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Sayyer // 🔞 adult // ⚫️ Black // autistic & ADHD // 🏳️‍⚧️ genderfluid artist (autist amiright?)


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Kestrel as…

Senses:

  • A Color: Red ❤️ (an attention-grabbing and intense color that is associated with passion, sexuality, and drama, but can also symbolize blood and danger)
  • A Scent: Mulled Wine 🍷 (fruity and fun, cozy and a little spicy! Served hot 😘)
  • A Texture: Silk 👘 (soft, sensual, and luxurious. Lil’ homie is a nympho)

Nature:

  • A Plant: Thorny Rose 🌹 (beautiful and delicate; the symbol of romance, yet sharp! Handle with care, or get pricked)
  • An Animal: American Kestrel 🐦(duh! A small and cute member of the Falcon family! It’s often underestimated for its small size but is an efficient and deadly hunter all the same. Also, the reason he chose this name will [eventually] be revealed in my ‘Little Birdie’ comic series, so I shan’t say it here 🫢)
  • A Season: Winter ❄️ (can be a time of icy cold, silence, and desolation, but can also be a time of warmth and togetherness when shared with loved ones)

Metaphysical (??):

  • A Spell: Charm Person 🔮 (let’s be real; Kestrel rarely needs to cast this but if he were a spell he would be this one for sure)
  • An Element (technically nature but shhhh): Fire 🔥 (passionate, energetic, can keep you warm but don’t get too close!)
  • A Song (also a sense - hearing/ sound? whatever!!!): Eternal Blue by Spiritbox (So, Kestrel has voice 6 in-game, so I was thinking his singing voice would sound a bit like Courtney LaPlante’s [deeper-toned and hauntingly pretty Amy Lee-esque sound]! The song itself, to me anyway, feels like it personifies trauma, possibly irt relationships, and talks about how time is supposed to heal all, but boy it does not!)
“it’s taught that consuming their hearts/ 
will soothe you like a brushfire, consuming on the incline/ 
not that the sediment starts/ 
to hold me like a sapphire, frozen in time/ 
it’s one by one/ 
cut the circulation as the dust settles for you/ 
blood in my eyes will run, an eternal blue sun/ 
to illuminate old wounds/”

So a major theme for Kes I noticed as I was typing this out was duality; there’s both positive and negative aspects of each item (does that make him true neutral? 🤔). That speaks really well to his character because of how differently he treats strangers and enemies vs. friends and loved ones.

He’s very wary and suspicious towards strangers, caused by trauma from experiencing racism as a tiefling, transphobia, and living through hardship as an urchin as well as feelings of a loss of agency from physical and sexual abuse. He never wants to feel that powerless again, so he keeps people at a distance long enough to kind of observe them, then decides to let them in or not based on his impression of them.

But to his loved ones, he is kind, caring, and reliable. He’s REALLY good at reading people. I have a bit of stuff for him, including a fic (I may or may not post that here - it's just ok fam), if you’re interested in learning more about Kes! I’ll use the tag below for mobile users to click on (for desktop users, you can search oc: kestrel everdusk on my blog or click the tag as well)! Im also always trying to do ask games with him as well (this post is taken from my Tumblr. Same links there too)!

Holy shit this got really long! Anyway, I love my boy and oh my fuck he’s got a lot of healing to do, but he will get there!

If you like my template, you can find it here! There's also a link to this carrd in my sidebar! If you use this, feel free to tag me! I'd love to see your ocs!!! 😍


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