I never really had set outfits for them aside from Merry and Samantha, though the fixings on Samantha’s dresses always change depending on my mood for the day. Sadly, Samantha doesn’t really look like Samantha but I tried(?). Unlike the others, Samantha’s iconic looks don’t work well when she’s alive.
Helia Character Scribbles (+ Some Scavenger!Solstice) AKA my latest obsession to draw.
She’s not a character that shows up in Suppression in particular (though I often draw or write her showing up in that universe) or any other things I work on, but I just enjoy drawing her a lot. She was supposed to show up in Side Material for Suppression but it never became a thing.
As for why her designs are drastically different, half the drawings are pre-Reset/Reboot Suppression and post-Reset Suppression. You can probably tell which is what. She would play drastically different roles in either setting.
Some fun details for Helia as a character:
Helia actually has a small emergency first aid kit and is one of the few characters equipped with medical supplies (among the other unsavory crap she carries around on her utility belt) that I’ve made. It’s behind her on her belt (small of her back) so these drawings don’t usually show it.
When I actually take the time to put value in her drawings, around one of the eyes of the mask I draw her with has runic text that say “Scramble Identity”.
Helia does wear lipstick when she’s not out being a civvie and adores stage makeup in general. She doesn’t often wear cosmetics as a civilian though.
Post-Reset/Reboot Helia is often drawn with Scavenger!Solstice and goes along with her bullshit as long as it doesn’t get either of them hurt or killed. She’d most likely end up being a substitute living meat shield and act sort of as Solstice’s voice of reason (mostly just tell her to not die from her own stupidity and recklessness and not so much “do goody-two-shoes” things) for Kevin if he can’t do it and no one can really handle Solstice’s volatility or the fact she refuses to play nice with others well.
Pre-Reset/Reboot Helia is drawn with either a character named Gavan (whom no one should know but myself and my acquaintances) and/or Kevin. However, Helia written to be friends with and reluctant ally to Secretary!Solstice. She thinks Solstice really shouldn’t be going through with her ideas and scheming. This is usually what results in this huge contrast in personality between Pre-Reset who is more chill and complacent and Post-Reset who is more off the wall.
(REMINDER: None of this really is canon or a thing but I penned this down at some point to flesh her out as a character and get a feel for how she would behave.)
This isn’t actually a thing that’s a thing but some friends had lots of fun having just odd character pairings just talking with each other about things. I couldn’t pass up this one with Solstice and Santris. They feel like the type to just have calm and serene conversations like this and still be chatting rather candidly about raising hell for people. Regardless of the context, the feeling is cool to me and Solstice fits in well with more villainous/Chaotic cliques. Her mannar of speaking meshes well with them. Bravo.
Suppression is produced and maintained by my friend Degulus