Of course I like your asks! <3 And first things first, you don’t have to include any headcanons of mine in your asks, nor does anyone else! I do appreciate it when people do it, like when @rxvolutionarysabo mentioned my hc that Ace’s necklace used to be Dadan’s, but that’s an extra detail of attention and not an obligation. 

I am not sure if I have specific headcanons for Rouge, though she’s my queen and I love her. What I can say is I am strongly against the idea that (part of) the fandom has that Rouge was Roger’s navigator. 

Firstly, I don’t see how that plays with the canon narrative about her Baterilla life, for even if the was a former pirate finding peace in the South Blue, Roger’s was just not any crew for her face to remain unknown, meaning she would most likely not be welcomed or have the marines called on her without the need of a pregnancy. Then, this fame would also make it too easy to do the maths and figure that if she’s pregnant, her baby’s father might be Roger and even if their relationship is not unknown, there would be no taking chances in playing the ‘it could be any man’s’ game. I see everything in canon rendering the argument very… poor.

Then, I believe it to be a projection of the whole King Luffy and Queen Nami idea - and maybe an association between Nami’s orange hair and Rouge’s strawberry blonde which are, again, poor arguments. 

Finally, I consider it quite insulting when a fandom will insist on forcing a female character of importance to be more active, of action or associated with values and cultural expressions within the male sphere, as though only doing so validates her! Rouge doesn’t even get a full page in the manga, yet, her existence has great importance in the general story of One Piece and it’s remarkable that a woman so unknown can have this prominence.

Then, if we consider the anime, everything points to a rather domestic lady, whether her demeanour is calm and submissive or not. Apparently, people have a hard time accepting that such a woman can have the importance she does and will find arguments such as saying she was a navigator to justify it, as though there’s anything wrong with not being a navigator - with being, say, a regular lady of no apparent extraordinary features or traits (save for her beauty). As far as I’m concerned… it’s this ‘usualness’ that might have interested Roger, as it makes a good contrast with his own demeanour and balances it out - but that would be a guessing canon doesn’t offer proof for either, I reckon.

My point is, I do not see Rouge as a woman of action and no need to maker her one: every woman has value. There are many kinds of strengths. Not only woman of action are ‘strong’ and that’s quite a male’s view of the subject. (And I do hate it when those who advocate for strong women are the first ones not to understand the concept and belittle women who do not embrace the male sphere). Rouge has a mother’s strength and that is of great value - several societies equal the role of mother with that of a warrior at some point or the other.

I envision Rouge as delicate, which doesn’t mean frail - of course she can’t be too frail if she’s in a relationship with that over-the-top Roger, but then again that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t have toned it down for her. A man can be rather brutish and eager for trouble but be caring to the woman he fancies. Humans are complex like that.

I agree with her getting her hands dirty. I don’t think she’s afraid of manual labour and living alone she might have carried her own wood for the winter. Maybe her resilience points to this, too, for we see her out and about during pregnancy (in the anime), meaning she can soldier on her own way. I imagine she likes to bake and leave pies to cool down on the window sill - again, maybe it’s just that I see nothing wrong with being a strong homemaker, provided this is the woman’s free will.

One headcanon I believe I have included in this or that thread or drabble as ‘fact’ or as something Ace imagines is that Rouge was beloved by her community. 

Maybe it’s her ethereal look - slender, donning the blue that is a sacred colour in Christendom, and if you know me you know I see a religious motif surrounding Ace and even Whitebeard and, here, Rouge. Maybe it’s her kindness - it’s a guess but can you see this woman being unkind?

My Ace believes his mother was a very beloved woman, because how could she not be so? (in his idea of her) when she’s so kind to everyone and graceful and her voice beautiful?

And woah this is long… Will you tell me your ideas of her?