#a lovable dumpster fire but a dumpster fire nonetheless

[tearlessrain]

I was tagged by @mercurypilgrim and fully support this attempt to turn “describe what your OCs smell like” into a tag meme, because this is a really fun question actually.

I’ve never been one to use scent in like. a conceptual aesthetic sort of way, but I do end up writing from the perspective of characters who rely more heavily on sense of smell than humans quite a lot, so I’m just approaching the whole thing pretty literally.

Khatte: he’ll occasionally wear a subtle, musky cologne if the situation’s appropriate, but otherwise he generally just smells mildly like soap, and probably leather (incidentally, part of the reason he's so married to his leather jacket is because he likes the smell). He’s extremely meticulous about cleanliness and hygiene, but refuses to spend either the time or the credits on anything he considers extravagant, which is pretty much anything other than the least expensive generic soap he can get that won’t completely destroy his fur.

Jial-ro: the minimum of five different styling/conditioning products that he puts in his fur/mane on a daily basis, sometimes he’ll also find some perfume or cologne he really likes and wear that until he runs out, but because he has a strong sense of smell he’s picky about his scents and how they go together, so the result is usually pleasant, if sometimes a little overwhelming if you get up in his space.

Valdrynn: he always smells a little like electricity/ozone, though it’s very faint unless he’s actively using the Force or getting dangerously emotional about something. Otherwise he smells like aftershave and the product he uses to keep his hair mostly under control, and favors warm, spicy, not-quite-sweet type scents.

Kalarros: idk he strikes me as an amber/sandalwood kind of dude (or, y’know, whatever the space equivalent is), but always the highest possible quality, he would never touch anything cheap or artificial with a ten foot pole. He also goes out of his way to personally maintain his own gear even when it’s not strictly necessary (and he’s... not had an abundance of practice at it), so he may also smell a bit like whatever oil/polish/etc he’s most recently been using and probably gotten all over his hands.

Riska: he smells like an engine room constantly. He will do nothing about this, it’s just what you’re getting.

tagging: @sith-nb @raemanzu @nyriad @weirderwest @vampiraptor, and anyone else who wants to do it just say I tagged you!

they don’t have to be star wars related just whichever OCs you’ve got that you feel like talking about

[wizard-self-inserts]

ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU ARE A DISASTER. A LOVABLE AND FUNNY DISASTER BUT A DISASTER NONETHELESS. ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU'RE A REAL JOKESTER. A DUMPSTER FIRE FUNNYMAN. I SHOULD SUE YOU FOR MAYHEM

I ACTUALLY DON’T KNOW IF I SHOULD FEEL VAGUELY THREATENED OR NOT BUT I’M GOING TO MAKE THE BOLD ASSUMPTION THAT IT’S JIN AGAIN BC I CAN’T TELL

YES, I AM AWARE, THANK YOU FOR NOTICING. I’VE BEEN A DISASTER FOR A LONG TIME. IT’S A SKILL AT THIS POINT.

I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BE SUED BUT YOU CAN HAVE FUN TRYING