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Lyn | 23 | Multifandom Selfshipper + Artist | Always Open To Chat!

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Thinking so much about the relationship Jasper has with Qiu and Tamarack in Step 2 and how it changes over time

By the time of the Step 2 prologue, Jasper and Tamarack are good friends, and Jasper and Qiu are best friends who are mutually crushing on one another. But as emotions play out through Step 2, Jasper struggles to maintain their relationships with both at once... and not for a lack of trying!

Jasper wants to spend time with them both, but a combination of personal preferences and jealousy drive a wedge between Jasper and Tamarack. Jasper's stuck choosing between two people... and Tamarack just isn't their first choice. Qiu always has and always will come first. It had never been a problem in the past, but back then, Qiu and Tamarack were friends. Times changed, and when it came to matters involving Jasper, that was when the two contested the most. Qiu had grown jealous, and Tamarack was quite possibly the last person they wanted to see Jasper spending all their time with... and Jasper just couldn't bear to deny Qiu when they both enjoyed being together.

Jasper still finds time to spend with Tamarack, but it's clear to just about everyone who their "favorite" would be. Once things finally calm down between the three, Jasper and Tamarack will spend more time together, eventually declaring themselves best friends too! (Of course, by this point Qiu would be dating Jasper, so they wouldn't mind)

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FINALLY, an art post!

I'm not very confident in drawing humans and I was a little stumped on outfit ideas so I'd been holding off on this for an entire month-

Quick reference of Jasper, Steps 1 to 3! I might take asks for them as a way to help inspire me to draw them more...

It's a bit hard to notice, but in Steps 2 and 3, Jasper wears a choker gifted to them by Qiu! It was their choice for matching in Step 2, and Jasper just kinda stuck with it over the years. It holds a lot of value for them.

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Jasper Second + Tamarack Baumann

Friendship Headcanons!

(These are not for any particular Step, but mostly presumed for Steps 3-4 onward)

Though it was a very one-sided friendship at first, the two quickly grew closer over time! By Step 2, they'd consider each other best friends.

Their friendship was strained through late Step 1 and early Step 2 because Jasper was attached to Qiu... and Qiu and Tamarack weren't particularly close at the time. Jasper struggled to maintain both relationships, and ultimately Jasper chose Qiu.

Tamarack and Jasper hang out more often once Qiu and Jasper are officially together and no longer incredibly jealous of other people. Sometimes it's just the two of them, and sometimes Qiu joins them.

Tamarack taught Jasper to make flower crowns once, and it became something of a tradition for them both whenever spring comes around.

They're the kind of friends who tend to lose track of their volume when they're together. They just get so excited and everything's funny and they end up being much louder than usual until they catch themselves.

They ended up with braces around the same time, so they took some comfort in the shared suffering.

Starting in Step 2, Jasper calls Tamarack "Tam" occasionally. Or, rarely, they use "Tam-attack" as a joke to mess with her.

Tamarack and Jasper are casually affectionate, moreso in late Step 2 onward. They enjoy hugs rather frequently, and it's common to see them leaning on one another.

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Jasper Second + Qiu Lin

Relationship Headcanons!

(Not centered around any single step, mostly assumed to be Step 3-4 and onward)

They've always been sort of touchy-feely with one another, but it was more notable from Step 2 onward, when the two were pretty much draped across one another any chance they got.

Jasper often found themself being patched up by Qiu. In Step 1, it was because they were very accident-prone; in Step 2, it was also partly due to them picking fights with other hot-headed kids.

Similarly, Qiu would seek out Jasper for emotional support. If they needed an encouraging word or simply someone to listen, Jasper would always be there.

Jasper tends to pick up after Qiu a lot, for a multitude of reasons. At some point they'd probably even insist on helping Qiu clean their room.

Whenever the two inevitably move in together, it definitely takes some time for the two to adjust. Jasper has to have a "system" in place to remind them both to clean, and to keep things from being misplaced.

Sometimes Jasper wonders if Qiu "misplaces" things on purpose... if an item is moved even slightly from its usual place, Jasper will completely lose track of it. Jasper and Qiu have "lost" many items this way, only to find them days later.

The two prefer stay-at-home dates most of the time, but do get out of the house occasionally for a change of pace. Their favorite thing to do together is to travel up the mountain for a picnic.

Gift-giving is a common form of affection between the two. Jasper has a binder full of notes and similar gifts from Qiu.

Jasper would love to paint Qiu's nails, but ironically they're an artist with very unsteady hands. It works out in the end, though.

Jasper does not wear nail polish often themself, but will do so if Qiu wants to paint them. They think the idea of wearing matching colors would be cute.

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Jasper's Step 2 Relationships!

Tamarack Baumann

In spite of the changes between them, they've grown much closer over the years.

They're best friends! It just makes sense... though Qiu always has some sort of quip if it gets brought up around them.

Jasper's the one who comes to Tamarack's defense now! Jasper also calls her Tam sometimes. It's hard to pinpoint when they started that... they just did one day.

They almost definitely have friendship bracelets, probably with a cutesy design.

Ren Murray

Ironically, the disbanding of the boys' club caused them to grow closer.

They don't talk much outside of when they bump into each other by chance, but Jasper wouldn't mind hanging out with him again sometime.

They don't really talk about Qiu around each other much, as it makes things really awkward... especially with how close Jasper and Qiu are, and how... not close Ren is with Qiu.

Baxter Ward

After Baxter was cut out from the friend group and the boys' club disbanded, Jasper became more vocal of their dislike for Baxter.

The two were never really friends, and only ever spoke to each other because of the club meetings.

Jasper thinks Baxter to be insensitive, and because he hurt Qiu and Tamarack's feelings, Jasper would be quick to shut down anything he'd have to say.

They're content to never see one another again... but, unfortunately, Golden Grove is too small of a town for that.

Qiu Lin

Despite all the changes between the two, they never grew apart. In fact, they somehow only grew closer.

Rare to see one without the other. The rumors at school have already begun, but Qiu has a knack for deflecting the rumors before they can worsen.

They're both head over heels, they both know this... and yet neither will acknowledge it directly. It's the most awkward part of their relationship, riding the line between best friends and something more until they have to bring it up eventually.

Qiu isn't the only teasing one in the pair anymore. They're often picking on one another. It's about as close to flirting as they get most of the time.

Vianca Di Fiore

Vianca knew Jasper before they came out as non-binary. It's because of this that things are... tense between them.

Vianca made it very clear that she wasn't really wanting to be "friends" anymore, and Jasper was more than fine with that. After all, Vianca was Qiu's rival of sorts, and Jasper didn't like that.

Jasper doesn't really get Vianca's whole thing with only wanting to be friends with girls. Jasper had put up with Ren's behavior under the assumption it was shyness for a while, but Vianca's reasons are unknown to them.

Jasper rarely refers to Vianca by name when talking about her. Typically, they'll call her "Miss Perfect" with a sneer.

Serenity Shaw

Serenity and Jasper have never hung out alone together. They've only really been around each other with Tamarack there as well.

Jasper has no issues with Serenity, and likes her to some degree, but isn't exactly the most friendly person themself. Jasper's a little too snippy to have an easy time making new friends.

The two tend to get on one another's nerves sometimes, but they're also both able to get over it pretty quickly.

They'd probably become better friends by the end of Step 2.

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More random Jasper stuff

Mostly general fun facts/headcanons because I have MANY thoughts

Jasper was ambidextrous when they were younger, but began to favor using their left hand by the time they moved to Golden Grove. It's only particularly noticeable that they favor their left when they write or draw.

Jasper was born and (mostly) raised in Mississippi. They had a very thick accent when they first moved to Golden Grove, but by Step 2 it's a little more subdued. It tends to show most when they're angry or excited.

By Step 3 Jasper would use They/She, but unlike Qiu, Jasper uses them in the sense of "I don't care what you call me but these are okay", simply going along with whatever someone refers to them by. They/them remains their default, though.

Step 2 Jasper probably picked up swearing after hearing it from Qiu. For the most part, Qiu's the only one who hears it anyway.

Jasper had gotten ear piercings once as a kid, but they weren't well-maintained and the experience was far too unpleasant for them to ever want to do it again. They like how piercings look on other people, though.

Jasper would consider getting a tattoo, but their indecisiveness makes up the primary reason they may not get one. They don't want to get a tattoo and end up disliking it later.

Jasper was diagnosed with autism sometime earlier in life. They didn't really understand much about that until Step 2 onward, when they started trying to better understand what it meant.

A lot of Jasper's anger in Step 2 was a result of how things were changing so drastically around them. It began with Baxter's not-so-helpful comments towards Qiu and Tamarack, and the subsequent breaking up of the "boy's club". The worst part for them, however, was seeing how all the changes affected Qiu and Tamarack. Jasper wanted their two favorite people to be happy, but they weren't really sure how to do that anymore, and it ended up making them particularly bitter through their teen years.

Jasper and Tamarack's relationship ironically just sort of... flipped between Steps 1 & 2. In Step 1, Tamarack was always loudly supportive of the much more reserved Jasper. In Step 2, the reverse is true. They were much better friends in Step 2, but not exactly best friends. Their relationships with Qiu (particularly Jasper's) created a sort of awkward tension that was hard to truly ignore. By Step 3, however, the two can finally say they're best friends.

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hi qiuliets here! on my main blog cause anon was giving me errors </3 i'm sending asks for the olba/olnf ask game!

let's see 7, 10, 18, and 20!

Weird... hope that's not an issue because of me being on mobile?

@qiuliets for the Our Life Ask Game! Number 7 was answered in the last ask ^^

10. Which family is your favorite?

I love Cove's family a lot <3 between the MC's families though, I find it easier to relate to OLNF and having Opal as an only parent.

18. Your OLBA MC and OLNF MC switch lives for a day, how do you think things will play out?

I've been thinking on this all day! I think it would mostly depend on the Step, but there's also the consideration that Lyn and Jasper are very similar to one another. If it were in Step 1, very little would change, but Jasper might sympathize a little more with Cove as both being new kids in Sunset Bird.

If they were swapped in Step 2, I don't feel either MC would get along very well with the others around them. Lyn might be able to talk with Tamarack, but wouldn't really be able to get through Qiu's closed-off exterior. Jasper would likely be a bit too hostile to get along well with Cove, but there's also a chance he might help them soften up a bit.

As for Step 3, it would probably be the best chance for the two MCs, as themselves and the characters around them would all be more mature and able to get along better.

20. If your MC was a mythological creature, what would they be?

Might be a bit on the nose but I think it'd be fun for Lyn to be a merperson :)

As for Jasper... I can't seem to decide on anything at the moment.

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Sparklingleaves on main here sending ask game questions! 1, 4, 7, 14, 15 and 24!

@sparklingleaves for the Our Life Ask Game!

1. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter—what's your favorite season?

Fall! I love the colors of the trees, and most of the time the weather is on the cooler side like I prefer.

4. If you could make a moment for either game, what would it focus on?

That's hard to say... but I think I'd have enjoyed some more moments for OLBA centered around the MC's family :)

7. Who is your all-time favorite LI across both games?

Ohhh, I'd hate to choose just one... but Qiu's got my heart there. Maybe it's the dynamic, since Cove and I are just a little too similar lol

14. Each LI has a special hair quirk from Cove's wavy eyebrows to Tamarack's naturally occurring sparkles—which one is your favorite?

Cove's eyebrows are very cute, gotta give him that!

15. If you were tasked with making an OL3 and OL4 (spring and winter), what would you do for the setting, LIs and the plot/inciting incident?

I don't think I have the writing skills to offer much there. I think it'd be cute if a recurring event in a winter-themed Our Life involved making snowmen though.

24. Outside of moments in the game, what is a cute moment you imagine your MC has with their LI in OLBA/OLNF [Step of your choice]?

I spend too much time thinking about this it's crazy I could come up with so many-

One of my favorites for OLBA would be in Step 1! My MC Lyn has a lot of books on animals, and I could see her and Cove spending a day reading through books about marine life together, sharing little fun facts with one another.

For OLNF I think it could be a Step 2 or 3 moment, where Qiu and Jasper go stargazing together. I think it'd be a special pasttime of theirs.

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Random Jasper Rambling

Because I have thoughts and I must share them

(Even though Jasper does not have a Step 2 appearance yet they have personality and such already)

Step 1

Jasper uses she/her in Step 1. She's always been told she was a girl, so that's what she went with, even if she never did quite seem to get along with many girls her age other than Tamarack.

Very close with her mom, Opal. She'd always puff up proudly when someone commented on how they had the same cranberry hair.

Was always seen as the quiet, smart kid. She excelled in her classes and had a tendency to be shy around new people. She had an easier time talking to new people when her friends were present.

She was convinced to try ballet by Qiu. Though she didn't have his same natural balance, she made up for it in her sense of rhythm. Having a passion for music came in handy!

Often got in trouble for drawing in class, but couldn't focus well otherwise. She liked to give drawings to the people she liked; Qiu and Tamarack got most of the drawings, and she'd eventually convinced Darren to accept one as well.

Jasper has a love for every color, but her favorites are blue and gold.

Step 2

Right before the first day of high school, Jasper came out as non-binary, using exclusively they/them. Jasper and Qiu joked about it when Jasper told Qiu.

Jasper still had a reputation as a quiet kid, but in an entirely different manner from when they were a child. Jasper developed a bit of a nasty attitude towards everyone and everything... except for a few select people. They became prone to picking fights, though they didn't end up in anything physical.

Most adults still believed Jasper to be a good kid... and Jasper definitely took advantage of it. They weren't above playing an act to get what they wanted or to get someone they didn't like in trouble.

Jasper's relationship with their mother became strained during Step 2. They didn't really talk to her anymore, and got themself into trouble a lot more often.

On that same note, Jasper still followed Qiu like a lost puppy. In Step 1, Jasper would have been more hesitant to join Qiu in something that could get them in trouble, but in Step 2 Jasper wouldn't bat an eye to the risks.

Jasper's aggression in Step 2 would stem from a deep-rooted fear that everyone's out to get them. They weren't liked by their peers, and their feelings towards Qiu in particular caused them to react harshly to anything that they thought "threatened" the relationships they had. Thankfully, they also tended to cool off pretty quickly, and they could be pretty easily distracted from their fears for a short time.

Jasper and Qiu probably wouldn't have confessed to one another, unless it was towards the very end of Step 2. They instead stayed in an awkward phase of "are we friends, or are we more?" Their affection for one another was obvious to everyone, including themselves, but neither of them were brave enough to address it directly.

In spite of all the high tensions brought upon be high school, Jasper was able to find comfort in both Qiu and Tamarack. Sometimes, when Jasper couldn't sleep, they'd send really deep, heartfelt texts to Qiu and/or Tamarack that they'd never have been able to say as well out loud. If asked about it, Jasper would just play it off as a sleep-deprived text or something similar.

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🐚🌊Our Life Ask Game🍂🍁

Because I've made ask games before on previous accounts but I don't think I've ever made one for this series and I thought it would be cute and generate some positivity! Send an ask or two or three (UwU or a dozen) to the person you reblog this from \^o^/!

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter—what's your favorite season?

Do you use a self insert or create an OC for your MC? Both?

Favorite moment you've played from each game?

If you could make a moment for either game, what would it focus on?

Something you wish could have been added to OLBA?

Something you wish will be added to OLNF?

Who is your all-time favorite LI across both games?

Who are your favorite OLBA and OLNF NPCs?

Which NPC(s) do you think deserve more love?

Which family is your favorite?

Which character from the GB Patch catalogue would you want to have make a cameo in Our Life?

Which Our Life character(s) would you want to have make cameos in another GB Patch Game?

Which characters across both games do you think would get along well?

Each LI has a special hair quirk from Cove's wavy eyebrows to Tamarack's naturally occurring sparkles—which one is your favorite?

If you were tasked with making an OL3 and OL4 (spring and winter), what would you do for the setting, LIs and the plot/inciting incident?

Sunset Bird or Golden Grove? Or, are you a Prism Vista dark horse?

If your MCs across both games met each other, would they get along?

Your OLBA MC and OLNF MC switch lives for a day, how do you think things will play out?

If your MC was an animal, what would they be?

If your MC was a mythological creature, what would they be?

Does your MC have a special hair quirk and if so, what is it?

Does your MC have a natural unnatural hair and/or eye color?

What is a headcanon/special fact that is unique to your OL story/gameplay?

Outside of moments in the game, what is a cute moment you imagine your MC has with their LI in OLBA/OLNF [Step of your choice]?

Does your MCs relationship with the LIs lean toward romantic or queerplatonic or completely familial?

For romantically-inclined MCs, do they have crushes on other characters that aren't a LI?

For romantically-inclined MCs, do you think your MC dated around before dating their LI or is that LI their one and only?

For aromantic MCs, do they know they're loved and appreciated in the fandom space even if they might be overlooked, unseen or unposted in a space that does admittedly attract fans of romantic visual novels and dating games? I see you and I want you to know you and your MCs are appreciated

For aromantic MCs, do you think your MC dated around before before realizing their orientation or have they always known?

Does your MC do the proposing or receive the proposal in question?

For characters that don't gave Wedding DLCs, Derek and Baxter, where would you want the proposal to take place? (Feel free to add Renee as an honorable mention!)

What is an inside joke your MC has with a LI? (Receiver's Choice)

What is an inside joke your MC has with an NPC? (Receiver's Choice)

What jobs do your OLBA/OLNF MCs have?

What does post-canon life look like for your MC(s) and LI(s) across OLBA and OLNF?

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Jasper's (Step 1) Relationships!

Tamarack Baumann

It was extremely awkward at first between the two of them. If Qiu hadn't been present when the two girls met, they may not have ended up as good friends later.

Jasper is much more quiet and shy compared to Tamarack, and Tamarack was so loud and excitable that Jasper wasn't sure how to handle it at first.

In the intro of Step 1, Jasper would not consider them friends. She's still too uncertain about Tamarack. However, once she spends more time with Tamarack, she warms up to her more easily, and before the end of Step 1 she'd even be okay with saying Tamarack's one of her best friends.

Tamarack would probably point out at some point that Jasper's hair kinda matches her eyes and vice versa. Just another fun way they're similar.

Darren Murray

Since Jasper herself is very shy, especially with new people, their first meeting was exactly as awkward as one would expect. Qiu had to nudge them to even acknowledge each other.

However, this made Jasper a little more understanding of Darren's nervousness around girls. To her, it was just him being shy. He was friends with boys, so maybe he just had to be friends with a girl to open up to them more?

It was a bit of a rough start, but Jasper didn't have any issues with Darren. She tried to only initiate small bits of interaction in hopes of helping him relax around her, and by the end of Wheels she'd consider him a good friend.

Qiu Lin

The very first person Jasper met upon arriving in Golden Grove... and she nearly gave herself a panic attack when Qiu overheard her call him "pretty".

Qiu swiftly took Jasper under his wing, happy to speak up for her when she didn't want to, and introducing her to his friends in hopes she would be friends with them, too.

Though she's quiet, Jasper is perceptive. She could see that Qiu was always putting other people first, never really trying that hard to do the things he enjoyed... so Jasper swore to herself that she'd do everything she could to make Qiu happy, too. It was something she never let herself forget.

The two are hilariously different in Step 1. Qiu being the more talkative one while Jasper's more quiet, Jasper being very particularly organized while Qiu's... not. It ended up working well for them. Because of Qiu, Jasper had even started to open up more and talk more on her own.

If anyone were to ask, the two would say they're best friends. Because best friends definitely think the other's pretty, and talk about marriage, and think about one another all the time...

Baxter Ward

Unsurprisingly, their meeting was just as awkward as every other person Jasper met for the first time since she moved.

Unlike the others, however... they never got any closer.

Jasper couldn't understand Baxter, and as a result she didn't particularly like him. She was a but of an emotional kid, so Baxter's overly cool attitude was off-putting at best.

Almost anyone could see that Baxter and Jasper only hung out because of Qiu, but they could at least occupy the same space without much issue.

The ending of Step 1, however, would be when Jasper would become a bit more bitter. Baxter had managed to upset both of her best friends in one go, and Jasper didn't take well to that. If they'd ever considered themselves friends, they weren't anymore after the end of Step 1.

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My OLNF MC, Jasper Second!!

This is her Step 1 appearance, and she goes by she/her at this time! For Our Life I end up keeping the default last name just because lol

Her love interest for her playthrough is Qiu! She also becomes best friends with Tamarack over time. Maybe I'll get around to drawing her sometime...

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Hello hello, all! My name is Lyn, and I'm a selfshipper and artist of many years! I've used Tumblr in the past, though I'm a bit rusty... I'm 23, and I mostly go by they/them, but any pronouns are fine!

Common (non-ship) tags will likely include:

#lyn speaks - random rambling or general posts that aren't specifically related to a ship or anything else

#lyn art - my art tag!

#lyn edits - if I ever make edits, they'll appear under here

#ask and answer - tag for any asks I recieve! This will be paired with ships if the question pertains to them, so keep that in mind

And these are my selfships and their tags! (If a post is specifically about a f/o or s/i, they will also have a tag as #f/o: _ or #s/i: _)

•Lucina (Fire Emblem Awakening)

-Ship Tag: Spellblade

-S/I: Cerise [She/Her]

•Shigure (Fire Emblem Fates)

-Ship Tag: Songbirds

-S/I: Summoner Lyn (Fire Emblem Heroes universe) [She/Her]

•Rika (Pokémon)

-Ship Tag: Lightningrod

-S/I: Gym Leader Lux [She/Her]

•Boyfriend (Friday Night Funkin')

-Ship Tag: Old School

-S/I: Lyn [They/Them]

•Cove Holden (Our Life: Beginnings and Always)

-Ship Tag: Sea and Sky

-S/I: Lyn Last [They/Them]

•Qiu Lin (Our Life: Now and Forever)

-Ship Tag: Fallen Leaves

-S/I: Jasper Second [They/She]

•Amber (Genshin Impact)

-Ship Tag: Wind and Fire

-S/I: Dalia [She/Her]