𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 : 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬.
i've been taking the time i've spent on my own to kind of hone in on the abilities i want desdemona to have & what she experiences during her communications with spirits , how it effects her , etc.
** i've taken inspiration from various pieces of media like hereditary , the conjuring universe , charmed , ghost whisperer , etc. and also put my own lil spin on some things.
𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 :: desdemona first successfully contacted a spirit in her childhood home in new orleans. not a malicious being by any means. in fact , it was the spirit of an elderly woman named LUCINDA (commonly referenced as LUCY ) WYATT. she passed away from end stage dementia. interestingly enough , lucinda was very close with desdemona's grandmother , ALESSIA CALLAWAY.
alessia callaway not only possessed the gift of the callaway women ( a.k.a mediumship ) , but she was also a gifted witch & now , the spirit of a gifted witch.
when des first noticed the presence of lucy , it was a few nights after her tenth birthday. she was struggling to get to sleep one night , but found sleep came with ease after she felt a soothing touch to her arm. it wasn't human — much too cold , much too light.
it was later on that year , after many encounters with lucy ( who always seemed to be there for desdemona when she needed it most ) that des finally mentioned it to her grandmother when they were glancing through an old photo album. inside ? a picture of the day des was born , cradled in the arms of none other than lucinda.
this is when desdemona's grandmother & mother began taking her on secret outings. her brother could tag along on one condition : father was never to find out. he deeply despised alessia from the moment they met ; told his wife that her mother was practicing satanism & witchcraft and that he would have absolutely none of that in his God-fearing Christian household.
the secret outings normally would consist of hanging out at grandma's house , listening to stories from mother & grandmother about the gift that the callaway women held. a gift of mediumship & even in one extreme case , SPIRIT CONTROL.
** more things abt des' childhood & family will most likely be in her bio. this was just a lil .... refresher i guess !!! if you're rlly interested in hearing more about her childhood/grandmother/father/whatever then you can always message me. otherwise i'm hoping to have her bio written SOOOOON.
𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐀'𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒
𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 :: one of the safest & easiest ways for des to communicate with the dead. you may notice that she always carries around a journal with her. it is a journal given by her mother ( previously owned by her grandmother ) and it holds all of the written conversations she's had with spirits before.
you might be thinking : ok so how is this different from ghost writing in phasmophobia
only des is able to read this journal with the exception of other humans possessing the same ability / some sort of clairvoyance / mediumship , or other spirits. to an average human being , it looks like a blank notebook. empty pages front to back. they cannot see that it's actually , in fact , filled page to page with written messages.
so what happens when the pages run out ? she simply buys a new notebook and binds it with the same spell her grandmother taught her before passing on. so yes , somewhere in desdemona's apartment there is a stack of seemingly blank notebooks.
if she feels some sort of negative energy , she'll try to refrain from using the book to protect herself from letting anything attach to it. but u know. shit happens. ( i was just thinkin abt her demonic possession verse ok )
𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒.... :: so yeah !! i'm officially settled on the fact that des can experience clairaudience , clairvoyance , and clairsentience. she can hear , see , and feel various spirits. she can also channel , or use her body as a conduit for spirits to take control and relay messages to the living. some of these can of course be a little more dangerous / anxiety inducing than others. typically after she uses her body as a conduit , she'll be extremely exhausted for days afterwards. she might experience disassociation , high levels of anxiety , etc.
𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍 :: this is considered to be an extremely rare power that no one in the callaway family possessed until desdemona came along. and even with her , it is in its beginning stages. it is an extremely strong ability that usually just festers within her , grows in power and begs to be freed . . .
des , herself , does not know that she posseses this power. her grandmother knew des was destined for great things from birth , maybe even knew secretly that her own granddaughter possessed such a power. but she never told desdemona's mother or des herself. she thought , ' if des is meant to know , she will. '
so what IS spirit dominion ? i'm still looking into it , trying to tweak some things for des because typically it's only like . . . other spirits that can have this. but i imagine that des could be able to paralyze , influence , or inflict pain on a spirit. maybe not a demon , maybe so . . . if it was particularly weaker ?
but on a strong entity , i feel like des would discover her power and attempt to use it , ultimately fail & lead to her own untimely death. as we all know , i've already canoned her deathg jfgbdfjkgbj
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character interview.
tagged by: stolen from @baelends <3
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𝙱𝙰𝚂𝙸𝙲𝚂.
name: desdemona callaway
nickname: des is the most common, a few mutuals and i refer to her as dessy too. mona and shithead are also acceptable <3
age: 28
species: human
𝙿𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻.
morality: chaotic good
religion: i haven’t really settled on this yet honestly even though her stats say atheist
sins: greed / gluttony / sloth / lust / pride / envy / wrath
virtues: chastity / charity / diligence / humility / kindness / patience / justice
known languages: english, semi fluent in italian learnt from her mother and grandmother. when she gets mad she’ll sprinkle it in for flavor
secrets: she kept secrets all through her childhood/teenage years, but there’s no need for them anymore :)
𝙿𝙷𝚈𝚂𝙸𝙲𝙰𝙻.
build: scrawny / bony / slender / fit / athletic / curvy / herculean / pudgy / average.
height: 5′0
scars: n/a
birthmarks: all of the spiritually gifted women in her family share the same birthmark on their left hip. to this day they’re unsure why it happens, but her and her grandmother both shared it. it’s just above her hip bone and ever so slightly resembles a crescent shape
abilities / powers: clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, spirit dominion although that is unknown to her/dependent on verse.
𝙵𝙰𝚅𝙾𝚄𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴𝚂.
food: anything unhealthy and good for munchies tbh. but typically italian food, like GOOOD italian food preferably homemade. it reminds her of the good parts of her childhood
drink: non alcoholic i would say sweet tea. as far as alcohol goes, she enjoys red wine
pizza topping: she’ll only eat margherita pizzas
color: earthy colors, but i would say sage green is her favorite
music: metalcore, hardcore, posthardcore, etc.
book genre: she doesn’t read often but she would fuck w a good horror novel
movie genre: horror. she literally has a collection of figurines/posters/masks in her living room. but for the sake of her being a GIGANTIC star wars fan, i’ll say sci fi too
season: fall 1000000%
curse word: fuck and shit, they are used interchangeably. ex: you little fucking shit, you little fucking fuck
scent (s): lavender, w**d
𝙵𝚄𝙽 𝚂𝚃𝚄𝙵𝙵.
bottom or top: bottom honestly
sings in the shower: YESSSS she literally puts on a world tour in there
likes puns: she says no but she’ll laugh anyways n call u stupid
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