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Character Question Tag!

Rules:  Pick one of your characters, answer these questions, tag some people <3 I was tagged by @rosecorcoranwrites (thanks homie! <3), and the character I’ve picked is Arcana - the snarky, Hybrid clan mastermind!

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1) What was the first element of your OC that you remember considering (name, appearance, backstory, etc.)?

Well, since the Hybrid Clan is a collection of mythical creatures, I had to start with the fact that she’s the kitsune.  I built her character based off her animal traits, the backstory they required, and talents that would reference her myth origin as a trickster entity.

2) Did you design them with any other characters/OCs from their universe in mind?

YUP.  Firstly, because i wanted the kitsune to be part of the protag-friend-trio, so I had to round her out a bit alongside Talon and Ira.  Secondly, because the Hybrids come in pairs so I had to consider her canon baeeeeeee <3 

3) How did you choose their name?

Well fun fact, Arcana is not actually her name - or rather it’s not a name at all, in her culture.  Djinn’eylah refused to give her daughter a proper name of inheritance, and instead referred to the child as “the arcana”, or “the secret”.  By the time she reached the Hybrid clan, Arcana decided to embrace this title as her “name” and call-sign - as she’d formed an identity around her secrets.  

So TLDR: I needed her (latin) name to be in line with her backstory and her bitch mother.

4) In developing their backstory, what elements of the world they live in played the most influential parts?

Hnnng oh man so much of it, where to start.  Arcana’s Breed (or one of them) and all the slave-race mess obviously dictated how she was raised - in this case, as a little Fox-Blood gremlin wired into the database of the Scribes and their archives. (She’s essentially her culture’s equivalent of a kid raised on unsupervised internet access.)  There’s also all the world elements that formed the framework of her abusive childhood, her mother’s story, and explanations for why Arcana is the way she is - but that’s a TED talk for another time.

5) Is there any significance behind their hair color?

Yup - platinum blonde goes well with fennec fox ears.  But more importantly: she got it from her mama.

6) Is there any significance behind their eye color?

Also yup: as she did not get it from her mama.�� Her eyes are a vibrant violet/indigo/cerulean mix that doesn’t belong on land mammals.

7) Is there any significance behind their height?

Lol yes... the Fox-Bloods have the amusing reputation for being the smallest canine Breed - on par with the Domestics.  Compared to timberwolf behemoths like Caecius, her 5′5 stature is clearly not built for feats of strength.

8) What (if anything) do you relate to within their character/story?

Definitely her sense of dark humor, lazy extroversion, and bravado.  She’s the type that pulls all-nighters in spouts of chaotic genius, socializes like the most idgaf bitch on the block, and flips down her shades to watch the apocalypse.

9) Are they based off of you, in some way?

Heck yeah.  Of all the Hybrids that took bits and pieces of me - she ended up with the biggest share of my personality.  It mostly comes through in her manner of speech.

10) Did you know what the OC’s sexuality would be at the time of their creation?

Yup.  Though I have discovered a thing or two about other facets of it while writing her.

11) What have you found to be most difficult about creating art for your OC (any form of art: writing, drawing, edits, etc.)?

Drawing her GOD DAMN TAILS.  HOLY SHIT.  THERE’S NINE OF THEM.  WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY EVEN DOING??? TOO MUCH, THAT’S WHAT.

12) How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

Well I can’t say anything about canon, yet - but in my head she has a whole future laid out for her, her bae, and all her mischievous little foxy sons! she has five of them send help

13) If you had to narrow it down to 2 things that you MUST keep in mind while working with your OC, what would those things be?

1) She is self-destructive, self-hating, kindof a bitch, and definitely needs help. 2) ... ask nicely.

14) What is something about your OC that can make you laugh?

Her snarky snark and her sailor mouth.

15) What is something about your OC that can make you cry?

The crushing, overwhelming weight of her selfless existential guilt.

16) Is there some element you regret adding to your OC or their story?

Yeah, the fact that the coolest part has to happen off-screen.  Maybe I’ll just write side-stories for it.

17) What is the most recent thing you’ve discovered about your OC? 

  (✿ʘ‿ʘ)  If I break her thoroughly enough, she is prone to a whole host of unhealthy behaviors.

18) What is your favorite fact about your OC?

She’s part octopus, and that will never not be hilarious to me.

~~~ AND I WILL TAG @authorkimberlygrey , @wingedcatwblr, @siarven, @constantbellpepper , @adiwritings, @callmeweeeh, @sadragons and @creatinmaven !