#mamas species is just american

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beloved shaped beasts

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Random Taurus x Sun headcanons bc I am so totally complete normal about these guys I promise

This is mostly my Angel Aura AU, where Sun is like a Star Nursery due to a series of unfortunate events preventing his growth into an Astral himself.

• Taurus has little to no concept of how romance works, but he has people he trusts to explain it. (At least, initially - he trusted Gemini, but they were horrible, then Lunar, who made him even more confused, then Jack+Dazzle who taught him via movies and cartoons, etc.)

• Taurus actually asked for Moon's blessing regarding courtship - when Moon asked if he was "asking permission", the Astral being shut that down quickly - "Sunrise is far brighter than anyone gives him credit for. He is his own person, and I will respect his decisions on the matter in full. I do not seek your permission, Moondrop - instead, I seek your blessing" ((it was at that moment Moon knew - this bull is a keeper))

• Sun is aro-spec. It takes a WHILE for him to develop feelings for people and it takes longer to realize what those feelings are. He didn't realize he was pining until he was in a Stage Three Daydream. ((He immediately screamed into the closest cushion))

• Dazzle calls Sun Mama. She calls Taurus Papa. Jack also calls Sun Mama, but he calls Taurus not-papa and he refuses to be corrected on either front. Solar is so tired.

• Taurus is simultaneously GREAT with kids and completely horrible with them. Yes, he will keep them happy, safe and well cared for. He will also spoil them completely rotten because he is also somewhat terrified of them (they're so small, he could break them on accident, help him- )

• Sun's gender is a technicality- he's a man in the way a slice of Kraft American Cheese is technically a cheese. This will not ever stop him from wearing and presenting however the heck he wants, though.

• Taurus once spent an entire night counting all of Sun's freckles (seventeen on his right cheek, thirteen on the left, but he has a scar there that may have covered more)

• Sun is the reigning CHAMPION of Mom-Friending people and also of pet names. Ironically, he doesn't give the tauran being any until around when they start dating, and even then it's generic things like "dear" or "darling"

• Taurus calls Sun Pixie frequently - at first it was similar to him calling Lunar Puck, then it stuck, especially after Dazzle and Jack forced him to watch the Tinkerbell movies. Sun is small, thin, spritely, cute, and full of contradictions. ((He doesn't often use pet names, opting instead for things like "little one" or "little [species/animal]" - he does occasionally drop smth like "my heart" or "my dearest love" to Sun to get the other flustered))

• Earth took the news arguably the best out of the entire family at face value, just a sweet "oh, congratulations!" She did, however, immediately message Monty to ask if his star power rifle would work on Astrals - just in case. (It didn't, but upon learning the situation, he started working on one that would)

• Taurus assisted in the Daycare one(1) time, and a kid immediately asked if he was gonna marry "mistah sunny 'cuz he got red pants 'n yous a bull". Despite the temporary crisis, Taurus decided that no, he did not care for child induced existential dread, thank you.

• Bloodmoon lives bc I decide what to do with this AU and they are comically protective of and respectful to Sun - they often try to sneak attack Taurus to "test his capabilities as a mate". He has yet to lose, and they're mildly salty about it.

• similarly, the other Astrals look a bit further into things upon Taurus getting involved romantically with one who is on their radar. Fortunately - or perhaps unfortunately - most of them adore Sun to pieces in a variety of ways. ((I'm debating making Leo flirt with Sun incessantly for funnies))

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Anyways, here are my favorite bears

These are not all species of bears, just my faves. Also, no order cause I can't brink myself to rank these babies. Under the cut cause longpost

Beggining with a lesser known one, the only bear species that exists in south america is the Spectecled Bear (also known as the Andean Bear)

They have this name because of the white/cream markings on their face that can somewhat resemble glasses! As I said before, they're the only south american species of bear and is the last short faced bear alive, and most are found in the Andes. I like them because look at that cute little face and also latino solidarity. Fun fact, Paddington is a specteled bear considering he is from Peru.

Now moving on. She is beauty, she is grace, she is the largest species of bear AND the largest land predator, she is the Polar Bear

Few fun facts. Polar Bear's scientific name is Ursus maritmus (which would very roughly translate to sea bear) bc of how much time they spend swimming (which also means they are grear swimmers!). They are the most carnivorous of the bears, and imo, they will eat anything that is made of meat. The reason you see so many pictures of mother bears hugging their cubs is because of the cold. Althought, when they are old, their fur is great to protect from the harsh weahter, when they are young they are still vulnerable to it, so mama bears hugs her cubs to keep them warm. Oh and another thing, I discovered that bears can do this thing where they'll find a hole in the ice where seals come up to breath and they just...sit there and wait for it to happen (and they can wait for a LONG time). I love how cute they are when they're young and how fierce they are as adults, and honestly, look at their faces, I love them a lot.

Next, we're back in the american continent, this time with the American Black Bear

The american black bear has a lot of subspecies, which are mostly different colors than their signature black fur, they are omnivorous (and they will eat anything, like i've seen videos of them eating crabs and moths), and also, they are really good climbers! They are mostly found in North America, and they are a bit more chill, like if you ever encounter a black bear, you can scare it away by making yourself look big and making loud noises. They don't have the shoulder hump that brown bears have, and their ears are more prominent (which makes them so freaking cute.) Also, there has been black bears who have made their dens inside of trees, which i think is cool .

Lastly, this might be cheating, but it's a subspecies of the black bear, which is the Kermode Bear

Mostly found in British Columbia, the kermode bear is also known as the spirit bear or the ghost bear, due to their white fur (important to note that they do not have albinism, look at their noses and eyes). The gene that makes them white is a recessive gene, so they are very rare. It's believed that they might be more succesful when hunting fish bc of their fur color, which could make the fish believe that they are a cloud. I love how different they are, how rare they are, and how beautiful they look, especially in contrast with the green around them.

As an honourable mention, I'll talke not about a species but an individual bear known was Grizzly 399.

(she's the mother in case you couldn't tell). She and her cubs can be found in the Yellowstone National Park, and she's the most famous brown bear in the world. She is famous for how many cubs she has had and raised (22 cubs and grandcubs) and she lives in proximity to humans (some believe that the reason she does that is to avoid the male bears when she has cubs). Also she has learned and taught her progeny how to avoid getting hit by cars, and she's a very old bear. (having 27/28 years, which trust me, for bears is a lot and she's still having cubs!). There have been hunters who claimed to have killed Grizzly 399 but they were all lies as she is very alive and well with her cubs. Also, forgot to mention, the reaosn she has had so many cubs is because while most bears give birth to 1 or 2 cubs, 399 often births twins and triplets, and she has had quadruplets which is very rare for most bears (and she raised them succesfully, which is even more impressive).

Anyways, these are my favorite bears.

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** IMPORTANT INFO RE: TJ HAMMOND

a study in. drug abuse / addiction,  self harm,  suicidal ideation / attempts,  over dosing,    bipolar I disorder  (  which includes mania episodes,  heavy depressive episodes,  anxiety,  and minor psychosis breaks  ),  bdsm / submissive behaviors,  sex as a coping mechanism,  in being the bad twin,  the nature of growing up addicted,  undiagnosed mental illness, the golden gay, an opposite role model, making music until your fingers bleed, the minor chord, living fast dying young

full name. thomas james hammond also known as. tj, teej, golden boy date of birth. 02 / 19 / 1984 age. 38 zodiac. pisces sun / libra moon / leo rising gender. male (ish) pronouns. he / they romantic orientation. homoromantic sexual orientation. homosexual occupation. pianist / influencer / model species. human birthplace. raleigh, north carolina, united states current home. new york city, ny, us nationality. he's never asked beyond being american ethnicity. just another dumbass white boy language(s). english parents. president elain barrish, former president bud hammond siblings. twin brother - douglas hammond other family members. lydia martin - basically a sister thanks significant other + children.  canon: mieczyslaw stilinski-hammond (husband) @mieczlw jason stilinski-hammond (son) @jasnstilnski the bee and jenna cinematic universe: antonio dominico marcus rizzotti marvel au: bucky barnes @whtwclf faceclaim. thomas doherty hair. brown + short eyes. baby blues height. 6 ft build. as an addict: too skinny for his own good when sober: muscular from getting addicted to the gym dominant hand. left scars. one of his left arm from the singular time he shot up, plenty of scars on his chest and back for boys who were too rough both in the bedroom and in the bar tattoo. many small pieces in easily coverable places piercings. one on his right ear, many on his left ear, had an eyebrow piercing decided against it, nose stud and septum vurrent positive traits. sensitive, whimsical, romantic, charming, artistic, gentle, love of beauty and harmony negative traits. gullible, gregarious, dependent, cagey likes. giving and receiving gifts, sweets, coffee, massages, cocaine (unfortunately), fuck boys (even more unfortunately) dislike. being wrong, being proven wrong, fears & phobias. disappointment, drowning wishes & dreams. to not be in the spotlight because of his family, but instead because of himself. mbit. ESFP - The Entertainer moral alignment. neutral evil enneagram type. type 3 - the achiever

biography.

 THE GOLDEN SON  𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. now imagine the feeling of floating away into the nether reaches of space. imagine the way slipping up into the air would make you feel – do you feel the air around you at all? is there enough oxygen to make the trip sliding up through the sky and into the unknown worth it? or will the whole experience just leave you clawing at your own skin because it’s burning from the inside out without the attentive oxygen filling up your pores?

the headline read : 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲 but there’s nothing golden about the downward decent into enveloping madness. he was not born mad ( and really is anyone? ) but had the madness set upon him by the events that took place. born ninety seconds before his twin brother douglas, thomas james hammond was smiling when he came out into the world. it may be hard to tell now, but from that first moment he has always known that he wanted to experience all that life had to offer. the happiness didn’t end much at all in the first ten years of his life ( except for when it did, but according to doctors he was simply a growing boy with a growing mind ). even through the first campaign and moving into the white house ( seven year olds still in awe that they have this much space to play in ) his smile stayed so strong. there were things that made it even brighter : his brother, his mama, telling stories with a flashlight under the blanket long past their bedtime. but there was one thing that kept him happy, kept the madness at bay when it threatened to show its burning head.

music never wanted to kill him. while it may be an artist’s curse to feel everything so fucking fully, it isn’t the art form that grabbed him with sharp jaws. he picked up his first piece of sheet music at three years old, and everyone in the family broke out the camcorders. 𝐨𝐡 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 they’d say as he banged tiny fingers on keys. those tiny fingers grew into the keys. passion and music weaved together, only those within his most inner circle allowed to see what really showed. books upon books begin to get filled through the years. music notes that look like water as they swim across the pages of score sheets. his happiness isn’t dependent on his music, but his music has always and will always provide him with natural serotonin that he chases after in the powder of small bags.

fear and loathing keep him from doing well in school. doug is the favorite twin with grades and extra curriculars that fill out the resume how every college wishes it would. he’ll go to princeton or yale or harvard or wherever the fuck he wants and tj instead knows exactly where he’s headed ( 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 ) but his steps to get there are the difficult part. first he must survive high school : where his best friends are snow and addie. they provide the blanket of protection he needs when he finds himself on the wrong side of his first tmz article.

the first son is a fag? it didn’t say that, but when he read it it really may as well have. the world plucked him from the closet just before y2k ; a fifteen year old boy with a life sentence. first came tmz, then the times article, and then before he knew it he’s suddenly the country’s most famous gaybie. to america that makes him their sweetheart, but the world never knows what sweethearts do when they’re craving sweet tarts.

the same year he found himself on the wrong side of a conversation. while the world doesn’t know it, having your father be the 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 really makes these trying times much easier to keep undisclosed, he knows the truth of it all. the good ole boy’s private school couldn’t have a drug addicted slut making a bad name for their school, so they banished him to the other realm. or you know. . . expelled him. he finds himself in the countryside of france for the next two years where catholicism is the ruling decree and drug addicts rule the halls. it’s here he rules the school with charlotte arnold by his side, and cross my heart and hope to die those two are a dangerous duo.

college isn’t for everyone, but for a hammond it is an expectation. he’ll start his education one place, and eventually end it in another. the location doesn’t matter : after all there are phones on cameras and street corners now. his antics can destroy his life no matter what he ends up. wherever he is, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬.

 COCAINE DREAMS  and what about the snow? playing in the white confection as the world keeps spinning around you. it’s comfortable, holding you and keeping you warm when the world outside is desperately freezing. why wouldn’t you jump into it’s open arms that widen more for you? it doesn’t feel good to leave it’s grasp so you stay there. where you are wanted. where you are needed. 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝.

he feels everything so fully that even empathy doesn’t cover it. with elders describing his symptoms as a side effect of drug abuse, tj knows the symptoms came first. 𝐢𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 ( and if only when he screamed it was outside of his mind ) they wouldn’t feel the pain of every time he runs. snow opens her beautiful arms for him and through out his twenties he jumped too far into her arms. some moments were easy – someone at a party helped him sleep it off or his few friends gave him the space to grieve the loss of his sanity. other moments hurt more – nearly dying in a crackhouse in canada just over the border line from buffalo. or the time he thought a bottle of downers was a bottle of uppers and sent himself spiraling more when trying to fix his own problems. he’ll hurt those he loves with every gram that goes up his nose.

after tj and doug turned 24, elaine barrish hammond began her first campaign for president. in a never shocking turn of events, people seemed more interested in a third term of bud ( even though they knew the scandals he locked in his closet ) instead of elaine. he doesn’t care ; after all, a tour de usa means he can find a fuck in all 50 states. they want to use him as a puppet like always? not a person, not a son, but a 𝐭𝐨𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛����.

she ends up secretary of state, and tj ends up with a forced residency in dc once again. at 25 years old he is beginning to 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠. no one notices when republican senator sean reeves of ohio begins to steal glances at the ex first son. what’s worse is the reciprocation. tj on the wrong end of those glances turns into allowing someone to devour him whole while knowing he’ll spit him up and throw him out. the details of his sobriety, and his happiness, are unfortunately unimportant ( after all, they come at the hands of a false idol ) and instead the focus shifts to the inevitable ending. our sweetheart feels the false love ooze from every pore ; it leaves him as the tears spill from his red rimmed eyes. there’s a car, and a garage, and it’s all he can think to do in a split second. how might a mother, who loves her children with all of her heart despite how she hurts them so, feel when she finds her son no longer inhaling fumes because he’s passed out? ask elaine barrish.

no one knows for over a year, names and pseudonyms being confused and dispersed. forced sobriety normally didn’t work for tj, but this time rehab seemed to get through to him. he can maintain a sense of sobriety, nothing that’s considered illegal or prescribed to others, until 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. the puppet is now a pawn, an article being published on the suicide attempt of america’s sweetheart. he watches the story unfold on the news while sharing a straw to soak up snow on his dealer’s couch.

the rest of his life will never look the same. he realizes that sobriety is a privilege he has to work for. feeling everything makes the lows lower and the highs higher. when no one will name it ( maybe one day a doctor will say the word bipolar to him outloud ) how can you treat it? mania gives him excitement, but with it comes his chest being ripped to shreds by his own mind. 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭?

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Canon vs Creepster: Kagami

Canon!Kagami *Bowing gracefully* You have quite the extrodinary outfit. I have a love for western films, watched them all the time back in Japan.

*Kagami Herushingu smiles, surprised at how... calm this girl is to see another version of herself. She tips the hat in response*

Herushingu: Well, thank ya kindly, darlin’! Name’s Herushingu, pleasure to meet ya!

Canon!Kagami: Kagami Tsurugi. I must say, your accent is lovely, yet is quite different from your name. Are you by any chance American?

Herushingu: Yes’m, Born and raised in Texas!

Canon!Kagami: Hmm... how interesting. I don't sense any sort of falsehood about you. Clearly this is the result of some sort of accident. Are you by any chance from an alternate reality?

*Herushingu's eyes widen in surprise. She's right on the money!*

Herushingu: Just precisely, ma’am. Where I’m from, my kin are monster hunters, same as I am ma’self!

Canon!Kagami: Oh! And by monsters, you are referring to more supernatural species? In our world, the only sort of monsters are those who were changed by the villainous Hawk Moth.

*Thinking of the butterfly, Herushingu can't help but snigger a little*

Canon!Kagami: Yes, yes, he looks as stupid as his name.

*Herushingu sobers back up and tells her counterpart about her team and the type of monsters they face*

Herushingu: Exactly right on that front, darlin’! We’re talkin’ real monsters, vampires, phantoms, demons! The kind that live to terrorize the in’cent folk! Not to mention the most vile. Human killers!

Canon!Kagami: What gives one person the right to decide when another’s life should end. It’s just…dishonorable!

Herushingu: S'like my mama says. "Humans are the only 'monsters', because they have no reason to kill."

*Canon!Kagami looks a little jealous and sad that her mother isn't as close to her.*

Canon!Kagami: Does your mother treat you well?

*Herushingu frowns, looking concerned for her counterpart.*

Herushingu: Yeah, she can be a bit rough on the edges sometimes, but we get on just fine! I get the feelin’ ya need someone to talk to, hon.

Canon!Kagami: *Trying to stay strong* I... I try hard to stay strong, in order to make her proud. But sometimes... *voice quivering* I feel as though I am nothing but a disappointment.

*She desperately hold back a sniffle, as Herushingu embraces her, letting the girl sob into her shoulders. It pains her to think of a world where her mama would treat her with such cruelty.*

Herushingu: Here, now, that’s a load’a nonsense! I’ve only just met ya, but so can already tell ya got a fightin’ spirit! The only person who’s standards ya need to live up to are your own, and I’m sure you got plenty to be proud of!

Canon!Kagami: *Sniffing* I... I'm sorry for breaking down. That isn't like me. *Trying to regain composure* I... I suppose I like fencing. I mean... my mother made sure that happened. *Frowning once again* Do... do you like fencing?

Herushingu: (smiles) I do love a good sword-crossin’ every now and again! But if I’m bein’ honest, my trusty guns get me through the most battles!

Canon!Kagami: What is a... gun?

Herushingu: (Blinks a few times) Oh, boy…

Canon!Kagami: *A little bit later* So, do you have heroes you fight alongside? Some sort of team?

Herushingu: (Smiles) Yeah, I got ma partners, Marinette and Adrien.

Canon!Kagami: *Feels a quiver in her stomach once again.* Oh... what are they like?

*Herushingu tells her about their jobs and personalities, and notices Canon!Kagami looking sadder and sadder as she continues*

Herushingu: Well, Marinette’s real spunky, she’s somethin’ of a mad scientist! Sometimes I don’t know what she’s talkin’ about, but it’s cute how excited she gets! And Adrien…well, he’s one of a kind. So sweet, but so lively at the same time! Don’t know what I’d do without em to be honest!

*Canon!Kagami sobs once again. Memories of events from canon are flashing through her mind. Herushingu frowns. What on earth happened between her and her partners in this world?*

Herushingu: What... what's wrong?

Canon!Kagami: It's... it's complicated.

*Herushingu's eyes narrow. Something happened to this girl, and she wants to know what*

Herushingu: Please tell me... if ya want to.

*And she did. She told Herushingu everything that had gone down. All of the highs and lows.... and Herushingu was PISSED*

Herushingu: Darlin’…I don’t even know WHAT to say. They put you through hell emotionally and yet you still stand by em! If they don’t realize how lucky they are to have you in their lives, I may do something I’d regret later!

Canon!Kagami: No... please don't. They're perfect for each other, just not for anyone else. Focus on your own partners, keep taking good care of them.

Herushingu: (Sighs) If you say so, lil lady!

Canon!Kagami: ... Is there any way I can visit you?

Herushingu: Well, here lemme give you my number. I got a few friends who know some witchy stuff, so they should connect across dimensions. Call whenever ya want!

Canon!Kagami: I will, thanks!

And that’s the last of the trio meeting their canon self! I feel that Kagami was done dirty in the show. Not just by Marinette and Adrien, but also with how the writers decided her and FELIX would be a good idea. I may do the villains and classmates as well, but I don’t know yet. Once again thank you to Weeby for assisting with the writing, and make sure to check out the previous crossovers with Marinette and Adrien. Reblog, reply, post and ask to spread the love. @artzychic27 @msweebyness

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Last updated: 16 October 2024

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[TW before you proceed, please read: There is trauma, implied child abuse and child labour, let me know if I missed any so please do read with caution! I do not wish to cause anyone distress or anything so please be warned!]

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OK!! now that you've read that, introducing... ✩

Name: Mayari “Aura” Rogers-Barnes

Nickname(s): Aur, Aurie, Maya, Mimi, Mari, Ary

Species: Inhuman

Ethnicity/Race: Filipino

Aliases: Junior Agent Barnes, The Aura, Little Sparrow, Moonbeam, Moonflower, Moony, Ethereal (field name), Soul Seer, Lightbringer, Little Angel, A.B, Dragă (meaning ‘sweetheart’ in Romanian), Lună Mică (‘little moon’)

Age: 7 !!

Birthday: October 1st

Zodiac sign: Libra

Height: 3’7”

Hair colour: Brown

Eye colour: Brown, unless she’s using her powers then they glow a silvery white

Pronouns: she/her

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Unclarified

Accent: Filipino with a hint of American

Languages: English, Tagalog, a little Spanish, Romanian and Russian

Affiliations: S.H.I.E.L.D, The Avengers, The Young Avengers (currently), HYDRA (formally)

Family:

Unknown biological family

AU!Bucky “Daddy or Papa Winter” Barnes (adoptive father)

AU!Steve “Dada or Cap” Rogers (adoptive father)

AU!Phil “Papa Phil” Coulson (father figure), Melinda “Mama May” May (mother figure), Daisy Johnson (big sister figure), Lincoln Campbell, Leopold “Fitz” Fitz, Jemma “Jem-Jem” Simmons, Bobbi Morse, Alphonzo “Mack” Mackenzie, Lance Hunter, Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez, Enoch, Deke “D” Shaw, Daniel “Danny” Sousa, Flint, Kora (friends/adoptive family)

Powers/Skills/Abilities:

Inhuman physiology

Aura manipulation - generation, detection, concealment

Aura attacks and projections

Healing aura: regenerative healing, empathic healing

Expert in hand to hand combat

Combatant: Trained in various martial arts techniques

Weapons mastery

Alignment: Neutral Good

Personality Type (mbti): ENFJ (Protagonist)

Personality: Despite what she’s been through Aura is quite the little extrovert. She genuinely enjoys being around other people and thrives of her connections with others. It’s noted that she’s quite calm around social interactions.

She seems to be able to see beyond problems and devise plans even if they are small. Out of pure instinct she always wants to do the right thing and has a gift in being able to read the emotions of others which pairs well with her inhuman ability to read people’s auras.

Thanks to Daisy’s influence she is quite the little mischief maker and cheeky, often finding ways to make Coulson facepalm in a corner.

BACKSTORY

This does NOT follow the MCU canon!

The location of Aura’s birth is unknown but it was most likely somewhere in Manila because that was where she was dropped at an orphanage alongside a note that had only one word ‘Aura’. She spent 3 years there.

Kids at the orphanage were able to explore the local town. Aura was around the age of 3 when she was taken into town by some older children. She got separated from them mayhem broke out and Terrigenesis mist was released which resulted in her being turned to stone for a few minutes before she broke out like a butterfly coming out of a cocoon.

She was later found wandering around scared and confused by Bucky Barnes who at the time was working for SHIELD as The Winter Soldier after it fell to HYDRA. When Aura saw Bucky her eyes glowed silvery white on instinct and this prompted him to take her in realising that she was not a just a normal girl.

Director Phil Coulson had her assessed for any inhuman abilities but the results were undetermined.

When called, the orphanage happily gave Aura over. The last thing they said was that the girl told people of the colours she can see on them, and they weren’t wrong. Aura would often stop and stare at passing agents, announcing the pretty colours she’d see coming off them.

Aura spent 2 years under the close protection and care of SHIELD. After discussion with Steve Aura was officially adopted by Bucky who doted on her night and day when he wasn’t out on mission. Phil couldn’t keep his love for her contained. He really was the overprotective father figure who wouldn’t let her out of his sight especially when Bucky wasn’t there. May never liked the fact there was a child in the base but she quickly grew a soft spot for Aura and started training her in how to fight, saying that if she was going to grow up in a secret agency she should at least learn how to protect herself. Aura looked up to Daisy like a big sister and bonded closely with her over shared life experiences. It was with her that she discovered her ability to read and manipulate auras. Once the team learnt of her power May focused her training on controlling and channeling her emotions, as well as understanding her chakras and practicing cultivation since her power seemed to heavily rely on her emotional stability.

The rare times that Bucky was allowed off duty were spent at the Avengers’ Compound where Aura was fussed over by everyone, especially Steve Rogers who became Aura’s second father.

It was a month after she’d turned 5 that a trip to the Compound was hijacked by HYRA who took over SHIELD a few days later. By that time it had been confirmed that Aura was an Inhuman and word had clearly gotten around to them. The car was knocked off the road leaving Bucky unconscious while Aura was captured unharmed.

Hidden away in the depths of a HYDRA base god knows where they did what HYDA did best, they experimented on her in attempts to figure out how her powers worked and where they came from and whether or not they could take them from her. Because of her regenerative healing faster she was left with one most noticeable scar on her left abdomen that snaked around her side. It was discovered quickly that too many negative emotions caused blockages which made it difficult for her to access her powers. That was used to their advantage. They could have manually wiped her mind like they had done with Super Soldiers but decided that the altering was too much of a risk since her powers counted on her mental strength and stability. They deemed her too young to have a camera placed in her eye. So, given Aura was a child she was easily manipulated into believing the twisted truth that HYDRA was good. So much so she started working for them. They placed Grant Ward as her Guardian and Supervising Officer of sorts. Anything to hurt Coulson and his former team.

Once Aura was ready and they trusted her to be on their side HYDRA sent her out on in the field on missions. She was taught how to manipulate auras to create what are called aura attacks, which worked in her favour on these missions and helped her take down people.

Sometime after she turned 6, Aura was placed on a mission that SHIELD happened to intercept. She willingly fought against her family and friends, not even Daisy could get through to her. That was when they called in her father. The moment she laid eyes on Bucky everything came rushing back and she broke down. Bobbi was quick to swoop in and scoop her up while Hunter ensured her safe passage back to the quinjet.

Once safely back home under the protection of SHIELD, Aura began her slow journey of rehabilitation and therapy which included relearning that HYDRA was not an ally. She often closed herself off on days that brought back memories, selectively going mute. It took a long time and there were still days she found herself unable to let go of the pain and guilt of her time with HYDRA. On top of this she learned Jemma Simmons was trapped on an alien world which she was devastated about. She would sit with Fitz in his lap while he worked on bringing her back.

Similar events to season 3 happen a few months after she turned 7, Jemma was brought back which released the new threat of Hive. Bobbi and Hunter leave SHIELD. Lincoln is killed alongside Grant Ward in space.

SIDE STORIES/AUs

EXTRAS

- Because HYDRA were the ones to force her to use her powers for missions which always resulted in injury or death she prefers not to unless it’s necessary, except she can’t help being able to read auras so she does that whenever she meets someone new

- Coulson always said that Daisy was a bad influence on her

- On Daisy’s time off she would play board games, watch animal documentaries, read to Aura or whatever entertained her best at the time

- When Aura was 3 years old she tried to call May “Mama May”. She considered it for five seconds, then said nope and walked away. Aura still calls her Mama May bc Daisy thought it would be funny, now it’s just habit (it’s slowly growing on her).

- The first phrase she learnt in Russian was “vot der'mo” (oh shit) courtesy of Bobbi. Phil was none too pleased

- Bucky’s cat Alpine is her little companion. The two of them are often found running around the base together

BONUS QUOTES

“He was my HYDRA ‘s.o’—so he knows me.”

FACECLAIM/MOODBOARD

[hxzelwallflower]

GENERAL INFORMATION ──────────────────────

NAME - Eileen R. Roosevelt. NICKNAMES/TITLES - ''Leeny Beany'', ''Hazelnut'', ''Mama'', ''Turtledove''. SPECIES - Cherub. (Angel species)

AGE - 29 yrs. PRONOUNS - she/her. DATE OF BIRTH - June 11th, 1994.

NOTE-WORTHY ABILITIES - Able to manifest various types of clouds, including supercells. Her wings harbor all of magic required to make them, and often has three, small cumulus clouds tucked against her bottom feathers. These clouds also produce lighting, and will exert more magic in dire situations. She use to be able to fly, but due to an accident that resulted in one of them healing crooked she hasn't been able to since. CURRENT RESIDENCE - Depends on the verse. Her main is a two bedroom house out on the edge of the city, where she lives with Iris (her best friend) and Spud. In other verses she stays in an apartment complex, (Deltarune especially) or lives with Scrooge in his mansion.

OCCUPATION - Also depends on the verse, Primary she works as a barista, but in other timelines she works retail. Her Deltarune verse has just that, working under a yellow Addison named "Antonio" who specializes in name brand clothing.

AFFILIATIONS - N/A.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES - French is her native tongue, and brushed up on her English when her family moved to the states. She also familiar with "American Sign Language".

PERSONALITY ────────────────

ALIGNMENT - True Neutral.

ASSETS - Old sketchbook, mainly used for doodling and notes. A clicker fidget in the shape of a single, keyboard key, a comb, and a travel sized perfume bottle that smells like roses.

FLAWS - Stubborn, anxious, overthinker, always tired. LIKES - Spicy foods, flowers, Vincent Van Gogh's work, the sound of rain, spending time with Spud. DISLIKES - Balloons, the heat, molting season, snarky people, overstimulation.

FEARS/PHOBIAS - Globophobia (fear of Balloons), Spheksophobia (fear of wasps).

CONNECTIONS ────────────────

FAMILY - Iris, (childhood friend), Spud (adoptive daughter), Dahlia (mother), Travis (father, deceased), Scrooge Mcduck (adoptive grandfather), Theodore (uncle).

FRIENDS - She has lots, but her closest are Derecho, Luffy, Garvey, & Nod. ROMANTIC INTEREST - As of this moment she has two ships. Donald/P.K & Spaul G. Spamton. ENEMIES - None, as of to date.

FACTS AND TRIVIA ────────────────

Hates the texture of microfiber and Velcro. It makes her cringe.

Peppers are the only vegetable she's been able to grow outside of flowers, every year she buys new plants, and every year her garden has a harvest of either ghost or habanero peppers.

Could tell you every fact about the "Jurassic Park" franchise, but forgets to set her clock during daylight savings.

She does sing on occasion, usually when she's focused on a project or in a particularly good mood.

Christmas is one of her favorite holidays, and will drag anyone in her circle to celebrate with her even if it's just to spend an afternoon watching specials.

Tends to be short and temperamental during sensory overloads. A telltale sign is when her hands start trembling, and can't look you in the eye when she speaks.

Yoinked this from @/thebigshotman, now you do it weenie!

[thornstocutyouwith]

Name: Crispin Azaziah Murray

Meaning of Name: Crispin: Curly-Haired. Azaziah: Whom Jehovah strengthened. Murray: Lord and Master.

Nickname(s): Cris, 

Age: 26-40

Birthday: February 29

Species/Nationality: Mutant/Human, American

Accent: Yes

Language: English

Powers: 

Time Manipulation (Inherited from his mother’s Fountain of Youth object. Broken.)

Nova Manipulation (Inherited from his fathers Molecular Mutation)

Power Residuum (His own)

Weaknesses/Illness/Allergies: Deaf and Mutism, Latex allergy, 

Pet: Brittany Dog (Male, Fran), Sumatran Striped Rabbit (Male, Gray)

Occupation: Artist

Faceclaim: Chad Michael Murray (Alternatively Max Theriot) 

Description: He is blond. His eyes are blue. Has scars near his ears from an infection in infancy. His hair is often kept buzzed as when it grows out it tends to become more curled.

Outfit/Accessories/Jewelry: Hearing aids, 

Height: 6’2”

Weight: 134

Body Build: Lean/Fit

Backstory/Background:

When Crispin was still an infant he had a severe life threatening infection, which left him deaf, ultimately. It also left scars near his ears from the damaged skin the infection affected. Growing up in a popular, famous and wealthy family that had been around for a very long time, Crispin was able to take advantage of all the amenities offered to the child of such prominence. 

As the youngest son of Drakon who was somewhat a mama's boy when he was a child, Crispin was expected to learn the way of the Murray family like his older brother. Though unlike his older brother Crispin had actually taken such a task seriously. Where his brother often, being far older than Crispin, enjoyed sneaking out and getting into trouble with their friends and often partied into the morning. Drakon himself was never too terrible of a father and often wanted to make sure his family was safe, despite his hostile temper at times. But due to his oldest son's party life behavior it became apparent to him that Crispin, the more level headed and calmer of the two would be his true choice to take on the future mantle of the Murray family. 

Because of his family’s oddness overall Crispin was involved in plenty of stranger incidents that resulted in demons and other mutants and the like getting involved in, usually in attacking his family. At one instant while with his mother at a restaurant they were attacked by enemies who had been trying to steal the Fountain of Youth from his mother’s being, as it had been made into an object that she carried within her body. With his father and brother gone Crispin had been the only one around to be there to protect his mother from their attackers. Which left Crispin beaten and his mother almost taken captive. 

However Drakon arrived in time to save his wife and Crispin. Once saved the family returned back home to tend to wounds and make sure their current enemies were diverted to other projects. Crispin again settled back into normal life after having a bullet wound treated. Being that his family had prominence mostly in the medical field and such other big structures, Crispin was also given the best care, enabling him to hear with some of the most advanced hearing aids available, usually not on the market. This allowed him to find he had a lot of talent in music, not in just the playing of musical instruments, but also the singing, mostly in singing. Which he had discovered on one of the many times he was left home alone, because his deafness made his family believe him too weak to take on their usual misadventures. 

So Crispin was often allowed to stay home and in doing so discovered his many other talents that did not have to do with fighting, which he honestly did not care for anyway. Crispin often enjoyed staying home and watching tv. Not always listening to it, but certainly watching it in his spare time. As he did not often wear his hearing aids, enjoying the silence that came without them. This could be said because his life was always full of chaos, with a family like his always being so loud. He had quickly become one of the most quiet members, even to the point of almost becoming entirely invisible. Though in his moments of invisibility, he was allowed to get much more done overall.

For the majority of Crispin’s later childhood and early teen years his life was a relatively stable and calm one. His father (Asuka) abandoned the family, leaving Drakon to take on the majority of responsibilities. Not long after, his brother also left to start his own life, running off with a boyfriend. This left Crispin and Drakon as heads of the family estate. Crispin soon enough became an adult, but stayed on the estate while his father was often away doing business. Leaving him in control of things at home. Though has not taken on the family’s main business, that is in going into the medical field, and has instead decided to mainly become an artist. Which Drakon has yet to weigh any opinion on.

(Work In Progress)

Personality:

Gallant, Focused, Directed, Artistic, Insouciant, Romantic, Courteous, Energetic, Amusing, Physical, Chummy, Mystical, Airy, Disturbing, Willful, Excitable, Crass, Arrogant, Aimless,

Quirks/Savvies/Other: Attracts small woodland animals when they sing, Becomes easily obsessed with things, Collects things related to pigeons, Can easily lose his appetite, Believes in magic, Trying to become a famous artist on youtube, The Ocean annoys him, Believes in vampires, Goes to the museum once a week because they are in love with one of the historical figures, Believes in Pegasi, Photographs nature, Believes in ghosts, Sensitive to criticism, Avoids stepping on cracks on the sidewalk, Collects things related to mythical creatures, Toys/Fidgets with his fingers, Believes in secret societies, Chews on things when he’s stressed, Refuses to drink without a straw, Hums when bored, Stutters, Likes to have his ice crushed …not cubed, Prefers gummy candies, Clicks his tongue when agitated, Rearranges things when he’s bored,

Likes: Gummy candy, Art, Museums, Youtube, Pegasi, Nature, Ghosts, Magic, Vampires, Mythical Creatures, Pigeons, Poetry, Rats, Cemeteries, Sleeping in cars, Christmas, Tabletop Games, Parakeets, Ninja’s, Telescopes, Rain, Sky Diving, Trucks, MMORPGs, Naps, Basketball, Making Soap, Dashing Space Heroes, Obscure Trivia, Fossils, Antiques, Singing, Whales, Monster movies, Playing music, Falling in love, Robotics,

Dislikes: Oceans, Climbing, Chess, Pool, Purple, Being barefoot, Cheerleaders, 

Fears: Insects, Darkness, Needles/Injections,

Personality Tests: INTJ-A,

Other: Pisces, 

Parent(s):

   -> Father: Drakon Murray

   -> Father: Asuka Kita-Murray

Sibling(s): 1 Older Brother (Tate)

Other Relatives: Noah Bellamy (Blood Cousin), Julian, Jeremy, Joshua (Noah’s children) (Blood 2nd Cousin’s), Robin Bellamy (Cousin) (Noah’s Older brother), Christina Bellamy (Cousin)(Noah’s Younger sister) Idunn/Lola Bellamy (Murray) (Blood Aunt) (Drakon and Colden’s triplet Sister), Colden Murray (Drakon and Idunn/Lola’s Triplet brother) (Blood Uncle), Jasper Murray, Darcy Murray, Dorian Murray, Jarvis Murray, Septimus Murray, Sebastian Murray, Isolde Murray (Colden’s Children)(Blood Cousins), Cobra/Simon Storm (Distant Cousin), Throne, Tyra, Tancred (Children of Cobra)(Distant Cousins), Sage and Elliot Razin-Pavlov (Distant Relatives on Drakon’s mother’s Side), 

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Werewolf AU: 

Born in the Murray family, a family of vast wealth and prominence, due to the family having their hands in all of the pots. Most importantly, they rule the medical field, becoming doctors more than anything else overall. Crispin was born second and youngest of Drakon and Asuka Murray. He has one older brother. Drakon met Asuka while on a visit to Japan and the two fell in love, having their oldest son years before Crispin. By the time Crispin was born there was already a lot of strife within the family. Drakon's younger triplet brother had vanished from the family one day as a child, which had lead to rumors around town that Drakon's father had gotten rid of the brother, possibly even had the boy murdered. 

Then there was Drakon's marriage to Asuka, which was often a point of contention and rumor. Asuka was not willing to settle down, never having adjusted well to Drakon's family, home, or lifestyle. Though Asuka often put up with it, still, not entirely gracefully however. As an infant Asuka was often rumored to be the root cause of the infection that caused Crispin’s deafness. Her negligence in one of the many of Drakon’s business trips was often witnessed by those that worked for the Murray family.  A breaking point for Asuka came when a hit was made on Asuka while she had been out with Crispin to get food. The young boy did what he could to protect his mother from their attackers but was of course, too young, and too weak to stop them. Getting injured in the process, Drakon however came and put an end to the attack, saving Crispin and Asuka.

Asuka had been traumatized by this and continued to be neglectful of their family. For the following months Crispin, along with the rest of his family watched Asuka’ continued to fall apart, becoming an emotional mess. Then one day they had simply just left, without a word. Without ever saying goodbye to her children or husband. No matter how much help they offered, how many times they saved Asuka, Asuka was never going to be someone that was going to stick around. Crispin for years hated Asuka for having abandoned him. But still continued on with his life. Learning the family trade, but never finding any interest in it. His brother would soon leave the family estate as well, going to live with a boyfriend somewhere in town. Crispin was left to tend to the estate, which he was far better at doing than his older brother was.

Life went on, Crispin graduated from school and went on to a university of his choosing, which he didn’t have to work very hard to get into, being as wealthy as his family is. But still, on his own merit, without the use of that money, Crispin was accepted. There he has studied required works to take on the family business…es, one day. Though has also made a name for himself, and a career for himself as an artist and vocalist (which he is allowed to do because of his family’s helping him early in getting the most advanced treatments and hearing aids they could get their hands on, as well as cues help Crispin), which he is the lead of a band in, as a side job to his art career.

Not long after Crispin got into university the long lost brother of Drakon’s just turned back up again. For a time reigniting all the rumors and other speculations around what exactly happened to them. With his uncle’s reemergence Crispin also discovered he has other cousin’s. Outside of Noah’s family. He gets along with those cousin’s more than he does Noah. Crispin hadn’t been born when Noah himself was kidnapped. But had been born years later when Noah had unkidnapped himself. As well as old enough to have vague memories of it. Which itself came back to gossip around town because of his uncle returning. Which means Crispin has to hear about all of the gossip, which has exhausted his interest in his family being talked about by others. Crispin continues to try and keep his life separated from that of the rest of his family’s dramatics.

[yourleastfavoriteguyinthechairr]

rottmnt oc character sheet

fandom: rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

first appearance: Mystic Mayhem

voice actor: Hailee Steinfeld

full name: Briar Luz Dearden

nicknames:

-Bri

-Bree

-Luz

-Nightlight

-Dove

-Dork/nerd

-Dear/Dearden

nationality: american/german

day of birth: november 26th

sign: sagittarius

age:

-series: 15

-movie: 17

species: human

gender: gxrlflux

pronouns: she/they

sexuality: asexual, bisexual

love interest: Donatello Hamato

family:

^biological…

-father: Ralph Dearden

-mother: Dinah Dearden

-sister: Reah Dearden [deceased]

^chosen family…

-Raphael Hamato

-Donatello Hamato

-Michelangelo Hamato

-Leonardo Hamato

-Splinter Hamato

-April O’Neil

-Baron Draxum (s2)

-Mayhem

-Mrs. O’Neil

-Mr. O’Neil

likes: hugs/cuddles, music, sleep, donnie, the turtles, april, splinter, draxum (s2), cassandra (s2), mayhem, stimming, stuffed animals, true crime, books, video games, her chosen family, being chaotic, fred [pet frog], animals, etc.

dislikes: being touched/hugged by people they don’t know well, loud noises, large crowds, her enemies, math, ads, being left out/ignored/abandoned, when her friends her hurt, their parents, her depression/disorders, being helpless, her life, etc.

personality:

^good qualities…

-kind, caring, comforting, happy, fair, brave, loyal, honest, trustworthy, gentle, playful, creative, flamboyant, humble (usually-), quirky, determined

^bad qualities…

-abrasive, impulsive, reckless, antisocial, defensive, indecisive, insecure, rude, lazy, morbid, nosy, pessimistic, oversensitive, scatterbrained, self-destructive, stubborn, temperamental, violent

^neutral qualities…

-timid/shy, sarcastic, perfectionist, mischievous, oblivious, suspicious, slightly unethical, protective, witty, introverted, straightforward, protective, mess with her friends and she’ll kill you

favorite color: blue, purple

favorite food: pasta

favorite thing: her stuffed animal, fred, donnie

clothing style: normcore/grunge/skater

music preference: pop/rock/rap

hobbies: skating, video games, reading, hanging out with april + the turtles, drawing, sleeping, stimming/fidgeting, watching tv, etc.

friends/allies: raph, april, mikey, donnie, splinter, leo, draxum (s2), cassandra (s2), casey jr. (movie), todd, sunita, senõr hueso, captain piel, bullhop, piebald, DIGG, hamato karai, SHELLDON

enemies: draxum (s1), shredder, foot clan, meat sweats, purple dragons, hypno, repo mantis, warren stone, gus, the kraang (movie), cassandra (s1), big mama, albearto & etc, ghostbear, kristoffer van bradford, baxter stockboy, hunginn & muninn

skills: hand-to-hand combat, using weapons (listed below), comforting/calming people, parkour, flexibility, drawing, beating video games, skating, etc.

flaws: lying, cooking, controlling her emotions (specifically anger), forcing herself to do things, swimming, her depression/self-esteem issues, etc.

phobias/fears: being alone/ignored/abandoned, (what’s hiding in) the dark, needles, tornadoes, heights, spiders/insects, being a failure, being stared at, losing people she loves

disorders: alexithymia, adhd, disgraphia, dyspraxia, depression, anxiety, paranoia, autism, sensory processing disorder, dyscalculia

weapons:

^main weapons

-compound bow (later uses an oneida kestrel compound bow (like green arrow’s in the CW show) in the season 2 finale and movie)

-batarang knives (not shaped like a bat)

^secondary/occasionally used weapons

-daggers

-crossbow

-donnie’s tech-bo

mixtape:

antihero

legends never die

dear reader

paris

summertime sadness

maroon

lies [cloudsz remix]

wonder

karma

lavender haze

enemy

jealousy, jealousy

waves [convex remix]

bummerland

don’t let me down

brutal

numb little bug

confident

better days

you’re on your own, kid

ride

i just wanna shine

she’s all i wanna be

rescue me

snow on the beach

wildside

happier

towards the sun

run

someday

hope ur ok

mastermind

traitor

hero

lost boy

you should be sad

trivia:

-she can’t swim

-them and their sister were abandoned by her parents at a young age

-she met the turtles + april when they rescued her from Baron Draxum’s lair in Mystic Mayhem

-she has a large stuffed animal collection

-roommates with april

-has vocal stims (squawking, screaming, weird noises) and it weirded april out at first but she eventually got used to it

[italianexotiicbeauty]

MALVADA verses; single mom × trauma nurse, the metahuman & the photographer. ( in conjuction with & permission from: @maggoths / @purgastorys )

spin-off of.

— NAME: MARY ELIZABETH MARY ( confirmation name ) SAVARESE — NICKNAMES: MARE, MARE-MARE, SISSIE, SIS, SISTAR, J3T, MADRE / MOM / MAMA ( eduardo ), BABY GIRL ( rowan ). —- DATE OF BIRTH: AUGUST 15TH, 1984 —- PLACE OF BIRTH: YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL AT 9:18 AM ( new haven, connecticut * grew up in hamden. ) — RESIDENCE: — ZODIAC: LEO SUN, LIBRA RISING & ARIES MOON. — OCCUPATION: TRAUMA NURSE AT MALVADA GENERAL. ( three days on, four days off - works the morning shift. ) — GENDER: FEMALE — SPECIES: HUMAN —- ORIENTATION: BISEXUAL GREYROMANTIC ( dates one individual at a time, experiences attraction infrequently. ) — FACE CLAIM: Emmanuelle Chriqui ( main ), Anna Meliani ( tattoo body alt * does not have hand tattoos )

— HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 5'3", 125 lbs. — HAIR & EYE COLOR: dark brown, dark brown. —- HERITAGE: ITALIAN-AMERICAN — NATIONALITY: AMERICAN — EDUCATION: hamden high school ( graduated, class of 2003 ), yale school of nursing ( bsn, class of 2007 ) , has an unrestricted registered nurse's license as well ( necessary to become a trauma nurse. )

additional training in: Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC), Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), & Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).

—- LANGUAGES: English, Italian ( fluent ), Latin ( fluent ), Russian ( fluent ), Irish Gaelic ( fluent ). —- PIERCINGS: 6 ( three in each ear ). —- TATTTOOS: 14 ( most designed by her. ) — LIKES: — DISLIKES:

— PARENTS: NANCY ELLEN RACCUIA-SAVARESE ( born may 1955 - deceased november 2009 ), JOSEPH EDWARD SAVARESE ( born november 1952 - deceased november 2009 ). —- SIBLING(S): KELLY ANNE SAVARESE ( born april 1981 * werewolf, alive - @stcllata ). THEODORA GRAVESEND ( @maggoths * ADOPTIVE SISTER FIGURE / EDUARDO'S AUNT. ) —- CHILDREN: EDUARDO LUCIANO GRAVESEND ( born 02.28.2013 - father is Rowan Gravesend * @purgastorys. ) — PETS: (1) a shiba inu named Ziva, (2) a teddy bear hamster named donald ( specifically belongs to Eduardo ). —- VEHICLE: 2018 matte gray jeep wrangler Gladiator. —- LIVING ARRANGEMENT: — HOBBIES:

— VERSE TAG: [ v ] a regular florence nightingale, [ hc ] just saving lives ⚕️ — BRIEF CHARACTER SUMMARY:

spin-off of.

— NAME: — NICKNAMES: —- DATE OF BIRTH: AUGUST 15TH, 1984 —- PLACE OF BIRTH: YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL AT 9:18 AM ( new haven, connecticut. * grew up in Hamden. ) — RESIDENCE: — ZODIAC: LEO SUN, LIBRA RISING & ARIES MOON. — OCCUPATION: FREELANCE ERRAND RUNNER — GENDER: FEMALE — SPECIES: METAHUMAN —- ORIENTATION: BISEXUAL GREYROMANTIC ( dates one individual at a time, experiences attraction infrequently. ) — FACE CLAIM: Emmanuelle Chriqui ( main ), Anna Meliani ( tattoo body alt * does not have hand tattoos )

— HEIGHT & WEIGHT: — HAIR & EYE COLOR: —- HERITAGE: ITALIAN-AMERICAN — NATIONALITY: AMERICAN — EDUCATION:

—- LANGUAGES: English, Italian ( fluent ), Latin ( fluent ), Russian ( fluent ), Irish Gaelic ( fluent ). —- PIERCINGS: 6 ( three in each ear ). —- TATTTOOS: 14 ( most designed by her. ) — LIKES: — DISLIKES:

— PARENTS: —- SIBLING(S): —- CHILDREN: — PETS: —- VEHICLE: —- LIVING ARRANGEMENT: — HOBBIES:

— VERSE TAG: [ v ] burn burn burn brightly, [ hc ] this is what you get 🔥 — BRIEF CHARACTER SUMMARY:

— NAME: MARY ELIZABETH MARY ( confirmation name ) SAVARESE — NICKNAMES: MARE, MARE-MARE, SISSIE, SIS, SISTAR, J3T. —- DATE OF BIRTH: AUGUST 15TH, 1984 —- PLACE OF BIRTH: YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL AT 9:18 AM ( new haven, connecticut * grew up in hamden. ) — RESIDENCE: — ZODIAC: LEO SUN, LIBRA RISING & ARIES MOON. — OCCUPATION: professional freelance photographer — GENDER: FEMALE — SPECIES: HUMAN —- ORIENTATION: BISEXUAL GREYROMANTIC ( dates one individual at a time, experiences attraction infrequently. ) — FACE CLAIM: Emmanuelle Chriqui ( main ), Anna Meliani ( tattoo body alt * does not have hand tattoos )

— HEIGHT & WEIGHT: — HAIR & EYE COLOR: —- HERITAGE: ITALIAN-AMERICAN — NATIONALITY: AMERICAN — EDUCATION: —- LANGUAGES: English, Italian ( fluent ), Latin ( fluent ), Russian ( fluent ), Irish Gaelic ( fluent ). —- PIERCINGS: 6 ( three in each ear ). —- TATTTOOS: 14 ( most designed by her. )

— LIKES: — DISLIKES:

— PARENTS: NANCY ELLEN RACCUIA-SAVARESE ( born may 1955 - deceased november 2009 ), JOSEPH EDWARD SAVARESE ( blrn november 1952 - deceased november 2009 ). —- SIBLING(S): KELLY ANNE SAVARESE ( born april 1981 * werewolf, alive - @stcllata ). THEODORA GRAVESEND ( @maggoths * ADOPTIVE SISTER FIGURE . ) — PETS: —- VEHICLE: —- LIVING ARRANGEMENT: — HOBBIES:

— VERSE TAG: [ v ] uncovering the truth through film, [ hc ] my very own dark red illumination — BRIEF CHARACTER SUMMARY:

[lothris]

LUTHOR LEOPOLD CHARACTER FORM

"he's usually shirtless" — Deadpool on Wolverine

OVERVIEW

FULL NAME: Luthor James Leopold CURRENT ALIAS: (The) Wolverine NICKNAMES: Wolvie, Professor Dad, Babygirl, Peepaw, Honeybadger, Captain DILF, Animal, Angel Baby ADDITIONAL ALIASES: Captain Canada, Weapon X, The X-Man

BIRTHDAY: Oct 12, 1832 GENDER: Male SEXUALITY: Bisexual PRONOUNS: He/Him

CITIZENSHIP: Canadian SPECIES: Homo Superior (Mutant) AFFILIATION: Canadian Army (former), American Army (former), Allied Forces (former), Weapon X Program (former), The Captains, The X-Men BASE OF OPERATIONS: numerous, most recently X-Mansion until it's destruction, and currently the Leopold Estate

APPEARANCE & PHYSICALITY

ETHNICITY: Caucasian, probably of English, maybe Scottish descent ACCENT: Standard Canadian, occasional slips into Pacific North West Accent DOMINANT HAND: Right, but has taught himself to use both HAIR: Black EYES: Hazel-gray

BODY: Big. X.

UNUSUAL FEATURES:

STYLE:

FACECLAIM: Hugh Jackman

PERSONALITY

POWERS & ABILITIES

Regenerative Healing Factor (which in turn also grants him Contaminant Immunity, Fatigue Resistance, Decelerated Aging, and Telepathic Resistance), Superhuman Acute Senses, Superhuman Strength, Agility, Speed, and Endurance, and his signature six retractable claws that emerge between his knuckles, originally made of bone, but his entire skeleton was later infused with the indestructible metal Adamantium. Due to his healing abilities, he is functionally immortal. Notably, while his brain can completely regenerate, his memories do not always do so, leaving long gaps in his history. This flaw is not present in his surviving descendants/derivatives.

While the main factor of his mutation is his regenerative ability, the claws come from the other part of his mutation, which is an animalistic nature. Aside from the claws, this manifests in his super acute senses; he can act as a human lie detector, and can even hear noises from inside the human body when he concentrates. He could theoretically even work as a pregnancy test. His eyesight allows him to see clearly in the dark, and makes it easier for him to sneak up on people, he can even anticipate an incoming attack from a change in the air pressure alone. He has also displayed Animal Empathy, while he doesn't communicate in a complex, he can feel animals emotions, and easily befriends them. Like a disney princess, he and the animals understand each other. Most notably, however, the animalistic nature part of his mutation results in a berserker fury state, hence all that screaming when he fights.

RELATIONSHIPS

FAMILY

Grandpa Leopold, Papa Leopold, Mama Leopold

Bio Dad, bio half-bitch

The X-Men

Freya, Damian, Lara

FRIENDSHIPS

Willa Wilson

she proclaims to be his best friend, which he of course denies, but also goes along with her antics, so it's not untrue either.

ROMANCE

This man is such a slut. Throughout his long life, and even without accounting for that, he's been in numerous relationships with men and women. All bisexuals are not whores, but he sure is.

Tsukiko Muramasa

Wife, widowed

"Ryan Wilson"

Ex-boyfriend, doesn't like to bring it up, but "Ryan"'s wife, Willa Wilson, brings it up whenever she visits.

one of the Madelyne Falkner clones

ex-"girlfriend", didn't even know she was a clone, lol.

Leia Rao

Entertains her flirting, and obviously finds her pretty, that's just objective, but doesn't go further, the age thing wasn't really a problem before he became a dad, now it's a little weird. No longer entertains his partner's daddy kinks, like you can't call him what his kids do. He does get jealous though, he can usually hide it just fine, but it becomes very evident when she expresses interest in someone else.

HISTORY

TRIVIA

he is the only member of "The Captains" to not get an injection of a super-serum (although he was decades later subject to a different experiment)

[honorhearted]

"I'm not the type to judge one by the sin's of their father -- or cousin, in this case," Benjamin reassured, "so no. I didn't intend to hold you at fault for Miss Dunster's fondness for palm-to-cheek interaction."

“Have you ever been to London, Mister Bolton?"

For one moment, his spine stiffened and he blinked down at her, forcing a wary smile. Did she know? Surely, not...

Once Belle began complimenting his charm, Benjamin slowly released the breath he'd been holding and chuckled, his brows rising high on his head. "You flatter me, Miss Blydon," he replied. "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to let all of this go to my head...but alas, I must correct you: the only way your cousin would ever fall at my feet would be if I accidentally -- key word there being accidentally -- tripped her."

A slight pinch overcame Belle's mien, and she vehemently expressed her disdain for her moniker. “Men wouldn’t last a day in a woman’s shoes. Literally. I’ve seen grown men wail like a newborn babe after being stung by a bee, and yet they have the audacity to say we are the weaker, more emotional sex."

Benjamin winced. Despite it being improbable, his first instinct was to wonder if she'd been speaking with Anna Strong, a woman who all too readily talked of holding his hand while he cried from a bee sting. He'd only been eight years old at the time, but he doubted that would matter much to a woman like Belle Blydon.

"I'd never call you weaker," Benjamin offered, "but I also can't say I'm ready to fall upon my own sword either. I suppose it depends on the man... From boyhood to the present, I've suffered countless injuries: broken bones, contusions, various cuts and scrapes, a bullet wound to the..." Trailing off, he tamped his lips shut. A brief look of horror blitzed across his face at his slip-up -- fool! You bloody fool! -- before he waved it off and amended, "Well, let's just say that agricultural pursuits are far more dangerous than you'd initially believe. I've had to protect my land from thieves on multiple occasions."

Belle, fortunately, still seemed quite riled up about the differences between men and women.

"No apologies necessary," Benjamin promised. "Feeling so deeply is good, in my opinion...what is life, after all, without the zest for passionate pursuits?"

Belle spoke then of her mother, and despite still being on guard from his earlier slip-up, Benjamin found himself softening as he listened, living a bit vicariously through each word.

"If you ever visit England, perhaps I could show you the garden. My Mama has over thirty species of roses just at our townhome. I believe the number at our country estate is in the sixties."

"I would be honored...thank you." Flustered that he actually meant it, Benjamin shyly darted his eyes in between her face and the floor, a small smile lifting the corners of his lips. "I'm afraid my hometown won't be nearly as impressive. I've probably only tended three or four species of rose, and the garden is scarcely more than the length of that refreshments table. Still...it was Mother's sanctuary. And it quickly became mine, as well."

Admittedly, Belle's offer took him off guard. A warmth flooded his face as she said, "If you've any free time amidst your various business escapades, perhaps we could discuss our literary adventures over tea." Her lips lifted in a simper. "Or whatever it is you Americans prefer to drink."

"Certainly not tea," Benjamin agreed, chuckling. "Though between you and me, our own special version -- liberty tea, as they call it -- tastes like piss." He held up a hand. "Not that I'd know from experience, of course. I may be an eccentric, but even I have my limits."

Expression softening, he lowered his arm to offer her his hand. "But yes, I...I think I would like that. Very much."

In that moment, Benjamin knew he was in trouble -- not just because of the inevitable dangers of developing friendships, but because he really, truly did like the idea of having a small book club of sorts, and he really, genuinely did enjoy Belle's company.

“Trust me, Ned deserved each smack he received, so I can’t imagine what you could’ve done to have tempted her ire. My cousin is passionate but she's far from mean spirited. I do hope she hasn’t left a bad impression of herself upon you-- for my sake, at least." Belle was itching to find out more about what exactly had transpired between Emma and this strange enigma of a man. By all accounts, he seemed charming, and she could only assume he'd done something truly wicked to earn Emma's wrath.

“Have you ever been to London, Mister Bolton?" Tilting her head, she offered him a smile paired with an arched brow. "I dare say your charm is certainly up to par with the best of high society." It wasn't as though Belle took part in society often enough to know the ins and outs of masculine charms, but she'd been on the marriage market long enough to tell the signs. He'd thrive during the social season, she thought. He would be unlikely to last until the end of the season unshackled or unattached. "Though I’m sure you don’t need to travel a sea away to find a flock of ladies to fall at your feet. If my cousin were any less resolute, I’d be concerned her her impressionable heart."

If her mother were here, Belle might not have dared to be so flippant and brash with a strange gentleman, but something about him made her feel at ease. And the fact that he was already acquainted with her uncle and beloved cousin made her confident than she wouldn't be completely shunned for her candor.

“Oh, I utterly despise the word.” A glimmer of rage flashed through her eyes before her ladylike mien returned, a well-trained composure far more appropriate for the likes of her mother. “Men wouldn’t last a day in a woman’s shoes. Literally. I’ve seen grown men wail like a newborn babe after being stung by a bee, and yet they have the audacity to say we are the weaker, more emotional sex."

Emma and Belle had often spent hours talking at length about the inequalities of men and women in the world. Men were regarded as heroes for not shedding a tear at a broken bone, while women are told that birthing a child is what they were made for. She'd seen men sob after falling off a horse or whine when they catch a chill. Men spoke of women as though they were better seen and not heard, as though their minds were too weak to comprehend the world outside of the home. But it was men, Belle noted, that started wars with one another over bruised pride, that dueled at dawn over lost card games and betrayed one another for a single moment of glory. Time and time again, Belle and her cousin came to the very same conclusion that men were the weaker sex. But Belle was smart enough to keep such sentiments to herself.

“Forgive me, the topic is very close to my heart, as you can see. But, yes, I agree wholeheartedly. If I were a man, I think I’d prefer to have a wife that rivaled my erudition, to debate and spar with on an intellectual level. But most men, it seems, are threatened by an intelligent woman. Or at least their prides are threatened by them. I am pleased to see you are not one of such men, Mister Bolton."

Letting out a sigh, Belle flattened the fabric of her skirts with her hands. If she were back home, such an outburst would've surely earned her a scolding. One of the main reasons Arabella Blydon remained unmarried was because she had yet to find a man worthy of her mind, body, and soul. But perhaps she'd merely been looking in the wrong places this whole time.

“Ah, but that sounds like a compliment to me. Isn’t it better to be the prime pig than the runt?" She bit her tongue, the temptation to tell him all the wicked things she and Emma had called men before. To be called a pig was high praises from the likes of them, but such things were a secret that the cousins would take to their graves. "Well, if you happen to turn into a squealing hog by the stroke of midnight, I suppose I have been warned. But for some reason, I doubt you're nearly as bad as she claims you are."

At the mention of roses, Belle's eyes lit up. She wasn't a skilled naturalist by any means, but she'd learned about plants during her childhood. Her mother adored her blooms like a third child and Belle often helped tend to the bushes as a girl. While she knew she was far from being a proper gardener, she knew her way around a garden well enough, she thought.

“How admirable. I confess, I don't think my brother will be as noble as you, and I certainly couldn't be trusted to keep an entire garden alive." Letting out a heavy sigh, Belle smiled. "My mother enjoys roses, too. She tried her hand at topiaries when I was a young girl but I think she much prefers the simpler pleasures of gardening. If you ever visit England, perhaps I could show you the garden. My Mama has over thirty species of roses just at our townhome. I believe the number at our country estate is in the sixties."

Although she was confident enough to hold her own in a conversation of flora, Belle was far more knowledgeable on the topic of literature. His question about her own preferences warmed her soul and she couldn't hide the sheer pleasure on her face as she smiled.

“Oh, I assure you I am far from a self-proclaimed bluestocking. I detest the word, but I can't seem to escape it. Nevertheless, I suppose, there are crumbs of knowledge I may be willing to offer." With a coy expression, Belle turned her attention away from him. "If you've any free time amidst your various business escapades, perhaps we could discuss our literary adventures over tea." Pausing at her words, she flicked her attention back to him as she wore a teasing smile. "Or whatever it is you Americans prefer to drink."

[africanamericanlit22]

McKenzie's Response to: “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Slavery: The Problem and Promise of Mothering in Octavia Butler’s ‘Bloodchild.’

    Octavia Butler proves the ways that science fiction has the capacity to speak to more significant and realistic social commentaries. In particular, her short story “Bloodchild” details a bizarre tale that challenges human social norms. It is set on an alien planet where humans are used as hosts to breed alien eggs, and the story follows Gan who witnesses’ an alien birth and realizes he no longer wants to be a host anymore. The critical essay Kristin Lillvis writes acknowledges the layers that the story has and how Bloodchild reveals the complexities of Butler’s psyche.

      Bloodchild is told from the perspective of Gan, a human “Terran”, who opens the story with him eating life-extending sterile eggs with his family. He recounts that the eggs came from T’Gatoi a high-ranking alien Tlic and a lifelong friend of his mother's. T’Gatoi’s relationship with their family has kept them safe against her species who have little regard for humans, so perhaps in gratitude, Gan’s mother made a deal to use one of her children as a breeder for T’Gatoi. Later, Gan sees Lomas (a human host) give birth and has to kill an animal for him to feed the newborn. The birth is quite disturbing to Gan, and it helps him realize that he no longer wants to be a host. Gan then threatens to kill himself and T’Gatoi tells him that it would leave the responsibility to his sister which causes him to rethink. In the end, Gan and T’Gatoi mate and she promises she’ll never leave him. 

    The article Mama’s Baby Papas’s Slavery poses the argument that Butler’s intention was to present the maternal figure as powerful while challenging gender norms. The short story serves as a reflection of Octavia’s philosophy of what a mother is and also adds to the conversation of postcolonial thought and gender theory. The strength of this argument is the fact that Butler herself did in fact state that the story was a way she could toy with the idea of a man getting pregnant, and so that does interact with theory. But mostly, it was how the pregnancy didn’t make the male character more of a mother than the alien character who was the contributing maternal figure that compelled him to subject himself to being a host. The argument makes sense in that regard because the story does revolve around T’Gatoi’s relationship with the human family, and it feels intensely maternal even to the human who is an actual mother.  Lillivis says “Gan demonstrates this Terran reliance on the Tlic through his relationship with T'Gatoi. Gan's affinity for T'Gatoi, who is notably a government official, disrupts his connection to his mother, Lien, and prevents him from accessing his maternal heritage.”

   Where the argument doesn’t acknowledge is that the love the main character that the human face for the alien was not maternal but romantic. It is particularly questionable from the quote: “And to keep you for myself,” I said. It was so. I didn’t understand it, but it was so.” There’s this level of ambivalence about how he feels about the intimacy between him and the alien. There is an argument that can be made that the quote and the conclusion that the story features romantic love can just be added to the conversation of the Oedipus complex and prove the maternal thing further. I personally agree with Lillviss’ argument that Bloodchild is a projection of Butler’s idealogy of what motherly love should be.       When reading Bloodchild, my focus was more on the peculiarity of the characters rather than the meaning of the story. It is safe to say I was mostly intrigued by the man being the one who gives birth, and the entire relationship between humans and insect-like aliens. After closer reading, it sort of resembled American colonialism and racism. But in this case, the humans themselves are the inferior beings and the aliens superior. Humans are being used as a means to an end which is to be hosts. Perhaps I was being a little presumptuous because Octavia Butler is a black author, and I considered the ways that her racial identity influenced this story. But, of course, she states that this story was not written about slavery but about love and scary Peruvian insects. I read it as what she meant it to be, a love story. To me, science fiction is just like other fiction but with the use of a wider imagination. So, the extra information about the aliens and human adversity wasn’t really something I necessarily focused on in the story. I paid attention to the characters and what they said to each other. I noticed how the father wasn’t in the story but only mentioned. I noticed the admiration they all had for the alien woman T’Gatoi. It appealed to me like a story of love and sacrifice and also how reproductive organs don’t make you a mother. I find that this story could speak to modern transgender inclusion conversations and also queer conversations with its interaction with sexual identity theories. Women are the champions in this story. The ones that must be saved and admired. While, on the other hand, the men are struggling in this narrative. I don’t believe that it was a coincidence. I think this story was a reflection of how Butler thinks of women in general. Women can give birth, but shouldn't have to. They can lead and thrive and receive love. This is a feminist and progressive story, in my opinion.

[rebeccathenaturalist]

How Dangerous Are Coyote Encounters?

(Originally posted at https://rebeccalexa.com/how-dangerous-are-coyote-encounters/)

While spring is a time that many people associate with cute baby animals, fall and winter are when breeding season actually begins for many mammals. Right now we are in coyote (Canis latrans) breeding season, which means these native canids are on the move, seeking mates. You may even be more likely to hear them as they call out to each other, and they may be active at any time of day or night. This could lead to coyote encounters for your or your pets.

Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths about coyotes that have been used to excuse the ongoing persecution of these intelligent animals. Coyotes are an example of a keystone species, one which is so important to its habitat that if it is removed it has serious negative effects for numerous other species. They keep several prey species, including rodents, from overpopulating and spreading disease; this also helps keep some plant species from being decimated by too many herbivores. Some birds also may benefit from coyotes as these wild dogs keep nest predators in check, allowing more eggs and baby birds to survive to adulthood.

Prior to widespread agricultural and industrial development by European-Americans, coyotes largely lived west of the Mississippi. As their competitors the gray wolf (Canis lupus) and red wolf (Canis rufus) were exterminated in much of its range in the lower 48 states, coyotes were able to expand further east and north, and today they can be found in every state except Hawaii. (They’ve even been expanding toward South America in recent years!) Moreover, as coyotes are much more tolerant of humans than some larger predators such as wolves and mountain lions (Felis concolor), and are not as reliant on forested land, they were able to take advantage of land cleared for agriculture and housing. In fact, they’ve even been found in the hearts of cities as large as Los Angeles! And they respond to being hunted not by leaving an area, but by having more pups each year, meaning that more places are looking to humane, nonlethal control measures based on more recent scientific research in the field.

Unfortunately, these savvy animals have been followed by some unfortunate myths which can make people more concerned about coyote encounters. Let’s untangle a couple of them.

Myths About Coyotes

Many animals will become more aggressive during breeding and denning/nesting season, both to secure their territory and protect mates and young. Elk and other deer are notoriously dangerous during the fall rut, and even an antlerless doe can inflict serious damage with her sharp hooves if she feels her fawn is threatened. And of course no one wants to come between a mama bear and her cubs! Even birds are more likely to go on the attack when on the nest, whether that’s an angry Canada goose charging at you, a flock of dive-bombing crows, or even a fierce little wren yelling at you from a perch at face level.

Contrary to popular belief, though, wildlife aren’t going to go out of their way to confront humans unless they feel threatened. This includes coyotes. They have a particular behavior that is often mistaken for an attack or stalking: the escort. What happens is that one coyote, usually one of the parents of a nearby litter of pups, will appear to be following you at a bit of a distance. However, they’re simply keeping an eye on you, kind of like a person watching someone of questionable character walking down the street. You’ve strayed too close to the den site, and they just want to be sure you leave without causing any trouble.

If you happen to be getting closer to the den (which you may not even be able to see) they may come closer or even growl. But unless you are actively threatening the den or pups, it is highly unlikely they’ll follow through with their bluff. Keep in mind that wildlife don’t have veterinarians they can go to, and even a seemingly minor injury can end up worsening and end in eventual death, either through infection or starvation. So a healthy coyote will only engage in conflict if they absolutely feel they have no other choice.

You may be even more likely to see an escorting coyote if you have a dog with you. This is because while humans are certainly seen as a threat, dogs are even moreso because they so closely resemble wolves. In the wild, wolves will kill coyotes over food or territory, and dogs are close enough to wolves to make coyotes more concerned. Dogs that run loose have been known to kill coyote pups, and some people even still hunt coyotes with dogs. No wonder the coyotes are concerned.

Escorting of dogs by coyotes brings up another myth: the “scout coyote”. This is a common myth that pops up especially during breeding season. Supposedly a single coyote from a pack will try to lure a dog closer, only to have the entire pack attack and kill the dog. Some people even go so far as to say it’s always a female coyote in heat trying to trap male dogs.

However, the coyote escort is not deliberately trying to lead the dog anywhere; it just wants the dog to go away and, like with humans, is watching it until it leaves. If the dog approaches, especially if it does so in an aggressive manner (charging, barking, chasing the retreating coyote, etc.) the pack may then leap in to defend the escort and their territory. In this case, though, it was the dog who initiated the actual aggression; all the coyotes wanted was to be left alone.

(It should be noted that dogs often escalate encounters with other wildlife like bears (Ursus spp.) and elk (Cervus canadensis) for much the same reasons. Most wildlife will continue on their way if left alone, but if your off-leash dog–even a small dog–charges in at them barking its head off, then of course the animal is going to defend itself. Most cases of “My dog protected me from a dangerous animal!” would have ended much more peacefully had the dog been under control and the wild animal been allowed to leave at its own pace.)

Body language speaks volumes: This off-leash dog should never have been allowed to get this close to the coyote, and I’d be willing to bet the dog was the initial aggressor; a dog is much more likely to charge at a coyote than vice versa. This is also not “an attacking coyote.” Notice the coyote is being threatening with its head down and teeth bared, and is slowly moving toward the dog, but is NOT charging in to attack even though it easily could at this distance; it wants to scare the dog away, not fight. Nickton, CCA 2.0

Keeping Coyote Encounters Safe

Most of the time when we see a coyote, we get a brief glimpse before the animal heads off in another direction; after all, we’re rather scary to them! So how can we enjoy getting to see these smart critters without anyone getting hurt–humans, pets, or coyotes?

First, don’t feed the coyotes; feeding coyotes is the single biggest factor in making them aggressive toward humans. Sure, you may not deliberately putting out a dish specifically for them, but remember that these are very adaptable omnivores. Any time you leave pet food outside, or try to feed other wildlife like raccoons (Procyon lotor) or opossums (Didelphis virginiana), the coyotes are going to come in for their share. Coyotes will also help themselves to unsecured trash, and as omnivores they may even occasionally feed on fruit from orchards. And a fed coyote loses its fear of humans, which can make it more dangerous. By removing food sources around your home, you’ll keep coyotes from seeing your yard as a buffet.

If you don’t want your cat eaten by a coyote, keep it inside. Yes, even cats that have spent years outdoors can be trained to be indoor kitties; if they’re still scratching to be let out weeks later, you need to give them more enrichment, and not give in to their demands. Not only will your cat live a longer life, and be less likely to be injured or killed by cars, poisons, or dogs, but it will also be safe from coyotes (and the local birds and other wildlife will be safe from your cat.) If you want your cat to still have some outdoor time, consider building a catio, or leash-training your cat! Speaking of leashes, dogs should always be on leashes. Even if they’re too big to be considered a coyote snack, remember what I said earlier about dogs tending to escalate things with wildlife, to include coyote encounters.

If you own chickens or other livestock, a good fence is the best protection against coyotes. A wire fence that they can’t climb through works well, especially if it has roll bars on the top (which also help keep other predators like bobcats (Lynx rufus) and bears out, too.) Keep animals in a secure coop or stable at night. For free-ranging or large pasture animals like sheep or cattle, consider a livestock guardian dog whose sole job is to take care of the herd or flock.

Use nonlethal methods whenever possible; killing coyotes often leads to increased predation. Why? Remember that when coyotes are killed, the remaining coyotes will have more pups. This means more demand for food, which means more predation on livestock. Moreover, traps and hunting often target younger coyotes that are more likely to hunt rodents (keeping them in control) rather than livestock. The vacuum created by the loss of these non-predatory coyotes may be filled by individuals from surrounding areas that are perfectly happy to hunt the livestock.

Finally, if you do see a coyote, don’t try to get closer to it, and definitely don’t try to feed it! If the coyote is at a distance, and is not approaching you, you can likely keep walking, just so long as you aren’t heading closer to it. If the coyote appears to be following you, keep an eye on it but don’t run; chances are you’re near a den and it’s just watching to make sure you leave without causing any trouble.

In the unlikely-but-still-possible event the coyote acts aggressively toward you beyond a growl, face it, make a LOT of noise, and try to make yourself look bigger by spreading your arms, and opening your jacket or umbrella if you have one. You can throw rocks and sticks at it, too. Don’t run, and don’t turn your back, but do back away slowly. If you have a dog keep them on a very tight leash; don’t let them approach the coyote. If the dog is small enough, you can pick it up as you back away. It’s okay to carry an air horn or pepper spray, but use the spray as a last resort, especially if it’s windy and you might have it blow back on you!

The vast majority of coyote encounters are peaceful, and they offer us a glimpse into the lives of these fascinating beings. By respecting their wildness and their boundaries, we can coexist with them and allow them to continue filling the ecological niche they’ve inhabited for thousands of years.

Did you enjoy this article? I have plenty more articles for you to read, and you might even consider taking one of my online classes on foraging and other natural history topics!

[bramblewatchescharmed]

And even if by "different types of magic" they mean "different witchcraft practitioners / groups" . . . that's still not true.

Charmed (2018)

Season 1 of the reboot gave us the Charmed Ones vs the Elder witches vs the Sisters of Arcana coven (that their mother Marisol helped found) vs demons. Not once did any of the Innocents that the Vera-Vaughns helped out turn out to be another witch: they were all mortals. And the Elders and Sarcana were still witches, just with very different ideas on how they should use magic. (Not to mention all these groups were still working within the show's background worldbuilding, which primarily drew from Greek mythology and Celtic & Central European mythology / folklore.)

Mama Roz was a Haitian Yoruba priestess and psychic, and... that's about it. She was never classified on-screen as a witch, and she was primarily there to serve Macy's subplot.

Season 2 gave us Kat the botanica owner who also turned out to be a psychic but not a witch, and later gave us Ruby, a witch who had voluntarily given up her powers and essentially become mortal. There's also the introduction of constant annoyance demon-witch Abigael Jamieson-Caine, daughter of s1 antagonist Alistair Caine and half-sister to his sons Hunter (full demon) and Parker (half-demon).

Season 3 has the Perfecti, and... that's it? Season 4 barely introduces the magical community, and with the special/practical effects budget on this show it was very difficult to tell the magical creatures were even magical creatures. The fourth season also introduces the Charmed multiverse at the very last minute.

It's made explicitly clear in the 2018 Charmed universe that male witches do not exist, warlocks (male and female) do not exist, and while MTF trans witches can gain an active power through a specific ritual, mortal practitioners are also not established as a concept that exists.

Charmed (1998)

This one is going to be in bullet points, because it's going to be way too long otherwise.

warlocks and good witches are presented as two sides of the same coin, with warlocks killing good witches to steal their powers. Both men and women can be either witches or warlocks. Warlocks are also different from evil witches, who also exist (and, again, can be either male or female).

several Innocents the Halliwell Charmed Ones save are either magical witches themselves, or mortal witchcraft practitioners. Some of the other witches we see on-screen practice Wicca, but others do not and have their own traditions.

season five's "The Eyes Have It" introduces magical Romani as a sister / cousin species to witches, focusing on the Nicolae clan

four episodes specifically focus on Chinese mythology and essentially have the Charmed Ones along for the ride, while the Chinese characters take center stage

season 6 introduces two feuding witch families, the Montanas and the Calloways. Paige even dates Richard Montana for a while, and he has his own issues with controlling his magic + his family's traditions are very different from those of the Warren line

one of the first Innocents the Charmed Ones save is Max, a teenager new to his witch powers that he inherited from his mother, Max and his family are all Black, and since his mother died only a few months ago, we're not given any information on if her witchcraft practices involved an African Religious Tradition, Wicca, or even Latin American witchcraft. (Still, they were there, which is more than can be said for the reboot.)

Season 6 introduces the audience to the Phoenix clan of witches, witch assassins with demon-like powers such as shimmering and reconstitution. They have a grimoire instead of a Book of Shadows to further highlight their moral ambiguity

season 8 focuses on the Jenkins line of witches through Christy and Billie, the latter of whom the Charmed Ones take under their wing and train.

alchemists are antagonists for several episodes, and their magic is not at all related to witchcraft

Say again how the reboot has "more types of magic" than the original. Please. I dare reboot stans.

I was arguing with a Charmed (2018) fan the other day who tried to claim that the reboot "explored more different types of magic than the OG did".

Sorry, but that claim is untrue, even if you stick to comparing all four seasons of the 2018 reboot with the first four seasons of the original 1998 Charmed.

Just by comparing the first season of each show:

Charmed (1998)

s1e2 "I've Got You Under My Skin" has the Charmed Ones use the Hand of Fatima to vanquish Javna. The Prophet Mohammed (that Mohammed, from Islam) is explicitly referenced in the Book of Shadows, and the Hand of Fatima is used throughout North Africa and the Middle East as protection against evil.

s1e4 "Dead Man Dating" primarily takes place in San Franciso's Chinatown, and the supernatural antagonist is Yama, the Hindu god of death. The mortal antagonists are all members of a Triad gang. Three other episodes later on in the series focus on Chinese mythology.

s1e6 "The Wedding From Hell": demonic villainess Jade de Mon turns out to be Hecate, named after the Greek goddess of magic, the moon, and crossroads.

s1e7 "The Fourth Sister": Kali, the antagonist, is named after the Hindu goddess of death, doomsday, and time.

s1e11 "Feats of Clay" centers around a stolen Egyptian urn and heavily features Egyptian mythology motifs

s1e18 "When Bad Warlocks Go/Turn Good": not the first time Christianity has shown up in the series, but it is the first time the sisters have to save a half-warlock Catholic priest-in-training

Charmed (2018)

s1e1 "Pilot": the triqutra symbol representing the Veras' status as the Charmed Ones has its roots in Celtic (Irish) culture. Books of Shadows are solely used in Wicca, a British religious form of witchcraft. The Veras' BOS even has an entry on Melinda Warren. (Keep in mind that the Vera-Vaughns in this series are supposed to be Puerto Rican, and instead of going with the rich traditions and history of Latin American witchcraft, the producers and writers shoved their Latina witches into a Wiccan framework.)

s1e2 "Let This Mother Out": Spirit boards as they exist today are an American invention. (The Halliwells also had a spirit board that was passed down through their family, but that one did look like a family heirloom, not like it had been bought at Barnes & Noble a few years prior.) Marisol also created the prism world they trapped the Imposter Demon in, so no points there

s1e4 "Exorcise Your Demons": Mel finds a secret spell written by their mother in the B.O. S derived from Santeria that the sisters use to free Angela Wu.

s1e5 "Other Women": Introduces "hellflame", suspiciously similar to Greek fire. The spell Mel and her sisters cast to rewrite her history with Niko invokes the Moirai, the Greek goddesses of fate.

s1e6 "Kappa Spirit": Maggie and Mel briefly suspect that the ghost Brenda is a Banshee, a malevolent spirit from Irish folklore. Mama Roz, a recurring Haitian Yoruba priestess and psychic, is introduced (this kicks off Macy and Galvin's continuing subplot throughout the season exploring Yoruba).

s1e7 "Out of Scythe": Introduces the Scythe of Tartarus and a satyr as a guardian for one of the scythe's pieces, all of which are taken from Greek mythology.

s1e9 "Jingle Hell": episode begins with Hunter and Parker stealing a staff from a Russian Orthodox church, bringing Christianity into play. The episode ends with Harry falling down into Tartarus (again, Greek mythology).

s1e11 "Witch Perfect": music instructor at Hilltowne University (and director for the Hilltones a capella group) is taken over by a set of demonic pan's pipes while on vacation in Greece (once more, Greek mythology)

s1e13 "Maniac Pixie Nightmare": introduces pixies from Central European mythology

s1e15 "Switches and Stones": has Medusa the gorgon as the villain of the week, famously from Greek mythology

s1e18 "The Replacement": new Whitelighter Tessa makes reference to "Western magic" when fighting the Abiku (from Yoruban mythology) that is possessing Galvin

That's *checks notes* seven cultures the original series explores outside of British Traditional Wicca within its first season. The same cannot be said for the 2018 reboot's first season, where the only cultures drawn from are Central/Northern European, Greek, and Yoruba. Santeria (an Afro-Cuban religion) is mentioned once, and the denomination of Christianity shows in-series is very white European. So... yeah, that's three cultures for the reboot compared to the original's seven.

As for the rest of both series over the course of the respective shows:

Charmed (1998)

s2e6 "That Old Black Magic" features the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, which shows up in folklore across the world

s2e7 "They're Everywhere" deals with the Akashic Records, believed by Theosophists to be a compendium of all universal events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future in terms of all entities and life forms. (There is no evidence the records actually exist, and the religion of Theosophy was founded by a Russian mystic in the late 19th century, but the word akashic itself is from Sanskrit.)

s2e21 "Apocalypse Not" deals with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

s2e22 "Be Careful What You Witch For" introduces genies from Arabian mythology (Genies show up again in season 6)

s3e13 "The Good, the Bad, and the Cursed" touches on racism against Native Americans (via residual energy in a ghost town causing a time loop and Phoebe psychically connecting with Bo Lightfeather, the victim in question)

s4e5 "Size Matters" features a golem, which are from Jewish folklore

season 5 really starts in on expanding the magical community to include nymphs, unicorns, leprechauns, dwarves, mermaids, etc. Season 6 introduces a student at Magic School who's a Shaman, a different species from magical witches (s6e14 "The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell").

s5e6 "The Eyes Have It" introduces and heavily features Romani with magical abilities as a sister species to witches. Specifically, it focuses on a young Roma woman who becomes the matriarch of her family line, has snippets of the Romani language (or one of its many dialects) spoken on-screen, and has Ava grappling with rejecting vs returning to her heritage.

s5e10 "Y Tu Mummy También" again centers on Egyptian mythology

s5e13 "House Call" features a witch doctor who uses voodoo. Witch Doctors are explicitly stated to be on the side of good and good magic, and the one in the episode uses his magic to teach the Charmed Ones a much-needed lesson.

s6e1-2 "Valhalley of the Dolls" transforms the sisters into Valkyries from Norse mythology to rescue Leo from Valhalla (which for some reason is presided over by Freyja, when she's actually in charge of a different area of the Norse afterlife).

s7e1 "A Call to Arms" has Piper and Leo accidentally taken over by Hindu deities Shakti and Shiva (they were attending a Hindu wedding as guests when the deities were invoked to bless the marriage).

The Avatars, the antagonists of season 7's first half, have part of their backstory rooted in ancient Egypt: they were defeated by Anubis, the Egyptian god of death and rebirth.

Charmed (2018)

season 2 draws heavily from the Salem and European Witch Trials for its worldbuilding and backstory for characters: recurring character Jordan's ancestor was a Witchfinder General whose bloodline was cursed by a witch he killed; Whitelighters (and their Darklighter counterparts) are discovered to have first been created as a result of the Salem Witch Trials. The castle where the rite to create new White/Darklighters is held is located in Scotland.

season 3 made shit up whole cloth for its antagonists without drawing on one particular culture, but it finally introduces Puerto Rican witchcraft in the form of the Veras' second cousin Josefina (which is promptly forgotten about the second she's finished her plotline)

season 4 reveals that this universe's "original" Charmed Ones were unrelated brown women granted their magic by the nine clans of magical beings (trolls, leprechauns, hobgoblins, lamias, pixies, etc.) -- all of whom are, again, originally from European folklore.

"The reboot explored more types of magic than the original series did."

Bullshit. It very much the fuck did not. The writers kept cycling through Greek, Irish & British, Yoruba and Central European folklore for their worldbuilding and only gave Puerto Rican culture an afterthought. Which is not a good look when the protagonists being Latina (specifically, Puerto Rican) was the fucking selling point for this reboot in the first place.

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Jora Holiday Bio **Update 2021**

The following paragraphs contains information exclusively for the original series.

Full Name: Jora Ladybird Holiday

Age: 9, 29 (Ben10000); 39 (Ken 10)

Birthday: March 31/April 1 (she was born 11:59pm on March 31)

Species: Human

Race: African American

Fandom: Ben 10 (classic&reboot), The Secret Saturdays (crossover), Generator Rex (crossover), Cartoon Network/CN City (crossover)

Voice Claim: Kimberly Brooks; Brandy Norwood is another alternate choice

Character Role: Friend and love interest to Ben Tennyson

Powers/Abilities: Rot Inducement, Mycokinesis, Poison/Toxin Immunity, Self Healing/Regeneration, Moderate Chronokinesis (Time-Acceleration)

Items: Vials, Mini Lab, Gloves

Relationships

Family: Jeremy (father), Mavis (mother), Tasha (sister), Pattibelle (first cousin) Ginger (family friend); Kenny, Kendrix & Belle (future children), Devlin (adopted son/cousin in law(?))

Friends: Ben & Gwen Tennyson, Max Tennyson, Cooper Daniels, Richard Mortis, Mama G (future mentor)

Acquaintances: Ginger T. Glass, Tamika

Love Interest: Ben is her primary love interest, as seen with their eventual future together as well as hints and blatant displays of "puppy love."

Enemies: Pretty much every villain in this show; her personal arch-nemesis is Kudzu, a lifestyle expert & entrepreneur who initially tried to gentrify Jora's neighborhood & ruin her family's business. Other villains include Master Mortis (Richard's creator), and Kudzu's bounty hunters.

Appearance

- Dark Skinned African American girl

- Chubby, shorter than Ben and Gwen

- Has dark brown hair styled in twisted pigtails, pink hair scrunchies

- Black Bead Eyes//dark brown

- Wears lilac lacy gloves

- Wears three different outfits through the show:

- Season 1: Yellow t-shirt, pink shorts, beige sandals

- Seasons 2&3: Pink and Yellow striped tank top, orange skirt, and same sandals

- Season 4: Pink and white t-shirt, yellow capris with orange belt, and purple shoes

Personality

A sweet and quiet girl, Jora Holiday did not consider herself to be special. She lacked friends in school and kept to herself out of fear of getting bullied. This was because she had to deal with her mutant powers since they came into fruition as a very small child. Jora normally tries to avoid or deflate conflict, though deep down she does get a little fed up with playing peacemaker if the squabbling persists. Jora is compassionate and humble, never boastful but also bashful when it comes to compliments and praise. Of the four kids she is regarded as the nicest.

Because of her powers Jora has clean freak tendencies in her desire to look as normal as possible. She tried to avoid gross situations, although later down the line she learns it's okay to dirty her gloves - literally.

But with sweetness comes sourness, as she does have a passive-aggressive side towards slights, whether real or perceived. She didn't get along with Tasha, feeling as though the latter didn't care for her (which isn't true). Jora tends to be oversensitive and takes things too personally, ans even can be prone to tears if provoked hard enough. She also bears lingering resentment and shame over the partial ailments her element brings; these feelings fade away over time as she grows to accept her powers and adapt to her condition. One of her biggest flaws is her timidness and inability to stand up for herself and others. She also didn't get along with Ben for a while, though they get better quickly.

Jora has a love of nature, as shown with her hobby of collecting flowers and mushrooms. She despises animal abuse of any kind, and strives to be a bit more conscious of the environment. She also seems to have no phobia towards bugs, and thus is the designated "spider catcher" on the Rust Bucket.

Jora has a passion for fashion and a girly sense of style, preferring to dress in bright or pastel colors. Her love of nature and love of fashion could lead to a career based on environmentally friendly beauty products.

Ben 10000: Lavender shortsleeved dress and white apron

Adult Appearance

When she grows up Jora is considerably more capable of handling herself. She gets upset when people see and treat her as a fragile thing, seeing as though they don't trust her. She also is very in tune with nature, spending her days off on long walks in the forests, or at her homemade lab making potions.

In this timeline she was a waitress who worked after shifts as a vigilante. At the time the Hero of Heroes didn't know who this mysterious woman was, although he was struck by familiar feelings.

Ken 10: Mint Green blouse and pink maxiskirt with pink wristwatch (which is actually her transformation device)

Costume: White bodysuit with light purple accents, helmet and visor.

Powers:

Jora has the element of Decay (&Rebirth), which enables her to induce decomposition in organic material.

Techniques

- While not proficient at hand to hand she can run fast in short bursts and have stamina

- Generate spore clouds to obscure vision and block a person's airways

- Increase or decrease the rate the decay

- Increase or decrease the size of mushrooms, from giant prehistoric constructs to miniature samples to be used for medicine

- Create a slippery puddle of rot to make opponents fall

- Throw globs of inky, rotting matter to create fungus or for long range

- Autumn Leaf Tornado

- Create Penicillin (first "upgrade")

- Able to "purify" corrupted Mycellium in the episode "Camp Fear"

- Scavenger-animal Empathy

- Forensics (adult level)

- Fossil Fuel Manipulation (adult level)

- Floral Manipulation (adult level, possibly teen)

- Acid Spit (adult level)

- Hallucinations (teen level)

Weaknesses

- Her power has little to no effect on material such as metal, glass, synthetic fabrics, stones

- Has to wear her gloves at all times which can be tedious and uncomfortable

- Lacks strength and hand-to-hand proficiency

- Weak to extreme heat & cold

- Shroom Constructs can be easily destroyed if not continually reinforced

- Unable to control her powers if under extreme duress

- Requires weapons to compensate for elemental weaknesses

- Requires a source for better potency

Strengths

- Immune to Time related attacks since her powers are considered a form of chronokinesis

- Create healing potions

- Immune to mycotoxins and can decrease and even render dangerous mushrooms safe for consumption (handy for outdoor missions)

- Powers seem to increase in wet environments, the Moon

- Her kind gentle personality makes it easier for her to restrain the dangerous potential of her abilities

- Memorized enough species of fungi and has her own mini lab to safely store and carry samples

- Natural empathy towards others

- Quick learner, continually studies her powers and traits to adapt

Background

Born the second child to floral shop owners Jeremy and Mavis Holiday, Jora had a normal childhood in the comfy small town of Annville, SC. A quiet child, she spent after-school helping around the shop. They were small yet popular with the townsfolk, reputed for their knowledge of plants and colorful arrangements. However that normalcy took a detour when Jora's powers camemto fruition.

When people started to notice more and more plants dying, that in turn led to decrease in customers and soon the shop began to undergo financial trouble. One day, a beautiful woman named Kudzu came into the store offering to buy the place from Jeremy. See, Kudzu was one of the wealthiest and powerful people in town. He refused. The next day Kudzu came again with another proposition. Again Jeremy refused. This occurred all through the week, until finally a very irritated Mavis demanded Kudzu to leave their family alone. That time, Kudzu left and didn't ame back after that. The couple was relieved. Jora was nervous.

One day, just as Tasha and Jora were at the last day of school anf thr parents were off to cash in their winning lottery ticket, the floral shop caught fire! The firefighters were called and put out the blaze, but it left their shop and home in charred ruins.

Jora felt very guilty: if she never had her powers, there wouldn't have been such an awful domino effect. The fire was ruled as a freak accident, however Jeremy and Mavis believed that other forces were at work. They couldn't prove their theories as their suspect had too much power and leverage to be fought one on one. So they came up with a plan: they would spend the summer working to add money to the saved money while their kids go out of town. Mavis called upon an old friend from trade school to take the girls on vacation (somewhere safe from Kudzu).

The next couple of days after staying at a shelter, the girls were able to buy a few new outfits and essentials and told to wait for a brown and white RV. When the RV arrived, out came a older gentlemen in a bright scarlet Hawaiian shirt, with two children trailing behind him. He introduced himself as Max Tennyson, and the two kids were his grandchildren Ben and Gwen.

Trivia

Jora has a nature motif to contrast Ben's aliens and Gwen's magic.

Overall Jora is the most normal member of the team; her family has no connection to the Plumbers or magic.

Jora doesn't have signature color, the closest would be pink and yellow since those are colors she tends to wear the most of.

I made Jora so that there'd be another main girl in the cast and because the show didn't have a black female character (despite having nonwhite female characters of other ethnicities, and black male characters)

She does not have a major role in UAF; instead her storyline is seen as a spinoff (think Static Shock to the Justice League) focusing on smaller-scale plots with occasional cameos from main cast

Jora does come back in Omniverse to replace Gwen as the female lead; she is joined by Dr. Azura (Secret Saturdays OC), Myra Hopewell (GenRex), Ginger T. Glass, and her cousin Patti.

It is unknown whether her power is genetics or a random mutation.

In the Ben 10000 timeline she and Ben broke up because Ben tried to forbid her from going on active missions as a way to keep her safe. Obviously she didn't like that and left. They do reconcile at the end of the episode.

Out of my OCs for this fandom Jora is the lead character, followed by Kendrix

Jora's powers can vary based on the type of fungi she's using at the time. So her colors could range from inky-black to a gorgeous green

She is a candidate to take on the mantle of Mother Nature (currently held by Mama G)

Her hobbies are: reading comics and books primarily fantasy genre, costume design, hiking, floral pressing, DIY crafts, and insects

Due to her timid nature she has a fear of public speaking.

I don't have a claim for her in the live action films sorry!!

Jora is a foil for Kevin in that she was born with destructive powers. Unlike Kevin, she learned to rely on friends to help her stabilize her powers.

- A recurring subplot is the girls encountering and escaping from Kudzu's hired goons sent to track them down.

Jora was going to have standard plants and flowers as her power but I wanted to go for nontraditional elements instead.

The irony is that she's a softie dressed in bright colors and respects life, yet has a power related to death.

- At the end of the show she reunites with her parents and they're able to rebuild their business. She also stands up to Kudzu and exposes the woman for the rotten POS she is

Quotes:

"Pot, meet kettle. Kettle, meet face!"

"I like comic books. My favorite is the Fantasia Legends."

"If you're supposed to be Lucky Girl then why dress up like a black cat?"

"There's a lot of stories hidden beneath these trees. You just gotta know where to look."

"I'm not that scared little girl you used to pick on, Ben. I think you know I can take care of myself."

"Look I didn't get to choose my powers okay! But Kudzu chose to set our family's house on fire and I'm not gonna sit back and watch her hurt anyone else!"

"It's okay. I'll help you."

"It's called having good manners. You should try it sometimes."

"Leave. Them. Alone!"

"Please let this be a normal day this time!"

"You're like a mushroom. Unassuming at first, but something unique and vibrant!"

"Ben I don't know how to say this but... you're not alone. Don't ever think you're alone."

"I hope you'll be able to see that there's more to life than just money and business but until that day comes, we'll all do very well without you!"

"I may make things rot but the both of you are rotten to the core!"

Recent Pictures

Reference sheets for Omniverse

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