#nyle clervey

[cervicrazed]

🐖 for nyle? he still around?

Oh man what a throwback‼️

He's been in stasis while I've been developing Dead Wood but rest assured he's not retired just yet!

More about this Deep Cut Character below:

^ This is Nyle Clervey! (2019) ^ This is Nyle as drawn by @/voyvoyz

✨- How did you come up with the OC’s name?

For his first name I gave him the "boy version" of my deadname (first time experimenting w/ aliases) and his last name derived from Frankenstein's Henry Clerval. I was in 6th grade at the time and incorrectly assumed Henry was a black character for some reason which is wild considering his pro-colonization stance but whatever

🌼 - How old are they? (Or approximate age range)

The amount of notes I kept on his timeline is insane. To keep a long story short, he's from an alt timeline where prohibition wasn't lifted until the 1940's instead of the 30's. (There's also aliens in this setting!) He was born in 1915 but the oldest I've ever drawn/written him is in his early 30s

🌺- Do they have any love interest(s)?

His wonderful wife Miyoko!!!! When Nyle met her, she was an acrobatist for a traveling circus. He was smitten at first sight and made a point to talk to her after every show. As soon as he found out she wasn't happy there, he promised to help her escape - making good on said promise the very next night. They were unofficially married about a month later.

🍕 - What is their favorite food?

Coddies!! sometimes referred to as "the poor man's crab cake"

little deep fried cod patties made w/ mashed potatoes, eggs, salt n pepper, onions, + crushed up saltines. They're simple to make and cheap to buy! He would even use em as bait for fishing 🎣

💼 - What do they do for a living?

Officially, Nyle helps run a sleepy bookstore in East Harlem called "The Open Book" & plays trumpet for jazz clubs on the weekends. Off the record, he's a bootlegger and co-owner of the speakeasy hidden underneath the shop.

🎹 - Do they have any hobbies?

When not practicing his scales, his favorite hobby is having book club with his wife and coworkers. Sometimes the club really is about reading books, other times it's code for drinking in the speakeasy's off hours (and attempting to read a book together afterwards)

🎯 -What do they do best?

While most would call him a talented liar, Nyle insists that it's just good improv

🥊 -What do they love to do? What do they hate to do?

He loves music more than anything (except his wife), jumping from the fiddle to the trumpet in hopes of raising his chances of joining a jazz band. His favorite musicians + greatest inspirations are Duke Ellington and Louie Armstrong

Nyle hates wasting time. He's not a stickler when it comes to time management, he just hates being held up when he has a task in mind. If he sees a long line, he'll find a way to cut around it.

❤️ - What is one of your OC’s best memories?

The summer of 1925 - the last one he'd spend in Virginia. Stealing berries from neighbor's bushes, shooting cans with his slingshot, sneaking into the cinema with friends to watch 'Don Q: Son of Zoro', and even learning how to drive! (he very slowly crashed his father's jalopy into the big tree in their front yard)

It will forever remain a fond summer in his memory

✂️ - What is one of your OC’s worst memories?

February, 1942 - he'd planned a wonderful valentine's day for Miyoko, but had been drafted just three days before he got to surprise her. They weren't sending married men over at first, so he'd thought he'd evaded it. When he told her the news, Miyoko swore that she would wait for him to come back.

He was abducted on his way to bootcamp and doesn't know how long he's been gone or how long she's been waiting. It eats at him every day he spends away from her

🧊 - Is their current design the first one?

lmao not at alllll

Originally he was just a silly little guy w/ emoticons for a face + a cowboy hat. He slowly became more as I added more characters & started high school my hyperfixation on 1920s-1940's social life

🍀 - What originally inspired the OC?

Wander over Yonder!! It had just come out and I also wanted to have a silly protagonist who went on space adventures and embodied the boundless joy of the indomitable human spirit!! Nyle did unfortunately get a little more sad as time went on, but he's still optimistic!

🌂 - What genre do they belong in?

Historical Fiction! Episodic Sci-Fi Comedy against his will

💚 - What is your OC’s gender identity and sexuality?

Cis + Het! A rarity!

🙌 - How many sibling does your OC have?

In his first draft he had 2 - Ian (older) & Oscar (younger)

I shelved Oscar for the new timeline, but am still on the fence w/ Ian

Don't know how to integrate him just yet

🍎 - What is the OC’s relationship w/their parents like?

Nyle adores his parents! His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a deliveryman/rumrunner. He idolized his father and believed the tall tales (and true stories) he'd spin for him.

He died in the winter of 1926 due to influenza, leading Nyle to form an even closer and protective bond with his mother

He'd do absolutely anything for her

🧠 - What do you like most about the OC?

funnily enough, the research that went into making him

I used to get "into headspace" when writing for him as a fun exercise and a lot of that involved pouring over archived letters/ledgers and historical antecedentes while listening to Harlem Renaissance Jazz

I know that may sound boring as hell but rest assured I had hours of endless entertainment diving down those rabbit holes.

✏️ - How often do you draw/write about the OC?

Not really that often now a days - this ask is the first time I'd properly written about him in a few years

💎 - Do you ever see yourself killing off the OC?

I did at one point, but it went poorly with test audiences so I scrapped it. Until I find a good reason to do it, I don't think I will.

💀 - Does your OC have any phobias?

That when he finally finds a way to get back to earth, Miyoko's corpse will be there; still waiting for him.

🍩 -Who is your OC’s arch-nemesis or rival?

Amylla! "huh??" i hear you ask "just how old is this woman??" Don't you know you can't ask that

She's technically after the aliens that abducted him, but the misery of being separated from his wife is too delicious for her to pass up.

She is the only person he's ever truly despised.

🎓 - How long have you had the OC?

Since middle school!

🍥 - What age were you when you created the OC?

11 or 12 (baby....)

[cinalilli]

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