forgottentales_ooc | Workshop #1: October 2018

Workshop #1: October 2018—

§ about.
Greetings, everyone! This is Forgotten Tales first ever workshop! Here players can come together and discuss what storybook characters they are considering for their character's essence, their new potential abilities, and even ask for help if you can't think of anything on your own. This is also doubling as an official interest check, so don't be shy!

Here are some reminders about how essences work in-game:

All characters will inherit characteristics and themes from a particular storybook character.
Storybook characters can be from any work of literary fiction such as fairy tales, folklore, fables, nursery rhymes, classics, plays, mythos, legends, etc. They can be well-known or obscure, and origins must pre-date the 1950s.
The essence doesn't necessarily have to match the character, just make sure you pick one that you can work with.
Refer to the Abilities section to see how abilities work.
Because the game currently doesn't allow duplicate essences, list your top preference and any others you're considering, but also be open for other suggestions. And if you see someone else list one you are considering, list it, anyway! Anyone could change their mind. Just don't be salty or badger anyone about their choice, otherwise it's an automatic boot out the door. The goal is to try to not only match the best essence to the character, but also one that people can have fun with.
For a complete refresher, refer to the Character section of the Game Info.
Feel free to hop into the Discord server.

If you have any further questions about this or anything in general, comment to the Mod Thread.

TDM will be up October 12th. Registration opens October 19th.
Game starts October 21st.

§ the form.
If you're ready, just fill out the following form and discuss away! One character per comment.

Player:
Character:
Canon: (and canon point)
Age: (of the character)
Bio Blurb: Just a quick blurb about the character so everyone can get a basic idea. Feel free to link a wiki and mention canon abilities in here.

Preferred Essence(s): Have one already in mind? List it here!
Looking For: What kind of storybook character would you be interested in? Things you're not interested in should also be mentioned.

Appearance: Any notable features both for the character in general and any appearance or style changes you may be considering for their essence.

Abilities: Whether you have an essence in mind or not, talk about what kind of abilities you're hoping to recreate or gain while in game. Any weapons that are going to be regained or explored?

Quirks: Are you interested in gaining any quirks of the storybook character? Or do you already have one already in mind? Need suggestions from your list?

Extra: Anything else you'd like to ask or talk about. Can be about the essences or just general ideas of what you'd like to hopefully play out.

Questions: Any other questions you might have.

Post away and go buzz about everyone else!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player: Gore
Character: Finn "the Human" Mertens
Canon: Adventure Time with Finn and Jake (tentatively post-finale)
Age: 17
Bio Blurb: (Wiki.) Finn's a young boy living in the world of Ooo, a land full of adventure and whimsical kingdoms which is actually part of a post-apocalyptic Earth. He goes on various adventures, from the silly to the disturbing, with his adoptive brother, Jake the Dog! He originally thought he was the only human, but he slowly discovered others throughout the series including his birth parents: a dad who's always trying to abandon him and a mom who became a computer. He also lost half of one arm and dealt with being infected with the curse of a grass sword for a while. Then the grass sword merged with another version of him to become a grass clone of him named Fern, with tragic results. Over the course of the series, Finn has gained a more peaceful nature and is less violence-happy than he used to be.

Preferred Essence(s): I don't have one definitely set, but I think I'm leaning towards Jack the Beanstalk, mostly because it could be interesting for him to have beanstalk-based powers that could be evocative of his grass sword and Fern. It would also double as a nod to a canon AU of Finn, who has some nods to the story. I'm also tempted to go with Rapunzel, because Finn is also known for having long golden hair! And other remote possibilities are Peter Pan and Pinocchio.
Looking For: I'm not sure! I'm kinda conflicted between picking characters that match his role as a hero/adventurer or having him deal with a role shift such as becoming an antagonist. And I'm just generally trying to think of themes and abilities that would be interesting to play with for him, such as abilities evoking the grass sword or his hair or some other element related to him.

Appearance: As linked above, he has long blonde hair that's usually (somehow) kept under that bear hat that he wears. Also, Finn is notably missing half of his right arm. I'll probably change up his clothing style to match whatever Essence he gets, and I am contemplating whether or not to attach some prosthetic or some type of power to his half-arm.

Abilities: Well Finn usually fights with a sword, so maybe some kind of sword to fight with would be good. The main other ability he had in canon was when he had a cursed grass sword, which could change shape to help Finn but also was kinda bloodthirsty. I'm also open to attaching powers to his half-arm (for a chunk of canon, the grass sword formed a duplicate of Finn's missing arm, and at other points he's had a robotic prosthetic) or his hair (definitely if I go the Rapunzel route).

Quirks: I'm interested in gaining quirks, though nothing specific's come to mind yet.

Extra: Finn will see this as another adventure, so he will jump to the call! Beyond that, I'm mostly going with the flow for him.

Questions: No questions!

Aww, I think Jack would be cute! Could even have even more special, magical beans that could do a lot of different things.

Including be bombs.

.../cough.

Rapunzel is pretty hysterical, though, haha.

BUT HIS ARM ;_; THAT'S SO SAD! Whatever Essence he gets could definitely be used to give him something to use as a pseudo-prosthetic of some kind. .../ponder. Going back with Jack, what if he had a kind of "grassy arm" that had a kind of "green thumb" effect? Or maybe that's too plant-y.

Ooh interesting! I was thinking of potential stuff to do with beans - one idea that came to mind was Finn getting a set amount of beans per day (or per some other type of time period) that he could use however he saw fit - planting them to make beanstalks or eating them to give temporary powers - or a power boost? But bombs could also be a thing??

lol yeah that possibility could be funny and cute!

And yeah his arm sure is a thing. I was mulling over the possibility of some sort of grassy arm thing! That would parallel some canon-related stuff and could be fun to work with! Some sort of fantasy prosthetic could definitely be awesome to play with!

(also less related to workshop things, but just to note that Finn would get along with Rokurou even more smoothly than Steven... though he became more peaceful over the course of the series, he is a more of a warrior and loves swords!)

Oooh beans per day could work! And he could even stock them up so in case he ever needs a bunch, GIANT STOCKPILE OF BEANS. Perhaps even able to give a few to others for their own use? On a much smaller/limited scale to help keep balance.

But the real question is—would any of them be edible?

(Yesssss goood FELLOW WARRIORS UNITE! Rokurou will definitely be happy to pal around with him and marvel at the beans.)

Awesome! Yeah that sounds possible. There could be some kind of limit on how much others can use them.

And yeah I was thinking of them being edible! Hence him having to choose between planting beans or eating them, with eating them maybe giving him a temporary boost to grassy powers or some such.

(and yes good!!)

Workshop #1: October 2018

Finn "the Human" Mertens | Adventure Time with Finn and Jake (some spoilers within!)

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