#nope. it's the eldest daughter syndrome and the familial expectations.

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someone: bellatrix was insan-

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What’re you headcanons for their (duncney’s) family situations? Is Courtney an overachieving only child? Is Duncan acting out because of middle child syndrome? Or is he youngest of four brothers? Or is Courtney Responsible Eldest Daughter?

Ooo I have some random little ones!

I’ll start with Courtney’s family

Up until Dramarama I always hc’d Courtney being an on child. But if she were to truly have a sibling, Courtney would 100% be the oldest. I don’t really have a preference with this tbh.

Courtney’s family is very traditional. They teach her how to speak Spanish so early that she actually speaks it before English.

Her parents were the type to read her stories and allow almost no screen time while growing up. She maybe got around it when she started first grade, but up until then? Nope. It was books and the occasional instrumental pieces as background noise.

Courtney’s family knows everything about everyone. It’s kind of neat while she’s younger but once she’s old enough to make her own mistakes (like normal kids) it’s like gossip within the family.

Courtney’s parents are so overprotective that they shelter her from experiencing a lot of normal things. Like going to your first sleep over, going to the movies on the weekends, probably some school dances, etc.

IF Courtney is allowed to go out with friends it’s only for that day and she better not ask to see them the following day or the following week because “she just went out.”

When she gets to high school she purposely joins all these clubs so she can be out of her house. But of course they have to highly respectable ones because her parents will be attending any debate, or recital.

Grades? Oh her parents are making sure she never comes home with anything less than an A. It helps her when applying to colleges but at what cost? Then when she’s finally at college she has the option to opt her parents from seeing her grades and it’s like a weight lifted off her.

No matter how old she gets she needs to respect her elders. They could be so so wrong or plain disrespectful but she has to force a smile at them.

Along with no matter how old she gets, she constantly feels like she has to ask her parents permission for just about anything. She could be moved out and 23 and still calls them to see if she should sign for this new car or whatever.

Courtney is expected to join the family every Sunday at church. Sick? Bring some tissues.

Now some for Duncan’s family

Idc what anyone says, Duncan is the middle child 100% He has two older brothers and two younger ones. It’s only natural for him to act out because one, attention and two, he’s bored af.

His parents aren’t super strict with any of them because “boys will be boys”. They also allowed friends to come over basically whenever.

Growing up he gets into petty trouble with his brothers but it’s not until he’s a teenager that he goes overboard.

At this point his brothers have chilled out, but not Duncan. His parents really try to buckle him down but it never works. They’ve sent him to therapy and all.

This is when his rocky relationship with his father begins. He’s just so tired of having to pick his son up at his own job.

Duncan’s family is so big yet he feels completely alone. The only people he truly thinks cares for him are his mom and nonna.

Growing up they went on yearly family trips. It was always fun and Duncan was allowed to bring a few friends. As he gets older this changes and he just refuses to be around his family.

His nonna teaches him how to speak Italian and he’s really the only grandson who can and actually speaks it with other older family members. His family might have a thing or two to say about his behavior but they can never say he doesn’t love his background.

School sucks. Everyone knows his family basically run the police station. And speaking of school, Duncan never fails a test. He may fall asleep in class, not participate, or just not show up at all— but he’s smart.

There’s a family rule, or really a dad rule, that if you’re 18 and graduated you have to leave the house or pay rent.

At one point Duncan’s window had bars because he kept sneaking out.

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Your ocs sound so cool, do you mind sharing stuff about them?

Anon, it is to my great shame that I have left this so long that I no longer remember what ocs this ask was in reference to.

However, I do still absolutely want to talk about my ocs, so have a ramble about two of my current favorite! (Rest under the cut- this got long).

#1 OC of all time: Alera Pyren!

So everyone is aware that I'm not normal about Fintan and Bronte, especially in the context of the Pyren brothers AU, right? Well anyways, I have in fact made an entire family tree for the two of them. Alera Pyren is their great-aunt (sibling to their grandfather). She's a pyrokinetic, and in one of my headcanons she is one of the original three Councillors.

Reasons to love Alera:

Trauma. So much trauma. She watched her mom die in childbirth and then her stepdad die from an ogre attack.

Ultimate eldest daughter syndrome. Not only is she the eldest of six, she also had to raise all five of her siblings after the death of their parents.

Heir To A Legacy She Didn't Ask For. Her father was a famous warrior among her group of elves in the pre-Council days, and since Alera was his eldest child and had his ability, she was expected to follow in his footsteps. He died when she was five, by the way.

Badass warrior lady. She has a flaming sword and served as the general of the original Council. Though elves generally don't do well with violence, in my headcanon history, there was in fact an era where violence was significantly more common, and Alera essentially got the elves through it on the power of sheer rage and being a very powerful pyrokinetic.

Queer icon. She is beautiful, she is powerful, she is gay as hell. Lesbians love her. Although homosexuality is highly discouraged among the elves, Alera had such powerful gay energy and refused so ardently to be in the closet that even in the modern Lost Cities, 'much like Alera' is a polite way to call someone a lesbian. Pyrokinesis is heavily associated with queerness in the Lost Cities in my headcanon, largely because of Alera.

Warrior in a peaceful world. Alera fought for centuries to win the peace treaties between species- some of which hold up to this day. After she was done building a less war-torn world, what did she do? Sulk because she wasn't needed anymore? Nope! She went and decided to become a genetics researcher.

Anyways, I love Alera. Is she incredibly morally questionable? Did she kill many people in the name of peace? Yes. However, she's still absolutely fascinating. People think Alera is cold-hearted because she would chose the safety of the world over any individual person. What they don't get is that Alera loves all her friends and family ardently. She just has so much care for the world that she could not give it up no matter the cost.

#2 OC of all time: Mellona Errie!

He's an orphan! He's Alera's best friend! He's desperately loyal even though he knows Alera would choose the world over him if it came down to it! He's... Mellona Errie!

Mellona is quite literally the water to Alera's fire- he's a hydrokinetic, and he is the chill, calm best friend to fiery Alera. He was an orphan bastard who had no household to belong to back in the day, and Alera took him under her wing even though she was also trying to care for five siblings.

Reasons to love Mellona:

Also trauma. He had an incredibly fucked up childhood.

Somehow the nicest guy ever despite that. Despite everything that happened to him, Mellona is still chill and lovely and tries hard to be a kind person.

Deep loyalty. Mellona never forgot what Alera did for him as a child, and so he follows her through literally anything. Alera could kill someone right in front of him and he wouldn't blink.

Hot as fuck. People who like men love him. he is an icon.

Anyways, these two live in my head rent free. I hope you enjoyed, anon!