i pray this works

code/__HELPERS/game.dm

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/new_character = new//The mob being spawned.
 	SSjob.SendToLateJoin(new_character)
 
-	ghost_player.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(new_character)
+	ghost_player.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(new_character, addToCharacterList = TRUE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - safe_transfer_prefs_to(new_character) >> safe_transfer_prefs_to(new_character, addToCharacterList = TRUE)
 	new_character.dna.update_dna_identity()
 	new_character.key = ghost_player.key
 

code/modules/admin/verbs/ert.dm

@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 			if(isobserver(usr))
 				var/mob/living/carbon/human/admin_officer = new (brief_spawn || spawnpoints[1])
 				var/chosen_outfit = usr.client?.prefs?.read_preference(/datum/preference/choiced/brief_outfit)
-				usr.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(admin_officer, is_antag = TRUE)
+				usr.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(admin_officer, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - safe_transfer_prefs_to(admin_officer, is_antag = TRUE) >> safe_transfer_prefs_to(admin_officer, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE)
 				admin_officer.equipOutfit(chosen_outfit)
 				admin_officer.key = usr.key
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@
 			// MONKESTATION EDIT - Non-Carbon compatibility.
 			if(iscarbon(ert_operative))
 				var/mob/living/carbon/ert_operative_carbon = ert_operative
-				chosen_candidate.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(ert_operative_carbon, is_antag = TRUE)
+				chosen_candidate.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(ert_operative_carbon, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - safe_transfer_prefs_to(ert_operative_carbon, is_antag = TRUE) >> safe_transfer_prefs_to(ert_operative_carbon, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE)
 
 				if(ertemplate.enforce_human || !(ert_operative_carbon.dna.species.changesource_flags & ERT_SPAWN)) // Don't want any exploding plasmemes
 					ert_operative_carbon.set_species(/datum/species/human)

code/modules/admin/verbs/secrets.dm

@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ monkestation end */
 		if (length(players))
 			var/mob/chosen = players[1]
 			if (chosen.client)
-				chosen.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(spawnedMob, is_antag = TRUE)
+				chosen.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(spawnedMob, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - safe_transfer_prefs_to(spawnedMob, is_antag = TRUE) >> safe_transfer_prefs_to(spawnedMob, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE) - Does this count as playing a character?
 				spawnedMob.key = chosen.key
 			players -= chosen
 		if (ishuman(spawnedMob) && ispath(humanoutfit, /datum/outfit))

code/modules/antagonists/_common/antag_spawner.dm

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 /obj/item/antag_spawner/contract/spawn_antag(client/C, turf/T, kind, datum/mind/user)
 	new /obj/effect/particle_effect/fluid/smoke(T)
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/M = new/mob/living/carbon/human(T)
-	C.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(M, is_antag = TRUE)
+	C.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(M, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - safe_transfer_prefs_to(M, is_antag = TRUE) >> safe_transfer_prefs_to(M, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE)
 	M.key = C.key
 	var/datum/mind/app_mind = M.mind
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 /obj/item/antag_spawner/nuke_ops/spawn_antag(client/our_client, turf/T, kind, datum/mind/user)
 	var/mob/living/carbon/human/nukie = new()
 	var/obj/structure/closet/supplypod/pod = setup_pod()
-	our_client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(nukie, is_antag = TRUE)
+	our_client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(nukie, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - safe_transfer_prefs_to(nukie, is_antag = TRUE) >> safe_transfer_prefs_to(nukie, is_antag = TRUE, addToCharacterList = TRUE)
 	nukie.ckey = our_client.key
 	var/datum/mind/op_mind = nukie.mind
 	if(length(GLOB.newplayer_start)) // needed as hud code doesn't render huds if the atom (in this case the nukie) is in nullspace, so just move the nukie somewhere safe

code/modules/client/preferences.dm

@@ -484,7 +484,13 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(played_character_list)
 		all_quirks = list()
 
 /// Sanitizes the preferences, applies the randomization prefs, and then applies the preference to the human mob.
-/datum/preferences/proc/safe_transfer_prefs_to(mob/living/carbon/human/character, icon_updates = FALSE, is_antag = FALSE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - "icon_updates = TRUE" to "icon_updates = FALSE" Why did we even have that?
+/datum/preferences/proc/safe_transfer_prefs_to(mob/living/carbon/human/character, icon_updates = TRUE, is_antag = FALSE, addToCharacterList = FALSE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - Added "addToCharacterList = FALSE"
+	//MONKESTATION EDIT - Tells us what characters this user has played as, please god tell me theres something like this already and I don't have to do this.
+	if(addToCharacterList)
+		if(GLOB.played_character_list[parent.ckey] == null)
+			GLOB.played_character_list[parent.ckey] = list() //Initialize the slot list.
+		GLOB.played_character_list[parent.ckey] += default_slot
+	//END OF EDIT
 	apply_character_randomization_prefs(is_antag)
 	apply_prefs_to(character, icon_updates)
 
@@ -508,13 +514,6 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(played_character_list)
 		character.icon_render_keys = list()
 		character.update_body(is_creating = TRUE)
 
-	//MONKESTATION EDIT - Tells us what characters this user has played as, please god tell me theres something like this already and I don't have to do this.
-	if(!icon_updates) //Only do this if we aren't applying preferences for an icon update, like in character setup.
-		if(GLOB.played_character_list[parent.ckey] == null)
-			GLOB.played_character_list[parent.ckey] = list() //Initialize the slot list.
-		GLOB.played_character_list[parent.ckey] += default_slot
-	//END OF EDIT
-
 /// Returns whether the parent mob should have the random hardcore settings enabled. Assumes it has a mind.
 /datum/preferences/proc/should_be_random_hardcore(datum/job/job, datum/mind/mind)
 	if(!read_preference(/datum/preference/toggle/random_hardcore))

code/modules/jobs/job_types/_job.dm

@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@
 		var/is_antag = (player_client.mob.mind in GLOB.pre_setup_antags)
 		if(require_human)
 			player_client.prefs.randomise["species"] = FALSE
-		player_client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(src, TRUE, is_antag)
+		player_client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(src, TRUE, is_antag, TRUE) //MONKESTATION EDIT - safe_transfer_prefs_to(src, TRUE, is_antag) >> safe_transfer_prefs_to(src, TRUE, is_antag, TRUE)
 		if(require_human && !ishumanbasic(src))
 			set_species(/datum/species/human)
 			dna.species.roundstart_changed = TRUE

code/modules/mob_spawn/mob_spawn.dm

@@ -257,13 +257,15 @@
 	//MONKESTATION EDIT - Check if we are using preferences.
 	if(use_prefs && mob_possessor)
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/spawned_mob1 = spawned_mob
-		mob_possessor.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(spawned_mob1)
+		mob_possessor.client.prefs.safe_transfer_prefs_to(spawned_mob1, addToCharacterList = TRUE)
 		spawned_mob1.equip_outfit_and_loadout(outfit, mob_possessor.client.prefs)
 		for(var/datum/loadout_item/item as anything in loadout_list_to_datums(mob_possessor.client?.prefs?.loadout_list))
 			if(length(item.restricted_roles))
 				continue
 			item.post_equip_item(mob_possessor.client.prefs, spawned_mob1)
-		SSquirks.AssignQuirks(spawned_mob1, mob_possessor.client, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE, list(/datum/quirk/stowaway)) //fok of, stowaway
+		SSquirks.AssignQuirks(spawned_mob1, mob_possessor.client, blacklist = list(/datum/quirk/stowaway)) //fok of, stowaway
+		spawned_mob1.icon_render_keys = list()
+		spawned_mob1.update_body(is_creating = TRUE)
 	//END OF EDIT
 	if(mob_possessor)
 		if(mob_possessor.mind)
@@ -274,7 +276,6 @@
 	if(spawned_mind)
 		spawned_mob.mind.set_assigned_role_with_greeting(SSjob.GetJobType(spawner_job_path))
 		spawned_mind.name = spawned_mob.real_name
-
 	if(show_flavor)
 		var/output_message = "<span class='infoplain'><span class='big bold'>[you_are_text]</span></span>"
 		if(flavour_text != "")