#when i have new ocs i like i get such bad brainworms about them

[chumbyy]

[nights-at-crystarium]

Hooooo boy ALRIGHT *rubs my hands together*

I'd already committed to making Fragments when I realized that building up a new character (wol/oc) could be done through other characters. Perhaps that's not even needed in some short and simple npc ship story, which this story's grown out of. My ambition's proportionate to your support and encouragement, seeing that people like what I do, I felt more confident to indulge and go deeper, write a proper ShB love letter, as I like to refer to Fragments nowadays.

At the same time I don't wanna overhype something that's never been in the plans. I'm adamant about keeping this story focused, anything that gets more than 1-2 comic panels is relevant to Vivi in some way, hence you won't see, let's say, a detour to uriancred even though I ship them. Try to please everyone, end up pleasing no one. If we at some point asked ourselves "what does this have to do with wolgraha?" that'd mean the story's lost its direction and crawled apart. And, why, yes, wolemet has EVERYTHING to do with wolgraha, glad that I realized it before it was too late!!

That being the logical reason, I also can't force myself to write about those who don't quite make it to my blorbo tier. Alisaie gets a lot of attention, while Alphinaud's just. There. Sorry :'> Still he has reasons to stay out of this, they just don't vibe that well with Vivi.

I may be unable to give equal amount of screentime and thoughtful approach to everyone in the ShB cast, but those who got lucky to be relevant to Vivi AND feed my brainworms will get their due tributes.

There's a risk that you won't unsee this once I point it out: the comic's still in the introduction phase where I shamelessly grab a character to tell something about Vivi. Of course I'm trying to be subtle, I also must respect said character, consider what they would and wouldn't do. ShB has brilliant, masterful characterization that's super easy to work with imo. Everyone feels like a person, you just analyze them a bit, see what makes them tick.

Speaking of real, I just can't imagine them sitting at a dining table in their battle outfits. What the fuck. No. Hence I gave them some casual clothes. I like it when things are grounded, when they make sense. I ask a lot of hows and whys.

On the topic of the Scions (not) being yesmen to the wol: that's simply the whole premise of Fragments, they mix like oil and water with Vivi. The writing process went like: Vivi falls for Exarch. Why not for ARRRaha? He doesn't only like Exarch, he likes the First as a whole. Why? He's happy to leave the Source behind. The Scions belong to the Source. Scions = duty = bad for Vivi. Why duty bad for Vivi? Oh he's just a pathetic piece of shit who wants to be Free. I gave him the archetype of a manic pixie dream boy from the start, then I just overanalyzed what it means for a guy that's supposed to be a selfless nodding hero.

Conflict's more fun to explore than total agreement. Are we there to be entertained, or what? That being said, conflict for the sake of conflict could become just as bland, balance is key as they say.

[raviolirash]

Do you insert any of yourself into your OCs? Maybe some more than others? Or are all they completely different people than you?

(I'm struggling to make an OC that's not very self-insert like)

This might get rambly lol

I don't care if a character is a self-insert most of the time. As long as it's not shit like YIIK where it's Rantsona: The Game but we don't have time for that rant.

I think putting your own biases and lived experiences into OCs is ultimately unavoidable, and each of my OCs definitely carries a piece of me. They deal with themes of not having an identity after years of abuse, toxic parents, struggling to not become bitter and jaded and cynical, being an outsider and a foreigner, a lot of anger. But they're barely anything like me as a person irl if that makes sense.

I'd wager that a lot of popular hero fictional characters are self inserts at heart. When writing heroes people tend to write characters they want to be. And ain't nothing wrong with that. I also think it's great to base your characters on traits you admire in other people. A hack I guess is to spread it out. Take one trait of yours, make it a flaw, and have the narrative deal with it. But ultimately: fuck all the rules just have fun with it.

Here's my children in brief and how I shaped them in case it helps. Under a ReadMore because jesus christ this got incredibly LONG. I have terminal brainworms. Thanks Larian.

Dalia is a fool. A wood-elf druid who grew up outside of society and was never subjected to any cruelty of the world until the tadpoles happened. She completely unironically believes that she can fill the Hells with flowers. It's a character flaw in the beginning, but turns to an admirable strength as somehow she isn't completely jaded after the harsh journey. She is changed and stronger, but she never became bitter.

On the opposite end, Raga is a tiefling thrown out of the city who is just bitter at the world and wants to become a Creature. Astarion seems normal compared to them. People already stare at them in disgust and fear so why stop. Fuck it! Eat worms! Oh no, I don't want to become a full mind flayer and lose more than I already have. I want to live. Oh shit, oh fuck. Make it stop!

Vėlė is my problem child. I don't need to get into the harsh and dogmatic drow society and make this post longer. Prior to the story she had never been given a painless space to explore her own ideas, or question them, or be taught that they are wrong. As a result she struggles with everything. She is always conflicted about what the right choice is. In the end, she no longer fights to survive for only her own survival as she had been taught. She now fights to survive so that she can fight for her friends and people who can't hold a sword.

Then you go from there when shaping their personalities and speaking patterns and habits they have and mannerisms etc. They might be based on me in their own ways, but none of these chucklefucks speak the way I do. And it's a fun thing to sit down and figure out what kind of person their respective societies would spit out.

Vėlė is a master of survival, and that includes a sharp silver tongue that I wish I had instead of being stunlocked. She will make very bad choices with good intentions because she's struggling to fight a worldview that has done more harm than good. She would be eloquent, as choosing the wrong word meant death back home. When in a relaxed environment like talking to her companions at the end of the night, that stiffness gradually fades away as she can shut off Survival Mode. You might actually hear a joke.

Dalia would be terrible at Common, in turn focusing more on giving gifts and practicality instead of trying to form a sentence when it comes to bonding with her new companions. She struggles as a leader, not being the best speaker. She will always choose to make her point with actions instead. Dalia is not dumb by any means. Ah yes. The struggle of having to do 5D math in order to express yourself in another language. That's nice.

Raga is just angry but a lot of that anger does come from an identity crisis as they have no idea who they are. So it translates to the more they speak the less time to eat worms and modify their body. You can't lose yourself and replace yourself if there was nothing there to begin with. But plot twist: there was something there to begin with.

I better stop this post here thanks for reading lol.

[astarab1aze]

Get to Know the Mun !

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴜᴘ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴍᴜꜱᴇ(ꜱ) ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ?

Well, it started with Kaede when I came back (and it was JJK that coaxed me out of retirement), but I took a three-year hiatus from roleplay et al. I didn't feel like I belonged anymore so, meh, left. Decided to focus on a fic (for Kaede ksjdhfs) during that time, some side projects too, but then the idea for the universe this blog focuses on came into being. At first, I just wanted to share it with the homies, but it was so unrefined yet so perfect for OCs, I had to expand and expand and expand - and then I thought, "Why not take it to tumblr, your natural habitat?" So here we are. All of the muses on this blog are rehashings of many many other muses I've had over the years, updated, changed as needed - I wanted to write the oldies without them being old, y'know? I missed them! So I combined some traits from some of them, new faces, etc. Threw 'em all in the pot and fleshed them out a liiiittle bit more through interactions, which only made me want to write them more and now I suffer endlessly (affectionate).

ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ?

Aside from the obvious (graphic noncon, pedophilia, incest)? Not really, I'll write just about anything, even if I hate it. Like, I hate coffee shop AUs, but I'll write in one, y'know? I hate murder, but I'll write one. I hate angst, but I'll drown myself in it for free. I don't believe in limiting myself when authors like GRRM exist, and in order to be a well-rounded writer, imo, you gotta try things that disgust or terrify you (in writing). Research, getting into the heads of bad people to understand them so you can write a better villain or problematic 'good guy', further flesh out a life-changing experience for x character, etcetc. I'm just here to write and expand on established technique, style, storytelling ability, symbolism, stuff like that

ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ?

It depends on some things, but I like to write stories and about characters who recognize the complications and hardships of life, be they with or without reason. Toxic relationships, smut, family life, monologues, horror when it suits me, dealing with trauma of any kind, romance at all, fantasy fantasy fantasy, etc. Can't think of anything super specific; It's really more about the themes I weave into everything. Growth, healing, wounding, what can make them worse, etc. It honestly goes the fuck on.

ʜᴏᴡ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴄᴀɴᴏɴꜱ?

I get brainworms. Sometimes from single words, a visual, vague inspiration, video game lore - and I think about it forever until it becomes A Thing against my will ksjdhfs On occasion, I'll just have an idea ready to go, but will have to expand on it later

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ɪɴ ꜱɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏʀ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴀʏ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ?

I write with music on. If I don't write with music playing, it's because I have to keep my eyes and ears open for the munchkin and puppies. But I have to have noise playing in the background somehow, somewhere, or I go crazy and get nothing done.

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴘʟᴀɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴇꜱ ᴏʀ ᴡɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ?

I plan almost nothing. I like to have as organic a response as possible for my replies and asks, and developments.

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇɴᴊᴏʏ ꜱʜɪᴘᴘɪɴɢ?

Oh yes, all the ships, give them to me. I love to ship, as long as the characters have chemistry and develop. I'll ship just about anything if the vibes are right.

ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀʟɪᴀꜱ/ɴᴀᴍᴇ?

Taro !

ᴀɢᴇ?

Over 25

ʙɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ?

October 27th

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴄᴏʟᴏʀ(ꜱ)?

Every purple known to man, black, and teal

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴏɴɢ(ꜱ)?

You cannot put me on the spot like this. I listen to way, way too much music and have lots of songs I listen to on repeat from trap to metal to dark country to instrumental to r&b, so on and so forth

ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴍᴏᴠɪᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ?

Pretty Things, which, uh, was fucking wild.

ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀᴛᴄʜᴇᴅ?

The Witcher - literally do not @ me.

ʟᴀꜱᴛ ꜱᴏɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ʟɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ?

Fight For Me, by AlicebanD

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜰᴏᴏᴅ?

Potatoes :)

ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ?

Spring and Fall and nothing else (i do not count the 87346823 other seasons in my state >:/)

ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴀ ᴛᴜᴍʙʟʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ?

I have a few tumblr besties! Particularly those I've been writing with for a literal decade, since I first started roleplaying on tumblr ( @elysiumtouched & @melancholymirth , and I love them immensely), but I've made other friends too, and sorta-friends, over the years and enjoy having them around, whether we write all the time and talk or not.

Tagged by: @origami-assassin (and others) ! <3 Tagging: anyone that hasn't done this yet!

[radio-ghost-cooks]

oc lore: Hajime had a bad day

hello, and welcome to the very first oc story! i've had brainworms abt it all night so please excuse me if it isn't the most well-written thing in the world

tags: implied smut, crying, misunderstandings, kinda?, hurt/comfort, cuddling/snuggling, touch as a love language, Hajitarou, Hajime-centric, breaking news! tough guy is also the sweetest lover!, read the tags at the bottom for the tws summary: Hajime's been having a bad day. A really bad day. He bottles it up for the most part, until Tarou's thing for degrading takes the bottle and smashes it over his head.

Hajime curled up into a ball at the head of the bed, tears rolling down his cheeks as he panted. he wrapped his arms over his head and buried his face in his knees, almost feeling like he was going to vomit. really, he knew he was overreacting a bit. or maybe he wasn't. whatever. he just wanted the situation to be over. Tarou never really meant the things they said in bed. but today it hurt. it really hurt. he couldn't handle being called "pathetic" and shit. and now he just wanted to be alone.

"Haji, I-" "please just... leave me alone," Hajime forced out. "i want to be alone right now." Tarou pulled away to the other end of the bed, seeming torn between trying to touch him and hiding away. they sighed, rubbing their neck in an attempt to soothe themself. "are you su-" "yes." they nodded to themself and slipped off the bed, tugging on a pair of boxers and an oversized hoodie. Hajime couldn't make out their expression with their back turned to him. Tarou, with an audible lump in their throat, mumbled, "i'll be in the common room downstairs," before trudging out the door. Hajime just whimpered in response and began to sob the instant the door shut behind them.

he felt so stupid. Tarou never meant what they said when they were this kind of horny. it was all part of their little act. and normally, he was really into it! but today... today he couldn't. he just couldn't. first he nearly chokes on a boba pearl, then he stabs himself with a pair of fabric scissors and gets blood all over the fabric, then he vomits in the middle of a fight after getting punched in the stomach, then he burns himself on a pot lid, and then this. Hajime was entirely unhappy. here he was, this big, tough, undefeated fighter, and he was crying like a fucking child. honestly, Tarou was right. how much more pathetic could he get? it was a good thing they left. he didn't want them to see him like this. wailing like a big baby.

he cried for a good long while, not stopping for about an hour. by the time he was done his throat was sore and his eyes felt all dry and scratchy. great. just great. somehow he was more miserable now than he had been when he started sobbing. he just sat there for a minute, chest shaking from hyperventilation. eventually, Hajime got tired of being alone. as much as he hated the thought of Tarou seeing him in this state, he hated the idea of being alone for much longer even more. and he was sick of being naked. the room was weirdly cold. he pulled on a pair of sweatpants and a flannel, not bothering to button it. looking in the mirror, he took note of just how awful he looked. red eyes. tear stains. snotty nose. ew. he looked ew. eventually Hajime tore his eyes away from his face and spotted something else in the mirror. sitting there, just behind him on the shelf, was Jagarico. not the snack, the lion.

Hajime's childhood plushie. this silly little plush lion he named after his mom's favorite snack. it was floppy and threadbare and the leathery fabric that once covered the nose had worn away. a row of black stitches connected the body to a leg that had fallen off once. all the stuffing in its legs had been pushed down into its little feet. he felt sort of childish for keeping it for so long, but it meant a lot to him. little Jagarico.

he took Jagarico down off the shelf and hugged it to his chest for a moment, rubbing his cheek on its somewhat matted mane. eventually, holding it by the paw, Hajime plodded out the door and downstairs to the common room to find Tarou on the couch, biting his nails. anxious.

"hey Tarou?" he squeaked, sounding very very small, "i'm done being alone now." Tarou took a double take before leaping up off the couch and yanking him into a hug. they felt so warm. Hajime nuzzled into Tarou's neck and whined, hugging back even tighter. eventually, Tarou pulled away a bit and maneuvered them back over to the couch, where they flopped down on top of each other, sort of in a tangle. they laced their fingers in Hajime's hair and rubbed at his scalp a bit, making the taller boy melt like putty on top of them. they whispered, "feel a little better now?" Hajime nodded, gently pulling a hand off his head and guiding it to rest on his cheek. "m' throat's sore though," he mumbled. "m' eyes too." he kept his hand over Tarou's, craving the contact. with a thoughtful hum, they brought their other hand to his cheek. "close your eyes for me, sweetheart?"

Hajime shut his eyes, jumping a little when he felt something press ever so gently against his eyelids. it started rubbing circles, so, so softly, into them, and he swore that if humans could purr, he would be purring. when it drifted down to under his eyes, he blinked them open a little just to see what it was. he could just make out Tarou's thumbs rubbing under his eyes and he sighed, relaxed as can be. he let his eyes drift shut once more and pet Jagarico's (somewhat) soft fur, finally smiling for what was probably the first time all day.

[snootlestheangel]

Fucking love when someone makes a suggestion about a WIP of mine

Like my friend irl constantly giving me suggestions about stuff I can put the ocs through. She understands and loves them well enough that she'll give me ideas (sometimes unintentionally and will be so upset when I tell her I'm going to hurt her favorite)

I just love people being so in love with your work that they have to come back and tell you about an idea they had for it

Thats what I really love about being a fanfic author is that it's something based on a mutual love and when that mutual love collides with something I wrote it makes me so happy. I'm just so glad that my brainrot inspired you as well and it's just because we love these characters so much we love putting them in situations!

Like yes! Give me your ideas! Help me hurt the blorbos! Help me give them love and affection! Help me put them in good situations and bad ones!

I desire to be infected by all the brainworms so please do not be afraid to give me your ideas! I may never use them or I may, or I might be somewhere in between but i still love hearing what y'all think.

Of course, I'm gonna absolutely put the blame on you if it means hurting the blorbos. In the kindest way possible I'm gonna blame you. I'm going to lovingly say something like "Thank you Anon for giving me the idea that inspired this chapter" after the most gut wrenching thing you've ever read

No matter what, if you say something in the comments on something I've written and it gives me an idea, I am 100% giving you credit no matter what I write.

Like it's incredible to get input on my stuff and hear an idea that I've never considered and it opens up a whole new plan

And obviously, this definitely does not apply to every fic writer out there, but it definitely applies to me.

[frostfall24]

im stalking your tumblr a little bit rn ignore all the notifs you're getting lmao. but. YEAH. im derailing the post eeeeever so slightly but i wanted to add my own experiences writing a legit child character because the idea that you must avoid everything that could possibly make an "icky" reader do something bad to your oc in non canon land, and that kids should never be written about in fiction unless they are totally fine and dandy and are just there to add substance to the adult character (usually a parent/older sibling) who is actually going through it, are pretty connected right now i almost exclusively write about Asja, an ACTUAL child (7-10 years old depending on when in her timeline im writing lol), whether its rp or otherwise. she's my fav i've got brainworms for her she's rotating in my mind like a rotisserie chicken and i have legit been called a pedophile for this. i've joined rp servers looking to play her in a new setting and have instantly been swarmed with "dont do anything weird with them..." comments. i've been turned down when submitting her because "uhm, we cant have bad things happen to kids" as if the very violent acts happening to the adult characters are cool and fine. an insane amount of servers outright ban child characters entirely because "people might be weird about it though :(". owners of these servers have told me to "just age her up" as if that wouldn't fundamentally change the way she thinks, acts, etc. if i want to have the slightest chance of her character working the way it should, this means that all of her most important story beats have to be delegated to backstory rather than be detailed irp in any meaningful way people are missing out on an entirely unique pov and interesting (and very tragic) themes to explore because of this weird belief that people are automatically going to be "weird" with them (which usually doesn't actually happen in the first place, its just "what if tho"). sometimes perspectives outside of your 20-40 year olds enhance stories. sometimes the horrors of certain aspects of the world are far more potent and real from the eyes of a child (in asja's case, she's an omen in elden ring and therefore her story entails... all the bad shit that comes with). this push for "unproblematic" stories and characters (and readers) just limits the actual substance and potential of said stories, not what someone you dont even know MIGHT do with it by themselves, in their own head

borderline rage post you were warned about my all caps

i am so tired of shitty writing advice. i think im just going to stay away from it for a GOOD while because ou my god

i remember this one comment on a post about someone saying how they want to make their own story but don't people to ship their underage character and adult character. and then i kid you you not, i WISH i was joking one of the comments is: "this is why the story im writing only has adult characters"

DO YOU HEAR YOURSELF. ???? if you cant handle fanfiction and art of the work you're making THAT much then you shouldn't be in any fandom space and you shouldn't publish. besides people can always just age down your characters or make them siblings. you thought of that right. right....

also don't get me started on "if you writing a ship don't focus on thier family/friends" "if your writing characters heres how to make them likeable and relatable" ARE PEOPLE WITH ROMANTIC LOVE INTERESTS NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS...

the likeable one sucks the most because LIKABILITY IS SUBJECTIVE. YOUR CHARACTERS DONT NEED TO BE LIKEABLE OR RELATABLE. they should have flaws and good traits because it fleshes them out and makes them more realistic and believable; NOT because it makes them """"likeable""" to your fans.

theres so much more but i just. you get the point

edit: I DIDNT EVEN MENTION "dont make your character 'minor-coded'" AND "don't write dark themes if you're goint to 'romanticise' them" YOU CANT ROMANICISE DARK THEMES BECAUSE ITS SUBJECTIVE. THERES ALWAYS INHERIT SUFFERING TO IT. oh my god dmdjeitiofore

and """""minor-coded""""". are adults not allowed to be short and have flat chests or be childish and fun. no? okay. i'll leave

TLDR: count your days

[solasan]

Dora + Daredevil's ghost after he dies tragically? 👀

(also, Vanja + Hanako b/c i love trainwrecks)

send me an OC + an alternate love interest for them!

vanja radovic + hanako arasaka:

i'm gonna do this one first bc anon i think u severely underestimated how bad my daredevil brainworms are atm shjsdjkdsjk.

so alright! there's no way vanja and hanako would work well together; vanja just hates arasaka so much for kicking her to the curb and essentially ruining her life like they did, after she worked so hard to claw her way out of the streets. i think also she doesn't think too highly of hanako as a person; thinks she's sorta cowardly, for being so determined not to fight her brother in the beginning, and also kind of expects hanako to stab her in the back as soon as it's convenient for her, since that's the corpo way. on hanako's end i don't think she's too fond of vanja either; she's a catty little shit-talker, and honestly i think hanako thinks she's a little... jumped up, shall we say??? this streetkid trash playing at being a corpo, making life inconvenient for her. maybe some hate sex is on the cards tho??? in which case good for them tbqh

dora penrose + (dead) matt murdock:

the way thinking abt this has consumed my entire day oh my god. alright. OK. so. obviously there's that period post-defenders where everyone thinks matt's dead (and dora kinda goes off the deep end trying to resurrect him, because if the hand can do it, why the fuck can't she?), so that'd probably be the most convenient way to go about killing him off, but i have...... another option.

alright, so. say matt gets his ass kicked at the end of season 1 in the kinda way there isn't any coming back from. say fisk gets in a lucky shot or one of his henchmen fires at him, and matt goes down like a pile of bricks. angry and grieving, foggy makes sure fisk goes away for it, but that doesn't bring matt back, and without daredevil, the streets of hell's kitchen are starting to look a little darker now. enter: the mystic, hell's kitchen's resident medium slash avenging angel, who's getting a little sick of all the ghosts popping up in her city.

matt obviously sticks around haunting the place bc he's incapable of letting new york go, but he can't exactly do his whole..... beating bad guys up thing, being dead and all. but dora can do that for him. idk how exactly they'd meet but probably it would be while she was clearing out some criminal hideout or something, and the moment it becomes clear that she can see him, all bets are off. he starts calling out warnings to her whenever there's someone coming up to fight her that she hasn't noticed, and by the end she's like ok. thanks, dead guy. arent u the devil of hell's kitchen, though??

after that, he kinda starts hanging around her a lot, much to her displeasure, bc there's rly not all that much to do when you're dead, and even if he'd never admit it, he's lonely. he can't figure out why he's still around (is this purgatory? is this his punishment?) but dora at least can see him, maybe answer a few of his questions, even if she's pretty reluctant about it. she mostly ignores him in the beginning, bc she has a life, unlike some people, and she's trying to juggle that and her nighttime activities. matt's stubborn, though, and he has literally all of eternity to bother her, so eventually she caves n starts talking to him. slowly at first, making small talk w him while she makes her morning coffee or bitching to him under her breath about her boss, but eventually, they start having actual conversations. and he irritates her and she irritates him but she's all that he has, and he's the only person who could even come close to understanding her life now that she's a vigilante, so a bond forms between them.

she starts trying to help him figure out how to move on; they spend a lot of nights she's on patrol or fighting tossing ideas back and forth as to what his unfinished business is. he thinks maybe it's something to do w foggy and the argument they had abt daredevil, so dora goes outta her way to get in contact w him, but she can’t exactly explain what’s going on, unless she wants to out herself as the mystic. foggy is very suspicious about this strange lady who he once catches muttering to the air angrily, n he’s not happy abt her intruding on his life. 

n also i think as they start making more progress in their quest to help matt move on, dora realises that she doesn’t want him to go? n actually she quite likes having someone around who knows everything abt her n talks to her n makes her feel less lonely?? and on matt’s end he’s a bit scared about the idea of moving on bc he doesn’t know what the afterlife holds for him n genuinely thinks he might end up going to hell for what he’s done, plus he’s starting to really like dora n her dry humour n the way she understands what’s going on w him, so they both kind of. dance around the revelation that they might be more than friends

idk maybe she starts trying to get into resurrection for him the way she does in my canon??? WHO KNOWS HOW THIS WOULD END i just like thinkin bout it <3333 thank u for this question anon pls feel free to kiss me on the mouth