A bit of a self-indulgent piece, but I’ve wanted to draw these two together ever since Little Shadows II. My mind locked onto Buddy like “Oh. OH. I need him to meet Remington.”.
Frankly, it’s a bit funny instantly thinking of original characters and original story work while you’re reading your chapter for the week. XD
A little context for those that want it!
- I made this comparison purely because of their thieving pasts and how that ended up for them. While Buddy ended up turned into a Key, Remington turned his life around when he and his twin sister met their adoptive mother and became her apprentices as detectives.
- Also the fact that both of them had relatively similar pasts in this regard. If Remington didn’t have his sister that looked after him/to look after, he probably would’ve ended up exactly like Buddy at this point in his life, bitter and alone. Even so, deep down, both are good people at heart. They’re just put in situations that push them to do things like steal.
- Frankly, I’ve put a little thought into a potential AU just so Buddy is temporarily adopted by Adeline and ends up as another apprentice. Half-because I wondered about how he’d acclimate to the situation (and most definitely clock Remington’s habits as using a polite facade to cover up his past) and half-because that mind needs to be nurtured with knowledge and he’d make for a pretty good private eye. He’d still find a way to get to the present day via key transformation, though.
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i might be out of the loop, but i don’t know too much about your ocs / where to find them! feel free to infodump or link to a place where you have <3
Oops! Apologies. I realized that the OC infodump I have in the past isn’t updated/isn’t really visible to people. If you give me a bit, I’ll update the masterpost and pin it to my page. Hope you’re okay waiting a bit until then, bud! (Hopefully, I’ll be able to get it updated in a few hours. There’s a lot to ramble about. XD)
But in any case, I’ll give you the basics about my main OC blorbos.
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Inquisitive Minds for the Supernatural Kind / Detective Light Novel
Adeline Idler - 30 year old detective/private eye solving supernatural cases alongside her adopted children, Remington and Cordelia, and their newest recruit, Gray. She’s very proud and determined to solve any and every case that comes her way, but she can also be stubborn to a fault. Nevertheless, she believes that every truth has a right to come to light, and that everyone has a right to be heard. 5' 6", human.
Remington Sterling - 15 year old apprentice of Adeline and twin brother of Cordelia. He's very intelligent and analytical, but also very insecure. He almost always carries around his journal, which he writes various notes in, be it about different Supernaturals or about the case at hand. He and Cordelia are attached at the hip, and they'd do anything to protect each other. By "anything", they truly would do anything. 5' 7", human.
Cordelia Sterling - 15 year old apprentice of Adeline and Remington's twin sister. She's very kind and caring, analyzing situations with her high emotional intelligence. However, she's also insanely strong for a petite young woman, having pried her arm out of the grip of a German Shepherd and accidentally punched a hole through a plaster wall. She's caring to the point of having a minor savior complex, throwing herself in the way to save someone from harm with no consideration for her own safety. Either way, she deeply loves her brother, and she forms a close relationship with Gray. She often lets him stand on her shoulder or hide in her purse. 5' 1", human.
Gray - Unknown age, but appears to be around 16-17. He initially hid at the Idler Detective Agency when he got stuck in human territory, but eventually became a member of their team. While initially very meek and people-pleasing, he eventually becomes more outspoken and active in investigations/deductions. He's closest to Cordelia due to being saved by her, but is overall fond of all members of the agency. Despite his diminutive size compared to humans (He's actually quite tall for a brownie spirit.), he prides himself on making his own clothes and his ability to easily maneuver around. 6.5", brownie spirit (Supernatural)
[Will get into the other 2 major characters in the masterpost: Percival/Percy Rohel (40 year old detective & Adeline's rival) & Arthur Mayfield (30 year old accountant & Adeline's childhood friend)]
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Hive Mind
[A drama involving insect-human hybrids and reconnecting with family.]
Yanru Zhen - A 29 year old bartender, who was unintentionally transformed into a Dragonfly Hybrid. He fell out of contact with his parents due to being afraid of them seeing his mutation. Only one person knew about his mutation (his roommate, Jian Shi), but the organization that created the mutation serums, the Hive, discovers his secret and, when he turns down joining them, chase after him in order to get rid of him. Although he prefers not to fight, he uses his extreme speed to outmaneuver his opponents. Otherwise, he binds his wings with gauze bandages. 5' 9"
(To note, I have 2 AUs for him. One is him being a trans man [nothing else changes], and the other is him being stuck transforming into a dragonfly-winged fairy [the Fae-U].)
[Will talk about the others in the masterpost.]
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Kaiju Kid
[Pretty much, a half-kaiju fights to protect his home city of Ouroboros Bay from various Kaiju serving the Kaiju King.]
Raito Himura - An 18 year old man, a.k.a the titular Kaiju Kid. He's the son of a human father (Atsushi) and a kaiju-turned-human mother (Umiko), and he's been able to transform into a half-kaiju a bit after he hit puberty. He has some rather intense anger issues at times, which makes him a bit of an outcast, but he finds solace in his 2 friends, Hime Yumehara and Nezu Shoushin. When kaiju start attacking his home city, he transforms into a 47' tall half-kaiju and fights with his claws and limited electricity-channeling abilities. Since his mother was a mixed fire-electric Kaiju, he also inherited her typing, having the red, heat-resistant scales of a fire kaiju and the (albeit short) horns and electricity-channeling abilities of an electric kaiju. Due to his mother being missing, he's trained by her close friend and also kaiju-turned-human, Setsuna. 5' 10" when human, 47' 3" when transformed.
[Will talk about the others in the masterpost.]
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If you want to see some other OCs, my sideblog is also open for asks. I'll also update my OC list there too, but I'll update the one on the main blog first.
Also, I talk a bit about my OCs sometimes under my #kazurambles tag, so you can check that out if you'd like.
Welp, I'm bored, and my mind is running, so I'll just be going on one of my OC rambles for once. If you want to stick around, you can.
Anywho, let's get into the OC rambles! But not just my usual OC rambles (I'll probably talk about my Big 3 series later on.), but rambles about characters that I haven't thought about in a very long time.
The Archives
To be honest, I can't remember all of my OCs, because 1. I have way too many to keep track of, and 2. Some of them are from series that I've long since deleted. The ones I'll get into are from a series that I developed a few years ago (about 2018-2019), ramble about the basics of their character, their relation/effect on my current work, and maybe how I'd revise them if I rewrote their stories.
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You still here? Okay then. My rambles will be under the "read more".
...ALRIGHTY! Let's get this show on the road.
Crystal Monsters
Vague title, I know, but it's an old work. Originally created back in early 2019, this was about two high school students, Kenya and Kairi, and their attempts to retrieve the rogue Crystal Monsters that Kairi accidentally released out into their hometown of Windbrook. It was a bit of a mix of Pokémon, Digimon, and (if you know it) the Magi Nation series, with the Crystal Tamers being able to summon captured Monsters in order to help them fight other monsters and, later on, the Crystal Hunters.
I actually wanted to ramble about both of the main characters, since I have a lot on my mind for both of them, as well as three of the secondary characters.
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Looking back, Kenya Yuudachi was the first of many similar protagonists, being a reserved, black-haired young man with one or two close friends that meets a mysterious person and gets pulled into an adventure that helps pull them out of their comfort zone. (Harley Quinn from "Heart Thief Harlequin" also plays into this archetype, and to some extent, so does Vesper Queen from their titular series.) He was mainly left on his own due to his parents being away for work, so he had to take care of himself, which also meant dealing with his bullies with very little help aside from his friends, Mizuki and Hiroki. Although Kairi is the main instigator of the story, I liked focusing on Kenya's viewpoint due to how he changes Kairi's. While Kairi uses force in order to seal away the escaped Crystal Monsters, he talks them down and tries to get to the root of why they're doing what they do, even if it puts him into sticky situations. Even though his arc is about earning self-confidence and learning to stand up for himself, he doesn't stray away from his kind and pacifistic nature.
If I had to change him in the future, I'd definitely emphasize his own struggles a bit more, since with the story concept that I had, it focused more on the "Monster-of-the-week" shtick. Also, I'd try to get into why Kenya has his "Crystal Sense", where he gets a chill up his spine when a previously uncaptured Crystal Monster is nearby, as well as why this makes him more resistant to the Crystal Monsters' abilities. (Admittedly, I wrote "Crystal Monsters" without any real plan outside of bare-bones chapter notes and a list of 50+ monsters.)
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As for Kairi Amemori, Kenya's foil and the deuteragonist/secondary protagonist of the story, she's contributed to quite a few characters, even if they don't play the same role as she does. One of them would be Raito Himura from "Kaiju Kid" due to their willingness to fight and short temper, as well as Chèvre Fontaine from "Hero Syndrome" due to their cocky/snarky nature, though she more directly influenced characters like Elena Ryder from "Heart Thief Harlequin" as the extroverted supporting character. So far, though, she's been the only character to 1. Wear roller skates (They're a big part of her outfit.), and 2. Prominently carry a weapon (Her katana). As stated, she's the main instigator of the events in "Crystal Monsters" due to accidentally releasing all of the Crystal Monsters onto Windbrook. She tends to take the physical route when it comes to dealing with Crystal Monsters. However, this proves to be detrimental in certain cases, and Kenya tends to step in to use his methods. She's pretty much the polar opposite of Kenya in personality, being a bit snarky and nonchalant, but also all for fighting if the situation calls for it.
Honestly, if I were to rewrite her, I'd try to expand on her character a bit more, since even though she appears a lot, she actually doesn't have too much of a visible character arc, and I'd want to make her a bit more relatable. I'd also touch on why she doesn't have the same "Crystal Sense" that Kenya does despite having dealt with Crystal Monsters much more than he has.
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Moving onto the secondary characters, I think Mizuki Inoue, one of Kenya's friends, has been my greatest original inspiration for Cordelia Sterling's character from the "Inquisitive Minds" series, a.k.a. DLN. Not only do they both have long, black hair and rather petitie builds (not to mention similar voices, since I voice Cordelia with my "Mizuki" voice, which is a higher version of my own voice), but they're also the hearts of their respective stories and have a great effect on those closest to them, being Kenya and Remington respectively. Put simply, Mizuki is one of Kenya's childhood friends, and is one of the people that helps him get through the day with his sanity. She initially doesn't know about his exploits, and whenever she did find out, she had her mind wiped by one of Kairi's Crystal Monsters, but she eventually becomes a part of their team near the end of the story. She was honestly the sweetheart of the story, being supportive of the main characters regardless of what was going on.
Frankly, even though I love her as the resident sweetheart, I think that I'd give her a bit more background in a rewrite. I want to show a bit more of her potential and more of her emotional range outside of her being happy and upset. (In other words, I want to give this girl some rightful rage.)
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Unfortunately, Hiroki Yamada, Kenya's other friend, wasn't really developed much outside of being the extroverted athletic friend with a bit of an accent, but I still liked the potential that he held. I think he mainly contributed to Elena's character from "Heart Thief Harlequin", but also Lazarus Vega from the "Vesper Queen" series. He's generally the easygoing friend, but isn't going down without a fight when confronted. He also doesn't know about Kenya's escapades, also having his mind wiped whenever he found out, but near the end of the story, Mizuki asks for his help in order to save Kenya and Kairi when they get abducted, becoming an unofficial Crystal Tamer alongside her.
Frankly, in a rewrite, I'd write more about him. He's honestly kind of a flat character despite the scrapes he's put in, and I really want his character to shine through more.
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The last person I'm rambling about is actually not a Crystal Tamer, but a Crystal Monster that helps Kairi and Kenya on occasions. As a human, he goes under the alias Gin Kaikyu, but his actual name as a Crystal Monster is Gigao. Frankly, his greatest contribution has been to Raito Himura's character, since they're both blonde-haired characters whose eyes turn red when they transform, not to mention have similar powers. Gin doesn't turn into a kaiju like Raito does, but as his true name suggests, he has the ability to enlarge things, which includes objects, other people, and himself. Hence, "Giga". He plays into the archetype of the bad boy with a heart of gold, though the "bad boy" aspect is less about his actual personality and more about his general appearance and resting bitch face scaring other people. (If you know him, Ban Kenji from Heartcatch Precure is a big part of Gin's inspiration.) I made his character so he'd be a Crystal Monster in disguise, showing that they can blend in alongside other humans due to their human-like appearance.
To be honest, I like how his character is currently, being a supporting character for Kenya's development as well as being his own character, but if I had to change anything, I'd have a bit more of a buildup to his reveal, as well as more hints that he's a Crystal Monster beforehand. I still want to keep the thread where he goes to school alongside the others like a normal person, while also helping Kairi and Kenya when they get into trouble.
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ANYWHO! That's all my rambling. I might ramble about other characters in the future, but I'm definitely planning on rambling about the Big 3 series (Inquisitive Minds/DLN, Heart Thief Harlequin, and Vesper Queen) later on. Hope you liked this ramble, and I hope you stick around for the next one!
