Who is Your Character Based Off of? [Revived]

[Ogre Time Yay]

Nov 4, 2014 11:22:32 GMT -5 The Red Mage said:

Don't watch the English Dub, or I will find my way into your place with a Craftsman hammer.

Ugh... That, and the Spike Lee version...

[Edge]

Dec 27, 2013 16:50:10 GMT -5 FirstManDeparted said:

The only character I can recall basing them off someone is Cass.  I based her off of Kid from Chrono Cross

First all, all my thumbs up for this. Chrono Cross was seriously underrated. And this is coming from someone who's more of a Trigger fan.




Alright, my own people then.

Kestal: Hoo boy. Originally Kestal - created circa 2006 - was, if anyone, most closely representative of Janine "Fox" Renard-Xanatos from Gargoyles: redheaded action girl and part-time schemer. Of course, since Kestal is no longer the LE Blackguard she started as, a lot of that has changed since then. There are still some traces of that in her personality now, admittedly, particularly her closeness with her husband and her protectiveness of her family, the Blue Thorns, as well as a drive to fix her screwed-up past. Nowadays, in her current LG Paladin state, she's not really based off anyone in particular, other than a general ideal of what I as someone who regularly tests out as Lawful Neutral would imagine as "the best I could be" if I were less apathetic and cynical. There is probably also a bit of General Beatrix from Final Fantasy IX in her, as she's one of my go-to ideas for a "redemptive paladin" example.

Caprice: I think the ultimate influence on Caprice would be Relm Arrowny of Final Fantasy VI - short, smart, snarky, and spell-savvy. Stir in a bit of Molly Carpenter from The Dresden Files with less flirting and maybe some of Ed form Cowboy Bebop.

Kendaku: Interestingly enough, Kendaku seems to be a composite of Celes Chere from FFVI, Amarant Coral from FFIX, Cendrine South from the Dead Weight series by M. Scott Gallowglas, Ryudo and Millenia from Grandia II, Pathfinder's Ameiko Kaijitsu, and my own personal dislike for Lolth.

Shezzarin: Shez is the composite of most of my fey knowledge distilled through The Dresden Files and the October Daye series. I think as a character she's closest to April O'Leary from the latter. Her bizarre speech patterns and such borrow a little from Emeralda Kasim from Xenogears.

Edge: Edge's appearance is, mostly thanks to Bella and a couple of people from my first server, based on a combination of the wrestler who shares his name and Bart Fatima from Xenogears, eyepatch included. His personality was generally intended to be a sort of "laid-back good-ol'-boy brawler"; the best example I can really think of is Sabin Figaro from FFVI, I can definitely see Edge saying with perfect seriousness "Did you think a minor thing like the end of the world was gonna do me in?"

[Garage Trashcan]

Nov 4, 2014 13:42:05 GMT -5 Edge said:

Dec 27, 2013 16:50:10 GMT -5 FirstManDeparted said:

The only character I can recall basing them off someone is Cass.  I based her off of Kid from Chrono Cross

First all, all my thumbs up for this. Chrono Cross was seriously underrated. And this is coming from someone who's more of a Trigger fan.




Alright, my own people then.

Kestal: Hoo boy. Originally Kestal - created circa 2006 - was, if anyone, most closely representative of Janine "Fox" Renard-Xanatos from Gargoyles: redheaded action girl and part-time schemer. Of course, since Kestal is no longer the LE Blackguard she started as, a lot of that has changed since then. There are still some traces of that in her personality now, admittedly, particularly her closeness with her husband and her protectiveness of her family, the Blue Thorns, as well as a drive to fix her screwed-up past. Nowadays, in her current LG Paladin state, she's not really based off anyone in particular, other than a general ideal of what I as someone who regularly tests out as Lawful Neutral would imagine as "the best I could be" if I were less apathetic and cynical. There is probably also a bit of General Beatrix from Final Fantasy IX in her, as she's one of my go-to ideas for a "redemptive paladin" example.

Caprice: I think the ultimate influence on Caprice would be Relm Arrowny of Final Fantasy VI - short, smart, snarky, and spell-savvy. Stir in a bit of Molly Carpenter from The Dresden Files with less flirting and maybe some of Ed form Cowboy Bebop.

Kendaku: Interestingly enough, Kendaku seems to be a composite of Celes Chere from FFVI, Amarant Coral from FFIX, Cendrine South from the Dead Weight series by M. Scott Gallowglas, Ryudo and Millenia from Grandia II, Pathfinder's Ameiko Kaijitsu, and my own personal dislike for Lolth.

Shezzarin: Shez is the composite of most of my fey knowledge distilled through The Dresden Files and the October Daye series. I think as a character she's closest to April O'Leary from the latter. Her bizarre speech patterns and such borrow a little from Emeralda Kasim from Xenogears.

Edge: Edge's appearance is, mostly thanks to Bella and a couple of people from my first server, based on a combination of the wrestler who shares his name and Bart Fatima from Xenogears, eyepatch included. His personality was generally intended to be a sort of "laid-back good-ol'-boy brawler"; the best example I can really think of is Sabin Figaro from FFVI, I can definitely see Edge saying with perfect seriousness "Did you think a minor thing like the end of the world was gonna do me in?"

I'd put money on you liking FFVI a lot...

[Edge]

Just a tad =D

[The Red Mage]

Not more than me. I just let Edge occupy the space.

[Edge]

Is that a challenge? =D

[The Red Mage]

My kefka laugh vs. yours? 10/1 matchup.

[Deleted]

As one who has heard Edge's Kefka laugh... my money's on him.

[Edge]

[onivel]

Nov 4, 2014 23:39:04 GMT -5  @belladonna said:

As one who has heard Edge's Kefka laugh... my money's on him.

 +1