Ref sheet for my gk oc Astrid! More info about her under the cut
Astrid was born in 1881 in Finland, to a finnish hunter and his swedish wife. Her life was anything but easy during the first few years of her life, where her family struggled with poverty and poor health. They eventually moved to her mother's hometown in sweden in search of better opportunities. She never truly liked her new home in the town, and she'd prefer to go on hunting trips with her dad in the woods. As a young teen, she decided to go back to Finland and live with a distant relative, but was surprised when the relative took her to Russia instead. (Still haven't figured out why, or how they traveled through Russia, but they eventually ended up in Hokkaido)
While on the roads through Russia, she learned to disguise herself as a man, partly to keep herself safe but also because it was something she enjoyed doing. She'd often steal uniforms from soldiers to gain access to their resources/information/etc. Astrid would be considered very handsome while in disguise, and she'd often find other women flirting with her. She'd always be completely dumbfounded when this happened and either come off as standoffish or become a mumbling mess.
While in Hokkaido, she'd run into the 7th a few times, once going so far that she was taken and questioned by Tsurumi. She'd escape the encounter and eventually meet the Sugimoto group, who she teamed up with. During the travels, she'd write down the recipes for all the different foods she's taught about. Many would remind her of dishes from back home, and she'd teach the group about those. She'd use her disguise and hunting skills to help out the group.
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A pet peeve of mine is when people say " he wouldn't say/do that" cause honestly no one knows what this character would say or do with their loved ones, cause usually we don't see it/they don't have any. we'd hope, of course, they'd love them and treat them well. And people will say this cause in their media they're mean or fighting enemies. Yeah, I'd hope he wouldn't beat the hell of his partner. Yes, Miguel was bad to miles, but he doesn't like him. It seems unfair to use that as an example for how he would treat his partner
This isn't just limited to Miguel. This goes for so many characters. ( cough Call of duty and more)
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I have to be there for the sonespio enjoyers all 3 of you. They scream-sing Jrock together they watch shonen anime together espio tries to get sonic to watch death note and he falls asleep immediately. They go outside and throw rocks at things and then at each other. Burden of being responsible older siblings when all they want to do is just be kids themselves. Feeling like they cant truly express feelings because they have to be strong and/or positive all the time. Can you IMAGINE the slumber party past-midnight talks these kids would have. Fuckin hell this is all mostly platonic still sorry i cant do romance anymore even when i try lmao
Espio 🤝 Sonic 🤝 Knuckles 🤝 Shadow
Immense sense of duty and responsibility
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Going all in trying to figure out how to make an l/ok self insert with consideration to my ethnicities and then seeing most people either give zero consideration to this being a universe largely based on Asian and Indigenous cultures or being white and just giving their self insert a vaguely Asian sounding name 😭 Trying to look up things related to race and ethnicity here was a mistake
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After my last post I decided to sit down and rank all the possible companion pairs. here is the tierlist, should you wish to fill it out yourself.
This is a "ship" chart, but it's important to clarify that I am interested in how the dynamic works overall, not just romantically. I am very invested in how the stories of different characters overlap, and how they could mesh together to change both people involved. so the more interesting I find an individual character, the more likely they are to be higher in the chart.
How interesting I find characters also usually translates to my desire (or lack thereof) to draw them. So my likeliness to draw a pairing is the scale I used to describe each tier, rather than a nebulous "S," "B", or "F." This way, I feel it is better understood exactly why each pair is placed where it is.
Once again, sorry to those who enjoy miss SH. I do not hate her, I just do not find her to be an especially compelling character. I like the voice acting for her, but I don't care for her design, and I feel any element of her story is simply better explored in those of other characters.
*Special Exception 1: I have to split this pair off specifically, because I've thoroughly disparaged it in the past, based on erroneous judgments of halsin's character. when I first played the game, I locked myself out of a lot of Act 2 dialogue with him, which meant I missed the parts of his character that I do find interesting. I will say, it does still deeply bother me how much of his character revolves around sating the sexual desire players might have for him. I also hate that, as far as I'm aware, he can only acknowledge the player's relationship with astarion in the context of having sex. But after spending an entire campaign playing the game correctly, trying to learn as much about halsin as I could, and thus romancing him, so that I could properly judge him, I have grown attached to my rewritten version of him. so I'm not so much fond of the star/halsin pair as it is in game, as I am of that dynamic in the context of corydalis' campaign.
*Special Exception 2: after what happened with halsin, I feel it would be unfair to judge how interesting I might find minthara's relationship with most of the other companions, given that I've not yet had the opportunity to recruit her. despite this, I can safely say that I have no interest in whatever would likely play out between her any of the men, bar gale. gale is the exception because I've seen snippets of dialogue between them. I do not necessarily think they'd work together romantically, but again, it's more that the potential dynamic between them is interesting to me, regardless of the type of relationship they have. also, I do not categorise all other minthy x male companion pairs as bad because I am of the belief that she is not bisexual. I have faith that this game would make an effort to show us that she was a different identity, were she, because it already does a great job of affirming every other companion's bisexuality outside their potential relationship to the player. what I do not have faith in, however, is that minthy has as beautifully written a story as lae'zel does, where she learns to abandon the cruel and bigoted beliefs her society indoctrinated her to have. not when origin companions like wyll & karlach still lack material, and not when halsin's writing is as inconsistent as it is. I do not think that either halsin or minthy have, or will ever have, fully fleshed out narratives.
if you've interesting commentary about a particular pairing that you like, that you feel I might benefit from reading, do feel free to share it! even if I dislike a pairing, I am usually willing to read someone's thoughts about why they do find it interesting, granted it's not like...something utterly foul. I just ask you keep any commentary you choose to share to companion/companion pairs or companion/companion pairs in the context of polyamory with a tav/durge. NPC romance is another conversation.
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more bad future timeline thoughts hhhhhh
one of my favorite bad future hcs is that future mikey and leo have a falling out in their 30-40s when donnie dies, but not just because 1) well... donnie's DEAD, or 2) it's like raph all over again, they promised it would never happen again but it IS; but particularly bc they're in a situation where the safety of the resistance is compromised and leo has to choose between donnie and hundreds of people
mikey begs leo not to let their brother die. leo chooses to be a leader
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