Dec 25, 2024
Christmas gift for @plaguery of their DMC OC, Romy!!! I adore her sooo much you all have no idea.
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Christmas gift for @plaguery of their DMC OC, Romy!!! I adore her sooo much you all have no idea.
i didnt pay attention to anything else on your blog to be honest i just saw your "oc ophelia" tag on that "i dont know if im gay or bi and its causing suicidal thoughts" nude bait image post and i got curious because my name is ophelia and im full of myself. i immediately saw you ship her with astarion and got momentarily struck with disappointment because i dont particularly like him but how quickly my tune changed when i saw the divorcecore mommy hates you hitting and stabbing him energy. i think shes awesome and now im honored to share a name with her. obligatory follow
18 & 20 for the ask game. i need to hear how this hypothetical drama would unfold
you picked the GOODIES
18.) what aspect of the story would get you #canceled on twitter?
this is a toughie is the thing. while im not one of those creators thats terrified of being offensive or problematic, i also dont pay that much attention to elements of work that might offend. im more interested in being genuine and trusting my message rather than relishing in having #problematique content.
that being said i think a lot of people would not like that sicely isnt a g*ld st*r lesbian or that lucerne doesnt use labels, bc twitter is really hung up on what characters "really" are or what stories "really" mean.
i think theyd also do that thing where theyd be like ugh look at these children currently in abusive situations why are they not acting 100% perfectly, the author clearly has no idea what theyre doing with portraying abuse, this is just torture porn and fetishizing ptsd/osddid. bc theres no way that the things that happen in CW could ever happen to people, bc abuse happens to other people and never in anything i might have to interact with.
20.) your ocverse just got a movie trilogy a la hunger games style. how have they horribly mangled your message/theme so that the movies are now a showcase of what the original was condemning?
This ones also a toughie actually bc a large part in why the hunger games movies contributed to showcasing what the original work condemned is because the media circus and bloodsports as vapid entertainment were directly being condemned in the original and #Media isnt really a huge part of carousel waltz. i think in order to really turn carousel waltz on its head youd have to be simultaneously very victim-blamey to the children but also prop up the adults as the ones who must "save them", bc children cant do anything on their own and cant be trusted to have legitimate grievances with the adults in their lives. flattening midas into either a villain who never cared about the people he abused or apologizing for him as a well-meaning patriarch who was just led astray and by proxy flattening the abuse into depictions more palatable to the wider consumer audience would do it i think.
but i dont know if it being a movie trilogy would necessarily cause those changes to occur-- movies are visual and sequential like comics but usually have to be 2 hours or less and are overwhelmingly held hostage at the whims of distributors, executive boards, investors, etc. so the influences it would have over carousel waltz would be along those lines. i think that with the time crunch it'd probably be really easy to make the story less subtle, and to have to hammer home points. certain characters necessarily would not have as much screentime and focus in a movie trilogy, which i think WOULD contribute to being an example of what im trying to condemn, and a movie might inadvertently say that some abused children are just collateral damage and we can move past them, some abused children dont have interiority or anything to draw attention to them, some abused children are more important or worth rescuing more. its also very important to me that most of the carousel waltz kids r not white, and that the grownups are, but casting would probably whitewash them or try to make the story colorblind instead of keeping in how midas' abuse takes advantage of his identity of whiteness over them. combine this w the idea that there needs to be adults to save these kids and u get a white savior araceli. if this concept makes you want to gnaw your leg off at the ankle to get the shackle off, that just means youre still human! try to hold onto that feeling.
since magical girl isnt a big genre in the west theyd try to reflavor it as some other thing like superheroes or a dnd party or something. or theyd want to age up the kids so the bad things happen to a more acceptable age group bc the idea that kids might have bad things happen to them is a scary thought so theyd completely miss the point abt it being a story abt child abuse and now its a buncha late teens-early 20s bullshit.
im actually debating how much swearing i want in carousel waltz (it was really hard writing guardians dilemma without zizi swearing) but executives would only let me have one fuck and would not let anthea call anyone a cocksucker :(
you already know who im going to ask about. (for the viewers at home: it is manatsu) to make this interesting, 3 & 23 and then 9 & 25 to be sweet
23. What emotion is the hardest for your OC to process? How about express?
Probably regret. I think Manatsu tries very hard to keep it away from herself. Abstract sorrow, that's easy. Indigence, sorrow, those are easy. But regret is hard. Regret means looking back. Regret means dwelling on wishing she could change what's done or undone.
25. What is your favorite thing about your OC?
3. What is your OC's fatal flaw? Are they aware of this flaw?
Manatsu is perfect and well adjusted. I think Manatsu runs on an assumption that everything will be okay, and if not, she can just pack herself up and go elsewhere. It's very avoidant and passive. As a Sylph, she also prioritizes meddling in other people's problems instead of acknowledging her own.
9. Do you have a specific lyric or quote which you associate with your OC?
HER PLAYLIST IS LIKE 50 SONGS I CAN'T DO ALL OF THEM. How about a selected few, including the song that inspired her to begin with?
🖊 for manatsu :]
i love that the prompt for this specifies headcanon. yeah heres smth about my oc that the author hasnt confirmed but i personally believe
Manatsu has this passive aggressive streak which manifests as indirectly confronting things she takes issue with through song, often targetedly singing them to someone! this tends to make people very angry.
here she is shortly after dalamud fell, annoying the fuck outta her aunt tacita !
she's usually right to take issue with whatever it may be, but i do think that this is the least efficient and most easily misinterpreted way of telling someone you're mad at them.
EDIT: OH ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION. emet thinks theyre hilarious. he loves arts and performances so this lady singing mean songs at him is peak entertainment.
manatsu: i do not like a single thing about you.
emet: tell me more!
manatsu: this isn't sexting.
emet: it's better than sexting actually.
manatsu isnt the wol also, so her relevance for certain storybeats can fluctuate like the rest of the scions. which means sometimes theyre a bit out of the loop, like why thancred is picking fights with a guy brandishing a massive axe in the dravanian wilderness, who then all disappear ominously
in a modern au they like the metal gear series and if you gave them 20 minutes they could convince estinien the shadow moses incident really happened
happy birthday!!
thank you!!!!
29, 31, 47
29. how do you like your shower water?
Steaming hot! I loathe being cold especially wet and cold so the shower must be scalding. I like for the room to fill with steam as well so it's soft and warm after
31. what type of music keeps you grounded?
Depends on the mood — folk and jazz are especially soothing, but sometimes I need EDM or rock/metal to cut through the intensity and keep me focused. The Snake and the Weasel vs Grab Thy Hand lol
47. what was the last message you sent?
"3" for my automatic prescription renewal 💀 three cheers for prazosin though huzzah! 🗡️
I didn't realize I had an end of the year ask left in my inbox from @ plaguery and when I answered I think tumblr deleted it?? So sorry :(
9. Best month for you this year?
I answered July on the last ask so the second best month was probably October! I finished Monster and loved the storytelling, watched horror movies I've been meaning to watch forever (Scream, American Psycho, House), and had fun making a shitty costume for Halloween ₍^. .^₎⟆
10. Something that made you cry this year?
Oh man so much a lot of good tears though! The end of the Devilman definitely made me bawl my eyes out — the last page is enveloped in this darkness and grief, heavy and quiet, and the light of the angels is not a comfort but the toll of futility. Your worst sin is that you have destroyed yourself for nothing...and the one you love ugh 😩
11. Something you want to do again next year?
One time in November I wrote for seven hours straight and it ended up being garbage but salvageable garbage ☝️and I would love to be possessed by the writing spirit like that again ^_^ I also want to go fishing again it's very relaxing 🎣
