Random fun fact cuz why not-
I only have 2 ocs that has multiple variants which are of course, my first two ocs ive ever made who are Natasha and Milo.
The originals are pretty small and young, being around 12-13 years old and if you looked at the blog i made about them, theres more facts about them (i forgot to add some but ill add em after)
Then theres the neo versions that have different names and personalities. Their names are Nova and.. Mark? Yeah i forgot his name in the au- but anywho Nova is really a cold silent killer, often keeping a serious face which is a HUGE difference to her original shy counterpart. And the Milo of this au is the quiet one, often staying by his sister. Although despite him being more quiet he is pretty strong when it comes to his sister being in danger :3
Then the OLDER variants who actually were the old versions of the original and everytime i remind myself of these old variants i get reminded of how i'd use to play this one rp game where i made the two rping aloneš (š) the reason i lowered their ages is because once i was reminded of Natasha and Milo, i couldnt remember their ages so i went for the younger ages as by then, i had many more ocs that were adults and i wanted to change things up ^^ but anywho i changed alot of stuff about them. Natasha is much more socially active and is like a somewhat mechanic? Im still trying to decide on stuff for her but anywho- Milo has more of a emo-like personality but still keeps a bit of his personality from when he was younger. And back to natasha i might make her a scientist or smth cuz i do have something where they go back in time to meet their past selves <3
then the last ones are still a wip so ill tell you when i get them done
OCs with Variants?! Do You Have ANY IDEA how much I love reading about variants?! When I first started RPing on tumblr my brain made so many Dex Variants based on many Media Sources.
Classic Horror Monsters? VAN HELSING SUCCESSOR VARIANT! Sci-Fi? Xenomorph Inklings and Dex is a Harvested Victim. (Kills are kills. Harvests are Face Hugged victims)
Video Game crossovers? Heās a Hunter for monster hunter, Technician of the Super Smash tournament. (The respawn pads are his specialty). I have a variant for different genres too. Racing? Mariokart, Forza, and Disney Speedstorm to name a couple.
Fighting? Skullgirls (WARNING VERY MATURE) Tekken, Killer Instinct (Thereās a playable Cyborg Raptor named Riptor)
As for your variants. The Neo variants are simply explained as Role swapped. Their Behavior Differences are a clear example of this. At one point on my original blog my poor Dex was mind controlled into serving Octavio by another moots OC who was a Traitorous Inkling.