*Pokes head through the window* Hi, I heard from a little birdie that you have a 2012/2018 MikeyXOC that you need to work on. I have a perfect blend of ship questions, and general questions to help *climbs through the window and onto the couch*
Anyway, the first one is what is this lovely OC's name??? How'd you pick it, and what does it mean?
Where do they come from? A general backstory maybe???
How do Mikey and this person meet? Do they have any powers? What kind of person are they?
What's the first thing that made them realize how well they work together/click as a couple and as people?
What does this person look like? What does their voice sound like?
Are they type A or type B? How does that work with Mikey as a person?
Do they have any family? Who are they closest with, and does Mikey (and his brothers) get along with them?
What's their most precious possession, and is there an item that is important to their relationship/something that fits their relationship perfectly? (if that question doesn't make sense feel free to ignore it)
Now for the ship questions from the list you reblogged (I'm just going to type them out to make it simpler for you since this is long and complicated already)
Who says I love you first, and how?
2. Who is more likely to start chaos "for the vine" & who films it?
3. Who gets jealous more easily, & how obvious are they about it?
4. How do they celebrate each other's birthdays?
5. What's the most chaotic thing they've done together on pure impulse?
Ok! I'll stop there since it's already a lot. But I will be back with more sooner or later lololol. Happy planning!
What is your fascination with that window? I didn't even know it was there until you showed up. I moved the questions around a little, but all of them get answered. 5 is now the first question that gets answered in the OC questions and then it goes on as it was before.
1: (What does this person look like? What does their voice sound like?)
So Picrews above are what she looks like, but here's a little more detail that those don't show (the second one is further into the story so we're ignoring the scar for right now). She has a small scar right below her shoulder from knife training with Taylor (one of the 14), a few scars on her hands from various training accidents. Her muscle mass is more lean muscle, but she's still muscular (strict training and diet will do that to a person). Honestly, I have thought about her voice more than the others. Not to like voice claim or anything, but I always hear Lana Parrila's teenage Regina Mills (Once Upon a Time).
2: (Anyway, the first one is what is this lovely OC's name??? How'd you pick it, and what does it mean?)
Her name is Diana McCoy. So "Moon", Diana's nickname, came up before her name did. I have her first interaction with Mikey planned (where she got the nickname). I wanted her name to be space themed so I went with Diana, the Roman goddess of the moon and hunt. It also fits well with the fact that she's part of the EPF's Anti-Mutant Taskforce (more on that later). And McCoy? That one is based off of a character. One that's also associated with the color blue. You get the ref, you get a prize.
3: (Where do they come from? A general backstory maybe???)
So I've been doing a lot of thinking on this one. Moon's parents died when she was around 4 years old. There was a break-in and her mom hid her in the hall closet. Through the cracks in the door (y'all know those doors that a ton of slits instead of solid wood?), she was able to see the people who broke in kill her parents. Not well because it was dark, but clear enough to traumatize her. Nobody found her until after the attackers had left, and that was by the police who were called because of the gunfire. She bounced around foster homes for a while until she was picked up my Bishop's second in command around 13 years old. She was put into what would later turn into the EPF's (Earth Protection Force) training program. There were 14 children between the ages of 12 and 16. Those 14 spent the next 4 years being trained into elite soldiers that followed Bishop's orders without question. Then the Invasion happened, and with the Invasion came Yokai being revealed to the humans of New York. The EPF became a funded operation to "help Yokai and humans come together safely".
4: (How do Mikey and this person meet? Do they have any powers? What kind of person are they?)
As the perfect segue, the EPF heading up the efforts for Yokai and humans to get along is how Moon met the Turtles. After the initial help that the EPF do, the Turtles agree to join the team working on the efforts. She has no powers, just a human with a lot of military training. Very strong physically and her endurance as great, but nothing superhuman by the time that she meets the Turtles. I'll be entirely honest, she's a very dry person at the beginning. Doing what she needs to do and following orders, since the EPF doesn't really encourage having a personality of your own. She's very literal and serious, and Mikey makes it his goal to make her smile. Through this friendship she starts warming up, learning things that she loves, gaining more of her own thoughts, and rediscovering her personality that was buried under all of the training.
5: (What's the first thing that made them realize how well they work together/click as a couple and as people?)
So they often get paired together because Bishop refused for any of the Turtles to end up in groups together (paranoia go brrr), and she was the only one that could keep Mikey on goal. Once Mikey focused up, the two worked well together, insanely well. Bishop started putting them on missions solely because they could do them quickly and efficiently. Them clicking as a couple and as people came about six months into the task force, which is when they all started spending more time together without something directly work related.
6: (Are they Type A or Type B? How does that work with Mikey as a person?)
Moon is super Type A originally and thanks to everything being very planned out with the Task Force, she has no idea how Type B Mikey is. For a while, she could not stand how free spirited he was. That does improve though, don't worry. She gets tips from Raph and Donnie.
7: (Do they have any family? Who is she closest with; and does Mikey, and his brothers, get along with them?)
I answered the "does she have family" part in the general backstory, so onto the next part! Two members of the task force are the people she's closest with, Taylor and Erik. All of the guys get along with Taylor, he's easy to get along with, but most of them don't get along with Erik. Erik's difficult, quiet, and aggressive. Erik really only gets along with Moon and Taylor until considerably later.
8: (What's their most precious possession, and is there an item that is important to their relationship/something that fits their relationship perfectly?)
So for a bit of context, Moon’s goal is to protect the innocent. Help people that can’t save themselves.
In a moment of vulnerability on both of their parts, Moon tells Mikey about this goal. He says she wants to be a guardian angel. She says no, angels are the winged babies that create Valentine’s Day (gotta love limited internet access and the adults in your life being dodgy about most things). So he tells her he meant the other angels, the warriors with blades made for striking down the enemy. It leaves her with something to think about and he sketches out a drawing of a sword with wings coming out of the hilt. He convinces (annoys) Domi (another of my OCs) to make the drawing a charm that he could put on a chain. He gives Moon the necklace saying that it’ll help remind her of her goal while she’s out. That she’s a guardian angel, his guardian angel.
1: (Who says I love you first, and how?)
So this is actually a super depressing story, buckle up. A little context that I'll go into it more in a different post, where it's the focus. The EPF has a certain kind of control programming in all 14 of the original members of the Anti-Mutant Task Force. Moon was fighting the EPF’s control on her after being forced to attack the Turtles and the Yokai that were attending a peace event. Mikey was struggling the believe her, that what had happened before wasn’t really her. She pleaded with him until finally reaching the end of her rope. In that last moment before she lost and the EPF took back over, she screamed that she loved him. Screamed so loud that that’s how the others found them.
2: (Who is more likely to start chaos "for the vine" & who films it?)
Mikey is more likely to start chaos "for the vine" and Moon films it. She actually got in trouble for the first time in the Task Force because Mickey started pranking people and she just watched him. Didn't stop him or even attempt to, just watched with a smile and a feeling she couldn't identify.
3: (Who gets jealous more easily & how obvious are they about it?)
So the answer is Mikey. He's not like insanely jealous, but she's oblivious to most advances. What she does notice? When he gets jealous. She thinks it's random and is always quick to reassure him. He brightens up immediately and she's just oblivious until considerably later on.
Now, on the note of how obvious Mikey is. He is the most obvious you've ever seen, as long as you know how he normally is. It's more subtle but still obvious for the people it's directed at, but his brothers especially clock that shit a mile away. He gets quiet and stiff, that family RBF (reference Donnie and Leo if you need a visual) on full display.
4: (How do they celebrate each other's birthdays?)
Mikey: Mikey goes all out. Presents (normally 2-3 since more would make her uncomfortable), a small gathering, food and cake, the works. He does everything he can to make her feel loved and seen.
Moon: His brothers have been planning the parties for a lot longer than she's known them, so she leaves that to them. She gives a few gifts and takes him to get breakfast when he wakes up. They take a walk (normally through the flower garden that was planted through the Inter-species Cooperation Group) and just spend some quality time together. She tries to bake but that normally goes badly.
5: (What's the most chaotic thing they've done together on pure impulse?)
Hmmm… Moon’s not particularly known for doing chaotic stuff, but Mikey dragged her to a karaoke bar one night after Task Force stuff had ended. Mikey was singing on stage when Moon spotted, through the window, a robbery across the street. The two have no gear outside of Mikey’s mystic weapon, which he’s not supposed to use unless it’s an emergency (something they set up with the EPF to put them at ease). So the two go in ridiculous costumes they picked up from the karaoke bar and without weapons or mystics took down the robbers and left them for the cops. They went back and Mikey got to finish his song too 🤣
