🩸✂️ for tris, 🌋for noa, ⏰🧸💬 for avery??? this is a lot sorry ksdhfjbsdfjsbfbsd
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🩸 - Does your OC believe in blood being thicker than water? (meaning family relationships and loyalties are the most important)
I think.......... at the start of the story Tris would be a pretty big believer in blood being thicker than water, at least on some level? like
I don’t think he necessarily views his family relationships as “more important” than his other relationships, but he does view them as something Significant and Inherently Important simply BECAUSE they’re family
it’s not a belief he’s examined much before the start of the story, so there’s a lot of real dodgy shit he lets slide purely because It’s Family and at the end of the day there’s a level of forgiveness and loyalty there that’s almost a knee-jerk reaction for him
towards the end of the story his perspective starts to shift, and eventually he’ll land on a belief closer to, like........ well, a family relationship is just a relationship like any other, there’s nothing Deep and Special and Magical about it, and you don’t have to make excuses for their shitty behaviour just ‘cause they’re related to you
I think once he’s a few years into adulthood the phrase “blood is thicker than water” will become something that pisses him off a lot lmao
✂️ - What kind of thing would have your OC cut someone out of their life? How likely are they to let someone back in?
lmao nothing he’s a huge pushover
no, he’s not so good with setting boundaries, it would probably take a lot to make him cut someone out completely. that is fucking STRESSFUL business. and anyone he did manage to cut out, he’d be very easily swayed into letting them back in
there might be a level of distance he’ll keep with them, but yeah, like I said, he’s kind of a pushover
bur YEAH if I had to name something, I'd say a significant enough betrayal of trust might do it, since trust is real dicey business for Tris, and the very very very small handful of folks he’s willing to place complete trust in are fully aware that this is a Really Big Fucking Deal for him and not something to be taken lightly. so being intentionally manipulated or misled by someone in that circle would be a pretty devastating blow to him and might be cause for him to shut someone off completely
but hey if I'm being honest, it doesn't often occur to Tris that he's, like......... allowed?? to be mad about stuff?? he tends to assume he's in the wrong by default so "this person wronged you and you're allowed to cut them out" is generally not on his radar even slightly :P and even if it is, he still tends to wait for some kind of cue or permission from someone else that he's allowed to act on it
kinda tying into the previous answer, like, his parents are both quite terrible people, n eventually all three Greer siblings end up cutting ties with them entirely, but like..... yeah, Tris’s perspective on his family changes a lot over the course of the story, but for a long time the idea of Just Cutting Ties is still just........... unthinkable. too much. forbidden
the tipping point is that Becca, the only Greer sib capable of being assertive, cuts ties basically as soon as she moves out of home, so like, maybe four or five years post-story? and just drops completely off the grid, doesn’t respond to their parents’ messages, doesn’t pick up the phone, doesn’t tell them where she’s going, she’s just Out. clean break
which leads both Tris and Jacob to be like “hold on we can DO that????? since when the fuck was that an option????”
I think both of them just kind of assumed that if they cut ties the world would immediately explode but in reality it’s just like.................. well, that happened
Tris Applies One Single Boundary And The Universe Doesn’t Immediately Shatter, and I will say it comes a little easier the next time he has to do it
🌋 - What’s your OCs temper like? Are they a slow boil, or an instant explosion?
oh, Noa is very much an instant explosion. she’s got a lot of rage y’all and she’s ready to roll whenever
though tbf she’s done a lot of work around emotion regulation, and these days won’t often Visibly Instantly Explode, like....... her anger tends to shoot up real quick and be pretty intense, but she’s gotten pretty good at controlling it and bringing it down to a manageable level, and like........... NOT making snap decisions and lashing out impulsively
there’s generally a space between the anger and the Explosion where she asks herself “is this unnecessary?” or “is this more trouble than it’s worth?” and sometimes the answer to these questions is yes and sometimes the answer is an emphatic no
so on an internal level I would say her temper tends to run pretty high, but it’s not always something she lets out. she’s pretty good at managing it nowadays, where she used to often land in heated arguments or fights or it would turn pretty self-destructive
that being said, she’s still a very easy person to tick off, much to the entertainment of various other characters particularly Kai
though I think her short fuse and being easy to tick off and her Actual Anger are two completely different scenarios, both to do with a short temper but in different directions, maybe :P
I would say the two Noa Anger Modes are “will you stop clicking that fucking pen” and Full-On Righteous Fury
⏰ - What is your OC like at timekeeping? Are they punctual, or always running late?
Avery is punctual to a fault and gets REAL mad when other people aren’t lmao. I think he considers it pretty rude to run late to things, since he thinks it gives the impression that you don’t value other people’s time. running late to shit is the quickest way to make him dislike you
🧸 - On a scale of 1 - 10, how ‘soft’ is your OC? 1 being the edgiest of edges and 10 being a literal teddy bear that cries at everything? (Bonus questions: where on the scale would your OC place themselves, and where would they like to be on the scale?)
oh, he’s about a 7, I’d say? he’s certainly not, like, a complete and total edgelord, but he’s definitely more on the prickly side of things than he is the teddy bear side............ he’s fairly reserved, he’s not INTENTIONALLY standoffish but he definitely gives off some hardcore unapproachable vibes at times. he’s pretty easily irked as well and his weapon of choice is passive-aggression, so he can be...... yeah, a Lot
as for the way he carries himself, well, he’s very prim and proper and formal, very crisp, and I think people tend to find him either a touch intimidating or unbelievably pretentious. either way is fine with him, he's happy to lean into it :P
I think he considers himself around a 7 too, but would rather like to be a 9
the thing about Avery is he's always trying real hard to be the most cool and suave and edgy but like....... he's still kind of a dweeb, as most characters in this story are
💬 - Is your OC much of a talker? Do they only speak when spoken to? (Or not even then?) Do they ever talk over others?
oh this bastard LOVES talking. this bastard will talk about anything. this bastard will interrupt a conversation you are having with your friend on the bus to correct you on a fact you got wrong
but yeah, he’s a pretty engaging conversation partner generally speaking, he enjoys those more intellectual and philosophical discussions and, kinda, being “challenged” in a conversation? like, this is the best person to talk to if you get a kick out of a good friendly debate, I think c:
