#oc secrets

[mimble-sparklepudding]

OC "Secrets and Lies" Ask List.

What was the first lie your OC ever believed? How did they come to learn the truth? Or have they yet to do so?

Would your OC ever read the private diary of a friend or lover, if they had the opportunity?

What is your OC's view on "lying by ommision"? Is it as bad as outright lying in their view?

Has your OC ever had a secret crush on another person? Did they ever confide in anyone else about these feelings? Or were they buried too deep?

Does your OC ever tell "white lies" to spare someone's feelings, or to protect them from an upsetting truth? Or are they unsparingly blunt and uncompromisingly honest?

Is your OC secretive about their wealth? Or are they open about their financial or material resources?

Are there any secrets held by your OC's culture of origin that are held to be sacred? What are the punishments for revealing these to outsiders?

How good is your OC at telling when someone else is lying? Are they able to judge by someone's body language or facial expressions? Or are they easily fooled?

What is the funniest lie your OC has ever told? What made it so comical?

Does your OC have any dark (or not so dark) family secrets? Did they learn about them by accident or were they told?

Is your OC secretly a lot better at something than they let on? If so then what is their reason for pretending otherwise?

Has your OC ever been lied to and forgiven the person who deceived them? How long did this take them? Do they trust them now?

Does your OC feel guilty about lying? Or does it come very easily to them?

Has your OC ever taken on a secret identity or used a disguise to achieve their aims?

Has your OC ever found themselves having to keep lying to cover an original lie? How far did this go?

Has your OC ever pretended to like or enjoy something that they really didn't? Was this to impress others? To avoid causing offence? Or to please a friend or lover?

What would be the consequences that might follow the revelation of one of their deepest secrets? How far would they go to prevent this?

Is your OC a good liar? Or do they stutter or otherwise show they are struggling with the charade?

If your OC has a particular secret (or several) then how does this impact their day to day decision-making and life choices?

Has your OC ever shared a secret in confidence and then been betrayed by the person in whom they confided?

Has (or would) your OC ever blackmailed someone else with compromising information? To what end might they do this?

Has your OC ever engaged in a secret love affair? What was the reason for keeping it secret?

Does your OC have any fears or phobias which they keep secret from others? Is this because they are embarrassed? Ashamed? Or perhaps even guilty?

Has your OC ever had a secret crush? What stopped them trying to act on this?

Is your OC open about their past or do they prefer to keep such things a secret?

Does your OC have a tendence to exaggerate their accomplishments or sexual prowess? Has anyone ever challenged them on this?

What is a lie that your OC knows to be untrue, but prefers to try to believe? What would be the implications of accepting reality in this regard?

Was your OC ever told lies as a child (such as if they pulled a face and the wind changed, it would stay that way)? What age were they when they realised they'd been lied to?

Is your OC prone to false modesty? Is this from a genuine wish not to appear boastful? Or do they have other reasons to conceal their true capabilities?

If your OC was cursed to only be able to tell the complete truth then what would be the consequences? How long would it take them to get into a fight?

Has your OC ever been influenced by propaganda? How did this affect their behaviour? What are their feelings about it now?

Has your OC ever bought something that turned out not to be what was advertised? (perhaps a forged treasure map, a poorly-made replica of an expensive item, or a fake religious relic) What was the outcome of this?

Does your OC have any secret sexual fantasies or kinks? Do they ever plan to explore these in reality? Or are they very much never ever going to discuss these with anyone else?

Has your OC ever lied to let someone down gently? Perhaps by telling an admirer that they are already taken, or that they would love to try their cooking, but they have only just eaten....

What is the darkest secret from your OCs past? Do they keep it secret for their own sake or someone else's?

If dividing up resources (perhaps rations or treasure) then would your OC always be scrupulously fair? Or would they be happy to keep as much back for themselves as possible?

Your OC is asked by a close friend or partner to give their view on a new outfit or set of clothing. It really doesn't look at all good on them and possibly even looks utterly awful. Would they lie and tell them it looks amazing? Bluntly tell them that they look ridiculous? Or tactfully suggest an alternative might suit them better?

Has your OC ever lied to get someone into bed? What did they promise? And what was the fallout when their deceit was revealed?

Is your OC always honest with children? Or does the occasional (or even frequent) lie to scare them into obedience feel quite reasonable?

Has your OC ever been cheated on by a romantic partner? What was the impact of this? Could they ever forgive this infidelity?

Would you OC ever sabotage someone else's success by spreading rumours or dropping a lie in the right ear? What might motivate them to do such a thing?

Has your OC ever broken a promise to another person? Did they ever intend to keep this promise? What made them break it?

Does your OC cultivate a public image that is entirely at odds with their true agenda? How far would they go to maintain this fiction?

Will your OC willingly admit when they are frightened or in pain? Or have they trained themselves to remain stoic at all times?

Does your OC distinguish between groups when it comes to their willingness to lie? Perhaps they would never lie to members of their family or tribe, but outsiders are fair game? Perhaps they instinctively distrust certain people based upon their sex or race or nationality?

What secret completely changed your OC's worldview once the truth was revealed? How did this revelation affect their sense of identity?

Who was the person who made a promise to your OC and then let them down? Have they ever forgiven them?

When it comes down to it, does your OC even believe that there is such a thing as the objective truth? Or is the world just a morass of conflicting beliefs, convenient lies and subjective opinions?

Can your OC handle the truth? Or would they prefer to live in blissful ignorance if given the choice?

How important is it to your OC that they maintain a certain image to those closest to them? How far would they go to maintain this image? What secrets do they conceal that might change how their friends or family view them?

Art by Michael Lang.

[shadowtigers]

OC Secrets

Post a single gif depicting a secret your character(s) has/have that few people - if any - know. Give zero explanation, be mysterious! Tagged by @rinasai-rambles  Thanks so much!

For my Skyrim oc Vath Firehall

For my Skyrim oc Darrow Greylock

For my Skyrim oc Wren Wolf

For my Skyrim oc Lethan Shadowleaf

Whoever would like to do this, consider yourself tagged:)

[solesurvivorkat]

OC Secrets

Post a single GIF depicting a secret your character(s) has/have that few people - if any - know. Give zero explanation, be mysterious!

Tagged by the awesome @lothrilzul - thanks hon!  :-D Tagging (no pressure, & please forgive me if you’ve already been tagged or if I forget anyone): @teamhawkeye, @iheardtheowlcallmenames, @elusetta, @foofygoldfish, @infinitefleurs, @mrninjapineapple, @pathfinderyderss, @scorpio-skies, @sharky-broshaw, @rinasai-rambles

Deputy Sarah Rook (Far Cry 5/’The Book of John’):

(I really did try to think of something for my other OCs, but nothing came to mind for now. Maybe I’ll think of something later, lol)

[ceramiccuriousity]

VTM original character loredump. some gore?

Not even my storyteller knows Ash's true name. They simply know the Vampire Ash O Lynn. That's all that's important. True names don't have the same kind of power over vampires as they do Other creatures.

True name Aisling, pronounced Ashling. At the time of the deal, his parents had not known that they truly were selling their firstborn son, he hopes, after all they were aught but mortals. Ash knows not what he was purchased for, but he has been some mix of a slave, a child, and an experiment.

He is not enthralled, and has a measure of freedom, so long as ultimately he follows Florin's orders. He will pursue his dream and make the perfect circus... for although he had been cultivated for it, it was also his passion. He need not think on why these were overlapping overlong. It's better that way.

He's lucky his dream and long term goal is also what he is compelled to do. He will use the politics to protect his circus and try not to involve the members- he would treat them well and keep them from danger. The best paid carnies and happiest performers- although some may be ghouled.

And if necessary, he'd rip the spines out of anyone who got in the way. If they survive they should know that it's better to be spineless and not interfere overmuch with his business. Enemies to the circus are enemies to all that matters.

Entering a valdyrie and some distance from Florin weakened supernatural hold she had, and as distant as she was she was technically a mother figure. Technically. Ash knows not to think of it, she was his master even if she had been instructional and very useful.

She's come to the city and seems a bit shifty, but Ash should probably attend her and close the distance. Ash has been feeling much more powerful than ever, but he always fears lagging behind, there is always something to improve on. His compatriots are quite powerful if a little stupid. Or a lot stupid. He should put them in clown makeup one of these days, it suits them.

She had become a lot more handsoff around the time he chose his discipline as a firewalker. He continues firewalking despite his undeath. Maybe he will succumb to the flames one day- Ashes to Ashes that's the best an Ashling could hope for. There are worse fates than death.

[the-smol-death]

Tagged by @leanarutherford . Thank you dahling!

Give 5 facts about your OC you never shared before.

I’m going to choose Hale bc I’m having a hard time thinking of secrets for Caoilainn.

1. She’s an atheist. She doesn’t believe in elven gods or the Maker. Thinks it’s all a bunch of crap anyway. 2. She’s poly, or rather- non-monogamous 3. She would rather be alone in nature than around anyone else. 4. She often prays (for lack of a better word) to her father for guidance, help. (He died when she was 9.) 5. She strongly dislikes people from Tevinter (she dislikes people in general, but ESP people from Tevinter). I’m tagging @turbootaku @purebloodmage @eravalefantasy @replicajester @uriellactaea @cullenstairshenanigans and anyone else who wants to do this if you haven’t already.

[venatohru]

Tell me one (or all all) of your OCs dirty little secrets!

Since I spent ages thinking about my answer for this and trying to decide who to talk about, you get one secret from ten of my OCs ;)

The Inquisitors:

Hretha Adaar totally had a thing for Cullen when they first met. She has no idea why. Embarrassing.

Evelyn Lavellan might be Andrastian but occasionally she still finds her thoughts drifting to Mythal before the Maker.

Edric Cadash likes hot chocolate with marshmallows. Pass it on.

The Erimond Family:

Quintus had a fairly serious relationship with a man before he met his wife.

Minerva likes to give the impression that her marriage to a fifth child was actually part of a shrewd political scheme, that she knew he’d be the one to become a magister. She didn’t. She just found his older brothers intolerable...and maybe she liked him. A bit. 

Aeliana once had an, um, interesting dream about Florianne. Cue much awkwardness during lunch with her brother and the former grand duchess the next day. 

Claudia does in fact know who at least one of her parents is.

The Hux Clones:

Tim Valorum is scared of blood and takes great pains to hide this. Because it is a ridiculous thing for a doctor to be scared of, okay.

William Kera is jealous of Hux. Like woah. But no one must ever know.

Caleb Hux is very, very cagey when it comes to discussing his childhood/adolescence on Jakku, because (in his own words) he did some pretty despicable things.  

[xcanyouhearmex]

Karleigh though. Like I want 2 secrets. >~>

TWO SECRETS??? what is this. >_> okay, fine, I suppose I’ll do two, but you already know one of them.

1. Karleigh was really sick as a kid, from about 6-8. She was in and out of the hospital constantly. The treatment she had to undergo is the reason her immune system’s so shitty, it totally wrecked it. It messed up a lot of other things, including her reproductive system. She’s not as fertile as other women. She doesn’t tell a lot of people what she went through because she doesn’t want to make it awkward or get the pity reaction, in her mind, she’s let the experience humble her rather than define her. Karleigh figured she wouldn’t be able to have kids so she chose to not get attached to the idea of them. It wasn’t until she became involved with Chaz when she eventually decided she’d like to try to be a mother someday.

2. Which leads to another one of Karleigh’s secrets, she had an unplanned pregnancy earlier this past year (about late April?) and opted to terminate it. She feels extremely guilty about it because she feels like she just threw away one of her chances to be a mom, but the situation at the time just wasn’t right or supportive for a baby and she and her boyfriend both agreed. So it was definitely a personal struggle for her, choosing to spare a child the woes and drama of it’s parents’ failing relationship. Karleigh used to get upset when friends, or their partners, would become pregnant and announce, but ultimately learned to let go and accept that if it’s supposed to happen for her, it’ll happen.