other than being in a video game (Bully), which media (shows/movies/games/books/etc.) Nora would be fit in?
You're sending me such interesting asks, omgggg 🙏
So originally Nora was my Sona, and was put into several universes/franchises, changing her name to suit the universe and changing looks slightly. Nora is the name that stuck around the longest with her. For Bully , I originally had named her Xenia Sturm (storm in German).
When originally designing her many years ago, I gave her my "ideal" desired look - like what I wished I'd look like. That look was heavily inspired by female Korean rapper CL (my rolemodel for many years), who belonged to the K-Pop girlgroup 2NE1. Nora was always the main OC among 3 others, making a total of 4 OCs which have lived in my mind ever since I was a young teen. All of them inherited a major trait of myself. "Nora" always has symbolized the self-confidence and self-love I wished I had when I was younger.
My other three OCs were (and they also passively exist in my Bully headcanon)
Iphinoe • Townie (traits: rebellious, careless, pessimistic loner)
Chiara • Jock (traits: energetic, loud, optimistic hyperactive)
Elodie • Nerd (traits: introverted, insecure, calm, peaceful)
Iph is basically Nora's opposite and Chiara is Elodie's opposite. In my headcanon, Nora and Iph absolutely hate each other.
Enough of Nora's origins - although I thought it's a good idea to share it.
Nora in other franchises ⬇️
ー Norah Bolton (Game of Thrones)
I was inspired to change Nora's original name Xenia when I made up my first OC for the universe of Game of Thrones.
Set in the timeline of Game of Thrones. Twin-sister of Domeric Bolton, who is already deceased during the series and books' setting - making her Roose Bolton's only legitimate child. Her story is about coping with the passing of her twin brother, leaving her alone in a dangerous family environment (especially with her bastard half-brother Ramsay, who is suspected to have poisoned Domeric to become House Bolton's heir), and breaking free from the fate of being forced into an arranged marriage to form an alliance between noble Houses. She ends up fleeing to Essos where she is supposed to meet Daenerys Targaryen and join her cause in taking back the Iron Throne - being totally untouched by the War of the Five Kings at the same time happening in Westeros before Daenerys takes her army overseas.
(art by a former mutual of mine who I've lost contact with)
ー Xenora Ren (Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy)
She starts off as an antagonist, fighting as a Knight of Ren for the First Order under the command of Kylo Ren. In Episode VIII: The Last Jedi , she betrays the First Order after being captured by the Resistance, switching sides. With that it is revealed that Xenora used to be one of Luke Skywalker's students and joined the Dark Side along with Ben Solo, before realizing that Luke had never been wrong. She tried her best to keep pretending she was convinced of the First Order's goals to protect her own life, trying to find a way to infiltrate them and secretly support the Resistance.
ー Coco Vanilla (One Piece)
In the world of One Piece, she is a sister of Boa Hancock, her real name being Boa Planifolia, called after the vanilla orchid type plant. She shares the backstory of having been enslaved by the Celestial Dragons alongside her three sisters, where she has received her devil fruit: the Yume-Yume Fruit (Dream Fruit). This fruit didn't provide her with fighting powers but she can use it as a support method during battles (making enemies fall asleep, manipulate and feed off their dreams, inspired by the Pokémon Darkrai and the attack Dream Eater). Vanilla is trained in the fighting styles of the Kuja, being able to use Haki to a certain extent. Her choice of weapon is a Naginata and she owns an albino peacock as pet, his name is Sir Percival - and Sir Percival hates men.
Having fled Amazon Lily to explore the world, hating being trapped on an island with a montone everyday life, she ends up on Sabaody Archipelago. There, she has taken on the artist name of "Coco Vanilla" to hide her true identity. She works as a singer and performer in bars and the Sabaody Park, using her Dream powers to create incredible, unrealistic shows in the audience's minds / dream worlds. As long as the audience is caught in Vanilla's created dream world, she robbs her male audiences, intending to buy the freedom of as many slaves (Fishmen, children and women) in the Slave Auctioning House, as possible. During the 2 years where the Strawhats are separated, she meets Brook at Sabaody Park, befriending him. Later on, she joins the Strawhat Pirates during their reunion on the archipelago, after getting to know they want to head to Fishman Island next. Sympathizing with the Fishmen because of their shared past as slaves, Vanilla decides to leave her life behind once again, to support the Strawhats in their cause, ending up as a crewmate.
ー Xenia (Beyblade: Metal Saga)
One of her origin franchises. 🥹💗 She starts off as a regular Blader, meeting Gingka and the whole crew during Season 1 (Metal Fusion) only playing a larger role in the Battle Blader tournament at the end of Season 1. Xenia owns a special, alien bey of unknown origin (well, from another planet fr). Nevertheless, her special bey was mercilessly defeated by Ryuga (Xenia taking the place of Hikaru in the tournament). Her defeat broke her spirit, making her submerge during Season 2 (Metal Masters), where she plays no major role, since it's the Beyblade World Championships, in which she does not participate. She basically stays in the background, making no appearance, to find back to herself, fix her bey and train more to become stronger. In Season 3 (Metal Fury), Xenia returns alongside Kyoya Tategami as one of the Legendary Bladers whose Bey has received a star fragment. She especially plays a role in the storyline of Kyoya and Yuu, meeting and joining forces with another Legendary Blader, Tithi. Basically, Xenia ends up being a babysitter for Yuu and Tithi, LOL. My other OC Iphinoe also appears in Season 3, being a Legendary Blader too, owning the alien counterpart bey to Xenia’s, making them rivals first and allies later. For Season 4 (Shogun Steel) I haven't worked on any plot because I haven't watched it, being unhappy about the big timeskip.
(Fun fact: my other OC Iph was created for Beyblade too and made it to Bully afterwards, as well. Iph is supposed to be King's older sister, who first appears in Season 3.)
I also inserted her into more franchises but haven't really fleshed out her plot:
Pokémon (not related to the anime, just in general existing as a Gym leader in the Pokémon world)
Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit (as a sorceress apprentice of Gandalf, set during the events of The Hobbit)
Monsuno (literally a monster battle anime nobody knows, I've even designed 2-3 Monsunos for her)
Castlevania (the Netflix animated show / making her a witch who isn't involved in the cause of Trevor, Sypha and Alucard in stopping Dracula's plans, but she more or less supports them in different ways).
Marvel Cinematic Universe (being a genetic experiment with alien DNA by Hydra, being the only one who has survived the infusion of alien DNA. She was intended to be used as a bioweapon by Hydra but broke free. Starting off as an enemy, she gets recruited by the Avengers in the end.)
Damn, she almost appears in every major franchise I'm into or used to be into! 😆
Thank you for making me revisit my old OC ideas and headcanons. 🫶
