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: no dropdowns now I can summarize this one succinctly! I think—
Elysium: From his canon, Elysium is like. His #1 Person Ever. They are very close... friiiiends? It's complicated, canon technically portrays them as Very Close Friends but Elysium has also canonically written a BOOK. a BOOK! about Thorns and called him "Gallant Captain Thorns" the ENTIRE TIME. He and Elysium wind up forcing anyone else they're together in the room with into third-wheeling. They refer to each other as Partners ??? If you have 30 seconds please watch how they are in the newest story event it's insane. Anyway judging by CN Gacha and Prior Evidence they're gay and in love. There's a lot more in their relationship than just this but Pav is going to get the sense that Thorns generally will do Anything for Elysium even if he pretends to throw a fit about it. They tease each other, they push each other around. They are Making Out idk.
Aulus: From his canon. HOO BOY Thorns HATES this fucking guy. This man raised him (partly), then proceeded to do a bunch of heinous cult shit in front of him including murdering other children like him and claiming that their lives weren't worth living because they were "others", and also trying to turn people (Thorns included!) into monsters part of a hivemind... so yeah Thorns is on a quest to murder this man dead. Fuck this guy.
Sidney: From Sticks obviously... they aren't too close yet, but Thorns has a bit of an "I have to impress him" type puppy crush on him. This will surely prevent him from doing stupid shit in the future right (no it will not). Anyway he's super into Sidney's caretaker side, he's nebulously trying to say things about this but they're kind of in the baby stages of it. And Thorns is an idiot who doesn't know how to confess things, so.
Beliefs they hold: Thank God that Thorns is relatively secure in his relationships and doesn't have any weird doubts. He's been long-distance with Elysium before (they call each other on the phone. a lot.) but I guess the one thing he does have in general, not just interpersonally but with just Existence In General, is this doubt that he's actually going to be able to keep people safe. His pirate crew, his friends, etc — he's usually going out of his way to make sure people stay safe, but he can be quite reckless in so doing and usually makes the danger worse. He has not broken out of this habit despite awareness of it, so.
Tropes: "Idiots in love" is a good one— also friends to lovers. my god.
How does their heart look: It's very, hm, steady? Quite unwavering in conviction, and it feels a bit like riding on steady ocean waves. Bumpy here and there, but not stormy or turbulent most of the time. The strings are strong and sturdy and don't seem as though they'd be easy to cut.
Additional considerations: can't think of anything now!
May I contact for more info: Yes, for a smaller essay this time-
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Relationships he can read: no dropdowns now I can summarize this one succinctly! I think—
Beliefs they hold: Thank God that Thorns is relatively secure in his relationships and doesn't have any weird doubts. He's been long-distance with Elysium before (they call each other on the phone. a lot.) but I guess the one thing he does have in general, not just interpersonally but with just Existence In General, is this doubt that he's actually going to be able to keep people safe. His pirate crew, his friends, etc — he's usually going out of his way to make sure people stay safe, but he can be quite reckless in so doing and usually makes the danger worse. He has not broken out of this habit despite awareness of it, so.
Tropes: "Idiots in love" is a good one— also friends to lovers. my god.
How does their heart look: It's very, hm, steady? Quite unwavering in conviction, and it feels a bit like riding on steady ocean waves. Bumpy here and there, but not stormy or turbulent most of the time. The strings are strong and sturdy and don't seem as though they'd be easy to cut.
Additional considerations: can't think of anything now!
May I contact for more info: Yes, for a smaller essay this time-