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hi i am tired as shit of my bpd (borderline personality disorder) and how it makes me feel so i'm projecting bpd onto idv characters that i think would have it. these are my hcs, if you don't agree, that's fine, just don't shit on them since they bring me comfort. also keep in mind this isn't how all people with bpd act. these are my experiences projected onto these characters!

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𓊆survivors𓊇 luca balsa (prisoner): the reason i think luca would have bpd because he'd have experiences of feeling abandoned and betrayed. he felt abandoned and betrayed by his own father, and even by herman, and the only one he truly felt supported by was his mother, who died of anger after herman sold off her things after putting them in great debt. this would lead luca to being prone to fearing abandonment, but this would also cause severe trust issues as well as only seeing people in black and white. one second, alva was good, the other, luca was certain that man was up to no good. i also think luca's recklessness adds to my headcanon of him having bpd because he acted on the emotion he feels in the moment, leading him to hurt alva and the fire soon being caused. he seems confident and well-mannered, but on the inside, i believe he's severely anxious and worrying constantly about everything and everyone around him.

mike morton (acrobat): i believe mike would definitely have bpd. he lost majority of his family in the hullabaloo fire, which lead him desperate to make the culprit of the fire pay for what they'd done. i think this would impact him throughout his entire life (as expected), but i think this would cause mike to develop bpd. he'd be terrified of losing the people he loves, and would do anything to keep them safe. he'd act on impulse and act recklessly, and he'd probably end up upsetting the people around him, but they'd understand he has good intentions. mike's emotions would be incredibly strong and he'd get overwhelmed very easily by those emotions. i also think that he sees people in black and white, and he'd be prone to developing a favorite person - which to someone with bpd, that favorite person is like a lifeline.

chloe nair (perfumer): chloe is definitely one of the characters i believe is most likely to have bpd canon-wise. chloe saw her sister vera (the real vera), as a wonderful person until chloe began to grow jealous. she assumed that vera hated her and just pitied her, and chloe became desperate to be noticed and be cared for, to feel special to someone. she struggled to find her own sense of self, and struggled to figure out who she was. her jealousy and anger became so intense and reckless she'd actually gone and killed her sister, thinking that vera didn't care for her or love her anymore. that was until she found vera's journal, and realized she had only been seeing her sister in black and white. she had seen vera for so long as someone who hated her, but the moment she found out that was far from the case, chloe began to feel guilty and broken hearted. then, she took up her twin's identity, and eventually deluded herself into believing she actually WAS her twin sister. chloe had rapid changes in her sense of self, and her intense anger had caused her to do something she regretted, and she hurt the only person who loved and cared for her.

margaretha zelle (female dancer): margie is another character i think is very likely for bpd canon-wise. she's had two horrible relationships (idc what jokermarg fans say he canonly abused her and wears her abusive husband's face, as his own that's horrible). this would lead margaretha to feel distrust in people, and is afraid of getting attached to people. once she's attached to someone, though? she wouldn't be able to let them go. if they end up treating her right, they would quickly become her favorite person. she'd end up somewhat gatekeeping that person from others - not intentional, but she'd be terrified of abandonment and terrified of losing the one person who has been so good to her. she fears being separated from her favorite person, and gets jealous quite easily when her favorite person shares their attention with others. she's quick to self degrade, and blames herself for everything. the littlest things set her off and sometimes, she is quick to anger. she fears rejection and will often take her favorite person's actions as rejection.

norton campbell (prospector): i don't know how many people would think norton has bpd, but he's someone i think would have bpd (obviously, he's on this list lol). the fandom treats norton poorly by expressing that he's only greedy and only wants money - and while that is part of his lore, it isn't the entirety of his lore. in fact, norton is shown to feel rather guilty for blowing up the mine with the miners inside of it, and it seems to haunt him. his personality also seems to switch quite often, as though expressing he isn't sure of his sense of self. of course, that could also be norton being bipolar, but i also think that norton sees people in black and white. he'd probably fear abandonment and rejection, and yes, would probably believe money would solve all those problems, but he'd try to avoid attachment as much as possible. he's quick to anger and acts rather recklessly when he's angry. he'd deal with episodes that are just paranoia run that could last for days (he'd shun himself away from the world in his room).

naib subedar (mercenary): now, not all bpd is caused by trauma, but i do think naib's trauma would cause him to develop bpd. he'd find himself horrified upon losing people he cares about, which would lead to abandonment (especially watching his comrades die in his arms). he'd become extremely protective which would lead to somewhat extreme measures to keep his loved ones safe, but he always means well. he gets jealous easily but unlike others, he tries to keep it to himself and ends up bottling it up out of worry he'll just drive the person he loves most away. unlike most people on this list, i think naib would handle his bpd a little better than the others, but he'd still struggle with it. he's very understanding to others who have it, and tries to help them out with handling it, but he still struggles with it himself. if he bottles it up too much or if his favorite person isn't understanding, he'll end up lashing out angrily though other survivors i hc with bpd but don't have full reasons yet: freddy riley (lawyer), kevin alonso/ayuso (cowboy), and tracy reznik (mechanic), edgar valden, jose baden (first officer) and demi bourbon (barmaid)

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joseph desaulniers (photographer): i think jojo is one of the more obvious bpd hcs. he lost his twin brother claude, who was clearly his favorite person, and that tore him apart. just canon alone, you can guess he'd have bpd. his fear of abandonment would be so strong that he'd act recklessly to ensure that he wouldn't be separated or abandoned by his favorite person, and would do anything to preserve their life and keep them safe. i also think his bpd and depression would lead to excessive drinking, and even if that would stop once he'd get a new favorite person, he'd end up drinking every time he fears they are going to abandon him or every time he becomes angry and jealous of the time they give with others. he has a hard time figuring out if someone is actually doing something wrong or if its just the way his brain is making him think.

michiko (geisha): unlike many others on this list, she handles her bpd very well, and instead of anger episodes when her bpd acts up, she has depressive episodes. she'll lock herself in her room for a long time, and will often cry and sob as a way to get out all her frustration and her feelings. she's one of the few on this list who i headcanon to be better at self reassurance than most. it doesn't always work, and she'll still need support from others around her, but she'll manage to self reassure herself quite often. michiko still fears abandonment though, and often has trouble understanding why people stay around her and stay close to her. she misses miles dearly, and miles is still her favorite person. she tries not to let the bpd get the best of her, and tries to stay strong, knowing miles loved her, flaws and all.

leo beck (hell ember): leo was betrayed by freddy and martha, and was left in severe debt and no way to properly provide for emma and take care of her. that alone is a recipe for disaster, and i think its likely leo would develop bpd (as well as trust issues). he'd have a hard time seeing himself as anything good, and would often struggle to figure out who he is. some little things would be he'd have a hard time telling if he genuinely likes things emma likes because he likes it too, or if he only enjoys it because she does. that being said, emma is leo's favorite person, but like michiko, leo handles his bpd very well. he knows emma loves him and knows that she'd never betray him and never hurt him. he trusts her, and reminds himself of that whenever his mind tries to tell him otherwise. he's very protective of emma, and the thought of being separated from her or losing her would send him into a pretty strong panic attack.

xie bi'an and fan wujiu (wu chang): i think both bi'an and wujiu have bpd, or are likely to have it. for awhile, the two had lost one another, and the other took his own life to join his companion in death. the two would deeply be afraid of separation and would deeply be afraid of losing the other one. such a fear would often consume them, but luckily, they have one another in the manor (shh i know canonly they can't both be present at the same time during matches but my manor hc allows them to be present together outside of matches). they're very sensitive to the other one getting hurt (god forbid you flare gun one of them in duos, the other will take his place and obliterate you). they're very protective of one another and will go to intense measures to protect each other.

other hunters i hc with bpd but don't have full reasons yet: robbie white (axe boy), ann (disciple), alva lorenz (hermit), and percy (undead)

--- wow a lot of survivors i hc with bpd help- these headcanons mean a lot to me. please let me know if you can relate to some of these! again, these are just from my personal experiences, thank you for reading ^^ also lmk if you have any bpd hcs of your own! i love hearing people's hcs <3

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spot with snow white request from my retrospring

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Some art from a stream i’ve made! I’ll be more active after my exams! 

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"Hehe, we're loners on Christmas~"

“You strange tentacle boy. What’s with the smile?”He puffed his cheeks somehow lightly embarrassed.

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Any advice for playing embalmer?

Never embalm someone else unless theres 3 ciphers down and ideally they've already been chaired. Basement chairs can be an exception to the 2nd chairing point, sometimes its best to embalm someone knowing they're getting basement chair so everyone else doesn't put themselves at risk rescuing them.

Recording faces are obviously important but try to do it passively. Meaning don't go out of your way to run across the map to record the prisoner. If people are close to you, then let yourself stop what you're doing to record them just in case.

Embalmer is best on larger maps, but pleaseee don't waste time trying to find ultra secure/safe coffin spots like the top floor of Leo's memory. Corners of maps are always a good eough bet, and one thing i think MORE people should know is that Coffins aren't just good ways to secure a rescue, they can prolong kites and stall for time. Meaning even if the hunter keeps chasing them after rebirth, its still contributing to everyone else's decoding time.

Embalmer CAN work on smaller maps, you just need to be smarter with coffin placements. Put them on edges of maps if theres no second floor building available, if you're kiting absolutely away from the coffin to build distance to stall for time for when you get downed.

When you do get downed, you have a small window of time to decide to rebirth then, or wait until the hunter chairs you. Its safer to rebirth before the hunter picks you up, because if the hunter knows where you put coffin, they'll put you in a chair closer to it so its easier to camp you when you get rebirthed. (as an extra thing, a small thing that helps stall for a little extra time is to crawl away from the hutner when you get downed, away from the coffin location, before activating rebirth just before theyre about to pick you up. usually throws them off for a second)

When you get rebirthed, you have 8 seconds of invulnerability PLUS several extra seconds of tide. You're basically undownable in that time, so a risky but clutch way to use coffin to ensure a rescue/pop the last cipher is to place it right next to the chair/cipher. Obviously, you have to remember the time it takes to rebirth, and if you know that the process will take longer than what the chaired person has left before dying its not worth it. but VERY useful for when hunters teleport to the final cipher and you think you'll go down before you're able to actually pop it.

ENDGAME is when embalmer can really pull through for a game. i would never place my coffin next to the exit gate if i'm decoding it, bc of the likely chance the hunter will teleport to it. if the hunter is detention kiting you, i personally just do my best to stall for enough time for the others to get out (my playstyle is basically being the sacrificial lamb lol)

If someone ELSE is detention kiting, only embalm them when the exit gate is open, and even then its 50/50 that the hunter will teleport. Sadly a factor that you can't control, outside of the teammate keeping track of the hunter's teleport cooldown to figure out when to go down before its up, or how far they are from coffin. But either way, its always best to embalm them just in case. Embalmer is a good tie ensurer

When you get downed early (meaning you're close to your coffin) its best to not rebirth. Aesop has a slightly longer chair time, meaning if the hunter camps you during that time it wastes more time for them. But if someone is close by to rescue you, you can get an extra coffin the case that the hunter doesn't immediately down you.

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ALRIGHT here's postman tips i keep in mind when i solo-queue 💌

Before I go into details on each letter, general thing but Victor is very reliant on teammates using pings!!

Tranquility Letter:

-When you first jump into a match, keep tabs on who pings decoding progress first. i wouldn't recommend giving anyone tranquility letter until another teammate pings that the hunter is chasing them so you're sure they will actually use the letter. I would also not recommend immediately using this letter until you find a working cipher.

-Prioritize tranquility letter at the beginning of the match. It increases decoding by 10%. Even if the hunter is chasing you at least try to make sure you send the letter just so that decoding is done while you kite. Ideally the best target to give it (who isn't currrently kiting) is a character with a decoding debuff like Mercenary, Batter, or Forward, so that they will be closer to finishing their cipher by the time someone goes down.

-This letter is relatively straightforward, just use it to help push ciphers quicker for the people decoding while someone is kiting.

Inspiring Letter:

-If you have no tranquility letter in your selection and someone is currently kiting, alongside farewell and urgent letter this is a very safe letter to give to the person kiting. It increases the person's vaulting speed by 10%

-While most of vic's letters have a limited use time, Inspiring letters do not have a cooldown and last as long as the match does unless Victor gives the person a different letter. Meaning this letter is *extra* useful for characters with slower vaulting speed like mechanic and mind's eye, but on the opposite end can make characters with faster vaulting even more annoying like batter, lol.

-This letter works better early game and ok late game, but endgame is where its important to put distance between a kiter and the hunter is where farewell and inspiring letters can give near immediate distance

Farewell Letter:

-I consider farewell and inspiring to be interchangeable enough that you can choose either/or for a person who's currently kiting and it would be fine, but farewell letter does give the person a 3 second speed boost of 40%.

-It's the fastest speed compared to urgent letter, but at the cost that you need a pallet to vault for it to activate. which is why i'd prioritize giving a person just rescued from chair urgent letter over farewell, but this letter is still solid.

Urgent Letter:

-Increases movement speed by 10% for 15 seconds, so its really useful when kiting but like i said before, both farewell and inspiring are also good choices in the case you don't have urgent in your selection.

-I usually give this letter to someone who was just rescued from chair. Even if they get downed, if they have tide activated then they can use it to create distance from where they were chaired. Which is why its very useful to escape basement, if the kiter pings that they're kiting near basement, or they've already been rescued from a basement chair.

-Said it before but urgent letter + farewell are great letters for detention kiters becaus it puts immediate distance between them and the hunter.

Bravery Letter:

-Pretty straightforward, you always give this letter to the person pinging that they're going to rescue. Even if they don't ping, if you see someone decoding relatively close to the chair, or someone is already moving towards it, make sure to give it to them.

- Increases recipient's Rescue Speed by 30%. Also increases recipient's Movement Speed by 10% for 180 seconds when near a rocket chair, so this letter can be very useful against double hit campers like Jack, Hastur, Antonio, or chip camp hunters like BonBon and Galatea.

-Even if rescue characters already have kits built for rescuing, give it to them anyways if there's no tranquility letter to give to someone else decoding OR you think they won't be able to make it to the chair before half/they're about to die

Hope Letter:

-This letter does reveal the dungeon to the person who gets it, but even more importantly it can increase exit gate decoding speed by 15%. This is so important to make sure you give the hope letter either right before the final cipher pops OR right afterwards.

-Give this letter to someone you know will probably decode an exit gate over the detention kiter in the hopes they get dungeon. If the detention kiter goes down before/after they get your letter it would be worthless at that point. Always prioritize someone opening the gate, because a lot of hunters either have teleport, trumpcard teleport, or the slow gate decoding trait and they will likely teleport after downing/chairing the detention kiter. Your main priority is opening the gate as fast as possible before the detention kiter goes down which is why this letter is so important.

-If the gates are already open and everyone else alive escapes/already died then sure give it to the detention kiter in the hopes they get to dungeon

Peeking at Letters

-Basically when Victor selects himself instead of other teammates, only he gets the buff. Instead of the delay period of usual letters getting to the recipient, the buff you select is instantly given to victor.

-Avoid using letters on yourself unless you're the one kiting, or if you know you're the only person decoding while everyone else is rescuing/harassing and use tranquility letter on yourself.

-If you're being chased then I consider urgent or farewell letter to be the best ones for kiting, depending on how reliable you think you can get to a vault

Wick Tips

-Wick's travel speed delivering letter buffs depends on how far away you are to the recipient. Which means there can be a long delay between them getting it. A little trick I try doing is giving a urgent/farewell letter to a person who's currently chaired if they're far away from where i am, but the rescuer is also about to rescue them. that way, they get the buff almost immediately after they get rescued instead of waiting for the long delay if you give them a letter afterwards (though this depends on accurately predicting when the rescuer will rescue, so it's risky.)

-If someone else is kiting close to where you're decoding, and they're injured, i'd recommend throwing wick at the hunter to slow them down. same for if they teleport to your cipher/gate, throw wick where you see the red cloud a second after it happens.

-Usually you don't want to look back for a long time to aim wick more accurately because that can throw off where you're actually going, just throw him when they get close but not close enough that they could still down you with one hit.

-If you're rescuing but a hunter injures you before you can make it to chair, chuck that dog at them like its a football and chances are you'll make it to rescue the person chaired in time

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posting fanart on the fanart website (aka Edgar in a polish folk costume from Krakow)

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some of the idv reqs i did on twitter !!!

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im juts gonna post all the art i have here now.

^._ ^ i like edgar valden a normal amount

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Social Class and Income Levels of IDV Characters

I’m back again with a long, intensive IDV post, this time regarding the quality of life most of Identity V’s characters would likely have led before coming to the manor. This list is not definitive and is based on a little guesswork in some areas, and also doesn’t include every single character, as I couldn’t find relevant information for every career, but I think provides an interesting look at character backgrounds, the sorts of resources they would have access to, and what life was like in the 1890s.

This post assumes that the vast majority of the characters live in the United Kingdom and that most of them were born there. As discussed in an earlier theory post, Oletus Manor is 100% in England and the DeRoss Couple and their daughter were English aristocrats. It also refers to fairly readily available information that can be found in various characters’ deduction systems, seasonal events, background and official videos, and birthday letters.

Lots- and I mean LOTS- of info below. 

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I love Merc mains

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some aesop+naib things. there are many stories related to them with different dynamic and endings. tragic.

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KT's official guide to hairdressing

im sorry for another pafl stuff im sorry im sor

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❥ PHOTOGRAPHER + GENERAL HCS. ˚⊹꒷

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👑୧・꒰adi moment꒱ unfortunately i am writing for french 'people' now… how sad… /j lol—to be real, though, i’ve actually started playing identity v again and ended up sparking some interest for joseph ꒰netass gave me tranquility, as a treat꒱, so here we are! feel free to send in requests, whether it be for him or other characters! hope you enjoy! ꒰ㅅ´ ˘ `꒱

꒰⚔️꒱・A closed-off aristocrat with a slight tendency for egotism, Joseph is certainly one of the more tedious residents to woo. Congratulations for ꒰somehow꒱ managing to do so! Beneath his haughty and withdrawn persona, he’s an incredibly observant, caring, and loyal individual—and he does his best to make sure that you feel loved whenever he’s by your side.

꒰⚔️꒱・Although I consider him to be far from optimistic, considering everything that’s happened within his pre-manor days, I do still imagine him to be a sort of hopeless romantic. This is a sentiment you’ll become well aware of through the many dates that he plans for the both of you—whether they be candlelit dinners, strolls in the garden, or something else. These dates do occasionally go astray due to the ever growing amount of inhabitants sharing the space, though he does his best to keep/get things back on track. Please reassure him if things get a bit too hectic—he’s very much prone to panicking.

꒰⚔️꒱・As a man of the arts, you’re quick to become his new muse. He loves taking photos of you at any and every moment he can, regardless of how mundane it is. Depending on your own sentiments of the matter, this could potentially be a root of disagreements—especially considering that the camera seems to follow him every time you’re together. Similarly, he’s a big fan of painting you, originally using the photos he took of you as references, though he quickly abandons them once he gets the hang of things—he’s a fast learner when it comes to you.

꒰⚔️꒱・Of course, though, he values your happiness far more than his desire to preserve you, and he’ll try to stop taking so many photos of you if you ever express discomfort. ꒰Of course, the keyword here is ‘try’.꒱ He slips up on occasion, so please try to be patient with him—it’s his way of showing love, and he tends to get a little over dramatic at times.

꒰⚔️꒱・Joseph is also a rather clingy type of lover, and jealousy is ever quick to sink its fangs into him. The fear of losing you, whether it be physically or emotionally, is relentless in haunting him once you start dating. Even so, it isn’t something he vocalizes often, due to his fears of being considered as weak. Whether it be him hovering close to you whenever you’re too close to another survivor, or the way that he subtly begs you not to leave his side, it is something that you come to notice.

꒰⚔️꒱・Ignore his signs of jealousy, and you might just find that other survivor being targeted during matches—but he’ll ꒰reluctantly꒱ catch himself if you call him out on it. Afterwards, he’ll just resort to being a pouty mess around you, though some extra affection is quick to restore his good mood. You might even catch the Joseph Desaulniers apologizing to the other survivor afterwards—though you’d best bet that he’s swearing them to secrecy. It’s embarrassing, truly! You know nobles like him are meant to be composed at all times..!

꒰⚔️꒱・When it comes to facing you in matches, well… It really does depend. His most common strategies include going friendly for your entire team ꒰and spending the time by your side꒱ or simply avoiding you until everybody else has been chaired and he can give you dungeon. However, there are times that he’ll have to go full swing on you—he fears that the baron might punish the both of you, otherwise. He tries to be gentle on you when this happens, grazing you ever so lightly with his rapier, but he’ll always come running to Emily’s infirmary once the match is over… just to make sure.

꒰⚔️꒱・Assuming that you haven’t been hurt by him in a match, though, it does take some time for him to catch back up with you. Joseph is a massive cleanfreak, and absolutely despises the idea of being dirty—something caused both by his social status and the illness that took Claude away from him. He tends to make a beeline to his shower whenever he returns from matches, a habit that you’ve gradually come to pick up due to his hesitancy to cuddle with you when you haven’t. All things considered, it is a good habit, so you don’t mind it all that much.

꒰⚔️꒱・When it comes to things like PDA, I do imagine Joseph falling more on the conservative side ꒰once again due to his upbringing꒱. He’d really only engage in it when he’s feeling jealous, and for the most part prefers to keep all amorous gestures private… though he won’t complain nor attempt to stop you if you give him a quick kiss on the cheek, or something similar. He does, however, use a lot of French nicknames and terms of endearment for you—both in private and public. Mary enjoys teasing him for it, and offers to translate them for you if you don’t know French.

꒰⚔️꒱・Circling back to his fixation on cleanliness, the worst thing for him is falling sick. He’s quick to become upset if he notices himself falling under the weather, and he’ll quickly try to find something to blame for it. While this can grate on the nerves of whoever’s caring for him, being angry distracts him from his fear—though he’ll try to tone things down if he notices that he’s riling you up. Regardless, he’s grateful that you’re putting in the effort to care for him, even if he initially tries to shoo you off for the fear of getting you sick, too.

꒰⚔️꒱・If you’re the one sick, however, things tend to go much differently. He’s a mix of worried and distant whenever it happens, constantly obsessing over your condition and endlessly pestering Emily—begging her to make sure that you’re alright. At the same time, however, you won’t catch a single sight of him while you’re still ill—the thought of seeing you in such a state causing his stomach to churn. He’s quick to apologize once you’re better, pressing kisses on every part of skin that he can reach… Though expect a slight scolding to accompany his tenderness.

꒰⚔️꒱・Ending this with a cuddling headcanon..! Joseph absolutely adores having you close to him. Whether it be you sitting in his lap while he reads a book or him having an arm wrapped around you as he rants about bad matches and annoying survivors, cuddling is a necessity for him. He’s not against the idea of falling asleep while holding you, either, but be warned that his grip gets shockingly tight once he drifts off. While attempts at escape don’t fully wake him, he’ll try to convince you to stay with half-asleep murmurs of ‘don’t leave, mon ange…’ or ‘stay a little, mon amour…’. Unfortunately for you, they’re rather effective.

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