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Well! While I first saw this question a few days ago, I thought it would be fun to answer on a Tuesday to say that I am open to TMI Tuesday questions for my OCs! That said, on to the question!

I thought about it for a few moments and pretty quickly settled on Tina.

See, Tina is an exceptionally smooth talker and quite the charmer. She’d be able to use her words and her wiles to get people to do what she wants with very little effort on her part while also ensuring that no one will get hurt.

Although, ironically, I do have an AU version of Tina who was part of a gang when she was younger and is now her own mob boss, so I’m sure that that version of Tina more than willingly took part in a few bank heists in her younger years.

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Another @jameshoppy OC question! Tysm, dude! I always love answering these!

Okay, so! OC traditions!

Lyric, being a pony, travels back to her hometown of Faroefield to celebrate Hearth’s Warming Eve with her family! Her family consisting of her mother and father, her sister and brother-in-law, her niece and nephew, and some found family she’s bonded with along the way. They all like to gather together and catch up with one another while also singing carols and exchanging stories. With Lyric being asked to put on a performance at least once, of course. She is a wandering bard after all!

For Ginger, I don’t recall if witches in the Magic World celebrate Christmas or not. It’s been a while since I’ve read Sugar Sugar Rune. But regardless, her mentor Cappuccino (who is also a witch) has spent years in the Human World herself and has picked up on some of the traditions, such as decorating. And oh boy, does Cappuccino love to decorate! So with Ginger residing in the Human World for much of her story and with Cappuccino as a mentor and having human friends, she’d probably at the very least pick up on the traditions of decorating and gift giving as well if she did not in fact have these traditions in the Magic World! Either way, I could see Ginger celebrating a quiet, cozy Christmas at home (whether that be with her parents in the Magic World or with Cappuccino and their familiars Mocha and Marshmallow in the Human World), sitting by the fire, sipping cocoa, and exchanging gifts with the ones she loves.

Now Rose is very close to her family, and she has a HUGE family! At least on her mother’s side. Her father’s side is smaller and more scattered. But regardless! Her mother’s family always orchestrates a HUGE gathering for Christmas and she and the others attend! Along with any friends that are brought along, significant others, people that have simply been adopted as family, and what-have-you. It’s chaotic and cozy and Rose wouldn’t have it any other way. On a smaller scale, though, she’d also have a quieter celebration at home with her mom and step-dad. (Her dad was a pilot in the Great War and died during his service when she was young.) And with her step-dad being a minister and Rose not being religious at all, they would probably get into some fun debates. And I legitimately mean fun. She and Roy have an amazing relationship and she often thinks of him as her dad just as he often thinks of her as his daughter.

And lastly, Tina! Now Tina also celebrates Christmas, but like Rose she isn’t religious at all. She’s more in it for the fun. Especially since my friend @neoninkstains helped me decide that December 25 is also her birthday! So LOTS of lines and quips from her with her being a bit of a smartass and being such a huge flirt. XD So while I’m not entirely sure how Tina would celebrate — if it would be something loud and flamboyant or if it would be more quiet for her — she at the very least would have a few drinks. Probably celebrate with those she’s close to. Perhaps even Rose would find time to celebrate with her, since they did date at one time and are (usually) still quite close.

Also an honorable mention for New Year’s Eve with Tina and Rose! These two are such party fiends that they would ABSOLUTELY let loose and celebrate! They would definitely find a good party to attend and do so, perhaps accompanying each other if they don’t have dates of their own, and definitely drinking a lot and having fun socializing to ring in the new year.

Okay! I meant to answer this one a few days ago, but I also wanted to sit down and listen to the Unplugged album first since you’d also asked me about that. I FINALLY got the chance to do so tonight after a crazy couple of days, so here we go!

Now, I have A TON of OCs, so I’m only going to answer for the ones I actually have an answer for. Beyond that also, I’ll be talking about a few OCs I haven’t mentioned here before, so if y’all want to know more about them, feel free to ask!

My human/humanoid OCs

Rose: So if Rose were to hear Nirvana for the first time, I actually think she’d be indifferent. She wouldn’t think they’re bad or anything, they’re just not to her taste. Being from the 30s, her taste in music is more jazz/big band type stuff; and in the modern day her type of music would be pop for sure.

Léon: Léon is the kind of guy who definitely had a rebel rocker teen phase, so he would have loved Nirvana right away. Even as he grows out of that phase (which a lot of it was just to spite his shitty parents anyway), he’d still enjoy their music.

Percie: So, quick tidbit. Percie’s real name is Persephone, which is why I’ll be using she/her pronouns for her. She got the nickname because her younger siblings couldn’t pronounce her full name when they were little and it stuck.

Now, Percie and Léon were childhood friends and eventually become a couple when they’re older, so her first exposure to Nirvana would have been through him. She would have heard him strumming a guitar and singing a Nirvana song, and she would have been interested and so stopped and listened, with Léon eventually sharing his collection of their music with her. And while she’d never become as big of a fan as Léon is, she’d still enjoy them as she gets older.

Ginger: Okay, so some explanation first. I created Ginger to fit into the world of a manga called Sugar Sugar Rune. Ginger is a witch, and in the manga witches are a separate race from humans and most live in the Magic World. Over the course of her story, Ginger ends up coming to the Human World (which is our world).

As such, Ginger is fascinated with just about everything from the Human World. That would include its music. The manga doesn’t go deep into what kind of music the Magic World has, but it’s doubtful that rock music (or even rock music as we know it) exists there. As such she’d be struck by how different it is to anything she’s heard before. And so as I said, she would be fascinated when she hears Nirvana for the first time. Just utterly captivated.

My pony OCs

Lyric: Being a bard, Lyric has an appreciation for all kinds of music. So upon hearing Nirvana for the first time, she would be intrigued. She would appreciate their sound and I could even see her trying to figure out how to adapt their music to her instrument of choice to share.

Halo: Now, Halo is over 1,000 years old and has not resided in the mortal realm for almost as long as that. So I honestly think a band like Nirvana would confuse her more than anything. Not to say that she couldn’t appreciate their talent, it’s just not the sort of sound she was used to before she became the caretaker of souls.

Finner: Finner, surprisingly, I think would be the one out of my pony OCs to appreciate them the most. The thing that would strike him upon first listen is the emotions behind Nirvana’s music. The injustices and the hurt and concealed rage. That is something he could connect with, having lost his wife when she was still relatively young. He never really got over that, so the music would strike a chord with him.

And even though you asked about my OCs, I’m also going to give my impressions on the Unplugged album. I enjoyed it a lot. Something about live music just hits differently with me, and I appreciate it all the more. I’d heard the majority of songs on that album from listening to the radio, but I connected with the live versions more. I’d definitely listen to it again.

Ooooh, this is a good one! Thank you so much!

I saw this a few days ago and had to think on this one for a bit, but after listening to some Welcome to Night Vale, I came up with something I think fits!

To start, I’m only on episide 135 of Night Vale, so if any other fans of the series see this, no spoilers for any episodes beyond that, please! That said, I will also be talking about events that have taken place in the series so far, so there will be some spoilers from me.

Okay, with that said, on to the fic idea! For this what I think I would do is tell a story largely from Dana’s point of view. I recently listened to the episode where the Dana from a war-torn universe confronts the Dana we know for killing her double. She’s so wracked with guilt for doing it and I’d like to delve deeper into that. Show more of what she was going through and how it affected her to not only have done this, but to also have lost other citizens of Night Vale under her watch.

I love this one! Thank you so much!

So this could work very well for three different fandoms I’m in.

The original and most solid idea I had for it was that it would be a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fic, and it would be about Luna. It would start the moment she is free from Nightmare Moon’s influence and end with the moment she meets Celestia again, and would show her inner thoughts and feelings on everything that happened and her apprehension at seeing her sister again.

HOWEVER!

This could work equally well as a Persona 5 fic or a BioShock Infinite fic!

If I went the P5 route, it would be a fic about Joker. (SPOILERS for P5 ahead!) It would take place after he has been released from jail at the end of the game and would show more of the roadtrip that he and the crew went on from one of the good endings (which was the ending I got).

If I made it a BioShock Infinite fic, it would be an Elizabeth fic focusing on events shortly after the main game. She has recently set out on the mission she has given herself (as seen in Burial at Sea) and it shows her musings on each new parallel world she travels to and on the task she has undertaken.