denni-the-grape

A portrait of denni the grape

Why would I care to live when you are gone ?

More Frazel cuz I love them

Harrow is the broke homeschooled kid from an isolationist cult that was let out on mission and/or bargained her way into attending a university so she could bring knowledge and funding back to the community. All her clothes are second-, third- or fourth-hand and have been patched and mended to hell and back and are not visually distinctive enough to identifiably belong to any subculture. The only exception to this lack of visual distinctiveness are her Church Robes, which are Church Robes. The only new clothing she owns is, like, underwear, maybe.

She is covered from neck to wrist and ankle because if anyone saw she had a human body under there she would gouge their eyes out. Most of her clothes are home-dyed black because she did it in the bathtub, and they must be black to show she is in permanent mourning. Also because then it's less likely people will notice she wears the same shirt and skirt for three days straight.

She does still have piercings (she is the only one on the Ninth mentioned to have piercings, I do not believe those are sacramental and are fully a Harrow Thing) because she can argue it's holy mortification of the flesh. Otherwise, thinking about what she is wearing is a distraction from more important things, which are a) being Righteous and b) proving she is the smartest person in the room.

@jennelikejennay - Honestly you're 100% right; I said it in another post, I think I may have phrased myself a little too harshly? This post was partially fuelled by a reaction to someone saying Harrow would wear uggs/dress to 'socially conform' and positing that their position was somehow more correct than people saying Harrow is a goth which like

Harrow loves being dramatic and intimidating people and is quite morbid. There is no universe where she is being quote unquote 'normal'.

Like, I think if you give a modern Harrow like 5-10 years, give her a little crisis of faith, get her out of the cult and diving face-first into the lesbianism of it all and she's going to be wearing bird skull necklaces and doing home taxidermy.

idk, imo Goth Harrow is a step further out from an attempt at a 1-to-1 translation of canon to modern AU but is within general Harrowness.

You're a raccoon-themed minor supervillain in Gotham City. Years of intense training have taught you to understand raccoon language, so you have the power to convince them to do crime for you. You may or may not have gained the power of mind reading on your search for a non-lethal way to check people's brains for rabies, I haven't decided yet. Your main motivation for crime is needing money for more raccoon research, and whenever I'm not sure how to write you, I'll have you spout cool raccoon or bug facts (or generally write you as an autistic self-insert of myself if I'm lost). Lammy and Moonshine get cool headbands to hide their identities when they break into cybertrucks or RNC conventions. Lammy is the cautious one while Moonshine has no fear of God. You teach Strange a thing or two about robbing rich people and generally have a bit of a mentor/Tumblr Gandalf role in the story, I think.

All that said, is there anything in the pitch you want me to cut? Any tips on how to portray you more accurately?

Everything sounds really good! My supervillain name is Roadkill, btw. Im really good at driving in big cities with scary traffic and on windy mountain roads. I’m also a biter. I prefer that over weapons.

Also, you can choose whether or not to add this, but I was canonically roommates with the Joker for like two years. This is a real world fact. He used to write “need ramen” on my mirror in red lipstick and would bring me home various doodads he stole.