#ayyyyy I wrote another essay again. just you me and my insane ramblings between us (I am so sorry)(not)

[serenanymph]

blursday!!! do any of your ocs have complex family relationships (had bio family in mind, but found family works too!), and if multiple which one is your favorite?

Oh this is an interesting one. Okay. Time to infodump.

I do love the main quartet's friendship, but I'm not sure how found family it is - and since you had bio family in mind, let's talk about that! Okay so, if we're only looking at bio family, most of the pov characters' parents are dead (or simply awful, see: Darius Averwell). None of them have any bio siblings either.

However, I will say Sol probably has the most complicated family dynamic!! Or, well, most complicated feelings to his parents because they're both also dead. (I swear I'm not doing this on purpose.) See the thing with Sol's parents is that they had good intentions and they did love him, but they weren't exactly the best parents.

Sol's father, a Wolf, left to protect them, but he also left to start a Beast rebel group, and arguably leaving them on their own instead of taking them with him actually made life harder for them. No village wanted to take in a Beast lover and her Halfling son. Meanwhile, his mom tried to raise him well, but sh e had a tendency to point out how similar he was to his father (not the most tactful thing to do). And then she died protecting a Beast child when he was ten. Sol was pretty much left to fend for himself, and the AMA took the opportunity to snatch him up. And despite it all he still did love his parents, so, yeah. Complicated.

Also a less complex family dynamic but one of my favorites is actually from another WIP, Corrupted!! The mc, Sami, has a very close relationship with her big brother, Irumi, and in a way that's why the entire story goes the way it does. Because she's so close with Irumi, she's adamant he wouldn't just up and leave - so she investigates and discovers the sword. Her bio mom, Yuka, is also super nice and super supportive and - gasp - actually survives till the end!!! :0 :0 :0 (Though with a little suffering.)

Sami's father sucks though. We don't talk about him.