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who is ghost?

my beautiful babygirl simon "ghost" riley is a manchester-born lieutenant operating for the sas prominently under the task force 141 ^^. there are two versions of simon:


2009 vs 2022

typically i view simon as both combined — actually technically there’s 3, the 2020 warzone version but the va swapped out to roukin; even personality-wise the two of them are somewhat distinct from each other but i don’t really care for that, i love them both <3

another thing is that the canon '09 simon's backstory from the comics was never canonically confirmed by activision or infinityward to also be applied to '22 simon. the reboot modern warfare (soon-to-be) tetralogy was probably wholly-reprised with only the characters’ surface personalities and namesakes retained, but it’s widely accepted by the fandom that bits and backstories carry over.

my headcanons

i think about him a lot, that leads us to my headcanons!

✦ basics

birthday: january 11

im not an astrology guy, but one day on instagram this post showed up and january just sounded right for him. then i asked my mother and she said he's capricorn like so i chose that date


height: 188cm

(with my weather in mind) when he’s off-duty, wears layered shirts and sweats

smells like his cologne (woody), and faint detergent.

nickname kind of guy.

fluctuates between hypersexuality and sex-repulsed.

drives like shit.

bisexual ^_^.


i like to think that 'riley' is his mother's maiden name and he chose to go by it after enlisting to separate himself from his father

i like the idea of teen simon being goth but i think he'd have some contempt towards alt culture given how it’s associated with his father (punk) but now he’s grown and his dad's dead so he’s living out his goth dreams

i once read a fic that put his middle name as "charles" and i fw that

i think that he is years clean from smoking, hence why he reprimanded johnny for smoking in mw3

i need to check this back but in my head mrs riley is taller than her husband and she has brown eyes (hc) and simon's father has blue. simon takes from his mother ouh...


✦ physical attributes

his lazy eye hehe

facial acne and acne scars because he keeps putting on that stupid mask and does not wash his face properly...

has stretch marks all over his thighs from his growth spurt

trampstamp tattoo on lower back + thigh/leg tattoos

scars —
head: forehead, nose bridge, right eyebrow, glasgow smile, over the lip, around the neck

body: across right pec over shoulder, circular scar tugged up over lower spine (right side) where he got hanged by the ribs, scars over his nipples and dick (:-(), miscellaneous over his arms and legs, varying from knives, bullets, self-harm, bites, stings, and burns.

when i first liked ghost

the first time i ever drew simon. its so shit he was so hard to draw


hes now muscle memory. but i still dont like drawing the skull on the balaclava.

mention simogen/ghoulfie

simon-coded

ooh la la la - teena marie
father - the front bottoms
i dont know you anymore - sombr
stop the car - doves
trapdoor - twenty one pilots
the run and go - twenty one pilots
scotland - mccafferty (more ghoap)
i want to know - tyler joseph
cocaine jesus - rainbow kitten surprise
i dont love you - my chemical romance
constant headache - joyce manor
la jolla - w*lbur
song for you - the smiths street bank
sugar water - gigi perez
bad news on time - lara buchanan