Things I love: cheesy romance tropes (romcoms!), The Sads (A N G S T, pining, starcrossed lovers, etc)
Things I'm not super keen on: dark stuff (gore, abuse, really gruesome graphic violence, etc); if a character is an exception to this, I'll list it in their descriptions
In short, I'm a vanilla kid living in Weenie Hut Jrs, please treat me gently ;v;
Mind you though, my muse is kinda fickle sometimes, and if a plot/pair idea doesn't really spark anything with me, that's just how it goes sometimes... Either I get excited about something or I don't @_@ It's really nothing personal.
Characters with their own plot prompts
Grayson
Grayson is... Well, you can call him a ghost, but most people don't know him as such. Sometimes he's an imaginary friend; sometimes he's a little voice in the back of your head telling you that you can do it, that you're doing good, that all the other negative voices inside you are wrong about what they're saying. Sometimes he's just a moment of respite and peace you didn't expect, or a little wellspring of strength that you didn't think you had in you.
Grayson attaches himself to people who are hurting or going through tough times, but only so he can watch over them and encourage them, in hopes of helping them get through things. When he feels that they're in a good place and don't need him anymore, he moves on.
(wip)
The Calligrapher
A demon with an affinity for ink, Mir is a man of many talents. He can create moving or even living tattoos, write magical contracts to bind mortals and gods alike, or, yes, create a picture of you to age in your place, Dorian Grey style. His services don't come cheap, however, and he's choosy about what jobs he takes on. Once upon a time, when he was young and naive, he was led on and then discarded by a lover, and now he has defected from the demon realm, working as a freelancer to suit his own whims. He's also discarded his childhood name, preferring the title of The Calligrapher. His clients know him as nothing else.
Finicky, selfish and capricious, it's hard to imagine him caring about anyone or anything besides himself, and... that may not be far from the truth. However, there are moments where it seems as though he may not be as happy with his self-imposed isolation--- he has, among his collection, a scroll with the ghost of a girl trapped inside, for example. Unfortunately, his need for control keeps him isolated, and he is loath to put himself in a position of any emotional vulnerability again.
With him, I want someone who can... stick around long enough to get him to thaw? It's going to be a bit of a masochism tango at the start since he's very closed-off, distrustful and self-serving. He doesn't like people who want things from him, but it might be interesting to have someone who ends up serving him as his assistant because they need to commission him but have no other way to pay, just because it gives them a reason to stick around and him a reason to tolerate them; plus having leverage in the situation would make Mir more comfortable, and give him room to let down his guard/form an attachment.
Personality-wise, I think I'd prefer someone that calls him out for being an asshole, but who could eventually also come to empathize with him somewhat (just because I'm thinking I'd like to avoid the love martyr trope now). I'd imagine in the latter case it would be a somewhat antagonistic relationship at the start, with Mir bringing that power imbalance into play more, or at least trying to. Which could be fun, in its own way. P:
Paper Doll
One of the Calligrapher's creations. The Doll was a creature of paper and inks, brought to life by his creator's magic, made in the image of the Calligrapher's former lover. He was designed to be perfectly sweet-tempered and obedient, unable to even think of betraying his master; he lived only to provide companionship and to serve. But his visual resemblance to that ex-lover was too strong, and soon his creator couldn't bear to look at him. In a fit of rage, the Calligrapher disfigured him, burning off half his face, before discarding him entirely and telling him never to return.
The Doll now wanders, bereft of purpose. He looks, for all intents and purposes, like a real person, though half his face is always hidden and wrapped in bandages. Beneath those bandages, the illusion ends, and the 'flesh' is very clearly burnt paper. He doesn't know much about the world, and his nature is still to trust people, though he's more nervous than he once was, and has an understandably strong fear of fire.
I'm strictly looking for fluff and/or hurt/comfort with him. I thought maybe he could end up finding a human or at least a non-magical calligrapher or painter or something? Since he was created with ink and paper, people who have mastery over that type of craft fascinate him. He'd possibly try to approach them with the eventual intent of seeing if they could 'repair' him, though it probably isn't possible.
Characters without significant plot prompts (Bring Your Own?)
Vague Concepts
These guys are kind of... more ideas than fleshed-out characters, so there's room for us to work out a plot together, if you like? Especially if your character is looking for something specific/has significant mythos of their own.
Taylor, the Latte Boy
Taylor works as a barista at a slightly eccentric coffee shop. He has an interesting curse: when he's on the clock, people will inexplicably find themselves falling in love with him. It only works on the premises though, and as soon as either of them exits the building, it stops.
He's pretty unhappy about it. As it is, he's only working there because he ended up indebted to the owner, who then threw in the curse as a fun, sadistic little bonus. The creepers are annoying, and all the stuttering clients makes his work go that much slower. He doesn't know how to remove the curse either...
Taylor's mostly under 'vague concepts' because I don't have a plot in mind for him, and he's still more or less a crack concept (based off the song, Taylor the Latte Boy, and the response song). But if you've got a plot idea, hmu :U
Shadow
A living shadow, who attaches itself to a host to feed on their thoughts... But not in a malicious way. They eat the excess thoughts of people to keep them from going insane or, in more mundane cases, from becoming too anxious or depressed--- things like that. They're also very protective of their hosts, doing their best to shield them from harm. They generally find another host when their current one dies or goes senile (at which point they'd be doing their hosts more harm than good) but some become so attached to a particular host that they let themselves fade away once that host is gone, rather than moving onto another.
Guardian Lions
Guardians of homes, shrines, etc. Loosely based off the guardian lions/komainu found in China, Japan, etc, these guardian statues have the spirits of powerful supernatural entities sealed inside. If they guard a place for long enough, the creatures become very minor gods in their own right, gaining the ability to make their spirit forms material and take a human shape, though any harm to their statue body will affect their spirit form too. No distinct personalities/character concepts yet, but possibly someone finds an abandoned shrine, and meets the guardians? Or alternatively maybe a museum curator or simply a rich private collector acquires one or a pair, or something like that.