#oc: hedwig lorne

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I was tagged by @queerdetectiveblue ages ago on my main to make some OCs in this picrew... I decided to do some stage and tour bus looks for my Infamous MCs!

Left: Hedwig (ze/hir), right: Pauline (she/her). Top: Stage/professional look, bottom: bus/casual look.

Tagging @grapecaseschoices @magebastard @mt07131 @filledwithair @amlovelies and anyone else who'd like to play to either make OCs with this picrew or to do a stage vs bus look for their Infamous MCs (with any picrew/etc you'd like)!

#infamous-if #tag game #picrew #oc: hedwig lorne #oc: pauline webster #hedwig dyed over hir natural haircolour for the tour to match hir most-used wig- #ze doesnt like hir day-to-day appearance associated with hir professional appearance too much- #ze figured 'hair will grow back' so ze'll go back to hir natural hair colour eventually (which i have yet to finalize the shade of heh) #hedwig also doesnt dress quite like that day-to-day... its close enough not to be uncomfortable though (in a similar way as hir- #performance outfits are) #if you saw me mess up my left and right no you didn't #edit: just realized i didnt ramble about polly!!!!! probably because my brain stops workig when i do #i just aaaAAAAAAHHHHH i adore her so much 😭😭😭 she's not as developed as hedwig yet but she takes up so much of my brain #almost forgot to give hedwig socks and sandals #orion: WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSE those arent marketable what are you doing #okay roz stop constantly tweaking theze

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I was tagged by @grapecaseschoices to share some voiceclaims and band vibes for my Infamous MCs! Thank you!!

Hedwig Lorne (voice: Dimash Qudaibergen / Cher) is the lead singer of the folk-pop band “Echo Echo Chamber” (vibes: PHILDEL / The Amazing Devil / Florence + The Machine)

Pauline Webster (voice: Janelle Monáe) is the lead singer of the alternative metal band “Vanilla Waifers” (vibes: Skunk Anansie / Within Temptation)

Tagging @dumortains @mt07131 @amlovelies @dwead-piwate-meggers @syfynjavall @ladamebrunette @lyriumsings @magebastard @galpal95 and anyone else who sees this and wants to but no pressure! :D

#this is basically what i've been doing since i was tagged xD #Hedwig at least definitely has a stage name but i have yet to come up with it bahahaha #hedwig uses ze/hir pronouns and pauline uses she/her #all the links are to youtube this time #infamous-if #oc: hedwig lorne #oc: pauline webster #if you saw me talk about an mc whose stage name would be cassowary #.... i have made no progress on that one. Pauline came outta the blue and has my entire heart #the band vibes part has less to do with lyrics for me and more the general ~sound~ #idk the proper names of music genres so shhhh just go with me on this one

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Lyrics for your infamous ask (if you want :3)

Thank you so much for the ask Rebecca! I honestly did not think this would be so hard to answer, but okay, here are a few I associate with Hedwig finally!

Dare by Phildel - "Dare you slow now / Right behind us both is a fearless doubt / Ignore that waiting boat / I need your heart more than I need your ghost”

Wicked Little Town from the soundtrack of Hedwig and the Angry Inch - “And if you've got no other choice / You know you can follow my voice / Through the dark turns and noise of this wicked little town”

Welly Boots by The Amazing Devil - “Pretending not to see your ghost / If only you could hear my voice / But you are screaming far too loud to hear me swear … Grow young each time that thunder in your lungs begins to rumble at the world”

Moderation by Florence + The Machine

Funeral Bell by Phildel

Edit: I changed my mind immediately about a bunch of these (or about certain sections of the lyrics) so they've been removed or crossed out.

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#can you tell ive been listening to a lot of Phildel hahaha #the 'story' that Welly Boots really resonates which is why it's quote is so long. it was hard to sum up ahah #when i finish hir playlist i'll probably share it #but that'll take a while haha #oc: hedwig lorne #infamous ask game #infamous if #asks #galpal95 #edit: going over the songs i ended up going with hedwig probably seems like ze's doing really poorly akdjfhjahdfkjs #ze's okay! just navigating life as best as ze can and finding as much joy as ze can

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ooh - how about relationships with bandmates & fans and persona for hedwig? :eyes:

Thank you so much for the ask! I told myself I would wait until I was done studying, but alas I cannot stay away. Disclaimer that all of my Infamous MCs are still very much under development, but that’s part of the point of this so here goes!

Character:

Name: [legal name] “Hedwig” Lorne (ze/hir, friends can use she/her sometimes) Stage name: [TBD] Band: Echo Chamber

Bandmates: How do they feel about the members of the band? Would they still be interested in stardom if they weren’t with that group?

When the band first started out, making music with hir friends and exploring art and expression was Hedwig’s aim. Very “us against the world” but in a bonding-with-friends way, not in a confrontational-with-others way. An enthusiastic crowd feels like an extension of hir and hir friends’ energy, which is why ze loves it and it’s the reason ze’s pursuing this as a career. So I guess ze loves music because ze loves people, especially hir friends. 

After Seven left, Hedwig was distant from the other members for a while and developed a bit of a wall between hir personal and professional relationships with them. That vote took hir by surprise, and ze had to reexamine hir interpretations of the others’ priorities. Ze spent some time processing that (alone at first, then with the help of the others), learned about hirself, tweaked boundaries, and is more centred in hirself now. There is still a professional distance with the band that wasn’t there before (not inherently good or bad), but overall ze has a very good relationship with the other members. 

Fans: How is their relationship with their fans? Do they go out of their way to interact?

Hmmm… okay so Hedwig adores the fans of the band’s music but struggles with people being fans of hir. Ze loves seeing the emotional interpretations of hir and hir bands’ works, so stuff like interpretive abstract artwork and emotional covers of their songs make hir feel like ze’s on cloud nine. Stories about what the band’s music means to a fan is also a big one. At concerts/parties/etc, seeing an excited fan gets Hedwig enthusiastic too and ze’s just incredibly grateful for it all.

On the flip side, Hedwig is uncomfortable not being able to separate hir private and public life though, and doesn’t really like reminders. So things like interviews or being recognized in hir day-to-day life make hir soul slip out of hir body for a second. That’s when hir less genuine (but still caring) professional face comes out and ze just tries to get through it as kindly and least revealingly as possible. 

Persona: How does their day-to-day personality compare to their on-stage persona? 

Hedwig was very quiet growing up and only managed to get into music by sort of separating hirself from who ze is on stage. Both are equally genuine, but… hmmm… it’s like ze uses music to sort of cloak hirself in this feeling of safety, hir emotions pouring out and sweeping away the barbs of other people’s judgements. Over time that cloak spread to include Seven first, then the members of the band, then eventually the audience, and now even after the concerts when that same energy is still present! Those lines between Hedwig’s public and private self have definitely gotten blurrier over the years, but are very much there. 

Hedwig is reserved. Not so much shy anymore as just easygoing and introverted? Crowds don’t make hir anxious anymore the same way that they used to, but ze just doesn’t have much interest. Hedwig’s lives hir life slowly while savoring the “little” things. 

[Stage name] radiates an energy I can’t quite describe. Still very similar at hir core, but more detached unless ze’s singing. Ze’s known as being kind of mysterious, but not in a self-important way? Think Keanu Reeves vibes ish, if Keanu turned into Florence Welsh on stage, but without as much experience with all of this.

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#aasdjfalkfdjakdslfk apparently I have lots to say about Hedwig haha #please accept this entire novel #asks #oc: hedwig lorne #infamous if #infamous ask game #i-mybrunettelady