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Character: Lilo Pelekai
Series: Lilo and Stitch
Character Age: Very young. Say around 7.
Canon: Lilo is a lonely and very misunderstood child who’s hobbies include hula dancing, taking pictures of obese tourists and giving peanut butter sandwiches to a weather controlling fish named Pudge. She lives with her sister on the island of Kaua’i Hawaii after her parents died but, because Nani had to provide for both of them without a high income, she works long hours to provide for both of them and leaves Lilo alone very often. She has a way of thinking that is a bit on the eccentric side and her imagination is very grand and borderline morbid because she knows that not everything is a fantasy of candy clouds and rainbows and there’s more to life than what is in storybooks. But even with this reality check, she enjoys life and all the strange and unexplained things about the world.
All the girls her age follow the standard mob mentality and think she’s a freak, call her names like ‘Weird-lo’ and the adults tell her that she should act more like the other girls when she tries to be herself. But, while it does bother her that she can’t make friends easily, Lilo comes from a different house dynamic and does not relate to those girls because they don’t seem to understand anything outside their little lives of princesses and pretty dolls that their parents buy for them. But, despite that she isn’t a friend with the other girls, making friends is incredibly important to Lilo and she holds that relationship in the highest regard. Nothing is more important to her than Ohana (family) because you never know when you might lose it, like she had lost her own parents. If you break Lilo’s trust, it takes a long time for her to forgive because it is so special to her but if you want to be friends, she will treasure that relationship for life.
Lilo can relate to and see the beauty in things that tend to be undesirable, and that’s what drew her to picking up her ‘puppy’ Stitch at the local animal shelter because he was perfect for her. Even though Stitch wasn’t that cute (she was told he was run over by a truck, how would you look after that?), would destroy things and didn’t behave, she could see he was just as misunderstood and unwanted as she felt. But through the inspiration of Elvis and teaching Stitch how to be a model citizen in society, Lilo was able to show the destructive alien that the bonds that people make are the best things you can have. She taugh him that it’s bad to try and purposefully hurt someone’s feelings because, if you do that, you won’t have a family and be very alone and lost in life. Stitch had become a part of the family and although it was small and broken, it was a family that they can call their own.
Sample Post:
Is this place like a real summer camp like in the movie where they have a giant monster man covered in slime and seaweed that rise up from the water and terrorize everyone? I wouldn’t mind if it doesn’t have the monster. I’ve never been to summer camp before but movies make it seem like being at summer camp is the most terrible place in your young life to be in. It looks like fun! Sitting around a big camp fires, telling scary stories that will leave people with nightmares for days, eating candy and chocolate past your bedtime. And the monster that scares everyone always has his weak spot of the giant zipper running down his back. Maybe the gorillas here are the same and are all in disguise! This place doesn’t look like it would be their natural habitat. There are trees but, all the mud would get stuck in their fur and will just dry and be all itchy. I don’t think they’d like to live here that long. This would be a place for crocodiles, frogs and witch doctors to be happy in!
I wonder if there really is a witch doctor living in an old shack somewhere in the swamp. With all the voodoo charms, a giant cauldron and the shrunken heads tied up from the ceiling. I’ve only read about a little voodoo but, maybe if I meet this guy, I can be his apprentice and become a voodoo master! But a good one! One that helps people instead of tricking people and turning them into frogs and then cooking them into giant cauldrons of gumbo. There’s gotta be more than one way to make a living being a voodoo master than cooking the clients. That would just cause indigestion and I’d run out of clients if I cooked them all.
It would be better just to turn them into frogs and put them in a jar so they can reflect on their actions. No one will learn any moral lesson if they’ve been eaten.
Character:Jack Atlas
Series: Yu-gi-oh! 5D’s
Character Age:~20
Canon: In the past, people worshipped a star, summoned dragons, and fought evil gods. And that was pretty cool. But in the future, people ride around on motorcycles built for playing the card game Duel Monsters, known as D-Wheels. And that’s cooler. This system dominates the modern society - everything from Neo Domino City’s infrastructure to its crime fighting. Even in the isolated slum of Satellite, where 95% of the population are ridiculously impoverished and the other 5% are employed to keep them that way, gangs and regions are ruled by the strength of one’s cards and skills. People from said slum share an impossible dream of leaving for the city. Then one guy actually did that, and he did it so hard the city created the position of King just so he could fill it.
Jack Atlas is That Guy. He rose from being the king of nothing to the king of kings. Then plot happened and now he just rides around with his friends being awesome, occasionally stopping to beat up a world-ending demon or two. Jack is a very straight forward man; he says what he thinks, and he thinks he is the greatest man alive. There is nothing he can’t do without sheer force of charisma, cards, motorcycling, or just his fist. Except maybe humility. His demeanour does lead him to be a bit of a dick, and he only ever does what he thinks is right for him, but he’s always willing to go out of his way to let nearby people bask in his glory.
Sample Post:
What is this mess?! These shambles mocking human life are unacceptable! You can’t do this in the presence of a single decent man, let alone Jack Atlas, worth more than ten! Pull yourselves together! You’ll need your knees to kneel at the feet of Jack Atlas, greater than one hundred men!
What terrible malady is it to have affected you in such a way? To leave you all in such shambles as to not even recognize the sight of one such as myself? He who is more renowned than a thousand men? Answer me! Your gurgled cries are no more than a pathetic chorus of broken dreams, unfit even for this desolate swamp. Your souls lie shattered beneath your feet, incapable of lifting whatever heart you have left. Very well, it is decided! You clearly need my aid. Yes, the mighty Jack Atlas shall send jolts down to your very cores. Jack Atlas, more electrifying than ten thousand men!
To regain the lives you have wasted, you must take those first steps! Your tattered toes shall stride across this very earth again, mark my words! The words more inspiring than those of one hundred thousand men! Put every last ounce of decayed strength into that leg, push forth with all your might! Then again, and with thrice as much! Forward momentum is your key to victory! Smash inertia to pieces with those rotten fists!
There is no blood pumping through your veins, but to have lasted so long beyond repair, there must surely be the most powerful energy coursing through those muscles! The very laws of physics cry and moan at your existence, and yet you keep going! Because you must! Death itself cannot stop you now! For you are guided by Jack Atlas, the man standing taller than a million others! Yes! You have regained the force that is life, by my very speech!
Now put that force to good use, by fetching my D-Wheel from that bog! And don’t scratch the paint!
Character: Hizumi Mizushiro
Series: Spiral: Bonds of Reasoning
Character Age: 16
Canon: Imagine living your whole life under your older brother's shadow, only to suddenly have him disappear without a word and afterwards, a bunch of crazy murderous kids start coming after your life, claiming they have his permission to do so. For Ayumu Narumi, that’s a reality he knows all too well. As he struggles to to uncover the mystery behind his brother’s disappearance and the connection between him and the aforementioned murderous kids, Ayumu comes to learn an incredible and unsettling truth: Kiyotaka, his brother, is actually God and the murderous children he sent are the sons and daughters of the Devil. While the Devil himself is gone, he has a younger sibling who, according to fate, Ayumu is supposed to kill.
Enter Hizumi Mizushiro who, with an ever present smile on his face, looks and acts nothing like a Devil. Hizumi is cheerful, sociable, friendly and easily excited— the kind of guy who likes to have fun and ends up dragging people along for the ride. He can be somewhat childish at times, easily pouting and complaining when things don't seem to go his way. Though his destiny is to be killed, he seems surprisingly all right with that and even claims that he wants nothing more than a fun life, wanting to make the best of his days until it'll be time for Ayumu to kill him. In truth, behind a mask made of smiles and silliness lies a boy whose past experiences have left him utterly hopeless and with an understanding of what despair is like. Though his fear of opposing fate is so strong that he even ends up making some awful decisions, at his core Hizumi is a kind, gentle person who only wishes for salvation.
Sample Post:
There we go, Mr. Zombie. With this last heart-shaped balloon, everything for "Camp Fuck You Die: Special Valentine’s Edition" is done and ready to go! But man, who would have thought putting up decorations would take so long? And so much effort too— I'm completely beat, you know! First I had to help your friends paint the mess hall red, then I had to help the gorillas put lights all around the area for the tunnel of love, and then I was left all alone when it came to taking care of the lake. Do you even know what's hidden in there? That was dangerous and terrible! A young, innocent teenager like me shouldn't have to deal with that kind of thing, Mr. Zombie, it's way too inappropriate— inappropriate I say! I can't believe you made me do all of your work knowing I was going to have to deal with that!
Ah, well, it was tiring and a little terrifying, but all things considered working for this Valentine’s Day event wasn't so bad. With this, when I die I'll be able to look back at all the things I did while I was alive and say "There was that one time I helped zombies and funny-colored gorillas organizing a party in a swamp! And I battled with a tentacle monster too!" Ahahah, when I put it like that, it really sounds like some kind of weird, otherwordly adventure. It was pretty fun in the end, so it's too bad you couldn't take part in it too. Hey, how about it? If you manage to find both of your arms soon— or someone else's, as long as they fit— let's organize a festival together!
A Valentine's Day event is nice, though it's just depressing if you don't have anyone to spend it with. That's why we should do something everyone can enjoy for the next one. A fun, happy event with prizes and incredible challenges! The books in the library have a habit of flying around and biting people that try to read them, right? Then we could have a great contest and see who can manage to tame the most! Or maybe a daring game to prove your courage: come all you brave ones, see who can fall into the plot hole and come back all in one piece! Though really, plot hole is such an ominous name. I wonder if people would come out of it with a convenient, unexplainable amnesia. Or maybe a long-lost twin or two...
Games and tests aside, there's so many things we could do with this sort of setting! So hurry up and find both of your arms, okay? You need to pay me back for helping you with this, after all. Then again, I guess I had my selfish reasons to help you. Being unable to achieve your goals because you don't have the means to, or because you're running out of time... it's really awful, isn't it? I can understand the feelings that come with such things, that's why I helped you in the end. Even if you're rotting and already dead, there isn't much of a difference between the two of us. Ahahah, no, actually, in a way I think the fact you're rotting is the only real difference.
But enough with the gloomy talk! How about we pop some of those balloons instead? From now on, I shall proudly go by the name of "The Heartbreaker"!
Character: Pinkie Pie
Series: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Character Age: Pony. Pony? Pony!
Canon: Welcome to Equestria, a land where mystical creatures roam and magic is an everyday occurrence. In it, Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi all live together peacefully, ruled by the beautiful and kind Princess Celestia. However, this peace comes dangerously close to ending when an evil mare, known as "Nightmare Moon", escapes her banishment, and plunges all of Equestria into an eternal night. Wanting to bring daytime back, the young unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her newfound friends wield the magical artifacts, The Elements of Harmony, and transform Nightmare Moon back to her original form-- Celestia's younger sister, Luna. Now knowing the true power of friendship, Twilight continues to play, solve problems and go on adventures with these friends, writing letters to the princess whenever she learns something new.
Pinkie Pie represents the Element of Laughter, and boy does it show. Always making jokes, pulling pranks and throwing parties, she is the first pony that comes to mind when you think of the word "fun". Whenever a friend is sad or scared, she's there to help, and will sing and dance all the while. Still, she is quite the oddball, and can be hard to understand even at the best of times, though especially when she starts to ramble. Her past itself is a bit of a mystery (after telling a tale of what sounded to be the story of her childhood, she cheerfully announced, "And that's how Equestria was made!"), but she appears to be a regular Earth Pony... just a bit of a weird one.
Sample Post:
I'm heeeeere!
I came as soon as you called; who could have thought that there was a place called Camp have Fun Until you Drop in a place like this? I sure couldn't! I mean, I could, but I didn't, and because I didn't I never looked and because I never looked I never knew about it until you sent me that letter! And it's a good thing you did, because it looks like I arrived just in time!
This is the most un-fun camp I've ever seen! And I've seen at least five camps. Where are the marshmallows and the stories and the spelunking? I haven't even heard one camp song since I got here! So I've decided that today, we're gonna make it a Camp have Fun Until you Drop And then Party some more Palooza! I call it Operation: CFUDAPP!
I've got all of the things you could need for a proper camp party right here! Except for the fire, but who needs fire when you can just eat marshmallows uncooked? I put the hot sauce in a bowl, so you can just dip it right in! Or you could just dip them in the lake, then they can be marsh-mallows. Get it? Because we're in a marsh? Heeheehee, isn't that funny?
Wow, that was a good laugh! Your head almost fell right off! It's a good thing it didn't; then you wouldn't have been able to sing any songs! I have a whooooole bunch of songs we can sing together, like Filly Scout Camp and I Galloped Around The Corner! See, the toucans have the right idea! But I don't think Pony Rock Anthem is a very good camp song.
Now that I've got all of the balloons and streamers up, we can set up the tents! I was just going to get regular tents, but they were so dull and boring, so I got some super-colourful and exciting ones! This one is shaped like a bear, this one is aaall the colours of the rainbow... oh oh oh, this one looks just like a huge brain! Hahaha, what a silly thing to sleep in--
Gosh, I didn't know you were that hungry! You should have said something; I've got a table full of food right here! There's cake and cookies, and if you're thirsty you can wait at the punch line!
Character: Sanosuke Sagara
Age: 19
Series: Rurouni Kenshin
Canon: During the Meiji Revolution, there was a legendary assassin known as Battousai the Manslayer. When the revolution ended, he disappeared. Ten years have passed and the ex-assassin now lives as Kenshin Himura, the wanderer. Trading his katana for a reversed-blade sword, he vows to never kill again and travels all over Japan providing aid and protection to anyone who needs it to atone for his past. His travels take him to Tokyo where he meets a young woman named Kaoru Kamiya. Residing at her dojo, Kenshin begins to make new friends and soon finds himself facing enemies that puts his vow to the test.
Sanosuke Sagara is one of those new friends. A hot tempered youth, he tends to rush into things without thinking showing that he’s not always the brightest person. Outgoing and sociable, he’s can sometimes be found gambling and drinking, despite not having money for either, with his good old pals. Most of the time, he’s hanging out at the dojo with Kenshin and the others, freeloading. His days as a fighter-for-hire has made him a strong person so he enjoys a good fight but tends to use his fists when he’s stressed, challenged, or sees someone being wronged. While Sanosuke may be lazy at times and finds pleasure in messing around with those he’s close with, he’s a really dependable and loyal friend.
Sample:
I cannot believe I lost. There is just no way. That Gorilla man must’ve cheated. It’s the only reason he won that match and why his punch connected first before mine. Goddamnit.
Okay. I need to calm down. It was only one match. I still have a chance to win this. We’re both tied at one match a piece. If I win the third match that prize money will be all mine. Then I can wipe that stupid smirk off Gorilla man's face and show him that not only am I not some dumb rooster head but make him regret ever challenging me. Marcy and her double bun girl couldn't beat me with those damn kicks. The zombie brat and his American boxer failed as well. I can totally do this. I am not letting Gorilla man and some half naked fat dude wearing a blue yukata with face paint beat me.
Though, I wonder how any of this is street fighting. I don't think being in some abandoned barn in the middle of nowhere with what looks like a last minute made ring is it. That bastard toucan must've tricked me. Yeah I'm taking on fighters from all around the world but not in the way I imagined. And what's with the crowd? Nothing but a bunch of toucans. While I do love that they're cheering for me, I wish they’d stop calling me chicken. That’s the last thing I am.
But back to keeping my mind on the fight, it looks like I have to go all out with this one. Whoever said that the best offense is a good defense sure doesn't know what he's talking about. Gonna deliver one hit after another so Gorilla man doesn't have a chance to strike back. Blocking isn't going to help him at all. Oh yeah. I'm going to leave this place a rich man for sure. Well, if I knew how to change my character again. No way Ryu can help me win this match.
Character: Shiho Miyano/"Ai Haibara"
Series: Detective Conan
Character Age: appears 7 (actually around 18)
Canon: Brilliant but arrogant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was doing pretty well for himself, until one day he got in over his head and found himself overpowered and drugged by the shady fellows he was tailing. Miraculously, the drug failed to kill him and instead reverted him to his seven-year-old body. Now calling himself Conan Edogawa, Shinichi has to keep his identity secret from the people around him and track down the men who tried to kill him... not to mention solve all the murders that seem to happen whenever he steps foot outside his front door.
Ai Haibara comes into things as another victim of the drug that shrank Shinichi, with a twist: she's also the one who created it. A science prodigy who was raised in the ranks of a criminal organization, she took her own drug to escape the organization through death, and found herself escaping to a new life instead. However, Ai is still very much the product of her upbringing. She's collected, self-sufficient, and focuses on self-preservation. She cultivates a quiet and mysterious image, but her occasional speaking out will reveal her nature of dry sarcasm, sly wit, and maybe a little bit too much dwelling on the more morbid details of life. While "morbid" may be a good way to describe a lot about her, from her sense of humor to her worldview, she does have a soft side. She's fond and protective of her new caretaker and her first grade classmates, loves animals, and is gaining an appreciation for justice after teaming up with Shinichi. She might still assume the worst of everyone and think it's funny to pretend to threaten someone at gunpoint, but she's shuffling her way towards being a good person, and finding herself okay with that.
Sample Post:
The Director really is cruel, isn't she? Imprisoning people and experimenting on them, giving them only the hope that one day they'll be able to return to their homes and families... Raising the dead and forcing them to live in eternal hunger, experiencing the hardships of life without the sweet reprieve of death. Watching callously as people try to cope with the changes to their minds or bodies, not knowing when they'll return to their true selves...
It's impressive, but isn't it all a little tasteless? Unethical research does sometimes yield the best results, but turning some of Earth's most intelligent creatures purple is just juvenile. One also has to wonder about the intentions of a woman experimenting with how to change one's age, entire identity, and place in the animal kingdom... If her research really is a symptom of her nostalgia for her lost love, maybe the world is better off without Stephan Debussey. Or at least, perhaps in this case it would be best for a woman's heart to remain a mystery. However, whatever her intentions, no one could deny that the Director has truly accomplished some amazing things. I don't think I'd like to meet her myself, but she's certainly worthy of respect. Chasing after her goal so persistently, and creating the research that she has... It's beyond anything that I've seen or done myself. But, I have plenty of years to live before I'm as old as the Director.
While hopefully I'll be out of this place before I get to that point, in the meantime, studying the "age-up" virus should be a particularly valuable experiment. The Director may be more interested in making her prisoners prepubescent than she is in making them adults, but there are a few documented cases where it seems as if she tired of spring chicken in favor of something better-aged. Even if it's rare, any data I'm able to gather should be of use, as a week-long effect with no notable instances of causing immunization is better than what I've been able to accomplish... If the virus really is airborne and potentially contagious, it would be too dangerous to replicate exactly, but--
Oh, my... This is unfortunate, isn't it? A small girl like me, cornered by one of those tragic undead monsters. It was kind of the Director to supply me with a laptop and youth shotgun, but it's not like I would know how to handle a gun...
...Just kidding. ♫
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Character: Lilo Pelekai
Series: Lilo and Stitch
Character Age: Very young. Say around 7.
Canon: Lilo is a lonely and very misunderstood child who’s hobbies include hula dancing, taking pictures of obese tourists and giving peanut butter sandwiches to a weather controlling fish named Pudge. She lives with her sister on the island of Kaua’i Hawaii after her parents died but, because Nani had to provide for both of them without a high income, she works long hours to provide for both of them and leaves Lilo alone very often. She has a way of thinking that is a bit on the eccentric side and her imagination is very grand and borderline morbid because she knows that not everything is a fantasy of candy clouds and rainbows and there’s more to life than what is in storybooks. But even with this reality check, she enjoys life and all the strange and unexplained things about the world.
All the girls her age follow the standard mob mentality and think she’s a freak, call her names like ‘Weird-lo’ and the adults tell her that she should act more like the other girls when she tries to be herself. But, while it does bother her that she can’t make friends easily, Lilo comes from a different house dynamic and does not relate to those girls because they don’t seem to understand anything outside their little lives of princesses and pretty dolls that their parents buy for them. But, despite that she isn’t a friend with the other girls, making friends is incredibly important to Lilo and she holds that relationship in the highest regard. Nothing is more important to her than Ohana (family) because you never know when you might lose it, like she had lost her own parents. If you break Lilo’s trust, it takes a long time for her to forgive because it is so special to her but if you want to be friends, she will treasure that relationship for life.
Lilo can relate to and see the beauty in things that tend to be undesirable, and that’s what drew her to picking up her ‘puppy’ Stitch at the local animal shelter because he was perfect for her. Even though Stitch wasn’t that cute (she was told he was run over by a truck, how would you look after that?), would destroy things and didn’t behave, she could see he was just as misunderstood and unwanted as she felt. But through the inspiration of Elvis and teaching Stitch how to be a model citizen in society, Lilo was able to show the destructive alien that the bonds that people make are the best things you can have. She taugh him that it’s bad to try and purposefully hurt someone’s feelings because, if you do that, you won’t have a family and be very alone and lost in life. Stitch had become a part of the family and although it was small and broken, it was a family that they can call their own.
Sample Post:
Is this place like a real summer camp like in the movie where they have a giant monster man covered in slime and seaweed that rise up from the water and terrorize everyone? I wouldn’t mind if it doesn’t have the monster. I’ve never been to summer camp before but movies make it seem like being at summer camp is the most terrible place in your young life to be in. It looks like fun! Sitting around a big camp fires, telling scary stories that will leave people with nightmares for days, eating candy and chocolate past your bedtime. And the monster that scares everyone always has his weak spot of the giant zipper running down his back. Maybe the gorillas here are the same and are all in disguise! This place doesn’t look like it would be their natural habitat. There are trees but, all the mud would get stuck in their fur and will just dry and be all itchy. I don’t think they’d like to live here that long. This would be a place for crocodiles, frogs and witch doctors to be happy in!
I wonder if there really is a witch doctor living in an old shack somewhere in the swamp. With all the voodoo charms, a giant cauldron and the shrunken heads tied up from the ceiling. I’ve only read about a little voodoo but, maybe if I meet this guy, I can be his apprentice and become a voodoo master! But a good one! One that helps people instead of tricking people and turning them into frogs and then cooking them into giant cauldrons of gumbo. There’s gotta be more than one way to make a living being a voodoo master than cooking the clients. That would just cause indigestion and I’d run out of clients if I cooked them all.
It would be better just to turn them into frogs and put them in a jar so they can reflect on their actions. No one will learn any moral lesson if they’ve been eaten.
Poll #9293 Vote!
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Character:Jack Atlas
Series: Yu-gi-oh! 5D’s
Character Age:~20
Canon: In the past, people worshipped a star, summoned dragons, and fought evil gods. And that was pretty cool. But in the future, people ride around on motorcycles built for playing the card game Duel Monsters, known as D-Wheels. And that’s cooler. This system dominates the modern society - everything from Neo Domino City’s infrastructure to its crime fighting. Even in the isolated slum of Satellite, where 95% of the population are ridiculously impoverished and the other 5% are employed to keep them that way, gangs and regions are ruled by the strength of one’s cards and skills. People from said slum share an impossible dream of leaving for the city. Then one guy actually did that, and he did it so hard the city created the position of King just so he could fill it.
Jack Atlas is That Guy. He rose from being the king of nothing to the king of kings. Then plot happened and now he just rides around with his friends being awesome, occasionally stopping to beat up a world-ending demon or two. Jack is a very straight forward man; he says what he thinks, and he thinks he is the greatest man alive. There is nothing he can’t do without sheer force of charisma, cards, motorcycling, or just his fist. Except maybe humility. His demeanour does lead him to be a bit of a dick, and he only ever does what he thinks is right for him, but he’s always willing to go out of his way to let nearby people bask in his glory.
Sample Post:
What is this mess?! These shambles mocking human life are unacceptable! You can’t do this in the presence of a single decent man, let alone Jack Atlas, worth more than ten! Pull yourselves together! You’ll need your knees to kneel at the feet of Jack Atlas, greater than one hundred men!
What terrible malady is it to have affected you in such a way? To leave you all in such shambles as to not even recognize the sight of one such as myself? He who is more renowned than a thousand men? Answer me! Your gurgled cries are no more than a pathetic chorus of broken dreams, unfit even for this desolate swamp. Your souls lie shattered beneath your feet, incapable of lifting whatever heart you have left. Very well, it is decided! You clearly need my aid. Yes, the mighty Jack Atlas shall send jolts down to your very cores. Jack Atlas, more electrifying than ten thousand men!
To regain the lives you have wasted, you must take those first steps! Your tattered toes shall stride across this very earth again, mark my words! The words more inspiring than those of one hundred thousand men! Put every last ounce of decayed strength into that leg, push forth with all your might! Then again, and with thrice as much! Forward momentum is your key to victory! Smash inertia to pieces with those rotten fists!
There is no blood pumping through your veins, but to have lasted so long beyond repair, there must surely be the most powerful energy coursing through those muscles! The very laws of physics cry and moan at your existence, and yet you keep going! Because you must! Death itself cannot stop you now! For you are guided by Jack Atlas, the man standing taller than a million others! Yes! You have regained the force that is life, by my very speech!
Now put that force to good use, by fetching my D-Wheel from that bog! And don’t scratch the paint!
Poll #9294 Vote!
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Character: Hizumi Mizushiro
Series: Spiral: Bonds of Reasoning
Character Age: 16
Canon: Imagine living your whole life under your older brother's shadow, only to suddenly have him disappear without a word and afterwards, a bunch of crazy murderous kids start coming after your life, claiming they have his permission to do so. For Ayumu Narumi, that’s a reality he knows all too well. As he struggles to to uncover the mystery behind his brother’s disappearance and the connection between him and the aforementioned murderous kids, Ayumu comes to learn an incredible and unsettling truth: Kiyotaka, his brother, is actually God and the murderous children he sent are the sons and daughters of the Devil. While the Devil himself is gone, he has a younger sibling who, according to fate, Ayumu is supposed to kill.
Enter Hizumi Mizushiro who, with an ever present smile on his face, looks and acts nothing like a Devil. Hizumi is cheerful, sociable, friendly and easily excited— the kind of guy who likes to have fun and ends up dragging people along for the ride. He can be somewhat childish at times, easily pouting and complaining when things don't seem to go his way. Though his destiny is to be killed, he seems surprisingly all right with that and even claims that he wants nothing more than a fun life, wanting to make the best of his days until it'll be time for Ayumu to kill him. In truth, behind a mask made of smiles and silliness lies a boy whose past experiences have left him utterly hopeless and with an understanding of what despair is like. Though his fear of opposing fate is so strong that he even ends up making some awful decisions, at his core Hizumi is a kind, gentle person who only wishes for salvation.
Sample Post:
There we go, Mr. Zombie. With this last heart-shaped balloon, everything for "Camp Fuck You Die: Special Valentine’s Edition" is done and ready to go! But man, who would have thought putting up decorations would take so long? And so much effort too— I'm completely beat, you know! First I had to help your friends paint the mess hall red, then I had to help the gorillas put lights all around the area for the tunnel of love, and then I was left all alone when it came to taking care of the lake. Do you even know what's hidden in there? That was dangerous and terrible! A young, innocent teenager like me shouldn't have to deal with that kind of thing, Mr. Zombie, it's way too inappropriate— inappropriate I say! I can't believe you made me do all of your work knowing I was going to have to deal with that!
Ah, well, it was tiring and a little terrifying, but all things considered working for this Valentine’s Day event wasn't so bad. With this, when I die I'll be able to look back at all the things I did while I was alive and say "There was that one time I helped zombies and funny-colored gorillas organizing a party in a swamp! And I battled with a tentacle monster too!" Ahahah, when I put it like that, it really sounds like some kind of weird, otherwordly adventure. It was pretty fun in the end, so it's too bad you couldn't take part in it too. Hey, how about it? If you manage to find both of your arms soon— or someone else's, as long as they fit— let's organize a festival together!
A Valentine's Day event is nice, though it's just depressing if you don't have anyone to spend it with. That's why we should do something everyone can enjoy for the next one. A fun, happy event with prizes and incredible challenges! The books in the library have a habit of flying around and biting people that try to read them, right? Then we could have a great contest and see who can manage to tame the most! Or maybe a daring game to prove your courage: come all you brave ones, see who can fall into the plot hole and come back all in one piece! Though really, plot hole is such an ominous name. I wonder if people would come out of it with a convenient, unexplainable amnesia. Or maybe a long-lost twin or two...
Games and tests aside, there's so many things we could do with this sort of setting! So hurry up and find both of your arms, okay? You need to pay me back for helping you with this, after all. Then again, I guess I had my selfish reasons to help you. Being unable to achieve your goals because you don't have the means to, or because you're running out of time... it's really awful, isn't it? I can understand the feelings that come with such things, that's why I helped you in the end. Even if you're rotting and already dead, there isn't much of a difference between the two of us. Ahahah, no, actually, in a way I think the fact you're rotting is the only real difference.
But enough with the gloomy talk! How about we pop some of those balloons instead? From now on, I shall proudly go by the name of "The Heartbreaker"!
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Character: Pinkie Pie
Series: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Character Age: Pony. Pony? Pony!
Canon: Welcome to Equestria, a land where mystical creatures roam and magic is an everyday occurrence. In it, Earth Ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi all live together peacefully, ruled by the beautiful and kind Princess Celestia. However, this peace comes dangerously close to ending when an evil mare, known as "Nightmare Moon", escapes her banishment, and plunges all of Equestria into an eternal night. Wanting to bring daytime back, the young unicorn Twilight Sparkle and her newfound friends wield the magical artifacts, The Elements of Harmony, and transform Nightmare Moon back to her original form-- Celestia's younger sister, Luna. Now knowing the true power of friendship, Twilight continues to play, solve problems and go on adventures with these friends, writing letters to the princess whenever she learns something new.
Pinkie Pie represents the Element of Laughter, and boy does it show. Always making jokes, pulling pranks and throwing parties, she is the first pony that comes to mind when you think of the word "fun". Whenever a friend is sad or scared, she's there to help, and will sing and dance all the while. Still, she is quite the oddball, and can be hard to understand even at the best of times, though especially when she starts to ramble. Her past itself is a bit of a mystery (after telling a tale of what sounded to be the story of her childhood, she cheerfully announced, "And that's how Equestria was made!"), but she appears to be a regular Earth Pony... just a bit of a weird one.
Sample Post:
I'm heeeeere!
I came as soon as you called; who could have thought that there was a place called Camp have Fun Until you Drop in a place like this? I sure couldn't! I mean, I could, but I didn't, and because I didn't I never looked and because I never looked I never knew about it until you sent me that letter! And it's a good thing you did, because it looks like I arrived just in time!
This is the most un-fun camp I've ever seen! And I've seen at least five camps. Where are the marshmallows and the stories and the spelunking? I haven't even heard one camp song since I got here! So I've decided that today, we're gonna make it a Camp have Fun Until you Drop And then Party some more Palooza! I call it Operation: CFUDAPP!
I've got all of the things you could need for a proper camp party right here! Except for the fire, but who needs fire when you can just eat marshmallows uncooked? I put the hot sauce in a bowl, so you can just dip it right in! Or you could just dip them in the lake, then they can be marsh-mallows. Get it? Because we're in a marsh? Heeheehee, isn't that funny?
Wow, that was a good laugh! Your head almost fell right off! It's a good thing it didn't; then you wouldn't have been able to sing any songs! I have a whooooole bunch of songs we can sing together, like Filly Scout Camp and I Galloped Around The Corner! See, the toucans have the right idea! But I don't think Pony Rock Anthem is a very good camp song.
Now that I've got all of the balloons and streamers up, we can set up the tents! I was just going to get regular tents, but they were so dull and boring, so I got some super-colourful and exciting ones! This one is shaped like a bear, this one is aaall the colours of the rainbow... oh oh oh, this one looks just like a huge brain! Hahaha, what a silly thing to sleep in--
Gosh, I didn't know you were that hungry! You should have said something; I've got a table full of food right here! There's cake and cookies, and if you're thirsty you can wait at the punch line!
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Character: Sanosuke Sagara
Age: 19
Series: Rurouni Kenshin
Canon: During the Meiji Revolution, there was a legendary assassin known as Battousai the Manslayer. When the revolution ended, he disappeared. Ten years have passed and the ex-assassin now lives as Kenshin Himura, the wanderer. Trading his katana for a reversed-blade sword, he vows to never kill again and travels all over Japan providing aid and protection to anyone who needs it to atone for his past. His travels take him to Tokyo where he meets a young woman named Kaoru Kamiya. Residing at her dojo, Kenshin begins to make new friends and soon finds himself facing enemies that puts his vow to the test.
Sanosuke Sagara is one of those new friends. A hot tempered youth, he tends to rush into things without thinking showing that he’s not always the brightest person. Outgoing and sociable, he’s can sometimes be found gambling and drinking, despite not having money for either, with his good old pals. Most of the time, he’s hanging out at the dojo with Kenshin and the others, freeloading. His days as a fighter-for-hire has made him a strong person so he enjoys a good fight but tends to use his fists when he’s stressed, challenged, or sees someone being wronged. While Sanosuke may be lazy at times and finds pleasure in messing around with those he’s close with, he’s a really dependable and loyal friend.
Sample:
I cannot believe I lost. There is just no way. That Gorilla man must’ve cheated. It’s the only reason he won that match and why his punch connected first before mine. Goddamnit.
Okay. I need to calm down. It was only one match. I still have a chance to win this. We’re both tied at one match a piece. If I win the third match that prize money will be all mine. Then I can wipe that stupid smirk off Gorilla man's face and show him that not only am I not some dumb rooster head but make him regret ever challenging me. Marcy and her double bun girl couldn't beat me with those damn kicks. The zombie brat and his American boxer failed as well. I can totally do this. I am not letting Gorilla man and some half naked fat dude wearing a blue yukata with face paint beat me.
Though, I wonder how any of this is street fighting. I don't think being in some abandoned barn in the middle of nowhere with what looks like a last minute made ring is it. That bastard toucan must've tricked me. Yeah I'm taking on fighters from all around the world but not in the way I imagined. And what's with the crowd? Nothing but a bunch of toucans. While I do love that they're cheering for me, I wish they’d stop calling me chicken. That’s the last thing I am.
But back to keeping my mind on the fight, it looks like I have to go all out with this one. Whoever said that the best offense is a good defense sure doesn't know what he's talking about. Gonna deliver one hit after another so Gorilla man doesn't have a chance to strike back. Blocking isn't going to help him at all. Oh yeah. I'm going to leave this place a rich man for sure. Well, if I knew how to change my character again. No way Ryu can help me win this match.
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Character: Shiho Miyano/"Ai Haibara"
Series: Detective Conan
Character Age: appears 7 (actually around 18)
Canon: Brilliant but arrogant teenage detective Shinichi Kudo was doing pretty well for himself, until one day he got in over his head and found himself overpowered and drugged by the shady fellows he was tailing. Miraculously, the drug failed to kill him and instead reverted him to his seven-year-old body. Now calling himself Conan Edogawa, Shinichi has to keep his identity secret from the people around him and track down the men who tried to kill him... not to mention solve all the murders that seem to happen whenever he steps foot outside his front door.
Ai Haibara comes into things as another victim of the drug that shrank Shinichi, with a twist: she's also the one who created it. A science prodigy who was raised in the ranks of a criminal organization, she took her own drug to escape the organization through death, and found herself escaping to a new life instead. However, Ai is still very much the product of her upbringing. She's collected, self-sufficient, and focuses on self-preservation. She cultivates a quiet and mysterious image, but her occasional speaking out will reveal her nature of dry sarcasm, sly wit, and maybe a little bit too much dwelling on the more morbid details of life. While "morbid" may be a good way to describe a lot about her, from her sense of humor to her worldview, she does have a soft side. She's fond and protective of her new caretaker and her first grade classmates, loves animals, and is gaining an appreciation for justice after teaming up with Shinichi. She might still assume the worst of everyone and think it's funny to pretend to threaten someone at gunpoint, but she's shuffling her way towards being a good person, and finding herself okay with that.
Sample Post:
The Director really is cruel, isn't she? Imprisoning people and experimenting on them, giving them only the hope that one day they'll be able to return to their homes and families... Raising the dead and forcing them to live in eternal hunger, experiencing the hardships of life without the sweet reprieve of death. Watching callously as people try to cope with the changes to their minds or bodies, not knowing when they'll return to their true selves...
It's impressive, but isn't it all a little tasteless? Unethical research does sometimes yield the best results, but turning some of Earth's most intelligent creatures purple is just juvenile. One also has to wonder about the intentions of a woman experimenting with how to change one's age, entire identity, and place in the animal kingdom... If her research really is a symptom of her nostalgia for her lost love, maybe the world is better off without Stephan Debussey. Or at least, perhaps in this case it would be best for a woman's heart to remain a mystery. However, whatever her intentions, no one could deny that the Director has truly accomplished some amazing things. I don't think I'd like to meet her myself, but she's certainly worthy of respect. Chasing after her goal so persistently, and creating the research that she has... It's beyond anything that I've seen or done myself. But, I have plenty of years to live before I'm as old as the Director.
While hopefully I'll be out of this place before I get to that point, in the meantime, studying the "age-up" virus should be a particularly valuable experiment. The Director may be more interested in making her prisoners prepubescent than she is in making them adults, but there are a few documented cases where it seems as if she tired of spring chicken in favor of something better-aged. Even if it's rare, any data I'm able to gather should be of use, as a week-long effect with no notable instances of causing immunization is better than what I've been able to accomplish... If the virus really is airborne and potentially contagious, it would be too dangerous to replicate exactly, but--
Oh, my... This is unfortunate, isn't it? A small girl like me, cornered by one of those tragic undead monsters. It was kind of the Director to supply me with a laptop and youth shotgun, but it's not like I would know how to handle a gun...
...Just kidding. ♫
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