#aidenverse

With the polls ended and going over comments, I have found lots of flowers that would help with symbolism with the main characters from my fanfic series "Aiding A Pal". After carefully going over each flower and suggestions, I saw that they all are great plants and if I were to do a bouquet for each character, they would get all the flowers. For the purpose of my fics, however, I narrowed it down to a few that will make it to my stories. So here's the official line-up of flowers/plants that will appear in my Aidenverse of Poppy Playtime Fanfiction and their meaning:

Poppy - The titular motif of the canon game which gets more of a role in an upcoming one-shot. (Sleep, Peace, Death, Consolation, remembrance)

Forget-Me-Not - This could be for the characters in general, but I mainly use this for Aiden's amnesia. (Memory, faithfulness, true love, respect, connection)

Fuchsia - Represents the protective nature of the main cast. (Trust, love, friendship, resilience, protection, patience, creative, confidence)

Purple Hyacinth - Aiden's flower. In the canon games so far, there is an emphasis about guilt, so I wanted a flower to represent that. (Deep regret, sorrow, forgiveness, playfulness, power, beauty, rebirth, renewal)

Yellow Freesia - Jack's flower. I wanted a yellow flower that represents innocence, so this one came to me. (Friendship, optimism, happiness, joy, innocence)

Orange Pansy/Montbretia - Matthew's flower. I know that Pansy won in my poll, but I love how Montbretia looks and its meaning, so I decided to compromise. Matthew starts out as Pansy but when he gets character development and bolder, his flower changes into Montbretia. (Pansy - Freethinking, warmth, hope, optimism, celebration, perseverance, compassion, love; Montbretia - Boldness, confidence, deep emotion, strong friendship, joy, passion, adventure, warmth, vitality)

Thistle - Kevin's flower. At first, I wanted a red flower for his rage, but I didn't want the flower to be taken out of context. I love the suggestion of a thistle, so I decided to stick with it and the poll result. (Resilience, Strength, Devotion, Determination, protection, pride, royalty, pain, aggression, intrusion, bravery)

And because of my love for plants/Little Shop of Horrors, all the flowers can turn into Venus Flytraps because WHY NOT!

Aiden picked up his briefcase and marched out of the van where Steve, his handler remained in position. It was the same every day since the school had hired him. He'd be dropped off, Aiden would head to his class and carry on with his normal lesson aas a substitute teacher and come back to Steve for his treatment. And he liked the routine. He enjoyed teaching very much, despite being a temp and his kids seemed to enjoy his presence. What more could he really ask for. "I'll see you later," he bid the man farewell as he marched along the school quadrangle, nodding to fellow faculty and students that he ran into.

The substitute had always been fascinated about the university, which was why he always opted to come around early so that he can enjoy the surroundings, and let the life of the school itself breath into him. Taking a sharp turn around one of the hallways, he gasped, stopping abruptly as he almost ran into another man. He chuckled apologetically. "Sorry. I didn't see you there." The man did look familiar, as though he had seen him before, but he couldn't exactly tell how or where he might have seen him.