#she does however share her aquarium with two male sharks

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between reesateesa's insane husband and charlotte the stingray having miracle babies it's been an eventful couple of weeks on tiktok. i feel like the tiktok population really came together as a community this week. and we're still waiting on an update from charlotte's caretakers <3

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OC Profile: Alexander/Rhea Sutcliff-Michaelis

It’s about time that I gave y’all a proper introduction to my second OC, Rose’s younger twin.

Alexander (generally “Xander” for short) is a biromantic demisexual. Xander takes after Sebastian in terms of having a fluid gender identity. Most of the time, they’re male-presenting (as shown in the first 4 pictures), go by “Alexander”, and use male pronouns. However, Xander sometimes has periods where they prefer to adopt a female form, use the accompanying pronouns, and go by “Rhea.” (the last two pictures). Of course, the rest of the family is very accepting of this.

Xander is a bit shy and reserved, but he has a warm, loving heart coupled with an even disposition. He’s the sort of person who’s always willing to lend a listening ear or a shoulder to cry on. He often serves as the mediator during familial disputes.

He has Grelle’s sharp teeth and red hair and Bassy’s black nails and crimson eyes.

When the kittens were little, Grelle and Sebastian took them on a trip to the aquarium. Xander was excited to see that the sharks’ teeth looked like his and Grelle’s. For a long time afterwards, he referred to her as “Mummy Shark.”

Xander loves animals.  He’ll often accompany Sebastian on the demon’s trips to local rescue shelters (Bassy regularly volunteers at these places in order to help the cats).

Xander has an artistic side, too. He adores the theatre, and, along with the other kittens, usually joins Grelle when she performs in productions at community theatres in the human world. However, unlike his mom, Xander prefers to work in the crew, far from the spotlight. He excels at backdrop painting, costume design, and makeup. He also has a knack for making puppets (cute ones, not the scary horror film kind!) and regularly holds little “puppet theatre” productions for his family (often throwing in a little magic for special effects).

Another hobby of Xander’s is making/repairing clocks and watches.

Xander shares his parents’ passion for high heels, especially black boots like Sebastian’s. He owns dozens of pairs!

As mentioned in Rose’s profile, Xander and his twin were attacked at their home by a small yet vicious coalition of “anti-demon” reapers while Ronald was babysitting them. Although Rose was able to fend them off long enough for Bassy and Grelle to rush to the rescue, Xander was severely traumatized. He still has residual guilt for panicking during the incident (which hampered his efforts to use his demon powers to assist his sister). Also, while he is very close to his “uncles” (Ronald, Eric, Alan, and Othello), Xander has a lingering fear of other reapers due to this hate crime. Therefore, he refuses to set foot in the reaper realm and is very skittish and uneasy whenever other reapers visit the Sutcliff-Michaelis residence. However, he did eventually warm up to Nina Montmarcy (Viola’s girlfriend) and Michael Kennsington (Rose’s boyfriend, a reaper and former MI6 agent who y’all will learn more about in a subsequent post!)

Out of all the Sutcliff-Michaelis household, Xander is the most fond of humans. In part, this stems from him becoming friends with a feisty, adventurous little mortal girl named Darcy Braithwaite when he was a child. When Darcy died tragically young (I think around 8-10) in a car accident involving a drunk driver, Xander was devastated. To this day, he still visits her grave regularly and has picnic lunches there (they used to have little picnics together during their play dates). After Darcy’s untimely demise, Xander vowed to become a “god of small things.” As such, wherever the Sutcliff-Michaelis family happens to be residing, he does his best to answer the prayers of any hurting soul in need.

I need to work out the details, but Xander eventually falls in love with a mischievous but kind-hearted Ghibliesque water dragon, who typically takes the form of a handsome young Chinese man (for my Mo Dao Zu Shi peeps, he basically looks like Wei Wuxian with a silver streak in his bangs, though his hair is sometimes much shorter depending on his mood. Also, in human guise, he normally wears the Gusu Lan-style blue and white rather than Wei’s red and black). Over the years, Xander and his husband adopt scores of orphaned and abandoned baby magical creatures, forming a large, diverse, happy family.

Of course, if you have any other questions about this soft cinnamon roll, please let me know! :3

@spellcasterz Sorry I took so long with this, but here ya go!