Eugene Roe - Blog Posts

SpeirsRoe headcanon I feel very strongly: Ron and Gene walking around in a mall. Gene expressing his lack of understanding and almost outrage about how much all those new sneakers can cost. Ron doing that blank stare of his to mask his reaction as an owner of at least a dozen of designer workout shoes.

FACTUAL

Ronald Speirs collects high end sneakers like a bird of paradise would collect colorful rocks and leaves for their mate. He cleans the ones he does wear with a set of tooth brushes. Most remain in their original packaging or in a case in the basement.

Gene doesn’t know about this because he comes from a place where basements don’t exist and livings in constant fear of the room bellow the functional part of their house. 

They both fear the day the other finds out about their secret. 

Very random headcanons about the easy boys:

Babe was down with the flu and spend three days not leaving his bed and watching conspiracy theories on netflix

The very next time he went back to work and saw Speirs, he was damn sure his captain was replaced by a reptile and Speirs is actually an enormous lizard hiding under human skin;

Bill knows one direction songs better than some of the 1d fans;

Hoobler always thinks that those little sparks in the sky at night are not planes but ufos;

Smokey blocked him on the phone because he got tired of Hoobler sending him real pixelated dots of the night sky with GORDON THEY ARE REAL SHIT FUCK WE GONNA DIE messages;

Guys have “no questions asked” use of one time for each other;

Meaning that if one of them calls the other and asks to do something and ads “no questions asked”, the latter will not ask, tell, question or deny anything he is asked to do;

Examples of this involved Lip going to a real shady place at 4am in the morning to give some money to nix who was buying a baby goat from Russian mafia;

Roe trying to remove Cob’s dick from a plant pot;

Speirs playing along with acting that Harry is the prince of Wales just so that Harry would get a free desert and some restaurant in a small village in Madagascar;

 Nix trading naked, tied to a bed Speirs for three big macs from a 70-year-old hooker;

Luz distracting Sobel by kissing him because Lieb was planting a prank in Sobel’s room and almost got caught by Sobel returning early;T

he last incident cause a whole bunch of mess as

·         A) Sobel was conflicted with either punishing Luz for his behavior and also not wanting to look homophobic because of punishing man for his preferred kiss-buddies;

·         B) Toye thinking that Luz is actually attracted to Sobel and being both disgusted by this and incredibly depressed as he was in the stage of doodling little hearts around Luz’s name in his notebook;

·         C) Sink asking Dick to give an inappropriate behavior lecture to Easy:

·         D) Dick giving the lecture and mentioning that it is also inappropriate to slap someone’s ass or comment on the physical body of other soldier;

·         E) Easy making the game out of this and objectifying the most ridiculous parts of each other’s body

·         “DAMN TAB YOUR CLAVICULA MAKES MY NORTHEN REGION ENLARGE”

·         “Captain Nixon, your Adam’s apple looks especially fine today”

 Penkala once saw Dick and Nix slowly dancing to Elton John’s version of “Chapel of love”

He recorded everything and never showed or mentioned this to anyone;

 A year later, at Nix’s and Dick’s wedding afterparty, he showed the video to everyone;

Even Speirs got tear-eyed;

You know how in friends chandler accidently saw Rachel naked, so she wanted took revenge on him but then saw joe naked and so on and so on?

Yes well Don accidentally walked on Ron naked in his office (he was just after the shower) and of course Nix said that the best way to defuse the tension would be Ron seeing Don naked;

So after the trainings, Ron bee railed to Don’s room in hopes to see him naked;

What he didn’t know was that Muck’s shower wasn’t working so Much showered at Don’s place and yes, Ron dragged shower curtain trying to peak at Don but al he saw was naked Muck performing “my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard” and the screeching like a little girl;

So this send a barrel rolling down the hill and the very highlight of this situation was;

Our poor, innocent Skinny Sisk seeing an old and wrinkled ass of our most respected Colonel Sink

So waaaay before Toye and Luz were a thing, Toye experienced quite common symptoms of having a crush

Except that he never had those and actually though that there was something wrong with him

 And he went to Gene and described them

Mind you, Gene was in, like, his third year of med school

So Toye goes “I dunno, doc its like, once a day maybe twice, I get these intense heartbeats, my pulse just goes insane, I get hot flashes, my head starts spinning a bit, and it never happened before”

“so how long has this been going on?”

“maybe like 2months. How long does Luz live with me and Bill? That’s how long.”

 And Gene just looks at his chart, looks at Toye, looks at his medical books and goes:

“I think you are experiencing a menopause”

Buck is a serious carnivore and once Luz dared him to eat a broccoli and Buck still says it was the most horrifying experience in his life. And this guy was in war

Martin and Bull take a spa day once in month because their nerves need a break from easy’s shenanigans once in a while

okay so Modern AU where Gene is the one who always takes care of the guys but one day he falls ill and well,,,,

Dick notices first because he's always keeping an eye on everyone and Gene's been acting kinda off lately

he wants to check on him but Gene doesn't let him because he knows he's getting sick but he can handle it

he cannot handle it

he gets a bad fever and Dick forces him to stay in bed

meanwhile the news spread and it's actual chaos

everyone wants to do something to help but those idiots just end up making a big mess

at least they're trying

Lip brings blankets. a lot. a lot of blankets.

Babe brings chocolate. Every kind he can find in the store.

he literally comes back with two bags full of chocolate because he didn't know which one was Gene's favorite flavor. so he just buys them all.

Muck, Malarkey and Penkala are the kind od friends that come visit you when you're sick to update you on every stupid little thing that has happened while you were not there

Babe comes back the next day with a bunch of flowers

The smell is too strong and like Gene keeps sneezing but he refuses to let anyone take the flowers away

Web brings books to read

Speirs comes back from the pharmacy with 10 packs of the pills gene had asked him to buy

when Gene asks why he just shrugs and goes like "for good measure"

Nix offers him a drink because "a drink a day keeps the doctor away"

Dick tells him off but he actually manages to make Gene laugh

Luz cracks jokes all the time, he sits down next to Gene to keep him company and starts telling the weirdest stories

all of sudden the guys start to gather around to listen and laugh all together

Dick knocks on the door every hour or so to check on Gene and to make sure the kids™ are not being too loud or annoying

Gene actually loves it

He loves them all

im soft now bye

Easy company as cats

Dick -  Big ginger tomcat who always finds the best hiding spots to catch birds, well-mannered and rarely ever meows. Spends most of the day outside or curled up pressed to his owner, never bothering anyone though. Has a neat collar with a classic little nametag. You can trust him not to make any trouble if you forget to let him out into the garden when you leave for work in the morning. He likes water and sometimes stays outside in the rain chasing raindrops. Is best friends with the neighbour’s black persian.

Nix - Said black persian. His owners keep him in absolute luxury, feeding him tuna every day and brushing out the knots in his fur, but he runs out through his little cat door each afternoon and gets it messy again. Taught Dick how to use that cat door and now they trot in and out of the house as they please. Nix drinks milk at both of their places and scoffs at water. Generally lazy, but doesn’t protest against stroking or cuddling.

Speirs - Cat of unknown origin, possibly stray, always sitting on the fence or on the porch staring inside all creepily without blinking. Has beautiful black and white markings, a real magpie cat. Presents various carcasses to Lipton and sometimes live prey to play with. Once in a while, he lets Lipton groom his head and ears, but no human you know of has been able to catch him. Leaves half a rabbit on your doormat at night so that you can step on it in the morning.

Lipton - Is a huge cat with sandy-dark brown fur that stands every which way in tufts. Got bitten at the hip by a dog and almost died, but his owners didn’t give up on him and he healed with only a small scar as a reminder. He’s really nice and friendly, calm, lets children play with him and curls up on your chest to purr when you’re sick or depressed. Isn’t afraid of fireworks. Has disappeared for two days once and you found him in the shed with the bicolor stray, lethargic from an infection, but mostly warm in a box of work clothes the stray seemed to have claimed as his bed.

Luz - Long-haired siamese cat that keeps running around the house and meows for no damn reason. If you don’t pay attention to him, he tries meowing at different pitches. Seems to understand how conversations work, because he makes tiny “mrow” sounds when you talk to him. Likes to hide behind the bookshelf and wait until you pass by to attack-hug your leg with (mostly) soft paws, then runs off again. Gets crazy from laser pointers and can practically run up the wall chasing the little red dot. 

Toye - Battered stray that got adopted by Luz’s owners from the death row. One of his hind legs broke and healed wrong before he was caught, so he has a limp. He’s unfriendly and doesn’t like to be touched, keeps growling if you pick him up, and he has real sharp claws that no one dared trim yet. He’s a little on the thin side right now, but his new owners are trying to cure him back to health. In the evening, he likes to curl up with Luz in a nest they share. Doesn’t play.

Babe - Ragdoll kitten, isn’t mature yet. Purrs at the slightest touch. True to his breed, goes boneless and soft if you pick him up, and everyone wants to cuddle with him. Once, he got stung by an insect and his right paw swelled to twice its original size. Considers rolling onto his back and batting at your fingers as the most enjoyable playtime. He likes to go up to adult cats and jump on them or eat their food, but they don’t tend to hiss at him for some reason. Strictly indoor cat.

Roe - Slender chartreux cat who likes to groom your hair with his cute pink tongue. Lives with Babe and carries him by his scruff like a momma even though he’s a male cat. Been lost a few times before, so he became an indoor cat too, because his owners prefer to keep him safe. When it’s cold, he tucks his paws under his body and sleeps like a loaf of bread. Eats chocolate whenever he can, fishing out the wrappers from the trashbin when he’s naughty.

Webster - Mostly indoor cat, a white angora with blue eyes. Came from the best breeder in town, is a frequent contestant on cat shows. He even learnt a few tricks from his owner. He’s very docile and practically offers himself when it’s time for his evening brush or a regular nail trim. He can walk on a leash without trouble and wears knit socks without fuss. Stays still when his owner wants pictures. Has a sensitive stomach and pukes on the carpet if he doesn’t get good food, is allowed to sit on the kitchen counter.

Liebgott - Scrawny tabby streetcat that hangs out in Webster’s territory and sprays on the bushes. He and Webster get into noisy fights every week, sometimes through the glass of a window or the screen door. Webster’s owners are upset about it, fearing that Lieb is going to scratch Web’s beautiful face up, but once, they accidentally let Web out on his own and find him and Lieb pressing their noses together curiously. Lieb can be coaxed into a short petting, but he bites when he gets bored of it. Made the neighbour’s Rottweiler howl once by clawing at its nose.

Guarnere - “Tomcat of the block”. Goes out on his daily prowl at night and chases after the female cats, dropping litters around the neighbourhood for the lucky owners to take care of. He’s striped like a tiger and has an M on his forehead. He’s small but can be ferocious when it comes to what he thinks is his. He kept puffing up when he saw Dick a few houses down the street, but he entered Dick’s territory once, got smacked in the nose, and now he’s okay with simply keeping his respectful distance. Is on a special diet because of a urinary infection.

Shifty - An adorable Scottish fold. He’s a talented bird hunter and can jump surprisingly high. Was hit by a car once just when he finally got home from a vet visit, but got away with a few broken bones. He has such sad eyes that it’s a challenge not to pick him up all the time. If you take him into your arms, he headbutts your neck affectionately. Seems to stare at and watch invisible things sometimes, staying motionless in hunting position for minutes. He sleeps with his owner at night.

Malarkey - Used to be a fearful kitten, walking around staying low and close to the ground, but he doesn’t much mind noise now. Gets confused at times when things change, for example, it takes days for him to tuck in without hesitation when you buy him a new brand of food. Has his own basket next to his owner’s armchair and likes to hide there, sometimes sticking his head out and staring warily for a minute or two before settling back down. Sometimes, he wanders into the garage and gets oil stains on his ash-colored fur, so his owner has to bathe him regularly.

Talbert - He’s a gorgeous bengal cat with big green eyes. Very agile and smart, likes to play with pieces of yarn and loves climbing trees. Always greets his owner at the end of a workday by running up to the car with his tail in the air. His favourite sleeping place is under the rosebushes. Likes to lurk around in the dark at night, but sometimes that gets him into trouble, like that time when he broke a vase and got a piece of it wedged in his paw. Dick’s other neighbour, they like to sunbathe together.

Now, who’s who in the pictures below? And which kitten would you take home with you?

winters, roe, and lipton are officially the “we have this misfortune of having to watch while you all make terrible decisions despite our best efforts to keep you safe and healthy” club pass it on

Babe: Can you dust my wets?

Doc Roe: You can just ask for Parmesan cheese

Babe, confused, lifts all of his spaghetti with his hands: Please. My wets.

Toye: Tis but a scratch.

Roe: A scratch? Your leg’s off!

Luz: What if you eat an apple a day?

Doc Roe:

Babe: You just blew my mind.

Eugene “Doc” Roe

 A slightly longer post dedicated to the “smol” baby of Easy Company: Doc Roe. 

First off, it was extremely hard to find stuff about Roe….anywhere. I’m not kidding when I say this boy deserves the world and barely got any recognition. 

So let’s start off with a photo or two of the real Eugene Roe: 

Eugene G. Roe 

Roe was born in October 1922. He was born in Louisiana. He was the third of five children. He was only educated until the point of elementary school, he eveb took a boat to school. He dropped out while still in “grammar school”. He then worked on shrimp boats and other jobs to help the family. He later worked with machinery and oilers for money as he grew up. 

When the war started, he didn’t enlist for an entire year after Pearl Harbor. He finally enlisted on December 12, 1942 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He had no medical experience, but was trained as a combat medic. He worked hard to gain his spot and was assigned to Easy Company while it was still under the command of Sobel. 

Roe jumped on D-Day. 

Roe was known for being a quick thinker. One story Roe had told his grandson was of a time is Bastogne where he had no supplies and a man had a serious head injury. Roe packed snow and mud into the injury and bought enough time for the man to get help. 

Roe was helping anyone he could, not matter the situation. He ran out into the open during a German artillery strike. He ran out into the open without weapons and dragged a wounded man back. Roe was described as the most dependable. caring person in Easy Company. He was recommended for a silver star but the citation was set aside and forgotten about. He was known for getting to anyone who needed help, even if they weren’t sure how he got there. 

Roe was injured in his jump into Holland. He landed on barbed wire and cut open his leg. He received another purple heart but when and how he was injured was not stated and is unknown.

By the time Easy Company arrived Germany, he married a British woman named Vera. They had started dating during his time in England. They were supposed to be married on June 6, 1944 but Roe was parachuting into enemy territory. (I hope Vera took that as a valid excuse when she was waiting at the alter) Roe came home first and left his wife to cross over later.

When Easy Company was in the Eagle’s Nest, Roe’s unofficial job was to drive the drinks back and forth to the enlisted men. Roe was given a wedding present from Easy Company: a set of forks and knives from Hitler’s personal set. Roe didn’t keep these for his entire life. instead he gave them to a World War II museum in  Baton Rouge, where they were set on display. 

Roe took home a German Luger with a swastika on it. His mother didn’t like that. She scolded him and threw it out into the bayou.

Doc and his wife settled down in Baton Rouge and had three kids. Roe took his children hunting and fishing and horseback riding. Roe had two girls, one he named Marlene after a World War 2 song “Lili Marlene” and one son, Eugene Jr. 

His children said he smoked a couple packs until the day he died. Which was authentically shown in the show along with his favorite type of cigarettes. He also was known to drink a lot of whiskey. Roe always wore cowboy boats and smoked and had a deep tan due to outside work.

Even though Roe was quiet and calm, he made it known not to mess with him. His grandson recalled a time where he forgot to tell Roe he was out hunting and Roe was back waiting for him with a shotgun, ready to shoot whoever was on his property. He was also known for his positive outlook on life. Roe was a firm believer in that everything could be fixed.

Roe worked in construction after the war and was known to figure things out easily with little experience. He was a naturally quick thinker. He retired later in life and soon started reconnecting with Easy members.

After 27 years of marriage, Vera and Roe divorced. Roe remarried shortly after but Vera never remarried. 

Roe developed lung cancer in the 1990s. He fought it for many years but soon gave into the pain on December 30, 1998. (Author side note: this was 2 days after I was born)

His funeral was small and private. But Roe’s story lived on with the rest of Easy, who adored their Doc “Bud” Roe.

“Hey Gene, you called me babe.”

Guarnere: Oh look, it’s Doc.

Babe: Oh, no! You can’t let him see me like this!

Guarnere: Like what? You look fine.

Babe, mortified, taking a deep breath: I’m not wearing cool socks today.

WAIT A MINUTE, DID HE HAVE HIS GODDAMN SCISSORS ALL THIS TIME?

Guess what, Eugene Roe had his scissors the whole goddamn time.

Creds to @ Vermiciouskinid on instagram (Shane Taylor)

doc roe’s medic band

Roe: From one to ten how much it hurts?

Babe: Pi Greek.

Eugene Roe Cute Cajun Prince

(insp.)

A’ight, hear me out—

Just imagine Tangled

but with Eugene as Rapunzel

and Babe as Flynn Rider

And instead of Eugene having the whole magic hair thing, it’s his hands that heal people.

And at the end of the story instead of getting his hair cut off, he is cursed by his evil godmother to never be able to heal someone ever again. (And of course he finds a loophole. I mean, how could he not? He’s Eugene fucking Roe.)

Babe: Hey, Gene! Guess what?

Babe: I’m baby.

Eugene: What?

Babe, grinning: I’m baby.

Eugene:

Eugene: But... I thought you were Babe.

BoB ships explained with cats

Winnix:

Bull x Martin:

Luztoye:

Baberoe:

Webgott:

Speirton:

Doc Roe really be sliding into other peoples’ foxholes without knocking like : “what’s good, y’all lookin busted af, what we cookin, yo feet whack, gimme morphine, vibes are off, where’s the sizzuhs, what’s the WiFi password?”

“I will corrupt you” squad: Luz, Liebgott, Speirs, Nixon, Heffron, Toye, Guarnere

“No, protect the innocent!” gang: Martin, Lipton, Compton, Randleman, Powers, Winters, Welsh, Malarkey

“The innocent” nest: Webster and Doc Roe

Roe: Okay, that's enough! No more talking about George Luz!

Babe: But you told me to get it out of my system.

Roe: I had no idea how much you had in your system!

Roe: How long are you going to be mad at me?

Babe: Ten minutes.

“WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME”

at the end of the day,,,this still scares me

Band Of Brothers Modern AU Headcanons

(No one asked for this, but you know what? I’m still gonna do it.)

The guys all live in the same apartment building.

Dick doesnt understand 99.9% of pop culture. You could probably show him a thirty minute PowerPoint about what “ok boomer” means and he still wouldn’t understand.

Dick listens to old country music and Nix absolutely hates it.

Nix works at the local animal shelter and wants to bring a dog home almost every day, but Dick always tells him that the two dogs they have are enough.

Liebgott listens to Indie music.

He’s also the bass guitarist in a band called The Flashbacks.

The Flashbacks mostly cover songs by The White Stripes, Pixies, Metric, Arctic Monkeys, and occasionally Cavetown, but they do perform a few songs that Liebgott has written, including one dedicated to Webster.

Guarnere plays the drums in The Flashbacks.

Webster writes poetry and everyone claims to hate it. (Spoiler alert: they don’t.)

Webster is Instagram famous. (He mostly posts aesthetic photos he’s taken or little bits of his poetry.)

Luz is a huge fan of all kinds of ghosts, demons, and cryptids, but his favorite would have to be Mothman. He even went to West Virginia to look for him once, but ended up not seeing him.

Luz knows all of the lyrics to Take On Me and Tainted Love and sings them when he gets bored. Sometimes he doesn’t even realize he’s doing it.

Toye has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and used to go boxing with Guarnere every Saturday before they got in a car crash.

Eugene can sing and play piano. Like... Really well.

Eugene has a banana ball python named Peaches.

Babe used to paint a lot when he was a teenager, so now he’s really good at it. His favorite thing to paint is Eugene’s cat, Magnolia.

Lipton owns a small tea and coffee shop.

Lipton’s shop actually brought him and Ron together. Ron was a regular and always changed up his order to make it more complicated so he could stay longer and talk to Lip.

Ron has a rottweiler puppy named Dally and he carries him around in a puppy backpack. They have matching sunglasses.

Ron is a big Outsiders fan. He’s been to the museum in Tusla five times and read the book at least thirteen times. (And yes, he named his puppy after Dallas Winston.)

Shifty sends everyone a wholesome meme each morning to let them know that they are loved.

Shifty works at Lipton’s tea and coffee shop.

Muck eats tomatoes like apples and everyone’s extremely disgusted by it.

Malarkey, Muck, and Penkala like to hide tiny plastic alligators in front of everyone’s apartments. (They always put sharks in front of Webster’s apartment.)

Luz, Babe, Malarkey, Muck, and Penkala are in a group chat called “RIP Vine 😔😔😔” and each member sends a meme every day. It’s been going on for two years.

Everyone always goes to Buck’s football games, even though most of them don’t care for the sport, because they enjoy screaming at the other team.

Luz, Babe, And Talbert are Tik Tok famous.

Winters: We’re a perfectly normal family

Luz: *playing 7 nation army with forks hitting the piano*

Liebgott: *setting David’s clothes on fire*

Roe: *praying in the corner while Babe tries to “cut” his hair*

Winters: Yep! Perfectly Norma-! LEWIS NIXON PUT DOWN THE VODKA ITS 11 IN THE MORNING

Some Eugene Roe Headcanons That No One Asked For

Whenever they run across a well stocked aid station or field hospital he always pockets a couple of extra syrettes and bandages.

When he gets his hands on supplies he splits them evenly between himself and Spina but if there is an odd number and it can’t be split evenly, he gives the most to Spina without making it obvious. (Spina is terrible at both scrounging and stealing and Roe knows it)

If he had been part of that Hershey bar scene, he would have just taken one and no one would have protested because it’s Doc and he saves their asses. (Of course he wouldn’t have had to take one because Luz would have offered him one because again it’s Doc)

Some of the doctors at aid stations are stuck up sons of bitches who look down on medics as lesser versions of nurses in combat boots. Roe steals their cigarettes while cursing them out under his breath in Cajun.

Roe is one of the few not intimidated by Speirs. Really he isn’t intimidated by any COs. He’s here to do a job, take care of his company, and if anyone, no matter the rank or reputation, gets in the way, he will put them in their place.

He teaches Spina Cajun words. Or at least tries to. Once, just to be a little shit, he taught Spina some made up words that sounded absolutely ridiculous. But Roe couldn’t keep a straight face and Spina caught on.

He has everyone’s past and present wounds and illnesses memorized. Everyone’s. He knows their wartime medical histories better than he knows some of their names.

No other medics do rounds like Roe does. Spina was surprised when he joined Easy and found out that Roe insists on at least two rounds every day, one in the morning and one at night. It helps him keep track of how everyone is doing and sometimes brings to light things that the men wouldn’t normally complain about. Spina quickly gets used to doing rounds too.

Roe loves sweets. Spina swears every tooth in Roe’s entire mouth is a sweet tooth.