i actually just really like the dynamic of apple and maddie being together, like not in a romantic way; but regardless it's genuinely such a FUN pairing??
like the contrast between those two is such a fun dynamic to play with, because on one hand we have apple, who is a complete stick in the mud, she is basically the posterchild for ever after high in a sense.
she's a stickler for tradition and is very obviously gunning for her destiny. she's someone who likes rules, she's someone who likes order; in fact, she's someone who enforces rules and order. apple is someone who's rather straightforward and very neat and orderly. she carefully plans out each and every thing to make sure that she's on top of everything, and to make sure that nothing can go wrong; she leaves no room for error. apple is also someone who doesn't like chaos, who doesn't like disorder, she doesn't like having elements that she can't control (which in this case could be raven choosing not to sign etc. etc.) and again, apple white is someone who loves structure.
maddie is a bit different obviously. maddie is a proud wonderlandian through and through and damn if she's going to let someone give her shit about that. maddie speaks in riddles. she wears a giant fucking hat out of which she can pull out every known thing to man apparently. she can interact with the narrators of their world and is, i think, the only who ever came close to realizing that their world is one that is fictional and they are just characters.
maddie is nonsensical. she is the opposite of order, the opposite of someone who follows rules and plans and the opposite of someone who loves structure; which is, in this case, apple. maddie is someone who can very easily do the impossible, like eat rocks for instance, if not told that this feat is impossible. she thinks outside the box in all occasions. she's fiercely intelligent and wise but her way of thinking is so unorthodox very few are able to understand her. maddie likes being free i believe. she likes having the freedom to do what she wants, hence she also likes her destiny because the mad hatter's destiny is a rather flexible one.
regardless, i think it's such a fun dynamic to have. you have someone who desperately clings to rules and plans and schedules and orders and who constantly builds upon them and supports them and backs them up in order to feel some semblance of control.
and then you have someone who could not give less of a shit about these rules, who could give less of a shit about conforming to the ideals of ever after high, and who is rather well off simply living in their own way, as they would wish to, without having someone to impose regulations or boundaries upon them.
apple is, genuinely, order exemplified. she is everything that is Ever After High; she follows her destiny to a T, she doesn't want anything else, has never wanted anything else, because this is all she's had in her life. she wants to have control over all things at all times because in the one instance where she wasn't in control, where she was going to drown. she clings heavily to destiny, to order itself, because she feels like it's the safest thing she has; the most sure thing she has.
maddie is, in a sense you could say, chaos exemplified. she's the opposite of what apple white is. maddie likes her destiny, sure, but she's not hellbent on enforcing the ideal of destiny; she'd just rather everyone be happy and free to do what they want. there are no sure things for maddie, someone who is a refugee in a strange new world, someone who had her home ripped away from her. they are no sure things for her but she doesn't let that get in her way, because she realizes that you can't control everything and she ends up much better off for it.
and i think it's such a strange dynamic, these two. the person who fears the loss of order the most and the one who easily breaks it on a whim.
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From the Pride asks, how about 4 and 11 for Liam and Lilian (or whatever OC you're feeling) plus 18?
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Hey hey, thank you for the ask! :]
4. Is your oc's environment supportive about their identity? How does this impact them?
Generally yes! Honestly they've got enough going on as is and tbh i hc homophobia to not be a Big Issue in a lot of places in Thedas.
I feel like Leandra was equally mourning the possibility of not having grandchildren from them and glad that it maybe reduced the chance of passing on the family's magic.
11. Is your oc open about their identity? Are they more lowkey or more blunt about it? Why or why not?
Liam: Yeah! He won't go out of his way to bring it up but otherwise doesn't make a secret of it. Will be in public with his partner and happily talk about them at any time regardless of their gender. In a modern setting would probably have pride pins or bracelets but nothing flashy, thought that's more just him not liking to wear flashy things in general.
Lilian: She's more "none of your business" but doesn't try to keep it hidden either. If You Know You Know, and if you don't, your problem. Won't be showcasing pride merch but has no qualms kissing women in public so if you can't take a hint that's on you, really.
The arospec things isn't something she brings up though (first cus she isn't aware of it and then cus again, it's no one's business)
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?
Generally i do end up labelling them, but it's almost never Super Definitive and more for general convenience, if that makes sense? And only if it comes up/is relevant (so e.g a lot of my non-DA ocs don't have sexuality labels cos it just. never comes up). And it depends on the character too, and how much they would care about it. Also i don't do gender labels as often, and when i do they're generally more loose, because gender is funky and labels often feel off to me.
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