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uncharismatic-fauna · 4 months

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Though they may look unassuming, brown trout are actually one of the most diverse vertebrates in the world! Populations and individuals can look wildly different from each other, to the point where many groups were often mislabeled as entirely separate species, and they have a remarkable ability to adapt to any environment. In fact, there is more genetic diversity between populations of British brown trout than there is between any population of the human race.

(Images: Three morphs of brown trout (Salmo trutta) by Eric Engbretson, David Miller and Jon Beer)

#brown trout #Salmoniformes #Salmonidae #trout #salmonids #ray finned fish #bony fish #fish #uncharismatic facts

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snototter · 1 year

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The scales of a brown trout (Salmo trutta)

by Nick Laferriere

#brown trout #trouts #bony fish #fish #salmo trutta #salmo #salmonidae #salmoniformes #actinopterygii #chordata #wildlife: misc #wildlife: canada #details

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taxonomytournament · 2 months

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Taxonomy Tournament: Fish

Salmoniformes. This order is made up of migratory carnivorous fish, including salmon and trout.

Polypteridae. This order is made up of reedfish and bichirs, freshwater fish that have lungs, with some species capable of breathing air.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #salmon #trout #fish #reedfish #bichirs #Salmoniformes #Polypteridae #0x7bv0x84 #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

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vintagewildlife · 1 year

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Sockeye salmon climbing up a river By: Unknown photographer From: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life 1961

#sockeye salmon #salmoniform #bony fish #fish #1961 #1960s #The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life (1961)

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encyclopika · 2 years

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Animal Crossing Fish - Explained #213

Brought to you by a marine biologist giving no diversity points to ACNH, the sneaky bastards...

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We have covered this fish before, but you wouldn’t know it with just a passing glance. And that’s nice for Animal Crossing when it wants to cover the most popular or most colorful species, and they find one species can do both of those jobs. The rainbow trout is one such fish, a popular sport and food fish throughout North America, and across the Pacific to Asia.

The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) appears in every Animal Crossing game, from the very first game to Pocket Camp and New Horizons. Now, you may realize that there isn’t any fish that is specifically called “Rainbow Trout” in ACNH, and you’d be correct. However, the Golden Trout, as we covered a LONG time ago, is a subspecies of the Rainbow Trout, and they are still considered the same species in real life, so, like I said, Animal Crossing doesn’t get any points for diversity here.

The points are withheld even more, because the Rainbow Trout is a salmonid, just like so many other fish in this game. At least it’s not as bad as cyprinids, but it’s close. Salmon are in their own Family, Salmonidae, the only living group within the Order Salmoniformes. Within this group are the chars, taimen, salmon, trout, among others. Many of them are famous for swimming up rivers to spawn once and die afterward called semelparity, as we talked about in the cherry salmon. Some of them, though, are iteroparous and can spawn more than once in their lives. Rainbows of all colors and life histories are in the latter group.

By Lisac Mark, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - http://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/

The Rainbow Trout is represented by 15 subspecies: some are beautifully-colored, like the freshwater-only Golden Trout; others, commonly called Steelhead, are more pale and are ocean-faring, only returning to freshwater to spawn. Freshwater rainbow subspecies are often much smaller than the subspecies who travel out to sea, too. So, why aren’t they just considered separate species? Well, that’s complicated, as we’ve discussed before, but, to put this at a high school level, a species by definition is a group of individuals that can interbreed freely with one-another. A subspecies, then, is sort of like a different variety of the species (kind of like the “regional variants” Pokemon has been into making lately, if we really wanna flex the presence of real science in video games). These varieties can still interbreed and make viable offspring that can then breed themselves, but, typically, these subspecies are separated by some physical barrier that usually prevents that from happening. That’s why for flying and marine animals, sub-speciation is a bit less likely to happen than it is for terrestrial animals or animals that are restrained to certain rivers, like a number of the Rainbows are.

If that physical barrier is kept intact, a subspecies could absolutely become its own species sometime in the future. By being separated, the two populations have been pushed into their own, separate evolutionary paths. Scientists now hypothesize that sub-speciation is the first step towards full speciation, and will eventually lead to greater biodiversity, either in that area where the sub-species exist or worldwide, as is the case for the red fox and its 45 subspecies. However, this changes when humans modify environments - as is the case for the Golden versions of the Rainbow trout, those sub-species could disappear thanks to diversions and habitat destruction on their river systems. Likewise, habitat fragmentation can separate populations to create two sub-species just as well. Whether these things are “good” or “bad” is subjective, but, typically, any drop in biodiversity is an environmental issue, but, the creation of two sub-species who are less genetically diverse after their habitat is fragmented is also an issue that puts them both in jeopardy. Honestly wish we could just leave nature alone, but I know, and you should also know, that isn’t realistic. We just need to do our homework before we start bulldozing through places, y’know?

And there you have it! Fascinating stuff, no?

#rainbow trout #trout #salmon #freshwater #fish #animal crossing #animal crossing pocket camp #acpc #animal crossing new horizons #animal crossing new leaf #acnh #acnl #science in video games #animal crossing fish explained

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antlerbone · 2 years

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KINGDOM: Animalia

PHYLUM: Chordata

CLASS: Actinopterygii

ORDER: Salmoniformes

FAMILY: Salmonidae

GENERA: Oncorhynchus, Salmo, Salvelinus

SPECIES: Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Salmo trutta, Salvelinus fontinalis, Salvelinus namaycush

COMMON NAMES: Cutthroat (native), rainbow, brown, brook, lake, char

CUTTHROAT TROUT: Named for the red slash along their jaw

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN: Cutthroat/rainbow/brown/brook trout: 6-12 years

OLDEST DOCUMENTED FISH IN YNP: Cutthroat trout: 16 years. Lake Trout: 26 years

OLDEST DOCUMENTED LAKE TROUT: 62 years (Canada)

CAUSES OF MORTALITY: predation, disease, environmental factors

SEX RATIO: Typically 1:1 but can vary greatly.

COLORATION: Fish can change colors (darken or lighten) to blend in with the environment. Spawning fish are typically more brightly colored. Cutthroat trout turn deep orange and red on the belly, while brown and brook trout develop colorful spotting patterns along their sides. Males are often more brightly colored than females.

HIGHEST POTENTIAL JUMP: Rainbow trout can jump up to 5 times their body length.

ADULT LENGTH: Cutthroat trout 8-24”, brook trout 5-18”, lake trout 16-40”

BODY TEMPERATURE: Trout are cold-blooded; their body temperature is the same as the environment. Trout are most successful in water temperatures ranging from 0-20 degrees C. They can survive in warmer temperatures but do not thrive.

RESPIRATION: Trout are gill breathers. Gills are filled with blood vessels which exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide as water passes over them.

VISION: Outstanding. Trout can focus their eyes in two different directions at the same time, and they see in color. Trout cannot blink.

HEARING: Hearing occurs in the inner ear; there is no external or middle ear.

OTOLITHS: Composed of calcium carbonate, these small ear bones are used in sound detection but, similar to human ear bones, also provide balance, movement, and directional indicators. Otoliths can be read like tree rings to determine age.

SCALES: As with otoliths, growth patterns on scales can be used to determine age.

LATERAL LINE: Fish have an extension of their hearing system built into their “lateral line,” a series of organs dispersed down the length of their bodies that sense vibrations, allowing them to detect movements in the water near them.

FISH “SLIME”: Reduces friction, protects fish from fungus, bacteria, and some parasites, aids in regulation of internal fluid, salt levels, and gas exchange.

OTHER SENSES: Olfaction (smell) is accomplished by passing water through the nares (nostrils) over nasal sacs. This is important for feeding, spawning, predator avoidance, and natal homing.

AIR BLADDERS: Trout are physostomes, meaning they can rapidly fill or empty their bladder by gulping or expelling air. As a result trout bladders will not burst when ascending through water quickly.

GROWTH: Indeterminate growth capabilities (fish continue to grow throughout their lives).

FEEDING HABITS: Trout spend 80% of the day foraging for food. However, foraging activities are reduced when water temperatures are too warm or too cold.

PRIMARILY FEED ON: Aquatic invertebrates, zooplankton, and, at times, other fish

GENETICS: Some species are genetically similar enough to hybridize (interbreed) with one another, while others do not naturally hybridize.

SPAWNING LOCATIONS: Cutthroat, rainbow, brook, and brown trout spawn in gravel/sand with moderate stream flow; lake trout spawn in lakes in cobble-sized substrate.

SPAWN TIMING: Cutthroat trout and most rainbow trout spawn in spring as water temperatures rise, starting at about 5 degrees Celsius (C). Brown, brook, and lake trout all spawn in the fall as water temperatures drop. Some trout in the Firehole River spawn in winter months, a shift caused by the thermally influenced waters.

INCUBATION TIME: Varies greatly depending on water temperature. Cutthroat trout average 4-5 weeks at 11 degrees C.

NUMBER OF EGGS PER FEMALE: Can vary greatly, but general rule of thumb is 1,000 eggs per kg of body weight.

FISHABLE WATERS: At one time, 48% of park waters were fishless. There are currently 45 lakes and over 200 streams in the park that are now fishable.

FISHING PERMITS: About 40,000 fishing permits are issued annually in Yellowstone National Park.

LIFE HISTORY: Resident fish live their entire life in tributaries. Fluvial fish spawn in small tributaries but migrate to larger rivers to grow and mature. Adfluvial fish spawn in streams but migrate to lakes to grow and mature.

#found #in case you need facts about trout i suppose

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ordingdrublene · 1 year

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"The Ego of Salmon"

"The Ego of Salmon" was a proposal to the World Assembly made by the United Socialist States of Ording Drublene on the eleventh of November, 2022. "The Ego of Salmon" was declared against the laws(2b) of the World Assembly by The Oh My GOD! What were they thinking! He's a MODERATOR! of Sedgistan.

The Proposal reads as follows:

"KNOWING that salmon are under the scientific order classification Salmoniforms, Family classification Salmonidae, subfamily classification Salmoninae,

ACKNOWLEDGING that there is a genus of ray-finned fish named Salmo, and that salmon often serve as a symbol of wisdom and venerability in Celtic mythology, and a salmon known as the Salmon of Llyn Llyw is know in Welsh mythology as the oldest animal in Britain and only creature knowing of the location of Mabon ap Modron,

HEREBY declares salmon as needing of humbling through whatever means deemed necessary by the World Assembly"

#nationstates #lore #Ording Drublene #USSoOD #World Assembly

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dendroica · 4 years

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Kokanee Salmon in the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, along the Strawberry River, about 20 miles south-east of Heber City, Utah

Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

#Kokanee Salmon #Sockeye Salmon #Oncorhynchus nerka #Oncorhynchus #Salmoninae #Salmonidae #Salmoniformes #Actinopterygii #Osteichthyes #fish #salmon #river #Utah

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uncharismatic-fauna · 1 year

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Most fish spend their entire lives in either salt water or fresh water; their bodies are tuned to a certain level of salinity, and are unable to adapt to drastic changes. Members of the family Salmonidae, however, are anadromous and can transition between fresh and salt water. In fact, salmon do so twice over their lifetimes: once when, as juveniles, they leave their freshwater hatcheries and go out to sea, and again when they return as adults to mate in the same stream in which they were born.

(Image: A school of sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) making the trek back home by Barrie Kovich)

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#salmon #Salmoniformes #Salmonidae #salmonids #Ray-Finned Fish #bony fish #fish #uncharismatic facts

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snototter · 1 year

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A steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp. irideus) in Monterey Bay Aquarium, California

by marlin harms

#steelhead #rainbow trout #trout #fish #bony fish #Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp. irideus #Oncorhynchus mykiss #Oncorhynchus #salmonidae #salmoniformes #actinopterygii #chordata #captive animal #monterey bay aquarium

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anirobot · 5 years

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Kivikauden suomalainen söi roimasti kalaa – lohen paikka vuosituhansien takaisella ruokalistalla varmistui uudella tutkimusmenetelmällä

Taasko meillä on tuota hylkeenlihaa! Niin kivikauden suomalainen saattoi puuskahtaa istahtaessaan aterialle – tai sellaisen kuvan voi maalailla kivikautisilta asuinpaikoilta löytyneistä tyypillisistä ruoanjätteistä, hylkeenluista.

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) - Wikipedia

Brown trout (Salmo trutta) - Wikipedia

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vintagewildlife · 3 months

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Salmon climbing up a river By: Unknown photographer From: Disney’s Wonderful World of Knowledge 1971

#salmon #salmoniform #bony fish #fish #1971 #1970s #Disney’s Wonderful World of Knowledge

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cheselswood-archived · 2 years

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Well it took all day but I finally have Ches’s intro (hopefully) finished. As a disclaimer, this is very long (4,000+ words) and that’s... after I cut an entire section to save space. (Her zodiac chart, which... if anyone wants it let me know and I’ll make a page for it or something.). If you don’t want to read all of it, that’s completely okay! I’d rec reading her basics, bio, and personality section and I’m more than happy to answer any/all questions about Ches at any point so honestly please feel free to dm me on Discord anytime.

From the get go I want to put the TWs tags and what sections they affect. Please feel free to skip those sections (or if you don’t want to, I’d be willing to like make google docs without those sections, or erasing certain references upon request).

Throughout: Mental Health (PTSD, BPD, Anxiety Attacks, Non-Specific mentions of self-destructive behavior but NOT self-harm), Death / Murder (of her mother)

Basics: I get into Ches’s religious views a bit and Abortion is mentioned positively (Reason for Ex-Communication), Alcoholism

Biography: Murder/Death (blood mention), brief mention of addiction, and brief mention of Abuse

Clover: Animal Death (not discussed, but it could be implied with context clues)

Family: These are all marked in front of the paragraph they affect (I really wish I could do a click to reveal thing under a read more, but this is the best I can do). Anyway - Death/Murder, Descriptions of Blood and Gore (nothing too graphic but worth a mention anyway), Child Death, Addiction and Relapses (Cocaine, Heroin, Alcohol), Cheating, Suicidal ideation (probably subtle enough it’s possible to not pick up but I’d rather overtag), Eating Disorders, Self-Harm

Basics.

Name: Hailey Cheshire “Ches” Elswood. ( literally this muse only acknowledges her middle name and her preferred name from it. Hailey is a word that does not compute in her vocabulary) Age: 22 Gender and Pronouns: Woman (She/Hers) Sexuality: Demisexual, Bioromantic Birthdate: July 19th, 1998 Birthplace: Paris, France Zodiac: Cancer Height: 5’3” Group: Ex-Communicated Reason for Ex-Communication: I... mean you’ll learn more about Ches as you read but despite the fact she’s religious (raised Catholic, went back after she left the cult - your muses will see her at mass without fail every time) she’s extremely liberal in her religious beliefs. Like “yes gay marriage, yes abortion, I don’t care what you believe you’re so valid - what works for me doesn’t work for everyone and that’s okay” and you get the gist, I think. So like... this kid literally could have speed-ran ex-communication if she hadn’t been trying so hard to actually be good and try to get into it like her father did when she was a member of the church. Although I’m 99% sure the reason she ended up getting ex-communicated was her mouth, probably came out with “well actually Jesus never said-” and pulled out her bible to prove her point, knowing her.

Relationship Status: Single Occupation:

College Student (English major)

YouTuber - two 1 million sub channels: a diy channel with her step-cousin (think Evan and Katelyn but #platonic) and a theme park history channel where she shows off the fact she knows way too much about them (think Defunctland and Poseidon Entertainment)

Education: Graduate of Collège Alpin Beau Soleil (international private boarding school), currently working on an English degree with full plans to eventually earn a doctorate in the field. Country of Citizenship: United States and France [dual citizenship] Languages Spoken: French (first), English, Swiss, Latin, Portuguese, and a little bit of Italian

Illnesses, Disabilities, and Other Health Things to Note:

Borderline personality disorder (BPD)

PTSD

Allergies: Severe Allergy to the Perciformes family of fish (tuna, mackerel, perch, and bass). Shellfish and salmoniformes (Salmon and Trout) are fine, but she won’t try any other kinds of fish just in case.

Recovering Alcoholic (started drinking way too young, has been in recovery since she was 18).

Tattoos: One, Two

Biography.

TWS: Murder/Death, Mental Illness, (brief mention of) Addiction, and (brief mention of) Abuse

One might say that Ches Elswood was born with a golden spoon in her mouth, but the truth of the reality was the spoon was probably made from diamonds. The Elswood name was always one of prestige, a multi-billion luxury goods conglomerate, a famous uncle as an actor, swiss boarding schools attended by royalty - and that was only her father’s side of the family. One would expect Ches to be out of touch with reality if they only looked at the top couple results of her google search. But, if one only looked deeply enough - they’d find the article of her mother’s murder. Julia Elswood murdered while out shopping with her eight year old daughter, a mugging gone wrong. Ches still wakes up every night on the verge of hyperventilation a decade later, desperately trying to clean her hands of her mother’s blood as if the stains the event has had on her will ever come off. Not that she'd ever let her social media presence reveal the harsh reality, a family rife with addiction and mental health issues, the two younger sisters she had to help raise when she was a child herself when her father shut down, an abusive ex-boyfriend - all those cracks in the picture frame hidden by all the pretty little bows and well placed smiles. The only hint something is amiss on her Instagram feed is her service dog, Clover, the golden retriever she’ll openly cite as saving her life while never quite getting into how.

It was a bit of a shock when Edward Elswood and his new wife, Rebekah, joined the church, packed his bags, and moved from the Upper East Side to the middle of nowhere Kentucky. And for a while, Ches tried her best to follow the rules and fit in. But, eventually she slipped, and got herself ex-communicated. And while she should be upset, in all honesty she’s relieved to be out from under the pressures of everything. Maybe the fact her father entirely disowned her should bother her, but right now she’s a bit too focused on moving forward. (At least, that’s what she’ll tell everyone if they ask.).

Clover.

Clover came into Ches’s life at the time they needed each other most. Ches’s PTSD was starting to get worse, to the point she was functioning robotically at best. Stumbling upon an extremely young puppy with no signs of her mother caused something to click in her, an urge to work through her demons to take care of this dog. So she did. She bottle-fed the golden retriever, took her to the vet for repeated checkups to ensure she was developing fine, and eventually when she was old enough and the dog’s temperament became apparent and it was revealed she’d be well suited for the work - she started to work with trainers to train Clover as a service dog at her therapist’s suggestion.

Clover is a very calm dog, she’s dedicated to her work and it’s very common to see her laying by Ches’s feet watching her. She does NOT eat human food very often and mealtimes are routine, however Ches will sneak her some foods that she doesn’t make very often (and in turn Clover isn’t going to misbehave in public over) in her bowl when the dog isn’t looking on holidays. (Like, for example, a piece of turkey on Thanksgiving).

TASKS:

Responds to Ches’s anxiety and tries to prevent an anxiety attack from occurring when they are in public

Wakes Ches from her nightmares

Interrupts flashbacks, panic/anxiety attacks, and night terrors

Interrupts Ches's more self destructive behavior.

Guides Ches to a safe place (if everything else doesn’t ease Ches’s symptoms)

Retrieve items when pointed and the command Récupérer is spoken (mostly trained to do this to retrieve phones during extremely bad episodes where Ches breaks down on the floor and can’t force herself to get up, sometimes Ches uses this skill because of its usefulness too).

Can call Ches's “dad” (see Logan Elswood) with a K9 phone in the worst case situation.

I feel obligated to link a picture of Clover’s fc here too, so, have a dog pic.

Personality.

Social Standing in Town/Reputation: At this point Ches isn’t entirely sure where she stands in town. Now that she was ex-communicated from Pastor North’s church, her own father and step-mother no longer speak to her. For the most part the rest of her family would require a flight to go see, other than when her brother, Emmett, occasionally visits. And the locals don’t trust her either, so for the most part at this point in Holy Cross she feels alone. She missed human connection, feeling like she’s got a solid group of people to rely on, and she’s hopefully at some point she’ll have one in Holy Cross.

MBTI: ENFP Enneagram: 7w8 (The Enthusiast with The Challenger wing) Alignment: Chaotic Neutral Winx: Light Pokémon Type: Ghost

What sets Ghost Types apart is that they have a past, a history that they can’t escape. That doesn’t necessarily mean a traumatic event. While some Ghosts are mournful or caught dwelling on old pains, others appear to be connected to a distant past of revelry. Ghosts are caught in a state of suspended animation. There is a consistency within them, which harkens back to some moment in time that made them who they are now. Some are obsessive about history, or about honoring their culture’s traditions. Others can’t stop reading books on Attachment Theory, and talking about how they absorbed their parents’ epigenetic trauma. They are at once both rooted and detached. Their existence reminds you time is not real.

Unlike some of the other emotionally-distant-seeming types, such as Ice and Psychic, Ghosts are not intentionally putting walls up between themselves and other people. In fact, they can be over-sharers, telling long stories about their pasts, bearing their most secret selves. There is something very vulnerable about them. Still, there is liminal veil between them and everyone else. The curse of Ghost Types is that they feel things very intensely, they hunger and yearn, and they understand the distant, root causes of many modern-day problems. Yet they can’t seem to fully connect to reality or feel anyone else reaching back at them. They make excellent poets, painters, story-tellers, fanfic writers, cultural historians, and museum curators. [Source because this personality system is not my own doing and I got the descriptions from it comes from]

Pokémon Subtype: Electric

Electric Type personalities are explosive, frenetic, and full of energy. They can be short-tempered and erratic, and often follow their own short-lived caprices and whims. They are also a powerful source of light and inspiration, however, and can be admired leaders if they harness their power properly. Electric Types are modern souls, lovers of technology as well as new ideas.

The most famous and beloved Pokemon, Pikachu, exemplifies the Electric Type. Willful yet adorable, he can be mistaken for a selfish baby. However, when your back is against the wall, you want an Electric Type by your side. They will rise to the occasion and unleash their power in your defense. Sometimes they’re baby, sometimes they want power. [Source because this personality system is not my own doing and I got the descriptions from it comes from]

(She’s also a Ravenclaw if anyone cares about Hogwarts Houses)

Talents, Skills, and Hobbies:

Piano

Archery

Baking

Singing (Voice Claim: Katherine McNamara)

Reading

Forgeries

Lockpicking

DIYS (especially involving resin)

Writing (not creatively though, essays, Defunctworld scripts)

Video Creation

Favorites:

Color: Pink (the watermelon paint color)

Food: Cheap Chinese Food (like think that $5 mall garbage)

Animal: Tigers

Drink: Cherry Cola

Flower: Lilies

Book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Holiday: Halloween (costumes) or Christmas (gift giving)

Movie: The Shining

Scent: Vanilla Bean

Place: Her family’s flat in Paris

Quote:

“and though she be but little, she is fierce” - William Shakespeare

Bêtes Noires:

Color: Dijon

Food: Sushi (a lot of it has to do with that tuna allergy though)

Animal: Domestic Cats, she can tolerate them but they’re one of the few animals she wouldn’t seek out.

Drink: Coffee (it’s a key reason why she drinks it when she’s panicking, because who has time to panic when you’re too busy being offended by what you’re drinking? Not Ches.)

Flower: Roses (she loathes them, dislike is an understatement)

Book: The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo

Holiday: Her birthday

Movie: The Notebook

Scent: Roses

Place: Touristy Locations, she hates being around tourists ok

Misc Fun Facts About Ches.

Ches speaks English and French fluently, her mother was born and raised in Paris so she learnt them both at the same time. She’s also spent quite a few summers / winter breaks in Paris with her grandparents, so she’s got a strong love for the city. A love to the point where if you see her call NYC and Paris home interchangeably, that’s why.

If you call her Hailey she will probably pretend you don’t exist, other than to glare at you until you call the correct name. There’s a couple people she’ll let it slide with but she doesn’t acknowledge that name and she doesn’t really use it.

She’s the mom friend if your mom friend also goes “I HAVE THE BEST IDEA” and drags you into trouble themselves. Like yes this situation may be entirely her fault but she’s going to fuss over you afterward.

This muse does what she wants, I just write it down I apologize for her from minute one.

Ches really… doesn’t seriously date too much because of past relationships (the one where her brother cheated with him, and the one referenced in her bio). She likes to flirt (it’s a fun game to her as long as nobody gets too invested), and honestly while she doesn’t really feel attraction unless there’s a romantic attachment in place, she’s actually not opposed to friends with benefits things either. But the second people start getting too serious she’s out the door. She’s very “you gotta leave before you get left” esc so she tends to panic the second she thinks she might be actually start being into someone. (Which is why you’ve gotta get her attached before she realized it >.> -cough friends to lovers cough- usually but I mean, I go off chem anyway so that’s not really.. a huge deal, just a fun fact!)

That being said platonic I love yous are her shit, she loves her friends a LOT, she will remind you she loves you constantly. And she’s really affectionate, she’ll walk right up and press a kiss to her friend’s cheek, she’s down to platonic hand-hold and cuddle, literally as long as everyone’s on the same page and okay with it - she’s very fond of affection and touch on average.

Ches is rarely sleeps, like ever. In fact, while she’ll never admit to it - she’s afraid of sleeping so while insomnia, nightmares, and night terrors are all valid reasons why she’s so used to running on next to no sleep. She’s really afraid of closing her eyes at night, which further feeds into the cycle.

She’s a bit of a closet nerd - if you look under her bed she has a chest of comic books, she plays video games when she has time (and honestly she misses them a bit when she doesn’t). LGR is one of her Youtube channels, and she knows way too much about DOS for someone who was born past it’s prime.

She got her first tattoo using a forged note of parental consent when visiting New Jersey. Edward Elswood was NOT pleased when it finally clicked to him what she’d done.

Family.

Father’s Full Name: Edward Elswood Father’s Occupation: Majority shareholder and CEO of Elswood, a multi-billion luxury goods conglomerate Mother’s Full Name: Julia Andrieux Elswood Mother’s Status: Deceased (murdered - shot to death by a mugger) Step-Mother: Rebekah Carroll Elswood Step-Mother’s Occupation: Fashion Textile Designer Siblings: Julien Andrieux (deceased), Logan Elswood (28), Jamie Elswood (26), Emmett Elswood (24), Cade Carroll (23), Jonah Elswood (22 - twin brother), Flynn Carroll (19), Effie Elswood (18), Ella Elswood (15) Other Relatives: Véronique Andrieux (grandmother), Vincent Andrieux (grandfather), Ben Elswood (uncle, famous actor), Collen Nichols (step-cousin, her partner in crime on The Elswood & Nichols Show), Belle (niece, Logan’s daughter, 3)

Family Dynamics: ...are y’all sure you really want me get into this? Ask and you shall receive.

Edward Elswood: Ches and Edward are complicated to say the least, and that’s only been amplified now that he’s a member of the North Cult and Ches has been ex-communicated. Honestly she hasn’t spoken to him since she’s left the church, and if she misses him, she’s never going to admit to it.

Julia Elswood: [TW: MURDER / DEATH, BLOOD / GORE MENTIONS] Despite the fact her mother has been dead for over a decade, Ches hasn’t been able to escape her (metaphorical) ghost ever since the day Ches stood there, helplessly watching her bleed out. Ches’s life has been a series of what-ifs surrounding the event ever since the day it took place, and she’s got a huge case of survivor's guilt she’s been slowly working on in therapy. But furthermore? Ches has only just now started removing her mother from a pedestal now that she has the woman’s diaries, and she’s slowly but surely, learning all her mother’s secrets from the woman herself.

Rebekah Carroll: Ches honestly has extremely strong feelings about Rebekah, and none of them are good. She hates the woman for trying to replace her mother, how she treated Cade growing up (Rebekah took the Parent Trap as a manual on how to handle children after a divorce, rather than a cautionary tale), and for trying to bond with her younger siblings whenever they arrive back home to the states. Probably the first perk Ches will list if someone asks her about ex-communication is never having to deal with Rebekah again, and she’s not sorry about it.

Julien Andrieux: [TW: CHILD DEATH] There is not a day that goes by that Ches doesn’t think of Julien Andrieux, the older brother she didn’t get nearly enough time with. She still remembers playing with him in the gardens of their update New York vacation home fondly. The day he died, and they broke the news to her, broke her. She still sees him in everything, the patter of rain on the windowpane, the moment the lights turn off in the movie theatre, the laughter hanging in the air. If she could give anything to talk to someone who was gone one last time, she wouldn’t pick Julia, but Julien.

Logan Elswood: [TW: COCAINE ADDICTION (and visual descriptions of it)] The person Ches has saved in her phone as dad, and honestly at this point, he might as well be her father. After her father shut down following their mother’s death, he was the one who stepped up to the plate, started skipping school left and right before he completely dropped out the minute he turned 16 to raise the Elswood children. Sure, he had some outside help from time to time, like their grandparents doing there best to step in all the way from France and Ches trying as hard as she could to fill her mother’s shoes despite the fact that she was only eight and should have never had that responsibility on her shoulders. Logan is the person she calls up the second she needs advice, or she just wants a shoulder to cry on for a bit. And she misses him dearly, to the point if she ever vanishes one day suddenly, it would be smart to assume she just hopped a plane to go back home and see her brothers. But he’s also one of the people who concerns her the most in the world. There was no hiding the white powder clinging to his nose, the constant nose bleeds, the way his hands would shake, growing up. And while he’s gone through rehab programs, and he swears left and right he’s clean now, and has been for years, Ches isn’t there, and she’s scared shitless that she won’t notice the signs this time if he relapses.

Jamie Elswood: [TW: CHEATING] To say Ches and Jamie have a complex relationship would be the understatement of the century. Jamie is an asshole, point blank, and while Jamie is actively trying to repair their relationship, Ches has absolutely no interest in it. How can she forgive her older brother for sleeping with someone she loved, her boyfriend, a person she had been considering marrying someday? She’ll give Jamie credit that he’s smart, after all, he did get into Yale law school and he’s been excelling at it, but that’s the nicest thing she has to say about him.

Cade Carroll: [TW: HEROIN ADDICTION] If there is just one lyric that sums up the dynamic between Ches and Cade, at least according to him, it’d be “I'm just the one that keeps you up at night, you love the most.” Ches always thought that “I'm not givin' up, givin' up, no, not yet; even when I'm down on my last breath, even when they say there's nothin' left” is more of the perfect summary for them though. At first, they weren’t exactly fond of one another - Ches could tell he’d destroy anyone if it meant ensuring his own success from the moment they met, and Cade dismissed her as yet another spoiled rich girl like the ones he attended primary school with. But they had one goal in common, to break up their parents, and in the process they realized the other party had way more redeeming qualities than they initially thought. At this point, Cade is Ches’s brother through and through, and she’d do anything for him and at this point she knows that she’s honestly the only person Cade wouldn’t destroy if she got in his way. She’s the one he calls at his lowest, when he needs a friend, when he has good news or bad news, and Ches is the one who will hop on a plane to pick up his pieces every time he goes through rehab again. Every single time he falls off, she’s right behind him trying to get him right back on the wagon, and despite the fact it’s become apparent pretty much everyone else in their life has given up on him because he doesn’t want to get better, Ches refuses to give up on him. She’ll be there, picking up his pieces when he falls, despite the fact it destroys her every time she has to see him in that state, because she loves him. And isn’t that what family is supposed to do?

Emmett Elswood: [TW: ALCOHOLISM, MENTAL HEALTH, SUCIDIAL THOUGHTS (it’s very subtle but I’d rather over tag)] If there is anyone in the world that Ches thinks actually gets her at her core, despite all the walls and facades she puts up, it’s Emmett. If there’s an easy way to describe them, it’s two sides of the same coin. It’s rare to see one without the other, and he followed her to Holy Cross - admittedly with a vacation home, rather than moving, but he visits often enough it might as well count. Even from a young age, before Ches started noticing the other Elswood children also had mental health issues from their traumas, Emmett was a kindred spirit. The bursts of rage that didn’t make sense in hindsight, the inability to sleep, those dark, pressing thoughts that scared both of them to the point it eventually lead desperate efforts to silence the whispers in their heads. The two have supported one another through every single up and down, to the point where it was debate whether or not Ches would be in his wedding party or his wife’s Camellia’s when the two got married last year. Ches doesn’t know what she’d do without him, and she’s pretty sure Emmett will never let her find out. (These two also have bonded over being the two children Edward cut off now but... I don’t want to get too into that here considering the tws it involves, and the fact I don’t think it’ll come up in character anytime soon.)

Jonah Elswood: Ches’s twin brother, and honestly the calmest person she knows. Unless there is a dog in the room, then he’s the most excitable man in the history of the universe. They were a lot closer when they younger, which isn’t to say that they aren’t close. But with him at Julliard, and her in Holy Cross, they really don’t get to see one another very often. He may be the only person Ches knows with a scrapbook of all the dogs he’s pet that the owners said he could take a pic of them, but she wouldn’t want another twin brother. He truly is the Thing One to her Thing Two, the first person she shares a new music piece with, and the person that no matter how long they’re apart or no matter how busy they get, she knows that no matter what, they will just fall right back where they’d left it.

Flynn Carroll: Honestly, Ches doesn’t have too much to say about Flynn other than the fact she loves him and she doesn’t talk to him very often. He’s back in London with his father now that he’s old enough to make his own choices, attending university and pursuing a professional gaming career while refusing all of Ches’s offers to come guest star on one of her livestreams as a small career booster. Not that she blames him, of course, so she tries to be a supportive older sister from afar - letting him do his own thing as she cheers him on.

Eiffel “Effie” Elswood: [TW: EATING DISORDERS, BRIEF SELF-HARM MENTION] If you asked Ches what her greatest accomplishment is, she'd likely cite her sisters. Effie, in particular, is a source of pride for her, and while Ches would never dream of picking a favorite, there is no denying the fact that Ches and Effie are extremely close. To the point that Ches calls the girl on zoom literally every day to talk to her and ask her all about how Switzerland is and how her senior year is going. It doesn’t matter the time, or what Ches is doing, she will answer her phone if Effie calls. Church service be damned. Effie’s probably the smartest person she knows, overall one of the best people she knows, and she’s pretty sure that Princeton would be willing to agree with her on that considering the girl got into their neuroscience program for next fall. That doesn’t say Efife doesn’t alarm Ches though, even in another country now Ches is extremely aware of the girl’s eating disorder and self-destuctive tendencies. And while she supports Effie in every single way she can, even paying for the girl’s therapy out of her Youtube ad revenue, she wishes the girl was closer so she could keep an eye on her.

Eloise “Ella” Elswood: Ches adores Ella, truly. There's a reason she makes sure she calls her youngest sister before bed, every single night, regardless of what she has to drop in order to do so - and she has without fail from the second boarding schools and distance became a factor in thier lives. But out of the two girls, the sister that makes her question her parenting skills the most is the youngest Elswood child. Sure, Ella isn't a bad child - not by a long shot, but she's seemed to pick up on Ches's impulsive streak and nothing terrifies her more in the universe than the girl falling into any of the trouble she fell into. Every time she does something reckless like walk back to campus alone at night is nearly enough to cause Ches's heart to stop beating in her chest for a few moments before the lectures start. Dramatics aside, however, despite the near daily terror Ella puts into Ches - she wouldn't trade her baby sister for the world. And every time Ella and Effie call her mom when they ask her for advice, well, she can’t imagine a day that will stop tugging on her heartstrings or stop turning her into a puddle.

(I really could get so in depth about all of these kids and their interpersonal relationships and everything but... considering this was me actually trying to keep it short.. if you ever want any additional info on the Elswoods as a whole feel free to dm me but the tl;dr is pretty much “the siblings are very close knit at this point (altho Jamie bashes heads with one or two of them), but they’re scattered all over because of college + boarding schools so Ches stays in touch with them over facetime and stuff at this point.”)

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Is that HAILEY CHESHIRE “CHES” ELSWOOD? Wow, they do look a lot like KATHERINE MCNAMARA. I hear SHE is an EIGHTEEN year old FRESHMEN who is studying ENGLISH at Luxor University. Word is they are an ARISTOCRAT student. You should watch out because they can be IMPULSIVE and STUBBORN, but on the bright side they can also be ENERGETIC and LOYAL. Ultimately, you’ll get to see it all for yourself.

the basics //

Full Name: Hailey Cheshire “Ches” Elswood

Preferred Name: Ches Elswood

Age: 18

Birthday: July 19th

Zodiac: Cancer

Gender & Pronouns: Woman (She/Hers)

Sexuality: Bisexual

Occupation: Youtuber (two channels, a theme park history channel that uploads once a month (documentary style) and a DIY channel she shares with a friend she posts on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month)

Relationship Status: In a Relationship with Elliot Mills

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Hometown: Manhattan, New York, New York

Country of Citizenship: United States and France [dual citizenship]

Languages Spoken: French (first), English, Latin, Portuguese, and she’s learning Norwegian (she doesn’t think it’s enough to count yet) and she just started Russian

deeper dive //

Hobbies and Talents:

♡ Piano

♡ Archery

♡ Acting

♡ Singing (Voice Claim: Katherine McNamara (updated - spring 2021))

♡ Reading

♡ Forgeries

♡ Lockpicking

♡ DIYS (especially involving resin)

♡ Writing (not creatively though, essays, Defunctworld scripts)

♡ Video Creation

Favorites:

♡ Color: Pink (the watermelon paint color)

♡ Food: Cheap Chinese Food

♡ Animal: Tigers

♡ Drink: Cherry Cola

♡ Flower: Lilies

♡ Book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

♡ Holiday: Halloween (costumes) or Christmas (gift giving)

♡ Movie: The Shining

♡ Scent: Vanilla Bean

♡ Place: Her family's flat in Paris

♡ Quote:

“and though she be but little, she is fierce” - William Shakespeare

Bêtes Noires:

♡ Color: Dijon

♡ Food: Sushi (a lot of it has to do with that tuna allergy though)

♡ Animal: Domestic Cats, she can tolerate them but they’re one of the few animals she wouldn’t seek out.

♡ Drink: Coffee (it’s a key reason why she drinks it when she’s panicking, because who has time to panic when you’re too busy being offended by what you’re drinking? Not Ches.)

♡ Flower: Roses (she loathes them, dislike is an understatement)

♡ Book: The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo

♡ Holiday: Her birthday

♡ Movie: The Notebook

♡ Scent: Roses

♡ Place: Touristy Locations, she hates being around tourists ok

health //

Conditions:

♡ Borderline Personality Disorder

♡ PTSD

Allergies: Severe Allergy to the Perciformes family of fish (tuna, mackrel, perch , and bass). Shellfish and salmoniformes (Salmon and Trout) are fine, but she won’t try any other kinds of fish just in case.

Sleeping Habits: Ches doesn’t sleep well at all, she has nightmares more often than not, and it’s rare for her to get more than a couple of hours of sleep.

Exercise Habits: While she occasionally skips leg day, Ches exercises daily because she needs to be in good shape for archery. Usually, she goes for boxing (with a dummy, not other people) but she likes hiking a lot as well.

Addictions: Alcohol, although Ches is currently in recovery

Drug Use: Occasional weed (edibles), but for the most part she avoids drugs

Alcohol Use: Ches used to drink multiple times of day daily, but now she doesn’t drink at all because she’s in recovery (attending NA and therapy) and has quit.

personality //

MBTI: ENFP

Enneagram: 7w8 (The Enthusiast with The Challenger wing)

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral, occasionally bordering on Chaotic Good

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Percy Jackson Parent: Aphrodite

Pokémon Type: Ghost

Pokémon Subtype: Electric

Winx: Light

appearance //

Height: 5′3 ½” (not at fc height)

Tattoos: One, Two, Three

Scars: None

Piercings: None

Hair: Red (naturally). Ches dyes her hair from time to time so she has a current hair color thing in her sidebar (you may have to scroll).

Eyes: Green

Fashion:

♡ link to ches’s closet

♡ link to ches’s shoes

life at luxor //

Major:

♡ English

Clubs and Activities:

♡ Archery Club

♡ Theater (Actress)

♡ Concert Band (Piano)

♡ National Honor Society

fun facts //

♡ Ches is a former Carnifex student who came over to Luxor during the merge. You can see everything that she’s been up to during her time in the rp on her timeline page.

♡ Ches has a twin brother named Jonah who isn’t at Luxor.

♡ The Elswoods are rich. Top 25 Forbes list, 50+ Billion Networth levels of rich. In turn Ches really doesn’t think that much about money, and how much it actually means to other people.

♡ Valedictorian of Luxor Academy’s 2020 Class, she turned down Columbia’s English program to attend Luxor University.

♡ She doesn’t use her first name, ever. She doesn’t like it, and there’s a fairly high chance of her just not acknowledging you if you call her Hailey.

♡ She’s a bit of a closet nerd - if you look under her bed she has a chest of comic books, although she has NO idea how they got there if you ask her. Do not question the R2-D2 shaped thing covered by a tarp in her closet. She also doesn’t know where that came from.

♡ Extremely restless, if you want her to sit still during a movie you better give her something to do simultaneously.

♡ Her purse is kinda like Mary Poppins bag, odds are she has what you’re looking for in it. She almost always has her multi-tool on her. She also tends to carry around a single shot nerf gun, don’t ask.

♡ She got her first tattoo while she was away from school, using a forged note of parental consent in New Jersey. (The not fragile one, the arrow was added later).

♡ She has way too many siblings, you can learn about them on her family page. (She has one more not listed, a still born half brother named Julien she learned about via her mother’s diaries. The rest of the children (excluding Emmett) are unaware.)

♡ Loves animals, a lot, sometimes to a reckless extent. She would try to feed piranhas, she does try to climb into enclosures with venomous snakes. She would steal a dog (as would her twin brother, so apparently they have more in common than they realize).

♡ If Ches makes a threat, take it with a grain of salt. Yes, she owns a blowtorch, no she won’t set you on fire even if she lights it in your direction. Your muse might not always know that - depending on how much time they’ve spent with her, but ooc just remember her bark is way worse than her bite.

♡ Ches has a Porsche that she got from her father for graduating at the top of her class. Although it’s currently not travelling with her because the cost of shipping a car is insane. Anytime she’s in Lake George though, this is her baby. (She also owns a Mercedes, which was her first car).

♡ I’m always willing to discuss my muses, so feel free to hit me up if you have any questions at any point.

a tl;dr history //

♡ Ches’s mother was murdered on her 8th birthday in front of her

♡ She was raised by her oldest brother, Logan, and is NOT close to her father really. She also helped raise her younger sisters and is very protective of them.

♡ The Elswood she is closest to is Emmett. He’s a big part of why she’s even here, as she’d followed him to Carnifex.

♡ Her first real love was James (an npc). They dated Freshman-Sophomore years. It wasn’t a healthy relationship, and it started Ches’s messy af relationship and fwbs pattern as she didn’t want to go through that again.

♡ Ches left Luxor in October of 2019 because her oldest brother (Logan), overdosed. He’s alive and doing well now, but she stayed in NYC until March 2020 in order to take care of things here.

♡ I strongly recommend skimming Ches’s timeline page before interacting with her. These are just the bare minimum basics, and there’s more things your muse may know on there.

wanted connections //

♡ Exes (when Ches dates it’s not for long, but she’s definitely the type to be like “I’ll go out with you” if asked and then... dump you if she thinks she’s getting too attached. So her exes are either on good terms, neutral terms, or they probably dislike her a lot)

♡ Former friends with benefits (while Ches is no longer taking on new ones because of Elliot, I’m always willing to headcanon past things!)

♡ Friends (I am weak af for a good friendship plot, never be afraid to be like “hey can our muses be friends” the answer is legit always yes)

♡ Enemies (Ches can... be a lot so it’s not unlikely she’s pissed people off ok)

♡ NA Sponsor (I think it'd be beneficial for Ches to have a sponsor, someone she respects and trusts but not someone with a close emotional attachment. I'd prefer if the muse has been sober for two+ years, but we can probably find a middle ground.)

♡ Ex Friends (People used to be friends with but no longer is on good terms with, either as an aftermath of her addiction, the aftermath of her recovery when that starts, them just growing apart, etc etc)

#luxorintro #finally redid the intros #alcohol tw #alcoholism tw #drugs tw #overdose tw #abuse tw

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