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Anathema Device from Good Omens; primarily the TV show version, but not incompatible with book canon. She's a practical occultist, raised in a (very rich) family of witches in Los Angeles, whose primary duty is to shepherd their precognitive ancestor's prophecies into existence, and attempt to avert the apocalypse in doing so. Anathema is cheerful, pragmatic, straightforward, and fairly matter-of-fact even about mortifying things like centuries of family members scrutinising prophecies about her love life.


Visible Age: Early 20s
Height: 5'7"
Physique: Slight and willowy
Hair: Long, thick, wavy black hair. Sometimes pulled back into a bun to keep it out of the way.
Eyes: Brown, and near-sighted
Defining Marks: A smattering of freckles and beauty marks on her face, otherwise no
Accent/Speech: Clipped and precise, American, with a slight hint of a Puerto-Rican accent
Bearing/Demeanor: Quick and efficient and impatient, as if she can’t bear wasting any time. Walks briskly wherever she goes. Can be pretty languorous and casual when relaxing, though; doesn’t mind getting all up in your space or suddenly dropping onto a seat riiiight next to you.


Touching/hugging: She’s physically demonstrative thanks to a large, sprawling, touchy-feely and affectionate family, so yes.
Kissing: Yes! She probably kisses you on both cheeks to say hello, sorry not sorry.
Flirting: She’s a bit too blunt and matter-of-fact to be super good at flirting, but give it a shot anyway.
Shipping: Open to both casual hookups or feelsy ships in PSLs and memes, either f/m or f/f. I play Anathema as bi with a slight leaning towards women, and her post-canon relationship with Newt not having lasted and their becoming friends instead (‘together ye sharle be, untyl the Ende that is to come’).
Fighting: Sure
Injuring: Sure, with discussion
Killing: No thanks, unless planned
Telepathy/mind reading: Go for it! She’s mildly psychic, so my only stipulation is that she’ll probably sense it happening and might have some defenses (but I’m always open to discuss / roll with what’s best for the scene).


Backtagging: Super happy to backtag! Fair warning, I can be v slow, but I will pretty much backtag into forever no matter how long it's been.
Threadhopping: Generally no, unless it's an open network conversation.
Fourthwalling: No thanks.
Writing style: Default to prose, but happy to match brackets.
Offensive subjects / opt-out: None really, for myself or Anathema. Good Omens deals with religious subjects with a teasing air and tongue-in-cheek attitude, but it probably won't come up as much with her.


Anathema has the canonical ability to read people’s auras:

She was quite an expert on auras. She could see them, if she stared hard enough. They were a little glow of light around people’s heads, and according to a book she’d read the colour told you things about their health and general well-being. Everyone had one. In mean-minded, closed-in people they were a faint, trembling outline, whereas expansive and creative people might have one extending several inches from the body.

So if you’re interacting with Anathema quite a bit, it’d be super helpful if you could leave a comment with the following:


Obv this will also vary based on the scene and other characters’ state of mind during, but just as a general guideline! Even if people haven’t filled this out, I might check in with you during scenes to see what she’ll be able to ‘read’ off your character.

If you're having trouble thinking of a colour, here are some ideas (but don't feel like you need to stick to this either, and it's fine if your idea doesn't match that particular description; I'm more interested in your thoughts about it!).

NOTE: The comments on this page are largely past game holdovers from maskormenace; left here for posterity, but PSL partners can feel free to fill out the form as well.