#did-i-do-this-write

[inhurtandincomfort]

Your mystery question is here :)

Snowman: What is your character's favorite thing to do when it's cold out? How do they feel about cold weather?

Present: What kinds of gifts does your character appreciate? What is the best gift they've actually gotten (for any occasion)?

Thank you!

Snowman: What is your character's favorite thing to do when it's cold out? How do they feel about cold weather?

Eldwin hates cold weather. The harvesting of his aether leaves him always feeling cold, unable to warm himself up and relying on external sources. Not to mention it makes old injuries act up.

So his favourite thing to do when it's cold is stay inside with a crackling fire (which can also be a bit iffy, because he has fire related trauma, but he's usually okay with fireplaces and well, needs must) lots of blankets, hot drinks and kitty cuddles. If the cat doesn't get in the way, he'll spend the day drawing and reading after some form of exercise, if he's able. (He learns not to beat himself up over it when he can't)

Ancassius also isn't fond of cold weather. He likes to spend his winters in a more tropical climate. When he doesn't, he'll try to make the best of it; he'll enjoy the markets for the winter merriment festival. Cold weather is an excuse to drink hot, spiced wine. Will drag Eldwin out too because You cannot spend all winter indoors, it's not that bad once you get out there.

Desmeirth likes the cold well enough. She doesn't really struggle with cold weather. If it snows, building a snowman would be fun, among other things they didn't get to do much as a child. And ice skating! He'll teach Eldwin ice skating, grab some hot drinks from the market, and then spend the night cosy at home.

Present: What kinds of gifts does your character appreciate? What is the best gift they've actually gotten (for any occasion)?

Eldwin likes practical gifts. More of his favourite good-quality pencils and/or paper, some nice ink, blankets he'll never say no too, as mentioned he's always cold lol. Enchanted warming stones or jewellery would be great. And then cool magic objects, rare artefacts and stuff.

Ancassius will appreciate any gift tbh. Self care and beauty products, practical items, flashy jewellery... he's easy to please. Best thing is probably an enchanted bag that's a small leather pouch, but is endless; anything that fits in the pouch by width will sit in a little pocket dimension within the bag. Was a gift from a foreign noble after Cass did them a favour.

Desmeirth doesn't really like getting presents, as she's used to receiving hundreds of "gifts" and offerings a day - nothing actually meant for her, all used as an act of devotion. And given the minimalist lifestyle she's meant to lead, she doesn't get to keep anything herself; even the jewellery and expensive fabrics she wears are in the name of the goddess.

From a close friend however, they'd like something practical, relating to something they need or want to do, like jewellery crafting tools, crystals, notebooks and ink. However a useless, but cute, little trinket would also be much loved.

[world-of-iridensia]

In the wake of Iridensia's anniversary I want to give a special shout out to @did-i-do-this-write for putting up with being tagged in my character spotlights for the last week.

Thank you for the spotlight template, it was super fun to work on brand new profiles for all my characters :D

[cepheusgalaxy]

Happy Blorbo Blursday! What was your OCs education like? What were the primary things they were learning? How did they do in their education?

^^ tyyyy

espa: not very thorough! they were ripped out of any semblance of normal life at six? and never had a chance to properly attent school prior to that. it can't read; maybe a couple basic words here and there but even is already a stretch. espa can't count very high either, it gets lost around the upper thousands. so, in short, the Dove didn't really care about teaching her and the other weapons many things that weren't related to either (1) killing people (2) hurting people (3) not getting killed themselves. they know some first aid, how to take care of injuries, how to tie knots and infiltrate buildings without firing one alarm. they know how to fold paper cranes (!) because that was an exercise they had the trainees do to hone their fine motor skills, and they know how fire a lot of types of guns lmao. that's mostly as far as it goes. they were pretty okay with it! the 'among the highest rank' (canary) title isn't there just for show

gisele: the normal one ❤ she went through fundamentals I and II (brazilian equivalent to... elementary and middle school i recall?) alright, learning things like maths and history and geography and the like. not the brightest student, given. she probably repeated a year. she didn't ever complete highschool, though; at around second year she quit it in order to get a full-time job and help out her family with money; unfortunately not that uncommon of a situation around where she lives. it's not rare for a high school class be only half the size it used to have by the time its students reach third year. gisele grew up kinda poor you see sdfghjk. she (before, you know, getting kidnapped to be a domestic slave by the Evil Mafia™ and everything) used to work at a fast-food chain. gi has a little (older-teen aged) sister, also! her name is giovanna and she loves her a lot. i dont think gisele's ever seriously considered going to university but she wants her sister to not have to work before completing her studies and wants her to have a more comfortable academic life than she had for herself. i mean, giovanna's school schedule did all get a little messy with the whole 'my sister is missing it's been almost a year and i don't know if she's dead or alive and her job also helped the family's income so we're even worse off without her and i miss her so bad i can't really concentrate on daily life plus mom and dad are sick with worry' thing, but i think it'll be okay. eventually.

[revenantlore]

Your mystery question is here :)

💚Green: How is your character when it comes to working together?  Are they a team player or are they difficult to work with? 

Rem would prefer to do anything alone [outside of fucking], and, per @rhysweston ‘s road trip au, is an idiot full of pride and fire and fury. This all makes being the member of a band difficult, to say the least, and causes a multitude of problems in future installments of Ashes to Ashes.

[whumpologyy]

Your mystery question is here :)

Snowman: What is your character's favorite thing to do when it's cold out? How do they feel about cold weather?

finally getting to this lol!!

Vienna loves cold weather in theory because she loves the aesthetic of pretty snowy days, being cozy, etc, but not a big fan of day to day winter haha. She does love all things Christmas-y and festive and especially festive hot drinks!!

[lamuradex]

Your mystery question is here :)

🏳️‍🌈LGBT Pride: Are any of your characters LGBTQ+?  What are their identities?  How did they realize they were queer? 

🏳️‍⚧️Trans Pride: How is the idea of gender/queer identities treated in your world? What was your character's experience like?

🌈Rainbow: Has your character ever been to a Pride event?  What was it like for them?  If they’ve never been, what would it be like?  

Alright, between all my stories, I have a fair few LGBTQ+ characters of one kind or another, so to not have this answer be pages and pages, I'll focus on Tales Of Hero City, my short story collection, that I am currently posting new ones weekly.

(I wish I had a more rainbowy version of this banner...)

Let's go!

🏳️‍🌈:

Yes. Many. But, as a few examples - Judgement (bisexual), Madame Mechanism (lesbian), Omi and Cron (bi and gay respectively), Justice Girl (asexual, though whether she realises it yet is up for debate)

We also have three trans characters, though I haven't confirmed them yet in story, but each has appeared or been mentioned. They are Deputy Dangerous (transman), Undead Woman (transwoman), and Witchcraft Zombie, (transman). All three will have stories in the coming weeks.

As for how they realised, the only ones who I have that written for are Deputy Dangerous (the first time he put on his hero costume, something clicked), and maybe Judgement? (There's already a love story I've posted on here. It's implied she's known for years.)

And there are also others, like Cartwheeler (nonbinary), and Sanctimony, an angel who only appears as male.

🏳️‍⚧️:

This will be a point where Deputy Dangerous's story is concerned. Tales mostly uses real world politics, so there are pockets of the city that are bigoted/transphobic and such. Deputy isn't even out in his real life, only his hero life, due to not feeling supported by parents and friends.

Overall though, the heroes are very supportive. Hell, I even like to imagine most supervillains would be too. You can't really live a secret double life and then get judgemental about someone changing their gender identity.

🌈:

My word... Imagine a pride parade in Hero City. They already accept people flying around in capes and masks on the regular, imagine how showy their parades would get! Superheroes at pride! It would be amazing.

But of the ones I've mentioned:

Judgement (Yes, she enjoyed it, she's been to events both in and out of costume.)

Mechanism (No, she's never thought of her sexuality as something distinctive, so sees no need to celebrate it. Also, she isn't very social)

Omi and Cron (Screw it, I'm saying they met at a pride event. Had lots of fun. That's brand new canon, right here)

Justice Girl (She's watched, but still doesn't feel LGBTQ+ ...yet)

Deputy (No, but probably would later in life. Not until he can get away from his parents)

Undead Woman and Witchcraft Zombie: (They're nemesis, but I imagine they occasionally bump into each other at such events. They just pretend they don't know each other)

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And done. Thank you so much for the asks @did-i-do-this-write. These questions always make me think of things I wouldn't have otherwise, which is good.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!

[nightingaleflow]

Your mystery question is here :)

💧Water: What is the easiest way to calm your character down?  What makes them feel at peace? 

I’m gonna answer this for Natsumi Kaioh.

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Natsumi is the embodiment of fire. After a lifetime of abuse and mistreatment, she has an extremely short fuse and will gladly set fire to her enemies (which includes about 98% of people).

Only two things make her feel calm:

-Her garden. She loves nurturing her garden and making food that she’s grown herself.

-Her lover, Chojuro. He’s one of the few people in the world she trusts, and he makes her feel safe and loved even when the rest of the world despises her.

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Thank you so much for the ask! 🖤

[screech-apologist]

Your mystery question is here :)

🌧Rain: What is one thing that can immediately ruin your character's mood?

thank you verily

anyone who isn't straight and to the point. if they talk around a subject instead of just saying it clearly, it pisses wren off. he wants to get this job done asap so he can check on the stray cat who'd claimed him.