10. How does your OC react when they’re embarrassed?
Well, first off he’s the oldest of four kids (idk genders, at least one sister) and his dad’s not around so he’s changed diapers and bought tampons and that stuff doesn’t really phase him. He’s more likely to be embarrassed about feelings, see talking with Sara about getting engaged to Mai:
Sara can feel herself blushing, looking down, acting like a little girl and she's kicking herself for being ridiculous when Mai reaches over and puts her hand over Sara's. "I know, it's kind of goddamn terrifying," she says. "I freaked out with my friends for weeks before I asked Matt."
"You asshole!" Sara says, smacking Matt upside the head, "you didn't tell me she asked you!"
Now it's Matt's turn to blush. "I was thinking about asking!" he says, defensive, "but I was going to do it all official, ask her parents first, and Mai's parents are goddamn terrifying!"
"It's kind of true," Mai says, with a smile, "my mom was a high school principal and my dad worked passenger trains."
"And they're both taller than me, and I was just some kid working in a mechanics shop and who was I to marry their daughter..."
And that gets him another smack on the head, this time from Mai. "So I got tired of waiting, and asked him. We told our parents after, together."
I think the things he’s ACTUALLY embarrassed about, instead of cute whoops feelings embarrassed, mostly have to do with growing up in a not-great part of town with no money. It doesn’t come across much in Rokia POV stuff because he’s better off than she is, but in the Sara stuff you see it a little. Anyway, for that stuff I think he probably just goes very quiet and tries to exit the situation as fast as possible. His dad would get drunk and come home and yell and break stuff and hit people before he got killed in a factory accident, so Matt sees male anger as scary and destructive. So when kids would make fun of him he'd just kinda shrug, which is actually pretty effective if people are looking for a reaction. And then he’d go home and tell his mom and she’d hug him and tell him how helpful and smart he was and he’d feel better.
whoops accidental sad bb Matt sorry >>
12. Are they a morning person or a night owl?
Morning, which always annoyed Sara when they were in school together (they're the same age) because she is very not. They eventually made a rule he wasn’t allowed to talk to her until after their first class.
14. If you could compare your OC to an animal what would that be?
A bear: usually content to roll around eating berries and enjoying life but heaven help you if you fuck with it or its cubs (/friends). The hufflepuffiest huffle to ever puff.
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Date: 2017-05-11 12:31 am (UTC)Matt:
10. How does your OC react when they’re embarrassed?
Well, first off he’s the oldest of four kids (idk genders, at least one sister) and his dad’s not around so he’s changed diapers and bought tampons and that stuff doesn’t really phase him. He’s more likely to be embarrassed about feelings, see talking with Sara about getting engaged to Mai:
I think the things he’s ACTUALLY embarrassed about, instead of cute whoops feelings embarrassed, mostly have to do with growing up in a not-great part of town with no money. It doesn’t come across much in Rokia POV stuff because he’s better off than she is, but in the Sara stuff you see it a little. Anyway, for that stuff I think he probably just goes very quiet and tries to exit the situation as fast as possible. His dad would get drunk and come home and yell and break stuff and hit people before he got killed in a factory accident, so Matt sees male anger as scary and destructive. So when kids would make fun of him he'd just kinda shrug, which is actually pretty effective if people are looking for a reaction. And then he’d go home and tell his mom and she’d hug him and tell him how helpful and smart he was and he’d feel better.
whoops accidental sad bb Matt sorry >>
12. Are they a morning person or a night owl?
Morning, which always annoyed Sara when they were in school together (they're the same age) because she is very not. They eventually made a rule he wasn’t allowed to talk to her until after their first class.
14. If you could compare your OC to an animal what would that be?
A bear: usually content to roll around eating berries and enjoying life but heaven help you if you fuck with it or its cubs (/friends). The hufflepuffiest huffle to ever puff.