#and i’m just very passionate about briar taking up this field of study for her goals in life

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yapping about Briar. fellow Briar enjoyers assemble.

okay okay i don’t make it too obvious (or maybe i do, i wouldn’t know) but briar is my personal favorite character. i think about where the stories of all the characters would go and what their arcs would be a lot, but hers in particular is really important to me.

so i wanna talk about it.

first of all, she’s narcoleptic coded, right. we all know that. but her mom on the other hand reads to me, like, an alcoholic mother? and her dad is just willfully ignorant. either way, there’s a huge sense of neglect going on in that family. i mean go figure why briar would be the one doing most of the work raising her brothers. and of course she’s a party girl, because who’s gonna stop her? her parents? see yeah exactly.

so i don’t think it’s unreasonable to say she doesn’t have very strong parental figures in her life, at least not at home. but, and now you have to really hear me out about this one, i think baba yaga could take up a parental role in her life.

i know it isn’t much, but the seeds for her having at least a hint of a connection with baba yaga are there.

in the webisode “Stark Raven Mad”, baba yaga scolds briar for rambling about her party, and then as the commotion picks up she’s still exercising authority over briar in particular.

then there’s thronecoming, wherein, when briar is sulking at the dance, upon noticing the picture on the projector, she asks baba yaga for answers, who provides them.

and then skipping all the way to epic winter, after the girls become a little creeped out by her mannerisms and book it, briar is the one who makes sure to peak back in and give a parting remark.

so i think there’s potential there to be explored. her feeling neglected at home and then finding solace in another adult at school would be neat.

but the fact that it’s baba yaga is important, so just put a pin in that and we’ll circle back to it.

now, i think out of the core four, she was (at least at first) the hardest to actually pin-point what the future of her story could look like. with raven, i think it’s pretty clear her journey is just continuing to combat the prejudices of the world as she fights for change, apple is now pretty much on a path to figuring out her own future as ruler of a kingdom and what that’s going to entail, and maddie is the goofball that’s there to have fun and be supportive along the way.

then there’s briar. and, let me be clear, no, in my mind that girl is not sleeping for 100 years with where things are heading; in the main universe of the story, briar will be free of the sleeping beauty destiny.

but it’s like, if she’s not gonna sleep, what more is there to actually do with her? what direction COULD her life go in? because if she’s no longer fated to sleep 100 years of her life away, then she can’t just party like there’s no tomorrow anymore. she’d need to decide what she actually wants to do with her life.

and i think i have an idea.

i mentioned her narcoleptic coding at the start with intent to bring it up again. see, you might notice that a lot of the fairytale aspects of ever after high can be read as allegories for real-world problems. for example, hunter and ashlynn’s relationship is treated in their world the same way society may look at queer couples or biracial couples. or how raven’s mom being trapped in a mirror is their world equivalent to not paying child support.

with that kind of correlation in mind, i think treating briar’s curse as a condition could open up an interesting opportunity. i think, in their world, curses as a whole could be viewed as a separate branch of medical specialization, with briar spearheading this notion of thought.

we know briar is well-versed in chemythstry already. in the webisode “Briar’s Study Party” she makes note of the fact that she’s been studying forever-after, and she demonstrates enough knowledge in the subject to enthusiastically teach it to her friends, who all end up acing their tests on it as a result.

i think this is something she could potentially make a career out of. i think she could come to the conclusion that she wants to be able to help break curses for people everywhere, and could pursue learning to develop potions and elixirs to do so.

which could happen under baba yaga’s tutelage.

picture this: briar declares her newfound goal, to which baba yaga offers to teach briar all she knows in order to achieve what she’s set her sights on. briar—with an ounce of hesitance—accepts, and baba yaga officially takes her under her wing with the intent of mastering sorcery.

obviously, she wouldn’t lose who she is in this. she’s still gonna be an impulsive, adrenaline junkie who desperately needs a screentime limit on her mirrorphone. but in this process, she’d be rounded out by baba yaga and would in turn mature a bit from the experience. she’d get serious about life, but she wouldn’t let go of who she is at heart.

this could lead to her becoming the resourceful one in the main group. like on adventures, she’d be able to pull out a potion or whip something up (because i’m not going to let raven’s magic make her too o.p. she’s gotta have limitations) as a solution to problems. she could really have a role that proves useful and important to the story.

that’s my ideal pitch for where to take briar’s character.

[blissxoxo]

Once again, Briar coming in clutch because I’m obsessed with her.

Idek what motif means but pop off ig

I honestly can’t find any good voice claims, but she is an alto with a raspy voice and a THICK British accent. Specifically a Liverpool accent.

Definitely an outdoor person.

Guitar and softball. She amazing at both.

She wanted to be a musician, and she does in-fact grow up to be a guitarist.

She doesn’t like parts of her personality. She doesn’t like to be brash, blunt, or headstrong. But that’s just the way she is, and she hates it.

She loves her talent and dedication to her passions.

She absolutely loves historical fiction. Specifically Western or World War 2 books.

She despises romance. Not all of it, just the cheesy shit people who don’t have any idea of what being in love feels like’s works.

Mainly rock or punk and such. She’s a sucker for riot grrrl and British punk.

She has been in love with Theo Webster since she was 12. They met a couple months before.

She does well in school. All A’s and an A- every now and again. She doesn’t study all too much, but she does take charge in every assignment, earning especially high grades in group projects. But she is only human, and is absolute shit at math.

Probably like London or something similar.

She is an open book to most. So very few secrets.

Nolan Archer, and Theo Webster.

Her biological parents are dead. She has very mixed feelings about her father, because she loved him when he was alive, but hates him for basically killing himself by doing a bunch of drugs. She hates her mother for introducing her father to drugs, basically killing him, and she also hates her mother for being a controlling coward. Briar lives happily with her uncle.

She has a half sibling on her mom’s side. He is a college student in Vietnam and is 5 years older than her. They frequently text or call eachother and follow each other on social media, just to stay in touch.

To be honest she’s kind of blocked out a lot of her childhood.

Finding her father’s corpse when she was 7.

Having her father’s Turkish Delights and going to the park when she was younger.

Softball and guitar, but they’re more passions than hobbies, so she would have to say exploring random towns and abandoned places.

There is nothing holding her back, the right opportunities are just right around the corner.

I’ll do that later lmfao I’m too tired for that in depth of an answer.

She avoids it. Denies and ignores it.

Her favorite colors are green and navy and her favorite food is Turkish Delights. (She’s obsessed with Turkish Delights, it’s funny.)

Least favorite colors are brown and indigo. Least favorite foods are Salisbury Steak and Potato Salad.

Capricorn, she was born on January 14th.

Both. She has a beagle called Yen and a calico cat called Minh.

Her first kiss was with Theo Webster when they were 13. They were on a field trip at the zoo and somehow snuck away from Nolan and the rest of their group, and they kissed by the giraffe exhibit.

Yes, but only if she truly loves that person.

OC Ask Game

Thought I’d take a crack and make one you guys can reblog and enjoy and play amongst your mutuals.

does your oc have any motifs?

describe your character's voice. do they have a voice claim?

is your character an indoor or outdoor person?

what's your character's favorite recreational activity?

what was your character's dream job as a kid? is it different than what their career ended up being?

what is the thing your oc likes the least about themselves?

what is the thing your oc likes the most about themselves?

what book genre is their favorite?

what book genre is their least favorite?

what kind of music do they enjoy?

has your OC ever fallen in love and with whom?

how well does your OC do in school?

where would your OC like to go on a honeymoon?

An embarrassing secret about your OC?

who is your OC’s best friend?

how does your OC feel about their parents?

how does your OC feel about their siblings?

a memory that still makes your OC angry?

a memory that still makes your OC sad?

a nostalgic memory from your OC’s childhood?

hobbies your OC enjoys?

what is holding your OC back to achieve their goals?

what are your OC’s biggest flaws and biggest strengths?

how does your OC handle death of someone they know?

favorite food and color for your OC?

least favorite food and color?

your OC’s zodiac sign?

is your OC a dog or cat person?

when was their first kiss?

does your OC wish to be married someday?