#into the blorboverse

[hermits-hovel]

been thinking about Ancel growing nearsighted between expacs

[tallbluelady]

— “are you blushing?! that’s adorable.”

Despite her secrecy, Rowan should have known that a master spy and the nosiest woman on the Star would have figured out what she and Urianger had gone to do in the Bookman's Shelves for the weekend.

Nothing could have prepared her for the cake, however.

Yloise is (@yloiseconeillants)

[kradogsrats]

regret's a knife [x]

[blorbo-blog-bro]

Whatcha doin??? 👀

[ruvviks]

quick doodle of a new assassin for the extended ocverse! he goes by the name devereaux, used to run with the voodoo boys as netrunner and now operates as an assassin in watson and westbrook :]

taglist (opt in/out)

@velocitic, @deadrlngers, @euryalex, @ordinarymaine, @gurathins;

@mojaves, @shellibisshe, @dickytwister, @mnwlk, @rindemption;

@ncytiri, @calenhads, @noirapocalypto, @florbelles, @radioactiveshitstorm;

@strafethesesinners, @fashionablyfyrdraaca, @radioactive-synth, @katsigian, @estevnys;

@elgaravel, @aezyrraeshh, @carlosoliveiraa

[hermits-hovel]

reader i did in fact gpose it

ancel @hermits-hovel and raer @azure-dragonsinger i am so sorry

[mg549]

what if i made this a period piece

[scribbydibbydoo]

Sting

"Reese Aspen"

Thank you @yikesb3rg for bein the main motivation for this now our ocs can be BESTIESSSS!!

Here's lineart for better look at the details!

Looks left, looks right... I caved....

I don't have anyyy information on him like at all aside from stuff that my brain is like making up rn, but if I do end uo making another post about him I'll try to come up with more stuff.

[bug-crimes]

bro I went outside in the damp the other night for like 5 minutes and I'm absolutely Littered with mosquito bites like I had been out there for 5 hours

and I'm kinda just like damn 🥺 my mosquito buddies rly said even if life is so ass for u sometimes u are Always a gift for us and if that isn't a mood booster idk what is

[gamingdotcom]

ok because astarion is such an interesting pick for me because i feel. historically my favorites are guys with something thats obviously wrong with them that, through the nature of the character or my relationship with the character, will not be changed and/or fixed. this guy has something profoundly wrong with him and this will not change. and w astarion, there's the urge to fix, which im trying with all my might to resist.. and underneath that, there's the hope that he will decide to change on his own. its not exactly perfect opposites but they are brothers. they are foils for one another

[trans-estinien]

Getting kicked from a discord server you read every day but didn't talk in much because you were too anxious to say anything like. Idk. Feels bad lol.

[hermits-hovel]

don’t do this.

[tallbluelady]

39! Rowan finds out they have a fan club 👀❓

(Feel free to also answer this for someone else instead if you feel inspired for someone else or this ends up being a duplicate OvO!)

Twas Ancel who was able to face Zenos' might here. But your reports say that there was an attempt on his life in Doma...

A failed attempt, alas. We made it out alive but all my lance did was crack his mask...

You fought him? How brave! Did you throw it at his craven eye?

(A multi-WoL take on StB featuring Yloise, Joda, and mentioning Ancel, who are @yloiseconeillants, @azure-dragonsinger, and @hermits-hovel respectively.)

[bug-crimes]

ohhhh stares at you all sososo hard

for reference bc I don't keep the info handy somewhere public:

heartwood guild (melee fighters)

- eloise, she/her, usually forced to have the braincell, founder of the guild

- lyric, he/him, grumpy former mercenary that's finally settled down

- minna, she/they, mildly unhinged big sword lover, hopeless romantic

The Mages

- cor, they/he/she, current leader of the guild, holder of the artifact that controls all of time and space

- barnaby, they/them, little circus freak, holder of the artifact that controls illusions

- mint, he/him, gift of clairvoyance, holder of the artifact that controls memories

- averill, he/they, works at Barnaby's circus, holder of the artifact that controls love

- arvidus, he/him, catboy with religious trauma, holder of the artifact that controls entropy

- elwyn, she/they/it, former warmage of the sea, holder of the artifact that controls the earth

- shatter, he/it, bird mechanic with wild ideas, holder of the artifact that controls invention and machinery

- albion, he/they, quiet lil guy, holder of the artifact that controls weather

Other

- orion, he/him, gay and homophobic, foreign diplomat

So my problem with most ‘get to know your character’ questioneers is that they’re full of questions that just aren’t that important (what color eyes do they have) too hard to answer right away (what is their greatest fear) or are just impossible to answer (what is their favorite movie.)  Like no one has one single favorite movie. And even if they do the answer changes.

If I’m doing this exercise, I want 7-10 questions to get the character feeling real in my head. So I thought I’d share the ones that get me (and my students) good results: 

What is the character’s go-to drink order? (this one gets into how do they like to be publicly perceived, because there is always some level of theatricality to ordering drinks at a bar/resturant)

What is their grooming routine? (how do they treat themselves in private)

What was their most expensive purchase/where does their disposable income go? (Gets you thinking about socio-economic class, values, and how they spend their leisure time)

Do they have any scars or tattoos? (good way to get into literal backstory) 

What was the last time they cried, and under what circumstances? (Good way to get some *emotional* backstory in.) 

Are they an oldest, middle, youngest or only child? (This one might be a me thing, because I LOVE writing/reading about family dynamics, but knowing what kinds of things were ‘normal’ for them growing up is important.)

Describe the shoes they’re wearing. (This is a big catch all, gets into money, taste, practicality, level of wear, level of repair, literally what kind of shoes they require to live their life.)

Describe the place where they sleep. (ie what does their safe space look like. How much (or how little) care / decoration / personal touch goes into it.)

What is their favorite holiday? (How do they relate to their culture/outside world. Also fun is least favorite holiday.) 

What objects do they always carry around with them? (What do they need for their normal, day-to-day routine? What does ‘normal’ even look like for them.) 

[blorbo-blog-bro]

Absolutely devious side eye

[ruvviks]

introducing night city's second worst family (please for the love of god click for better quality!) // most of them belong to @reaperkiller =^) diana "vulture" crane >> a high profile fixer from city center's velvet harbor; stays out of the family business and with that avoids most of the drama that comes with it maxwell crane >> diana's ambitious younger brother and ceo of the spaceship elysium; competitive and brash and generally doesn't get along well with others kinsley osborn >> maxwell's wife and ceo of the spaceship elysium; idealistic and somehow still believes that arasaka doesn't own them (they do (but they're also getting fucked over by cobra cybernetics)) jesse colton >> the youngest of the coltons and the only bearable one; doesn't want to be involved but loves to create family drama on purpose to make everyone else worse william colton >> the oldest of the coltons and ceo of cobra cybernetics; sweatiest sack of potatoes of a man you've ever met and that's all you need to know about him luiza colton-vidal >> william's wife and oldest sibling of the vidal family; absolutely here for the money but she's good at keeping up appearances (and yes she gets william killed (it takes everyone almost a year to figure that out)) alana cartier >> brilliant arasaka scientist and head scientist of arasaka's serpent projects; used to be married to sebastian vidal (luiza's younger brother and main test subject of project cobra) andrew colton >> the middle sibling of the coltons, alana's husband, and head of arasaka's special programs branch; he's the cause of everything that happens in the story