why is having your ocs be your special interest unfortunate? please tell us about them!! (curious, friendly tone)
It's unfortunate bc theres not content for them that exist without my own effort 😔(outside of a couple friends) so i cant reblog posts about them like i would for like critical role or something. ive got a variety of "main character" ocs and most of them started out as ttrpg characters that then got their own non-rpg "canon" in a story universe im making with some friends that may or may not end up turning into a series of books. (overarching "plot" of it is that the birth of a new deity ends up connecting people and politics of several planets in different universes)
so like my "main" characters for that are vyma, claysen, and yianni. vyma also has an equally canon ttrpg incarnation for a game thats still ongoing, but claysen and yianni started out as ttrpg characters but now their "canon" is just their storyverse incarnations. i put actual character descriptions under the cut
ima talk about vyma's storyverse incarnation for this, since theres Spoilers for her ttrpg canon that players who follow me dont know yet (but like, the core personality is the same between the two so yeah). but anyway, her full name in storyverse is Vyma Bapp-Matieyepa sip-Sabapak, which is kinda long bc cultural naming conventions include familial last name, chosen/official clan affiliation, and familal-but-not-official clan affiliation (if someone has that). She's one of the unofficial leaders of a revolutionary/resistance group (other leader is one of @cosmemery's characters Naki) that funnels political prisoners to freedom and tries to counteract the imperialism of the country that subjugated theirs and the harm from their own gov that tries to meet the imperialists in the middle. Vyma is pretty tall, pretty butch, and pretty ace. She's got lowkey disabling hyperempathy, but this gets paired with an autistic flat affect that makes her come across unintentionally blunt, monotone, and insensitive at times. she's kinda overcompensated for social issues by using her hyperempathy and just general problem solving to get really fucking good at reading people/figuring out how people are feeling. this unfortunately does not make her any more conversationally adept, and in some cases makes her kinda preachy instead. her flight response (like the trauma response, not just the general fight or flight) is through the fucking roof and she would and prob will grind herself into dust in an attempt to make what she considers a positive impact. she's chronically sleep deprived and refuses to talk about her feelings in a way thats not dodging the question. she likes to bake, but hasnt been able to in a while.
Claysen Hishari (birthname Jarren Claysen Vidravalsh) is like lowkey highkey kinda of A Lot in terms of stuff he's got going on. id like to think i do a decent job not being Edgy (TM) with him but like,,yeah. He's a formal noble who escaped his shitty dad after his mom died and ended up being blackmailed into becoming a spy/assassin. He also technically has emotion/identity-influenced magical power equivalent to at least a minor god, but hes repressing that and its only almost killed him once. His appearance is altered via illusion magic almost constantly. He's more visibly autistic and uses a trade sign language to talk fairly frequently. When he's not signing, he has a very specific speech pattern, and often pauses in the middle of sentences while he figures out how to make words work. At the start of the story, he basically hasn't had goals or ambitions or strong personal convictions for A While, and a lot of his growth is Growing A Fucking Spine and Learning To Act On Things. A lot of his other growth is self acceptance stuff (both autism and the whole emotionally volatile magic thing bc por que no los dos). He has a pretty fuckin codependant relationship with @cosmemery's character Kay, and even before they actually become romantic, theyre platonically flirty with each other to a kinda obnoxious degree. hes bi, super reserved but has a certain air of competence/force of presence to him despite that, and has a special interest in spiders and bugs in general
And apparently tumblr has a word limit for asks or somthing bc it wont let me add my last characters paragraph onto this so im gonna just reblog it with yianni's stuff in a sec
I'll send asks for Veyma! 12. What’s their position in their friend group? (leader, mom friend, chaos goblin, etc) 69. What’s their dream vacation like? 88. Are they lucky? Do they believe in luck?100. If you, the creator, met them, would you two get along? Ty! (also sorry I accidentally unfollowed gdhsajg)
12. im not sure Vyma really fits any set position/trope. i guess she has elements of mom friend, cause shes very hyperempathetic and compassionate, but it doesnt really display as Mom Friend behavior. does Friend That Curses In Front Of Kids count? Friend That Can Make A Cake And Also A Molotov? prob Support would be the closest to describing something that fits her while also actually conveying some sense of group dynamic
69. the ideal vacation spot would be to the One Place that hAsnt been corrupTed by CapiTalism..........S P a C E
a beach would also be nice. or any place at all really. shes never had a vacation. but yeah she would really like going to a beach if it was feasible
88. shes not particularly lucky (prob closer to the opposite given some of her backstory elements). her feelings regarding luck are that “Lucky is just a term that refers to someone who got an unlikely but positive outcome. So I guess luck does exist in a way, but I dont believe that luck is a moving force.”
100. probably. we have similar moral decision making processes and im often fine interacting with people that a lot of others find blunt, so we could prob get along at least decently
5. What’s their relationship with their parents like? What about other relatives?
She had good relationships with both of her parents, tho her mom was around for a lot longer. Her mom influenced a lot of her personality and sense of humor and taught her how to bake, which she does for a living. She was really open and trusting with her. Her dad influenced a lot of her worldviews but also kinda left a lot unsaid, so while her relationship with him wasnt negative, its still kinda complicated in a way.
32. What is their self esteem like?
pretty average. not awful not great
45. How would they describe their own appearance?
“pretty tall, dark hair, lighter brown skin, resting bitch face”
5. What’s their relationship with their parents like? What about other relatives?
answered in this one
14. What is their favorite food? How often do they get to eat it?
One of her favorite foods was a kind of fried meat dish that her dad would make. She makes it occasionally with the recipe he gave her mom.
31. Does this character ever put somebody else’s needs before their own? Who do they do this for? How often do they do this?
currently, theres no one in particular that she would place before her own needs, tho she doesnt have too much trouble doing so when the opportunity presents itself. previously, the someone in particular would have been her mom. vyma would also argue that a lot of her desires coincide with other peoples needs, so she doesnt necessarily need to put herself below them to get the same result
60. Describe the way they sleep.
lays like a starfish and takes up the whole bed. uses like 1 sheet and thats it
