#nikita ivanovich prostov

[jennathearcher]

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OHOHO who to pick who to pick

who am I kidding it’s gotta be Niko :P my serial killer baby~

So his full name is Nikita Ivanovich Prostov, he’s Russian; as far as I can tell for sure in terms of his background (thus far), he was born to Russian immigrants who settled in America, he speaks both Russian and English fluently and dabbles in several other languages, and he’s maintained a Russian accent despite spending most of his life in America

I haven’t properly named any of his family members (aside from his father, obviously, named Ivan), but they are all important figures in his backstory. For most of Niko’s life, his household was run by his maternal grandmother, the overbearing and borderline tyrannical matriarch of the family. His mother enabled the abuse and often participated in it, meanwhile his more passive father simply stood by and allowed it to happen. His older brother also became a bully and an abuser, while his younger sister was too young to really fully understand the situation and tended to isolate herself as a result.

I’m still kind of working on what Niko’s “inciting incident” was, something must have happened in his family history that directly contributed to the events that followed, but he hasn’t revealed to me what that was yet :P All I know for sure is that when he was 16 years old, he got into an altercation with his grandmother that resulted in him “accidentally” pushing her down the stairs, resulting in her death.

This was the inevitably tipping point for Niko, as he had his first taste of being responsible for the death of another person, and he chose the path he would take throughout the rest of his life; especially once his mother seemingly effortlessly stepped into the role her own mother had left behind.

In the weeks and months following his grandmother’s death, Niko began to formulate a plan, one that he put into action one fateful night. He took advantage of the fact that his father, in his cowardice, planned on abandoning the family, and struck on the same night he had planned to leave.

Niko was still young, and experimenting with different methods of killing to figure out what worked best for him. He waited for his father down the road from their house, where he cornered him and killed him with a crossbow. Then, he made his way back to the house, where he dispatched the rest of his family -- his mother, whom he strangled, his little sister, whom he drowned in the bathtub (this is the only kill he still regrets to this day, knowing that she was innocent and he killed her out of fear and cowardice), and his older brother, whom he stabbed to death. The stabbing ended up becoming his go-to M.O., and he set the house on fire before disappearing into the wilderness.

Now, Niko is something of a nomadic grifter, travelling from state to state and keeping a low profile. He just WATCHES people, and selects his victims at random. He’ll observe his chosen target from afar and stalk them, until he catches them at their most vulnerable moments and strikes them down.

Because Niko is so starved for affection and touch, he often lays down beside his victims after killing them until their bodies are cold, at which point he disposes of them.

As you can probably tell, I drew a lot of inspiration from classic slashers for Niko, especially Michael Myers :P I actually started developing him and got the inspo for him after seeing the new Scream movie XD I’ve lowkey been wanting to talk about him, especially to my horror-loving mutuals (shoutout to @malhare and @artificialqueer in particular, as well as the lovely person who sent me this ask :P thank you so much my dear!!) because all things considered Niko is kind of “vanilla” as far as serial killer OCs go XD Because he is a sad, lonesome boy and ends up stalking, kidnapping, and eventually romancing a final girl, who is one of my boyfriend’s OCs 8D

[jennathearcher]

🖋 Hi I am always available to hear OC info, but ESPECIALLY slasher OC info <3

Send me a “🖊+an OC“ and I will talk about that OC! It can be a headcanon, a fun fact, a small paragraph of backstory- anything!

Alternatively, send in just a “🖊“ and I will talk about any one of my OCs at random!

IRA YOU ARE A SAINT I ADORE YOU

Honestly I figured that if anybody here was gonna appreciate Niko, it would be you :P Hmmmm I already hashed out his backstory, so it's random headcanons time as well as some more info about his relationship with said final girl, whose name is Eva 8D

The amazing thing about their dynamic is that she's not even HIS final girl :P She's already the survivor of a murder spree, and he discovers her by finding and reading her account of the events, and he gets super attached to her because he recognizes that they're kindred spirits, and so he becomes lowkey obsessed with her 8D

As for random headcanons:

- Niko doesn't keep any trophies or anything from his kills, for him it's moreso just a means of dispelling the urge whenever it flares up again.

- He is demisexual, and I would say demiromantic as well; he has no interest in relationships in any regard until he finds Eva, and he falls for her so hard and so completely that she becomes the centre of his universe.

- When I was developing him, I drew a bit of inspo from characters including Gabriel May from Malignant, Zack Foster from Angels of Death, Silco from Arcane, Kaz Brekker from Six of Crows, Paul Atreides from Dune, Rody Soul from My Hero Academia, Bruno Madrigal from Encanto, and Ikaris from Eternals.

- He doesn’t sleep much due to frequent nightmares.

- He never learned how to drive, and elects to travel via public transit and hitchhiking for the most part.

- He is, however, an excellent cook; taking old family recipes and putting his own spin on them.

- He also has a great singing voice, though he rarely ever sings unless he’s in a particularly good mood.

- He’s a big reader and has a huge collection of books, dabbling in everything from true crime and horror novels to classics, Shakespeare and poetry, to science fiction and fantasy; just about anything he can get his hands on.

- Predictably enough, he also loves horror movies.

Thank you again SO MUCH for asking, my dear Springlock!! <3

[jennathearcher]

I was tagged by @deputyrook to use this picrew to make my OCs!! (perfect opportunity to introduce my new batch of OCs I have yet to mention on my blog tbh so thank you for that as well as for tagging me :P)

Alphonse “Fonzie” Beaumont ~ Desiree Clifton

Cherie Edwards ~ Leonardo “Leo” Graves

Jaime Beaumont ~ Nikita “Niko” Ivanovich Prostov

I tag anyone who wants to do the thing, but I also gently nudge it towards @gellavonhamster @afoxnamedmulder @springlocked-grave @artificialqueer and @maddymoreau