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[riftclaw]

Gonna fill out this questionaire for Curie's upcoming appearance in the @sonic-oc-showdown round starting this weekend! Let me introduce you to my beloved flying radioactive puppy!

✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name?

Curie is named after the radioactive measurement of the curie, and also Maria Skłodowska-Curie. Their name is actually older than this particular iteration of the character, who was originally not a sonic oc and was named Curie as an intentional callback to the name of a character in Homestuck. "The Radiant" is because he glows in the dark, playing on a rarer sonic character naming convention (Fang the Sniper/Hunter).

🌼 - How old are they? (Or approximate age range)

Developmentally and physically, Curie would be roughly in their early to mid twenties. However, they were born in 1923, making them about 86 in their AU's current day (2009). They spent most of their life locked in isolation in a military facility, though, and were only freed and started living life outside a box again in 1995.

🌺- Do they have any love interest(s)?

He's part of a 5 person polycule including my other characters Agent VX, Caprice Amaranth, David Valke and Luka Mosaic. He has different relationships with all of them, having fallen for V, Caprice and Valke while adapting to modern life, and becoming involved with Luka later after they bonded over being giant nerds.

🍕 - What is their favorite food?

Candy, pretty much any type. Crunchy sweets like rock are their favourite.

💼 - What do they do for a living?

Curie runs a nuclear power plant and waste disposal business, which is largely a front for making sure he has enough to eat-- because as much as he enjoys candy, his body will only properly digest radioactive materials. Since his business is really only there to keep him fed, he sells power at a loss-- which means it's very affordable and in high demand, giving him the ability to expand his power network and thus bring in more nuclear waste to eat later. He's not in it to make money, though-- outside of his personal R&D efforts, he sinks practically all his profits into charity. His main reactor base and the surrounding city of Bloodwood Grove was built on the Painted-Rocks clan's abandoned land, specifically to help camouflage the habitats of the last living mobosaur herds that the clan once hunted and protected.

🎹 - Do they have any hobbies?

They collect plushies, radioactive knick knacks like uranium glass and watches with radium paint, and Godzilla merchandise, and they love to tinker with technology and study space.

🎯 -What do they do best?

Nuclear physics, probably-- it's something that started out of necessity (because of his unusual diet) but he developed an aptitude for it and genuinely enjoys working on nuclear powered inventions. It's not unusual for him to build experimental reactors for fun.

🥊 -What do they love to do? What do they hate to do?

They love to watch Godzilla movies and play around with unusual tech. They hate being confined to boring meeting rooms or made to deal with unnecessary beauracracy.

❤️ - What is one of your OC’s best memories?

The first time he rolled in the grass after he was freed from the facility he was imprisoned in. The grass wasn't even on Earth/Mobius, but it was grass, and he'd all but forgotten it existed after being locked away for 60+ years.

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

They don't currently have many-- a lot of their most traumatic experiences will occur in the future, such as when the forces/zombot plot occurs. That's not fun for anyone, but especially Curie.

🧊 - Is their current design the first one?

The very first proto-Curie was actually just a heavily au Jade Harley-- who had changed so drastically I "filed off the serial numbers" and made into their own character. His first ever original design was human! He still ate nuclear waste, though. This current iteration of Curie was developed when I was initially setting up my Amalgam au, drawing more on his initial prototype's personality and history than Cain Einley, the other character I split off the same prototype several years back.

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

Related to the question above, they spawned from a particularly ridiculous homestuck fanfic that never made it past a disjointed first draft back in the early 10s. If i sink enough development into a canon character that they stop looking/sounding like that character, I split them off, give them a fursona and a new name, and carry on writing my new oc, and Curie is just another in a long line of similar characters who occupy my brainspace.

🌂 - What genre do they belong in?

Science fiction for sure.

💚 - What is your OC’s gender identity and sexuality?

They are agender with a side of transmasc*, and use he or they pronouns interchangeably. Curie is also demisexual-- they need to form an emotional bond with someone before they can develop romantic feelings for them. *My friends and I often refer to them as "none gender with left boy"

🙌 - How many sibling does your OC have?

He had four, but none of them are alive today, and he doesn't remember them anymore. :(

🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?

They don't remember either of their parents, either, but considering that the guy who made them what they are now was their father, at least one of those relationships was pretty unhealthy.

🧠 - What do you like most about the OC?

On a purely aesthetic level the fact that he glows in the dark will always delight me. It's such a fun trait to play with!

✏️ - How often do you draw/write about the OC?

I draw them decently often, although a lot of what I draw in general doesn't get published. I write about them a lot more, but nothing that's in a state to be shared. They're the secondary main character of Amalgam's whole main storyline!

💎 - Do you ever see yourself killing off the OC?

He does die in the future. Not for a good long while-- mobians in his universe live for 150 years on average, and his peculiar metabolism means he's going to outlive that many times over, but eventually he will power down and fade away. He's got a lot to accomplish on the way there though!

💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?

Claustrophobia for sure.

🍩 -Who is your OC’s arch-nemesis or rival?

In the future he'll be taking the rookie's place in Amalgam's version of the forces/zombot plot (they are combined!), and will be facing up against their version of Infinite. His radioactive blood means he can't get infected by the zombot virus, which puts him in a position of being the best person for a lot of problem solving in this particular plotline.

🎓 - How long have you had the OC?

As "Curie the Radiant", since early 2019. Here's the first ever picture I posted of them, before their personality had finished solidifying!

🍥 - What age were you when you created the OC?

In 2019 I was 29! Although as I said earlier, he has roots in fanfiction/original fiction from before Amalgam became my primary worldbuild, and his prototype form would date to when I was about 23.

[the-moon-pal]

For the ask game: ✨️ 🌼 🍕 💼 🎹 🎯 the world (me) must know more about Gus 🎤

OOOO heheheh >:3c v well i shall share my info of gus to u!! ✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name? I literally just thought of it and chose the first one that came to my mind, usually i don't like to take long to choose a name, but the first time i drew him ik he was just gonna be named Gus 🌼 - How old are they? (Or approximate age range) Gus i tend to see him around his 20's, around like 25-27 maybe? i can't see him close to 30's tho, just has that young-ish energy :3c

🍕 - What is their favorite food? A joke i have with myself rn is that he'd love sea food but in reality flower's nectar and fruits would be his favorite.

💼 - What do they do for a living? Technically? nothing HJDFHJHJ most of the things he has gotten are gifted, "borrowed" or forgotten stuff he has found [and maybe stolen but he prob doesn't realize it] i did like the idea once he gets used to human stuff he maaay try and work somewhere but i don't have a concrete idea as to where 🎹 - Do they have any hobbies? Gus is an outdoorsy person! so basically hiking, traveling, flying and stunts are some of his hobbies, recently i also made him getting into photography tho mostly when he's out on his trips!

🎯 -What do they do best? Personally i think flying and stunts is what Gus would do best, he puts a lot of care into them and i feel he enjoys the process of doing some sick flips- tho if we're not talking about stuff he can do, he's also v nice to just talk to i think :3c just a nice shoulder to rest on

[labelleizzy]

Calories are bullshit.

You wanna know why?

Because they measure calories in food by IGNITING THE FOOD ON FIRE.

In a real shocking development, human bodies DO NOT light food on fire internally when we digest food

🥑🥝🥩🥨🥪🥦🌭🌮🥟🥧🍜🍝🍔🍕🍞

BMI is utter bullshit, calories are bullshit, "you just need to burn more calories than you consume" is BULLSHIT.

Metabolism is complicated. Bodies are individual and react individually to different foods. I grind black pepper on a meal, that would send my friend V to hospital.

Bodies are freaking weird.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[leejungchans]

happy new year sol!!! how has it already been a week!! so much has happened and lunar new year is also fast approaching 🤯 - disney looked like so much fun!! i miss going to theme parks :(( what's your fav ride there? - your minho au is so cute!! it really reminds me of those kdramas~ and fr minho's mind is like cats>>>humans but he would make exceptions for yn~~ (mr driver is a Real one he KNOWS) alsooo i watched My Sassy Girl (2001) on new years day and i highly recommend it if you haven't seen it before!! - don quixote performance has changed my life... the fits the choreography!!! what can svt not do....... i wish you all the best in 2023!! let's have a great year~ (btw what is your fav lunar new year snack hehe mine is 蛋卷 😋) - 🍕

happy new year bubs!!!!! i hope 2023 has been going well for you so far 💖💖💖 and omg yes lunar new year is so soon!! my semester starts next week and it’s literally gonna be a week of classes before another week off 😭 definitely not complaining though hehe

disney was super fun!!!! it was my first time there in like 5-6 years bc i’ve been too lazy to get an annual pass until a few months ago so now i have motivation to go more frequently and get my money’s worth 😭 but it was really nice hehe bc the disneyland here refurbished the castle like a year or two ago so this was my first time seeing it in person :’))) and the fireworks show was so good too like ngl the remixes of disney songs they used were BOPS 😭 my fav ride has to be space mountain and also rc racer in the toy story section (which is basically a u-shaped ride and you go back and forth on it)!!

thank you for your v sweet words ab the minho fic 🥹🫶🏻🫶🏻 and i’m so happy to hear it gave you kdrama vibes too bc that’s what i was going for 🤧 but also tysm for the rec!!!! i’m definitely gonna check it out before school starts and let you know what i think ab it!!!

DON QUIXOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i’m so happy we finally got a performance bc it’s one of my favourite songs on the album if not my favourite (maybe after shadow bc i’m biased and lee chan grrr) cameraman robbed us of chan’s centre part but it’s okay we got the dance practice video 😔

also omg same 蛋卷 is definitely my favourite 🤝 i’m not a huge fan of the other lny snacks like 瓜子 (IM SORRY </3) but i will absolutely inhale a dozen 蛋卷s 🫶🏻🫶🏻 you know how some brands do modern takes of it? i’ve tried so many but imo the traditional ones that come in the square tins remain superior in terms of both taste and texture like ugh they’re so buttery and flaky 😽😽

[khaoticflame]

i was tagged by a bunch of really nice and lovely people, including @surviving-maybe @thisdivorce @gallawitchxx @deathclassic @jomilky @vintagelacerosette and @sickness-health-all-that-shit to do this super fun tag game thursday tuesday! thank you all so much and sorry for being spectacularly late to this 🥰✨

how old are you? 23

what do you do for a living? i’m a university student, meaning i cry, complain and procrastinate as a full time job 🙃 but i dream of becoming a translator one day

dream vacation destination? ugh there’s so many! i’ve never been able to travel as much as i would like to, so i’d take literally any destination. northern europe sounds really nice right now, though

favourite colour? i really love blue, i find it such a calming colour 💙 also burgundy and black

last thing you drank? sparkling water. v boring, but at least she’s sparkling ✨

last song you listened to? i’ve been on a heavy florence + the machine kick lately and if i don’t listen to ‘no light, no light’ once a day i feel sick

relationship status? single and not ready to mingle 🤙🏻

where are you from? a small village in italy 🇮🇹🤌🏻🍝🍕

biggest pet peeve? arrogance and narrow-mindedness. oh, and when people talk so loud on their phones while they’re on public transport. like, i can still hear every word you say even though i’m blasting music through my earbuds loud

tell me a secret? ok this is going to sound very stupid, but i have such an intense aversion for summertime lol. every year, around the middle of may, i always get anxious and nervous at the thought of another summer coming closer, and i wish i could skip this time of the year and go straight to september 1st. idk, things tend to get weird for me during summer, so i always hope it’ll pass quickly lol. also, in regards to the question, it’s always funny whenever i meet someone who takes a look at me and goes like “omg you look so pale!! do you ever go to the beach???” and when i tell them that i don’t really like going to the beach and purposefully roasting myself under the sun, they give me the side-eye as if to say “🤨🤨🤨 are you even human or 🤨🤨🤨”. so yeah, that, lmao.

like i said, i’m embarrassingly late to this and i’m sure everyone has done this already, but i’m gonna try with @milkoviched @bravemikhailo @friend-bear @shameless-notashamed @sleepyfacetoughguy @depressedstressedlemonzest @clingymickey @tomorrowillmissyou if you haven’t and want to 🥰 if you have, feel free to ignore me, this is just me saying hi ✨