親に似ぬ子は鬼の子

● ⸺ kumahime ( 熊姫 )–affectionately known as kuma–comes from a long line of bakugo family dogs. her mother was mahime, the original family pet ( given to katsuki at age 7 ), who was in turn the pup of one of his uncle natsuge's dogs. while her father, to whom she owes her looks, was a purebred cane corso, mahime was a mix of spanish mastiff, rottweiler, and presa canario, making kuma a mutt. like her name suggests, kuma is a big, cuddly bear of a dog despite the usually energetic nature of her breed, in no small part because katsuki absolutely spoils her.

● ⸺ aoi ( 碧 ) was the result of several experiments with cobalt blue tarantulas, in hopes of breeding a variant that wouldn't have its venom. she was specifically gifted to katsuki on his twenty-fourth birthday, and is the proud owner of a massive terrarium all of her own. despite aoi's subspecies having the venom bred out of them, their skittish, sometimes easily defensive tendencies, have not. she's mostly left to her own devices, happily burrowing away.

ACCENT : “country” | “backwoods” │ “sailor” │ “upper class” │ “city slicker” | foreign speaker │ refined

ELOQUENCE : educated │ self-taught | uneducated | doesn’t use conjunctions │ shortens words | omits entire words on occasion | mixes up words │ just makes up their own words! │ archaic english │ dependent on mood or setting │ doesn’t use contractions

TONE : loud │ soft │ room volume │ high pitched │ low pitched │ seductive │ velvety │ speech impediment │ abrasive │ gruff │ shrill │ booming │ matter-of-fact │ toneless │ husky │ gravelly │ breathy │ nasal │ barking │ chatty │ condescending │ musical │ suave │ world-weary │ brash │ authoritative

HABITS : refers to self in third person │ incorporates different languages/terms/sayings │ uses gender-specific terms │ adapts to audience │ changes pitch around animals or children │ shifts tone when lying │ gives others nicknames │ uses terms of respect towards others

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At times, Katsuki has a distinct, guttural way of rolling his r's that's known as fricativization, which is seen in the French language, and is also found in rural areas of Caribbean nations such as Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Cuba.

Following an incident in his childhood where he suffered from acute smoke inhalation injury and the ensuing hospitalization and complications shortly after, there's a raspy edge and breathiness to Katsuki's voice. However, almost no one knows this since the difference from his pre-accident form of speaking is light, and he's majorly recovered since. It only becomes apparent when he is screaming.

A notable trait of his when speaking is that Katsuki is notorious for not dragging out what he wants to say. He will find the most succint way to get his point across if possible, regardless of whether it comes across as blunt, or even disrespectful.