#swtor oc mena

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From Pride themed asks: 3, 5, 8 and 9 for Enex, Mena, Moxie and Chatelaine (mix questions and characters however you like) and 16?

thanks, pauletta! <3

Enex (male, cis, bi)

Mena (female, cis, lesbian)

Moxie (genderqueer, queer)

Chatelaine (female, cis, pan)

3. How did your oc discover themself? Did something cause them to question, or did they always know?

Enex - Enex didn’t always know that he was bisexual, but I don’t know if there was a specific “aha” moment to it, or just like, talking with friends about sexuality and being told “honey, you’re probably bi.”

Mena - For her gender, I think Mena and her dad have probably had academic discussions on the sexes and gender identity. Mena just sort of tested things out for her sexuality. She used to identify as bisexual, but then she realized the only man she was ever attracted to was Quinn, and she wasn’t actually attracted to him, she was just attracted to having sex with him.

Moxie - Moxie’s gender identity is queer and their sexuality is queer. She was raised by people who didn’t really put any one gender over another (there were distinctions between them, but no real hierarchy), so she grew up pretty well connected with what some would call both masculinity and femininity.

Chatelaine - Chatelaine didn’t really get a whole lot of time to herself until after she left Intelligence, so got to just, as an adult, discover: huh. people pretty. But as an adult with a strong desire to go back to Intelligence and “kill ‘em all!”, she hasn’t really given herself a ton of time to think about her own identity.

5. How did you figure out your oc's identity?

Enex - Vibes?

Mena - Mostly I just knew in my heart that she was gonna be with Jaesa and also I wanted my tiny Warrior to be a lesbian.

Moxie - A tiny bit of “I should actually pretend I’ve read some Star Wars lore” but mostly just “this feels right.”

Chatelaine - Vibes

8. Have they had struggles with their identity, be it due to internal or external reasons?

Enex - He was born on Belsavis and spent the first few years of his life there. Folks don’t really care what you identify as or who you’re bunking with on Belsavis, they care what skills you are bringing to the table (even if you are just a kid). And once he was smuggled off-planet to go to the Jedi Order, they were more concerned with helping him work through his emotional regulation that with who Enex was getting pants-feelings about

Mena - Mena struggled with her identity for a little while, because she wasn’t sure if…everything with Quinn meant that she was bisexual, or if she’d be a “bad” lesbian if she did identify as a lesbian despite everything with Quinn.

Moxie - I don’t think Moxie struggles with identity at all, and if anyone else struggles with Moxie’s identity, they have a flamethrower you can talk to about it.

Chatelaine - Yes, and I would say mostly for internal reasons, but it’s kind of internal reasons brought on by external circumstances, because being forced to participate in putting psychic toddler leashes on your coworkers for so long that you forget how to actually interact with other people in a way that approaches normal so now you overanalyze all of your social interactions isn’t entirely an internal thing. But yeah, Chatelaine doesn’t really have a super strong grip on her identity yet and has just sort of slapped a label on there like FlexTape to hope it holds.

9. Are there cultural or lore specific aspects to their identity? If applicable, does their species affect it?

Nope, just vibes. For the most part, I don’t have enough of a brain to pay attention to whether or not any of my OCs’ culture or species is significant to their identity.

16. Did you ever change an oc's identity when they were already established? Why?

Yes. I think I’ve waffled on several of my OCs’ identities while creating them, then started sharing Lore about them and said “hey this is so-and-so, they’re X,” and then later either decided something about them because of how their story played out or met a character that changed how I felt about them, or found something in established lore about their species or something…

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Mena, or maybe Razimiri, the Agent I have planned would be Knife Kid. None of them are trying to get the knife away, even though they all know they ought to, because honestly they’re just a little bit afraid. Cershaa, the Trooper I have planned, will maaaaaaybe take away the knife from either of them if you pay her.

(Why yes, I do already have a character fully mapped out for each of the class stories. I don’t know when I’ll actually get around to playing each of them, but I have my ideas.)

Which OC is Knife Kid? 

Bonus: Which OC is trying to get the knife away from them?

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Name: Atmena Jenkari’uul Also Known As: Mena Pronouns: she/her [cisfemale] Race: Pureblood Sith Origin Story: Sith Warrior Canon Compliance Level: mostly canon Combat Style/s: Marauder, Juggernaut Combat Role/s: DPS Alignment: DS-leaning Allegiance: Sith Empire, Eternal Alliance Title/Job: Empire’s Wrath Romantic Interest: Jaesa Willsaam [orientation: lesbian]

Information: [To be updated when I have a brain]

character tag: swtor oc mena

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I’ve seen this meme float around several times and decided why the hell not give it a try (featuring @miss-spooky-eyes​‘s Indy)

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I sometimes forget how pretty Mena is, and then cutscenes happen and I just go hearteyes and get distracted.

And then she gets to say snarky shit and make faces like this and I love her even more.

[Caption: The last time I joined a meeting of the Dark Council, I killed one of them.]

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oops my hand slipped, holy shit the Dark Interrogator chestpiece is sexy

Outfit details Head: -- Chest: Dark Interrogator’s Chestpiece Wrist: Visas Marr’s Wristwraps Hands: Visas Marr’s Gloves Belt: Lana Beniko’s Belt Legs: Juhani’s Leggings Feet: Juhani’s Boots Dye: Secondary Black (devs, thank you for making sets that we can do Black/Black on the cheap :praise hands:) Weapons: Vicious Assailant Lightsabers, White color crystals, Riot Control tunings

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I think I broke Jaesa? Because she’s just standing here staring at Mena like “...tiddies” which feels a little out of character for her

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@sunsetofdoom ‘s excellent tags:

Mena would be fine on Hoth in a crop top because her hatred keeps her warm, but she kind of hates Malavai so far, so she would love making him run around Hoth in a crop top.

(Mena gives Lt Quinn this armor to wear, he grovels and comes back looking like the above picture).

“Take off your underarmor, Malavai.”

“My Lord?”

“Underarmor. Off. Now.”

“My...my...Lord? I... Certainly. You want to see my physique-”

“No, asilas atesi*, I want you to freeze out there.”

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*shit dick in Sith, according to the translator I found.

The game wanted Deviah to wear this top on Hoth...

This is a Rare/Blue top that was awarded from the class mission on Hoth, as worn by my SW OC, Deviah:

You get it about ¾ of the way through. This indicates that the game feels that this top is appropriate wear for a climate like Hoth, where its literally -100 degrees. (If were still f2p, I’d probably have been compelled to use it,) Now here’s Malavai Quinn, wearing the same top:

…. yeah. Playing this game through with female OCs has been educational.

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For Mena and Raz: if they were the opposite class, what would change about them?

In order for Mena to have been a Jedi Knight (and a disgrace to her family, honestly) rather than a Sith Warrior, her father would probably have had to just give up on her, rather than dedicating himself to making sure that she had the best in everything and training her to be the best little Sith, and just straight-up abandon her, somewhere that she would end up taken in by someone Republic-affiliated and eventually taken to the Jedi when her Force sensitivity manifested. As a Jedi, Mena wouldn’t really be terribly different on the face of it. She does like order and sense and rules (though she also enjoys breaking rules if the fancy strikes her), so that part would mostly work for her. The Jedi would try to get her to redirect the way she naturally uses/connects with her emotions, specifically her anger and her passions. She would likely have to deal with a fair amount of descrimination as a Pureblood Sith in a Jedi Temple, seen by some of her peers (and some of her teachers) as a Fall waiting to happen. If she’s lucky, she would still find Jaesa and fall in love with her, but part of the draw was following in Jaesa’s footsteps and learning her that way.

Raz’s mirror class is smuggler, and yeah, smuggler and agent are both Do Task A without arousing any suspicion from Subject B if you boil them down to their simplest parts, and Raz would do just fine at the act of smuggling, but I think she would lose her focus with it. Narratively though, if Raz was born into a Republic family but otherwise had the same backstory, she would still probably be a medic for the Republic military, like her parents, but join the SIS. Which could even still put her on Ardun Kothe/Hunter’s team, just from the other side. If Raz was born into the Republic instead of the Empire, she’d be just as much of a fanatic for the Republic as she actually is for the Empire. If she ended up working for the SIS, but found out that they’d been controlled by the Star Cabal all along, she’d still be ready to throw hands with Hunter and kick their ass.

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1, 11, 17, 23, for Mena/Jaesa?

1. How do they fall asleep? Wake up? Any daily rituals?

In the beginning of their relationship, falling asleep together is a bit of a timid thing. The first time that they slept in the same bed, they weren’t in a relationship yet, and neither of them had admitted their feelings yet, not even really to themselves. They were both surprised by Mena letting Jaesa see her needy and hurting, and neither of them knew quite what to do with what Mena needed. So they wrapped themselves in each other and resisted sleep, because somehow falling asleep together would make it mean something that it didn’t mean if they stayed awake. And when Mena did fall asleep, her walls falling with her, it was so easy for Jaesa to peer into her heart and see the pulsing of feelings simultaneously so big they had nearly ruptured her chest and so compressed down and so small as to be almost invisible. Jaesa woke up without even being aware that she had followed Mena into sleep, but before opening her eyes and coming fully into herself she had the vague thought of always wanting to wake to comforting weight of Mena’s warm body pressed tight against her back, even with her chin spurs biting into Jaesa’s skin. As the relationship progresses, they become a little more natural together, but they tend to fall asleep with one holding the other and resisting drowsiness for as long as they can to watch their lover sleep, and wake in a tangle.

As for rituals, they do morning meditations together (something they’ve done since Jaesa’s first joined the crew; with an awkward pause where they did them separately while they were Definitely Not Starting to Feel A Way About Each Other, no sir). In the evenings, Mena says what sounds like a prayer and makes a small offering at the altar to her mother. She hasn’t yet explained that ritual to Jaesa, but she does let her observe.

11. Do they celebrate holidays? Anniversaries?

Mena observes Sith holidays, and Jaesa celebrates them with her as much as she is able. Jaesa celebrates Alderaanian holidays, and Mena is glad to celebrate them with her. Mena has mixed feelings about treating birthdays as holidays, since hers is the anniversary of her mother’s death, so Jaesa celebrates her very quietly, without gifts or pageantry, just extra affection and space at the end of the day. Mena surprises Jaesa by being pretty big on anniversaries, using them as an excuse to pamper and spoil her for the day. But Mena also remembers anniversaries of strange milestones for them, and so they’ll have situations like Mena giving Jaesa a new tuning for her lightsaber or something and Jaesa asking her what she’s giving it to her for, with Mena deflecting with a kiss and a “because you needed it.” Jaesa would press with, “Okay, but why are you giving it to me now?” and Mena would answer with something like, “Because today is the day that you told Somminick Timmns that you made the right choice by joining me, and I like to thank you for that.” “Mena, that was eight years ago.” “Yes, and?”

17. What would make them break up? Would it be permanent?

Mena would probably leave Jaesa if she thought it was the only thing that would protect her. She would hope that it wouldn’t be permanent, but if she thought that it had to be in order to keep her safe, she would make herself learn to live with that. Jaesa might leave Mena if she tried to cut herself off from her feelings again, because it nearly broke them both for Mena to be nothing but wrath.

23. How do they hug? Kiss? Tease? Flirt? Comfort?

For Mena, hugging, teasing, and flirting all come as naturally as breathing. She’s a very physical person and always has been. Mena hugs with her whole body and makes herself fit into the other person, which can become a little uncomfortable, as she is very warm and a little sharp in places (she has learned to be careful to just press her forehead into others’ chests instead of her whole face). However, once she and Jaesa start to realize that what they feel for each other is attraction, and that oh fuck the flirting has been genuine, the touch that was once natural and easy becomes stilted and awkward or just stops all-together. Jaesa is a natural at providing comfort, and surprisingly good at teasing, but a little nervous about the rest of it. Mena’s physical teasing and flirting (feather-light touches, barely running her nails across Jaesa’s skin while repositioning her arms during a training session) nearly break Jaesa, mostly because at first she has no idea what the intent is (she’s seen Mena flirt with just about everyone), because no one has really flirted with her the way Mena does before, and because she has no idea how to reciprocate. Their first several kisses were fierce, desperate, almost about one of them teaching the other a lesson; they weren’t really the nicest kisses. Sure, they felt good, but tears were involved, there was a knife, someone got slapped, it was a whole thing. Luckily, they get a lot better at it, once Mena is talked into actually coexisting with her feelings and figuring out that she doesn’t have to be Hulk!Mena all the time, she can be tender!Mena who just wants to caress Jaesa’s very pretty face and kiss her very soft lips. When they kiss, Jaesa likes to take Mena’s hair down while she’s distracted so that she can have her hands in it. This tends to short-circuit Mena’s brain, because she very rarely lets anyone touch her hair or see her with her hair down but Jaesa’s light touches against her scalp make her relax. 

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@pauletta-00, you did a fabulous job of healing! (Especially with someone being one of those maras who just flings themselves face-first into the next mob today... definitely wasn’t Mena...). And Merc healing is fun since it’s a lot of on-the-move healing, which is nice, but each class of healing is definitely weird to get used to when you’re switching around.

(shot 1 is what group is supposed to be, shot 2 is what it actually is:)

Today @astrifer-bound‘s Vidi, @vespertine-legacy‘s Mena and their (and now partially mine) guildmate Gaz were nice enough to run some vet mode flashpoints to give my Jaria some practice in healing and explain boss fights so I wouldn’t be too lost (cough yesterday’s operation cough). Honestly, I thought that merc healing was more difficult than the sorc healing, but no one died on my watch! (maybe also we had a tank and a full classic group and did just vet mode but anyway), but it grows on me (especially the mechanic that gives some huge heals in short time). We had a lot of fun, and Jaria got a new outfit (because everyone else was switching their outfits and I was the only one with one slot and I immediately bought something on gtn :)

Maybe I’ll be even brave enough to do these flashpoints with random people via groupfinder (but a bit later).

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Kiss, kin, or kill: Zuvi, Mena, Raz?

First of all, rude

Kiss Mena, because she’s probably the one that needs it most. Kin Raz because I relate to her most these days, I think. Which leaves Zuvi to kill, which makes me sad, because it’s always Zuvi that the bad things are happening to, isn’t it?

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I was tagged (a while ago now, sorry!) by @legacystarwarred​ to do a kotfe/kotet legacy report on my toons. It’s a pretty neat concept, but I’ll admit I’m a bit stuck on it for some of mine... Also, I have played fast and loose with canon and timeline for a couple of them to make the things that I want them to do work out. Some of the toons in this line-up I haven’t ever really introduced on here before beyond just maybe posting a picture and mentioning their name (and most of those, I’ve only played far enough to get a sense of the class/discipline because I’m too lazy to actually finish anything).

I will put my individual updates for each toon under a cut, because a) damn that’s a lot of idiots, and b) potential for spoilers for all class stories, yay!

I know the pictures there show 26 idiots, but for starters, let’s just have an update on the “main” 8: Ember, Kestrel, Cershaa, Zuvi, Mena, Sija, Moxie, and Raz

Ready for Legacy Update 1/3?

Name: November “Ember” Almarre Gender: Female Species: Human Status/Position: Alive, Jedi Battlemaster, Alliance advisor Relationship: Kira Carsen (dating) About: Follows class story and assists with Republic efforts on Ilum and Makeb, but I haven’t actually decided what’s canon for her after that (kotfe/kotet is not; she may just stay with her crew and end up with Kira and Scourge on their mission).

Name: Kestrel Fortuna Gender: Female Species: Twi’lek Status/Position: Alive, Barsen’thor Relationship: Nadia Grell (queerplatonic partnership) About: Kestrel was originally my Outlander and Alliance Commander, but then I decided against that and have basically thrown out everything I’ve already written about her (whoops). Follows class story, then... I haven’t decided what to do with her for a gap in the story, but I’m leaning on having her end up on Ossus with Nadia and the Jedi Colony.

Name: Cershaa Vadesh Gender: Female Species: Togruta Status/Position: Alive, Colonel in the Galactic Republic Army, Havoc Squad commander, Alliance advisor Relationship: Elara Dorne & Aric Jorgan (polymarried) About: Follows class story, assists in Republic efforts on Makeb, Ilum, and Yavin IV. Taken prisoner by Eternal Empire forces during the war against Zakuul (but not frozen in carbonite), still working out the details but want for her to end up rescued by Coda, with Coda unable to get her back to Elara and Aric for long enough that Cershaa is still declared KIA by the Republic, but have her eventually end up as an advisor to Sija’s Alliance with her whole happy Havoc family (even though they’ll probably leave when Sija makes Odessen part of the Empire). (Twin sister of one of my alt-Bounty Hunters, Coda.)

Name: Nizuvhi “Zuvi” Kenno Gender: Female Species: Mirialan Status/Position: Alive, Voidhound Relationship: Risha Drayen (dating), @rainofaugustsith​‘s Rorjhana (dating), various other flings About: Becomes disillusioned with the Republic. Prefers to stay as neutral as possible in order to have as many potential jobs as possible (and, when you’re neutral, you get to meet more people). Runs away from all of her responsibilities when the war against the Eternal Empire gets bad, and is eventually called upon by Hylo Visz to join Sija’s Eternal Alliance. Uses Lana’s contacts to track down her crew and invite them to join her on Odessen to pull the family back together (gets an absolute earful from Risha about the way she ran off). When Sija officially has Odessen join the Empire, Corso wants Team Smuggler to leave, but Zuvi refuses. It comes out that Zuvi had been primarily helping the Empire the entire time she’d been gone and since joining the Alliance had been offering more support to Imperial efforts than Republic. After Odessen’s official absorption into the Empire, Zuvi tells Sija that the Voidhound Fleet is loyal to both the Eternal Alliance and the Empire, and Corso leaves Odessen without her. (Sister of one of my alt-Smugglers, Archie.)

Name: Atmena “Mena” Jenkari’uul Gender: Female Species: Pureblood Sith Status/Position: Alive, Empire’s Wrath, Alliance Advisor Relationship: Jaesa Willsaam (dating) About: Grew up wealthy and privileged, but with a modicum of humility. Became close friends with her family’s servant, Sija, and got a rude awakening about power dynamics when Sija left for Korriban. Fiercely loyal to the Empire, and previously loyal to the Emperor. Chosen as the Emperor’s Wrath, and honored to have been chosen until his betrayal. Assists with building the Alliance and becomes an advisor for the Eternal Alliance. Declines the offer to become Acina’s Wrath, preferring to serve the people of the Empire before the Empress. (almost all post-class-pre-kotfe content is canon for her, just that it’s her and Sija together, and she’s there to support Sija after Lana rescues her from carbonite).

Name: Cassija “Sija” Solborne-Beniko Gender: Female Species: Rattataki Status/Position: Alive, Darth Nox, Alliance Commander  Relationship: Lana Beniko (married) About: Served in the Jenkari’uul household for as long as she could remember, until her Force sensitivity was discovered. Altorius Jenkari’uul trained her for several years alongside his daughter, Atmena, before she eventually was sent to Korriban. Follows the class story and rises to a seat on the Dark Council after defeating Darth Thanaton (Sphere of Ancient Knowledge). Gets framed for Emperor Valkorion’s murder and imprisoned in carbonite by Arcann, but is not Valkorion’s vessel during the carbonite nap, just left to her own thoughts and Horak-Mul’s company. Very reluctant to lead the Alliance after the five-year nap, but settles into the role and is happy to welcome just about anyone into her Alliance. Brings Odessen back into the Empire and regains control of her Sphere, mostly for tactical/safety reasons, partially to keep a closer eye on Acina and try to make her actually keep up with some of the changes that had been proposed during Sija’s first stint as a Darth.

Name: Dao-Mox “Moxie” Brood Gender: Genderqueer Species: Dathomirian Zabrak Status/Position: Alive, Grand Champion of the Great Hunt, Hired Gun for the Eternal Alliance Relationship: Mahzarin Auksas (on-again-off-again) About: Mostly a free agent after winning her round of the Great Hunt. Reconnects with and mentors Lark while he and Echo go through the Great Hunt, but otherwise attempts to fade into obscurity. Is convinced by Mena to serve as a basically on-call hired gun for the Eternal Alliance in order to not be beholden to Acina.

Name: Vero’razimiri’vosis, “Raz” Gender: Female Species: Chiss Status/Position: Alive, Director of Operations of Imperial Intelligence (“Keeper”) Relationship: Shara Jenn (engaged) About: Served as a combat medic for the Empire on Hoth before joining Imperial Intelligence. Mostly follows class story. Fosters a pretty strong dislike for the Sith, but comes to respect Darth Marr (works with him on Makeb, Ilum, and Yavin), as well as Darth Nox and the Wrath (works with them on Rishi, Yavin, and Ziost). Is named Keeper of Imperial Intelligence by Darth Zhorrid between the events of Yavin IV and Ziost. Convinces Darth Marr to take Shara on as an apprentice after her Sith awakening, and comes to have Regrets™ about that. Works with Lana Beniko to locate and rescue Sija and Shara from carbonite. Serves as a consultant for the Eternal Alliance. Is called back to her roll as Keeper by Empress Acina after the events of Onslaught.

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Mena did some flashpoints with Gaz, @pauletta-00‘s Jaria, and @astrifer-bound‘s Kat yesterday, and they all looked super badass, but it was a bit of a comedy of errors. Kat kept pulling threat off the tank, because It Be Like That for snipers sometimes. Sav was rude to us, because It Be Like That sometimes. One of the times that the Sav fight went poorly, I did /stuck to save myself repair costs (and hoped it would save me the walk back to the arena, but it decided to spawn me (on my feet, no less) directly in front of Sav, where I would definitely not be able to be res’d by the group. Oh, but on the pull when we did beat Sav, one of his Sav-Smashes sent me flying in such a way that I landed with most of my body off the edge of the platform--Lex saw the glow of my lightsabers fly overhead and figured I was a goner, Gaz saw my body go over the edge on their screen and assumed I was gone but then saw me miraculously land still on the platform, hanging on by like an ankle, and Pauletta was too busy trying to keep our dumb asses alive to see any of it.

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Mena: I would split open my heart with a knife, place you within and seal my wound, that you might dwell there and never inhabit another!

Jaesa: Is that, like... second base for Sith?

pretty much?

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A Very Important Announcement!

Mena and Jaesa adopted a TINY NERF.

I found a clickable “strange root” after defeating one of the champion-level beasts on Voss, and I was real hella nervous about clicking it because clicking random blue things that don’t very clearly state that they are lore or quest related has...not ended well for me in the past (especially on Voss). But...nothing happened. So I looked it up, and apparently you have to click a datapad on the other end of the planet first to find out about Nerf Herding and find out that Nightland Nerfs might like that particular kind of strange root. And then when you find the teeeeeeny Nightland calf out in the Nightmare Lands and feed it the strange root, it decides it loves you and wants to be your pet. 

So instead of finishing the class quest line on Voss, Mena and Jaesa are now off to find the rest of the Nerfs. They have successfully picked up a Hill Nerf calf on Alderaan, and once they grab an Arctic (?) Nerf calf on Hoth, they will be Nerfherders, and I will be so proud of them.