#a cis male in his 50s or whatever

[jekyll-hatepage]

Utterson's mental health would be so much better if he could listen to Fiona Apple

[transmasczeroone]

On coming out as trans:

I live in a very middle-class, Christian, conservative area, so I was bracing myself for the worst when I decided to come out publically to my co-workers and customers. (I work in a restaurant/bar that attracts a particular demographic: Imagine middle-aged ladies coming to brunch, older men coming for a pint after work, families bringing their children and dogs, most of them white, wealthy, and cishet. For context, I'm also 5 ft 4, and pre-everything, with a gender neutral name that leans towards the girly side, at least in my country.)

The first co-worker I came out to was a low-level supervisor, a gay cis guy in his 20s. He was a bit confused at first, had to ask a lot of questions to understand exactly what was changing, but ever since then he has been unconditionally supportive. He volunteered to tell the other managers that I'm trans, so I didn't need to go through the stress of that conversation multiple times.

The rest of the managers/supervisors (all cishet) at some point or another said that I can go to them if customers or other staff bother me (which hasn't happened at all), and all get my pronouns right most of the time, and are quick to correct themselves when they don't. They even go out of their way to use affirming language - one of my co-workers realised one day that that were no women on shift at the time, turned to me and said something about it being a boys' club and included me in that category. They celebrate my small wins, and the big ones, everything from "nice haircut!" to "ohmygod you're going on testosterone soon?? I'm so happy for you!!"

One of the managers - a cishet woman in her 50s, and the one I expected to have the worst reaction - asked a lot of questions to better understand me and offered to introduce me to her friend, who is also a trans man. This is a big deal to me, because I don't know any other trans men in my area. According to my co-workers, she's better at getting my pronouns right than almost anyone else.

Another cishet guy I work with is in his 60s had to ask what my he/him badge meant when he first saw it, and now he always makes a point of getting my pronouns right, especially in front of other people who she/her me based on my appearance or who need a reminder.

The male customers I serve on the bar tend to ask what the badge means (although some prefer to stare at it in confusion and not comment at all). My usual response is, "It's to remind people that I'm not a girl, since a lot of people think I am," which omits a huge chunk of the truth, but isn't a lie. I've never had a bad response, though.

When I explain, they often say, "Wow, I never would have guessed you were a man" (ouch, dysphoria) and apologise genuinely and quite profusely for calling me "she" or "sweetheart" or whatever earlier in the interaction. They're eager to assure me that they meant no disrespect. Some even notice the badge and apologise without having to ask what it means. Nobody contradicts me, nobody is sarcastic or thinks I'm joking, and nobody has ever said anything transphobic to me or asked invasive questions. Some get confused and sort of gloss over my explanation, but nobody has been hateful. Sometimes they seem to accept me as a cis guy, other times they're clearly aware that I'm trans, but it doesn't affect their response either way.

The worst thing I've encountered is customers who see the he/him badge, blatantly ignore it, and then misgender me throughout the interaction. Not ideal, of course, but far better than what I was expecting.

This entire experience has reminded me of a time I read in a comment somewhere that transphobes are a very vocal minority, that transphobia feels like it's ramping up recently because transphobes know they're losing the war and are screaming in a desperate attempt to be taken seriously. They're scared that all their fearmongering and hatred is, in fact, getting them nowhere. Maybe there's some truth to that.

As I said before, I live in a conservative, middle-class area, and there are no queer bars, bookshops, etc. for miles and miles, but there are at least 3 churches within a 15 minute walk of my house. And in the 5 months I've been out publically, the worst transphobia I've faced from a co-worker or stranger is just them not using my pronouns until corrected.

I'm not saying don't be careful when you come out. I'm not saying that things always go well. Sometimes they go awfully, and I've had my own bad experiences.

What I am saying is that my faith in cis people has been restored to quite an astonishing degree, that sometimes people can surprise you in wonderful ways, that there are people out there willing to accept and respect us, and sometimes you find them where you least expect them.

[chevvy-yates]

OC INTERVIEW

got tagged by @alphanight-vp. Thank you sm 🤍

As I got four boys I will only pick Ryder for now, as I assume he's the secret crowd favorite. If it happens I get tagged again I'll pick another as I do not have the energy to do all four atm.

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Decided to let Ry answer. All in italic is what he thinks for himself as further answers as he usually doesn't like these sort of rather boring and timewasting questioning and even more so doesn't tell that to strangers. So it's not a must to let the oc speak but I felt like doing it for this one. It's just Ryder thinks a lot for himself especially with strangers. He holds back his true wants and interests very often and only gives harsh answers to them that don't tell much about him.

—

///_NAME?

"You scanned me, right? It says 'Ryder' — and that is how you are allowed to call me. No last name, Just Ryder. Is all you need to know." — I'm a fucking von Scharfenberg, some high royal German Corpo. If I would spit that into your face you would probably only laugh and your answer would be "This is a joke right?". Kein Scherz, I'm the son of the CEO of Militech. The useless boy who disappeard several years ago. I had reasons enough to leave this shitty live.

///_NICKNAME?

"You are a rando so for you I am still 'Ryder', ist das klar?" — My nickname is 'Ry' but I only allow my closest friends and loved ones to call me like that. Thyjs calls me 'snoep' and I think that sounds beautiful. He only says it when we are just for us. So ein Süßi.

///_GENDER?

"Cis male."

///_STAR_SIGN?

"It spans 210–240° ecliptic longitude under the constellation of Scorpius, so it's Scorpio." — Sometimes though I feel like a cancer in a leather jacket rather than a true Scorpio.

///_HEIGHT?

"I'm 1,88m tall. Translate it to inches, feet or whatever you count in by yourself." — Why can't this world have a consistent meassurement system? Geht mir so auf die Nüsse! Apple hat's doch auch vor gefühlt 50 Jahren geschafft Thunderbolt dem USB-C Standard anzupassen und heut' gibts das nicht mal mehr!

///_ORIENTATION?

"Gay. Top only."

///_FAVORITE_FRUIT?

"I rarely eat fruits. They are expensive as fuck these days."

///_FAVORITE_SEASON?

"Clearly Fall. I like the wet rainy air way more than hot sweaty summers."

///_FAVORITE_FLOWER?

There we go— the standard questions are popping up once again. Wieso jetzt Blumen? This is getting lame. — "I always forget the name. Ask Thyjs, not me. He knows it for sure. It's pretty. Dark purple is all I can remember."

///_FAVORITE_SCENT?

"The smell of a thick dark and green German forest. Cedarwood, moss and earthy scents. That paired with rain? Beste!" — I miss that a lot. — "If you want to know a fragrance instead: Aramis. Its notes? Like the way I'm smelling for you right now minuse the cigarette smoke." — I see you start sweating. Unübersehbar. Aramis never fails.

//_COFFEE_OR_TEA?

TEE? — "Brudi, Tee kommt mir gar nicht in die Tüte! Give me a fucking beer! Faust. Astra. Or a Tannenzäpfle. Man, I even take your lousy American beer or a Heinaken if I have to but please — no fucking tea!" — Coffee in the morning is alright though and gets me going.

///_AVERAGE_HOURS_OF_SLEEP?

"Man, why always these lame questions? Fucking hell. I do not track my sleep. If I sleep, I fucking sleep! If it's 4 or 8 hours – I do not care!" — To be honest, I rarely got a good sleep – not before Thyjs came into my life as he distracts me a lot. I mean if I found sleep, i slept, but there's been a time I slept like two hours and I needed booster meds to stay awake. Beast pounds almost 24/7 in my head — try find some sleep with it. almost impossible …

///_DOG_OR_CAT_PERSON?

-Sighs rather agressively- These questions are getting on my nerves. — "Dogs."

///_DREAM_TRIP?

SEH ICH SO AUS ALS WÜRD ICH DAS NEM RANDO WIE DIR MITTEILEN WOLLEN!? -tries to stay calm- — "Just be somewhere alone with my soldier visiting several spots in Europe. Where is none of your business." — I would love to show Thyjs where I've grown up and played as a kid. Back then life was easy and carefree. I would love to see Amsterdam. Love to travel up to Sweden or Norway and see the Aurora Borealis, have a great look at the stars as Night City's massive lighting during the night blocks nearly ever star up there. I miss Berlin and the clubbing there. Want to go back and lay down onto the old tarmac at Tempelhof. Explore old ruins along the Rhein and I want to do it all with my soldier.

///_FAVORITE_FICTIONAL_CHARACTER?

"None. Don't read. Not much of a tv or movie fan either." — I wasn't allowed to read or watch anything that has to do with 'fandom' as it was only distraction and nonsense. I was told TV programs are there to keep people dumb and busy from looking away from what happens in the world and from edjucating themselves. But once I met V and he did his 80s retro movie nights I liked Indiana Jones a lot.

///_NUMBER_OF_BLANKET_YOU_SLEEP_WITH?

"Next question!" — Only one blanket and Thyjs in between. At least for a bit because we separate fast as the heat, our bodies emmit, becomes too much waking us up all the time. But I love to fall asleep with him this way. He calms me and it's like he pushes Beast into a corner, silences it for a while just by his presnece. No one else is able to do that.

///_RANDOM_FACT?

"What would you do if I told you I am a cyberpsycho?" — -stares at you with a steady gaze and bared teeth- Now, pack your things an go before it gets worse. I'm holding back already.

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tagging:

@imaginarycyberpunk2023, @elvenbeard, @morganlefaye79, @ouroboros-hideout, @aggravateddurian, @dreamskug, @wraithsoutlaws, @gloryride @cherryrockpops and @streetkid-named-desire

as always not a must and idk if u been tagged already or not, but feel free to do anytime, especially if you got more blorbos than one!

[disruptedlogic]

pedro pascal . 50. cismale. he/him. ┊┊ EMILIO GUTIERREZ, better known as agent CUPCAKE has been with cerberus corp as an eo since 2011 and is LEVEL III. A BAD BRAWL has gifted them DANGER DETECTION, though HE HAS TO BE NEARBY TO SENSE DANGER has also been noted. when they aren’t protecting the tri-state area, they are fond of RUNNING HIS FOOD TRUCK and are never seen without HIS GOLD CHAIN. civilians think they are FRIENDLY & OUTGOING, but some of the other agents see them as DISTRACTED & UNSERIOUS. cerberus corp should consider the fact that their last mission status was NOT COMPLETED BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SHOW UP when giving out the next one.

tw: death & violence .

001.  GENERAL .

name  emilio gutierrez nicknames  em, emil, milo age  48 date of birth  april 2nd, 1973 zodiac  aries place of birth  somewhere in new york current residence  somewhere in new york gender  cis male pronouns  he/him sexuality  unspecified occupation  security guard/food truck owner

faceclaim  pedro pascal height  5’11 tattoos  none piercings  none distinguishing features  being extra handsome

positive traits friendly, outgoing, loyal & straightforward negative traits  distracted, unorganized & unserious labels / tropes  tbd likes food, relaxing car drives, taking naps in his food truck, spending quality time with others dislikes going to missions fears  dying for real hobbies  running his food truck (that doesn't actually sell cupcakes) habits  misplacing his reading glasses, always rambling especially in stressful situations, constantly clearing his throat, clenching his jaw and scratching his face

002.  EXTRA ORDINARY .

near death experience…  emilio didn’t grow up in the greatest neighborhood. it was definitely a low income community and his parents had too many kids to keep track of. he quickly found himself running with the wrong crowd of people and started to find himself in more and more trouble as the days passed. after one particular outing with his friends not long after his fifteenth birthday, they ended up fighting a group of men much older than they were. none of them really stood a chance against these men and it was only over something as dumb as one of his friends took their son’s bike. the fight seemed to last forever and once emilio fell to the ground, the beating didn’t stop. next thing he knew, the world went black. emilio didn’t know how long he was out for but he woke up in the hospital a week later just to learn that his heart had stopped and he was dead for a few minutes.

a couple of months had passed before he was fully back on his feet and started to get back into his old ways. he was heading to the local park with his friends when he started to get a weird feeling that he was in danger. he tried to ignore it but as they got closer the more anxiety he felt. when they arrived they encountered a robbery that was happening. the group of friends quickly broke it up but emilio was still on edge the rest of the day. he knew that it felt much more than a simple gut reaction.

power…  his power is danger detection and it feels like a gut feeling but much more intense sensation. he can only use it when he’s nearby and the closer that he gets to the threat, the more intense the feeling gets. since it only happens when he’s near danger, he has no control over his ability and there’s not a technique he can perfect. (see above for how he found out about his power bc i combined the things). he started working a security job at eighteen and it helped him move up pretty fast in his position since he could always break up and prevent most things from getting too out of hand.

drawbacks / vulnerabilities… the biggest struggle that he deals with from his ability is the toll that it takes on his mental health. since there’s no way to really turn his ability off, he’s always in some state of high alert while things happen around him. as the years progressed his “gut feeling” triggered some sort of panic or anxiety as he waits to face whatever danger is lurking near him. he’s definitely been put on lots of different medications over the years but nothing has seemed to help him.

cerberus corp…  he was sought out in 2010 when cerberus was first formed but he denied the offer. he was very comfortable with his life. he was married with a child and he was head of security at his job. he was told that his ability that he found to be more of a burden would be useful for them. when his marriage started to fall apart the next year, he reached out to accept their offer. he’s been here twelve years now and he knows how useful his power is on important missions, he’s been finding himself trying to stay out of the field much as he can which is why he’s still a level iii after all of this time. when he does choose to go on missions he always has a partner because he’s only there to sense where the danger is coming from. he likes being an agent but he’s glad he can still do security and when he feels like it he can open his food truck for service.

codename…  he chose the name for himself. he thought it would be funny and didn’t think that much about it. he’ll answer to cupcake or emilio but his friends tend to call him cupcake.

003.  EXTRA .

an ex wife & possibly a son or daughter. he’s been divorced for about ten years

[succiducus]

{michael ealy, 50, cis-male, he/him} We are so glad to see you safe, COURT PHYSICIAN RAFAEL ETIENAM of ETHIOPIA! It’s dangerous out in the world these days, but I hear that you are OUTSPOKEN and GENTLE enough to handle it. Just don’t let your MAWKISHNESS bring you down! Stay on your guard, because with your secret being at risk for exposure, you wouldn’t want everyone to find out you're the reason your ex-partner was arrested for treason threads: 0/5 | drafted: 0/0 | biography + connections | next reply: tba

b a s i c s //

birth name: rafael james etienam

birthday: december 30th (capricorn)

occupation: court physician of ethiopia

orientation: pansexual / panromantic

status: single / divorced

languages: english, amharic, arabic, french.

character influences: abby griffin (the 100), will gorski (sense8).

tarot card: the empress

p r o l o g u e //

The house was burning; the curtains were awash in fiery light; at the edge of his cradle, a man and woman asleep despite his bellowing cries and the loud cracks and bangs of splintering and burning wood. They woke when the windows shattered, shrieked and ran in nothing but their bed clothes, clutching their newborn son to their chests in hopes that he would live through smoke inhalation and potential burns. The infant was unscathed, a healthy baby boy with all his fingers and toes, his skin untouched by arson.  A new home; a new country - it was what Rafael grew up understanding as normal. He would grow comfortable with new neighbors, build friendships, and then, in a night, they would be onto new pastures with new people and a new language, leaving behind their home for one reason or another. His father would tell him that they wanted him to experience the world and he never questioned it for a long time. They moved through Hatzfeld's Germany, through the Ottoman Empire ruled by the house of Abdul, down through Persia under the rule of Qajar, and finally landed in the lands of the Solomon’s - a safe haven and the place of his mother’s birth. There, at the age of ten, he found himself no longer wondering when their next move would be but daydreaming about what he would do next.  Fall ill was what he would do, much to his surprise. It started in the late night, a fever of 103; the seizures came swiftly afterward; and the vomiting next. Unable to keep food in, unable to drink water, the ten year old started deteriorating so quickly that his mother had no choice but to beg the queen for assistance; she would help him, perhaps not as a queen or a healer but as a mother.  She did. Whatever she had done, the seizures stopped, the vomiting came and went, and finally his fever broke. It took him a while but the child grew into a man who kept medicine close to his heart. Instead of studying under the hand of the queen, he decided to train in England, a mistake that he would only rid himself of in his mid-twenties. There, he learned of his father’s treachery, of the reason they continued to run; he’d paid his debts for him but doesn’t speak of how.  With new knowledge (both professional and personal) he returned to Ethiopia and began working in the palace under the supervision of the head physician. That’s where his life changed for the better. A goofy man with a charming smile and a flirtatious nature about him found himself in his infirmary. Rafael wouldn’t admit to love at first sight but by the sixth time he had landed himself in his care for minor injuries and what he could only assume to be feigned happenings, his stomach would flutter in his presence, his palms would perspire, and words? He couldn’t remember them. Ending up in his embrace time after time hadn’t been the plan but something drew him in; he felt safe and familiar - he felt like a part of his soul residing in another body. They created a space of support, of drive, of safety - both Otto and Rafael rose in ranks and fell more in love at the same time. Their wedding was the scariest day of his life despite it all, he worried that his father’s treason would trickle from father to son and from son to husband; he was terrified of losing him to death. He never thought that he might lose him to recklessness but with the death of the dowager queen and the attack that led to it, he’s starting to wonder if it’s a possibility.

t i m e s k i p //

After the king's disappearance, Rafael's mind began to twist and turn, ridden with guilt of knowledge that he kept securely guarded in the back of his mind. He had very little to do with the king's disappearance, in fact, he, much like everyone else had been shocked at the news. However, and as much as he hoped it to be merely a wrong assumption, he began to worry that his husband's thirst for power played a hand in it. Learned lessons from the past was the reason he found himself knelt in the throne room, admitting his fears, knowledge, and worries to the high court of the Solomon's once returned home from The Mughal Empire. It ended with his husband being arrested for treason and Rafael being left to pick up the pieces that such a scandal shook in his life. At least, he thought, Otto would be safe until proven guilty, if proven at all.

p r e s e n t d a y //

He doesn't regret it, getting his husband locked up for treason, his only regret is not having done it sooner. Over the course of the year, the physician had come to realize that his love for him had blinded his morale. While Otto worked himself into the ground by paying off people, by doing shady things behind the scenes; by potentially bringing harm without care toward their empire - he had been healing every soldier, every mother and child, and most importantly, the monarchs themselves. He did not have any ill wishes; he did not wish to harm anyone, for any price or any manner of power.

c o n n e c t i o n s //

otto estrada (ex-husband - npc) - to be written.

[henrythewere]

[ steven ogg | he/him] Another face is seeking safety in New Orleans. Make sure to welcome HENRY LYONS to the home of the resilient. Rumor has it that they are an 50 year old WEREWOLF, who is one of the SACRIFICED but we’ll keep that a secret. They are said to be QUICK TO ANGER, but that’s all a façade to cover up their LOYAL nature. We’ve heard that they can be found listening to BORED OF YOU by AGENT ORANGE, which sums them up pretty well. Let’s hope that they can find a way to survive this harsh new world.

Name: Henry Lyons

Nickname(s): Hen, Hens

Gender/Sex: Cis male

Age: 50

Height: 6'5 (195.58 cm)

Weight: 190 lb (86.1826 kg)

Wardrobe: Typically seen in ripped shirts (usually sleeveless), torn jeans, and boots. Really anything you can find at a dingy thrift store, he's probably wearing it.

Likes: Punk music, forests, exploring, reading, alcohol.

Dislikes: Sudden loud noises, fireworks, flashing lights, screaming, storms.

Quirks/Habits: Adrenaline junkie, very questionable when people are being kind to him, tends to sniff frequently (due to enhanced smell).

Fears: Being abandoned, rejection, death, humiliation.

Bio: Growing up was way harder for Henry than it probably should have been. He was stuck with a mother who would always go out drinking at any chance she got, leaving him alone with whatever revolving door of men she brought around. He was always taken advantage of, hit, beaten, whatever you can think of. He was exhausted of it, and one day in his teenhood, he ran off.

He ran as far as he could, hitching rides until he was as far away as possible. Thats when he landed in New Orleans. He's been here ever since, just trying to make a proper (or as proper as he can) life for himself, trying his very hardest to push past those memories from when he was a child. He does still have moments where his PTSD will hit and he will just be found sitting still, not moving a muscle, in a panic, but they're luckily rare now.

[eclipsecrowned]

+6 NEW MUSES ADDED!

Baldur's Gate update pack, including two PCs and four canons, spanning from the original games to 3. All have been added to the Mobile Muse Page, but the bios will also be posted under the cut. Like for me to approach you to plot with any of them!

Viconia DeVir (Canon, Divergent as of BG3 ; FC TBD ; Drow ; 300+ ; Pansexual ; Cis woman, She/Her ; Cleric ;  Darkness calls to her. She rejects it, too, in her own ways, wearing Gods like statement pieces to be doffed when the new trend arrives. Raised a priestess of Lolth, Viconia found herself heretical in her refusal to sacrifice an innocent or to offer her own neck to saveh er House. Fleeing to te surface after life in the Underdark became untenable, life on the surface proved its own special layer of the Hells. Yet there was always opportnity for a woman of her wits and beauty, and falling in Shar's faithful was the first turning point in her life under the sun. The second was falling in with a team of adventurers, led by a young Bhaalspawn who could easily play both protector and pawn to Viconia. An able Cleric and an acerbic wit, she wears her disdain as armor and refuses to let others near enough to hurt her. Yet much can change in the flow of time, and the world might see one last divine betrayal on the part of Menzoberranzan's prodigal daughter.)

Ismail of Candlekeep (Player Character ; Haaz Sleiman ; Human ; 20-50s ; Bisexual ; Cis male, He/Him ; Wizard ; The Bhaalspawn of legend, who rose up against his own blood to fight for Faerun. Though his journey began inauspiciously, as a young man thrown into the world for the first time, he carved out a name for himself as mage and alleged hero. Though his methods and morality might be controversial at time, his pragmatic approach to the world has a way of opening doors and keeping alliances flexible, which serves his own ends neatly. Upon emptying the throne of Bhaal and seeming to smite his divine father, he retired from adventuring for a time, returning to the road only when his family was threatened. As of the Absolute crisis, the man has been dead for nearly a century -- but his tale, it seems, does not end there, or with any peace.)

Haer'Dalis (Canon ; FC TBD ; Tiefling ; Appears late 20s ; Bisexual ; Masc, He/Him ; Bard ; One troupe's visionary is another company's madman, and one plane's rebel is another plane's monster. Haer'Dalis has always been adept at walking between poles, the son of an Elven planeswalker and a lady Fiend, claiming to be Tiefling when skewing a bit closer to Hell than most can imagine. Still, there's whimsy in his darkness, and fire in his veins that calls for adventure. How lucky, then, that he crosses the path of a seasoned leader intent on saving the Material Plane from threats beyond the understanding of most. Acting as fool and advisor in equal measure, Haer'Dalis rises to the occasion to play hero. It's just one of several roles he has been called to perform, and he relishes the opportunity. If he can find new connections among the happy troupe, whatever shape they might take, then so much the better.)

Miruna Blackthorn (Player Character / Companion ; Julia Ormond ; (Alleged) High Elf ; 35 ; Pansexual ; Femme, She/Her ; Bard ; Divine blood is not the only kind that runs. Rivers of it lie in her wake, innocent and enemy alike, with a sundered mind that was once cold and clear as a diamond. But ambition was her folly, both her own and that of her companions. All she knows now is the Nautiloid, the crash, and the ghost of kills from another life. There is a beast in her demanding to be fed, and in a world so full of horror, she finds it hard to argue for resistance. Yet if she is not the leader of this merry band, she is content to throw her lot with those who know more than she does, and act according to what benefits the needs of the group. Yet try as she might ot obscure her darkness under beauty and song, it gathers in her eyes and clots her throat. A horrific mystery, Miruna does what she can to understand her past and discover who she was -- and whatever she might become.)

Thaniel (Canon ; FC TBD ; Nature Spirit ; Ageless, appears as a child ; No ; Masc, He/Him ; Mage-Adjacent ; Once, there was a boy who dwelt among his father's dominion, singular upon the earth, a living splinter of the Heartlands. Bound to that same land, he pursued life with all a child's demanding, seeking companionship and challenge. It was the sort of life from a storybook, but every fairy tale has its ending. Another father's loss was the downfall of Silvanus' rule of the region, and the Oakfather's son fell into the shadows. Yet one of his friends never forgot him, and a part of him lived on in the remains of what had been Thaniel's home. After one hundred years, new pages are written into the story, promising potential rescue and hope for the future, and to reunions of both friends and self. Never you mind his queer ways, his young voice speaking of slaying tyrants. He is no true child, and was not wrought of mortal hands, and a hundred years is as long to him as it is to mayflies like his saviors.)

Vellioth the Martinet (Canon ; Jeremy Irons ; Half-Elf / Vampire ; Ageless, phys. 50s ; Bisexual ; Cis, He/Him ; Fighter ; His name is torn from the histories, his portraits burned on a pyre, but Vellioth will never be simply a memory. He is as much a part of the Szarr estate as the stones, and not just in metaphor. A mercenary whose history has been lost, he came to serve Donella Szarr exclusively in his prime, and was favored and broken by his lady over the years til she saw fit to make an 'equal' of him. Serving the Szarrs even in undeath, he lost his connection to his god, his community, and even himself. But it was a trifling price for immortality, and his god did demand that some serve while others rule. It was only on a whim that the Szarrs were destroyed but for a single boy, that Vellioth usurped his Maker and ruled her shadow empire. Once secure in his power, he focused on expanding his influence as Master Vampire and Banite, enforcing discipline among the Spawn. Yet the Szarr boy he spared rose up in due time, as is the way of the world. A third death followed, but even this was not peace. Bound to the estate he once served and ruled, Vellioth's spirit lingers there, whispering of his killer's failures, watching with joy as the boy turns towards slavery to the infernal for what he calls true power.)

[unveilhq]

congratulations on your acceptance, ian & melli ! please make sure you check the next steps here

milo manheim, gay, cis male + he/him/his→ isn’t that oliver coil? i’ve seen them hanging out with the gorgons. i hear they’re 150, but they’ve only been in alexandria for ??? years. they seem to be laid back & chill, but also tongue-in-cheek & dismissive.

skeet ulrich, homosexual, cis male + he/him/his → isn’t that frank embalm? i’ve seen them hanging out with the siphoners. i hear they're 54, but they’ve only been in alexandria for 12 years. they seem to be endearing & nurturing, but also imposing & jealous. it’s cool that they’re capable of technopathy, telekinesis, teleportation and intangibility!

shawn ashmore, homosexual, male + he/him → isn’t that nathan gray? i’ve seen them hanging out with the nephilims. i hear they’re 120, but they’ve only been in alexandria for 120 years. they seem to be eloquent & affectionate, but also feisty & uptight.

also, FIVE new wanted connections have been added!

did you hear florian silverstone (paul rudd), our resident fairy, is looking for their baby daddy + on/off partner? they’re a 300+ year old fairy who arrived in the chateau utp years ago. they look like gabriel macht, jake gyllenhaal, robert downey jr, open 40+ jewish fc. the player does require you to contact them prior to filling this out. - i'll leave it pretty open but at some point florian and his baby daddy met and had paxton. i figured they're on/off for whatever reason and maybe he's back in town, though we can hammer out the details together. - @newsalvations

did you hear lucretius sharma (rahul kohli), our resident djinn, is looking for their younger brother(s)? they’re a ~1500 year old djinn who arrived in the chateau utp years ago. they look like open south asian fcs who resemble rahul. the player does require you to contact them prior to filling this out. - pretty open ended. they were born in venice and after they were forced to flee, they all went their seperate ways and have run into each other over the years. lucky has been in alexandria since the towns founding. only requirment is they have roman names (regulus, quintus, etc) - @newsalvations

did you hear lysander finch (robert scott wilson), our resident siphoner, is looking for their brother(s)? they’re a ~25-34 year old witch who arrived in the chateau within the last few days/weeks. they look like utp / as long as they resemble robert. the player does require you to contact them prior to filling this out. - i have a pretty extensive history for lysander but he's from a powerful witch family and is the oldest child who was supposed to be the next supreme. instead, he showed no magical gifts and was neglected by his parents who focused on his multiple siblings who were witches. they later learned lysander is a siphoner and thought it was disgraceful so he was locked away and forced to teach himself. he'd eventually be framed for murdering their mom & forced to flee. his dad has made his siblings believe lysander is guilty and tried to track him down to no success. maybe your character has recently found him but believes lysander? idk. - @newsalvations

did you hear malachi edelman (ronen rubinstein), our resident heretic, is looking for their sire/maker? they’re a UTP year old vampire/heretic who arrived in the chateau UTP ago. they look like rafael silva, jordan calloway, jon hamm, charles michael davis, open to others. the player does not require you to contact them prior to filling this out. - malachi has always been interested in power and becoming a better magic user, and one way they knew to do that was to get turned into a heretic so they managed to talk your muse into turning him. what their relationship is like and how they get along now that mal has been turned can be discussed upon taking this connect :) @unveiledveins 

did you hear omar nadeau (idris elba), our resident witch, is looking for their ex? they’re a 50+ year old UTP who arrived in the chateau recently. they look like chris hemsworth, oliver jackson cohen, aldis hodge, mark consuelos, alexander skarsgard, utp. the player does not require you to contact them prior to filling this out. - omar and this muse had dated for a good chunk of time until about ten years ago when my muse caught yours cheating. it could have potentially been a misunderstanding, or your muse did just wind up cheating, but it made omar a bit skeptical to love and he has kept himself closed off. this muse can be coming to alexandria to win him back OR to cause chaos or to just live in alexandria. totally up to you. - @unveiledveins 

[kitsunebishake]

this is just a little rant about how queer fire emblem engage is

I abstained myself from going on this rant on the tags of anotjer post because I know I'm annoying as hell lmfao

also mild spoilers tho I already speak vaguely by nature so nothing huuuge

OK SO can we just take a moment??? to think about how fucking queer this game is???

we have diamant pondering how pretty alfred is and comparing him to a serene and beautiful flower covered scenery

we have rosado wanting fogado to think he's the cutest person ever

whatever the fuck was that support with alcryst and fogado

MARYGOLD AND ETIE???? FEELING EACH OTHER'S SKIN????? LIKE????

rosado's entire existence is queer no matter from which side you look at it too, transfem? transmasc? fem gay? nonbinary? all of them, literally could be all of them

ivy in general is peak pathetic woman OTD material, she IS the fictional lesbian standard

(yes I am aware they're technically all bisexual but me HC 2 of them as gay/lesbian is not bad... I think)

kagetsu and alfred @ diamant and boucheron is so fucking queer too like I couldn't stop laughing because they made me feel a bit self aware LMFAO (they could be a polycule too who knows)

and speaking of muscles, why the fuck bunet was so okay with the idea of alfred licking his muscles? 💀 THAT'S NOT NORMAL MY DUDE, I MEAN I KNOW ALFRED IS PRETTY BUT DAMN

I think celine and chloe were also very 🏳️‍🌈

and merrin, which is literally inverse rosado

I have not watched all the supports but I'm sure if I did I'd find even more stuff to point at like a wojack meme and go "queer."

the resident cis gay man on my Facebook friend list who is constantly talking about wanting to get railed also has deemed male alear is extremely queer just for existing, so has one of the 50 lesbians on my twitter friend circles

and you know what? I think I can see why

there's also THAT scene during chapter 10 which made the VTuber I watch go from shaming his chat for being thirsty for the evil dragon to "oh shit, I get it now, that's kinda hot" which is like peak homoerotic violence

I'm sure there's more I've seen but I have forgotten

back to thinking about diamant and alfred kissing

EDIT: I wrote this on the 15th, it is currently the 16th and I have to say... I was right, there's a lot more queer

I have officially watched all of rosado's supports and some of them in Japanese, and it is incredible how they just didn't translate some parts? I need a transcript to confirm, but I'm pretty sure rosado uses 中性 to describe his townsfolk... that means gender neutral, literally the kanji for medium/middle + sex/gender

he also specifically mentions cutesy men and cool women, confirming people from his village are not just cute but in general showcase different types of beauty, regardless of gender (and yes! he also says the "regardless of gender" part in Japanese too! I love him sm)

there's also the first support with louis which I think is really funny because the ENGLISH VERSION JUST REMOVED TJE PART WITH "EVEN THOUGH I'M A BOY????" LMFAO

I imagine because they thought it was offensive or something? but I think it makes sense, fogado said to celine the firenese appear unsociable and closed off to those from other lands, closed off being the key word here

rosado obviously doesn't care about gender, much less his own, and he clearly doesn't even care when people find him cute and stare at him, he was quite comfortable with seadall and fogado staring, so he was probably just surprised a firenese (*he probs doesn't know mauvier was firenese, he doesn't seem to talk about that too much) would find him please to look at as well, much less on the level louis was staring lol

also, I think in general the Japanese version was cuter, cuz it has louis explicitly saying he doesn't give a shit about gender/sex :3

(also my HC is currently that rosado is a fem transmasc and merrin a masc transfem... balanced, as all things should be)

EDIT 2: it's the 18th and I have no idea why I didn't mention seadall at all

but he is also queer, everything he does is extremely queer

him watching rosado bathe is... certainly something

(also him being the "women looking unkempt after using 83738477448 skin and hair care products vs men looking perfect after washing with only water and soap" meme with rosado is god tier content)

[madamemonsieurbonhomme]

My MMLM Headcanons for Mr. Bump

Hi! I have been thinking of doing my headcanons for the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters. I already know that Mr. Tickle was the very first Mr. Men Little Miss character (actually the very first Mr. Man (Mr. Men character)) (ever) created (by Roger Hargreaves (back in 1971 (actually (back) on August 10th, 1971))), but I’m going to start off with my headcanons for Mr. Bump (who is my absolute most favorite Mr. Man (Mr. Men character) in the whole entire Mr. Men Little Miss franchise). So, well, here I go!

1. I already know that Mr. Bump and Little Miss Whoops are siblings, but I (strongly) believe that Mr. Bump is the younger sibling and Little Miss Whoops is the older sibling. And if they were/are twins, (I (strongly) believe that) Little Miss Whoops would (definitely) be (is ((most) definitely)) the older twin and Mr. Bump would (definitely) be (is ((most) definitely)) the younger twin by 50 minutes.

2. Although that Roger Hargreaves’ original story of Mr. Bump was published in 1971 ((or) probably (maybe most likely) published on August 10th, 1971) (as one of the first six Mr. Men books (to be/that were) published in 1971), I (strongly) believe that Mr. Bump’s birthday is (actually) November 20th. And if he and Little Miss Whoops were/are twins, Miss Whoops’ birthday would also be (is also) November 20th. (But still, if they were/are twins, (I (strongly) believe that) Little Miss Whoops would (definitely) be (is ((most) definitely)) the older twin and Mr. Bump would (definitely) be (is ((most) definitely)) the younger twin by 50 minutes.)

3. Mr. Bump is Autistic.

4. Mr. Bump stims by doing raptor arms, flapping, tapping his foot, making his arms like chicken wings (like in a chicken wing position (the way people would (when they want to make their arms like (bird) wings))), making chicken noises (such as clucking like chickens and crowing like roosters), singing, humming, yodeling, scratching with his feet (like a chicken would), gently petting animals or his stuffies/plushies, gently hugging his stuffies/plushies or his dolls, and brushing/combing and/or styling the hair of his dolls.

5. He’s the chubbiest Mr. Man (Mr. Men character) out of the round-shaped (and/or round-to-oval-shaped) Mr. Men Little Miss characters (although I already do know that Mr. Greedy and Little Miss Greedy (Little Miss Plump) are the chubbiest out of all the Mr. Men Little Miss characters).

6. If he had a full human body or if he were fully human, no matter whatever gender he is/was (even if he is/was cis-male or a male-identifying gender (and (also) regardless of if he were/was (either) transmasculine (transmasc) or/and non-binary/genderqueer/agender)), I would say that if he has/had a feminine bust (even if he had (a) chest feminization top surgery), (I think/bet that) it would be the same bust size as (APH) Ukraine from Hetalia. But if he had/has a (natural/naturally) masculine bust instead of a feminine bust)) (but only if he had a full human body or if he were fully human), he would most definitely have man boobs. (Although I would (also) (definitely) make an exception for if he had (a) chest masculinization top surgery).

7. He usually uses he/him/his pronouns, but he’s also okay with she/her and they/them/their pronouns.

8. Mr. Bump is quite a picky eater (especially (mostly) due to having texture issues and being sensitive in his sense of taste due to being Autistic). He doesn’t like any vegetable(s) (except for spinach), he hates eating meat (for example, pork, poultry, beef, mutton, etc.) (but he enjoys eating vegan bacon, veggie dogs (vegan hot dogs), and vegan Buffalo wings), the only fruits he likes are bananas and Gala apples, he hates eating seafood, he hates drinking dairy milk (for example, cow’s milk, goat’s milk, etc.) (but he does enjoy drinking vanilla almond milk and chocolate almond milk), he hates eating eggs (for example, boiled eggs, deviled eggs, raw eggs, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, hard-boiled eggs, etc.) (but he does enjoy eating some foods in which eggs are one of the ingredients (for example, pancakes (hotcakes), cake, waffles, French toast (, maybe etc.)))), and he also prefers plain pasta (no matter the shape of pasta (although his most favorite kinds of pasta are spaghetti, thin spaghetti, angel hair spaghetti, rigatoni, rotini, ziti, and farfalle (bowtie) pasta), his only favorite kind of rice is white rice, his only favorite kind of cheese are shredded mozzarella cheese, sliced non-smoked provolone cheese, and grated parmesan cheese (although he also loves Mini Babybel Original (original flavor(ed)/Original flavor(ed)/Original Flavor(ed)) snack cheese(s)), his only favorite ice cream flavors are vanilla and cookies and creme (as long as they’re creamy (or extra creamy)), his only favorite kinds of bagels are plain bagels, sesame bagels, poppy seed bagels, and sesame and poppy seed bagels (he also can’t stand onions, especially onion bagels and everything bagels) (but he sometimes likes cinnamon raisin bagels), he prefers to use vegan butter (usually almond butter (but/and never olive oil butter)) to spread on bread, bagels, and croissants (regardless if they’re toasted or not) and biscuits (I’m talking about the flaky bread biscuits that you bake in the oven (especially for breakfast)), and the only beverages/drinks that he likes (besides vanilla almond milk and chocolate almond milk) are water, apple juice, orange juice, and hot chocolate. Also, his only favorite flavors of cake are vanilla, chocolate, half vanilla and half chocolate, and vanilla and chocolate marble. Also, he’s a fan of salty snacks (like pretzels and potato chips (Lay’s Original or Wavy (in the Original flavor)), Lay’s Stax (in the Original flavor), and Pringles (in both the Original flavor and the Pizza flavor))) and sweet snacks (like chocolate (milk chocolate, white chocolate, and dark chocolate (that doesn’t taste (too) bitter))), (milk chocolate and white chocolate) Reese’s peanut butter cups, cookies and creme chocolate (like the Hershey’s Cookies and Creme (chocolate/candy/chocolate candy) bar), and crispy chocolate (like the Nestle Crunch (crispy) chocolate (candy/chocolate candy) bar(s)), and sandwich cookies (well, only the chocolate, vanilla, and half chocolate-half vanilla sandwich cookies with the vanilla creme (filling) (especially of the Oreo brand))), and he also enjoys pumpkin seeds (with the shells), (tiny) sunflower seeds (without the shells), Gardetto’s snack mix, Cheetos (only the crunchy Cheetos and the Cheetos puffs (both) in the original flavor), (sea salt) salted roasted almonds, tortilla chips, and Pirate Booty puffed (aged white cheddar) cheese snacks. And he also loves crispy Chow Mein noodles (like the La Choy brand of crispy Chow Mein noodles) and crispy Wonton noodle chips and strips. Oh, and he also loves Chinese fortune cookies. He even regularly gets them in gift baskets whenever he gets sick or whenever he gets (badly) injured (doing something).

9. He’s not quite very robust, but he’s strong (although he’s not as strong as Mr. Strong (who just so happens to be the strongest of the Mr. Men Little Miss characters)). Also, he’s a very silly (inspired by (a (some) headcanon(s) (of Mr. Bump) by) @little-miss-cringe (on Tumblr)), very resilient (inspired by (mostly) the Mr. Men Little Miss Discover You! book “Try Again”), and very caring and kind person (in addition to being very clumsy (as in ((pretty much) even) clumsier than Little Miss Whoops or Little Miss Calamity or Mr. Clumsy)). And (just like Little Miss Brave) he also knows to stand up for anyone (and any animal(s)) who is/are (was/were) being mistreated and/or bullied or who need(s) it whenever they’re being mistreated and/or bullied. And ((also) just like Little Miss Brave), he’s not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. And ((also) like Little Miss Brave), he knows to stand his ground whenever possible, and he also knows when to stand his ground.

10. I think (bet) (that) Mr. Bump is a polyamorous pansexual.

11. Mr. Bump is also anxious and a bit socially awkward. In fact, sometimes whenever he thinks he said something embarrassing, even if no one actually heard him, he just runs away and jumps off (or falls off) the nearest ledge into a river. (This is a headcanon (of Mr. Bump) by @doobledabbadoo (on Tumblr) that I enjoy.)

12. Mr. Bump has tried working at many jobs (either most or all of them being blue-collar), but he kept getting fired due to his clumsiness causing chaos in the workplace. (inspired by (a headcanon (of Mr. Bump) by) @little-miss-cringe (on Tumblr))

13. During the numerous times he tried working at many jobs, Mr. Bump was often harmed by animals, causing him to typically avoid doing anything involving animals during that time (despite that he actually loves animals) but he was pretty much a magnet to rats, especially during that time.

14. Mr. Bump would try to woo any girls, but he’d always fail every time (like Dez from a Disney Channel show titled “Austin & Ally”), which often times resulted in him being harmed by animals. And whenever it happened during the numerous times he tried working at many jobs, it would (always) result in him getting fired (and (often) even result in him being harmed by animals). (So yeah, (I guess you could say that) he was a hopeless romantic.)

15. Mr. Bump is hardworking and responsible most of the time (even though he’s (also) very clumsy and accident-prone), but he tends to doubt himself whenever things don’t go as planned. But his closest friends often comfort him and remind him to be kinder to himself, especially during these situations. (This is a headcanon (of Mr. Bump) by @doobledabbadoo (on Tumblr) that I enjoy.)

16. Like in the original book, Mr. Bump currently (and happily) works as an apple picker. Instead of using a ladder to pick the apples, he just wanders around the orchard and bumps into the trees, which knocks apples off the trees, and he catches the apples that fall from the trees.

17. Ever since Mr. Bump was hired to be an apple picker, he has never been harmed by any animals anymore. (But yes, he’s still super clumsy!) (Also, he’s still a magnet to rats; but he’s now also a magnet to dogs, cats, and chickens.)

18. He’s currently in a romantic relationship with someone, but I’m not telling who it is. (The real reason why I’m not telling in this post whoever Mr. Bump is currently in a romantic relationship with is because everyone, including me, has their own different ideas for MMLM couples. So yeah, you have your ideas and I have my ideas, and that’s totally okay! Love is Love! Everyone can love whoever they want! In fact, we can love whoever we want!)

19. Despite being super clumsy and accident-prone, Mr. Bump is quite talented at crocheting, knitting, sewing, embroidery, and cross-stitch. (He’s also very careful when using scissors.)

20. Mr. Bump also enjoys paper dolls.

21. Mr. Bump also loves dolls and collecting dolls.

22. Mr. Bump also loves learning and studying foreign languages, especially by using Duolingo.

23. Mr. Bump also enjoys cross-dressing.

24. Occasionally, Mr. Bump has actually laid eggs.

25. Whenever given the chance, Mr. Bump has actually incubated eggs by sitting on them like a mother hen (and he’s super careful with the eggs and sitting on them (despite that he’s super clumsy)).

26. Despite being super clumsy and accident-prone, Mr. Bump is also known to be very gentle. He’s also very gentle with animals, especially baby animals, including baby chicks.

27. Mr. Bump has also hatched chicks whenever given the chance to sit on any eggs (and he’s also super careful to be very gentle with the chicks (despite that he’s very clumsy)).

28. Mr. Bump also loves to read, and he also loves books and collecting books.

And that’s it (for now)! Enjoy!

[chaoticfoxes]

01/BASICS

Full Name: Mateo Adrian Montes

Nickname: Matty, Teo

Birthday: November 15th

Gender: Cis Male

Sexual Orientation: Gay

Astrological Sign:  Scorpio Sun, Aries Moon

Languages: English and Spanish

Birthplace: San Francisco, California

Relationship status: Single

02/PHYSICAL TRAITS

Hair Color/Style: Dark brown and wavy, permanent state of bedhead  

Eye Color: Dark brown

Face Claim: Michael Cimino

Height: 5’5”

Tattoos: He has many that’ll end up on his Pinterest.

Piercings: Lobe, upper lobe, and helix.

Unique Attributes: Jawline birth mark

03/PERSONALITY TRAITS/TYPES

Positive Traits: Generous, adventurous, risk-taker (subjectively positive lol), intelligent, good sense of humor

Negative Traits: Hot-headed, impulsive, adrenaline junkie, spiteful, lazy, and sometimes just plain mean

Hobbies/Interests: Road trips, traveling, his motorcycle, and being an absolute fool

Major/Minor: Undecided 

Insecurities: Other than TK, he’s convinced that no one truly cares about him. He believes that the only person who ever truly loved him died, and that everyone else sticks around out of obligation or his money.

Quirks/Eccentricities: He snorts when he laughs and he fucking hates it.

MBTI Type: The Adventurer (ISFP)

Enneagram Type: Type 8 - The Challenger 

Moral Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Temperament: Sanguine

04/FAMILY & HOME

Immediate Family: 

Father: Eduardo Montes (50)  

Mother Isabella Montes née Giordano (Mother - Deceased, but would be 43)

Brother: TK Johnson (19)

How do they feel about their family?: Mateo holds a lot of anger towards his family, and is particularly hateful towards his father. His memories of his mother are fading, but he has a sort of idealized picture of her in his head. His dad was never around, so she was the one who was always there and taking care of him. He misses her a lot, but also sometimes blames her for leaving him. He entirely blames his father for her death, and resents him for still constantly traveling for work after, leaving him a slew of nannies instead. The only person he considers to be his real family is his childhood best friend TK. They couldn’t be more different, but that never really bothered Mateo. He’d do anything for him.

How does their family feel about them?:

His father is hurt and confused by Mateo’s behavior, but is also completely clueless on how to handle him. He tries to buy his love with expensive gifts and lets him get away with anything he wants. He loves his son, but he just isn’t very paternal and thinks that it’s best if he just keeps his distance. He knows Mateo blames him for his wife’s death, and he’s probably not wrong, so he carries that guilt with him constantly.

Pets: A husky named Wentz after Pete Wentz.

Where do they live?: During the school year, he lives on campus at Palmetto, but his home is San Francisco.

Description of their home: A lavish mansion with too many bedrooms, a movie theatre style basement, and filled with all the latest gadgets. It’s feels ridiculously huge for basically one person, since his dad is never home. It’s big enough that he was able to hide TK in it without anyone finding out for so long. 

Description of their bedroom: His bedroom is big enough to fit a king-sized bed, a walk-in closet, and a couch. Despite the fact that his dad hired cleaners to take care of the house regularly, Mateo messes his room up on purpose in a poor attempt rebel. Really he’s just making the poor maid’s job harder. He has band posters on the wall, and random knick knacks spread across the room.

05/THIS OR THAT

Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert

Optimist or Pessimist? Pessimist

Leader or Follower? Neither, he doesn’t want to be part of whatever this is.

Confident or Self-Conscious? Confident

Cautious or Careless? Careless

Passionate or Apathetic? Apathetic

Book Smarts or Street Smarts? Both

Compliments or Insults? Insults

06/FAVORITES

Favorite Color: Black

Favorite Clothing Style/Outfit: Very grungey. He’s usually always in a leather jacket, ripped jeans, and sneakers or boots.

Favorite Bands/Songs/Type of Music: He never really left his emo phase. He likes Fall Out Boy, MCR, Panic!, but he also just likes to listen to loud, angry music.

Favorite Movies: He loves horror movies–Hereditary, The IT series, The Conjuring, and some of the old school ones like The Exorcist.

Favorite Books: He rarely reads anymore, but when he was a kid he loved the Goosebumps series. 

Favorite Foods/Drinks: His mom is Italian and used to cook him amazing pasta, so he’s a big pasta fan. He’s not picky though. He loves all kind of food, especially spicy food. He loves all fancy espresso drinks and follows the Italian tradition of drinking an espresso after dinner. And whatever alcohol he can get his hands on.

Favorite Sports/Sports Teams: He just plays Exy, he’s not going to watch it in his free-time.

Favorite Time of Day: Night

Favorite Weather/Season: Summer

Favorite Animal: Dogs

[sleeplesshq]

Sleepy Hollow welcomes you, Blaster! We hope you enjoy your stay in town as we work hard to rebuild the unity that was once lost! Please send in your account within 24 hours to secure Simu Liu as your faceclaim!    

name: Sebastian Chen (Seb)

faceclaim: Simu Liu

gender & pronouns:  Cis-male He/Him

species: (if shifter, please specify which animal(s)) Sprite

age: 30

occupation: Holy Grounds Coffee Shop Owner? Or Barista

BIOGRAPHY

Born to sprites Helena Li and Carter Chen. Both being survivors of the war 50 years ago. Helena was a fighter on the front line while Carter tended to the wounded as they were coming in. Their first meeting was when Helena came in with a deep gash across their chest and Carter was the attending medic at the time. She thought that it would be the end of her fight, but he wouldn’t give up. From there, she would be going back and forth between the front line and the medic tent, and he was always being the one having to fix her up. Years later, after the war had ended, they got married and ended up having Sebastian.

Helena didn’t think twice when she volunteered to become one of the scouts for the town. She said that since she had already fought for the town to be built, then why shouldn’t she fight to protect it. Sebastian was 6 at the time and hadn’t seen her since. Carter does his best to raise Seb. He’s always looking out for the people around him. Doing what he can with little regard for his own safety. However, that does not make him a pushover. When things get serious, he knows how to take a stand. Maybe that’s why she picked him.

Seb took after Carter more than Helena. He learned what he could from Carter about how to control his Sprite powers. With enough practice, and with some help from the people at school, eventually Seb got the hang of it. There is the occasional gust of wind or sprinkle of rain whenever Seb gets emotional, but he’s been getting better at it.

Seb didn’t have many aspirations as a child. As many other sprites might, he had a certain love for plants and nature in general. As the times changed and with the information that came in from the scouts, he began to learn more about technology. Trying to combine sprite magic and technology was one of his favorite past times. Some inventions work and some “work”.

Seb wasn’t the smartest person around, but he made up for it through effort. Seb didn’t make time for university. He always felt a little guilty about his mother’s disappearance and for his father having to raise him on his own. He was self-taught and could only learn by borrowing books from the library and understanding information that came in from the scouts. He picked up jobs here and there helping people around town. Just like Carter, he enjoyed helping people around him regardless of his own safety. People often scold him for willingness to throw himself into rough situations, but they know that he won’t do something that he doesn’t believe he can handle.

Eventually Seb found his way into working at Holy Grounds Coffee. The combination of a good cup of coffee to go along with his books and the occasional interaction with people around town was perfect for him. If things weren’t busy, he often pulled out a book, practiced his magic, or tinkered with whatever invention that he was focused on that didn’t blow up. If the occasional person came in asking for a helping hand, you can bet that Seb would make some time for them. He probably got it from his father.

[antiquom]

⌠ Kim Mingyu . 25, heterosexual, cis male, he/him. ⌡ wait a minute, is Dae-Hyun “Noah” Moon still in town? i thought i saw a flash of (nonstop camera flashes at a red carpet, eerie whispers in your ear in the middle of the night, violent fires)! last i heard they were working as businessman and trust fund baby nearby. when it’s the (libra)’s birthday on 10/3 i forget that they’re idealistic and celebrate that they’re kind. i hear DON QUIXOTE by SEVENTEEN every time i think of them. 

Buckle up because this story is full of dirty money, disgusting fame and a bunch of ghost! Also, I think this is my first or second time writing a character like this so pls be patient with me.

Death tw

Dae-Hyun was born as the son of a model and the owner of an Entertainment company that hosted reality tv, concerts, late night shows and so on. They were involved in pretty much anything big happening anywhere.

Because of this, Dae-Hyun grew up in private planes, cocktail parties and filming sets. As the oldest of two children, spotlight was soon set on him as the next heir for MOON ENTERTAINMENT and every dime their parents owned. But if only fame and extensive paperwork were the only things waiting for him in his future years.

Generations ago, the Moon family decided to invest in a little town called Centralia and its mines. Corruption and lack of attention to their actions contributed to the tragedy that hit Centralia in the ‘60s. Worst part is that they were entirely aware that something like this was quite possible to happen, but they would not cease operations.

They were quick to erase any kind of track and left Centralia ( although gossip runs wild and most likely more than one family knows the truth ).

The family went quiet for some years until they reappeared in Korea with their entertainment company that soon went global.

The story about the mines was hidden as much as possible for the upcoming generations of the family, but the wittiest members could easily find out about it if they knew where to look.

It was not a secret, though, that something odd plagued the family; some kind of illness that caused every first born to eventually descend into unexplainable madness just to suffer a tragic death around their 50 o 60 years of age.

Doctors could not find a treatment that worked enough and the Moons were too proud to believe in superstition.

Images and apparitions of people in horrible physical conditions, skin irritation and burn blisters that came out of nowhere, the sudden feeling of suffocation and eventually, the constant screams that would deteriorate the sanity faster than anything and leading the person towards an imminent death.

This is what nested in the brains of every first born in the Moon family, no matter the place or life lived, they all had the same ending.

But appearances are everything and the children are never warned about such a tragic ending even after hearing the hundreds of horror stories that followed the family. For Dae-Hyun was not any different.

He grew up like his father did: with pockets full of cash, the power of command to get whatever he absolutely wanted, a personal assistant glued to his heels and the adoration of the masses.

The boy was molded to whatever was needed and so, you could say he had done a bit of everything: Sports? Checked. Hosting? Checked. Modeling? Checked. Acting? Checked. Music? Checked. Reality tv? Checked. Anything else you can think of? Checked.

To say he was in need of a therapist at a short age would be an understatement. There  is so much someone like Dae-Hyun could tolerate before breaking, because ah, even when he could be a snob and spoiled, he had inherited the heart of his grandmother ( who came to love Centralia dearly ).

A soft interior was usually bruised by paper friends and and loud plastic laughter. Champagne and designer clothes as gifts, jewels for numerous superficial dates that would plaster the covers of magazines for the next two weeks.

He had to toughen up enough to avoid the judgmental stares of his father, who only told him to get a different therapist or a smoke at the balcony. Ah, poor boy, never bright enough to see through people until it was too late; or maybe he had just learned to keep a blind eye until it was unbearable.

Always a good brother, though, he was overprotective to a fault with his younger sister; being the only person that was forced to grow at the same hellish pace, the only one that could truly understand him.

And maybe it was this sense of camaraderie or something else that pushed his sister to tell him about what she had found about Centralia. The information was incomplete and unclear, though, so when they asked their parents for answers, Mr. Moon saw this as a good opportunity to send his children away and pile more layers of dirt over the issue while they were gone.

“Businesses that went wrong”, the man said, “but why don’t you pay Centralia a visit and [REDACTED]”.

So the siblings arrived to Centralia with a very excited Dae-Hyun ready to follow father’s orders and escape from a boisterous life for a while.

TL;DR A heir literally haunted by his ancestors sins takes a break from the spotlight in hell town. Poster boy with gold retriever soul is learning how to connect with people, but what is his real agenda at Centralia?

STUFF

English name is Noah and usually introduces himself with that name, specially because it is his stage name as well. Dae-Hyun is mostly reserved for his family and fellow Koreans, but it doesn’t bother him if his fans call him that. Feel free to call him even by his last name as well, he thinks it’s cool too.

Passionate about photography and the way people survive without thousands of dollars per week ( pls excuse him, he’s learning ).

Pretty hands that have never worked for real in his life.

Exquisite fashion sense.

Accidentally condescending sometimes.

Paranoid about his visions sometimes.

AFRAID OF FIRE.

Acts first, thinks later.

The kind of person who would even take impulse before jumping from the bungee.

Easily scared by amusement park haunted houses and pranks, but very collected if Cthulhu itself showed in front of him.

Flirty.

CONNECTIONS

Baby boy has been EVERYWHERE so most likely your muse has at least heard about him?

Drunk hook up(s) pls, he’s a party boy.

Who’s gonna give him his first real friend?

Crushes from either side.

People that know his family was involved in the Centralia issue.

People that don’t like him bc he can be snobby.

Honestly anything, how do you even write non-villainous characters??

[boycritter]

reasons to watch joe hills streams

-very chill and great to watch as you’re winding down

-the songs are always fantastic!! he wrote them himself and his brother sings them!! (my personal faves are lectern/full cauldron and also the bingewatch rap)

-actually tolerable chat!! no emote spam bc he’s not affiliate and doesn’t have subs

-streams on yt and twitch at the same time so you can choose whatever platform you want :D

-he’s so fucking funny. like holy crap who gave this man so much humor

-he does this bit where everytime he hits a $20 dollar tipping milestone, he expands his facecam to ‘represent the money going to his head’ and then once he reaches a certain size he slowly lowers the opacity (joepacity) to represent it killing him

-once he reaches the lowest joepacity he turns into the beetlejhost (blue joe with a beetlejuice jacket) and it turns into a $50 dollar tipping milestone

-he records all his content on his streams so its like a sneak peek :D

-super accepting of the lgbtq+ community but in more than a basic human deceny way?? 

-goes out of his way to ban bigots from his chat and says that that’s the reason he’s not as big as he could be but it’s alright bc he’s not depending on them for money

-on tdov he did a stream called happy transgender day of visibilty! and its still one of my comfort streams. also talked about how, as a cis male, he couldn’t speak from a personal standpoint but bc he’s a historian he could speak from a historical standpoint and gave us a link to an article about stonewall :D

-when he was building a model of the evergiven, a couple people told him he should put pride flags in the container ships, and he talked about how he didn’t want to do that bc he believes flags belong to the people who fly them, and since hes cishet he didn’t feel he should bc he sees it as rainbow washing (which he heavily condemns)

-his streams/interactions with other people?? amazing!!! especially when he’s with cleo or njcoffeejunkie (not on hc, but they do quarterly planning streams a few times a year)

-ridiculously good father. like holy shit

-this turned into a joe hills appreciation post. you should still go watch his streams

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Ten Things We Hate About Trad Pub

Often when I say “I’ve started a small press; we publish the works of those who have trouble breaking into traditional publishing!” what people seem to hear is “me and a bunch of sad saps couldn’t sell our books in the Real World so we’ve made our own place with lower standards.” For those with minimal understanding of traditional publishing (trad pub), this reaction is perhaps understandable? But, truly, there are many things to hate about traditional publishing (and, don’t get me wrong - there are things to love about trad pub, too, but that’s not what this list is about) and it’s entirely reasonable for even highly accomplished authors to have no interest in running the gauntlet of genre restrictions, editorial control, hazing, long waits, and more, that make trad pub at best, um, challenging, and at worst, utterly inaccessible to many authors - even excellent ones.

Written in collaboration with @jhoomwrites, with input from @ramblingandpie, here is a list of ten things that we at Duck Prints Press detest about trad pub, why we hate it, and why/how we think things should be different!

(Needless to say, part of why we created Duck Prints Press was to...not do any of these things... so if you’re a writer looking for a publishing home, and you hate these things, too, and want to write with a Press that doesn’t do them...maybe come say hi?)

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1. Work lengths dictated by genre and/or author experience.

Romance novels can’t be longer than 90,000 words or they won’t sell! New authors shouldn’t try to market a novel longer than 100,000 words!

A good story is a good story is a good story. Longer genre works give authors the chance to explore their themes and develop their plots. How often an author has been published shouldn’t put a cap on the length of their work.

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2. Editors assert control of story events...except when they don’t.

If you don’t change this plot point, the book won’t market well. Oh, you’re a ten-time bestseller? Write whatever you want, even if it doesn’t make sense we know people will buy it.

Sometimes, a beta or an editor will point out that an aspect of a story doesn’t work - because it’s nonsensical, illogical, Deus ex Machina, etc. - and in those cases it’s of course reasonable for an editor to say, “This doesn’t work and we recommend changing it, for these reasons…” However, when that list of reasons begins and ends with, “...because it won’t sell…” that’s a problem, especially because this is so often applied as a double standard. We’ve all read bestsellers with major plot issues, but those authors get a “bye” because editors don’t want to exert to heavy a hand and risk a proven seller, but with a new, less experienced, or worse-selling author, the gloves come off (even though evidence suggests time and again that publishers’ ability to predict what will sell well is at best low and at worst nonexistent.)

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3. A billion rejection letters as a required rite of passage (especially when the letters aren't helpful in pinpointing why a work has been rejected or how the author can improve).

Well, my first book was rejected by a hundred Presses before it was accepted! How many rejection letters did you get before you got a bite? What, only one or two? Oh…

How often one succeeds or fails to get published shouldn’t be treated as a form of hazing, and we all know that how often someone gets rejected or accepted has essentially no bearing on how good a writer they are. Plenty of schlock goes out into the world after being accepted on the first or second try...and so does plenty of good stuff! Likewise, plenty of schlock will get rejected 100 times but due to persistence, luck, circumstances, whatever, finally find a home, and plenty of good stuff will also get rejected 100 times before being publishing. Rejections (or lack there of) as a point of pride or as a means of judging others needs to die as a rite of passage among authors.

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4. Query letters, for so many reasons.

Summarize all your hard work in a single page! Tell us who you’re like as an author and what books your story is like, so we can gauge how well it’ll sell based on two sentences about it! Format it exactly the way we say or we won’t even consider you!

For publishers, agents, and editors who have slush piles as tall as Mount Everest...we get it. There has to be a way to differentiate. We don’t blame you. Every creative writing class, NaNoWriMo pep talk, and college lit department combine to send out hundreds of thousands of people who think all they need to do to become the next Ernest Hemingway is string a sentence together. There has to be some way to sort through that pile...but God, can’t there be a better way than query letters? Especially since even with query letters being used it often takes months or years to hear back, and...

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5. "Simultaneous submissions prohibited.”

No, we don’t know when we’ll get to your query, but we’ll throw it out instantly if you have the audacity to shop around while you wait for us.

The combination of “no simultaneous submissions” with the query letter bottleneck makes success slow and arduous. It disadvantages everyone who aims to write full-time but doesn’t have another income source (their own, or a parents’, or a spouse’s, or, or or). The result is that entire classes of people are edged out of publishing solely because the process, especially for writers early in their career, moves so glacially that people have to earn a living while they wait, and it’s so hard to, for example, work two jobs and raise a family and also somehow find the time to write. Especially considering that the standard advice for dealing with “no simultaneous submissions” is “just write something else while you wait!” ...the whole system screams privilege.

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6. Genres are boxes that must be fit into and adhered to.

Your protagonist is 18? Then obviously your book is Young Adult. It doesn’t matter how smutty your book is, erotica books must have sex within the first three chapters, ideally in the first chapter. Sorry, we’re a fantasy publisher, if you have a technological element you don’t belong here…

While some genre boxes have been becoming more like mesh cages of late, with some flow of content allowed in and out, many remain stiff prisons that constrict the kinds of stories people can tell. Even basic cross-genre works often struggle to find a place, and there’s no reason for it beyond “if we can’t pigeon-hole a story, it’s harder to sell.” This edges out many innovative, creative works. It also disadvantages people who aren’t as familiar with genre rules. And don’t get me wrong - this isn’t an argument that, for example, the romance genre would be improved by opening up to stories that don’t have “happily ever afters.” Instead, it’s pointing out - there should also be a home for, say, a space opera with a side romance, an erotica scene, and a happily-for-now ending. Occasionally, works breakthrough, but for the most part stories that don’t conform never see the light of day (or, they do, but only after Point 2 - trad pub editors insist that the elements most “outside” the box be removed or revised).

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7. The lines between romance and erotica are arbitrary, random, and hetero- and cis-normative.

This modern romance novel won’t sell if it doesn’t have an explicit sex scene, but God forbid you call a penis a penis. Oh, no, this is far too explicit, even though the book only has one mlm sex scene, this is erotica.

The difference between “romance” and “erotica” might not matter so much if not for the stigmas attached to erotica and the huge difference in marketability and audience. The difference between “romance” and “erotica” also might not matter so much if not for the fact that, so often, even incredibly raunchy stories that feature cis straight male/cis straight female sex scenes are shelved as romance, but the moment the sex is between people of the same gender, and/or a trans or genderqueer person is involved, and/or the relationship is polyamorous, and/or the characters involved are literally anything other than a cis straight male pleasuring a cis straight female in a “standard” way (cunnilingus welcome, pegging need not apply)...then the story is erotica. Two identical stories will get assigned different genres based on who the people having sex are, and also based on the “skill” of the author to use ludicrous euphemisms (instead of just...calling body parts what they’re called…), and it’s insane. Non-con can be a “romance” novel, even if it’s graphically described. “50 Shades of Gray” can sell millions of copies, even containing BDSM. But the word “vagina” gets used once...bam, erotica. (Seriously, the only standard that should matter is the Envelope Analogy).

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8. Authors are expected to do a lot of their own legwork (eg advertising) but then don't reap the benefits.

Okay, so, you’re going to get an advance of $2,500 on this, your first novel, and a royalty rate of 5% if and only if your advance sells out...so you’d better get out there and market! Wait, what do you mean you don’t have a following? Guess you’re never selling out your advance…

Trad pub can generally be relied on to do some marketing - so this item is perhaps better seen as an indictment of more mid-sized Presses - but, basically, if an author has to do the majority of the work themselves, then why aren’t they getting paid more? What’s the actual benefit to going the large press/trad pub route if it’s not going to get the book into more hands? It’s especially strange that this continues to be a major issue when self-publishing (which also requires doing one’s own marketing) garners 60%+ royalty rates. Yes, the author doesn’t get an advance, and they don’t get the cache of ~well I was published by…~, but considering some Presses require parts of advances to get paid back if the initial run doesn’t sell out, and cache doesn’t put food on the table...pay models have really, really got to change.

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9. Fanfiction writing doesn't count as writing experience

Hey there Basic White Dude, we see you’ve graduated summa cum laude from A Big Fancy Expensive School. Of course we’ll set you up to publish your first novel you haven’t actually quite finished writing yet. Oh, Fanperson, you’ve written 15 novels for your favorite fandom in the last 4 years? Get to the back of the line!

Do I really need to explain this? The only way to get better at writing is to write. Placing fanfiction on official trad pub “do not interact” lists is idiotic, especially considering many of the other items on this list. (They know how to engage readers! They have existing followings! They understand genre and tropes!) Being a fanfiction writer should absolutely be a marketable “I am a writer” skill. Nuff said. (To be clear, I’m not saying publishers should publish fanfiction, I’m saying that being a fanfiction writer is relevant and important experience that should be given weight when considering an author’s qualifications, similar to, say, publishing in a university’s quarterly.)

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10. Tagging conventions (read: lack thereof).

Oh, did I trigger you? Hahahaha. Good luck with that.

We rate movies so that people can avoid content they don’t like. Same with TV shows and video games. Increasingly, those ratings aren’t just “R - adult audiences,” either; they contain information about the nature of the story elements that have led to the rating (“blood and gore,” “alcohol reference,” “cartoon violence,” “drug reference,” “sexual violence,” “use of tobacco,” and many, many more). So why is it that I can read a book and, without warning, be surprised by incest, rape, graphic violence, explicit language, glorification of drug and alcohol use, and so so much more? That it’s left to readers to look up spoilers to ensure that they’re not exposed to content that could be upsetting or inappropriate for their children or, or, or, is insane. So often, too, authors cling to “but we don’t want to give away our story,” as if video game makes and other media makers do want to give away their stories. This shouldn’t be about author egos or ~originality~ (as if that’s even a thing)...it should be about helping readers make informed purchasing decisions. It’s way, way past time that major market books include content warnings.

Thank you for joining us, this has been our extended rant about how frustrated we are with traditional publishing. Helpful? No. Cathartic? Most definitely yes. 🤣

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[the-ghost-king]

different anon but i know this is a little more what you hc for nico and i adore it and maybe the other anon will too: headcanons for nb nico who is fairly fem? idk feminine nb nico makes me so happy 🥰 i love that you make a fair amount of content for it i truly love to see it on my dash, i appreciate you so much

Firstly, thank you for the compliments; and yes anon, you would be correct, femby Nico is something I'm so down for:

So originally Nico doesn't know he's trans, he doesn't even know the word trans exists

He's one of those people who is like "most people don't care about gender it's not a big deal it doesn't matter" and he's quite confused when people enforce rules based off of sex/gender

He's stands there going, "okay?? but it doesn't matter?? it's not real??"

Gender just straight up confuses him

Anyhow, I think Nico definitly gets his further slightly more in depth explaination of queerness from Will, and Will is like "yeah then trans people-" or maybe Will is trans and tells him after they've been dating a short while

Either way Nico is like "oh, that's cool!"

Anyhow Nico doesn't really think about it for a long time, and kind of carries on without thinking about gender much.

If Will is trans in this as well, then Nico learns more about himself through learning about Will's gender... But if Will's not trans then maybe Nico finds out Lou Ellen is trans (I have a whole bunch of trans Lou Ellen and trans Will headcanons I need to write with Cecil too)

Anyhow basically Nico knows someone who's trans and there's a conversation of gender at some point where Nico's like "but gender isn't real?" or something similoar because he just doesn't understand the idea of feeling male or feeling female, it confuses him

So eventually he has a conversation with some friends who are cis, and he realizes that even they know they're a boy or girl, and so Nico is confused because "why does everyone have this figured out?"

So he starts asking more questions, and finds out about nonbinary and he gets nervous because he knows Will likes boys, but what if Will won't like him anymore because he's not 100% a guy

So he does eventually work up the courage to tell Will how he might be feeling and Will is super chill about the whole thing and he's like "Nico I like boys and girls, and most of all I like you" and Nico's happy because Will isn't going to break up with him

Anyhow they have a long conversation where Willl is like "please don't worry about coming to me with stuff I love you very much okay?"

Eventually Nico begins to try out different pronouns but just when alone with Will because he's not comfortable telling everyone yet

He decides he likes he/him, but she/her is nice too, and he dables in xe/xem pronouns but he has mixed feelings on them

In my last trans Nico post I said Nico would like alternating pronouns but maybe I don't think so... I think he would tell people what pronouns he wanted when/what day or he would say "you can use he/him or she/her" or something

and some people would use one set, and some people the other, and some people would mix his pronouns

So Nico starts getting more involved in fashion around this point

Mitchell and him are friends and Mitchell's dad is a fashion designer so free stuff!

Anyhow Nico finds all of this stuff fun, and eventually one day she gets the courage to try a skirt on and it quickly becomes her favorite type of clothing

Nico likes to wear skirts with tights and combat boots

Nico also falls in love withe leggings because "they're just so soft!"

He never really comes out he kind of just chooses to live life and if people know or find out whatever

Like he'll be somewhere with Jason and someone would ask for her pronouns and she'd be like "he/him or she/her is fine" and Jason is getting whiplash from how fast he turned his head to look at Nico and Jason's stumbling over "he/him" while looking at Nico because he wants to say congrats so bad

Or maybe Will is like "my girlfriend" and Percy's like "you have a girlfriend too?" and Will's like "no??? I mean Nico??" and Percy is confused af because he didn't even know people could be gay until recently- but people can be trans too?

(Percy has his own gender questioning that happens, although a bit smaller and he decides he/they and that dresses and heels are fun)

So Nico's friends all eventually know but they just sort of find out rather than a big coming out (this is how they all found out Nico was gay too, Nico was like “yeah so me and Will Solace are dating” or “my boyfriend” because Nico has a hard time saying “I’m gay” or “I’m trans” so he finds ways around it to make himself more comfortable).

Nico struggles a little bit with the concept, not as much as he did with being gay but there’s still obsticales there for him to overcome

When Hades finds out he’s just like “mhmm good for you okay love you… daughter?” and that makes Nico happy because he’s still trying to be a good dad

Anyhow immediately after Nico leaves Hades runs to find Dionysus or Apollo and is like “trans what does it mean? Daughter was the correct word right? I’m sorry tucking is what now??”

He’s confused af but also supportive af

“Nobody says that about my son-err daughter?”

“Both are fine, Papa”

And Will and Reyna are in the background silently giving Hades thumbs ups

Sometimes Hades buys Nico weird shit and is like “it’s for your gender” and Nico doesn’t need the stuff but his dad cares so she appreciates it

Dionysus is super chill about the whole thing when he hears it through the grapevine (ha!) and he’s like “new name or same one kid?”

Nico’s like “oh um, same name, just new pronouns”

And Dionysus is like “great sit your ass down you have therapy to do”

(Dionysus always gets trans kids name right and never even jokingly messes it up so he always asks)

Also, Nico loves little hair clips, you know the little ones that tik tokers wear? Yeah those he has hundreds of them!

Cloth headbands are also her best friend, she has so many of them… (they’re like square cloth pieces you tie and wrap a specific way and roll your hair around it… I don’t know the right word they were popular in the 50s)

Nico ends up growing out his hair because he likes being able to put it in a messy bun on top of his head and he likes having it in braids down his back too

She learns to do makeup from Hazel (Hazel had a makeup face and likes kpop I don’t take criticism on that) and it looks great tbh

Also in public all the time when people see Nico they’re like “Boy? Girl?”

And he’s like “yeah both is good, but also neither, I have all the genders and also no gender”

And Will’s standing in the background laughing his ass off at the confused look the cashier has on their face

Just imagine Nico and Will’s kids calling Nico both Mama and Papa interchangeably ~

She does end up changing her name from Nicolò to just Nico because Nico is gender neutral

So much jewelry… so much of it, Nico loves it

Nico ends up getting a leather jacket with “give us our roses while we’re here” printed/painted on the back of it and little roses built into the actual jacket as well

Nico always seems to have some new hair length going on, like sometimes her hair is down to her waist, sometimes it’s at her shoulders, and other times she has a mullet, while other times she has an eboy cut

He ends up dying his hair all the time, at first he does gold and silver highlights in really small spots so it looks like his hair sparkles with glitter when he moves

After that Nico does half of her head in blonde and the other side in black like a split down the middle type dye

And he ends up drying his hair a swirled blue and pink color as well when it’s short

When he grows his hair out long, he dyes it with the little egirl dye in the front

She also does that thing where you have a rainbow under your hair and a normal color on top

Nico gets an undercut at one point where she leaves enough in the center top to put it up in a bun or leave it down to her shoulders

He dies his hair a blue-green one time while lit’s long too and Will gets an ombre at the same time using his natural blonde and a bubble gum pink in his like “bangs” area (Will has like a halo of pink hair when he does that dye)

And yeah idk I’m out of ideas but nonbinary Nico is great actually