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Hey!🎄💚🍝😓 for Val and/or Kendis? But take all the time you need to reply 💕

details about ocs!

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🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday?

Kendis: Fun fact, I was thinking about this the other day. Windows likes to pop up in their search section with different holidays, and it reminded me of a thing Kendis used to do when I rp'd them -- In short, the most obscure holidays or national days Kendis would post about them. They knew about donut day or like national friendship day or international pancake day ... black love day!, and so on. Some times they would inform about the history and stuff. She would also be the sort to make a big deal about somewhat known but not as commercialized holidays. Mardi Gras? Arbor Day? Don't worry Kendis got your back. Just a fun tidbit

Kendis' favorite holiday probably is something like National Forest Day, roflmao. I don't remember if I really gave them one. Kendis even likes Easter and they're agnostic. I feel any holiday that its culturally acceptable for them to participate and has festivities attached to it, she was down for. I won't lie tho. Christmas probably Gets Focus the most out of all the holidays, but when they're near their loved ones.

Val: Hmm. I almost went with Christmas but I think I'm going to say Halloween. I think Christmas might make Val sad. But Halloween is fun, full of mischief and pranks and people judge you less for slacking off [I mean for Christmas they to but ... yeah]. I think Val would be partial to holidays where people are rowdy -- to the point they'd probably consider superbowl a holiday. Making fun of drunk people is a pastime. It also gets them out the station.

💚 GREEN HEART — does your oc prefer being inside or outside?

Kendis: I suppose both is cheating. So, I'm going to say outside. Their og!mom is a park ranger and I tend to have Kendis' from Montana; the famed Big Sky Country. If I remember correctly, I believe I've said Kendis knows how to ride a horse. They definitely learned to shoot; probably to use a knife and fish as well. If it is nature affiliated, Kendis adores it. I often have Kendis roaming about in woods - that's why qunari Kendis and dragon kendis have halla and deer type horns. Kendis' prefered mode of transportation are their feet and bikes [Bicycle Day is April 19th! ;-P]. Yeah, actually, I think going with 'outside' suits their curious nature well. Even when in a city - especially in a new place - Kendis enjoys being out and about; finding hole-in-the-wall places to eat, searching for the best thrift stores, chatting with and minding their business people, and so on.

Val: I almost went outdoors, but I would say indoors. I don't think Val goes out much, at least not in Wayhaven. They don't want to sit still nor do they want to do paperwork, but I don't think that means they want to be out and about just to be out and about. I say indoors, but they have to be doing something, I feel. Val's preferred time off is working on bikes -- motorcycles, mopeds, and the like.

🍝 SPAGHETTI — what is/are your oc's favorite food(s)?

Kendis: They just like to eat? I honestly don't remember ... actually, no. Kendis loves gumbo. I think that is One Of their favorites

Val: does a monster count? lol. Maybe a hot dog? Actually, I think I'm going to say cheetos. I feel Val likes something they can probably quickly open with one hand [and some teeth] and chow down as easily; so I think like popcorn, etc. Something probably unhealthy for them if they eat continuously. Honestly a shock that they dont have scurvy ....

😓 DOWNCAST FACE WITH SWEAT — is your oc open-minded or stubborn? are they inquisitive or do they prefer to keep to their bubble of knowledge?

Kendis: Kendis is both the bullet train and the impending wall. Kendis is open-minded in a sense that if you can challenge them or pique their curiosity you might have a chance of shifting them off track; it is hard for them to resist a dare and they're nosy. Actually, I feel Kendis' sense of "open-mindedness" is like A's ... stubborn as all heck but not against being pushed or shifting what they know with different information. Though, with Kendis I feel they're more inclined at digging their heels when they feel 'in their gut' something is off. Maybe if they were 900+ years old they would be more bendable. lmao. So basically that is my long winded way of saying Kendis is stubborn af. LMAO. As for the second question, Kendi is actually quite inquisitive lmao. I think it works out for Kendis the balance [though not always evenly balanced] of 'immovable object' type of stubbornness vs their 'unstoppable force' of a curiosity is that Kendis is a compassionate creature. So, lmao, the thing that gets her shifting her views about people [in minuscule steps] is sympathy. As for objects and topics, it is in fact that they're kinda know-it-all. Imagine if some bitch ass punk they hated caught them with a n ignorant view and embarrassed them?? Ooo wee. Never gonna happen. So, I guess in short -- Kendis' pride is the fuel but also the stopper of their stubbornness lmao.

Val: Val is stubborn. It is hard to get Val to shift certain perspectives and beliefs. This is why they still radiate with dislike for Rebecca at a level - at times - that feels like they're still the child that was hurt. It is to the point that I'm actually surprised that they forgave Adam for the kiss and wants to fight for him - they tend, I feel, against things that damage their self value. I think when they have a case, they go in ... actually, I feel they sort of go in empty. I think maybe they want to know as little as possible if they need to be at site. Because otherwise they would go in with preconceived notions.

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i want to start posting from my ironstrange college au (remember the makeup fic i posted in like november? i’ll link it below but it’s from that verse) so! let me explain it:

reminder that this is an au and it’s my au, so i decide how this all goes!

Ships:

IronStrange (duh)

ThorBruce

Valcarol

Sambucky

Christine x Hope Van Dyne* (this gets complicated)

Eventual Pristine

Past Stony, Past Stucky

(Lowkey I’m also figuring out if Rhodey x T’challa could be a ship? they both seem too independent but i also might add it in)

Character Notes:

Tony deliberately never specifies if he prefers to go by Anthony or Tony. People call him both, or also his friends call him Ant. Stephen does not/has never called him Tony, he’s always known him as Anthony.

Happy just tends to go by H or Harry (anyone who calls him Harold receives a death glare, but as a joke Rhodey got him a T-shirt and the pattern is just name tags that say “hello my name is Harold.”)

Rhodey just goes by Rhodey bc Tony *insisted* that all their friends call him that and plus he doesn’t hate the nickname.

Natasha is part of this but she doesn’t go to school with the rest of the group. She’s Tony’s half sister and is the biological daughter of Maria Stark and her best friend. She lives in Italy with some of Tony’s extended family and her bio dad. Few people know of her existence, or they know her as Maria’s niece (for her own protection). It doesn’t rly matter that Howard has no idea who she rly is, he wasn’t with her the entire time Maria was pregnant w Natasha bc she was in Italy (and brought Tony with her)

Roommates:

- Tony and Rhodey are roommates, and they live two floors above the four suitemates. The four suitemates are: Christine and Pepper (who share a room) and Stephen and Wong (who share the other room) despite that, the six of them tend to move fluidly in between both spaces.

- Hela and Carol

- Val and Hope

- Thor and T’challa (Bruce spends a lot of time w them)

- Bruce, Sam, and Loki (as chaotic as it sounds btw)

- Bucky and Happy, who I’ve decided are very close. (btw nobody particularly enjoys the fact that Sam and Bucky live next door to each other, when they’re Busy their roommates can be found w Stephen and Co. or one of the other Odinson siblings).

Friend Groups (note: people overlap/belong to multiple groups, this is also not the full list bc that could go on for a long time):

- The Main Six: Tony, Rhodey, Stephen, Wong, Christine, and Pepper.

- Team Big Brain: Tony, Bruce, Stephen, Hope, Carol, Christine, and Bucky.

- Doctors: Stephen, Tony, Christine, and Bruce.

- Dumbass Protection Squad: Hela, T’Challa, Carol, Happy, Rhodey, and Pepper (usually).

- Psych Majors: Pepper, Wong, T’Challa and Loki.

- Stark Industries: Tony, Pepper, Rhodey, and Happy.

- People who Like Astrology: Loki, Bucky, Val, sometimes Christine.

Storylines (There’s no established time frame for this really, but it doesn’t follow mcu canon or any canon):

- Stephen and Tony are lifelong friends. They met on the first day of kindergarten and went to school together in NY (where both their families lived at the time) until middle school. For unspecified reasons, Stephen’s parents opted to move the Strange family to Nebraska before the start of 6th grade. Stephen and Tony were Devastated but were already inseparable at that point and stayed in touch. A business opportunity moved the Starks from NY to California. Stephen stayed in Nebraska for high school but Tony’s parents sent him to boarding school (read: Howard sent him away to avoid having to actually parent, and he thought he was lifting a burden from Maria. This was Not The Case, as she loved her son dearly and would call him everyday. Tony appreciated this more than he ever thought possible.)

- Howard and Stane viewed boarding school as a chance to groom Tony into something malleable and submissive enough to take orders from anyone. His obvious feelings for Stephen (with whom he was still incredibly close) were a Great Concern, so the executive decision was made to set Tony up with Steve Rogers, a blond athlete from his school. It was a way to keep Tony’s sexuality controlled, and Howard didn’t think Stephen was anywhere close to the level he wanted Tony to be (of course, Howard didn’t think his son lived up to his expectations anyway. It was more about control). On the surface, Steve was sweet and everything you could want in a partner, and he even charmed Maria into liking him. She genuinely believed he’d be a good match for her son, so it hurt when she found out what he was really like. Rhodey was Tony’s boarding school roommate for all four (4) years. They met and hit it off overnight, Rhodey instantly feeling brotherly love and the need to protect Tony (or “Tones” as he called him. Rhodey is usually the only one to call him that). Rhodey and Steve did Not see eye to eye on anything, least of all how Tony should be treated. Steve was terrible to him, and Rhodey’s heart broke when Tony admitted he was too scared to break up with him.

- Reenter Stephen. After a particularly bad day, Tony called Maria and Stephen sobbing, missing the two (2) people he talked to more than anyone except maybe Rhodey. It was then he confessed what kind of boyfriend Steve was, and Maria gasped before saying, “Dump him. Let me handle the rest.” That very day, Stephen left school early and traveled to see Tony. It was 2am when he finally arrived, throwing rocks at the window and then scaling the side of the building once he had Tony’s attention. Stephen and Rhodey met the next morning, when Rhodey came back from classes and found his roommate asleep him.

- “So you’re the one who climbed in through my window,” Rhodey said. “For a good reason, I assume.” Stephen confessed it was because he loved Tony and wanted to be there for him, didn’t want him to hurt. (It’s fair to say, though, that Stephen visited before/Tony went to visit him, and they’d spent secret time together over the summers). Tony, believing himself incapable of love, didn’t reject Stephen’s confession but assumed it was only love between friends. The summer before they all left for college (Rhodey, originally from Texas, was also going to school in NY with Tony and Stephen. NY was a big part of who they both were, and they both dreamed of studying there together), they finally started dating at Maria Stark’s motherly demand.

- This demand came a short time before Howard and Maria died, and it also came with admissions of guilt and lots of tears. “I was wrong about Rogers,” she said. “You don’t have to accept what I say or forgive me, but I know Stephen is the right one for you. I think I’ve always known.” (No shit, everyone knew) Knowong she was genuinely sorry, Tony forgave her not knowing that she would die a few months later.

- Most of this canon I’ve created takes place starting in their junior year of college, so everyone has gotten to know each other quite well. I’m sure the more I write from this the more I’ll flesh out relationships between certain characters, but one I want to mention is that Tony and Bucky are very close and co-presidents of the “I Dumped Steve Rogers for Peace of Mind” club. Steve goes to college in the next state/a little further north (that’s as specific as it’ll get for now) and dated Bucky the group’s freshman year. Tony didn’t know any of this until Bucky brought him over one day, and after they (Tony and Bucky) had a talk about the way Steve is as a partner, Bucky realized some things and dumped Steve. He remains angry at them both, especially Tony, from a short distance away which terrifies Tony.

- Sam and Bucky kissed for the first time at a truth or dare night Thor and T’Challa hosted in the group’s sophomore year. After they kissed (Sam initiated) they both shyly admitted feelings for each other.

*Now here’s where things get a little dicey. I started this au with Christine and Hope together for no particular reason, maybe they were on a club sports team together and started dating from there? But Pepper fell in love w Christine at first sight, and it got worse and worse the more they got to know each other. Much like Stephen and Tony, they’re the kind of people who meet each other and just click, even if the eventual path to Pristine involves lots of tears and jealousy for Pepper that Stephen never really experienced. He didn’t feel jealous of Tony and Steve’s relationship, because he wasn’t at boarding school with Tony and there wasn’t much he could do. But as a supportive and concerned (and honest but kind) friend, he was always encouraging and there to listen to Tony. Is Pepper going to be as good of a friend to Christine as Stephen was to Tony while Christine gets ready to marry Hope after undergrad??? that’s the question my forthcoming college au fic will answer.

Also mentioned in my forthcoming fic (which I’m still writing rn)

- post undergrad Wong works as a museum director/curator (havent decided yet, maybe he works his way up the ranks) and double majored in psych and history.

- Stephen, Tony, Happy, Rhodey, and Wong all live together and the rest of the group lives around NYC.

- Stephen, Christine, and Bruce (The Doctor friend group) are all pursuing medical degrees while the SI friend group is transforming the company completely.

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Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk! Congrats on reading all the way to the end lmao. I second guessed posting this a lot but then i remembered that it’s mine and I’m just sharing pre-fic thoughts lol. Thanks for reading/for your support of my work y’all!

Read the makeup fic (it doesn’t have a title) here.

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