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quaxorascal · 6 years

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#squad, contact, track and field, fragrance, and poison for the da group? and if you're up to it: photo album for all of them too c:

Gladly!! (from here)

#squad: who’s friends with who? what are the squad dynamics like?

The short version that I’d originally written ended up getting Really Long so how about I break this down alphabetically

FYFA: doesn’t interact much with Idina, though when they do talk she asks questions about magic; doesn’t interact much with Ilse, thinks she’s too uppity; initially didn’t like Kallian much but spends more time with her now that the Blight is over; immediately took a liking to Naoka during the Blight; doesn’t interact much with Sutton but likes her on the basis that Naoka likes her; warmed up to Theresa circa Broken Circle and has not ceased to be a nuisance to Tess since

IDINA: doesn’t interact much with Fyfa, though when they do talk she asks questions about Dalish life; doesn’t interact much with Ilse; likes Kal but didn’t spend much time with her until after the Blight; warmed up to Naoka slowly, and now likes her very much as a friend; gets along with Sutton; has been best friends with Tess since they were itty bitty, and it took them 18 years and a whole Blight to figure out they like each other

ILSE: doesn’t interact much with Fyfa or Idina, though she likes the latter more than the former; doesn’t interact much with Kal until they’re both close to their Callings, at which point they get along p well; hated Naoka at first, but they started to get along after she worked through her own Issues, and now the two of them are qps; doesn’t interact much with Sutton but enjoys her company well enough; thoroughly enjoys Tess’ company

SUTTON: doesn’t interact much with Fyfa; gets along with Idina; doesn’t interact much with Ilse but likes her on the basis that Naoka likes her didn’t pay Kal much mind until midway through the Blight, then reached out to Kal (and ultimately saved her life by doing so); hit it off immediately with Naoka, then after a rough patch between Redcliffe and Orzammar the two of them properly got together; good friends with Tess

And that was Still long lmao

The rest will go under a cut!

contact: how does your OC(s) feel about touch/physical contact? are they affectionate? if so, how do they display affection to others?

FYFA doesn’t like contact from people she doesn’t know, but if she knows you and likes you, she will find any reason she can to touch you. You know she likes you if she drapes herself over you like you’re furniture. She’ll call anyone on their bullshit, but when she loves someone, she’ll hug them afterward

IDINA enjoys some casual touch, like handshakes and an arm on the shoulder, even a quick hug if she knows who you are. She isn’t much of a cuddler until she loves you, however, and even then she prefers showing her affection in other ways, most often with words -- sweet nicknames and the like

ILSE finds touch to be too intimate for her liking most of the time, in particular because she’s very slow to trust people. When she and Naoka get together, though, it’s revealed that’s she liked cuddling while asleep. While awake, she’s more likely to share space and silence with someone if she likes them. If she’s smiling in your company, she trusts you; if she’s adjusting her schedule to suit you, she adores you

SUTTON loves contact but she’s very adaptable, and she quickly becomes fluent in the love languages of the people in her life. She loves picking people up to hug them bc she’s tall and buff enough to do so, but her three favourite people don’t like being picked up. It’s very tragic

track & field: which (if any) of your OCs are athletic? what sports to they play? which of your OCs would go HARD in P.E.?

All except for Idina are athletic actually! It isn’t that Dee dislikes physical activity, it’s that she vastly prefers just pain ol’ walking if she’s supposed to move at all

Ilse is the least athletic of the other three per say, but she’s both fit and competitive, and she would love contact sports like rugby. Fyfa likes being athletic for the sake of moving around, and she’s also competitive for the sake of competition; she’d probably genuinely love track and field tbh. Sutton regularly spends time at the gym with her buddies, and absolutely goes hard as hell during competitive sports. She’s mostly here to have fun, but she’s not having fun if she’s not giving it her all

fragrance: what do your OCs smell like?

FYFA has a perpetual herbal smell to her, no matter how long it’s been since she was in the woods. There’s a sharp accent to her scent that could be spice or could be blood. As she gets older, the smell of death clings to her sooner than it clings to the others, overtaking the herbal smell little by little

IDINA smells like petrichor; in the Circle she smelled more like flowers pressed in a book, both the pages and the flowers themselves, but after leaving the Circle she was outside as often as possible. When using combat magic, or while she’s feeling intense emotion, she smells noticeably of ozone for a while

ILSE’s hair requires lots of care, including various oils, to keep it curly and healthy in the dry heat of Orzammar. Most of those oils don’t have much scent since they’re largely nut oils, but one can notice a coconutty smell to Ilse if one is close enough

SUTTON usually smells of salt in one way or another: sea water and sweat are each viable culprits. She frequently smells like dog, too, to the surprise of absolutely no one

poison: vices/bad habits? what are they? how do they affect your OC?

FYFA, in Shay’s on words, will die on any hill she sees. She likes arguing for the sake of arguing; she’s very good at talking for ages about nothing at all, and also good at telling lies, both extravagant and plausible. This got her into all sorts of trouble growing up, which she delighted in

IDINA will do just about anything for sugar. Not only that, but she has a bad habit of making assumptions; this has led to more than one instance of her assuming something that Tess didn’t mean, and Tess hates it when people put words in her mouth, so that ofc went well. She also used to shrink under pressure, and while she’s gotten better at this with time, she still has a tendency to ramble and to restart her sentences when stressed or nervous

ILSE is deeply traditional, and she has a very hard time altering her course when she learns that tradition isn’t the most favourable path to walk. This makes her first six months on the throne strenuous for her and Naoka, who had stayed behind as her second and who had to frequently remind Ilse of their intended goal of rebuilding the society of Orzammar

SUTTON puts into motion nearly every impulse that crosses her mind if it seems like fun, consequences be damned. This has led to more than one painful rash, broken bone, and judging look. Again, though, consequences be damned

photo album: describe one of your OCs’ favorite memories.

FYFA: Eating berries with Tamlen and Merrill behind their shared aravel. Merrill was the only one among them to have vallaslin, despite being more than two years younger than her and nearly three younger than Tamlen; the two of them would be completing their hunters’ trial in a couple of days. But for now, the three of them were children, flicking rotten berries at each other’s faces, carding stained fingers into one another’s hair, tangling their legs together, laughing and carefree

IDINA: Those tentative steps she took on the shore or Lake Calenhad after stepping off the boat she, Tess, and Duncan had been in, before they reached the wild grass and flowers and she laid down among them. Years and years of waiting to be on this side of the lake culminating into this long moment, with her on her back, looking up at the grey sky through squinted, smiling eyes. When her eyes found Tess, she was smiling down at her, one of her rare and soft smiles that Idina had always felt were meant just for her; Idina had never felt so free

ILSE: That two-second-long period between the Assembly acquiescing to her and Tess’ pitch to make her Queen and Bhelen making an attempt on Tess’ life for it. The whole room was alive with sound, as the deshyrs celebrated the end of their indecision and politely (or enthusiastically) welcomed their future Queen; and her new friends were right behind her. For the woman who had spent the better part of the year in various states of Alone, this welcome was long-awaited

SUTTON: Standing with her mother on a cliff on the coast of the Waking Sea, watching huge waves crash into the rock face with such force that, even while standing several feet away from the cliff’s edge, Sutton and Eleanor’s clothing was soaked by the half hour mark. Eleanor did not lose her attachment of the sea after marrying into the land-locked Couslands, and here, watching and listening to the waves, humbled and small and yet at ease, Sutton understood why her mother loved and respected the waves

#God this took a long time to write out #Thank you Shay!! <3 #QR 'n A #sleepyspoonie #Warden #Mahariel #Surana #Aeducan #Cousland #Fyfa Mahariel #Idina Surana #Ilse Aeducan #Sutton Cousland #caps/#food mention/#cursing/

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quaxorascal · 6 years

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Just for fun I’m gonna write this post about what my DA peeps would be in DnD 5e

Fyfa Mahariel: Rogue, Scout archetype, wood elf. If Assassin were a class of its own she’d multiclass after meeting Zevran

Idina Surana: Sorcerer/Druid multiclass, Storm Sorcery origin/Circle of Dreams, elf. Took a feat to let herself wield a sword

Sutton Cousland: Fighter, Eldritch Knight archetype, Defense style, human. Is fascinated enough by magic to be an Eldritch Knight but not pious enough to be a Paladin

Ilse Aeducan: Paladin (Torm), Oath of the Crown, gold dwarf. Almost changed her oath to Vengeance in a fit of passion, but decided against it

Nisaleigh Hawke: Rogue/Monk multiclass, Mastermind archetype/ Way of the Shadow, half-elf. Could have been an Arcane Trickster but she likes her stealth too much

Mnuve Lavellan: Druid/Warlock multiclass, Circle of the Land (Coast)/ Pact of the Blade (Great Old One patron), wood elf. The pact is broken when she loses the Mark in Trespasser

Isador Surana: Wizard, School of the Artificer, sun elf. Proficient with the Healer’s kit, took a feat to be able to cast a couple cleric spells

Evan Surana: Bard, College of Lore, half-elf. His bardic focus is either a pan flute or another wind instrument

(Bonus) Yvette Shepard: Sorcerer, Shadow Magic origin, idk what race she’d be but she wouldn’t be human

#Isador was almost a sorcerer too but I couldn't settle on an origin that I liked for him #Also I'm cheating a little with Fyfa because she's already an AU version of Fyf #DnD talk #Fyfa Mahariel #Idina Surana #Sutton Cousland #Ilse Aeducan #Nisaleigh Hawke #Mnuve Lavellan #Isador Surana #Evan Surana #Yvette Shepard #Also straight up I've had the idea of Evan being a Bard in my head for months #QR talk

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quaxorascal · 7 years

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HEY BY THE WAY GUYS I’M SCREAMING OVER HOW CUTE MY KIDS ARE!! THANK YOU @oceanicmars FOR DRAWING THEM!!

[Images: three drawings. The first is two people from the shoulders up; the second and third images are individual pictures of these people. On the left is a halfling (aka hobbit) boy, Wilver; on the left is a human woman, Sutton. Both are laughing merrily.

Wilver has long and messy brown hair tied into a single braid, pale skin, green eyes, pointy ears, and freckles. He is wearing a grey cloak over a leather breastplate over a green-and-white striped button-up shirt. He is facing the viewer, but looking off to the side.

Sutton has long red hair tied into a high ponytail at the back of her head, and a braid from her temple leads to the ponytail as well. She has deeply tanned skin and light blue eyes. She is facing 3/4 toward the left side of the image, but looking at the viewer; a tattoo of a vine of blue roses curls from her jaw up the side of her face that the viewer can see, curling over her eyebrow. She is wearing a grey fur mantle over a metal chestplate and a blue jacket.

/end description]

#I LOVE MY KIDS!! I LOVE HOW MARS DREW MY KIDS!!!#caps/#oceanicmars #DnD OCs #Wilver F Craglight #Dragon Age #Origins #Warden #Cousland #Sutton Cousland #QR HASS the thing

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quaxorascal · 7 years

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@sleepyspoonie

[Photoset is three images in line with the “apple bottom jeans” joke.

The first image features a delicious-looking red apple.

The second image is a screenshot from Dragon Age: Origins that features a woman, Sutton, from her shoulders up. She is facing 3/4 to the left side of the image and is looking up with a soft smile. She has pale, sun-damaged skin; long, thick red hair pulled back into a ponytail; messy eyebrows; light blue eyes; a short, straight nose; thin lips with a wide Cupid’s bow; a strong jaw; and a slightly pointy chin. She has a floral tattoo on the left side of her face, from the bottom of her jaw to just above her browline. She also has faint wrinkles on her forehead, under her eyes, and around her mouth. She is wearing leather armour, and she has a sword and a shield on her back.

The third and final image features a pair of blue jeans. /end ID]

#I don't even know if this meme is relevant anymore but the song came on the radio the other day so Here It Is #I'm not even gonna tag DA even though this'll show up in the tumblr tags bc of the caption #Ask Me If I Give A Heck #apple bottom jeans meme #food/#Sutton Cousland

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quaxorascal · 7 years

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ask meme! for the amell-suranas, do 1, 2, 8, and 19, and for the amell-couslands, do 15, 17, 17, and 24 >:0

Sounds perfect to me ;0 (from this meme)

Amell-Surana family: Theresa, Idina, and baby Averill

1. How many children does your character have? How many would they ideally WANT?

Just the one, who is the most precious and sweet son in the whole wide world. Idina would ideally Like more than the one child, but frankly not having more isn’t a bad thing, for health reasons (Dee is a Tiny woman) and for job reasons (one kid is hard enough to raise when you’re the Warden-Commander and Warden-Constable, not that these girls put any less effort into raising him for it). In AUs where they aren’t so busy I could see more than one happening, but Idina isn’t upset or anything for only having Avi

(The rest is under the cut because this Will get long)

2. How did the children become a part of the family? Were they born into it? Adopted? Somehow else? Talk about the journey! :D

This depends on the AU we’re working on but my personal favourite is the “canon + Avi” AUs where Avi is conceived shortly after the events of Awakening. Long story short, Tess was skewered by a darkspawn during the fight, Idina just barely brought her back from the brink of death but there was still shit that had to be healed naturally, and Avi was conceived basically as soon as Tess was in any condition to fool around. Ridiculous Girls

Said development put a couple of plans on hold though: Idina had wanted to find her parents after Tess healed, but she herself wasn’t going to be in any shape to travel much. Tess, being the sweet girlfriend she is, secretly invited Idina’s parents to Vigil’s Keep when Idina was about four or five months along, and she also proposed to Idina while the future granddads were about. All in all a very happy sappy reunion. Idina cried because hormones, Isador cried because he Had to

8. What are some of the character’s favorite memories from their kids’ childhoods?

Naturally with his parents being the powerful af mages they are, Avi turned out to be a mage himself, and some of Idina’s favourite memories of his childhood involve teaching him magic. The first time he ever showed her a healing spell with the confidence of someone who’d mastered it her heart swelled with pride and she definitely had to pick him up and hug him close. His learning shapeshifting was a fun time as well, especially since I like to think he picked up on it rather quickly and was never above using it to pop in to see his moms at work to show him what he could do, or just to pay them a visit

Idina is ofc also fond of memories where bits of herself were apparent in her son. Stuff like his interest in having his own garden, “don’t tell your Mom” moments where she would sneak him some candy or an extra cookie, such like that

19. Talk about a time the children scared their parents.

Going back to shapeshifting, there’s an AU where Tess is Inquisitor on top of being Hero of Ferelden, and when Avi exists at the same time, there was an instance where he flew as a bird from Vigil’s Keep to Skyhold to see his Mom because he missed her. He naturally didn’t tell anyone what he was doing, so Idina was absolutely and completely distressed when she couldn’t find her son, and Tess was equally distressed that her son had flown like 300 miles in the middle of a war to see her. He was, to quote myself, “So Fucking Grounded” when he was brought back to the Keep – and no he’s not allowed to fly back on his own

Amell-Cousland family: Theresa, Sutton, and babies Thybalt and Wynona

15. Is there a toy/book/game the character is almost as excited about as the child (or even MORE so than the child? :D)

In canon-compliant AUs Sutton is definitely more interested in their family’s history than Thybalt or Wynona would be as kids, but that won’t stop her from telling them about their grandparents’ involvement in the Fereldan Rebellion whenever they’re talking about that part of history. Sutton’s just as excited about hide-and-seek as her kids, though; Castle Cousland is a big place, and she grew up here too, so she knows of all the best nooks and crannies to hide in (or so she thinks, until she finds Thybalt on the roof above the kitchen somehow)

16. Sleep time! Talk about the sleeping arrangements and rituals of the family through the years!

Sutton likes sleeping with her kids nearby, she really does. In most AUs she and Tess have enough money to afford a whole other room for the kids, but Sutton would rather sleep with her babies in her bed until they’re old enough to start picking on each other lmao (in most AUs there’s like, a year and a half at most between the two births so the siblings are Close in age and picking on each other in as inevitability)

17. Talk about what happens when a child gets sick.

Sutton absolutely frets whenever anyone she cares about is sick or injured, and her children are not an exception. She does a fair bit of hovering around the poor dears, keeping an eye on them if they need anything like food, water, medicine, something to keep them entertained, etc. She’s a fuckin softie, though she does more or less keep her kids in their room until they’re better to make sure they recuperate/ their sibling doesn’t catch what they got

On a slightly different but similar vein, if the child is injured instead of sick she will laugh with the child about the injury, but only after making 100% sure that the child is not in pain. Especially if the injury was caused by a small mistake or absentmindedness, she wants them to learn from their injuries but not be ashamed for getting hurt

24. Has having children changed the character? How?

In one of our AUs having Thybalt absolutely changed Sutton’s life and changed it for the better. She was a pirate captain (Bryce Cousland hopped onto Eleanor’s ship after the Fereldan Occupation was over and done with) and Tess was a noble (her father never sent his four youngest children to the Circle); a series of Bad Choices happened that led to Thybalt’s conception of Sutton’s ship. He was born long after Tess was returned to her father, and Sutton fell in love with him slowly at first, then hard and fast after she was used to the idea of Son. Having Thybalt in her life made Sutton all the more aware of her actions and the consequences they brought with them; his spending his developing years on her ship made her softer and more patient, but it also gave her someone in close proximity who she was more than willing to fight tooth and nail for. She couldn’t be too reckless in her protecting, though, lest Thyb be left without a mother

In basically all other AUs where Thyb and/ or Wynona exist Sutton has either already learned to be patient and soft or has always been like that lmao, it’s the one AU where she changes dramatically like that

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quaxorascal · 6 years

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Surana 2 and 6; Cousland 3 and 9!

God you sent this to me ages ago but ty Autumn!! (from here)

IDINA SURANA

2. What was Surana’s relationship with Jowan like? What did they think of the revelation of him being a blood mage?

Idina got along swimmingly with Jowan! In AUs where it was just the two of them (as opposed to Dee having met Theresa Amell when she was younger) they relied really heavily on each other as a couple of scared kids are wont to do. The two of them frequently did homework together, even after Idina passed her Harrowing, not bc they ever get anything done but bc they both hated coursework and could hate it together

(Fun fact, Idina once made herself a tea to help her focus, and when she recommended it to Jowan to help him focus on the paper he had to write he started bouncing off the fucking walls bc it had a whole shitwhack of caffeine in it)

As far as the blood magic, that affected her a lot less than it could have. What got her heated was the fact that Lily completely bailed on Jowan after he revealed his craft, which Idina felt was completely unfair

6. How did Surana feel about living in the Circle?

Honestly she hated it. She felt horribly confined and powerless and homesick when she was first brought to the Circle at age seven, and she never fully adjusted to it. She adapted, but she didn’t adjust. The tower put an edge in Idina’s personality that wasn’t there before, making her antsy and defensive and making her wear her pride like armour instead of like a comfortable shirt

When Duncan gave her a way to leave the Circle for good, she was more than happy to take it, even if it meant being in combat. She’s very much a pacifist, but fuck, she’s missed the sky and the flowers and the sun

SUTTON COUSLAND

3. How did Cousland feel about being left in charge of the castle, while their father and Fergus went off to battle?

She was a little surprised to not be going to Ostagar with the knights, being one herself. It’s rare enough that she’s left to do political stuff, since her brother took a lot better to that whole sphere of education than she did, but watching over the castle wouldn’t be too hard, and she wouldn’t complain. Plus this arrangement meant that she would get to stay home with her sister-in-law and nephew, who she loves with her whole heart

9. Did Cousland willingly join Duncan, or resist fleeing? Why?

(Ngl I was hoping to get this question so thank u my dear

When she was brought to the camp where the other Wardens were waiting for Duncan, there was a bloody handprint on the front of her shoulder from where her father, broken and bloody as he was, had pushed her toward the exit

Watching her whole world burn around her was frankly not something Sutton was equipped to handle, and she would have very much rather stayed with her parents as they waited for death to come to them. She wanted to stay both because she felt honour-bound to defend what remained of her family, and because she didn’t want to live with this night in her memory. But then Duncan pulled the Rite of Conscription on her, and then her parents begged her to leave, and then Duncan finally grabbed her by the arm and hauled her away

#Sutton then proceeds to speedrun her processing and act like Everything Is Fine for several months lmao #I Love My Girls #QR 'n A #2091 shadow mew #Warden #Idina Surana #Sutton Cousland #death mention/#cursing/#caps/

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quaxorascal · 6 years

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do io and sutton!

Can do!! (from here)

Io:

B A S I C S

full name: Io Claudimir Latona Haussmann

gender: bigender

sexuality: bisexual

pronouns: ze/hir

O T H E R S

family: twin brother Õe; biological parents (not in contact with); adoptive parents Michael and Nkole; adoptive little sister Lexie

birthplace: São Paulo, Brazil

job: barista at a small local café

phobias: abandonment and being forgotten

guilty pleasures: ze really really loves food with enough flavour to make your mouth tingle after eating it, and they also like starting arguments partly for the sake of debating and partly for the sake of getting attention

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: chaotic good

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: extroverted!

organized/disorganized: lmao neither of the twins are organized in the slightest

close minded/open-minded: ze prides hirself in being especially open-minded!

calm/anxious: more anxious than ze lets on but overall pretty calm

disagreeable/agreeable: depends on who you are tbh

cautious/reckless: r e c k l e s s

patient/impatient: Io is not patient In The Least

outspoken/reserved: actually pretty reserved unless ze knows you well, though ze does Not hide their opinions

leader/follower: leader by choice, follower by circumstance

empathetic/unemphatic: ze’d like to be more empathetic than ze is

optimistic/pessimistic: ze’s been a pessimist for several years and is now in a rut there, but ze’s trying very hard to turn that around

traditional/modern: Very Much modern

hard-working/lazy: see ze would Rather sit back and relax but ze’s way too motivated to do such a thing

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Io/Callie if I had to pick

ot3: Fyf/Io/Callie in a way?? But I also like Io and Fyf not getting back together but remaining close friends. Healthy Exes

brotp: Io/Õe/Brian/Callie/Sydney!! Also Io/Õe/Lucian and Io/Naomi. I love Io being friends with people so much

notp: see at one point I’d shipped hir and Camille together but now I can’t see it at all

Sutton:

B A S I C S

full name: Sutton Eleanor Cordelia Cousland

gender: cis female

sexuality: bisexual

pronouns: she/her

O T H E R S

family: mother Eleanor, father Bryce, sister-in-law Oriana, nephew Oren (all deceased); older brother Fergus; wife Naoka; sister-in-law Rica

birthplace: Highever, Ferelden

job: Captain of the Grey of Ferelden

phobias: abandonment, fire to an extent

guilty pleasures: she likes sex A Lot lmao

M O R A L S

morality alignment?: neutral good I would say!

sins - lust/greed/gluttony/sloth/pride/envy/wrath

virtues - chastity/charity/diligence/humility/kindness/patience/justice

T H I S - O R - T H A T

introvert/extrovert: very much extroverted

organized/disorganized: pretty organized tbh! She keeps her personal space on the neat side

close minded/open-minded: she gets more open-minded with age and experience and it’s Wonderful

calm/anxious: caaaalm

disagreeable/agreeable: quite agreeable without much active effort needed on her part

cautious/reckless: if I tried to say Sutton was cautious I would be lying so much

patient/impatient: she isn’t impatient so much as she’s easily excitable, and she can definitely wait patiently for something or especially for someone

outspoken/reserved: super duper outspoken unless you wanna know about her feelings

leader/follower: follower by choice, more often than not a leader by circumstance

empathetic/unemphatic: this girl has Such a big empathetic heart

optimistic/pessimistic: very much optimistic even when her mood dips deep

traditional/modern: traditional but adaptable?? I think that makes sense?

hard-working/lazy: she’s very much a hard-working girl

R E L A T I O N S H I P S

otp: Sutton/Brosca ofc ;0

ot3: Tess/Sutton/Brosca is So Cute and I love that the whole poly train thing happened totally by accident

brotp: Sutton/Kallian!!

notp: can’t say I really have one?

#I Love These Kids #Ty for the ask!!#QR 'n A #sleepyspoonie #Elemental #Io Latona #Sutton Cousland #Warden #Cousland