rapido rapido!

❌ Octane has a pet cat. Navi was probably the last animal he ever had. He doesn't have the time, commitment, or capacity for responsibility for a living thing and I think he knows that by now. He just got lucky with the world's bravest and most unfazed rabbit.

Fun anecdote though, when I first started writing him years ago and we knew way less about him, he had a scrungly cat named Mango that lived in his dorms for the Games.

❌ Octane is not good with social cues. He plays dumb but I think he's gotten quite good at reading emotional cues/body language, mostly because he grew up with an abusive parent who could snap at a moment's notice and did not communicate whatsoever. He's also probably had to weather out his fair share of stiff, ritzy social events where people also don't explicitly say what they mean, or rely on implications and subtext, and considering his penchant for manipulation, I think he understands a lot more of it than he lets on. Even if you don't call him stupid out loud he can tell you're thinking it.

❌ It would not take much for Octane to turn evil. I've dug into this before, but basically I do think Octane has a great potential for evil that has been thoroughly quashed by the good people in his life. Additionally he's so terrified of becoming as awful as his dadpa, it's very unlikely at this point that he'd do some "evil" thing he couldn't come back from. ❌ Octane stole a lollipop at the checkout when they were 5 and they still feel guilty about it. I do think Octane is one of those people who feels bad about things he doesn't need to feel bad about, mostly due to the above, but I don't think stealing a lollipop at five years old is really on his list of priority things to guilt himself with. :') ✅ Octane is a bottom. CORRECT.

❌ Octane had an emo phase. I doubt it. He wallows but it's more of an angry flavor of brooding than a sad one. In terms of like, his high school stereotype or aesthetic I guess, he was probably somewhere between jock and skater with a splash of grungecore and punk thrown in.

✅ Octane is smart but also very stupid. It's hard to elaborate on this without writing multiple paragraphs but if you know Octane, you know this to be true.

❌ Octane is awful with kids. He's great with kids! They have endless energy and weird little alien goblin brains and so does he!

❌ Octane sucks at saying tongue twisters. This man moves at a million miles a minute. He fires off a tongue twister ten times in a row and then laughs at you for being too slow.

❌ Octane can beat you up if deserved. I mean, he probably could if he really had to, but he's not exactly a melee build lol. Octane trying to beat you up probably feels like getting slapped by a pair of wet noodles because he has comparatively no upper arm strength. He could probably give you a good bruising with his fancy metal legs, but again, he's made for speed and dexterity. He'd be better off telling one of his cool Legend pals to beat you up instead - but I don't think he'd tell anyone to beat someone up on his behalf.

in the meantime check out this picture of me holding @simulamortem’s snake and also a gay spaghetti

Himbo Stupid

You're just an all around kind person who's a little too gullible. You are knowledgeable on weirdly specific trivia but a lot of common knowledge seems to have slipped you. You probably aren't the best at math but by god can you fix a flat tire. Everyone remembers you as a friendly person, you just might need to brush up on your reading comprehension again

asteroid

you are on the fast track of life, my friend. everywhere you go, you leave fires in your wake. you know how to spark conversation, stoke ideas, ignite long-lost passions. you’re not content with the way things are and are more interested in what they could be. you have so much you want to say and do. your worst fear is being stagnant. instead, you’re willing to brave the unknown in search of something that satisfies you. you’re ambitious and unafraid to go after exactly what you want. you are Newton’s unstoppable force, barreling forward and blasting through whatever obstacles you may encounter. when there’s no path you make your own—blazing a trail for others to follow. you are good at addressing issues head-on. no sense in sugarcoating or beating around the bush. you’re the one willing to wrangle the ugly truth and drag it out into the open. your boldness is something rarely found and appreciated by many. sometimes your one-track mind might lead to you developing tunnel vision. don’t forget to open your mind to the possibilities. life has so much to offer and you might miss out if you don’t give it a fair shot. some might see you as abrasive and too set in your ways. others will most likely admire you for your honesty and straightforwardness. others still are made uncomfortable by your unyielding heat. despite how you’re perceived, ultimately, you’re still you: passionate, direct, and dedicated. you don’t do things halfway—once committed, you follow things through to fruition even if you do get a little impatient. you are movement and boundless ambition. rough edges and fire. racing thoughts your mouth can’t keep up with and impulsive decisions. you make people want more. crave better. you are probably independent and find it hard to ask for help. remember to be kind to yourself and don’t burn yourself up in the process of trying to achieve your goals. known fact: you’re never truly alone in this life.

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𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞?

Always has a faint chemical smell, kind of like the sterility of a hospital room. Otherwise a mix of sweat, sand, wind, and woodsmoke. Basically smells like he's been running around outdoors rain or shine and chances are likely that's exactly what he's been doing.

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞/𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫?

Honestly I think he and all the Legends probably shower more than you'd think, primarily because there's no way these people aren't getting covered in mud and blood and grime daily in the Games. That being said, you'd really have to twist his arm to get him to take a bath. And then also keep him IN it. On non-Games days though he probably doesn't even think about hopping in the shower, let alone going home and trying to sleep. He keeps antibacterial wipes on hand though for his residual limbs and prosthetic sockets because I reckon Ajay scared him with horror stories of what happens when you don't keep that shit clean. "Yuh NEVER gonna run again, O!"

𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐬/𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬?

I think he probably had a lot more piercings when he was younger but quickly learned his reckless lifestyle did not really accommodate them - canonically he had a nose piercing that got ripped out somehow and I think that's pretty telling lol. I hc he still has a tongue piercing though! And obv has tattoos.

𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬/𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐬?

He's a wiggly guy. Constantly bouncing on his feet or fidgeting, and even at his stillest he's got a latent tremor that makes him look astoundingly like a nervous rabbit. A limb or his head might give an occasional subtle twitch from stim overusage as well. If left to his own devices or given nothing to do, he's compelled to find something destructive to do with his hands, often idly scratching at his cuticles or picking threads out of his clothes.

And this is just when he's idle! He's very animated when he speaks, uses essentially his whole body to gesture and emphasize. He likes to move. So when he's still, something is amiss, or he's not all there.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧?

Most of the time it's so hard for him to sleep he ends up succumbing to exhaustion in whatever clothes he has on at the time. At one or multiple points he'll wake up and blearily throw off random articles of clothing and his prosthetics.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠?

I don't think he ascribes much value to any single piece of clothing really, but he does have an affinity for crop tops. He kind of just likes whatever looks "cool" or "kickass," definitely prefers an edge to his style, often with a side of "cute" (see: all his shark and rabbit motifs lol)

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩?

Socket and residual limb cleaning, brushes his teeth while he paces and scrolls his phone, probably grabs something quick, easy, and portable for breakfast like a poptart, and heads out the door.

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩? 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?

He's an extremely light sleeper-- startled awake by the slightest of sudden noises-- until he's truly, fully asleep. It's probably the stillest he'll ever get, but even then, he flops around like a fish out of water, tosses and turns; sometimes he curls up, sometimes he sprawls. He has fallen out of the bed more than once with the entire sheet tangled up in his limbs.

𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞?

He's got hands on the thinner side with long fingers, but they're rough and crisscrossed with scars of varying degree, namely from practicing knife tricks. He also runs hot - his hands are very warm!

𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞?

"i'll wait for you."

you're a restless person, always moving from one place to another, perpetually occupied with something or other. people call you impatient. hell, you might even call yourself impatient! and that's fine, that's just who you are. but you'll wait for some people. you'd sit down and wait for them if they needed you to, and the first time you do, the first time you show them you'll stretch your limited patience to something limitless for them if they need it, it feels almost like a confession. you might not be very patient with the world, but there are exceptions you're more than willing to make. you're so good at making people feel like they're not a burden.