#i do so love my little blobos :)

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◟ CHARACTER STUDY ◝ → 𝗡𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗼

↳ 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄: Nour Cielo ↳ 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐍 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄: The Gravedigger ( he prefers to keep an ambiguous presence, especially around humans ) ↳ 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒: Clockwork Desolation, Ambrosial Graveyard, Angelic Devourer, The Executioner, The Gravedigger, God's Mistake ↳ 𝐀𝐆𝐄: Infintismal. ↳ 𝐖𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓: ??? ↳ 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓: 8'6 ↳ 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘: Unknown. ↳ 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒: Unmarried, uninterested. ↳ 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑: Agender, male presenting. ↳ 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: Disinterested. ↳ 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒: half-machine, half-angel. composed of cosmic dust, circuitry, and dark matter. think biblically accurate angel. the more advanced form of Solstice. ↳ 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐑: Sheer white ↳ 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐑: Vibrant Gold

*please note that the dragon horns are not present in the actual novel, but are instead replaced by normal human ears. outwardly he looks like any ordinary human ( minus his freakishly tall stature ), the horns are only present because i made a very rough outline of what he might look like w/ ffxiv character creator. I DO NOT CLAIM TO OWN ANY FFXIV ASSETS. THEY BELONG TO SQUARE ENIX.

Further information below the cut ↴

As aforementioned in Eden Cielo's biography ( his younger sibling ) I would like to avoid spoiling a majority of the content of my book, which leaves me to make a rough outline of who Nour is and how he operates as an individual. Please be aware; Nour is considerably crueler than Solstice. He isn't the type of character you want interaction with unless you understand that that's his personality ( and in no way a reflection of how i as a person feel about you ). Now, onto the information! Presented in bulleted form to make it easier to digest.

Like his younger sibling, Nour is the byproduct of God's experimentation of mixing cosmic machinery with angelic composition. Nour is God's first forray into this exploration, and his first regret. While Nour was created with perfection, God took note that something evil had infiltrated his coding when he wasn't paying attention. It was subtle, almost completely unnoticeable, but very much there. As if the devil himself were seeking revenge through corruption of that which God meant to love. As a result, and knowing that Nour would one day be stronger than God himself, this lead God to then create Eden as a way of taming the former. It was successful... for a time. However, Eden's eventual descent into human lands lead to a breaking point within Nour, causing him to decimate God's Golden Court and slaughter thousands of angels before descending into earth to chase down Eden.

Unlike Eden, Nour is known to be both violent and unkind. Due to the corruption hardwired into his coding, his personality has a habit of reflecting the same hatred the devil had toward God. The only remedy to such inflections is to be in the presence of Eden, who's gentle demeanor and soft exterior seems to suppress that coding. Though... sometimes being in Eden's presence isn't always enough to repress the rage that boils up, especially when he remembers how his younger sibling abandoned him ( as he perceives it; it's not the truth ) to go live among humans.

His original purpose in heaven was to guide the souls of recently deceased angels back into the cycle of rebirth. However, this plan quickly backfired and clued god in on his fragmented data when God began to notice those spirits flat out disappearing completely. As it turned out, Nour was luring them into a false sense of security before viciously devouring them as a way to earn God's attention. He was desperate to be noticed by any means necessary, because no sooner had he been born that God abandoned him ( another false self-interpretation of his circumstances ) and left him feeling quite bitter about it.

He later was appointed both executioner and gravedigger for the Golden Court in the Garden of Eden to compliment his younger sibling's purpose. Eden was meant to be the judge and jury when it came to trying angels for their crimes, and depending on their punishment... Nour would be their executioner and funeral director; the one to dig their graves and bury them with their transgressions. This state of existence created a perfect harmony between Nour and Eden, and heaven would only fall into disarray after God allowed Eden to descend to the human city of Hellix and Nour became enraged by this.

His time spent on earth is often occupied by hunting for his sibling; harassing humans and even murdering them from time to time. He isn't all that partial to human flesh, but will gladly devour them if he reaches a certain peak of hunger. Angelic bones and skin have always held a special delicacy to him, but as he's no longer in heaven, he's learned to make due.

His profession in the human world is akin to that of a mafia boss, leading the largest underground black market even seen in the slums of Hellix. He deals in almost anything ranging from weapons, drugs, assassinations and even human organs -- they all fall under his jurisdiction. You want something you can't normally get above ground? Nour is the one to get it to you... for a hefty price. You can freely deal with him... but be warned... he isn't above betraying you for a greater goal, should the opportunity ever arise.

Though Nour outwardly claims he despises his younger brother Eden, the truth is that he still very much loves them as deeply as he did in heaven when God first gifted them to him. He saw them as an vital piece to his own existence; protecting them with his whole body and soul. They were the other half to his soul, and he named them family, brother, in the hopes that their bonds never be broken. So it's no surprise that he felt betrayed that Solstice chose humans over an immortal life, and he took is as a personal slight against himself. After all; he'd raised Eden from the moment their processors first whirled to life. He fueled them with the basic information required to act and be like the angels in heaven. As he himself was already far more advanced in machinery, it was his sworn duty to teach them in a way that harmonized with himself. He really does care for Eden, he's just complete garbage at showing it. Ah, brothers, am I right?

As Nour has existed far longer than Eden, and was properly equipped with an adequate amount of information, it's much easier for him to act and appear as a natural human than it is for Eden. So it's considerably harder to discern the fact that he's actually a mixture of cosmic metal and angelic flesh, given his personality has developed far past a convincing point. Expressions, words, physical movement -- they're all very fluid and natural for him, but he still carries that uncanny air of something monstrous and frightening behind his stoic facade.

&& that's it for now! Nour's a little more on the complicated side which is why I provided a bit more information than Solstice, but his characterization is one I'm personally enjoying exploring. I hope you'll enjoy him too! Awful evil bastard as he is... he can be quite amiable if you know how to work him just right. I'm not certain if romance is really possible with him, even though in the book he does end up falling for the angel who was formerly married to Solstice's current partner. But who's to say?

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QUICK FRIEND APPRECIATION TIME

I love all my friends, no doubt about that

But the quickest way to warm the cockles of my heart (yes that is a phrase) is to draw my sona, OCs or a character of interest

AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF FRIENDS THAT SPOIL ME WITH BLORBO ART A LITTLE BIT SO I HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT REAL QUICK

LOOK UPON ME AND MY BLOBOS BY MY SWEETHEART ANGEL FRIEND @alien-angel-damaris GO PRAISE THEM, THEYRE AWESOME AND DOPE

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AND NOW GAZE UPON @elishevart AND HER WORK, SPOILING ME WITH STUFF AND DOING DRAGON FORD THINGS ALL AT THE SAME TIME WITH MY GF SONA ALSO PRAISE HER FOR SHE IS SWEET AND WONDERFUL

AND I CAN'T EVEN SHOW EVERYTHING CUZ SHE KNOWS, AND HAS DRAWN, SPOILERS FOR MY COMIC

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

I HAVE THE OPPOSITE OF A PROBLEM BUT I CAN ONLY SCREAM IN APPRECIATION SO HERE I GO

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Spread the self-love ❤

Thank you very much!! Now let me see which ones to pick, this is hard lol. I feel some of these are definitely some all time favorites of mine, and while some others were kind of a tie but I had to pick just five so I picked five lmao

Rectify - I mean, I can't not put this one immediately. It's my longest fic ever (seriously, how did I do that lmao) and it was an incredibly fun au to play with in general. I've added so many little side one-shots too and I don't exclude writing one or two more at some point because I still love this story and occasionally get small ideas for it. It was so much work and I'm so proud of myself for managing to finish it. Throwing Sephiroth and Cloud at each other until they learnt how to communicate and get along was incredibly entertaining for me, and hopefully maddening for my readers lmao. If this is my top contribution to ff7 fandom ever I will be more than happy with myself

Deep Waters - Another extremely fun au to write! I have less side material for this than Rectify because while for Rectify I get very plot/worldbuilding ideas that I want to write for Deep Waters I just love to rotate the blobos in my mind and it makes me happy. Also pretty proud of how long it got, especially because I remember writing it insanely fast back in the day. You know when inspiration really strikes and you just can't stop writing, those are the best writing moments. I also just love merpeople in general

Tifa's perfectly normal and average girlfriend - some love for the girls! This one was a blast to write overall. Just one of those fics that are simply fun to make. Aerith is an extremely entertaining character to work with in general, the perfect balance of nice and cute and absolute menace, and making her a vampire really let me play with the menace part. I loved coming up with little things to make her more of a weirdo as she deserves. This one I don't really have a larger concept or au in mind as I did for the previous two fics, it was more of a fun self contained thing

Gently, he's only human - this is an almost ancient one for me and I think the second ff7 fic I ever wrote, but I'm still very dearly attached to it, partially because it was I guess my first leap into the fandom. One of the first things I thought after getting into the fandom and Crisis Core in particular was god, I need there to be more wingfic and for ASG to be emotional and have wings and that is all. I got attached to those three wrecks of men very fast and had to write for them very quickly

Jokes fate plays - something that is not ff7! I feel that with ff7 being my primary fandom now for years sometimes I myself kind of don't give enough attention to my stories for other fandoms, and this one I really adored. I think I could make a larger universe for it one day, following Shi Qingxuan's ghost adventures, and I also have ideas for it, but I never sat down to do it. I really would want to do this concept justice and it's not easy at all to do. But I'm fairly proud of how this one shot came out!

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Ooh asks! How about ATLA, any of the following three questions: 4, 22, or 25?

25. What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

For all the main squad:

Zuko: I blorbo'd him the first moment I saw him. I just knew his intensity would win my heart. The only thing I'd have liked better would have been if he'd killed Ozai, but he came pretty damn close. A+ patricidal blobo.

Aang: I also really loved him. I love that his first act is to ask a pretty girl to go penguin sledding. Honestly, same.

Sokka: He starts out kind of annoying but grows on you. He gets a lot of expository lines in his little quips, so it's hard to write the gang without him.

Katara: Didn't know what to think at first but now she lowkey irritates me a little. I never like the momfriend. Still she's a well-written character and I do see the appeal in general.

Toph: Toph Beifong would never be a cop

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Character Opinion Bingo: Thomas Sharpe, Will Riker, and Tyrion Lannister

TYYYYYY MY LOVE. ya dude's written over 4k words today and still has over 2k left to write but im gonna take five to do this first bc! i need a break.

SO. let's GO.

first up: thomas sharpe

no bingo here (sad face) but i only have love for thomas. i want to whisk him away from allerdale hall and put a little blanket around his shoulders bc things ARE happening to him and i AM crying. can't help but project onto the lad bc of ✨ the trauma ✨ and tbh that makes me wanna protect him more, even if he is also a massive bastard. also i simply think tom hiddleston is serving LOOKS in this film. rad design, an aesthetic to die for. man's looking kissable. and lastly: blobo by proxy. blorbo by.. pyroxy.. dare i say....?

NEXT: william, my beloved.

WE GOT A BINGOOOO. nearly TWO, in fact. bonkers. as you can see from my answers, i am, in fact, so normal abt will. the fandom is so mean and wrong about my boy and do him a disservice tbh. but it's fine bc im just sitting over here crying anytime he looks sad, coming up with headcanons, and projecting all my daddy issues onto him. im self-contained. idrk what A Beast Unleashed is actually supposed to mean, but im applying it to him because man has exactly ZERO inhibitions (and good for him). in summary: silly lil guy with a cool uniform (see: solid design). i'm blowing him a kiss as we speak.

AND FINALLY: tyrion!!!

no bingo here but I LOVE MY BOY and am sooo normal about him. once again, projecting those daddy issues while holding him in the palm of my hand and crying continuously. "A Beast Unleashed" mostly for The Trial Scene (LIKE??? holy shit) and also bc he is The snarkiest all the time and a little Bastardly at times. i refuse to acknowledge S5-8 tyrion. i am not looking. obligatory solid design and aesthetic bc. lannisters. hello. on the note of him being a lannister: giving him a lil smooch rn. <3

[ettawritesnstudies]

Hi scholar

I'm doing blorbo Friday, so what food preferences your blobos get from you, and what do they not?

For Runaways, I gave each of the girls one of my favorite foods to associate with them

Hannah gets hot chocolate. I loved it as a kid and its still my comfort drink today. I live off of tea and coffee but hot cocoa is my special treat - either the little packets I had as a kid at the donut socials after church and after sledding and shoveling snow, or the decadent recipe my college roommate made. It's very homey and comforting and fits the character that represents Home the most

Cecelia gets wild wineberries. We used to pick them growing behind our garage in the woods behind our house and across the street, gathering buckets and getting scratched by the thorns. She's sweet and looks like something domesticated (raspberries), but she's really wild and trying to drive others away from her. Only the most dedicated can get to the reward of knowing her

Tess gets fresh homemade bread. When she gets home, she has a lot of hard adjustments to a loving, healthy, family and needs to unlearn a lot of the harmful violent behavior she learned from the Piper, so her mom lets her take out her anger on kneading bread dough. She starts baking as apologies and olive branches.

thanks for the ask!