Yay! Sorry this has taken me so long. Life kinda getting in the way.
Stalker Sevika
Stalker Sevika, who knows you tried to get paid leave from work and couldn't, so she threatened your boss and suddenly that day is OK to not come in on.
Stalker Sevika, who feels her heart break a little when she watches you cry in bed.
Stalker Sevika, who put an airtag in your car because what if you get into a crash and need saving?? What if you break down and need a ride?? What if she doesn't know where you are 24/7?
Stalker Sevika, who took a clipping of your hair as you slept and got it turned into a precious stone to be worn as a pendant necklace.
Stalker Sevika, who could draw you from memory. Every curve of your body, the way your hair never seems to sit how you want it in that one spot, each individual eyelash...
Stalker Sevika, deeply inhaling your stolen panties as she rubs herself. Rutting into her own hand, imagining you're there
Stalker Sevika, who keeps an ear out for loud neighbours. Just as you're building the courage to politely ask them to tone it down they, suddenly, go quiet. The next day, there's a grovelling apology letter begging your forgiveness... weird.
Stalker Sevika, who spiked your bedtime hot chocolate mix so she can lie next to you without waking you. Tracing the dip of your waist and running her thumb over your lips.
Stalker Sevika, treating what you want in a partner as a personal development mission. Your dating profile says you like hiking? Suddenly she knows every trail in the city. You want someone honest? She'd sooner cut out her tongue than lie to you.
I’m considering making a more fucked up/dubious kink character,, probably the stalker/yandere type, with some horror undertones mixed in,, I think it would be interesting to play around with writing a character like that— something a little creepier and more gut-churning than my usual fuzzy & silly little guys— (And I would of course tag something like that accordingly, and give plenty of content warnings for those squicked out or triggered by the topic. I don’t want to accidentally spring that sort of subject onto anybody with my fics & wavs without warning!)
I mostly say this because the idea of a sneezing-while-hiding scenario with a character stalking the reader (or a different oc? We’ll see) sounds FASCINATING and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it written or talked about before?? Like,, ok hear me out, I may or may not be cooking here
Ofc there’s the usual tension and desperate attempts at self-control, the urgent stifles, the high stakes— paired with notes of obsession, of internal conflict, of wondering what’d happen if they were discovered— I’m already enamored by that trope. But it can be taken up a notch.
The sheer panic or disgust or anger (or even excitement??) from the person they’re watching/hiding from upon hearing an uninvited allergic outburst from within their own home or workplace— what do they even do from there? Do they confront their uninvited guest? Do they run? Do they investigate, only to find nothing? Or does the stalker character get found out? How do they react from there? Is it even possible to talk their way out of that situation? Do they manage to escape, or face the consequences of trespassing into such a private space— or even a private moment—? Does their victim have the kink? Does the stalker themselves have the kink? How might that affect the dynamic and reactions each character has to their situation?
There’s so much there, and I have no clue how to go about writing it. I’m not accustomed to characters like that, but I want to branch out and dabble in more horror & tension in my writing— so this is the context I keep gravitating towards 💀💀
The only trouble is, I’m kinda at a loss for what design/themes/motifs I should include for a character like that. I know they’re going to be nonhuman, and probably a little abstract— but what direction should I take them in?
Should they be visually monstrous, or should their sub-humanity be more subtle, or even hidden outright? Should they be c/ryptid in inspiration? Maybe Y/ōkai? Something entirely new? What sorts of features or quirks should I keep in mind/indulge in? How might they affect the way the character interacts with the world, how they perceive themselves & others, and how they behave with/affect their victim?
Should their dubious behavior come from a place of malicious intent/desire, something more sexual and sensual, something more wholesome (that’s been twisted into something creepier), like worry or curiosity for their victim? Should it be out of care and compassion, or out of desire for ownership— like they view their their victim as a stray pet, or a rare treasure, or something useful to them, like a valuable tool— or should it come from a place of cruelty and malicious intent? A deeply-ingrained malicious nature? An effect of how they themselves were raised? A gnawing, unavoidable compulsion? Something more complex, perhaps something culturally significant to them or their species/race/etc?
Idk, I’ve thought about dabbling with/creating a character like that, but I always get stumped on what direction to take them in. There’s so many options, and every detail has the potential to change the entire vibe and genre of the character and whichever stories/fics they’re included in.
Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions, requests—? I’ve got so many concepts rattling around inside my brain, and I’m having trouble narrowing them down or deciding what will be the most engaging/interesting for people to read or listen to.
Ps: one of the other reasons I’m so determined to make a character that fits this niche is because I LOVE voice-acting fucked-up &/or creepy characters. There’s something very taboo and unusual and new about it to me— they feel like such a sharp contrast from the life I live, who I am as a person, my own values and boundaries, AND all the characters I usually create/gravitate towards. It’s a wild breath of fresh (or perhaps rancid, depending on how you look at it) air, and I think it’s a fascinating creative opportunity! Besides— the more variety, the merrier.
marsha has twenty different personal plotlines doing on and i'm thinking maybe i was too ambitious but it builds character. builds resilience. this girl can handle so many different problems at once (joins rust syndicate to scare off her stalker who had a puppy mill and one of them is now her pokémon who hates the ghost on her team who kind of resembles the pokémon she just lost)
Person A: Yes, I know he's a stalker, creepy, poor hygiene, bad diet, and insults me. But it could be worse!
Person B: How could it be worse?!
Person A: He could be poor.
//Any ships with Nils, really, give me a heads-up if you (don't) want Orisa to go apeshit all over it, because she can't stand the idea of Nils having any sort of romantic/sexual connection with anyone who isn't her.
While it's a good subplot for our ships in dealing with an unhinged fanatic of Nils', I understand not everyone can handle a "crazy ex/side-bitch" subplot (even though Nils doesn't see Orisa that way in any way).
But either way, a heads up. She is Nils' top assassin in the Unsung Lament and self-proclaimed 'pet', not to mention believes herself to be the top contender of the mother of the Firstborn of the First Man once the Lament's goals are accomplished. Sure, she and Nils banged once, but Nils is otherwise just "ewwww" with her.
