#Love doing these- feel free to send Qs anytime about Lin my dudes!
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B for you also!!
Also: If she were in smash/mario kart, what powers do you think she'd have and what would her vehicle look like???
What's your favorite thing about playing her?
Random thought you have about her that just won't leave your brain?
Putting under a read more as these got long again, but thanks for sending in the ask! Happy to take many more as these are always fun! Also looking forward after a game soon seeing how Lin centric answers change, sheâs going to be going through some fun (and happy) things in her near future!
Also excellent extra Qs Frosty, love to see âem!
2. How easy is it for your character to laugh? Laughter⌠oh tough one cos Lin, she does laugh quite frequently. But some of that is a forced laugh at the end of one of her own âlook at the peckinâ idiot jokesâ or to misdirect things (both so others dont see and so she doesnât always have to think too deeply about her words). But she also does laugh genuinely quite a bit as well; family shenanigans, silly stories over warm meals or steaming drinks, watching toon chaos go down that is safe and silly. Itâs easy when you know her to get honest laughs- sheâs open with those she loves and as they bring her joy the actual warm laughter comes easy. Something that is going to get even easier given time. Itâs loud and bright and full of warmth and itâs going to be softer.
3. How do they put themselves to bed at night (reading, singing, thinking?) At the moment? A sharp drink of a sleeping potion and trying very hard to think happy thoughts as she blacks out- nightmares still come but she does try. Waking half-shifted too few hours later and fighting a shift isn't great... but she slept enough right?Â
But In the future? Itâs going to be better. Reading sometimes, but also a good cup of Stagehandâs special hot chocolate and a final chat with her boy are going to be important and soft. Making sure heâs asleep, sometimes staying with him to make sure he gets good dreams and nodding off herself. Other nights itâs getting herself in the comfiest pyjamas she can find, snagging a lullapop to put on the bedside table and doing some breathing exercises with Network humming songs to her. Nightmares might still happen, but with a major dangerous card off the table, sheâs going to feel easier about getting support. Her dreams are going to get sweeter⌠and maybe one or two cuddle piles will be helpful. She always sleeps best when she knows family are near and safe, in either of the two places she calls home. The last thought she has when drifting off is the phantom of comforting hands sheâs felt in the past full of love and reassurance, slipping into sweet dreams and true sleep knowing everything is alright.
4. How easy is it to earn their trust? It can be quite easy and also quite hard! Sheâs guarded and needs a reason to trust people. But there are ways, if you seem kind and caring and open- if she sees good and soft present? You show her through your acts that you are someone potentially safe to trust? Sheâs got a bleeding heart and a wish to help. Having people care for her back and trust in her confirms that bond, She will do her best to prove that the care is well placed. Other ways are steps: You help out children and she sees that? Congratulations you have a little bit of her trust. If she gives you her business card, youâre definitely working your way up as network, and if she invites you around or turns up to a place that youâve invited her to more than once? Yeah youâve definitely got her trust then- you might even be family.
5. How easy is it to earn their mistrust? Lin likes to think herself as a wary person, and she is- once bitten twice shy sort of thing- she can get quite railroading on her views. In this world if someone can harm you and gain something from it, they likely will- sheâs seen that quite a bit from her cases. So if something sits wrong with her, or she finds things out that taint views, or someone just keeps pushing the wrong buttons it can break that trust or prevent it from ever forming. However, given time and proof Lin can learn to trust people even if she didnât originally.
Breaking her trust? Withholding dangerous info from her or doing something that takes what little control she has out of her hand. Once youâve broken or splintered the bond it is going to be incredibly hard to earn it back.Â
Sheâll beat herself up for months that she didnât see it coming, or worse question where she went wrong that led to the moment happening. Itâs a surefire way to get her walls up and once youâre on a mistrust list itâs tricky to find ways to get off them.
6. Do they consider laws flexible, or immovable? Oh another tough one! Lin sees laws as both. They can be flexible, you can find the loopholes and the strings and manipulate them so the system is the best it can be- work within it to keep people safe and as shielded as possible- with the Law backing you it makes it harder for things to go wrong. At the same time she sees the corruption in places and knows that if things go wrong that immovable authority and strong laws will be worse than hitting a brick wall. Just because laws can do good, doesnât mean the people behind them always are. Itâs one of the reasons she is so worried for Lil Boomer. If that kid gets into trouble enough to actually get caught by the authorities, sheâs genuinely unsure how she could get the flexibility to make sure that little reelkind didnât get hurt.
8. What were they told to stop/start doing most often as a child Oh Lin had a lot of people giving her advice as a kid, many different stagehands helping her learn things and also beyond that. Sheâs got a few snippets she recalls best: âStart/keep exploring, thereâs a world full of people Pompom, never stop seeing that.â, ââlil Lin, pompom, kiddo, please for the love of peckinâ gods stop leaping from the rafters to scare folks, do it like this!â, âNever be afraid to come in for a hug pompom dear, always ask permission first mind for most folks, but remember to keep being open- youâre a good kid, keep being soft eh?â ⌠âPompom⌠Lin please, whatever the peck is going on stop and talk to us Stop shoving us away! Whatâs happening to You?! What is wrong with your design? What is wrong with your face, this isnât normal would you just- Lin Lil Lin Stagehand talk to us! -Kiddo!âÂ
11. How do they cope with confusion (seek clarification, pretend they understand, etc)? If itâs for a case or for something related to someone she cares about, she seeks info out. Either clarifying with folks or doing some sleuthing and finding as many reports or related information snippets as she can. She might even straight up bluntly ask someone if something makes no peckin sense about them. Although she tries to have habit of tact for her inner circle when she asks questions, or with children. She tries to be soft as needed. Her track record of near perfect cases definitely proves that she has done her best over the years to limit confusion at all costs.
 If itâs something related to herself though, perhaps about the cure? She will dig up as much as she can but also likely spiral if she canât find the source or the answer to the thing confusing her most. Sheâll pretend everything is fine while internally going into panic spiral at âpeckin detective canât even help themselfâ. Nothing is ever simple or calm and so she canât believe it if something is too easy, and sheâll drive herself into confusion if she listens to much to her paranoia.
13. What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color? Lin⌠doesnât really know what colour she looks best in? Sheâs had the same outfit for as long as she can remember with the odd costume for a case or seasonal event. Navy and Red are her go to colours and she does suit them quite well when she is her natural true colour. In fact she does think she looks good in them, especially with her niece-jumper in gold-red-navy. So thatâs her âbest lookâ!Â
When her fur has become the distressed russet the red kind of clashes a bit but that wonât be an issue forever. Sheâll have to try out other colours someday, when she gets the time and energy to go clothes shopping, maybe try out autumnal or halloween themed colours, sheâll see how things go.
What animal do they fear most? Herself Wolves. She knows other wolves arenât like the Thing that bit her, and the Thing in and of itself wasnât fully wolf⌠whatever the peck it was is something else⌠but yeah, from her own shifting and knowledge of what she can do, and that memory of something lupine and huge hurtling at her from the dark⌠its definitely an animal that sparks her fear response and has her reaching for her broach and crossbow at the sound of a howl or a too big shadow.Â
She will meet lycans in the future that help ease that, and seeing druids like her son be able to change to wolf form is cool⌠but if she doesnât see it coming or one come at her from behind she will flinch and shield whoeverâs closest to her and mentally be somewhere else for a second.Â
An old fear thatâs going to take a long while for her to be able to ease away. Wolves are wonderful creatures, she just has to break the association.
B) What inspired you to create them? Honestly? Toonkind in general. I saw my first session of it on YouTube when I was alone and wandering what to do with myself as my DnD adventure died with lockdown. But this whole new world of insane and amazing characters and stupendous people- it sparked such joy and life in me. Lin was formed from that joy, and then from there she has grown. I am so delighted by the stories I can tell with her and the people I have met through her. That creation inspiration has bloomed since then... in fact: Lin thinks in network connections, and in this instance, the Drafthouse server to me? Is a RAINBOW of inspiration.
Mario karts:Â
Vehicle wise: Sheâd have something small, a very speedy little car in her signature colours and a very happy tooting little horn, does it have racing flames on the side? Absolutely bc she delights in the silly things even as she projects sensible detective as well.Â
Special power move? You ever heard this little monkey swear? An explosion of tangible grawlix symbols in a rainbow of colours bursting from the car to knock people out of the way (followed by a very quiet version of her signature laugh).
Favourite thing about playing her? Interactions with others. Lin has built an amazing web of family that is full of love and warmth and softness. Getting to see her grow into that and reach back is something so soft that I am delighted to enable. Her CornMaze family, spooky grandparents, her son? her many adopted children and newfound friendly pecknecks? Itâs the people that make it fun to play her and give her such life. She changes and grows and shifts even beyond what I think of her and so that makes it so exciting to play as I have no idea what the future will have in store.
âŚalso not going to lie hearing people scream âLin for peck sake NOâ adds years to my lifespan as I cackle, sheâs a beloved but so very dumb little monkey who makes poor life choices and audience reactions give me life.
#Detective Lil Lin Stagehand#Toonkind#toonkind dnd#dozydin-keyfree#Love doing these- feel free to send Qs anytime about Lin my dudes!
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