#They didn’t want him to be yet another dusty cis man who doesn’t wash his own ass

[societyofsaintignacio]

🎂🍪🍟?

Apologies for the delayed response.

🎂: Has your OC have any contradictory interests or traits to the first preception people have of them? How do they surprise people?

Elijah is stern in appearance and disposition and the scarred side of his face draws a lot of negative attention. In reality he’s quite warm and protective towards his friends and family but his shyness around new people tends to conceal this fact.

His conservative views and stoic masculinity has strangers feeling surprised when they learn that Celestinos trained to be a ballet dancer before he went to seminary. He still maintains an interest and passion for dancing, despite not really having time for it or any formal training anymore.

Hendrik-Jan has a sweet and gentle nature and comes across as being rather naive, but he can be quite insensitive and unempathetic, which is something that manages to shock even friends and family at times.

🍪: What is something that is sentimental to your OC?

Elijah has tartan from Scotland that was hand made by the women in his family. He keeps it his closet and seldom wears it but it's one of his few treasured possessions.

Celestinos has an old pair of ballet shoes that his grandmother had bought him when he was a child. They're worn and have seen better days but he fondly remembers his grandma's support of his love for dancing.

Hendrik-Jan keeps a diary and keeps record of as much of his day to day activities and the people he cares about as he can. He collects photos and other small momentos that he keeps in one of the drawers in his dresser.

🍟: What does your OC admit to be their guilty pleasure? What actually is their guilty pleasure?

Elijah is too honest to lie and feels he’s too old to be embarrassed over trivial things that he enjoys. He was raised in a predominantly female household so he enjoys having a habitual skincare and hair routine regardless of how he might get mocked or teased for being “girly”. It feels good to take care of himself in that way but it also reminds him of his upbringing.

Celestinos admits to liking “chick flicks” but his actual guilty pleasure is trashy reality TV shows. He can’t resist gawking at the chaos.

Hendrik-Jan would say his guilty pleasure is something generic like enjoying pastries but he actually loves secular media far more than Christian ones despite any sort of “sinful” content or messaging in them. He always has had a fascination with non-Christian people and ideas.