#oc: frantz jacques van houtburg

[miseryscrowned]

edgy oc ask for Frantz Jacques van Houtburg, 1, 10 and 17?

I feel like these asks were made for him my edgy pathetic faildad <3 Thank you for sending these 💜

1: What memory would your OC rather just forget?

All of them. Literally. The man spent decades drinking his ass into oblivion to avoid remembering everything he did wrong, from disappointing his father because he wanted to be an artist instead of a career that would restore the family’s wealth, losing his family’s seat at the council and then the deal and having to look after his dying wife while working day and night to sell his paintings for basically scraps. The look in her eyes, even while in pain they were so full of love which he didn’t deserve, of faith and trust in him and he would keep seeing them all the time in his mind. Frans hid all of Catharina’s belongings, all his portraits of her in a locked room because he only wished to forget, to escape the memories haunting him.

10: What's an AU that would be interesting to explore with your OC?

The first thing that would come to mind is “what if Frans never made a deal?” AU, his wife would be alive but idk how they would make a living because his art career would have never took off without the deal and i’ll be real he’s not that good at much else..

When I made him in bg3 CC I was thinking how he would do in that situation (technically it’s the same universe, dnd), and he would hate it so much that it’s hilarious to me, he would straight up Not have a good time but I think he would treat Wyll, Shadowheart and Karlach like his children but he would also complain all the time fr, he would also fistfight the other artist, the one you find at the hideout.

17: What is the worst thing you have put your OC through story-wise?

*Looks at Frans’ entire story* being the family disappointment and carrying the guilt for his family falling to disgrace is a pretty bad one (it’s not even his fault he was so young 😭) Losing his wife is no doubt the worst and he never gets used to the pain and the loss, Never. Then as I mentioned decades of hedonism and self destruction trying to escape grief and guilt.

Then he was put into an asylum ran by vampires which also caused him a great deal of distress, he would say it’s the second worst time of his life (but at least he found Lorenz <3)

[miseryscrowned]

and why is Frantz Jacques van Houtburg Problematic?

[i couldn't resist that full name- and his backstory is so interesting, i love a desperate deal gone wrong and oh how wrong it went for him]

Thank you for this because he’s my favorite oc he’s so dear to me and I love talking about my pathetic meow meow of an artist 🫶🏻 the fact you like his story also means a lot to me 🥹💜

His main reason for being problematic is that he basically killed his wife with the deal, yes he pays for it with a life of endless guilt and remorse but it was still a pretty bad thing.

The fact that he made a deal with a devil to begin with could be seen as problematic in itself, even without the wife dying, but ig it’s more subjective.

There’s also the arson. He committed arson. Twice.

One could call him problematic for the life of pure hedonism and selfishness he lead before his first arson but he didn’t really hurt anyone but himself tho ig some people could criticise him for sleeping around and being always drunk, ig?

Vandalized the grave of his rival when he passed away, claims it wasn’t him / was an accident / was self defense (Frans bffr)

Wanted to set fire to the Artists’ Guild building over some petty bullshit but his husband stopped him (why is fire your solution to everything, Frans?)

Spreading misinformation on purpose

Sabotaging his rivals