darcy -- "It was honestly just a typical "kid broke his arm" deal, from climbing or biking or whatever, except over time it just wouldn't heal correctly and was causing a lot of pain and frustration for him. So at some point they realized it would be the better option to amputate it since it was ending up worse than it was when he first broke it. He was generally a very chilled out kid, he didn't really give a fuck hahaha. He's always liked to challenge himself, even as a little kid, hence how he got there in the first place."

that was how it always felt for him. what other people think of ruben isnt much of a priority for him. it does get harder as he gets older though, especially when his chronic pain catches up with him. he begins to feel something akin to frustration, i imagine, when he just cant do certain things for his daughters. april is able to pick up on a lot of what hes experiencing, and is really quick to try and impress him. they really take care of each other, especially as they grow older

hmm... the only active char i can think of right now that is close to that would be Pit, who is a pig sona with a loose design that doesnt currently reside in any particular universe. i would also consider him more of a BoyGirl like myself than butch. Percy also has a stronger build but he is a man. unfortunately for You, muscular/strong characters are not much of interest/attraction to me, and i cannot imagine that changing any time soon. its funny, darcy was also surprised and asked me about Jasper (steven universe) who i used to draw a lot and i think once referred to as my wife" when i was younger. she does hold a special place in my heart but i dont know how to describe why i find her to be an exception, lol! i hope you can find your food elsewhere ! or you can commission me >:3

darcy -- "THANK YOU for finally asking about his amputation. The answer is yes. Obviously! April is very fascinated by it.. Her and Ruben are the kind of people to explore and observe each others bodies- especially, of course, because Ruben has to look after April and make sure she doesn't have any surprise injuries or maybe just observing her bodies development heheh..... I love thinking about what it means metaphorically, too. Him hugging her with his right arm around her back, and his left arm only around her neck.. Ruben is disabled even outside of being an amputee (I mean he's been living like that since he was basically 4)- he develops chronic pain later in life which April is more than excited that Ruben finally needs her help with something! (cue 15 year old helping him with groceries or massages, very cute).
Honestly though, there's not a whole lot of stuff they do with it explicitly sexually! He'll touch her with it or, if they're feeling particularly overwhelmed and pervy, he'll rub it against her parts or she'll be very mouthy with it, but it's more-so they do that kind of thing to each other anyway hahaha."

darcy -- "Yes!! Sophie and April are somewhat distantly related (Aprils mom's brother's step-wife's child) and kind of grew up as best friends/cousins that could visit each other. They also invite Olivia to play too quite often.
April and Sophie are two little sweet knuckle heads- tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum! They like to just laugh together and rough house and play pretend or just like, be in a room together. Eat food weird together. Little gremlin girls in the highest degree.
And most importantly: They do play dress up and get dress in front of each other and look at each others bodies, albeit with Sophie being more clueless about it and April being more show-off. They are cute, mouthy, nutty little things... big doki dokis
april has pretty specific playstyles and likes having sophie's attention and telling her what to do. sophie is the only other kid besides olivia that april really likes, and will repeatedly ask ruben when she will get to see her again. april likes organizing games and "performances" between the three of them. where she's the boss, of course. other times if april is sleepy, introverted, or lower energy, she might prefer to be quieter and treated more like a doggy (while still craving attention)
darcy -- "Sophie is a little attention hog too but is also very flexible. So she likes doing everything for another person and what they say bc they find that to be giving them special attention (see: neglected LOL). She's also very audhd so sometimes she can be rough or stimulation seeking. She also really loves April and will call her on the phone and plan sleepovers. Especially if it's at Aprils house, Ruben can help with a lot of their play time by building cardboard props or setting up forts and things like that, of which both of them shout for excitedly. Sophie is definitely an influencer on Aprils shenanigans"

darcy -- Olivia has health problems mostly genetically though April and her mothers family who has a history of several different kinds of things. Although partially it is due to April having been so small!
In our furry universe, there are hormones/medications you can take to "age up" a body to be ready for birth under the necessary circumstance. This can help numerous things in the world, but generally is to make it safer and more capable for the birth giver. However, most people even do this around middle school age or a little below, so 6 years old is a farther stretch! Still possibly, just meant there are risks which they knew about and prepared for :) (I really love building lore things like this)
Ruben does actually work! He's an architect, specifically commercial and residential. He's known as a pretty quiet type at his job and mostly works remote. People do see him as kind of... "The guy you don't want to be on the bad side of but ultimately a harmless, odd thing" haha. He's never really been the type to have people know what he's up to or what his personal life is like. I think the only time they could tell was when his marriage was going downhill and he was starting the divorce process. He'd work extra hours, show up exhausted or hung over or be late/close on due times- that kind of thing. Then there was the whole hush-hush "you okay buddy?" kinda shit and he's like "Yes."
Basically- he doesn't really ever have an opportunity to talk about his daughters or family and he likes it that way. He's very upfront and confident and loves a good debate or argument, so he often spares himself what he sees as "inferior, frustrating" convos by just avoiding personally talking.

like everything we come up with, its mostly about the love me and darcy hold for each other, and how many different ways we can exaggerate and splice that. these guys give us something soft and warm to attribute otherwise unapproachable topics and dynamics, and feel airtight in that comfort. sort-of like a spiritual succesor or alt to one of our older projects, Shitverse. if anything becomes of this, like a series/comic/whatever, then i think the themes would get more specific. i could definitely swirl my drink and say theres something about trust there, foreverbonds, multi-faceted relationships, growing into oneself, mutual dependency, and so on. there wouldn't be focus away from the relationships and on, for example, something like april's mom, who is less of a character and more of a natural explanation. no matter how much hurt sophie and mason feel there is no Hurt towards one another. one of my favorite artists and inspirations, Avvy, (@bo2lbrush) puts it best in her bio: To confine desire to what holds sweetness / how small desire would be
darcy-- There is a type of human connection that is infinite, culpable, and absolutely beautiful I have worked very much to be a part of. These characters of ours I would love to be able to share certain truths about connection, not through lessons but being able to listen to an observable experience. In this same way, it myself and Mikey to contextualize, visualize, and recognize what we experience and how we experience them. For one reason or another, reality can be hard for me to grasp, and I have dedicated myself to finding that reality...
I guess a bit of a series response, but these are aspects of myself that bleed into everything I create. They are, simply put, just characters, and we're just painting a story over time through love. It is not original, or extraordinary, it's simply genuine. People have sonar for that, and whatever our characters or stories are able to offer to people, then that's art right there.

yes, mason is! though her relationship with gender is largely insecure and a little complicated, especially at the age she's depicted in the ref. she's something more of a boy/girl with her more masculine & brotherly traits also being emphasized, especially for sophie who interchanges how she genders mason based on very cute and arbitrary reasons. mason grows more into his femininity when she's older which also helps her be more relaxed with her masculinity. she spends a large amount of time taking care of and being sophies Older Brother. later in life still in the close company of sophie, she gets to be treated more like the baby sister that she is

i think this is more a question about dependance. i wont entertain something like sophie not having mason, or princess not having ruben, so the easier question would be: who could function the best while alone. percy, probably, was already as content as he could manage by himself. he basically gave up on friendships and unique connections and only stays within work and (a very cold and distant) family-related contact. he's seen as a black sheep by his family for going out and getting a whole place for himself without a wife and kids, but with nothing but getting to know and help his clients interesting him, (he is thoroughly uninterested in himself) he isn't bothered by it, until the new added context of sailor existing, and then immediately being his. someone like april on the other hand, has a hard time going a few hours without being with her daddy. she struggles with quiet time, and is very demanding of attention. she doesnt much take care of herself, and would much prefer to nap or play indefinitely to distract herself if left to her own devices. she CAN still enjoy this, especially if she plays with her own imagination and fantasizes, colors, etc... she would just have to get really into something to cope, but everything is better with daddy or ollie there. i think mason would also have a really hard time without sophie, but he actually is alone a lot by himself but usually in a very curled-in thoughtless way. being alone feels like masons "default", and being around sophie feels more like an invigorating privilege. i also think that sailor is very strong and capable, but to a degree. its more of what she has to sacrifice to be strong and capable. when percy met her for example, she was beat the hell up! but was nonchalantly owning it. a lot of that "strength" though can transform when she is actually given what she needs to live, and isnt functioning off of pure adrenaline or spite. i dont think sailor should have to be strong or independent. pet the cat. love cat. tell cat what to do
darcy-- "Ruben was ridiculously independant and it was obnoxious. This dude won't ask for help from anyone. He would rather (during the course of him and his ex-wifes relationship together) go outside and do literally nothing for 8 hours on a rock than confront emotional issues. He will do everything by himself, and he enjoys it. Que in then- suddenly little girl demands all of your attention and also will make your back pain worse HAHAHA. He had to get over that quick. Sophie is very comfortable being alone, HOWEVER once she's had enough alone time then she's just. "sniffles MASOOONNNNN wahhhh". she likes either being around her 24/7 forever as much as possible or if she's alone she has to be completely alone. She doesn't like vague information and ambiguity. Olivia is like Ruben and does love being alone, but being alone is more like the act of prayer for her, and she finds it more comfortable and fulfilling being around others.
basically:
Percy
Ruben
Olivia
Mason
Sailor
Sophie
April"

leaving sailor wasnt an option, from percy's perspective. call it nobility, call it perversion, he probably would've rationalized her as a "patient." a project. wherever she was, she wasn't being taken care of, and he had the money, space, and knowledge to do it himself. sailor isn't like what he expected though. his project didn't go as expected. it was probably easy for him to point at a simple paternal desire to explain his attached feelings, but it was much more than that and only told a fraction of the truth, the rest was buried under conveniences. conventional behavioral therapy didn't work on sailor, and his intuition led him to treating her in a way he never had anyone before. they respond to each other each moment, through movements, expressions, they guide each other. nothing slips by her, she knows when he's lying, even if she doesn't know about what. it became apparent that ever leaving her would be the ultimate betrayal, he had to make a decision to want her. percy commits to this by deconstructing everything he's been learning for the last 20 years, and using the leftover parts to make something for the both of them
darcy-- "From Sailor's side of things, nothing felt unusual for her. It wasn't scary having a stranger pick her up and take her to his house. What was there to be afraid of? Dying, like she already wanted to? Getting hurt, like she already was? When Percy found her, she was blistered, cut up, barely wearing anything when it was so cold out, a face puffy and sore like she was sick. They barely reacted to him when he picked them up. Then when they show up to his house, they'll just look around like they aren't covered in their own blood and sweat like "Your house is so boring. sits on couch, snoops at dvds". They were perfectly comfortable like they were friends.
Then over time, when shes expecting to be left and hurt again and realizes how attached she is and how much she needs him, she breaks down, she gets worse, and Percy is wondering why.
They both have to make a decision. Faith forward, pain in the past, and let the distance between them they've been keeping naturally fall away together. Otherwise, it would've just been preventable, lonely pain. They finally had each other- why should they try and act like it could be thrown away."

darcy-- "Olivia is a mixed bag from odd beginnings. Upon being born, she was immediately brought into such an intense, loving, accepting family unlike any of the other families she'd see at school or seen on TV. She was naturally born with a sort of whimsy- she plays most comfortably by herself, setting up scenes and whispering.. A lot of her has been encouraged by Ruben and April to be brought out. Like with the "playing" example, Ruben and April might be playing together, and she'll shyly look over wanting to play too but not knowing how, so one of them will notice and include her somehow in a way that isn't too demanding or explicit (oh no, the queens evil lap cat! or the janitor that got mixed up at the wrong time, hahaha). She's always been very dependent on her family.. She has numerous health problems (weakness, fatigue, stomach/appetite, hair), so she often has more serious needs for naps, snacks, physical support, special products.. Along with always having been shy and nervous around others, a lot of peoples instinct with that is to hold their hand, come with them, talk for them, and it works great! But also doesn't help her break out of anything, haha. She's very creative and secretive- she has a diary and writes tiny books or has elaborate role-playing stories (either to herself or with April). She likes looking at things and imagining them as something different. She'll snoop or look at her family a lot.
She also, though, ends up growing some-what of distaste or struggle with them and as mentioned before is why she goes into therapy with Percy. She's a very thoughtful person, so sometimes she can see April and Rubens' self-interest oriented behavior and get annoyed or overwhelmed. She feels sometimes that she was born loved, and not that she earned it, so it can feel ingenuine. This causes some distance between her and her family sometimes, but the best thing to do when she gets this way is just to be gentle with her. Ruben will take her to quiet parks to bird watch or draw with chalk, showing that he understands her and that he doesn't want everything to feel so scary and he really does care, and April will set up a fort to watch comfort movies with her or take a quiet bath together, to show that she doesn't mean to be too much, she just gets too excited sometimes. It's always been like that for them. April needed a lot of tending to from Ruben when she was younger, and now that Olivia is here, and she's older, she feels more secure to be able to help give Olivia that needed attention too. Olivia is sooo clingy towards them both. She and April have always shared a room together, and Ruben usually always is there to watch after her. They make her feel butterflies whether it's from them being so romantic and sweet, or them bullying and teasing her because it's so easy, ha!!
As she gets older she does gain this hidden intensity.. Wide, targeting eyes, overly affectionate.. She surrounds herself with friends and her family who she can be herself around. Flat affected, quiet, and absolutely enthralled to have people and noise surrounding her to listen to and feel a part of.
She can make the most heavy, beautiful, insightful and dark comics that show a depth like nothing else, and then you'll talk or message her and she'll usually just make sounds, send emoji's, mimic/repeat, or say simple phrases. For a lot of reasons, she's hard to get to know.
She is also trans! It wasn't really ever a huge thing with her. To April she's always acted like her little sister, and to Ruben he's always let her pick her clothes and toys anyway, so it made sense. Although affectionately, she still likes being called Ollie by them sometimes <3
Thank you for letting me talk about my wonderful fox girl!"

April is Princess! i still frequently call her Princess. its just as much her name as April is. theyre simultaneously authentic and in a way still "as fucked up as possible." not mutually exclusive! i could use many words to explain why i want to see a bloated fat-titted drooling puppy get thoughtlessly railed by her outwardly well-intentioned dad who is actually just as maddeningly sadistic as herself. thinks man.. yea i would consider princess a sadist, i think, more sadistic towards herself than an enjoyere of pain... (masochist) being hurt kind of is an escapism for her. she basically wants to be perfect all the time and if she isnt she needs the intensity of punishment. she purposefully pull rubens string... they play games...flirty..
WELL! that got a bit away from me, mostly because i want to keep talking about my oc's. thank you, anon

uhm ... opens my steam account
lol! mason and sophie love playing games together, and mason is the one who got sophie into a lot of her interests. i can easily imagine them getting really competitive over 2 player fighting, racing or survival games on some old consoles in masons bedroom. on the computer i imagine sophie also liking to Watch mason play games, as a lot of games would actually be too difficult for sophie to play easily. i can imagine sophie really liking to listen to mason play his own games.

darcy-- "This is such a cute ask! Yeah, video games is def one of the biggest ways they bond.. I like to imagine them cooler than myself and Mikey and therefore play more games than us, haha. Sophie loves games like Webkinz, Monkey Quest, Neopets, Minecraft, Chuzzle, Insaniquarium, Plants VS Zombies, coolmathgames stuff .. Silly and cute kids games! She does also have a large part influenced by Mason though, and enjoys literally everything she likes XD. She also has odd random tastes though- really enjoys indie games or random stuff she finds on the internet that people have made on a whim. Also random porn games she'll very shyly watch by herself on YouTube, haha (honey-pop type stuff). As she gets older she definitely refines her tastes.. Likes puzzle games, visual novels, rogue-likes.. There are too many to list! They are gamers."
Darc has asked me to list games that mason likes. mason would like games like minecraft, doom, resident evil, the last of us, spore, binding of isaac, gmod. would also enjoye indie games, rpgmaker games (think earthbound, undertale) she would probably really like pokemon too now, that i thinks on it. these are to mostly give you an idea of their in-universe equivalent interests, eveything would be uncopyrighted mcfakegame