Last Week I Made A Post Comparing The My Spiritwalker Characters To The People I Stole Their Names From,

Last week I made a post comparing the my Spiritwalker characters to the people I stole their names from, so here’s one for my We Faceless Folk characters. Tbh I think this one is more interesting

Chinwe

My first year in college I was in a program with a girl named Chinwendu, but she went by Chinwe for short. I thought it was such a cute name, but wait there’s more. My second year in college I transferred to a different school on the opposite end of the country and met another Chinwe. When I created the character, I knew I wanted an ethnic name, so of course this one immediately popped in my head.

I didn’t really know either Chinwe so I can’t say if they’re similar to mine, but when I met the second one she had a girlfriend and my character is also queer so there’s that.

Ms. Jones

This character is Chinwe’s mom and I named her after my introduction to Africana studies professor. I chose the name because my professor was an old black woman and my character is an old black woman so I thought it fit.

Other than that, they have nothing in common. My professor was so adventurous she went skydiving for her birthday. Meanwhile, my character barely gets out of her house because she has a bad knee.

Yejin

This one’s a bit complicated. My first roommate was named Sejin, but I didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of naming a character after her. So I named her Yejin, the name of a student in the center I work at, and it’s close enough to Sejin to be a dig.

The character Yejin is exactly like Sejin—a selfish, toxic bitch. Sure, she’s more exagerated, but is it really by that much when the real Sejin cried when I told the RA she opened the door when I was topless and made excuses to how it couldn’t have happened when she could have prevented it in the first place by paying attention to me for one measly second?

Alyanna

Alyanna is the name of one of my closest friends. When I couldn’t think of a name for this character, I used hers.

The real person and character are pretty similar. Both are college students who like going out places and posting on instagram. I think my friend has more of a sense of humor.

Too Sweet: March

Character Intro

Name: March Starling

Nickname: Marchmallow

Pronouns: He/Him/His

Role in story: Male main character

Bio/summary/description: March is an optimistic do-gooder on his way to Redwood University to start his master's degree. He’s got a scholarship and an internship with the university’s climate change research lab. He's far from home but quickly makes friends with his classmate, Jude Fox. He misses his two triplet brothers deeply, but he still feels like the world is at his fingertips. He is the love interest of Cricket St. James.

DOB: August 19, 1999 (Leo)

Sexuality: Bisexual

Ethnicity: Italian American

MBTI: ENFJ-A (Protagonist)

Occupation: Intern at the Research Lab of The Adjustment Of Phenology

Appearance

Height: 5 feet 11 inches

Hair: Brown and floppy

Eye: Blue with yellow center almost like a sunflower

Build/physique: Lean build

Notable features: Glasses, rings on his index and ring finger on his right hand as well as on his left index finger, and a silver chain bracelet on his right hand.

Clothing style: A mix of preppy and soft boy aesthetic.

Extra

Quote: “It bothers me a great deal. I can’t believe I have to rep the Redwood blue-footed boobies. This will surely tarnish the Starling family name.”

Traits/quirks:

He’s a great listener and observer.

He’s scatter brained and never knows where anything is.

He’s an overachiever who loves school and learning.

He’s extremely loyal and will do anything for his friends and family.

He has coulrophobia (irrational fear of clowns)

He’s extremely optimistic.

Fun facts/headcanons:

He has to listen to Hozier’s song Something New before falling asleep every night.

He won’t drink still water, only sparkling.

He has sudden bursts of energy where he studies and does school work from morning to 3am. Fueled only by coffee and string cheese.

His brothers have been begging him to get matching tattoos with them but he’s too nervous and afraid of infection.

He texts his brothers good night every night even when he’s pulling an all nighter because he doesn’t want them to think he’s overworking himself.

He learned to read tarot because he wanted to entertain his brothers when they were younger.

Hobbies/skills: plays piano, reads tarot, plays chess, reading, alternate history, very good with the sciences, and studying Vexillology

Likes: sparkling water preferably la croix, brunch, sci-fi and nonfiction books, abandoned buildings,babies, volunteering, talking to homeless people, and Greek mythology

Dislikes: Climate change, texting, house parties, the beach, cats, apathy, he doesn’t like not liking things he’s very optimistic and open minded so it upsets him when he can’t find joy in something

Playlist: Coming soon!

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈PRIDE THEMED OC ASK GAME🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Bc I wanted one and didn't find it so. Here

[Send ask aimed at a specific character]

1. What's your oc's gender identity? What's their relationship to their gender?

2. What's your oc's orientation? (Romantic/sexual/platonic alterous ect) Do they have opinions about it?

3. How did your oc discover themself? Did something cause them to question, or did they always know?

4. Is your oc's environment supportive about their identity? How does this impact them?

5. How did you figure out your oc's identity?

6. How does your oc feel about labels? Theirs, or in general?

7. Is there something that could cause your oc to question their identity? What?

8. Have they had struggles with their identity, be it due to internal or external reasons?

9. Are there cultural or lore specific aspects to their identity? If applicable, does their species affect it?

10. Does your oc celebrate Pride? How?

11. Is your oc open about their identity? Are they more lowkey or more blunt about it? Why or why not?

12. Does/did your oc ever wish they could change the way they are? Why? If it's in the past, how did they get over the feeling? (this can be about internalized homo/transphobia)

13. Would your oc be open to a poly relationship? Why or why not?

[Not aimed at a specific character] / [Aimed at creator]

14. Do you have ocs on the aro or ace spectrum?

15. Do any of your ocs use neopronouns? Which ones?

16. Did you ever change an oc's identity when they were already established? Why?

17. Do you share identity with any of your ocs? Which ones?

18. Do you prefer to give your ocs specific labels, or keep it unspecified? Why? If applicable, do you change their labels depending on circumstance?

19. Do you have preferences about depicting homo/transphobia in your stories? What, and why? Does it vary by story?

20. Have your ocs helped you in self discovery? How?

21. Free ramble card wee

Too Sweet: Jude

Character Intro

Name: Jude Fox

Nickname: Fox/Foxy

Pronouns: They/Them/Theirs (they are physically male)

Role in story: Antagonists

Bio/summary/description: They’re a political science major going to Redwood University. They aspire to be a political journalist but is currently working at a pizza restaurant. Harlow Knight, is close friends with them even though they happen to be Cricket St. James ex partner. They broke up with her hoping she would fight for their relationship instead of just accepting it. They were wrong and want her back desperately. When they meet March Starling in one of their classes they become fast friends, however, when they discover March is courting Cricket their intentions turn sour.

DOB: February 29, 2000 (Pisces)

Sexuality: Queer

Ethnicity: German American

MBTI: ENFP-T (Campaigner)

Occupation: Dishwasher at a pizza joint

Appearance

Height: 5 feet 9 inches

Hair: Blonde fluffy wolf cut

Eye: Green

Build/physique: Lean build (semi-muscular if you squint)

Notable features: Heart shaped key on their left wrist, flower and vine tattoos up and down their right side starting from their neck going down their shoulder and onto their hand. They also wear a silver chain.

Clothing style: A mix of grunge and punk aesthetic

Extra

Quote: “Did you know socialists can really fuck.”

Traits/quirks:

They’re pretentious. They think that because they know about politics they are better than everyone.

They’re deeply insecure and need constant affirmations and affection.

They’re afraid of commitment.

They’re very creative with their art but not so much in other parts of their life.

They call themselves a pessimist but they hold out hope that the world will change for the better

They’re extremely passionate in their efforts to make the world a better place for everyone.

Fun facts/headcanons:

They are extremely minimalist They have maybe 7 outfits and 12 personal possessions, so they're constantly asking everyone if they can borrow things from them. They completely refuse to buy their own stuff (despite definitely having the financial means to) but they never explain themselves and nobody knows why

They steal from people sometimes just for the thrill of it. They don’t steal anything big and they’re not being malicious (most of the time). They just swipe a fork off someone’s table or take a penny out of someone’s purse.

They’re polyamorous because they aren’t really a jealous person and also it’s less pressure on them to care for their partner if they have someone else to lean on.

They plan on living with friends as long as possible because they’re afraid of growing up.

Hobbies/skills: Vexillology, video games (specifically fallout), drawing, political theory, map making, playing guitar, and studying history

Likes: abandoned buildings, talking to homeless people, various drugs, punk shows at bars, crystals (only because they look pretty), Star Wars, and rupaul’s drag race

Dislikes: fascism, capitalism, organized religion, politicians, police, hyper realistic art, pop music, social media, mainstream news, and house parties

Playlist: Coming soon!

Fun fact about Jude is that I unintentionally made them into my ex boyfriend. So, I decided to lean into it and now they’re like twins but Jude is cooler and prettier lol. This is what healing through writing looks like 😌

@mundanemoongirl tagging you because you seem to be interested in updates!

Writing Cassidy to be even more gay because it’s pride month

16. Did you ever change an oc's identity when they were already established? Why?

For the pride ask game please~

Hello!! Thanks for stopping by! (From this OC pride ask game)

16. Did you ever change an oc's identity when they were already established? Why?

All the time, actually. Out of the TSP gang, the only one who was intentionally queer from the start was Wade, who was gay and still is gay. I guess his boyfriend Teo also technically falls under this.

Rose and Alex were both made sapphic together due to their chemistry. Alex started as a lesbian, then she became bi, then asexual/biromantic. Alex changed due to, I guess, vibe.

Everyone else it happened due to Vibes, whether it be sexuality or gender. Some characters I changed it multiple times. Lexi, for example, being acearo is actually the third or fourth identity for her.

This all happened due to me not realizing I was queer until *checks notes* I was 18. And I've been working on this since I was ten soooo I was bound to accidentally project a couple times.

Lexi especially. She was originally a self-insert so it was only natural. It's funny, because I realized Lexi was ace before myself. I had Lexi be attracted to girls before I realized I was. I had her be aromantic before I realized I was on the spectrum. It's actually hilarious.

Thanks for the ask!

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