a dream awake

🦋 OOC Information

Name: Zoki
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🦋 IC Information

Character Name: Tidus (no last name given)
Age: 17
Canon: Final Fantasy X
Canon Point: His last scene in the game, atop the airship.
Character History: Here
Canon Abilities: Tidus is a trained athlete (he plays Blitzball, which is essentially underwater rugby) and he trained in using a lightweight sword throughout his journey. His non-standard-human abilities include the ability to hold his breath underwater for longer than average (at least 5 minutes at a time) and very minor time magic.

Spell inventory:
Haste: Temporarily doubles movement speed of target (let's say...five minutes)
Slow: Temporarily halves movement speed of target (again, five minutes?)
Cheer: Temporarily enhances strength and stamina of target (five minutes?)

Inventory: Tidus carries his standard blue sword, Brotherhood. It's enchanted with water magic, so a strike with it also hits like a hard wave crashing into a person.

🦋 Personality

Option 2: You may instead choose words from the following list to expand upon as your personality section. Elaborate on what this word means to your character, specifically their thoughts about it. For Canon Characters, you can choose five words. For Original Characters, you will need to choose seven words. Keep the word count to 100-300 per choice.

• Green




Hey, newbie here!

Green is...bright and beautiful. It represents new experiences, but it's also alien to Tidus. He spent most of his life in a sprawling mega-metropolis fully surrounded by ocean, where natural vegetation was extremely hard to come by. Once he came to Spira, he found himself in a world full of quiet and green. War had wiped out most of civilization's technology, so any familiar-looking tech structures were overgrown with grass and moss. Initially, green just reminded him of how homesick he was. But then he got to know his companions better, and appreciate how much they loved this world and wanted to save it.

When Tidus sees rolling fields of green now, he's more curious than apprehensive. Green reminds him of riding a giant chocobo through the fields, wind in his hair, or sitting with Yuna on a field at dusk. It's a sign of life in a world that's so full of death. He wishes he could take all the time in the world to explore nature with Yuna, without the time crunch of the pilgrimage, but his tragedy is that he can't. They'll never get to live together in peace.




• Dead




A city dead for a thousand years. The end of Yuna's journey. The last chapter in my story.

As Auron once told him, Spira is trapped in a spiral of death. When Tidus first arrives, he thinks death is something to be feared and resisted. He's a young and brash hero from a world where nothing's ever too bad for long, he can conquer any obstacle. That big monster in the sky that's killing everyone and keeping the whole world terrorized? They'll knock it out no problem and all the death will stop. Everyone will get their happily ever after, and life will be beautiful.

Over time, Tidus comes to understand that death isn't such an easy enemy to beat. Every time Sin strikes, the bodies pile up. People are crushed by despair. Through all this, he falls in love with Yuna, a girl who is knowingly marching to her death in order to bring life. She believes her sacrifice will stop all the needless death in the world, at least for a little while. Tidus tries desperately to convince her that her life is worth more than that, that they shouldn't sacrifice her.

But eventually he comes to understand that either he dies or she does. There is no third option. Because he loves Yuna more than anything, Tidus is the one who sacrifices himself in the end. He accepts death to stop the death of the person he loves...he got to live for a while, and it was beautiful.




• Friendly




That's what friends are for, right?

In spite of (or perhaps because of) Tidus's lonely upbringing, he is generally an easygoing person. He happily greets most people he encounters. Once he joins Yuna's pilgrimage, he spends a lot of time getting to know Yuna and her other guardians, offering words of encouragement wherever he can. He'll try his best to get Lulu to laugh, encourage Wakka to give blitzball another go, support Kimahri against his bullies, defend Rikku's affinity with machina against Wakka's ignorance, tease Auron, and he especially cares for Yuna.

Yuna tells Tidus early in the story that she was taught to smile when she was feeling sad. This troubles him deeply, and he spends most of their conversations afterward trying to give her happy thoughts. He doesn't know that Yuna is destined to die, and that causes him grief later...but as she explains, his optimism comforted her with happy memories anyway.

Tidus grew up with an example of the opposite of friendliness: his father Jecht was so boastful and aggressive that he almost never showed his son affection or encouragement. Part of Tidus's inclination toward kindness is out of spite for his father's way of doing things, for sure, but he's genuinely a very social person and finds his life much easier with friends along for the ride. Making people laugh is genuinely fun...and it makes Yuna smile.




• Pride




Star player of the Zanarkand Abes! Didn't anyone tell you?

Tidus is a celebrity back in his hometown, and some of that arrogance has stuck with him. He's regularly boastful about his athletic accomplishments, and he's quite hard-headed. He follows his impulses regardless of the consequences, and that can sometimes get himself and his teammates into trouble. "It's the right thing to do", he says, utterly sure of his path forward even when he knows the least about the world. He stomps all over taboos and disregards traditions. This is where Tidus's similarity to his father Jecht shines the most, and he resents that when it's pointed out.

Not all pride is dangerous, however. When Tidus is invited to join his friend Wakka's failing blitzball team, he encourages the players to have pride in themselves. They can aim for victory, he's sure of it! He urges them to practice hard and really fight, boasting about the team's new prowess to everyone who will listen. Protecting Yuna is also a matter of pride for him: he's always pushing the guardians to do better at protecting Yuna, because their strength is her strength.

It's important to be proud of who you are, but not so proud that you don't listen to anybody else. He's learned that over the course of his journey.




• Sin




Sin...Sin is my old man.

In Spira, Sin is the name of the giant creature that terrorizes the people. It strikes seemingly at random to wipe out cities. Sin has that name because the people believe it exists as a punishment for their sins.

For Tidus, it's personal: the current incarnation of Sin is being driven by his father, Jecht. Jecht didn't choose to become Sin, but he journeyed as a guardian to high summoner Braska ten years ago. Both a summoner and one guardian must sacrifice themselves to defeat Sin, as Jecht did, and the fallen guardian is corrupted and transformed into the next Sin. Jecht has some awareness in his current state, but he can't stop the attacks.

Tidus's initial reaction is shock and anger. He hates his old man for neglecting and bullying him when he was young, then leaving for ten years. Tidus lashes out at Sin at first, yelling at him for being a coward. But every time Tidus comes into contact with Sin, he understands more and more that his father is trapped. That he'd been immature and had to mature over the pilgrimage like Tidus is doing now. Jecht just wanted to go home to his son. And now they're both stranded and locked in a fight to the death.

Over time, Tidus slowly accepts their fate. He still puts on a show of bravado, but when he finally helps fight Sin...he knows that they're both going to die. He still hates everything his old man put him through, but maybe they can be at peace now.

🦋 Fae Court

List your top three choices for your characters adoptive court. The mods will choose the one out of those three options that seems the most fitting based on your app.

• Summer


• Autumn


• Dawn

Ability: Do you want your character to gain the ability of their court? (Delete the other two options.)
1) No, they will retain their canon abilities.

🦋 RP Samples

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Welcome to The Survey of Doom

This is a writing exercise that will get you thinking about a character in great detail. Following completion, you may find that you have cleaned up some of that dust that's been coating a stored-away muse, mustered up some headcanon, and/or learned something new about your character.

[ Please edit each question to suit the pronoun that best refers to your character. ]


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- Body and Appearance -
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
Tidus stands at 5'9", slightly above average. He has an athletic build, lean but with definite muscle from all that training.

2. How old is he?
17

3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch?
He stands tall most of the time, but he might slouch when he's feeling particularly shifty or oputy.

4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
He keeps himself in top shape! Star athletes have to, after all.

5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
His movements are quick and *generally* graceful, but he can slip sometimes. As he develops into the ninja role, he'll start to learn parkour. And that will enhance his circus-like flipping even more.

6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror?
He's a cutie and he totally knows it. The girls swooned over him in Zanarkand---those muscles, that sweet face, his athletic skill. But he's not as arrogant about it as he used to be.

7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
He's bronze, like his father, but canon/SE is really inconsistent in its portrayal of this.
Here's a reference picture!

8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style.
He has very light blond hair, short and fluffy.

9. What color are his eyes?
Bright sky blue, wide and idealistic.

10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
None come to mind.

11. What are his chief tension centers?
Definitely stretching across his shoulders from all that throwing and tackling.

12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit?
It's a Tetsuya Nomura design, you know how this goes. 'Fashionable' asymmetry, belts, buckles, and zippers. Everything in Spira is fairly bright and his blitz uniform is no exception. Bright yellow hoodie/vest thing, bright yellow shoes...and these weird black asymmetrtical overalls. That's all he wears, ever---but I imagine he must have had civilian clothes somewhere, bright and revealing just like everything else in this world.

13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them?
His blitz uniform is a little bulky, but they all are and he's well used to it.

14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his/her free time? If not, what are the differences?
Well...canon doesn't give him any alternate outfits but I imagine he'd probably wear Spira's equivalent of hoodies and jeans. Probably with more belts, and tight-fitting to show off.

15. You knew it was coming: boxers, briefs, or commando?
Jockstrap, duh.


- Speech -
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
His voice is fairly light and high-pitched, but it drops when he's being mature and reflective.
A sample of his usual tone.
A more serious sample.

2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate?
His usual voice is loud and confident, but it can drop when he's unsure of himself.

3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any verbal tics?
He says 'ehhh' and 'huh' a lot. He's eternally confused.

4. What language(s) does he speak, and with how much fluency?
He speaks Spiran, and he can butcher Al Bhed---but he's fluent enough to read Al Bhed, at least.

5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
Nope.

6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about her words?
He says everything without too much thought. This can be good or bad.

7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
His usual tone is casual, it can devolve into babble under too much stress, and you will never really find him speaking poetically unless he's reminiscing about Yuna.


- Mental and Emotional -
1. How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart?
Totally clueless---not book smart or street smart, really. His main center of intelligence is empathy.

2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate?
He jumps right into everything without thinking.

3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
Initially, he wants to believe the best in everyone and hope for the best outcome, but there are certain types of people he absolutely doesn't trust---liars and showboaters are way up there. He thinks with his gut and his heart, and once he decides he feels a certain way, there's almost nothing that can change it.

4. What kind of education has the character had?
Standard Zanarkand education---just enough for basic competency, he had more important things to do. Like blitz.

5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about?
Blitzball! He's the king of blitzball, but he definitely wants to learn more about the world he's now living in. It's dangerous to be clueless, he knows that now.

6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert?
Extroverted to the extreme.

7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
His general disposition is cheerful, but there are certain subjects he's very moody about---family, love, and abandonment are just some of them. He's absolutely driven to do his best to keep his loved ones together and keep going.

8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
He's very enthusiastic, but he can be reminded to take caution if a more responsible adult is around.

9. Is he more likely to act, or to react?
Act, definitely, but if someone else gets to it first he's super-quick to react too.

10. Which is his default: fight or flight?
Originally it was flight, but things have changed. He's through with running away from his problems...mostly.

11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
Puns and pranks are his bread and butter! He's had it with death, so no gallows humor.

12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them?
None,really

13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?
His father's disappearance and mother's abandonment drove him down the path to become somebody---but coming to Spira changed 'somebody' from blitz celebrity to fledgling hero. Falling in love with Yuna taught him the value of love and sacrifice, and finally freeing his father gave him the chance to grow past that old hatred.

14. What does he fear?
Being forgotten. He's already dead, so there's not much else that can get him.

15. What are his hopes or aspirations?
More than anything he wants to return to Yuna's side, but that ain't happening, so he'll settle for playing blitzball and helping people out.

16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him?
What a loser nerd he is. Oh wait, too late for that.

- Relationships -
1. Describe this character's relationship with his/her parents.
OH BOY, this is a fun subject.
Tidus was born to the Great Jecht, a star blitzball player and drunkard, and a mother who canon doesn't bother to name. Jecht pushes his son aggressively and bullies him, trying to instill a desire to be the best in him. Tidus's mother is totally enamored with Jecht and tends to neglect her son for it, so little Tidus has a lot of resentment to go around.

Then his dad just has to disappear and his mother dies from grief, leaving Tidus with a disgruntled old friend of Jecht's for a guardian. This all happens when the boy's seven, by the way.

As Tidus journeys through Spira ten years later, he learns that his father did grow up on his own journey, and that he loved him all along---he was just terrible at showing it. After freeing his father from his tragic fate, Tidus forgives him, and they'd be content in the afterlife together if not for this new life.

2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
Nope!

3. Are there other blood relatives to whom she is close? Are there ones he can't stand?
Nope!

4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them?
There's his guardian, Auron. Auron was Jecht's best friend from Spira and promised to watch over Tidus in his place. He was bitter for his own reasons, had no clue how to raise a child, and...well, it showed. Auron was strict and no-nonsense, rarely affectionate, and often annoyingly cryptic even to the end---but Tidus cared for him, still. He was grateful to have someone.

5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
This is a toughie, there are two contenders, but I think ultimately I'll have to choose Rikku, who's like a sister to him. Rikku and her crew rescued Tidus from a fiend in a temple when he first arrived in Spira, all lost and confused. The girl fed him when he was hungry, and that earned his loyalty. They spend most of their journey together scheming to save the girl they both love, but their cheer and exuberance makes life a party. Most of the time.

6. Does he have other close friends?
His next-closest friend in the group is Wakka, his older brother figure. Wakka has his faults, but he's caring, fun-loving, and most importantly plays blitz. Then there's Lulu, the serious black mage---she's wise, a patient teacher, and they eventually become close. And, of course, there's Kimahri! The quietest of the group, he's the most fiercely loyal to the cause and soon warms to Tidus and his dedication to saving Yuna and Spira.

7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people?
He eventually manages to charm most of the people he meets.

8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends?
Friends, especially considering what his only close relative is like, ha.

9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once?
He's devoted to a girl he'll never see again. Yuna, the love of his life, light of his heart...she changed him forever, and he'll be very reluctant to move on from her if ever.

10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
Yuna. His heart is always connected to the lovely summoner who trusted him, laughed with him, and showed him a better way to live and hope. Fate has separated them, but they'll always be connected.

11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest?
His first crush was defintely a blond from one of the swimsuit magazines Jecht kept around the house...but now it's Yuna, always and forever.

12. What does he look for in a romantic partner?
Before, he would've said sense of humor, great looks, willing to be wild---but now he looks for sweetness, a willingness to dream, and a heart full of love. If you haven't guessed, that's Yuna.

13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any?
He is so not ready to have children. If he ever got back to Yuna he'd go with her wishes, absolutely, but a part of him is afraid he'll turn out to be as bad as Jecht was early on.

14. Does he have any rivals or enemies?
SEYMOUR! Seymour the scumbag Maester who dared to marry and kiss his girlfriend, all as part of an evil plot to destroy the world. He took savage pleasure in killing him repeatedly.

15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the Kinsey scale?
He leans mostly heterosexual, probably a 1-2 on the Kinsey scale.

16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him?
He was into casual flings in Zanarkand---attachment was bad. He'd seen how his family had been wrecked. But he wants to be a different person now, for Yuna. Now he won't do it without his heart fully in the act, and if that can't ever happen, that's okay.

17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
He's pretty straightforward. Dirty talk will get him, definitely, as will temperature play, costumes...but he definitely wants to make sure his partner is equally enthusiastic.


- Beliefs -
1. Do you know your character's astrological (zodiac of choice) sign? How well does he fit the type?
He doesn't have a canonical birthday, but would probably align with Aries. Enthusiastic impulsive leader type, yes.

2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life?
Religion wasn't really a thing in Zanarkand, but it is in Spira. He never quite buys into Yevon's teachings, which indeed turn out to be bullshit, but the spiritual aspect of the fayth and the Farplane is very real. He believes in the people, in their power, and just wants them to be set free---even at the cost of his 'life'.

3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
His code is 'do the right thing', and that tends to mean protecting people' safety even at the cost of disrespecting rules and traditions. He believes it's possible, and if it's not...he'll do something to himself to make it happen.

4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his own? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
He's initially curious, if a little ignorant of Yevon's teachings, but he tries to respect his friends and their religion up to the point they all learn that it's a lie.

5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them?
He hates his dad, mostly. Until he doesn't. But he doesn't have Spira's usual prejudices ingrained in him, and that's the key to his ability to bring people together.

- Daily Life -
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
Blitz stars make a lot of money. He's probably too comfortable.

2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him?
He was initially a celebrity---going from that to sleeping on dirt and roughing it was pretty tough, but he's confident in himself enough to keep going.

3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others?
In Zanarkand, he lived with Auron in the houseboat his parents left behind. It holds a lot of bad memories, so he's not especially fond of the indoors, but he likes to sit outside and watch the ocean.

4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend her money on?
Blitzball equipment and good food, for the most part.

5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else?
He's a professional blitzball player, one of the best, and he absolutely loves it.

6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time?
Blitzball, blitzball, and blitzball. (And he might spend some time watching the sunrise too, he can be rather contemplative.)

7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
Tidus eats a lot---he's a hungry athlete! He tries to eat healthy to keep his body in shape, will never touch alcohol, but he indulges in barbecue every now and then.

- Associations -
Which of the following do you associate with the character, or which is his/her favorite:

1. Color?
Sunshine yellow

2. Smell?
Ocean breeze

3. Time of day?
Sunrise

4. Season?
Summer

5. Book?
idk lol

6. Music?
His theme

7. Place?
A nice beach house (or boat)

8. Substance?
Water?

9. Plant?
Sunflower

10. Animal?
Golden retriever puppy. Y'know it's true.

IC:
Hugging: Sure!
Kissing: Gentle/friendly/familial is OK anytime, romantic will get Glances unless you're Yuna (or unless plotting has proceeded that way)
Anything sexual: Generally open to it in the right situation! Just ask.
Minor injury: Go for it!
Incapacitating injury or death: Please ask first, especially death, considering that it's permanent.


OOC:
Backtagging: Yes!
Threadhopping/Threadjacking: Yes!
Fourth-walling: Please ask first. He's kind of had enough existential crises lately.

Anything else, please feel free to ask me here! This also functions as an opt-out post, so please comment here if you don't wish to interact with him.

Let me know how I'm doing with Tidus here!

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