#pinevalley

[incorrect--divergence]

Alex: Cassie, I-... I gotta have a word with you.

Cassie: Oh, are you gonna arrest me?

Alex: Uh-... no, quite the opposite.

Cassie: ...

Cassie: I'm gonna arrest you???

[magickedhat]

@pinevalley​ asked:   “trick or treat!” twitch was very much not a normal trick-or-treater, but his voice matched that of a cheerful child before shifting back to its typical crackly tone. “that means ‘give me candy,’ yes? the trick is that i will bite you if you do not!” he grinned.

“yeah, don’t worry!   i’ve stolen plenty of candy for you, too.   cool voice trick, by the way.”   they didn’t expect to run into twitch tonight, nor did they expect him to know about halloween, but both surprises manage to put a smile on their face, anyway!   wren sat on their heels and turned their angler fish hat upside down;  instantly, bunches of stolen halloween candy tumbled out into the cold concrete.   as much as they enjoyed twitch’ attention, they still preferred to keep it steered away from their hand.

“hey, i’ve got an offer for you,”   wren piped up, fingers drumming eagerly on their knees.   they pointed at an RV at the side of the road.   warm light painted the curtains gold and hearty laughter rang from inside.   “see that?   people live in there.   i’m sure they’ve got loads of candy.”   their gaze turned to twitch, glinting, conspirational.   “care to make a distraction for me?   tear up a tire, make them come out?   i’ll sneak inside and we’ll split the candy i find in half.”

[dis--parity]

okay i couldn’t narrow these down, so you can totally pick which ones you want to answer, but for the character solidifying: 10, 12, 29, 32, and 49 for yeong-hui!!

Character Solidifying // Accepting!

Me, answering all of these anyway bc they need development and also bc I love you and your curiosity about my characters:

10. Is your character street-smart, book-smart, intelligent, intellectual, slow-witted?

Yeong-Hui’s intelligence is... hard to define. I’ll get more into the reason in the next question, but Yeong-Hui is mostly more emotionally and linguistically intelligent than anything else - one of the precious few traits they share with Garis. Emotionally intelligent, in that they can understand and empathise with peoples’ emotions very easily, and if they put effort into doing so, can understand peoples’ motivations and intentions quite easily. Linguistically intelligent, in that they’re not only poetic and silver-tongued, but also have a keen faculty for learning new languages. Though Yeong-Hui themself only speaks Korean, English, and Mandarin, Garis can speak those three as well as Swedish, French, Spanish, German, and Japanese.

12. How does their education and intelligence – or lack thereof - reflect in their speech pattern, vocabulary, and pronunciations?

Yeong-Hui’s education is a complex matter - most of it took place when Iris fronted for what would become their system, so Yeong-Hui has no direct memory of it. Only the essential knowledge such as some languages, basic math, English, and home economics, were willingly transferred to Yeong-Hui once they became the host again. As a result of this, Yeong-Hui mostly takes their speech patterns from the kinds of people they associate with, rather than any formal ‘education’. Their vocabulary in day-to-day conversation is therefore rather basic and laid-back, mostly crutching on contractions and slang to get through a conversation - but they do know how to use much more flowery language when they turn on the charm, or when they want to write a poem for someone, for instance.

29. What is your character’s weaknesses? Hubris? Pride? Controlling?

Yeong-Hui’s main weakness is that they’re too self-absorbed, and too nonchalant about, well... everything, except for the things that they can be convinced to care about. This isn’t rooted in apathy, however - it’s more a result of a narrow, self-serving approach to life. If someone is in need, they’ll still do everything they can to help - it’s just that they’ll be more inclined to help if it benefits them in some way. This isn’t always the case, obviously - a huge part of their reputation as a model consists of their charitable donations towards homeless shelters and medical research - but it certainly is more of a motivating factor for them. And, as with some of their relationships, they end up being prone to stepping on other people, inadvertently or not, to rise above their own station.

32. How does your character react to stress situations? Defensively? Aggressively? Evasively?

Yeong-Hui mostly tends to be avoidant of any kind of stress in their life - if anything, it mostly feeds into and roots from their attitude as outlined in the previous question - they firmly believe that nothing in their life is permanent, and the quicker something that no longer affects them is forgotten about, the better. Of course, there are times where they just can’t avoid stress, whether it’s thrust upon them, whether it haunts them in the middle of the night, or in the rare occasion they find themselves in a life-threatening situation. In either case, they’re very much prone to receding into a dissociative state - which is when Garis is more likely to emerge out of defense for the system they don’t know exists.

If that happens, of course, Yeong-Hui retains none of the memories of it - and if it’s been dealt with and they wake up back at their apartment without explanation, they don’t deign to question it. They just move on, and try to forget it ever happened - whatever ‘it’ may have been.

49. What about voice? Pitch? Strength? Tempo and rhythm of speech? Pronunciation? Accent?

I hate this question because I only just recently came across a decent singing voice reference for Yeong-Hui but it’s from a fucking bingus video bc I can’t find the original audio source... here it is but god. god dammit.

For a more written description - when speaking normally, their voice is quite thin rather than strong, but with a moderately low pitch. However, they do not speak flatly at all most of the time - while their resonance is mostly consistent, their pitch fluctuates wildly, especially when they’re in public or talking at length about something they like, or something that’s interesting to them. They’re also prone to letting vowels ‘hang’ for a bit -- for lack of a better term what I mean by this is that they often say words like “so” as “sooooooooo”  in conversation - letting it drag out for a second or two for emphasis.

As for accent, this is once again a product of their associates, and they take on a slight American drawl to their accent when they’re speaking English. Sometimes they end sentences or words slightly abruptly, taking from Korean and Chinese pronunciation structure, but this mostly only occurs when they’re speaking to either another native speaker, or when they’re generally more relaxed - otherwise, they seemingly make a purposeful effort to drag out vowel sounds and word endings in public, or with strangers.

[ciircusbrats]

@pinevalley   /   x.

He beams once she agrees,  but then his features settle into skepticism again. What kind of demon did he want? Honestly,  he hadn’t exactly thought that far. A hum rings in his throat,  and he begins to bounce his leg.  “I guess something cool. Maybe something less likely to kill me -- would be pretty sad if I died before I even tried my birthday cake, y’know?” He leans his back against the bench, eye travelling to the side. “Maybe an interesting kind of demon. Would be cool if I could talk to it.”

[thehopcful]

a gift from twitch!! it’s a smooth, circular grey rock with a hole through it. he found it glimmering in the river, but it’s covered in dirt now — not as shiny, so he sees no reason to keep it for himself. washing it off would reveal its glittery surface again, though!

Hope lets out a soft gasp as she takes up the timberhound’s gift.  It may be covered in dirt, but that doesn’t make it any less special in her eyes. It’s a rock, yes, but it’s a special rock now. Aside from the unique shape (which reminds her of something she’s seen in Garen’s shop once), it’s a gift. Even if she doesn’t know much about the hound, she’s still going to treasure this.

“Thank you!”

[elwyngwyn]

@pinevalley​ | From HERE

Elwyn was never truly surprised when the forest produced someone from another place or time, throwing them into his world. It came with the whole ‘magic haven’ territory. 

But that didn’t stop him being surprised as his eyes opened and he saw a stranger stood a few feet away.

Laid on the forest floor, back to the mud and one hand curled by his face - completely still in the dirt - Elwyn could have been mistaken for dead at first, chest barely moving and breathing shallow. In reality, it was rest, disassociating and thinking in the peace of the woods.

Eventually orange eyes flicked open, staring directly at the stranger. A moment passed in silence, his chest rising and falling softly, before Elwyn’s lips twitched into a soft smile and he sat up.

“...You’re uh, not from here.” A statement, not a question. 

[sublunary-supernatural]

charles is also wonderful bc he really acts his age (i love his little dad moments so much!!). i don’t know much about wren but she seems so cool!!! also like!!! each little headcanon you post is so interesting to read, and the designs of your characters are fantastic; i love seeing your art for them (your use of color is so pretty!!) <3 (2/2!!)

OMG

[triiiplecgoddess]

Skylar gently lands their broomstick near the beaten road, looking up to see a scrapyard near by. A chill goes up their spine as the wind harshly blows past them. They never did find out who was it that sent them that letter to come to pinevalley but nether the less, they priested and head towards the scrapyard. Any investigation of the supernatural is worth looking into no matter what the threat or lack there of.

closed starter for @pinevalley