• Ryan: With such a huge age difference between them, Ryan acts more like a third parent to Nova rather than a sibling; though Nova's adamant on maintaining their siblingness, instead- which already causes a bit of a conflict between them. They have a fairly positive & loving family bond, & would do anything for each other, but they're certainly not without their issues. ...And while they might seem like polar opposites, Nova being more bold & Ryan being more calm, they're actually a lot more similar than anyone thinks.
  
    Nova sometimes intentionally tries to annoy Ryan in an effort to goad him into a typical sibling argument, even if Ryan never really takes the bait, but ze's also genuinely frustrated at him for coddling them so much, to the point where they can't take two steps without Ryan asking her if she needs help, or go to bed without Ryan coming to remind her to brush her teeth when xe's literally already in the middle of doing that. Nova does genuinely admire & look up to Ryan, but they're hurt by the fact that he doesn't seem to trust doom with anything. Part of xyr desire to prove spaceself, is to finally make him proud.

  Meanwhile, Ryan constantly worries for Nova's wellbeing, often to a smothering degree. He takes his responsibility as an older brother... probably too seriously. He's worried about hurting Nova's feelings, so he refrains from giving Nova any sort of critique, or enforcing any consequences; instead opting to take over whatever situations Nova's gotten into, himself. He kind of... projects his own experiences with failure onto Nova, assuming that she'll have the same emotional reaction as he does. So he tries to shield Nova, instead- not realising that he can't do this for their whole lives, & Nova's got tougher skin than he thinks.

•   They're a pronoun collector, because you KNOW that if we knew what neopronouns were when we were kids, we'd have 10000+ long lists.

•   Also collects bottle caps! Mostly from plastic water bottles & fruit juice. Ryan donates some occasionally.

•   Has watched just about every U.F.O documentary known to man.

•   Has a sparkledog fursona.

•   Wants to become a filmmaker when they grow up.

•   Rainbow Baby.

•   I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD CLARIFY THAT MOST OF THEIR ARC ABOUT INDEPENDENCE & NOT WANTING TO BE CODDLED HAPPENS IN THE LATER PART OF THE STORY WHEN THEY'RE LIKE AT LEAST 7. The characterisation is there when they're 5 because kindergarten kids aren't incapable of feeling angst, but at that point they're more concerned with if they'll get in trouble for not falling asleep during naptime & sneaking crayons to doodle with when the lights are off.