Keeta (/kiːtə/ [KEE-tah])
Anemone Fin (a.k.a. Keeta, Russula, Brittlegill)
This article is about the character. If you are looking for the mushroom species, please see Keetaspore.
Anemone goes by the name Keeta, and is sometimes called Russula or Brittlegill by some of the townsfolk fae is friends with. Fae the main character of [title], and is close friends with Axl and Frog. Fae is Christian, autistic, an ADHDer, has depression and anxiety, and is queer.Physical Description
Identifying Characteristics
Pink hair, crumpled, pointed hat
Apparel & Accessories
Keeta wears long, flowing culottes, a loose shirt, a hoodie (or a jacket with thumb slits when it's warmer), sturdy hiking boots, and a crumpled, pointed hat. Fae is often seen holding a plainly adorned wooden walking staff. Fae always carries a canvas knapsack, in which fae keeps a pencilcase (containing a graphite pencil, a rubber, a sharpener, a couple of pens, watercolour pencils, a watercolour brush pen, and a collection of brush-tip markers), a sketchbook, a notebook, a fungi identification book (not that fae really needs it), food for the day, a small tin of hard lollies, and a water bottle).
Mental characteristics
Gender Identity
Demigirl -- female, gendervoid, non-binary,. Uses fae/faer pronouns. Presents feminine.
Sexuality
Asexual, demiromantic, minromantic/heteromantic.
Education
Keeta has just left secondary school and is taking a break before university.
Employment
Fae takes art commissions for faer mushroom drawings, and can be persuaded to take commissions for plant drawings as well.
Intellectual Characteristics
Keeta is autistic and an ADHDer, and has depression and anxiety.
Keeta's autistic traits (non-exhaustive):
Keeta's autistic traits (non-exhaustive):
- Echolalia (i.e. the repetition of words and phrases) and vocal stimming (usually humming a song or other tune over and over). Some of faer common stim words are: soup, fog/gy, moss/y, musrūm ('mushroom'), wriggle worm squiggle squirm (see also: 'Squiggle' word chain game)
- Semi-speaking -- while Keeta comes across as fully speaking/verbal, fae struggles to express faerself clearly and in detail when stressed, anxious, or otherwise upset and feels as though the words just won't form to be able to be spoken, and frequently gets words mixed up, mushes words together, the words fall out of faer mouth in the wrong order (usually it is easy to decipher and understand), or what is spoken aloud is different than mentally planned.
- Auditory processing disorder
- Special interest in mycology and strong interests in drawing and nature
- Affinity for animals
- Likes having something heavy such as a weighted blanket over faer, prefers long, loose, flowing clothing
- Prefers dim lighting and likes looking at colours. Distressed by sudden, intense, loud, and/or overlapping noises and bright lights
- Finds it hard to adjust to change, loathing disruptions to routine
- Alexithymia (difficulty expressing and describing emotions) and dyslexithymia (using the wrong words for emotions)
- Difficulty understanding and following neurotypical social rules and communication cues
- Executive dysfunction, rejection sensitivity, and demand avoidance
- Hyposensitive to vestibular sensory input and poor proprioception -- lack of balance particularly when standing up, often bumps into doorframes and sometimes into walls, and frequently has bruises on faer legs because of this clumsiness
- No eye contact
- Overwhelmed by crowds and large groups of people, prefers to spend time with people in groups of up to but no more than five (which can even be a stretch to faer social battery sometimes), likes 'parallel play' / 'being alone together'
- Samefoods/safefoods: soup, buttered soft bread roll, berries, hard lollies, wraps, mashed potatoes seasoned with various herbs
- Time blindness, having a different sense of the passing of time than what is reality
- Executive dysfunction and perfectionism-fuelled procrastination
- Rejection sensitivity and demand avoidance
- Forgetful, absent-minded
- Stimming (e.g. echolalia and vocal stimming, visual stimming (looking at colours and shifting light))
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Keeta is motivated by faer interests, faer love for faer friends, and faer desire to share the Gospel and help build the Kingdom of God.
Likes & Dislikes
Keeta has a special interest mycology, and loves to draw mushrooms (and sometimes plants as well). Fae also likes animals, rain, small and dimly-lit spaces. Colours, especially when delicately blended, nature-based white noise (particularly soft rain and distant thunder), and repeating certain words aloud are faer favourite ways to stim. Sudden, intense, loud, and/or overlapping noises and bright lights distress faer. Fae finds it hard to adjust to change and loathes disruptions to faer routine.
Virtues & Personality perks
Fae is creative, curious, observant, generally honest, affectionate in faer own way, whimsical, persistent, loyal, self-aware, considerate and empathetic, introspective, and compassionate.
Vices & Personality flaws
Fae is asocial (which is not a negative trait in and of itself, but it can create tension), forgetful and inattentive at times, clumsy, prone to overthinking, insecure, sometimes dishonest about faer emotions, bad at identifying emotions, and headstrong (again, not a negative trait, but it can create tension).
Social
Family Ties
Keeta is an only child, and lives only with faer mother and father. However, faer aunt on faer mother's side lives next door with her two sons, who Keeta gets on well with.
Religious Views
Keeta is Christian. The centre of faer faith is that through faith in Christ we are reconciled to God and adopted into his family and will have eternal life with him in the new creation.
There is a dissonance within faer and in some of faer interactions with others and with wider society, particularly regarding gender and sexuality. However, keeping in mind that everyone is a sinner and yet God loves each of us, fae knows queerness and Christianity are compatible.
There is a dissonance within faer and in some of faer interactions with others and with wider society, particularly regarding gender and sexuality. However, keeping in mind that everyone is a sinner and yet God loves each of us, fae knows queerness and Christianity are compatible.
Relationships
History
Keeta and Axl met at secondary school in Adenor, 1666 MA (44,566 UTD).
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Axl and Keeta are both autistic and enjoy exploring and spending time in nature.
Shared Acquaintances
They are both close friends of Frog.
History
Keeta and Frog were introduced to each other at secondary school by Axl in Vālinor, 1666 MA (44566 UTD).
Nicknames & Petnames
Keeta sometimes calls them 'Little Frog'.
Commonalities & Shared Interests
Keeta and Frog are both autistic and have strong interests in nature. They also both have anxiety, and both strongly dislike crowds.
Shared Acquaintances
They are both close friends of Axl
Species
Ethnicity
Age
17
Date of Birth
15th of Rāgdle, 43842
Birthplace
Miellanon
Spouses
Siblings
Children
Pronouns
fae/faer
Sex
Female (AFAB)
Gender
Demigirl
Presentation
Feminine
Eyes
Amber
Hair
Usually dyed to a raspberry red (naturally dirty blonde), long, wavy
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Fair, with some acne scarring
Height
173cm
Belief/Deity
Christian
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