how about... 39 for both Celestine and Phoenix? i feel like there'd be some vast differences in their answers
Thank you for the ask! And, you may actually be surprised here~
39. How superstitious your oc? Do they end up following them âjust in caseâ? Or are superstitions incredibly important to your oc? What are some that they believe? What about the ones they donât?
A similar question was actually answered here for both of them!
Celestine pretends not to be. She is fully aware of the existence of magic and its uses, and that often means that many things that are believed to be connected to superstitions arenât as easy for her to. That said, there are quite a few superstitions sheâs not been able to drop--âjust in caseâ is a typical excuse of her, although sheâll also argue thereâs nothing to say they arenât real. Her mother was incredibly superstitious, and because Celestine was very close to her, sheâs picked up a lot of the same ones from her Spanish culture.
Sheâs got a couple of your classic Spaniard beliefs of misfortune, hating hats on beds and stepping forward with your right foot at certain times. Itâs even funnier when she crosses herself and doesnât actually know what it means.
Phoenix is likely my most superstitious of the main four! Not only do all of your classic mariner beliefs apply--killing seabirds brings bad luck, stepping first on a ship with your left foot brings bad luck, bananas on board brings bad luck... just a lot of bad luck ones--but she also grew up on an isolated island in Ireland, and uh. Very superstitious community, there. She has a few daily practices she does to ward off bad luck and other misfortunes, and confuses the heck out of Celestine from it.
My favourite sailorâs superstition that is in fact based on truth is the saying âRed sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.â Not only is it such a pretty aesthetic for a fisher-person weather nerd, but itâs one of the ways I predict the weather! (When Iâm unable to check the forecast. ^^) This isnât always true, especially on land where geography can affect the weather, but itâs a neat trick for when youâre at sea~