#j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it

[mystiika]

mini post abt jamie's growing list of tattoos & i'll just be adding onto this post if i come up with something new. all under cut just to keep things neat

the first one is on the inside of his right forearm, a plain black outline tattoo of a ditto holding a knife which i don't really have a good reference but ! it's easy enough to picture & then underneath the ditto is this. there is no logic behind the caption i'm afraid. only difference is that jamie's version isn't stick n poke so the lines are cleaner

next is a skeleton hand on the back of his left hand for which this is unfortunately the best pic i can find of what i have in mind but it def works so this is what i'm going with

& the most recent addition is snake eye dice tattoo on his right bicep

& tattoo credits since i know where i saw them for once ! skeleton hand, snake eye dice, hampter text

#j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #queue.

[mystiika]

don't mind me, just thinking about how s-tier jamie's spiderman costume could be if he spent like 10-15 minutes figuring out the mechanics of giving himself actual legitimate webshooters

#j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it

[mystiika]

thinking abt how jamie would walk into abandoned buildings with no fear but refuses to go near stairs in the woods because he's not trying to tempt fate. he also won't cave dive because while he's just about the only person in the world that would survive even the worse of luck ( thanks for the shapeshifting @ genetics ), it feels very boring !! like why would he crawl around in a cave for the sake of being in a cramped & damp, not to mention dark, space when he could be doing literally anything else

#j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #pretty much anything else goes tho 💀 #truly i pity anyone in jamie's life forced to witness his recklessness i mean curiosity #queue.

[mystiika]

tempted to give jamie a motorcycle, it feels very fitting for him like...

yeah... that's him :)

#yeah this is the first post in months #what of it 🤨 #ooc — hey! thanks for checking in. i’m still a piece of garbage #j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it

[mystiika]

look, all i'm gonna say is that this is jamie behaviour fr

#j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #obviously stolen from tik tok and the credit is on the video #queue.

[mystiika]

currently making it canon that jamie can purr. not out of any innate feelings but rather that he shifted to being a cat one day & since he thought of it, he wanted to try purring. it came quite naturally & the feeling of his laryngeal muscles is kinda distinct ! so he was able to keep that skill as a human. its not something that he really does tho? like he doesn't do it bc he doesn't associate himself making that sound with positive feelings so he doesn't really think to do it when he's happy or comfortable like cats or bears ( etc ) do. really its more like a conscious decision he makes. more like a party trick when someone does the water droplet sound. point is he can do it should he desire ! you heard it here first folks !

ty for your time

#in short he shifted into a cat and was able to purr with relative ease #and humans technically have the muscles needed its just generally difficult to pull off #so i feel like once jamie does it as a car he's more or less got it figured out #and i love that for him #j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #queue.

[mystiika]

re; jamie's punching power

so sometimes when you go to an arcade you'll see one of these boxing machines with a hanging speed bag. where you hit it as hard as you can & it gives you a number score. for most machines, you can set a difficultly for the punch scale. the easiest setting would mean a light jab could get up to 1000, & the hardest setting means the strongest of haymakers would only land a 500 or 600. depending on the arcade, most of these machines are set to the second or third highest setting. this explains why most of the time you only get a small score even when you put your heart & soul into the strongest right cross you can manage. there are also different calibrations based on the company that made the machine as well as the owner maintaining it

but if there's one of these machines, jamie always plays it. it's hard to give an average score but the arcade he used to frequent in high school he'd usually score in the 900s while most people scored in the 700-800s as a frame of reference. it was set to be a little easier because of how frequently middle & high schoolers would try to play it

now, since that's not a very good judge of skill or power — 

there's a lot that goes into a punch, but without the training & conditioning that boxers and martial artists go through to strengthen their punches, the average person has a much lower PSI. the average punching power falls between 60-170psi. with outliers on both ends of that range while boxers can generate punches around 1000–1500psi

there is significant debate around how much training can contribute to a person’s punching capability vs. their genetic predisposition but the general consensus is that the more skilled you are, the better technique you'll have & the harder you'll punch 

tho the most optimal unit of measurement to calculate punching force is the newton. for context, a person weighing 176.37 lbs ( 80 kg ) exerts approximately 800N of force on the ground beneath their feet by simply standing still.

its said that the average punching force of amateur boxers is around 2500N. but in a study from 1981 joch w, fritche p, krause i. biomechanical analysis of boxing, the researchers found that the average force of a punch was 4800N for elite boxers, 3722N for intermediate, & 2381N for novice. so elite boxers hit twice as hard as novice boxers but 4k more N than the average man

jamie doesn't box professionally simply because he doesn't want to, but he's more than good enough to make it & routinely wins his fights with minimal losses. so i would put him somewhere in the intermediate range 3800+N

but back to the arcade game, picture of one such machine below the cut

#and haymaker is basically just a really strong punch #j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #queue.

[mystiika]

jamie is, objectively, a bit of a strange guy. now, its not that his music taste itself is odd, but rather his choice of playlist names. he won't knock other people's preferences but he personally believes that life is too short for boring playlist names. the ones he comes up with are just so incredibly niche but make perfect sense to him. his playlists i've come up with so far ( except 2 & 3 which i saw & stole ) are as follows:

chugging 5hr energies in the campus library is his study/focus playlist

neon green troll living under the golden gate bridge is songs that have big trickster energy, do with this info what you will

is this a wedding or the apocalypse is pretty much entirely optimistic nihilism if that makes any sense. sorta just nothing matters so do what makes you happy

songs that taste good is songs that have really satisfying sounds or lyrics that are just objectively fun to say/sing

ruh roh raggy ( got any scooby snacks ) is his late night driving playlist

arthur's fist is based on the meme & is basically just a rage playlist of songs that are both angry & aggressive

lets commit a felony & tweet about it is for when he's either feeling like the main characte or needs a confidence boost

white noise 10hrs is still just music but its what jamie categorises as having a noisy sound. i'm not sure how else to describe it tbh

call me austin powers the way i be groovin' is songs that have a fun bass line or are a lil funky

my frisbee is got in a tree again is just sort of his generic feel good happy music, the type of thing you want to listen to if you go on a park picnic on a nice day

sometimes violence IS the answer ( untitled goose game ) is his work out or training session playlist all really high energy & intense, very hype

how to channel your inner pomona sprout is his stoner playlist because weed → herb → herbology → professor of herbology

brb gotta level up real quick is just video game songs or soundtracks he enjoys

please don't sue i have a family to feed is copyright-free music he can safely play while streaming

welcome to the chum bucket is just metal music

got that dr suess flow is just rap music

hot sauce classics is for all the old school iconic rap

tongue stained from all the pop rocks is his favourite b-side tracks

call my dentist is bubblegum pop

little berry richard & chuck ( in them we trust ) is exclusively rock & roll

rock paper scissors winner gets an autographed picture of jack black in a bowser onesie is inspired by this tik tok but basically the concept is songs that evoke the feeling of jack black while being from other artists. no particular genre or subgenre either, they are truly all over the place but all have the jack black vibe to them. one of the comments also referred to this as wizard music which, yeah 100%

& his sex playlist is titled yo yo yo & a bottle of cum but was previously called shake n bake

jamie also is v much the type to make people playlists or mixtapes that have equally strange names bc its his brand <3 hits such as: two needles in a haystack or made this you in a fever dream & the songs were actually good. or from when he was feeling Romantic: i'd join a pyramid scheme for you

that is all, ty 4 ur time

#j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #queued. #in case the tiktok vid ever goes down it listed a few examples #songs like war pigs or holy diver and bands like skull fist or iron maiden #and specifically the guitar riff in fog machine by white reaper

[mystiika]

re; jamie’s shifting preferences, maintaining form, & learning control

generally speaking jamie is quite happy with himself as he is ! which is significant because if he didn't like himself while being a shapeshifter it could get him SERIOUS body dysmorphia issues. so he likes to do things as if they're accessories. in general he cares more about his general vibe so he's more likely to change smaller things. like give himself freckles on a given day or change his hair colour/texture instead of messing with larger parts of his body like gender presentation or looking like a new person entirely.

usually when he looks like a totally different person its because he feels like being anonymous or bc he wants to pull a ( harmless ) prank on someone. especially in his mainverse where he’s a relatively popular twitch streamer/tik toker which means he’s occasionally recognised in public. the only other major change that happens with any regularity is if he is feeling esp fem/like a girl. but even then its more just like a slightly altered version of himself with more feminine features bc he really does like how he looks ! ( reminder that jamie, while generally he prefers to present masc & defaults to he/him pronouns, is still genderfluid & thus his gender presentation is not a constant ).

as a side note i feel like even if he'd been afab he'd probably still have the same general vibe? maybe present masc slightly more than he'd normally present fem in his current canon but still just feels most comfortable in his natural form so to speak because it requires no effort & feels more comfortable mentally.

keeping a form ( partial or full ) is something he has to consciously decide to do, so it can be super draining to think about being a certain way all the time. the hair or freckle or eye colour change type things is something he's so used to that it doesn't require the same amount of effort. similarly with hiding zits as desired, its all more so something just in the back of his mind that he’s not actively thinking about but is still there. understandably, larger changes require more focus. the longer he keeps an altered form the more physically tired he can get as well. he's not going to suddenly start changing back without his intent to do so though since the odds of him letting it get to that point are so incredibly miniscule. he does tend to eat a lot too bc shapeshifting in general uses a lot of energy which can make it difficult for him to gain weight be it fat or muscle. this especially was a big struggle for him when he started boxing & had to put on more muscle in order to fight well enough.

jamie's adhd is actually a huge part why he's so good at being able to keep shifting in mind while doing things. that being said if he REALLY needs to focus on things like when he's doing school work, he'd 100% just go back to his base form to make it as easy as possible & just take his meds

for a bit of context, jamie’s mother comes from an extremely old & very powerful coven in korea. & hannah, like her mother, became a witch who started displaying powers around kindergarten age & then later in middle school she developed her abilities as a medium. meanwhile jamie become a shapeshifter was such a rare phenomenon that no one really could have expected things to turn out the way they had

there was only one example of a shapeshifter in their ancestry & it was so long ago that there wasn't really anyone left alive to talk about it & the records their coven kept were pretty minimal, most likely having been lost over the centuries

so while hannah had lessons to learn control over her magic, jamie had to have his own lessons about how being a shapeshifter was rare & important & he had to be careful not to overdo it or use it to harm people etc. but realistically it was more like basic etiquette on how to be a good person & then supervising him while he learned to control it himself. but that part was unfortunately something he more had to figure out on his own.

how he shifts is sort of strange too ! so how he started initially he learned how to shift isolated parts of his body ( such as suddenly giving himself long hair or giving himself lil claws on his hands ). which gave him significant control in his technique — although it took a while to master keeping said form.

then when it came to mimicking other people or animals it was far more difficult. normally shapeshifters have either a set thing they change back & forth from ( ie. human to animal to human again as a one time switch one way or another where they stay like that until making a decision to switch back ), OR they are able to copy something or someone they’ve seen.

if jamie had learned to do this first its possible he’d be able to do it far easier than he does now, but because he learned isolation first he finds it easiest to copy a form if he understands the basic anatomy. ie. he understands the make up of people because he understands his own body so well, but if he tried to turn into a bird without remembering that a bird's main limb bones are hollow, it might pose an issue if he tries to fly. as he gets older he slowly learns this form of shifting as well, being able to copy something he’s seen without understanding how their body words, but its sort of slow since there’s only so many species of animal he’d even want to TRY turning into.

frankly he’d be able to do a lot more if he put in the time, but he’s not in a position where he needs to use his abilities to fight like he’s some sort of super hero & he’s able to do all the things he currently cares about doing so he can’t be bothered to learn to do more.

there are other ability related things he has not learned either how to control/make use of them, but that’s a post for another day. for a very basic breakdown of his other powers its listed in his dossier over here or there’s a post over here with a bit more detail.

#metas — the gap between understanding & misunderstanding can best be bridged by thought #j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #queue.

[mystiika]

teeny hc that when jamie moved out of his parents place he blasted this song in his car speakers as he pulled out of the driveway. ty for ur time

#credit to user273616189388 on tik tok tho whose actual brother did this #it was just so incredibly jamiecore i couldn't resist #j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #queue.

[mystiika]

mini tag drop of some specific tags i've been having trouble with since coming back just to see if this helps

#tag drop #ooc — hey! thanks for checking in. i’m still a piece of garbage #memes — go long #asks — you have a question & i have an answer #j. lincoln. v. 1 — up to no good & pleased about it #i. lahey. v. 1 — there is no higher honour than to be given the responsibility to care for another human being #metas — the gap between understanding & misunderstanding can best be bridged by thought #j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #i. lahey. character study — pragmatic to a fault

[mystiika]

re; jamie's early training + containment

so i've been thinking a lot about jamie's powers. like how they first manifested, how his family handled it, what training looked like as a child in order to help him use it safely & skilfully. as well as get a bit into the potential he has in the way of future progressions of current abilities or pick up entirely new ones, unlike my previous meta that just talked about his current powers & what level they're at.

& i'll have to write up another post for all of those but for the moment i want to do a bit of an informal meta about how they kept his powers under wraps until he was able to control it & keep his abilities hidden for both his own safety & those around him.

at first, he couldn't really control his shifting at all. his body would change at random which made things very hard to explain so, given how his mother was part of this very old & powerful coven, she took jamie back to korea between the ages of 1 & 2. she needed to learn everything she could about what her child was if not a witch, & more than that she needed to figure out how to handle it until he could make the conscious decision whether or not to morph any part of his being. unfortunately there wasn't much information. there were records of a shifter in their family tree but it was centuries ago & the further you go back, the more deteriorated the tracking despite the spells on them to increase the longevity of the scrolls.

the next part was far more dangerous. they needed to find a way to charm him or lock his powers somehow. lia didn't want to have to lock him up away from the world, already he showed such interest in everything around him it would break her heart to treat him like a prisoner even if it was supposed to be for his own good.

it took many of the coven, the cleverest & most powerful of the bunch, months of their time & power to do what they could to help both her & jamie. eventually they'd figured out a way. they forged a bracelet, of centuries old silver imbued with power over all that time — power enough to serve as a lock on his own once it had the appropriate markings & spells in place.

they presented her with only 2 rules on its use. 

the 1st should only be place on jamie if he was in his natural state. there was little they knew for certain about jamie's abilities, but one of them is that the energy required to shift any part of him, no matter how small, will draw from him like a steady fall of water. if he's unable to restore energy & continues to drain himself, eventually it will take from his very life source & kill him once it runs out.

it is worth noting that as he ages & his power grows, the easier it is to keep up his shifts for extended periods of time. he could keep something up for weeks & all it would take is an extra serving of food at dinner. but as a baby & young child it was unwise to risk something like that. jamie himself can feel his level of energy, be it standard or his life force. if it feels dangerous he'll remove it immediately.

the second rule is that she was able to divulge his identity to those she trusted but she was never to tell anyone about the bracelet. it stayed within only the closest ring of their family & no further. 

once he was older & no longer fit into the bracelet, on a trip back to korea the coven was able to melt down & reforge the bracelet into 2 separate pieces, the first was a ring for when he was an adult, the second was a small pendant & chain more suited to a young child than something so easily lost as a ring. both these new pieces took his increased power into account with the intention of allowing them to be used through most of his life. unbeknownst to them his power doesn't cap the way the rest of their coven's do but that's a story for another day.

#j. lincoln. character study — nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it #metas — the gap between understanding & misunderstanding can best be bridged by thought

[mystiika]

LOVE TROPES :  GOTHIC LITERATURE EDITION .

italic for things that sometimes apply, bold for things that always apply and strike out what never applies. DO NOT REBLOG ; COPY AND PASTE ON A NEW POST

CARMILLA. giant featherbeds. tightening a corset. moonlit walks. killing for love. cruelty for the sake of love. love is always selfish. romantic tragedy. love to the brink of destruction. nighttime rendezvous. bloody kisses on soft skin. death was the maiden. a very strange agony. claimed by the supernatural. dreaming about your lover. sympathy for the devil. loving me to death. candlesticks lighting up the palm of your hand. a passion that wearies you. killing the one you love.

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. a single red rose laid out to be found. sensual voices singing them to sleep. a familiar shadow attending every recital. love waits on the rooftop in the night. two soulmates holding hands. walking down long corridors. retrieving something lost. devoting one’s craft to them. making them your muse. the horror was for love. painted faces on parade. gentle touches in the dark. revealing your darkest secrets. beauty and the beast. writing messages on the mirror. kindness conquers all. letting your lover go. love never dies.

JANE EYRE. loving the escape. an impassioned affair. being consumed by love. meeting your soulmate. lace and silk. thirsting for the perfect romance. marrying for passion. losing yourself in the face of your lover. wedding veils and bouquets of pink roses. maddened by love. finding warmth in the cold. calling out for your love. starting at the bottom. the fire cleanses all. hiding your passion. your love will destroy me / my love will destroy you.

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY. painting a portrait or sketching the face of someone you love. meeting in secret. visions of your lover dying. clutching a lovers clothes to your chest. love so consuming you kill them. protecting their innocence at all costs. betrayal. polyamory. devotion. flowers for the one you love. remembering the name of your first love. jealousy when you see them with someone else. love so consuming you die for it. visiting the place where you saw them the first time.

THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. letters to your lover. marrying for love. these bars can’t keep me from you. motivated by love. an avenging angel. scorching jealousy. love reborn. devoted to memory. it was all for you. going your separate ways. commit murder for me. an unstoppable hunger. death comes for us all. the strongest love eventually grows apart.

DRACULA. the holiest love. girls love wolves. the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb. violence is passion. red lips, sharp teeth. love letters in a diary. unrelenting support. getting lost in the woods. coming home to you. walking backwards into hell. vengeance for my love. even death won’t stop me. we can live forever. love is an open wound. too much love to give. bestowing your favor. a never-ending thirst. beauty even in death. ravenous desire. if only death had a heart to give. a mercy killing. these violent delights have violent ends.  

FRANKENSTEIN. childhood friends to lovers. they were something out of a dream. arranged marriages. learning to love. was it all really worth it? our guilt can know no bounds. vengeance, my love. dismembered body parts. my beating heart in your open palm. your death destroys me. adam and eve. crossing the mountains. an antagonist in mourning. paradise lost. the loss of innocence. abandoning your dream. the tempest on the horizon. humans are the real monsters. my love is wiser than my hate.

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[mystiika]

   just thinking about how jamie would absolutely get into techwear ( pictures for reference under the cut )

   idk i just think he’d really like it

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[mystiika]

re; jamie’s sense of attraction

   so forever ago i had made a post explaining that jamie is asexual & what his perception of/feelings towards sex are but i didn’t really spend any time explaining the attraction he does feel. he experiences romantic attraction of course but a huge part of it is also aesthetic attraction & sensual attraction. eventually i’d like to go more in depth but atm i just want to get a few basic thoughts out so here we are. also before i get started i wanted to once again add the disclaimer that this is specific to jamie, ace people vary massively in their preferences & this is not meant to be taken as a blanket statement of “this is what all asexual people are like”. now lets get into it

   so i’ll start with sensual attraction since that’s a big motivator for when he decides to get into a relationship. one of his love languages is physical touch so he’s already very physically affectionate with friends & family as is aka he likes hugging, holding hands, cuddling, platonic kisses on the cheek & such etc. while by default sensual attraction is defined as non-sexual, it ( at least for him ) starts to lean into stuff like kissing as well & feeling a desire to make his partner feel good even if sex itself isn’t something he’s particularly interested in. this is something that goes hand in hand with romantic attraction for him & won’t really experience one without the other.

   when it comes to aesthetic attraction, that’s something that most people experience to a degree. when you’re admiring something pretty, that’s an aesthetic attraction. or if you see someone in public whose look you really like then that might be a slightly stronger sense of  aesthetic attraction. & for a lot of people, aesthetic attraction is what leads into sexual attraction. what i would say the difference between weak or strong aesthetic attraction for jamie would be a passing comment of “they’re good looking” & a feeling of “wow i really want to be around this person/get to know this person”. kinda like the difference between appreciating something or being drawn to it if that makes sense. aesthetic attraction is also something he typically experiences with the people in his life like “sheeeeeeesh you lookin good today !” & just generally hyping them up without feeling any sense of sensual or romantic attraction to them.

#i'll probably revisit this again later but i think this gives a good baseline #❘❙❚ ┊ j. lincoln. character study ➳ ❛ nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it ❜ #❘❙❚ ┊ metas ➳ ❛ the gap between understanding & misunderstanding can best be bridged by thought ❜

[mystiika]

   i don’t really have much for this besides to say that jamie wants a world record. that being said, he doesn’t want it to be something he can cheat with due to his shapeshifting ability. like he could get the record for longest time spent holding breath underwater by growing a gill somewhere but that feels like a hollow victory. his goal is to pick something VERY obscure but something that’s also totally reasonable to beat.   like longest time spinning a basketball on a toothbrush or tallest staircase built in minecraft in a minute.

#it's like a bucketlist item for him #❘❙❚ ┊ j. lincoln. character study ➳ ❛ nothing is ever so mischievous in its own place as it is out of it ❜