Yes I do infact play Kwas for rp... as difficult as she is.
So! Here is some background information for anyone (updated for Dawntrail!):
Wawasei Wasei is a lalafell daughter of a wealthy merchant from Ul’dah. Yes she is a lalafell and not a true goblin. Sorry to disappoint.
Goblins refer to her by the name they gave her: Peddlestox Shinyrocks. When speaking she does the same as she’s rather quickly finding out that it sounds wrong to use her Given Name (Wawasei) or her Nickname (Kwas).
She is 23 years old.
She is NOT a battler. She is a crafter. Her primary professions are jewelcrafting (GSM), woodworking (CRP), and sewing (WVR). (She’ll not be making any armor/weapons, not even robes)
She does now have a pictomancer brush and can use pictomancy though it is more akin to flinging paint in someone’s eyes as a distraction so she can run with her tiny legs than actual combat ability
She is still a runaway from her parents. They caught her once (almost twice) and have not given up just yet. (They want to set her up into an arranged marriage and she wants nothing to do with it.)
She wears a goblin mask and does use gobbiespeak. The mask is a gift from the gobbies after having lived with them under their protection and trading with them for a year or so, and came with her goblin name. Gobbiespeak is something she’s picked up and kept up.
She is good friends with most beast tribes (I say most because she hasn’t met them all just yet!). Aside from goblins, she has met and dealt with:
Sylphs (Cabbagefae)
Moogles (Pomfiends)
Ixal (Quillmakers)
Namazu (Greedyfish)
Qirin (Squeakthieves)
Pixies (Craftysweets)
Dwarves (Beardyfells)
Lopporitts (Smallbuns)
Pelu Pelu (Peddlelanders)
Mamool Ja (Plantscales)
Arkasodara (Tallspeeds)
She can now be found wandering about in the New World peddling her wares (if you know, you know - no spoilers up here!)
Kwas is on the Crystal DC same as the rest of my characters. She’s on Malboro currently. There is a chance of me setting her up on an EU data center in the future as another alt (I’ve NOT given up on that btw!) I just need to know where all the rp’s at!
She does have an Ask option where you can ask her questions and she will ICly answer (when possible). Don’t even need to wait for me to reblog an ask game!
DT spoilers and other sensitive stuff under the cut.
Yes you can find her around Earthenshire or Many Fires (and often!), but she will also frequent Tuliyolal because
She is not a Potsworn; Moblins probably find it odd that a moblin (goblin) is a craftymaker
Her ship is docked in Tuliyollal and is not like to sail all the way to Earthenshire any time soon
She is NOT up for any romantic RP. I have a ship for her; she has a minty cat in her sights.
Guns and Goblins Megapost
Note: Kwas is autistic. She has been pegged as neurodivergent for the longest time mostly because as a writer who originally was suspecting to be autistic themselves, I did not want to make a character who was one and accidentally misrepresent and/or offend people.
Rest assured if it matters to you I have had my diagnosis (I am AuDHD) and feel confident enough to put her as an autistic character. I have done research, and I have my own experiences to draw upon. With that said there is one thing I want to make crystal clear:
I have enough issues with Kwas being child coded as a lalafell. Her being childish and her gobbiespeak does not mean I am infantalizing autism. Gobbiespeak is what both Goblins and Moblins in FFXIV use and thus will be canon for the character. I’m not going to stop her speaking that way because of someone else’s insecurities. You can block this tumblr and me if that’s how you feel. She is an adult. She’s always been an adult. And she always will be an adult unless I decide to sit there and write about her experiences/life as a child/teen.
To what degree was love and/or commitment on your OC’s agenda at the point they met their current lover or spouse? Was it something of which they had always dreamt? Or did it come as a surprise – welcome or otherwise…?
Kwas has always wanted love and was never afraid of commitment (as far as wanting to commit goes). She'd always dream of getting married and, well not having a family, but getting married and being with her SO for the rest of their lives happily.
When she met Koana, she was of the belief that that was never going to happen. Not because she didn't want it anymore, but because she didn't believe it was going to happen. Not to her anyway.
Having her crush hasn't rekindled it exactly. She still doesn't believe he'd like her back (child if only you knew lmao). But she does still dream of it. She has no idea if his culture has marriage but even without the bells of the Twelve or w/e similarities Tural has she'd be willing to have one partner for the rest of her life.
you cannot convince me that Koana is not enough of a nerd to not want to go to the moon when he learns we made contactyes Kwas would take him, she LIVED HERE back when the custom deliveries were current (and still comes here for CE)
aka Backthought Lipflaps
these were a tonze of fun to do ^^ (and READ)
ty to @diggingforkuponuts for starting up the idea and this should totally be a thing for shy beans to talk about their beans!!!
Kwas is technically an only child. But as it seems to be common with my OCs she has found family and now has 4 siblings total.*
Where does your character fall in the birth order?
Kwas is the youngest out of everyone.**
Do they all live together? If not, why?
Yes and no. Her siblings are pirates and tend to live on the seas (or at least for a while on the ship in between dockings). When they do come to visit, however, they tend to meet up at their dads' house in Tural.
Were they raised together from early childhood, or brought together later?
They were all adults when they met and got together.
Which traits do the siblings share?
All three are Dunesfolk. And all three like pink. Just not the same shades.
Who is more responsible? More reckless?
Rereyadi is the most responsible. Yayarei is the most reckless. Kwas is somewhere in between.
*Rereyadi and Yayarei have husbands. Yadi has a miqo'te and Yaya has an elezen.
**Yadi and Yaya are twin siblings who are actually related to one another. They're both older than Kwasei though.
Once Koana is in the mix, Kwas will no longer be the youngest (I think; I'm just assuming she's older than Wuk Lamat if ever so slightly) and she gets another sister!
I couldn't find any questions on general familial stuff, but we'll pretend I got asked some and answer:
The "not-triplet triple" have been adopted by a lalafell and elezen couple. Said elezen has noble ties in Ishgard. Due to an injury, and also not being the first born, he left and met his husband, who had already adopted and had rose Rereyadi and Yayarei into adults by then.
Some time afterwards Yadi and his husband met Kwas and it wasn't long afterwards they unofficially and then semi-officially adopted her.
Yadi and Yaya went their separate ways, each finding a pirate husband who had nothing to do with each other. Yaya's elezen was a runaway from Ishgard who went to La Noscea and took up piracy, eventually got his own ship and crew and on a few jobs hired Yaya who took up the gladiator trade. She took one look at him and said he was the one for her and they got married (with her eventually taking over as the leader of their merry band).
Yadi stayed with their father for a long while and his miqo'te was hired muscle who needed some extra gil as well as something to do whilst grounded. He tried very hard not to fall in love with the ruffian, but couldn't let the man walk away with the possibility of never seeing him again and, though rather young, leaned into falling in love with him. Said miqo'te wasn't sure if he felt the same, but saw no harm in giving it a try. Despite that it seems that they get along like oil and water, they do have an adorable relationship. And much like Yaya has a hold on her man, Yadi does on his.
(should've added not a single lala in this family is with another lala as a trait lmao)
all from romanceable OC ask by @mimble-sparklepudding
If your OC was a romanceable character then how would their approval be gained? What actions would increase their approval rating?
If your OC was a romanceable character then how would their approval be lost? What actions would reduce their approval rating?
Most good aligned actions would give some approval rating for Kwas with variable points littered through out. As expected, any evil/uncharitable acts will give negative points.
Some examples:
++To helping animals
+To giving a complete stranger aid
+++To giving a party member/companion to aid (a bonus + if said member/companion is the person's romantic partner and it isn't Kwas)
-To mean/disaparagining comments to another person or the person themself
---To harming an innocent animal
--To lying
What would their starting alignment be? Would it be possible for this to change through their relationship with the player?
Kwas' alignment would be neutral good. You could probably change it to chaotic/chaotic neutral but not much else.
Would they be romanceable by all player characters? Or only those of a certain gender or alignment?
Kwas would be romanceable to all good/neutral aligned characters regardless of gender. Some races may have a bigger boost than others, but none would impede a relationship.
Would they insist on a monogamous relationship? Or would they be open to a polyamorous arrangement? Or even the occasional threesome (or foursome or orgy).
Kwas is 100% monogamous. Any and all attempts at something else would immediately end the romantic relationship.
What would their character storyline be? What would be the consequences of the player following or not following it through?
In a BG3 or DnD setting Kwas would likely be a long standing NPC that you could romance on the side. Likely, she'd be an artificer with a magical shop the party can come and buy items/trinkets they may need (or want) and could potentially become an informant for magical items the party or player character may want to persue.
She would be a proper goblin then, with being magical enough to be come a booyahg but left, not wanting that life style (or the life of a goblin in general) preferring to live with the other races in harmony as a shopkeep/merchant.
If the party chooses not to engage in her story at all, by the end of the game/campaign she would be by herself with maybe a magical pet for a companion, still running her shop.
If the party chooses to engage the choices would be to either prevent her from going back to her goblin family or hand her over.
If she is returned to the bog from whence she came, the shop she owns would be closed (another one would pop up in a later town to use) and they would never see nor hear from her again.
If they are prevented from taking her back (or one of the nearby guards from forcing her back) the player character has the option to continue the relationship into a romantic one, or leave things as friends (and Kwas gets married to a random NPC at the end).
In a more FFXIV style campaign, the party would be given a quest to find a missing lalafell under the assumption she was kidnapped. If she is brought back to her family and the party does little to stop it, she will be unwillingly married to the suitor her parents picked out.
If the party sympathizes with her and either fights off the bandits coming to take her back, or convinces her to join them, there is once again an opportunity to romance her.
Would they be flirtatious or reserved - or even chaste - on first meeting them? Would this be a true reflection of their nature?
Kwas would be extremely shy, easy to fluster, and a bit of a klutz. There's very little that would make her not present that way.
How would their romance scene (or scenes) play out? Would any of them be explicit? Or
Kwas' would be innocent cuddling, shy hand holding, maybe a quick peck on the cheek or if she's daring lips. The closest to "extreme intimacy" you'd be getting is sleeping cuddles 0 allusions to anything else.
Which children’s cartoon would they get obsessed with?
Ever heard of Miffy? Kwas would absolutely adore the character and show (and all the books!!!!). Miffy to her would be like Hello Kitty to me (she'd also adore Hello Kitty but that's besides the point).
If they have a set of keys do they have key charms? Is there anything sentimental? If they don't have a key chain, what would be on it if they had one?
If Kwas had a set of keys she would have a few key charms. Miffy would be one and Cinnamoroll. And a mandragora of choice (she'd find it hard to choose over the Queen, Knight or Kidragora).
Her fears of really tall people. Kwas is short. No getting around that. And people she has to look up, up to, intimidate her. Most of the time its not that bad (and she tends to have breaks in between seeing them) but there are a few days where its too much.
She also has fears of ghosts, voidsent, anything supernatural or horror. She deals with enough monsters on the daily, she can see as she travels. She wants nothing to do with something she can neither see nor do anything about should they decide to haunt her.
Darkness is also one. She doesn't like being in the dark where she can't see and sounds seem so loud and everything looks like it's moving. As long as she has a light (even moonlight) she's fine.
Jokes about taking the wording literally aside, Kwas would acutally like throw pillows provided they're shaped as animals and can double as a stuffy. Otherwise she doesn't see the point in them.
That said, she does make some on occasion. Her favorite ones to make are ones she knits/crochets and puts the stuffing inside so she can make pretty patterns with it.
Embroidering them though? She will either tell you no, refer you to someone else, or charge double because she hates doing it.
As today is Flower's actual bday @diggingforkuponuts we'll have extra blurbs. These are stuff that have no asks tied to them, just stuff I wanna share in honor of the Reverse Asks. Kwas ED.
While there is alot I can splurge on my gobbiefel, I figure I'd talk about her autism and what things she (and also I) do (totally making a list that I can refer back to). Starting with -
Stims
Handflapping - Kwas does this more than I do and mostly when she's happy/excited.
Staring at rotating objects - ME. Kwas may if she has something that's rotating but currently she has no fan or twirling object
Rocking - Kwas' floor sit animation is this. I like rocking but I don't have a place to do it.
Listening/Singing to the same song over and over - rip Koana I can literally listen to the same song for 3 days in a row before I get tired of it (if I ever do). Kwas can do the same and usually hums it to herself.
Movement in general - I like pacing if I can. Or I'll tap my fingers (or play with my stim toy that's keyboard keys). Both of Kwas' sits are like this. I think she'd also subconciously sway.
Echolalia - I think this counts? Aside from common Gob-phrases, she has taken ones from the other beastfolk (mostly "yes, yes" from the Namazu)
Chewing - I did this mostly when I was younger. If I had known chewlery was a thing as a kid I'd have demanded one.
Special Interests
Kwas' is of course gems, stones, jewelry crafting. She and Feldspar-mun @loldragoon-ffxiv could talk for hours I bet. Stuffies. Beast tribes I think would also be there, especially the Goblins. I'd like to find more things in the world she'd be interested in.
Me on the other hand - writing is probably mine. But I also like tarot cards, incense, candles, also stuffies. I used to be really into animals, Kingdom Hearts. Not so much now.
Socializing
Typical stuff you'd think of: hard time reading body language/facial expressions, dial up processing speech, taking things literally, sarcasm some times doesn't click.
Kwas prefers conversing with people who have animal-like ears and tails because they are great indicators of how the person's emotions are over their facial expressions.
Masking
Kwas of course hides behind goblin speech, mannerisms, and looks. I haven't thought of what her masking would have been like before she met the goblins, or during, but likely she would practice her speech, try to be expressive and not ready to speak at 20 malms a minute about a craft she should have no knowledge of.
I am actually in the process of demasking. But I stopped trying to talk to my classmates about things I was interested in. I don't think it was because I was teased about it (entirely) and more just embarassed. By highschool I pretty much started pulling away and sat by myself. This was also around the time I started getting depressed. Most of my desire to write came from this era, and I did try to use that as a form of "something is wrong" and of course no one took it seriously. /rolls eyes
Sensory Issues
Bright lights, loud noises. Solution 9 is a nightmare. Certain smells (Kwas can filter that out with the mask; I can't -_-"). Textures of food (nothing mushy).
Neither of us like being touched much unless we initiate it. Kwas will usually reach out her hand first for this reason. But when it comes to things like hugs and such we prefer them to be firm and not feathery. Feels like something is crawling. Ugh.
I've found I don't like touching anything that is wet. Dampness is fine. I also like some strong smells (lavender, earthy tones, musk) and will burn incense or candles to get it. (I also like the smell of laundry detergent.) TAGS ARE AN ABOMINATION AND DESERVE TO BE REMOVED FROM CLOTHES FOR-EV-ER.
Kwas isn't a fan of sour stuffs and prefers her veggies and fruits to be crisp or crunchy. She'll make an exception for rolanberries.
Repetition
Aside from listening to the same song on repeat, we also can eat the same thing several days in a row. I in fact had a bologna sandwich (nothing else but meat and white bread) for lunch starting ~kindergarten to last day of HS. No joke. I may have had a few things different here and there but it was mostly that (my literal bread and butter bologna).
Kwas can probably live off of twilight pretzels and various fruits. Doma has given her a taste of rice (not a fan of the sticky kind, but fried rice and flavored rice - as long as its not sweet - is doable) and Tuliyollal has not left her unscathed as she does eat tacos (depending on the filling). Thavnair's cuisine was too spicy (I like the heat but not like that).
Random Stuff That Doesn't Have a Category? Sure
I occasionally walk on my tip toes. Usually subconciously. Dinosaur arms have also become a more frequent thing.
Kwas I feel like over time she'd become more selectively mute. Not because she doesn't want to speak or communicate but just... How to explain.
You know when your family member or partner or friend are in the same room with you and you're both just existing in the same space in quiet and just having companionship? That's kinda what she'd be wanting with her silence.
I use fidgets more than Kwas would (probably because I haven't seen a single fidget toy she'd use or an Ethyris mock up).
Do they have any pets? If not, is there a reason why and/or do they want one? If so, what are/would be their names and how were they adopted? (Fish, insects, and wild animals that frequent their living situation count as pets for this)
YES.
So, the longest in her line of pets is her chocobo Lapis. Much like any other owner be they adventurer or merchant, she acquired him for her travels and picked him specifically because he did not hesitate to kick, peck or bite (she needs a chocobo who'll not hesitate to put up a fight due to how dangerous the roads can be).
A good chunk of her minions were left behind in Eorzea because they couldn't all come (and some didn't want to go on a boat ride) but several did come with her.
There is Stix, her wind-up goblin, and Stox her wind-up qirin. These two mammets are how Kwas keeps herself sane during her day to day life: making sure she keeps up on chores, eats, being a chronometer etc. The two were originally plushes she had and she turned them into mammets out of a spur of the moment idea.
Quartz is her sponge-silkie who she found alone and brought home because he had none. Similarily, Puni the petite-punutiy was also brought home because he had none. Kwas tends to pick up cute things.
Perry the tapir was a gift to ward off nightmares and terrors, and seems to be doing a fantastic job of it since.
Snowdrox was a Heavensturn gift that she couldn't say no to.
And last but certainly not least is Hazelle the nutkin. This little one followed Kwas home and has stayed due to the abundance of nuts and fruits. Around Starlight she'll dawn a Saint's Hat.
The abundance of mim-mims came about as Kwas' original incarnation (D&D) had a rat named Briz for company.
I'm sure in the future there'll be more little pets she'll be picking up because they're cute or needing a home. Its a wonder she doesn't have a petshop at this point.
Is your OC comfortable in the higher echelons of society, such as aristocratic functions or assemblies of the rich and powerful? Or do they prefer to avoid these events if possible?
Kwas is not comfortable with high society. That said, she does come from it, of a sort. Her parents are of a high standing in Ul'dah and often held or go to functions, bringing their daughter with them.
Kwas could look the part but always had trouble when it came to speaking. She wasn't interested in the gossip the other children or adults were talking about. She certainly wasn't as verbose as they were, generally sticking to more simple words. And all the mind games the nobility were playing went right over her head.
These days she can and does avoid events like these.
How do they react to small inconveniences like losing their keys, dropping their toast on the floor, running out of butter?
I had to think on this one a bit.
Kwas is intended to be an autistic character, so by virtue of that these can easily be led to meltdowns, shutdowns, day ruined.
That being said, that feels kinda like a cop out? Using myself as an example it takes a lot of little things adding up. So... kinda unsure what to put.
But if I had to think on it, on a good day she'll chalk it up to bad luck if she's dropped something and if she's misplaced something (which shouldn't have moved cause she put it where she wanted it >.<) she and her mammets would search for it. It's usually a short look.
If it's a bad day, she'll be a bit bummed out. And if the item misplaced is something important she'll not stop looking for it in a frenzy panic until she's found it. Then move it to a better, safer, spot.
Did you create your OC with a plan to ship them with a specific character or another OC? Or was their relationship something that evolved all by itself?
Nope. Kwas was created for the simple enjoyment of having her again, this time in a new place where I could flesh her out. Since her creation I had tried to think of many NPCs (in FFXIV and elsewhere) to put her with but none of them sparked her interest until Koana.
Were there any barriers to you establishing your OCs relationship? Perhaps social or cultural stigma? Or a concern that "ships" with that character were already overdone? Or simply a fear of being seen as "cringe"? If so then how did you overcome this?
I wouldn't call them barriers, but there were some things that made me hesitant to do shipping with Kwas.
First and foremost is the community's general disdain for lalafell being in relationships. Despite many in-game depictions clearly stating that lalafells (though they look childish) are not children, too many people are very quick to pull the plug on anything that isn't childlike whimsy. Especially if you go to pair the lalafell with a non-lalafellin character (or the reverse, where your OC is "normal" but they're in love with a lalafell).
Second, the typical BS about shipping with a canon character. I don't even bother acknowledging these, because shipping with an NPC in this fandom is the norm. I haven't had issues in the RP spaces (but I also tend to keep such things vague /shrug).
Add into my idea of Kwas being a neurodivergent in a relationship with a neurotypical (and all the flags I need to be aware of to be a pillar of representation and not a caricature/stereotype) and I was almost unwilling to dive into it.
What made me change my mind? A few things. Number one, Kwas and her ship make me happy. For all that I find romance as a genre to be overly sappy and unpleasant to read or watch, actually writing it can be fun. There is still that little girl who fell in love with fairy tales of princes and princesses and True Love™ and Kwas lets me explore that.
Second is my own journey of being a late diagnosed AuDHD person. I feel a lot more comfortable portraying a supposed autistic character when I myself am on the spectrum. Kwas' journey is going to be rather unrealistic but that's kind of the intention, at least in FFXIV. This is the fairy tale romance character. While realism is going to have a touch on it its not the lens I'm using and arguably shouldn't use for the genre I am writing.
And well, part of the writing process is to make mistakes and revise it. You live and learn, and you can't learn if you don't live.
How important is your OCs relationship(s) to their story? Would it still make sense without it? Or is their connection to this other character integral to their development?
Kwas' is pretty important to her story as this will be the turning point of her demasking. Literally and figuratively.
The goblin mask is not just a physical mask she is hiding behind. Its also her masking some of her autistic traits. Her getting into a relationship with Koana will be the start of her discovering she's different, its okay to be different, and she doesn't need to be one of the gobbie or mobbiefolk for people to accept her for who she is. Because at the end of the day, she's still hiding the real Kwasei. Because in her mind she can't be Kwasei. She can only be Wawasei or Peddlestox, and of the two, she'd rather be "the strange lalafell/milala pretending to be a goblin/moblin" than "the lalafellin wife of a merchant who hides away from the world".
Could I have done this with her family? Oh absolutely. And they will be a part of this as well. But since the oppertunity presented itself (and I decided I wanted to make my life harder than it needs to be) I want to try to tackle the ups and downs of being in a relationship when you're neurodivergent with a person who's neurotypical. Both sides of it as well. I don't know if it'll be good. I've never done this before (and I've also not been in a relationship since being diagnosed) but I'd like to try.
