#otp: of cracked shards and bloodied palms

[oneirataxia-girl]

oc new years challenge 2023~2024 ⇝ day two

I Polish Up Real Nice ft. Mirage Carmichael/Five Hargreeves

"You know that I'm not the type you should waste your time on."/"Too bad, you're the only one I want."

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this is a remake of a gifspam about a year old, it's under the cut along with some notes about Mirage's evolution!!

Mirage Mirage Mirage... when I first created her, I simply wanted a self-insert oc to ship with Five bc I am In Love with the grumpy old man. As I delved deeper into her relationship with Five though, I realized that I had to give Mirage her own problems and challenges, she couldn't just be Five's lover because in my interpretation of his character, Five isn't the kind of person to just fall in love with a pretty sassy girl, he has to be able to connect with the person, and he has to have a love interest that's competent in their own way, being able to stand up on their own two feet without Five coddling their every move. The first-ever ideas for Mirage were basically just "Kaz Brekker but make her do government-ish stuff, assassin, targeted by the Handler and nearly gets killed by her, aversion to touch" Absolutely no notes on her relationship with the other two kids that were adopted by AJ -- Emmy and Telepath -- and an entire google doc dedicated to her and Five oneshots

yeah, I was whipped af lol

but after some time, in which I poked around in other fandoms and got "better" at creating backstories and motivation, I circled back to Mirage. I started thinking about what could've turned someone who was groomed to be AJ's successor, someone who was only taught the basics of fighting before the Handler came, into an assassin who bided her time until she could finally regain control of the Commission? I realized something that was very much inspired by a certain Marvel show that someone might have heard me complaining that I neglected the plot bunny I made for it (I swear I'll do it next year) was literally perfect for Mirage, it's a play on her name and power, and it fills in all the plot holes I ignored in the first few drafts of her story. So yeah, that's basically the story of Mirage's evolution, along with her faceclaim change due to me admitting that pairing someone in their late twenties with a teenager is just... weird and uncomfortable to me lol; Mirage is one of the first ocs I ever introduced on here, and she's also one of my most constant brainworms, like literally I can talk about her any time and place because there's so much to share about her asldaksda

the enabler's call: @arrthurpendragon, @bibaybe, @daughter-of-melpomene, @auxiliarydetective, @starcrossedjedis, @fakedatings, @carmens-garden, @nightmaresart -- want to be added? shoot me an ask!!

[oneirataxia-girl]

the decommissioned files ⇝ of cracked shards and bloodied palms

"You've always loved making stuff better," murmured Lila, swishing the alcohol in her glass. Mirage dragged her eyes from the bitch's bleached hair and to the man drunkenly staggering around the dance floor. She didn't see anything to be fixed. "Why would I need to?" She found herself asking the other woman, "Hargreeves' fine the way he is."

A/N: gifmaking my behated

the enabler’s call: @arrthurpendragon, @bibaybe, @daughter-of-melpomene, @auxiliarydetective, @starcrossedjedis, @fakedatings,@carmens-garden, @nightmaresart – want to be added? shoot me an ask!!

[oneirataxia-girl]

Okay, it's not that I think that our favorite little gremlin would ever want kids, but if they both did (or even just accidentally), if they had a kid for Mirage & Five?

okay so in the canon timeline, five and mirage aren't having kids (they adopt mr. pennycrumb from chet after a small altercation involving mr. pennycrumb and a lobster, then another puppy from a shelter), but in the Killer's Epiphany timeline, they "acquire" a kid who, unfortunately, is the exact same age as their bodies, which... gets a little bit awkward in some situations

Name: indigo carmi

Gender: demiboy - he/they

General Appearance: messy hair, casual jackets, t-shirts, sneakers, refuses to wear a tie, has an emerald locket on a chain at all times

Personality: straightforward, empathetic, sassy, likes to see everything for himself

Special Talents: indigo is very good at hiding and being quiet (that's how he got himself in the commission in the first place)

Who they like better: mirage, because emmy told him a lot of stories about her and mirage did not disappoint

Who they take after more: mirage, he too specializes in bureaucratic management

Personal Headcanon: indigo's first meeting with firage was when he was about three years old, toddler!indigo latched himself onto five and wouldn't let go until mirage made an illusion of a cat for him to examine

Face Claim: bryce gheisar

give me a ship and i’ll share with you a future kid of theirs!