Pavlova Cookie is a bit annoying with his penchant for sticking his nose into everything with little regard for if it’s wanted or asked for, so that is something that people may want to avoid, but the main reason for this opt-out is his primary ability. Pavlova has the ability to essentially look into a person’s heart and see their relationships. This is not limited to romantic relationships, as he can see both romantic and platonic relationships, as well as being able to sense if a person wants certain relationships. If it has to do with their relationships in any form he can find it out from poking around long enough. From unrequited love to lies people tell themselves in relation to their perception of their relationships, he can see it all. If he focuses hard enough he can even read the story of a particular relationship. It’s a very specialized power, but it’s also very powerful. So I’d like to know if for one reason or another you’d like him to Not Do That. Or if you’d like to opt out of interacting with the little shipper entirely. The descriptions offer suggestions for people opting in, but opting out is always alright, and you can just put “No” into all of the sections. You can also just put what he can sense and nothing else if there are parts and pieces you don’t want him picking up on.
Opt out: Yes/No
Relationships he can read: This is the fun part! Tell me aaaaall about your character’s relationships. All of the important ties they have! This can be as detailed or simple as you like, or as you feel befits the importance of the relationship. If your character has a billion and one friendships with npcs, you can just say that. Have fun with it!
Beliefs they hold: Essentially, what parts of their relationships are they misinterpreting or lying to themselves about. Have they been willfully ignoring someone’s advances because they’re nervous the other isn’t serious about it? Have they been arguing with a friend over a total misunderstanding? Do they think that a relationship they want won’t work out for some reason? Do they want romance but don’t think they’re cut out for it because of their occupation or situation or something? He can sense that! Put it in!
Tropes: He is the CRK equivalent to a kid who reads fics on Ao3 to stave off depression. If you want him to call your character cringe I can see what I can do to make that happen. He’s already wrapping his head around Shadownilla Toxic Yaoi. This is also a less intensive option for those who don’t want him peeping their whole romance.
How does their heart look: I often like to embellish my writing with things like this, so sometimes I might refer to a character’s heart as though he is seeing a representation of it tangled in its relationship strings. Are there a bunch of severed ones hanging there? Are the strings squeezing it too tightly? Are the strings threatening to break? Loose? What are the strings made of? What does the heart itself look like? Is it like glass? Literally walled off? Drained of color?
Additional considerations: Anything you think is important that might not fall under the prior sections! His "knowledge of relationships" is very vague in it's scope so if you'd like him to learn something specifically to call them on it, this would be a good place to note that.
May I contact for more info: Yes/No. This is just here in case things change organically over time and/or i’m writing something specific and want to double check about the specifics of something mentioned above. “No” is for those who only want him referencing what is mentioned and nothing else.
Opt out:Yes-ish. Specifically opting out in regards to Ryan, at least for now. There's no reason he can't see what's going on in Min's head (which is why this is still so long...), but interfering at this time would likely hinder more than help and Pavlova could probably see that too. Updating this to no now that confessions have happened.
Relationships he can read:
While he has had other relationships over the course of his life, there are only a few standouts. Pavlova may be able to see them, but perhaps take less interest in them.
Ryan Akagi ~ Min-Gi and Ryan were born on the same day at the same hospital, and from that day on their lives have been intertwined. Ryan is his best friend and the most important person in his life. Although Ryan is a very different to Min they're both extremely passionate about music and they care deeply about each other. Having being nearly inseparable for the majority of their lives they have a strong bond and many shared stories and in jokes. It can be hard to break into their dynamic without feeling like a third wheel, though neither of them seem fully aware of this. They're very codependent, and while this hasn't always been so healthy in the past they've made a lot of progress over the past year or so in making it work in a way that is good for both of them. Communication has been the big thing here. They both try to be more open about how they're feeling, and actually listen to each other. They play to their strengths and together they're learning to be the team they've always thought themselves to be. That said, there are still a few remaining secrets between the two.
Min-Gi has even finally confessed he has feelings for Ryan, and while it's mutual they're currently in a weird space while Min learns how to be more comfortable and open about his sexuality.
His Parents ~ This is overall a positive set of relationships! He loves them, and they love him. A lot. He's their only child and they want what's best for him. Unfortunately for Min their idea of this doesn't always align with what he wants for himself. Historically he's almost always gone along with their plans for him, dragging his feet when it comes to the things he doesn't actually want to do rather than using his words to express this to them. They have high expectations and he doesn't want to let them down. In recent times he has started to be more honest about his own wants and needs and as a result Min-Gi has travelled to America to make music with Ryan instead of studying finance at university. They worry about him, but he keeps them updated and tries to minimize their need for concern as much as he can. Or at least he did before winding up in the Grove.
Kez ~ Although they didn't know each other for all that long, Kez still became very important to Min. Enough that she still stands out as a key figure however briefly he knew her. Early on she confused him, and Min-Gi honestly didn't trust her all that much. However, he quickly learned to at least partially learn how to read her and became fond of her. She wasn't always easy to live with, but Min grew a lot as a person in the time he spent with her, and unintentionally or not she helped with that. He misses her.
Min-Gi is from the 1980s. I think that sums up a lot without me getting too deeply into things. He's gay, he does not want to be gay, and does not think his family would accept him as a gay man. He still wants to change, but in his heart he's resigned to eventually agreeing to a marriage with a girl nice enough he can be friends with but will never truly be in love with. It's. Not great.
He has Weird Feelings about how open pretty much everyone else in the Grove is about their sexuality and has no idea what to make of so many of them being in poly situations. He outwardly tries to express positivity, but again... even without powers it's not that hard to see he's a little uncomfortable with it. It scares him while also making him a little jealous. It doesn't seem fair that everyone else gets to be in love with multiple people while he can't let himself accept having feelings for even one person.
For all he tries to push his feelings down you really don't need powers to see that Min is deeply in love with Ryan. Near enough the entire Grove knows, but pointing that out would cause him to freak out, especially now. He's recently gained memories of his past life where he was in a happy and committed relationship with Ryan and was trying to find the perfect time to propose. Clearly horrifying stuff that has sent him spiralling. He's really not in a good place.
Min-Gi's heart resembles a personal library. It's neat, but lived in. Almost everything is in shades of blue, though there are hints of white and seafoam as well. Closer inspection will show while nothing is explicitly locked away, some books are tucked further back or on shelves that are inconvenient to access. These represent aspects of his life that Min does not want to deal with and will give off an ominous feeling if approached and appear as though they are further away than they were before. This is only an illusion and they can still be looked at. The books do not contain actual words but "reading" them will still give information relevant to it in as much detail as if they did.
The shelves related to his relationships with other people are the big exception to the colour scheme. These books seem to come in all kinds of colours, though the marker ribbon in each of them seems to be the same colour as the book if mixed with blue. Kez's book is grey, for example, and the marker ribbon is a steely blue. The books with people he feels closest to are sharper in colour, compared to the majority which are more faded. In every book, the ribbon is strangely long and attached to the shelf itself. The length of the ribbon seems to align with how long Mi-Gi has known someone, with both his parents and Ryan's all tying for the longest. If looked at closely, a section of Ryan's ribbon seems to have been cut completely before being neatly repaired.
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lovelyredthread) wrote2025-05-11 11:34 pm
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Yes-ish. Specifically opting out in regards to Ryan, at least for now. There's no reason he can't see what's going on in Min's head (which is why this is still so long...), but interfering at this time would likely hinder more than help and Pavlova could probably see that too.Updating this to no now that confessions have happened.Relationships he can read:
While he has had other relationships over the course of his life, there are only a few standouts. Pavlova may be able to see them, but perhaps take less interest in them.
Ryan Akagi ~ Min-Gi and Ryan were born on the same day at the same hospital, and from that day on their lives have been intertwined. Ryan is his best friend and the most important person in his life. Although Ryan is a very different to Min they're both extremely passionate about music and they care deeply about each other. Having being nearly inseparable for the majority of their lives they have a strong bond and many shared stories and in jokes. It can be hard to break into their dynamic without feeling like a third wheel, though neither of them seem fully aware of this. They're very codependent, and while this hasn't always been so healthy in the past they've made a lot of progress over the past year or so in making it work in a way that is good for both of them. Communication has been the big thing here. They both try to be more open about how they're feeling, and actually listen to each other. They play to their strengths and together they're learning to be the team they've always thought themselves to be.
That said, there are still a few remaining secrets between the two.Min-Gi has even finally confessed he has feelings for Ryan, and while it's mutual they're currently in a weird space while Min learns how to be more comfortable and open about his sexuality.
His Parents ~ This is overall a positive set of relationships! He loves them, and they love him. A lot. He's their only child and they want what's best for him. Unfortunately for Min their idea of this doesn't always align with what he wants for himself. Historically he's almost always gone along with their plans for him, dragging his feet when it comes to the things he doesn't actually want to do rather than using his words to express this to them. They have high expectations and he doesn't want to let them down. In recent times he has started to be more honest about his own wants and needs and as a result Min-Gi has travelled to America to make music with Ryan instead of studying finance at university. They worry about him, but he keeps them updated and tries to minimize their need for concern as much as he can. Or at least he did before winding up in the Grove.
Kez ~ Although they didn't know each other for all that long, Kez still became very important to Min. Enough that she still stands out as a key figure however briefly he knew her. Early on she confused him, and Min-Gi honestly didn't trust her all that much. However, he quickly learned to at least partially learn how to read her and became fond of her. She wasn't always easy to live with, but Min grew a lot as a person in the time he spent with her, and unintentionally or not she helped with that. He misses her.
Sticks CR
Beliefs they hold:
CW: so much internalized homophobia
Min-Gi is from the 1980s. I think that sums up a lot without me getting too deeply into things. He's gay, he does not want to be gay, and does not think his family would accept him as a gay man. He still wants to change, but in his heart he's resigned to eventually agreeing to a marriage with a girl nice enough he can be friends with but will never truly be in love with. It's. Not great.
He has Weird Feelings about how open pretty much everyone else in the Grove is about their sexuality and has no idea what to make of so many of them being in poly situations. He outwardly tries to express positivity, but again... even without powers it's not that hard to see he's a little uncomfortable with it. It scares him while also making him a little jealous. It doesn't seem fair that everyone else gets to be in love with multiple people while he can't let himself accept having feelings for even one person.
For all he tries to push his feelings down you really don't need powers to see that Min is deeply in love with Ryan. Near enough the entire Grove knows, but pointing that out would cause him to freak out, especially now. He's recently gained memories of his past life where he was in a happy and committed relationship with Ryan and was trying to find the perfect time to propose. Clearly horrifying stuff that has sent him spiralling. He's really not in a good place.
Tropes: I'm lazy, so here's the page for Book 4.
How does their heart look:
Min-Gi's heart resembles a personal library. It's neat, but lived in. Almost everything is in shades of blue, though there are hints of white and seafoam as well. Closer inspection will show while nothing is explicitly locked away, some books are tucked further back or on shelves that are inconvenient to access. These represent aspects of his life that Min does not want to deal with and will give off an ominous feeling if approached and appear as though they are further away than they were before. This is only an illusion and they can still be looked at. The books do not contain actual words but "reading" them will still give information relevant to it in as much detail as if they did.
The shelves related to his relationships with other people are the big exception to the colour scheme. These books seem to come in all kinds of colours, though the marker ribbon in each of them seems to be the same colour as the book if mixed with blue. Kez's book is grey, for example, and the marker ribbon is a steely blue. The books with people he feels closest to are sharper in colour, compared to the majority which are more faded. In every book, the ribbon is strangely long and attached to the shelf itself. The length of the ribbon seems to align with how long Mi-Gi has known someone, with both his parents and Ryan's all tying for the longest. If looked at closely, a section of Ryan's ribbon seems to have been cut completely before being neatly repaired.
Additional considerations: Nothing for now.
May I contact for more info: Yes!