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shawn swann
"Red, what's this?"
Species: human (former swan) Age: like 10 at most Gender: male Sexuality: ??? how do humans even have sex they look so gross why would anyone ever want to Height: 165cm Weight: 51kg
Occupation: gang leader of the Whispering Hearts Extra: the magic used to turn him into a human wasn't particularly strong and could in theory be easily reversed. But that would make him sad.
related characters
Red -- Shawn's bff Red looks after Shawn and keeps him out of trouble, apparently being the only one to realize he's a bird. She's literally his favorite thing in the entire world (even more favorite than watermelon!) and he's glad she puts up with him.
Vapor -- Shawn's adoptive daughter Vapor looks up to Shawn a ridiculous amount and Shawn is just happy there's someone he can make happy and do something for. They both don't understand the world very well, but learn a lot from each other.
about
I genuinely don't remember when or why I made Shawn, and I think the only thing he retained from his first incarnation is his long blue hair. Which I then felt the need to make excuses for to not change literally everything about him. His story is obviously based on the ugly duckling.
story
Shawn started out his life as a rather blue swan, but got picked on because of his colour, so he asked Raven to use her magic and turn him into a different animal, convinced any animal not a swan would be less vain and judgmental. Raven only knows magic to turn humans into animals and then back, though, so she could really only make a human of him. In his new life as a human, he accidentally ended up a gang leader because some violent teens found him and thought he was hella punk, someone who didn't like to waste words and possibly foreign. (In reality, the hair colour wasn't really a choice, and he just has trouble talking and pronouncing words in English). They thought he was pretty cool, though. His friend Red mostly looks after him and makes sure he doesn't get in too much trouble, and he sleeps over with her a lot, partially because he doesn't have a home of his own (everyone just lets him stay over all the time because he's the leader of the Whispers). Red is about the only one who seems to realize Shawn is actually a dazed and confused bird.
personality
Shawn is pretty shy, and has trouble talking since he hasn't been at the human language for as long as most people yet. He doesn't understand what at least half of the things in the human world are, and especially social interaction confuses him. He's romantically totally oblivious, as he isn't really into humans (he thinks they look weird). (Don't worry, he's not into birds either!!)