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Ishimaru FC Reference and Profile

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I told myself that someday, I'll take time to work on my FC's references to post them here, for future commissions and art trades.

Here I begin with my persona, Ishimaru, which profile is based on mine.
I completely forgot to add glasses, for Ishimaru still has remaining vision.

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Real name : Kara
Nickname : Ishimaru
Gender : Female
Age : 31
Date of Birth : January 1st
Zodiac sign : Capricorn
Specie : Yoshi
Colors : Purple and hot pink
Hair : None
Birthplace : Yoshi's Island
Particularity : Born with LCA, a rare genetic disease that affects her vision.  She also has an undiagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder, that was long mistaken for autism traits
Languages : She's fluent in both Yoshi and Common languages
Personality : Timid and easygoing, but she's somewhat nervous, impulsive and ill-tempered.  She has no resistance to stress an tend to cry easily.  Briefly, behind a calm-looking Yoshi girl hides a Bob-omb that is ready to explode.

--- Relationships

Parents : Viola (purple) and Darren (green)
Siblings : An older (green) brother name Zemus, born with a malformation and early diagnosed with ADHD
Lover : None
Sexuality : Straight
Pets : A calico cat named Kitty
Friends :
- Izanami (female liteblue yoshi), Cinn (female pink yoshi) and Saphira (transgender blue yoshi) with whom they form the Geek Girls Quartet
- Her colleages Freya (black yoshi), Speedy (blonde-haired pink female yoshi) and Kristen (female blue toad).

--- In-depth

Current residence : Toad Town
Occupation : Cook in a residence for elderly people, located in Toad Town.  Her boss is a senior red Yoshi named Martha
Likes : Cats, cooking, eating, videogames, art, japanese culture, IT
Dislikes : Discrimination towards people who don't fit to the norms, bullies, pushy people, green olives, being question-bombed (she panicks when this happens), ambiguous tones (she can't decipher them properly)
Favourite foods : Sushi, chocolate, smoked salmon, rare-cooked steak
Favourite music : Power metal, j-pop, videogame OST's
Favourite type of videogames : RPGs, Puzzles
Favourite OS : Linux
Allergies : None

Bio : Ishimaru lived somewhat a cheerful life during her first five years of life, but as soon as she began her school years, her low vision and strange behavior caused by her ADHD made her an easy target for bullies who mocked her and used her to bully her older brother who was early diagnosed with ADHD unlike her.  All of this caused her to have a low self-esteem and anxiety disorders, as well as being socially inept.

At age 10, while some kids were bullying her, Yoshi passes by and witnessed the scene.  He then intervened to stop the kids from bullying the young lass.  As no one else had defended her before, Ishimaru leaps into Yoshi's arms and started crying. Yoshi manages to cheer her up as if she was his little sister.  He also tells her about the ordeals he himself faced in the past, and the homophobic mockery he's facing for his relationship with Birdo who's regularly misgendered by transphobic bigots, even thought she's a cisgender girl.  Ishimaru then learns she's not alone in the boat and that if her hero managed to get sorted out, then she can too.  From that day, Yoshi becomes her "senpai" and her parents agree to let Yoshi tutoring her. Even today, Ishimaru is still looking for a way to repay him

A few months later, the family moves to Toad Town, in order to get closer to the specialized services for Ishimaru and her brother who are both special needs kids.  Then the kids faced much less bullying, even thought Ishimaru still faces mockery, about her geekiness this time (even facing lesbophobia once, even if she's straight).  Once she finishes her school years, she wanders for a long times, not knowing what she wanted to do, knowing that her vision makes some paths being out of her reach. During those wandering years, she had an episode of depression that revealed her anxiety disorders, for which she's medicated ever since.

Then, when her brother entered cooking school, a childhood dream she had put away years ago came back to the surface : She always wanted to become a cook, but her low vision was likely to be a problem.  But she finally decided to go forward in that direction, encouraged by her friend Cinn who was studying to be a specialized educator while herself living with even a lower vision than Ishimaru's.  Despites the difficulties she faced during her studies in the cooking school, she finally comes out with a diploma.  With the aid of a nonprofit organization who helps people with disabilities to enter labour market, she spends the first 6 months in the ready-to-serve section of a grocery store, before moving to the Mushroom Elders' Villa where the job she gets suits her better.  Through her job, Ishimaru is regaining some self-esteem as she's well appreciated by both the residents and the staff, even thought the first month was a little difficult.

As her family isn't very rich, it's been a long time since last time she traveled to her homeland, and even as an adult, she hates traveling alone.  But she hopes to be able to go there someday once she can have vacation, so she can see her cousin that she usually can see only when they come to Toad Town.  She also wants to visit Yoshi, to show him what she has become after all those years since she left the island.


Note : 
- Kara is derived from "Karaline" which is the way my Innu friends pronounce my name
- Ishimaru is the short name from Ishimaru Chiaki, which was generated by Rum & Monkey's Japanese Name Generator using my full name.
- ADHD : Attention Deficit with Hyperactivity Disorder
- LCA : Leber Congenital Amaurosis - this diseases causes a low visual acuity and a narrow vision field at birth. This diseases may progress
- Innu : A Native-American tribe located in the North Shore area, in Quebec.



Yoshi specie © Nintendo
Ishimaru & Artwork © me

Made with GIMP 2.8 using my Wacom Intuos tablet
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Myaco's avatar
Aah here she is. :3 She is supercute <3 (I thought it must be the violet yoshi in your icon) :meow: