Dec 12, 2018
language
Nick: Who the fuck―
Chase: Language.
Nick: Whom the fuck―
Chase: No.
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language
Nick: Who the fuck―
Chase: Language.
Nick: Whom the fuck―
Chase: No.
OC Fears Tag
Thanks for tagging me @akingsleywriter! Sorry, I would have gotten to this sooner but I didn’t even notice the notification until now. Whoops?
Since the Academy is the only story I’ve really talked a bit about on here and it’s the one with the most development, I’ll be focusing on it.
I might make another post later with some of my other characters.
Kieran:
Hurting the people he loves because he can’t control his powers
Losing the people he cares about
Failing, anything or anyone
Finding out the truth about his father
Nick:
Death
People leaving them
Being alone
Not being able to help the people they care about
Disappointing people
Chase:
Drowning
His own powers
The people he loves getting hurt
Spiders
Paris:
Falling in love
People finding out his secret
Being abandoned
Being seen as a mistake
Bugs
Jackie:
Life after school
Losing her mom and/or younger brother
Blake, her girlfriend, leaving her behind
The concept of immortality
Betrayal
Being tossed aside by the people she cares about
Nick: *locks themself in their bedroom*
Chase: Nick, come on, we have to go!
Jackie: Yeah, come on!
Kieran: Come out!
Nick: *from inside* I’m gay!
Paris:...That’s not what we meant but we support you!
Chase: Hey, Nick, how would you like your coffee?
Nick: As dark and bitter as my soul.
Chase: One glass of milk coming right up.
Chase: Why do you feel like doing such dangerous things?
Nick: Danger is my middle name!
Chase: No it’s not. Your middle name is James. Now please come down from that ledge.
siblings
Nick: Don’t do anything stupid until I get back.
Chase: How can I? You’re taking all the stupid with you.
An Infernal Reference
Elaine: You don’t think I can fight because I’m a girl.
Nick: I don’t think you can fight because you’re wearing a wedding dress. For what it’s worth, I don’t think that Chase could fight in that dress either.
Chase: Perhaps not. But I would make a radiant bride.
Characters in the Academy
Main Characters
Kieran Starke
-Main character
-17 years old
-Grew up in his hometown of Alderward, Oklahoma. Has never lived anywhere else.
-Works a part-time job at an ice cream shop during the summers.
-Very observant. Idolizes Sherlock Holmes. Potentially wants to be a forensic anthropologist when he grows up.
-All in all a fairly normal guy, save for the fact that he grew up with magic powers. He doesn’t seem to have them currently, and regards them as his deepest secret. Not even his best friend knows about them.
-Is fully aware partway through the plot that he is, in fact, the main character of a YA novel and hates it. He’s 100% done with the tropey bullshit I put him through.
-Gemini
Nick Darling
-15 years old
-Yes, I named a character after myself. It has an explanation in canon, I promise.
-Basically kickstarts the plot.
-Shapeshifter with a few extra perks.
-Overdramatic, like, always.
-Constantly breaking the fourth wall very casually.
-Genderfluid, which is why I’ll usually use they/them pronouns when referring to Nick outside of the story.
-Kind of the comic relief, but hiding a looot of traumatic shit behind their cheery exterior.
-Taurus
Chase Darling
-15 years old
-Nick’s twin brother and strongest emotional support.
-Pretty quiet and in the background most of the time. Disappears without warning.
-Isn’t a shapeshifter, but has the occasional vision instead. Also he’s mortegi, which basically means he’s related to the god of death and can talk to the dead and stuff.
-He and Nick actually have different fathers… It’s actually possible, if really rare. (Long story short, the mother has to sleep with two different men within the same 48-hour ovulation period and there’s a very slim chance that two eggs will be fertilized by the two different guys and….yeah.)
-Kind of the voice of reason in the group?
-He’s painfully under-developed at this point and I’ve really got to fix that, but I’m going to be spending more time on his character in-story in the second book.
-Taurus
Paris Oubrey
-16 years old
-the son of Headmistress
-Very neat and studious. Likes things just so.
-Brilliant pianist, though he’ll get flustered if you tell him so.
-Somewhat wry.
-Has a…troubled relationship with his sister.
-Since he has fae blood, iron burns him. He has a lot of scars from ugly encounters with the acursed metal.
-Sweet disaster gay.
-Aquarius.
Jackie D’Leon
-19 years old
-Secular witch
-Generally just pretty chill
-Local potions dealer
-Honestly, probably a pothead
-From New York, I guess
-Dating a hot vampyre girl
-Apparently the only main character I didn’t figure out a birthday for…. What the fuck, past me?
Atalanta Oubrey
-Paris’s twin sister.
-Not quite as nice as she seems.
-Kind of a bitch, actually.
-Very much a Slytherin type of character. Clever and sly.
-The character I hate the most in personality, but whom I love to write probably the most. I’m a sucker for sly characters.
-Capricorn.
Extra Characters
Nate Ashland
-18 years old
-Kieran’s best friend from Alderward. They’ve known each other since grade school.
-goes by Ash.
-In fact I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned his full name in the story. Whoops?
-Has three older brothers who don’t make appearances in the story but are frankly hilarious. One of whom is pretty much a manwhore crazy party animal and Ash frequently has to take care of him.
-Classic rock buff. Listens to literally nothing else.
-Probably the straightest character in the entire book, to be honest.
-Once he auditioned for the high school's production of Hamlet as the part of Ophelia. Long story short, he tied up his hoodie like a straightjacket and ran about like a fool singing Warrant's Cherry Pie until the drama teacher literally left the auditorium. Needless to say, he didn’t get the part.
-He’s just fucking hilarious. It’s a shame that he isn’t in most of the story.
Liz Starke
-Kieran’s mother.
-Loves to garden.
-Very sweet lady. Cares a lot about Kieran and treats Ash as her own son, especially since his mother is kind of shite.
-Very protective. Will throw down if someone messes with her boys.
-Was born in Alderward. Raised Kieran in her childhood home.
Aleksander Starke
-Kieran’s father.
-He and Liz were highschool sweethearts who got married just out of school.
-Went missing when Kieran was two years old, presumed dead.
-Family’s from the UK, but he’s half Cherokee and half German.
-Spoke German fluently.
-Has a pretty bad rep in the magi community for reasons I’m not going to spoil.
Emera Oubrey
-Headmistress of Evershade Academy. Took over the position from her mother. (The position has been in the family for decades.)
-Mother of Atalanta and Paris.
-Also a very neat and structured person.
-Cares deeply about her students’ well being.
-Was friends with Aleksander and Liz back when they all attended the Academy together.
Mr. Wren
-Owner of Kieran’s favourite bookstore.
-Wise, old, mentor-type guy. Kinda like Yoda but he talks normally and isn’t a stubby, green, alien chinchilla.
-More than he seems…