#oc inside out

[pyromaniac-skeleton]

I got… I got fixated on the purple noodle 🧍🏻‍♀️

[reverthestarryeyed]

2 Inside Out OC's I made, I call 'em Distraction and Confusion

I'll add drawings later, it's kinda nigh on impossible for me to draw Distraction without a reference. As for Confusion, yeah I have her in my head, but idk how to make it look good yet

So about these 2: they're one of Riley's youngest emotions. Distraction is older than Confusion, and for some reason I'm calling them siblings despite them technically being the same person (Riley). They normally operate hand in hand with each other and are usually seen standing together. Distraction and Confusion also sometimes go hand in hand with Ennui and Embarrassment. Distraction and Confusion both make a question mark together

First let's start with Distraction (I'm not actually sure if that's the right name to use 😅 I originally thought of "Distracted")

Appearance: when I think of Distraction my mind creates a sort of light lilac or bright lilac color, I'm not sure why but I imagine him as that color. He has a large sphere for a head, and he has 3-4 rows of eyes in a sort of circle formation, looking in every direction, he has a big cartoony smile on his face (kinda like Uglydolls or Trolls) He wears a sweater of sorts that has 2 large stripes in a deep lilac color. He doesn't have arms or legs, instead he has small tentacles (probably 4 of them) for his feet that he uses to move around in. (There is no rule that the emotion's have to look humanoid, I mean have you seen what Hope and Irritation was supposed to look like?)

Personality: Distraction is...well...always distracted, his many eyes would catch something to divert his attention, he always looks at things curiously, or sometimes just don't think at all and start zoning out, one of the few times all his eyes are in the same direction. Most of the time he has no idea what's important and what's not, he could make Riley go from taking a test to thinking what purpose is the sky being blue, why not orange or yellow? or what certain colors should go to what personality to make a character in her head, go from doing homework to rearranging the furniture, etc. He's also very cheery, usually smiling and happy despite not knowing half of what's going on around him, he's very interested in pretty much anything that catches his eyes

He doesn't really dislike many things due to him being too distracted to do so, the closest thing he has to disliking is his opposite -- Focus (or is Concentration the right word? Idk) they don't really get along, and when I say "they" I mean Focus/Concentration not getting along with Distraction. Distraction thinks they have an ok relationship, sure she can be a little annoying since she focuses on bad things sometimes, but she's not so bad most of the time. Another is being bored (or feeling Ennui) he doesn't like being bored or doing just one thing and doing nothing, he likes being productive.

He likes drawing, colors, music, and basically anything art related and other stuff to keep Riley (and in extension himself) entertained. Because of this, he normally gets along with Joy the most and spends a lot of time with her (with Confusion tagging along)

Purpose: Keep Riley occupied/entertained when Ennui is driving, ironically be aware of the surrounding area, improve Riley's creativity (i.e using pencils and a table as drums), keep Riley from dwelling too much on bad things, and keeps Riley from doing the same thing repetitively over and over again and allow her to try something new (this is personally my opinion on the purpose of being distracted, especially the part on not focusing on bad things)

Next up we have Distractions younger sister Confusion

Appearance: For some reason I imagine her color to be forest green (idk why I don't imagine that for Distraction, with the whole "feeling like you're not entirely there" thing) Her hair is a deep forest green color that's shoulder length and covers her ears, her bangs are long which covers her eyes. Her skin is a lighter shade of forest green but still dark (the color code is 304529) She wears a dress similar to Alice from Alice in Wonderland except it's green instead of blue and white, and the dress isn't as frilly and puffy.

Personality: Confusion is very curious and constantly confused about a lot of thing, always needing an explanation and a step-by-step process on everything. She's very accepting and open minded about learning new things, she loves to learn new things she doesn't understand. She's also extremely gullible and forgetful and usually has no idea what's going on around her. She can't really hear or see well

She likes Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz and Victorious (specifically the April fool's episode and the breakfast bunch) because she won't be the only one confused about everything. She likes investigations and try going into detail about things to better understand it.

She ironically doesn't like being confused about things.

Purpose: Let Riley discover unknown things, learn new things, motivates Riley to look more deeply into the problem and let her be curious about new things. She also let's Riley explore and learn more about herself and who she is as a person. Forget some things or change the way Riley remembers something to make it not as bad.