#oc: val montemer

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Malakai 'Kai' Baines by @/artsyaprilmr | Pierre Lin by @/kirnetart Val Montemer by @/deeplord | Kendis Crawford-Louel @/artsyaprilmr Erkan "Andy" Yasar by @/rom3o

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wait WHAT??? 

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this is my much occasionally spoken of trash panda det. val montemer (they/them), rendered for me by the much talented @deeplord. aren’t they lovely? aren’t they wonderful? 

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Soon your touch will disappear/It's something that I recognize/Something that I should have come to fear/Trace the lines upon your face/ They tell the tale you can't erase

| fall in love with you | i found | shut out of paradise | shadow preachers | counting paths | war of hearts | gotta have you | pieces (hushed) | dust to dust | from eden | true love

a val montemer and adam du mortain playlist @ spotify 

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Top Row (the detectives): Kendis Crawford-Louel (she/they) [another kendis: here], Malakai “Kai” Baines (he/him), Val Montemer (they/them)

Bottom Row (the musicians): Layla “Lala” Sandoval (they/them, sometimes she/her), Hiyam Vinke (she/her)

@narrativefoiltrope tagged me to do my ocs in this picrew (ty!! :-DD.) im tagging @magebastard @evilbunnyking @roxaro @plasticdodecagon @beyonceswigs @andthatisnotfake @anotherbeingsworld @equusgirl @thelittlestspider @ava-du-mortain @heroofpenamstan @karolinarodrigueswrites @themarcspector @cassiopeiacorvus [and anyone else who wants, just tag me! if you already did this .... tough. do it again!! jk. no pressure upon anyone. i’ll like yall either way ;-D]

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quirks & habits

BOLDS are true without fail (or as true as most things can be sans fail); ITALICS are either occasional habits/quirks or ‘just because they can WOULD they?’ or aren't very good at it.

tagging: @quaxorascal @queerbrujas @flavioesposito @leirsulien @serenpedac @amlovelies @narrativefoiltrope @wayhavenots @equusgirl @laufire-writes @thecapturedafrique @cassiopeiacorvus @thelittlestspider @lizzybeth1986  @danielsullivan @karolinarodrigueswrites @roxaro @yes-prisoner​ @ava-du-mortain @queerdetectiveblue and anyone who wants (just tag me <3)!

 VAL: 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

KAI:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

PIERRE:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

KENDIS:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

ANDY:  𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐑𝐊𝐒 & 𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒

likes artificial watermelon • sleeps in what they are already wearing • eats their cereal with milk • listens to music with earbuds • hates the summer • can recite past the first four digits of pi • eats frosting out of the jar • doodles on their notebooks • can bake cookies • has a garden • has had a snowball fight • eats pancakes without syrup • prefers shorts over pants • can name more than ten superheroes • has a plan for the zombie apocalypse • uses the same password for everything • can’t hold their breath for more than fifteen seconds • watches anime • can say ‘ I love you ‘ in more than one language • prefers mechanical pencils • thinks space is cool • takes personality tests more than once to make sure • can’t tie their shoelaces • has a purse • likes salads • likes cool colors better than warm colors • knows how to braid hair • reads biographies • can ice skate • knows their mbti • reads astrology charts • prefers the star wars prequels to the original trilogy • plays video games • reads the newspaper • likes chocolate ice cream best • doesn’t cuss • memorizes song lyrics • collects coupons • has a preferred order at starbucks • likes movie theater popcorn • has seen a play • listens to music with headphones • owns a hoodie • would rather own cds than online copies • has written a poem • can shuffle cards • subscribes to a magazine • double dips when eating • drinks directly out of the milk container • keeps a journal

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this is for my gremlin blorbo det. val montemer (they/them). 

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Thanks to @amlovelies for allowing me to indulge in the brainrot (TWO MORE THURSDAYS) and use this picrew tag to show off my twc detectives.

meet (or re-meet): val montemer | malakai baines | pierre lin | andy yasar | kendis crawford louel (left to right)

tagging @chargeortega @clintnatalias @karolinarodrigueswrites @laufire @roxaro @veeteeshirt @agentfreckles @agentnatesewell @serenpedac  @ava-du-mortain @narrativefoiltrope and anyone else who wants to do their ocs (twc detectives or otherwise!!)  (no pressure ofc!)

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ocs as a love language

the dear @leirsulien gut punched me tagged me to do this uquiz for my ocs. 

im tagging (no pressure!) @cassiopeiacorvus @roxaro @thelittlestspider @wayhavenots @griffin-wood @karolinarodrigueswrites @sapphic-story @laufire-writes @ice-knife and whoever else wants to (just at me, pls! <3)

andy:  a story that ends in blood

The world has always been unkind, and when you have turned to yourself for comfort you have come face to face with an empty pit which seems to be laughing. You don’t care if it kills you but once you find someone whom you love and who loves you back, you will make sure nothing happens to them. They are yours. You will make a tear in this world and create a new place for you and your love if it comes to that. Because it has always been about love, and it is how it always ends.

kendis:  a story that ends in blood (though when i took it yesterday for them i got: an undoing influence, so i’ll go with that) 

can someone tell you what to do? you have been carrying so much love within you for so long it is starting to turn into anger (why does it matter, all you see is red anyways) and you have been dragging this body through each day and every night you are split open on your bed and it is so so so lonely. if someone were to walk in while you were on your bed that way and they stitched you back in a new way, lining the seams with their love and kisses, you’d probably find this dreary world a little more bearable. you want someone to turn you over and over until you look in the mirror and see yourself looking back at yourself with a gentleness which has been lacking in you since forever.

carmela:  a knife called grief

You have left your house, you have left those people behind, but what are you going to do about the memories which have taken root in you? You can run but not without them. You want someone to sit with you on this cool marble floor while the sun burns everything.You want them to cut your rotten heart and theirs too. You want to sit with it in front of you, let them see you with all your flaws, which haven’t been your fault but you have been made to believe so, and you want them to love you anyways. Because you know you’d do that for them.

val:  violent devotion (though when i fiddled around with other possible answers i got ‘a story that ends with blood’; i think this quiz knows something about my preferred dynamics/themes)

Everyone seems to think you are faithless, but the thing is you haven’t yet found someone who will bring you to your knees and make you raise your head in reverence. This world has stopped bringing you joy, you want more of the divine. You want to dedicate your entire existence to someone; you want to make them realise they are not something terrible, make them see just how much beauty they are bringing to this world. You want to be the only one for them, the only one they have chosen to love. There’s a god shaped pit inside of you and only they can fit in it. And what if they choose to walk away? Didn’t I say this was violent devotion?

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Hey! For TWC Kendis and Val: 8, 23 and 26 from the character ask game?

ahh ty hun! i was five sec0nd away fr0m hitting pe0pIe up Iike 0Iiver twist <3

Kendis:

Your favorite outfit of them

How do I pick? LMAO. For Kendis, of all my characters --

I will say of the many picrew I have done two of my more fond ones are this beetlejuice looking bit and this dark academia mountain man look.

The colors of the last one aren't my fave, but it is the patterns and the hair for me. As for the first, I love Kendis in reds and purples. I also love short coily haired Kendis.

Future headcanon

I think, once all of this is done, I would like Kendis to leave [REDACTED]. As much as I am anti-cop!Kendis -- I could see them staying there because they put a lot of work into it. They don't have such ties to the new job, so maybe a career change would happen. But I definitely see them going to travel, and IF they come back opening a small business in Wayhaven. And, if they don't, go back to school or find some sort of noteriaty to make money.

Kendis takes Douglas under their wing. I don't know if they end up with Nate or Ava or both. Maybe eventually. They stay close with M and F though. Not as close as before, but still. They are in contact with Tina. Them and Verda are very tight tho ... and strangely Captain Sung is still on their contact list.

When do you think they were being "themselves" the most?

All the time -- but never as much as Nate some might want/expect.

Hrm. When is Kendis 100% Kendis? I think when they're in the kitchen and when they're on a mini-adventure. Away from Wayhaven, trying a new hobbie or restaurant. I think Verda and Tina ... and Hayley have gotten the most Kendis of Kendises, and probably Verda the most.

Val:

Your favorite outfit of them

Simple, always. I am fond of Val with a leather jacket and a tank top/t-shirt. But I feel rolled up sleeves Val is the best look, or tank top Val sans jacket. Especially with the hair a little long and floppy.

Future headcanon

I see a future for them and Adam. I do not think they stay in Wayhaven. I feel Val might stay a detective. I think they do something with kids -- I don't know about foster parents, but big brother/big sister?

I don't know, I just see these two together and domestic, but not fully in the traditional sense.

When do you think they were being "themselves" the most?

I think when they get to work in the garage -- but when they are on their own. A front comes up when the garage workers show up. I think more and more - slowly - around Tina, and a slower around Felix. Tina pushes for sleepovers and showing Felix the world is fun. And Val is starting to trust they will stick around, that they will accept them [Felix, especially. Tina and they have had bad rubs in the past so they are lest sure there but it is happening].

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𝘿𝙄𝙍𝙏𝙔   𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙏𝙇𝙀   𝙃𝘼𝘽𝙄𝙏𝙎

tagging  @northernrosewritings  @magefaery  @coldshrugs @fairmonkey @griffin-wood @leirsulien @thelittlestspider @amlovelies  @serenpedac @gisellasmoonflower @dakotawritesif @sapphic-story  @straightuppotato-art @brightpinkpeppercorn @clintnatalias and whoever else wants to, my brain is tired (just tag me if you do bc i wanna read!) 

39   𝘿𝙄𝙍𝙏𝙔   𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙏𝙇𝙀   𝙃𝘼𝘽𝙄𝙏𝙎   to   give   your   characters   that   will   make   them   so   much   more   relatable. (i italicized the ones that are conditional)

tw; for general grossness -- if people need a specific tag lmk. 

1.      leaving   the   bathroom   door   open   while   using   the   toilet   2.      wearing   their   shoes   in   bed   3.      double   dipping   into   the   ice   cream,   guacamole,   etc   4.      tracking   sand/dirt   into   the   house   5.      forgetting   to   brush   their   teeth   6.      forgetting   to   wash   their   face   (and   zits/zit   scars!!!)   7.      leaving   a   pile   of   dishes   in   the   sink   8.      using   their   phone   while   on   the   toilet   9.      biting   their   fingernails/picking   at   their   toenails   10.      pulling   apart   split   ends   11.      wearing   the   same   underwear   for   2+   days   12.      chewing   on   the   ends   of   pens/pencils   13.      drinking   straight   from   the   carton   14.      letting   the   dog   in   the   bed   before   bathing   them   15.      leaving   the   toilet   seat   up   16.      leaving   clothes   on   the   floor   17.      picking   off   their   nail   polish   18.      not   washing   fruit/veg   before   cooking   with/eating   it   19.      rubbing   their   eyes   or   between   their   eyes   20.      picking   out   earwax   with   their   fingers   21.      not   washing   their   hands   before   cooking   22.      putting   a   handbag/backpack   on   the   ground   23.      picking   at   or   otherwise   bothering   their   zits   24.      not   flushing   after   using   the   toilet   25.      borrowing   someone   else’s   toothbrush   26.      almost   forgetting   to   remote   a   period   product   27.      not   picking   up   their   dog’s   shit   28.      picking   at   the   skin   on   their   lips   29.      leaving   the   milk   out   too   long   before   putting   it   back   30.      sit   on   the   toilet   until   their   feet   fall   asleep   31.      forgetting   to   cut   their   toenails   32.      cleaning   out   the   gunk   under   their   fingernails   33.      eating   in   bed   34.      leaving   boogers   or   used   gum   under   tables   35.      not   wiping   down   gym   equipment   after   they’re   finished   36.      wiping   their   mouth/runny   nose   with   their   sleeve   37.      leaving   moldy   food   in   the   refrigerator   38.      driving   barefoot   39.      leaving   wet   towels   on   the   bathroom   floor

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For Val:~ 3, 6, 7, 24, 30 💖

3. Do they have any piercings/ tattoos/ scars?

Their ears are pierced. No, tattoos (but maybe eventually. I go back and forth if Val would have one. Maybe something small). YES for scars, they love working on cars, they used to do hair, and are a reckless one. I'm sure they have a few burn marks.

6. Do they own a pet?

No.

7. Do they have any fears?

The supernatural. Failing at their job that means more than they admit. Disappointing a dead man. Abandonment -- now particularly Adam and Felix and Tina flavored.

24. Do they have any keepsakes from their father?

I don't know. I feel like maybe a necklace or a ring, something Val keeps stored away.

30. Any funfacts about them you'd like to add?

As I mentioned above, Val used to do hair! They went to cosmotology school (they used to practice on Tina). They love to work on cars as a hobby. They've seen the Rush Hour movies like three times each.

A Detective Ask Game.

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About your ocs: 💍 🩹 💯 🐉. This time I'll give Kendis a break because i know they are popualr XD So I want to know more about Val and Lala!

💍 RING — does your oc have any piercings? do they want any (more) piercings?

Val: Ear lobes only. They'd consider a brow ring. Maybe nostril.

Lala: No, I don't think so. Maybe tongue. Tattoos are their needle activity of choice. So, while they wouldn't be against considering it, there's no desire for it (watch i change my mind in a week, bc i forgot i said this)

🩹 ADHESIVE BANDAGE — does your oc have any physical and/or mental disabilities?

Val: Physical, they wear glasses -- I can't remember which sight type I said they had. But things are blurry without, so. Mental: hRM. I cannot say I've given specific thought to it. I wouldn't be surprised if Val had an anxiety disorder -- I'll have to research. Probably mild depression. 90% sure the detective has CPTSD. So. Like, yeah.

Lala: I don't think so. Nothing physical. As far as mental -- I have like the vague thought that Lala has a mental disability / mental health issue and has learned to successfully manage it. But I'm not sure what it is yet. But Lala is where I want to be, lmao.

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

I'm taking this as an ooc/out of verse way and rather than people in their universe/ic might not know.

Val:

Val's hair has never been past mid-neck since they hit their teens.

I think Adam might be their first love. I'm always on the fence on how much relationship experience Val has had.

It isn't always obvious in pics, so I guess I'll add: They have vitiligo!

Lala:

Lala is very good at math. In another life they probably would've been a stats or economy teacher.

Lala has numerous tattoos, but small ones. Like the tiny ones you'd get on a finger or on your ankle, neck, etc.

They dyed their hair a rich, bright blue once. Straightened it too. But it was such a hassle to maintain.

🐉 DRAGON — what is your oc's favorite mythical creature?

Val: Bruce Willis in Die Hard? Jackie Chan? John Wick? Um, I don't know. There is the weirdest of thought that mythical creatures could be supernatural creatures -- and that's a disturubing though. Val would probably think a pegasus is cool.

Lala: I don't think Lala is a myths person. Like cool stories, but I don't feel they seek out said stories at all, though they're aware of them. Probably even less so than Val. But since they love cats, maybe Chimera.

Thanks for the ask! Sorry bout the lateness hun <3

details about oc ask game.

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people used this picrew to do their detectives a while back, and i wanted to try my hand on it.

Val Montemer (they/them);  mutually pining with Adam, BFF Felix | Malakai “Kai” Baines (he/him); GF Nat, BFF Mason

(Erkan) Andrew “Andy” Yasar (he/him); ... fw Mason, BFF Nate | Pierre Lin (he/him);  BF(?) Felix, BFF Nat | Kendis Crawford-Louel (she/they); some dude Nate, BFF Adam (or Farah ... or Morgan)

not tagging anyone but feel free to tag me if you do this!

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and what are you the god of?

tagging:  @paptalk @kdelarenta @trebondialanna @aylaaescar @mt07131 @quaxorascal  @quinnorion @likesomethingblooming @moderarato @solarisrenbeth @umbertors @anotherbeingsworld and anyone else interested!!

i snapped up this uquiz + twc detectives

Kendis

creation and light

you’re youthful and vivacious. your followers often have an aura of freedom and positivity surrounding them. you give them the fire to illuminate the dark and free themselves. even the thought of you is a great source of inspiration and courage.

Andy

wisdom and knowledge

intelligent and trusted, there is rarely a soul who doesn’t hear and value your voice. you act as a guiding light in an array of situations. calm and wise, you offer the deepest and sincerest insights regarding the world’s problems.

Val

nightmares and discord

your intensity is fearsome. when you feel hurt you don’t often seek out equal and fair revenge but rather drown them in hysteria and watch them burn. you’re temperamental and your emotions are on display for the world to see. you’re the last one any human would want to upset, because even though death would not directly befall them, doom and chaos would ensue, surrounding their life until their death.

(the first time i took this for val i got:  beauty and relationships and that is so strange)

Kai

balance and revenge

another seemingly intimidating figure. some only know you for revenge and fear you. however, you’re fair and provide justice and balance to your worshippers. you are regarded as the judge, jury, and executioner and no one can escape.

Pierre 

agriculture and the home

generous and nurturing, you represent and protect the home and family. those who pray to you are often blessed with calm and happy lives and a bountiful harvest. celebrations and festivals are held every fall in your honor and a candle burns for you through the winter, hoping no one goes hungry during the harsher months.

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and this is why val is my trash gremlin.