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hypertextualjuggler) wrote2019-05-01 08:41 pm
hypertextualjuggler) wrote2019-05-01 08:41 pm
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Player Information
Name: Leah
Age: Sufficient game oldness
Contact: Plurk: MaleaBotor, PM, ask me for disco
Current characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Marvus Xoloto
Series: Homestuck
Appearance: It’s clown…
Age: He’s apparently a legal adult by human standards so I’ve been going with at least 9 sweeps which equals out to around 19.5.
Canon Point: Some point not too long after his Friendsim episode.
Canon History: The entire thing.
Personality: The main thing about Marvus is he’s just unreasonably chilled out. Like, even considering the stuff that happens in his episode of the Friendsim is mostly pretty commonplace for trolls, he’s still obscenely relaxed anyway. The crowd riots to death and he just smiles and keeps rapping. Reality begins to unravel and he calmly enacts his plan to bring the PC to safety. But on top of that, highbloods (the Troll species has a caste system based on their rainbow blood colour, red at the bottom, fuchsia at the top, Marvus is purple which makes him 3rd to highest) are expected to be vicious and enforce the caste system and Marvus just. Doesn’t care. He cares enough to make a show of killing the PC for being a redblooded alien who didn’t stand at the back of the crowd for highblood cred, but doesn’t actually do it. He later says that he’s against the caste system, and that purplebloods are the most subjugated and underprivileged class (very arguable) but it seems less like he’s actively fighting the system and more that he just. Doesn’t. Care. My theory here is that has something to do with his powers of knowledge of canonicity (expanded on in Abilities). Knowing things aren’t real and that his life is merely one path among multiple choices isn’t enough for him to feel like reality isn’t valid, but it’s definitely enough to give him a bit of disconnect from it. Like super chill and low-key dissociation. He’s ok with not being real but it means that it’s hard to get too worked up about the overall picture.
Another key element of Marvus is that he’s just. Constantly lying. For one, the Charisma Magnifying power he has is a lie in itself, making him seem way more incredible to people than he would naturally. But aside from that, he doesn’t tell anyone about the way he interacts with and understands the world via his canon knowledge unless they mention it first, like the PC. So he’ll have vague notions of things and have to make up reasons for why he has them. On top of that, as a highblooded celebrity, he has to have a whole persona going in connection with that. That’s why when he rescues the PC from getting totally killed by the crowd and it’s pretty obvious they have red blood, he runs a whole fake stabbing scenario where he accuses them of breaking caste rules and pretends to kill them onstage. He subsequently talks about how he thinks the caste system is bullshit, so it wasn’t just a single exception. It’s something he actively doesn’t believe in that he’s pretending to care about in the public eye. Considering as he’s been pretty constantly filmed since he won Troll American Idol (Slam or Get Culled) a few years back, he’s been Playing Highblood at least that long. It’s honestly never entirely clear when he’s being truthful or real.
Overall, though, he’s a pretty decent guy for a troll. In fact, almost suspiciously decent for a troll. I’m truly sorry, I have to take a moment to explain troll romance here. Troll romance has quadrants. There are two sexy ones that are lovesex and hatesex. There’s one that’s basically mediation for angry trolls. And then there’s moirallegiance, also known as pale romance. It’s like…a very codependent cuddle friendship where each member tries to keep the other one safe and calm and level. Marvus….is a paleslut. He’s overly friendly to a lot of people, and you especially see it with the PC. He meets the PC that day, and in one path, he’s rushing them around in his limo, trying to save their life and protecting them from explosions. In the other, he carries them tenderly into the greenroom and handfeeds them a sandwich on his couch. He really likes being pale…which for humans means he’s a lot friendlier in a human way than a lot of other trolls are, all the way to the point of…service domming? Is that a thing? It’s kind of a thing he does.
Abilities: Marvus as a purpleblooded troll has psychic powers known as chucklevoodoos. They appear to be mainly mind-based? We’ve seen them used to control people’s minds, to make them afraid, to manipulate dreams, to manipulate….what people see. Marvus seems to use them mostly (potentially not entirely on purpose) to make people think he’s friggin awesome. People see him and immediately think he’s the best ever, like, basically a sexy clown god. Considering that he expresses irritation about people always trying to bang him, I’ve theorised that his chucklevoodoos based around seeming awesome kind of. Automatically switch on when he’s in Celebrity Performance Mode. Additionally, I’m not sure if it’s chucklevoodoo related but he can flashstep (referred to as clownstepping in his narrative), short bursts of non-sustained inhuman speed.
Another ability he has I have….again had to theorise about. He has knowledge of his position and status within a narrative. In Homestuck, the main characters all have Classes like Rogue and Heir and Aspects like Space and Heart that relate to certain abilities. Marvus’ canon Aspect is Time, and based on his ability here I’ve decided his Class is likely Seer. This essentially means he has a very basic knowledge of the existence of other paths in the timeline and a vague awareness of their content. An instinct that would have really started when he hit 13/6 sweeps. He discusses his and the Player Character’s existence in a narrative that’s extracanonical to main Homestuck as well as the nature of the ‘correct’ path.
Other than this game and power nonsense, Marvus is very strong (marginally superhuman), and has incredible endurance and resilience. The former is just a common factor among trolls on the bluer end of the blood spectrum and the latter is demonstrated when his limousine explodes and he blocks the explosion from the PC with his body, and survives. He’s not doing SUPER well after, but he does survive well enough to move around and talk about the nature of reality.
Oh, and he can rap. He won troll American Idol doing it.
Inventory: His outfit (jacket, artfully torn shirt, pants, bowtie, socks, shoes, four gold rings), juggalo makeup kit, hairbrush, swordcane, metaphorical/physical video game character inventory and weapon handling….
Sample
Thread Sample: Thread from TDM
Q&A: What’s worse: self-isolation or rejection?
rejectionz ok
betta than closin urself off frum every1 else just cuz u worried a buddy wont be chill w wat u askin
even if it hurts itz better 2 let urself b open 2 tryin and the more u try the more friendz u got 2 talk dat rejection shizz out with and avoid da pain n doubt that comez from internalisation !
Are you proud of where you are now in life?
u NO it !
i gotta thank my fanz n da messiahs 4 lettin me get this far no DOUBT but i put in the hours myself uhearme !
couldnt do any less bein tru 2 myself :o)
Do you prefer spending time with many people, a few friends, or by yourself?
i luv performing but gotta say i like it best jus me n my closest juggz
much clown love !
What would you change about the world, if you were able?
wouldnt mind overturning the institutional subjugation of clownz
What kind of person do you find worthy of respect?
awww almost everyones worthy of respect in some way
every1 out here tryin to make it on dis planet
Are all lives equal, or are some lives more important than others?
that depends on ur definition of important lol
societally da hemospectrum wuld have us believe ur importnce has a negative corrolation with your internal temperature but i dont find dat take especially valid based on my personal experience n observationz
so legally and in practice we find certain lives privileged ova others with no collaborating empirical evidence that aint empire ical ;o)
Name: Leah
Age: Sufficient game oldness
Contact: Plurk: MaleaBotor, PM, ask me for disco
Current characters: n/a
Character Information
Name: Marvus Xoloto
Series: Homestuck
Appearance: It’s clown…
Age: He’s apparently a legal adult by human standards so I’ve been going with at least 9 sweeps which equals out to around 19.5.
Canon Point: Some point not too long after his Friendsim episode.
Canon History: The entire thing.
Personality: The main thing about Marvus is he’s just unreasonably chilled out. Like, even considering the stuff that happens in his episode of the Friendsim is mostly pretty commonplace for trolls, he’s still obscenely relaxed anyway. The crowd riots to death and he just smiles and keeps rapping. Reality begins to unravel and he calmly enacts his plan to bring the PC to safety. But on top of that, highbloods (the Troll species has a caste system based on their rainbow blood colour, red at the bottom, fuchsia at the top, Marvus is purple which makes him 3rd to highest) are expected to be vicious and enforce the caste system and Marvus just. Doesn’t care. He cares enough to make a show of killing the PC for being a redblooded alien who didn’t stand at the back of the crowd for highblood cred, but doesn’t actually do it. He later says that he’s against the caste system, and that purplebloods are the most subjugated and underprivileged class (very arguable) but it seems less like he’s actively fighting the system and more that he just. Doesn’t. Care. My theory here is that has something to do with his powers of knowledge of canonicity (expanded on in Abilities). Knowing things aren’t real and that his life is merely one path among multiple choices isn’t enough for him to feel like reality isn’t valid, but it’s definitely enough to give him a bit of disconnect from it. Like super chill and low-key dissociation. He’s ok with not being real but it means that it’s hard to get too worked up about the overall picture.
Another key element of Marvus is that he’s just. Constantly lying. For one, the Charisma Magnifying power he has is a lie in itself, making him seem way more incredible to people than he would naturally. But aside from that, he doesn’t tell anyone about the way he interacts with and understands the world via his canon knowledge unless they mention it first, like the PC. So he’ll have vague notions of things and have to make up reasons for why he has them. On top of that, as a highblooded celebrity, he has to have a whole persona going in connection with that. That’s why when he rescues the PC from getting totally killed by the crowd and it’s pretty obvious they have red blood, he runs a whole fake stabbing scenario where he accuses them of breaking caste rules and pretends to kill them onstage. He subsequently talks about how he thinks the caste system is bullshit, so it wasn’t just a single exception. It’s something he actively doesn’t believe in that he’s pretending to care about in the public eye. Considering as he’s been pretty constantly filmed since he won Troll American Idol (Slam or Get Culled) a few years back, he’s been Playing Highblood at least that long. It’s honestly never entirely clear when he’s being truthful or real.
Overall, though, he’s a pretty decent guy for a troll. In fact, almost suspiciously decent for a troll. I’m truly sorry, I have to take a moment to explain troll romance here. Troll romance has quadrants. There are two sexy ones that are lovesex and hatesex. There’s one that’s basically mediation for angry trolls. And then there’s moirallegiance, also known as pale romance. It’s like…a very codependent cuddle friendship where each member tries to keep the other one safe and calm and level. Marvus….is a paleslut. He’s overly friendly to a lot of people, and you especially see it with the PC. He meets the PC that day, and in one path, he’s rushing them around in his limo, trying to save their life and protecting them from explosions. In the other, he carries them tenderly into the greenroom and handfeeds them a sandwich on his couch. He really likes being pale…which for humans means he’s a lot friendlier in a human way than a lot of other trolls are, all the way to the point of…service domming? Is that a thing? It’s kind of a thing he does.
Abilities: Marvus as a purpleblooded troll has psychic powers known as chucklevoodoos. They appear to be mainly mind-based? We’ve seen them used to control people’s minds, to make them afraid, to manipulate dreams, to manipulate….what people see. Marvus seems to use them mostly (potentially not entirely on purpose) to make people think he’s friggin awesome. People see him and immediately think he’s the best ever, like, basically a sexy clown god. Considering that he expresses irritation about people always trying to bang him, I’ve theorised that his chucklevoodoos based around seeming awesome kind of. Automatically switch on when he’s in Celebrity Performance Mode. Additionally, I’m not sure if it’s chucklevoodoo related but he can flashstep (referred to as clownstepping in his narrative), short bursts of non-sustained inhuman speed.
Another ability he has I have….again had to theorise about. He has knowledge of his position and status within a narrative. In Homestuck, the main characters all have Classes like Rogue and Heir and Aspects like Space and Heart that relate to certain abilities. Marvus’ canon Aspect is Time, and based on his ability here I’ve decided his Class is likely Seer. This essentially means he has a very basic knowledge of the existence of other paths in the timeline and a vague awareness of their content. An instinct that would have really started when he hit 13/6 sweeps. He discusses his and the Player Character’s existence in a narrative that’s extracanonical to main Homestuck as well as the nature of the ‘correct’ path.
Other than this game and power nonsense, Marvus is very strong (marginally superhuman), and has incredible endurance and resilience. The former is just a common factor among trolls on the bluer end of the blood spectrum and the latter is demonstrated when his limousine explodes and he blocks the explosion from the PC with his body, and survives. He’s not doing SUPER well after, but he does survive well enough to move around and talk about the nature of reality.
Oh, and he can rap. He won troll American Idol doing it.
Inventory: His outfit (jacket, artfully torn shirt, pants, bowtie, socks, shoes, four gold rings), juggalo makeup kit, hairbrush, swordcane, metaphorical/physical video game character inventory and weapon handling….
Sample
Thread Sample: Thread from TDM
Q&A: What’s worse: self-isolation or rejection?
rejectionz ok
betta than closin urself off frum every1 else just cuz u worried a buddy wont be chill w wat u askin
even if it hurts itz better 2 let urself b open 2 tryin and the more u try the more friendz u got 2 talk dat rejection shizz out with and avoid da pain n doubt that comez from internalisation !
Are you proud of where you are now in life?
u NO it !
i gotta thank my fanz n da messiahs 4 lettin me get this far no DOUBT but i put in the hours myself uhearme !
couldnt do any less bein tru 2 myself :o)
Do you prefer spending time with many people, a few friends, or by yourself?
i luv performing but gotta say i like it best jus me n my closest juggz
much clown love !
What would you change about the world, if you were able?
wouldnt mind overturning the institutional subjugation of clownz
What kind of person do you find worthy of respect?
awww almost everyones worthy of respect in some way
every1 out here tryin to make it on dis planet
Are all lives equal, or are some lives more important than others?
that depends on ur definition of important lol
societally da hemospectrum wuld have us believe ur importnce has a negative corrolation with your internal temperature but i dont find dat take especially valid based on my personal experience n observationz
so legally and in practice we find certain lives privileged ova others with no collaborating empirical evidence that aint empire ical ;o)