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Wanda Maximoff ([personal profile] scarlet_chaos) wrote in [community profile] fandomhigh_ooc2023-02-08 09:28 am
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meme: more than meets the eye

Here is a meme that doesn't have a ton of back and forth but it's useful. So fun and useful! And I know we like talking about our characters.

There are certain characteristics about the people we play that *we* know, but we get tired of repeating in every introductory ping. There's also stuff that players wouldn't really be able to figure out just looking at an icon--how tall someone is, if they have an accent, what kind of clothes they are wearing...and in some cases, if their eyes/hair/whatever are different than the PB we've picked.

So wax poetic about what your characters look/sound like, if they have tics or scars, how they dress, if they have a distinct singing voice, etc!


Just a good reference to have in case you're in a casual thread and are like "Hmm does Anakin wear those robes 24/7 or is there a casual Friday where he wears jorts" or "I wonder what Eddie Munson smells like?"

Here is last year's example!
heroic_jawline: (Default)

Re: Wanda Maximoff

[personal profile] heroic_jawline 2023-02-08 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I just realized that Steve is technically younger than she is now. Hee.
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Re: Wanda Maximoff

[personal profile] heroic_jawline 2023-02-08 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Guarantee we've spent more time thinking about it than the Russos did...
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Re: Wanda Maximoff

[personal profile] hasaknightjob 2023-02-08 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Or whatever thoughts they did have were the wrong ones.
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Clare Devlin

[personal profile] craic_killer 2023-02-08 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
· Ach, my short, blonde, Irish senior. She's a natural blonde with bright blue eyes and is 5 foot tall on a good day.
· Has a thick, nigh-incomprehensible Derry accent. Her words trip over themselves, they're coming out so quickly, especially when she gets stressed. And stressed is her default emotion.
· And since I'm sure you clicked that link, she also dresses like it's 1995, which is coming back into style, God help us. Overalls, t-shirts, those incredibly unflattering baby doll dresses--she's got it all. Well, a few of them each. She's not exactly swimming in money, so her clothes are well cared for but on a fairly regular rotation. She definitely smells like Love's Baby Soft perfume.
· Is Catholic, which in Northern Ireland in the 1990s is a religion and a political viewpoint. Has a crucifix necklace, attends Mass religiously (*rimshot*), albeit handwavily, because going IRL is long enough. RPing it out is Not Interesting.
Edited 2023-02-08 18:50 (UTC)
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Re: Clare Devlin

[personal profile] hasaknightjob 2023-02-08 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oi! 90s fashion was amazing and I WILL FIGHT YOU!!!!

(Assuming the right kind, of course :D )
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Re: Clare Devlin

[personal profile] grenadesandohana 2023-02-08 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
My friend saw un-ironic Hammer pants going through a college campus this morning. It is the darkest timeline.
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Re: Clare Devlin

[personal profile] hasaknightjob 2023-02-08 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay that I'll grant you. But Amy Santiago's 90s clothes in that one episode of Brooklyn 99? That was totally me.
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Evan Buckley

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2023-02-08 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
- 30 years old.
- 6'2", red hair, blue eyes.
- Works out regularly and is a pretty buff dude but not, like, scary buff.
- His legs are pretty scarred after having his legs crushed by a firetruck.
- From Pennsylvania, has a standard British-guy-playing-American accent as seen here.
- Dresses like a regular dude, jeans, t-shirts, hoodies. When dressing up loves the whole no socks and dress shoes thing.
- Has TONS of tattoos. All over, and they are all bad, and they are all Oliver's irl.
unusual_sith: (adult - really?)

Re: Evan Buckley

[personal profile] unusual_sith 2023-02-08 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
...Wait, seriously? I had no idea the actor was British!
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Re: Evan Buckley

[personal profile] shireisburning 2023-02-08 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep! I think Oliver and Eddie's actor have great American accents. They are like actively avoiding the House MD trope.
Edited 2023-02-08 15:37 (UTC)
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Nancy Wheeler

[personal profile] no_culdesac 2023-02-08 03:29 pm (UTC)(link)
  • 18 years old, no canon birthday though boy does the internet have some suggestions as to her zodiac sign.

  • 5'4", very slender, with permed brown hair in a cut just over her shoulders and blue eyes.

  • dresses like it is 1986, still, and tends to favor stripes and the feminine fashion hallmarks of the period -- her skirts will have pleats, her shoulders will have pads, her heels will be low, et cetera.

  • if you are the kind of supernatural creature who can smell gunpowder, you can probably smell traces of it on Nancy. Otherwise I'm sure she wears some kind of twee 80s body spray.

  • and she sounds like this!
  • Edited 2023-02-08 15:29 (UTC)
    amicia_the_amazon: (amicia: berserker heart)

    Amicia de Rune

    [personal profile] amicia_the_amazon 2023-02-08 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
    • Born in 1333, currently 16 years old

    • Blue-eyed brunette of size 'not too tall teenage girl', idk how much

    • Her hair is cropped very short and visibly has been cut by her by hand

    • She has a scar on her left cheek and a ugly longer one above her ear along her temple, though the hair mostly hides it; they're both clearly inflicted by blade. She also has an arrow scar on her stomach, but you're less likely to see that one

    • Right now she still barely speaks English, but when she does, it's with a noticable but not overwhelming French accent. In French, she sounds like this

    • She's clearly introverted, quiet, and inward-focused at the moment, but when she moves with purpose, you can tell she's a warrior

    • Still much prefers her warrior leathers, but has since picked up a few t-shirts and sweatshirts to wear underneath
    Edited 2023-02-08 15:31 (UTC)
    shireisburning: (pos: kind of flirting)

    Eddie Munson

    [personal profile] shireisburning 2023-02-08 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
    - 21 years old.
    - 6'0", long brown curly hair, chocolate button eyes.
    - Lots of tattoos and they are very 80's and very bad.
    - Dresses like a metalhead -- ripped jeans, flannel, leather jackets, lots of jewelry (this man is typically wearing 4 rings on any given day).
    - If you see him with his shirt off his entire torso is WRECKED from being attacked by demobats. The man nearly lost a nipple.
    - His voice is pretty high-pitched especially when he's upset.
    - VERY DRAMATIC MOVEMENTS. The hands are a flyin', tables are stepped on, and he will throw himself on the ground to make a point.
    - He smells like cigarettes and weed. Constantly.
    not_a_goddamn_princess: (eyepatch: high smile)

    Margo Hanson

    [personal profile] not_a_goddamn_princess 2023-02-08 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
    • Look, she's a fucking cyclops, we can't get around that. But assume that whatever eyepatch she's wearing is always fashionably coordinated with the rest of her outfit, because Margo. Underneath is nothing but an empty socket that looks like she was just born without an eye (the one courtesy the fairies did her in taking it, motherfuckers)

    • Is a brown person of Mexican and Indian descent

    • Currently 28 years old and stubbornly clinging to the term 'mid-twenties'. She's 5'3'' tall and has pretty dark brown eyes.

    • Fashionable af. When she was quote-unquote 'just' a Brakebills student, she preferred modern outfits with bold colors and lots of short skirts. Then she became queen, kept the bold colors, and went buck freaking wild with gowns and weird-ass high fantasy shit. Nowadays, she likes to find herself somewhere in the middle. Her make-up is generally a bit understated in comparison.

    • She has a surprisingly low, raspy voice (a deliberate choice by her actress, who decided on that after the first season) that can get downright husky-to-growly at times. She sounds generic American to me, but her actress is from LA, and so is the character

    • She usually carries a spiky axe on her belt. It's also coordinated with the rest of her outfit

    • Her magic is done by performing intricate hand gestures. Here's an example

    • There is an elaborate tattoo of the letter 'M' on her back. If you can sense magic, you'll be able to tell it's 1) magic and 2) a demon used to live there, but it's long gone
    Edited 2023-02-08 15:40 (UTC)
    unusual_sith: (Sithy glare)

    Lana Beniko

    [personal profile] unusual_sith 2023-02-08 03:44 pm (UTC)(link)
    Lana is body type 2 average height with an athletic but not overly muscled build.

    Is roughly mid-40s, but we're not given an exact date. Has no idea when her birthday would be on an Earth calendar anyway.

    She has red-rimmed yellow eyes, because Sith. At some point I gave up trying on the icons because my Photoshop skills are limited.

    She sounds British to Earth ears. That's her Kaasian accent.

    If you can sense that kind of thing, she is Sith. Not the darkest of the dark, but still Dark side. And is happy to have friendly debates/discussions about it.

    Will pretty much always have her lightsaber with her. Girl grew up at war; it's hard to leave behind.

    Usually dresses in classy-but-practical Earth clothes while on island, unless an invasion calls for armor.
    Edited 2023-02-08 18:22 (UTC)
    knife_bender: ([neu] s3 you don't know shit)

    Diego Hargreeves

    [personal profile] knife_bender 2023-02-08 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
    - 31 years old, birthday is October 1st, 1989;
    - 5'10" with an athletic build, brown hair, brown eyes.
    - Large scar on the side of his head and one above his eyebrow from canon. Has burn marks on his arm and his stomach from his wife cauterizing him (out of love).
    - Like all of his siblings (sans Viktor), he has a tattoo of an umbrella with a circle around it on his left forearm. This will soon change.
    - Typically wears black but thanks to his wife's influence, will wear the occasional green, blue or orange. Basically never wears his tactical gear anymore. Has a wedding ring on his left hand.
    - However does have multiple knives strapped to him at all times.
    - Very graceful and very acrobatic, will fall and land on his feet like a cat, unnecessary flips, etc.
    napking: (hoodie lyfe)

    Gray

    [personal profile] napking 2023-02-08 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
    - 5'9", slender but muscular, although you probably won't notice the muscle unless he's like, shirtless.
    - Curly blond hair (usually with a serious case of bedhead) and brown eyes. Generally looks adorable and harmless tbh.
    - Technically "thousands of years" old, but how old he looks is...sort of vague. Officially, in universe, all immortal beings (dragons, Nephilim, etc.) stop aging at 25 (because reasons), but literally no one thinks Gray looks 25. The family joke is that Sloth made him too lazy to finish growing. Gray claims he just has a baby face. At most, he could pass for 20, but most people in canon mistake him for a teenager at first. (Hence: high school!)
    - Has been living in Northern California for long enough that he sounds like he's from that area, if you can pick up on regional accents, or 'American' if you can't.
    - Dresses for comfort: basketball shorts or pajama pants, t-shirts and hoodies, slippers or slide sandals over socks (or else Converse; he has a whole Converse collection), generally in pastels, sometimes with anime characters or cartoon sloths on the shirts.
    - Speaking of shirtlessness, he has two slits over his shoulder blades for his wings to come out of, which are visible any time he's shirtless but could be mistaken for scars.
    - When they're out, his wings are feathered, big enough to look like they could reasonably lift a guy his size, and black with light blue accent feathers.
    - His aura, for those who can see that sort of thing, is also light blue, because we stan a signature color.
    Edited 2023-02-08 16:03 (UTC)
    heroic_jawline: (beard: majestic hair)

    Steve Rogers

    [personal profile] heroic_jawline 2023-02-08 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
    -Born in 1918. His trip through MCU canon is post Civil War now, so Steve is simultaneously 99 and 33-ish.
    -He's 6'2" with blond hair and blue eyes (with a little bit of green in them. Zemo, you weirdo, how closely were you looking at those pictures.) Thanks to the super-serum, he is also strong enough to throw a motorcycle and then lap you a couple times around the island during his daily morning runs. He's currently rocking his post-Civil War break-up beard and has much longer hair than usual, though it's still off his ears and barely grazing his collar.
    -Carries himself like a soldier. Has posture that makes you want to sit up straighter.
    -Has a fairly generic American accent in a deeper voice than you might expect. He gets a little Boston Brooklyn when he's feeling vulnerable. He also can put on some fake-heartiness when he's being Captain America, as evidenced in these PSAs.
    -Tony has been steadily losing Steve's pleated khakis and plaid shirts, so Steve's generally in jeans (or nice pants, if he's teaching). His shirts are always a half-size too tight, generally in shades of blue. If he's in his dress uniform, he has enough medals on it to be extremely daunting to anyone who knows how to read them.
    -In the Captain America uniform...well. He's not really in that right now. He has a navy suit and helmet, but he's removed the identifying features that made him Cap--no stripes, no bright star on the chest, no Avengers A on the sleeve. He also doesn't have his shield. He will not be bringing any of this up in casual conversation.
    -Wears a platinum wedding band on his left hand. It has a tracking chip in it for post-Sokovia Accords/falling in giant raccoon hole tracking needs. Tony knows who he married is what I'm saying.
    Edited 2023-02-08 21:32 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] anomaly_research_nerd 2023-02-08 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
    * Connor's ages hasn't been officially stated but its generally accepted he was born in 1982, but his canon ended in 2011 so he's around 28-29 years old approx here in game.
    *He is 5 ft 11 inches tall and is slim and a bit scrawny but he does have some decent muscles by this point.
    *Resident geek and nerdy boy- but is quite literally a tech genius and can't seem to see it (though people do try to remind him of it)
    * At the same time, he can be very childish and immature at times, loves to joke and kid around and have fun- which often people remember more than the whole genius thing
    *Has literally built tech that never existed before and knows more about dinosaurs, the anomalies, and tech than most of the others on his team.
    *Connor is very British with a definite accent seeing as he is from London (i don't write it out a lot cuz its annoying and I forget to do it half the time)...
    *He sounds, and acts, like this in the show :) -
    *Total nerdy geek, often wears layers with a shirt and vest, is fond of jackets and coats, almost always has on fingerless gloves of some kind, and has a secret love for fedoras.
    *Love typical food and rink flare - fish and chips, gin and tonic, etc
    defenderofdesmoines: (annie - looking off)

    Annie Hargreeves

    [personal profile] defenderofdesmoines 2023-02-08 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
  • 25 years old, 5'6" and probably hovering around 120 lbs these days.

  • athletic, with a runner's build.

  • blonde hair that goes a couple inches past her shoulders, and for the most part, you can assume it’s up in a ponytail or a messy bun. She has brown eyes, and tends to keep her makeup very minimal.

  • Annie’s pretty WYSIWYG in terms of the clothes you see in her icons: skinny jeans, low-top sneakers, hoodies and cute jackets over T-shirts are her typical look. (She incidentally seems to like stripes a lot.) If you catch her in workout gear, it is almost certainly white or in pastel colors. That’s how I know Annie really is the bravest girl in all the land: she works out in white leggings.

  • she also wears a fair amount of jewelry (always, always gold.) She has three holes in either earlobe, and tends to wear hoops with two studs, as well as a cartilage piercing in her left ear. (This will be changing fairly soon.) She also wears up to four slim, gold rings at a time, usually 1-2 on either hand, in addition to her wedding band on her left hand. She also sometimes wears a little gold cross necklace, which I'll mention in narrative if she has it on that day.

  • if she uses her powers, her eyes light up yellow for the duration. This goes for if she’s blasting someone, or if she’s doing her blender thing at the bar, or if she’s using her hands as flashlights. Her eyes give off a weird sound, too, if it’s quiet enough to hear, like Annie herself is emitting an electrical charge.

  • sounds like this when she talks, and this when she sings!

  • as Starlight -- not that she's been Starlight recently, but -- she looks a bit different. Her hair is down and curled, her makeup is done much more exaggeratedly, and she wears a white skater dress with a tulle underskirt, sparkly semi-sheer tights, gold boots, gold bracers, a white headband and a white fencer’s cape with tiny little gold starbursts on it.
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    Llewellyn Watts

    [personal profile] pocketpretzels 2023-02-08 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
    - Born in August of 1876 and it's currently 1910 back home, so he's 33.
    - 5'11", curly brown hair, brown eyes.
    - Tends to walk with his shoulders hunched inward, though, which gives the appearance of him being a couple inches shorter than he really is.
    - Has three suits that he rotates through (along with a much more varied collection of waistcoats). You can see them here, here, and here. Unless otherwise mentioned, he's wearing one of these.
    - Has a scar on his left bicep from when he shot himself. On purpose.
    - If he's outdoors, he's also got that hat on. If he's indoors, the hat is hanging somewhere it shouldn't be, like on top of a fire extinguisher, a water cooler, a cat tree... that sort of thing.
    - Is very spinny. As in, he will spin down into a seat, spin as he's closing a door, spin around a lamppost.
    - Carries snacks in his pockets always. If there's a plate of food nearby, he's going to eat from it (including at crime scenes). Though these days he keeps mostly vegan, even when not with Steven.
    - Speaks like this, with odd stops and starts.

    I KEEP THINKING OF THINGS TO ADD:
    - Abysmal handwriting. He can barely read it himself. His notes are largely written down on random scraps of paper.
    - Is an absolute menace to plant life, picking leaves and flowers to fiddle with.
    - If he doesn’t have plant life to meddle with, will pick up random objects to fidget with instead. Like dice or paperweights or etc.
    - In fact thanks to [personal profile] drumsticksandd20s has a set of dice he keeps in his pockets.
    - Can and will hand people things he no longer needs like a bored toddler who’s finished playing with a particular toy. If they don’t take it he will just let it drop to the floor.
    Edited 2023-02-08 23:08 (UTC)
    okteiviakom: ([spec] tattoo)

    Octavia Blake

    [personal profile] okteiviakom 2023-02-08 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
    -- 31 years old, born on October 11th (because when I was picking the specific date I apparently did not think Octavia having been born in October to be a little too on the nose) in the year 2132.
    -- Not as pale as she was when she returned in 2020, but not the most tan person around.
    -- Healthy-looking; still mostly muscle as she has been since her teens, but has some more curves on her after the last handful of years in a place without major food scarcity - and also where at least one of her partners regularly communicates love through food.
    -- Green eyes, dark brown hair messily a little past her shoulders, worn down unless otherwise noted.
    -- Has a lot of scars, but the most gruesome ones aren't anywhere visible in day-to-day life. (She has one from being fully impaled by a sword, on her stomach/back!)
    -- Has three tattoos. One (pictured in the icon here) is an abstract thing of various black lines and shapes that runs from her right upper arm all the way up to the side of her neck. On her left upper arm/shoulder cap, she has another one in matching style that's an asymmetrical open circle with three little V shapes around it. And finally, on her left leg, she has a blackwork serpent looping around her calf twice, with its tail on the inside of her ankle and its head resting along the outside of her knee.
    -- Wears a lot of sensible basics in mostly dark grey and black. Hoodies and sweats and t-shirts, that kind of thing. Has maybe moved slightly further away from leather and tough fabrics, but not entirely.
    -- Carries herself kind of like a soldier when she's out and about.
    -- Probably smells like either the ocean or the woods, most of the time.
    -- Sounds like this (CW for a fair bit of violence, as this is The 100). Kind of raspy, often very dry/mild/flat.
    -- Very reserved. Getting better about emoting again, but if you don't know her well, expect to not get a lot in the way of facial expressions while you're getting to know her.
    -- If you catch her with her partners, however, it may be a little more obvious that she does in fact have a very soft side to her. Sometimes even a little goofy.
    -- Does not eat meat, but does eat fish.
    -- No longer uses her last name because trauma.
    Edited 2023-02-08 16:16 (UTC)
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    Anakin Skywalker

    [personal profile] sith_happened 2023-02-08 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
    -40-something. Closer to the late 40s than he wants to admit, even if he has children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren running around. Is, thankfully, not balding. The entire island would hear that meltdown. Jedi Jesus hair like in the icons, blue eyes, Canadian Tatooine accent. Tends to intone rather than speak when he's running a class.
    -6'2" and walks like he's making Jedi robes flare dramatically. Generally also wearing Jedi robes, which are flaring dramatically. He has his lightsaber hilt on his belt when he's not teaching.
    -Yup, after almost two decades on Earth, still rocking mostly Jedi attire. He tries to dress more Earth-friendly on vacations but he hates it. Will now be wearing a pair of jorts on Spring Break, blame Sam.
    -Projects an air of being deeply tired of all of you, but it's mostly a front at this point. Will never admit to that.
    -Wears a gold wedding ring on his left hand, has several tattoos you will never see.
    Edited 2023-02-08 16:29 (UTC)
    knife_bender: ([spec] lady oh no)

    Re: Anakin Skywalker

    [personal profile] knife_bender 2023-02-08 04:31 pm (UTC)(link)
    begmetwice: ([spec] dressing gown. sure.)

    Irene Adler

    [personal profile] begmetwice 2023-02-08 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
  • will be 34 years old on March 15th, very slender, and 5'3" in her stockinged feet.

  • buuuut she's usually in at least 3 inch heels, so.

  • canonically her measurements are 32-24-34

  • bright blue eyes.

  • long, wavy brown hair that goes about to her middle back. She usually wears it up in a pretty complicated-looking updo.

  • generally wearing a sheath dress, stockings, and Louboutin heels (the ones with the red sole) unless otherwise specified, and for the most part you can assume Irene's clothes cost about the GDP of a small nation.

  • definitely wears perfume, to the degree that you probably know when you're in a room with Irene before seeing her.

  • she also favors tasteful but bold jewelry -- she's got a big watch in canon, she likes to wear diamonds or pearl studs on her ears, et cetera.

  • almost always made up -- red lipstick, a full face, and sometimes she does quirky little fun things like wearing electric blue eyeliner as an accent. She also always has her nails done, red polish.

  • and speaking of accents, she speaks in a fairly low voice, with a London accent. (She's from the West End and very posh, if you're the sort of person to be able to determine the region from which someone hails based on their accent.)
  • Edited 2023-02-08 16:30 (UTC)
    grenadesandohana: (neu: in the navy)

    Steve McGarrett

    [personal profile] grenadesandohana 2023-02-08 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
    -Born in 1977, it's 2014 in season 5, where he is in Hawai'i 5-0 canon, so he's 37.
    -6'2", Dark hair (with gray in it. he's self-conscious), gray-green-blue-hazel-y eyes, American accent with a fair smattering of Hawaiian slang if he's really leaning into it. He might be the only person you ever meet using "brah" unironically.
    -Is a goddamn Navy SEAL, which he will mention if you're within talking range for more than about 10 minutes. As such, is in absolutely ridiculous shape and starts every morning at Omigod Why AM with a five mile swim (yes, in that water) and then a run around the island. Does the run again in the evening. Still gets lapped by Steve Rogers. Will never get over it. Feel free to mod seeing him out there if you are a fellow handwavy morning exercise person
    -Is almost always in some form of cargo pants and tight t-shirt that comes five to a package from Walmart. He's either in combat boots or flipflops (Hi, Hawaii). Sometimes he's got a gun strapped to his thigh. If he's coming back from Naval Reserve training, he'll be in his Navy uniform (a lieutenant commander with an absolute chest full of medals).
    -Both of his arms have tattoos on them, but unlike the actor, Steve doesn't have a weird chameleon on his right pec. Or a ridiculous tramp stamp.
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    Jonathan Sims

    [personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2023-02-08 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    - Is scarred. A lot. Round worm-burrow scars everywhere that probably look like he was shot with a shotgun or had really bad chickenpox or something. His right hand is burn-melted in a shape that if you're paying attention looks like he shook hands with hot metal. He has stab scars on his shoulders, one from a scalpel and one from...well, knife-sharp fingers. He's got a slice on his neck that looks like someone tried to slit his throat (because they did). And if he's got his shirt off, there's a stab scar over his heart.

    - Perpetually looks like he needs sleep.

    - Almost always looks half-starved. Unless he's just "eaten", when he looks vaguely almost healthy.

    - Is five-foot-middling. Probably taller than most of his students, definitely shorter than at least half of the residents here.

    - When he's putting on professional airs (teaching, trying to impress) has excellent posture and a very posh Oxford accent (that sounds almost put on) and is stiff. Otherwise, has a slightly more relaxed accent and posture and fidgets a lot.

    - Has a really awesome voice, both speaking and singing. (Yeah, Jonny Sims looks nothing like Jon. LOL)

    - Has very greying black hair. Tends to get shaggy before he remembers haircuts are a thing.

    - Hazel/indeterminately vaguely browny green eyes, very piercing if he actually makes eye contact.

    - Born in 1987, left canon around 2018, so is roughly 32 (give or take time spent in an apocalypse when time didn't work). But when he was 28, claimed he was 38 and people believed him. Still honestly, he is a millennial and not a boomer! He knows what a meme is!
    Edited 2023-02-08 16:55 (UTC)
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    Eric Northman

    [personal profile] texted3times 2023-02-08 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    --6'5", blonde hair, blue eyes.
    --Vampire, so he's noticeably cool to the touch. His fangs are retractable, though, so you won't seem them unless you've really pissed him off. Or you ask.
    --Sounds like this. (ahahaha, teacup humans.)
    --Is ripped and has no shame about showing any of his considerable assets off to anyone at basically any time.
    --Has been around for a thousand years, so he speaks a ton of languages as the plot demands, but tends to speak English on the island. Just don't assume he doesn't know what you're saying if you've switched to something different in his bar.
    --Has been around for a thousand years, so his default facial expression is "generally bored with all of you."
    --Will almost never serve you a drink at the Devil's Nest because vampires are better than you. Not sorry about it.
    --Because he's a thousand year old vampire, his canon allows him to be awake during the day but he does bleed from the ears and eyes if he does it. It's not cute. He doesn't like doing it. He will be the pile o' dust that used to be Eric if he goes out in the sun.
    --He also has to be invited into new private places before he can go in. If you rescind the invitation he basically moonwalks back out the door. Hilarious. He can also fly but doesn't turn into a bat.
    --Wears suits, well-cut pants and awesome, awesome blue sweaters, and to my sorrow, also has a weird fondness for vinyl tracksuits.
    defenderofdesmoines: (annie - uhhhhhhh)

    Re: Eric Northman

    [personal profile] defenderofdesmoines 2023-02-08 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
    Wears suits, well-cut pants and awesome, awesome blue sweaters, and to my sorrow, also has a weird fondness for vinyl tracksuits.

    I'm sorry, it seems you forgot Eric's best clothing item, the hot-pink Speedo.

    Goddamn, Charlaine Harris, you are a special lady.
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    Re: Eric Northman

    [personal profile] texted3times 2023-02-08 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
    We need another fire drill so Eric can inflict that on everyone's eyeballs again!
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    Raiden

    [personal profile] carbsliftthespirit 2023-02-08 04:52 pm (UTC)(link)
    - "Thousands of years" old (I cannot get more specific because the text, it contradicts itself. Repeatedly), but physically 25.
    - 6'7" (which is two whole meters if I have done the conversion correctly), built like a brick wall.
    - Short black hair, blue-grey eyes. The hair is constantly covered by a backwards baseball cap. That thing might as well be glued to his head. Just assume it is always present unless explicitly stated otherwise.
    - The rest of his wardrobe is mostly jeans and t-shirts. An apron if he's in the kitchen, and he's usually in the kitchen. Favors boots for footwear for safety's sake.
    - Even if I don't mention it (because I'm bad about it) he's probably either eating or has snacks close at hand, because he is constantly hungry.
    - Looks like he gives great hugs. Does, in fact, give great hugs.
    - - Has been living in Northern California for long enough that he sounds like he's from that area, if you can pick up on regional accents, or 'American' if you can't.
    - Snores. Loudly. Sings like some poor animal being murdered.
    - Has two slits over his shoulder blades for his wings to come out of, which are visible any time he's shirtless but could be mistaken for scars.
    - When they're out, his wings are feathered, big enough to look like they could reasonably lift a guy his size, and black with orange accent feathers.
    - His aura, for those who can see that sort of thing, is also orange, because we stan a signature color.
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    Re: Raiden

    [personal profile] pocketpretzels 2023-02-08 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
    I feel like Raiden is one of the few people who would not side-eye Watts for eating crime-scene food.
    carbsliftthespirit: (beer me)

    Re: Raiden

    [personal profile] carbsliftthespirit 2023-02-08 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
    Raiden would absolutely eat crime scene food, so...
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    Yennefer of Vengerberg

    [personal profile] tellmehowstuffworks 2023-02-08 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
    - 5'6", black hair, tan skin, purple eyes
    - Generally wears her hair in an updo or at least some kind of braid.
    - Looks like she's in her mid-twenties, but is in fact 90 years old! Thanks, magic.
    - Has vertical scars on the inside of either wrist that are from exactly what you're thinking they're from.
    - Eschews modern clothing. Instead dresses a bit like she escaped from a Renaissance Faire, although those who have known her for a while may notice that since winter break she is favoring simpler styles with less embellishment.
    - Also, used to wear fairly dramatic makeup but has pretty much stopped doing that as well.
    - Sounds Fantasy British. More specifically, like this.
    - Excellent posture, and generally comes off as though she's looking down her nose at you even if you're more than a foot taller than her.
    - Acts like she's extremely tired of you all. Will very begrudgingly allow that some of you are rather tolerable.
    Edited 2023-02-08 17:15 (UTC)
    furrybluefreak: (All Smiles)

    [personal profile] furrybluefreak 2023-02-08 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
    * Is obviously not a normal human- to get the obvious out of the way... he is a mutant from Marvel- this particular version is from the X-Men Evolution TV show.
    * Is obviously blue, but it is not skin but rather a fine soft fur that covers most of his body.
    *His is a little on the tall side and very slim in build... but he tends to hunch over a little when sitting or standing for long periods; he is fond of sitting and squatting, so his actual height can be a little hard to determine.
    *Has a long prehensile tail that is slightly forked like the typical devil's tail, has three fingers on each hand, two toes on each foot, pointed ears, fangs, and eyes that are yellow and that likely shine like a nocturnal animal's given his good night vision.
    *Abilities include extreme agility, acrobatics, and stamina... and he can also teleport though he is still growing that ability and learning to master that power.
    *He can teleport small distances as long as he can see where he is porting to, and he can carry people with him so long as he is touching them- but he is still very much a beginner with that part of the teleporting thing.
    *Kurt is shy and self-conscious as Fandom is the first place other than the X-Men academy where he has been accepted and not feared or attacked for being different.
    *He is German, so he speaks with a very obvious accent and is known to mix up words, reverting to his native German at times, especially with familiar words like Muti and Vatti- Mother and Father.
    *Kurt is also Catholic and does his best to keep up with that- he often has a Bible or rosary around (I'll mention in-game if he has either with him in a post)
    *Because of his mutant genes and abilities, Kurt has a very high metabolism, so he needs to eat often and is usually hungry and is able to eat more than many people expect- though it is unclear how he reacts to alcohol as that has not come up in canon.
    *Kur is fond of porting around the island to save time walking and will have small puffs of purple-black smoke following him around as he does, and he will also definitely use his tail like a thrid hand any chance he can.
    Edited 2023-02-08 17:15 (UTC)
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    Arthur Lester (and John Doe)

    [personal profile] two_idiots_one_body 2023-02-08 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
    - Is 6' tall.

    - Naturally tends toward slender but muscular. Has probably now recovered from his three months' starvation, but is still working on regaining muscle tone after that and a couple months of recovery from broken bones.

    - Amber eyes (icons are blue, yeah, but again...Photoshop skills minimal).

    - Has gunshot scars (two in the gut, one in the chest), a mark on the stomach that looks like something tried to bite and suck his guts out, a slight windburn scar on the right of his face, a stab wound to the gut that nearly killed him, a burn on his arm from a lighter, some surgery scars from fixing a badly broken right leg, and a stab wound to the neck (self-inflicted, omg arthur). Also other assorted nicks and cuts.

    - Limps a bit when it rains or his right leg is otherwise paining him. May use a cane at those times, but I'll mention it if so.

    - The last joint of his left pinky looks like it's lacking flesh and just a black bone. It is in fact, if you look closely, wooden, and there are veins/roots going out from it into his hand.

    - Otherwise has a pianist's hands. Because he is one.

    - Is right-handed if you want him to write something or if he does something on his own, like eating. If he has to catch something, take something you're handing him, etc. will always be left-handed. Almost always uses his phone left-handed.

    - This is because he's blind, and the same being that controls his eyes, controls his left hand. That's John.

    - John occasionally likes to fuck with him, but they usually work pretty well together. John looks around, tells Arthur what he sees. Sometimes it takes Arthur a second to do things or find things because of this. Sometimes John just does it instead. I'll try to mention this as it happens.

    - Has an upper-middle-class English accent, softened a bit by a few years in the northeastern US.

    - If you can see or sense beings, there are two people there. If you're telepathic, there are two minds.

    - If you can hear him, John sounds Canadian. Look, the Dark World is Ontario. I didn't make the rules.

    - Was born March 30, 1900, and left canon in 1934, so is 34 years old.

    - Usually wears a hat. Will place it next to him appropriately when indoors.

    - Wears suits. They're modern, but may have a slightly vintage cut. He trusts John that they look good on him.
    Edited (He has a birthday!) 2023-02-08 19:42 (UTC)
    hasaknightjob: Steven waving (Steven waving)

    Re: Arthur Lester (and John Doe)

    [personal profile] hasaknightjob 2023-02-08 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    Does the left pinky move weird or is it normal other than in appearance?
    two_idiots_one_body: (amused)

    Re: Arthur Lester (and John Doe)

    [personal profile] two_idiots_one_body 2023-02-08 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
    Arthur still plays piano just fine, so I'm gonna go with moves normally? (John says he can't really feel it, though.)
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    Tahani al-Jamil

    [personal profile] sexy_giraffe 2023-02-08 05:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    -Oh no, another senior. I planned this badly.
    -5'11" in stocking feet, but is generally in a pair of extremely fashionable but not exactly practical footwear. The important part is that they are horribly expensive.
    -Pakistani-British and extremely wealthy. If you stand anywhere near her for more than about 3 seconds, you'll learn this. Her accent is London and posh (like her good friend, Posh) if you can hear such things, her hair is shiny, waist length and annoyingly perfect, and her bangs are heavy. Her eyes are brown.
    -Her clothing tends towards floral maxi-dresses worth more than a small country. She will wear them maybe once. Her jewelry is tasteful and always real.
    Edited 2023-02-08 17:40 (UTC)
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    Scott Lang

    [personal profile] dishesonthetoprack 2023-02-08 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
  • somewhere in the nebulous region of his mid-40s, though Paul Rudd is currently almost 54. (I actually think he does, in fact, look his age. He just looks great for it.)

  • 5'10", green eyes, brown hair, perpetual five o'clock shadow, very smiley

  • tends to wear a lot of t-shirts, jeans, hoodies, and baseball caps. And he's probably more ripped than you thought under all those hoodies. I have no idea how he maintains this while also having the pastry habit I've given him on-island, but such is the magic of being a fictional character, I suppose.

  • when he's suited up in the Ant-Man suit -- which, you know, is not very often -- it is a black-and-red suit with a chrome helmet that covers his face, but Scott can pop the visor open.

  • sounds like this, and that's also a really good example of the dude's general demeanor, too.
  • Edited 2023-02-08 18:11 (UTC)
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    Marc Spector / Steven Grant

    [personal profile] hasaknightjob 2023-02-08 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
    Both boys:
    - Look just like Oscar Isaac, so same hair and eye color (black and brown, respectively)
    - 5'9"
    - Born March 9, 1987. They did not get snapped so they are currently 37 years old, about to turn 38 in a few weeks.
    - Have no scars anywhere on their body.
    - Always wear a silver Star of David necklace. It's typically under their shirt collar but it's not hidden, so fair to say it's easily spotted when they move assuming they're not wearing turtlenecks.
    - When they are in their suits with their faces covered their eyes glow white, like in the icon.
    - Unless otherwise noted, there's no specific visual cue that they've switched control of the body. It used to be that their eyes would roll up when one of them took over, but now it's an immediate change in voice and demeanor.
    - Canonically both smell the same.
    - Blessedly Oscar was not forced to take on the MCU six pack but the body is still in good shape.

    Steven
    - Default mode is he tries to shrink into himself. Shoulders slumped, hands close to his chest, small steps.
    - Other than his suit (again the one in the icon) even his nicest clothes look like they are a half a size too big. They also tend to look various stages of rumpled. Marc's clothes also manage to look rumpled on Steven.
    - Is not afraid of patterns on his shirts. Is neither cool nor stylish enough to pick good ones.
    - Prefers not to fight, but when he does anyone who recognizes fighting styles would see he always goes for hits that will cause the least amount of damage while still getting the job done.
    - Per Oscar Isaac, Steven's British accent is a combination of Enfield London and Karl Pilkington. So obviously no further explanation is needed, right?
    - Seriously though, he sounds like this. Not posh. Not cockney. Not Northern. Working class. If I wrote it phonetically there'd be a lot more "innit?" and "dunnit?" and so on. More use of "mate" and "bruv" as well.
    - You're welcome
    - Also we joke in the fandom that Steven's actual super power is making everything he says sound like a question. Not like an uptalker, but like there's an unspoken "Is it all right I said that?" behind everything.

    Marc
    - Stands up straight, moves like he has no problem taking up space or using the body
    - Clothes always fit well and look good. Favors dark solids. If he's in patterns he got stuck in Steven's clothes
    - Steven's clothes manage to look better on him. They don't magically transform when he takes over but they seem like they fit and are less wrinkled.
    - Default facial expression is flat. The amount of icons I have of this man where his mouth is a line so straight you could use it to check the level on a painting, I swear.
    - Has no problem inflicting maximum pain in a fight. Typically goes for that first, assuming that going for the kill right away isn't an option.
    - Also has a fighting style where he notably and purposefully takes pain and damage in order to get the job done. Any sane fighter would look at him and go "Dude, the fuck?"
    - Has a Chicago accent but it's not a full on "Da Bearsh" style. He sounds like this.
    Edited 2023-02-09 01:13 (UTC)
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    [personal profile] alwaysonguard 2023-02-08 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
    * Is around 6 foot tall and broad, very broad. He gets compared to a refrigerator a lot by fans, and it is a fitting comparison.
    *Aged around 35-37ish- never really stated in canon
    *Has sandy-colored hair that is lighter when he grows it out, and has blue-green eyes.
    * Very muscular and works out often, is fond of jogs around the island and swimming when it is warmer.
    * Has earned the nickname Lumberjack thanks to his fondness of flannel shirts and wearing simple shirts and jeans.
    *In his canon people have 'curses' known as Troubles and his turns him into a bullet magnet- in canon he wears a flack vest almost all the time and in the game he has a UMF shirt Miguel made him that he has for when things go sideways on the island.
    *Dwight's bullet magnet trouble activated in the middle of his deployment over in Afghanistan so, yeah, fun... and he has multiple bullet wound scars and such from all the times he's been shot.
    *Has a huge tattoo that yeah.... he really wishes he could get rid of in game now.
    Edited 2023-02-09 01:26 (UTC)
    what_the_shock: (too cool)

    Miguel O'Hara

    [personal profile] what_the_shock 2023-02-09 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
    - Is mid-30s, and will perpetually look like that unless the game goes on for a whole lot longer, because healing factor. Was born in the late 2060s, so.

    - Is about 5'11'. Has muscles, but more "does a bit of exercise and has a high metabolism" than "actually works out".

    - Brown hair with a hint of red.

    - His eyes are red. His irises, not "doesn't sleep enough". But you'll hardly ever see them, because they're also light-sensitive, so he'll just about always be wearing sunglasses, indoors and out.

    - He has fangs. They are not retractable. On the island, he doesn't bother to hide them anymore, but when on the mainland or with outsiders, he'll mumble and not open his mouth much in an attempt to hide them.

    - Has spinnerets in his forearms. If you're observant and see his inner arms, they may look a little odd and slightly lumpy. But it still beats shooting web out of his butt.

    - If shaking hands, his fingertips might seem a bit rough. That's because he's got talons he usually keeps folded back flush.

    - Tends to dress in t-shirts and jeans.
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    Aloy

    [personal profile] not_of_the_nora 2023-02-09 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
    • Is, per Word of God, 1.68 meters tall or 5 feet 6 inches. She has long red hair she usually wears in a Nora style that involves a large relaxed braid on top of her head, multiple small ones elsewhere, and the hair that remains is tousled and perpetually messy.

    • She's probably around 20 or 21 years old presently. She doesn't keep track

    • She has green eyes and a freckled face that resembles that of her face model, Dutch actress Hannah Hoekstra

    • She doesn't mind pulling on a t-shirt and jeans if it's easier, but most of her wardrobe still consists of Nora-styled items made from animal hide, leather, fur, and metal robot parts. This would be the ultimate example

    • You can tell the difference between her and Beta both by the hair and by the fact Aloy is built like a woman who spends a lot of time engaged in physical exercise

    • Usually carries a bow and a spear, both made from robot parts

    • Like all people with Elisabet Sobeck's genome type, tends to hyperfocus on work and has very little time or energy for romantic or sexual advances of any kind