Why did you pick this familiar for your character?:
Hideauze are the creatures Ledo is always big mad about because it's what his super militarised space society is fighting a forever war to eradicate from the universe.
So naturally, I had to make one his familiar to make him deal with it, since in canon his hate and inability to let go of his mission is problematic.
Special features:
It's a giant floating disco ammonite?
Or a tiny floating disco ammonite!
It appears in different sizes all the time depending on the situation.
Also canonically it shimmers and glows and sparkles so despite being KINDA SCARY AF they're actually really pretty?
How do they communicate?:
So far it hasn't really communicated with others but it's unlikely that it will speak since Ledo already has a companion who talks in Chamber.
However, it will use gestures and has many tentacles to gesture with and can understand language just fine so if it had to communicate it could find a way!
Personality:
It's mostly inquisitive and protective.
It also likes to play around, like when it floats around just outside Ledo's view but where other people can see it.
Gets pretty creative about how it's protective too since on one occasion it outright just grabbed him and when he was in the forest it flew around and drew his fire towards things that were actually trying to eat him.
It's just about in every way not how they behave if you run into one out in space, but he don't care at this point.
Relationship with your character:
There is absolutely friction because an ingrained lifelong hatred and fear of something doesn't go away all at once!
He tries to shoot at it whenever he can given the chance, or at least threatens to since he's been told to you know... maybe don't shoot your connection to this world for your own good.
It frustrates him entirely that it seems to be playing around and messing with him but won't just fight.
He's struggling to figure out how to feel about the fact that he's been saved or helped a few times by the enemy.
Ledo already has a lot of things going on and then adding magic to it is just craziness, so I chose types of magic that he would have an easier time grasping with his existing knowledge.
Kinetic magic actually has similarities to how piloting operates, in terms of "thinking" something and having it happen since piloting involves a neural link.
Once he figures out how to do it, making himself faster or stronger will probably feel really familiar.
It's a similar deal with technomancy and having it be pretty similar to something he understands with how interfacing with tech works in his world, so being able to control or exert will over technology is pretty normal! Doing it magically though it's just weird.
At least if he has a basic understanding he can, down the road, learn how to do more that requires more creativity (because right now he is not creative at all).
How does your character cast their magic?
He will probably be more flashy about it than he means to be.
I like the idea that his magic is pretty raw and unpolished and in particular sort of bypasses his mental and emotional control/conditioning.
When he gets very emotional in canon he tends to have big reactions (especially compared to how he normally is), so in my mind, his magic ties into that — for better or worse.
Better, because it'd probably be bursty and strong in a pinch but worse because he can't control it well!
How does your character feel about their magic?:
At this point he's still sort of confused and vaguely in denial about it because he hasn't really tried in a meaningful way.
He's beginning to realise that he's probably going to need a teacher but is also doing a Concern that they're gonna tell him to make nice with his familiar and he's not sure he can.
He'll probably change his mind once he realises he can do and will appreciate the potential combat benefits of getting gud.
What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?:
If different from what they got! Literally anything that isn't a Hideauze!
He's never really seen animals so he wouldn't have anything to refer to necessarily as a choice so it'd be difficult to specify but he'd probably be thrilled by anything that isn't a mortal enemy. Why can't he just be bonded to his robot like he always has been, he wonders.
Magically, he might also be curious about light magic just because he'd wonder if he could learn how to focus it to shoot beam lasers which is something else he already understands.
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Name: Ledo
Canon: Suisei no Gargantia
Familiar
Name: ???
Species: Hideauze
Why did you pick this familiar for your character?:
- Hideauze are the creatures Ledo is always big mad about because it's what his super militarised space society is fighting a forever war to eradicate from the universe.
- So naturally, I had to make one his familiar to make him deal with it, since in canon his hate and inability to let go of his mission is problematic.
Special features:- It's a giant floating disco ammonite?
- Or a tiny floating disco ammonite!
- It appears in different sizes all the time depending on the situation.
- Also canonically it shimmers and glows and sparkles so despite being KINDA SCARY AF they're actually really pretty?
How do they communicate?:- So far it hasn't really communicated with others but it's unlikely that it will speak since Ledo already has a companion who talks in Chamber.
- However, it will use gestures
Personality:and has many tentacles to gesture withand can understand language just fine so if it had to communicate it could find a way!- It's mostly inquisitive and protective.
- It also likes to play around, like when it floats around just outside Ledo's view but where other people can see it.
- Gets pretty creative about how it's protective too since on one occasion it outright just grabbed him and when he was in the forest it flew around and drew his fire towards things that were actually trying to eat him.
- It's just about in every way not how they behave if you run into one out in space, but he don't care at this point.
Relationship with your character:- There is absolutely friction because an ingrained lifelong hatred and fear of something doesn't go away all at once!
- He tries to shoot at it whenever he can given the chance, or at least threatens to since he's been told to you know... maybe don't shoot your connection to this world for your own good.
- It frustrates him entirely that it seems to be playing around and messing with him but won't just fight.
- He's struggling to figure out how to feel about the fact that he's been saved or helped a few times by the enemy.
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Magic Types: Kinetic (Primary) & Technomancy (Secondary)
Why did you pick these types for your character?:
- Ledo already has a lot of things going on and then adding magic to it is just craziness, so I chose types of magic that he would have an easier time grasping with his existing knowledge.
- Kinetic magic actually has similarities to how piloting operates, in terms of "thinking" something and having it happen since piloting involves a neural link.
- Once he figures out how to do it, making himself faster or stronger will probably feel really familiar.
- It's a similar deal with technomancy and having it be pretty similar to something he understands with how interfacing with tech works in his world, so being able to control or exert will over technology is pretty normal! Doing it magically though it's just weird.
- At least if he has a basic understanding he can, down the road, learn how to do more that requires more creativity (because right now he is not creative at all).
How does your character cast their magic?- He will probably be more flashy about it than he means to be.
- I like the idea that his magic is pretty raw and unpolished and in particular sort of bypasses his mental and emotional control/conditioning.
- When he gets very emotional in canon he tends to have big reactions (especially compared to how he normally is), so in my mind, his magic ties into that — for better or worse.
- Better, because it'd probably be bursty and strong in a pinch but worse because he can't control it well!
How does your character feel about their magic?:- At this point he's still sort of confused and vaguely in denial about it because he hasn't really tried in a meaningful way.
- He's beginning to realise that he's probably going to need a teacher but is also doing a Concern that they're gonna tell him to make nice with his familiar and he's not sure he can.
- He'll probably change his mind once he realises he can do and will appreciate the potential combat benefits of getting gud.
What magic and familiar would your character choose for themselves?:- If different from what they got! Literally anything that isn't a Hideauze!
- He's never really seen animals so he wouldn't have anything to refer to necessarily as a choice so it'd be difficult to specify but he'd probably be thrilled by anything that isn't a mortal enemy.
- Magically, he might also be curious about light magic just because he'd wonder if he could learn how to focus it to shoot beam lasers which is something else he already understands.
Anything else?:Why can't he just be bonded to his robot like he always has been, he wonders.