araminta

if you need to learn how to talk to a lady, ask your mum.

[zinniazahara]

… “I’ve got a fever, and the only cure is more dead Angels.”

aramusha

fallen from grace without lord nor master.

… araminta — ara, minty, minta, musha

… any prns

• • •

salutations … hello there, i’m araminta, an analyst and lover of the arts, fashion, femininity, and literature. i adore the works of artemisia gentileschi, fashion houses schiaparelli and maison margiella, and unrelatedly, tall vampiric women.

my delights … aside from art, culture and literature, i also enjoy a lot of media and find myself in many fandoms. my interests are as follows:

• • •

***

… bayonetta (1, 2, 3, origins)

… wuthering waves

carlotta montelli, the shorekeeper, magistrate jinhsi, overseer phrolova

… dragon’s dogma (dark arisen, 2)

**

… genshin impact

raiden shogun, yae miko, shenhe, ningguang

… the arcana

asra alnazar, nadia satrinava, lucio morgasson, julian devorak

… mass effect (1, 2, 3, andromeda)

garrus vakarian, tali’zorah vas normandy, miranda lawson, liara t’soni

… the great

catherine ii, marial brezhnev, elizabeth petrovna

*

… final fantasy (various)

• • •

my enmity … i dislike ideals and notions no good person will agree with. remove yourself if you have strong opinions against the lgbtqia+ community, racial equality, feminism, etc.

i post haphazardly about my personal experiences, original characters, interests, hobbies, and half-serious bitching about my day to day life. i hope you enjoy.

• • •

original character master list

non-fandom

raven calpeckos

levreau sinlao

chikako “cyborea” kobashigawa

pierre de silva

xiaosheng dianyidianle

morrigan lansdowne

… and more

wuthering waves

asaro kodeia

sentinel sovereign

genshin impact

sasayuri naofumi

sha’ira dalatrass

• • •

[characterbabble]

Which of your characters is most likely to have a hard time at the grocery store?

[zinniazahara]

never ask chikako to grab you anything from the grocery store

… because he will either:

grab the wrong brand

grab too little or too many

call you anxiously to ask if you could send a picture of the thing you want because descriptors aren’t enough for him

please tell him the correct brand

“wait, is it this one? they both look the same”

he’s trying his best and he wants to do this for you. he knows how much you love your treats

“sorry, i panicked so i didn’t grab any, but i got you these instead!”

the chocolate is home brand and he feels bad give him a kiss

[zinniazahara]

Kit - Asaro Kodeia

i've finally finished the revisions for asaro's kit (huzzaaaah)

i've only really kept the base outlines and the basic terms to aid in understanding, as he does have quite a bit going on, honestly. i might pump out something with a bit more flourish in the future, something more along the lines of wuwa's UI.

enjoy! i had a lot of fun making this. let me know what you think.

inspired by: bayonetta (formless feint = witch time), arlecchino (cathedra aubade, cathedra nocturne = blood-debt directive, blood-debt due), other things i can't remember at the moment.

ASARO KODEIA 5★ Resonator Attribute: Havoc Weapon: Broadblade Role: Main Damage Dealer | Basic Attack Damage | Resonance Skill Damage | Stagnation | Vibration Strength Reduction | Havoc Damage Amplification | Traction

BASIC ATTACK – Relegation of the Pious 6-hit Broadblade attack combo.

- The 3rd and 6th hits grant 1 segment of Fervour. - At 6 Fervour, Asaro gains a 7th strike to this combo: • Deals high Havoc DMG • Applies Cathedra Aubade - If Asaro has 3 stacks of Dark Sanction, the 7th attack inflicts Cathedra Nocturne instead. - While at 3 Dark Sanction stacks, Fervour does not decay.

RESONANCE SKILLS

Resonance Skill 1 – Feint of Flagrancy (Available to Asaro when he has less than 6 Fervour) Asaro lashes forward with a ceremonial chain-sickle, pulling in up to 3 enemies.

- Deals Havoc DMG - Applies Cathedra Aubade - Grants 1 Fervour per enemy marked

Resonance Skill 2 – Feint of Flanerie (Available to Asaro when he has 6 Fervour) Asaro enters Formless Feint, consumes all Fervour, clears Cathedra Aubade and applies Cathedra Nocturne

Formless Feint

Duration: 8 seconds (extendable to 12 seconds)

- Grants access to Elegy of the Formless (7-hit combo, scales with Max HP) - Automatically dodges incoming direct damage (costs 5% Max HP per instance) - Successful dodges inflict Cathedra Nocturne (once per enemy every 5s) - Immobilizing an enemy: • Adds +1s to Formless Feint (for a maximum of 12s) • Deals massive Havoc DMG • Applies Cathedra Benediction

Ends on switch-out, defeat, or duration expiration. Clears Fervour and Cathedra Nocturne.

FORTE CIRCUIT – Shepherd of Fervent Desire Asaro's core Forte Circuit mechanic

- Max Fervour: 6 - Gained via: • Basic Attack hits 3 and 6 • Feint of Flagrancy - Fervour decays every 8s unless Asaro is at max Dark Sanction

Status – Cathedra Aubade Applied via enhanced Basic Attack 7 and Feint of Flagrancy • Applies 1 Reaper’s Sweep stack

Status – Cathedra Nocturne Applied during Formless Feint or enhanced Basic Attack 7 if Asaro has 3 Dark Sanction • Applies: - Stagnation (slow) - -20% Havoc RES (Asaro only) - +15% Crit Rate / +30% Crit DMG from Asaro - Maxed Reaper’s Sweep (stack decay frozen for the duration of Formless Feint) - Reduces Vibration Strength to its lowest value

Status – Reaper’s Sweep • Max Stacks: 5 • Increases Asaro’s Havoc DMG: 5%, 8%, 10%, 12%, 15% • At 5 stacks: Asaro gains bonus Max HP • Stacks decay every 5s unless frozen during Formless Feint • Enemies defeated at 5 stacks grant 1 Dark Sanction

Status – Cathedra Benediction Applied when Asaro immobilizes a target during Formless Feint. Targets inflicted with Cathedra Benediction can be hit ("unsealed") twice after being marked. • Duration: 30s • First unseal: Restores HP • Second unseal: -25% Havoc RES • Defeat grants 1 Dark Sanction

Passive – Dark Sanction Applied to Asaro himself. • Max Stacks: 3 • Duration: 25s (refreshes on gain) • Gained from defeating enemies afflicted with: - Cathedra Nocturne - Cathedra Benediction - Reaper’s Sweep (5 stacks)

Effects of Dark Sanction – Outside Liberation: • +5% Havoc DMG per stack • +10% Interruption RES per stack • At 3 stacks: – Basic Attack 7 inflicts Cathedra Nocturne instead of Cathedra Aubade – Fervour does not decay if Asaro has 3 Dark Sanction

Effects of Dark Sanction– During Liberation: • +10% Zeal DMG per stack • 25% chance Zeal is not consumed • Using final Zeal detonates all stacks: an AoE Havoc DMG pulse that applies Cathedra Benediction

RESONANCE LIBERATION – Annulment of Heretics

Phase 1 – Hallowed Sealing Grounds • Creates ritual field immediately at point of casting • Grants bonus DEF and Attack Speed

Phase 2 – Purveyor of Heretical Punishment

Asaro enters the Purveyor of Heretical Punishment state after creating Hallowed Sealing Grounds. Afterward, Asaro will attack with his ceremonial chain-sickles for the duration of Resonance Liberation: Annulment of Heretics. • Fervour converts into 10 Zeal • HP reduced by 90% • Chain-sickle strikes scale with HP lost in last 30s regardless of whether it was recovered • Striking Cathedra Benediction-marked enemies consumes 1 Zeal: - First unseal: Heals Asaro - Second unseal: universal -25% Havoc RES

Liberation-exclusive Skill – Flagellum Sanctum • Wide sweep that pulls enemies toward Asaro • Applies Cathedra Benediction to targets with 3 Reaper's Sweep stacks • If at least 1 enemy is hit, gain 1 Zeal

Purveyor of Heretical Punishment ends early if Asaro falls or is switched out of the field.

Duration: 15s

INHERENT SKILLS

Inherent Skill 1 – Judicator’s Edge Zeal DMG increases by 0.6% for every 1% of Max HP missing (up to +60%) • While under 10% HP: Zeal strikes apply -15% ATK and DEF to enemies for 5s

Inherent Skill 2 – Litany of Finality When Asaro has max Fervour, at least 1 enemy with maximum Reaper's Sweep stacks, and at least 1 Dark Sanction: • Gain +10% Havoc DMG, +10% Attack Speed, and +20% Zeal DMG for 10s (30s cooldown) • During Formless Feint, each dodge that applies Cathedra Nocturne restores 2% of the lost HP • If 3+ enemies are afflicted with Cathedra Nocturne, they take +5% Havoc DMG from Asaro

INTRO SKILL – Writ of Severance On entry, applies Writ of Severance to the nearest enemy: • +10% Havoc DMG taken for 6s • If the enemy is already debuffed by Cathedra Aubade, Cathedra Nocturne or Cathedra Benediction, apply 1 stack of Reaper’s Sweep

OUTRO SKILL – Residual Benediction On exit, enemies with Cathedra Nocturne or Cathedra Benediction suffer: • -10% All-Source RES (6s) • Reaper’s Sweep stacks decay 50% slower during this time

SIGNATURE WEAPON – Crimson Litany Type: Broadblade | ★★★★★ Base ATK: 674 | Main Stat: CRIT DMG +62.2%

PASSIVE – Sealbearer’s Devotion When the wielder uses their Resonance Skill, gain 1 stack of Apostate Brand for 10s (max 3). Each stack grants: • +7% Attribute DMG • +5% Max HP

At 3 stacks, the next hit consumes all stacks to trigger Requital: • Restores 12% HP • Grants +12% Crit Rate and 15% DMG Reduction for 8s • 15s cooldown after Requital is triggered

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

[zinniazahara]

i’m currently running a d&d campaign that i really like.

… its premise is pretty much “one side versus another until a larger faction makes them enter an uneasy alliance”.

there’s honestly… a lot to the lore. i may divulge some of it on here, but i wanted to see if anybody is taking commissions?

i do require quite a few things:

• two renders of:

remdennah, goddess of the sun

archennah, goddess of the moon

• a map of the world,

including whole continents and their capitals (as well as their names)

multiple versions of the map with names greyed, to signify invasion status

if you are an artist or know any artist friends, do let me know!

i’ve honestly never commissioned anyone before so please let me know your rates and how you do things!

[develop-your-oc]

How would your OC finish the phrase “Sticks and stones may break my bones”?

[zinniazahara]

i’m watching the dmc anime and it’s good,

but if bayonetta had a series herself, people would lose their minds.

[zinniazahara]

• • • “ Charlotte Redfeather ”

MAY THEY ALL BE DRAINED OF POWER.

[TW—Mentions of self-harm and su*cide. Mature sexual connotations.]

The Madame Proprietress of the Myrmidonia Bordelrie, a teahouse on the strip of Angel’s Hallow that caters to certain desires.

Possessed of unnerving insight and unwavering countenance, Charlotte operates beneath the alias Lady Amelia Briarheart. Before plying her trade in the country, she spent many years perfecting her assets; the art of seduction, and the skill of conversation.

Charlotte’s mother was a schoolteacher from a town in the east, one of many towns propped up where oil and steel bore fruit. In her early childhood, Charlotte’s mother was victim to an ambush by a gang of hoodlum mercenaries, an affair she spied as a little girl, and watched as her home was burned to the ground in the dead of night.

Anguish and vengeance hold her heart aloft, a notion she remembers as she gathers information enough to topple the most powerful laws in the country. No whim is too fruitless, and no amount of ambition will ever be enough.

However, when Angel’s Hallow is suddenly thrust into an inescapable morbidity, she bides her time and she waits. Someone new will have the information she seeks, and if not, she will go out and find it herself. Godspeed.

• • • Advent of Diamonds: The Eleventh Hour

NOTHING BUT RED FOR MILES.

Charlotte follows the trends and conventions of “Ladies of the Night”—her long, peculiarly white hair is left in styles that flow down her back, her face is painted pale, and her lips, cheeks and eyes are stained with red rouge, made with imported garden berries and essential oils, a notion not typically employed by the rest of the ladies of the town. Charlotte is also rather tall and carries herself with matronly mannerisms, and seems to fancy deep reds, blacks, whites and golds with her gowns and lace-up footwear, favouring a large bustle and low-cut bust lines hidden by lacey, translucent shawls. If Charlotte cannot carry her red parasol, she’ll wear a large brimmed hat decorated with peculiar feathers.

Charlotte will never wear full gloves, a trend that furthermore separates her from other ladies, instead opting to wear lace palm coverings to display her fingers, stained to the knuckle by deep crimson markings.

• • • Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

SMOKE AND MIRRORS, DIVINITY UNCAGED

Charlotte is characterised by her insatiable thirst for knowledge and information. The Bordelrie is a haven for gossip, as the men and women that pass through the town carry whispers with the breeze they ride in on. Morsels well enough, and for someone glum, true… but not enough for Charlotte. Never enough for Charlotte.

The Lady favours hands-on approaches, and will never send anyone to acquire things or assets on her behalf. She believes the only right way to achieve or prosper is for her to do something herself. When Angel’s Hallow fell to interminable eternity, she conducted a set of experiments that number now in the thousands, so she could determine herself the true nature of her world.

Beset by coyotes, trampled by horses, self-mutilation, suicide… death is no more, and she wakes up no less beautiful than she was on the morning of that faithful day.

Methodical and not easily impressed, Charlotte conducts herself carefully, an intelligence and cunning passed down from her mother. She is not cruel, but often presses uncomfortable notions or rude behaviours to gauge reactions from other people. Charlotte will not inform newcomers of Angel’s Hallow’s predicament, so that she may divulge the true experience of a soul amidst true, heart-crushing despair. It is not pleasurable for her to witness this… whether a reminder of the bleak world around her or part of an experiment, none can say.

Charlotte’s first and only soft spot are the maidens in her care, a group of twenty-two women and men under her employ that she houses, funds, and cares for. She demands obedience to the house and its affairs, but does not tolerate them being hurt by clients… beyond a certain extent. These people were once long forgotten, maidens seeking asylum from abuse, from bankruptcy, from arranged seekings. They revere her as their saviour, and in return, they work.

• • • As Uncertain as Freedom

SHACKLED NO LONGER. LET ME OUT.

Charlotte’s face powder is the product of her own ingenuity. Diamond Dust is a blend of minerals that shimmers in the sun very slightly, not unlike gemstones. When wet with oil, it compacts into a paste that can be applied to the face and body.

However, it is incredibly deadly when inhaled, as it binds to the alveoli in the lungs, causing at best long-term respiratory issues, and at worst, an almost immediate death.

• • •

[My contribution to “The Day the Train Passed By! I know very little about the western era aside from fashion so forgive my ineptitude. Thanks for reading!]

[zinniazahara]

i’m really loving these wild west officials that shi is coming out with and i really want to add to it 😩 i have the perfect person for it too i think i shall make a post!

add a little bit of red to the dust …

[zinniazahara]

i haven’t played genshin properly in a very long time but my Love For The Raiden Shogun has been reawakened and? i’m not sure if anything new in her lore has shown up during the time i’ve been mia but my god do i know a lot about her.

i resonate strongly with her ideals, honestly, which is why i hyperfixated on her for literal years. in her complacency she did a lot of bad, but i get it yknow?

[zinniazahara]

i have a thing for making a lot of ocs have long hair, especially if they’re men.

i wish i could draw so i could draw asaro 😔 knowing full well i am much too busy to actually sit down and draw.

[zinniazahara]

as i try to educate myself on the lore in wuwa, i cant help but find myself curious of other’s wuwa ocs

asaro still needs work and interactions—i do have some ideas for a sentinel, but they’d come with a whole new nation i’ve got to somehow conceptualise, but i digress.

if you have a wuwa oc, tell me! pleaseee i want to know as much as you do about them. i see a lot of great characters on my feed i’d love to know better :)

resonator, non-resonator? where are they from? fortes? names? relationships? beliefs?

[yupuffin]

sits down

Hi so there's a nonzero chance you've already seen my boy Quay around but since you asked :3

He's technically a self-insert, but specifically in an alternate universe where I achieved a stable and permanent career in my major field of study 🤣

To answer your questions in order:

Non-Resonator -- I'm pleasantly surprised because I'd previously worried about being able to integrate him into the preexisting Wuthering Waves canon if he doesn't have any special superpowers, but I think it's actually going pretty well! I've never thought to myself "man I wish Quay had elemental abilities right about now" 😆 He's just a normal guy

From Rinascita originally. He spent most of his life there, but, around the time of the start of the game's events, moved to Jinzhou. He's on the aroace spectrum, so the traditional Rinascitan emphasis on lineage lowkey screwed him over after all of his relatives "married off," effectively forcing him to relocate and start his life anew due to lack of social and material support.

While he doesn't possess a Resonance Ability, his forte is obsessing over anything to do with the ocean. 🤣 He studied marine biology in the Riccioli Islands (tentative lore detail), and now that he's in Jinzhou, his official job title is Assistant Field Researcher (he emphasizes "assistant") with the Huanglong regional Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. This means two things: 1) he deals with dead or dying animals a lot, and 2) he's prone to infodumping about his field of interest given half a chance, which are both humorously incongruous with his timid and socially awkward demeanor. And he loves seafood, hence the illustration of him munching on an octopus clam.

The organization he works for functions in collaboration with Huaxu Academy, so most of his social connections are with the other researchers there, including numerous NPCs, Xiangli Yao, and @hobbysognodilibri's Jiahui (as well as probably Chixia because I recall reading she visits the lab a lot?). Notably, Quay takes an immediate liking to Mortefi, and the two develop some form of committed relationship over the course of several months. Quay also knows several of the canon Jinzhou Resonators at least as acquaintances, as he routinely hires them as escorts on his data-gathering expeditions to defend against Tacet Discords (due to his own lack of Resonance Abilities).

Hmm, beliefs... overall he's a chill guy who's not very critical of... basically anything, and his primary beliefs involve not having any major life goals for himself, not worrying too much about the past or the future, and... honestly just making it to the next day in a world where the only constant is change, I suppose. 🤣 Oh, and he strongly believes Mortefi is a sweet misunderstood guy and anyone who thinks he's pretentious or annoying is wrong. 😂

Oh yeah, and final note: he took up baking as a hobby after he moved from Rinascita, just to have something to do that's not too closely related to his career... which worked out well, considering the resident sweets-lover Mortefi is the one at the Academy who caught his interest 😂

[zinniazahara]

i love this!

quay is so adorable, and i enjoyed his cameo explaining the gilded wastes north of huanglong—incredibly interesting! i need to follow this quest, methinks.

anyhow, i enjoy his profession. marine life is already rather interesting, and i enjoy thinking about him in a diving suit attempting to study the tidebreaker… or perhaps he’s already done so! please tell me of anymore lore you have, i’m a fiend for ocs 😩

i read that he also likes the riccioli islands and studied there! asaro also enjoys excursions to the riccioli archipelago—he really enjoys fishing… it helps him feel more human, and he often fished with his brothers. seafood is his absolute vice hehe

they’ve likely crossed paths in this case! although i’m not sure how this would go, as asaro is rather scary looking

[yupuffin]

Haha, thank you!

Ooh, I've somehow never thought about Quay diving (perhaps due to a current lack of in-universe diving mechanic) ... but perhaps that's for the better, because he's the type of person where, if he could go underwater and stay there, you'd never see him again 🤣 (said about myself) I could see that being an opportunity he'd take if it was presented to him, though! And if it wasn't too much of a long-term commitment 😂

Yeah, I imagine Quay and Asaro have probably bumped into each other at least once! It's funny to think about how much they have in common re: seafood and the ocean... alas, poor Quay does indeed frighten very easily although, as he claims, you could absolutely bribe him for his friendship -- or at least his initial interest -- via seafood, if you so desired honestly that might be an interesting interaction to see... at least just once 😂

As for the rest of his lore, it's effectively summarized in his masterpost here! (formatted like the in-game playable character profiles because I thought that would be fun) I think between that and the earlier reblog, that covers everything pretty generally, and anything specific will likely be buried in the corresponding tag on my blog 🤣 \o\

[zinniazahara]

that would definitely be an interesting interaction … 👀

lovely! i’ll have to make some time to read through it!

thanks for your time!

[zinniazahara]

as i try to educate myself on the lore in wuwa, i cant help but find myself curious of other’s wuwa ocs

asaro still needs work and interactions—i do have some ideas for a sentinel, but they’d come with a whole new nation i’ve got to somehow conceptualise, but i digress.

if you have a wuwa oc, tell me! pleaseee i want to know as much as you do about them. i see a lot of great characters on my feed i’d love to know better :)

resonator, non-resonator? where are they from? fortes? names? relationships? beliefs?

[yupuffin]

sits down

Hi so there's a nonzero chance you've already seen my boy Quay around but since you asked :3

He's technically a self-insert, but specifically in an alternate universe where I achieved a stable and permanent career in my major field of study 🤣

To answer your questions in order:

Non-Resonator -- I'm pleasantly surprised because I'd previously worried about being able to integrate him into the preexisting Wuthering Waves canon if he doesn't have any special superpowers, but I think it's actually going pretty well! I've never thought to myself "man I wish Quay had elemental abilities right about now" 😆 He's just a normal guy

From Rinascita originally. He spent most of his life there, but, around the time of the start of the game's events, moved to Jinzhou. He's on the aroace spectrum, so the traditional Rinascitan emphasis on lineage lowkey screwed him over after all of his relatives "married off," effectively forcing him to relocate and start his life anew due to lack of social and material support.

While he doesn't possess a Resonance Ability, his forte is obsessing over anything to do with the ocean. 🤣 He studied marine biology in the Riccioli Islands (tentative lore detail), and now that he's in Jinzhou, his official job title is Assistant Field Researcher (he emphasizes "assistant") with the Huanglong regional Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program. This means two things: 1) he deals with dead or dying animals a lot, and 2) he's prone to infodumping about his field of interest given half a chance, which are both humorously incongruous with his timid and socially awkward demeanor. And he loves seafood, hence the illustration of him munching on an octopus clam.

The organization he works for functions in collaboration with Huaxu Academy, so most of his social connections are with the other researchers there, including numerous NPCs, Xiangli Yao, and @hobbysognodilibri's Jiahui (as well as probably Chixia because I recall reading she visits the lab a lot?). Notably, Quay takes an immediate liking to Mortefi, and the two develop some form of committed relationship over the course of several months. Quay also knows several of the canon Jinzhou Resonators at least as acquaintances, as he routinely hires them as escorts on his data-gathering expeditions to defend against Tacet Discords (due to his own lack of Resonance Abilities).

Hmm, beliefs... overall he's a chill guy who's not very critical of... basically anything, and his primary beliefs involve not having any major life goals for himself, not worrying too much about the past or the future, and... honestly just making it to the next day in a world where the only constant is change, I suppose. 🤣 Oh, and he strongly believes Mortefi is a sweet misunderstood guy and anyone who thinks he's pretentious or annoying is wrong. 😂

Oh yeah, and final note: he took up baking as a hobby after he moved from Rinascita, just to have something to do that's not too closely related to his career... which worked out well, considering the resident sweets-lover Mortefi is the one at the Academy who caught his interest 😂

[zinniazahara]

i love this!

quay is so adorable, and i enjoyed his cameo explaining the gilded wastes north of huanglong—incredibly interesting! i need to follow this quest, methinks.

anyhow, i enjoy his profession. marine life is already rather interesting, and i enjoy thinking about him in a diving suit attempting to study the tidebreaker… or perhaps he’s already done so! please tell me of anymore lore you have, i’m a fiend for ocs 😩

i read that he also likes the riccioli islands and studied there! asaro also enjoys excursions to the riccioli archipelago—he really enjoys fishing… it helps him feel more human, and he often fished with his brothers. seafood is his absolute vice hehe

they’ve likely crossed paths in this case! although i’m not sure how this would go, as asaro is rather scary looking

[zinniazahara]

as i try to educate myself on the lore in wuwa, i cant help but find myself curious of other’s wuwa ocs

asaro still needs work and interactions—i do have some ideas for a sentinel, but they’d come with a whole new nation i’ve got to somehow conceptualise, but i digress.

if you have a wuwa oc, tell me! pleaseee i want to know as much as you do about them. i see a lot of great characters on my feed i’d love to know better :)

resonator, non-resonator? where are they from? fortes? names? relationships? beliefs?

[theoryfan205]

I have two wuwa OCs, aprello and Cecilia fisalia, uh unfortunately Cecilia has so many spoilers attached to her story rn along with it being reworked because said spoilers and I don't know if you are okay with spoilers or if you've already played through the new update of the game, so to be safe I'm just gonna ramble about aprello for now because he doesn't have any spoilers for his story.

So aprello looks like this at least in pokemon pixel sprite format

He is a resonator from the new federation! He's a fusion broad blade user, having mechanical arms means you can lift a whole lot more weight which is useful for his resonance liberation attack where he chucks and then drives a train into enemies because he is a train guy, he likes trains, he conducts them and he also builds them! His forte specifically in terms of what it does is metal melting, he can melt metals and rebuild them into different shapes like an accurate train.

You can find aprello literally anywhere, ever since he recovered from the accident that blew off his limbs he's been travelling the world on behalf of his father's company, which in terms I don't remember the words for is basically just the main provider of trains and subways in the new federation, it's supposed to be all sci fi and maybe more like the abandoned city ruins we find but like not abandoned or ruins and we've seen subways in those so I really hope they do have subways and trains, anyway he's been sent to a variety of other nations to construct a foreign train program, basically he's going to officials in different nations and going "pleasepleaseplease let me build trains connecting your cities and towns and also connecting it to our cities and towns" aprello's dream since young was to put trains all over the world, if he saw the world of the legend of Zelda spirit tracks he could die happy, though this goal isn't for selfless reasons to connect the world like he claims, in reality he is completely obsessed with trains, mad scientist manic obsessed, but the reason of "put trains everywhere because I really like them" doesn't go well with foreign countries leaders and officials so he eventually settled on the more selfless sounding reason of connecting the world.

So because of such a responsibility he can be found in any nation and in contrast to Cecilia can interact with more folks with less limitations, he can be in rinascita or jinzhou or any nation because that's his whole goal, he is constantly traveling around with the exception of the new federation, in present day he can't return.

That's because of his backstory which I'm still working on, but so far I'm leaning towards the idea that his forte appeared later in his life then usual, and this matters because I'm like 80 percent sure the new federation is split in two, one half for normal humans the other half for resonators, now aprello's family as the provider of trains is well off and his family aren't resonators, so he's spent all of his life in the normal people side of this city roughly, and while on the surface the new federation claims both sides are equal and free beneath the surface it's anything but, odds are stacked against the resonator side, so his father has good motive for not wanting his son and only heir to suddenly be a resonator, unfortunately that's exactly what happens. So what is a train tycoon to do? Well, so far the idea is that he caused the accident that resulted in aprello losing all of his limbs, aprello's tacet mark was on his heel so his father thought if he got in a simple train accident and lost his foot his resonance powers would also vanish, an attempt to "cure" his son, unfortunately the accident was bigger then planned and aprello lost a lot more then a foot. After a while of healing from the burns and amputations he endured it was time to fit on mechanical prosthetics to replace his limbs, considering the state of the new federation and it's inspiration as sci fi and all that I can imagine they've got great advancements on replacement limbs, unfortunately aprello melts all of his potential mechanical limbs due to his forte activating, confirming the worst to his father that his plan did nothing. Luckily he has time to think, his son still needs to be isolated in their home to recover and so won't have the chance for his son's condition to be spotted, the doctors and mechanics, maybe the same person considering the mad scientist vibe of the new federation are sworn to secrecy as they work on new limbs that aprello can't melt, made of a metal with a higher melting temperature plus with specialized cooling technology inside to work at preventing aprello from melting his own limbs and burning himself again as the metal melts onto his flesh, as soon as he can walk and grab things with them though? He's sent off, the excuse made to the public is that aprello has had a motion of clarity from his accident and so he's going to travel the world, and oh his dear father tried to convince him to stay home but he wouldn't listen! The real story? Aprello was told in no uncertain terms that he couldn't come back home if he was still afflicted with his forte and resonance powers, to avoid a scandal of why he was cut off and disowned he is instead told to go build and connect a train line from the new federation to every other nation in Solaris-3, a dream he considered impossible, just an excuse but aprello hasn't given up and has dedicated his life to achieving this dream and proving his father wrong.

Now you may think with all that happening aprello would be a bit down or upset, but if you are to find him travelling in the wilderness or in a city waiting for his next meeting you'd see he's actually quite cheerful! A bit... Too cheerful. When I said he's manic about trains I did mean it, he's full of mania, a wild crazed joy and excitement, he's always with a toothy grin as he goes about, nothing seems to get him down, and while in normal limited interactions in the city with civilians seem to portray him as just a happy guy, closer and longer interactions reveal more of his insanity for lack of a better word, he doesn't see anything wrong with how he feels and acts but understands if he wants officials to listen to him he has to tighten the reigns, at least in jinzhou, in rinascita he actually works with the montelli's to do his train thing and they are familiar with eccentric artists, what's an eccentric train conductor? He can be more himself when doing meetings with them, though his displeasure at having to compromise his trains to allow echo integration is something he hides, he gets it they're the nation of echoes but can't they leave his trains be? There's ups and downs he says, overall he claims to be appreciative of everyone who gives him a chance to build trains in their nation, even when he's being robbed by exiles in the wild he isn't upset, in fact he's quite happy to beat them senseless and make them apologize by listening to him detail the exact train parts they tried to steal from him.

He has a lot of train parts on hand, while his forte and biology don't have dragon influence aprello himself is a bit dragonlike, kinda like how some people seem to act like dogs he acts like a dragon, he's got sharp teeth, his goggles that rest on his head have colouring to look like dragon eyes (which i unfortunately couldn't add due to pixel size constraints) and he hoards things, mainly train parts and it's most of his travel belongings, he does it because he really wants to find a broken train and it just needs one part and it's one of the parts he hoards, it has not happened yet but he hasn't given up.

He's got varying relationships with different canon characters, he does not like mortefi and the feeling is mutual, one of mortefi's voice lines is about folks from the new federation who invent just to invent with no care or idea for why they're making it, and how they don't understand progress at all and that is aprello with trains, he just wants more and better ones just because, a proper reason came later as an excuse so they don't get along, aprello thinks he's too high and mighty about it. He knows Carlotta as she is currently the one actively dealing with their business together, he thinks she's great because she lets him go on and encourages his aspirations, their first meeting involved aprello saying he could build a train that could safely travel over water, he's still working on the prototype with the support of the montelli's, if he can achieve it then it would be a great help for ragunna, not only allowing more travelling freedom with safe transport but also bringing in money and allowing for more business dealings with other nations, he clearly has drive and experience so he's on their payroll to make such a train and bring other train like advancements to rinascita, he's like her weird train dog they're chill, he does bite and she lets him as enrichment.

Meanwhile I do not think zani would like him, he is far too energetic on the clock he needs to tone it down and he looks in her dead in the eyes and dares her to try to make him, until she comes out and we learn more I have decided they're frenemies.

He's also not good at empathy, the kind of guy to go "cowabummer" at hearing of Batman's parents death if you know that meme, he's bad at social cues and empathizing with others pain so it often just derails and he fails to cheer anyone sad up, "oh, you're crying. Do you... Wanna hear about trains?... Okay so the most important train part is the-" he did not wait for an answer do not trust him around anyone sad he will make it awkward. The few times he's socially aware of himself is when he uses his forte, because of his upbringing and last meeting with his father he is very self conscious about it subconsciously, when he's got free time in cities you can find him near a blacksmith of any kind helping out with all the hot metals, though he rarely uses his forte and when he does he always looks around first to make sure he's not being watched, if you ask him about it he'll deny he does it but I'm not sure if this is because he's lying to himself about it, lying to others about it for his image or just genuinely isn't aware that he does that, it's just something he's learnt to be aware of like checking both sides of the road before crossing.

Uh his favourite food is a classic new federation breakfast, aka an English breakfast with eggs and bacon, he likes it cooked by a steaming train engine because look at him of course he does, and his least favourite food is honey, he really hates honey and bees he thinks they are gross and they are not allowed on his trains they are banned if he is conducting. Though he doesn't conduct many trains nowadays, considering most working ones are in the new federation, he mainly conducts his resonance liberation train and that's used to run over enemies over traveling anywhere, he can't wait for the day he can conduct a train on proper tracks again.

[zinniazahara]

oh how glorious ❤️

aprello is certainly an eccentric character! his train gimmick is also very interesting—i like the detail that carlotta entertains his inventions. i think she’d definitely be really intrigued at the notion of connecting nations, as i think the montellis were toward spreading rinascita’s ideals and opening ragunna.

also, i’m up to date with the main missions! if you’d like to explain to me his extended story, do tell!

[zinniazahara]

as i try to educate myself on the lore in wuwa, i cant help but find myself curious of other’s wuwa ocs

asaro still needs work and interactions—i do have some ideas for a sentinel, but they’d come with a whole new nation i’ve got to somehow conceptualise, but i digress.

if you have a wuwa oc, tell me! pleaseee i want to know as much as you do about them. i see a lot of great characters on my feed i’d love to know better :)

resonator, non-resonator? where are they from? fortes? names? relationships? beliefs?

[zinniazahara]

Since your open to interactions for your guy and other ocs.. May i ask what his opinion on my croc Sobeknesef would be if he ever met him? :)

hello :) thanks for asking!

i know a little bit about sobeknesef because i am a world-class snooper and i love reading about other people’s boys. i enjoy reading the content you make for him, and i think you are quite a talented writer and artist!

moving on, i wrote asaro as having qualities following disciplined knighthood, as asaro is a self-proclaimed knight and follows etiquette and chivalry, however twisted these ideals may be.

that sobeknesef is a blacksmith who makes weapons and armour, i’m presuming, asaro would find this profession quite honorable! there is discipline in tempering blades and shaping them out, a skill asaro can safely say that he does not have, and so he will value this in a friend, or at the very least, in an acquaintance.

asaro also understands the compartmentalisation of bad memories that sobeknesef has a habit of, as asaro does this as well. losing oneself, causing the deaths of people one holds dear, losing oneself to the past and thereby being unable to truly experience the present or be excited for the future… asaro understands this part of sobeknesef.

there is also something noble in being a pathfinder, someone who wishes for his people to branch out in search of new ways of living. asaro would definitely respect that sobeknesef would want to serve his community by facilitating this.

physically, as far as first impressions go, asaro would definitely be quite alarmed by sobeknesef’s size! sobeknesef is quite tall, as asaro is very tall himself, and he’d find our blacksmith’s tail to be quite interesting! he’s seen people, and resonators therefore, with chimeric qualities, so he’d definitely think it noteworthy, but he wouldn’t judge. as with sobeknesef’s prosthetic hand, asaro honestly kdksks would really love the thought of knowing someone who lost limbs like he did, especially because he and sobek lost them in the same way, i think—during battle, and during an overclocking mishap.

all in all,

i think asaro and sobeknesef would get along quite nicely. asaro is rather forthright and reckless, ruthless and bloodthirsty at the best of times, but he’s also lost a lot. the two of them have a lot in common.

thanks for the ask :)

[rainbowprisimatic]

I think Sobeknesef would def be put off by asaro's bloodthirstiness, but overall he'd respect his knightly chivalry. As long as he agrees to not harm anyone in his home nation, then he'll be chill with him. Lol

This info is kinda vague most of the time on my blog but Sobeknesef didn't loose his hand in a fight or from overclocking - it was a tragic self-cannabalization in a stressful survival situation. Starvation made him dazed and he didn't realize he ate his hand until after the deed was done, he holds a lot of disgust at the act, and regret for not being able to control himself. But is thankful he didn't commit the act on any of the other people who were with him at the time (well.. not while they were alive, least. He sustained himself off of then when he was the last one alive after they all died of tacet corruption or starvation. That while event is thw reason hes such a strict vegetarian now despite his carnivorous biology). I go into much more detail about the situation and such in his backstory fic:

Tears and Tethers

Here it is if you wanna read it :3 it's one of the first few thingies I posted about him that wasn't a super short post or any silly incorrect quote meme. Its a bit of a depressing read, but I'm proud of how it came out

[zinniazahara]

awesome! i will definitely check this out :) thanks!

also i really like that sobeknesef self-cannibalised. i mean, obviously not in that sense because that is truly horrible, but

there are themes of insatiable hunger around asaro. he’d understand the stakes.

[zinniazahara]

Since your open to interactions for your guy and other ocs.. May i ask what his opinion on my croc Sobeknesef would be if he ever met him? :)

hello :) thanks for asking!

i know a little bit about sobeknesef because i am a world-class snooper and i love reading about other people’s boys. i enjoy reading the content you make for him, and i think you are quite a talented writer and artist!

moving on, i wrote asaro as having qualities following disciplined knighthood, as asaro is a self-proclaimed knight and follows etiquette and chivalry, however twisted these ideals may be.

that sobeknesef is a blacksmith who makes weapons and armour, i’m presuming, asaro would find this profession quite honorable! there is discipline in tempering blades and shaping them out, a skill asaro can safely say that he does not have, and so he will value this in a friend, or at the very least, in an acquaintance.

asaro also understands the compartmentalisation of bad memories that sobeknesef has a habit of, as asaro does this as well. losing oneself, causing the deaths of people one holds dear, losing oneself to the past and thereby being unable to truly experience the present or be excited for the future… asaro understands this part of sobeknesef.

there is also something noble in being a pathfinder, someone who wishes for his people to branch out in search of new ways of living. asaro would definitely respect that sobeknesef would want to serve his community by facilitating this.

physically, as far as first impressions go, asaro would definitely be quite alarmed by sobeknesef’s size! sobeknesef is quite tall, as asaro is very tall himself, and he’d find our blacksmith’s tail to be quite interesting! he’s seen people, and resonators therefore, with chimeric qualities, so he’d definitely think it noteworthy, but he wouldn’t judge. as with sobeknesef’s prosthetic hand, asaro honestly kdksks would really love the thought of knowing someone who lost limbs like he did, especially because he and sobek lost them in the same way, i think—during battle, and during an overclocking mishap.

all in all,

i think asaro and sobeknesef would get along quite nicely. asaro is rather forthright and reckless, ruthless and bloodthirsty at the best of times, but he’s also lost a lot. the two of them have a lot in common.

thanks for the ask :)