#like what if my oc doesnt like their name at all

[froghat1745]

Dina is 100% my favorite OC for multiple reasons, but it really all boils down to the fact she is not a plot dependent character.

Dina get's to exist solely just for the purpose of being a whimsical student at hogwarts, she doesn't help the golden trio complete any large grandiose missions, she doesn't play a large part in any overarching events, she doesn't even fight in any of the battles.

She is epitome of a background character and i fucking love her for it.

Well, Harry, Hermione, Ron, etc, are spending their days fighting enemies and having experiences dependent on plot relevance, Dina is just hunkered down in the potions lab playing mad scientist and writing fun and adventurous new recipes with her mentor Snape and eventually her boyfriend Percy too, just cause she has the time.

She gets a boyfriend, has fun with friends in the castle, and furthurs her education without once thinking about the business of the Golden Trio. She isn't enamored with their constant adventure, she isn't apart of any large mobs in the grand hall watching and waiting for the next most exciting thing about Potter and his legacy. She's just.. living her own independent life.

You could plant yourself at any point in Dina's life (past or future) and aside from some certain aspects (the involvement she briefly has with the weasley family as a result of supporting Percy through his big fight with them, her interactions with umbridge, and her name being the final topic snape speaks about before passing) her behaviors literally have no relevance to the main storyline of Potter, Hermione, and Ron.

Because Dina, was not designed to play any especially important role in the events of Harry Potter. She doesn't need to have her reactions, passions, likes, and dislikes revolve around any significant events regarding the main trio (rather traumatizing or not)

because she is not a plot device.

She isn't a member of the order, she doesn't train under Potter during the events of OOTP, she doesn't involve or worry herself in the feud between Potter and Malfoy (despite being a slytherin), she doesn't gossip about Potter and the events of cedric's death in OOTP, she doesn't watch the qudditch games for anyone else but Wood, she doesn't try to insert herself in the slug club, and she doesn't even concern herself with the triwizard tournament aside from what Snape forces her to pretend to engage with.

Even when umbridge attacks her, it's not Harry Potter dependent. He's not torturing her because she's in any way, a friend or even a peer of Harry Potter. But more because she's the daughter of Sirius black.

Dina is so removed from the main storyline that she doesn't even ever discover what happened to her biological father, Sirius Black, until after his death. And that is merely because Neville mentions it briefly when talking about his intent to kill Bellatrix Lestrange in the department of mysterys, and the furthur desire to mangle the women he feels after the fact. And though she is slighty saddened by the fact she has the capability to form a connection to one of her living parents, and slightly resentful at the idea of HER own biological father seeking refuge and a parental connection with somebody who wasn't her, after his escape. She doesn't really do anything about it but minorly sulk for a week or so.

And even when Dina does make a decision or exibits a behavior as a result of a memory. It just feels like a natural human response to stress as opposed to something that HAS to happen to further a story.

SHE DOESNT EVEN FIGHT IN THE WAR.

She returns in the last measly 2-3 months during the wars end, as the tension is fizziing out, in the court stages when the newly peiced together ministry of magic is working on one by one convicting every death eater responsible for the damage. Not more than a week after voldemorts defeat when it's more just antagonistic remnants of death eaters trying to grip for the power and control and less Voldemort running around torturing and killing everyone under the crush of his terrifying dictatorship.

So she doesn't even do the whole "I fought alongside Harry potter, the UK's golden boy! Look at my glory and honor" thing, that everyone else harps on for awhile. The closest connection she even has to Harry or the order is Neville, who she becomes quite close with in their school days, and eventually rescues her during the mass sweep to find Luna lovegood.

Don't get me wrong I love my plot dependent characters ♡♡♡ but Dina just shines because she can literally just have whismy and joy about her personality and it has nothing to do with anyone but herself.

being obsessed with your own oc is so awesome because everything you say is right. no headcanons we die like men

[vaccariia]

assorted keyframes doodles ft. my still unnamed oc

[moeblob]

son boy raccoon trash can man suffering in a dnd au as a cleric bc his warlock will not stop committing murders and he has to keep coming up with reasons murder is valid to convince the gm its fine and under control

[squeakadeeks]

its funny to look back on Sulu's first design because imo its almost an entirely different character (but you can still see how i kept successivelly boosting the saturation up and up lol)

to be fair his first vs latest designs fit very very different niches, like at first he was supposed to be Pacific's cool, collected brother in Alliacea and had a tropical/manta ray theme but somehow some way i shot his ass up into orbit and now hes a space alien made of gummy sharks whos a burned out post-doc w/ a physics phd

[rogdona]

[cuppanova]

I INTRODUCE TO YOU CASSIE!!

He's an archangel and the ceo of a corporation that has big influence over his technologically advanced floating island of angels, so much so that the council might as well work for him. he's hardly seen without either his sunglasses or a big, toothy grin

more of him to come!!

takes his glasses off

[satorugojoswiife]

idk sometimes seeing all the hate gege gets makes me sad. :( like I know alot of it is jokes/memes, but there are some people that are very serious and weird about it

[em-b-sides]

I think about that tiktok trend where you like paint your partners eye color on your nails or make a bracelet or something with the color a lot actually

[potatobugz]

MACHINES

[thewandererh]

TIV provides emotional support after a long day (for both of you)

bonus plane-to-New York City flipaclip doodles!

carry-on was a wonderful choice of movie to watch, but maybe not so much for the anxious people days before boarding a flight themselves. airplane thriller! adding that to my list of awesome-interesting genres. after watching it a few days ago, i was so enthralled that i advertised it to the window server person at starbucks handing us our evening order. trying vanilla steamer for the first time and driving through neighborhood lights while picking up free popcorn and a candy cane lightsaber from some kids on the curbside is an awesome vibe. yeah lots happened recently. today was hard though (more in tags ig). carry-on is a great movie do watch it 🐥🫶

anyways yea. ft the kyle hill iterator gang <<more info. TIV is separate. he chases tornadoes

[will0thew1sp-art]

What if. A creature

[werebutch]

WSBH chara q’s: (you don’t have to answer all the numbers, just whatever you want to 𖢘)

16/35/51 for Scotch

1/6/55 for Atlas

I LOVE YOU

16. What kinds of people do they have arguments with in their head?

okay i truly think scotch argues with seraph in his head all the time. ALL the time. scotch largely ignores them, and vice versa, because he dislikes them and they know it. seraph is very conflict avoidant lol, and as long as hes not a "threat" they dont care to talk to him about their problems. he probably argues with atlas and jacob (his older brother) too, atlas about more stupid small stuff, and jacob about childhood and life stuff :p

im trying to think of more general groups he would argue with but i cant come up with anything BAHAH. hes not exactly conflict avoidant in the annoying libra way that seraph is, he more just ignores conflict for his friends’ (mostly atlas’) sake. idk if that makes sense LOL

35. What is the smallest, morally questionable choice they’ve made?

hmmm.. smallest? i mean scotch strings eloise along for most of the time pre timeskip. its not a main focus but its definitely important in order to understand scotch as a whole. she and scotch go out for a while, and mid way through that he realizes hes GAY gay. lol. and obviously lying to her about that is pretty questionable after a while. especially since he and atlas have been 👉👌 like the whole time. but she kind of knows. well

something a little bigger would be him encouraging or otherwise turning a blind eye to all the weird stuff atlas is up to. he doesn't know what it's like to be a werewolf, he can't say anything, right? lol.... murder is okay if its a talking dog doing it. scotch enabler supreme. actually when seraph is introduced, he and atlas have a 'joke' (kind of starts being real) about luring seraph somewhere to kill them. obviously doesnt happen and gets abandoned. but i think its important to know about their dynamic LOL

51. What’s a phrase they say a lot?

this guy is kind of goofy. i cant think of phrases rn but he has a specific way of speaking.. you could watch pretty much any old pop punk band interview and kind of get the idea. HAHAH

1. What’s the lie your character says most often?

atlas is a big fan of saying 'its fine' for all situations ever. family in mortal danger? its fine. completely splitting? its fine. arthritis excruciating? its fine. hes one of those people that dont like to deal with the fawning of others unless hes feeling real special. Ends up putting people in more danger a lot of the time. i think eloise is the only fan of communication in this friend group to be honest. i should have made her the main character

he tends to make promises he cant keep as well, but thats more general..

6. What’s their favorite [insert anything] that they’ve never recommended to anyone before?

i have NO idea. i feel like atlas would be a music snob, so maybe his favorite 'super underground' bands. otherwise he'd probably never recommend raw human meat to another human (no matter how much scotch asks -__-).. (he would chicken out anyway)

55. What’s something they’re expected to enjoy based on their hobbies / profession that they actually dislike / hate?

um. so atlas hates working out. he especially hates running, you know, the thing that wolves are known for doing a lot of? unfortunately the lycanthropy came with a side effect of pretty bad arthritis, so that doesnt exactly encourage him. he DOES exercise, a lot since hes pretty much required for his ermm "side job", but he hates it 😸 besides the arthritis it’s mostly because I think it’s silly that he hates it. yay

[moeblob]

Deacon loves two things: Ymber and digging himself a grave.

Fulj hates one thing: Deacon.

[pyrriax]

hi tumblr im pyrr pyrriax and im in my trimonthly artist arc, lord help me and all the projects that are currently sitting in my drafts while i am lured in by the siren song of drawing

[harvestmoth]

no one cares but im gonna oc post real quick

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

its called development hell for a reason