#oc meriwa

[brbabcseu]

ive been taking up the dashboard lately so please!! has anything specific about jesse and aj or mer been on ur mind recently??

I feel like I spend so much time talking about Jesse and AJ so I'm gonna make this a certified Meriwa & AJ-centric post!

Mer is a good relative. Not necessarily a conventionally good PARENT, but you could also argue the same for Jesse. The situation w/ these three is so nuanced but that's besides the point lmao. She curses a lot and thinks her omelets are better than Jesse's. She also thinks it's not a crime to put cheese and bacon into a pancake, they can be savory too "if you open your tiny mind". She hates the PTA moms of Skagway. She's thinking of going back to school. She's so good at being Jesse's friend and so annoyed abt that. She proclaims she's straight edge but gets scolded by AJ for smoking cigarettes. She has a strained relationship with her youngest sister and a relationship she's greatly missing with her oldest sister, who died not long before AJ was born. She loves her little sister Amlliq (pronounced um-sh-k; most just call her Billie) despite their struggles, because family is family. That, family being family, is a little part of the reason she comes back AJ's freshman year of high school.

I've talked a bit about her return but I can't emphasize enough just how much of a catalyst it was for things to start falling like dominoes for AJ. Jesse very gently and very carefully makes him aware of her presence in town, and makes it very clear that he does NOT have to meet her, he has NO obligation to invite her into his life at this point, and whatever AJ needs of him, he'll be right there. AJ is just like ty I appreciate all of that, I don't really wanna meet her but I think I need to hear what she has to say anyway and then decide. He appreciates just how honest she is about why she gave him up, why she's here now, if it's just because it seems "easier" now that he's older. She's basically just like listen I was in my early 20's, I had a lot going on, I still gave your dad a choice, I didn't even know I was pregnant until I went into labor. And AJ's like um okay PAUSE on that last one lmaooo. At the end of it Mer is like "I wouldn't hold it against you if you told me to fuck off. Just figured I'd try reaching out and see if you're open to building some sort of... something."

He doesn't at first, but once things fall apart with Jesse he starts spending a lot of time around her-- in the grand scheme, knowing what he knows, she suddenly becomes the lesser of two evils lol. He does end up enjoying their time together, she's functionally a cool big sister at this early stage of their relationship.

She knows, by the way. Meriwa's known about Jesse for a good long while and it's the other reason she decides to come back. That part gnaws at her; she knows he'd been troubled, but not much more than that. Her continued inaction the longer she knew about this without checking on AJ led to a growing guilt, which kind of paralyzed her further into not checking in, and so the cycle went for several years. Mer's well aware she herself is not perfect, and she has a brain, so the nuance of the Heisenberg chronicles was not lost on her. And then actually meeting AJ, seeing how he turned out, how he and Jesse interact... it was very relieving. At the same time, she doesn't question or judge when AJ needs that space from Jesse to come to grips with everything.

I feel I've already piled on a LOT of information but I wanna touch briefly on their first mother-son trip that I've mentioned before as well!! Summer before sophomore year she bring him to Fairbanks to meet the rest of her family. He has a lot of cool aunts and uncles and cousins, there're two cousins in particular around his age and he really enjoys getting to know them. His family is so big now!! And frankly he needs it, sad as the reality of it is he needs that breathing room from Jesse; the two need time to repair separately before they can come back together. He feels great warmth at having more family to be a part of, but throughout the trip starts to feel dejected and a little jealous over how doting, affectionate, and playful an aunt Meriwa can be to her youngest nieces and nephews. The pendulum of AJ's grandfather clock of angst is never not in motion and it's just frequently swinging back and forth between these two forces in his life: one that used to represent stability but now belies unrest; and one that used to represent the opposite but now hold the promise of something more permanent, but that scares him!! And with his state of disillusionment he's convinced it'll all fall apart at any second.

One day I'll talk more abt the dynamic btwn Jesse, AJ's godmother Delilah, and Meriwa, but that's a whole can of worms loll and would also mean I need to actually Talk abt Delilah, bc I never do for some reason but she's SO important in the AJ Lore

Some lightning round fun facts to tie this up:

She's had a passing interest in journalism and so that's what she's thinking of majoring in when she goes back to school-- Jesse always says WHEN not IF bc he fully believes Mer can do it and she'll absolutely kill it

She's closest with her uncle and her mother :')

AJ and Mer bond over their love for Brand New Eyes by Paramore but disagree on whether Danger Days is MCR's best album

Her pancakes are stellar, both of the sweet and savory variety, but she'll only make chocolate chip pancakes for the former. She refuses to get cc pancakes from diners bc they never put it in the batter and you can't just slather it on top what's even the point--

Mer doesn't put a label on it but she's bisexual, and is definitely sure Jesse is too. She'll lean over to AJ sometimes and be like, "Does he know..?" and AJ's like "Not a clue"

Have a silly aj & mer doodle!!

[kivishipps]

Mostly finished reference of my LOK s/i!!

[hyydrochloricacidd]

@kivishipps LOK oc meriwa and my LOK oc Atka as children

[shinkai14]

Another ATLA/TLOK oc, Her name is Meriwa, She’s a waterbender from the Northern Water Tribe.

for anyone who missed my post about my avatar after Korra here he is https://www.tumblr.com/shinkai14/746168856440078336/this-is-jun-a-character-for-my-atla-tlok-stories?source=share

[hoofpeet]

okay facts about Meriwa whom i love:

-he likes to dress warm because he lived in an arctic faun tribe before meeting Dane

-He has a lot of younger siblings

-Dane loves babies so he hung out at Meriwas house a lot to fawn (;;;;;)) over them

[dietyprophet]

Two pals chilling in the water

[doodlememe]

The pixel wall continues to groooow! Made them a little bigger so you can see the little details better! ovo

[Check out my pixel commissions here!]

[nostlagiac]

Kaelon, Auren and Meriwa (for the OC name thing)

Kaeleon: brashness, wind swept hair, an indifference towards danger, streaky clouds

Auren: golden aura, reassurance, rain when the sun is out, hurricane lamps

Meriwa: dried leaves, the sound of an empty landscape, resolution, the desire to leave

OC aesthetics ask game

[tickleraptorss]

GIB ME THE OC FACTS,,,,, - peppermint-gh0st

okOK so i have two oc universes in progress rn so i’ll just quickly put them under the cut. one is v developed while the other is still a p vague idea

SONORA: 

“30 years after the corruption of Nova Palaeon, raptorkind has split into two opposing sides; the corrupted, and the survivors.With the fate of all life in his hands, Kaiba, the God of the sky, creates Sonora, a reincarnation of the now deceased Goddess of life, Sora.Sonora only has one mission; restore peace amongst raptorkind.However, something much darker lurks within the forest underbrush at night. Something horrid, disgusting and cruel.SONORA is a story about corruption, destruction, and war.”

SONORA is a universe i’ve been working on since january. i was rly inspired by botw’s vast, open world that i wanted to give world-building a shot. needless to say, the development still isn’t done, but i’m getting there! and yea they’re all raptors bc why not. 

each of the raptor tribes are inspired by actual cultures, from the landscapes they’re located in, to the names of the regions, everything is based off of real cultures. here’s a list:

keanu - native hawaiianainu - japanesemandisa ra - egyptianbennu - canadianyakone meriwa - inuitode - africanfreya cavern - scandanavian/european

the tribes also have alliances, even though they’re all working towards a common goal. most of the alliances and grudges are based off of past instances or territorial disputes. here’s a chart:

each tribe has their own developing arc. right now i’m working on the first arc, where sonora is created, but i do have vague ideas of how i want the rest of the arcs to go. won’t spoil anything tho.

oh yeah!! i should probably talk a little bit abt our mc, sonora

sonora is the only dromaeosaurus in existence, with the rest of her species being extinct due to the neurocorruption plague. she has the ability to speak to kaiba when in presence of a dragon shrine and travels around with navi. the kaiba force is the power she holds, which she can use to fight off enemies and heal those with the neurocorruption plague, although she can’t fully control it. when at full power, she can transform into an asian dragon form, which is the true power of the kaiba force. that form does not activate under sonora’s control, but kaiba’s. she can see in the dark (because of being a dromaeosaurus, which was the dominant species of the freya cavern tribe) but is mostly nimble and fragile. she, however, does have a pretty high pain tolerance but tires of combat easily. 

aaand let’s talk a little bit about our antagonist, stag. he doesn’t have a full reference sheet yet

these descriptions are p vague and copied from a discord chat:

also the one pink eye he has is from the demon that possessed him!! all the raptors infected with the neurocorruption plague have those pink eyes

thats all i can say abt SONORA atm!! im hoping to make it into some kind of animated series at some point!

Ruler of Pretty Much Nothing:

this universe is only vaguely developed, since i’ve been working on SONORA so much, buuut i’m definitely planning to do something with it eventually.

the gist of the story is… well it’s basically like an alien danganronpa but also it’s kinda the olympics/hunger games except not.

a bunch of aliens are chosen from their home planet to participate in an “alien survival olympics” in which the winner gets to bring resources back to their home world. there are 25 aliens in total, but the competition only ends when there’s one alien left standing.

this guy is the host:

he’s p much a sadist. his name is noison (noiee-son) and he likes to fuck w ppl.

this guy is the protag: 

he’s a sweet bby boy his name is ytirr…… i love him

there’s also another character named yizuu but i dont have nay drawings of her yet :^(

those are my ocs!!! if u wanna know mor abt them you can always ask :”0

[brbabcseu]

Meriwa was something of an alt-punk girlie back in the day, especially in Fairbanks. She would fuck UP those local shows!! Been in the mosh pit a couple times for sure. She introduces AJ to Le Tigre and the like and he's super into it and finds her stories of that time really fuckin cool. Meriwa recounts to Jesse the backstory of her tiny chin scar; a fight broke out at a particularly rowdy show and she stepped in to break it up, the bitch in question scratched at her face and Mer took her to the ground WWE style to the cheers of the small circle that gathered. She tells him this and he's immediately like "Do you wanna make out" and she's like "what" and he's like "what"

[brbabcseu]

oh man so I've been thinking abt meriwa and I think what happened was she actually had a cryptic pregnancy. The woman comes into the ER with back pain (she didn't even want to go in the first place; she said she was fine, but her little sister knew she was downplaying and couldn't shake the paranoia over the last time they were there for their oldest sister). The doctor comes back and is like Miss Green did you know you're pregnant. And she's like ???? no are you fucking w me? Bc her periods weren't regular anyway and she didn't grow much of a bump, she just thought maybe she was putting on weight. So within the span of two days she finds out she's pregnant AND has gone into labor. The sister Meriwa needs most isn't there anymore to help and the sister that is there is just as helpless as she is. So it's... a lot. It's a LOT. She wants to love this kid ("Isn't that supposed to happen? They hand the mom the baby and she feels everything a mom's supposed to feel?") but she doesn't know him! And she doesn't have the time or energy or mental capacity to dedicate that time he deserves. She's still quietly grieving for her sister. She's only just barely in her mid 20s and figuring things out, becoming independent. She can't do that with the kid in tow.

Mer sees her body as a traitor for a long time after and she feels bad for this kid; she really does want him to find a good home. It just sucks it had to be this way. This context at least helps mend hers and Jesse's relationship when they reunite and makes AJ more tolerant to affording her grace.

[brbabcseu]

the texts btwn jesse and aj vs mer and aj go absolutely crazy. aj texts jesse like "what would u do if I was a bug" and jesse's like "oh easy I'd build u a bug house. U have to pay rent tho" and aj's like "WOW ok lemme ask mer" and then texts her the same thing and she's immediately like "fly swatter."

[dietyprophet]

So,uh,Monster Prom huh?

Anyways I wanted to do a Monster Prom oc pair!

Qimmiq and Aziza are a pair never seen apart and have many similar intrest!

Qimmiq often does what Aziza most wants to do and would kill a man or more if she suddenly goes missing!Aziza is glad to have such a great friend like Qimmiq around.

And since they’re alway together you might as well get a two in one deal if you take them to prom! 

[doodlememe]

whoa hey i’m actually not dead!!!! fgdsgdfsd

but!!! I’ve just started out with pixel art and I’m really proud with how it’s coming out!! c: you might have to click on it or open in a new tab to get better quality because tungle HATES high quality.

[brbabcseu]

My girl c. 2006 like whooooo is she....

bonus live AJ reaction

Meriwa was something of an alt-punk girlie back in the day, especially in Fairbanks. She would fuck UP those local shows!! Been in the mosh pit a couple times for sure. She introduces AJ to Le Tigre and the like and he's super into it and finds her stories of that time really fuckin cool. Meriwa recounts to Jesse the backstory of her tiny chin scar; a fight broke out at a particularly rowdy show and she stepped in to break it up, the bitch in question scratched at her face and Mer took her to the ground WWE style to the cheers of the small circle that gathered. She tells him this and he's immediately like "Do you wanna make out" and she's like "what" and he's like "what"