#nokindness

[sugaronlyplease]

When daddy wants to use you

[rychillacases]

OC Interview Tag Game

Rules: Pick a character from your WIP, and have them answer these 15 questions, then tag 15 people!

Thanks to @isobelcreates for the tag. I know it's been a while, but I've finally gotten around to this. I've decided to do it for Yaetherim, the primary MC of my series.

1: What is your full name?

"Yaetherim of Riala Village, South Alken Forest."

2: What does your full name mean?

"Well, the village and forest parts are self-explanatory. They're where I grew up. As for my actual name, the 'Yae' part means I've got florakind magic. All we fairies have a prefix like that, except nokinds."

3: What are your other names/nicknames?

"There's a small amount of people who can call me 'Therry'. I'm also known as 'The Inquirer', although that's more of a title."

4: What’s your gender?

"Male."

5: What’s your sexuality?

"Haven't really thought about it that much, to be honest."

6: Where are you from?

"Riala Village, South Alken Forest. It's your typical fairy village. You know, buildings built around and in trees, with rope-and-board walkways between them. We're like one big extended family in there, more-or-less. At least, that's how humans would describe it."

7: How old are you?

"23. I know, just over a tenth of what a fairy lives."

8: What is your magic form/what species are you?

"I'm a fairy, thought the wings were a bit of a giveaway. As for magic, I've got florakind magic. When I first got it, my skin turned bark-brown, hair and eyes turned green and my wings became all fibre-ish. Like the shell of a coconut. Pretty much usual for a florakind. It's not a 'form', though. This is just what I look like now."

9: What does your human form look like?

"Human form? I'm a fairy, 12 inches tall. Couldn't even approximate a human if I tried. If you mean pre-magic, I don't really think about it any more. Probably similar to younglings and nokinds. Blue wings, can't even remember what my eye or hair colours were."

10: What’s your aesthetic?

"Aesthetic? I've heard the Rychillans use that. Must be a human thing. I guess, whatever I need to fit in for my current investigation? To be fair, my scars are a bit distinctive, but blending in helps. When that's not an issue, usually just a simple shirt and shorts woven from leaves. And a belt, of course. Not only does it hold a florakind crystal, but also the sheath for my dagger."

11: Who’s your best friend?

"Tough question. I've got a few friends in Riala Village, and some in Alkentoft, too. That's the nearest Rychillan town. As for a best friend, I can't say one. It'd have to be both Charlys and Naeliya. They've both been there when I needed it, and I'd do the same for them."

12: Would you ever get a piercing/tattoo?

"I've got nine scars, not counting the hole in my wing. I'd say I've been pierced enough. As for that hole in my wing, it was patched up with airship fabric shortly after I was attacked. Tattoos are a Rychillan thing, too. They have those terax marks they wear along their arms. I'll leave those to them."

13: When are you happiest?

"To be honest, when I'm in a kitchen cooking. There's just something about it that helps me get my thoughts in order while working with my hands. I also end up with food I can share with my friends. Comes in handy, too. On one investigation, I was able to pose as a caterer."

14: What’s your biggest secret?

"Between you and me, I cannot work with the Riala Village Council. They consider political convenience more important than lives. Their inaction's gotten blood on their hands, of one fairy and two Rychillans. That's why I do most of my work in Alkentoft, the nearest Rychillan town."

15: What was your first impression of [insert name]?

Karis Relinda

"That she's focused and uncaring. Not really that surprising, she's a veritor. Being one of the most senior officials in the town guard would call for a degree of detachment, I guess. But I've seen her when she thinks noone's around. Just once or twice, and only by accident. I suspect there's more to her, yet she doesn't want to show it."

**

As a bonus, here's some art of Yaetherim, by Ocho:

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Don't feel like you have to do this if you don't want, but I hope you have fun if you do.

[rychillacases]

Continuing my series of doing these for my main characters, I have Charlys up next. She's an old friend of Yaetherim, they've known each other since they were younglings. Like him, she's a forest fairy who grew up in Riala Village and became a forest protector. She currently holds the rank of Protector Captain.

(Art by Pamonyaart.)

Usually black tea with sweetener, fruit juice or mead, depending on the time of day. She doesn't like to drink tea after lunchtime, and usually goes lightly on the mead.

Charlys likes to keep herself clean. She'll usually wipe herself down with a cloth and water before going to bed. When doing so, she pays particular attention to her wings.

As a forest fairy, Charlys doesn't really have a disposable income per se. Fairy villages are very communal, especially those further away from human influence. So instead of currency, they trade in favours. Charlys usually offers crossbow lessons, in exchange for what she needs. She's an expert shot with a crossbow, able to hit a pinecone from 1/4 mile away every time.

Not yet. Although forest protectors are needed, it's mostly to safeguard the forest against poachers. There's peace between the Fairies and Rychillans, so combat is fortunately rare. It also helps that Charlys is a crossbow specialist, so most of her fighting is at a distance.

It was stress-related, and just after the arrest of the Rychillan who attacked Yaetherim. Turns out it was a mage from the college of mages, which is located in a clearing in North Alken Forest. Charlys is the commander of the protectors who look after this part of the forest. Following this arrest, not many protectors wanted to patrol this area. After all, some of the other mages could also be murderous. As someone who cares about her job, the stress of trying to cover what was needed with a dwindling number of protectors got to her.

An only child. As a result of this, she's formed close friendships with others in the village, and works to keep those friendships going.

Charlys usually wears flip-flops. Plain ones, without any needless adornment. When she lands near Yaetherim, she'll usually make sure they slap down onto wherever she's landing. It's so he's not startled.

Her hut isn't particularly neat nor messy. She tries to keep it neat, but often doesn't have the time.

Her birthday, mainly due to the traditional meditation. As a nokind, she has no magic. She's come a long way in spite of that, and enjoys reflecting on it.

When on duty, she'll usually carry a crossbow and about 20 bolts for it. Fortunately, she's never needed that many at once.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[crimkit]

11/04/24

A warm Sunday afternoon beneath a tree—I recline all a-supine, sunbeams cutting through leafcover—I could almost use a hayblade in my mouth

to complete the facade. These kindly, yellow months: I live right in these times with worry nokinds, anxiety's kithandkin absent, no anger, anguish, allsoforth...

Clouds curl like vinetendrils around the sky, sinking around and into each and every other in dovesoft embrace, white as same yet cold as the palerime

watermatter of whose stuff they are made. As I remain in place, all else remains in back/forth flux: leafcover shudders, cumulus gives way to cirrocumulus

gives way to a brightwide sapphiric glow (she of Lesbos, I'm sure, would relish this microbreeze. It's pliable, but with a leaden constancy)--my eyes shut.

I miss this asceticism, transcending-and-renouncing of desires (even just for this subarboric moment)— could it lead to a kind of creative apotheosis? Maybe,

but it's just a hypothesis. The hippies might have it right, in spirit anyway: tuning out from the drag, man, and hooking into the Great Pyramidsystem

we all came from; latterday hippies who drink organically freerange kombucha (made only with veggiefed SCOBYs, of course); a freerun kind of

freelove (sober, unhormonated 'cuz that artificial shit ain't in the Great Design); the biggest baggest pants you'll ever see—yet, even still,

these hippies might seem hep, in the know with Happenings (physical, in the astral plane, et- ceteraetcetera) but these latterday hippies still live

on their phones; still live hyperconnected in the same usecases, posting the same posts—they're pluggedrightin, wiredrightup—L.D.H.s buying the same things I might

from the same places, eating the same undersized and overpriced food—in the end, it's a matter of degrees. The hippie-writer-ascetic-treehugger life calls, but

the line is dead, in this age of waves and radiation. I open up my eyes, see leafcover a-shiver—new clouds, new shapes, these ones not so viney:

ooh, a sailboat!, that one's a hand!, that one looks like a brand-spanking-new Black & Decker saw!, et- ceteraetcetera. I'm happy where-and-when I am,

under this tree—my own lifetime beckons me on, and I bet those hippies never had any coffee that was quite so good as mine.

[itsmemychelle]

It’s True

I am really having a hard time finding kindness. Kindness for those who are now living with me. 

It isn’t that I believe how I am feeling is wrong, it is how my partner believes there is nothing wrong. I would absolutely hate it if someone I knew told me that I am raising an entitled brat. This is exactly what they are doing. I can barely stand it. Since the time that she has gotten up all she has done is literally sit on the couch and luckily vacuumed. 

I am trying to keep quiet and maybe he will decide that this isn’t the place he wants to be. However on a good note, I am saving $50 a week because we are sharing bills. Maybe I could save enough to sell the house and he would have to move! 

Ok, I am down for now. Hopefully, Miss Entitled will leave the house soon!

[forstonerzonlyradio]

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[electricfied-wolf]

Update: am still sick.

[people1stunite]

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[rychillacases]

I've got six core characters, who act as a 'pool' of POV characters. I'll pick one or two as the narrator for each story, depending on the story.

It took me the better part of a decade to work out what I wanted to write. It originally started out as murder mysteries in present day Australia, and evolved into murder mysteries in a fantasy kingdom that runs on steampunk magitech powered by elemental magic.

Most of my character development, for four of these six, was done when I decided to move the location from Australia to Rychilla.

Rychilla 1.0 was originally a medieval-esque setting. As it evolved, so did the characters of Yaetherim, Karis, Tenora and Naeliya.

Charlys was developed a bit later on, as a friend and love interest for Yaetherim. Part of her character also ties into a plotline I have planned with the elemental magic. She's one of the few fairies who don't have a natural elemental magic, a nokind. She's also a protector colonel, a job which she takes most seriously.

Nelack is the most recently developed of the core six, started out as an adoptable by an artist from whom I'd commissioned character art (https://twitter.com/KaiArtx?s=09). After purchasing, I needed to work out who they were. The original art said 'nonbinary' to me, so I worked out their background. They're a mage who joins the main cast in book 2, after seeing the kingdom.

I'm curious--how do you guys go about creating your OCs?

[hrodgaier]

//Gonna be making Hrod into a playable DnD character :)

I'll post the character sheet once I complete it

Name: Hrodgaier (Hrod) Nokind

Age: 1,734

Height: 8'4"

Weight: 274 lbs

Gender: Neutral

Pronouns: They/them

Race: Jotun

Class: Barbarian

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

[rychillacases]

Character Profile: Charlys

Species: Fairy Age: 23 Element: Nokind

“I’d say that’s enough of a threat for us to look into.”

Charlys grew up in Riala Village, and has known Yaetherim since they were younglings. Despite having no magic, she’s reached the rank of protector captain. As a dedicated protector, she takes her duties seriously. Her weapon of choice is a crossbow, and she’s very skilled with it.

When not on duty, she’ll usually socialise with other fairies.

(Art by Pamonyaart.)

[janehopperz]

I know you better than that. Yeah. I thought you did.

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[melofee15]

Thank you netflix, i didn’t know that there was so much shade of disappointment. Unequal promotion between all the show, underserved renewal, terrible cancelation.

13 reason why : Renewed. It’s pointless. It’s ONE BOOK ! The story is over. Everyone know the 13 reasons why Hannah choose to kill herself. The prevention about suicide is done, even if there is a lot of controverse. But no, they will continue this show, not because they have something to say, but because they just want keep talking.

The Get Down : Canceled. Well i was kinda pleased with the last episode. It seem like a poetic ending to me and I didn’t feel like I need more answers. Despite that it was visually unique, I already miss the characters, ambiance, performance. This show was about POC, social issues and dreams. Obviously there were more thing to say. 

Sense8 : Canceled. This show have so many representation, diversity, love, friendship, message of unity and acceptance, with action, and beautiful cinematography, big cliffhanger, so many questions left,... and nokind of closure. It’s a shame. A lot remained to be say.

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[shanamay91]

Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil... Beings, Not humans.

It amazes me when another human being is asking for help. Reaching out- saying please and thank you. Praying, doing everything right. How people can still be so negative towards them. I thought humans were supposed to treat each other with kindness and try to lift each other up. Not hope each other to fail until they can not get back up again. There is no human in these people. They are just being... being whatever the media want them to be.

And that is sad. That a community of people cannot pull together, to help someone. They rather point fingers, judge and assume they things and spread rumors.

What a fucked up PC worlds we live in. Where people get easily offended if someone is in need. I was taught if someone is in need you give everything you can, even if it is your last penny. Even if you can’t afford your own bills you give. Because that is the HUMAN  thing to do. We are supposed to watch out for each other. Not watch each other- on youtube or world star gets shot, stabbed, or beat up and simply be a bystander. This world had become nothing but bystanders. Hear no evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil.  But post it, on ALL  the social media.

I am sorry that is not the kind of world I want to live in. That is not the kind of friends I need, nor want. That is not the kind of human beings I want in my life who bring and surround their selves with negativity.

I need positivity and kindness and genuine human beings around me. 

Because True colors come out at some point in time.

-Shana