Blooming Panic, Error143, Fairy Tail, My Hero Academia, Our Life
Blooming Panic
BrokenImmortal (AKA Bryce)
Nonbinary (they/them), bisexual, and polyamorous.
A marketing specialist who needs an escape after a shitting breakup.
26 years old.
5'8"
Dates both Xyx and NakedToaster and end up in a throuple.
Starts dating NakedToaster first, and then Xyx. After a while of being with both of them, the best friends end up dating as well.
"I double dog dare you to care about something in a serious fashion." -directed at Xyx
"Let me take you on a dungeon raid for our first date." -directed at NakedToaster.
Error143
Oliver (AKA OllieOxenFree)
Trans man (he/him) and gay.
Fairy Tail
Mist Fernandes
Nonbinary (they/them) and bisexual.
Gray Fullbuster's romantic interest.
Uses Memory Maker Magic.
Incredibly powerful wizard, but has anxiety and self-doubt that holds them back.
My Hero Academia
Ryoichi Ishino
Genderqueer (they/them) and queer (nblm/nblnb)
Quirk: Observation - they can recieve information to answer a question or thought they have. Their problem-solving processing time is 10x faster than the average person, almost feeling like the world slows down while they process things.
Frequently shipped with Midoriya, Sero and Kaminari.
Best friend is Shinso.
Our Life
Loki Devons
Our Life: Now and Forever MC
Step 1 name and pronouns: Harper (She/Her)
Step 2 and onward name and pronouns: Loki (He/They/She)
Qiu and Tamarack Poly-route MC
Valentine Everest
Our Life: Now and Forever MC
Step 1 name and pronouns: Valentina (She/Her)
Step 2 and onward name and pronouns: Valentine (He/They)
Qiu only route
Aspen Clarke
Our Life: Beginning and Always MC
Step 1 name and pronouns: Paige (She/Her)
Step 2 and onward name and pronouns: Aspen (They/Them)
Cove route MC (Nervous)
Cosmos Flowers
Our Life: Beginning and Always MC
Step 1 name and pronouns: Daisy (She/Her)
Step 2 and onward name and pronouns: Cosmos (He/They)
So, I had someone talking about the struggles of pronouns while writing queer fiction. When characters use the same set of pronouns, things can get confusing. I sort of realized, I don't have this problem. Why? Because I always write at least one of them as nonbinary! So either use they/them and then the romantic partner uses he/him, or the nonbinary person uses two sets of pronouns, like he/they, and when interacting with the he/him and could get confusing, I switch the pronouns.
So, obviously, that is one solution. Give one of your characters the nonbinary treatment lol. Obviously that doesn't make sense for everyone. So I came up with another way we could annotate to make it less confusing, at least while we work on finding more traditional solutions to make it less confusing and easier to write.
Each of the characters has their pronouns written differently.
Like, for example, throughout the story, we write Character #1's pronouns as he/him and Character #2's pronouns as he/him to show the difference. You can ever do that for each of the character's names too, if it doesn't get too repetitive and you want clarity, but I think the pronouns should be enough.
There are ways of tactfully using a combination of names and pronouns, and know when to use them properly to avoid this, but in fanfiction spaces where this is a hobby, and some only do it for fun and don't care, or aren't at the skill level to learn those sorts of nuances, this could be an easy way of insuring that it's never confusing for your reader. Obviously this works for sapphic storytelling as well, just change the pronouns to she/her. But it was just a thought I had for us to use in fandom spaces when writing fanfiction. Obviously this isn't a solution for traditional novels, but for us, it could be a tool that makes it easier for both readers and writers to convey what we're trying to share.
If you're the type to use bold or italics for emphasis in your writing, you could also look into maybe colours if your platform allows it. But with this, accessibility starts to be an issue, especially for those who use dark modes. So please keep that in mind.
But that's all. Just wanted to share. Maybe people already have been doing this, and others already found their own solutions, but if you hadn't, I hope this finds you and helps you out in your writing endeavors. Keep writing, no matter what it is.
So, I like to check what Cove becomes between steps and usually I won't change what it's set to, I just wanna see what my impact does.
How did my Cove in my current playthrough go from a cold and sporty Cove to a warm and studious Cove in between those five years lol. So, I actually went through and adjusted him so he was more mixed rather than completely the opposite end of who he normally is.
"Alright, I think I have everything prepared," Aspen said to themself as they looked around the kitchen, seeing all of the different things they have prepared for their fancy dinner date with Cove. The two had officially been a couple for three years, but they'd been in an unofficial "we're not ready to officially date" relationship since the summer when they were 13, and they kissed for the first time.
While tonight may have not been their official anniversary, it was the anniversary of when they first kissed and Aspen wanted to make it special.
They'd made a full meal and dessert of their favourite foods, memories of previous dates. It was something that they knew made Cove happy, since he always seemed to enjoy food. It was almost like it was the highlight of the day whenever it was involved.
They dished up the meals and placed them on the table. Noelani and Pamela agreed to give the two the house to themselves for the evening, so Aspen had been setting up the whole afternoon, wanting this to be perfect.
After hearing the door bell, Aspen walked over and opened the door to see Cove standing there, wearing some semi-formal clothing, in comparison to his usual attire. Aspen was dressed up in a similar way.
"Oh, wow. Look at you, Mr. Handsome," Aspen said sweetly, blushing softly as they walked closer to him, teasingly adjusting his collar, running their hands down the front of his shirt after. Cove's cheeks went red and he chuckled nervously.
"You act like you're not absolutely gorgeous as well," Cove said, cupping their cheeks, running his thumbs against their cheekbones. Aspen blushed softly, getting on their toes and kissing him softly. After pulling away from the kiss, Cove's cheeks stayed pink and he laughed nervously.
"Dammit, you've been kissing me like that for five years and it still gives me butterflies," Cove said through his nervous laughter. Aspen smiled back at him and slowly pulled away, gently taking one of his hands.
The two walked towards the dining room table, both sitting down across from each other.
"Wow, fancy. I didn't know you had this in you, Aspen," Cove said teasingly, admiring the atmosphere and food. "I mean, maybe when we first met? But this version of you-?" He continued to tease.
"What? Do you prefer me when I was all frilly and pretty?" Aspen asked teasingly, remembering how they were before they came out. Cove quickly panicked as Aspen started to giggle to themself.
"Of course I love you exactly as you are! I'm pretty sure I started liking you more after you came out and started being yourself more!" Cove said in a panicked tone, and Aspen continued to giggle.
"Cove, sweetheart, I know you do," they said, reaching over and taking his hand. "Now, let's eat before the food gets cold."
Cove blushed and smiled softly before pulling their hand to mouth, kissing the back of their knuckles. "Happy anniversary, love."
"Happy anniversary," Aspen replied back softly, unable to hold back any of their joy, knowing they've gotten to spend their life with the love of their life, and will hopefully get to continue to for the rest of it.
Small rant as a rewatch Gravity Falls for the millionth time. Spoilers ahead...
So, there was a theory going around that Dipper and Wendy should be swapped on the Bill Cipher wheel. It was a pretty convincing theory and I didn't think it'd be that bad, until I'm rewatching Season 1, Episode 19, when we meet Bill for the first time...
He calls Soos, Mabel, and Dipper "Question Mark" "Shooting Star" and "Pine Tree" which is a reoccurring nickname he uses for each. Which are their symbols on the wheel. You could make the argument it was based on appearances that day, but Mabel wasn't wearing her shooting star sweater. She wore the sunset one. Obviously Bill would know who was supposed to be each. So that theory does not actually make sense and is false. There is no deeper, hidden theory on why the circle didn't work, aside from the older twins fighting, breaking the ritual.
Okay, end of rant, just wanted to point this out, just in case people missed it and were thinking about this theory.
As Aspen sat on the beach with their feet in the sand, taking in the nice, summer air, they took this moment of peace and quiet away from home and their older sister. The busy house could get overwhelming sometimes, especially since they started having their new friends around as well.
Aspen had come such a long way in the last eight years. Something their younger self would have never been able to accept or understand.
It'd felt like a long week while Cove visited his mother, always struggling to be away from their boyfriend for long periods of times. They've grown up across from each other for close to a decade.
They watched as the tide rolled in over and over with headphones on, listening to music. They couldn't help but feel sentimental about their time with Cove, thinking back to all of their memories.
Suddenly, they felt a hand on their shoulder, making them jump up, their heart racing out of their chest, ripping off their headphones by the cord. "Fuck sakes, Cove! You scared the shit out of me," Aspen said, holding the hand that grab their headphones to their chest, trying to regulate their heartbeat.
Cove couldn't help but chuckle and sat down beside Aspen, keeping a hand hidden from their view. "I'm sorry! Maybe you should be listening to music so loudly in places where someone could sneak up on you," Cove said teasingly, nudging his partner with his shoulder.
Aspen shook their head, taking one last deep breath, feeling themself be re-regulated. They leaned towards him, raising a hand to cup his cheek, which he dodged. "Wait, I have something for you, first," Cove said as his cheeks turned a soft pink. Aspen raised a brow, not expecting to receive a gift from Cove in this moment.
"A present? I thought you were my present," Aspen said teasingly, which made Cove blush even more, laughing from being flustered. He'd become too flustered to be able to say anything else, so he held out the small bouquet of white flowers he'd clearly just picked on his way down to see them.
"It's nothing special, but seeing you sitting there, absolutely gorgeous, I needed to give you something beautiful to compliment you," Cove said nervously, feeling like it was stupid gesture, but, following one of Aspen's "rules" for their relationship. Even if you think it's stupid, try, because the other may not think it's stupid.
"These are absolutely perfect, Cove. Thank you. I'll make sure to press them and then I can write about when I got there in my book," Aspen said sweetly, holding them in one hand. With their free hand, their raised it again to gently cup his cheek. They leaned in and pull in him for a soft and sweet kiss. "I missed you."
"I missed you too," Cove said softly as he pressed his forehead against theirs. They'd been together for three years and still, even to this day, they both got butterflies when they kissed. They were both so in love, and it only ever got stronger.
Step 1 - Paige (She/Her)
*This is Aspen pre-transition.
The poor boy sitting all alone in a field of flowers wasn't someone Paige had expected to meet this summer, but everything about it was nothing more than a dream.
I want to go home...
In that moment, Paige knew that she wanted to make sure this boy felt at home. He felt safe enough to open up to this little girl who struggled day in and day out to make friends with her peers. She didn't even get along much with Shiloh, the only person aside from her older sister who would play with her.
When Pamela and Noelani said that the boy would be coming over to visit, they both knew that putting these two kids together would be good for both of them.
When Cove arrived, knocking on the door, far too short to reach the door bell, Paige was the one who wanted to open the front door. "Hi Cove!" Paige exclaimed excitedly, which made the boy flinch. Seeing his reaction, Paige pulled back, worried that she was coming off too excited for him.
"Why don't you two head up to Paige's room," Noelani suggested and without saying another word, Paige showed Cove her bedroom. She stood there awkward as Cove looked around her room, not sure what to afraid of any reaction scaring him off. She'd never had any friends before, she wasn't entirely sure how to act.
"I like this drawing," Cove finally spoke up, which lit Paige up brightly. She walked over and took the picture down to show him.
"I made this drawing! See! This is a picture of the sea while I was at the beach with my moms and sister. I saw a crab and so many seashells, so I added them. And it was cloudy and rained later, that's why there are dark, scary clouds," Paige said with excitement, before getting embarrassed and became shy and timid again. "I'm sorry."
"I like it. I've never seen a drawing of the beach with clouds like that before," Cove said, smiling softly to himself as he looked at the picture more. "I like the beach and the ocean. It's so pretty."
"Oh! If you like the beach, I've got this thing to show you!" Paige said with excitement, hanging her picture back up. Cove cocked his head to the side and watched as Paige ran to the other side of her room, pulling out a small treasure chest from under her bed.
When she finally opened it, kneeling down behind it, Cove walked over and knelt down, looking at all of the different treasures that Paige had found at the beach. "Can I touch them?" Cove asked, before reaching out to grab any.
"Of course!" Paige said with excitement, waiting to see what Cove wanted to look at. As Cove admired each of the different items, Paige was watching, sharing little stories that came with each of them. Cove listened, but still more interested in the object than the stories.
As Cove looked at one a little longer than the rest, Paige looked up at him a little more, getting a chance to admire him. She wasn't sure why she wanted to look at him so much, but when Cove made eye contact with her, she felt embarrassed, looking away from him and her cheeks going red.
This was the start of something that would change Paige's life indefinitely. Without meeting Cove, nothing would have been the same...
I am currently watching season 3 for Heartstopper and I just want a small vent momen.
Spoilers below...
I knew about Elle's interview prior to going into the season, but I was not prepared for the visceral anger I felt. I've written and read so much gut-wrenching sadness and stuff, so that I was ready for. But the transphobia that Elle experienced in that scene pissed me off so badly. It was so realistic and just being reminded that my existence is a fucking debate and topic of discussion and it hurt more than the amount I cried at this season. (I'm up to 7 cries btw)
So yeah. End of rant. Just wanted to share some anger. Back to my regularly scheduled OC content. (With this season, been thinking about a heartstopper one a bit...)
Okay, but with the release of Error143's DLC and learning about Micah in high school, why aren't we discussing either a high school AU or even university/college AU with Micah, Caspian and Angel (either generic MC or OCs)
Is this a minor soft launch that I'm working on a university AU for Micah and Oliver? Possibly....
Loki: Sometimes I wish I was a girl so that there might be a chance Qiu likes me back.
Tamarack: ...
Loki: ...
Tamarack: The nonbinary bisexual? That's who you're worried about not liking you back because you're nonbinary?
Loki: ... I never said my insecurities were logical.
Bits and trivia about Loki (feat. Qiu and Tamarack)
When Loki first realized Qiu was popular, the friendship he established felt fake and nothing special was happening between them.
People didn't like Loki at her old school, so that is why they're so anxious in step 1.
Loki's first instinct with many of the characters are that they're either pretty or handsome. But Qiu is the only one that they openly (accidentally) said that he was pretty.
Every time someone compliments Loki, especially Qiu and Tamarack, they freeze and get incredibly flustered.
Qiu and Tamarack have gotten into minor fights when they are younger (step 1) of who Loki gets to hang out with after school. It both makes Loki happy people want to spend time with them and also a little flustered that they're fighting over him.
Loki finds herself struggling between picking Qiu and Tamarack when the three of them are out doing things together.
This made Loki struggle a lot with coming to terms with the fact they liked both of them.
At some point, Loki made himself pick between Tamarack and Qiu, denying their feelings for the other. Due to the closeness and trust Loki had built with Qiu from them both exploring their genders together, he decided that "logically" it made sense to choose Qiu.
Qiu is aware that Loki has feelings for both them and Tamarack. It was almost obvious to him. So when Loki shared that information, he wasn't worried and even suggested that it was okay for people to be with more than one person.
They then quickly because Loki's number one cheerleader when it came to confessing to Tamarack, because despite how comfortable and confident they could be with Qiu, Tamarack made her head spin and could never quite keep their cool with her.
When Loki is sick, Tamarack gets really obsessive with trying to take care of them, even though Loki's mom keeps telling her to stay home and leave them to rest.
After the first time Loki got sick and Qiu missed being able to talk to him when they're younger, he got Loki walkie talkies for her birthday, keeping one of them so the two of them can talk to each other whenever they feel like it.
The two are hanging out, both feeling a bit anxious and they come out to each other as being nonbinary, which they haven't told anyone else yet.
As the TV show Harper turned on, both her and Qiu were sitting nervously together. Harper had been doing some serious thinking about who she was a realized that she wasn't a girl. She was somewhere on the nonbinary spectrum and had even picked out her new name. Obviously based off her favourite character in the Marvel franchise, Loki. Though, she was still trying out using a combination of he/they/she pronouns.
The only thing they were struggling with was who to tell? Loki hated keeping secrets, it felt like almost lying, which Loki hated.
Should he talk to his mom about this first? What about Tamarack? She was so understanding, she'd be the easiest person to tell. Or what about-
"Hey, Harpie, can I share something with you?" Qiu spoke up while Loki was mid-thought. He looked at Qiu who was fidgeting with his hands nervously, something he never did.
"Of course, Qiu. I know we're always teasing each other and stuff, but I'll always be there for you," Loki said sweetly, which wasn't a common tone she'd use with Qiu, but it seemed like he wanted to share something pretty serious.
Qiu took a deep breath before looking down at his hands, still messing with them. Loki sat there patiently, waiting for him to start talking. "Do you know what being trans is?" Loki's heart sunk when Qiu mentioned it. Did he know? How could he possibly know?
"Uh, yeah, I do. That's when someone is a different gender than what their body tells them, right?" Loki said, attempting to play dumb. Qiu nodded and then closed his eyes.
"Do you know what being nonbinary is?" Loki's eyes widened hearing that, heart racing in fear. He knew?! That was the on explination to why Qiu was asking all of this.
"Yeah, I know that too..." Loki said nervously, their voice starting to waiver, trying not to start crying.
"Well, I think I'm, you know," Qiu paused, keeping his eyes shut. Loki's eyes widened when he put the clues together. Qiu was questioning their gender as well.
"I'm nonbinary too!" Loki snapped, before quickly sitting back, covering their mouth. Qiu's eyes shot open and they looked at Loki in shock.
"You- really?" Qiu asked in shock, attempting to process what was happening.
"At least, I think I am," Loki said softer than before. "I haven't told anyone else. I wasn't even sure who to tell," they continued to explain.
"I'm trying out they/them pronouns. What about you?" Qiu asked curiously.
"He/they/she for me," Loki said and then smiled at Qiu. "Are you changing your name?"
"No, I'm not. I like my name. What about you?" Qiu asked curiously, feeling more comfortable about all of this.
"Yeah, I'm trying our Loki," Loki said, which recieved a snicker from Qiu.
"Like from Marvel?" Loki blushed hard in embarrassment before shoving Qiu. They started to laugh in response.
"Shut up!" Qiu continued to laugh at Loki before smiling sweetly, calming down their laughter.
"I like it. It may have no suited you when you got here, but that feels like the perfect name for you now," Qiu said sweetly, wiping away their tears. Loki smiled at Qiu before leaning over and hugging them.
Qiu blushed and froze when Loki hugged them. "I'm so glad I'm not alone with this. I couldn't have asked for anyone else to be able to go on this journey with."
Qiu smiled sweetly as they listened to what Loki had to say and hugged them back. "Me too. I'm so glad we get to have this journey together. It's so nice to know I won't ever be alone in this."
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