only in the darkness can you see the stars

OMG LOL you’re referring to my actual OC right? Okay!

I ship her with a lot of people tbh;; but y eAH HERE

Riku, Fyuuki, Celeste, Colin, Nozomi, Dusk, Johnny (pretty much everyone from Team Star LOL), Star, etc. ^^

No, don’t worry! It makes perfect sense!

Haha yes, a lot of my OCs are actually quite similar if you compare them…^^; I try to make them as unique and special as I can but sometimes there’s a couple traits that carry over. Of course in most cases it’s okay; for example if you know ATS well then you probably know how protective Riku is of Shima, eventually both Colin and Fyuuki develop this same protectiveness as well–it’s not exactly the same in how they convey it, but they all feel a strong sense of overprotectiveness when it concerns her! Riku is slightly different in that he’s Shima’s guardian and best friend and he’s been with her since she was very young, so he feels a sort of duty and role to protect her (not to mention the whole Shizu incident as well, that fact makes him even more protective). Colin and Fyuuki are her close friends and teammates, as since she’s the leader of Team Star they also have a duty to defend her and protect her when she’s in danger. The rest of Team Star feel this way as well, and not just about Shima, they all feel it for each other–but Colin and Fyuuki witnessed firsthand how completely naive and innocent Shima is since she is totally ignorant of how the outside world works…so they know they have to look out for her, just like they look out for Celeste too. They’re both like the big brother types, except with totally opposite personalities XD

Another thing would be that whenever I make an OC I always try to make a companion for them, someone that they can be with romantically? And I know that realistically, not every one of my OCs should end up with somebody, the real world doesn’t work that way, but I do it because I’m a sucker for romance and I just like seeing all of my children loved and happy >m

I also feel that a lot of my boy OCs look really similar, idk maybe that’s just me personally but…! Yeah I guess I subconsciously just…make them all look the same since that sort of look appeals to me the most  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh, yes! There’s tons I have yet to introduce! (Bear with me, this is going to be a long post!)

If you recall from the original ATS post, Team Star works at a guild in Amethyst Town! There’s tons of characters that work there and interact with the team on a daily basis! I won’t go into deep detail about them all, but I can introduce the most important duo in the guild, the guildmasters! (I would totally draw them for you but I’m at work at the moment, so you’ll just have to settle for descriptions)

So, the guildmaster for the Amethyst Guild is named Charlie. He’s pretty young, he has black hair and blue eyes (this might change in he future btw), and he’s pretty damn powerful. However if he pushes himself too hard he coughs up blood. It’s a common occurrence for him; it’s not life-threatening or anything, he just has a lot of magic power that his weak little body can’t withstand sometimes so his body will break down on him every so often. He has a wife, her name is Wendy, she has long pink hair and is basically a huge ball of sunshine. You do not want to piss her off, though! She’s really protective of Charlie and she takes over the guild whenever he’s too ill to do it. Even though Charlie is the main guildmaster, Wendy is actually stronger than he is! But she hardly ever fights or shows her true strength, leading to tons and tons of scary rumors about her abilities.

And of course, you’ve probably heard about the five legendary beasts, Topaz being one of them! They all have human forms which they prefer to stick to nowadays, but when they were first created (in the timeline, this was about 500 years ago) they roamed the lands in their true beastly forms. They all take the form of some type of dragon-like creature (because dragons are fucking cool okay).So there’s Kyanite, she has blue hair and is the beast who controls the element of dragons. She’s pretty quiet and withdrawn most of the time. She isn’t shy; she just doesn’t like talking. And she’s really really powerful and super skilled with a sword. She’s very careful and guarded around others, not wanting to open up to them and show her true emotions. I guess you could also describe her as a bit aloof and detached to things. There’s a whole backstory for her which explains this, but I’m going to keep it a secret for now~Then there’s Citrine! Like Wendy she is also a ball of sunshine and is very air headed. She’s a cheerful and optimistic person, and can sometimes be extremely oblivious when it comes to certain things. Her power is lightning. She sticks to Zircon like glue and is his best friend.As for Zircon, he is the most sarcastic little shit ever, but I love him anyway! He’s super protective of Citrine and actually has a huge crush on her (one that he’s been harboring for half of a millennium lmfao). He has a very hard time trusting anybody and is super super book smart. He has a silver tongue but the only person he actually acts truly kind towards is Citrine~ If you haven’t guessed his element is steel.I would tell you all about Topaz, but that would be a huge spoiler! So I’ll keep quiet about it.And lastly, the psychic user, Morganite! (Or just Morgan for short, that’s what everyone else calls him.) Morgan is an extremely gifted psychic user with pink hair. Like Kyanite he’s very quiet and withdrawn, not much is known about him since he disappeared around 200 years ago and nobody has seen him since. Usually the beasts keep in contact with each other, but Morgan’s been missing for a while and the rest have no idea where he is! Everyone spectates that he’s hiding somewhere and building up his psychic energy…

Then there’s the sort of sister guild to Amethyst Guild, and I mentioned in an earlier post that its guildmasters are Ryo and Yumi! Of course there’s many more members of that guild I want to introduce, but for now I’m going to focus on just two: Misto and Terrence!Misto is also a psychic user, and is very skilled with his abilities! He’s very quiet and mysterious, and is usually found hanging about in strange and isolated places. The only person he’s really open with is his twin sister, Mouna (the name might change later). Misto has black hair with white streaks and covers his left eye with a medical eyepatch (like Claus!) He does mini magic shows for the kids at the guild and likes making things disappear and reappear with the help of his power.Terrence is the heartthrob of every teenage guy and girl in the guild and in the town. He has a very upbeat and teasing/flirty personality; he often plays pranks on others and frequently goes on dates with people of all genders. Even so he has a weird attachment to Misto and will go out of his way to bug him whenever he can, and proudly boasts about Misto’s abilities to others (and Misto, at first, wants nothing to do with him lol). He’s really good with kids too! And his element is lightning.

Lastly…I want to talk about the Grandmasters. Now the Grandmasters are said to be a myth; it’s believed they were created along with the Rulers and act as the supporting pillars of Kishuniia. So if one of them were to die, Kishuniia would become highly unstable and destroy itself from inside out. So yeah, they’re pretty important. While the Rulers are the protectors of the world and are revered by all, the Grandmasters’ existence and identity must be kept secret in order to keep the world in balance. They’ve been around since the creation of Shima’s world and live their day to day lives without anyone knowing their true identity. The Grandmasters are special because they are dual-types. Dual-type elementals are capable of wielding the power of two different elements, and when combined can be extremely powerful. While Shima and Riku can borrow other elemental powers occasionally, dual-types can use two at once without having to do that. It’s very very very rare for there to be a dual-type. And of course, there’s a tri-type as well. Only one tri-type exists in the entirety of Shima’s world, and he is seen as the leader of the Grandmasters with the power of space, time AND stars. (He’s a pretty big deal.) Dual-types have heterochromatic eyes according to their types, and the leader’s eyes are a mix of three, making it a really pretty sight! (I had names for some of them but I lost the sticky note I wrote them on, ah! I’ll definitely have to search for it again…) That’s all I’ll say for now until I gather more info!

Okay, now onto pairings! Sorry that was so long lol, but I hope you enjoyed reading about some of my extra characters~

Well, let’s see! I’ll just do Team Star pairings for right now!

Of course, my OTP is Riku and Shima! I also love Riku and Shizu as well.The obvious pairings are Fyuuki and Celeste, Colin and Amber, Dusk and Nozomi, and Shira and Johnny.My secondary pairing for Shima is FyuuShi, Fyuuki and Shima! They’re really really really cute ;w; I also ship Shima with Colin, Celeste, Nozomi and Dusk as well. (Basically everybody.)I ship Fyuuki with Nozomi and Colin too.Celeste and Colin, Celeste and Dusk…Colin and Dusk, Colin and Shira…Dusk and Johnny too, maybe Dusk and Amber and Dusk and Shira?Johnny and Amber.And Shira and Amber!Lol that’s a lot! Someone should draw a love decagon! And with the first gen Rulers that would be even more, eek!

Welly well, thanks for asking! Sorry for the overload of information. But it was definitely fun! ^^

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26. Have you ever had to change your OC’s design or something else about them against your will?

Ahh? I wouldn’t say “against my will” but more like my own decision, I suppose?

So, a few of the first manga I ever read was Pita Ten and Kamichama Karin. Shima, Colin, RP, Celeste, and Shira’s names were all taken from these series and were basically the exact same people. Of course after a while I realized that I needed to change them in order to actually make them my own, original characters, so I fixed them! I was also very heavily influenced by Pokemon Mystery Dungeon T/D/S and Shima, Fyuuki, Celeste, Dusk, Nozomi, Colin, Johnny and Shira’s designs were originally based off of some of the Pokemon from that game.

Shima’s name used to be Shia, from Pita Ten. And then I changed it to Shima (and yeah, there is a Shima from Pita Ten too, who is actually Shia with a slightly different name haha!) That’s about the only similarity she still has to the original. Her outfit was based off of the team I had in PMD, my character was a Piplup (hence the blue).

As for Shira, her name was Shia for a while too, but then I added the “r”. And her original design/Pokemon origin was Shaymin.

Celeste is based off of Shiny Celebi in PMD (hence the pink hair and the obsession with her true love AKA Fyuuki). And her original name was Himeka, from Kamichama Karin!

Fyuuki’s based off of my partner from PMD T/D/S, Chimchar! And the name is from Keroro Gunsou (with a little letter switcharoo there). I never had the heart to change it…

Colin, as you can probably guess, was based off of Grovyle from PMD, and his original name was Kazune from KK

Riku was known as Kazune for a while too, I think? Actually he used to look a lot like Klaus from Pita Ten, he had the same hair and black cape. Of course I ended up changing that later, he became black-haired instead of blonde and got an entire new wardrobe change!

Dusk is probably the most obvious–Dusknoir, of course! And also a little bit of Kirio in him too, I suppose. And Johnny, his loyal sidekick, is based off of Dusknoir’s minions Sableye.

Nozomi’s personality is pretty similar to Himeka’s, and her design comes from Jirachi!

These guys were the main team for a while–and keep in mind that my younger self was very easily influenced by the things she read, so everyone was based off of somebody XD Of course they’ve all changed tons since then, they’re definitely original characters now. But this is their origin stories, I guess!

As for Amber, she was a very last minute addition, I wanted there to be someone for Colin to end up with, and someone to really get in between Shima and Riku and cause some havoc with their romance lol (because Fyuuki’s too nice and Colin respects them too much for that). And if she was a Pokemon, I’d probably say a Torchic!

Ah okay wow sorry that was so long. I can’t really think of any others, minor characters maybe? But most of my characters are based off of somebody, whether it be appearance or personality. It’s very subtle to tell unless I point it out. I mean, everyone has to have a starting point somewhere right? I refuse to completely copy a character that already exists; I merely take the aspects of their appearance/personality I like the most and fuse them into my own characters, and they evolve further from there!