#misc ask game

Ooh these ones are fun!!

🌙 - Laird loves a well kept sleep schedule but rarely does he adhere to it. Usually 2am to 8am. But he may also take a nap in a nice lil sun spot after dinner! Whiiiiiich just fucks his sleep schedule more. He is orange cat coded after all.

🗣️ - Laird HAAAAAATES public speaking. He can do it, but the fear of a spontaneous Non-Verbal spell itches at the back of his skull like a brain eating amoeba the entire time. He's also in general horrible at eye contact and never knows where the fuck to look in a crowd. Now if he's talking about something he's passionate about? Whole other man comes out. Emmrich constantly insists he should do a few lectures on autopsy some day.

🎶 - If you were to ask a modern day Laird, I feel like he'd absolutely fuck with anything by Vancouver Sleep Clinic, The Funeral Portrait, or Sleep Token. But in general, he's a fan of Fuschia Lotus and Apostacy from songs he's heard. A Mortalitasi he grew up with, Rethkata, taught him The Girl in Red Crossing and The Red Breasted Robin after returning to Nevarra from serving the Inquisition for a time, both songs of which Laird can be heard humming to himself as he works.

For laird ♥♥♥

Omg eeeeee!! Thank you for the ask!

🌳 - Laird has no idea what his birth family is or was like. He was born (or at least abandoned for sure) and raised in the Necropolis. A lot of his ideas of family are in found family and people who've filled in those roles. If anyone was to be considered a distant relative, Varric was definitely an uncle figure to him (and he's let it slip more than once). He was also close growing up to another Mortalitasi, Rethkata, an orphaned Qunari of similar circumstance. He'll tell you in no uncertain term Kata is his cousin. There's begrudged yet fond memories of Myrna finding the boys, with bones or antlers tied to Laird's head so he could play headbutt as Kata's horns started coming in. Sooo many concussion scares... So so many...

☕ - His blood type is espresso for certain, but you can win him over easily with any citrusy teas or a really nice spiced chai latte. Manfred keeps getting him to try new flavours he can't say no to that face.

💘 - God all the attractive traits. He thinks the sun shines out Emmrich's ass and he can do no wrong (except that one argument). But he's not a material boy. He loves Emmrich's mind. He wants to sit on his lap and listen to him infodump forever about his favourite embalming methods and what corpse whispering feels like from a magick standpoint. It's unbelievably hot to Laird to listen to an educated man that genuinely loves what he's talking about. He loves his voice, and the natural purr he seems to take on when he speaks more softly. Laird also just REALLY likes his grooming habits. If he passes Emmrich in the hallway after a good bath and catches a wiff of the fresh pomade and aftershave and whatever exquisite soap he's been using lately, he loses all train of thought for the next 6-12 business hours thinking about it. He can be standing in the library and if the breeze in the lighthouse is just right, he can pick up on when Emmrich's bathed like a bloodhound. It makes Harding REALLY uncomfortable.

(photo by TheMournfulWatcher)

You mean besides Tumblr? Totally would be Twitter and Instagram. I post a lot of stuff.

🎁 - How do I feel my birthday or birthdays in general?

I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!! BIRTHDAYS ARE SO MUCH FUN!

There’s cake and ice cream and presents and parties and everybody treats you special and for once, things get to be about you for a little while. You and your life get to be celebrated! And I think everybody is worth celebrating like that.

I hear y'all can style your hair now.

~☕👍

We can! Yeah, it’s pretty awesome.

I haven’t dyed my hair, but I’ve definitely styled it many, many times. I did cut it once too. It was just too long for my taste. I like it this way much better!

Barbie Land and California!

That’s it so far. I hope to see more though.

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1. What memory would your OC rather just forget?

For both of them it would probably be one of the big climactic moments of Bowman of Wellwood, the story they originate from. Most people here probably already know it but I'll keep it vague in case there's some out there that have yet to be spoiled. Needless to say it was traumatic for all involved.

2. What’s something about your OC that people wouldn’t expect just from looking at them?

For Chase, people underestimate how good a liar he is, which only helps him sell the ruse. For Bobby, I think people wouldn't expect his temper. He jumps to frustration pretty fast when he doesn't get his way, exactly his way (it's something he knows to work on as he gets out of his teen years).

3. What is your OC’s fatal flaw? Are they aware of this flaw?

Chase: Very impulsive, aware of it, and unsure how to stop.

Bobby: The aforementioned temper. Not super aware of it outside of moments when he's getting angry about something.

5. How far is your OC willing to go to get what they want?

Chase would back down if things got too dark or heavy. Bobby needs to have that sense knocked into him, so he tends to go farther to get things (it comes from a place of extreme privilege; he's used to getting what he wants, but he's capable of listening and learning).

8. Would your OC ostensibly be able to get away with murder?

No

10. What’s an AU that would be interesting to explore with your OC?

Trick question, if I'm exploring an AU it's because I found it interesting. This could probably be a whole discussion on its own, though Chase has a couple fun AUs floating around this blog already!

12. Is your OC self-destructive? In what ways?

Chase could be considered a little self-destructive, probably. He's all impulse, very little consideration of long term consequences. He's going with the flow, which is good to a point. He needs more level-headed people to remind him to stay on track sometimes. Bobby's probably not that self-destructive? He's selfish but he doesn't fall into things that'd be harmful long term.

15. Does your OC have a faceclaim? If so, who?

I don't really have any faceclaims for either of them, no. Probably should try to find some.

17. What is the worst thing you have put your OC through story-wise?

Chase's worst time was probably in the Brothers Lost Supernatural AU with @nightmares06, in which we had him captured by the Hellhounds Ed and Harry, and subsequently hotboxed in their RV. He has asthma. Don't smoke around him.

I suppose so far the worst thing I've ever written for Bobby was getting possessed by a demon in a different Supernatural AU with nightmares06. What can we say, we put everyone through some stuff! No one is safe.

19. How does your OC behave when enraged?

I almost can't imagine Chase enraged? I don't think I'll know until I have occasion to write it. Bobby gets very entitled and myopic.

23. What emotion is the hardest for your OC to process? How about express?

They're young men who grew up in the US. The world around them has given them all the wrong lessons for how to process and express sadness. It's one thing to say they know "Boys don't cry" is bullshit, it's another to live by it. Luckily they have Jacob around, who is a really good example for how to process and express emotions.

25. What is your favorite thing about your OC?

Chase is a total goober with a knack for talking himself into and sometimes out of trouble. I never know what I'm gonna come up with for him next lol.

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25. What is your favorite thing about your OC?

Gosh, a tough question indeed. :)

Bowman is so dear to me that pinpointing just one reason is hard. But I do like how the character sort of bloomed on his own. It felt like he had a natural growth, and he really came to life in my head. I like his spirited personality (and his bold sassiness).