#sdsoytag

okay so i just answered the felix ask so. not getting more info on him

Gardenia (tagged #mppw) pronounced gar-deen-ya - she's the kind of insane that thinks she's normal. Her best friend is in love with her (she is aroace). She drinks heavily caffeinated tea because coffee is not a thing in the setting. She's quite young but also way too young to be in charge of the government. She is currently the most powerful person in the government. For relevant reasons, she hates the government. Everyone says she's like her mother, which is true. She is also incredibly autistic. Like her mother. Writing her is quite difficult because it requires an intentional, formal style, as well as at least three footnotes every page. Half those footnotes say something like 'see footnote 46, 32, and 9'. She has legal custody of her niece. She's in her very early twenties. Gardenia does not have the self-awareness to hate her life. I love her.

Latona (tagged #mppw) pronounced le-nor-uh - also insane! In a completely different way. She got disowned for inheritance reasons when she was eighteen, left the continent out of spite, and began running a criminal empire. Has killed a couple people. Latona is much more self-aware than Gardenia but this does absolutely nothing for her.

Niyune (untagged, but I guess I'll invent one right now #rainbringer) pronounced nee-yoon - got a heavily religious ceremonial role at the tender age of five. Believes herself comparable to god as a result. Is currently completely unaware of how trans she is. She's so nonbinary it's almost funny. She lives in a flower-themed world for fairies. She wants to explore more. I think she should do some introspection. Niyune disagrees with me.

Yǎlíng (#hair pins and azaleas) - realized that her uncle killed her parents and thought the answer to living was faking being incredibly shallow and fake and unable to hold the throne for a second. Was right. All of her hair pins double as weapons and almost all of her houseplants are azaleas (which are incredibly poisonous). Does not sleep because that's when she's doing her political reading. 70% of her emotions are fear, 20% are spite, and the rest are judiciously lent out on occasion. Her aunt (who married the guy who killed her parents) is her favourite family member because she's the only other one who knows what's going on. Has been trying to find a way to poison her uncle for three years.

Inajmé and Erhané (#sdsoytag) pronounce een-azh-MAY and air-hahn-AY - do not ask about the tag. Anyway, Inajmé is the chosen one. Erhané is her sister. An exploration of what it means to be the second one, in every occasion, simply because of factors outside your control. This works primarily because Inajmé would throw the world she's supposed to save away for Erhané, and Erhané would do likewise.