current obsession

His Dark Materials
My dæmon is a tanuki named Polaris, settled sometime around 2013. We were late to settle because of childhood trauma: our father died when we were 14, around the time many dæmons settle.
For a long time, we pretended to have settled as a least weasel to fit in with our peers.
Polaris is visible in my paracosm.

art © I, Pkuczynski
My His Dark Materials OC is Mary Brigid Mohan and her dæmon, Orion.

Pokémon

art © Marta Kwasniewska
My first partner Pokémon was a Chikorita named "Chacha"! We traveled together throughout Johto starting when I was 10. We grew up together but Chacha never evolved, choosing to stay as Chikorita.
Lapras and Umbreon were part of our Elite Four team. I caught Lapras early on in my journey and she has always been my most faithful and friendly Pokémon. Umbreon and I didn't get along at first but he evolved one night when we finally connected. Porygon is a family pet who helps me at my job! I hatched Tyranitar from a baby and helped him grow up big and strong.
Because I bike and walk a lot, I support other trainers by helping their eggs hatch.
I grew up playing Gen 2 and then going back to Gen 1. I "grew out of" Pokémon for awhile and never played Gen 3+, so my personal Pokémon universe is Johto and Kanto only.
My Pokémon OC is Zip Suzuki!

Redwall
I was literally Matthias in a past life.
My Redwall OC is Briar, who lives in a timeskip modern Mossflower Country.

Harry Potter
I was an American transfer student at Hogwarts from 2000-2007. My wand is 13", ironwood with a banshee hair core from my family's banshee. I was sorted into Ravenclaw, where I was a prefect from 2005-2007. In 2020, I returned my wand & prefect badge in protest of Hogwarts policy on trans students and ongoing discrimination against minority religions and disabled students.
I no longer write Harry Potter fanfiction but my OCs were Alice Worthington, Avarelle Worthington, and Ishtar O'Connor.

The Lord of the Rings
Rather than going to Middle-earth, (someone from) Middle-earth came to me. (… two someones, actually.)
My Quenya amilessë is Atariel. My epessë is Ambarónën (kilmessë: Umbarónën).
My Lord of the Rings OC is Máriël.