#theres a few bits in here that are more connected to my own personal worldbuilding so if you need me to clarify some shit then ask /nf

[screechingsandwichhologram]

a little c!quackity headcanon for you :3

hes trans !!! because magic exists in the dsmp, magically transitioning is the most common & safest way. however, c!quackity's nature makes his magic & other magical objects behave chaotically and unpredictably, so magically transitioning was not an option. he binded for a while, but during the presidency, he started binding his wings. binding wings and binding like. boobs. are impossible to do together without it being incredibly 1) unsafe 2) bulky and 3) ineffective. so he gave himself diy top surgery. it left a nasty scar and while it got the job done, it was,,, pretty bad. by the time Las Nevadas rolled around, c!quackity had figured out how to control his magic a bit more so he could complete what he wanted to in short spells, so he took a day just healing his scars better and making the top surgery neater & uh. more professional? (I'm not sure how to word that but you get what i mean).

[p-st]

my "unkillable" quirk oc's hero name (villain? just for fun civillian name?) would absolutely be "Casualty"

a lil joke based on their casual view on death and well. death

dunno if theyd be a hero, villain, or civillian! theyre all pretty fun to explore. a vigilante would also be cool but i dont think theyd be a super morally upstanding one. definitely theyd kill a villain to restrain them bc "theyre totally fine! yeah, they're definitely dead, officer, but theyll walk it off in a few hours so it's no big!"

okay actually..thatd be a fun universe 🤔

hold on lemme just. type out loud here

Casualty: The Undying Hero! (or is it the other way around? idk how hero titles work) their wounds heal faster than most and if they “rejuvenate” you (crowdsourced name), one quick nap later you'll be good as new! (bc they also heal faster when out though not as fast as them) they will only "rejuvenate" people who have given their full consent or there is no other option (heros they work with sign contracts that give the okay and for what circumstances)(civillians give spoken consent and can request a full contract at their agency if theyre frequent fliers)

casualty decides case by case what the best course of action would be because, unfortunately, they do come across several suicidal heros and civillians alike that just want to know what its like to die. they have several connections with mental health professionals!

like eraserhead, casualty's quirk doesnt give way to much combat ability (pretty good for defense tho is still hesitant to kill someone. villain or not. some ppl can get addicted to the feeling) they compensate during fights with support tools! this isnt something ive thought about so idk what kind of fighting style theyd gear themselves towards but i think id like something pretty versatile.

also kinda looking for the secret to their death since yeah their own body can kill them but they dont really get sick and, while not immortal, they'll likely outlive everyone of their generation

Casualty: The Killer Villain! (do villains even have titles like this lol?) just THINK of the way torture would go! they can drive right up that edge and when they push a little harder and you come out the otherside unscathed you still arent safe bc youre under their whim! not a big bad with huge showy villainous actions but arguably much worse than those who make headlines.

more of an information broker! theyre the one u go to if u wanna make someone break. also takes "assassination" jobs (the PERFECT person to help you fake your death. deals identities like cards) not much in the way of morals and will give you a quick death fix but mostly to get you off their back (thinks ppl who wanna die are pretty disgusting and they revel entirely in their longlasting life. slow and steady, babey) has people contracted to kill others for them.

definitely looking for someone able to kill them. it's a big daring exciting joke to them! fellow villains will make attempts and theyll critique their effort later. also they make a very good partner for ppl trying to test out how much a new move would hurt (other villains come to these spars and time how long casualty stays down. theres a leader board for the longest time down bc it means their move was incredibly violent)

Casualty: A Name as Feared as it is Revered! (okay this one is just for fun) being able to kill but it not sticking is PERFECT for them in their mind. in this universe they couldnt think of another path being better for them (because of their black and white view of “heros save” and “villains kill” and that their quirk fits neither. not really)

theyve got a hit on them from everyone and it makes their days exciting! they compliment the more creative attempts and will drop by the place of person who killed them and leave a sticky note with a full review lol. as mentioned above, kills as a way to restrain! it's to the point where it's so common that whenever it's mentioned that they were involved w a crime a special crew comes to take care of it (you gotta be trained to compartmentalize seeing so many dead ppl that wake up kicking. it does smthn to ya)

theyll target everyone alike! heros, villains, civillians! it doesn't matter youre all ripe for the pickin! theyve got ins with a wide range of ppl and if they cant deal with them personally theyll follow what they see as the best course of action. some people deserve to be publically demolished by a hero, some deserve the horror of a villain, and some deserve the cold hand of civillian law. theyve got a little (major) god complex and believe they have the right to be the judge jury and executioner (in spirit lol) obviously this mindset isnt well received by the public (coughstainchough) but unfortunately they make good judgement calls and they usually dont get the final say in what happens to someone anyway (unless they kill the person and that person learns their lesson or whatever)

does however have a personal vendetta of reforming systems and being very against the pissing contest that are hero rankings. this occasionally makes their judgement calls biased.

the most consistent things would be:

connections. lots of them and the types of connections depend on what path theyre on. theyre good at talking

outside support in the form of weapons or people to "finish the job"

general belief that their choice is more than likely the right choice

loose morals. comes with the territory of a death based quirk

controversial in any universe (except maybe a bonus one where they claim their quirk is not being able to die and not also not being able to kill? that universe would be steeped in self hate and either a bitter death or a life dedicated to putting a mental health support system in place for people with "villainous" quirks)(actually their quirk would still be controversial bc thats the point lol)

permanent casual view on death. doesnt see the big deal

very hm. unconnected to living? sure theyre just excited to be here! but they have the most solid grasp on the inevitability of death while also not super getting that when someone dies they get to stay dead? theres also the tiniest bit of envy there

probably either never got the death talk or got it very late. no one knows how many kids were at risk while being friends with them while young bc they wouldnt put the effort into saving them from life threatening situations (bc casualty always got back up, why wouldnt anyone else)

(bonus story for above would be that once while they were a kid a friend fell off a tree and hit the ground in front of them and they just walked away to keep playing then they came back later and the friend was still there so they went to either their own parent or the kid's parents and told them "[name] is taking a long time to get back up, i wanna play again." queue the sad ending here im aiming for)

upbeat sometimes in a near manic way. genuinely happy really often and finds joy in the smallest things like a slug in the grass or a wildflower coming out of the sidewalk (life in all kinds of places in all kinds of ways!)(theyre big fans of mushrooms. in death theres life or life gives way to life or whatever. idk it's fake deep. i just think mushrooms are cool and wanna project)

anyway this is like. long as shit lol! is anyone even reading this? i love you if you are. i might try to take this character and bend it to fit some of my own worlds bc wow i think theyre cool BUT if any bnha fans ARE reading this please feel free to include them in fics or stuff if you want! link me if you do id literally fall in love (u can name them what u want, dress them how you want, give them whatever pronouns you want, etc.)(dont claim them ofc but using them is fine!)

(and if you want me to idk... flesh out a character for you? 😳 lol id be very open to that! i love worldbuilding!! you dont have to.. aha... unless..?😳😳)

[grimark]

@inconvenientcalamity tagged me to answer some questions! ages ago! but i was going through my drafts and i found this post like whoops, so here it is?

1- Book with the best worldbuilding?  I mean am i actually allowed to say anything other than lord of the rings here, just based on sheer fucking detail? I’m also pretty fond of the worldbuilding in the Imperial Radch books, for managing to create a unique and intriguing world without info dumping. It feels like the sort of setting where there would be more things to explore.

2- Favorite genre?  SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE

3- Apolitical, heavily political, or subtly political books? I probably tend to avoid heavily political books, because I don’t like feeling like I’m being lectured (I'm thinking like animal farm sort of thing). I think apolitical books definitely have their merits, and a bit of light entertainment is nice but i guess overall subtly political is probably my preference. Especially if it's the kind of politics I agree with, or i guess ‘politics’ that make me feel validated as a person? Stories about the sorts of characters i relate to or am interested in reading about usually tend to be at least a bit political.

4- Favorite animal? I really really love cuttlefish. Theres a bunch of other animals i like a lot but cuttlefish are the best. 

5- Quote that you feel best defines you? Man this is a difficult one. Uhh well it’s not a quote from a book but i’m very fond of “there is water at the bottom of the ocean” from once in a lifetime by talking heads. also there’s a lot of mountain goats lyrics i really like and feel a connection to. Anyway I can’t actually think of any book quotes that like. Define me or sum me up as a person right now whoops

6- All time favorite book?   Another tough one. Ancillary justice is definitely up there, but it’s probably too soon to say it’s my all time favourite. Other books i really love are the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy, and the dirk gently books as well, both of which i think have very much informed my sense of humour and my overall worldview. the hobbit, frankenstein, watchmen, good omens, most discworld books but especially the city watch books and monstrous regiment obvs.

7- How has your taste in books changed as you have aged?  I used to really love fantasy, whereas now i prefer sci fi. I used to be a lot less critical or picky about what i read, i was pretty much reading constantly as a kid so i would read basically any crap. I read a lot less now. 

8- Do you have any book that were objectively good but you hated?  Ender's Game. Oh boy.  Widely considered a good book, I thought it was good and I used to really love it, blew my mind the first time I read it. Even now I still enjoy it in a way but I am so fucking conflicted about it. 

I think there's a lot of ethical issues, both overt and implied, and things that are presented positively or neutrally in the book that I'm just deeply and fundamentally opposed to. I don't think all books need to show characters making decisions that are morally just or that I personally agree with, and I don't think it's necessarily the duty of the author to offer a didactic criticism of these actions or even make an implied judgement/condemnation through the narrative. But Ender's game is fundamentally a narrative about abusing and manipulating a child into committing an ultimately unnecessary genocide, which is presented pretty much uncritically. 

In the end, both Ender's actions and those of the people who forced him into committing them are entirely absolved by the narrative (the whole hive mind/speaker for the dead thing- it’s not really genocide if they’re not really dead!), and presented as being perhaps unfortunate and regrettable but ultimately for the greater good. Ymmv but that’s just how it comes off to me. There's also a bunch of accompanying shit like how orson scott card is a massive fucking homophobe, and a few other things that basically make it some really uncomfortable reading.

Also, Dune. Honestly, fuck Dune.

9- Hard sci-fi or soft sci-fi  Overall I'd say soft. I mean I'm a scientist and I appreciate a bit of nerdiness in my fiction but a lot of hard sci fi is sort of insufferably over-intellectual, unwieldy, smug, impenetrable, and basically up its own ass? That said if someone gave me a hard sci fi rec, especially if it involved a field I was interested in, I would always give it a go, and well-written and smart hard sci fi impresses me a lot. People who know a lot about complicated shit impress me a lot, especially if they manage to work it into a narrative in a natural-feeling and artful way.

10- Worst way you’ve accidentally destroyed a book/listening device?  Honestly I've never destroyed many books before? I think my brother lost a library book down the backyard one time and it got pretty messed up. Oh yeah and there was a book I took camping one time, it rained, and the tent leaked. That book was fucked. Still readable, but fucked.

11- tell me stuff about an OC of yours! (the more the better I love reading abt people’s OCs)

okay this question is why this thing has been sitting unfinished in my drafts for like two months probably so let’s call it a day and leave that for another post some day lol