#Zaya;hc

[ladykagewaki]

Hunter & Kids Meet Emerie & Kids

I have an HC that Crosshair stuns Emerie at every chance he gets. In part for revenge for his time at Tantiss, but also because, ya know, they're siblings.

@zaya-mo @chrissywakingup @the-sith-in-the-sky-with-diamond @aintinacage @ladykatakuri @marierg @thecoffeelorian @salubriousbean

[piperslovebot]

zoe,maya, manny for the ask game <3

Sexuality Headcanon: she's canonically a lesbian

Gender Headcanon: I don’t hate the idea of trans!zoe, but she’s cis in my eyes.

A ship I have with said character: Rasha, Maya, & Esme

A BROTP I have with said character: Miles, Grace, Winston, Goldi, Zig, and lowkey Tiny because I think there was potential

A NOTP I have with said character: Zoe/men obviously. Zoe/Drew is the worst tho since she was 15 and he was 18 (I love Drew but…this was not a good storyline for him). But also Gracevas doesn’t do it for me personally. I love my Gracevas moots tho. Also Zoe & Tristan as friends until NC S3-4.

A random headcanon: Zoe, Miles, Tristan, Goldi, Rasha, and Grace all gather together for the holidays.

General Opinion over said character: I love her a lot and I’m really happy seeing her grow as a person over the past six seasons.

Sexuality Headcanon: bi. As much as I dislike Emmanny most of the time, there are definitely bi vibes there.

Gender Headcanon: cis (I’m boring ik lol)

A ship I have with said character: Jay, Ellie, Liberty, s5 Cranny

A BROTP I have with said character: Liberty, Darcy even though she treated Manny like trash and Manny was a saint for staying best friends with her, JT, Toby

A NOTP I have with said character: Cranny, JTanny, Mick/Manny, Panny (yes I’ve seen people Peter and Manny), and etc.

A random headcanon: She had her bi awakening in Hollywood post s8 and pre s9. Also she married Jay in DTM and now they have a daughter named Aurora.

General Opinion over said character: My bitch always. Manny Santos has done nothing wrong ever.

Sexuality Headcanon: 🎶bi bi bi🎶

Gender Headcanon: cis but I don’t hate the hc of Maya being trans.

A ship I have with said character: Zig, Miles (sorry Ashton!), Cam, Tori, Zoe (I ship Maya with basically everyone)

A BROTP I have with said character: Tori, Tristan in s11-12 & NC s4, Grace, Jonah, Tiny (I wish they interacted more), Zig (I love them as a couple but they’re good as friends too), Miles, Zoe

A NOTP I have with said character: Maya & Tristan as a brotp at times

A random headcanon: A lot (and some are Zaya related lol), but Maya has her bi awakening during college.

General Opinion over said character: I love her and I don’t trust her haters.

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Hii dear tumblr user, i'm Zaya:)

zay or bee or beebrain etc also fine, go crazy. She/her or they/them prns. 21yo

I post silly warcat art and sometimes thoughts/hc about them:)

tags i use

#zayas canon designs (for my takes on cats from the book)

#other ppls art (art reblogs)

#other ppls designs (my take on cool designs)

#bee talking moment (personal stuff)

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[brokenisims-a]

touch . write about your muse’s reaction to someone raising their hand at them .

@bcckmarked

Zaya hates it because (even if it’s just someone throwing their hands up in frustration and it’s technically not directed at her) it reminds her of her mom. Before her biological mother actually went to jail, she would hit Zaya some times. Not much. Usually, it was when she was blackout drunk. But it was enough that Zaya finches every time someone even looks remotely close to hitting her. 

[iixiplaytimeisoverixii]

{HC Time: Atem used to have smooth hands, but thanks to his job as a mechanic, they have become a little rough with calluses and scares. Working with machinery is never easy and since his hands constantly handle metal, he can never predict when he's going to end up with a new cut, especially since he never realizes it till he's washing up afterwards and the soap makes it sting.}

[dawnscales]

                some of my mateus alt .

ZAYA . a qestir healer with an overly kind heart & gentle nature . she hates fighting & has never underwent the xaela trials, instead she heals the warriors, making no difference in clans . when she interacts with people from outside of the steppe, she’ll hum in response, knowing that most outsiders find her absolute silence too unusual. ( her appearance will change in the future, as per RP, it is planned for her to have an accident which will cost her her eye, but for that I still need to finish stormblood )

ARISMONT . ishgardian heretic - arismont never had a choice when it came to the dragonsong war, both his parents were heretics & their child was born as one . however, not caring for a war where he never had a choice to pick sides, arismont left ishgard - somewhere during his travels he fell in love with a dravanian huntress & the two of them have a son, who like his father, carries the heretics curse with him . finding that out, the mother left them & arismont raised his son by himself . seeing as his son is now over 15, he lets the boy travel by himself & started to travel as well.

AIGIARN . half raen / half xaela  . one of her mother’s husbands was a raen of the malaguld, resulting in many of them telling aigiarn that she has to find an even more interesting husband . aigiarn, or “ai”, as she’s been called by her father, has now left the steppe to find such a man... discovering that in fact, she is too shy to flirt with anyone ...at least she can refine her archery skills .

K’LYHHIA . or as she calls herself “Lia”, is a seeker from the K tribe . Lia, never felt fully comfortable within her clan and its traditions, however she still followed it . that is, until she gave birth to a baby daughter . not wanting her child to perhaps feel the same discomfort, Lia left her clan . away from her people, she finally allowed herself to be her own person, discovering that she has no interest in any men but in women, which she believes is the source of her discomfort with the seekers traditions . she is now living in Limsa with her daughter, trying to get them to a better life.

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                            elie’s ffxivwrite2020 masterpost!!

my ao3 fill collection || my ffxivwrite2020 fills || all ffxivwrite2020 posts

total word count: 44753 words (oh gods) longest fill: hero’s journey (4813 words) shortest fill: put your feet up (281 words)

personal favorites: call of the sea (1466 words) | for you the flowers bloom (2224 words) | words will not suffice (2111 words) | hero’s journey (4813 words) | you found me there (1188 words) | unburn the ashes (801 words) | solar eclipse (1165 words) | i wanna know what you’re doing tonight (2796 words)

aaaaaa! we’re through boys and girls and everyone in between! i managed to finish yet another year of ffxivwrite (which also coincides with the actual start of this blog since i started posting at the start of september; just forgot to mention it earlier :P) a GIGANTIC thank you to @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast for running this event (even if you really got us with one of those prompts), to mom squad for reading my fics and screaming with me about many of them since we started chatting in like, february, and getting me through this ffxivwrite, and to EVERYBODY who read my fics, as good or bad as they were! this event gave me back my want to write and show everyone for the first time since i lost the will in elementary and i cannot thank everyone enough!

1. CRUX - the devoted and the dead - shb spoilers taban meets g’raha tia when all is said and done.

2. SWAY - call of the sea - post 5.3, no direct spoilers jacke/tehra’ir; jacke deals with v’kebbe’s noise complaints about (unfortunately and fortunately) tehra’ir.

3. MUSTER - til the dawn - post 5.3, spoilers thancred/zaya; thancred and zaya deserve a rest.

4. CLINCH - touch of death - shb spoilers heroic entrances, unfortunately, don’t guarantee winning situations. thancred and zaya are just unlucky when it comes to ran’jit.

5. MATTER OF FACT - sentimental fallacy  - shb spoilers cw: animal death + blood emet-selch takes a walk in the woods, and zaya goes hunting.

6. FREE DAY | VERNALIZATION - for you the flowers bloom  - post 5.3, spoilers haruki/a’dewah; there’s a lot to be said about summer, spring, and flowers, if you look at it closely enough.

7. NONAGENARIAN - put your feet up - post 5.3, spoilers thancred/zaya; thancred, predictably, takes a hit for zaya, and afterwards refuses to acknowledge it. krile and zaya are going to get revenge one day.

8. CLAMOR - live a little  - vaguely sorrow of werlyt spoilers? today on ironworks news: one renegade warrior of light elwin de lipine ropes seven and viggo into a joyride with ironworks’ new mech

9. LUSH - confidence boost a’dewah, lumelle and getting ready for a party(?) while also having anxiety.

10. AVAIL - words will not suffice  - spoilers for 4.4 MSQ, steppe portion magnai, oktai, and sadu versus hien, seiryu’s wall edition.

11. ULTRACREPIDARIAN - illiteracy for two - post leviathan, ARR zaya isn’t really too good at writing. thancred and alphinaud have both seen them.

12. TOOTH AND NAIL - something’s electric in your blood cw: blood, injury raubahn finds out that zaya is a lot more than qestiri the first time they duel.

13. FREE DAY | PROMISES - our change of heart - post 5.3, spoilers thancred/zaya; thancred isn’t used to having trinkets (and promises) to keep.

14. PART - hero’s journey - spans pre-HW to SHB, spoilers; DRK hcs you aren’t really a hero, but this is still your journey, too.

15. ACHE - a life in your shape cw: blood, injury (only in the fourth part) haruki/a’dewah; a’dewah has had far too many crushes for a single man.

16. LUCUBRATION - imprimatur - pre-1.0 y’shtola learns that the new students are A) workaholics, but only sometimes, and B) also very into forbidden magics.

17. FADE - you found me there - post 5.3, spoilers thancred/zaya (liddol bit of atalanta/haik at the end); thancred’s always been a light sleeper and zaya’s never been good at sneaking around.

18. PANGLOSSIAN - unburn the ashes - 5.0 and 5.3 spoilers, amaurot thancred/zaya, but amaurotine-flavored (atalanta/haik); not even the most frightening of storms lasts forever.

19. WHERE THE HEART IS - always been my north star - post 5.3 jacke/tehra’ir, sequel to call of the sea; two rogues struggle to get their dinner on time.

20. FREE DAY | PERIHELION - solar eclipse - post ‘naadam’ magnai/oktai; so maybe magnai realizes why he hasn’t found his nhaama yet, and maybe he flies over to reunion at the crack of dawn to ask.

21. FOIBLES - anything that glimmers - post 5.3 thancred/zaya, sequel to our change of heart; thancred might be picking up magpie tendencies from his partner, but somehow that’s not all that bad.

22. ARGY-BARGY - before it’s too late - SHB, pre-return to amh araeng pre-relationship thancred/zaya but mostly gen; ardbert notices a few things while he’s hovering over zaya’s shoulder.

23. SHUFFLE - i wanna know what you’re doing tonight - modern AU pre-relationship thancred/zaya; thancred lets zaya borrow his phone while they visit the city for work and forgets (?) to move a particular playlist to his lifestream.

24. BEAM - oh, your love is sunlight - post 5.3 (???) thancred/zaya AND haruki/a’dewah; a double date to raiding an abandoned, plant-infested building is a lot more interesting than it should be.

25. WISH - remember me - post 5.3, contains spoilers thancred/zaya; how does one get over missing your adoptive daughter that’s stuck on another world?

26. WHEN PIGS FLY - defying fate a girl leaves home in a fit of rage, meaning for it to be forever. a warrior returns ten years later.

27. FREE DAY | ACCEPT - blurred reflection - mid-SB, before naadam a’dewah’s not sure how to feel about hien, but he has to decide sometime.

28. IRENIC - there’s nowhere love can’t reach - post 5.3, everyone lives ysayle/syhrwyda; it’s hard, sometimes, to be at peace with the life she’s been forced to have. and then, sometimes it isn’t.

29. PATERNAL - how i met your (other) dad - it’s just crackfic. sort of. haruki/a’dewah; this is the story of how your two dads met, munehise.

30. SPLINTER - the better path - 5.3 spoilers emet-selch’s only student is possibly the worst student in the history of amaurot, but the problem is he wouldn’t trade them for the world. (and in the end, he does.)

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freya

who hogs the duvet zaya cause he’s a giant but freddi just huddles closer to him like will lit burrow under him for warmthwho texts/rings to check how their day is going freddi hc: when she tells siri to call zaya siri’s like “calling big guy, face with heart shaped eyes. heart with stars. smiling face with hearts. two hearts. face blowing kiss. okay hand. winking face, tongue. smiling face. kiss mark.” and everyone’s like... is that necessary?who’s the most creative when it comes to gifts tied who gets up first in the morning freddi but neither are super early birdswho suggests new things in bed freddiwho cries at movies freddiwho gives unprompted massages freddiwho fusses over the other when they’re sick zaya both but zaya has to try harder lolwho gets jealous easiest zayawho has the most embarrassing taste in music freddiwho collects something unusual prob freddi cause she’s just unusual who takes the longest to get ready freddiwho is the most tidy and organised zayawho gets most excited about the holidays FREDDIwho is the big spoon/little spoon they take turns XDwho gets most competitive when playing games and/or sports both but it’s a playful competitive where it’s 80% teasing and banter who starts the most arguments freddi? who suggests that they buy a pet freddi lit every week she wants a new one but he always talks her out of it like the good bf he iswhat couple traditions they have ice skating around christmas, dancing around he apartment to her hand-me-down recordswhat tv shows they watch together american horror story, mad men, brooklyn 99what other couple they hang out with jamie and char eventually, teo and gia how they spend time together as a couple if they’re alone prob giggling with heart eyes fred in her favorite seat - his lap. if they’re with friends holding hands lending mutual support and being the best mom and dad friend respectivelywho made the first move zayawho brings flowers home zayawho is the best cook ZAYA

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ok yes less depressing hcs about ada and her family:

i’ve decided her brothers are named edgar and byron zayas because frankly if you adopt the strange hellspawn living in your house why the hell not lean into the goth shit

her whole family is latino (puerto rican on one side and mexican on the other) and so she’s constantly asked if she’s adopted and she always replies “well technically but i am bound to the family by blood so it doesn’t matter”

she is of course white because her entire appearance serves to play on stereotypes, such as “cute little white girls who act friendly will not murder you in your sleep”

her extended family is varying degrees of traditional latin american catholic and as such they have many opinions about this demon child their atheist/agnostic family members have adopted

the blood ada refers to is the actual legit blood pact that she made with her parents to never harm her brothers

she wasn’t planning to eat them in the first place

it may be why their luck is so weird

the twins own a business together and while they have a lot of good ideas (edgar is the businessman, byron is the inventor. no one can tell them apart so no one realizes this but ada) they’ve funded the entire thing from money they just found on the street or lottery tickets they didn’t mean to buy

ada went to (read: was dragged to) church with her grandmother one time, and the church went up in seemingly unrelated flames. she has not spoken to that grandmother since

ada has three uncles and and two aunts - one of the aunts hates her but the rest of them love her and give her plenty of presents because in practice she may be a mix of bad and good luck but there’s more good luck than bad so y’know... why not

she did go to catholic school for a while, mostly due to the extended family’s opinions which ranged from concern to sheer curiosity. the catholic school found gold buried in their backyard, saw a huge jump in grades, but also one of their virgin mary statues randomly cracked in half and nearly killed the principle. she was politely dismissed from the school

the family has a dog that is as old as ada’s stay with them (older than average) and has been run over many times. it does not like anyone but ada

[vangoghs-moved]

maya hart!

How I feel about this character: one of my faves (clearly)

All the people I ship romantically with this character: josh, riley, zac (lmao)

My non-romantic OTP for this character: zaya

My unpopular opinion about this character: half of her stans think she’s a saint/can do no wrong but she did/say things i don’t agree on tbh

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: that zac friar was actually a character in canon so she could be w him it’s fine

my OTP: joshaya

my cross over ship: i don’t have one??

a headcanon fact: hmmm hmmmm hmmm i have no idea tbh,, she’s dating zac friar in my hc that’s it basically

[isaxahprescott]

zaya and estela?!

SEND ME A SHIP AND I’LL TELL YOU…

who’s the cuddler: estela probs but zaya lowkey highkey loves it so

who makes the bed: zaya bc he likes to make her life easier by doin the small lil chores around the house

who wakes up first: estela and then zaya convinces her to stay in bed for a lil longer lol

who has the weird taste in music: estela bc it’s not just her music it’s also the stuff she plays for amadeo that she’s lowkey started to genuinely like too

who is more protective: zaya bc he loves her and her lil babe a lot ok don’t @ me

who sings in the shower: estela def does

who cries during movies: estela again lol

who spends the most while out shopping: probs zaya??? i have this hc that he’d probs shower her in things idk

who kisses more roughly: zaya

who is more dominate: zaya again

my rating of the ship from 1-10: 8 the idea of this ship is cute af i love

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@to-the-voiceless​ i goofed when i reblogged the thingy lol here’s your ask!

i got some dark knight vibes from this one, and my hc is that eight people share one (1) soulstone bc drk story is everyone’s story at this point (imagine, if you will, 18 billion frays to accompany 18 billion different warriors of light. that is how the flood of darkness began LOL)

Feo Ul has been searching for their favorite sapling’s book for forever now and still it is nowhere to be seen! They’ve searched under blankets, behind hanging robes, above dusty tomes, inside crusty bags, and still nothing!

“Where in the world could it be?!” They stomp at the air angrily, eyes following to look down at the desk Feo Ul hovers above—in case they were to fall from the lack of aether here in “Mor Dhona”. Who names their lands such a thing with no meaning, anyways?

Then a glint of a sapphire shard catches Feo Ul’s eye;  maybe the desk is Zaya’s? And if that was their sapling’s desk…

Feo Ul lowers to the table, eyes flicking across the messy, messy desk, and lands upon a stack of whetstones, kneeling only to have a look around without hitting the moogle lamp hanging above them.

When they catch sight of a leather string hidden behind a pile of cloth, Feo Ul jumps up, wings carrying them over quickly.

“There you are, you silly book!” Feo Ul grabs the leather cord holding it shut and flutters backwards until it pops out from behind something stone and dusty. One of those tablets that the Scions and the Exarch were obsessed over… maybe.

As Feo Ul lifts the book up into their arms the best they can, a piece of paper flies out, landing on the table. A waxy purple seal like the ones the Scions use to seal their letters for Feo Ul keeps the envelope closed—thank the stars—but it isn’t addressed to a friend or anything.

It’s addressed to ‘future me’.

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A flash of sparkles and lights in front of Thancred’s eyes was not what he expected when he woke from his nap.

“Oh, Thancred!” Feo Ul seems mildly surprised, but Thancred is more surprised by the hefty book the small fairy lifts in their arms.

“Good evening to you too.” Thancred rumbles, still blinking the flashes of color from his eyes. “Were you looking for something?”

“My sapling, of course! They requested I fetch a book from home for them…” Feo Ul suddenly stops, spinning to look Thancred in the eyes. “Can our precious sapling even read?”

Thancred, for all his annoyance at pixies and not being able to sleep more, laughs. “Though you may be led to believe they can, they can’t; it’s likely a book they wanted someone to read to them. Zaya can barely write, much less read books such as… “The Tales of Four Auspices” ?”

“Then what’s this?” Feo Ul unceremoniously drops the book into Thancred’s hands, only to dive down to the book and pull out a letter. Before Thancred can respond with the smartarse answer of ‘a letter’, Feo Ul flips the envelope around to reveal the addressee.

“ ‘Future me’? And you found this with the book?”

“Yes!”

“And by the looks of that seal, you’ve opened it.”

“...Yes. I was curious, alright?!” Feo Ul angrily turns from him. “Besides, I think they already know what that letter’s trying to tell them, after all you’ve done here and now!”

Thancred lifts an eyebrow when Feo Ul turns back around, which appears to be the final straw for said pixie. “If you don’t believe me, read it for yourself! Give me that book!”

Feo Ul, almost entirely fueled by anger and spite, lifts the book with ease and dissipates back into the aether, leaving Thancred, in the middle of Slitherbough’s resting rooms, with a letter that does not belong to him and a headache. 

“Gods, I know I said I’d try to get along with the pixies, but if it isn’t damn near impossible…” Thancred glares back at the letter in his hand, purple wax seal cut open by sharp nails taunting him. He’s curious as to what ‘future me’ meant, but is it worth potentially invading Zaya’s privacy?

A tap on his right shoulder snaps him from his trance in a barely suppressed yelp. Thancred turns only to find Zaya, Y’shtola standing right behind them.

“What have you there, Thancred?” Y’shtola murmurs, eyes dim and unseeing. She’s clearly stopped her aethersight for the day, so why is she still out and about? “Zaya seemed interested when Feo Ul came with a book and purple wax.”

“A… Zaya’s letter? It could be anyone else’s, but Feo Ul…” Thancred carefully chooses his words, not wanting to receive a beating for holding an open letter meant for Zaya. “Feo Ul opened it up in curiosity.”

“A letter to ‘future me’? I do not remember writing such a thing, or writing at all.” Zaya signs, still leaning over Thancred’s shoulder. “Should we read it together?”

“But, is this not your letter? Should you not have Feo Ul read it to you?”

“I trust you enough not to make fun of what I potentially may have wrote.”

“...If you insist. Y’shtola, would you like to sit down?” Thancred carefully flips open the envelope as Zaya guides Y’shtola to sit besides him, Zaya simply moving back to his shoulder to lean over him.

“Alright, here goes…” Thancred clears his throat.

Dear future self,

It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I know, I know; I agreed never to try and take control again, but something remains to be said. Something important.

Our adventures, our answers and compromises; all were made while we were alone together—and that surely sounds silly, but it is important. We—I am used to doing things alone. A choice made in face of the past to prevent more unnecessary loss; Minfilia, Haurchefant, Ysayle, Papalymo, Noraxia, Musosai, and countless others were not saved by teamwork.

Ah, but that is what we think. They made those choices to save us—all of us, and it’s brought you to the here and now, where your guilt managed to manifest as I did. Don’t worry; they’re still sleeping inside us somewhere, content with watching as I am now. We live and breathe in their memories, their bright futures turned to fumes. Their strength alone was enough to save few; it was them or us, and on those precarious scales of life, they valued us more. Bittersweet, to think they sacrificed their everything for us only for us to cling to our past.

And in the path you walk, therein lies the chance of losing more, hurting more, and so you stand still, afraid to continue on alone once we find ourselves in a situation we cannot win with our “pragmatic” thinking that we are always alone, even in eight.

What I’m trying to say here is this; not every battle must be fought alone. There are times when it will be a closer call than any, and we will be afraid to ask for help. We always have been so dearly afraid of showing weakness in that unshakeable facade of “Warrior of Light”, but there are many who would cast titles to the wayside and stand by you until the battle is won—or until the battle is lost.

We merely need to open our eyes to see we stand together with hundreds who believe more in the mortal behind the title than the title. It is not such a cold and desolate world yet that every man stands for himself; you have simply thought it that way with our long years away from the warmth of familiarity and home.

And when all those standing beside you, protecting your front and back, fall to the inevitable enemy where you must stand alone or perish, you have me. You have us. Merely ask it of us, and you shall know that there is no one that truly stands alone.

We love you more than you’ll ever know, but if you are ever unsure if you are loved, if you are worthy, if you are strong enough for the daunting task of living in spite of all the pain and misery and self-inflicted loneliness we’ve wrought; look around you, and you will finally see what I’ve wanted this entire time.

There is no signature, but Thancred brushes his thumb over the space where one should be. Gods, was this really Zaya’s writing?

Y’shtola hums in gentle curiousity. “Zaya, does this perhaps relate to the specter that helped Ryne halt the lightwarden transformation?”

“You say this to her.” Zaya signs close to Thancred’s face. If it were brighter, perhaps Thancred would be able to tell whether Zaya’s eyes were irritated or filled with tears. “It does. It would take much explanation to tell you why.”

Thancred repeats the words to Y’shtola, who merely nods.

“I would not prod, and for all the time we now have I do believe Runar wished to have us try something. We can perhaps discuss this later with the others?”

When Zaya nods, Thancred unconsciously says yes to alert Y’shtola. It’s almost a reflex now, to translate for Y’shtola and Zaya’s conversations.

The three of them get up and leave in some messy fashion as Zaya stumbles over a loose rock, nearly taking Y’shtola with them to the ground.

Behind them, the letter remains on the bedside table, and in the darkness of the sleeping room, someone whispers.

You’ve finally learned. I’m proud of us.

[brokenisims-a]

Zaya + Flirting

Zaya’s form of flirting is hitting guys softly, not soft, a little too hard on the shoulder. 

[brokenisims-a]

How would you say your 63!gmw muses are different/similar to thier original counterparts?

Hi Nonnie! This is a really interesting question to answer bc I never actually thought about it, I just kinda did what felt right. But here’s how they’re similar and different to the original characters!

Riley/Ryder: 

Like Riley, Ryder is very much and optimist and tries to be positive and nice about everything and to everyone, while he struggles to live up to his parents. But I think how he’s different to Riley is how he thinks and perceives the things around him because he is a guy and Riley’s a girl. 

Maya/Mason: 

Maya and Mason are more different than similar. While they both are into art, keeping their expectations low, and their emotions bottled up, Mason,  after his Dad left, felt this kind of responsibility to be the man of the house, and take care of his mom. His backstory is also quite different from Maya’s in the sense of GMW. 

In his Main Verse and mostly all of them, unless plotted otherwise, Mason was put into military school for protecting someone from a kid with rich parents, who threatened to press charges unless something was done. He returns at the very end of sophmore year though. 

Zay/Zaya: 

Zay and Zaya are also very different from each other. But similar in the sense that they go against gender stereotypes, if that makes any sense?  is still very much into ballet. But where Zay was more feminine, Zaya is more tom boyish and is very much one of the guys. 

Hope this answers your question!