#genderfluid jack bright

[theyanderespecialist]

Pride With AbelBright 🏳‍🌈 Yandere Abel/SCP 076-2 X Dr. Jack Bright (SCP) 

Art credit to: @gavimp

[illuminakisser]

silly guys

i love them sm

me when i randomly decide to hsow my headcanons thar i have jusr been keeping in my mind for like months now

[11turnthefrickenfrogsgay]

1/4 of my dr bright designs! ill draw the other 3 soon, dr bright having multiple bodys gives me excuses to draw more lmao (NOTE, I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ADMIN, HATE THE ADMIN BUT LOVE THE CHARACTER /gen)

[immortal-catastrophe]

A lot has changed...

[mattastr0phic]

,,,,Bright angst..mayhaps

A little light, but it's something I wanted to draw for a while

[jack-of-amulets]

HAPPY MONTH OF PRIDE MOTHERFUCKERS

I may not be pan myself (i only like men sorry), but Bright (in my view) very much is!!

He's genderfluid too and I VERY MUCH AM. WE LOVE A GENDERFLUID CHAOS GREMLIN.

[da-birb-writes-sometimes]

Hi, I discovered your writing today and I loved it. So I wanted to request the frist years with a partner who is gender fluid.

First Years With a Genderfluid Partner

Characters; Ace Trappola, Deuce Spade, Jack Howl, Epel Felmier, Sebek Zigvolt

Content; Genderfluid reader (I don't use pronouns though, since everyone's experience is different), fluff, crack, romance, some implications that strangers are rude but not in detail

Word Count; 600+

Author's Note; Sorry that these are pretty short anon (brain is being mean), but I hope that you enjoy!

Ace Trappola

He’s still a little imp, regardless of everything else. But he’s perceptive. He notices the small things; and he’ll reaffirm you as well.

“Huh, they’re not all that bright if they can’t see that you’re obviously the coolest person around,” he’d scoff. “I mean, my dad only allows me one gender- OW WHY DID YOU HIT ME?!”

But he would say things like that, but he does in fact think you are the coolest person around. 

He does take mental notes; of what terms make you happy (pronouns and pet names), what clothing makes you comfortable, and more. No, he doesn’t keep a little notebook, but he has it memorized. 

Deuce Spade

Always checks in to make sure that you’re comfortable; he doesn’t want to screw up, even if it’s something you may consider small. He’s just trying his best and wants you to be happy.

“Wait, do I call you my boyfriend, girlfriend, joyfriend, partner? I want to make sure that you’re okay with it.” He asks that question pretty often, since he wants to make sure that you’re okay with it; you always come first.

He learns more about your identity, only because he’s curious and feels that he needs to do so. Please tell him to put the books down and just come and hang out.

Well-meaning but a little too gung-ho. He just doesn’t want to mess up, but he also wants you to be happy. 

Jack Howl

The most normal of the group; he likes you for you and nothing changes really. He’ll touch in though, making sure that you’re comfortable.

He would let you (within reason) try out some hairstyles or makeup that you want to try out on him. He doesn’t really mind, plus sometimes it takes looking at someone else to realize that that look is indeed a look and a great one at that.

Jack is a pretty large guy, so if you’re smaller than him he raises a brow at you stealing his clothes. But if you’re larger than him? He might wear one of your outfits (he likes lowkey matching outfits couples do).

Super understanding if you have ‘blah’ days, and will let you vent to him. He may not have much to say, but he’s there when you need him.

Scary dog privilege #1

Epel Felmier

He would come to learn more about your identity throughout your friendship before the two of you started dating. May have messed up here and there at the start, but not anymore.

The accent will be coming out if someone is being rude towards you, and Epel doesn’t care if he gets scolded or not; no one treats you rudely and gets away with it.

Pomefiore also helps him understand that gender is a spectrum; nothing is wholey masculine or feminine, that they blur, and that blurring is beautiful. 

“Pardner” is one of his go-to endearments; you’re his partner (in both the romantic, but also if either of you feel like committing felonies).

Scary dog privilege #1.5 (scary like a very yappy pomeranian way)

Sebek Zigvolt

Sebek definitely knows a few people who are genderfluid back in Briar Valley; fae live for a long time, so playing with gender is pretty normal. He commends you for being honest with yourself.

Now, he is putty in your hands, absolutely WHIPPED for you. You thought the praise he was singing for Malleus was bad? Well, multiply that by fifty.

But it’s quiet, not shouted. Yes, it is still obvious for anyone to see; the way he holds your hand and looks at you. You are the royal of his heart; his Monarch, King, and Queen.

Would be semi-awkward if the two of you went to a pride event; he just doesn’t know what to really do. He's having fun, just awkward.

Scary Dog Privilege #2

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[cat-bright]

my headcanons of the scp fundation staff

Dr. Jack Bright: reptile fan (has a pet iguana)

autistic, genderfluid, bisexual

His musical tastes are: Queen, Guns and Roses, Lemmon Demon and Soda Stereo

Dr. Benjamin kondraki: he is a biologist

animal lover

autistic

He likes to sing (but he sings to himself)

Her musical tastes are: cuarteto de nos, soda stereo and lana del rey

Agnt Draven kondraki:

field agent, he also likes animals like his father

autistic+ADHD

hyperfixated on sharks and insects

he likes south park, adventure time, fear and hunter, mis fortune

her musical tastes: tv girl, mitski and melanie martines

Dr Julian Iceberg:

military scientist,

cat and dog lover, (likes big dogs)

fan of god of war, cult of the lamb, call of duty, dead space, and pikmin

musical tastes, nirvana and korn

[atinyladybug-art]

Abirt Kravitz (Dr Bright Rewrite)

Up-close fullbody:

My Dr Bright rewrite! I'm so happy to finally get it done! His name is Abirt Kravitz and he's currently the second oldest out of all 5 Kravitz Siblings. He's also O5-7.

Not much have changed since my former Bright designs other than a change from the amulet and I made him look older and fixed his colours a bit more.

There's still other stuff that I haven't decided on- like their anomalies and backstory. And the 963 Design is not permanent. It's what I'm going with right now until I get some better ideas.

Anyways, some fun facts about Abirt:

Xe uses any pronouns!

Has multiple doctorates and masters because he's old and has a lot of free time but he's most well-known for his specialty in history making him a historian!

He has 3 kids but they went missing years ago (a lore of its own).

Dating Simon Glass! They are your local elderly queer couple!

If the name Abirt is familiar then you're right! It's actually the name for Bright in the Bellerverse canon after they all became gods to the new world!

And the O5-7 part came from the newer series where Jack has been written as part of the council. I really like that idea. Being O5-7 specifically came from SCP-5493 and The Foundation is Broke.

Also! The character description is written in the O5 Command Dossier method

Image Text under the cut:

Abirt Kravitz

O5-7 | The Eternal

Genderfluid. Jewish origin. Unknown age though rumoured to have been above 2 centuries. Varying appearance with a favour of accessories and jewelry. Said to have gained immortality from a cursed bloodline.

O5-7 plays the role of personnel director. He is in-charge of overseeing all personnel designation within the Foundation. Is also said to personally run at least 3 different Foundation sites in-person.

Known for their lack of formalities and charisma. Within Foundation staff, however, he is known for his irritability and extreme high expectations.

One of the most active O5s with connections everywhere.

[thequietkid-moonie]

Masterlist

Shuumatsu no Valkyrie

🐭 Raiden Tameemon - Relationship headcanons

🐭 Depressed S/O (Jack, Tesla)

🐭 S/O greeting them after their fight (Thor, Sasaki, Jack, Shiva, Buddha, Qin)

🍰 Hanging out with the sages (Buddha, Socrates, Jesus & Confucious)

🐭 Shy and easily distracted Royalty!S/O (Buddha, Jack, Zerofuku, Tesla)

🐭 Zerofuku - Relationship headcanons

🐭 S/O with an anxiety disorder (Jack, Buddha, The Sages, Tesla, Qin)

🐭 Dramatic and energetic S/O who likes to dress in bright colors (Buddha)

🐭 God S/O is the older sibling of the gods (Jack, Buddha)

🐭 Sweet and inocent reader is actually an assassin (Buddha, Tesla, Jack, Qin)

🍰 Child!Reader being the first friend of Beelzebub

🐭 With a S/O without strength but a really good fighter (Lubu, Raiden, Sasaki, Qin, Heracles)

🐭 S/O hates everyone except for their boyfriend (Hades, Qin, Jack, Thor, Beelzebub)

🐭 Stoic S/O is their biggest fan (Hades, Thor, Jack)

🐭 Zerofuku with an autistic S/O

🐭 Zerofuku with a affectionate S/O

🐭 S/O mood is reflected in the weather (Buddha)

🍰 Friendship headcanons (Beelzebub & Tesla)

🐭 Child!Reader reencarnated as Tesla's child (Beelzebub)

🐭 Powerful god!S/O of misfortune (Buddha, Jack, Shiva, Zerofuku, Hades)

🐭 S/O with a deadly disease (Jack, Raiden, Tesla)

🐭 S/O is killed out of hate (Thor, Zerofuku, Hades)

🍰 Scientist!Reader (Tesla, Marie, Beelzebub)

🐭 Reader is famous for playing the Lyre (Hermes)

🍰 Being Tesla's student

🐭 Dane's first love (Dane & Nikola)

🖤 Yandere Buddha - Headcanons

🐭 Their crush show up badly injured (Beelzebub, Hades)

🍰 Parenting headcanons (Buddha, Shiva, Heracles)

🐭 Angel that reflect the sadness of the world (Beelzebub, Buddha)

🐭 Cuddling Headcanons (Jack, Tesla)

🐭 Flirty and elegant S/O use guns and can summon demons (Buddha, Hades)

🐭 Buddha with a crush

🐭 S/O got harrased by the serpent (Buddha, Hades, Thor)

🍰 Introvert and innocent reader has psychic powers (Buddha, Zerofuku, Brunhilde, Göll)

🦋 Beelzebub with a powerful God of Destruction

🐭 S/O is like the rencarnation of fire (Sasaki)

🐭 Accidentally hurting S/O while training (Buddha, Hades, Qin)

🖤 Darling kiss them on the cheek and runs away (Buddha, Beelzebub)

🐭 Dealing with the lost of a child (Buddha, Jack, Sasaki, Tesla)

🐭 Parenting headcanons (Jack)

🖤 Beautiful and powerful but lonely darling (Jack)

🍰 Asexual and Aromantic friend (Sasaki, Raiden)

🐭 Polyamorous relationship headcanons with a caotic, confident and powerful reader (Qin & Hades)

🍰 Reader come out as asexual (Adam & Eve)

🍰 Genderfluid shapeshifter god!reader (Lucifer, Azazel, Samael, Beelzebub & Lilith)

🍰 Their child come out as transmale (Adam & Eve)

🐭 Kind and gentle reader is always supportive over him (Dane)

🐭 Zerofuku with a crush

🍰 Serious and negative assistant (Tesla)

🐭 In love with the same sweet and kind person (Hades & Qin)

🦋 God!reader is complety supportive of her plan (Brunhilde)

🍰 Best Friend w/ a mischievous and powerful child god (Jack, Zerofuku, Beelzebub)

🖤 Inmortal darling can travel from worlds (Buddha)

🖤 Getting delusional after losing his darling (Beelzebub)

🍰 Their child experience their first crush (Adam & Eve)

🐭 S/O loses their fight (Qin)

🍰 Little sibling of the gods is curious about humans

🍰 Best friends w/ Raiden Tamemon

🖤 Taking their darling's life by accident (Jack)

[iceflwers]

𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓪𝓷 𝓳𝓮𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 !

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ THE BASICS !

— ❥ FULL NAME: Morgan Olive Jennings.

— ❥ NICKNAMES: Morgs, M, Songbird, popstar, Pop Rocks (teasingly, by Brock), Blondie Bitch (by haters), sweetheart, babe, baby (by Quinn only), honey, gorgeous (by Quinn only).

— ❥ DATE OF BIRTH: March 29th, 1998 (Aries).

— ❥ BIRTHPLACE: Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada.

— ❥ CURRENT RESIDENCE: Mostly mobile, permanent residence in Vancouver.

— ❥ SPOKEN LANGUAGES: English, French (not fluently).

— ❥ ORIENTATION: Biromantic, bisexual.

— ❥ GENDER IDENTITY: Genderfluid (she/they pronouns).

— ❥ OCCUPATION: Pop singer-songwriter.

— ❥ FACECLAIM: Reneé Rapp.

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ PERSONALITY !

— ❥ HOGWARTS HOUSE: Gryffindor (brave, chivalrous, daring).

— ❥ MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE: ESFP - The Entertainer (bold, enthusiastic, sensitive).

— ❥ ENNEAGRAM TYPE: Type Eight - The Challenger (self-confident, confrontational, protective).

— ❥ MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good.

— ❥ LOVE LANGUAGES: Words of affirmation for giving, quality time for receiving.

— ❥ SKILLS: Singing, dancing, songwriting, makeup, brewing coffee, playing piano, playing both acoustic and electric guitar, quickly coming up with comebacks.

— ❥ LIKES: Putting on an amazing show, hearing a big stadium crowd singing her lyrics back to them, getting her makeup just the way they like it, spending time with her mom, a well-made margarita, wearing bright and outlandish outfits for their concerts.

— ❥ DISLIKES: Boring people, people bringing up her past relationship failures, people who are rude to public servants, being judged for their choices by the media, snakes, being misgendered, people hating on her boyfriend’s team.

— ❥ FEARS/PHOBIAS: Being abandoned, disappointing the people they care about, death, needles.

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ RELATIONSHIPS !

— ❥ FAMILY: Lorelei Jennings (mother), unknown father, Daisy Ahn (younger sister figure).

— ❥ FRIENDS: Daisy Ahn, Poppy Tsunoda, Jack Hughes, Luke Hughes, Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Artūrs Šilovs, Thatcher Demko, J.T. Miller, Trevor Zegras.

— ❥ ACQUAINTANCES: Remainder of the Vancouver Canucks roster, Jamie Drysdale, Ethan Edwards, Mat Barzal, William Nylander.

— ❥ ROMANTIC INTERESTS: Madeline Baker (first crush), Eddie White (first boyfriend), Scott Moir (brief fling), Derek Harding (brief fling), Angela Williams (brief fling), Alec Kosminsky (ex-boyfriend), Caroline Gutierrez (ex-girlfriend), Daniel Riva (brief fling), Myla Adler (brief PR relationship), Iris Swayer (ex-girlfriend), Spencer Calloway (ex-boyfriend), Darius Morgan (brief fling), Quinn Hughes (current romantic interest).

˚✧ ₊˚ʚ FUN FACTS !

— ❥ Morgan has been famous since she was sixteen years old, thrust into the spotlight after they were discovered performing in a karaoke club she’d snuck into. Though they’ve always been happy she gets to share their music with the world and connect with people through it, she also often wishes that they hadn’t had to become so well-known so young.

— ❥ Throughout the course of her career, Morgan has won many awards for their music, including many American Music Awards, MTV Awards, and two Grammys, one for Pop Album of the Year and one for Best Pop Solo Performance. Two of her albums, their self-titled debut album and her forth album Diamond Collar, have also gone certified platinum.

— ❥ Out of all the relationships they’ve had throughout the years and her career, Morgan is fairly sure that Iris, a fellow singer who, they dated for almost a year, is the only one she truly loved. They can’t help but be a bit grateful that relationship did end, though, because she never would have gotten together with Quinn otherwise.

— ❥ Morgan can’t actually skate before meeting Quinn. Their mother never really had the time to take her to a rink and teach them, and once she got famous they never really saw the point in learning, but Quinn does teach her after they get together.

— ❥ Morgan has never cared very much what the media says about them, but the one thing she will never tolerate is people saying bad things about their mother or judging her for growing up in a single-parent home. Lorelei Jennings sacrificed a lot to make sure her child had a good life, and suffered a lot with Morgan when they were going through hard times with her career and public perception, and Morgan will never accept anyone attempting to put her down for that.

tagging @lovings4turn, @hiya-itsamber, @theopenlocker, & @yoontwin ! ( also tentatively tagging @wintfleur )

─┈ ♡ copyright © 2024: you do not have permission to copy, translate, or repost my works, nor to use my oc ideas or plots.

[theyanderespecialist]

Pride With Jack And David Bright (SCP Foundation) #scp #pride #asexual #genderfluid

[jacksoneblackburn]

OOC (with pjo and hoo spoilers):

As you might know, Jacks is my Percy Jackson series oc. They are also almost completely loosely based off of me. So I wanna just post the process of choosing the godly parent (oh boy that was a struggle) of them [including the gender changes bc I'm genderfluid irl] :)

1. Son of Cupid

I didn't want them to be completely on the nose of being the child of a love goddess (specifically Aphrodite), so I did research on different greek gods and I ended up choosing Cupid. This version was called Jackson, and he had a crossbow with bolts that were similar to Frank Zhang's arrows during the mansion part of The Son of Neptune. With influences Jacks's weapon today.

2. Son of Aphrodite

Again, almost the same thing as Cupid, but I got tired of explaining to my irl friends the difference between Cupid and Aphrodite so I just said "Fine! He's the son of Aphrodite, happy?!"

3. Child of Hades

I went back into my Nico phase and wanted my character to be related to Nico, so I changed it to Hades. This version's name was Jax (politely given to me by my friend) and they had a Scythe as a weapon (inspired by Backbiter) that changed into a bracelet where if you snapped off a bead of the bracelet, it would fall to your hand where the handle then wrapped around it.

4. Daughter/Son of Demeter

I was really into farming and agriculture at the time. Female version's name being Jackie. Nothing notable other than I grew primarily mushrooms.

5. Son of Dionysus

I was watching the show and a lot of mead/wine making stuff at the time. Remake of the Son of Demeter where I would grow strawberries for low alcoholic mead that I would sell to other campers for parties. Weapon was a bow and arrow that did the same thing as the cupid crossbow in Ver. 1.

6. Son of Erebus (primordial god of darkness and shadows)

Heavily considered Nyx, but I thought having a character that could control shadows was sick asf. Was temporarily a girl in a version where she became a Hunter but broke her vow, causing her to hide in her father's pocket dimension in the underworld for five year, coming out insane. Combination of the weapons for Cupid and Hades. Also had a crow with 23 razor sharp, detachable feathers, that could shrink and grow (to the size of a dragon) and transformed into a ring with 23 feathers encircling the ring in a design on it. Her name's Kori (based off of Koronis, story variates through each time, but the basic is that she ran away, Athena (or some other god) saved/punished her by transforming her into the first ever crow. Which, based on a different myth, Apollo burned her for something and caused her, and all other crows/ravens, to be black). Kori is still present in the current and final version of Jacks.

7. (very shortly) Child of Poseidon

Nothing notable except I was able to finally decide how Jacks would look.

8. (finally) Child of Apollo

The final version of Jacks. Arguably one of the best versions of them. Has a version of the sickle where it's more one handed and less clunky, rather than dual-wielded, the Cupid Crossbow (now called Orgí tou Íliou or Wrath of The Sun), and of course, Kori (I love Kori sm 💜💜💜).

Thanks for reading this, if you did!

@bright-side-of-the-moon read this if you want a yappathon of a lore fest lol

[dxwnfxll]

Finally reworked Dr Amar (future design eventually)

So here’s his info

- Dr Amars amulet is merged with their body, there is no way to remove it unless the whole body is destroyed (in which case the amulet will be placed on someone else and that body will slowly turn into the Amars body)

- Dr Amar is genderfluid going by any pronouns

- She is Jewish (which comes from the mothers side) and indigenous (native American)

- they have one canon child named Luci who works under the MTF, obviously i also ship them with my scp researcher oc but that doesn’t affect anyone wanting to ship their oc or other characters with him

- Dr Amar still have their siblings (T.J, Mikell and Claire) and the siblings are all still victims of abuse under Adam (eves a good mom though)

- of course the bad shit that was in his story before is no longer in this revamp, there is no ‘Bright cult’ or a bear related to the family.

- wanna also say that with @dani-fox revamp of TJ Serra argent is not in our revamp since her story is… yeah. Instead she’s been replaced with Luci aka Jacks kid.

A lot of stuff is still the same as the original story, Jack was still attacked by Abel (but not killed) the siblings all have a bad relationship with each other. (Minus TJ with Jack). We are still working on this revamp so changes will come and go and we’re open to any ideas from the community! I will eventually have Eve, Claire and Mikell designs drawn soon along with the new characters that i’ve added

[ninja-muse]

As you might know if you saw my review the other day, my December felt very slumpy even though I read a lot of good books. I suspect this is because of book hangovers and working a busy Christmas retail season. (I also didn't write much because I kept coming home too wiped to think.)

But it was a good month! I managed to get to a couple new releases that I really wanted to, and I knocked a lot of books off my physical TBR because none of my ARCs looking interesting. I did have a DNF again, though, of a book that I was really hoping would be great. Isn't that always the way?

I also had two rereads! One because sometimes when you're at a loss to read, you pick up Pratchett, and one because I'd promised myself I'd get to it this year and dash it, I was going to! Weirdos of the Universe, Unite! was one of the most seminal books of my childhood, and it wasn't until I reread it that I realized just how much it was. I saw a lot of my personal attitude to life in Maddy, it was probably my first true urban fantasy even though there's a whole act on a spaceship, Baba Yaga is there as a very cranky but practical sort of witch…

As for my book haul, I just want to say that it was Christmas and I didn't actually buy anything? My parents came through with some really oddball picks, as I'd expected, my sister gifted me one of her favourite reads of the year, and friends helped feed my T. Kingfisher addiction. (More on that in my yearly wrap-up.)

But the book I'm most excited to have gotten is Hogfather, and not because of the pretty cover though that's a bonus. It is, in fact, the most astounding misprint I've ever seen and I couldn't pass up a chance at a free copy. I mean, how many times do you find a beloved book in which the entire thing is bound backwards?! Thank goodness the publisher didn't want it back, is all I'm saying.

And that's probably about it! I have no idea what book I'm going to start 2024 with, because I sort of read 200+ pages of Persepolis Rising last night so I could knock it off my list and now I'm recovering from the binge.

And now without further ado, in order of enjoyment…

A Power Unbound - Freya Marske

Jack, Alan, and their friends must find a hidden artifact and foil a plot. This would go better if Jack and Alan got along.

8/10

🏳️‍🌈 main characters (gay, bi man), 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (gay, bi woman, lesbian, genderfluid) 🏳️‍🌈 author

All the Hidden Paths - Foz Meadows

Velasin and Caethari are still feeling out their relationship when they’re summoned to the capital and almost immediately find themselves targeted again..

7.5/10

🏳️‍🌈 main characters (mlm), 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (mlm), mute secondary character, cast of colour, 🏳️‍🌈 author warning: anxiety, aftermath of trauma, dubious consent

Last Chance to See - Douglas Adams with Mark Carwadine

A bumbling science fiction author travels the world in search of endangered animals.

7/10

Illuminations - T. Kingfisher

Rosa wants to help her artist-magician family, but instead she accidentally releases a creature bent on destroying them!

8/10

Lovecraft Country - Matt Ruff

Two Chicago families in the 1950s become caught up in a world of cults, ghosts, monsters, and magical danger. Fortunately, they’ve had lots of practice at mistrusting white folks.

7.5/10

primarily Black cast

warning: depicts Jim Crow-era racism, including slurs; also abusive family dynamics

Persepolis Rising - James S.A. Corey

Thirty years on, the system has achieved a new normal. So of course one of the colony planets decides it’s time to shake things up.

7.5/10

very racially diverse cast

Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt

A cleaner at an aquarium mourns her losses. A young California man seeks his absentee father. The resident octopus tries to bring them together.

7.5/10

Jamaican secondary character, Korean-American secondary character

Ragnarok - A.S. Byatt

A child in wartime discovers Norse mythology, and the ways myths and the world reflect each other.

7.5/10

warning: animal cruelty and injury

While Idaho Slept - J. Reuben Appelman

Four students are murdered in a single night, and what came before and after.

7/10

warning: violent murders

Monstress, Volume 3 - Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (illustrator)

Maika finds temporary refuge from the people chasing her, but the local leaders want a favour in return.

7/10

one-armed protagonist, cast of colour, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (sapphic), Taiwanese-American author and Japanese-American illustrator

Reread

Weirdos of the Universe, Unite! - Pamela F. Service

Mandy and Owen get assigned a mythology paper, but then the characters they pick start coming to life and insisting they have a great purpose.

Black secondary character, Indigenous secondary character, Chinese secondary character

warning: somewhat lazy depictions of Indigenous and Chinese people

The Unadulterated Cat - Terry Pratchett with Gray Jolliffe (illustrator)

A humourous celebration of all things cat.

DNF

The Undetectables - Courtney Smyth

Someone’s committing Occult murders and a crack team of Occult investigators has been called in. Or, they’re totally going to be the crack team someday, at least.

main character with fibromyalgia, 🏳️‍🌈 secondary characters (lesbian), fat secondary character, Chinese-British secondary character, 🏳️‍🌈 author

Currently reading:

Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century - Richard Taruskin A history of early written European music, in its social and political contexts.

The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle Victorian detective stories

major disabled character

warning: racism, colonialism

Stats

Monthly total: 11+1 Yearly total: 128/140 Queer books: 2 Authors of colour: 1 Books by women: 6 Authors outside the binary: 0 Canadian authors: 0 Off the TBR shelves: 7 Rereads: 2 Books hauled: 8 ARCs acquired: 2 ARCs unhauled: 2 DNFs: 1

January February March April May June July August September October November

[ziggysarcana]

Walking through the picturesque streets of Cardinal Hill, you find Joel Cassius Durant, the 29 year old Bazaar Exchange pawn shop owner and shopkeeper originally from Cardinal Hill, Washington. Living alongside them in such a small town, you know that they're strategic, eccentric and self-sabotaging, but what you might not know is that they are a witch, and that they’re hiding something… ― LaKeith Stanfield, bisexual, gender fluid, and he/they.

Name: Joel "Cash" Cassius Durant (Joe-el)

Alias: Cash, Jo, El

Gender/Pronouns: Genderfluid , He/They

Age: 29

Birthdate: 07/20/1963

Big Three: Leo, Virgo, Libra

Occupation: Bazaar Exchange pawn shop owner and shopkeeper

Height: 6'0"

Hometown: Cardinal Hill, Washington

Family: Imani Durant (mother), Cassius Morrison (father), Micah Durant (brother), Goldie Green (maternal cousin)

Friends: Lorelei Bauer (ritualove)

Relationship Status: single

Sexuality: pansexual

Other Relationships:

Character Inspiration: Kendall Roy - Succession, Ambrose Spellman - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Ryuk - Death Note, Jordan Belfort, Jack Kelly - Newsies, Data - Star Trek TNG

Joel Cassius Durant was born at the stroke of the afternoon, in the quiet town of Cardinal Hill, Washington. The circumstances were unconventional even from the start. His mother Imani and his father Cassius were never married. In fact, their relationship had resembled a lightbulb. One that grows bright and brighter until it quickly fizzles out. Imani, a witch with a deep rooted connection to the natural world and a long lineage of witches; was a free spirit who felt confined by society's expectations but did her best to raise Joel. Cassius was a wandering soul, searching for his place in a world where he felt that he had never belonged. Imani raised him on her own for the most part, save for the help she would receive from her mother, her sister and her brother in law. She is a fiercely independent woman who weaved her craft with a regular lifestyle, what she thought was best for her sons. She was often misunderstood by the humans around her. To everyone else, she was an eccentric recluse who dabbled in the occult. She could often be seen walking around with not so much as a sock covering her feet, having conversations with plants or sending her sons to school with strange smelling teas. To Joel, she was just mom. An enigmatic and powerful woman who instilled within him a deep respect for the world. She was also the owner of a cozy pawn shop on the edge of town -- selling, buying and trading all kinds of wares, magical and normal items alike.

He grew up feeling as if magic was as natural as taking a breath, or the way blood pumps without you having to will it to do so. But he leaned, with haste, that the world wasn't always as it seemed. His mother taught him from a young age to listen, carefully, to the indiscernible vibrations of this dimension and others. To decipher the signs it gave. Imani never hid her witchcraft from him. She had him around all the time so this meant he was able to watch in on rituals and spellwork. Joel particularly enjoyed watching her heal others. One thing she wanted her children to know, and they do; magic is not only a gift but it's a responsibility. Imani often said "what you take from the world, you must always give back". A philosophy that has stuck with him his entire life.

His father on the other hand, was a presence in his life but he learned that he wasn't a permanent one. He would drift in and out of Cardinal Hill, sometimes offering only brief moments. Despite all of this, Joel knew that his father loved him. He never doubted it. Some of his best memories happened during the stints that lasted months. He inherited from him a restless energy. One that had led him to dream of something more. Something more than a small town. Often times Joel would dream of joining his father on his travels, perhaps to a far away country. Somewhere new to feel the energy of, maybe bring back his mother some cool tchotchkes for the shop.

As a child, his parentage made the brothers stand out like a sore thumb. Joel was often bullied by his classmates for being an odd and quiet little boy. Kids would whisper, call him names or tease him. Especially when he tried to share with the other kids the things his mother had taught him. His brother Micah was always there for him, telling off the other kids if he ever saw this. But as he grew older, in his teen years; something shifted. Joel grew taller, more handsome and undeniably charming. People started to actually warm up to him and he wasn't just the weird kid anymore. He was just the guy with the sweet smile and the quick wit. He remained reserved though, skeptical of others. And Joel didn't really belong to anyone, not like everyone else seemed to. He was still, underneath it all, the kid who felt like he didn't fit the mold of society's expectations. People started liking him, sure -- but he never truly opened up to many. Stuck with the thought that no matter how accepted he was, no one would ever truly understand them.

By the time he had turned 18 he had such a desire to break free from Cardinal Hill and explore the world beyond. Joel had leaned everything his mother could ever teach about magic and about Washington, but he wanted to explore beyond that. He had a deep respect for everything she had given him, his skills and the shop but he could never really envision himself taking on the life that Imani wanted for him. Her world was one of isolation and intrsopection, but he didn't want that to be the all encompassing theme of his life. Spellwork and the shop. God! It made him sick to think about. He wanted, nay, needed to see the city lights and feel the pulse of the world under his fingertips. Where people chased their dreams and didn't give a damn what got in their way. He needed that. So when he was 19, he finally said goodbye and moved to the big city. New York City, of course. Where he arrived with a backpack and eyes full of wonder. Imani supported her son's dreams, as much as she could. She tried to see it as a pit stop in his bigger journey. A journey that would hopefully lead back home. Before Joel left, she gave him a warning: "If you give the city an inch, they will take a mile. Be careful what you trade for your dream."

Joel's life when he first arrived in New York was, for the lack of a better word, good. Better than someone would expect for coming to a big city with no job or somewhere to sleep. It was exhilarating but it was a hustle. He worked a number of odd job's in the beginning to get by. Delivery boy for a local florist, waitstaff for a catering company, and cleaning Wall Street toilets. They never quite settled into one thing, trying to do as much as he could and as efficiently as he could. Always moving, always doing better. There was no way he was going to let his mother and his brother down. And besides, this pace suited him. He reveled in everything about the city -- the nightlife, the food, the people! Joel wanted to devour this city, make it his own. It was during this time that a new friend had shown him the world of back door betting and card games. This was a world that dangled everything he ever wanted in front of his nose; it's saccharine scent lingering in his nostrils for too long for him to ignore. Wealth, freedom, power. Joel quickly moved into these circles -- his charismatic personality enabling him to gain this access.

Bets were made here by the flick of the wrist and games stretched late into the night. Reputations built and shattered simultaneously. With a single hand of cards. It didn't take long for him to become a regular. He gained a bit of a reputation for being an incredibly lucky high takes gambler; or perhaps, he just was that good. Charm, wit and his intuition helped push him to places he could only dream. He found himself rolling in cash. But the higher you climb, the higher the stakes. The line between reward and ruin was thinner than the threads of the universe itself. For a while, he was the man on top -- he had everything he ever wanted. But Joel learned the hard way that if you play with fire long enough, you'll eventually get burned.

When Joel was 27 he found himself at the proverbial rock bottom. His luck had ran dry. He found himself in a situation that gave him no way out. He made the hardest decision of his life and returned home to Cardinal Hill with his tail between his legs. Even though his relationship with his mother was complicated, she welcomed him back home with open arms. As all mothers do. Joel never spoke about what happened and she never pushed him to open up; afraid he might break. Imani offered him the old pawn shop, hoping it would give him a sense of purpose, and to be honest, she was getting too old to run it all by herself. It wasn't the life he had envisiioned for himself but it was a chance to rebuild his life. To gain some normalcy and security. Not wanting to be 'the guy who lives with his mom', he moved in with his brother for a year until he saved up enough to get a trailer in the local park. One he's very proud of.

Now at 29, he is proud to run the cozy and magical Bazaar Exchange. It has it's own peculiar mystique; a place where memories seemed to linger and lost things found their home.

He is more guarded than he used to be and much more introspective. More wise now than ambitious. Joel mostly keeps his personal life to himself, hiding his past with a wry smile. Cardinal Hill, a place where he used to feel trapped, has turned into somewhat of a refuge for him. Keeping the danger at more than an arms length. Though most don't know the full extent of his daunting past, it continues to haunt him. He's not just an eccentric shopkeeper or a talented witch -- he's a man who has seen the true underbelly of the world and felt the crushing weight of failure. Even crawled through that weight with his sanity mostly in tact. His magic remains quieter than his mothers, but all the resident's of Cardinal Hill know they can come to him for help with magic. Like a well of ancient knowledge.

Additional Information/Headcannons

His name is pronounced 'Joe-el', not 'Jol'. If you mispronounce it on accident he will politely correct you but if you think it's funny to do it on purpose, he won't even respond. He's known to say 'on Christmas, do you sing 'Nol! Nol! Nol!' no? it's Joel, like Noel, get it right!'

Joel is very superstitious. Especially when it comes to numbers. 7 is his lucky number, and he always looks for it in everything; even better if it's in a succession of 3.

He likes to convince people that he has a keen ability to find lost things, but really it's because he calls on Saint Anthony for help. The holy saint of all lost things.

Joel can't stand formalities or small talk. He's always been a rebel when it comes to societies expectations and rules.

Despite this, ironically, he is always on time. If he's late, then it's time to worry about where he is. It just drives him crazy to be late to anything, never wanting to run behind schedule.

He wears one of his father's old watches, at all times. Except for when he's in the shower.

Joel is obsessed with the moon and has an unexplainable connection to it. He has a large collection of moon themed trinkets; pendants, decor and sketches.

Wanted Connections:

ex lovers: someone from New York or Cardinal Hill, this can range from casual flings to high school sweethearts.

friends: drinking buddies, witchy friends, friends to play soccer with or parlay, or just regular pals

shop regulars and newcomers: customers who haggle successfully or unsuccessfully, fresh faces, anything in between.

spellwork clients: anyone struggling with spell casting or divination may come to him and ask for help. Joel is happy to give it.

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