#1. the crain family from netflix's haunting of hill house / 2. the todorokis from bnha / 3. sunny's friend group from the video game omori

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the kids are (not) alright.

full view + commentary under the cut:

from l to r: tristan / cei / percy / kvornan & kiernan

the finished lineup of the wormwood siblings after many hours of manic brainstorming, so here's a short description of each:

tristan wormwood (24):

the eldest of the wormwood brood, tristan was, for a lack of better words, an oops baby. while he was very bright and believed to be on the path of academic success, he was a quiet and unassuming child. tristan was very protective of his younger siblings and was prone to put their needs before his, taking his duty as the older brother and hector's helper seriously. after being traumatically separated from their parents and facing a bleak reality without them, the teenaged tristan couldn't take the pressure of being a caregiver for his siblings, so he coped by withdrawing from everyone. his grades dropped severely, and he eventually stopped going to school, instead staying locked in his room for the next 5 years. now as a young adult, tristan has a tendency to wander around or stay inside his aunt's residence, and his relationship with his siblings continue to be strained, especially with cei and percy, who take their respective anger and frustration out on him. he has an on-again, off-again romantic relationship with a girl named ysolt. tristan took after his mother elaine and her fear of commitment, so it doesn't come to a surprise that he would flake out every now and again. fun facts: 1. at 6'4, tristan is both the tallest sibling and tallest relative of the wormwood clan 2. as the firstborn son, he is the first (but not the last) male descendant of the 300-year-old matrilineal family tree 3. tristan is the Denial stage of the five stages of grief 4. tristan strongly resembles elaine, so he avoids mirrors

cei wormwood (23):

the second son of the wormwood brood, cei (pronounced as 'kay') was born in the same calendar year as tristan with the intention being that tristan wouldn't be alone and have a sibling to play with. the opposite of tristan personality-wise, cei was an energetic, boisterous, and mischievous child who often cried for elaine to come home. because he was so close in age to tristan, the two brothers were thick as thieves for the years before their younger siblings' arrivals. he always followed after tristan and relied on his instructions, even if cei would break them. left adrift after the family was torn apart, cei was lost and confused. with tristan no longer involving himself with the siblings, cei's anchor he relied heavily on was gone. for the 5 years during tristan's self-isolation, cei was no longer a happy-go-lucky boy, but instead he was full of resentment and grief, and so he had to step up to the plate to be his siblings' caregiver. cei grew up angry at the world, and that anger would be misdirected to his siblings. but everyone knew the people he was angry at the most were his parents. now as an adult, cei is a student of the studium's faculty of medicine department on the behest of his aunt, at the same time working his way through school by taking night shifts at the last stand. cei is focused on creating the perfect mix of good food and good nutrition, not just for the betterment of sharlayan society, but also wanting to capture the warm and nostalgic feelings of his mother's home-cooked meals so he and his siblings could come together and enjoy dinners like they used to. fun facts: 1. cei is the only one with brown eyes, a feature he inherited from elaine 2. cei is the only one who can cook among the siblings, based on his years of being raised by their grandmother and her 'terrible' food. he often prepares their meals and takes into account what they like or don't like 3. cei was the most affected by tristan's withdrawal from the siblings, and he likes to throw hurtful comments and insults to his brother whenever he comes around, which tends to lead to arguments between the two 4. cei is the Anger of the five stages of grief

percival wormwood (19):

the only daughter and middle child of the brood, percy was originally believed to be a boy before their birth by elaine, but hector named them percival because he liked the name so much he couldn't imagine calling them anything else. stuck between 4 brothers, percy struggled to fit in, and as a result, became more of a tomboy to not feel left out. percy was extremely close to hector as a child, often being called his shadow for how often they would cling to him, perhaps in a childlike attempt to receive more attention. despite what their brothers may feel, percy carries the most guilt over what they believe caused the fall of the family, with the physical scar to prove it. for most of their teenage years, percy was used as a scapegoat for familial disagreements, their pity, and their brothers' constant fighting, and at 19 years old, percy wants nothing more to do with them, even if it means risking splitting the fractured unit further apart. as of now, percy is at a loss of what to do next. having no love for school, percy seems to be heading in the same direction as their brother tristan, something their great-aunts seem loathe to admit out loud. after being a mediator for their older brothers for most of their young life, percy wants out. fun facts: 1. percy is the only sibling with green eyes, a recessive trait from their mother's side. they resemble hector more than the others 2. percy is the Bargaining of the five stages of grief 3. percy is the only sibling that has an innate ability for magecraft, a talent carried by the wormwood clan for generations, but they never pursued learning more beyond simple parlor tricks 4. percy's nose scar is the result of hector's mental breakdown caused by halmarut's corruption (something the siblings did not know at the time), after he lashed out at them with a knife

kvornan & kiernan wormwood (16):

with their arrival being a bit of a surprise in the midst of hector and elaine's relationship troubles, the twins are the last of the wormwood brood, with kvornan being 4 minutes older than kiernan. while they were too young to remember the troubled times of the family unit, the boys carry some measure of guilt in their own ways. kvornan tries to keep his siblings together as best as he can, while kiernan keeps himself at a distance. regardless, the twins have a decent relationship with cei and percy, the four of them being closer than their eldest brother tristan. they have vague memories of their parents, and while their older siblings envy this fact, the twins envy them in turn for having the opportunity to know their parents better than them, as they usually have nothing to add whenever cei and percy discuss the more happier times. currently, kvornan is excelling in school, but kiernan tends to fall behind his more studious twin in favor of daydreaming. they now live with their brother cei in his apartment in sharlayan, but they don't need any supervision as they learned to be independent early in life. fun facts: 1. elaine wasn't there when the twins were born, so their names are different from their siblings. their names come from the wormwood clan's amdapori heritage 2. kvornan and kiernan's grief stages are flipped: kvornan is Acceptance despite being the 4th child, and kiernan is Depression despite being the last born 3. kiernan is prone to periods of selective mutism, so kvornan often has to talk for him 4. the twins are both 5'6, but are projected to grow taller than tristan in a few years