side characters, part 1: present !
so i saw @deathrisen do a really cool thing where they made a post about the npcs in their jason’s backstory and it inspired me to do something similar. these are a few of the npc’s in roy’s life CURRENTLY during his time as arsenal. some of them are based off canon chracters, others are just ocs that i made up. i’ll be making a post about people from his past, like his exs (there are a lot) and his old friends from the reservation. these characters can / will be mentioned in future threads and if you have any questions about them feel free to ask.
Chanda Madan ( 19 ). based off of the canon chracter chanda from titans v1 but since i ignore the arc where cheshire bombed qurac or some nonsense she’s highly canon divergent ! a college student at the local university chanda baby sits lian when roy is away on missions for the titans. she is aware of his identity as arsenal. she takes good care of lian and roy considers her practically family. she has spent many a night crashed on his couch when he got home too late, or she needed a quiet place to study away from her roommates. she playfully flirts with roy calling him a hot dad/dilf but it’s mostly just her teasing him. ( fc: amaal said )
JJ Lachowski ( 33 ). roy’s ex military contact inside checkmate. they worked together for many years when he was still with checkmate, but after he left ( on bad terms ) he still keeps in touch with her and she owes him a few favors from over the years. she’s trying to take over leadership of checkmate from steele and roy does what he can to support her— which is difficult now that he’s left the organization. ( fc: terra juano )
Sofia Weiss ( 40 ). roy’s kind and overly friendly next door neighbor who lives in the apartment across the hall from he and lian. occasionally she will watch lian when roy has to run to the store or step out of the house on short notice. she has 3 kids and a husband who is gone more often than not, so she knows what it’s like to raise a kid by yourself, and because of that she offers roy help when it’s clear he needs it (especially in the first months roy has lian). unaware/somewhat oblivious of roy’s secret identity as arsenal ( fc: paget brewster )
Omar Lamarck ( 27 ). based off of the canon character seen watching lian in outsiders #45, canon divergent but since nothing is known about him my city now ? omar is working his way through medical school, working as roy’s nanny as well as several other jobs. he has occasionally stitched roy up when he couldn’t do it himself. omar watches lian when roy is away for multiple day missions or when chanda is unavailable. ( fc: tamon george )