#jager oc

[pythonmelon]

Hey hey hey I gave original-flavor Virgil a light reimagining that matches my current design and story sensibilities, as well as how he's developed as a character over the years.

He started out as a Girl Genius OC and frankly I'm still very fond of what I did with him; a mute Heterodyne mechanic with heavy spark potential who joined the jagerkin when offered instead of potentially breaking through. He's a lot more low-key than most jagers but has just as much of a mean streak, he's not unsocial but just prefers to keep to his work. He throws himself headlong into clanks and vehicles and other machines, loves working in the bowels of them, working them, trying to make Real Good Explosions, loves his heavy weaponry. He grew up on a hen farm (hates birds, so much) with his mother, older cousin, and three younger sisters and the first thing he did upon becoming a jager was kill his cousin over a long history of bullying and abuse, including the injury that left him speechless.

His preferred hat is a welding mask. He's got grandkids out there somewhere from a relationship where his beau was pregnant and married off before he got the chance to propose; he's still sore about it. He's also very fond of gardening and baking, he's got a few plants at the end of his bed on the wulfenbach ships. Its the only thing he cares much about keeping alive, including himself; he's never been as important as the work he does.

[sparkyarmadillo]

For chop from inktoner, behole more jägers, one from my Above the Influence piece from this year.

[jagervitdefonnyhat]

20, 21, 22 lilya

Who do they like as a person but hate their work? Vice versa, whose work do they like but don’t like the person?

Avírdin. Perfectly tolerable jäger- cheeful, stab happy, good with a long sword/great sword/claymore, or even just a basic armong sword. But gods, lilya does not like how they just miss seemingly basic things that would use logic of common sense that can be extrapolated from observation. Lilya knows thats rude to think, unfair a bit given herself can't seem to extrapolate things others claim is obvious in social contexts, but she finds it so frustrating when all Avírdin needs to do is glue two things together, uses too much glue, comments how its sliding out of places cause of all the glue, and proceeds to not know how to fix it by simply removing the excess glue. The excess glue that shouldn't even be there cause obviously other glued together things don't have dried glue spilling out the sides, so why even use that much in the first place!

On the other hand is Radovna (aka Rodya, not to be confused with Radovana ie Rada, who is not mine. The names are a coincidence). She just kinda hates Radovna, cause she's so stuck up and full of herself and a know it all who tells people what they should be gpdoing all the time in the smarmiest condescending way. But, her work however, fully backs up that she does actually know what she's talking about. She is good at what she says. She's never actually wrong. And lilya hates that she admkres Rodya's work. Its really very good work.

What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?

Eye contact. Indirectness for the sake of politeness. Preformative social politeness in general. Stupid socialising to maintain basic social social structures. Is a lot of the reasons that she's always gelt rather drawn to the jägers. The culture jägers had deveover years had simplified down significantly compared to the townie culture. More direct with easier to read cues. So, after realizing some things about herself a few years after getting her mechanic position, after becoming a jäger especially, she decided to simply full drop participating in those etiquettes if they didn't actually feel like it.

What simple activity that most people do / can do scares your character?

Full time jobs. Which in 1800s and prior meant something different, but still. Especially farmers. She understands the irony of essentially having no life/work seperation, of having sworn herself to her job, yet fearing the concept of daily(ish) work. She hasn't had to do that, not even as a mechanic's assistant when there were several assistants who filled in what days they would do in a week themselves. She did two days with 6 hour shifts, and two days with 3 hour shifts. The idea of six hour shifts four five days sounded soul crushing.

Most of being in the army, though, she still gets to spend her time in a more relaxed way, including fighting. Its more rare when they're sent to run around doing menial tasks for hours on end with no meaningful contact with anyone they care about nor time alone.

[jagervitdefonnyhat]

Questions 8, 9 and 10 for lilya.

How loose is their use of the phrase ‘I love you’?

Not particularly loose. At all.. Essentially, if its true, she definitely uses it more, but even then, tends to need to remember to say it, or uses it when particularly emotional. In her mind, love is distinct from care. Plenty people she cares for. But love? Its more limited and in... some varied ways.

She doesn't like everyone in the pack, but as a whole, she loves them. The pack comes with a sort of inherent care, regardless of jäger. On a whole, her place in the pack that she values so greatly, is love, in a slightlymore familial sense. The Heterodynes and the family, that is a mix of obligation and loyalty and unrepayable debt. It is most simply understanding and thankfulness for the centuries long arrangement the Heterodynes have upheld with the town(in varying fashions) which comes to being love, no matter who the Heterodyne is. Neither of these get said aloud as 'i love you' basically ever.

With those of the pack she's closest to, it comes up at least twice a month, or if they say it first. Or special circumstances.

With the humans she's been close to, it was more rare. The sense of not wanting to acknowledge she's gotten attached cause when they die itll hurt more. But inevitably it comes up at least a few times after some years knowing them

Do they give tough love or gentle love most often? Which do they prefer to receive?

I think it'd be tough, but by accident? But fairly tame by jäger standards? She's naturally blunt and sees no reason to not explain a point to someone if they're being stupid. And has rather poor control at wording or tone. But has no patience to bother force them to not do the stupid thing. If its a problem, someone with rank can deal with them later. Thats an issue for someone with responsibilities. Unless its someone she cares about. If Barsin decided for some inexplicable reason to try jumping off a cliff after breaking a leg for no reason, well, Mamma can deal with him. Unless she's gonna get yelled at too, then he's gonna get dragged away from the cliff by the horns. She'll still drag him back if he jumps off anyways out of loving care, with minor jostling even. Instead of ditching him there to learn a lesson.

For the first few decades of her life, she thinks she prefers tough love. Her biological parents raised her on that first, and she never quite responded well to gentle love after getting adopted in Mechanicsburg. She would rather need to figure out a solution herself after doing something stupid, would rather do the stupid thing than have someone try and be all empathetic about 'i know you want to sweetie, but maybe don't'. Tough love is mostly what she expects to face, from people she barely knows. And therefore simply avoids doing things that would result in facing it.

She does get to know some jägers, though. And with them comes more gentle, comparitively speaking, techniques. Which then results in her being comfortable doing stupid things just for fun on ocassion. But she certainly prefers it. And will take whoever is trying to tell her no into serious consideration before deciding whether to ignore them.

What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?

It changes up. Most commonly, on a more day-to-day basis, it'll be new fun facts. Fun facts ranging from science discoveries to gossip to updates on the vegetable garden. Long as she can make sure everything is as factual as able, for the time. She won't tell everyone, per se, but will bring it up regardless of if its reasonable to.

But higher excitement level, it'll be whatever is her newest intrest. Mostly learning craft skills. For this, she will actually tell everyone. Regardless of their personal interest or if she doesn't like them. If its a jäger she doesn't like, she'll actively choose to annoy them by telling them any updates on her craft learning journey.

[tanu-kai]

More of my favourite lightbulb. I mean uh, OC. This tim with Toma, another of Para’s jagers!

[tanu-kai]

Jagers! Feat. Vilka (mine), Mircea (Para’s), and a very unimpressed Tahir (Adi’s). Also known as: That One Time Vilka Pranked Tahir Via Exploding Glitterbomb Letter And Proceeded To Brag.