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prior game thread, and it’s just out of date but I figured I should include an au life thread.
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❥ Name: Clifford Norman.
❥ Canon: Wilde Life.
❥ Canon Point: start of Chapter 13.
❥ Fandom OC Approval: n/a.
❥ History:
cw: domestic violence
Short wiki, so supplemental info:
Dad left Cliff and his mom, Nora, after he was born, so they moved to Podunk, Oklahoma where Nora got remarried to a man named Carl and they adopted another boy. Cliff’s stepdad would sometimes get physically violent with him, and their relationship was more strained in the past few years as Carl disapproved of things Cliff would do and say. He kept this fact a secret from his mom until the most recent chapter, and also doesn't tell anyone about the fact that he's been able to turn into a wolf for as long as he can remember (because his mom totally very definitely does not know. Cough.)
After Oscar Wilde (not that one) finds out about the werewolf (later corrected to be Animal Person by local witch, Eliza) business, they form a friendship that gets less tenuous the more they go through together. Weird things that happen to Cliff since they start hanging out include:
- Protecting Oscar by killing monsters that unfortunately used to be people and feeling real bad about it.
- Getting kidnapped by a circus witch who wants to ransom him off because of some magical mark placed on him.
- Being harassed by another Animal Person that tries to be his friend give him a horrific disease that drives Animal People mad.
- Fighting more giant monsters to save himself and Oscar alongside Eliza, who he grudgingly starts to trust, too. But that's bonding! Friendship is sharing trauma and secrets.
- Speaking of which, circumstance and Oscar make Cliff open up about how his stepdad had been treating him and Carl is kicked out of the home. Yay!
Additional relevancy (from author’s tumblr):
Cliff’s forms and Animal People general.
❥ CRAU?:
Daybreak Academy was an AU game so there were a few changes to his backstory, namely that he was a human boy until he was bit by a werewolf at the age of sixteen. The school eventually came to pick him up so he could adjust to a world of magic and monsters that had been dismissed as fiction, though they revealed that it wasn't his lycanthropy that had made them interested in finding him, but rather the fact that he had a powerful seal on his hand hiding him from magical view had been compromised in the change. It was alluded to that it was tied to some kind of contract made with a devil.
Over time he learned to manage his lycanthropy better and became comfortable enough with his friends Tobias (Animorphs) and Coco (Coco) to let them in on the wolf business, his home situation was resolved, and he was able to help save the world from Nightfall aka the apocalypse. During the time he was there he didn't find out more about the hidden seal on his hand, the mysterious white-faced bear that had saved him from being killed straight-out by the werewolf, or any ties his family may or may not have already had to the magical world (due to being apped in fairly close to endgame). But he did get a girlfriend, which is clearly more important.
❥ Personality:
cw: domestic violence
Some people may call being stubborn rather than being determined -- and maybe that’s a perfectly valid interpretation -- but that doesn't change the fact that once Clifford sets his mind to something, it’ll be a trial trying to get him to stop. Whether it's his way, his alternative way, or because he has to come around to someone else’s way, the odds of Cliff seeing something through to the end is pretty high thanks to his dogged (har har) mindset. Even when things go sour, he has the self-restraint to hold back on any physical damage he could very easily cause as an Animal Person -- when his brother notes that he could probably beat anyone up if he wanted to, he agrees; later when pushed too far by his abusive step-father, he does toss him across the room, but doesn't do any real damage to him or their property, and is quick to disengage -- and isn't deterred from his task for long. Instead, he uses any frustration he has as fuel for finding the resolution or keeping things as he likes.
If he were being honest, he wouldn't classify himself as an overly smart individual, but Cliff is quick to adapt to situations because he looks around to assess his options. The risks are maybe not…fully calculated, especially since more often than not he's out of his depths, but he’s worked his way out of more than a few tight spots thanks to his ability to throw a plan together or process what information he can that's helpful in the moment. Once the danger passes, he can think on the deeper side of things and take the time to learn from what mistakes were made. A time this is clear is when dealing with a horrible spider woman that's poisoned his friend. Cliff not only has to fend off this monster that's stronger than him and that can inject him with venom, but he has to find a way to get Oscar back to someone that would actually be capable of helping where he himself cannot. He might have rashly said some things in his determination to get things on track, but it was more important to find what control he could in the situation. This was also an improvement over a previous encounter with a monster that had formerly been a boy trying to befriend him, where he tried on his own to get Raven to back off or leave entirely instead of getting his witch friend or even just any adult involved until it was nearly too late.
Clifford is an almost squirrelly boy, for as much as he slouches around in full teen sulk. Finding him at a time when he's not moving or at the ready is difficult, with tension and capriciousness both stored up in his bones. Confidence and hope even give his already wide movements an extra little pep as he strides around, jumps off high places, challenges people to contests, playfully tries to scare others, and/or works himself up for an argument. This compelling energy makes his body language dramatic whether he’s meaning to be relaxed or out in full grandiose swings. While he's not actually an extrovert, part of this is due to enticing others to stick around so he has a ready excuse to stay out of the house when he'd rather not go back -- after all, that's where he's most likely to be either shut down completely or driven to feeling so much he has to run and yell at the sky...though after getting kidnapped by a circus witch that wanted to sell him off, running away isn't as likely a go-to anymore.
Like many of the world’s hormonal youth with problems with authority, Cliff is quick to anger and eager to grow up too fast. He doesn't want to be a powerless teen, he wants to go, and do, and get what gratification he can out of his life. Waiting around like he's told or being rendered useless only serves to rile him up more and makes it more likely for him to reach a boiling point he isn't always sure how to handle. When impatient for the things he feels should have already happened, Cliff is much more inclined to seize the day, consequences be damned. Besides, things tend to be less lonely that way, and Cliff is someone that's been deprived of real connections throughout his life.
Still, “boys will be boys,” and all that. Clifford’s a rowdy teen with rowdy teen friends that hasn't been rewarded for prior good behavior, in his opinion. When doing bad things and indulging in vices is something he sees as thrilling, he'd rather have fun and be in trouble than do exactly as he's told and be in trouble anyway. An extra “screw you” to those he disagrees with or that have hurt him in some manner -- cough, Carl, cough -- is an extra cherry on top to any course of action he's presented with, rather than everything always being about lashing out or putting up walls.
Because of his brash decisions, troublemaking inclinations, and his fear of himself and his secret getting out, it isn't uncommon for things to quickly crumble from what his expectations might have been. When this happens, the regret, fear, and confusion turn inward and to something he’s more experienced with dealing with: anger. As seen when Oscar and he are holed up in a little cave hiding from a giant sea serpent, Clifford finds it baffling when people aren't mad at him like he's mad at himself, and focuses on whatever blame he can take on in the situation or the consequences he either expects from experience or feels he deserves. Only when it's pointed out that he's sixteen and often thrown into weird, stressful situations that he's learned from does he start to be less hard on himself.
However, that determination to have done better and not be someone else’s problem doesn't always come out in that explosive way. Knowing he can endure a lot more than he should have to due to experience means that it's easier for him to keep his mouth shut, especially when the alternative is potentially costing a loved one their happiness. Clifford outright says knew that his mom would have believed him if he told her about the way his stepdad would hit him, but also that he “knew” he was the reason his dad left them to begin with. Making his mom lose another partner and his brother lose a father wasn't worth his own safety or peace of mind, and he resolved to let the problem fix itself by moving out in a few years, when he turned eighteen. Despite having more emotional intelligence than maybe a stereotypical sixteen-year-old boy, addressing feelings directly when making his apologies or trying to get past tension, Cliff still has the instinct to run -- often literally. Other times, though, he deflects. More than once he gives the canned response of “It’s fine. It's not a big deal. Don't worry about it.” After all that leads to pent up aggression and hurt, the cycle begins anew! It's rough being a teen wolf.
❥ Abilities:
- Shifting: as an Animal Person, Cliff is neither a wolf nor a human. He is capable of being perceived/acting as either a wolf or a human at will, no amount of transition between but rather an instant switch.
- Heightened hearing.
- Heightened sense of smell.
- Improved night vision (spooky reflective eye light included).
- Inhuman speed, agility, and strength.
❥ Extras:
No nerfing, thanks!
Inventory:
- wolf alebrije figurine (crau)
- bag of gummi bears
- pack of cigarettes
As for god… Diacht would be an amazing assignment given his secrecy and raven trauma, but on seeing that he'd scream internally and desperately gesture at Ainea because she's a cute girl and looks comparatively harmless.
❥ Canon: Wilde Life.
❥ Canon Point: start of Chapter 13.
❥ Fandom OC Approval: n/a.
❥ History:
cw: domestic violence
Short wiki, so supplemental info:
Dad left Cliff and his mom, Nora, after he was born, so they moved to Podunk, Oklahoma where Nora got remarried to a man named Carl and they adopted another boy. Cliff’s stepdad would sometimes get physically violent with him, and their relationship was more strained in the past few years as Carl disapproved of things Cliff would do and say. He kept this fact a secret from his mom until the most recent chapter, and also doesn't tell anyone about the fact that he's been able to turn into a wolf for as long as he can remember (because his mom totally very definitely does not know. Cough.)
After Oscar Wilde (not that one) finds out about the werewolf (later corrected to be Animal Person by local witch, Eliza) business, they form a friendship that gets less tenuous the more they go through together. Weird things that happen to Cliff since they start hanging out include:
- Protecting Oscar by killing monsters that unfortunately used to be people and feeling real bad about it.
- Getting kidnapped by a circus witch who wants to ransom him off because of some magical mark placed on him.
- Being harassed by another Animal Person that tries to be his friend give him a horrific disease that drives Animal People mad.
- Fighting more giant monsters to save himself and Oscar alongside Eliza, who he grudgingly starts to trust, too. But that's bonding! Friendship is sharing trauma and secrets.
- Speaking of which, circumstance and Oscar make Cliff open up about how his stepdad had been treating him and Carl is kicked out of the home. Yay!
Additional relevancy (from author’s tumblr):
Cliff’s forms and Animal People general.
❥ CRAU?:
Daybreak Academy was an AU game so there were a few changes to his backstory, namely that he was a human boy until he was bit by a werewolf at the age of sixteen. The school eventually came to pick him up so he could adjust to a world of magic and monsters that had been dismissed as fiction, though they revealed that it wasn't his lycanthropy that had made them interested in finding him, but rather the fact that he had a powerful seal on his hand hiding him from magical view had been compromised in the change. It was alluded to that it was tied to some kind of contract made with a devil.
Over time he learned to manage his lycanthropy better and became comfortable enough with his friends Tobias (Animorphs) and Coco (Coco) to let them in on the wolf business, his home situation was resolved, and he was able to help save the world from Nightfall aka the apocalypse. During the time he was there he didn't find out more about the hidden seal on his hand, the mysterious white-faced bear that had saved him from being killed straight-out by the werewolf, or any ties his family may or may not have already had to the magical world (due to being apped in fairly close to endgame). But he did get a girlfriend, which is clearly more important.
❥ Personality:
cw: domestic violence
Some people may call being stubborn rather than being determined -- and maybe that’s a perfectly valid interpretation -- but that doesn't change the fact that once Clifford sets his mind to something, it’ll be a trial trying to get him to stop. Whether it's his way, his alternative way, or because he has to come around to someone else’s way, the odds of Cliff seeing something through to the end is pretty high thanks to his dogged (har har) mindset. Even when things go sour, he has the self-restraint to hold back on any physical damage he could very easily cause as an Animal Person -- when his brother notes that he could probably beat anyone up if he wanted to, he agrees; later when pushed too far by his abusive step-father, he does toss him across the room, but doesn't do any real damage to him or their property, and is quick to disengage -- and isn't deterred from his task for long. Instead, he uses any frustration he has as fuel for finding the resolution or keeping things as he likes.
If he were being honest, he wouldn't classify himself as an overly smart individual, but Cliff is quick to adapt to situations because he looks around to assess his options. The risks are maybe not…fully calculated, especially since more often than not he's out of his depths, but he’s worked his way out of more than a few tight spots thanks to his ability to throw a plan together or process what information he can that's helpful in the moment. Once the danger passes, he can think on the deeper side of things and take the time to learn from what mistakes were made. A time this is clear is when dealing with a horrible spider woman that's poisoned his friend. Cliff not only has to fend off this monster that's stronger than him and that can inject him with venom, but he has to find a way to get Oscar back to someone that would actually be capable of helping where he himself cannot. He might have rashly said some things in his determination to get things on track, but it was more important to find what control he could in the situation. This was also an improvement over a previous encounter with a monster that had formerly been a boy trying to befriend him, where he tried on his own to get Raven to back off or leave entirely instead of getting his witch friend or even just any adult involved until it was nearly too late.
Clifford is an almost squirrelly boy, for as much as he slouches around in full teen sulk. Finding him at a time when he's not moving or at the ready is difficult, with tension and capriciousness both stored up in his bones. Confidence and hope even give his already wide movements an extra little pep as he strides around, jumps off high places, challenges people to contests, playfully tries to scare others, and/or works himself up for an argument. This compelling energy makes his body language dramatic whether he’s meaning to be relaxed or out in full grandiose swings. While he's not actually an extrovert, part of this is due to enticing others to stick around so he has a ready excuse to stay out of the house when he'd rather not go back -- after all, that's where he's most likely to be either shut down completely or driven to feeling so much he has to run and yell at the sky...though after getting kidnapped by a circus witch that wanted to sell him off, running away isn't as likely a go-to anymore.
Like many of the world’s hormonal youth with problems with authority, Cliff is quick to anger and eager to grow up too fast. He doesn't want to be a powerless teen, he wants to go, and do, and get what gratification he can out of his life. Waiting around like he's told or being rendered useless only serves to rile him up more and makes it more likely for him to reach a boiling point he isn't always sure how to handle. When impatient for the things he feels should have already happened, Cliff is much more inclined to seize the day, consequences be damned. Besides, things tend to be less lonely that way, and Cliff is someone that's been deprived of real connections throughout his life.
Still, “boys will be boys,” and all that. Clifford’s a rowdy teen with rowdy teen friends that hasn't been rewarded for prior good behavior, in his opinion. When doing bad things and indulging in vices is something he sees as thrilling, he'd rather have fun and be in trouble than do exactly as he's told and be in trouble anyway. An extra “screw you” to those he disagrees with or that have hurt him in some manner -- cough, Carl, cough -- is an extra cherry on top to any course of action he's presented with, rather than everything always being about lashing out or putting up walls.
Because of his brash decisions, troublemaking inclinations, and his fear of himself and his secret getting out, it isn't uncommon for things to quickly crumble from what his expectations might have been. When this happens, the regret, fear, and confusion turn inward and to something he’s more experienced with dealing with: anger. As seen when Oscar and he are holed up in a little cave hiding from a giant sea serpent, Clifford finds it baffling when people aren't mad at him like he's mad at himself, and focuses on whatever blame he can take on in the situation or the consequences he either expects from experience or feels he deserves. Only when it's pointed out that he's sixteen and often thrown into weird, stressful situations that he's learned from does he start to be less hard on himself.
However, that determination to have done better and not be someone else’s problem doesn't always come out in that explosive way. Knowing he can endure a lot more than he should have to due to experience means that it's easier for him to keep his mouth shut, especially when the alternative is potentially costing a loved one their happiness. Clifford outright says knew that his mom would have believed him if he told her about the way his stepdad would hit him, but also that he “knew” he was the reason his dad left them to begin with. Making his mom lose another partner and his brother lose a father wasn't worth his own safety or peace of mind, and he resolved to let the problem fix itself by moving out in a few years, when he turned eighteen. Despite having more emotional intelligence than maybe a stereotypical sixteen-year-old boy, addressing feelings directly when making his apologies or trying to get past tension, Cliff still has the instinct to run -- often literally. Other times, though, he deflects. More than once he gives the canned response of “It’s fine. It's not a big deal. Don't worry about it.” After all that leads to pent up aggression and hurt, the cycle begins anew! It's rough being a teen wolf.
❥ Abilities:
- Shifting: as an Animal Person, Cliff is neither a wolf nor a human. He is capable of being perceived/acting as either a wolf or a human at will, no amount of transition between but rather an instant switch.
- Heightened hearing.
- Heightened sense of smell.
- Improved night vision (spooky reflective eye light included).
- Inhuman speed, agility, and strength.
❥ Extras:
No nerfing, thanks!
Inventory:
- wolf alebrije figurine (crau)
- bag of gummi bears
- pack of cigarettes
As for god… Diacht would be an amazing assignment given his secrecy and raven trauma, but on seeing that he'd scream internally and desperately gesture at Ainea because she's a cute girl and looks comparatively harmless.
SAMPLE
prior game thread, and it’s just out of date but I figured I should include an au life thread.
