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corimoss · 1 year

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is moss more of your persona or an oc?

He's a little bit of both! We share a lot of the same physical looks as well as interests, but he's different enough from me in personality that I'd consider him a separate entity!

My idea for him is that he was originally created to be a Nightmare that reflected the human fear of death and decomposition. However, given that his nature encompasses rot, he tends to destabilize dreams as soon as he enters them. He can't really fulfill his duties because of this, and holds a lot of guilt and uncertainty. If he can't do the one thing he was created for, then what is the purpose of his existance?

In many ways he is a parallel to the Corinthian. You have one Nightmare who, no matter how hard he tries, cannot do what he was created to do and another who does it too well. But it's a flaw in both of their creations, not up to themselves as they struggle to cope with their identities as individuals and their relationship with each other.

I've placed some more Moss information in the tags for anyone interested!

#moss #personal #ask #he also has chronic pain from the way that his body works #it's constantly decomposing in on itself and then rebuilding at the same speed #which can be a very not fun process #because of this he studies a lot of evolutionary and genetic fields #and can use his abilities to do a sort of... evolutionary speedrun?#like he can rot something #and then itll grow back #usually different #and if he likes the result he can keep it or start the process over again #hes been able to keep the same consistent form for a while now but doesnt let others too close because hes afraid he'll cause them to #destabilize or even die if theyre human #but he doesnt tell anyone that #because he doesnt really want anyone to know just how prominently his flaw affects him #but thats how his secondary form works #the claws and irises are actually shifting but its hard to draw them as such #like theyre more of amalgamations of matter that are constantly rotting and rebuilding #which is extremely painful to moss #but they're very effective at destroying things around him #people buildings nightmares etc

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