#oc: selene acies

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Selene: "I'm an 80s kid!" Claire: "Alright, but are we talking 1980s, or...?" Selene: :)

An official introduction to Selene Acies (she/her), a divination witch born 1887 and forever nineteen since 1906. She can tell people's future's by studying their auras, and on very rare occasions, can also tell prophecies (though they tend to be indecipherable gibberish). Selene also has an interest in astrology and astronomy :)

She also knows these guys:

(Zoe and Douxie's outfits are based off this Tenyai post.)

More plot under the cut:

Selene grew up in England for a good chunk of her childhood before being sent to southern France with her mother for...reasons. Reasons that involved her mother, her mother’s merchant husband, and a wizard. Selene met Zoe when she was twelve, in 1889. Which was good considering Selene's powers were really emerging. Zoe was the one who helped Selene figure out how to tame her magic using a book she "borrowed" from Douxie.

Unfortunately, Zoe had to leave on business with Douxie, and shenanigans occur that leave Selene alone. But huzzah gaining immortality through these plot-relevant events!

But Selene and Zoe run into each other again in 1918 on a boat headed toward New York City. Selene gets to properly meet Douxie and Archie, and the gang spends the 20s, 30s, and 40s together. Once WWII ended, the gang split up for a long time, but met back in Arcadia Oaks. In present-day Arcadia, Selene works at the planetarium, and has her own online astrology business.

Selene is very open and honest, so much so she may come off as blunt. She can be straightforward and take things a bit literally. But she always has a 'positive' attitude about it. She comes off as laid-back and carefree, but it masks a general indifference to the state of the world.

Living for over a hundred years and having the power of prophecy, Selene has the idea that everything happens for a reason, because it's destiny. She hasn't seen someone 'break destiny' before, and to Selene, the future is set in stone and immutable. Douxie challenges her on this idea, but Selene is indifferent. At this point, she'd rather spend time with people she cares about and have fun because the one Proper Prophecy she's ever had tells her that the world as they know it will be lost to time, and Selene doesn’t think anything can change that.

Random tidbits:

Zoe has always been a sort of mentor to Selene, like how Douxie had Claire. They get on when it comes to music, and Selene goes to Zoe for tech help because stars know this girl still doesn’t understand some modern technology.

Douxie and Selene got on for a while, but over time, they grew apart. Douxie believes that though they might not be remembered in history, they can still make a difference and help people. Selene doesn’t see the point in trying.

On new moons, Selene loses her ability to read people's futures.

On full moons, Selene has a higher chance of having a Proper Prophecy (they usually end up just being gibberish).

Selene has had chronic migraines from her divination powers. Her rose-colored glasses are charmed to limit her sight (ha) and help control them.

Douxie has his vambrace and Zoe has her wand…Selene conducts magic through her earrings. The current pair she has are actually just the original earrings her mother gave her with the dangly stars added.

Selene's love life is...complicated. This is plot-relevant.

Selene’s family is…also complicated. This is also plot-relevant.

Selene is big into swing dance, but hates waltz.

And last but not least, here's a character playlist. You might understand her character a bit more through this.

[nightmaresart]

Şpirit'Ş ໐ffi¢iคl Şhip liŞt

ᴏᴠᴇʀᴡᴀᴛᴄʜ

Rachel Jenssen x Genji Shimada

Louis Maes

Aleksander Novak x Lifeweaver x Raoul Reyes (friend's oc)

Nico Cox

Bonnie Prins x D.va

Selene Flores

Calla Fern x Mercy

Atlas Estevan

Irzin Kron x Aloïs (friend's oc)

Valentijn Prins x Baptiste

North Lopez x Goliath (friend's oc)

Reverie Martinez x Kiriko

Eleneore Dembele

Aurelia Panagos x Ana

Nox Scarrow x Sombra

Azul Santana Da Conceiça x Lucio

Asahi Shimada

Hyun Chai x Eun (friend's oc)

Chantin Thapa x Illari

Flash "Oriana Corvus"

Arien Dellis

ᴛʜᴇ ᴜᴍʙʀᴇʟʟᴀ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍʏ

Number eight: Uma Hargreeves x Nova Ratcliffe @the-wyvern-institute

Number nine: Leon Hargreeves x Isaac Ratcliffe @the-wyvern-institute

ɢᴏᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀʀ

Medora x Neva

Neva x Medora

Sòl x Freya

Màni x Freyr

Ullr

Revè

ᴅᴇᴛʀᴏɪᴛ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ

AK-300: Eric (Poly with Jericho aka Polycho)

ᴀᴠᴀᴛᴀʀ

Nuria Armani

Malik Armani

ᴘᴇʀᴄʏ ᴊᴀᴄᴋꜱᴏɴ

Brooke Atkinson

Ryan Seacrest x Romeo Montague (friend's oc)

Kai Williams x Acis (friend's oc)

Keira Jones

Bo Cadieux x Mina Fitzpatrick @noeverse

Elysia Sinclair x Marnie Sargasso (Friend's oc)

ᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟ ᴋᴏᴍʙᴀᴛ

Cosette LaChapelle x Sienna Fitzpatrick @noeverse

Malakai Corbin

Verena Duran

Cassiopeia Sallow

Orion Ambrosia x Annebelle Cruz (Friend's oc)

Macaria Ambrosia

Salvatore Amore x Johnny Cage

May Addams

ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ʙᴏʏ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇꜱ

Bee Collins x Crystal Palace x Niko Saski

Matteo Dionne

ᴡᴇᴅɴᴇꜱᴅᴀʏ

Cosette LaChapelle

Malakai Corbin

Verena Duran

Cassiopeia Sallow

Orion Ambrosia

Macaria Ambrosia

[cringeyvanillamilk]

Decided to do portraits of my friend’s Black Clover ocs! ✨

Here are the OC’s names along with their respected creators in order:

1. Acy (@faewraithsworld), Lorelei (@loosesodamarble)

2. Josele and Helia (@loosesodamarble)

3. Selen (@loosesodamarble)

4. Odette and Eirwen (@hybridanafrost)

5. Claire ( @whackdreamer)

[escape-from-arcadia]

Sleepless nights in Arcadia

Aka: I spent a couple hours studying and I can't freaking sleep so here's a cool shot from the bluff of my four main OCs. They never sleep.

Left to right:

Zelos (Bot Form): Busy being an assassi- oh whoops. His wiring got a little fried.

Cayden: Busy taking photos and looking for Arcadia's next mystery. Probably going to come home a little bit beat up.

Selene: Busy looking at the stars- oh whoops. Light pollution. She can just head to the observatory or something, I don't know.

Raizri: Busy collecting herbs and plants in an attempt to study human healing practices and it's intersection with Trollish healing practices. Probably the most normal out of everybody.

[escape-from-arcadia]

Happy New Year! Welcome back to your favorite constantly murdered and resurrected sideblog stuck-in-arcadia! I'm your beloathed host, [REDACTED]! Today, we're going to take a peek in my artistic process which is super heckin' wack, haha!

One of my resolutions is to start doing more drawings of my TOA OCs. You probably don't know my OCs since I've kept them in a deep dark cave and rarely ever talk about them, only letting them out for the occasional bit of sunlight and angst. As a reminder, my OCs are:

Cayden Tran (they/them): A totally normal human with horrible luck and a love of all things supernatural!

Alaraizrilados or Raizri (she/her): A totally normal troll who loves plants and healing!

Selene Acies (she/they): A totally normal witch who specializes in astrology and divination! Her girlfriend is Raizri!

Zelos or Zachary Blank (he/it): A totally normal Blank-bot who was supposed to kill the Tarrons, but had a little oopsy-daisy and is now living with them! *Not pictured.

and the newbie to the ring:

Arevolan or Élise d'Aureville (she/her): A totally normal changeling who was supposed to have died in a fire a century ago! (and Selene is her ex? Oooo-)

Wow! Aren't they interesting? Let's take a look at what they're up to now, and take a peek into how jumbled my process is:

Wow! Look at those four different stages of my drawing! Why is the background finished already? Oh well!

Looks like Cayden and Selene are having fun! I don't think Raizri has seen a camera before though...and she's probably not a fan of those bright lights! Come on, Cayden. Learn to use flash properly! Haha, it even looks like Élise is ready to commit some crimes! Classic Éli.

Welp, that's all from me folks! Happy new year, and I'll see you all around for more random posts in the future. Bye, bye!

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Ladies, gents, and everybody in- and un-between, let's make some noise for your favorite little punk rocker: Maggie Hartt!

This is Maggie Hartt.

She's 21 years old, demigirl (she/they). Oddly enough, Maggie is actually a nickname from a nickname for her chosen name (Madeline -> Maddie -> Maggie), but she's cool with any of the above names. She'll usually just introduce herself as Hartt.

Maggie is a little chaos gremlin. Upbeat and sociable, they're big on jokes and making people laugh. No one takes them seriously, which they're not as big on, but they figure that if they can at least get people happy and excited, that counts for something, right? That means they have a purpose- a meaning- a role to play? Right? They're more intelligent than people give them credit for.

They're in their own band (Heart x Beat!) where they're the drummer and composer. Their mom was also in her own band and their dad was a music teacher, so they grew up learning all sort of instruments, but they're a big fan of the drums and guitar. Drums give them a place to steady their beat and focus their energy. They also like it when they know people trust them to take them seriously and rely on them for keeping rhythm. To be honest, they just like the guitar because it give them an excuse to look cool.

Maggie 100% human, but both Douxie + Zoe+ Archie and the Wizard Council have had an eye on her for the sheer amount of feral wild witch energy she radiates. Then ADP learns that the magic energy she's got is from spending too much time with her girlfriend who's the actual witch :) My OC Selene (she/her) is her girlfriend. Maggie did once also date Zoe, but they decided they'd be better off friends; it was actually by dating Zoe that Maggie met Selene.

My personal hc to explain the next bit: Magic is not necessarily in blood; all people have an inherent ability to perform magic. Prolonged exposure increases the person's potential to perform magic. There are other factors that go into being able to perform magic and how well you use it (emotion, book studies/training, experience, experimentation, but that's my hc. And so, Mags has tried to perform magic before while dating Zoe, but things didn't end up really well. But Selene has seen a future where Maggie was involved in something magical so she and Zoe have been slowly trying to get them to focus their energy into magic. This meme actually is footage of Selene taking Maggie to see Zoe for their weekly lessons.

Appearance-wise, I wanted to give her a lot of angles and patterns in contrast to Selene, who is flowy and minimalistic for the most part. The bright colored hair was picked to contrast Zoe and Douxie's (and they'll jokingly insist it's 100% natural). They're the only one of my TOA OCs who has grown been in Arcadia their entire life. Out of some relatively normal character designs, I wanted them to embrace the fantastical and chaos that Arcadia is home to.

I don't think I can write anything for them at the moment because I'm going to be drowning in work until May, but I can draw some fun art with them interacting with TOA characters. I could write some flash fic or drabbles from time to time, but wooo!! Maggie!!

Organized short information template under the cut.

Basic Info

Full Name: Madeline Hartt

Nickname: Maggie, Maddie, Mags, Magpie, Carrotsticks

Age: 21

Gender/Pronouns: Demigirl (She/They)

Nationality: American

Profession: Drummer and composer for rock band, Heart x Beat!

Appearance (I experimented with this section and wrote it from the perspective of Zoe.)

A familiar face with bright green hair, streaked with orange and tied up in messy pigtails, walked though the shop door. Correction: they tumbled through the shop door, more whirlwind than person. Her amber eyes glinted with mischief as she bobbed towards the counter, bouncing her head to the music blaring over the speakers. Each step they took seemed to take them off the ground, as if they were a little weightless, unable to be controlled by the laws of physics.

She was only a little taller than me, dressed in a long-sleeved striped shirt, a cropped and sleeveless jean jacket layered on top, despite the heat outside. Their ripped black jeans jangled with the variety of key chains and charms tied around the belt loops. Their grin was so wide, it would more be actually described as 'a showing of teeth.' "'Sup Zo!"

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Personality

Maggie is a little chaos gremlin. They're honest and have a tendency to just say things as they come to mind. She's incredibly upbeat, energetic, and sociable. They live to make people smile and be happy by telling jokes (and pulling pranks). Very few people take her seriously, thinking that it's impossible for Maggie to be calm and serious, but she's more intelligent than people give her credit for. They work hard to reach their goals, especially when they know people are counting on them or that their actions can help others. They have a funky need to feel needed and like they're making a contribution, a side-effect of people not taking them seriously (and often cruelly telling them that).

Likes: Video games, bright lights and colors, music, visiting the aquarium

Dislikes: The countryside, walking home alone at night, not being taken seriously

Strengths: Tiny but strong, strong affinity for magic, honest, sociable

Weaknesses: Reckless, maybe a little bit too feral, need to feel depended on, self-esteem issues.

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Family: Addison (mother), Markus (father), Sam (sister)

Friends: Selene Acies, Zoe Ashildr, Hisirdoux Casperan, Claire Nuñez, Toby Domzalski, Krel Tarron, Cayden Tran, Raizri, Zelos

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Misc

Other info:

Maggie is a lesbian.

She tends to tap her fingers or feet

When they're anxious, they bite their nails

She's the only one of my OCs to have been born and raised in Arcadia Oaks

Their nails are painted in alternating green, orange, and black

She's big on knocking on surfaces around her (walls, countertops, railings)

They graduated with a BA in Sound Design and BFA in Music Performance from Arcadia University (I made that place up. I made that up just now).

She'd 100% be a gnome bard in a DND campaign.

The more I think about it, the more I realize they're probably neurodivergent.

Their Story: Living life to its fullest, embracing chaos, giving yourself credit where credit is due, and learning to love yourself.

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How They Fit in the TOA-Verse

Usually I'd include the character's backstory, but since she's so new, I don't have one fully constructed for Maggie yet. But I do have some ideas as to how they fit into my gang of TOA OCs

There's an entire plot going on with my TOA OCs where they go through their own journey that is concurrent with the events of TOA, so to show Maggie's role, I'll give this quick run-through of all of my OCs:

Cayden Tran (they/them): A cryptid investigator who has a small rivalry with Eli (at least that's what Eli thinks). They're the one who meets all of the other characters and unite them together, acting a bit like Arcadia Oaks' secret keeper.

Alaraizrilados/Raizri (she/her): A troll who has lived a very sheltered life but yearns to explore (very 'Little Mermaid-). She explores Arcadia a lot a night to gather ingredients for her business of making magical herbal medicines for trolls. But things go awry one night when she finds a mysterious plant, and whoops now this troll looks like a human and needs to find a way to turn back into a troll before people mistake her for a changeling, even though she's been nothing but nice her entire life. :) She's the healer/therapist of the group.

Zelos (He/They/It): A Blank-bot turned assassin, who was originally took orders from a bounty hunter group out to capture the Tarrons. His ship crash landed and his wires got a little fried. Now they're trying to find purpose without taking orders and become their own person, discovering their identity while debating on whether or not they should capture the Tarrons. It's the most trained fighter of the group and the most left-brain leaning on, despite not having a brain...

Selene Acies (she/her): A divination and cosmic witch born in the late Victorian-era. She's met Zoe when she was a kid and met her and Douxie again in the 1920s. She's obsessed with the stars and gets random prophecies. Some are helpful, other are not, but all are true. She does get one about the end of the world and how to stop it! That's neat! :D Selene is the most trained in magic (though not really for combat) and is the future-seer of the group.

Maggie Hartt (she/they): A normal human who shouldn't have any business being involved in magical matters, but gets roped in after dating Zoe and then Selene. They bring wildcard energy to the group and tries to make everyone feel less sad (because honestly Maggie is the least fucked up after Raizri out of all of my OCs, which is saying something).

If you read this far, props to you. Have a cookie. Thanks for listening to me ramble about an OC I made at 2am. Also, yes, I did not proof read this post before posting.

[escape-from-arcadia]

WIP Folder Chaos Game

Rules: “post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!

Got tagged by @honeyxmonkey. I'll try to make this as organized as possible. Also thought it'd be fun to put down the days I last opened/worked on them.

Writing

Heart X Beat! (September 6 2022)

[OC] Selene Acies (September 6 2022)

[OC] Cayden Tran (September 6 2022)

toa fic (September 6 2022)

Ambrosia Diner (August 30 2022)

[FIC] TOA Drabbles and Oneshots (June 21 2022)

[FIC] Inkpot Gods (June 18 2022)

[FIC] TOA Pirate AU (March 27 2022)*

[FIC] This Action Will Have Consequences (March 20 2022)

[OC] Zelos "Zachary Blank" Z3L-ORK0001 (December 7 2021)

[FIC] Sims Boy (October 17 2021)

[FIC] TALES OF CAMELOT (September 11 2021)

[OC] Alazraizrilados "Raizri" (July 24 2021)

Art

ambrosia diner au-new(1) (yesterday)

sheet (4 days ago)

heartxbeat! (5 days ago)

mothership gets stuck in a wormhole (2) (2 months ago)

zouxie2022sketch (3 months ago)

selene (3 months ago)

toa-order-doodle (8 months ago)

toa-zoe-hair (8 months ago)

toa-bj-au (last year)

ahhhhhhh (2 years ago)

douxie doodles (2 years ago)

Send in "Untitled Artwork" and I'll give you a random one out of the many I have.

Music**

[DRAFT] Trollhunters: Siren's Song

Trollhunters: The Musical

I'm not tagging anyone because look at this list. Look at it. Way too long. If you have WIPs and want to join in on the fun, be my guest. Also, feel free to send in an ask for any of these (including the art, not the music) because I only put my TOA works here.

*This is the only fic I won't accept asks for because it contains someone's OC and I'd rather keep this private between us.

**Lyrics only.