So… I still adore Vampires SMP, but I can’t even look at Avid right now. He was my absolute favorite character. I was planning to cosplay him at an upcoming event, I drew him multiple times, I made entire AUs playing with the character, and a friend of mine was planning to make me a v!Avid bracelet. This character has eaten my brain since October of last year. I gushed over him, I wept over him, I put him in the torture nexus. But it feels like he’s been poisoned by AvidMC’s actions. I normally separate art from artist. But it’s difficult right now. Because I read his dialogue in fanfiction, and I hear his voice in my head. And I feel disgust pervading my joy. Maybe it will clear up after a few months. But I don’t want to reject my favorite fandom while I grieve. And I’m not letting AvidMC ruin the efforts and passions of multiple talented people, and I’m not letting him kill my joy.
As such, I’ve decided to try and reclaim the story I love through an Avid Replacement OC. I’ve essentially stripped V!Avid for parts, and combined them with various other handcrafted pieces to create a little Frankenstein’s OC creature. It’s a little something to bring me joy, and I’m really excited to show you.
I’m hoping to someday write or draw out the full story, but for now I just wanna play with my new 2D doll. I would absolutely love to receive asks in my inbox regarding the new OC. If I get enough asks, I might make a side blog for her. But I don’t want to go to all the effort of her inbox is going to be empty.
Side note that asks can help me develop the character, as you guys might bring up stuff that I didn’t think of. Thank you so much.
Anyway, here she is, boys!! Here she is, world!! Here’s Willow Banks!
Here’s some cliff notes because this post is already kinda long and my brain is running on pure determination rn:
- she’s Elle’s best friend since childhood
- the two are monster hunters. Willow has always been intrigued by them, but was further incentivized to research them after a certain…. Incident. Elle is also curious, and determined to subdue (or even kill) monsters in the hopes that nobody else has to live through the hell she experienced. Or what Willow endured… they were only kids, too…..
- Elle is alive, folks! Hopefully. Willow isn’t really sure. The pair have been taking on monster capturing/hunting gigs (bounty hunter style) for a while. Elle went out for a gig and hasn’t come back. Law enforcement is giving less than a fuck about it, so Willow has decided to take matters into her own hands. She was looking for a town to find an inn where she could crash. Her wish came true, but at a price.
- their talents within monster hunting and research are alchemy and long range weaponry. Elle is much better at hand to hand combat. But Willow? They’re a good sniper.
- random fun fact: they’re farsighted. They don’t need their glasses for average day to day life, but given the reading and writing that comes with noting monster related stuff, she wears them a lot. She actually had a chain for them, but it broke and she hasn’t gotten around to fixing it.
Her pronouns are she/they, and sometimes he but rarely. She lives more on the neutral or fem side of the gender spectrum, but every so often she’ll lean masculine. Her gender is a goddamn mess.
