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But we're breaking the rules I just wanna talk about my OC
While nothing is said in detail, some points below contain vague mention of mature content (7) or paradox/death mention (9 and 10). Take caution!
Rad was created out of a whim doodle on iScribble, in part because of the idea that I had for naming a fire magic user "Rad" - a synonym for "cool" and has the bonus of radiator puns. This was sometime in 2010!! What the heck!
His irises give off their own light and the intensity of that light is affected by things like how much magic he's using, or his mental state. Intense states like excitement, fear, and anger will make his eyes flare.
Even though there are characters there that predate him, the world of Tandamet exists because of Rad, as I needed a world to place him in that I had full control over. I just moved some characters that were in a "generic fantasy RPG setting" over to there after the fact, and I have since done a lot of worldbuilding for it. (One day I'll organize it all into a nice informational toyhou.se world for easy browsing.. maybe)
Rad has had a few major character revamps and his personality changed significantly each time. In previous iterations he was an aggressive and violent jerk, and then a very apologetic pushover who enabled a toxic relationship and was unable to set boundaries :(. In the current iteration, I'm leaning towards a 'channeling all that anger and trauma into vengeful kindness' type. Leaning fully into optimistic nihilist this round. He's the 'This world is so cold and cruel so I will do everything in my power to be something good in it. Life has no meaning so I get to choose it and I choose LOVE' sort. Also he's better at setting boundaries! Good for him!
Autistic + has ADHD; one of his favorite stims is petting his own tail. Convenient to be attached to something so soft! He also has some trouble with volume regulation, is very melodramatic, and often a bit spacey and forgetful. Leans towards 'chaotic organization' where things seem messy to onlookers but he has a system. Also has anxiety (but what character of mine doesn't)
During the iScribble days, Rad had a small fan following that got strangely intense for a moment. (I've adapted this into his story somewhat because how could I not - he's had a couple of people infatuated with him and behaved obnoxiously due to it, and the feelings weren't reciprocated). He was never super popular by any means, but there were a handful of regulars that would follow me around asking for Rad when I logged into iScribble.
Rad is polyamorous, cis male, and straight-ish. (Typically attracted to women or feminine-leaning folks but there are some exceptions and he's willing to date anybody if they're compatible). As of writing this he has a boyfriend (Uni) and a FWB (Honeytail). He and Honeytail don't want to be official partner status for a few reasons, mostly related to Honeytail's comfort and preferences. Which is fine, since they are alright with how things are.
Rad is a type of fae creature, but is usually referred to as a demon. The word he chooses depends on the context of the conversation and the point he is trying to make, but in general prefers to be called a fae or his species name - eteyali. His kind are the result of grassland sprites magically altering a group of humans several generations back, usually referred to as "the fairy blessing." Rad only vaguely knows about this since he was raised by humans and didn't learn a whole lot about the history of his kind until he was around 23 years old, and he was learning a whole lot of other stuff at the same time so didn't retain everything.
When Rad was around 20 years old, he got stuck in a loop of dying over and over, and when the God of the Past and Future destroyed the chaos rift that was causing this (not explicitly to save him but to get time flowing properly again), the energy built up from all those deaths released and manifested into a living being that resembled Rad, but different. This being would become known as Dharnizta.
Because of the prior time loop, Rad has a fear response to some very mundane things that give him a deja vu feeling. Technically, after that whole situation, he never died. The timeline was fixed so that the event wouldn't happen, and Rad doesn't remember the events because it never happened. But there is still an emotional response to the sight and clattering sound of a broom set against a wall falling over, because that is something that happens during that horrible time loop, before he dies. It feels uncanny and unsettling, and since then he had to stop leaning brooms against walls because it would put him on edge.
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I can take a “simple” feral adopt and make it into a more complex beast!
This could be from something like Twai’s fox/character creator, a simple adopt, or a pet site image (except for Flight Rising, I have a lot of trouble with visuals from there, but flat-rendered dragons are okay!) You could also give me a weird bird or something and I can make a humanoid out of it.
Basically I really like working from prompts and an image. Price will depend on how much creative freedom I have, and what your prompt is. $15 for a completely random total creative freedom thing based on just an image or mood board for a prompt, and it’ll scale up for more complex and specific. I can also work with “mood boards + a creature” prompt.
Examples!
(Railune - based on this and this and this)
(Lion-ibex) - not based on anything but it’s a recent example of a beast
(Ciel - based on a mood board (no access now) + maine coon prompt)
(Zet - Based on this with no items)
And check out my entire Creature Exchange gallery folder for more prompt stuff I’ve done. And also take a peak at my For Others folder for fanart and commissioned work.
CONTACT: You may reach me via tumblr’s chat system (erradox there), email (onetuberpairing@gmail.com), dA notes, or toyhou.se PMs (erradox as well)
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