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December MC of the Month: Luca O'Rinn

Please welcome December 2023's MC of the month! Each month, we will highlight one MC or OC that is currently on our Meet My MC / OC List. The MC / OC is selected randomly on the Wheel of Names, and eligibility requirements can be found here. We accept MC / OC profiles on an ongoing basis. Please feel free to send yours in!

This month’s MC of the month is…

@aria-ashryver 's Luca O'Rinn

More below...

In your own words, tell us what you like most about your MC / OC.

This little idiot just doesn’t stop. They are so damn resilient! I love their bravery, compassion and that Luca takes the time to make sure the people around him feel seen, heard and understood. Communication is important to him — he’s a little tactless or graceless with it sometimes, but he tries so hard to make sure the people he loves know it. I love how talented and inquisitive he is, and that he has such a strong sense of self — Luca just feels so bright to me, so vibrant and joyous. “Lightbringer” was an accidental name meaning, I just picked “Luca” at random when creating my MC because it felt right, but it really was the perfect choice for them!

2. Do you feel your MC / OC is like you at all? How are you alike or different?

Luca is much more impulsive than I am, and has a bigger social battery, but I think we are both the kind of people friends come to for advice and comfort. We are both musically inclined, both love hugs (probably more in my case), animals, and the beauty and magic of the natural world. I’m 6ft tall, Luca is tiny. Luca’s heritage is a nod to my own Scottish roots — my grandparents / great-grandparents emigrated from Scotland, and I’m lamenting the slow death of any Scottish cultural influence in my family’s day-to-day life as the generations pass. There are parts of me in Luca, sure, but ultimately they are very much their own person.

3. What is most important to your MC / OC? What is their motivation in life?

Authenticity, truth, and (this one might sound weird, but) movement. Luca will never be someone he’s not. For him, to live is to grow, to always seek out opportunities to find out more about himself and the world he lives in. 

They can’t stand being stagnant and idle, both mentally and physically; Luca is a dancer with a truly avid curiosity, so they just need to keep moving, no matter what they are doing. Right now for Luca, that means having intense, emotional conversations; breathing love into the world;  learning new skills; knuckling down on language studies; uncovering vampire lore; fighting to protect the ones he loves; doing a lot of introspective thought and trying to be a better version of himself with every day that passes.

4. What are their biggest pet peeves/dislikes?

Luca has a strong sense of social justice, so there are plenty of things that annoy them —particularly in regard to the treatment of other people; they’ll be the first to jump to someone’s defense— but in terms of more minor pet peeves, pertaining to him personally? Being called “bro” / “man” / “dude” by someone who obviously means it in a cisheteronormative way (and people who blatantly ignore the “they” aspect of their pronouns). Luca definitely picks their battles, and they are totally fine with being called any of those names by friends and family, but it often elicits an eyeroll coming from closed-minded and/or queerphobic people.

Also, early mornings. Luca is firmly of the opinion that mornings should be banned. No more mornings. The day doesn’t exist before 10am. He will never understand how Gabriel keeps getting up at dawn to go for a run. On purpose. That’s just wild.

5. If your MC / OC could change one thing - anything - what would it be?

Luca hasn’t had the easiest life, but it was one that led them to find Cas and Gabe. They would go through it all again and then some if it meant a life of loving those two and being loved by them in turn… but Luca sees how much Cas and Gabriel are hurting, too. How much they ache for a place of belonging. How deeply lonely they have been.

If Luca could change one thing, it would be for them, not himself. He’d bring back their parents. Choi Harin. Sofia Adalhard. Remiel Adalhard. He’d bring back Gabriel’s sisters, Raquel and Michaela. His grandmother, Sarah. His cousin, Joaquin. Cas’s halmeoni, Choi Miyoung. His harabeoji, Choi Yongho. Cas’s best friend, Ricky Harlow.

If Luca could steal them even a moment with the people they have lost, then he’d do it in a heartbeat. He knows it's an impossible dream, but that won’t stop him from making sure that, at the very least, Cas and Gabriel know they will always, always be a part of his family. That the O’Rinns will always be there to welcome them with open arms.

6. What is your MC / OC’s favorite quote or song?

Luca’s favourite song changes with the wind, but at the moment they are making good use of Hozier’s “De Selby (Pt1)” to practice their (rusty) skills on acoustic guitar, as well as their pronunciation of Irish Gaelic (which they’d like to be fluent in — Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic share a root language, so they are very similar in many ways. Think Spanish to Portuguese!) Luca has a firm grasp of Gàidhlig, but the only fluent Irish-speaker in the family is their great aunt Morag. Given the O’Rinn’s ancestral ties to Ireland, Luca aims to fix that!

He’s also currently messing around with some original contemporary choreo to Lee Taemin’s “Just Me and You” and “Guilty”.

7. Is there anything else you’d like to share about your MC / OC? 

Luca has come to mean so much to me. I never intended to write about them when I first started reading ID —I had never written fanfic at all!— but the more I learned about them and fleshed out their backstory, the more I knew I had a story to tell. Rather than write a simple, short piece, fool that I am, I decided to dive right into a (currently) 250K+ word longfic centring on not one, but four romantic relationships (Luca x Cas; Luca x Gabriel; Cas x Gabriel; and the dynamic of the poly ship between all three of them). 

Despite being a retelling, I think “Starlight” gets a lot thematically heavier than Immortal Desires ever did, with a broader focus on worldbuilding and characterisation, and the experience of writing it has been so rewarding — I think in large part because of Luca.

I just adore them. So much. And I’m grateful to have them along for the ride while we find our way through this story together. There is no one else I’d rather have along for the ride. (Also, I’m sorry I make you suffer so much, sweet Luca. I promise your happily ever after will be worth every hardship 💖)

Thank you so so so much to CFWC for letting me gush about Luca!! If you would like to know more about them, you can read about them in my longfic, “Snow In Crimson, Starlight in Gold” on AO3, or find more on my masterlist.

[cadybear420]

Cas x Luca x Gabe at the beach

Because of my summertime blues, I ended up making swimsuits for Gabe and Cas as well as for Luca 🤠

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[choicesjanuary2024]

MASTERLIST || WELCOME || PROMPTS || RULES || HOST

Listed in alphabetical order by artist name. If I missed adding one on this list, or missed reblogging, please let me know.

@aallotarenunelma

Chronicles of a Crimson Summer 11 (ID Fic & Edit, Cas x MC)

Songs that describe my pairings (ID & It Lives Songs)

@dutifullynuttywitch

Starlit night (WtD Fic, Troy x MC)

@inlocusmads

chosen family (CoP Fic, Trystan)

hello, goodbye ~ jimmy rose (CoP Fic, Jimmy)

laplace’s angel (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

meeting at a crosswalk (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

slam poetry (MAH Fic, Stevie x MC)

@jerzwriter

A Different Fate - Final Chapter (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

A Little Mess (OPH Edit, Tobias x MC)

A New Perspective (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

A Tipsy Winter Tale (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Clucking Amazing (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

Different Destinations (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

If the hat fits… (CoP Fic & Art Commission, Trystan x MC)

It Always Starts Somewhere…. (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Pen-sive (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

Pietro & Azul (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

Stress Reduction (OPH Fic, Tobias x MC)

The Morning (WtD Fic, Eli x MC)

Trystan’s 2023 Holiday Recap (CoP Edit, Trystan x MC)

Twenty-Five (WTD Fic, Troy & MC)

@ladylamrian

A Prince for the Holidays (Blades Fic, Aerin x MC)

His Barbie, Her Ken (Nightbound Fic, Nik x MC)

Loyal to be Royal (Nightbound Fic, Nik x MC, Garrus x MC)

@liaromancewriter

Daddy’s Girl (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

Making It Work (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

Miami Nights: Before and After (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

New Year Wishes (OPH Fic, Ethan x MC)

Whatever It Takes (OPH Edit, Ethan x MC)

@lilyoffandoms

Alex as the Winter Princess (Nightbound Art, MC)

Aerin x Raine (Blades Art, Aerin x MC)

Aerin x Raine (Blades Art, Aerin x MC)

Ash Clark (ILITW Art, OC)

Captain Pandrosion Elara (AtV Art, Sol, Meridian, Kepler, MC)

Casey MacTavish (OPH Art, MC)

Coffee Date(s) (CoP Art, Trystan x MC)

Detective Lilah Rose (CoP Art, MC)

Ethan (OPH Art)

Gabriel Rose (CoP Art)

Imtura Tal Kaelen (Blades)

Inspired by Mal x Daenarya (Blades Art, Mal x OC)

Kajsiab (Alpha Art, MC)

Kieran (TCH Art)

Lancelot x Guinevere Silhouette (Guinevere Art, Lancelot x MC)

Leaf, King of Birds (TCH Art)

Lilah Rose (CoP Art, MC)

Luca O'Rinn (ID MC)

Mal Volari (Blades Art)

Marianna Howard (Desire and Decorum Fanart, OC)

Nia Ellarious (Blades Art)

Nora Rose (CoP Art, MC)

Sabastyan Thorne Case File (CoP Art)

Saini Rusanen (ID Art, MC)

Tatum x Aubrey (FA Art, Tatum x MC)

Together We Win (Blades Art, MC)

Trystan (CoP Art)

Tyril Starfury (Blades Art)

Wallace (Blades Art)

@lovealexhunt

Happy New Year (RCD Fic & Art Commission, Thomas x MC)

Helios - Emma’s Arylu (TE Art, Familiar)

#plantlove (OPH Fic, Bryce x OC)

Post Christmas Bliss (RCD Art Commission, Thomas x MC)

Spread Joy #841 (Blades Edit, Mal)

Tuneless Wonders (TE, Fic & Art Commission)

Valax (Blades Art)

@peonyblossom

Hades of House Nightbloom (Blades Art Commission, MC)

I Wasn’t Built For Iceland (AME Fic, Carson x MC)

We’ll Figure It Out (Untamable Fic, Kit x MC)

@stars-are-within-me

In Her Arms (CoP Fic, Vasili, Juliana)

The Skies (Blades Fic, Imtura, Ventra)

@tess-liam

Turning the Page (TRR Fic, Liam x OC)

@thosehallowedhalls

A 2AM Christmas Tree Farm [1/2] (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Babysitting the Demonic Duo (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Home without - Part One (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Progression (CoP Fic, Trystan x MC)

Tabloids, or a story in 5 headlines (CoP Fic, Trystan x Emma)

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping together, Part 7: The Beach Episode, Part 2

About time we got Aiden's and Luca's partners to meet!

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[jerzwriter]

This is just gorgeous! sdfadfsadkjj! ❤️❤️

Luca O'Rinn for @aria-ashryver

For Day 19 of the @choicesjanuary2024 challenge (Theme Prompt: Rebirth)

My Art Ish Tag: @storyofmychoices @aallotarenunelma

[cadybear420]

Crop Top Immortal Desires Gang, edit by me

I made this and this a year back but we deserve to see them in the complete squad

Luca O'Rinn of course belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping together, Part 6: The Beach Episode, Part 1

Been having summer blues in springtime and so I've been making swimsuit edits for a lot of my Choices couples lately. I'm going to upload those ones when it's actually summer, but I can't be assed to wait for summer for these ones lol. Today I have attempted to design a swimsuit for Luca based on this!

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping together, Part 2

Today they try on what I like to think is one of Aiden's most favorite styles of crop top outfits! Sort of spoiler but I actually headcanon this outfit is his spring casual outfit for HSS:CA Book 3, with both of his heart necklaces being gifts from Evie. So he's decided to get the same kind of outfit for Luca, with a color that suits him!

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping together, Part 1

Yeah, this is gonna be a series. Because god knows how many outfits I can put these two in.

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver! TYSM for letting me borrow them!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit– and tattoo– shopping together, Part 5

I saw your ACT edit earlier today and it made me realize that some of Cai's tattoos could suit Aiden fairly well, so I had Luca take him out to the tattoo parlor :3

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping together, Part 8

It's been too long since I last did one of these.

Anyways, hoping you get well soon @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping together, Part 3

Last time, Luca tried out Aiden's style of crop top. This time, Aiden will try out Luca's style of crop top! Straight from the ID 2 wardrobe itself, plus an alternate version based on this edit!

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping together, Part 4

Thought I'd have them hit up a pool party and wear the HSS f!MC pool party outfit this time around. A pool party consisting of the HSS and ID casts sounds like it could be fun :D

Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

Aiden and Luca go outfit shopping hunting together, Part 9

I've done like 11 edits of these two together, I've made solo edits of Aiden in the hunter outfit, how tf have I not edited them wearing the outfit together until now??? Also made it red for Luca cause that color suits them really well to me

Luca O'Rinn of course belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

OG HSS + ID Squads doing the Jingle Bell Rock dance from Mean Girls

What a bright time, it's the right time... To rock the night away... Jingle bell time is a swell time... To go glidin' in a one-horse SLAY :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD (it is almost 5AM)

Anyways, these are based on this idea! It was too tempting to resist not attempting some edits of :3

As always, Luca O'Rinn belongs to the amazing @aria-ashryver!

[cadybear420]

do you have any edits of cunt era aiden???

Some are old, some are new, but these are probably the cuntiest I can think of that I've ever edited Aiden in haha

You might also like:

Aiden in ID m!MC's Hunter Outfit from Book 2

Aiden in a ROD MC Premium Outfit

Attempting Eyeliner on Aiden

Aiden in a premium suit outfit for MC from TNA (plus alternate colors)

Aiden in a premium suit outfit for MC from TNA (plus alternate colors)- Eyeliner Versions

Evie x Aiden Halloween 2023 Couples Costumes

Evie x Aiden Wedding Headcanons, includes edits for their Wedding Outfits

And the crossover where I have Aiden go on shopping trip with @aria-ashryver's ID MC Luca O'Rinn

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5, featuring tattoos

Part 6: The Beach Episode, Part 1 and The Transparent Files for their Swimsuits

Part 7: The Beach Episode, Part 2