Shenkin in my mind has changed a lot since his initial creation (even if I can’t draw/write him worth a shit). In his created infancy he was merely a twisted antagonist; one who mocks others and stomps them down for his own pleasure, villain for sake of villainry, as good as it gets for a shallow villain. Hunting down who he pleases out of just the pleasure of bloodlust.
After a while he fell into the backround of my head into an OC dormancy, I didn’t need him, more fleshed out OCs were at the mental forefront.
But as my worldview has grown/expanded (some ways brighter, some ways darker) he had reemerged, but changed. His nature to mock and torture in a sense is still much of his nature, but how it’s driven has somewhat changed. He has become more trickster than villain in OC world position. He judges, he challenges, he crosses lines he feels no man should have to cross (though as a demon he feels that is a line easy for him to cross in comparison). While chaotic still, he has more law in his nature, he does not hunt those down for just fun, he does it to those he feels need to be ripped out of the social food chain for its benefit. Those he finds just he will challenge to grow stronger, while those he feels unjust merely become prey in his ally.
Even now though he is still a character tuned very differently from the molds of my other characters and the stories they make. It may be why I have yet to really get Shenkin drawn/written in a way that satisfies.
Terra: I absolutely do not care what people think.
Harriet: That has to be a lie, you at least must care for the positive things people think about you???
Terra: Nope. Could give 0 fucks.
Harriet: Not even validation?!
Terra: Nope.
Harriet: IMPOSSIBLE! I maybe be gorgeous but I need validation all the time! Reinforcement that I am gorgeous and awesome!
Terra: I am not sure where this is going-
Harriet: Tell me I’m awesome,
Terra: What-
Harriet: Tells me how gorgeous I am, praise me, *clinging to Terra’s leg in tears* VALIDATE MEEEEEE
Terra: *rolls eyes*
Me with Terra/Harriet in canon- Frenemies/rivals. They get on each other’s nerves and CANT STAND EACH OTHER.
Me with Terra/Harriet is various AUs- BROTP!!! BRO-TP! BRO-TP!!!!
icr have I ever done a ramble post about OCs in swimsuits that suit their styles or what???
Fuck it if I’m stuck indoors from the ungodly heat I mind as well. HERE WE GO SWIMSUIT OC THOUGHTS UNDER THE CUT (cause I know ya’ll ain’t here for a powerpoint on fictional characters choosing their preferred swimwear. Hence, under the cut).
Also footnote from future Gato- GODDAMNIT I SHOULD’VE CONSIDERED OLD/EDWARDIAN-ESQUE SWIMSUITS for more variety but too freaking late let’s go
IF OCs WERE TO CHOOSE SWIMSUITS
Terra and Abbey-
I shockingly couldn’t find a universal term for a swimsuit that has maximum coverage (Diver’s swimsuit and Muslim swimsuit were as close as it got). Abbey sunburns super easily and Terra hates most skin exposure in general, so both would be very similar in swimsuit type (Terra’s could potentially have bare arms but that’s up for debate) even if the colouring/patterning would be different. Terra’s would be minimalistic not unlike the example above, with one singular dark colour with a bold colour (or bold stripes) for the sleeves/leggings, maybe a black/maroon base with lighter red/black patterns. Abbey’s would be patterned in such a way as to mimic the straps of fancier/skimpier swimsuits, with fairly bold colours (Hoepian Abbey is limited by her pastel base colours, however AU Abbeys would probably seek black/white/red gothic colour schemes). Abbey’s potentially would have neck/head coverage akin to Muslim swimsuits (cause yet again, Abbey sunburns easily, she can use all the coverage she can get). Terra would probably still wear a jacket over her swimsuit or something.
(while I’ve chosen the three above, I could just as easily picture Harriet going for girlier/dress-like swimsuits if the mood were to strike her). Out of my OCs she’s the one I could see having a diverse choice. Casual bikini with shorts on a super casual day, a Diver’s swimsuit when doing salvage/adventures in deeper waters, or a racing swimsuit for competitive water-terrained duels. Patterns/colours in these examples aren’t too far off from what Harriet would choose. Pinks/reds/white/blacks/blues are all par for the course for her. While not perhaps my best work I have tried drawing Harriet in canonical swimwear before.
Kayla
Kayla’s for me was a bit more of a struggle to find examples for, weirdly enough, as I can imagine what she’d wear but finding a visual example is another challenge entirely. Hers would probably be a combination of these three. Floral print would be Kayla’s thing.
One time I drew Kayla in a bikini but A- that was before Kayla’s vast body redesign and B- we don’t talk about that drawing.
Anne
???? Maybe? I haven’t had as much time to think about Anne in anything beyond her default gear so it never crossed my mind that much.
Demauria
Demauria’s rivals Kayla’s swimsuit for difficulty of finding “the one” swimsuit and instead liking the characteristics of several different ones. (you know how many skimpy af swimsuits I had to through for Goth/Punk swimsuits? it’s madness). While many of us (@shiroi-ttebayo and Kayla in particular) would probably wish for Demauria to be in something hella frilly/cute, Dema would probably beg to differ lol. Skeleton/skull print, maybe longsleeved and/or with a skirt. One piece regardless. Like Kayla I’ve drawn Demauria in a swimsuit before but yet again we don’t talk about that drawing!!!
Oh and small note since it didn’t cross my mind till now; Dema would also probably have one of those swimsuits that has folds/frills jutting out of the chest area. Maybe.
Riivar
……………….. actually my brain has fried in this point so tbh idfk lol. Something stylish, expensive, with straps, maybe a skirt.
Magnolia– largest/tallest/oldest of the four. Good charmer with birds (especially berry-eating birds). Leather/thick fabric petal dress. Very kind Oujo-sama/royal kind of air, despite this occasionally you’ll get these hints of a wild (almost witch-like) side, like she’s seen/been before the time of her christening as a royal. She knows a far more ancient time.
Cercis (aka. Redbed)- Heart-motif dainty tomboy (odd combo I know). Speedy/sporty despite the misfortune of injuring herself a lot due to said speed. Bees REALLY like her, no I don’t just mean honeybees, BEES REALLY LIKE HER, she would probably love leafcutter bees. I imagine she’d wear suspenders.
Malus (aka. Apple)- Country hick. Phyiscally stouter/rounder than the other 3. Wild curly hair that gets so annoyingly tangled when it gets long that she has to cut it a lot. Pink/red/white Plaid, probably a dress or apron. Motherlyish. Probably thinks you should eat more. She finds bees cute and spiders chill but she is terrified of caterpillars. Oriole birds like her.
Asimina (aka. Pawpaw)- tall but not as tall/built as Magnolia, is probably quite lanky. Green with hints of maroon-red clothes that are quite simple/practical and also full of pockets. Shy/aloof compared to the other 3. Probably lives in a woodland cottage. Despite her dark skin she burns from the sun easily. She doesn’t insist/advertise on people eating her baking as Malus does, but her baking has a taste that Malus sometimes gets jealous of and wonders why tf Asmina doesn’t show off her food more.
Harriet and Kayla are the “useless/thirsty” gays, Demauria is the rage gay
The weird struggle is deciding what kind of mermaid Harriet would even be. For some it’s pretty obvious;
Demauria would be a Stickleback (I may be biased from childhood memories of being stabbed in the hand from what gave their name, hush)
Terra goes without saying that she’d be a Tiger Shark
Riivar would be some kind of Octopus/Squid type of mermaid (all the flashy variable colours? very Riivar)
But Harriet? Idk. Want to go for a fish with ego or high sociability to match Harriet. My guess would be maybe either Guppy or Betta fish (former for colours and “sociability” the latter cause Betta fish have a very egotistical air, even the females at time) but they don’t quite fit as I’d like her to fit. Hell at this rate I’m grasping straws and considering the New Zealand Eels.
Random OC fact; Harriet’s earliest design/outfit draft she had outfit parts from Nero from Fate Grand Order (basically was using an outfit/character randomizer and the parts just clicked the idea of Harriet), which at the time I did not realize. In the concept drawing you can see the unmistakable resemblance to the source material. Might mean a call to fiddle with Harriet’s outfit some more.
On that note though; the fact that Nero is bi and Harriet was decided to be bi from the get-go without this knowledge known is the most beautiful of coincidences ever.
when the song ur listening to helps you daydream the solution to a plot hole in ur ocs story
Y’know I was originally thinking the First FallenSlayer x Thunderdon magic interaction would be all casually like at the bar or something and they’d be all “hey this could lead to something handy”, but now I’d find it much more amusing / semi-cool if it were from a more of an epic but sloppy in-battle impulsive crazy moment that came from a crazy interaction like-
FallenSlayer(FS):*out of magic*”welp I’m about of juice”*sees Thunderdon(TD) fighting Fallenbeasts and gets an idea*
FS:*lands on TS*”hey bighorns”
TD:”huh?”
FS:”Volt me, shock me with all the electricity you can muster.”
TD:”ARE YOU FUCKING CRAZY-”
FS:”JUST SHUT UP AND ZAP ME!”
TD:”I’M HERE ZAPPING FALLENBEASTS AND YOU WANT ME TO ZAP YOU INSTEAD?! ARE YOU MAD WOMAN-”
FS:*grabbing and just about yanking TS’s antlers off at this point*”JUST SHOCK ME UP YOU WUSS”
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