#cj caine

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Ohh, I'm interested in learning about your OCs since I haven't seen many posts about them right now..! If that isn't a bother, of course.

Aaah oh my goodness thank you so much!! :D I was big into my OCs a couple years ago on my blog, but I had to take a break for awhile. I’m starting to try to work on them again and focus on different aspects of them, so I really appreciate you asking!! It's never a bother at all, I'm just sorry it's such a long post dfkhjfddf

I have maybe ten OCs, and my friend has a lot more that are connected to mine! I’ll mostly just talk about the two OCs on my recent reblog, Pearl and Valeryia, and mention some of Pearl's family too. I’m hoping to make a yuri-adjacent visual novel about them (was trying to make it for yuri jam this fall but depression stopped me sigh).

Pearl Caine would be the main character of this VN. Pearl is around 25 years old at the time of the story (as of now). She’s bigender (he/she; i just use she/her in this writeup but he/him will get used sometimes too when I write the story) and some mix of sapphic and aroace, which will be one of the main tensions of the “yuri” in this VN, as she’s mostly unable to reciprocate the other character Valeryia’s interest in her, but still has an interesting (I hope) sapphic tension with her.

I don't have a picture of Valeryia yet, since I haven't been able to draw this year and she was only invented this year, but this picture from the yuri series "Destroy it All and Love Me in Hell!" inspired me a ton, both for Val's appearance and for she and Pearl's dynamic. Pearl would be the one on the right and Valeryia on the left.

I imagine Val looking a lot like this, plus a bit like Amy from the yuri "I love Amy." I really love "twink" butch characters, but they are so rare, so I wanted to write a story with two different flavours of twink butch. Val's the more slobby greasy type while Pearl is more pastel-formal.

Pearl! art by my friend @siekko (he draws a lot of my OCs as well as his own!! Please check out his blog if you want!)

Pearl is extremely cold, “emotionless,” mostly expressionless, but has a burning anger and jealousy inside her that escapes in violent and destructive ways. She is extremely attached to her brother Onyx (designed to look almost like her twin, but is actually older). The two of them were orphaned when Onyx was an older teenager and Pearl was a pre-teen, also losing their unborn sibling when their parents suddenly died. Onyx took on the parenting role, but was also very underprepared for this role since he was just a teenager. The two lived a mostly happy life with just the two of them for years, and Pearl was perfectly content with this life. She thought Onyx was content too. 

(Onyx on the left and Pearl on the right; I drew this one myself based on that jotchua meme dfjhkdffd)

Secretly though, Onyx had been hiding any outward signs of neediness or trauma. As the older brother, he thought he had to bottle up all signs of grief for Pearl’s sake, and always put on a happy smile and never showed any discontent for the life they lived. He was really emotionally needy though, and one day, when a beautiful lady waltzed into his life and was willing to listen to him trauma dump, he instantly fell in love with her, married her, and had a baby. Everything changed for Pearl within months, and she resented her sister in law so much.

Everything became worse when the sister in law (currently named Brianna) suddenly disappeared one day. Onyx became so depressed that he couldn't do anything, leaving Pearl to care for her niece that she never wanted. Pearl hated Brianna more than anything, blaming her for her peaceful life with just her brother disappearing. Even now that Brianna is gone, there’s still the niece to deal with and take care of. 

Pearl is an actually insane little freak and decides to go on a quest for revenge. Find Brianna and bring her back to fix Onyx, or if Brianna refuses to come back, kill her.

Pearl doesn’t know that Brianna is literally an inhuman monster. One that Valeryia, smarmy greasy monster hunter extraordinaire, has had on her bounty list for years. On Pearl’s journey, she encounters Val, and the two (reluctantly on Pearl’s part) decide to work together to find their shared target. 

I’m a bit worried that Pearl will come across as a brocon DFJHKFDJ (and yeah i know she is but platonically…) but that really isn't my intent... the main thing i want to focus on is just… her desire for her lost childhood to return. The peaceful days where everything seemed simple, her big brother was always there to protect her and play with her. There was supposed to be a third sibling, and I think baby CJ (Onyx and Brianna’s daughter) brings back resurfaced trauma.

Pearl thinks killing Brianna will fix everything, but as she travels she realizes that she’s chasing a lost dream. And realizing that maybe not even her cherished brother was happy in that childhood dream. Realizing how small her little world really was, and maybe it’s time to grow up… but the grown up world has no room for her. It's supposed to be a journey of growing up and finding a life of her own outside of her little family.

Meanwhile… I don’t have as much for Val developed yet, she’s only existed for a few months while Pearl has existed for a few years. She's a daring and brash masochist who can take on any job and enjoy the danger; seeming to know no fear. She's a shameless flirt and loves trying to get a reaction out of Pearl, who rarely makes any faces beyond a blank stare. Eventually, she starts even doing things like confessing love for Pearl; she laughs and thinks it's so funny being rejected by Pearl every time she “jokingly” confesses to her. But the more she travels with Pearl, the more she actually cares about this weirdo and the more it hurts when Pearl brushes her off. At the same time, she finds that it's a pain that she's willing to bear, that she can enjoy it if it's Pearl doing it...

I think Val's masochism is partly a big dose of copium for her. She's used to being hurt and brushed off, and even beaten up and treated really badly. She was able to weaponize it as a part of her job, but there's a reason why she spends most of her time out in the wilderness hunting monsters instead of around other people. She lets Pearl in by accident, but doesn't regret it despite the immense emotional pain their relationship causes. Getting rejected over and over hurts... and yet it's proof of still being alive. Of still being able to feel.

It's not going to be a traditionally happy or requited yuri story, but I'm on the fence about whether they come to an understanding or not. I could see Pearl as being stone butch and willing to show some affection but not willing to really receive any. But at the same time, I do like tragedy and unrequited feelings so who knows? Either way, I really like aroaspec romance (if that makes any sense?). I also have different AUs for different characters and like putting them in different situations, so I could have multiple stories for them (I do have a different story for Pearl not involving Val as well in collaboration with my friend, but I'll leave that for another post maybe).

Onyx has his own story too, as does his daughter. CJ (the daughter) was my first of all these characters. Both of them are clingy disaster bi characters. CJ is a spoiled brat who still acts like a teenager at age 30, but eventually learns to open up and care about others (a robot girl named lumi who she adopts as her daughter, phantom thief boy johann nimchuk who she has a rivals to lovers with, johann’s brothers that she learns to see as family too, and her bodyguard/best friend. as well as repairing her relationship with her dad :)

Meanwhile Onyx recovers from being ditched by his ex-wife by having toxic old man rivals to friends to lovers slow burn yaoi for 10 years with his business partner who is trying to steal the business from him FDHKJFDFD but Onyx is too blind/stupid to see it (one of the only complete stories i’ve ever written!)

Above pictures from left to right are CJ (Onyx's daughter/Pearl's niece), Lumi (robot Daughter), Yaoi (my friend's character Shirley + Onyx), and more sibling shenanigans (Pearl and Onyx). I posted lots of old art partly to motivate me so I can draw again dfhjkfdfd I haven't drawn in a year... I have a lot of feels about my Caine family as well as other OC families I could talk about!! (like the thief bros! and the Khora family). But I just wanted to keep it focused on the people that you were curious about in the ask.

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me fucking around

[cjay321-0]

Circus Folk~

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RE: CONCERNS is a very heart song. specifically towards mind pre/during the juno incident

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Quick doodle to go along with a fic we finished today

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small art pile

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For @mimiocto

This is literally CJ and Cartoon Frisk! ^^

[thebowerypresents]

Tyler Childers Makes a Statement Over Two Nights at Madison Square Garden

Tyler Childers – Madison Square Garden – May 28-29, 2024

Tyler Childers has one of the great voices, not only in modern country and Americana, but in music, period: pained, howling, lived-in, oaky, scuffed-smooth when it needs to be, utterly recognizable. Over a series of sturdy albums that shows increasingly deep songwriting, his sound has become a through line from ancient twang to countrypolitan modern and many other points easily adjacent or distantly related, from gosxpel to folk, blues to Appalachian string. Especially in a live setting, they’re all usefully blended.

Childers and a massive version of his Food Stamps band — eight players in all — hit Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, the first of two statement-maker shows at the arena. Name-checking Joe’s Pub and some other much smaller NYC venues that dot a steady rise to bigger and bigger crowds over less than a decade, Childers seemed genuinely moved by the grand expanse of the room and the lordly reception from fans. Naturally, he responded in kind: a big show, a big sound, gorgeously emotional whether it was the whole band hitting at full throttle, or Childers alone onstage in guitar-storyteller mode. 

The band all together revealed many layers as they fleshed out the tunes, from the country stomp of “Percheron Mules” to the gorgeous blends of pedal steel and fiddle that ramped into “I Swear (To God).” “All Your’n” was an example of a tender, piano-dappled love song — more than a few couples were asway at all levels of the arena — and snatches of accordion, mandolin and organ shot through at various points, too. “Purgatory” was a stuttering, busy boogie, and then came a see-and-raise to an even busier boogie, an instrumental reading of the traditional mountain picker “Cluck Ol’ Hen,” with Childers on a fiddle and the whole group moving into psychedelic hoedown territory. It was that kind of wild.

As deservedly much as he’s lauded for songwriting, Childers is a gifted interpreter of others’ songs too — never more than a few during a show and positioned just right. Tuesday’s show included a Kenny Rogers (“Tulsa Turnaround”), a Hank Williams (“Old Country Church”), an S.G. Goodman (!) (“Space and Time” — stunning) and … yep, a Kermit the Frog (“Movin’ Right Along”), complete with the green puppet himself, singing on both that song and, as a bittersweet duo with Childers just before it, on “Lady May.”

I mean, sure, why not, right? Kermit was just one more part of the full serving — a continuous, two-hour set with a solo-acoustic segment in the middle that unfolded panoramically and went for broke near the end with a run that included usual Childers bangers like “Whitehouse Road,” “Way of the Triune God” and the triumphant “Universal Sound.” The finale was “Heart You’ve Been Tendin’,” which built gradually on the back of the chant-like refrain “All that you’ll take” and stacked the tension, yielding to a bone-saw-sharp solo from guitarist CJ Cain that pushed the band to Crazy Horse–like levels of vicious choogle. But heavy and sonic as it all was, Childers himself remained the center of the action regardless of the mode, letting his humility be even bigger than his voice and then pushing that howl even harder, paying off the tender hearts and the rage-ready alike. A great night. —Chad Berndtson | @Cberndtson

Photos courtesy of Marc Millman | www.marcmillmanphotos.com

[captain-jale]

Hey so, hum... I made a CJ fanfic if anybody wants to read it?

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Fuck it. OC posting.

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Hey! I created the writing asks so I'll send you a couple, any OC you feel like:

pen, marker, crayon, copics, charcoal, tortillon, and eraser please!

Hi, thank you so much for asking and for making such a cool ask list!! I took a long time to answer haha. I wound up shuffling the names of my main adult OCs and answering these for whoever's name came up first!

Pen: what's one minor moment your character regrets? A small mistake, but something they "can't erase"?

Johann: I guess there’s no particular moment but a lot of small moments for this… but Johann regrets not picking up on his brother Laarni’s suicidal/depressive tendencies sooner. Johann had previously never suspected a thing--for good reason, since Laarni hides it from his brothers very well. After one close call when things get too tough for Laarni and Johann witnesses it, Johann becomes extremely vigilant, checking up on Laarni whenever he can--although subtly, since Laarni hates to think that his younger brothers are worrying about him.

Marker: what's one thing your character would never tattoo on their body, even if they were paid a million dollars for it?

Johann: Honestly if it was to get money for his family to help take care of them, Johann would do absolutely anything, no matter what it was. Even if he hated the tattoo, he’d do it for them.

Crayon: what was your OC like when they were four years old? Were they loud?  Shy? Were they the resident "weird kid" or did they get along with others their age?

CJ: CJ was extremely spoiled and bratty as a little child, and wouldn’t hesitate to scream and cry if things didn’t go her way. Outside of her temper tantrums though, she was extremely quiet. Even her dad was surprised if he heard her voice aside from screaming, and strangers would definitely never hear her speak.

Copics: what is this character's most expensive habit or hobby? Do they ever feel guilty about the money they spend on it?

Gareth: Gareth has no hobbies (usually). He devotes his entire life and work to trying to outdo his love-hate idol Clive’s past feats. Instead of using mechanical means the way Clive did, Gareth uses computers. Since my Gareth story happens in the 1980s, a computer hobby would be extremely expensive, especially for the powerful virtual reality-type machines Gareth is trying to build.  Gareth eventually does try out more hobbies thanks to his mom-crush Flora’s urging, particularly gardening. Rather than feeling guilty about the money aspect of it though, he more feels guilty or frustrated about spending any time on anything other than his plans to outdo Clive. He would never do it if it weren’t for Flora convincing him.

Charcoal: share any unique physical features about this character that are not scars or tattoos.

Pearl: I guess the main thing for Pearl is that she’s very tall (six feet) and looks enough like her brother that they can be mistaken for each other from a distance, although they aren’t twins and are several years apart from each other. She and her brother sometimes called themselves “the Caine brothers” in their early years establishing their robotics company, and the name was rarely questioned.

Tortillon: does your OC "blend in" with the people around them? Physically? Metaphorically?

Glynrie: Glynrie doesn’t physically blend in at all. He’s the only elf and acts quite archaically in a modern city filled with humans. Because of this, as well as because of being a butler, Glynrie tries to stay in the background as much as he can, devoting himself to serving the Khora company and watching out for another servant of the family, Walidah, who is also a homebody. If Glynrie ever left the Khora mansion, he’d definitely stand out, but he blends in well with the Khora family.

Eraser: what's one way this character has changed over time? Either over the course of their story, or over the course of designing them as an author.

Glynrie: Glynrie is an expy of an elf butler named Galion from The Hobbit. Galion doesn’t get to do much in the book, but I really loved him and wrote a ton of fanfics about him, developing him so much that he felt like my own character. I really wanted to keep using Galion even outside of the Tolkien world, so I created Glynrie, who is still an elf butler, but has a much different backstory and different relationships with people around him. Glynrie still has the borderline(?) OCD that I gave to Galion, but now also has a very big protective streak that the old character didn’t really have, as he takes care of his friend and fellow servant Walidah and also works to help his boss Ms Shinzou with anything she needs. I also canonized Glynrie being aroace now; Galion had been “coded” that way even if I didn’t know what that was when I was a kid writing him, but it’s official now.

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head canon that dan and herbert have the world’s most uncomfortable game of gay chicken going that’s 50% flirting and 50% psychological warfare

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OOC: Howdy campers! With Season 5 around the corner, a fun idea popped up where before CJ came along, David went through the process of interviewing and rejecting a bunch of applicants. Here's Cain being one of the rejects as an example. For fun, I whipped up other templates for people to put their counselor OCs in. Hope to see some fans give it a go. I would love to see them! Credit is always appreciated, by the way. 💙💙💙

[ourtalechara]

True, true

If I had to guess

Blake uses all lowercase and never replies on time cause he thinks it makes him seem cool. He also might use emojis just a bit too often

Elise replies imminently, and texts normally for the most part, but she uses a bunch of cute emoticons and says stuff like "YIPPEE!! 😄🥳"

Spellcheck is Ken's best friend and it shows when he texts. Especially if he's in a hurry. He'll be like "sordm I dho to go talk wisfo" and you'll text "huh?" And he won't see it 'cause he's busy so you have to sit around for five hours wondering what he was trying to tell you. Every once in a while he'll drop in a "😊" or a ":3" on it's own and Blake will tell him to cut it out (he'll respond "😔," "😞," or ":(" or something along those lines)

This is only when texting or in personal emails, though. In work emails, they all remain normal and professional for the most part. Elise replies to emails almost as soon as she gets them, Blake replies whenever he feels it is personally convenient for him, and Ken often forgets about his emails and then takes five extra minutes after writing them just to make sure he didn't make any mistakes

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Stupes mutuals

How y'all think Blake Midwinter texts

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Dynamics: Part 1, <Next!>

(Warning for word vomit ahead!)

I did say I have more storyish/lore stuff planned XD

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So in this Au, F!Raph died when Cj was 5. So there’s not much to say future wise. Cuz Cj rmbs zilch

Present wise: there was inital awkwardness for Cj meeting someone he’s only ever heard stories off plus that awkwardness of meeting someone new. But it was a breath of fresh air for Case, cuz surrounded by these reminders and unfamiliarity, Raph hurts the least. In the first few days post invasion, Cj hung out a lot with Raph cuz everyone was kinda down for the count. April couldn’t be around 24/7 cuz she had to check in with her human family, Mikey was spending the first 3-5 days sleeping alot cuz mystic exhaustion plus his hands. Donnie was in his lab a lot trying to process all the events, plus fix everything the Krang broke and Leo was in his week long coma. And Splints who decided to get off the couch for once was stretched thin trying to look out for everyone and so as a result the two were kinda just smushed tgt allowing them to bond.

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Overall I picture their dynamic as the most laidback (drama free). Largely in part cuz; A)Cj has less emotional hang ups cuz he doesn’t have to expand mental energy to manage his expectations or manage * cough push down cough * any crushing grief/feelings of abandonment/anger cuz said feelings of abandonment cuz he doesn’t rmb F!Raph to have an attachment, tho he does occasionally feel a bit guilty sometimes for hanging out with Raph but that’s a comic for another time.

B) while Cj is a menace. He’s also a sensible and kind (everyone say thank you F!Mikey) menace who sees how stressed Raph gets trying to wrangle all 3 brothers and feels bad about adding more to his plate. And plus is also very much aware of his mortality and others mortality cuz apocalypse. So the menace only comes out during chill time. Not on missions. Misson wise he’s just like he is in the movie trying to get everyone to stay on track. Which Raph rlly appreciates. But even during chill time Cj is arguably the “calmer” one cuz that’s just how he is as a person. Tho that calmer is debatable cuz it’s by Raph’s skewed standards of his other siblings not normal ppl standards to normal ppl Case still looks unhinged lmao.

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but generally if they’re hanging out 1 on 1 (in a group setting it’s a whole diff story) Cj tries his best to not stress Raph too much. Unless the menace/cain instinct is hitting hard that day. Cuz he’s a sweet boy liek that. 😂. so they’re usually doing typical chill friend things, watching movies, sparring, sharing bout their day, . causally wandering around topside/Hidden city. With the undercurrent of Raph trade mark mother-henning and Cj depending on the circumstances either goes along with it or tries to get Raph to back off cuz it worries/irritates Cj. All in all they’re just your typical very wholesome older- younger brother dynamic

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Side note: Raph and Cj are honestly lowkey relieved their hangouts/dynamic are so chill. They love their family but man do they both need a break sometimes XD. For Junior it’s cuz seeing the dead not dead version of family plus struggle of grief/ juggling his expectations for said family is exhausting and having someone whose removed from that whole situation is like phew thank god. For Raph he’s just so glad he has a little brother/sibling/friend who doesn’t have a 95% chance of turning anything (even fricking ice) into a grease fire when left unsupervised unintentionally or not. Tho tbh causal theft, looser morals and gratuitous use of blackmail and occasional pranks may not be much better. Cj is truly his fathers son 😂