along the middle path they tread

Joshua and Dani, about Jenna: 

(Albeit Jenna is only Joshua’s actual wife and not Dani’s yet but the sentiment remains :P)

Dani

But Not Too Foreign (Born in Portugal, mom brought her over to Canada after divorce when she was a child; shortened her four names down to two; notably olive brown skin) 

Red Oni Blue Oni (Played with, since it’s symbolized as her dyed hair of all things) 

Badass Bookworm (She’s into sports and academia and working out and geeking out? Who is she???) 

Ambiguous Disorder (BPD? ADHD? ASD? General quirkiness? who knows!) 

Bi The Way

6. Who is your favorite of your OCs? 

Lawd. Uhhhhh right off the bat I wanna say Clifford, my tol soft and pretty lad who has the potential to be a wrathful rage-monster under right wrong certain circumstances, buuuut I am a bit biased like that :p 

...this’ll probably change. just watch. xD

8. Whose OC of someone else’s is your current favorite? Why? 

UM. @jennathearcher‘s Donnie and Jenna, tied for top spot. Donnie’s just a whole bunch of fun to both interact with and write, and Jenna’s the first of her characters I’ve ever interacted with so naturally she’s a favourite

12. Write 1 random headcanon for 3 of your OCs. 

- Speaking of red things, Augy won’t wear red if he can help it because it makes Clifford nervous, even though they both haven’t been in each other’s orbit in years 

- Dani can’t stand mint-chocolate anything and thinks the combination is a travesty 

- Aidan’s parents named her as such because, as far as they were concerned, it’s a gender-neutral name that could possibly ease dysphoria should she be trans. She’s cis and appreciates the sentiment behind her name all the same.

light it up up up light it up up up light it up up up IT’S ON FYYYYYAAAAHHH 

🔥 Aidan: She’s usually hesitant to initiate anything beyond passionate kissing herself, relying on her partner to make the next move, unless outright asked to do so, and even then there’s a lot of “is this okay?”. Writing smut is different from actually engaging in it, she’s discovered. 

🔥 She’s also discovered that the right piece from the right soundtrack makes for great mood music to get things going.

🔥 Clifford: He still struggles with his own sexuality so the odd time he engages in anything sexual with anyone it’ll likely involve him being covered up in some way. 

🔥He also struggles with managing his empathic energies when aroused so he’s occasionally, accidentally, induced arousal in anyone who’s within a few feet of him.

🔥 Dani: With guys, she almost always tops. If a guy wants to top, he’s gotta prove to her that he can make it worth her while.With other women, however, she’s far more lenient. 

🔥 She’s into tease-and-denial as the instigator. Especially with men that would otherwise have some sort of assumed power over her.

🔥 Ivan: For him, sex is a means to an end, so he usually prefers going hard and fast. Yet he’ll simmer down if he’s trying to make a good impression. 

🔥 Cuddling and aftercare aren’t really in his repertoire, either, and it’s rare when he does so outside of luring purposes.

🔥 Joshua: He unconsciously prefers positions that allow him to keep his back exposed (as opposed to lying on his back, leaning against a wall, etc.).

🔥 Mal: It’s almost impossible for him to be quiet during sex. He needs to make some sort of noise and appreciates having a vocal partner to help with that.

HERE HAVE MORE TIDBITS ABOUT DANI 

- Used to draw a lot through high school, not necessarily well, even took Art Class for a couple years. she’ll say it’s because it was the ‘easiest’ of the mandatory arts credits but it’s actually bc of Clifford. good luck getting her to admit that!

- Loves fish and most seafood, which worked out well for her since that’s what she grew up eating a lot of it. One of her all-time favourite foods is caldeirada.

- Her full name is Maria Danielle Almeida Jay. Only her mother and some family on the maternal side call her Maria or Maria Danielle. To everyone else she’s Dani. 

- She officially dropped two of her names around the time she moved out on her own. Not out of spite, but because she figured she’d be taken more seriously in the working world with a more ethnically ambiguous name, and because it’s what most people called her anyway. 

- Her favourite comicbook character is Harley Quinn. 

- She’s a chewer. Pen lids, pencil tops, hair ties, clothes, hair, hands, lips... If she’s particularly stressed or deep in concentration, nothing’s safe. Except her nails. Never had a problem with those. (she wants a bracelet or necklace designed to be chewed on, but is too self-conscious about it to get one for herself.) 

- On a related note, she likes chewy candy but hates caramels and taffies. Gum is good, too. 

- She has a certificate in Social Sciences & Humanities and is currently working on a certificate in Psychology. Still can’t decide whether she actually wants to make a career of it or simply study it because she likes it.

- Dani is fluent in (European) Portuguese and English, as they’re the languages she was taught since birth. She considers both of them her “first” language.

D = Dirty Secret 

She used to do anal when she did sex work for a while, yet stopped doing it when she quit. She claims she doesn’t do it anymore because it’s not all that great. The truth is that every night after she did it, she had nightmares about prolapses that’d leave her uneasy for hours after she woke up. Hasn’t done it since, though she still gets that nightmare now and then. 

A = Aftercare

Aftercare is important to Dani, both to provide it and for it to be provided, even if she’d rather just fall asleep. She wants whoever she’s with to feel appreciated for engaging with her, not ashamed or used! Unless, of course, they were unpleasant to her. Then they’ll get the cold shoulder.  

N = NO

No anal (unless the other party is the recipient); no PIV sex without a condom; no kinks that involve excrement, urine, blood, etc.; no misuse of parent-related terminology in ANY language; if it sounds like some Urban Dictionary term it’s likely she knows what it is and the answer is very likely going to be “fuck right off with that shit”;  no rape fantasy stuff, no race play, none of that shit. 

“And no ginger root, you fucking weirdos.”

I = Intimacy

While she’s not the most physically intimate person on the planet, she does try to be if she gets the impression it’s what someone she cares about (or is trying to liken herself to), like standing or sitting near them, offering/giving hugs, light touches, that sort of thing. Intellectual and communication-based intimacy are more what she seeks out for herself. Sexual intimacy is nice, too, but not necessarily a must. 

That said, she’s far more inclined to be cuddly with women over men; she’ll cuddle with a guy if he initiates it and won’t if he doesn’t, leery that he might lash out if she tries to make the first move in that regard.