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[kyupepper]

Nothing to see, just some post work rambling about my OC's.

Content summary - basically their progression from their rookie/training years to the big leagues. Only hidden cuz I'm still shy ☺️

Also confirming at the jump that these are all WWE 2K25 screenshots, I'd rather chew my own toes off than use any sort of artificial intelligence xoxo

I've mostly finalized Anna and Casey's character designs from when they were initially training and I'm honestly really enjoying their story progressions and development. This may be a little scattered and all over the place but I thought I'd at least write a general description of events. I'm eventually going to make one giant lore post about each of them, but this will do for now.

Starting with the OG, the Winged Cobra herself, Anna Condor.

Leanna Jean Runnels (born March 26, 1996) starts her training years with this notion that she needs to conform to the system and avoid the use of her wrestling family lineage in order to succeed. She starts training around the end of 2014, which in the US wrestling scene was the height of the Divas era. She conforms: she wears the tiny shorts, the glittery French tip nails, styles her hair and makeup like the other girls, and even uses a stylized version of her birth name to come off more feminine to general audiences. She'd blow kisses to the crowd and do a spin or two on the way to the ring, because that's what she thought got people interested in the women when she first started. Wrestling as Leigh Anne was suffocating, to say the least. But one day, something snaps in her. After a promo where the masses described her as "uncharacteristically venomous", she realizes that the women she looked up to in the sport - Alundra Blayze, Bull Nakano, Jazz, too many others to list - never conformed like she was. They pushed the envelope, stayed true to themselves as strong, hard hitting women, and used it as their way to stand out. So she ditched the small shorts and the perfect hair and makeup and opted for a look more true to her. She felt less stiff, less like a performer, almost like shedding a rotted layer of skin, and she truly felt something similar to rebirth in that moment. She allowed herself to have bloody bouts, leaving the ring with ugly scars and blood soaked hair, but she never felt more alive than the day she let her old persona go and just be herself. Her entire story arc has been finding authenticity despite the laws of the land, and that journey was allowed to begin once she shed the last remnants of Leigh Anne and became Anna Condor.

And next is the Southern sweetheart, Casey McKay.

Casandra Elise McKinley (born August 5, 1994) worked three jobs just to get the down payment for training school, and dedicated every waking moment not working to training. She began her training in 2012, loving and fully embracing the Diva aesthetic. Casey McKay has always been the girl's type of girl, the one ripped out of a Cosmopolitan magazine, dripped in the most trendy fashion and effortless beauty routines. She's 6'1", did powerlifting in high school, and knew she could compete with some of the guys if given the opportunity. A coach saw this in her and allowed her to start training with the men, learning how to capitalize on her strength and stature for maximum effect. And when she finally started competing in the ring, she quickly got the nickname of "Sweet Heat" - she's going to be nice and sweet as a baseline, but will set your ass on fire if you're standing in the way of what she wants. Many promotions tried packaging her as the newest copy and paste version of Nia Jax or Tamina Snuka, or even Chyna, these angry, brooding, merciless loners whose jobs were to look like walls of adversity that, at times, devalued those women's talents and accomplishments. She refused to allow this to be where her character went - she didn't want to be a supporting act. She wanted to be a star. And though some of her choices have steered her on unexpected and less-than-moral pathways, she can rest knowing that every moment in the ring and every win she gets has been earned by all the hard work she's put in. If Anna's is the story of anti conformity, Casey's is one of embracing conformity while bending it to your best interest.

And yes, if you were wondering, Anna and Casey first bonded during wrestling training over their love for Victoria, a woman who embraced the beauty standards of her era and also beat the shit out of everyone.

I hope you enjoyed this little dive into my babies!! 🩷

[ninawolv3rina]

Turnabout is fair play >:3

Characters: Anna Condor (she/they, belongs to @kyupepper), Tori Wrex (she/her, mine)

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[ihateflying]

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[grassja]

Muszę wypracować w sobie jakąś, choćby małą, regularność. 🙈 co w sumie = organizację, bo to wszystko kwestia czasu, że znów przez tydzień milczałam.

W sobotę „letko” odjebałam. Nawet nie letko. Postanowiłam odpowietrzyć kaloryfery. Które w sumie wcale nie były zapowietrzone.

Ale rok temu płaciłam w zimie po 1000 zł/mies. za gaz, a bez pomocy kominka nie byłam w stanie nagrzać powyżej 22 stopni. I co? I posłuchałam kumpla, że ważna jest też regulacja zaworów dopływu i odpływu wody z kaloryferów - w odpowiedniej kolejności.

Uznałam, że to świetny pomysł. Wzięłam prysznic po całym dniu sprzątania i podjęłam się wspomnianej misji. Nie spodziewając się oczywiście, że już przy drugim kaloryferze wyląduje na mnie nie wiem ile litrów syfiastej wody.

Ale to nie był największy problem. Okazało się, że ciśnienie na piecu spadło do 0. W związku z czym nie miałam nawet ciepłej wody. A zawór dobijający… nie działał. Ze starości najpewniej się zapiekł. Dramat.

W niedzielę przyjechał do mnie dziadek, wymontował ten zawór i pół dnia próbował moczyć go w WD i jakkolwiek nim poruszyć kombinerkami, ale nic to nie dało - nie drgnął.

Po kilku telefonach na „pogotowia hydrauliczne” (od większości oczywiście usłyszałam „nie da się”) dowiedziałam się, że zawór pasuje wymienić, ale oczywiście w niedzielę się nie uda, bo nie ma gdzie go kupić. Za to MOŻNA dopuścić wodę jakimś innym sposobem, ręczne. Koszt usługi 350 zł. I tak nie tak tragicznie jak na niedzielę. Przecież musiałam się w końcu umyć.

A wymiana zaworu później 2x tyle.

A kolejny, kończący się już na szczęście tydzień, też nie był łaskawy…

[cloud-somersault]

hi 🧍‍♂️ good day to you. I've uploaded the third chapter of my fic, the constellations within us, and it sits at a good ol' 34K so have fun with that.

and maybe grab some tissues and. popcorn, but mostly tissues. you're in for a rough ride, my friend

The Constellations Within Us - Chapter 3 - cloud_somersault - LEGO Monkie Kid [Archive of Our Own]