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Your name is PRAXIS AUTEUR and you have quite the interest in OLD TIMEY MOVIES your favorite being those that are SILENT. You have a large disdain for LOUD NOISES and would much rather keep things QUIET. If you arenât watching movies you can be found in your INDOOR GARDEN caring for your various plants, your favorite of which contain powerful POISONS and SEDATIVES. You are very LETHARGIC and are tired more often then not, youâd much rather keep to yourself and drink a nice warm glass of HOMEMADE TEA. While you try to keep the peace and are fairly polite, loud noises set off you ANGER ISSUES, and you can get quite VIOLENT. Your weapon of choice if a lovely pair of HEDGE CLIPPERS from your garden, but youâd much rather not get them dirty. You have a QUIET way of speaking almost as if you where WHISPERING you never ever use caps and your sentences tend to TRAIL OFFâŚ
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This guy is probably an alterian troll but I donât think Iâve ever decided 100% (this takes place in an au without sburb but I will happily include sburb info!)
Itâs all good! At this point we mostly ask for aspect/moon to assign an extended zodiac sign. At this point weâre not totally sold on only using Extended Zodiac symbols, but itâs fun to âtypeâ a troll and try to modify their existing symbols to include elements of their sign.
Name- Praxis (derived from Zoopraxiscope an early device for playing moving pictures)
Auteur (straight up a word that means âa filmmaker whose personal influence and artistic control over a movie are so great that the filmmaker is regarded as the author of the movieâ )
I think Iâm gonna change both of these names because both âpraxisâ and âauteurâ are words you hear in the English language, but I wanna keep the spirit of both names!
My suggestion is Monpon Andret, and Iâll explain my reasoning:
The zoopraxiscope was invented by Eadweard Muybridge, who definitely wins prizes for having the weirdest (weardeast?) goddamn spelling of Edward Iâve ever seen. Last name pronounced like âmy bridge.â The oldest surviving silent film is Roundhay Garden Scene, filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. So I took the phrase âmy bridgeâ and translated it to French: mon pont.
Auteurism was popular with 40s French critics, based on the theories of Andre Bazin and Alexandre Astruc, and was dubbed âauteur theoryâ by Andrew Sarris. Thatâs a lot of Andres surrounding one theory! Seems like an appropriate way to reference it.
Age- 9 sweeps
Strife Specibus- Hedge Clippers
I like this! How would you feel about making his specibus clipperKind, especially to maintain the reference to early film editing that used literal clippers?
Fetch Modus- âMovie Titlesâ a Modus in which every item is given a title similar in length based around their use and purpose, to withdraw an item one must flawlessly recite itâs title
example- the title âA small cylindrical utensil in which our protagonist or antagonist may use to transfer ink to a sheet of pressed plant mater to convey a written message or pictureâ may be used to describe a pen
gfdlksjlsgj;h I fucking forgot troll movie titles were that long. Since he does silent films, what about this concept exactly but in a Charades modus? Like a solid 5 minutes of wild gesticulation just to get a fucking pen?
Blood color- Indigo Blood
Symbol and meaning- Stylized Film Reel (this character was designed before the extended zodiac and Iâm 100% will to take feedback that would give him one of those symbols)
I gotcha! I think itâs a good symbol and I remember thereâs a canon indigo sign thatâs just a circle with an arrow, so this should be a simple adjustment!
Trolltag- animorphicLarkspur (animorphic being a film term talking about the purposeful distortion of film to make it fit the screen, a reference to how Praxis hides his anger issues to fit a calm picture. Larkspur being a blue flower that is poisonous a reference to Praxisâ work with deadly plants and his own toxic ways.)
Yeah, Iâm a fan!
Quirk- All sentences trail off, no capitals (ex. i am quite positive that you are a major thorn in my sideâŚ)
I like it as a simple quirk. If I may suggest an alternate, maybe something based stylistically off intertitles? Only using brief descriptive bits to âset upâ a scene, then enclosing stuff he actually wants to say in quotes. Mostly reacting to othersâ actions? And keeping all messages brief, but in full sentences.
Example: On a dark and stormy nightâŚ
âGoodness! Did you see that fox jump over that dog?â
The mystery deepensâŚ
Special Abilities (if any)- Praxis has no special abilities other than distain for loud noises
Lusus- An oversized praying mantis, Deadly but unassuming
So far we have seen two canon indigoblood lusii, and they are Arthour and Zebruhâs lusus which isâŚguess what: a zebra. A sample size of two means nothing, but it may be fun to play with the idea that all indigoblood lusii are horselike. Which is a perfect tie-back to your theme, actually, considering that Eadweard Muybridgeâs first go with the zoopraxiscope was an animated horse. Maybe we can go a horse with like, way too many legs, like how it would look if you layered all the frames one atop the other?
Personality- Praxis tries to come off as a quiet calm and unassuming individual in a society full of violence. He very much keeps to himself and craves constant solitude, he is a film buff but even the sound of those can get to him at times, hence his overwhelming interest in silent films. He feels they fill the hole that the avoidance of others bring. Heâs very slow moving and sleepy taking everything at his own gruelingly slow pace, he likes plants because they donât go anywhere and are just as unmoving as him. He has anger issues and agressive outbursts that are often triggered by loud noises, he doesnât want to be seen as âuncivilâ hence the avoidance of sound and those outbursts. He hates being seen as a ruthless high blood.
Ooooh I like it! Interesting angle to take, especially since heâs avoiding the broader highblood stereotype of violence while collapsing into the indigoblood stereotype of being likeâŚWAY too into his hobbies.
Interests- Film, Gardening, Tea, Homemade remedies, and peace and quiet
Title: I havenât picked one out and am 100% open to suggestions
I kind of think he might be a Knight of Hope? Like heâs drowning in his aspect in the sense that he keeps retreating to the limitless potential of film, but heâs also being a shut-in and reducing his own ability to get out there and live his life! Also ghosting Rage in the form of being a film critic. But he has the potential to step out of his house and bring his vision to others, to inspire!
Also, Hope players are known for their âblack and whiteâ thinking, which tickles me.
Land: again no idea
If he doesnât play SBURB itâs not super relevant, but I like the idea of a Land of Slate and Bells. Full of greys and also he *needs* to make noise to progress through the planet. While the bells give off a nice, round, assonant tone, they also attract nearby monsters.
Dream Planet: Derse
Yep, I agree with that.
I think that makes him Sagirius, sign of the Bardic! Iâll see what I can do to incorporate that into your symbol!
So this gent didnât need *too* much tweaking; as is the case sometimes, I mostly just wanted to sprite him for fun and for sport
Credits:
fan-troll for the horn base, the suspenders, and the shoes
naphal for the pants and initial bow tie
llemonlum for the glasses
you for the hair
Glasses - I donât know what it is but a pair of glasses seems to be the difference between me conceiving this guy as a composer vs. a critic. llemonlum has a nice set that looks suitably Ebert-like, which I felt was a good tie-in.
Symbol - since Sagirius is just a horizontally bisected circle with an arrow coming off the top, it was pretty easy to incorporate into your existing symbol! I made my own stylized film reel, cut it in half, and slapped an arrow on. I also like the bisected reel because critics often come under fire for âtearing a movie apart.â
Color scheme - weâve seen from existing trolls that indigobloods rep their color quite readily, so I changed them all to the canon indigoblood color. I also adjusted the shirt color because itâs a little too neon a blood color to work well with mid-tone greys.
And thatâs it! I like this dude.














