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you're definitely in too deep with an oc once you start coming up with hypothetical tumblr posts about them

#there is insane shipcourse about kane that exists solely within the realm of my imagination

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Update on the “I’m making vtm ocs” thing: I have gone further into the hyperfixation. I’m preparing a chronicle set in Halifax and I don’t know the first thing about how to run a game, I’m literally just making lore. There’s an evil meat fungus man under Citadel Hill. A pivotal battle for city leadership happened in the parking lot of the IKEA, because it’s a defensible hill and also because Rule Of Silly. I’m having an absolute blast

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honestly I am so glad I started making a bunch of jjba ocs because it’s taught me to be a lot more self-indulgent with my characters! no more “oh but maybe that’s a bit too much” “that feels unrealistic” this is based on the Too Much Unrealistic Anime. I’m going to make an entire family of people with mcr-themed stands, each from a different album, you do not get to stop me and neither does god

#instead of trying to make an exact Vibes Match with canon material #I tried to take a similar creative approach #that is to say: I’m putting in all my interests and also getting silly with it #and it’s so freeing!!

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im sexualizing blacksmiths. men strong enough to craft swords but delicate enjoy to make you jewelry from the scraps

#aes: adelaide #aes: nevena

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one of my favorite things about creating OC universes is pretending theyre an actual cartoon with a fanbase and thinking about how wildly misinterpreted some characters would be in fanon and how people would go crazy if i, as the creator, would like a post on twitter that implies but isnt 100% explicitly a ship thats very popular in the fandom

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#aes: kane

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more on writing muslim characters from a hijabi muslim girl

- hijabis get really excited over pretty scarves - they also like to collect pins and brooches - we get asked a lot of questions and it can be annoying or it can be amusing, just depends on our mood and personality and how the question is phrased - common questions include: - “not even water?” (referring to fasting) - hijabis hear a lot of “do you sleep in that?” (we don’t) and “where is your hair?” (in a bun or a braid, usually) - “is it mooze-slim or mozzlem?” (the answer is neither, it’s muslim, with a soft s and accent on the first syllable) - “ee-slam or iz-lamb?” (it’s iss-laam, accent on the first syllable) - “hee-job?” (heh-jahb, accent on the second syllable)

- “kor-an?” (no. quran. say it like koor-annn, accent on the second syllable) - people tend to mess up our names really badly and you just get a sigh and a resigned nod or an awkward smile, maybe a nickname instead - long hair is easy to hide, short hair is harder to wrap up - hijab isn’t just covering hair, it’s also showing as little skin as possible with the exception of face, hands, and feet, and not wearing tight/sheer clothing - that applies to men too, people just don’t like to mention it ( i wonder why) - henna/mehendi isn’t just for special occasions, you’ll see people wearing it for fun - henna/mehendi isn’t just for muslims, either, it’s not a religious thing - henna/mehendi is not just for women, men also wear it, especially on their weddings - there are big mehendi parties in the couple of nights before eid where people (usually just women and kids) gather and do each other’s mehendi, usually just hands and feet - five daily prayers - most muslim kids can stutter through a couple verses of quran in the original arabic text by the age of seven or eight, it does not matter where they live or where they’re from or what language they speak natively - muslim families tend to have multiple copies of the quran - there are no “versions” of the quran, there has only ever been one. all muslims follow the exact same book - muslims have no concept of taking God’s name in vain, we call on God at every little inconvenience - don’t use islamic phrases if you don’t know what they mean or how to use them. we use them often, inside and outside of religious settings. in islam, it is encouraged to mention God often and we say these things very casually, but we take them very seriously - Allahu Akbar means “God is Greatest” (often said when something shocks or surprises us, or if we’re scared or daunted, or when something amazing happens, whether it be good or bad; it’s like saying “oh my god”) - Subhan Allah means “Glory be to God” (i say subhan Allah at the sky, at babies, at trees, whatever strikes me as pleasant, especially if it’s in nature) - Bismillah means “in the name of God” and it’s just something you say before you start something like eating or doing your homework - In Shaa Allah means “if God wills” (example: you’ll be famous, in shaa Allah) (it’s a reminder that the future is in God’s hands, so be humble and be hopeful)

- Astaghfirullah means “i seek forgiveness from Allah” and it’s like “god forgive me” - Alhamdulillah means “all thanks and praise belong to God” and it’s just a little bit more serious than saying “thank god” (example: i passed my exams, alhamdulillah; i made it home okay, alhamdulillah) - when i say we use them casually, i really mean it - teacher forgot to assign homework? Alhamdulillah - our version of “amen” is “ameen” - muslims greet each other with “assalamu alaikum” which just means “peace be on you” and it’s like saying hi - the proper response is “walaikum assalam” which means “and on you be peace” and it’s like saying “you too”

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I mean this in the kindest way possible, but if you want to draw OCs/do a lot of original work, you must accept that most people are not going to care about them. Like, at all. This is not a negative thing and is in fact the normal way of the world. If you want people to care about your stuff, you have to MAKE them care!

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i guess there's no remedy, own worst enemy

#aes: shrike

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so the jrwi special interest has led to a fixation on vtm, soooooo now I have (currently) 2 and a half funky little vampire ocs. the 0.5th of an oc is because he isn’t done yet but the other two have been living in my brain for a month

#in two months I have no doubt that I will have created Several More Of Them #anyways prepare for shrike solano and lia laurent and ezra hall

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i got tired of there being no good oc quizzes so i made my own!

#put the Australia Squad through this (+Kane also) #and I got different results for everyone!! #bea got be my friend #Adam got blorbo #sigi got squimches they cheeks #jasper got oh damn #and kane predictably got bitch

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Which oc changed their name?

#jasper changed his name to escape The Backstory #shrike changed her name because she received it as a trail name due to an Incident #and immediately decided it was the most badass thing ever and so that is Her Name Now #also I have many a transgender oc so all of them as well

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Finally finished a drawing of Kane! (Unshaded ref version below the cut)

Meet Kane Belrose (he/him, age 24): influencer, cult leader, antagonist, bastard

His stand, Scene Queen, allows him to induce intense religious ecstasy in his targets, delivered initially by touch. The target develops a wing in the location where contact was made. So long as the wing is present, the effect remains in action— the only way to stop it is to cut it off. The more wings there are, the more intense the high is. He can also use his stand on himself, but the euphoric side effects aren’t as intense (he mostly just gets cool wings, because I deserve to be a little self-indulgent with my character designs sometimes)

#jjba oc #jojo oc #original character #my art #WITNESS MY BOY. WITNESS HIM #also please click the image for higher quality! #not too much higher bc I still draw on an iPad Mini that I got when I was 10 #still. slightly better quality nonetheless #anyway here’s the organizing tags #image: kane #luminous core

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People should make more doomed by narratives siblings relationship.

Like with lovers you can just sever it and not have it related to you ever again but with siblings how could you?

You grow up with them you raise them or they raised you you both know how unforgiving the world is to both of you? You would die for them but will hate them for doing the same and yet none of you would regret it and both of you know it. They could be the person you loath the most and miss the most cause you still remember how they sneaked a candy into your hands. You can sever the tie but you can never look away at what you've lost, at whom you've lost because fate doesn't allow you to be together, eating dinners in quiet peace, if only there's another life, another time, where i can make you another plate of pancakes i would im sorry im sorry im sorry —

#EXTREMELY jasper and jodie

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love is stored in the ocs

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