#silver threston

[winterleadd]

Reblog Game!

Here's a fun activity for my mutuals + anyone passing by...

Reblog with a picture of your ocs/a ship/etc. anything of the sort! And then song lyrics to describe them.

[gravekandy-draws]

Oh Sinner of Little Faith... May you find the redemption you seek May the shadows of your past fade to obscurity As you find your way back to your shepherds arms.

A Silver x Morgyn piece for Artfight 2026!! Silver (Left) belongs to @winterleadd

[winterleadd]

perhaps 35 and 39 as well for them 👉👈 (i didn't want to send an overwhelming amount all at once—)

Oh boy, here we go then. 👀 Shucks, thanks for more asks!

35. If your OC had to kill someone, how would they do it? If killing is a near-daily occurrence to them, what is their preferred method?

For Ivan

Even if Ivan might veer on abusive in the worst case scenario; he'd still never result to killing someone. Least, not literally. <- Don't worry about that.

In some other world though not canon to @still-thinking-about ... he would. That's for @the-flawless-defect to pick up, though. That's a whooooole thing, hahaha.

For Silver

Makes his fair share of mistakes. But also could never kill anyone if he tried. He's very much harmless.

39. What is your OC's pain tolerance like? What is the worst pain they have ever felt?

For Ivan

I want to say his pain tolerance is moderate. Worst pain they've ever felt, oh goodness, hm. Emotionally, it has to be the moment he and Silver parted ways all those years ago. It was so fundamentally messy and isolating. Tipped him over the edge into coping so poorly. Physically, it has to be from acute pancreatitis — caused from alcohol poisoning. Not a pleasant experience.

For Silver

His pain tolerance I want to say veers on higher. He is older and succumbed with a few health conditions. Chronically he is just used to pain. Been through more medical emergencies as well, so his pain tolerance I think would be pretty up there. Physically, the worst pain he's experienced? Probably a kidney related issue he got emergency treatment for. Emotionally? Probably his divorce from yeaaaars ago.

[winterleadd]

Hello!! Btw these responses are really well written and I am LOVING how complex Ivan and Silver are... they are so unique as characters ah!!! Anyway, if I may ask...

(25) What is your OC's deepest desire? Would they ever ask for this?

(26) How quickly does your OC reach their breaking point? What are they like when this point has been reached?

Thank you! No pressure :)

First of all, oh my goodness thank you so much! 😭 I'm so glad you like my ocs! My favorite pseudoincestuous age gap couple (more like, contested couple lmao) around. They really are so complex and complicated, aauGGhh!

26. What is your OC's deepest desire? Would they ever ask for this?

For Ivan

He just wants someone to look up to and call... family. That's it, that's his deepest desire. He's never had much of a father or mother figure before. He grew up with his grandparents, and while they were good to him — they just never were particularly close. Ivan, in his haze of experiences and lieu of issues, simply yearns for someone to teach him and guide him. It's quite sad really, because he embodies this individual that teaches others so well. He is the individual everyone looks up to. And yet, he still clings because he needs someone to confirm his magnitude, along with feel... well. Like he's got someone in his corner for life. For forever.

Would he ask for it? He has before, to a certain person. He just won't get it.

For Silver

To be young. A very wistful desire. The age he is weighs on him at fifty eight. He wishes to have more energy, more spark, more desire. The desire is to have more desire. But this is quite the wishful thinking, as there is no way to turn back time and there is no way to have more energy in some cases. There is only what he can do.

As for if he could ask for it... it's not something you can entirely ask for.

26. How quickly does your OC reach their breaking point? What are they like when this point is reached?

For Ivan

It really depends. I want to say generally it takes a lot; but through the lens of my story it may seem like less since pieces of the puzzle are missing... at first. So generally, I'm going to say it takes a lot for him to reach a breaking point. Something has to fester for years for it to eventually eat at him mentally to the point of breaking.

For Silver

About the same as Ivan. Though, I do want to argue that Silver being a bit older and aged, is more prone to numb it out than lean into it. His breaking point is going to look entirely different from Ivan's even if they both have a moderate tolerance — they're going to respond differently.

[winterleadd]

oooh 6 and 17 for silver and ivan from that ask meme? :3c

This one is so good too, omg! Hi fellow mutual by the way! It was so good to see you in my ask! 😭 Buckle in!

6. How comfortable is your OC in their skin? Do they like who they are? What would they want to change about themself?

For Ivan

I'd say he's relatively comfortable. If there is anything Ivan dislikes about himself, it's his ability to just not tolerate loneliness all that well.

He's had an actual serial dating problem in the past. Knows it's only killing him, but yet, he puts his nervous system through hell after hell just to be loved even if he's not ready for it. He's cognizant of that problem, though. He wants to not suffocate like that and change it.

Regarding other aspects of identity, he is a cis man who has explored the concept of gender and various expressions before as an example. Not afraid to cross-dress, wear make up, do any of that. (He even enjoys it!)

But he still has always landed right back at home so to speak. He's very secure in that, expressing himself outwardly however he pleases with his identity in tact.

For Silver

Well this guy's a fucking case. Where do I begin?! Okay. *smiles*

Silver is not at all comfortable in his own skin. Thinks he's too old, too fat, too unattractive already as it is — even if others plausibly disagree with him, that's what he thinks. He's rather insecure. He's been trying to improve this though in his own way. Getting more tasteful clothes, asking others for advice or input. Many people tell him though (especially Ivan) that he's fine just the way he is. Silver, if he could change anything about himself, would definitely just be to not have so many insecurities. It bleeds into so many things. Worse for him, when he used to be so charming in personality and confident.

Regarding his own identity and relationship to it — one thing that may come as surprise to you all, is if he was given the time to actually process it, Silver would not be cis. He'd probably fall somewhere along with being nonbinary, just still okay with masculine terms. But he's not ready to have that conversation with himself yet unfortunately. And I have no idea if he ever will.

17. What are some of your OC's coping mechanisms during stressful or overwhelming periods in their life?

For Ivan

They're quite varied.

A bowl of ice cream and a tv show used to be sufficient when he was younger. Now that he's older though, it's more like a warm bowl of soup and a heated blanket.

Ignoring everything but work. <- That coping mechanism is NOT working.

Probably his best coping mechanism — journaling, about any and everything. He's done it for years and it's definitely kept him from saying things too risky or on impulse, as well as understand himself better.

Mentioned earlier, not the healthiest mechanism — dating serially/throwing himself at people.

Formerly, drinking. Not the best mechanism again. Ivan had a few years where he was rather deeply alcoholic. (About ages 23-25, began after Silver and him cut ties when they were younger.)

For Silver

Coincidentally, also drinking. He doesn't indulge as much as Ivan did, but he'll do it despite every warning his doctors give him not to. The amount may be less, but in a way he's still at high risk due to his health conditions.

Also ignore everything but work. <- NOT working.

Walks. Out in nature, he'll go for a walk if he's particularly stressed or needs a moment. Definitely one of his better mechanisms. It definitely takes a certain degree of cognizance to get here though for him.

Silver is depression prone, so he will make himself useful to combat this. This mechanism is neutral almost, as it could hurt him or benefit him depending on the context. Most of the time it is good. He'll volunteer or just get involved with other people. Phone a friend to ask for a favor or to give a favor.

Hope you enjoyed these responses!!! Smiles.

[winterleadd]

41 for Ivan and 20 for Dilfer :3 - @emmettspace

GOD, these are really good ones. You are killing me with the Dilfer comment again, LMAO. /POS Buckle in. This one is going to be long.

41. Has Ivan ever hurt someone, either physically or verbally?

Absolutely. Physically and verbally. He's hurt people before, most commonly though in an emotional respect. Through neglect. Through his own lack of self-preservation that in turn consequently hurts others. A workaholic. A man who can't pick his battles. Whose risk-taking and ambitious nature ends up subsuming others from his life to resent him.

And he's... definitely made some not-so-wise choices from that. They border on reckless, if not entirely so.

But he is aware of it. And despite it all... he does care. And he does try to be better. Which is the most fundamentally compelling thing about him. He's still just human.

I wouldn't go out on a limb to call Ivan impulsive in this point of time, despite these facts, this is the most interesting thing to me about him.

Most of his personality is so analytically and intellectually inclined. He knows how to make a sustainable plan, a tangible goal, and further himself and his knowledge to get there expertly. It's evident he's incredibly competent.

Ivan takes these risks conscientiously. So of course, circling back to the question, he hurts people. But people aren't projects to risk an investment in; they are risks in general. He has to be careful with tampering his expectations. (Often times he totally FAILS at it. Gestures to his flaws. And well...)

That risk taking has tested the scopes of his safety before too. Yikes, Ivan!

But despite it all, Ivan would never yell, never escalate, never conflict with others without an apology and/or accountability. Or at least, that was the dominant narrative for a while, his default for the longest time.

He was flawed, but he was accountable. He was never perfect, but he always did try his very best. He may have made the rash, human mistake here and there — but it never escalated to the point of abuse.

Unfortunately... now, that's just not true anymore.

Silver may have a part to play in that. And you know everything I said about him not being impulsive before? Yeaaaaah, that's gone. And despite the harrowing bits and pieces of his trauma; now, he is just as much a victim of the cards that get played to abuse.

I think what's so sad about it though, is while he does genuinely harm others — it is mostly himself he's hurting the most.

I want to argue, that while it feels impossible to contest or explain without spoiling my story to you right now... in a way?

He is the only person hurting.

20. How quick is Silver to shift blame? Does he own up to his mistakes, or is he prone to start pointing fingers at others?

Ahhhhhh, this one is so COMPLICATED. But I LOVE it, thank you for ASKING IT!!!

In the past, he'd point fingers first. The saddest part about it though, is just the fact that a lot of the time it's done to hide an insecurity or genuine mistake that he's afraid of getting overblown out of proportion.

In other words, he's afraid of unfair criticism, aggressive consequences, all of this — more than he is of just saying he did something wrong.

So he deny, deny, denies. It was just the timing, it was the institution, it was the circumstances. The latter is just too dangerous for him it feels. You can see the fear in him any time he points fingers. At least, Ivan did. There's a lot of guilt behind that and confusion.

And even in confrontation, this still... was true. Even if it hurt.

Don't mind the censor, it's a spoiler!

Now, today, he's very different.

He's sorely accountable about most things, often when he may not objectively need to be. Feelings first; balance, accountability or exchange last. His self-esteem still isn't great, but now there's this sort of self-destructive resignation any time someone may challenge his philosophies.

It's like he's swung entirely in the other direction. I will cater to you, you, you. Almost like he doesn't acknowledge he even exists. Like they're separate people entirely.

Great questions, loved answering this!

[winterleadd]

and last two because they sound fun - 47 and 48!! :3c

47. If your OC had to pick a new identity and skip town, what would they come up with? Where would they go?

For Ivan

Ooohh, man. This one's tough! He'd probably choose just to be a regular lay person, office worker, etc. something that doesn't require to uphold a huge communal image like teaching or politics does.

If he's doing that though in the first place, it probably means he's up to some political pursuit of reform or change. He'd never venture out and do something so drastic unless that were the case.

He'd probably go to one of the neighboring city quadrants outside Lockridge (his home). Taking the train. He'd liiikely go to Hyperton, a place that's pretty rife with need of reform.

I also have to add that in the older version of the story, coincidentally he does do this. Sort of, minus the changing of his identity. He plans an escapade of sorts as a to-be fugitive.

There are also some versions of the story as well where... he takes a more aggressive approach. And he is not the fugitive, but rather the one chasing one.

For Silver

Away from any public school institution. Similar to Ivan, I think if he were to hop lines it would be because he's trying to escape prying eyes. I'm so unsure what for though.

The only reason I can see him performing any sort of escapade is because he's in distress, unlike Ivan, he does it more for political action. Consider it a step in a mental breakdown. If there's anywhere he'd go to, it would probably be to the lost quadrant of the New Metrosia (a supercell of collected cities) that has been walled off. It is technically a historical ground.

48. What would your OC do if they knew that this was their last day alive?

For Ivan

Apologize to Silver for hurting him. Tell him he loves him and has never truly hated him a day once in his life, despite their history of qualms and his erracticness. Confess his feelings he has for Silver.

For Silver

Genuinely apologize to Ivan for the past. No excuses, no shifted blame, none of that. Just complete responsibility over the position he held and misused. Pass out from Ivan confessing his feelings. (Ivan would, even if he knew he, himself wasn't going to die. Knowing Silver is going to die would be enough.)