#similar cats but not the same bc mid is adopted :'))))

[dunderella]

papa coeurl!cid and kitten serval!mid

[mychemicalaromanticism]

things ive already established r on this post

besties this got so fucking long but heres a giant ramble about cherri

okay so. there are huge differences betwn cherri as a hyperviolent drac hunter and cherri as a friend of the four and cherri as the girls mentor. with the first one he was 17 and desperate to distance himself from his upbringing so he went all in on Being A Killjoy. he was always one of the first ppl to rush into a fight and he fought hard. he blew up his fuckin hand with that attitude. and all the while he was just racking up more unaddressed trauma and eventually he ran away from that, too. giving himself radiation poisoning was more appealing than facing his problems.

so as a teenager/young adult hes kind of constantly in a panicked state. hes scared the people from his past are going to find him and drag him back with them. so he lashes out and he runs away over and over again.

i said in another post that he has some past life shit goin on which usually would give him a connection to the witch that manifests early in life, but with all the stuff hes gone through he has been Preoccupied. he can become oblivious to almost anything that doesnt apply to whatever hes focused on. not in a hyperfocus way its likeeeeee. when u live on survival mode during prolonged periods of stress. hes immune to magic bullshit bc hes too tired and scared.

anyways around his mid-20s he finally has a little more stability (as much as the average person living in the zones can have, that is) and he finally notices that Weird Stuff happens around him. basically: out of my list of Powers People Connected To The Witch Have he has the prophetic dreams/enhanced intuition as well as a form of sensing ghosts where he can see auras and kind of like, echoes of past events in ppls lives. that look like auras. itz complicated and not of utmost importance so im leaving it at that.

anyways thats what makes him start writing poetry. just 4 funsies he'll describe his weird experiences and embellish them to make em pretty. just as a casual hobby n all that.

he would forget fun ghoul in between the times they ran into each other but its pretty easy to be reminded of who fun ghoul is. the most insane 10 year old cherri has ever met. cherri isnt a brother figure to ghoul. hes just. his friend that happens to be more than twice his age. its whatever lmao

to cherri, ghoul is kinda like a stray animal he keeps seeing. which is hilarious. ghoul actually goes and finds him to introduce him to jet when they start running together, and cherri meets party and kobra (spark and birdie at the time) when he drives the four of them to a party. because he has a truck hell yeah. so now instead of one stray animal he has, like, a feral cat colony that he drives around occasionally. i have no real-life human relationship equivalent to them because irl if some guy that is not related to any of you and isnt even a childhood or family friend and theyre hanging out with you? they are usually not a safe person lmao. but this is my fantasy land and im too stubborn to change anyones birth years even though ghoul being born in 2004 makes everything really hard to make not creepy.

so yeah hes a casual somewhat friend of the fab four. hed probably get more and more concerned as they got famous. the beginnings of any sort of protective feelings, awww :) that sets him up for becoming the girls mentor.

OH FUCK. THE GIRL..... i think if i was in my late 20s and i heard that the gang of 13-17 year olds had adopted a 5 year old kid i would go bananas. what the fuck. it is a LONG while before cherri meets her. but he has the strongest affection for ghoul (if you could even call it that) and ghoul absolutely adores the girl and swings her around under her arms like a cat to show her off to cherri and its very endearing and the girl is sweet and funny so its easy to be around her. and (unfortunately) she is somewhat used to interacting with weird easily agitated people so she kinda gives him space. cherri isnt quite the uncle figure the fandom usually makes him (i luv uncle cherri sm but he simply cannot exist in the universe ive created, f), but hes a little similar.

and then the four had to go and pretend to die. lol.

when the girl was kidnapped, fucking everyone who knew her was ready to storm the city then and there. like regardless of how little you knew her, if you had ever met her you would fucking die for her. she is pure childish charisma and shes precious. i love the girl. so cherris immediately on board with whatever plan the four make to get her back. ive already talked abt how it fucked up the girl tho; there was no way to tell her that the four werent actually dead, she sees the building collapse and she shuts down. and cherri has to fight against his instinct to leave the radio station and never come back when he sees an eight year old girl sitting dissociated on the couch. that fucks everyone up.

i just realized i havent talked about literally anyone else at the radio station. i think cherri started lingering around the station bc it was safe and sheltered while also not being a popular spot. there are less kids there (people pass through but its not a hangout spot). he was kind of just hanging around to get away from the heat and noise and dr d took notice. because that man can see ur soul and no one knows if thats literal or not. so theyd chat a few times a day and show pony was the one 2 get him out of his shell a little and also was the first one he mentioned his poetry hobby to. im making this all up right now as im writing bc i dont know anything about LITERALLY any of the ppl associated w the radio like im not even going 2 try with chimp n newsie i do not have the willpower to tackle all that. justttt. cherri pony n D become bros and live 2gether there.

back 2 the regular timeline. the rescue mission happens in 2019. the girl lives at the station until 2023. during that time she is very much depressed and withdrawn and is only happy when the four come to visit. none of the Adults know how to help her so they just keep her safe and cared for and hope she'll open up to them.

she does not. she takes the weird cat thats been hanging around and she runs away.

cherri does not see her for three years. shes still worse for wear in the mental health department and he can see all kinds of visions of what shes been through since the last time he saw her and he fucking hates the ultra vs bc they remind him of his past. he does not want her going down that path but its obvious that she isnt crazy abt the ultraviolence thing either so thats a relief.

they have a kind of tense relationship throughout the comics. he feels like he failed her and that spirals into feeling like he failed the four for not being a good adult to them and fun ghoul for not helping enough when his commune was bombed and all kinds of shit and that irrational thinking mixed with plain old, yknow, caring about the girl, is what makes him take a bullet (laser. whatever) for her.

i was trying to figure out the timing of each of their ghost experiences, but i want both of them to talk to the witch and im just gonna make it like dreams where a whole buncha stuff happens but irl its been like seconds. so its like barely a second while the girl has her Witch Convo and cherri FINALLY gets a straight answer, yes there is weird shit going on with him having powers. he doesnt have any story-significant past lives because im lazy, hes just an old soul. like really fuckin old. the amount of latent life experience and stuff his soul/energy/whatever has picked up along the way makes him VERY noticeable to gods n stuff. he fuckin lights up all the alarms like what the FUCK is that over there. she wasnt rly able to get to him or even properly notice him while he was a kid and a young adult so shes happy to finally see him again. he has a STRONG sense of familiarity with her. they know each other on a wild ass level that he cant really comprehend.

welp thats some more lore I'll have 2 think abt. anywayz

post canon is when he and val get to have the most awkward spiderman meme moment of realizing that they have the same trauma SOOOOO thatz fun lol /s sorry kings i thought it would be fun to give u something fucked up to bond over <3

not much changes in his personality. he has a better understanding of Weird Magic and delights in freaking out the ultra vs but for the most part he returns to his life at the radio station. i love him

THIS GOT SO CRAZY LONG I DID NOT MEAN 2 GO THROUGH EVERY PART OF HIS LIFE LIKE SOME WEIRD CHARACTER STUDY but here we are. this is basically a first draft like almost all of this is subject to change but u gotta start somewhere. so heres my start i love this guy. its probably obvious but i have not read ANY twitterverse killjoys stuff </3 maybe i will someday idk

[sol1loqu1st]

xyz for Mauve and lmn for Lore?

thanks!!mauve:X: Xylophone
1. what is their favorite genre of music?hmm she probably likes punk tbh
2. do they have a favorite song?in canon, no, bc its set in The Future n i didnt want to have to guess what Future Punk sounds like (hey can we. can we make futurepunk), but lbr, even in a modern au she probably ?? likes smth to obscure for me to have heard
3. do they have a favorite band/artist/singer?kind of the same deal as above
4. can they sing well?(i mean really that depends on who ends up voicing her BUT) my headcanon is probably no?? like i think she can probably carry a tune semi-well but thats as far as her musical talent goes
5. can they rap?(again, depends on who voices her but) probably not unless its really slow rapping and even then she probably cant keep time fjdhdhdY: You
1. how old were you when you created them?uhhhhhh shit when did stranger things come out bc it was a little before that, like mid-2016? ive found (unfortunately undated) early concepts for her character that, based on art style and certain ideas, probably date back to like early ? 2016?
2. what inspired you to create them?i have NO IDEA again i remember stranger things coming out pretty soon after i really had some solid ideas and being a little disappointed that she was so similar to eleven, but like in general ????? her earliest concepts were actually a sort of hybrid between nylus' current concept and verne's and i /think/ she was designed as a sort of. ???? parallel to verne somehow ?? that was kept a little bit but not nearly as much
3. were they different when they were first created?VERY. i dont wanna go into details bc Spoilers but she was A LOT different
4. do you enjoy writing them more than other characters?i mean depends, shes prob. one of my coolest character concepts but is one of those characters that unfortunately gets backseated a little too often in audio drama format (she's by far the least talkative out of her Main Trio and isnt always involved in the same action as nylus and auric, so) ??? i think she'd be one of my favs to write in the hypothetical television show and/or novel
5. what’s your favorite thing about them?MMMMMM cant decide ,, i love the Number Of Layers to her character that will Probably Never Get Explored except in prose but yknowZ: Zebra
1. what’s their favorite animal?i think???? probably birds. theres a Reason for this but i cant say what it is bc its a very minor spoiler
2. do they like animals?i think yes probably ? not as pets but she likes them in nature
3. cats or dogs?im tempted to say cats bc she just Seems Like A Cat Person but no, mauve definitely prefers dogs
4. what’s their dream pet?i dont think she would get a pet tbh ?? like this seems like a cop-out but genuinely she probably would not own a pet
5. do they have any pets at the moment?nopelore:L: Lemons
1. what is their favorite fruit?fuckin. like grapefruit or some shit
2. what is their least favorite fruit?The Bad Kind uhhhhh probably something other people like, such as Strawberries
3. are there any foods they hate?not really but he doesnt particularly like sweet foods
4. do they have any food intolerances?not that ive thought of, probably not
5. what is their favorite food?i genuinely dont think lore cares about food tho like hed eat A Big Bowl Of Plain Rice and think it tastes the same as something totally different and much more seasonedM: Maternal
1. would they want a daughter or a son?excuse you he'd want a little nb....,, no im jk he probably wouldnt Care abt the Gender of his Child
2. how many children do they want?like 1 or 2, if that, and only if his partner wanted them fjdhfhd
3. would they be a good parent?he'd ??? do his best but probably ultimately fail as a parent, he has no idea how to Child
4. what would they name a son? what would they name a daughter?I MEAN i dont think it works that way in this world i think the names kind of choose the child since i Guess everyones fuckin named after animals theyre connected to or time of birth or personality traits or whatever ,, also most names are gender neutral in the book hes from so. fjdhdhs
5. would they adopt?i think thats probably the only way he'd do it tbhN: Never Have I Ever
1. what would they never do?i mean thats honestly a tough question bc He Did Some Things in draft 1 that im not sure were in character but i havent actually brought him into the plot yet in draft 2??? anyway hed prob. never intentionally harm his friends or ppl he cares about
2. what have they never done that they want to do?i mean. ??? reconcile w his sister is A Big One a smaller one would probably be like. idk This Boy Cannot Stay Still so he probably wants to travel a whole lot
3. is there anything they absolutely can’t believe people do?settle down???????? get married have 2.5 kids and never do anything fun ever again???????? also, politics
4. what is the most embarrassing thing they’ve done?fuckin. running away from home to become a thief Just Because He Was Bored is probably a good contender despite that being basically his whole concept
5. have they done anything they thought they’d never do?HMMMMMMM THATS A SPOILER ISNT IT