The flower that blooms in adversity

tsuchiofukurasu replied to your post “//I’ve been thinking about this for a while, and… I think I’d like to...”

(I've been thinking about doing the same with Maxie and possibly my Lysandre as well. And another character not in this fandom. It might be what I need.)

//If it’s what you need to get your muses back, then I say try it out. If it doesn’t work out or you end up missing the way they were before, you can always go back to that.

Thinking back on how I’ve portrayed Lysandra before, I’m really not satisfied. The way I wanted to portray her and the way I actually ended up doing so didn’t match at all. I think I shoved her into acting in ways that she wouldn’t sometimes, and a lot of the time she felt like more of an OC based off Lysandre than Lysandre if he had been AFAB. As an AFAB version of a male character, I don’t want to be shoving her into gendered stereotypes. I want her to act in a way that makers it clear she’s still Lysandre at heart, but affected by growing up AFAB, and I don’t think I’ve been doing that properly.

I don’t want Lysandra to just be “Lysandre with boobs” or something -- I get very anxious about the fact that making AMAB characters AFAB is a hotly-debated topic. I didn’t make Lysandra because I wanted to fetishize femininity or because I thought playing a female Lysandre meant I had to give him an AFAB body. It’s just, as an AFAB non-binary person, I am very interested in the ways in which gender and others’ perception of our gender (and how people relate the body to it) affects the way people think and act and how they are treated by others. The thing is, I keep saying this, but it doesn’t feel like my portrayals of Lysandra (and Augustin) match up to my words. So this is me attempting to fix that.

Sloth: a headcanon about something your character hates to do or simply hates in general 

//Lysandra hates wasting anything. I think that at the end of the day, she’ll invite people to take whatever food is left over at the café, and then take whatever’s left after that to hand out. She probably has all those fancy energy-efficient lights/devices in her home, plus water-saving shower/toilets. If she doesn’t need something anymore and it’s still in usable condition, she would donate it to a charity or Pokémon’s version of Goodwill.

Pride: a headcanon about something your character is a bit cocky about

Lust: a headcanon about your character's romantic and/or sexual life

Greed: a headcanon about something your character hordes or collects

Sloth: a headcanon about something your character hates to do or simply hates in general

Pride: a headcanon about something your character is a bit cocky about

Gluttony: a headcanon about food or obsessions

Wrath: a headcanon about your character and their anger management

visitor: what creature visits your dreams most often?

chimes: what sounds are your favorite?

times: when do you normally awaken?

marking: describe your tattoos,or tattoos you would like in the future?

reverie: think of somewhere otherworldly you wish to be within, what is it like there?

warmth: what do you find most charming in others?

treat: your favorite sweets ?

nestle: your most precious plush toy?

posy: your favorite herbs?

stories: books you remember from your childhood?

folk: who is the most fantastical being you have known?

elder: what do you expect to be like in your elder years?

home: in what type of environment do you feel most safe?

finds: what kind of item would you most likely buy from an antique store?

offering: how do you show others you are fond of them?

“I just figured that we could go fishing together and just do something as friends,” he replied.

23. Go fishing with my character