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Permissions
Jan. 28th, 2020 11:30 amCHARACTER NAME: Tails
CHARACTER SERIES: Sonic the Hedgehog (Mainly Game!Canon)
[OOC]
This is the permissions list for OOC (out of character), activity.
Answer the following questions with "yes" or "no", as well as additional information if desired.
Backtagging: Yes, provided it's not TOO far back. Sorry, but if a thread's like a year old, chances are I'm not going back to it. But uh, if it's really plot-relevant or something and I don't have too many other threads going on I'll most certainly make exceptions! C:
Threadhopping: Yes.
Fourthwalling: For the most part, no. But there are certain settings in which I'll allow it; just ask for permission first, please!
Offensive subjects (elaborate): No smut or anything pertaining to smut - for god's sake Tails is just a kid you loonies, c'mon. Not to say that confusing him with innuendo isn't off the table for lulz, but that's pretty much the only thing I can think of atm.
[IC]
This is the permissions list for IC (in-character), activity.
Answer the following questions with "yes" or "no", as well as additional information if desired. With IC permissions, it's a good idea to elaborate on what other players can expect from your character if they choose to do any of the following:
Hugging this character: Sure! C: He'd rather know you first - meaning if you just run up to him as a stranger and hug him he might get a bit awkward - but Tails likes hugs. ♥
Kissing this character: Sure, why not. :D Again he'd rather know you first, and for Tails attempts at romantic kissing may "gross him out" (because again eight year old boy, girls have cooties get out of here), but other than that, friendly kisses from people he knows or older girl figures may make him blushy or bashful.
Flirting with this character: Uh. Tails can be a bit oblivious on this front, but you're welcome to try?
Fighting with this character: Sure. C: Just don't mistake his small size and his age to mean that he can't look out for himself. This is a kid who's taken on armies of deadly robots and this is a kid whose travels with Sonic haven't really let him grow soft. He's not invincible by any means, or even all THAT strong, but I'm just saying Tails here might surprise you if you underestimate him.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): Sure, but I'd rather iron out details and what have you beforehand.
Killing this character: Again, I'd rather iron out the details beforehand. I'm not really up for just killing Tails randomly.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: I'm pretty cool with this, but again I'd rather iron out things beforehand. C: This sort of thing will probably be a case by case deal, so just PM me with details and what you wanna do and chances are I'll okay it.
Warnings: Hm... Well, for one Tails is deathly terrified of lightning. If you're around him while a storm is going on, prepare to possibly be lunged on by him and don't expect him to do much flying or running around outside. :|a; For another, Tails can be shy at first, but as he gradually opens up to you prepare to have your ear talked off. Mainly if the topic of conversation involves technobabble. Oh, and uh, being a kid still means Tails isn't always tactful or discrete when the time calls for it. Think of that little cousin who parrots that nasty thing he overheard you say about Aunt Rita the other day right there at the family reunion. Tails can BE that kid sometimes. Other than that, I can't really think of anything.
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CHARACTER SERIES: Sonic the Hedgehog (Mainly Game!Canon)
[OOC]
This is the permissions list for OOC (out of character), activity.
Answer the following questions with "yes" or "no", as well as additional information if desired.
Backtagging: Yes, provided it's not TOO far back. Sorry, but if a thread's like a year old, chances are I'm not going back to it. But uh, if it's really plot-relevant or something and I don't have too many other threads going on I'll most certainly make exceptions! C:
Threadhopping: Yes.
Fourthwalling: For the most part, no. But there are certain settings in which I'll allow it; just ask for permission first, please!
Offensive subjects (elaborate): No smut or anything pertaining to smut - for god's sake Tails is just a kid you loonies, c'mon. Not to say that confusing him with innuendo isn't off the table for lulz, but that's pretty much the only thing I can think of atm.
[IC]
This is the permissions list for IC (in-character), activity.
Answer the following questions with "yes" or "no", as well as additional information if desired. With IC permissions, it's a good idea to elaborate on what other players can expect from your character if they choose to do any of the following:
Hugging this character: Sure! C: He'd rather know you first - meaning if you just run up to him as a stranger and hug him he might get a bit awkward - but Tails likes hugs. ♥
Kissing this character: Sure, why not. :D Again he'd rather know you first, and for Tails attempts at romantic kissing may "gross him out" (because again eight year old boy, girls have cooties get out of here), but other than that, friendly kisses from people he knows or older girl figures may make him blushy or bashful.
Flirting with this character: Uh. Tails can be a bit oblivious on this front, but you're welcome to try?
Fighting with this character: Sure. C: Just don't mistake his small size and his age to mean that he can't look out for himself. This is a kid who's taken on armies of deadly robots and this is a kid whose travels with Sonic haven't really let him grow soft. He's not invincible by any means, or even all THAT strong, but I'm just saying Tails here might surprise you if you underestimate him.
Injuring this character (include limits and severity): Sure, but I'd rather iron out details and what have you beforehand.
Killing this character: Again, I'd rather iron out the details beforehand. I'm not really up for just killing Tails randomly.
Using telepathy/mind reading abilities on this character: I'm pretty cool with this, but again I'd rather iron out things beforehand. C: This sort of thing will probably be a case by case deal, so just PM me with details and what you wanna do and chances are I'll okay it.
Warnings: Hm... Well, for one Tails is deathly terrified of lightning. If you're around him while a storm is going on, prepare to possibly be lunged on by him and don't expect him to do much flying or running around outside. :|a; For another, Tails can be shy at first, but as he gradually opens up to you prepare to have your ear talked off. Mainly if the topic of conversation involves technobabble. Oh, and uh, being a kid still means Tails isn't always tactful or discrete when the time calls for it. Think of that little cousin who parrots that nasty thing he overheard you say about Aunt Rita the other day right there at the family reunion. Tails can BE that kid sometimes. Other than that, I can't really think of anything.
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Tails Angelii Essay
Jun. 13th, 2013 09:37 amTails Angelii Essay
In a rather chaotic homeworld with evil robots and mad scientists carrying twisted ambitions, Tails was quite accustomed to helping save the world. By age eight, he learned to listen for cries for help, he made leaping to the defense of the defenseless second nature, and he was as kindhearted and humble about his abilities as anyone could come. Some would say he was an ideal kid to do great things someday. But he was also young and inexperienced, which meant that Tails had some aspects about himself that needed to change if he was going to make it in Nautilus and if he was going to become the great hero he always daydreamed of being.
When Tails first arrived in Nautilus, it's important to note that he arrived alone and helpless. This was actually a note of extreme importance to begin his changes on the word go. There was no Sonic to tell him what to do, no Sonic to take the leadership role, no Sonic to keep him company, and more significantly, no Sonic to swoop in and save the day for him. Now, in all fairness he'd saved Cocoa Island before ever meeting the hedgehog, but it was safe to say the Kukku Army was a rather low rung in the overall ladder of villainy. That's not even taking into account that after he started hanging out with Sonic, Tails became a bit dependent on him. Sonic was the only one who took Tails in and befriended him, after all, so of course he emotionally latched on and hung on with a tight vengeance for fear of being abandoned again after the disappearance of his parents.
But arriving in Nautilus by himself meant that Tails had to find the courage and initiative to strike out on his own. It also meant he had to leap into action when trouble stirred, also on his own. And when the heat was turned up, it was proven that Tails could indeed meet the occasion when he truly wanted to. When Nautilus fell under the threat of a giant robotic Santa, despite all of his hesitation and fear, Tails literally flew to the front lines of that fight to defend the eastern district. Despite his immense fear of messing things up for the 'real heroes' in the battle, despite the fact that his own hero wasn't there to swoop in and save him if things went wrong, Tails still took into account that Nautilus needed his help. He realized that he couldn't stand on the sidelines and watch, so he took action. He even managed to save Lucas' life, alongside taking out a large robotic reindeer, which goes to show that Tails made for a pretty adequate hero once he found the courage to just get up and try!
Of course, being a hero without Sonic around left him a bit shaken. Robot Santa was the first really dangerous battle he'd ever fought on his own, and the fox was confused at his own fear in the aftermath. Why had he felt afraid, he wondered. Weren't heroes supposed to always be courageous, sure of themselves, cool? His newly forged bond with Rex Salazar showed him that even heroes were allowed to be scared. This was what began Tails' introspective look into what some would call the darker side of being a hero. He was beginning to learn that heroes weren't the immaculate, flawless beings that he imagined them to be through his idolization of Sonic. He was learning that heroes felt fear, they felt hesitation, they were vulnerable like anyone else, and they could even be selfish once in a while. But that didn't change their intention or make them any less of a hero. This lesson would prove to be a valuable one in future conflicts.
An even more valuable lesson he learned about the darker side of heroics had to be gleaned from his run-in with the infamous Pitch Black, a Wakened who arrived in the city to stir up fear to immortalize his name. Tails ultimately saw the consequences of letting his self-doubt and hesitation control him. When he couldn't hurt a rogue Rex and do what needed to be done, he ended up helplessly watching a chain of events fall into place that would gradually lead to a grim fate of his own. He couldn't bring himself to be of any use the night Rex was killed, he couldn't bring himself to hurt a brainwashed Rex even in self defense, and because of this, he ended up becoming one of Pitch's Fearlings. Brainwashed with a vendetta, Tails was used for a showdown with the other Wakened, where he was thankfully defeated and Bended back to normal.
Tails learned a couple of truly valuable lessons from that incident, one being that a hero's work isn't always so articulated. Sometimes being a hero means serving the common good, which may or may not conflict with your own interests, but that's why being a hero is not easy. In other words, doing the right thing isn't always so simple, and while not exactly favorable, it does indeed come with the territory of being a hero. This taught Tails that if he really wants to be a hero, it's going to take a lot more inner strength on his part, and it's not all 'save the day while looking cool and saying cool things' as Sonic may have made it look. Heroism sometimes comes with sacrifices that you have to be willing to make in order to protect the people who need it the most, and no matter how much it hurts, well, again, it comes with the territory.
The other lesson, it's worth mentioning, would be that the dichotomy of good and evil isn't always so perfectly straightforward. In Nautilus, Tails learned that there are gray areas to take into account. He at least matured in the sense of learning that people just aren't that simple to categorize. His time as a Fearling under Pitch's influence showed him that villains aren't always committing their wrongs with nothing but purely evil intentions. Tails came to understand that Pitch had just wanted a family, to be relevant to someone, thus he couldn't bring himself to stay angry at him even after he was changed back. Tails learned that sometimes villains really are just vulnerable and misunderstood, and they may be people who do bad things, but they're still exactly that, people.
Now, this confused him an awful lot for a while, because he'd grown so accustomed to thinking along the straight lines that divided his and Sonic's actions from Robotnik's. Tails came from a world where everything was pretty cut and dry in terms of morality. You were either a hero who championed the forces of good, or a bad guy playing emissary for evil, respectively. Robotnik at least was easy to classify as a villain; his motivations came down to world domination and using animals as slaves in his robots to do it. But this city wasn't Tails' homeworld, and Nautilus showed him that people weren't out to be so easily divided up into good guys and bad guys. The city as well as his own time fighting for the other side showed Tails that everyone is complex in their own way, with their own thoughts, feelings and motivations. With that lesson in mind, Tails is a little less eager to divide people in such broad, simple strokes. This is also what keeps prompting Tails to seek Pitch out, determined to bring out the good in the boogeyman that he knows to exist. Granted, Tails is the rather forgiving sort and it's uncharacteristic of him to hold a grudge, he does understand better that there does lie good to some extent in most souls, no matter how dark their mask.
With the Pitch Black incident behind him, Tails decided to take it upon himself to become stronger. He remembered how he could only shout for others to help him the night he was turned into a Fearling, and he couldn't help giving the matter some serious thought. He was a kid by most standards, sure, but the fox knew from that night alone that he couldn't depend on others forever. If he wanted to be a hero, and more essentially if he wanted to find himself instead of haunting the shadows of heroes around him, Tails knew he had to find his own strengths and grow on them. After watching his friend Lucas ascend to Angelii status, the fox began to wonder if perhaps he could begin his own work on Ascension. He asked Skyfire about the details, all the while determined with all his heart to face his fear of working under pressure. Instead of falling back on others to help him deal with that fear, he became focused to deal with it on his own grounds.
This was why he began advanced Bending lessons with Lelouch, in order to hone his abilities so that he could better defend the city. Yes, after this much time, Tails was beginning to see Nautilus as a second home that was worth his every best effort. Whether he'd ascend or not, this became a newfound duty in his life that he would take very seriously. He also wanted to assume responsibilities around the city as well, whether that was by greeting newcomers or teaching the basics of Bending to anyone seeking out a convenient teacher - when others were unavailable. And at any point there was trouble, Tails was swift to swoop in and be there, as he was when a girl named River Tam accidentally Bended up an enchanted forest that caught fire and unleashed monsters. He didn't hesitate or ask questions; he simply flew in and searched for anyone who might have needed help.
But the biggest indicator that Tails has changed would have to be the Desire storm. The Desire storm evoked a character's greatest desires and forced them to act on them; Tails was one of the lucky number affected as he acted on his greatest desire to be Nautilus' best hero. And therein lies the indicator; he wanted to just be a hero, not a hero like Sonic or Rex or anybody else. In all actuality, Tails was just determined to protect Nautilus in his own unique - albeit more than ridiculous - way, but at least it was something he could truly call his own. Had this storm hit him in his early days in Nautilus, then his greatest desire would have easily been to be just like Sonic. Sonic remains a great hero in his eyes, and his honorary big brother, always, but Tails now wants to make him proud by striking out on his own. Having learned some valuable and needed lessons from Nautilus, he thinks he's fairly ready.
That all being said, Tails' progress in Nautilus has been subtle, but the change is still essentially present. Instead of being a bystander or a sidekick to his heroes, Tails is now taking on responsibility around the city. He's learned the true value of his own determination, a brand of courage he wouldn't be able to pick up following others, and by his own volition he's only out to make others proud of his own efforts. Having seen and been through the things he has, Tails is also a little less sheltered, a little less simple, while ultimately he remains as kindhearted, optimistic and humble as anyone can expect.
In a rather chaotic homeworld with evil robots and mad scientists carrying twisted ambitions, Tails was quite accustomed to helping save the world. By age eight, he learned to listen for cries for help, he made leaping to the defense of the defenseless second nature, and he was as kindhearted and humble about his abilities as anyone could come. Some would say he was an ideal kid to do great things someday. But he was also young and inexperienced, which meant that Tails had some aspects about himself that needed to change if he was going to make it in Nautilus and if he was going to become the great hero he always daydreamed of being.
When Tails first arrived in Nautilus, it's important to note that he arrived alone and helpless. This was actually a note of extreme importance to begin his changes on the word go. There was no Sonic to tell him what to do, no Sonic to take the leadership role, no Sonic to keep him company, and more significantly, no Sonic to swoop in and save the day for him. Now, in all fairness he'd saved Cocoa Island before ever meeting the hedgehog, but it was safe to say the Kukku Army was a rather low rung in the overall ladder of villainy. That's not even taking into account that after he started hanging out with Sonic, Tails became a bit dependent on him. Sonic was the only one who took Tails in and befriended him, after all, so of course he emotionally latched on and hung on with a tight vengeance for fear of being abandoned again after the disappearance of his parents.
But arriving in Nautilus by himself meant that Tails had to find the courage and initiative to strike out on his own. It also meant he had to leap into action when trouble stirred, also on his own. And when the heat was turned up, it was proven that Tails could indeed meet the occasion when he truly wanted to. When Nautilus fell under the threat of a giant robotic Santa, despite all of his hesitation and fear, Tails literally flew to the front lines of that fight to defend the eastern district. Despite his immense fear of messing things up for the 'real heroes' in the battle, despite the fact that his own hero wasn't there to swoop in and save him if things went wrong, Tails still took into account that Nautilus needed his help. He realized that he couldn't stand on the sidelines and watch, so he took action. He even managed to save Lucas' life, alongside taking out a large robotic reindeer, which goes to show that Tails made for a pretty adequate hero once he found the courage to just get up and try!
Of course, being a hero without Sonic around left him a bit shaken. Robot Santa was the first really dangerous battle he'd ever fought on his own, and the fox was confused at his own fear in the aftermath. Why had he felt afraid, he wondered. Weren't heroes supposed to always be courageous, sure of themselves, cool? His newly forged bond with Rex Salazar showed him that even heroes were allowed to be scared. This was what began Tails' introspective look into what some would call the darker side of being a hero. He was beginning to learn that heroes weren't the immaculate, flawless beings that he imagined them to be through his idolization of Sonic. He was learning that heroes felt fear, they felt hesitation, they were vulnerable like anyone else, and they could even be selfish once in a while. But that didn't change their intention or make them any less of a hero. This lesson would prove to be a valuable one in future conflicts.
An even more valuable lesson he learned about the darker side of heroics had to be gleaned from his run-in with the infamous Pitch Black, a Wakened who arrived in the city to stir up fear to immortalize his name. Tails ultimately saw the consequences of letting his self-doubt and hesitation control him. When he couldn't hurt a rogue Rex and do what needed to be done, he ended up helplessly watching a chain of events fall into place that would gradually lead to a grim fate of his own. He couldn't bring himself to be of any use the night Rex was killed, he couldn't bring himself to hurt a brainwashed Rex even in self defense, and because of this, he ended up becoming one of Pitch's Fearlings. Brainwashed with a vendetta, Tails was used for a showdown with the other Wakened, where he was thankfully defeated and Bended back to normal.
Tails learned a couple of truly valuable lessons from that incident, one being that a hero's work isn't always so articulated. Sometimes being a hero means serving the common good, which may or may not conflict with your own interests, but that's why being a hero is not easy. In other words, doing the right thing isn't always so simple, and while not exactly favorable, it does indeed come with the territory of being a hero. This taught Tails that if he really wants to be a hero, it's going to take a lot more inner strength on his part, and it's not all 'save the day while looking cool and saying cool things' as Sonic may have made it look. Heroism sometimes comes with sacrifices that you have to be willing to make in order to protect the people who need it the most, and no matter how much it hurts, well, again, it comes with the territory.
The other lesson, it's worth mentioning, would be that the dichotomy of good and evil isn't always so perfectly straightforward. In Nautilus, Tails learned that there are gray areas to take into account. He at least matured in the sense of learning that people just aren't that simple to categorize. His time as a Fearling under Pitch's influence showed him that villains aren't always committing their wrongs with nothing but purely evil intentions. Tails came to understand that Pitch had just wanted a family, to be relevant to someone, thus he couldn't bring himself to stay angry at him even after he was changed back. Tails learned that sometimes villains really are just vulnerable and misunderstood, and they may be people who do bad things, but they're still exactly that, people.
Now, this confused him an awful lot for a while, because he'd grown so accustomed to thinking along the straight lines that divided his and Sonic's actions from Robotnik's. Tails came from a world where everything was pretty cut and dry in terms of morality. You were either a hero who championed the forces of good, or a bad guy playing emissary for evil, respectively. Robotnik at least was easy to classify as a villain; his motivations came down to world domination and using animals as slaves in his robots to do it. But this city wasn't Tails' homeworld, and Nautilus showed him that people weren't out to be so easily divided up into good guys and bad guys. The city as well as his own time fighting for the other side showed Tails that everyone is complex in their own way, with their own thoughts, feelings and motivations. With that lesson in mind, Tails is a little less eager to divide people in such broad, simple strokes. This is also what keeps prompting Tails to seek Pitch out, determined to bring out the good in the boogeyman that he knows to exist. Granted, Tails is the rather forgiving sort and it's uncharacteristic of him to hold a grudge, he does understand better that there does lie good to some extent in most souls, no matter how dark their mask.
With the Pitch Black incident behind him, Tails decided to take it upon himself to become stronger. He remembered how he could only shout for others to help him the night he was turned into a Fearling, and he couldn't help giving the matter some serious thought. He was a kid by most standards, sure, but the fox knew from that night alone that he couldn't depend on others forever. If he wanted to be a hero, and more essentially if he wanted to find himself instead of haunting the shadows of heroes around him, Tails knew he had to find his own strengths and grow on them. After watching his friend Lucas ascend to Angelii status, the fox began to wonder if perhaps he could begin his own work on Ascension. He asked Skyfire about the details, all the while determined with all his heart to face his fear of working under pressure. Instead of falling back on others to help him deal with that fear, he became focused to deal with it on his own grounds.
This was why he began advanced Bending lessons with Lelouch, in order to hone his abilities so that he could better defend the city. Yes, after this much time, Tails was beginning to see Nautilus as a second home that was worth his every best effort. Whether he'd ascend or not, this became a newfound duty in his life that he would take very seriously. He also wanted to assume responsibilities around the city as well, whether that was by greeting newcomers or teaching the basics of Bending to anyone seeking out a convenient teacher - when others were unavailable. And at any point there was trouble, Tails was swift to swoop in and be there, as he was when a girl named River Tam accidentally Bended up an enchanted forest that caught fire and unleashed monsters. He didn't hesitate or ask questions; he simply flew in and searched for anyone who might have needed help.
But the biggest indicator that Tails has changed would have to be the Desire storm. The Desire storm evoked a character's greatest desires and forced them to act on them; Tails was one of the lucky number affected as he acted on his greatest desire to be Nautilus' best hero. And therein lies the indicator; he wanted to just be a hero, not a hero like Sonic or Rex or anybody else. In all actuality, Tails was just determined to protect Nautilus in his own unique - albeit more than ridiculous - way, but at least it was something he could truly call his own. Had this storm hit him in his early days in Nautilus, then his greatest desire would have easily been to be just like Sonic. Sonic remains a great hero in his eyes, and his honorary big brother, always, but Tails now wants to make him proud by striking out on his own. Having learned some valuable and needed lessons from Nautilus, he thinks he's fairly ready.
That all being said, Tails' progress in Nautilus has been subtle, but the change is still essentially present. Instead of being a bystander or a sidekick to his heroes, Tails is now taking on responsibility around the city. He's learned the true value of his own determination, a brand of courage he wouldn't be able to pick up following others, and by his own volition he's only out to make others proud of his own efforts. Having seen and been through the things he has, Tails is also a little less sheltered, a little less simple, while ultimately he remains as kindhearted, optimistic and humble as anyone can expect.
Another Timeline Type Thing
Nov. 12th, 2012 02:03 pmIn the event that I decide HEY CANON UPDATE's NOT A BAD IDEA I'm basically just posting the timeline I'm going by so I don't mix things up by some bizarre chance. >:q Not of much interest to people not RPing Sonic characters, I guess.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Tails Adventure
Sonic 2 (Gamegear)
Sonic 2 (Genesis)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic 4: Episode I
Sonic CD
Sonic 4: Episode II
Sonic Chaos
Sonic Triple Trouble
Sonic 3D
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure II
Sonic Heroes
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic Riders
Sonic the Hedgehog 2006
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Colors
Sonic Generations
Sonic Lost World
HOLY GOD that took longer than it should have
Sonic the Hedgehog
Tails Adventure
Sonic 2 (Gamegear)
Sonic 2 (Genesis)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic 4: Episode I
Sonic CD
Sonic 4: Episode II
Sonic Chaos
Sonic Triple Trouble
Sonic 3D
Sonic Adventure
Sonic Adventure II
Sonic Heroes
Shadow the Hedgehog
Sonic Riders
Sonic the Hedgehog 2006
Sonic Unleashed
Sonic Colors
Sonic Generations
Sonic Lost World
HOLY GOD that took longer than it should have
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