so in DnD/pathfinder the keys are a race of custom made androids built to appear... human enough? they look like slightly uncanny humans basically
these are just three designs -- i had fun ♪(´▽`)
lore below the cut
silver: was owned by a theatre owner who died and was inherited (both silver and the theatre) by his son, who had no interest whatsoever in keeping up the theatre. silver, who had grown close to the actors who worked there, volunteered to run it in his stead, spinning it that he didn't need to do anything but sit back and collect profits, which he agreed to. she's highly beloved by the whole staff.
nox: is basically the dewey decimal system, but ran away from the library who commissioned him due to... interpersonal differences. currently wandering the countryside with a hobbit, robbing whoever he comes across in the hopes of saving up enough money to build his own personal library, but with blackjack no patrons and hookers chase, if he wants to come.
violet: was commissioned as a model and assistant to an incredibly high end tailor who ✨died under mysterious circumstances✨ and she simply had to take over the business! it meant so much to her former owner after all! she is living her best life, as she deserves.
posting this a bit later than i finished it, oops!
this is actually for a pathfinder campaign -- my friend ran a one shot at the recent anime con my wife and i attended while in CB cosplay, so we decided to play as Chase and Buddy
we had so much fun we decided to see if we could adapt them as fully fleshed out characters for pathfinder, and this was the result ♪(´▽`)
Chase is a halfling bard and Nox is an impersonator android rogue (i had to make him that because the idea of adapting the 'secretly a metal person pretending to be human' bit is too good to pass up)
Do you still roleplay as human buddy?(I saw a post from July saying you do but sometimes things change...) Because me and a friend are looking for people to RP with :3 you can say no if you want, we won't force you lol(I will only become not anonymous if you say yes tho, i get embarrassed really easily and don't do well with rejection. But if you reject me on anon, I would be fine because you don't know it's me.)
sorry, only just saw this!
at the moment, i only rp CB stuff with my wife and tend to be very shy around other people in an rp setting, so i'll have to decline 〒▽〒
I'll make the nicer post that Tumblr won't censor later but NEW EPISODE OF CINDERELLA BOY DUB. I think I'm starting to get better at editing these videos~
Most of these are informed by the RPs that I've been writing with my husband, and also overlap with his headcanons.
Chase
- Achillean/MLM, not quite cis but he hasn't put much thought into that. He's good with he/him pronouns and is still exploring what else he might be comfortable with.
- He always knew that he liked boys, ever since he was little. His first crushes were Aladdin and Hercules. The first time a girl said she liked him--1st grade, Valentine's Day--he cried.
- Deacon was the first person he officially came out to, even though his whole family knew.
- He was a theater kid, and this is how he met Simon, Ross, and Danielle. He and Simon briefly dated, being the only two out queer teens in town, before realizing they weren't compatible and deciding to be friends instead.
- Practicing neo-pagan, worships Eros and Apollo. If he finds a cool feather it WILL go on his altar.
- Near encyclopedic knowledge of Disney. The movies, the parks, the Broadway shows. He has Strong Opinions about the live-action remakes and direct-to-DVD sequels.
- Diagnosed ADHD but not medicated. Also has anxiety, not diagnosed or medicated for that. Used to self-medicate with weed but has stopped.
- Wrote his first single, "Write Our Story", after his first kiss in Still Waters. Went on to create a full album called StarGoth about his relationship that went viral, with songs based on each of the arcs: "Cat's Meow" (Toffee Break), "Villain Arc/Not Your Villain" (Beach Boys), "Fever Dream" (Sick Days), "Stop Being a Loser" (All That Glitters), "Boyfriend Hoodie" (Honor Among Thieves), "Requiem/Bad Moonlight" (Requiem of Blood and Moonlight), "Run Deep" and "Write Our Story" (Still Waters), "Cookieboo" (Greatus Hiatus), and of course the title track "StarGoth" (all of season 1 tbh).
Buddy/Nox/"Nova" in RPverse
- AUTISM. Specifically the social anxiety variety.
- Self-taught; despite impressions, he had no higher education because *gestures broadly at being a key* but read a LOT, so he knows a lot of obscure facts and trivia.
- Immediately upon becoming human, started following Chase's gluten-free diet and learning to cook (and attempted to go into a printed cooking blog that's 70% the blogger's vacation in France for this purpose). The first thing he learned to bake was gluten-free chocolate cake.
- Also immediately upon becoming human, got his GED.
- Immediately upon getting his GED, bought an engagement ring for Chase and kept it hidden for months due to his doubts about being good enough. Proposed at the end of Chase's first tour.
- Very good at helping Chase through his anxiety; terrible at dealing with his own.
- Still calls Deacon "Freckles", but it's friendly banter.
- Interested in fashion, thanks to Violet. Watches Say Yes to the Dress with her and Silver on occasion, and up cycles his own clothing. He has an Etsy shop to sell what he doesn't want to wear himself.
- His favorite song from StarGoth is "Cat's Meow". His least favorite is "Cookieboo" and the fact that that's the one that got on the radio is a personal affront to him.
- Currently living in a loft room above the Hollow's disused barn. Looking forward to moving into an apartment with Chase.
Deacon
- Transman, and came out to Chase first. Since his dad is a doctor he went on puberty blockers so he has no need for top surgery and is in no hurry to get bottom surgery.
- Has a book "club" with Silver. It's just the two of them going on dates in books.
- Post-canon, took Bronze, Silver, and Rose with him to college. They video call with Chase, Violet, and Nox/Nova weekly.
- Deacon and Silver alternate using Bronze and Rose to go into books. Deacon will admit that he is still partial to using Bronze, but sometimes Silver likes to switch up their roles.
- Is working on his relationship with his parents, specifically his mom.
Prunella and Others
- Post-canon, almost all of the keyple live at the bed and breakfast run by Mrs. G. The only exceptions are Violet (lives with Nox/Nova) and the aforementioned College Crew.
- Goldie is, in fact, Prunella's big brother and best friend. They love watching Lady Lovalorn together. Prunella particularly gets along well with two other keys but I cannot talk about them here.
- Mrs. G. knows about the keyple and is THRILLED.
- Ralph and Myra also know about the keyple and it was kind of a lot to take in. They are wondering how wedding arrangements are going to work with the entirety of their future son-in-law's family being five inches tall and made of metal. They've decided two separate ceremonies will probably be needed, one with the keyple and one with the Hollow family and friends.
- Aunt Beth is a lawyer.
- Aunt Beth is Chase's lawyer, God help you.
- After An Incident on tour, Chase hired personal security from The Guildsmen Private Security. Edaniel and Edrear now pop up wherever he has a performance, somehow always getting there before he does.
admittedly 80% of my time thinking about CB is gripping buddy like this just to see how much he can take
but i'm capable of some degree of mercy at times... (❁´◡`❁)
(note: these are collected over the course of months and are at this point HEAVILY INFLUENCED by the sort-of au i have going with my wife, so be warned of the occasional nonsense)
chase is a decent cook actually (he's had to learn due to celiac), though baking is still giving him a bit of trouble
deacon is a trans man; not for any interesting reason he just looks too much like me and i need to fight back somehow
incidentally chase was the first to ever clock him when they were kids, and likewise deacon was the first to know chase is gay
i sign off on the violet liking mint theory but esp the violet mints — they have her name on them and she would absolutely vibe with that
buddy actually does really enjoy reading books and it bothers him a bit to be forced to know the plot of books automatically by entering them after becoming a key; however, this is informing a drive in him to get chase to actually read books more FOR COMPLETELY NORMAL REASONS like maybe starting a book club or something (this would be his definition of an exciting date idea)
goldie ABSOLUTELY views himself as a big brother figure to prunella and the feeling is mutual, while silver sees chase as one of her best friends and bronze sees deacon much like your average cat sees it's human
meanwhile violet 100% sees nox specifically as that annoying little brother you lock out of your room to get some time alone but would also throw down life and limb for
nox considers buddy to be chase's pet name for him at this point and is just barely forcing himself to put up with other people calling him that at this point (it's for his cover, he keeps telling himself) — when chase calls him buddy, though, he does feel a little bit more like a human and it sets him back on his heels a bit
chase fell first but because he has had crushes before he's able to deal, but buddy hasn't and he hit that pit so hard it shattered all his bones
buddy is a luddite if you asked him to make a spreadsheet he'd prob just ask you to kill him
deacon is painfully aware he and buddy have a lot in common personality wise and it drains him to think about — buddy, however, doesn't consider them similar at all because he's kind of an idiot
prunella has shown the keys the lady lovealorn cartoon; silver and goldie love it and bronze fell asleep half way through
chase and buddy very much have the ADHD vs autism dynamic working for them; chase is diagnosed and unmedicated, buddy is not diagnosed and tbh probably doesn't even consider he might be neurodivergent ('doesn't everyone do it this way?' ect)
in the same vein, buddy would Never go to a therapist, not cus he inherently doesn't believe in the efficacy of therapy but because he simply doesn't believe anything wrong with his mental health is fixable in any way
in the time between being with and escaping ex libris (however long that could be), the grand library didn't stock much contemporary lit, so buddy is pretty behind in regards to pop culture trends and has been trying to fill in gaps via books he snatches from the library shelves after closing — he's been mostly unsuccessful and chase would be personally scandalized he missed the twilight craze
though not deciding your thoughts an feelings based on any certain archetype, being a key of any specific role does reflect back on gut feelings and instinctual reactions to things, such as silver and goldie generally wanting to focus on the good in people while nox and violet are more likely to distrust everyone automatically — all this to say buddy, though personally finding swearing vulgar and avoids doing it at all costs, is overcome with the mischievous need to see if he can get prunella to say bad words because he thinks it would be the height of humour
in any possible stargoth endgame future (sweats in novaverse), deacon and nox still call each other 'freckles' and 'buddy' — their tumultuous relationship just becomes an inside joke and neither of them will admit openly to being friends
ALSO IN REGARDS TO ANY STARGOTH ENDGAME GOD NOVAVERSE OWNS MY SOUL buddy 100% is into designing and upcycling clothes and has an interest in modeling
DEACON AND SILVER ENDGAME DEACON AND SILVER ENDGAME SILVER WANTS TO KISS THOSE FRECKLES SO BAD (is dragged off my soapbox as i continue to scream incoherently)