#about asher

—    BASICS.

▸     IS    YOUR    MUSE    TALL    /    SHORT    /    AVERAGE ?

He’s a tall boy - 6′2″ (188cm)

▸      ARE    THEY    OKAY    WITH    THEIR    HEIGHT ?

He is, yeah. 

Aside from the fact it really helps with being intimidating at times (he’s a tall sneaky boy with glowing eyes), it also helps him when it comes to climbing and chasing. 

The only time he really has an issue with his height is when he has to be stealthy in small spaces. He has to wiggle an awful lot sometimes and that is neither fun nor dignified.

▸      WHAT’S    THEIR    HAIR    LIKE ?

Colour: Black

Condition: thicker when young, thinner when older

Younger: close cropped on the back and sides, longer on the top, fringe fell between his eyes

Older: longer, stops mid-neck, majority is swept to the right, short fringe (occasionally) falls over his right eye (he wants his scar - across the opposite eye - to be on show)

▸     DO    THEY    SPEND    A    LOT    OF    TIME    ON    THEIR    HAIR     /    GROOMING ?

Hair: no. 

He wears a hood 90% of the time so it gets messed up anyway, but even when he doesn’t he can’t stop himself from running his hand through his hair so it’s sort of pointless to put effort in to it. That, and he mainly tries to avoid people so it’s not like anyone is going to see whether or not he put effort in.

Beard: yes.

He likes to keep his beard short - slightly longer than stubble - and uniform. People CAN see that, whether he has his hood up or not - and he doesn’t want anyone to think the Order has low expectations in regards to the grooming standards of its soldiers.

▸      DOES   YOUR   MUSE   CARE   ABOUT   THEIR   APPEARANCE   /   WHAT    OTHERS    THINK ?

Not really.

He has a job to do and that job usually has him away from civilisation for long periods of time. He cares more when he’s making an appearance at a Circle, Fort or other official building, but out in the wilds he has more important things to worry about. 

But in regards to his armour/anything with the Order’s emblem on it, he will maintain that to a high standard. He’s proud of the Seekers, even after everything went wrong. 

Obviously everyone would in this case, but if he ends up meeting the Divine/Lord Seeker/anyone else deserving of respect (and where he’d have to remove his hood) then he puts a LOT more effort in. 

—    PREFERENCES.

▸     INDOORS    OR    OUTDOORS ?

▸     RAIN    OR    SUNSHINE ?

▸     FOREST    OR    BEACH ?  

▸     PRECIOUS    METALS   OR    GEMS ?   

▸     FLOWERS    OR    PERFUMES ?  

▸     PERSONALITY    OR    APPEARANCE ?  

▸     BEING    ALONE   OR    BEING    IN    A    CROWD ?  

▸     ORDER    OR    ANARCHY ?  

▸     PAINFUL    TRUTHS    OR    WHITE    LIES ? 

▸     SCIENCE    OR    MAGIC ?   

▸     PEACE    OR    CONFLICT ?  

▸     NIGHT    OR    DAY ?  

▸     DUSK    OR    DAWN ?  

▸     WARMTH    OR    COLD ?  

▸     MANY   ACQUAINTANCES    OR   A    FEW    CLOSE    FRIENDS ?       

▸     READING   OR    PLAYING    A    GAME ?

—    QUESTIONNAIRE.

▸      WHAT    ARE    SOME    OF    YOUR    MUSE’S    BAD    HABITS ?          

He isolates himself a lot, both physically and emotionally. I understand why he does it, but it puts unnecessary strain on his mental well being. Between being a Seeker - an Order which is infamous for being stoic and cold - and knowing there’re people who have it worse than him, Asher tends to just bottle everything up and try bury any emotions he may have. 

He avoids sleep whenever he can. He’s tired of all the nightmares and the nights spent staring at the ceiling/sky could have been much better utilised. He knows he needs sleep but doesn’t trust his head, so he just works himself to exhaustion, passes out for a few hours, then goes again the next day. The gifts from his Vigil prevent the lack of sleep from having any negative impact on his fighting capabilities so he genuinely doesn’t see a problem with his “routine”. 

▸      HAS    YOUR    MUSE    LOST    ANYONE    CLOSE    TO    THEM ?      HOW    HAS    IT    AFFECTED    THEM

He watched his father figure and Seeker mentor - Byron - die in front of him when he was still fairly young. It broke him. It reignited a hatred for mages that took years to control; it made him even more withdrawn from the world and it made him emotionally unstable, to the point that he turned his back on his best friend. Even decades later he still feels the impact of losing the only male role model he had in his life, and the constant flashbacks of him holding his mentor in his arms as the breath left his body still haunts him. 

▸   WHAT    ARE    SOME    FOND    MEMORIES    YOUR    MUSE    HAS ?  

The only fond memories he has are from his youth, everything from 26+ has just been death, betrayal and war. 

He remembers the Sisters and Mother at Ostwick Chantry smiling and laughing as he pretended to be a Templar; as he marched around the building and “stood guard” during the quiet hours. 

He remembers them singing to him when he was poorly or scared or just angry and confused at being abandoned by his biological family. Their voices were so calming and beautiful they stayed with him all his life. 

Byron also appears a lot. 

The occasions he’d ruffle Asher’s hair when he did something well; the subtle smiles he’d let sneak onto his face when he made him proud. The day Asher became an official Seeker and could see the pride in his mentor’s eyes is one of his best memories.

And then, of course, there’s the day he met one Ms Pentaghast. 

All the days spent together in their youth: their sparring matches, the conversations stretching into the night, the moment he realised he’d found a family with her. Perhaps the best memory he has of her though is the day he discovered what her full name truly was: the noise she made as that was read out at her initiation will humour him to his dying day. 

▸     IS    IT    EASY    FOR    YOUR    MUSE    TO    KILL ?

Of course.

He was trained to hunt and kill from a young age, it’s all he’s ever known. The Order only ever sent him after potentially dangerous people and it was his job to decide whether they deserved death or not. It was his responsibility to make the call and live with the consequences, so every kill he’s made was made for a reason. 

As far as he’s concerned, every life he takes is one less threat towards his family; that makes killing perhaps too easy for him. 

▸      WHAT’S    IT    LIKE    WHEN    YOUR    MUSE    BREAKS    DOWN ?

Messy.

If he’s with someone he trusts (mainly Cassandra), he’ll be open and is more likely to full on rant and be emotionally vulnerable. He won’t mean to, and he certainly won’t want to, but if something triggers the dam breaking then...it’s not a pretty sight.

With people he doesn’t know as well, or simply doesn’t trust, he’ll just be furious: everything will irritate him and he will get very vocal and violent towards objects - e.g. tables, chairs - unless someone is deliberately trying to piss him off, in which case he won’t hesitate to get violent towards them.

By himself he just...goes in on himself. He’ll throw things, punch walls/doors/pillows, everything, until his knuckles bleed and he tires himself out and then he’ll just go quiet. If he breaks down in private, no one will be able to lure him out of his hide-y hole; they’ll just have to wait. He won’t eat, won’t drink, won’t move in extreme cases, for days. Then he’ll be fine.

▸      IS    YOUR    MUSE    CAPABLE    OF    TRUSTING    SOMEONE    WITH    THEIR    LIFE ?

Yep.  

Although the Order focused on teaching him never to rely on others, it made sure he knew how to trust others and ensured he knew how to identify those worthy of it. 

It takes a while in Inquisition for him to trust people so completely simply because of what happened with the Order, but he does eventually settle down and stops watching his own back so much. 

As for Cassandra, he will always trust her with his life. 

▸      WHAT’S    YOUR    MUSE    LIKE    WHEN    THEY’RE    IN    LOVE ?

Sappy. Hopeless. Committed. Devoted.

He will smile, he will laugh, he will relax. He’ll be at ease with himself for the first time ever and will do everything he can think of to show his love and gratitude to the person that made that possible. 

He’s not a huge fan of PDA but he will kiss their cheek when he sees them, hold their lower back or waist when he stands beside them (as long as it’s suitable at the time); if they’re in the tavern he’ll wrap his arm around their shoulder or hold their hand beneath the table, that sort of stuff.

Be aware though, he is a cuddler and a nuzzler. He can spend hours just sitting against a tree or lying in bed with his Mrs. with his arms wrapped around her, nuzzling and kissing her shoulder whilst she relaxes against him. Most kisses will end with foreheads resting against each other and noses being brushed.  

for sure!!!!

- Anna Winchester (fc. Kaylee Bryant) in Memory: Anna is John Winchester’s youngest child.  Her mother was a recurring one night stand that John saw for most of a year, and Anna was the result.  When her mother died, Anna was taken in with the Winchesters, and has spent her life with them.  Only, no one knows who her mother actually is 

- Briony Harvelle & Asher Millian in Don’t You Cry (No More): I just wrote a bit about them here!!

- Cybil (fc. Danielle Campbell) in Heavy Is The Head (That Wears The Crown): the only daughter of a prince of hell (Asmosdeus), who has been primarily raised by Crowley as he’s hoping to have her support when he finally has a chance to take over.  She’s absolutely fed up with the entire system of Hell, and tried to take care of Dean when he was there

- Desdemona (fc. Zoey Deutch) in Untitled: Crowley’s daughter

- Genesis (fc. Jenny Boyd) in Heaven Won’t Take Me Back: a fallen angel who was exiled centuries ago and is now a part of team free will

- Marmaroth (fc. Meg Donnelly) in Untitled: Marmaroth (aka Mary) is the angel born to thwart fate.  Furious at how Michael has forgotten about free will, she runs away to earth where she meets Cas and the Winchesters and joins their team

- Roxanne Marlowe (fc. Kaya Scodelario) in Untitled: her mother was Mary Winchester’s best friend.  After her father was killed on a hunt, her mother withdrew from hunting completely, but still taught her daughter to defend herself.  She meets the Winchesters in Lawrence, Kansas, and offers to help them find John

- Scarlett (fc. Kat McNamara) in Untitled: Michael’s daughter

and she wasn’t on the list bc I don’t have a name for her yet but

Esther/Delilah Colt (fc. Crystal Reed and Emilia Jones) in Untitled: A girl whose mom was a hunter and sometimes when she and Dean were young, her mom and John started hooking up and hunting together.  And her mom died on a hunt, so John ended up raising her too.  But she’s always blamed John for her mom’s death, so when she turned 16 she left.  But doing her own research she learned that it was Yellow Eyes who killed her mom, so when she hears that John went missing she tracks down the boys and they reunite to find him

I sure can

Briony Harvelle is Jo’s younger sister and Ellen’s youngest daughter!  She was extremely young when her dad died and only vaguely remembers him, but she’s grown up around the supernatural world and Jo has been training her since she was about ten.  She, like Jo, refers to just about every hunter who comes through the Roadhouse as aunt/uncle and generally they’re all pretty fond of her!

She meets the Winchesters in Season 2 and sneaks along on their hunt, nearly dying in the process.  She agrees to Dean’s request that she trains more before she tries hunting again, which she does.  In season 4 (she’s 18), the Winchesters show up to the Roadhouse with Asher, hoping that Ellen will keep an eye on him because he’s too young for the whole apocalypse thing, but instead she and Asher sneak out and meet up with them somewhere along the way anyways because they’re stubborn idiots, but Jo and Ellen don’t die so like it’s worth it!

Asher is Adam’s younger brother, and Sam and Dean’s other half brother!  He and his mom had a fight and he stormed out, narrowly avoiding the ghouls.  He found his way home again after about six months on his own, and runs into the Winchesters and ends up joining them.  He’s really angry at the world for quite a while but being friends with Briony definitely helps with that!  He’s real fucked up when Adam comes back but she helps him with that too!

Asher sighed in frustration. He needed new ideas. Something different. But he was at his limits with the parts he had and the knowledge at hand. He needed better inspiration and parts.

He knew it was his job to fix stuff for the crew. That wasn't his problem. It was his personal projects that felt... Boring and unoriginal. Charlie was the best thing he'd created. He'd tried a few other things with very limited success. But nothing gave him that spark of creativity lately.

Maybe he could talk the Captain into letting him have a little extra gil so he could get newer parts instead of salvaging things like he usually did. Salvage parts only could be used for so much. Trying to create something would be better with something a little newer than the scrap he was working with after making sure all the crew's stuff was in working order first.

Does your OC enjoy holding hands? Or are they too awkward to do this in public? Or possible too clammy?

Surprisingly he's not awkward about hand holding unless he's being teased. Not too many people actually tease him outside of Corveau though really. He has plenty of other issues but hand holding in public isn't one of them most of the time.

Asher isn't a hand holder unless it's a small child. For him it's awkward because he has no interest in being that close to most people. But for a child he would if it comforted them. So basically don't expect him to get chummy enough to hold hands.