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poll for what character sheet next

Next BOT character sheet

Clover Westfield

Candace Floss

Count Point Boulevard

Steve Lark

Ballista lastnameinprogress

Voting ended onNov 12, 2023

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I'm thinking about my ocs again and crying about why eliza and Candace hate each other mygoddddd their friendship is tumultuous

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Ranting about some BOT OCs. Today's spotlight is on the duo Candace and the Count Point.

Hes her Count, her boss and she's his most trusted. They both wish for things to be easy, to just be friends and not caught up in a system of war. The count doesn't want to be a count, Candace doesn't want to lead people to their deaths. They rarely talk about it.

They find solace behind the antique shop smoking together because it's the only moment that makes sense, that makes things seem normal. Smoking together like old friends, with that casual sort of intimacy. When the smoke blurs their faces it makes them forget of what goes on for just a mere moment. She hates him she loves him she doesn't want anything to do with him has faith in him. He loves her he hates himself he has faith in things she doesn't he has no faith in himself.

She's his captain of the navy, he's the count. It'd be easier if they could just be friends. Can they even be friends after everything is dismantled. Will it even be dismantled? Will they live that long..

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So, you've all requested I give an oc snippet/background from the poll!

Worldbuilding Context/Story Summary: BOT is a story about climate disaster leading into "time" disaster (the flow of time itself freezing/stopping) full of wars, political instability, and militarization. The current story begins at a few years after the 2nd Time War, of which was a civil war, where there has been more time collapse at an increasingly severe degree out of nowhere. Our main characters find ourselves investigating the cause. The story is meant to critique war, militarism, climate inaction, and many other things. The genre is action/fantasy/steampunk-esque.

This story has been a long time WIP that I've recently been rewriting. Thus, things are subject to being changed in the canon as i figure it out...* (for example, military titles may be changed as i currently am using basic ones as a place holder)

Character Info Below:

Name: Eliza Sherri Blackwell (she/her)

General Appearance: white. Dyed dark red long hair worn in pigtails with choppy long bangs, brown eye (Left) and glowing green prosthetic eye (right) due to time shard insertion (this eye can be used to enhance aiming/perception/zooming in). The prosthetic is due to eye-loss related injury. Left eye/face is heavily scarred due to stab wound. She wears an eyepatch over the prosthetic due to it causing migraines after long use. She is 5 foot 5 and 28 years old.

Occupation(s): Admiral of the Navy; Owner of a gun/projectile weapon's shop (which makes customs/etc.)

Uniform/Outfits: Naval uniform (when required), generally wears jumpsuits (black leather/etc.) with a light jacket and lace boots. Casual-wear can be anything, though i'd describe her aesthetic/fashion sense as very casual/baggy with lots of hoodies/snapbacks/etc.

General/non-spoilerish background: Eliza is the admiral of the navy, specifically supervising the branch at the country's capital & harbor (+ neighboring towns/county). Her boss is the Noble Senator: the Count of this city. She never wanted to join the military, nor lead a branch of it. She is married to another military officer (Clover) and currently her and her wife are leading the investigation to the most recent time disasters. Her parents hold religious and military influence.

Weapon proficiency: Her standard battling is around dual pistols & small hand daggers she hides in her boots. Though with her eye modification, she often will do long distance/sniping.

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I think one thing is everyone in BOT is autistic. Okay I am autistic therefore they're all autistic. They all have autism swag. Autismnormativity is in BOT.

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G. Rose WIPs 2023

Wanted to do a little spotlight/summary of all my current WIPs for original writing (so i can put it in my pinned). If you like pls rb or send asks with any questions :)!

BOT Universe:

The BOT universe is an acronym for a preliminarily named story I've been worldbuilding for a long time but only recently have been rewriting/working on seriously as an adult. The real name is an acronym rn because I do not know if it's a title I'll keep or not. Genre is steampunk/action/adventure and is based around issues of climate disaster, war, and militarism.

Preliminary Summary: It's been nearly half a decade since war has overtaken [WIPNAME COUNTRY]. For ages, all Clover can remember is growing up with her home fighting. From environmental collapse, to collapse in the flow of time itself, to collapse of trust of each other on top of it all. Clover serves as Assistant General to the army, branched in the capitol city telling stories. Stories of hope, stories of her wife's gun shop, and stories of fear of the wars never ending. On the cusp of worsening time collapse Clover is thrust back into preparing for war as she uncovers the truth that seeks to unravel the world around her down to her own heart.

Goals: I want to finish the overall story of this and at the same time work on my drawing ability in order to one day make this into a graphic novel. It is also possible I would consider collaborating with artists to make that happen. I want this story to be both an exciting action-fantasy while incorporating important critiques centered around climate disaster and anti-war topics.

2. Unnamed Poetry Chapbook

This work is a chapbook style collection of poems I have written over the course of a couple years. It's currently in the beta-reading process from some close friends of mine and will incorporate edits to revise my first manuscript.

I do not have a preliminary summary really worked out but i can talk about it's overall themes/topics: This story covers my journey with relationships. My journey losing relationships, my journey with the relationship to myself, my journey dealing with abuse, setting boundaries, dealing with misogyny, etc. It is about processing and healing from these relationships.

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Some BOT verse ocs as I continue to learn to draw

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I keep thinking about the song honeybee by steampunk giraffe and how it relates to my ocs relationship that for part of the story will be doomed (angst sorry). Like we're doomed and now I havr to grieve and was i crazy for loving you do you hear me.