He/They
Greetings!🖖
Lots of interests... main ones rn are The Bartimaeus Sequence Star Trek, Star Wars, Eragon, various mythologies, Biology/biochemistry, Astronomy, and medicine.
I make art, music, and stories.
I always love learning more, especially about science, feel free to share any fun facts you have :)
An oc world I hear??? I’m looking through the tag but do you have any summary or fun facts about any characters or worldbuilding or lore?
Hello! I'm assuming this is about Lucas?
So Lucas and @matchboxcat's oc Mars are two dnd characters in a Greek mythology related campaign. Our dm took inspiration from our collective love of mythology and media like PJO when creating the world. Basic premise is that in modern day America, the Greek gods don't have the power to directly interact with the world, but can choose one human to kind of represent them. Lucas was chosen by Apollo, and Mars by Ares.
These two are a couple of gay boys trying to survive(alongside some friends) in a seemingly never-ending and hopeless godly war. And the pining between these two goes crazy.
I'm not going to say much for Mars, but Lucas is a seemingly charismatic, slightly above average teen boy. He's on the track team, plays violin, and does archery as a hobby(but quickly learns he cannot shoot in battle). He's been deeply in the closet for a while, but is finally being dragged out.
I've honestly been pretty mean to him when it comes to backstory, and a lot of it was never really meant to leave my head. His family is rich but all pretty shitty. Got the classic abusive dad and a mom who's also a victim but takes it out on her innocent son. The only person who he thought loved him(creepy uncle 😔) died in a graphic way and Lucas found the body. I really should've been nicer to him. Sorry Lucas :((
He also does the illegal drinking and smoking(he's 17), but I'm sure Mars with the power of gay will get him to stop.
Uhhh yeah idk I'm tired sorry. I'm sure @matchboxcat would also love to yap, they'll probs rb this at some point.
But I also have multiple other seperate oc worlds going on that aren't as collaborative but very much complex that I'd hope to post more about lmao.
ITS THE GUY!!!!! they will never be happy they will die on the field of battle because at the end of the day Mars will never stop fighting and the Gods they both believe in are just gods, they are just gods and mortals are fleeting.
No, no. They will be happy and get married and adopt a small orphan girl and raise her to be awesome and live in a cozy apartment with at least one dog for the rest of their long happy lives.
I've been trying to make a Bartseq playlist and wonder if anyone has any cool music to share that they associate with the books/characters? Or just think they fit the vibe of the books, sort of like a BGM that you'd listen to while reading
Plus, I'm intrigued by everyones music tastes 🐡 gimme your fav bangers
Okay so as I mentioned, I do have character playlists for Kitty, Bart, and Nat that I made a lil while ago. I don't have a general bartseq playlist, but songs that relate to multiple characters of the series as a whole just go in multiple playlists lol(it's not super organized).
Another note is I'm that person who imagines entire amvs in my head using my favorite characters, so some of these songs are from that.
First I kinda have artists that I associate with the main three.
For Bartimaeus, I have a lot of songs from Jake Daniels like Burn and God. His songs have this sort of angry and chaotic energy to them which I think fits. I especially think Burn fts :>
For Nathaniel, I have a lot of MARINA songs like Are You Satisfied? and Oh No! A decent amount of her songs seem to fit the type of angst that Nat faces.
And last but not least for Kitty, I have The Crane Wives! One of my favorite songs, Take Me to War is on there along with The Hand That Feeds and some others. Their songs have this both rough but also sweet tone that I think really fts Kitty.
Some songs that I put in all three include:
-Nobody's Soldier(Hozier)
-Soldier, Poet, King(Oh Hellos)
-Army Dreamers(Kate Bush)
-Feed the Machine(Poor Man's Poison)
-Curses(The Crane Wives)
-Eat Your Young(Hozier)
-Certain Birds(Fish in a Birdcage, Sparkbird, Shayfer James)
-The Moon Will Sing(The Crane Wives)
-The Woods(Lydia the Bard)
I especially like Nobody's Soldier for bartseq!
I will try and link the playlists but I don't know how well it will work(I use apple music btw lol)
Playlist · 103 Songs
Playlist · 76 Songs
Playlist · 61 Songs
I don't really have anything for other characters atm, especially not enough for a playlist. I'd definitely have to do a reread and deeper dive on other characters for that.
I also am accepting song recs, and if anyone is curious about a song or smt you can totally ask!
I've been binging Castlevania and been thinking about vampires because yknow. But naturally anytime I think I have to relate it to bartseq because of the brain parasites it gave me so I give you vampire Nathaniel because we need to at least pretend this pathetic man can be cool.
I've been trying to think up of how a vampire au thing would work and I have a few ideas. This isn't actually based off Castlevania, but it ignited the thought lol.
Meet Cherurit, the mother goddess in my oldest running fictional world. She, along with the god Drako, created the world of Viriona(in the in-world mythology). While she is the reason every living thing in Viriona exists, the people of Viriona have almost completely abandoned her. For many years she wanders the heavens and earth as a lone star until she hears the desperate prayers of a young boy by the name of Alex Rossman.
Boyfriend why. Why do you read fanfics before the actual books. Why must you torment me.
(for context I've been trying to get @matchboxcat to read the Bartimaeus Sequence and they started quoting shit and I thought for a second they actually started reading it but this asshole is just reading fanfic of it rather than the source material)
I had an amulet I made but I dropped it into a puddle on the side of the road and it has been on the mend indefinitely. Also my collar is messed up. oops.
So as the medical nerd I am, I needed to try and depict how Nat would look and be affected by his injuries if he survived. Content warning for vague medical talk, scars, and some gore.
So I’ve always thought he’d use a mobility aid because a lot of serious injuries will cause some sort of mobility issues, and also I think canes are fun to draw. With severe burns, probable muscular atrophy, and most likely broken bones, he’s gonna need it.
I gave him a turtle neck bc I feel like he’d try and hide as many scars as possible. I feel he’d also wear something more comfortable because he’d probably have chronic pain and I gotta give him some solace. Kitty gave him the amulet back because Nat has even more of a chance of getting himself killed now. He also has long hair because 1) I like it, and 2) if he’s stuck in a hospital bed for a long time, he probably wouldn’t be cutting his hair and it would grow out.
So I wanted to include something for the staff breaking, but wasn't sure what type of damage it’d do. Then I remembered lichtenburg scars/figures, and thought some magical scars going up to his face would be cool. This is more for fun lmao. I also gave him greying hair because of stress and damage to his head/scalp.
Warning: Below the cut is a drawing of a fourth degree burn, which is a burn that goes past the skin and down to muscle, tendons, and bone. It’s just a drawing, but it might seem uncomfortably gorey to some people. I recommend if you are searching 4th degree burns up, you turn on safe search to blur the images, they can be quite disturbing!
From the detonation on his side, I imagine Nat having a really serious burn. It became numb and even Bartimaeus was somewhat scared to mention the severity. Maybe I made it a bit extreme, but my morbid self did enjoy drawing the burn, and research was quite interesting. I drew it on the right side, but I’m not sure which side he got injured on. I reread the scenes where he was injured, but I couldn’t find a mention of what side got hit, but if there is a mention, let me know!
He would’ve spent a long time in hospital since the recovery for these types of burn is long and tedious. It would probably leave him permanently disabled, and he’d need physical therapy to walk, even with a cane.
I’m sure there would be a huge psychological toll too, but I don’t know nearly as much about that, so I won’t get into that.
Thanks for reading my slight medical rant with little pictures or whatever. I did research, but I am no professional(yet) and do not have any real medical training. I am just a passionate but morbid teenager. Take what I say with a grain of salt.
Anyway, I continue to make this poor boy suffer! Yay!
Cain, he/it, pansexual, 20: Cain actually hasn't been used yet! He's for a campaign my friend will be dming soon. He escaped a really strict cult focused on "purity", and with his new found freedom, he became a total drug addicted slut. Then he was sent to a psychiatric facility, which is where the campaign will start.
Lucas, he/him, bisexual, 17: Lucas is in a current campaign that takes place in modern day DC with a greek mythology twist. He is based around Apollo! He grew up with really rich(but shitty) parents. He has lots of issues, but he is now learning to have actual relationships with people and is in the process of getting his sad little boyfriend.
Spronkels(don't ask), They/Them, something like bisexual, unknown age: Spronkels was the first dnd character I ever made! They were used in two campaigns and have changed a lot. They're an ancient being who has a terrible memory and is not wise whatsoever. They like to eat rocks sometimes and is the beef of the party. They may be scary sometimes but they're just the gender-neutral version of a himbo.
Valzrie/Val, He/They, gay, 19: Val grew up as a girl in a family of nobles. At 17 he ran away to try and become a performer, but while he had the charisma, he couldn't play an instrument or sing to save his life. He turned to a life of being a petty thief and a conman, but still held onto the artist dream. Sadly he only got used in 2 sessions because that dnd group fell apart, but I hope to use him again someday and give my boy another chance!
Samael/Sam/Sammy, He/him, somewhere on the acespec??, 27: Sam is used in another campaign I'm currently in, which is a more classic fantasy setting and based off an adventure book! From a young age he worshipped a goddess of death and would go through the aftermath of battles helping fallen soldiers move on to the afterlife. But at 23, people of a town nearby his temple destroyed it with fire, believing he and death were evil. Since, he has been wandering, trying to avenge himself and his goddess. His favorite cantrip is spare the dying, it's the only reason his party is alive.
Bartimaeus: when Nathaniel asked me if I would love him forever, I said no. Before I could finish my sentence with 'I love you five-ever, get it?' he already died
