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CANON INFORMATION NIGHT!

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!

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Character: Lash
Canon: Advance Wars

Interesting things about the character:
- Responsible for most of the technological and war-related inventions of Black Hole.
- Calls herself a perky goth in the 3rd game when you defeat her during a campaign. "No more miss nice perkygoth!"
- There is very little information about Lash apart if you overread the lines (like I do)
- Starts out as a rival CO in Black Hole in AW2 (A foil for Sonja), where she is quite cruel and does things like bombing Olaf's entire hometown just for the fun of it and mentally plays around with Sonja's emotions. Her disregard for her own troops is pretty evident as well.
- Does a heel-face-turn in the 3rd game when both her and Hawke are thrown out by the new leaders of Black Hole, the Bolt Guard for finding out the real mission; using their device to obtain immortality at the death of the entire planet. Because conquering the world is much more humanized, you see.
- Is called a wunderkind by her character profile.
- Canonly her hit and miss (which are equivalent to likes and dislikes) are "getting what she wants" and "not getting it" respectively.
- In the 2nd game she uses more tee hee and toddles and the 3rd game switches to tee hee hee.
- The last line she says in the 3rd game is "Maybe I do care a little." proving that she's slowly changing towards caring...not that she'd ever admit it.
- She has a tattoo of Black Hole on her arm that is only visible under UV light
- Lash has ironically never known true freedom, always following someone else's order, for all the independence she seems to sprout.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- Advance Wars was the Gameboy Advance and DS continuation of the Nintendo Wars game series. These are the first games to see in the North American Market. Famicom Wars (the first) was released in 1988.
- The games also had a series of ads that stayed mostly intact from the first to the last.
- Advance Wars 1, 2 and Dual Strike are part of the same universe and continue the story of each other. The other games have different COs and storylines.
- The games are considered sleeper hits, not getting much press but getting stellar reviews. Notice that in the Strategy game reviews of all time, AW has the 4th (behind heavy hitters like Company of Heroes, Civilization IV and Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos), 11th, and 12th. Considering the competition it's a pretty good testament to the games.
- This review says all I could ever say about the games, and more.
- The 2nd game had the worst cover ever. Lash what the hell.
- Don't try to understand the physics behind the games. COs that have powers based on the fact their troops get killed and damaged unleash god-like states after a while. Despite the storyline, there seems to be a disregard for the troops a lot of times that has been parodied in a few comics.

Anything else?:

GIANT DEATH LASER!

Edited 2011-08-20 00:34 (UTC)

Character: Gaignun Kukai Jr. (Rubedo)
Canon: Xenosaga

I'll just leave this post I made just for this kind of occasion here. (http://carrieswar.livejournal.com/5041.html)

And this post about the characters/Jr. himself. (http://carrieswar.livejournal.com/2971.html)

I also think this fanmade trailer (http://youtube.com/watch?v=cYEkTXL691Y) is fantastic and worth a watch for interest-pinging.

I'm clearly prepared for memes like this. >_>

aergaeth this image.

That swimsuit brings me so much joy and so many nightmares.

Character: Akiyama Ren
Canon: Kamen Rider (Ryuki)

Interesting things about the character:
-First Kamen Rider in the Ryuki era, due to either circumstance or destiny (more likely the latter, given the way things were manipulated). It was kind of a do-or-die (or do-or-let-her-die) moment and Ren chose to fight in order to save his fiancee.
-Suffers a major internal conflict between needing to win and not having it in him to kill another human being--particularly his now best friend.
-More or less resolves this conflict by killing Kamen Rider Odin in self-defense. It doesn't go well.
-Has REALLY bad defense mechanisms and will completely shut down under enough stress.
-He's more balanced between what he wants to do and what he has to do and can now accept that he's become a much better person, even if it's pretty much ruined him as a Rider. He's willing to believe there may be another way to get what he wants without having to make such difficult sacrifices.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
-The story is about 13 Kamen Riders fighting one another to the death in another world in order to fulfill their wishes. They use monsters who don't even like them and want to eat them in order to gain power, but the monsters accept it because the contract lets them get stronger too.
-Ryuki is Digimon Tamers with Kamen Riders. Puella Magi Madoka Magica is Kamen Rider Ryuki with magical girls.
-Ryuki is a mindscrew. No, really. The series is set on a time loop, resulting in the movie and special being alternative timelines that are equally valid as canon. Then you get into the Kanzakis and especially Yui and it gets brain-hurty.
-The Kamen Rider universe (Japan originals only, at least) is one massive universe, connected by Den-O and OOO, as revealed in Let's Go Kamen Riders. Yes, this contradicts the implications throughout Decade. But this time, we're blaming Den-O and OOO, so Tsukasa's off the hook.
-Ryuki was adapted in America as Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, with a massively simplified storyline to focus on the Rider War only, but with an alien twist. While it bombed in America (much like Ryuki had done in Japan), it was incredibly successful in Japan, where it was dubbed.
-Ren's counterpart in Dragon Knight is named Len. They're pronounced exactly the same in Japanese. Furthermore, Len's dub actor is Matsuda Satoshi, who played Ren in Ryuki.

Anything else?:
-I'm attempting to make sense of the series by reviewing it here (http://akino-ame.livejournal.com/500689.html).

If you want to know it, start here and go through:

Character: Alendian
Canon: Warhammer 40k

Interesting things about the character:
-much much older than the average human could ever be eldar fuck yeah
-considers every other alien race as lesser to hers eldar fuck yeah
-despite being a teleporting warrior, she has taken other paths in her life leaving her with a modicum level of healing powers (on other Eldar) and super experienced in stealth and tracking eldar fuck yeah
-she has a bigger grudge against humans than normal because they were invading her Craftworld before she arrived on the ship humanity fuck yeah

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
-EVERYONE IS BAD NO ONE IS GOOD
-Seriously, even the "good guy" alien race is only considered good because they give people an option of joining them or dying...as opposed to just dying.
-GREEN IZ FOR DA ORKS
-If you get into this fandom either be prepared to read or be prepared to shell out hundreds of dollars. Or both.
-The cooler something looks, the chances are, the more powerful it is.
-There is a lot of rage in this fandom be prepared.

Anything else?:

/spittake

That second game cover omg Lash stop staring into our souls.

Also ahh lasers. Seeing Lash makes me want to app this character who would help her build giant freaking crazy weapons for everyone.

Character: Shoutarou Hidari
Canon: Kamen Rider W

Interesting things about the character:
-Shoutarou is a man who aspires to be a hard-boiled detective but is too emotional to pull it off.
-Kiiiind of got his boss killed due to his own impatience/desire to show that he's useful. He's mostly over it.
-Freakin' loves fedoras.
-Generally does two things when it comes to women - either he'll bicker endlessly with them, or flirt like there's no tomorrow. And he usually fails, but manages to be charming enough that he doesn't get slapped.
-Will wreck your face if you make someone cry, or get himself wrecked trying. Seriously. He put himself in a good bit of mortal danger when one of the higher-ranking bad guys made the rival/ally rider cry - Shoutarou pulled off a Twin Maximum Drive, and got himself laid up for a while as a result.
-Shoutarou FREAKS THE HELL OUT at things he finds weird. Granted this is kind of wobbly as to what he finds weird given that he fights monsters as a job, but it's still fun.
-He has the coolest theme music - both for he figures stuff out and for combat.

Interesting things about the canon:
-11th Heisei Kamen Rider series, 20th series overall.
-Episode titles reflect the duality theme of the show - two titles separated by a slash, and the first title uses a letter in place of a word that actually represents two words. For example, the first episode's title is "The W Search/Two Detectives in One." W represents both W the rider, and Word. I try and do this with most of my comm posts because I am a huge dork.
-The show does a damn good job of mixing comedy and drama.

Anything else?: MY HAND IS A COW D:

Edited 2011-08-20 00:39 (UTC)

Yeah there's an option to watch every cutscene in the game with swimsuits in the scene viewer.

Serious shit happening and everyone's ready to go to the beach in their mankinis.

Character: Ben Tennyson
Canon: Ben 10 Universe (Classic, Alien Force, Ultimate Alien)

Interesting things about the character:
- Ben's responsible for destroying Pluto by absolutely doing nothing. He was stuck as Alien X at the time mind you.
- He has a confirmed smoothie and chili fries addiction.
- He might act like a flake, but in reality -- he's a flake. But he has a photographic memory as well as a rather amazing ability to make the best of a situation no matter the moment in time.
- He has a constant fear of lightning because of getting struck by it and being possessed a couple of times.
- Probably Bisexual and doesn't care.
- Idolized Captain Nemesis, a widely televised hero until Nemesis pretty much shattered his belief in him.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- The original series was created by Man of Action, a group of six or so collaboration writers. While the first season went for four seasons with an overreaching metaplot, it was mostly Ben being a kid and being a complete jerk about everything.
- Alien Force and Ultimate Alien Season 1 and 2 were pioneered by Dwayne McDuffiemayherestinpeace. They are currently on hiatus and are awaiting the Fall Season, where it kicks off with a crossover with Man of Action's Generator Rex.
- Ben 10 UA and AF have a high volume of things getting under the censor radar, such as Ben's Balls Dropped joke.
- The fandom is crazy.

Anything else?: There's nothing more awesome than Rath.

He also fights Gravity -- and fails.

Edited 2011-08-20 00:59 (UTC)

*makes this face*

c-cow hand. Oh Kamen Rider.

You're making this face (http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/110834468/31682668) on the inside I know it to be true.

Character: Sasami Masaki Jurai
Canon: Tenchi Muyo! (formerly Tenchi Universe, now Tenchi Muyo! OVA)

Interesting things about the character:
- One of four characters who are deities. The other three? Washu, Tokimi and, unsurprisingly, Tenchi himself!
- Sasami is actually one part of the goddess Tsunami. Those other parts? Tsunami herself, the Tsunami tree, the Tsunami battleship and the Juraian Royal Palace itself! The palace, however, was just her old body.
- Has at least five different continuity forms - OVA, Universe, Tokyo (where she's much more crazier and Ryo-Ohki turns into a super robot), Pretty Sammy (where she's a magical girl) and Magical Girls Club (same thing, yet without the Monster of the Week trappings.)
- Looks about 8 or 9. Is actually that plus 700. Suspended animation does that to you!
- She's the best cook in the house, though the 3 OVA and GXP show that Noike and Tenchi do have skills of their own.
- The 3rd OVA never explains it, but Sasami is skilled with staves and is skilled enough to take down a trained Galaxy Police agent!
- Sasami's the Trope Namer for the Trope "Really 700 Years Old".
Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- While not the first harem anime, Tenchi Muyo! is considered to be one of the more popular of the bunch.
- This series actually has a shit load of spinoffs and AUs! The OVAs alone have at least three!
- The series was Cartoon Network's 1st anime to be brought here that was actually much more mature in setting than what it had before!

Anything else?:

Character: Billy Cranston
Canon: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Interesting things about the character:
-Billy can't cook. At all. The one time he tried, he made a souffle explode.
-His birthday is April Fool's Day. What a random date.
-He developed icthyophobia (fear of fish) as a young boy when one bit his finger when he was playing near the lake. A monster battle with Rita helped him push past the paralyzing fear, but he still has a lingering aversion to fish.
-He started out as a much more stereotypical nerd character than he is now. Every sentence had a thesaurus crammed in it, he wore overalls, and he couldn't fight. At all. He flailed and got thrown around and ran away. It's taken him almost three years of hard work to get where he is now, as a decent (but nowhere near the best) fighter.
-His powers guided his body in fights (as they do with other rookie Rangers) until he could survive on his own.
-His favorite type of cheeseburger is with guacamole topping.
-Like the rest of his original team, he wears his Ranger color (blue) all the time. It's a little uncomfortable for him not to wear it.
-The sub-part of science he's worst at is biology. He's not bad, just not a super-amazing-genius like in physics and chemistry.
-Builds improbable things like flying cars and memory-sharing devices, as well as one device that would bake a cake if you poured the ingredients in. Not all of them worked, but most did eventually.
-His favorite exclamation is 'prodigious!']
-He built communicators with a teleportation system that worked around the planet with just a touch. It's his dream to someday find enough power to bring that technology to the meatship.
-He's a bit of a xenophile. He shows the least fear of his team around new situations and alien life, and he rather likes making friends with people who are different or feel different. None of his friends back home would be surprised to hear that he's in a relationship with an orc/elf girl.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
-MMPR is the first installment of the Power Rangers franchise, a long-running Americanized adaptation of Super Sentai that's still going today. It's over 700 episodes so far.
-It was the subject of several controversies and bannings because live-action fights that showed the actors' faces had (almost) never been done before in childrens' shows. It attracted a lot of attention for being too violent, and this is why the unmorphed battles were replaced with masked Ninja Ranger battles in MMPR Season 3.
-Other than the exceptionally awesome theme music, there's little of quality in the show. The original set of actors has charisma and cute friendship going for them, and the action imported from Super Sentai plus the actors' martial arts talent adds some spice, but everything's cheaply made, preachy, and ridiculous. I apped Billy for the charisma and cute friendship.
-It's available for instant streaming on Netflix, for anyone in the USA who has an account. There are minor glitches in a few episodes but it's serviceable

Anything else?:

this is how I feel right now, honestly

Zetta you're so seriously badass. Not fail at all. Nope.

(also, Crispin ♥)

I loved Universe, and watched a lot of Muyo! (and watched a bit of in Tokyo as well) I need to re-watch one day because it's been years. I'm scared of all of the spin-offs and AUs though. One day I was like LET ME WIKI TENCHI TO SEE WHAT-- oh my God what is all of this.

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW D:

I am SO SAD I have no Netflix! I did watch a lot of the re-airing it a while back and was so nostalgically happy.

My most secret of secret wishes is for one day someone to app Tron Bonne from Megaman Legends because I am pretty sure her and Lash would either get along like BFFS or become bitter crazy inventing rivals.

Character: Reimi Saionji
Canon: Star Ocean Universe (Star Ocean, The Second Story, Till the End of Time, The Last Hope)

Interesting things about the character:
- Reimi is immune to all forms of disease. It's not to say that she will just walk through a biocontagion area, no, but due to her genetic modification with Muah DNA, she is able to shrug off any disease she picks up, and any cures will work instantly.
- Mastered Japanese and Eastern Archery at a young age. This allows her to hit anything she desires.
- Her powers are all through advanced training and Chi primarily, not unlike the other major races of this game series such as Klausians. However she has no speck of Symbology, or at least from what you see.
- Reimi has always been a constant support for people in the game, even when she's laid low from a petrification disease during the Roak Era.
- Speaking of said Petrification, Reimi is taken from before the end of Roak Arc, so the mid-game events have yet to happen for her.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- Star Ocean is an encompassing story that follows from the beginning (The Last Hope), to the last game featuring Fayt Leingod (Till the End of Time). It's connected in interesting ways, 1 and The Second Story being that they are connected via Family. And the real twist is that their universe is a big MMORPG called The Eternal Sphere, as revealed in Star Ocean 3.
- The game has the most overpowered characters in any game possible, hands down. 3 has the crew regularly beating down things that wreck whole universes with weapons and armor.
- The first and second game were reported to the PSP with voice overs and redesigned artwork. Many fan favorites came out to voice both games, which did rather well in the re-release.
- Star Ocean was in fact created by a team who left Namco Bandai after Tales of Phantasia was created, and can be considered a spiritual successor of that game series. It's no wonder the fans who love Tales Of often love Star Ocean, no matter how quirky and ragey both fandoms get.
- Star Ocean casts often include some kind of cat-eared person (Leon in 2, Meracle in 4) or a lolicon-type (Lymle in 4) which are I suppose design intentions for the directors. I dunno maybe there's something to do with both types.

Anything else?:

Star Ocean is developed by the core team of ENIX of Square-Enix which means there's a lot of guest stars from games. Valkyrie Profile characters feature heavily.

Character: Anwei Ayles
Canon: Dr. McNinja (OC)

Interesting things about the character :
- She was raised in a violent, racist culture and has worked very hard to overcome her prejudices.
- She was sent to Earth by space mercenaries who wanted to hire Dracula to work with them.
- She feels quite sympathetic towards monsters and other 'bad guys', having been a villain (or been treated as one) for most of her adult life.
- She gets along with AIs better than with most organic-based people.
- She has been controlled and manipulated almost all her life, and a number of things she 'knows' are mistaken or outright deceptions by others.
- She doesn't remember meeting Dr. McNinja on Earth.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom :
- Doctor McNinja is an incredibly cool Web comic with an Irish ninja doctor, his mustachioed, dinosaur-riding sidekick, a gorilla secretary, Paul Bunyan, clones, time travel, magic and Dracula!
- Instead of being a gag-a-day comic, the story is set in 'issues' that run 24 – 80 pages. The current storyline features time-traveling astronauts and LOTS of dinosaurs.
- The series began in black-and-white, but is now in scintillating color, and has full-page updates three times a week.
- You are reading this sentence instead of reading Dr. McNinja. (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/1p1/) WHYYYYYY?

Anything else?: She hates hats.

Character: Kanoe Zouichi
Canon: Biomega

Interesting things about the character:
- Doesn't sleep, eat, breathe, or age (much)
- Once shot down 13 ICBMs
- can actually punch people's faces off :|
- limbs cannot be cut with powered razor shears (someone tried)
- basically a godless killing machine
Zouichi is an artificially created life form chasing down survivors of a horrible zombie virus. For some reason, this means he needs to be able to jump fighter jets and survive in space. DON'T JUDGE ME.

Interesting things about the canon/fandom:
- The main villain wants to recreate the Earth out of zombie meat because somehow that makes her immortal (?????)
- zombies!
- psychics!
- space pollen!
- motorcycles!
- cyberpunk!
- grizzly bear with a sniper rifle???
Biomega is a seinen manga by Nihei Tsutomu, the same guy who did BLAME! and like... probably a bunch of Halo graphic novel illustrations, but that's less important. It makes NO SENSE but it is still AWESOME because there are zombies and facepunching and motorcycle jumps and aircraft carriers EXPLODE and then the Earth EXPLODES.

Anything else?:
BEGINNING FACILITY INTRUSION
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/56712133@N04/5833114332/)

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CANON INFORMATION NIGHT!

ADVANCE WARS (Also example post)

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Kamen Rider

Makai Kingdom!

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Kamen Rider W

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Tenchi Muyo!

MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS

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Star Ocean!

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