#also i need you to know Finn continues to intrigue me he's a quality skrunkle

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Just curious, what would your ocs think of Finn? 🤔

Aaahhh, I had fun pondering this one!

I think the easiest and quickest answer for any of them would be that Wei Renqiao is probably curious about Finn. He's both clashed with the Octotrio before and also gotten along with them so he tends to be neutral on them as a whole, and I think a lot of that neutrality would extend to Finn at first. If they had more chances to interact one-on-one, WRQ would probably take an interest in learning more about Finn's hobbies or any particular needs he has, if he's willing to share. He probably wouldn't pry, just attempt to let Finn know at some point that if he is ever interested in meeting in the middle and talking, the offer is open. (Plus he would relate on the matter of one's appearance tending to unsettle others. Even if WRQ wasn't 6'5" and built like a tank, amber eyes with black scelrae and pronounced fang-like canine teeth tend to make people shrink away. Sucks when your natural appearance wins you fear, so he'd be pretty sympathetic if he ever learned that Finn experiences a similar struggle.)

Copper's an interesting one. The kid's pretty skittish and guarded initially, especially around the Octotrio when he learns they're curious and trying to figure out more about him. Upon finding out the whole "descended from a legendary pirate" thing, it becomes a little more clear where the innate interest stems from, and Copper's intelligent enough to realize that if he's going to fulfill a destiny as a pirate himself, he'd be wise to foster relationships with merfolk. I think he'd probably be more willing to interact with Finn at first, since he doesn't seem overbearing the way the others can be, though if Finn's tendency to unnerve people holds true, this will probably get weird. Copper has, after years of being an abused hostage most of his life, developed the worst possible response to fear. The more and more terrified he gets, the blanker his expression goes and he has an overpowering impulse to see if he can successfully taunt whatever is frightening him and make the situation infinitely worse. He doesn't always give into that impulse but it's always there, and it would probably lead to a misunderstanding until/unless Finn has enough interactions with Copper that he just gets used to Finn being that way by default.

Gotta admit I'm equally curious to pick your brain in the future about what Finn might make of Chrysanthos, but I can tell you Chrys would find Finn amusing and intriguing. Beneath that, he tends to have more of a soft spot for Octavinelle students than he likes to admit since it was his dorm, and that leads to an inclination to want to seek them out. This would apply to Finn as well, particularly because Chrys has a natural gift for being able to read people and pinpoint the things that are weighing them down. And if he gets a read on any of Finn's particular trauma and difficulties, he would absolutely say something to him about it in an attempt to offer some kind of help or at least an option for Finn to unload on him not that that's likely to win him anything other than distrust or annoyance, and Chrys is well aware of that.