#um hi. ive been laying in bed typing all this up in my notes app instead of going to sleep like a normal person who slept two hours should

[mercuryislove]

@artificialllovers okay so I'm going hog wild answering this question because I'm so tired I'm wired and I'm in the mood to talk about unimportant shit about my characters lol

this is hard to answer because they are both justsomeguys in such different ways lol

Yixing's someguyness is like. he's pretty decent looking but the most exciting thing about his appearance is his long hair and people think he's weird bc he doesn't really speak except to the people he's close to (or to his horse) and he always sits alone and keeps his nose in a book and falls asleep drunk in the weirdest places and has to be That Guy bc he's a vegetarian and like that one time you said he'd be the guy blocking the hard seltzer cooler at target while debating deeply about whether he should get the white claw or try whatever the fuck that topo chico ranch water stuff is. he's just weird but generally bland from an outsider's perspective (but also a little scary because um he wears all black and also people think he's mean or has a temper because he's so standoffish). BUT people that actually know him know that he has a goofy sense of humor and he's kind and often selfless to the point of stupidity and is a great storyteller and cares deeply for all animals and has probably seen better days but doesn't show it and people love to see his name show up on the ledger for a caravan job bc he's gone back and forth across the stupid subcontinent so many times that he doesn't really need a map to guide him and his reputation precedes him and he doesn't realize it but he makes a lot of friends wherever he goes bc he really IS a nice and good person even if he drinks too much and is a little rude and cries himself to sleep like half the time. basically his someguyness is like. complete. he is a mostly average dude who is pretty good at his job and has a few fun special qualities but he isn't Exceptional or whatever. he gets involved in Exceptional Shit by complete accident and it's only bc the people he falls in with happen to be fucking crazy little undying lunatics who hold grudges the likes of which you've never seen. and he takes it all in stride like a champ lmao

MEANWHILE Josef's someguyness is like. to people that don't know what he does, he is a fucking loser. he didn't finish high school, his family disowned him for being outspoken about being gay in a time when it wasn't acceptable (and um in spain a criminal offense), he plays the guitar (poorly), he likes to surf and as such has a constant uneven tan (farmer tan), he's basically a single dad (single uncle?) to his niece that nobody else in the family wanted to look after, he goes on tons of "trips" to undisclosed locations for varying lengths of time so they think he Must be involved in some illegal shit bc he clearly has no employable skills. HOWEVER to people in the know he is a fucking celebrity. phone ringing off the hook constantly bc they want to hire him to kill whatever horrible little supernatural creature is pestering them and it's an honor and a privilege and even a contest to hire him. he's moderately wealthy. he's a prodigy. he got his start when he was 18 after getting like two months of the most basic instruction possible from his boyfriend at the time. he's rumored to have been the sovereign's personal little blood bag at one point (🤫). people beg him for consultations and to study under him and to basically be their live-in hunter/bodyguard/diplomat. he has the highest success rate of any single hunter in the last 600 years and the only person who could ever hope to come close to his record is vera and it's solely bc he's the one who trained her. he retired in 1990 when he was um 54 years old lmao. but off the clock he's rather clumsy and likes to cook and keeps chickens and is kind of a health nut (bc of his extremely fit dilf of a husband) and makes quilts and is unbelievably boring and just wants to hang out on the back porch with a drink and watch the sunset. so his someguyness exists only in a singular dimension. he thinks he's very plain and boring but is actually an Extremely Talented person whose skills are unmatched and likely always will be. he gets involved in Exceptional Shit by accident but finds out he's the most suited person in the entire world for dealing with said Exceptional Shit. and he does kind of know it. he knows he's the best at what he does and takes great pride in the fact that he's unmatched.

I think they would be very good friends lol

too exhausted to make a coherent post but Josef's someguyness is like. off the charts but he is also a mary sue.