-PERMISSIONS- MORPHING AND FOURTH WALL [![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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notachickenhawkOkay, so as someone who's acquired the morphing technology, Tobias can morph into any creature he touches. This includes characters! So obviously I need a little input from you guys.
He can only copy instinctual information, so if your character has powers they were born with but couldn't be used without training he can't use those. If your character doesn't have DNA, he also can't morph them. Additionally he'd have to acquire them while in his red-tailed hawk form. ('Acquiring' just makes your character sleepy for a moment, and it's not likely that most will really notice anything wrong.)
In general the Animorphs have agreed not to acquire anything/anyone sentient who doesn't give permission, but they've been known to break this rule when they need to.
In addition! Tobias is from the '90s. '90s culture is pretty rampant through the books. Doom, Pokemon, Baywatch, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other things are referenced, sometimes often. If your character's canon was around in the '90s and there's a reasonable chance that a dorky kid in California could have seen it, please let me know!
Morphing
Can Tobias acquire your character?: If 'no' then ignore the rest of this part! Or if you're not sure, just ask and we can figure it out!
What species is your character/does your character consider themselves?: Particularly important if your character differs from 'human' at all.
Does your character have any kind of natural abilities/physical features?: This includes strong instincts characteristic of your character's species.
Does your character have scars or any sort of external, permanent injury?: Since morphing is from DNA, things like scars or missing limbs will regrow when he morphs. However, if your character has a condition like being blind or paralyzed at birth, then this won't fix it.
Fourth Wall
Is Tobias likely to know your canon?: Basically was your canon mainstream in America in the '90s? If not, you can ignore the rest of this part!
Did this canon exist in the form you play from in the '90s?: For example - he wouldn't recognize someone like Gandalf based on his face - but if he heard the name he might.
Can he fourth wall your character?: He's not outright likely to be like "hey you're from that show!" but he might react a little. Saying 'no' is okay!
Questions/Comments?: Free space! Anything you don't understand can go here.
He can only copy instinctual information, so if your character has powers they were born with but couldn't be used without training he can't use those. If your character doesn't have DNA, he also can't morph them. Additionally he'd have to acquire them while in his red-tailed hawk form. ('Acquiring' just makes your character sleepy for a moment, and it's not likely that most will really notice anything wrong.)
In general the Animorphs have agreed not to acquire anything/anyone sentient who doesn't give permission, but they've been known to break this rule when they need to.
In addition! Tobias is from the '90s. '90s culture is pretty rampant through the books. Doom, Pokemon, Baywatch, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other things are referenced, sometimes often. If your character's canon was around in the '90s and there's a reasonable chance that a dorky kid in California could have seen it, please let me know!
Morphing
Can Tobias acquire your character?: If 'no' then ignore the rest of this part! Or if you're not sure, just ask and we can figure it out!
What species is your character/does your character consider themselves?: Particularly important if your character differs from 'human' at all.
Does your character have any kind of natural abilities/physical features?: This includes strong instincts characteristic of your character's species.
Does your character have scars or any sort of external, permanent injury?: Since morphing is from DNA, things like scars or missing limbs will regrow when he morphs. However, if your character has a condition like being blind or paralyzed at birth, then this won't fix it.
Fourth Wall
Is Tobias likely to know your canon?: Basically was your canon mainstream in America in the '90s? If not, you can ignore the rest of this part!
Did this canon exist in the form you play from in the '90s?: For example - he wouldn't recognize someone like Gandalf based on his face - but if he heard the name he might.
Can he fourth wall your character?: He's not outright likely to be like "hey you're from that show!" but he might react a little. Saying 'no' is okay!
Questions/Comments?: Free space! Anything you don't understand can go here.
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Date: 2013-08-13 04:19 pm (UTC)Can Tobias acquire your character?: Sure, if it's possible!
What species is your character/does your character consider themselves?: Shadow? A powerful one, but still a Shadow.
Does your character have any kind of natural abilities/physical features?: Since most Shadows have some sort of magic or attacking ability, I imagine Tobias could have access to the spells he has from Thanatos at the very least. Not sure if he could have and/or control Nyx Avatar's powers, or if the alternate forms would come with it, so it's your call!
Does your character have scars or any sort of external, permanent injury?: Nope!
Fourth Wall
Is Tobias likely to know your canon?: He could possible know about the Persona series, starting in '96, but not Persona 3.
Did this canon exist in the form you play from in the '90s?: Nope.
Can he fourth wall your character?: If he recognizes any of the Persona talk, he can at least comment on the familiarity of Ryoji's whole situation, but he shouldn't be able to actually recognize him.
Questions/Comments?: Just so I don't have to ask again later: What are your thoughts on Tobias being fourth walled? I'm planning on apping a character from a game that discussed Animorphs quite a bit and involved that book series in one of the game's puzzles, so I just thought I'd ask.
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Date: 2013-08-13 10:39 pm (UTC)... Seriously? What game? o.o
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Date: 2013-08-13 10:51 pm (UTC)...You know, that's a good point. Well, just thought I'd offer o3o
And it's called To The Moon. It's an indie game, so it's not super well known, but. The one kid's a huge fan of the series.
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Date: 2013-08-13 10:52 pm (UTC)And well it could be like "oh I read your books that you guys wrote after the war!" Or something.
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Date: 2013-08-13 11:12 pm (UTC)I highly recommend you check it out! The game's only like 4 hours, not even, and absolutely beautiful.
And that could work! Frankly, I'm planning on apping one of the older characters, who does answer a trivia question on the books at one point, but who knows, he may barely know the series. We can work around it!