdates, I imagine Faustin being there as a young adult conscript starting in the early '80s, while Dimitri was sent there later in 1987, at which point Faustin would likely be a Sergeant or some kind of commanding rank as Dimitri's superior.

 

Faustin suffered from alcohol and drug abuse, and Dimitri also abused painkillers, and Faustin in particular had such a short temper prone to intense outbursts, while Dimitri was a coward at heart when cornered. I can easily imagine this stemming from brutal battles with the Mujahideen in this time. It was common for Soviet–Afghan War veterans to have alcohol/drug problems and have PTSD with such symptoms.

 

As for them ending up in prison later, I imagine they either got in trouble trying to make money behind commanding officer's back (common back then as the operation was a disaster and many Soviet troops resorted to black market deals to get food or luxury goods), or they committed some serious war crimes that got them court martialed when caught (the Soviets were infamously brutal in Afghanistan).

 

While all the details I gave are known and support this, it's never stated that they actually fought in Afghanistan during the '80s, but it sounds very plausible.

Edited June 7, 2022 by RisingStar

[Cutter De Blanc]

Michael needs glasses to see properly 

[Zhryg]

Mr. Nasty from Manhunt is Donald Love

[E Revere]

On 6/7/2022 at 2:29 PM, RisingStar said:

I think both Mikhail Faustin and Dimitri Rascalov fought in Afghanistan for the Soviet Union during the 1980s.

 

This detail was never stated, but it makes a lot of sense. Consider this:

• Faustin was born in 1963, Dimitri was born in 1969.
• Both served in the Soviet military during the Cold War.
• They met in 1987 as part of the military during this time.
• The real world Soviet–Afghan War lasted from December 1979 to February 1989.
• Afghanistan was the Soviet Union's Vietnam. Many soldiers there had PTSD, developed alcohol and drug addictions, and got into crime. All would perfectly fit their backstories.
• They later ended up in a Siberian prison, possibly for insubordination or some illegal activity/war crime.

Given their canonical birthdates, I imagine Faustin being there as a young adult conscript starting in the early '80s, while Dimitri was sent there later in 1987, at which point Faustin would likely be a Sergeant or some kind of commanding rank as Dimitri's superior.

 

Faustin suffered from alcohol and drug abuse, and Dimitri also abused painkillers, and Faustin in particular had such a short temper prone to intense outbursts, while Dimitri was a coward at heart when cornered. I can easily imagine this stemming from brutal battles with the Mujahideen in this time. It was common for Soviet–Afghan War veterans to have alcohol/drug problems and have PTSD with such symptoms.

 

As for them ending up in prison later, I imagine they either got in trouble trying to make money behind commanding officer's back (common back then as the operation was a disaster and many Soviet troops resorted to black market deals to get food or luxury goods), or they committed some serious war crimes that got them court martialed when caught (the Soviets were infamously brutal in Afghanistan).

 

While all the details I gave are known and support this, it's never stated that they actually fought in Afghanistan during the '80s, but it sounds very plausible.

This all sounds quite plausible. As someone with a lot of interest in history and culture, I can't believe I never thought about this before. Where do you think their stay in Vladivostok fits into this theory?

[universetwisters]

2 hours ago, E Revere said:

 Where do you think their stay in Vladivostok fits into this theory?

Isn’t Vladivostok one of the biggest cities in Russia on the pacific? It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some naval port or other military base there tbh

[E Revere]

3 hours ago, universetwisters said:

Isn’t Vladivostok one of the biggest cities in Russia on the pacific? It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some naval port or other military base there tbh

Indeed so. That's why I asked the question.

[universetwisters]

15 minutes ago, E Revere said:

Indeed so. That's why I asked the question.

 

Okay so maybe they were stationed there or some sh*t

[E Revere]

Bulgarin owns and lives (or lived) in a luxurious villa on the Dalmatian coast or the Adriatic coast of Italy.

Edited June 25, 2022 by E Revere

[Cutter De Blanc]

Trevor on rare occasions smokes weed (Even though he expressly says he doesn't like it)

[universetwisters]

The glitch where Kate calls you to hang out even after you beat the game with the ending where she dies isn’t a glitch. Niko’s losing his mind and imagining his (canon appointed) girlfriend 

[Cutter De Blanc]

17 minutes ago, universetwisters said:

The glitch where Kate calls you to hang out even after you beat the game with the ending where she dies isn’t a glitch. Niko’s losing his mind and imagining his (canon appointed) girlfriend 

This is exactly how it feels when she calls you, and then she's like, "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD" and even more of a mindf*ck when she eventually breaks up with you anyway. It's like Niko finally comes to terms with her death.

[universetwisters]

The whole rant about centifrugal inertia, as unnatural and unnecessary as it sounded in that one mission TLAD where you blow up the AOD clubhouse was probably put in there by a writer who knew his kid was gonna play that mission and aforementioned kid needed to be reminded of that so he would pass his physics test 

[Guest]

52 minutes ago, universetwisters said:

The whole rant about centifrugal inertia, as unnatural and unnecessary as it sounded in that one mission TLAD where you blow up the AOD clubhouse was probably put in there by a writer who knew his kid was gonna play that mission and aforementioned kid needed to be reminded of that so he would pass his physics test 

Writer's son about to get schooled.  Also, it's "centrifugal", not "centifrugal".

 

Anyway, my headcanon is that bikes, planes and helicopters do exist in GTA3, it's just that Claude is too dumb to use them (he only learned to drive cars and boats), and that the bikes are only seen in the city on weekends so that's why they're not available in gameplay (nor involved in the story) at all.

Edited July 9, 2022 by H-G

[Comrade Monke]

On 12/24/2021 at 4:11 PM, H-G said:

After the events of GTA3, Claude became a full-time vigilante crusader and started to clean up the streets of Liberty City. Crime figures started to drop heavily in days rate and all gangs started facing huge losses, eventually they took back their hostility against him in the fear of being wiped out, but that ultimately ended up happening as well.

This actually sounds interesting 

[Comrade Monke]

All rockstar games take place in one big shared universe, the three GTA universes thing and the differences we see is the different perspectives and experiences of different characters, it's simply their perspective.

 

The reasons liberty city is the way it is in 2008 is because of Claude's actions. He wiped out the remaining Forellis, and killed the bosses of other gangs, leading to their decline and the GTA 4 gangs taking over. 

 

 

Claude married Maria after the events of GTA 3, the gunshots fired in the credits were just Claude shooting a remaining cartel guy. Misty also had a short affair with Claude and her child is the GTA online character. The reason Claude is mute is because he was an orphan and was psychologically hurt by having no parents.

 

Toni Cipriani was eventually whacked by the Vercetti gang for killing Avery. 

 

Tommy Vercetti married Mercedes and they had three sons, who are gonna take over his empire after his death. He ended up as a Vito Corleone-esque type of Don.

 

Ending B is canon ending (please don't start a fight over this)

 

CJ left his crime life after San Andreas events. Sweet was eventually killed, leaving the gang leaderless and leading to the Ballas taking over most of their territory, which is evident in GTA 5.

 

[Guest]

After reading the 'One Blood' concept, I believe that the cursed diamond from EFLC came from Vice City. With the presence of the Russians since the 90's and Jewish mob pretty much since Meyer Lansky era in RL Miami, I can see Ray Bulgarin visiting VC and buying the diamond there between the 90s and early 2000s. Would be a funny headcanon since Jerry Kapowitz took it back to VC after Bulgarin's death. It basically went full circle.

Edited July 27, 2022 by wise_man

[Evil empire]

I think that if a situation is unresolved in a GTA it is because the scenarists chose to leave the maximum possibilities open for an optional sequel because they have everything to win and nothing to lose doing this.

[BadaBing_1996]

I think Phil Bell dies shortly after the ending of GTA IV, maybe a couple of years after 2008.

 

The commission sanctions a hit on Phil for 1) not being a made man in the organization 2) being very close to Jimmy P. 3) going on the lam right as the head of the family is killed in a war. The commission would have enough justification to have Phil tracked and put down.

[R_DeSanta]

Trevor’s been wanted and has been avoiding the death penalty for years.
 

During the mission By The Book, when Michael and Dave are driving to the party in Chumash, Dave tells Michael about his correspondence with Trevor, with his trainees pretending to be Brad in letters and e-mails whom Trevor is convinced is still alive and locked up in a federal prison.

 

Dave says he found out about Trevor’s whereabouts (specifically a mail box from Sandy Shores) a few years before the story when Trevor sent a letter to the federal prison system which was meant for Brad. Dave found out about it and started monitoring him, and didn’t tell Michael anything because he didn’t want Michael worrying about Trevor being in the same state. Trevor has been getting monitored by Dave from the FIB and his trainees for years, possibly also being aware of what he’s been up to in Sandy Shores. I think the reason Dave didn’t immediately get him arrested was because he was scared it would bring attention the deal he made with Michael by the bureau. As long as Trevor kept believing Brad was still alive and in a federal prison, and Michael was without a doubt dead, everything could remain according to plan.

 

If By The Book is started with Trevor, Steve Haines will tell him he’s ‘the guy keeping him out of the gas chamber’, which seeing as Steve is aware of the whole deal with Dave and Michael might be aware of him being wanted as well and literally keeping him from the death penalty as long as Trevor’s useful.

 

Dave and Steve eventually ask Franklin to kill Trevor after Lamar Down because of everything that happened with Merryweather during the story, because that would be easier covered up than have him executed via death penalty. You can tell Dave is more hesitant about it than Steve(Dave visibly feels bad about it seeing as he doesn’t want to force Franklin into killing him and  he says it’s unfortunate).

 

Also in GTA Online when you create your character, in the police station on the desk is a mugshot of Trevor and a picture of him from Prologue, next to some fingerprints, indicating he’s been arrested before and is wanted by the LSPD.

Edited July 29, 2022 by R_DeSanta

[AlexGTAGamer]

This is going to sound a real silly headcanon, but I have always thought that before the events of GTA IV that there was an earthquake and mini-tsunami that struck Liberty and Alderney, hence why there are so many damaged and abandoned buildings, wrecked cars, piers and partially sunk ships around the map. Again I know this is a real out there headcanon, but running on this thought makes for fun roleplays, especially inside of the more larger abandoned buildings (the Sprunk factory much more so what with the collapsed floors). 

[E Revere]

Tommy was once sitting at his TV room downstairs and was confused when one of the boys ordered a Walkman WM-9. He was trying to figure it out what it was like a moron, and needed Lance's help to get it right. Being locked up during the 80's gave him a lot of technological disparity.

[Lock n' Stock]

On 7/27/2022 at 5:04 PM, BadaBing_1996 said:

I think Phil Bell dies shortly after the ending of GTA IV, maybe a couple of years after 2008.

 

The commission sanctions a hit on Phil for 1) not being a made man in the organization 2) being very close to Jimmy P. 3) going on the lam right as the head of the family is killed in a war. The commission would have enough justification to have Phil tracked and put down.

I'd really want to think this isn't the case. I liked Phil, he was a good guy.

[LowTierDude]

On 6/3/2022 at 5:42 AM, universetwisters said:

The Minivan in IV and V actually have actual proper names, just the devs were too lazy to think of one in IV and it rolled over into V

Idk man real life manufacturers are lazy too. 

[Haruko Haruhara]

Huang keeps a journal like how Arthur Morgan does, hence the sketches and mission descriptions on the safehouse whiteboards.

[Madd Slayer]

All the events of GTA Online are just a TV show. The reason it became more wackier was to boost the show ratings up. Locations like the Casino, Franklin's Music Record Company and the Nightclubs are real, but appear in the show as some sort of commercial placement

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by Madd Slayer

[Wingate167]

Salvatore Leone learned what happened to Sonny Forelli after the events in Vice City and decided to leave Tommy Vercetti alone. I think he probably heard what Sonni did to Tommy somehow and decided to let him run business down South. He's probably grateful for Tommy getting rid of Sonny. Salvatore felt Tommy got screwed over by Sonny and felt he didn't need any more trouble. Salvatore didn't like Sonny at all.