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Meme: More Than Meets the Eye
I don't wanna deal with coworkers or work or life today, so here's a meme we haven't done since August 2024. We've had new characters in the last year, we might as well update.
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!
Have at it!
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!
Have at it!
Kitty Pryde-Barton
-Brown hair, which is naturally pretty curly. She straightens it when she can because it's easier to manage all day that way, and usually wears it down or in a ponytail.
-Brown/hazel eyes. It's one of the two.
-5'6", with a dancer's build and unlike a lot of comics characters from the 80's, actually has a normally-proportioned body. She's little, but realistically so.
-Is nearsighted and wears glasses sometimes, for reading and detail work mostly.
-She's from Chicago but has lived in other places for years, so if she has an accent at all it probably shows up in flat vowels here and there.
-Her natural state is intangible, and she's solid basically through sheer force of will. My personal rule is, if you're trying to hurt her, she's probably not getting hit (tbh it's funnier), but if you're not, it's fine to say you touched her. (Unless, again, it's funnier.) She doesn't appear any different between the two states.
-She also tends to move into objects without thinking, so besides not really using doors, if she's leaning over to pass a drink at the bar, it probably looks like she's in the bar.
-Pretty casual dresser, big on jeans and t-shirts. Xplain the X-Men said she seemed like that kid who was way into fashion and then grew up and just wore sweats all the time because she couldn't be bothered and that seems about right.
-When she really tries to put together an outfit it might be a bit of a disaster, or she's going to be fun with it.
-Sometimes wears a Star of David necklace.
-Wears her wedding and engagement rings on her left hand.
Rey Skywalker
-Spent most of her life in the sun but with mostly appropriate protection, so she's tan and gets freckles when she's in the sun a lot.
-Has dimples.
-5'7" and thin and wiry. She trains a lot, but she's really toned instead of bulked up.
-Deceptively strong because of both of those things.
-She's very active and moves easily, with a habit of literally popping back up if she gets knocked down. Will absolutely scale anything at a moment's notice.
-Does wear a little bit of makeup. Very much a natural look.
-Will still do her hair up in three buns at the back of her head, but she's just as likely to wear it half down. Gurl just wants it out of her face. It's pretty rare to see her with her hair all the way down but I note when it does happen.
-Is ambidextrous. She's left-handed but can fight and shoot with her right hand just as easily.
-Tends towards neutral colors and practical, comfortable clothing for the setting. There's a real Jedi influence on her clothes at this point, and she's branching out more with the clothes but still very much has her habits.
-Tends to wear wrappings to cover her arms, or at least a leather cuff on her upper arm.
-Wears a lightsaber on her belt most of the time when she's out. Has it in a purse on the mainland though.
-Sounds British. Is, of course, not.
Steve Rogers
-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 shaved off his sadness beard a few months ago after making up with MCU!Tony by stealing a portion of Fury's Skrull plotline and shoving it into where it made more sense.
-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
BostonBrooklyn when he's feeling vulnerable. He also can put on some fake-heartiness when he's being Captain America, as evidenced in these COMPLETELY CANON 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, and are far more expensive than he realizes. 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, he's back in the more streamlined version, with the shield Tony gave back that he definitely doesn't cling to like some kind of vibranium stuffy.
-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.
Anakin Skywalker
CanadianTatooine accent. Tends to intone rather than speak when he's running a class.-6'2", thin, 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 two decades on Earth, still rocking mostly Jedi attire. He tries to dress more Earth-friendly on vacations, but he hates it.
-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.
Sabine Wren
-Stands out! Despite some of her icons, she has long hair that's pretty fried from all the years of dyeing and bleaching, but her hair is almost always some combination of two bright colors. It tends to change with big life changes, so given her current state you can see dark roots growing out.
-5'7" and tiny. She is a slight person.
-Her actress is Chinese and Italian so she could pass for Asian American. Is, of course, not.
-Does her nails, but leaves them till they chip.
-May or may not play with her makeup. It's art for the face.
-Big change from high school: you'll almost never see her in her armor or carrying a weapon. Her style is basically what's seen in her icon.
If you do see her in armor:
-It's Mandalorian armor, but instead of a full suit it's pieces fit for to her that attack to a black or gray bodysuit/jumpsuit.
-Don't forget the helmet.
-it's currently painted in the muted purples you see in the picture.
Erasmus Boone
- Short for a human male. We'll say 5'7"
- Slightly built and unathletic
- Floppy dark brown hair, almost unhealthily pale skin, and bright green eyes. His eyes glow a brighter green when he's using his powers.
- Southern Mississippi drawl. This is the accent.
- Dresses very casually: t-shirts, cargo shorts, fisherman's vests. Things with lots of pockets. Footwear is either beat-up sneakers or flip-flops.
- If your character can sense that sort of thing, most of his many pockets are stuffed full of magic charms.
- Sometimes paints his nails dark colors, then wears it until it chips pretty badly
- May or may not give off a slightly creepy vibe. It's unclear whether that's a natural trait or antinecromancer prejudice kicking up.
Captain James Flint
- Pirate captain from 1715, but former British Navy before that, so he has the posture, the accent, and the ability to command a space that comes from years of being In Charge. He can swear like a sailor--and will, quite fluently--but not around ladies unless he's very frustrated.
- 40ish, with red hair that he keeps back in a ponytail, a beard, and a mustache. His eyes are a remarkable shade of blue-green and you'll notice them because he's very intense about keeping eye contact. He's about 5'10", but carries himself like he's much taller than that. He takes up space unapologetically.
- He's still pretty 1715 in his clothing: breeches, shirt, leather jacket, wide belt to avoid being stabbed in the back. His only other clothing options are polyblend shirts he's picked up through Shenanigans, and a Fandom Fire Department shirt he got when he washed up on shore. He's always armed with a sword and a pistol and is seldom, if ever, unclothed in public.
- Has resting "contemplating murder" face. It's not you, it's him.
Quinn Maybrook
- Too old to be that young.
- Has less hair than in the icons. Yes, even those icons.
- Walks with a slight limp. Dr. Lecter did a great job, but like. She definitely got part of her foot almost amputated by a shovel.
- Has a pretty standard, Mid-Atlantic type accent. Occasionally leaning into her Philly roots, but mostly in this area you're not going to notice her speaking substantively differently from most NPCs.
- Deliberate about being non-intrusive. Unnoticeable. Prefers to keep a low profile in basically everything. Even before the massacres.
- Lean, almost bony physique. This is a girl built entirely for survival.
Jaina Solo
-Barely 5'1" and overall tiny. Especially in later canon they really liked pointing out this girl is short.
-Still intimidating especially when angry.
-Dark brown hair, straight despite any icons, about halfway down her back, and usually left down. Might sometimes put it in a ponytail or braid.
-Looks presentable but doesn't place much value on her appearance unless she has to.
-In scary good shape. She trains like it's her job, which it sort of is.
-Her preferred clothes are simple, just a shirt and pants or flightsuits. She does dress up a little more when she needs to be official, though, and has surprisingly decent fashion sense.
-However in Fandom, she learned as a teenager that every time something invades she gets guts all over her clothes and she's tired of ruining the stuff from back home. So it's totally common to see her in jeans and a tank top, usually black.
-No accent. Despite growing up on the same planet as Ben.
-Always has her lightsaber (purple!) clipped to her belt, unless otherwise stated. If she can't wear it, she brings a purse that she can hide it in.
-Basically just has a collection of faded scars. Most notably, there's a lightsaber scar on her stomach and some old burn scars on her back that have mostly healed up and faded. Most of them you won't see when she's wearing normal clothes.
-Doesn't actually have the dimples in the icons.
-Brown eyes. One might call them brandy brown. Ad nauseum.
-Wears a wedding ring, but otherwise typically stays away from jewelry.
Eric Northman
--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. He will not lisp if he has his fangs out because he has standards.
--Sounds like this.
--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. Has a bright pink Speedo that he also loves because his canon is so, so special.
Billie Logan
- Or a puppy?
- It's probably a puppy.
- By which I mean this girl is EERILY similar to her father in her body language, expressions, and general aura
- Looking at her you would NOT guess she has any idea what's going on, like. Ever.
- Actually inherited a substantial number of brain cells from her medieval princess mother, fortunately
- So does actually often know what's going on. And has a good grasp of social conventions and dynamics
- But also ALWAYS has some kind of tune in her head that she's clearly moving to the rhythm of.
- Dark hair and dark eyes. Built like a beanpole.
- Quirky, butch-esque fashion sense, all in blues and blacks
- This person is clearly not straight, okay?
- Just. A constant aura of casual quirk over here.
Remy LeBeau
- Mostly does NOT wear a half mask that somehow gets glued to his cheekbones when he's out and about around town
- Likewise a general lack of fuchsia body armor
- or metal knee-high boots
- what the fuck even is this man's uniform
- Mostly wears nondescript jeans-and-t-shirts when going around all casual. Can rock a suit when necessary.
- Frequently wears a battered brown trench coat even when dressed casually, though.
- EYES! His eyes are DEEPLY unusual. Black pupil and sclera, BRIGHT ruby-red irises. They flash. And sometimes glow.
Fanon-wise usually when he's pissed or horny.- Hair: brown. Sometimes more burnt sienna than chesnut. Sometimes not. Depends on the artist.
- Did you know his eyes/powers were originally GREEN? At least that's how they look in the digital copies of his first appearance anyway. Wild, right?
- Built . . . like a superhero thief type. The word "lanky" comes to mind. Though there was a whole period in the 90s when Channing Tatum might have seemed like a less odd choice body-type-wise. I swear, there's one panel where I think his shoulders are like. Half as wide as he is tall.
- Speaks with a mild (currently) Louisiana drawl. His accent gets heavier when he's spent a lot of time with his Guild. I will still never have him say "dat" or "de" instead of "that" or "the" in game.
- Hair is on the long side of fashionable at all times. Whether that means a ponytail or just like. A floppy undercut depends on the era. Right now, it's kind of an overgrown mess that's not QUITE long enough for the ponytail.
- No really, if you see him working, he's wearing skin-tight black-and-fuchsia kevlar, a half mask that reveals his entire fucking face and all his hair, but covers, like, his forehead and part of his cheeks and chin. Why? Because shut up. And a trench coat. And metal boots that go up to his knees. Hence his journal name. Sir, what the fuck. I guess I should be glad he's not covered in straps and pouches.
Steve McGarrett
-6'2", Dark hair (with gray in it. he's self-conscious), gray-green-blue-hazel-y eyes, generic 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.
-Used to be a goddamn Navy SEAL: not that he brings up being unceremoniously retired in May. As such, is in absolutely ridiculous shape and starts every morning at Omigodwhy AM with a five-mile swim (yes, in that water) and then a run around the island. Has stopped his evening run out of fear of getting screamed at about taking it easier by Danny. 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 the NEX. He's either in combat boots or flip flops (Hi, Hawaii). Sometimes he's got a gun strapped to his thigh.
-Both of his arms have tattoos covering each bicep. If you look very carefully, he has an anchor tattooed on the inner portion of his left ring finger. Danny has a matching one. He also has a very large, very obvious, still-healing scar down the center of his chest from a medical procedure that replaced his liver.
Lana Beniko
Height: ...yes? Probably 5'8" or so? About the same height as everyone else in SWTOR.
Lana's eyes are yellow and red. Because Sith. Sometimes if she's really bent on blending in, she'll wear green contacts, but I'll mention it if so.
She sounds like she's from England. It's that Dromund Kaas accent. (Also, she adores friendly debates with Jedi.)
When she's on a trip to her galaxy, she dresses in SW armor. When she's in Fandom (or New York), she's dressed for Earth. Her style tends toward flowy - she always wears something she can move in, in case of a fight. She usually wears boots. Her favorite colors are green and grey, and she does not understand the Sith High Fashion THING about shoulder spikes.
In Fandom and at home, always wears her lightsaber (which is now gold). Elsewhere on Earth, keeps it in a pocket or purse. Always has it.
Pamela Isley
- ... somewhere in her late thirties, probably.
- Has long, gorgeous red hair that she usually keeps pulled back in a ponytail unless indicated otherwise.
- Because of her current self-inflicted lamia infection, there's always some fungus growing on her skin somewhere - from little hyphae strands that wind around and sometimes curl into circles to purple fruiting mushrooms (they're very round). In a few weeks when she gets her old powers back, the fungus will fade, but she'll have tiny green things growing on her instead.
- Unlike other incarnations, this version of Poison Ivy does not generally wear slinky stuff (though her famous green bathing suit will make a reappearance soon, see the end of this list). She prefers practical clothing; usually she'll be in baggy green overalls. She also always wears a little red-and-black diamond pendant necklace for reasons of a clown girl nature.
- When she's in full lamia mode, her voice twists into something inhuman, and she looks like this, with her red hair defying gravity upwards like a flame, fungus and mushroom fruits all over her body and sharp talons.
- Her plant-related powers are limited but not nonexistent; if Pam's been around your plants or touched them, they'll likely bloom nicer and grow faster for a while. She also sheds microscopic amounts of lamia fungus everywhere she goes, but she has enough control over those that unless you're spending large amounts of time in proximity to her - *cough, Janet* - you don't have anything to worry about.
- She maintains her poison resistance, healing factor and superhuman stats from her pre-lamia days, so she can lift the heavy thing and survive the stabbing.
- She's connected to the Green, the DC Force-like network between all flora (and secretly, all living things in general), in case that's something your character would be able to tell.
NOT RELEVANT YET BUT SOON
- She's going through the canon arc where she gets her old powers back soon, and with it, a very GWW-era Ivy version (read: hot but also creepy) of the classic green bathing suit.
- As noted above she'll have green things growing on her (leaves and vines, mainly), and occasionally she'll grow a flower in her hair if she feels like it.
- She'll be back to having dominion over plant life, generally improving flora when she's in the vicinity. Also the power to change animals (and humans) on the molecular level because as it turns out flora and fauna are more closely related in the Green than we'd like to think...
In conclusion,
Lydia Bennet
- Quite tall for a woman, especially in her era, let's say around 5'10"
- On the thin side
- Brown hair, worn very meticulously curled and usually pinned up. Despite half her icons, she does NOT have bangs. Brown eyes. Very fair and takes great pains to keep herself so, because Regency beauty standards and also because she has learned about skin cancer.
- English accent. Hertfordshire, if one is being precise.
- Exclusively wears dresses. Has embraced the cottagecore aesthetic as a compromise between her desire to be fashionable and stylish and her absolute resolution that she could not be caught dead in shorts.
- Has learned all about makeup from TikTok, but sticks to a very natural look
- Her skincare routine has like fifteen steps, also thanks to TikTok
- Smells amazing. Has a signature perfume with a name that makes her laugh.
- If you look closely at her hands and forearms she has a surprising number of small scars from spell-tithes.
Jonathan Sims
Age: mid-30s, but looks probably about a decade older. Look, he's had a hard life. And his hair is heavily salt-and-pepper.
Height...about 5'5"? Which is totally average and not at all short, thank you! It's hardly his fault the rest of the island is giants. Is really thin, too. Like borderline unhealthy to actually unhealthy, depending on the day.
In general, he embodies the ideal of a professor more concerned with knowledge than fashion, and who starts out well-dressed but fidgets so much it doesn't last long. Unless otherwise stated, he's probably wearing slacks and a button-up. On a good day, he looks like an Oxford don. On a bad day, he looks like a strung-out junkie.
So many scars it's ridiculous. Round holes all over too big for acne, one hand melted in the shape of a handshake, stab marks on his shoulders and a slash across his neck, and a bite mark on one leg that's far too big for a normal animal. And that's just the visible ones.
Very English. Sounds like the Oxford grad he is. When teaching or being formal (or nervous), it's straight-up high-class RP that almost sounds like he's faking it. When he loosens up, it's not quite that bad (good?), just a more standard RP-from-the-South-of-England. He also sings really well, though it tends toward raspy.
He has very intense eyes. He tries to mitigate this by not often making eye contact. (That's totally why, and not because he's a mess. That's his story and he's sticking to it.)
Duke Crocker
- Has no idea how old he is. Probably about 40. Too much timey-wimey shenanigans to be sure, though. Per his birth certificate, he should be 50 this year.
- Tall (6'2") with a slim build and fairly broad shoulders
- Hair kept just long enough to put into a ponytail (but not quite long enough for all of it to STAY there). His partners like it, okay?
- Sparse facial hair that grows in that way naturally.
- Little bit of salt creeping into all of that hair, mostly at his temples and a little bit through his beard.
- Dark brown eyes that no longer turn silver because the troubles are OOOOVEEEER, woo!
- Casual, "yacht rock" type fashion sense. Think button-downs, oversized cardigans, boat shoes with no socks
- also multiple necklaces, one of which is a large whistle (the long, narrow kind, not the high school gym coach kind)
- TATTOOS! He has many: circular, vaguely Asian . . . thing on his left shoulder; a text-based one on the inside of his upper left arm, too stylized to be easily legible at a glance; a filigreed skull covered in butterflies on his right shoulder; a minimalist, vaguely tribal shark on the inside of his right forearm; a trio of feathers and a pair of caterpillars on his left forearm. I . . . THINK that's al of them?
- says almost everything with in a dry, ironic sort of tone
- has a medium register, fairly husky voice
- does NOT have a Mainer accent. But then, neither does anyone else in his canon (mostly they talk like Maritimers. Because most of them are played by Maritimers.)
- is VERY physically expressive when he talks
- smiles when he's freaking out
Donald Blake
- But also he didn't exist until he was 23, so basically if you ask him how old he is he'll just laugh.
- 5'9" and and a wiry kind of thin
- Short, messy blond hair. Usually carrying a few days' worth of stubble because he's lazy about shaving.
- Bright blue eyes. His eyes are the exact same as Thor's, for anyone who might notice that.
- Walks with a limp like there's something wrong with his left leg. There is in fact something wrong with his left leg, but what exactly the problem is there is vague and of magical origin
- Carries himself with a lot of confidence, so he might seem bigger than he is. Comes off as very friendly and easy to talk to.
- Even though half his icons are wearing suits, they lie. He dresses like he could not care less about clothes, or like he might be about to head out on a hike: t-shirts that are too big for him (maybe with a button-down shirt thrown over it for layering), cargo shorts, battered hiking boots. When it gets cold he'll swap the t-shirts and shorts out for sweatshirts and jeans. The boots will stay.
- When he does put on a suit, it is a surprisingly nice and well-tailored suit. You might think this is Tony's influence. It is not. Don used to care about clothes, he's just not in that phase of his life right now.
- Always, always, always carrying his walking stick or has it within arm's reach. The stick just looks like some random, appropriately-sized stick he picked up off the ground. If anyone tries to touch the stick he will not like that at all.
- Has a tattoo of Mjolnir (hammer down) on the front of his left thigh. Kind of self-conscious about it now, actually, but it's still visible sometimes when he's in shorts.
- In the comics, he's usually drawn wearing two necklaces. One of them is pretty clearly a whistle for...some reason. I've decided the other is a stylized Mjolnir pendant.
- Tenor (I have a distinct memory of saying he's a baritone somewhere. He's not.), surprisingly good singing voice. Slight New York accent, Long Island if you want to get technical with it.
- In spirit form, if you can see that, he's wearing his regular clothes but is glowy and see-through.
Thor Odinson
- 6'6", 640 pounds, not counting the armor. (The Aesir are three times denser than humans.)
- Big. Huge. Broad shoulders, muscles all over the place, just...big.
- Shoulder length blond hair, very bright blue eyes. The exact same eyes as Dr. Donald Blake, in fact.
- Just stupid handsome really
- Comes off as very stern because he has resting bitch face
- Always wearing his armor and a swirly dramatic red cape, and usually a winged helm, although it might be sitting on some nearby piece of furniture instead. (He can wear civilian clothes, but the armor is a comfort thing right now what with his civilization being dead and all.)
- Also always has the magical hammer Mjolnir, either in his hand, in its place on his armor, or set down nearby. If it is set down nearby then good luck moving it out of that chair to sit down, because very few people can move the hammer.
- Very deep voice, faint but unplaceable 'vaguely Northern European maybe?' accent.
- Smells a little bit like the air after a lightning strike
- In spirit form, is wearing a sleeveless, plain white shift that doesn't quite reach his knees, and is transparent and glowy
Raiden
- 6'7"
- Big. Beefy, muscular, broad-shouldered. Huge. Probably just a little bigger than Thor, actually (although Thor outweighs him by a lot because of the whole 'Aesir being denser' thing)
- Not, however, imposing, because he is basically a golden retriever given human (well, Nephilim) form
- Close-cropped black hair, blue-grey eyes. No scars.
- Mostly wears t-shirts and jeans or sweatpants, along with very practical boots.
- Always, always, always, to the point that I spent most of the series waiting for the reveal that he was hiding something under there, wearing a backwards baseball cap. He even keeps it on during sex. Like, I was fully prepared for this man to have horns. He does not. He just thinks the hat is cool.
- His voice is also big. Loud, booming, no volume control. He has an absolutely terrible singing voice.
- Slight Southern accent. Raiden spent an extended period of time in the South at some point in the recent past, which is why he has an accent and Gray doesn't.
- Clumsy, in a 'too big guy in too small spaces' way. Working in a kitchen or with a sword in his hands, he is the very opposite of clumsy, but he does tend to fumble through the rest of his life.
- Messy. His house, minus the kitchen, is a wreck because Alastair isn't there to make him clean it and Gray is zero help.
- I am really bad about mentioning this in my narrative, but he's almost always snacking on something, and his snacks are like. A giant bowl of popcorn or a whole pizza.
- If he's shirtless, there are two slits visible over his shoulder blades, where his wings come out. You might mistake these for scars or be able to tell that they're actually some kind of opening.
- The wings are big, feathered, and black with orange accent feathers.
- His aura, if you can see that kind of thing, is also orange, because we love a signature color in this canon.
Gray
- 5'9", which isn't that short for a human but makes him possibly the shortest male Nephilim.
- Slender, yet surprisingly built under his clothes, especially considering that he doesn't exercise. (Exercising makes him sleepy.)
- To add to his woes, sounds young enough that someone who hears him over the phone at one point mistakes him for an actual child. So his voice is pretty high and light for a post-pubescent male.
- Has traces of a Northern California accent, but nothing very strong.
- Messy, curly blond hair and brown eyes.
- Dresses for comfort and the possibility of falling asleep anywhere, at any time, in any position. The boy's out and about in pajama pants or basketball shorts, t-shirts and hoodies, slide sandals with knee-high socks or else Converse, because he has a whole Converse collection that takes up a walk-in closet at home. (This sure does not help him look any older, let me tell you what.)
- His version of making an effort would be, like, skinny jeans and a tank top.
- Most of his clothes are in pastel or light colors, and he wears a lot of graphic tees with either anime characters or cute cartoon animals taking naps on them.
- Either bouncing off the walls hyper or about to fall asleep. There is no middle ground, and it can switch at the snap of Sloth's figurative fingers.
- - If he's shirtless, there are two slits visible over his shoulder blades, where his wings come out. You might mistake these for scars or be able to tell that they're actually some kind of opening.
- The wings are big, feathered, and black with light blue accent feathers.
- His aura, if you can see that kind of thing, is also light blue, because we love a signature color in this canon.
Henry of Skalitz
- is 6 feet tall, brown-haired and blue-eyed, and looks like an average joe or, basically, his voice and mocap actor Tom McKay back when he was young.
- Is definitely more jacked under the baggy peasant clothes/Shenanigans shirts than one would assume, though it makes sense when you realize he's a blacksmith's son.
- Also has a bunch of burn scars on him for the same 'blacksmith's son' reasons.
- His mare, Pebbles, is a mottled gray and would ping to a horse expert as homely-looking.
- pretty much always hungry, courtesy of a wonky hunger system in KCD 1 that resulted in him complaining about being hungry constantly that the devs have joked around about in KCD 2.
- when speaking English, has a West Country British accent as demonstrated here.
- I have no idea what kind of accent he has in Czech but I assume it's not going to be relevant, heh.
- Also only just learned how to read so assume that any time he has to read anything anywhere it takes him a painfully large amount of time.
Re: Henry of Skalitz
Pebbles, I love you.
Jack (Atton) Rand
- dark brown hair, hazel eyes, and of generally average height.
- these days, is likely to be wearing Henleys, band t-shirts, or white button-ups and a more Earth-appropriate set of long brown fingerless gloves. And a simple brown leather jacket.
- several tattoos now, going from the old Sith symbol on his hip, to the large night's sky with stars mapping out the opening notes to his favorite Metallica song that covers up the scar where someone almost cut off his arm (and bisected him), to the line 'I will stand in the darkness and laugh with my heel on its throat' on his left lower arm.
- used to carry himself like a lazy, good-for-nothing scoundrel. The edges of that have worn away. He looks tired or unsure more often, but he's also discovered the joys of positive microexpressions.
- speaks with a generic pseudo-American accent, though the New York is beginning to break into it. His real accent is
TransatlanticAlderaanian, but he hasn't used it in years.- any telepaths near him won't pick up anything interesting from him; he's always playing cards in his head, counting tics in the AC or counting out notes in a key. If you want to know more, you have to push hard enough that he'll know you're listening.
- had an okay tenor-esque singing voice back before he became a professional singer. As with everything, has thrown himself into becoming really, really good at it, and has a Trent Reznor-esque knack of infusing his voice with either menace or emotion.
(Also say hi to my beloved chicken, who wants to help me type this.)
Re: Jack (Atton) Rand
Re: Jack (Atton) Rand
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- 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 40 years old because their home dimension is 2 years ahead of ours.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- When out and about, is usually wearing a pocketwatch, the chain of which can be seen hanging near the front of his trousers.
- Wears boxers
- 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.
- These days also wears a plain white gold wedding ring on his left hand.
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.
- Wears boxer briefs
- 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 a Chicago accent but it's not a full on "Da Bearsh" style. He sounds like this.
Ghanima Atreides (and Trebor)
* Has very noticeable blue-on-blue glowing eyes due to her Spice addiction. Her sclera is blue, not white (CGI had its limits during CoD filming). She'll wear special contacts or glasses to hide them if she has to go off-island, but she hates the contacts. They itch.
* Sometimes it will be almost as if someone else is looking out from behind Ghanima's eyes... congrats, you are talking to one of her ancestors at that point.
* As a Spice addict, always has a carry-case of it with her. She'll always (subtly) sprinkle some into her food or drink if you're eating with her. It's not your cooking, it's her addiction.
* Is in her late thirties, but looks barely twenty. Yay for complete cellular control of the aging process! Some of her students are now very much her physical age-mates or older. It tickles her sense of humor.
* Tall (5' 9"), red-gold hair, very striking. Has a beautiful voice.
* Is Pre-Born, which means she has the full genetic memories of all her ancestors in her head, as real, distinct people. Will register strangely to telepaths. Anyone who tries to eavesdrop probably gets a nasty migraine.
* Generally knows when you're lying, as an Adept Truthsayer (along with all the other Bene Gesserit powers) unless you've got your own superpowers going on that allow you to control your body language.
* When teaching, typically wears fancy formal wear of the Imperium, including hat and fancy hair-style. On her down time, tends to dress more Fremen, in tunics and loose pants with her hair down. Does own basic 21st century clothing, but generally only wears it when leaving the island.
* Is always armed. She always has her crysknife on her, but you can usually count on at least a dozen other knives somewhere on her body, a garrote, and a variety of poisons.
* Carries herself very regally when acting in an 'official' capacity, like teaching, but when she's being 'Ghani' over 'Atreides,' moves in a much more efficient, combat-ready manner. She's referred to as the 'Lioness of Atreides' for a reason.
* Has an utterly gorgeous laugh and smile. Is rather impish and playful when not in Princess Mode. She is the other half of the Chaos Twins, after all.
Trebor Atreides
* Is TWO! He is very excited to be Big!
* Bright red hair, and his eyes are just starting to show the blue-on-blue of the eyes of Ibad as Ghanima slowly introduces Spice into his diet.
* NOT Pre-Born, does NOT have lots of voices in his baby brain, he is a NORMAL TODDLER, other than the fact he is being raised by Ghanima. Should a two-year-old have his own knife? Probably not. Does Trebor? Absolutely.
Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina
* Age is...weird, thanks to time-bullshit. Tells people she's 25, looks slightly younger due to years of malnutrition as a child. Whip-sharp thin build, sharp features, probably (still) comes across as slightly feral.
* 5' 5". Long blonde hair down to just below her shoulder blades, with blunt-cut bangs and bright blue eyes. Looks utterly angelic, when she's not being a feral trash goblin of a person.
* Generally dresses in Grunge-style or goth: Ripped jeans, hoodies, flannels, fishnets, tank tops/baggy t-shirts, combat boots, etc. Basically looks like her PB/the version of the character from the New Mutants movie, along with the sarcasm (and anger issues).
too bad it was such hot trash* Make-up wise; sticks to lip gloss, mascara, and eyeliner as-needed.
* Her English was implanted telepathically, so has a slightly posh Upstate NY accent with faint British overtones. Thanks, Professor X. Though she's been living Greenwich Village for a few years, and has started picking up that accent, which gets more prominent as she feels more comfortable around people. The Russian accent will pop-out the more tired or distressed she gets.
* Has callouses on her hands consistent with someone who trains with weapons a lot, particularly staff and sword.
* Mutant teleporter, so if you can sense mutations, she will ping your radar.
* Her teleportation 'Stepping Discs' are flat circles of gold/white/pink light, which she can move in any direction she likes. The easiest method for her to use them are like the portals from Portal, or for someone to step on one, and then appear somewhere else. However, just because that's easiest, doesn't mean that's how she likes to use them. Illyana delights in making physics her bitch, and acting like she's in a game of
meta-forPortal.* Sorcerer Supreme of one dimension, and the Sorcerer's Apprentice of another. If you can sense magic, she is a gigantic glowing well of power. And her magic is equally flashy. Eyes can sometimes glow white or blue when using non-demonic magic, or her mutation. Yay lack of canon consistency.
* When serious magic's about to go down, will summon her Soul Staff, which has some similarities to a glaive or scythe. It is literally her soul made manifest, and is uniquely lethal to magic-users who aren't her. It also probably lights up as a no-no-bad-touch artifact to magic users.
* Also may break out a particular enchanted red cape that would look familiar to those who know a Doctor Strange in their reality.
* Raised in a Hell dimension by a demon lord from ages 6ish - 15. Had her soul corrupted as part of a plan to let the Elder Gods take over Earth. They're always in her head, whispering to her, encouraging her to set them free.
* So if you're sensitive to magical energy, Illyana literally has one giant glowing sign of "DEMON" on half her soul, and the other half of her soul is uncorrupted and full of creation magic.
* Can see/sense other people's magic, like seeing auras. She has been told, repeatedly, that it's rude to let people know you can do that, but she doesn't always remember things like 'tact' or 'manners.'
* Illyana has three(ish) forms that are 'native' to her at this point. No one of the three is more 'her' than the others: Standard Illyana Human, half-demon-half-human (to varying degrees), and the fully demonic Darkchilde. Her emotional state, or type of magic she is doing, often influences how she presents.
She tries to stick to Standard Human for everyone else's comfort, but she's gotten comfortable with who she is as a person, and so it's not uncommon to see horns poking out of her hair, or see her fingers warp into claws if she's vexed/stressed. She thinks it's HILARIOUS to grin at people with her fangs manifested.
And recently, some people got to meet her full-demon form, Darkchilde. Darkchilde IS Illyana, Illyana is Darkchilde, but they are also separate.
Because Canon.
Darkchilde:
* Eyes will tend to be solid gold, or white, or red, depending on how she feels.
* Red horns grow from her head. Depending on who is in control/how much control, they could just be tiny nubs, or full-on ram horns.
* Fangs/claws/prehensile tail
* If she's totally lost it, her legs become goat-like and her skin is red or gold. If she's at that stage, narrative will say so.
* If her skin has changed colors, no one is going to enjoy what's about to go down except perhaps for the Elder Gods.
Stark
-Only the one eye, obvs, which is blue
-Always wears the mask, though he has a few options to choose from now
-Under the mask is glowy gold light/energy which is not radioactive but he gets asked that more often than he ever thought he would
-Hasn't grown his hair out in a WHILE but it's ginger when he hasn't shaved it
-Sounds vaguely space Australian
-Usually soft spoken but gets loud when he's excited/upset
-Can actually sing nicely just doesn't very often
-About 6', often makes himself look smaller. He's used to trying not to take up much space if he can help it.
-Wears a lot of earth tones when left to his own devices
-Likes hoodies because he can hid in them a bit, especially ones with thumb holes in the sleeves
-Thanks to years of association with his stylist he has some very nice clothes but he's still usually not fancy unless encouraged to be so
-Hums when he's nervous
-Fidgets with things when he's nervous, like the buckle on his mask strap, or the ends of his sleeves
-Not so jumpy as he was when he first came back (but still jumpier than the average person)
-Has plenty of scars but they're usually covered by clothing and there's none that are exceptionally huge or scary, just what you might expect from a guy who had a REAL ROUGH beginning
John Constantine
• Yes, does actually walk with a swagger.
• We'll go with his live-action actor's stats: 5' 11" and has more muscle under that coat than you realize. He's pretty fit for being an utter mess of a human being. Think bar brawler build, rather than superhero.
• Canonically does naked yoga on a regular basis.
• Usually in a brown trench coat, white button-down shirt, slacks, watch on his right wrist, and a very loose approximation of a tie.
• ALWAYS has a pack of smokes on him. Will often fiddle with an unlit cigarette when he's somewhere he can't smoke. And a flask, lighter, his business cards, sunglasses, and something utterly weird and random that you don't know WHY the hell he's carrying that around.
• Covered in various magical tattoos; they're spells he can use himself, various protection inscriptions, and sometimes he can even transfer them to other people. Please don't read the Latin out-loud.
• Ridiculous amount of scars, but so far his pretty pretty face has been spared.
• Absolutely pansexual, and yes, IS flirting with you.
• Can actually sing! Used to front a halfway decent punk band, and has callouses on his hands from guitar, too.
• Sometimes his eyes light up when doing magic, it depends on the spell. Usually orange-ish, sometimes white, red, or black.
• It's Con-stan-teen.
• Sounds and flirts like this.
Belle
- Emilie de Ravin is 5'2" but she seems tiny so I'm not convinced someone didn't round up for her info on the internet. She's just all around a small person but she does enjoy a heel.
-"Brown hair, beautiful blue eyes. An accent you wouldn't soon forget. Her name's Belle."
- Long brown hair (which is much prettier than some of the wigs she was subjected to some of them were real bad). Her hair is usually partially pulled back.
- Sounds Australian. I did not pick pseudo-Australian characters on purpose but it's happened 3 times out of 7, so.
- Wears dresses/skirts much more often than pants
- Canon Belle made some weird fashion choices at times so really, just go with whatever. Could be plaid with weird ruffles. Could be a lovely dark blue Armani dress. Could be booty shorts for an adventuring outfit. Could be a golden ballgown.
-Pretty much always has a book stashed on her person somewhere. At least one.
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- 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 seven or so suits that he rotates through (along with a much more varied collection of waistcoats and a few adorable knitted sweater vests). You can see them here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Unless otherwise mentioned, he's wearing one of these.
- If he's outdoors, he's also got his 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.
- Wears a silver Star of David necklace under his shirt.
- Also wears a white-gold wedding band on his left ring finger.
- Has a scar on his left bicep from when he shot himself. On purpose.
- Is very spinny. As in, he will spin down into a seat, spin as he's closing a door, spin around a lamppost.
- Doesn't always take the most sensible path- he'll walk down a (low) staircase banner instead of the stairs themselves, will squeeze himself between the wall and a garbage can, hop over a railing instead of walking two feet to the left to go around it, etc.
- 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.
- Abysmal handwriting. He can barely read it himself. His notes are largely written down on random scraps of paper. Which will flutter everywhere when he pulls something out of a pocket like a sandwich or his notebook or whatever.
- Will use your back as a writing desk.
- 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
- 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.
- Looks like Tatiana Maslany when sex-swapped, because why wouldn't I use the actor's actual RL sibling for that sort of thing?