CANON INFORMATION NIGHT!

[thewunderkind]

The game's pretty big isn't it? With so many characters it's sometimes hard to keep up with everyone's canon and character backgrounds. Not to mention that the apps aren't always placed in the character's journal, and it leaves you wondering how they are, or even where they come from.

WELL WONDER NO MORE! It's time for a canon and character night!

The idea behind this post is primarily an information exchange. Just fill in this form, and think about factoids and things in a list form. Remember, you're trying to sell your character & canon to others, so talk about what makes them unique and fun. With any luck, you'll learn some new things about other people's characters that you can base relationships or friendships on, or even find a new fandom which catches your interest!

Note: Please mark the top of your thread with the canon. This way, other people in your canon can add whatever they want to it, such as their character stuff, and other cool factoids about the canon that they might remember.

You are perfectly fine and more than allowed to ask questions about the fandoms to the other players if you wish as well!

<b>Character:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Interesting things about the character:</b> <b>Interesting things about the canon/fandom:</b> <b>Anything else?:</b>

Comments

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

ISN'T IT?!

gawd I love this show to pieces IT'S SORT OF SAD.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Take this! My love, my anger, and all of my sorrow!

[masterofnun.livejournal.com]

It's Beej's fault. I deny everything.

[masterofnun.livejournal.com]

/pounds it

Hey, I play from Intimates. I understood maybe 20% of that too.

COMPREHENSION ISN'T NECESSARY FOR FUNTIMEZ.

[fattynoparents]

You know what that's close enough.

[masterofnun.livejournal.com]

He sounds like a charmer. I'd like to take him home to mom.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Shiiiiiniiiiing Fiiiiinger Swoooooooooooooord!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

/leaves this here


/slides out

[thisclinchesit]

Because lightbulb head there has gene-hacking powers.

...yet it was also somehow an illusion. Or something. tl;dr GENE DOPANT IS WEIRD, MAN.

[quick_strike]

WH40k is the universe for you. Humans ruthlessly slaughter anyone who is a mutant, isn't human, and doesn't worship their God Emperor...and will destroy entire planets with 6 billion plus citizens for benign reasons. The Eldar, this race this character here is, have instigated wars causing millions of deaths...just to save a couple thousand of their own race. The Tau are space communists who believe in working toward a Greater Good. Question one ethic of it and enjoy spending time in a 're-education camp'. They're also known for sterilizing entire planets because their descendants could be upstarts.

And that's like....just a couple races in the universe.

BUT YEAH, if you're interested in like....a gateway into the series, this book was mine. It's a darkish comedy about a nice guy who's kind of a coward doing his best to survive in the Imperial Guard, the human army.

PONIES PONIES PONIES PONIES

[mylittlelolny.livejournal.com]

Character: Pinkie Pie
Canon: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

Interesting things about the character:
-Pinkie is a walking, animated punchline. She routinely breaks the fourth wall and does ridiculous sight gags that would be right at home in a Looney Tunes short.
-She loves to make up songs on the fly
-Spreading joy isn't just her favorite pastime, it is literally her purpose in life. Okay, it's not quite so dire-sounding in the show, but basically every pony gains their cutie mark the moment they realize what their special talent that sets them apart from others is. Her cutie mark represents her ability to make others happy, and everything she does is for that purpose!
-Pinkie was originally going to be a pegasus pony! (http://rabbithutchiscalling.blogspot.com/2011/03/pinkie-pie-as-pegasus.html) oh jeez there would have been NO ESCAPE. Eventually, though, she and Fluttershy switched species, but this does give some insight into why she's so bouncy and can apparently teleport.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
MY LITTLE PONY??? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A DUMB CARTOON FOR LITTLE GIRLS!

-NUH UH.
-Well, okay, it IS a cartoon for little girls, but it's perfectly okay for everyone else to enjoy it too! It's smart, funny, well-written and incredibly cute!
-Yes, it IS an iteration of the toyline/cartoon that debuted in the 80s. A large chunk of the characters (including Pinkie herself) are based on characters from older versions but with personality/appearance tweaks.
-Each episode (except for the very first two) is stand alone, so you can pick it up at any one you want!
-It is a FOUNTAIN OF MEMES. (http://youtu.be/2Tjb14VoWjg) Seriously, I don't even know why I'm explaining this show because chances are if you use the Internet on a regular basis you have probably run into a funny image macro from it already. There really needs to be a new Internet rule: "If it exists, there is a MLP parody of it".
-There are LOTS (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJJ94uw05KQ) of (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSbXGsysAAk) songs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM) that will get stuck in your head forever. Not only that, as an example of how much love the creators lavished on this show, a lot of them are tributes to songs from various musicals
-Speaking of love, the fandom for this show is so massive and loud that creators started throwing in shout-outs to fans and have been really cool in general about the fact that tons of grown adults watch their show about magical purple unicorns.

Anything else?:

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Oooh. *makes grabbyhands* Looks good. I may just have to add that to my list.

Re: this got so long I am so sorry also Portal 2 spoilers in the links

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

Portal nearly ruined my relationship with my little brother, trufax. There's nothing more aggravating than falling onto that killer floor while your sibling yells "GAWD, Lisa, do you just not have ANY spacial reasoning skills?".

AND YET I STILL LOVED IT.

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

...see I was waiting for that to make sense and yet. And yet. It. It didn't. What.

[governorkang]

Character: Kang
Canon: Dragonlance

Interesting things about the character:
- He was forced to kill his brothers and other draconians while growing up by the humans, just to get enough to eat.
- He was the first draconian engineer, receiving the training because of a drunken bet made between human officers about whether or not draconians were intelligent enough to do it.
- He is a pro at building bridges and siege engines.
- He was an adult by age two, and is roughly 46 chronologically (he doesn't know his birthday), but he's actually somewhere between 22-24 in comparison to a human, due to the way draconians age. He doesn't know this, or that he can live to be nearly 1,000 years old.
- Unlike most male draconians, he's not attracted at all to human and elven women.
- He once had a dead-drunk minotaur (who was his commanding officer at the time) launched from a catapult in an attempt to kill him. The minotaur ended up killing a dragon with his horns, and surviving. AND HE WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN.
- He killed an entire nest of fire dragons once, that possibly could have meant the end of Krynn if they'd managed to get out of the mountain.
- It was his group that found the only female eggs (the fire dragons were in the way) and raised them.
- He can see in the infrared spectrum when there's very little to no light, and can see normally in low-light, unlike humans.
- He is a sorceror, 10th level. Which... isn't actually that powerful, but there are some nifty spells he has access to.
- He and his men built a fake dragon. Twice. The first one was to pull a prank on some hotshot baaz (brass draconians), and the second one was full of explosives and used to blow up a bunch of goblins and hobgoblins.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms are the two most popular campaign worlds for D&D.
- Krynn is unique in that it doesn't have orcs or drow, and has draconians and kender (I DENY 4E'S EXISTENCE), and that the world works on a balance between good and evil. Also, dragons shape things a hell of a lot more than on other campaign worlds; it's called Dragonlance for a reason.
- NEVER TRUST TAKHISIS. SHE'S A TRICKY, BACKSTABBING MANIPULATOR.
- There are mentions of Dragonlance characters in the Death Gate Cycle novels (they're written by the same authors) made by another character, who is an expy. Fizban in DL = Zifnab in DGC.
- The fandom is 3/4 Raistlin Majere and kender fanboys/fangirls, and a large amount of the Raistlin fans ship him with his twin brother or his apprentice, Dalamar. The latter is kind of easy with how much Dalamar seems to worship him, though.
- The 2008 animated movie is bad. It's very, very bad. Words cannot describe how bad it is. Trust me.

Anything else?:

NO REALLY IT'S BAD. THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE BOOKS.

[thisclinchesit]

THIS IS WHY GAIA MEMORIES ARE BAD THINGS

[fattynoparents]

YEAH PRETTY MUCH. Watching me play Portal is laughable. I am a pretty vocal gamer so I just end up falling in pits forever and screaming at GLaDOS/Wheatley while I do it.

8,I

Only doing Eleven's run things!

[makeherblue]

Character: The Doctor
Canon: Doctor Who

Spoilers in things I'm linking

Interesting things about the character:
- He's a 900 (give or take) old alien. Time Lord, in fact.
- Bowties are indeed cool. So are cravats, checkered pants, rainbow coats, and the list goes on: just be rest assured that if he's ever worn it, it's got tons of cool points.
- He requires absolute silence when he's in thinking mode
- He's a coward. But he generally cowards and adventures in the right direction. He also has the eerie habit of somehow giving things a "nudge" - this is either played up as funny or manipulative, depending on the Doctor.
- Aliens trespassing on Earth. Don't worry, he'll give you a good scolding.
- He's rather good with children. As in he tends to treat them as mini adult humans. Also apparently he will roll into your house and help yourself to your food.
- Better hope he doesn't need to do a fast mind meld on you. It's rather...unconventional
- He has fabulous hair. This is almost a requirement for being a Doctor. Except Nine. But he had a leather jacket and that's a-okay.
- Big chin? It's like a diving rod, it sniffs out ~adventure~.
- Nervous about traveling in the TARDIS? Don't worry, he's worked out the perfect way to reassure you.
- That said, he doesn't have the perfect temper around humans and their weaknesses, especially when he himself is under pressure and about to do something he's not cool with .
- When he dies in certain ways, he can explode into Time Lord sparkles (thanks for that...telling description, Rory). In other words, Time Lords can try to save themselves by shifting into another body and another personality that is still the same man. Eleven has to do it in style and regenerate to find himself crash-landing. Because that's just how he rolls.
- The Doctor has friends across time and space, so according to him, he's on the bowling team with Virgina Woolf. And he got married to Marylin Monroe, but that doesn't count.
- He comes across as very eccentric to most humans, who end up getting swept along with him because he talks so fast and flashes his psychic paper around he doesn't give them a chance to react.
- The Doctor loves a good wedding. And dancing. And generally having fun.
- He's not a high achiever academically. Back on Gallifrey, he had low scores.
- He lies about his age.
- In fact, he lies about a lot of things.
- He's a lot of fun to be around, until it sinks in just how dangerous life with him is. But on the flip side, you get Space Florida!

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- The canon has been present since the 1960s. It did have a break between Seven's run in the 1980s to the revival in 2005 (Nine's run). There was a Doctor Who television movie, but let's not talk about that.
- Eleven actors have played the Doctor. Matt Smith is currently the youngest, the previous one had been Peter Davidson with Five.
- Because of the style of the show, you could in theory have it go on forever just by cycling out the Doctor/companion actors and actresses, and it would still be Doctor Who.
- Going to ninja this in but Jamie McCrimmon, played by Beth, is the longest serving male companion on Doctor Who. I think also companions overall?

Re: Only doing Eleven's run things!

[makeherblue]

- The canon is really all over the place if you take in the stuff outside the TV show.
- You won't really see Nine-Ten-Eleven in audio dramas like the classic Doctors. Big Finish can only use One-Eight. Which is really unfortunate because...
- Six has a companion who is a noir detective penguin. Actually he's a shapeshifter, but let's go with detective penguin.
- The current Doctor actor, Matt Smith, wrote fanfiction with the Doctor to help him get into character. He wrote about traveling with Einstein as a companion.
- He's also said he'd like a story where the Eleventh Doctor visits dinosaurs...and picks up Frank Sinatra on the way.
- They've been using variations of the same theme song since the 60s. The logos haven't been quite as consistent. The best is probably the terribly shiny 80s one.

Anything else?:
Doctors are weird. And cool. But mostly weird.


They also love comfy shoes


They don't protest against Scots clinging to them.


They do love dancing. And making faces.

Re: Star Ocean!

[seraphicthunder.livejournal.com]

PSP Star Ocean The First Departure and The Second Story
PS2 Star Ocean Till the End of Time
PS3/XBox 360 Star Ocean The Last Hope

Re: Only doing Eleven's run things!

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

That is quite some face. It's like he's trying to unhinge his jaw. Maybe to swallow something appetizing.

Re: Only doing Eleven's run things!

[makeherblue]

Like a deep sea fish, amirite :| But I'm not sure what that makes him if you factor in all the...twirling.

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

Thankya! /adds to THE LIST OF THINGS TO BE WATCHED

[nobel-berserker.livejournal.com]

SO BASICALLY HE WOULD FIT RIGHT IN. yes.

...come to think of it, the German ninja does show up standing on a column of water at one point.

Re: Only doing Eleven's run things!

[iselldrugstothecommunity]

...a deep sea fish with a broken GPS?