#elliott ask

🌟 - What illness symptom/torture tactic/snz trigger do you have the most fun portraying or reading?

I'm such a coldfucker to my core. There's something so deeply and unfathomably sexy to me about someone sneezing just because they are so sick they cannot help it, no matter how they might try to hold back or how much self control they usually have

👤 - Describe your current favorite character (including OCs)

Nobody is going to be surprised to hear that it's Elliott. He is my babygirl. My blorbo supreme. I've had him for almost a decade and he occupies a lot of my brain space bc I have never had an OC this long before and I've spent awhile developing him

He's so nice it's pathetic and detrimental, and he is definitely like a codependent doormat which makes people either want to protect him or want to take advantage of that. He's sooo sickly and allergic and weird and everyone knows that about him, and he's so embarrassed that this is one of the things people know most when they think of him. He's so painfully earnest and kind-hearted and also absolutely incapable of taking a chill pill. He is full tilt on everything, and refuses to rest or relax because he's always got to be doing something and feels guilty about anyone having to take care of him or the notion that he can't pull his own weight (and being a parent does not help this fact, because even if he could take a day off from a job, he does not have the luxury of taking a sick day from a child existing, even if she's a teen who is self sufficient enough to manage no problem if he took a day to die in bed like an animal)

He's tall and leans more beautiful than handsome, and keeps his hair tied back in a braid that hangs thick and heavy like rope well past his waist. He has a gap in his teeth that I think is so charming but he's self conscious about (but it's the 1890s in alternate history London so orthodontics are not really an option), and has a habit of always being in motion and fidgeting to some degree, whether that's worrying at his cane or adjusting his tie or rubbing at his nose (whether it's necessary or not)

22. Would they rather blend in or stand out?

Blend in FOR SURE. He's already horribly afraid of how badly he stands out. His DREAM is that nobody will give him a second thought because he's so utterly unremarkable <- undiagnosed autism

41. Would their friends describe them as impulsive? Would they describe themselves as impulsive?

They would definitely describe him as impulsive. This is a man who leads with his heart first and his brain second, and will be partway through something before realizing "wait this is a horrible idea". He would describe himself as perhaps a bit hasty, but not as impulsive <- undiagnosed ADHD

45. Do they have mental health issues? In what ways do those affect them?

17 has been answered in a previous ask!

15. What do they lead with when they’re asked “tell me about yourself?”

He'd tell you he's a dad :)

47. What’s the worst thing they could lose?

Ohhhh, his daughter. His ultimate, worst fear is that he'll be found an unfit parent and lose custody of her, or that Florence will take her back, or that she'll just get old enough and naturally leave on her own and decide she doesn't want to come back

Short of something so existential, probably his keys, because he has locked himself out of his house SO many times that he's ended up giving a copy to a lot of friends so he can hit them up like "heyyyy <:) I don't know where my keys are and I would really like to go to bed can you come over and let me in"

49. When learning a new skill, do they ask a lot of questions to ensure getting it right the first time, or would they rather try it out and fix anything that went wrong?

21. What’s the worst thing a history book 100 years from now could write about them?

Elliott has been answered in a different ask!

Joseph: (answering for his canon era self also!) It would for sure be to be known for his cruelty, and perhaps cowardice. To be known for having saved his own neck at the expense of fellow aristocrats in Hell's Aristocracy. To be known for the ruthlessness with which he pursued his social climbing and the callousness with which he discarded his only child

42. Do they have too-high self esteem, too-low self esteem, or are they pretty in the middle?

Elliott: way too low. This man will tolerate any and all treatment because he just doesn't feel like he deserves better, and shoulders an unreasonable amount of guilt and anxiety about everything around him. He internalized that he's Just No Good and that this is an immutable fact of life, a consequence of something fundamental to him as a person that cannot be changed despite how hard he tries

13. What’s the worst insult they’ve ever given, and who did they say it to?

Elliott: in canon era he got his shit rocked in the middle of Mass for telling a friend(?) that they and their rage were the reason their brother-in-law was dead, which was Not Very Nice Of Him! Getting beat up for that one was pretty understandable

Florence: considering Florence has a mouth like a sailor and a temper like a wildfire, I imagine she's said some PRETTY RANCID THINGS in her life. She's definitely somebody who would tell someone they deserve whatever horrible thing has happened to them because they were too weak or cowardly to change it or fight for something better, so that might be it? nothing concrete jumps to mind

Joseph: I think he's definitely left performance reviews that included such thoughts as "I would not let this employee breed" and "she would be out of her depth in a parking lot puddle"

17. What’s the one trait they’ve worked the hardest to change about themselves? Has it worked?

Elliott: he's tried to change that he's fundamentally unlovable and a bad person. This hasn't been super successful, mostly because I think he suffers from scrupulosity and would benefit more from intensive therapy than anything else, and that he is locked in eternal conflict with himself over this

Florence: she is in an ongoing quest to remove the part of her that's still grieving. This has been largely unsuccessful, but if you asked her she would tell you it was very successful and she doesn't even think about him anymore. She is lying and refusing to acknowledge her feelings or do any introspection because that's for CHUMPS. Real winners let their emotions slowly fester until it kills them

21. What’s the worst thing a history book 100 years from now could write about them?

blinks cutely at you

If they say “I had a bad day,” what does that usually mean happened?