I Polish Up Real Nice ft. Mirage Carmichael/Five Hargreeves
"You know that I'm not the type you should waste your time on."/"Too bad, you're the only one I want."
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this is a remake of a gifspam about a year old, it's under the cut along with some notes about Mirage's evolution!!
Mirage Mirage Mirage... when I first created her, I simply wanted a self-insert oc to ship with Five bc I am In Love with the grumpy old man. As I delved deeper into her relationship with Five though, I realized that I had to give Mirage her own problems and challenges, she couldn't just be Five's lover because in my interpretation of his character, Five isn't the kind of person to just fall in love with a pretty sassy girl, he has to be able to connect with the person, and he has to have a love interest that's competent in their own way, being able to stand up on their own two feet without Five coddling their every move. The first-ever ideas for Mirage were basically just "Kaz Brekker but make her do government-ish stuff, assassin, targeted by the Handler and nearly gets killed by her, aversion to touch" Absolutely no notes on her relationship with the other two kids that were adopted by AJ -- Emmy and Telepath -- and an entire google doc dedicated to her and Five oneshots
yeah, I was whipped af lol
but after some time, in which I poked around in other fandoms and got "better" at creating backstories and motivation, I circled back to Mirage. I started thinking about what could've turned someone who was groomed to be AJ's successor, someone who was only taught the basics of fighting before the Handler came, into an assassin who bided her time until she could finally regain control of the Commission? I realized something that was very much inspired by a certain Marvel show that someone might have heard me complaining that I neglected the plot bunny I made for it (I swear I'll do it next year) was literally perfect for Mirage, it's a play on her name and power, and it fills in all the plot holes I ignored in the first few drafts of her story. So yeah, that's basically the story of Mirage's evolution, along with her faceclaim change due to me admitting that pairing someone in their late twenties with a teenager is just... weird and uncomfortable to me lol; Mirage is one of the first ocs I ever introduced on here, and she's also one of my most constant brainworms, like literally I can talk about her any time and place because there's so much to share about her asldaksda
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OC NEW YEARS CHALLENGE 23–24 › day one: what a tangled web we weave (2/4)
WREN ROSENTHAL + SURVIVING
lyra on twitter / wren passed out / lydia martin in teen wolf 3x11 / memoirs from the past by puran chand / wren with an axe / unknown / thomias d. / wren giving birth to her first child many years after helena tried to kill her / long story short by taylor swift
oc new year’s challenge 2023 (Day 1): What A Tangled Web We Weave
Morgan Wells + “You Can’t Go Home Again”
buzzcut season by lorde / the flash 2x19 / the archer by taylor swift / the flash 2x06 / my tears ricochet by taylor swift / eowells (+ morgan)’s house in the flash (episode: 1x11) / i know the end by phoebe bridgers / the flash 2x20 / as it was by harry styles / the flash 3x13
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Thanks to being a super soldier, Connie lives a very long life and has many different eras. In WWII, she is a nurse out on the frontlines. Once the war is over, she is held prisoner by Hydra and forced to monitor the Winter Soldier. When she finally escapes, she joins SHIELD, only to realise Hydra has infiltrated the organisation. After SHIELD falls, Connie finds Bucky and goes on the run with him. They think they have found peace, only for him to be arrested for bombing the UN. Finally, they live a quiet life in Wakanda until Steve asks for their help to fight Thanos.
OC NEW YEARS CHALLENGE 23–24 › day one: what a tangled web we weave (3/4)
WREN ROSENTHAL + HEALING
unknown / wren and professor john kilburn / clean by taylor swift / wren / soon you'll get better by taylor swift / wren / this is me trying by taylor swift
OC NEW YEARS CHALLENGE 23–24 › day one: what a tangled web we weave (1/4)
WREN ROSENTHAL + TRAUMA
unknown / wren crying / j.v. / wren asleep / unknown / wren during an interview / blythe baird / wren at a crime scene / would've could've should've by taylor swift
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