uhhh special shout out to modern au fic writers who make caleb and/or essek go outside to have an emo smoke . u know who u are.
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Bard-aby <3 except he's only loosely a bard bc i don't subscribe to absolutes <3
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BARNABY WITH PANTS??? BLASPHEMY!!! however this is a (dnd-inspired) fantasy au so. pants! loose pants tucked into modified boots because no one can tell me No!
based off of Clown's pokemon au human Barn, it seems like he might be a bit of a jewelry guy! he was wearing rings! and had an earring! also i think Barn just looks great w/ some extra shinies, yk yk
since ties aren't really a Thing in fantasy settings, i combined the iconic pattern w/ his vest for a two-in-one. then suspenders bc they fuck severely! his belt buckle is a bone both as a nod to the pattern on his tie / house decoration, and to go along with how Wally has an apple buckle! besties stay twinning!
you can't see it but on his other side he has his pack & his smoking pipe holster, which attaches to his belt! it's very high quality leather that he spent so much money on. his pipe is important to him - he carved it himself out of wood from an important tree from his childhood, so he wants it to be properly stored & protected! he has two kinds of tobacco for it - normal, and magic tobacco that essentially allows him to cast minor spells w/ the smoke
the feathers on his hat are from Ms. Beagle! in my mind he left the farm to go adventuring on a bit of a bad note, but his mama made sure to give him a couple feathers to take with so that she'd always be close <3
he keeps his claws blunt so that he doesn't accidentally scratch people/things, and so that he can play stringed instruments without cutting the strings. while i imagine for this au he plays a wide range, he prefers Loud Handheld Instruments that allow him to sing along. so in mind he has an Accordion here! loud! jaunty! but i imagine he also keeps a recorder in his pack for when Frank needs annoying. (he did have a lute, but he broke it over someone's head in the act of defending Wally's honor)
im still trying to pin down the right balance of colors for his outfit, but! for a little au tidbit - all of his spots are the same two blues as his ears. in this im imagining that he, at a young age, learned a very basic cosmetic spell that allowed him to change his spots color to mimic Ms. Beagle's! he wanted to look like his mama! but by the time he's in his late 20s he no longer changes his spots
ohhhh i forgot to add his pockets. Oh Well
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Parents: put off happiness until rich
Parents: *aren't rich OR happy*
unfortunately my parents are rich (like. middle class rich not millionaires but still Rich.) 😔 but yeah they spent their whole lives working to pull themselves up out of poverty and now they're not happy AT ALL so i have no intention of following in their footsteps lmao
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The Sunshine Court spoilers
this one post about dichotomy of attack vs guard dog was one of the few things i kept thinking about when i was reading this book and how jean's story kind fit into that in few ways:
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maybe jean wasn't even meant to be only an attack dog (on the court), but also a starved, obedient one (like the first quote says). a person only doing what was told to him, not to speak out of his turn, never to choose basically anything for himself. starved for his freedom. and trained to attack others on the court to win his master, Riko and Ravens their games.
this whole book was really about the change of how jean thought of himself, slowly and painstakingly learning that maybe he did deserve better. he was waking up from this horrible nightmare, being constantly on lookout for the worst things to happen, trying to overcome his training which was beaten into him since years prior, and fit into the box that his family's name put him into. thinking he was always treated the way he deserved. flinching at the names of people that caused him harm and lashing out only at those that weren't above him.
UNTIL!! until a few helping hands saved him. renee's reassurance and support and words to look out for new things to appreciate life. kevin's help of finding a new place for him where he would be safe and had a chance to start a new life, and neil getting rid of his worst enemies and cleaning out the path before him - he finally found out he could still breathe, to find friends who cared about him, new places to see and things to learn! (like riding a motorcycle if cat teaches him, and ceramics with jeremy, and cooking with laila).
someone he could trust again.
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