These are really good, but where the hell did the idea of Soldier talking to and confiding in his shovel come from? This seems to be quite a common idea in the fandom, and I don't get it at all. I'm no psychologist, but Soldier does not strike me as someone who is schizophrenic. He does have the delusional symptom and the disorganized behavioral symptom down to a T, but he seems perfectly capable of interacting with the outside world, and he doesn't exhibit any negative symptoms. We don't know that he hears voices, and we don't know that he talks to things that aren't there. I feel that, if we had to put a name to any mental illness that Soldier might have, it would probably be psychosis. Even then, though, that's probably pushing it. The Solder's crazy, but it seems that nearly everyone in the TF2 universe is a little unhinged in some way or another. Ugh, sorry anon for dumping this, especially if you're just writing your headcanon, but I really am curious as to why so many people think that Solly's a schizo. There's no canon reason that I can see that would make us think that. So if someone could explain it?