#matthew scraps

[accidental-spice]

May I ask for a Matt and Maddy moodboard? You know where they've been and where they're headed, so I trust you. ;D

You have no idea how excited I was to get this ask. Sorry it took me so long, though! I had to get it RIGHT

Hope you like it, and thanks for the ask!!!

[accidental-spice]

🍂 For any character of your choice, if I may ask for another as well?

Oh, absolutely!!! You've compelled me to finally draw someone I've been wanting to draw for ages: Lieutenant Commander Matthew Scraps, @musewrangler 's Star Wars OC from her Empire Reimagined series (though he first shows up as a main character in The Fox and The Lady series (based off of her art of him)

He's reading a book and eating an apple, because ✨ aesthetic ✨

Thanks for the ask!!

[musewrangler]

OC Mundane Tag Game

Tagged by @kraytwriter

Rules: Pick an oc you'd like to talk about and answer the questions for them! Then tag ten people, or as many as you can. 'Underdeveloped character I adopted' is fine, too! Absolutely no pressure to play, though.

Also, if some of it can't apply to your ocs, just answer what would be the answer - like if they're in a historical setting, they likely can't watch movies, but what is a movie they'd like?

(Also, most people have many ocs, so feel free to retag people and answer as many times as you get tagged! Or get really wild and just answer for as many ocs as you'd like! :D)

Questions:

What is their favorite movie?

What is their favorite season?

What do they find annoying?

How would they like to spend their Christmas or equivalent holiday?

Do they play an instrument? If so, what? How good are they at it?

What's their favorite meal to eat?

Do they have a favorite video game or board game?

Do they celebrate their birthday?

What's their bedtime routine?

What's an oc (or canon character) that they like to spend time around? What do they tend to do together?

Well obviously, I'm going to do Matthew Scraps because Henley REFUSES to answer most if not all of these questions unless he's toasted. xD

Scraps is not a holo film person so much. He fully leans into his nerdom with adoring nature documentaries and it is a special thing for him and the Admiral when they need to unwind. Because of this, Scraps also loves documentaries or recreations about tall ships. 

Matt is a summer child. His disposition is suited to this, though in a milder form than Madeline Hatley who could be nothing BUT a summer child. He loves the ocean but has to be cautious that he doesn’t burn with his fair skin and red hair. He loves the lake best, preferably in the mountains where the shade of tall trees abounds and one can float lazily without fear of dangerous tides. 

Matt finds MANY things annoying. For the sake of brevity, he’s asked me to just pick some off the top of his list.

He is annoyed when people do not respect the protocols surrounding the Admiral’s security which he takes VERY SERIOUSLY

He is annoyed by anyone other than Piett calling him ‘Matthew’ unless it’s teasing and even then it can get old. [Hatley]

He is annoyed when people tap a stylus while he is trying to work. 

He is annoyed when people try to ask the Admiral ‘one more thing’ when he ought to be off duty and getting the much too little rest he allows himself. Matt feels he is getting very good at a forbidding face for that one, and practices VERY aggressive body language at whichever unfortunate individual tries to delay Piett.

While he is a summer child, Matt does love the week long Gifter’s Celebration his planet observes in the winter. He inflicts it on everyone under his command each year and quietly places a neatly wrapped box on Piett’s desk as well. 

Scraps plays the equivalent of the piano and is quite good. He loves classical music around the galaxy, particularly the stuff composed about two hundred years ago. He has no idea that the piano in the small officer’s lounge on deck 45 was bought and placed their specially by his Admiral for his use. 

Matt loves food in general. He isn’t too picky either, unlike Yang who is a foodie for all categories. But one of the best things Matt ever had was the sushi on Mon Cala and he’s never forgotten it.

Matt is not big on the holo games other people favor. Hatley and Yang have regular competitions and he doesn’t mind watching for a while, but he prefers the outdoors. On a starship this is difficult, so he swims and climbs regularly as a way to stay fit. 

Matt isn’t sure when Piett looked up his life day, but now without fail, the Admiral finds numerous small ways to make the day a special one and Matt loves him so hard he is sometimes afraid his chest might implode. From his favorite caramel on his desk in the morning to a new nature holo on the table in his small quarters to a dinner invite with Piett, it’s a good day. No matter how busy the Admiral is, he clears his schedule for that dinner. 

Matt would initially say he doesn’t have a bedtime routine—he’s not five. But as he thinks about it, he really does. Clean the blaster and make certain it’s in good order before sliding it into his nightstand. Double check that the Admiral’s security is where they ought to be on the data pad. Brush teeth. Check data pad one more time in case Piett messaged him as occasionally happened. 

We all know that Matt’s favorite person is Piett and they spend a great deal of time together, on and off duty. But he has also developed an amusing and unlikely friendship with Derek ‘Hobbie’ Klivian and they are remarkably good for each other. 

Hobbie is willing to push all sorts of boundaries and lives life to its fullest extent which is not how more cautious Matt usually operates. Hobbie is fiercely loyal however, and both of them enjoy outdoor activities as well as eating ridiculous amounts of popcorn while watching the army-navy Krayt ball games in the Lady’s biggest gym. 

This was fun to think about! Tagging with no pressure: @afaroffsong @hollers-and-holmes @winterinhimring @kanerallels @accidental-spice @klarionthewizard @saxifrage-wreath @lady-merian @oh-great-authoress @edie-deedie

[musewrangler]

OC lightning round: do you have an OC tag? who’s your favorite OC? what OC have you had the longest? are there small details about your OCs people wouldn’t imagine?

Well aren't you the coolest for uncorking me about this. Fair warning, I can be a fire hose about my OCs! xD

Sometimes I remember to actually put OC on the tag, but they've become so main character for me I often forget! xD Sorry! However, the top OCs I use are Dr. Henley and Matthew Scraps. I have also used Madeline Hatley with increasing frequency along with Baldwin who is my chief engineer.

Favorite OC is a VERY difficult thing to answer. I love them all for different reasons. I think I'm going to have to land on Scraps though. The reason being that he was a young, fresh faced little lieutenant when I began writing him and he's grown tremendously since. I wrote him originally as a purely throw away character in a one shot. I gave him a humorous last name and he was there to be awed by the senior officers. But then I kept using him in other one shots and suddenly he made his way into my full length fics and onto Piett's security team. And THEN the father-son dynamic started up with those two---also out of nowhere and I haven't looked back. :D

Henley has been around the longest. He showed up in the very first story I wrote here and he is a fixture now. He is crotchety, brilliant and deeply impatient with all the less intelligent beings. ;D He and Dr. McCoy would recognized kindred spirits, but I think Henley is more ruthless than McCoy.

Details...

Well, Henley has a collection of pens, pencils and writing utensils of bygone eras. He is very proud of them and doesn't show anyone because he doesn't trust them with his artifacts. No one has seen the interior of Henley's quarters because he is not the sort of person to invite anyone in. He and Veers have occasionally had a drink but it's in the officers' bar and usually they've had to deal with Piett or Vader and thus deserve it.

Scraps is called Matt by everyone except Piett. He is Matthew to our formal Admiral and he is very okay with it. Scraps secretly loves that Piett uses his full name. He was never close to his real father and then never got the opportunity when his parents were killed in a speeder crash after disowning him for joining the Rebellion. Matt didn't know what a father could be like until he started working for Piett and that relationship is very special for both of them. Scraps is a very capable rider but I haven't written anything with horses yet. Hmmmm....[also yes, there are horses in my Star Wars head canons.]

Thank you so much for this ask! :D