Re-introduction to my ZZZ OC Ghoulia
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Chibi version + sticker/emote:
-A socially-akward (even inept) and dorky "ghoul" who prefers spending time alone with her nerdy interests rather than confronting her biggest fear-people, or atleast socialising with them. Ghoulia can often times come off as shy, snarky and even cynical to the people around her,this is in the most part unintentional as Ghoulia is very socially-anxious.Though despite that, Ghoulia yearns for belonging and acceptance.
-Based off the "obnoxious otaku/weeb social reject" trope. Unintentionally comes off as mean to others because of how defensive she is of her interests, but she's extremely kind once getting to know her.
Backstory (warning for mentions of neglectful parents,severe/fatal injury,suicidal Ideations,body dismorphia and bullying) :
(This section is gonna be VERY long as I'm gonna go into full detail-there will be pictures in the end don't worry) :
Ghoulia was once a normal girl by the name of Aaliyah, who was raised by two neglectful parents and had essentially raised her younger sister as if she were her mother.Aaliyah was often severely bullied at school for her 'childish' interests (like video games and anime) and would often resort to eating lunch alone in the school bathroom.The few friends she did have never stuck with her long or were just "friends" with her for the sake of teasing and making fun of the "weird girl".
When her parents divorced, Aaliyah and her sister were forced to move with her mother to the Outer Ring for a few years.For the short few years she stayed there, she had made friends with Caesar,the only person from her past that remained close to her.
Fast forward to when Aaliyah was 20,and was working several part-time jobs to eventually save up for her and her sister to move away from her parents (she still lived with her parents at that time and couldnt afford to go to college).
One day her sister had gone missing in a Hollow, determined to find her, Aaliyah had ran off by herself trying to find her despite how dangerous that kind of environment was.
And before she could even find her sister, the Ethereals had found Aaliyah first, and she had been mangled and left lifeless in the Hollow.
Aaliyah was now "dead", but "Ghoulia " was born. Waking up in a hospital after the Hollow accident,her life had been saved successfully through several botched surgeries and strange medicine.She started exhibiting a lot of zombie-like traits such as limping and moving sluggishly ,and struggled talking at times so she used to just reply with groans instead.Her skin was now a strange moldy color and she was covered in stitches.
Ghoulia was wheelchair-bound in the hospital untill she eventually learned to walk again,she also learnt to talk properly again but the one thing that couldn't be healed was the immense grief and guilt she felt after not being able to find her sister, her mind was constantly plagued with survivors guilt and suicidal Ideations as she believed that she should have never survived and that her sister should've been the one to survive instead of her (as she believed her sister - who she never found - was probably dead by now).
Ghoulia had become dangerously underweight and she often struggled with a strange varient of hypoglycemia to the point of constantly craving sugar (like a zombie does with brains, but with Ghoulia it's sugary treats instead.This is because of the strange medicine she was proscribed in the hospital ).She often struggled with dizziness,impaired eye-sight and even fainted if her body's blood sugar levels were to low.
Ghoulia often struggles with severe body-dismorphia,she feels as if she can't even recognize her own body anymore after everything and feels insecure about how frail and fragile her body is (even after she gains a bit of weight in the present day)
First two images are VERY OLD btw
Fast forward to present day Ghoulia:
Ghoulia is now 23 years old and lives alone in a cheap apartment, working as a part time proxy. She's learnt to walk and talk properly again and had stabilized her weight but she still struggles a lot with her self-esteem and survivors guilt.
The reason she became a proxy was because she wanted to help others navigate through Hollows without getting lost (like what happened to her sister).
She's also now a member of Spook Shack,she joined in hopes of meeting people with similar niche interests as her and hopefully make some friends despite how socially inept she can be sometimes.
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Relationships: (I'll keep this brief)
Friends- Caesar (childhood friend), Yuzuha and the rest of Spook Shack (though she's closer with yuzu than the others), Billy, and eventually the rest of the SoC and Phaethon
S/o- Lighter (close friends to lovers)
Ill make a separate post abt Ghoulia and Lighters relationship cuz it's ALOT
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Voice claim and playlist:
Voice claim is Tomoko Kuroki from Watamote (Stocking Anarchy is also one of Ghoulias voice claims)
Playlist (songs I either associate with her or she canonically listens to) :
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1tJUad99vpPAvwuWfnMong?si=vEdWE-KFRWOStbzXlb3uXQ&utm_source=copy-link&pi=-RLqvw52RImP8
-She's bisexual and also a demi-girl (which falls under both the trans and nonbinary umbrella)
-Birthday is aug 29th (Virgo)
-She's South African (specifically Colored just like me)
-She's apart of the Scene subculture (just like me...heh)
Ill give more facts about her in another post cuz this one is already REALLY long
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Hope you guys like her hehe
