#ashlyn searson

[obsidiancreates]

Piano and umbrella for an OC that you think would be your friend.

Do they have any hobbies?

So canonically all 5 of my "Main OC Group" are my friends, but they also know me as their creator and controller of their universe so one can debate the authenticity of their friendship. As such I'll pick just one whom I think would be my friend if they didn't know me as their god, and I think it'd be Ashlyn because we're both ADHD (she's probably AuDHD because it turns out I am and she's my projection character) and also she likes making new friends the most.

SO ASHLYN

Her main hobby is Baking, she's the best baker Literally Ever and she bakes every single day. She's always trying new things, improving, and is permanently slightly flour-dusted.

She picks up a lot of brief side-hobbies as well, like various crafts and art types, but it always comes back to baking.

What genre do they belong in?

Probably a children's book akin to a Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle or Pippi Longstocking style if she's on her own, but with Carter she belongs in a tween YA Percy Jackson style book. With the whole friend group of 5? A dramatic adventure book that will get called YA because it won't fit great into other places but it's not quite YA.

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Hi hey, I’m embarrassed to admit I’m not really sure who is who anymore, so as first ask, hi! Could we have a small introduction to you all :D?

Malum gives a small wave, standing up and towering over everyone else. "Hi, I'm Malum. Ummm... I like... cooking."

"And he's a demon," Evelyn adds.

"I wasn't going to lead with that. For obvious reasons. I don't hurt anyone, I promise. I'm a reformed demon."

"And my wonderful husband," Haley says, holding his hand and giving him a soft and reassuring smile. "He saved me."

"And you saved me." Malum smiles back and leans down, kissing his wife gently.

Evelyn fake gags behind them, and then smiles at her gooey-hearted friends. "I'm Evelyn, daughter of a magic flower-guardian of another dimension. But I'm mostly a normal person, I work as a florist and rife a motorcycle and stuff."

Carter steps forward and gives a dramatic bow. "Carter Clevman, god of Cleverness, Craftiness, Charisma and Charm!"

"And pissing off other gods and wearing too much yellow," Ashlyn adds, walking into the room with a tray of fresh raspberry and butterscotch caramel cookies. "Including the god of baking, and I had to have a bake-off with them to save him."

"And she won!" Carter winks. "So see? Clever and crafty."

"And a dumbass," Ebelyn says, not unkindly, just as fact.

"Dumbass by choice, thank you. It makes things more interesting to act without thinking sometimes."

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Evelyn gasps. "Sid is paying attention to us again!"

Carter scrambles off the couch. "She is? At last!" He looks around, and clapa. "The ask blog has been opened again!"

Haley sighs. "Oh dear... does that mean Des is coming back?"

Evelyn shrugs. "Probably, but at least we're out of purgatory."

Malum has nothing to say but he's here too.

(Hey. Look what's back.)

[obsidiancreates]

You've been visited by the random OC question fairy! :D ~☆

What is your character's type or archetype? (For example: the Fool, the Lover, the Fighter, etc.) Why do they fit this archetype? 

:D

I had to Google what those are and I’ll link the source I’m using in a reblog. It lists the archetypes of Lover, Hero, Magician, Outlaw, Explorer, Sage, Innocent, Creator, Ruler, Caregiver, Everyman, and Jester. So those are the archetypes I’m working with!

Okay, let’s see... Haley might fit The Lover... she’s quite passionate and has a lot of moral conviction, but I don’t think she’s naïve or irrational... The Caregiver might work, but she isn’t lacking in leadership skills or personal ambitions. Her biggest weakness is probably self-doubts... maybe a cross between Lover and Caregiver.

Malum... same as his wife, I think, cross between Lover and Caregiver. I suppose an argument could be made for Explorer or Outlaw, but he’s not restless or unreliable, and he’s not self-absorbed. His weakness is more self-doubts, like Haley’s are. Their stories are meant to parallel each other, after all. Mutual healing and all that.

Evelyn... probably Explorer, but again, not with weaknesses of unreliability or restlessness. More the weakness of Dumbassery. She’s got great powers, and she loves learning how to use them, but uhhhh she also makes pasta in a coffee pot just to see what happens and boils magic flowers to see if it’ll poison her or not. There’s a reason her, Ashlyn, and Carter are the Chaos Trio. They feed into each other’s Dumbassery.

Ashlyn is Caretaker and maybe a little bit of Jester. I think there’s a risk of people mistaking her as The Innocent, because of her ADHD, but she’s not. She’s kind an emotionally vulnerable with her friends, but not a doormat or naïve about the world.

Carter... Magician, Jester, and Sage. My mischievous lad, God of Cleverness, Craftiness, Charisma, and Charm. Dumbass by choice, wise and clever ancient being by trade.

Those are my main five, if I did all of them this would be way too long.

[obsidiancreates]

My OCs as The Random Auto-Generated Chat That Was Here When I Opened the Chat Post Option

The Fab Five: Could you give us directions to Olive Garden?

Mary, who just wants to insult them and their tastes: No, but I could give you directions to an actual Italian restaurant.

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Ashlyn picks at her lips, staring into the empty fireplace.

“You okay, Ash?”

Ashlyn looks up, startled, as Evelyn steps in from the balcony.

She sighs. “Yeah. I-I just...”

Evelyn takes a seat next to her, and ignores the set out plate of cookies. She means business.

“What is it?”

“... I’m... having... I’m questioning some stuff.”

“Ah.” Evelyn leans back. “What ways?”

“I’m... not actually sure I know what sexual attraction feels like?” Ashlyn says, a tad hesitant. “I’ve been identifying as Pansexual for a few years now but... I’m just... wondering.”

Evelyn draws a hissing breath. “Yeah. I’ve been there.”

“... How did you figure it out?”

Evelyn lets out a heavy breath, and looks at the ceiling. “I guess I just... ah, I don’t know. I read up on asexuality and it just... felt right. Fit what I experienced.”

Ashlyn scoots a little closer. “Was it confusing?”

“... A little bit. I mean, it can be hard sometimes to judge what you’re lacking when you... don’t know anything otherwise. You know? I’ve just never felt sexual attraction, but it was tough figuring that out, because how do I know I haven’t felt it?”

“Exactly,” Ashlyn says with a sigh.

“...  Have you done  any research on it?”

Ashlyn taps her nails each other. “I’m... god, this sounds so stupid, but I’m nervous to. Like I’ll... discover I was just being over-dramatic, and making an issue where there isn’t one, and I’m just doing it for attention, and-”

“Whoa, slow down.” Evelyn hands her a cookie. “You’re just questioning. It’s fine.”

“... But if I’m... actually just Pan, like I thought?”

“That’s fine too! Questioning is about considering. You don’t have to decide you need to change your label or whatever. You’re just exploring.”

“... Right, right.”

“You want to look stuff up together?”

Ashlyn relaxes. “Really?”

“Yeah, why not. I can show you the sites that helped me figure all this shit out.”

“Thanks, Eve.”

“No problem. Now... where’s your laptop?”

“Carter took it. He said another god had cursed it. Explains why I could only get one bar of Wi-Fi, no matter what...”

“Oof, that sucks, sorry about that. We’ll just use my phone, then.”

Ashlyn nods, and she and Evelyn get to work.

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“Sid. Sid please. We’re fading. We’re dying. You can’t keep ignoring us!”

Sid sighs. “Carter, please get off of my desk.”

Carter pouts at her.

“I really am sorry, you guys,” she says, looking around the room. “I’ve been hyperfixated on vamp and a half and I just...”

Ashlyn hugs her. “I understand. Don’t worry about it.”

“We’re all going to fade from the memory of the world,” Carter says dramatically, laying on top of Sid’s desk. “We’re going to die!”

“No, we aren’t,” Malum says, picking Carter up off of the desk. “Evelyn?”

Evelyn twirls her fingers, and a vine wraps around Carter’s mouth.

“As long as you don’t forget about us, we’re fine,” Evelyn says.

Sid nods. “The guilt is killing me inside!” she says brightly.

“Oh, no, don’t feel guilty for not having ideas! You can’t help it, your focus is elsewhere,” Haley assures. 

“You’re sure?”

“Of course. Just keep writing what’s making you happy, and we’ll be waiting for when you get back.”

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I feel really bad about not writing anything with my OCs lately.

[obsidiancreates]

I Did... Picrews Of My OCs

And here is the link to the one I used: https://picrew.me/image_maker/94097

I realized while making him that Carter would absolutely wear big fancy hoop earrings and look at how well he pulls them off. Sadly I couldn’t find a curly hairstyle the right length but ah well!

:D Ashlyn is... bean...

Closest horn and hair options they had! I think it looks pretty cool! And of course, flowers.

Look at Haley. Look at this precious bean They did have a gold pendant option, which would fit canon more accurately, but... the heart was so cute...

I’m least happy with Malum here but ah well!

I realized towards the end that Des is just... a hot version of me, in more ways than one. I literally went “Oh no, she’s hot,” as I was making this.The only lipstick option was black, but you know what, it fits.

Ferox! Because of course she would wear that headband. Of course she would.

Okay so I was like “Oh I’ll try to make Jessa,” but like, this is NOT how I usually imagine her. But I ended up just going batshit and like, this happened, and I actually love it lol. I might rethink her character design to be more like this tbh.