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.
Relationships he can read: Canon RelationshipsRuby Rose (platonic, formerly romantic): A girl that Oscar has a tremendous amount of respect and affection for. He used to have a crush on her. There are still some dregs of that crush lingering on, but for the most part his feelings have matured into something deeper and platonic. Oscar believes she's dead and is in the process of mourning her.
Jaune Arc (platonic, somewhat fraternal): A good friend and surrogate older brother. Oscar cares deeply for Jaune, though there have been moments where he feared him instead. Oscar believes he's dead and is in the process of mourning him.
Nora, Ren (platonic): Close friends of Oscar, though not as close as Jaune or Ruby.
Weiss, Blake, Yang (platonic): More close friends of Oscar, though not as close as Nora and Ren. Oscar believes they're dead and is in the process of mourning them.
Ozpin (platonic, familial, extremely fraught): Here's an absolute clusterfuck of a relationship. On one hand, Ozpin inspires feelings of frustration, anger, resentment, and even fear in Oscar. On the other hand, he also inspires feelings of respect, admiration, affection, pride, protectiveness, and the sort of love someone might feel towards a father or older brother. Overall, the main word to describe Oscar's relationship with Ozpin is 'contradiction'. Oscar wishes he had never met Ozpin, and credits meeting Ozpin with changing his life for the better. He wishes Ozpin would go away, and desperately fears the idea of never hearing from him again. He holds Ozpin responsible for many of the awful things that have happened to him, and feels an extreme amount of indignant anger on Ozpin's behalf.
And as a final metaphysically weird cherry on top, while these feelings are very clearly directed towards another person they can sometimes read as being directed towards Oscar himself as well. Not in the sense that they are being directed at two separate people, but in the sense that directing them at Ozpin is somehow indistinguishable from directing them at Oscar
Sticks RelationshipsDipper (complicated, poorly defined): A version of Oscar from another universe was dating Dipper. While Oscar's own feelings towards Dipper are undeniably platonic, he is equally undeniably fond of Dipper and considers him a friend. Discomfort, sympathy, and guilt over the whole 'not actually your boyfriend' thing blanket the rest of their interactions.
Joshua, Stephanie (platonic): The two people in the Grove that Oscar is closest to (aside from Dipper). He would consider them both friends and has nothing but admiration for either of them.
Callan (NPC) (negative): Oscar is straight up terrified of this guy.
Other Sticks friends: Oscar's relationship with these characters is positive, but not yet deep or complicated enough to merit special comment: Stan Pines, Flamebringer, Sindey, Till, Ain, Pavlova Cookie, Pure Vanilla Cookie
Beliefs They Hold: For now, Oscar actually has a pretty accurate read on his relationships to other people! The main thing is that while he can admit that interacting with Dipper feels weird, he's been forcing himself to ignore how weird it feels.
Tropes:Here is Oscar's actual TVtropes page! Of particular note are: bookworm, deadpan snarker, farm boy, guile hero, it sucks to be the chosen one, loss of identity
How does their heart look?: Oscar has a small number of strings, nearly all of which are attached to him in a way that could be considered supportive and healthy. There are only two things of note.
First, there is one especially weird and tangled string, wrapped around his heart too tightly and tangled up in the other strings attached to him. It's not clear where this string is coming from, and may at times seem like it's somehow coming from Oscar himself. If you need a theme color for this one, it would be emerald green.
Second, there is an impression of 'ghost' strings surrounding him! Relationships that aren't actually his, but have somehow become attached to him regardless.
Other things to consider: If Padovana can read things thoroughly enough, he might be able to pick up that the weirdness surrounding Oscar and Ozpin is because their souls are being slowly merged into one.
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lovelyredthread) wrote2025-05-11 11:34 pm
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Relationships he can read:
Canon Relationships
Ruby Rose (platonic, formerly romantic): A girl that Oscar has a tremendous amount of respect and affection for. He used to have a crush on her. There are still some dregs of that crush lingering on, but for the most part his feelings have matured into something deeper and platonic. Oscar believes she's dead and is in the process of mourning her.Jaune Arc (platonic, somewhat fraternal): A good friend and surrogate older brother. Oscar cares deeply for Jaune, though there have been moments where he feared him instead. Oscar believes he's dead and is in the process of mourning him.
Nora, Ren (platonic): Close friends of Oscar, though not as close as Jaune or Ruby.
Weiss, Blake, Yang (platonic): More close friends of Oscar, though not as close as Nora and Ren. Oscar believes they're dead and is in the process of mourning them.
Ozpin (platonic, familial, extremely fraught): Here's an absolute clusterfuck of a relationship. On one hand, Ozpin inspires feelings of frustration, anger, resentment, and even fear in Oscar. On the other hand, he also inspires feelings of respect, admiration, affection, pride, protectiveness, and the sort of love someone might feel towards a father or older brother. Overall, the main word to describe Oscar's relationship with Ozpin is 'contradiction'. Oscar wishes he had never met Ozpin, and credits meeting Ozpin with changing his life for the better. He wishes Ozpin would go away, and desperately fears the idea of never hearing from him again. He holds Ozpin responsible for many of the awful things that have happened to him, and feels an extreme amount of indignant anger on Ozpin's behalf.
And as a final metaphysically weird cherry on top, while these feelings are very clearly directed towards another person they can sometimes read as being directed towards Oscar himself as well. Not in the sense that they are being directed at two separate people, but in the sense that directing them at Ozpin is somehow indistinguishable from directing them at Oscar
Sticks Relationships
Dipper (complicated, poorly defined): A version of Oscar from another universe was dating Dipper. While Oscar's own feelings towards Dipper are undeniably platonic, he is equally undeniably fond of Dipper and considers him a friend. Discomfort, sympathy, and guilt over the whole 'not actually your boyfriend' thing blanket the rest of their interactions.Joshua, Stephanie (platonic): The two people in the Grove that Oscar is closest to (aside from Dipper). He would consider them both friends and has nothing but admiration for either of them.
Callan (NPC) (negative): Oscar is straight up terrified of this guy.
Other Sticks friends: Oscar's relationship with these characters is positive, but not yet deep or complicated enough to merit special comment: Stan Pines, Flamebringer, Sindey, Till, Ain, Pavlova Cookie, Pure Vanilla Cookie
Beliefs They Hold: For now, Oscar actually has a pretty accurate read on his relationships to other people! The main thing is that while he can admit that interacting with Dipper feels weird, he's been forcing himself to ignore how weird it feels.
Tropes: Here is Oscar's actual TVtropes page! Of particular note are: bookworm, deadpan snarker, farm boy, guile hero, it sucks to be the chosen one, loss of identity
How does their heart look?: Oscar has a small number of strings, nearly all of which are attached to him in a way that could be considered supportive and healthy. There are only two things of note.
First, there is one especially weird and tangled string, wrapped around his heart too tightly and tangled up in the other strings attached to him. It's not clear where this string is coming from, and may at times seem like it's somehow coming from Oscar himself. If you need a theme color for this one, it would be emerald green.
Second, there is an impression of 'ghost' strings surrounding him! Relationships that aren't actually his, but have somehow become attached to him regardless.
Other things to consider: If Padovana can read things thoroughly enough, he might be able to pick up that the weirdness surrounding Oscar and Ozpin is because their souls are being slowly merged into one.
May I contact for more info: Yes!