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[couldbebeautiful]

[OOC]
Backtagging: sure!
Threadhopping: sure!
Fourthwalling: OKAY so this is a tricky bit. you're free to recognize Veronica if your character is into cult classics, tho they might wonder why she does not look like Winona Ryder. pls don't tell her about the musical.
Offensive subjects (elaborate): other than non-con I am chill.

[IC]
Hugging this character: sure!
Kissing this character: haha ok sport but don't expect her to be happy with it.
Flirting with this character: sure I guess, but she's not exactly into being flirted with.
Fighting with this character: YES DO IT
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): we can talk this out on a case by case basis, but as a general rule I'm fine with anything except injuries to the eyes. it's just a squick.
Killing this character: let's talk this out on a case by case basis. generally pls don't go and murder her unless I've said so while plotting for events.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: haha sure why not! as a note, though, Veronica's head is not a fun place to be in. there's the occasional hallucination of Heather Chandler, Kurt Kelly, and Ram Sweeney, there's her crushing guilt and self-hatred, there's a mix of grief and anger about JD—she's kind of incredibly traumatized. also she has a diary, so even non-telepathic characters might be able to figure out what she's feeling re: things.

Warnings: Heathers is a canon that, in both movie and musical forms, brings up some very sensitive subject matter and treats them very flippantly most of the time. murder and suicide (faked, attempted, and real) are the most obvious warnings, but Veronica also has also encountered unhealthy relationships, mental health issues (ie PTSD), bullying, underage drinking, attempted date rape, and her very own hallucinations of her dead classmates. there's a chance she might end up referring to these in her tags in an oblique way, but I'll try to tread carefully around them.

Power: See the Me Inside of Me:
thanks to MOM, Veronica now has the ability to see or hear other people's guilt, in the form of who knows what, and in exchange other people get to see her guilt manifesting in the form of her ghosts! however, this ability is tied into her emotional state, and will only activate if she's in emotional turmoil. what this means for your character is that Veronica, by default, will not see any dark and dirty secrets they might have right off the bat, and even if she does, there's no guarantee she'll be able to understand it. see, how she sees a character's guilt is up to you! for example: if she runs into, say, Bucky Barnes, she might only be able to see flashes of some incredibly gory scenes of death and torture and won't be able to string them into a coherent picture.

meanwhile Bucky's going to wonder why this kid has another kid in a red nightgown and two guys in their skivvies taunting her.

you can even opt out of this power if you wish! we can handwave a reason as to why it doesn't work. I've even prepared a handy form.

<b>Character name:</b> self-explanatory. <b>Canon:</b> also self-explanatory. <b>Does your character have any guilt over something?</b> Y/N. it doesn't matter if it's major (ie murder and identity fraud) or minor (this one time your character accidentally spilled hot coffee on a friend), what matters if they feel guilty about something. <b>Can Veronica see or hear your character's guilt?</b> Y/N. if your answer to the previous was N then this is not applicable and also, congrats, you're immune! <b>How will this guilt manifest?</b> will Veronica see ghosts like hers, holding the character's deeds over their heads? will Veronica hear gunshots or bones cracking or someone screaming? will she see flashes that don't make sense? will she see some kind of metaphor like a hill of swords or something? it's entirely up to you! it doesn't even have to be something that would make any sense to Veronica, if your character thinks in terms of like hieroglyphs then she's going to see hieroglyphs and be very confused. <b>Which ghost will they see?</b> the drawback of Veronica using this power is that she exposes her own guilt to the character, who can see Heather Chandler in a red nightgown with drain cleaner dripping from her mouth or Kurt and Ram in their underwear, or even all three. this part is also up to you.

Comments

[restingstitchface]

Character name: Jonathan Crane.
Canon: DC Nolanverse.
Does your character have any guilt over something? N - but I wish he did because this power is pretty neat.
Can Veronica see or hear your character's guilt? N because of above.

TL;DR Crane doesn't feel guilt for all he's done and because of experiences that have made him who he is that's likely not going to change. So if you ever want to explore Veronica seeing nothing - and wondering what that means - feel free to hit me up.

[couldbebeautiful]

the fun thing about Veronica's power is that it only really kicks in when she's feeling a strong emotion or is in emotional turmoil, like if she's blindingly angry or

you know

if she's terrified out of her wits

so like if that ever does happen and she realizes she can't see shit out of him then WELP

[restingstitchface]

WELL there's some stuff in the works with some other CR, but if that comes through Crane'll be funning fear toxin therapy trails so that's one way to make this happen. Might not be for a short while, though. Since he's still needing to get his license back after he... did what he does best.

Yeah.