#His true form lost a bit of the fairy charm and too human princely

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True form king redesign

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Review: Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves

It’s finally out in my region so I was finally able to get my hands on it to watch without risking my computer.

Not that I would resort to such....less-than-legal means... <.<

Anyway, I’m glad I did buy it officially. It was every bit as cute as I thought it would be after I saw the new round of trailers and comments by others on tumblr. 

I’ll give my spoiler free thoughts now and go into more details under a read more.

So first, I have to compliment the animation. It is so beautiful. The characters all looked great and none of them looked uncanny at all. My favorite character design of the humans was Snow sans shoes, but Merlin in his normal form is a close second. It’s their eyes. 

My favorite non-human character design was the magic mirror. 

The magic effects were also nicely done.

The plot’s pacing was decent. There were times where it almost felt like they had built in commercial breaks for an eventual network airing from how some parts would cut to black and start a new scene. It wasn’t often and it didn’t really detract from the film. 

The characters were all consistent and Snow White/Red Shoes was down right relatable for me. Merlin and the other six Princes were fun and played off one another, though the trio of Pino Noki Kio almost felt like they didn’t need to be three characters since they never acted independent of one another. Whereas Jack, Hans, Arthur, and Merlin all had their own distinct personalities.

Even the Evil Queen had some good moments. 

Prince Average felt like an after thought.

The moral of the story, while done before and nearly to death, was given a fresh spin in this film. 

Over all this film is charming and the marketing team that screwed them over with the fat-shaming like ad campaign should never be hired by these guys ever again. There is no fat shaming in this film directed at Snow White/Red Shoes. 

The lesson is instead a good one. 

I heartily recommend people watch this movie. There are some semi-Shrek like elements on occasion (like out of place pop culture references) but overall the film has its own identity. 

Another nitpick aside from the weird commercial breaks that kept seeming to happen and that’s the over use of the movie’s main pop song. I liked it the first time but after a few other reuses it started to get a little stale. 

Otherwise I loved the music of the film. 

Snow White’s journey was one that I loved. She had one mission and one mission only: find her father. In fact her desire to be herself contradicted the shoes magic. She was perfectly happy as her normal self and not the magic enhanced version the shoes transformed her into. That’s a powerful message to send to girls who aren’t skinny or traditionally pretty. Though, Snow White is down right adorable as her true self.

I also liked that the perfectly pretty form wasn’t something Snow White necessarily liked but was willing to use to her advantage to help find her father. I also liked that it had drawbacks as Snow White in her normal state was actually a physically strong woman but as a dainty pretty girl all that strength she had and liked having was gone. Furthermore, the movie showed that Snow White was decently athletic as her real self, which was a refreshing take for a heavier character. Large doesn’t equal flabby, weak, or out-of-shape. 

Snow White’s struggles with taking off the magical shoes were reflective of the times where she got insecure about herself. Despite loving who she was, she did sometimes accept the pretty dainty form because of how much nicer people were. 

The Magic Mirror was surprised she could even take them off because it meant there was something she wanted more than being pretty. The first time, at Risky Rock in the Fearsome Seven’s house, it was her desire to be herself. In the alleyway, it was a desire to escape the goons. In the river it was her desire to save Merlin. Yet, whenever she wanted to take them off other times, things had happened to make her hesitate on giving up the conventionally pretty form that had made it so others would help her.

As someone who is not conventionally pretty and definitely not skinny, I really empathized with Snow White about this. 

On no occasion was Snow’s true self ever treated like a joke. There was the scene after she’d taken the shoes off where guards were harassing her where it almost looked like Merlin and Arthur would ignore her peril because she wasn’t her Red Shoes form, but Merlin came back and helped her.  He was even kind of nice to her. 

Never even when Merlin finds out about the shoes versus her real form does he call her ugly or make comments about her weight despite being still kind of fighting his own ego while learning the lesson at this point. 

Speaking of Merlin (and the others of the F7). 

Merlin being the main male protagonist does get the most screen time. Arthur get the second most. Then Hans and Jack, and then the Pinocchio Trio. 

At first their dynamics were all clashing and Arthur seemed like a bully and Merlin seemed like a very shallow impulsive jerk. Let’s be clear, all the guys are shallow. Even the trio who are more obsessed with their inventions half the movie. It’s what got them cursed by the fairy princess in the first place. Considering it was a fairy they pissed off, being turned into green dwarves when anyone (who isn’t a magical creature) looks at them was actually getting off mild. 

I was surprised that each Prince actually has to break their curses one at-a-time. It’s not a “break the curse for one and you save all” which was a new take on a collectively applied curse. Which was why they were every-dwarf-for-them-selves when it came to trying to woo “Red Shoes” and get a kiss from her. 

Merlin’s character journey was one that is usually reserved for the curse breaker in fairy tale movies where a curse indeed is in play. In that he was the one who had to learn to look past appearances. I love that Snow White calls him out on that at one point in the movie too. 

Merlin learning to let go of his obsession with looks (his own included) was what allowed him to see Snow White as the most beautiful woman in the world (in his eyes) which was what let her second kiss at the end break his curse. Because he saw her inner beauty which mattered more than any physical appearance she had.

The characters grew and them ending up together at the end felt natural and not forced because the time they spent together always felt like they had chemistry which is hard to pull off.

Moving on to other things: Regina, Magic Mirror, and Average. 

Honestly? Average felt like a real waste of time. It was through his lines we got the most Shrek-like throw-away references, it was he who had the least impact on the plot, and he who could have been written out of the flick almost all together. Yeah, Merlin recognizing his tree-i-fied form did hint at what Regina had done to others (and it was after he and his two not-the-Stabbington-brothers-goons became evil ents that I figured out King White was that wood bunny because it was large and cute and that was the White Family’s designs overall). 

Average was a throw away character. In many ways he wasn’t even mediocre let alone average. 

The worst thing about him is he can be easily written out of the movie. 

As the stepmother of Snow White, Regina is queen of the kingdom and all the scenes where soldiers go after Snow White and the F7 could have been her sending people to do her dirty work to spare her magic usage. 

Average’s two goombas? Hired thugs who’d never seen Snow White before. Take him out, shuffle a few things around, make a captain character be his replacement in the attack on Risky Rock scene, and nothing of value would be lost in his removal. Average is the film’s only major mistake. He was a dead end that could have been easily written around and the screen time would have been better spent on Snow White and the F7 or maybe fleshing out Regina a little more.

Magic Mirror and Regina both played well off one another. Patrick Warburton as any character will always be an excellent casting choice. 

Regina’s schemes made sense from a shallow perspective. 

I saw someone compare her to Mother Goethel from Tangeled  in a youtube comment on one of the trailers and kinda? 

They had the same sort of vanity-wanting to keep their youth and maintain their beauty-and their penchant for cloaks was the same but, Regina to me....was more like Mother Goethel and Triss Marigold from Witcher 3′s fusion. Her younger form reminded me WAY more of Triss than Goethel as did her gown. Plus, it’s canonic in the Witcher-verse that sorceresses use magic to keep young. Also, she’s not the first evil queen of a Snow White retelling to even be obsessed with youth to the point she goes to extreme lengths to maintain it. See Snow White and the Huntsman’s queen. 

Regina stands out as her own character despite sharing a name and role with Regina of Once Upon a Time. She’s ruthless, and able to manipulate others with either her words or illusionary magic (though it costs her like the witches from Stardust). She’s also absolutely cold. She just kind of falls flat compared to the Magic Mirror.

No offense to the voice actress or the writers, but up against Patrick Warburton’s Magic Mirror/tree character, Regina is a little less memorable to me. He has more sass and more pure threat to him than Regina does. Sure, she has magic that can turn people into strange tree monsters, but it’s the mirror that gives the F7 the most trouble throughout the movie, and they fought off something that looked to be a whole platoon of guards/soldiers armed with heavy artillery (canons). Granted, it was a close call that relied on their wits and other skills, but they still had less trouble with that fight than they did against Magic Mirror. 

Some More Things:

The humor was nearly overplayed but they managed to tow the line between going too far and just right.  Mostly this was seen with the F7 and their attempts to get Snow White to kiss them and break their spells, especially Arthur. 

They did give him more of a character beyond loud bully, which was that he had a sensitive side and a lot of pride (which was easily bruised). In fact, only he and Merlin felt like they had characterizations compared to the other five. Hans was obsessed with cooking and Jack with jewels and the trio with tech but that’s all they got beyond having their friends’ backs whenever it really mattered and being awesome badasses. Since these other five were mostly side characters, this is more of a nitpick than an actual problem since the film was setting up Arthur vs Merlin for Snow White’s affections. 

The fact that Snow White brushes all the attempts of flirting off so easily was very amusing to me and a nice way of showing how she was focused on finding her missing father throughout the whole film (despite the fact that she had already found him). Hilariously, in hindsight, she really had seen him in the woods. If she’d been herself, who knows if he’d have even attacked her.

Finally, I’ll end on what had seemed like an inconsistency but now I realize is a loophole because the fae have those in everything. The guys have to be alone or have the person they’re with close their eyes to be their true selves, except Merlin is still his true form even though he’s not alone with the Magic Mirror or the wood rabbit/King, or the three wood bears/children. 

Turns out, once I thought about it, the fairy’s curse was if “people looked at them” which meant, the ones doing the looking had to be people and the wood creatures-despite formerly being people-were considered to be people no longer. The Mirror was probably never a person, which mean he’d never counted as a part of “people” so he could look all he wanted (which was his thing as a mirror). It’s an interesting loophole. 

Long story short, I really enjoyed this film. It was very cute and it was done so dirty by its marketing three years ago. 

Good film. Good messages. Go watch it! It’s not like we’ve anything ELSE to do at the moment (and it’s not like there are any other worthwhile films coming out right now). Support this film, and this studio.

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Jabber’s Muse List (as of 5/16/2021)

;; All right, everybody. If you were looking for a current and complete list of all of my muses, as updated as it can be for now (since you all know I am always adding more), look no further than right here. This is as complete as it gets until I add more again!

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Aaarrrghh (Tales of Arcadia)

- Very large, but affectionate, “pacifist” troll currently allied with Jim Lake Jr. and friends, Toby’s ‘wingman’

Aaravos (The Dragon Prince)

- Startouch Elf, unknown motives, appears to be evil but that is as of yet unclear, usually very polite and dignified

Ace (Kuni no Alice)

- The Red Knight, clueless idiot frequently getting himself lost, generally friendly but does have a mild dark side

Adam (RWBY)

- Bull Faunus, perceived evil and leader of the White Fang, mild canon divergence

Adam (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

- Half-minotaur, has an unfortunate aggression problem due to minotaur bloodline, suitor to the princess

Aden (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

- Human suitor to the princess, generally rather calm and friendly, usually polite and very honest

Adrien (Miraculous)

- Current wielder of the Black Cat Miraculous, sheltered rich kid who just wants to be like everyone else his age

Ahanu (OC, The Untamed Wilds series)

- Centaur, American Paint Horse, Lawson’s second in command, is generally more serious and reserved than Lawson, but he has been known to crack a joke or two from time to time, and he is a force to be reckoned with if you cross him.

Aizawa (Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

- Pro Hero Eraserhead, teacher to Class 1-A, generally his usual mood falls in a category of “meh” and “too tired for this shit”

Ajali (OC, The Lion King*)

- Teenage gorilla, left home and now wanders, is generally kind but can be a little reckless from time to time, even on accident

Ajax (OC, Ascension**)

- Captain of the starship Ascension, ladies’ man, also referred to by some as “king of the crash landings”

Akabane (GetBackers)

- aka Doctor Jackal, former combat physician, has knives concealed in his body, currently works as a Transporter

Akei Okami (OC, Wolf Song)

- 23-year-old singer/songwriter/guitarist with the ears and tail of a red wolf and a lot of behaviors to match, he’s working on trying to make it big, and only recently got away from an abusive, blackmailing, and rather possessive manager, but not without some of that blackmail getting spread to the public, somewhat tanking his career so far

Akira (Persona 5)

- aka Joker, generally mild-mannered and quiet, even perhaps seen as a little serious, he is genuinely friendly, Phantom Thieves’ leader (no i will not call him Ren Amamiya, i don’t like it!)

Akiru (OC, The Cat Returns)

- a teenage black LaPerm cat, who may look innocent at first (and he does have a good heart and good intentions) but he is actually the leader of a band of feline thieves who are trying to fix what’s wrong with the cat kingdom society

Akisu (OC, Harry Potter)

- secretly a baku disguised in human form, he just wants to learn magic like the human/wizard children do, is generally shy and fairly awkward, but he is genuinely kind and gentle, and very affectionate if he’s comfortable enough with someone.

Aladi (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

- boisterous ball of energy and enthusiasm, cute and charming human suitor to the princess, he worked as a tailor in the kingdom of Ha’adan, but had a need for adventure and so he traveled across the sea, and when he heard the call for suitors, he joined in the fun

Alekai (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

- one of a pair of half-demon brothers from the kingdom of Tesak, usually more soft-spoken, is currently another suitor to the princess, and he usually has to act as damage control for his brother a lot of the time

Alexios (Assassin’s Creed)

- Greek assassin, snarky and pretty bold, he’s not afraid to stir up some trouble, and flirt with just about anybody

Aljunn (OC, Poison Daggers)

- Shadowman, basically a Nordic boogeyman, he’s charismatic and cunning, so far unclear motives, but he does have some rather impressive hidden abilities, so he is one to be watched out for

Altair (Assassin’s Creed)

- Syrian assassin, can occasionally be somewhat cocky and sarcastic, hates being called ‘novice’

Amani (OC, The Lion King)

- lioness cub, enthusiastic and curious, often likes to run off and explore new places

Amon (OC, Solomon’s Key)

- a Marquis of Hell, ranked as seventh in their hierarchy, he is crass and relatively aggressive, a bit of a ‘lone wolf’ type, and that’s not said ironically, given that he is actually fairly wolf-like, and often takes the form of a wolf. His true demonic form as well, is a large werewolf-like beast standing upright as a man and with the tail of a snake

Anchor (Finding Nemo)

- a well-meaning, if maybe a little confused, hammerhead shark who’s pals with Bruce and Chum, and is a member of the FEA. “Fish are friends, not food!”

Angus (OC, untitled novel)

- a Highland bull Minotaur, he’s generally rather gentle and kind, though he does have a bit of a temper from time to time, he runs a shop in a small town and sells hardware and general goods as needed

Anik (OC, Portal Skip)

- a teenage boy of about seventeen, he along with his best friend and partner Galen, are time-jumpers as part of a task force in the future, and it’s their job to either retrieve necessary persons, gather important knowledge, or prevent certain historical disasters before they happen. He tends to be the quieter of the pair, and is more of a logical thinker, and a realist. 

Anubis (OC/mythological figure, untitled novel)

- Egyptian god of death and mummification, generally rather even-tempered and understanding, but he can come across a little grumpy sometimes

Apollo (Olympos)

- overly dramatic and very bratty/needy Greek god of the sun, he likes to pester Ganymede for attention, but can also get easily offended and is very spiteful

Aramis (OC, untitled novel)

- somewhat smug and aloof male dragon, but underneath his initial impressions, he is generally a good-hearted and well-meaning individual. He.. does have a fondness for shiny things, though, so guard your jewelry and your money, and all other shiny valuables.

Archer (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

- monkey demon, suitor to the princess, he can be a bit of an idiot from time to time, as he tends to think more with his stomach than his head, but he’s also very affectionate, if a bit overly energetic

Archibald (Tales of Arcadia)

- aka Archie, a well-spoken and somewhat sarcastic dragon in feline form, and the familiar to Douxie

Archimedes (OC, Secret of NIMH)

- a very articulate albeit sarcastic companion to a badger named Dodger, Archimedes is a bat, and he’s just as misplaced in the world as Dodger is.

Argent (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

- half-breed Svalden/Mogani hybrid, Argent is the brave and diligent guardian to Yudar the oracle, as well as being a member of the Edovin Resistance. He takes Yudar’s safety seriously, and is also probably the only one who understands him best aside from Nils.

Argo (OC, untitled novel)

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Argus (OC, untitled novel)

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Arius (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

- asshole, but with a heart of gold, Arius is a criminal and exile, sent to live in the Outlands around the country of Delanar, where the city of Edovin resides, for the crimes of arson and attempted murder

Arno (Assassin’s Creed)

- French assassin, present during the events of the French Revolution, Arno is rather sarcastic at times, but he is actually a bit more diligent than some of his predecessors, and he takes things personally

Arqaedyn (OC, Overreach)

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Arrow (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- A scout, and Gadget’s chosen best friend, Arrow is the more polite of the pair of them. He is clever and quick-witted, and he is certainly much more reserved than his tinker friend. But he is nothing short of charming, and he is certainly a gentleman. But he actually depends on Gadget, for most of what he does. Arrow often makes special requests for Gadget to work on. Ideas and inventions to help all scouts do their best work.

- Ultimately, Arrow is far more of a tactician than a combatant, but just because he’s more brains than brawn, doesn’t mean he can’t pack a punch and rumble with the best of them. And actually, he’s the one to watch in any fight, because he’s such a clever tactician. And perhaps he’s a bit of a show off, especially for the ladies, but he is still good-hearted and kind.

Arsene (Code:Realize)

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Arsene Lupin (OC, The Mysterious Cases of Arsene Lupin)

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Arten (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Artimaes (OC, The Horseman Series)

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Artix (AdventureQuest/DragonFable)

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Aspen (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Well, it would be a lie to say that Aspen isn’t a bit of an odd one. An almost obsessive addiction to sweets, the tendency to appear in places no one would ever expect he’d be, and.. he carries around an odd little doll. For a winter animal talent, he’s definitely on the strange side, and everyone on the winter side knows it. And as much as they might want to question it, most choose not to. But that’s just it, there’s always more to the story than just that.

- The truth of it is, Aspen is nearly blind. He still sees shapes and movement, and maybe a bit of color, but not much else besides that. His doll is his comfort, as are sweets, and he’s gotten amazing at sneaking up on people, because he does everything he can to mask his steps so he can be sure to hear better, just in case of any danger.

- It’s actually because of his near-blindness that he also keeps companionship with a snowy owl he calls Lune. Lune keeps a lookout for him, making sure everything is safe for his vision-impaired little friend.

Asra (The Arcana)

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Asra (OC, Black Souls Rising)

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Asra Fisher (OC, Harry Potter)

- Ravenclaw

Asta (OC, Ascension)

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Astaroth (OC, Solomon’s Key)

- the 29th Duke of Hell, he is a demonic entity alongside Amon and seventy-one others that hold such titles, but unlike Amon, Astaroth is exceedingly friendly and even flirtatious. He tends to favor more serpentine forms, or his ‘adorable and sexy’ human form.His true demonic form, is in fact a large, bronze-scaled naga with a line of spikes along his back. But he, among all other seventy-two Goetic demons, is very unique in one particular ability.

- Astaroth is a seer. He can see all things past, present, and future, and he answers all questions asked of him. Of course, his seer abilities are not always within his control, and he cannot always choose the when of what he sees.

Aurelio (OC, Seas of Stormfall)

- man-eating sea demon

Auren (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- A light talent with somewhat of a gruff attitude, Auren doesn’t always come across as entirely friendly, but the truth is, he’s a very relaxed and easy-going guy. He sees all his fellow talent members as family, as one big clan, and he looks out for all of them.

- Even if there’s not really any leader among light fairies, Auren still takes it upon himself to be someone all his fellow talent members can come to when they need advice or comfort, or even just a little bit of proper direction.

- Honestly, his attitude often makes him seem like he’s the leader of some sort of gang of thugs, or something like that, but honestly it’s just the way he is. He’s gruff, and a bit of a tough guy, but he’s honestly just looking out for his fellow talent members like a big brother looking out for his siblings.

Avel (OC, The Faded Legends saga)

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Averin (OC, Firestone)

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Avis (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Avos (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Aym (OC, Solomon’s Key)

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Azir (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Azkhal (OC, untitled novel)

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Azra-Khal (OC, untitled novel)

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Azriel (OC, Crossover)

- the Angel of Death

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Bael (OC, Solomon’s Key)

- the first King among the seventy-two Goetic demons, Bael is the leader of them all, and second only to Lucifer himself.

Bagheera (The Jungle Book)

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Bakugou (Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

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Balthasar (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

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Balthazar (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Balto (Balto)

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Ban (GetBackers)

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Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)

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Banzai (The Lion King)

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Barik (Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom)

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Baron (The Cat Returns)

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Barrel (OC, Pokemon)

- Golem

Bartleby (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

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Bartleby (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Batty (FernGully)

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Beast (Beauty and the Beast)

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Bear (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  Gruff, pushy, and honestly a pretty solid wall of sparrowman, Bear is just as his name sounds like he’d be. He’s a little intimidating to talk to, or even to be around in general, but honestly, he’s very unlikely to hurt anyone. Well, unless someone were to seriously push their luck and actually get on his nerves.

- He’s relaxed and fairly gentle, unless he’s pushed to his limits. He is quite literally the embodiment of the phrase ‘don’t poke sleeping bears’. He’s not very social, unlike some other animal talents, and tends to spend more of his time around animals than other fairies.

- For reasons yet unclear to other fairies around them, Bear seems to have a rather aggressive and spiteful rivalry with Viper. While the two never seem to really get physical with each other, there’s never a shortage of sarcasm and insults tossed between them any time they’re in the same vicinity. Especially if they’re forced to cooperate with each other for any reason. Honestly, it’s a wonder how the two of them even started interacting in the first place, but then comes the realization that they are only around each other because they are both mutual friends of Spark.

Beetle (Kubo and the Two Strings)

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Beta (OC, Viral Infection)

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Black Jack (OC, The Untamed Wilds series)

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Black Joker (Kuni no Alice)

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Blaine (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Blitz (OC, How to Train Your Dragon)

- Skrill

Blood (Kuni no Alice)

- head of the Hatter Mafia

Boomer (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Boris (Kuni no Alice)

- the Cheshire Cat that lives at the Amusement Park

Bow (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

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Bowser (Mario)

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Branch (Trolls)

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Break (Pandora Hearts)

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Briggs (OC, Finding Nemo/Finding Dory)

- a grumpy and cynical adult tiger shark who’s been through more in his life than he’d really like to talk about, and through a rather annoying and frustrating series of events, he’s now apparently responsible for a very energetic and friendly blacktip reef shark who he believes he could do without, or so he says

Buer (OC, Solomon’s Key)

- the tenth Lord of Hell, and one of the Goetic demons in Bael’s company, he is generally rather mild-mannered and sociable, and is actually capable of healing injuries. Mostly, he tends to mind his own business unless he is required to be present, preferring to keep out of the way. Ultimately though, he is actually rather shy and hates large gatherings.

- Buer tends to favor more equine forms, either that of a large white stallion, or a form much akin to Sagittarius the centaur archer, the latter actually being his true demonic form, and one in which he chooses to wear a black blindfold across his eyes. He can take a human form as well, but does not do so often.

Bunnymund (Rise of the Guardians)

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Caine (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Cale (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Callum (The Dragon Prince)

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Campbell (Camp Camp)

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Canterbury (Black Butler)

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Capper (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Cassius (OC, Brightwire)

- A former soldier of the Avran military, particularly as a General of the Airstrike Militia, Cassius swore never to involve himself in another war as long as he lives. The bloodshed he witnessed while involved in the battles of a decade past still haunt him, and as such is the case, he very rarely spends time among living company, and he does his best to avoid forming any attachments to any person for long.

- Over the last decade, Cassius has taken on the occupation of being a merchant of alchemical goods, among other various cargo, and he has quickly become well-known as a merchant of reputable standards and quality service. He has become acquainted (unfortunately in his opinion) with a young man named Finnian, who calls himself ‘an affordable alternative to mainstream service’, which Cassius insists is just a charismatic way to say he’s a back alley thief.

- But aside from Finnian, the elven captain has also managed to reacquaint himself with an old friend of his, a mage named Marquis. But now, Marquis is traveling with a young lady named Wren, and thanks to Finnian’s 'helpful’ advice, Wren has sought out the elven airship captain to aid her on an apparently important quest, and Cassius found himself unfortunately manipulated into agreeing to getting involved by Finnian. So, now he’s become the primary mode of transportation for Wren and her questing party, much to his chagrin

Caster (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- He used to be a dust keeper around Pixie Hollow, but he has since gone rogue, and did so even before Tinker Bell was born. He stole pixie dust, especially a bit of blue dust, and he was experimenting with it long before Zarina tried. Like her, he too joined up with pirates for a while, but he left them of his own accord when they were no longer of use to him.

- He’s shorter than most sparrowmen, at a height of about 4.8 inches. But he’s created something even Zarina never figured out. Anti-dust. While normal pixie dust helps others to fly and objects to float about, this black dust with its crimson glow does the opposite. It weighs everything down, and could even create a crushing weight if enough of it is used.

- So beware of the rogue dust keeper. He isn’t your friend in the least. He is the one they all warn the newbies about, and the reason why the blue dust is so vigilantly guarded. But.. maybe Oleander knows something about why.

Catra (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

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Chardonnay (Sweet Beginnings***)

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Charlie (Monsterkind)

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Cherry (Sweet Beginnings)

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Chester (Tales of Phantasia)

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Chouza (Itsuwaribito)

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Chris Blackford (OC, Crossover)

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Chrono (Chrono Crusade)

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Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs)

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Colte (OC, Viral Infection)

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Conn (OC, The Arcanum Chronicles)

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Connor (Assassin’s Creed)

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Connwaer (named by me, with permission from crimson-chains)

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Cornelius (Thumbelina)

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Creek (Trolls)

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Cress (Tales of Phantasia)

-

Crosjando (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

-

Crow (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  For an animal talent, Crow comes across as very intimidating, even downright terrifying to some. But underneath that gruff exterior, he’s actually genuinely kind and caring, and is sort of like a big brother figure to some others, particularly to Gale and maybe a couple others. Still, he’s very rough with his affection usually, and many have said that maybe Crow should have been a scout instead of an animal talent.

- It doesn’t help either that Crow does have a tendency to carry around a rather large hawk talon, as a method of defense. Where he even got the talon, no one is quite sure. All that is known is that, well, he has it and he’s not afraid to use it.

Crowley (Oz+)

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Cryptic (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Cysero (AdventureQuest/DragonFable)

-

D

Dagan (OC, untitled novel)

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Daisuke (D.N.Angel)

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Daniel (Camp Camp)

I hate him

Dantalion (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

-

Dante (Devil May Cry)

-

Dante Ignatius (OC, untitled novel)

-

Dante Kronos (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

-

Dante Rhodes (OC, Harry Potter)

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Darien (OC, Misplaced Magic)

-

Dark (D.N.Angel)

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Dark Law (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Dark Pit (Kid Icarus)

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Darrow (OC, untitled novel)

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Dastan (OC, Silence Lost)

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Data (OC, Viral Infection)

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David (Camp Camp)

- a ray of sunshine,”Ooooooooh~! There’s a place I know that’s tucked away..”

Dazai (Bungou Stray Dogs)

-

Deaikil (OC, Ascension)

- a bad attitude given a full arsenal, he is an alien species called a Ganavir, and is actually a hornless subspecies of them. But that makes him an outcast among his people, and it makes him angrier and more feral than they are. And Ganavir are already a war-hungry, violent bunch.

Decim (Death Parade)

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Delta (OC, Viral Infection)

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Devil (Sweet Beginnings)

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Devon (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Devon (OC, The Camp Mythos series)

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Dezimir (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Dhambi (OC, The Lion King)

-

Digit (OC, Viral Infection)

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Docks (OC, untitled novel)

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Dodger (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

- the Dodo, and a historian

Dodger (OC, Secret of NIMH)

-

Don Karnage (Talespin)

-

Double Trouble (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)

- what is gender?

Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)

-

Drake (OC, Black Souls Rising)

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Drossel (Black Butler)

-

Duststorm (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

-

E

E (AdventureQuest/DragonFable)

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Ed (The Lion King)

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Eivan (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Elias (OC, The Pariah Chronicles)

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Elias (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

Elijah (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

Elliot (Kuni no Alice)

-

Elliott (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Elliot Redmond (OC, Seas of Stormfall)

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Emmett (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

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Envy (Full Metal Alchemist)

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Envy (OC, The Intentions series)

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Eravi (OC, untitled novel)

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Etienne (OC, untitled novel)

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Euro (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- A dust keeper with a penchant for mischief. Not really the best combination, especially considering he’s friends with Jinx the lock-breaking tinker. He’s often seeking out Jinx, and if he isn’t looking for his friend or doing his job, he actually also has a fondness for placing bets. He has a great mind for games and probabilities, as well as managing dust.

- But it’s the fact he works with dust that can be a little bit of a problem. Euro has his own hidden stash of pixie dust, and he occasionally adds to it. But.. why does he even have it? Well, that’s because he uses it for betting. And sure, it’s great for emergencies too, but a little harmless gambling isn’t so bad, right?

Ezio (Assassin’s Creed)

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Ezra (OC, Star Wars)

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F

Fai (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles)

-

Falkor (The Neverending Story)

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Fallon (Sirius the Jaeger)

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Fangtooth (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Farren (Lego Elves)

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Felix (Satan and Me)

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Felix Agreste (Miraculous Ladybug)

-

Fengari (OC, RWBY)

-

Fenris (Dragon Age)

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Ferio (Magic Knight Rayearth)

-

Ferran (OC, GrimmalWar)

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Ferrin (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Ferris (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Festus (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Finn (OC, Brightwire)

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Fisk (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-

Fox (RWBY)

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G

Gadget (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Everyone’s heard of a social butterfly. Well, guess what! They come in the tinker variety too! Gadget is the perfect example of a social butterfly, jumping from fairy to fairy. And he is even a bit flirtatious too, claiming he’s ever so charming, even if the truth is that his friend Arrow is really the charming one. But there is one problem with Gadget’s exceedingly social nature.

- He is a very physical being, and he loves to just be all on top of those he considers friends. From an arm around the shoulder, to fully draping himself and all his weight on them, Gadget can be a bit of a nuisance. Still, he’s got a good heart and a clever mind, and he’s absolutely thrilled that tinkers now get to play with lost things! Still, there is a secret about him that only Arrow and Fisk know, and it’s not a happy thing that Gadget likes to talk about.

- In fact, he’s deeply ashamed of it, and actively tries to hide it, especially since.. Well, he’d be in big trouble if a certain scout fairy were to ever find out. But Gadget is a vampire. And so far, he’s the only one he knows of in Pixie Hollow. Or at all, really. He can usually keep himself in check by indulging in the occasional nectar mixture that Fisk makes for him, but there are nights when his need to feed becomes too much to hold back.

- Usually, he has enough sense of mind to seek out either Arrow or Fisk, but if he puts it off too long, and ignores the hunger too much, he can turn dangerous and may attack innocent fairies who otherwise know nothing about his vampirism. In fact, he has actually attacked a couple of fairies in the past, and was nearly caught by Venn. Now, he’s extra careful about his late night activities, because if Venn finds out he’s the vampire, it would mean the end for Gadget.

Gage (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

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Gajeel (Fairy Tail)

-

Gale (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  A fast flyer with a kind heart and huge determination, he may be a little guy, but he does what he has to to get his job done, and make sure his friends are okay. Not to mention that while he may be the youngest of his group of friends, he won’t let that stop him either. But while he generally seems to look on the bright side, Gale’s early experiences in Pixie Hollow weren’t quite as pleasant as some might have hoped they would be.

Galvyn (OC, untitled novel)

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Ganta (Deadman Wonderland)

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Gareki (Karneval)

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Garrett (Quest for Camelot)

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Garrick (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

-

Garry (Ib)

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Gavin (OC, Seventh Shard)

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Gawl (Generator Gawl)

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Geilver (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Gideon (Seven Princes of the Thousand-Year Labyrinth)

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Gil (Pandora Hearts)

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Gilvein (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Gin (OC, My Hero/Boku no Hero Academia)

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Ginji (GetBackers)

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Ginko (Mushishi)

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Ginti (Death Parade)

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Gintoki (Gintama)

Gintoki (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Giza (OC, The Lion King)

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Gizmo (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Ever met a moody tinker? Well, here’s one. Gizmo isn’t the type to make friends, and instead would rather keep to himself, building complex parts to the mechanisms that are used all around Pixie Hollow. Unfortunately for him, Kestrel doesn’t take no for an answer. As much as Gizmo may insist that they aren’t friends, he just can’t get rid of him.

- Gizmo has been called rude, grumpy, bad-tempered or even aggressive. But it’s just mostly that he’s a loner and likes to be left alone. But.. does he really? Underneath his moodiness, there is a softer side. He isn’t great with affection, despite secretly wanting it, and that’s due to the fact that shortly after his birth, he was somewhat looked over. That, and he got lost deep in the woods for a few months, having to survive entirely on his own for what seemed like an eternity.

- He was eventually found by Kestrel, but by then, he’d become reclusive and harsh, actively refusing the company of others.By the time Kestrel had found him though, he was hungry and weak, cold and wet, and utterly exhausted, even a little battered and bruised. It’s that that is the reason Kestrel keeps checking up on him, and Gizmo knows that. But he spent too long alone, so soon after he’d been born that it was most of what made up his early experiences, and made him shy away from others rather than seeking them out.

Gizmo (OC, Beyond the Rainbow)

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Glitch (OC, Viral Infection)

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Gojyo (Saiyuki)

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Goku (Saiyuki)

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Gourry (The Slayers)

-

Gowland (Kuni no Alice)

- the “Duchess” and current owner of the Amusement Park

Graham (OC, Assassin’s Creed, Harry Potter, Outlander)

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Gray (Fairy Tail)

-

Gray Ringmarc (Kuni no Alice)

- the Lizard

Griffin (Quest for Camelot)

-

Grillby (Undertale)

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Guy (The Croods)

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Guy Cecil (Tales of the Abyss)

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Guy Diamond (Trolls)

-

H

Hades (Olympos)

-

Hagane (OC, untitled novel)

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Hak (Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of the Dawn)

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Hans (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Hapsun (OC, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)

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Harper (OC, The Moonlight Ring)

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Harrison (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Harrow (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Haru (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Haruka (Tactics)

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Hatari (OC, The Lion King)

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Hatch (OC, untitled novel)

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Hatchet (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Hatchet, or Hatch as most call him, is a difficult individual to actually like. Even as a scout, he’s somewhat of a bully, and though he usually means it in a friendly sort of way, he’s very gruff and forceful in everything he does, so it’s no surprise his jokes are actually pretty harsh and insensitive. He actually has referred to Lock as ‘cyclops’ more than once. No one is really safe from his rough humor.

- But the truth is that he’s looking for someone that disappeared shortly before Tinker Bell had even arrived in Pixie Hollow. He knows that they’re out there somewhere, but he can’t figure out where. As a result, he actually doesn’t trust anyone, even if he claims to, and his harsh jokes are his way of keeping others at a distance. He doesn’t want to be attached only for someone else to disappear on him.

Hatsuharu (Fruits Basket)

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Hawke (OC, Beyond the Rainbow)

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Hector “Striker” Marques (OC, untitled novel)

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Hibiki (OC, Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

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Hikae (Itsuwaribito)

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Hiraishi (OC, untitled novel)

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Hiro (Big Hero 6)

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Hiruko (Itsuwaribito)

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Hiruko (Nightmare Inspector)

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Hisago (Itsuwaribito)

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Hisirdoux (Tales of Arcadia)

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Hook (Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan/Sweet Neverland)

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Hunk (Voltron Legendary Defender)

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I

Ibal (OC, untitled novel)

- deity of destruction and decay

Ifari (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Ikuto (Shugo Chara)

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Impey (Code:Realize)

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Indivar (OC, Seventh Shard)

- a very moody djinn

Inuyasha (Inuyasha)

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Isaac (OC, The Stormfront Chronicles)

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Isaac Vivre (OC, Camp Camp)

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Isaiah (OC, Evermore)

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Isandro (OC, Black Souls Rising)

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Izaya (Durarara!!)

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Izmael (OC, Dead Man’s Day)

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Izo (OC, untitled novel)

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Izrael (OC, Cantor Descending)

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J

Jabber Quill (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Jace (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

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Jacquimo (Thumbelina)

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Jack (Rise of the Guardians)

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Jade Moonfeather (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Jael (OC, untitled novel)

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James (Pokemon)

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Jasper (OC, The Moonlight Ring)

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Jasper Taigan (OC, The Sand Skulls Series)

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Jax (OC, Misplaced Magic)

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Jay (OC, Camp Camp)

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Jellal (Fairy Tail)

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Jericho (Kuni no Alice)

- the Dodo

Jester Ring (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

-

Jinx (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Jinx is a tinker. He knows his way around all sorts of tools and devices, and he can figure out almost any puzzle thrown his way. But it isn’t just that. While tinkers usually are of a mind to build and create, Jinx is much more likely to take things apart, even if it’s something the other tinkers just finished working on.

- Queen Clarion has acknowledged it as boundless curiosity, but he is advised to keep his curious nature in check. And he does keep it in check. Most of the time. He does have a tendency to get into trouble along with Euro, Ridge, and Nero quite often. Especially when Jinx has taken apart or picked a locking mechanism that is supposed to keep everyone out of important places. As such is the case, most scouts and those in charge of keeping things in order.. aren’t always fond of him. Or the other three.

Johnny (Sing)

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Joker (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

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Judal (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)

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Julius (Kuni no Alice)

- the Clockmaker

Jumba (Lilo and Stitch)

-

Justin (OC, Camp Camp)

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Jyugo (Nanbaka)

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K

Kade (OC, Plague)

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Kaelan (OC, The Wild Warriors series)

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Kagura (Demon Love Spell)

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Kai (OC, untitled novel)

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Kal (OC, untitled novel)

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Kale (OC, Animorphs)

- an Andalite warrior

Kaminari (Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

-

Kanda (D. Gray-Man)

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Karimu (OC, The Lion King)

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Karkat (Homestuck)

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Karma (Assassination Classroom)

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Kasi (OC, The Lion King)

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Kaspar (OC, The Tangled Series)

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Katsuo (OC, Persona 4)

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Kaushal (OC, Desert Sands)

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Kavit (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Kazuki Fuuchouin (GetBackers)

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Kazuki Muto (Busou Renkin)

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Keidynn (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Keith (Voltron Legendary Defender)

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Kestrel (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- This is the sweetest, most gentle sparrowman anyone could ever meet. Kestrel is genuinely kindhearted and just full of love and affection to give to others. Even those who aren’t so friendly to him. Like a young tinker by the name of Gizmo, for example. Kestrel is an animal talent, but often goes out of his way to check up on his young friend. Making sure he’s eating right and all that. He knows he doesn’t have to, but he likes to do it anyway. Kestrel does have a secret, though.

- After an encounter with a strange animal no one had ever seen before, during which Kestrel was wounded by the creature’s claws, Kestrel has to make regular visits to the healing fairies, or else the toxin still in his body even now will force him to change, and lose his sense of self for a while. Beware if Kestrel’s blond hair turns silver, because he will not know friend from foe, and the normally gentle sparrowman has turned aggressive and dangerous.

Keturi (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Khazroq (OC, untitled novel)

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Khireus (OC, untitled novel)

- deity of justice

Ki (OC, untitled novel)

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Kifo (OC, The Lion King)

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Kin (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Kirishima (Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

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Kizami (Corpse Party)

who wants to talk about MURDER~~? :D

Klarth (Tales of Phantasia)

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Klein (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

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Korand (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

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Koro-sensei (Assassination Classroom)

-

Krampus (OC, untitled novel)

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Kratos (Tales of Symphonia)

-

Krin (OC, Ascension)

- precious innocent child, and amazing prodigy in mechanics, he is of an alien species called Ch’taar, which appear much like caterpillar-taurs in their youth, like Krin, and their full-fledged adults resemble something akin to mantis-taurs with butterfly wings. Krin is a very shy and soft-spoken young boy, and is only four of his planet’s years in age, but that is approximately the equivalent of a thirteen-year-old in Earth years.

Kuhani (OC, The Lion King)

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Kuiba (OC, The Lion King)

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Kuro (Servamp)

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Kurogane (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles)

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Kutal (Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Kweli (OC, The Lion King)

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Kyle (OC, Desert Sands)

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Kyo (Fruits Basket)

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L

Lark (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Lark is an animal talent, and still fairly new to life in Pixie Hollow, and in general! He’s energetic, somewhat reckless, not always the brightest firefly in the field, but he means well and generally is a sweetheart, but.. he does also occasionally have a little bit of a temper, and if he notices it, he will call others out on their bullshit.

- He is actually unable to fly, because on his first day after being born, he got a little too excited about his talent, and proceeded to run right off the edge and tear his left wing. So now if he needs to get somewhere fast, he rides a black-footed ferret he named Willowby.

Lavi (D. Gray-Man)

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Law/Lawrence (OC, Plague)

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Lawrence (Seven Princes of the Thousand-Year Labyrinth)

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Lawson (OC, The Untamed Wilds series)

- a very rough-and-tumble mustang centaur, and a cowboy ruffian in the American Wild West, Lawson is actually pretty polite when he needs to be, but he’s got a stubbornness to put a mule to shame, and an attitude like an ornery old goat coupled with a strong dislike for authority. He’s seen as an outlaw and a no-good son-of-a-bitch by most townfolk, but that’s because they tend to see centaurs as much the same as their non-verbal equine kin, and treat them as slaves. And that’s something Lawson is fighting to change.

Leif (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Leon (OC, Beyond the Rainbow)

- the Cowardly Lion

Leonardo (Oz+)

- the Cowardly Lion, given a human form, and he is a beautiful, handsome.. himbo.

Leraje (OC, Solomon’s Key)

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Levi (OC, untitled novel)

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Li (CardCaptors)

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Lily (Servamp)

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Lincoln (OC, untitled novel)

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Link (Breath of the Wild)

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Lion-O (Thundercats 2011)

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Lionheart (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Locien Kei (OC, untitled novel)

-

Lock (OC, Pokemon)

- Arbok

Lock (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- While he may not be the friendliest of sparrowmen, Lock is determined and loyal, and very attentive to his work as a tinker. He often tends to be the one handling tools for use by the scouts, whatever those things may be, and he is diligent and hard-working. But he comes across very rough and cold to just about everyone in Pixie Hollow. He isn’t interested in making friends, it seems, and he keeps to himself. But.. there is a reason behind his behavior.

- And her name was Luna. They were born fairly close together, though not from the same laugh. She was a scout while he is a tinker, and she made a promise to him. A promise, that she would always make sure he was safe, that she would protect him first and foremost. And it bonded them together, they were nearly inseparable as a pair, even to the point that he fell deeply in love with her, and she loved him in return.

- She was headstrong and brave, always pushing her way through and never letting him be alone. She was his guiding light. Until one day, she asked him to come with her deep into the forest. She had found something, she told him. She had found something he needed to see. And he listened, following her further and further into the woods, until she had led him to what seemed to be a large, black stone in the middle of a dark, and eerie part of the forest.

- She pulled him to it, showing him her discovery, excited to have him to share it with. It could be some kind of new ore that tinkers could use, she thought, something special to help make their tools stronger! But then.. it moved. It revealed itself as no stone or ore, but a deep black avian beast! Immediately Luna shielded Lock behind her, guarding him from the threat she had brought him straight to, and then- It attacked.

- Sharp talons and a wild serpentine tail slashing and swinging about, and Lock tried to flee, tried to get away to get the rest of the scouts to help- but the monster followed him, catching him within its talons and snapping its beak. One sharp talon found purchase, its tip digging deep into his left eye.. and he screamed as his body was being crushed, his eye reduced to nothing but a bloody hole in his face, and-

- There was Luna. She kept her promise, defending him and rescuing him from the wretched creature she’d awoken, and.. she gave her life for his.. Somehow the creature was sealed away and trapped where it couldn’t bring any more harm, but Luna’s life was lost in the process.. Leaving Lock entirely alone, with no one to love, and no one to make him feel safe..

Loki (Kamigami no Asobi)

- Norse god of mischief

Lokus (OC, The White Game)

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Lotus (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Calm, quiet, usually minds his own business except to keep others from getting hurt, Lotus is the sort of water talent that can often be found meditating on a lily pad in the middle of a pond. He’s curious, but not enough to seek out trouble like some others might. He’s more likely to be the one who gets dragged along on adventures by others who are more energetic and outgoing.

- Like Nova the highly exuberant light fairy, for example. Lotus actually came very close to being a scout instead of a water talent, and he has a very high instinct to protect. But at the last moment, it failed and he was instead a water talent. Not that he minds. He knows all the action the scouts get involved in, and he’s content to just take life one step at a time, even if he does always have an eye out in case of trouble.

Lowell (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

-

Lucas DuSauvage (OC, Crossover)

Lucian (OC, Catching Smoke)

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Lucian (OC, untitled novel)

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Lucien (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Luka (Miraculous)

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Luke Ainsworth (Sacred Blacksmith)

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Luke fon Fabre (Tales of the Abyss)

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Lune (The Cat Returns)

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Lux (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Here comes trouble. A common phrase uttered throughout Pixie Hollow when Lux is around. Especially when he’s got a particular twinkle in his eye. A light talent with a bad habit of getting into mischief, Lux loves to play pranks. And, well, not everyone enjoys his tricks as much as he does. He gets a good laugh, but oftentimes, he is the only one laughing.

- Especially when his pranks have accidentally caused someone to get hurt. He usually doesn’t mean for things to go that far, and when they do, he’s often pretty quick to apologize for his mistake. Well.. when he’s stopped laughing, that is. And.. only if he wasn’t intentionally hurting them, since he can be a bit vindictive.

- Aside from his prankster nature, Lux is also a fairly jealous individual. There are few who he actually really considers close friends, and he loves it when they dump their attention on him. But.. when they give attention to someone else, instead of spending time with him, Lux can get a bit jealous and possessive.

- He can even be somewhat rude and pushy, forcing his way to the forefront of his friends’ attention. He’s much like a bratty child at times, pouting and throwing mild tantrums from time to time, even bullying those who he thinks are stealing his friends’ attention.

- When he likes someone, though, he is very affectionate and friendly, actively seeking out companionship and bringing them things he thinks they will like. He’s happy and cheerful, and generally fun to be around when he actually considers someone a friend. But.. watch out if he doesn’t like you, because you are very likely to be the main target of his worst pranks. Usually though, he is thankfully kept in check by Umbra and Torren. Just be careful not to steal their attention too much. Lux certainly won’t thank you for it, and he’ll have no one keeping him in check.

Lyric (OC, Second Moon)

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Lyric (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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M

Mad King (X-Ray and Vav)

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Mael (OC, untitled novel)

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Majestic (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Makoto (Free!)

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Marco (Animorphs)

-

Marius (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Marius (OC, Down the Rabbit Hole)

- the JubJub Bird, and with a severe attitude problem

Markos (OC, untitled novel)

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Marquis (OC, Brightwire)

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Marshall Lee (Adventure Time)

-

Mason (OC, untitled novel)

-

Masquerade (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

-

Mauti (OC, The Lion King)

-

Maverick (OC, untitled novel)

-

Max (Camp Camp)

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Maximus (Tangled/The Tangled Series)

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Mercury (RWBY)

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Merlot (Sweet Beginnings)

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Merrick (OC, untitled novel)

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Messiah (Seven Princes of the Thousand-Year Labyrinth)

-

Micah (OC, Micah’s Guidebooks series)

-

Michal (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  A snowflake talent, Michal is intuitive and protective, and for quite some time has been somewhat of an older brother figure to quite a few of the winter fairies, but mostly to Wolf, on the other side of the border. They met once by accident, and were nearly inseparable since, as Wolf often came by when he needed advice, or just someone to talk to. 

- And Michal looked out for him and occasionally he has teased him for various little things. As big brothers do. But recently, Michal has disappeared without any warning, the only sign that he was ever there at all being a few broken snowflakes around where he usually works.

Midnight Star (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Mifune (Soul Eater)

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Migs (OC, The Camp Mythos series)

-

Mikasi (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

-

Mikhael (OC, Fall of the Titans)

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Mikhael (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Milori (Neverland Fairies)

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Mist Flare (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Mitsuhide (Akagami no Shirayuki/Snow White with the Red Hair)

-

Mitsuru (Nanbaka)

-

Mizani (OC, The Lion King)

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Mkali (OC, The Lion King)

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Mogar (X-Ray and Vav)

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Momotaro (Free!)

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Montague (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Monty (OC, Pokemon)

-

Morgan (OC, untitled novel)

-

Morgana (Persona 5)

-

Musashi (Nanbaka)

-

Mushra (Shinzo/Mushrambo)

-

Muta (The Cat Returns)

-

Myles (OC, Rewrite)

-

Mzungu (OC, The Lion King)

-

N

N (Pokemon)

-

Nagi (Deadman Wonderland)

-

Naro (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

-

Nathan (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Nathaniel (Miraculous)

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Natsu (Fairy Tail)

-

Nephr (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

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Nero (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- A fast-flyer with more than enough energy to go around, Nero is honestly of the friendlier sort than some other fast-flyers may be. He actually enjoys zipping back and forth across Pixie Hollow just to run errands for others. Need some food for a baby animal? He’ll go fetch it! Oh, that basket has to be delivered somewhere? Say no more, Nero is on the job! And what about those seeds? They need to be scattered out in the field? Nero definitely has that handled too!

- But when he’s not doing his job or helping others, he’s hoarding some cool human things he’s found. Or he’s getting into some trouble alongside Jinx, Euro, and Ridge. Honestly, he’s not quite sure what the plan is half the time, but he’s having fun with his friends, and that’s what counts!

Nguvu (OC, The Lion King)

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Nico (Nanbaka)

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Nico (OC, Black Souls Rising)

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Nicolae (OC, untitled novel)

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Nicu (OC, untitled novel)

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Nightdream (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Niklaus (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Nikolae (OC, D. Gray-Man)

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Nils (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

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Nirav (OC, Desert Sands)

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Nix (OC, untitled novel)

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Njozi (OC, The Lion King)

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Nod (Epic)

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Noir (OC, The Cat Returns)

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Nora (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Nora (Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom)

-

O

Obi (Akagami no Shirayuki/Snow White with the Red Hair)

- a smartass ninja/assassin originally sent to threaten Shirayuki, but who found himself instead given a job by Prince Zen and who has been welcomed as a part of their group

Oga (Beelzebub)

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Ojiro (Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

-

Oleander (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Oleander is more than just a little unusual, especially for a garden talent, but he actually manages it fairly well and manages to go through life just the same as anyone else. Except for one, tiny detail. He seems to have no regard for his own life, and actually may even find enjoyment in near-death experiences. He’s what other fairies and sparrowmen call a ‘tossaway’, as it seems he would gladly toss away his own life, for hardly any reason at all.

- But there is a secret behind all of this. Behind his casual charisma, and his apparent humor in a tossaway lifestyle. He was once best friends with Caster, and actually went rogue alongside him for a while before he grew a conscience and returned to Pixie Hollow to do penance for the things he had done, and what he helped Caster to do. He supplied Caster with the ingredient to make his black ‘anti-dust’. A black Narcissus flower. Now he behaves rather flippantly and acts as if he has no care in the world, but every day that goes by he still regrets what he did, and still misses his best friend.

Oriander (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

- baby

Orion (OC, untitled novel)

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Orpheus (OC, Edge of Legend)

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Orson (OC, The Stormfront Chronicles)

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Orson (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Orson Gibbs (OC, Plague)

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Oseru (Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom)

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Ouro (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Like Styx, Ouro is trouble with a capital ‘T’, but he’s not aggressive the way Styx is. He has a similar sense of humor for sure, but he doesn’t actively put others in danger with his jokes. Instead, he’s far more likely to sneak up on someone and give them a little bit of a jump scare. Among all the residents of Pixie Hollow, Ouro is known to be the stealthiest of the scouts.

- He has even managed to sneak up on some of the best, much to the annoyance of some. Nyx is a good example of a scout that doesn’t always appreciate Ouro’s sense of humor, or his chosen uses of his stealth skills. However, if anyone were to ask where Ouro’s deepest loyalties lie, there are only three individuals he actually truly respects enough to have the most unbreakable loyalty toward. Queen Clarion, a healing talent named Clover, and Tyr, a scout leader much like Nyx.

- It’s because of this loyalty to only specific individuals though, that makes Ouro really kind of frustrating to some. But of course, there is a reason for this intense loyalty, as there is for everything.

Oz (Oz+)

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Oz Diggs (OC, Beyond the Rainbow)

- the Great Oz, wizard of the Emerald City

Ozpin (RWBY)

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P

Pallum (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Pax (Satan and Me)

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Peter Pan (Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan/Sweet Neverland)

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Peter White (Kuni no Alice)

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Phalanx (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Philip (Sirius the Jaeger)

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Pips (FernGully)

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Piras (Awaken)

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Pit (Kid Icarus)

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Pteryn (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Q

Qivral (OC, Ascension)

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Quinn (OC, untitled novel)

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Quirin (The Tangled Series)

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Qwan (Qwan)

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R

Rafiki (The Lion King)

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Rai (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Rai (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Raimundo (Xiaolin Showdown)

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Raito (OC, The Cat Returns)

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Raitou (OC, Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

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Rajan (OC, Desert Sands)

- angry djinn, he may be sexy, but he will kill you if he doesn’t like you, or if you cross the line

Rama Anin (OC, untitled novel)

fashion is immortal, and so is this male model from Ancient Persia.

Rampo (Bungou Stray Dogs)

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Ratchet (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Ratchet is one of those sparrowmen that’s just generally hard to figure out. He’s great at what he does, of course, tinkering and making all sorts of handy things. Much like Tinker Bell, he has a very curious mind. Where others might ask why, he asks ‘why not’. Can it be done? Maybe. Should it be done? Who knows! Will he do it? Absolutely. Leave no stone unturned, and nothing left untinkered. Generally, he seems like an okay guy, even downright friendly and without worry. But.. there’s just one problem.

- Ratchet has a very bad habit. One that, try as anyone might, no one can ever get him to break. And of course, Styx doesn’t help, and in fact encourages it. Usually Ratchet’s bad habit has fairly harmless results, but sometimes it can get out of hand. Especially when he’s been hanging out with Styx. But in general, the fact of the matter is that Ratchet is a liar. White lies mostly, but sometimes he can take a lie too far. Still, thankfully no one has been physically hurt by his lies yet. Even if Yarrow may find them mentally and morally taxing.

Ravenblade (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Reik (OC, untitled novel)

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Reiss (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Remus (Harry Potter, Marauders’ Era specifically)

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Remy (X-Men, personal adaptation)

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Ren (RWBY)

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Rhett (OC, Finding Nemo/Finding Dory)

a very enthusiastic, energetic, and boisterously friendly teenage blacktip reef shark, he’s the type who’s more likely to befriend his fish prey rather than eat them, which does cause a few problems for him, but thanks to an amusing series of events, he’s got Briggs looking out for him

Rick O’Connell (The Mummy)

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Ridge (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Definitely not the smartest guy out there. Among garden talents, Ridge is honestly just usually the muscle, rather than the one who takes on more delicate tasks. He’s rough and tumble, and often down in the dirt with the larger bulbs and things like that.

- His pride and joy though is the large and gnarled willow tree just past the edge of the Hollow, that has become the hangout spot for him and his friends. That aside, though, he is actually a fantastic cook.

- Anyone in Pixie Hollow who thinks they know good food, hasn’t tasted anything like Ridge’s blackberry bread rolls, or his orange and lemon sugar pies. Even his roast tomatoes and baked apples are unlike anything else ever made. It’s honestly surprising that he’s a garden talent, and not simply a cook.

Rin (Free!)

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Rin Okumura (Blue Exorcist)

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Rishi (OC, Desert Sands)

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Rivan (Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom)

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Rivaren (OC, The Kingship Quartet)

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River (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Born completely blind, River was often treated as if he was helpless and needed extra assistance, but it only served to frustrate him. He has always been perfectly capable of handling things himself, he just has a different way of doing it, but in the beginning, no one really seemed to understand that. So instead, some of the other fairies had taken to helping him and doing certain tasks for him. He knew they were just trying to help, but it was more of a hindrance than a help, and it was bothering him to no end.

- So, one day he left Pixie Hollow. He left and instead ventured deeper into the woods. If everyone was going to insist he was helpless, then he was going to prove to them that he was far from it. It was no surprise that his disappearance had others worried, but he avoided anyone who might be looking for him, knowing he had to succeed on his own, or no one would ever leave him be.

- So for three months, he lived in the woods and fended for himself, training himself to be strong and to be independent. And on his own, he fought off snakes, a hawk, and more than a few nests of wasps.When he finally returned to the Hollow, he came back scarred, but strong.

- He was welcomed back with open arms and worried voices, but he only smiled and shrugged. He knew what he had done, and they knew it too. He was stronger than they had all thought him to be, and he had proven exactly that. Now no one needed to help him with anything, for they all knew he’s perfectly capable on his own. Being blind has never stopped him from that.

Roane (OC, untitled novel)

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Robin (Disney’s Robin Hood)

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Rock (Nanbaka)

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Rocky (Chicken Run)

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Roman (RWBY)

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Rome (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  It isn’t recommended to trust Rome, no matter how charismatic and charming he may be, or how much he may play on someone’s sympathies. He is a thief, and a bitter soul with a strong dislike of Queen Clarion. A light talent, Rome has all the same abilities as any other light fairy, but he was born different.

- While there are others still living in Pixie Hollow who have lost limbs or other body parts in events of conflict, or were tortured, Rome was born the way he is. Missing his right arm, and his left leg. As a result, he has had his fair share of struggles, and much of the time, he failed to keep up, and so he grew frustrated and angry and began to lash out at his fellow talent members. 

Eventually, he actually ended up exiled for good from the Hollow, and now he’s gone rogue and is very much a problem to everyone in Pixie Hollow, and outside of it. Rome isn’t alone though. He has managed to gather his own followers, and has formed a criminal gang of sorts, and they have their own community deep in the farthest reaches of the forests. A place where all misfit fairies gather.

Ronin (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Ronin is a scout. It’s in his job description to protect Pixie Hollow and everyone who lives there. He’s fast, and an agile fighter, but.. he also has a tendency to go off on his own to explore, as well as the fact that he does like to tease a bit. He’s a smooth talker, most of the time, and he’s fairly well-liked around the Hollow.

- However, he’s pretty bad at handling real affection directed toward him, especially the physical kind. As he usually is on guard and prepared for combat in some way or another, surprise affection can really get him on edge, and even if it’s something like an accidental kiss, he may run away like he’s been shocked, if only just to process his confusion. Fairies and sparrowmen do only feel one emotion at a time, after all.

Rowain (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Roux (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Roy (Full Metal Alchemist)

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Roy G. Biv (Monsterkind)

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Rukh (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Runaan (The Dragon Prince)

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Rush (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  Rush is generally rather rude and pushy, and he prefers for things to go his way, otherwise he can be a bit of a brat. Kyra and Wren are usually fairly on top of keeping Rush’s bad temper in check, but sometimes this storm talent sparrowman can get quite a bit out of hand. He’s certainly not afraid to use a bit of lightning to get his point across, and he can be more than a little overconfident sometimes. He also has quite the tendency to mock others and likes to put himself first.

-  Still, he’d be nothing without Kyra and Wren. He owes his very life to them, after he nearly got himself eaten by a snake, and the two of them put their lives on the line to save him. So, as cocky as he gets, he does have quite the soft spot for them, and will often actually follow them around when he’s not busy with other things. But if he’s not with them, and he’s not doing his job, he unfortunately can be found harassing another sparrowman named Sahar, with whom he actually has a fairly intense rivalry, and honestly the two seem to hate each other.

Rusty (OC, Blackwater)

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Ryo (OC, Crossover)

- the god of fate, please resist the impulse to make short jokes or you may find that your ultimate fate and the end of the line arrives sooner than expected

Ryuji (Persona 5)

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Ryuma (Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Ryuu (OC, Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

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S

Sadir (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Sage (OC, The Kingship Quartet)

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Sago (Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Sahar (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Saiqeit (OC, untitled novel)

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Samon (Nanbaka)

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Sanji (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Saru (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Sasha (OC, Pokemon)

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Satan (Satan and Me)

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Scar (The Lion King)

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Scissor (Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan/Sweet Neverland)

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Senji (Deadman Wonderland)

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Sesshomaru (Inuyasha)

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Shade (OC, Neverland Fairies) 

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Shahad (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

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Sharrkan (Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)

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Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)

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Shetani (OC, The Lion King)

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Shin-Ah (Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of the Dawn)

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Shiro (Voltron Legendary Defender)

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Shirou (Brand New Animal)

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Shizuo (Durarara!!)

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Shock (OC, Pokemon)

- Raichu

Shockwave (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Shuseki (OC, My Hero/Boku no Hero Academia)

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Sigma (OC, Viral Infection)

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Silence (OC, The Intentions series)

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Sindar (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Skek (OC, DnD, untitled novel)

- “Skek demands to be taken seriously!”

SkekMal (The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance)

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Soren (The Dragon Prince)

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Soul (Soul Eater)

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Spark (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  The friendliest ball of energy in Pixie Hollow, Spark is the type who generally seems completely innocent and naive, and like he has no idea that two of his closest friends apparently hate each other. However, he actually knows very well what’s going on, and actively inserts himself between Bear and Viper in order to keep the peace. Or sometimes he’ll drag Willow into it just to balance things out, and of course the effeminate sparrowman has a hard time refusing. Even Holly and Shade can’t say no when Spark asks them for the occasional favor.

Staz (Blood Lad)

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Steele (Balto)

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Stein (Soul Eater)

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Sting (Fairy Tail)

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Stormblade (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Strix (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Alongside Kestrel, Strix is one of the kindest souls anyone could ever know, and he will go out of his way to make sure others are feeling comfortable and happy, especially new arrivals, no matter their talent. It was honestly by pure coincidence that he wasn’t the one helping Tinker Bell settle in when she was trying out all of the other talents.

- He had actually been on his way to do just that when he’d seen that the other fairies seemed to have things well in hand. Though.. he did have a very terrified baby bird to handle after Fawn had left Tinker Bell alone with it. Still, he is proud of how far Tink has come since the start, like a father watching a child grow. It’s only a shame he will never be able to actually say so.

- Because Strix is mute. And no, he wasn’t born that way. When he was new to Pixie Hollow himself, he was as vocal as any other fairy or sparrowman, and often he spoke up to volunteer his help. As well, he was the type who loved to sing, and in fact, his voice was known to be one of the most beautiful whenever he had an audience, intentionally or not.

- He sang lullabies and gentle tunes, especially to frightened animals in need of comfort, and to other fairies who needed just the same. However, his voice was violently stripped from him, and now he can’t do much more than give a soft wheeze or a huff every now and again. But.. the worst thing is, his voice wasn’t even the first injury he’d suffered.

Styx (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Stay. Away. From. Styx. At least, that’s what most tend to tell the newcomers. He is the scout that other scouts warn about. He’s highly dangerous on his own, and has actually a bit of a violent and aggressive tendency. And you know, when even a scout is unsettled by their own talent member, it’s bad. However, he’s really only a problem when he’s left to his own devices and doesn’t have his best friend to manage him.

- That best friend, being Ratchet. Styx has been around longer than Ratchet has. Quite a while longer in fact, and honestly, Tick and Queen Clarion may be the only ones who actually do know how long Styx has been around. Queen Clarion doesn’t discuss Styx’s behavior, except to say that he never used to be this way. And there won’t be much to get out of Tick either, except the very same.

- However, if pressed further, only Tick will give a little more, but his answer is still vague. ‘What happened to make Styx like this?’ ‘Three.’ That’s all Tick will give, and most are nervous to ask Styx himself. The truth is, Styx has nearly died. Three times. Each one worse and more traumatic than the last. And now he has become almost like a cold, calculating predator. When he’s not with Ratchet, that is.

- To those who have seen the dark side of Styx, tend to avoid him, but when he’s with Ratchet, he’s like a completely different sparrowman. He’s enjoying himself, and laughing and even getting into just some general mischief, which is of course much to the chagrin of Yarrow, who unfortunately often gets dragged along in Ratchet’s plans.

Sugino (Tactics)

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Sumu (OC, The Lion King)

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Sun (RWBY)

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Sun (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Sunny Pine (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Surefire Arrow (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Sval (OC, untitled novel)

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Swift (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Syaoran (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles)

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Syuro (OC, untitled novel)

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T

Taavi (OC, untitled novel)

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Taeval (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Taigus (OC, untitled novel)

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Taiyou (OC, untitled novel)

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Takhal (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Tamani (OC, The Lion King)

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Tatizo (OC, The Lion King)

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Tempest (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Terra (OC, untitled novel)

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Terra (Kingdom Hearts)

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Terence (Neverland Fairies)

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Thomas O’Malley (Aristocats)

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Thompson (Black Butler)

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Thor (Kamigami no Asobi)

- Norse god of thunder

Tick (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- A more mysterious fellow than most, Tick keeps to himself and hardly ever ventures away from his work. He is a tinker, but he is a very unique sort of tinker. He keeps watch of the passing of time in Pixie Hollow, and he is the only one who does. Just as Zarina found her own unique talent within the broader subject, Tick found his own unique subset of tinkering. Clockwork tinkering. Though while discovering his unique skill, it wasn’t always as smooth-going as it is now. He actually suffered a bit of backlash from his own projects, and now has just a bit of trouble seeing out of his left eye.

- However, it is ultimately thanks to him that there are proper schedules, and the seasons are tracked and recorded correctly. He may be a little odd to some, but he knows the balance of time, and how important it is to keep things on time. However, there is something else to his actions. Every now and again, Tick ventures away from Tinker’s Nook, but it isn’t clear where he disappears to. All that is known, is that he keeps a second record of the days, and disappears with it for an hour or so, returning without the extra records.

Timber (Black Butler)

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Tink (Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan/Sweet Neverland)

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Titan (OC, Dragonmist)

- tarantula-taur

Titian (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Titus (Seven Princes of the Thousand-Year Labyrinth)

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Tjarron (OC, Brightwire)

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Tobias (Animorphs)

-

Todoroki (Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

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Tokiya (Time Guardian)

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Tokoyami (Boku no Hero/My Hero Academia)

-

Toris (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Torren (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  Torren is very much the strong, silent type. He only speaks when he needs to, and especially when it’s really something important to say. Most of the time though, this big guy usually just sort of grunts in acknowledgement, or shrugs or shakes his head. Not many actual spoken words needed to get his point across. He’s a gentle giant most of the time as well, but it isn’t wise to anger this particular sparrowman. He is a lightning talent after all, and he is very protective of Umbra and Lux.

Train (Black Cat)

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Travis (OC, Camp Camp)

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Tyr (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- A leader among scouts, Tyr doesn’t actually go out and fight or patrol as much as Nyx does. Mostly, he trusts her judgement and lets her handle that side of things unless he’s needed in action, and instead he usually handles the more diplomatic side of it all, and well.. paperwork and documentation. Written records of patrols, and encounters, and all that sort of thing. He hates the paperwork part of his job, and can actually often be found skipping his duties on that front.

- He’s great at the social and personal aspect, and certainly a skilled fighter, but he’d just rather not do the paperwork. More often than once, he has actually been found skipping those duties to instead just explore and enjoy some more frivolous activities, as well as interacting with other fairies and sparrowmen. Often he has been escorted back to his paperwork by two of the scouts under his direct command, Romulus and Kyrie.

Tyrian (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

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Tzekhal (OC, untitled novel)

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Tzuriel (OC, untitled novel)

-

U

U-1146/White Blood Cell (Cells at Work)

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Ueki (Law of Ueki)

-

Umbra (OC, Neverland Fairies)

-  Everyone knows Umbra, and everyone sincerely enjoys his company. Of course, this is with the exception of newer fairies, but everyone gets to know him sooner or later, because he loves welcoming everyone new, whether they’re his fellow talent members or not. Umbra is highly social, and genuinely sweet and kind to everyone. Of course, this also means that he is extremely popular, and his good looks of course add to that as well, much to the severe annoyance of Lux.

Undertaker (Black Butler)

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Uno (Nanbaka)

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Uno (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Uriel (Satan and Me)

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Utsuho (Itsuwaribito)

-

V

Vafa (Arabian Dreams)

-

Valiance (OC, The Stormfront Chronicles)

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Varian (The Tangled Series)

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Vasha (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Venn (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Venture (OC, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

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Vheildar (OC, Ascension)

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Vince (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Viper (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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W

Warren (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

-

Watanuki (xxxHolic)

-

Wesley (Oz+)

-

Weston (OC, Beyond the Rainbow)

-

White Joker (Kuni no Alice)

-

Willow (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- At first glance, most would look at Willow and think that he’s female. He certainly has a very slender, and almost effeminate body shape, and his long hair doesn’t help either. All around, he genuinely appears female. Even his name could be considered effeminate. However, he is as male as they come, and he does actually take a firm dislike to being mistaken for a girl. Honestly, if someone were to call him a girl too many times, they should be very prepared for a willow whip to the face.

He’s fairly tolerant if it isn’t too often, but.. It’s generally better not to push it too much. Generally, Willow is kind and easy-going, and he takes most things in stride. He’s always willing to help out if he can, except.. If it puts him in a rather demeaning situation. He’ll go along with things for a while, but if he feels at all demeaned or uncomfortable, he will make his feelings known and will stand firm on his refusal to participate.

- There has been the occasional instance of a fairy convincing him to try on a dress, but it doesn’t last long before he gets very annoyed. He also has been flirted with by a few other sparrowmen before they realized he was male like them. Willow’s first appearance in Pixie Hollow was a bit of an event in and of itself, and there was certainly confusion about his gender even then, as his long hair masked most of his figure and even Queen Clarion was fooled for a moment.

- Once he’d settled in with the other garden talents though, it seemed things would be much less confusing, and certainly less exciting, from then on. And for a while, it was. Things had settled down and life went on as it always had. At least.. Until what Willow will now only ever refer to, as the Incident.

Wisp (OC, Neverland Fairies)

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Wit (OC, Beast in the Bottle)

-

Wizardmon (Digimon)

-

Wolf (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- In the case of this particular sparrowman, the term ‘lone wolf’ isn’t just an expression. This animal talent really tends to be found on his own more often than not, and he is usually working with animals like wolf pups or fox kits, even the occasional bear cub tends to be in his charge. Why? Because despite how he looks, Wolf is actually one of the physically strongest sparrowmen in all of Pixie Hollow, following close behind Ridge and Hatch. He can handle an unruly bear cub, or a mischievous fox kit, no help needed.

- So he tends to be by himself with only animals for company, and occasionally comes across as having little emotion or being somewhat cold. He does have a reckless streak though, and tends to act before he thinks, especially if he feels that what he’s doing is right. Hm. Maybe he should have been a scout instead of an animal talent. But, well, it is what it is. And of course, there is unsurprisingly a reason for his loner behavior.

- There is only one other individual he ever felt remotely close to, even to the point of an almost older/younger sibling dynamic. And that is Michal. Only ever able to see each other from opposite sides of the winter border, Michal had been born a few years before Wolf, and Wolf has always looked up to him, feeling a bond between them that couldn’t be explained.

- And now, the pair of them are excited to be able to visit each other across the border as well, thanks to Tinker Bell and Periwinkle. However, recently, Michal has disappeared, and Wolf is trying to find out why.

X

Xander (OC, The Faded Legends Saga)

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Xavier (The Tangled Series)

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Xelloss (The Slayers)

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Y

Yamato (Nanbaka)

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Yarrow (OC, Neverland Fairies)

- Yarrow tends to be the more serious type, taking his role as healer very seriously and not taking no for an answer, especially if he knows someone needs help but is refusing to accept it. He has even been known to purposely wound himself and perform complex procedures on himself while conscious, to demonstrate that it can be done and there shouldn’t be any concern about it.

- He’s very direct and straightforward, and maybe sometimes the way he goes about things can be considered a little extreme, but he’s practical and everything he does has its purpose. And his life has been relatively calm for the most part. At least.. It was until Ratchet fell into his life. As a matter of fact, it was quite a literal incident, in which Ratchet came crashing through the roof of Yarrow’s home.

Yasuo (OC, untitled novel)

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Yogi (Karneval)

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Yosuke (Persona 4)

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Yudar (OC, the Edovin Trilogy)

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Yukito (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Yukito (OC, The Cat Returns)

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Yuliy (Sirius the Jaeger)

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Yuri (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Yuri Plisetsky (Yuri on Ice)

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Z

Zack (OC, Camp Camp)

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Zeig (OC, The Edovin Trilogy)

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Zeik (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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Zelgadiss (The Slayers)

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Zen (Akagami no Shirayuki/Snow White with the Red Hair)

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Zera (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Zevran (Dragon Age)

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Zigisu (OC, untitled novel)

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Zoroaster (OC, Blossoms of the Heart)

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Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

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Zwei (OC, Shinzo/Mushrambo)

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(Notes:

* - Fanon OC

** - Original works

*** - Tumblr-made comics/OCs)

[veinsandknuckles]

Long hard road, pt 2

So, this is a new part 2, making what used to be part 2 part 3. Makes total sense, right?

Vimes/f!Reader Slow burn AU where Vimes isn’t married. Will definitely become hard R down the line. Content warnings: none Read part 1 here, part 3 here One sunny day about two weeks after Stone’s arrival, you found him lurking in a shady corner of the courtyard, leaning against a crate with an amused expression on his face. Today you were shirking so you followed his gaze to see what he was seeing.

It was Conrad and one of the local boys, around thirteen or so, engaged in a mock battle with a stick each for a sword. They weren’t playing, either. Conrad stopped every other minute to give minute advice with an air of great authority. Stone nodded to you when you joined him. “He’s always fancied himself a bit of a strongman, I think,” you said by way of a greeting. Conrad did have endless stories about his adventures, and it was fun to keep track of the details he got wrong with each retelling. “He’s got the posture down, I’ll give him that.”  It really was the kind of form you’d see in an instructional engraving; shoulders drawn back, chin in the air and his free hand behind his back. The boy caught him a blow on the outside of the thigh and Conrad loudly discounted it as unsportsmanlike. It was hard to tell if the kid was actually holding on to his every word, or just playing along for the excuse to beat a grown man and get away with it.

“Could you do better?”

Stone looked over at you with a suspicious frown. Then he shook his head. “You can’t bait me that easily.”

You nodded to the sword at his side. He never left the inn without it, and as plain as it was, it couldn’t be because he worried about it going missing. “So, what, you just carry that thing to impress the ladies?”

“Good grief.” But he must be in a good mood because then he smiled with a faraway look in his eye. “You know, I did try that for a time in my youth. When things grew desperate.”

“Did it work?”

“Nope.”

“Yeah, I’m not sure where that idea came from in the first place.” Conrad had backed the kid up against a wall with the point of the stick at his chest and looked a little too pleased about his victory. “In my experience, any excited talk between women about a big sword and the like is usually intended as a humorous metaphor.”

“You give men too much credit if you think we can tell the difference.” Stone still smiled, but you knew his words were a little too true for comfort. It was interesting that he could join in with this kind of talk so easily as long as it remained impersonal.

When Conrad turned his back to return to his starting position, the kid whacked him with his full strength across the leg. Conrad howled and nearly lost his balance. You couldn’t help laughing and the two knights in training finally discovered their audience. The boy bolted, Conrad scowled and limped off towards the kitchen, throwing the stick to the ground as he went.

“Show’s over,” said Stone and stood up straight. “Suppose I’d better get my own exercise in while there’s some daylight left.”

“Want some company?”

He sighed with an expression that was half amused, half irritated. “Do I have a choice?”

Of course he did, but if you said so he’d feel obligated to turn you down. He had to be able to tell himself he was being befriended against his will. After all, if he really wanted to avoid you, you knew he was more than capable of being impolite enough to say so. “What do you think?”

“Fine. A short walk, then.” Stone gestured for you to choose a direction and you headed out through the gates with him beside you, falling quickly into his leisurely pace.

The thaw had gotten an early start this year and everyone was fooled by it into hoping it would last, despite years of experience to the contrary. Every winter it was the same way - half a week of mild, sunny weather and not even the born locals could help thinking that this time it might be different, this time spring might arrive a month before it was due. Perhaps it was just human nature to talk big about expecting the worst and getting suckered despite of it.

Stone seemed a wonderful exception to this rule. There didn’t seem to be a silence thick enough to tempt him into speaking of the weather. He walked beside you, occupied with his own thoughts, completely at his ease.

“How long do you think you’ll be staying with us, mr Stone?”

He snorted. “Not a moment longer than I have to.”

The road you followed clung to the side of the mountain and bordered on the other side to dense pine forest growing from almost vertical ground. The little buildings of the inn huddled together on one of the wider plateaus and marked the edge of real vegetation before the path continued up towards the pass. You had just reached a bend in the road, a perfect vantage point to take in the stunning view of the mountain range to the side and the valleys below. On such a clear day, you could see the wide river even from here, snaking through the landscape like a silver inlay.

“How is it possible to tire of all this?”

Stone raised his eyebrows and regarded it dispassionately. “It’s just nature.”

You laughed. “I guess I can’t argue with that.”

“Since when are you so in love with the place? Thought you were bored to tears.”

“I’m not,” you conceded and tore yourself away from the view. “Just making the best of it.”

Stone took the lead now and followed the next trail leading in between the trees.

“Why not leave?”

“And go where? To do what?”

“I don’t know,” Stone shrugged. “You must want more than this, surely. You could settle down, start a family...” His ears caught up with his mouth and you saw him screw his eyes shut and shake his head.

Because of course the height of every woman’s ambition is a husband and children. You laughed and elbowed him in the side. “Mr Stone, are you offering to take me away from all of this?”

“Hah!” For once, he looked more amused than uncomfortable with the suggestion. “That’s me, walking model of fairy tale prince.”

“I’d say you’re more like the dangerous, good-for-nothing rogues that my mother should have warned me about. I’m sure you’ve left a few broken hearts in your wake.”

Stone snorted. “Right. You’ve really got me pegged.”

You bit your lip and kept watching him, but he was resolutely focused on the trail ahead. It didn’t seem like false modesty; he really did seem completely ignorant of his own charms. How could he not be, if he mistook every kind of flirtation for a joke?

Perhaps you weren’t his type. It happened. Not every man was ready to pounce on every opportunity that presented itself. Perhaps he didn’t want to pounce on anything in the first place.

But if that were the case, surely he would say so, instead of sarcastically playing along or pretending to misunderstand you. Whatever other obstacles may present themselves, the first and largest was that he wouldn’t believe you.

“Oh well,” you said. “Can’t blame a girl for trying.”

“No, I suppose I can’t,” he said, as if wishing he could. “But I can judge you for having poor taste.”

That was exactly the kind of comment you could hardly interpret as anything other than encouragement for you to continue.

“Are you asking to be complimented?”

Stone half turned towards you with a look of startled dread. “Absolutely not.”

Exasperated, you rolled your eyes and decided to drop it for the time being. “Fine. You pick a subject, then.”

For a moment, it seemed as if Stone couldn’t pull himself back together. The silence was thick and uncomfortable and you could have sworn you saw him, out of the corner of your eye, looking at you with some earnestness.

“Do you... er. Have you lived here long?”

“A few years.” The poor man really was ready to scrape the bottom of the barrel, but you felt like you owed him a little help in steering back into safer waters. “You’re from Ankh-Morpork, aren’t you?”

The little path forked up ahead and Stone chose the path that looped around to the other side of the inn. He really had explored his surroundings. “I suppose that’s not much of a secret.”

“The accent is pretty strong.”

“Huh.” He sniffed. “Your Morporkian is, er... it’s very good.”

“Thank you.”

“Must be from reading all those books.” He’d seen you read once, but apparently that was enough to set you down as a confirmed book worm.

For a while, you walked together in silence and slowly his ruffled feathers seemed to settle down. It was beautiful out here, every shadow in the snow a rich blue, every dapple of sunshine glowing peach and gold as the afternoon wore on. Your footfalls made a pleasant, hypnotising creaking sound with each step you took.

Before you could think it through, you asked a question that had been weighing on you for some time. “Is it safe for you to be here?”

There was a pause. “...for me or for you?”

Oh gods. “Either, I suppose.”

Stone thought this through. He looked very weary.

“I don’t know,” he said. “I suppose we’ll find out.”

You tried to smile. “I guess I wasn’t too far off with the ‘dangerous rogue’ thing, then.”

“Well, you knew that already.”

“Yeah... next time you should have a backstory and name picked out before you introduce yourself.”

“I’ll bear that in mind,” he replied drily.

Despite everything he’d said (and failed to say) and despite how incredibly intimidating he could be, it was impossible for you to view Stone as a threat. If he had tried to make himself likeable or if he’d tried harder to bullshit an excuse for being here in the first place, it would have been another thing altogether. He didn’t seem as if he wanted anyone to like him very much and that indifference was predictably irresistible.

He was just so... self-contained. He seemed perfectly content on his own and perfectly careless of his reputation. His attitude towards whatever danger he was in seemed to consist mostly of boredom, as if he was just waiting to get it over with and wasn’t all that invested in the outcome. In many ways, he was untouchable, and of course that only made you more desperate to try. It was also very difficult to believe he didn’t have to fight people off with a stick.

You should really know better. So far everything had gone his way, which meant he could afford to be a gentleman, but who knew what desperation could drive him to do? When his reality caught up with him, you might all be acceptable casualties - to him as well as to whoever, or whatever, was chasing him. Somehow, all these facts were trumped by a strong gut feeling in his favour and here you were, walking beside him feeling as safe as if you’d known him for years.

The inn was coming back into view. Stone was deep in thought, but when the climb to get back onto the road got a little steep, he scaled it ahead of you, turned and offered his hand to help pull you up.

It was big, rough and warm - you felt the heat of his skin even through your mittens - and yours seemed almost to disappear into his grip. With a slowly creeping flush you realised that your attraction to him had grown much quicker than you had intended it to. Soon, if he kept deflecting your advances, you might find yourself too shy to continue them or, if you were very careless, growing lovesick.

“Thank you,” you said as you stepped onto the road and he immediately let go. You worried that you might have sounded a little too breathless and sincere.

“Course.” Stone cleared his throat and walked briskly towards the stables. “And, er. Thank you for the company. Although,” and he shot you a glance, “it shouldn’t become a habit. Seems all people do round here is gossip.”

“Of course.” You couldn’t deny it even if you wanted to, but it was very sweet of him to care about your reputation. “We wouldn’t want anyone to think you were a loose man.”

The shadow of the house crossed your path and Stone immediately seemed more at ease when he stepped into it. You could sense that he wanted to be alone with his thoughts now and so you forced a little smile and waved him off. A curt nod, and then he slunk in among the buildings, off to do whatever mysterious things usually filled his time.

[operation-out]

“True love, the only magic strong enough to transcend realms.”

It seemed like poetry at first. A beautiful sentence, a statement about the elusive nature of love. Fit for a fairy tale. Magic strong enough to transcend realms. Vague, but pretty.

...until the realization hit there is something we call realms in our world. Realms of consciousness. Different states of awareness. Asleep, meditating, high, in trance, focused, dreaming. We have all been in different states. Some realms take us to different worlds. This isn’t something elusive at all. We have all experienced this, we know these different realms. It’s part of the human experience. We don’t always understand them, we wonder about their nature - but we know they’re very real.

When we took a look at Jung’s theories on the realms of consciousness - for Freud click here - things really started to click. Jung distinguishes three realms. Consciousness, the Personal Unconscious and the Collective Unconscious.

Consciousness

Consciousness is what we’re all most familiar with. It’s what we’re aware of, it’s the realm where we spend most of our time. It’s our day to day. It’s what you’re experiencing right now as you read this - at least I hope you are.

The Personal Unconscious

We’re all also pretty familiar with what Jung called the Personal Unconscious. It’s what we usually call our subconscious, everything that’s happening below the surface of our thinking. Our memories, our traumas, our secret desires are all part of our Personal Unconscious. It is tied in with who we are as people and what we have lived through.

The Collective Unconscious

The one that’s a little complicated and specific to Jung is the concept of the Collective Unconscious. Jung believes that during the evolution of human beings, we didn’t just physically evolve. He believes that there are clusters of meaning tied to symbols in our minds that are the same for every human being. He calls these concepts of the mind - these symbols - archetypes. 

We are probably most familiar with this concept from dream dictionaries. If our subconscious mind was limited to the Personal Unconscious, with everything in our minds tied only to our personal experiences, then dream dictionaries wouldn’t make any sense - except maybe in small communities with many shared experiences and values. So when you had another dream where you were falling, flying, losing your teeth or guided by a wolf - to name but a few - those could be expressions of the Collective Unconscious that - according to Jung - have a similar meaning for all people.

Interesting for us is that these archetypes in the Collective Unconscious are also linked to mythology and fairy tales. Myths and fairy stories resonate with us because they are a very pure expression of archetypes. Compare a fairy tale to a story in a novel. In your novel, usually you get to know your main character. You get their name, you learn about their past, the way they dress, the way they move. Meanwhile if you read a fairy tale, often you don’t learn the names of the characters. There is a young man, a princess, a king, a witch. We don’t learn about their pasts, we don’t know much about what they look like. The main focus is on how they interact with other characters. We follow their actions and we never really learn much about their personalities. Fairy tales are a lot like dreams where often we seem to jump from place to place and everyone we see and meet is symbolic. In fact, Marie-Louise von Franz, one of Jung’s students dedicated many years of research and books to analyzing the archetypes and the psychological meaning of fairy tales.

With the theory out of the way, let’s get to the juicy bits. What does all of that have to do with our characters? As it turns out... a lot.

The story starts not long before Emma crashes her car. From that point on she is cut off from conscious reality as we normally experience it. The world she is in is very real, but it isn’t the world of Consciousness. You could say for all of season one, she is stuck in the realm of her Personal Unconscious. How do we know she isn’t also connected to the Collective Unconscious, then? If it is something that is inside of all of us?

We may all have the potential to connect with the Collective Unconscious, but that doesn’t mean we are actively doing it. Emma scoffs at the idea of her not being ready for fairy tales. How could you not be ready for a bunch of stories? Emma is jaded. She has lived her entire life on high alert. Food stolen from her plate, people around her always ready to take from her, sometimes in very visceral ways. Emma hasn’t had the luxury of ever standing still and looking inside. She has grown up in survival mode. Henry brings the fairy tales, but he and the book represent so much more than that. He brings the guidelines for psychological and spiritual development that are hidden in fairy tales and myths. On the symbolic level, Henry represents the Collective Unconscious. Henry has the heart of the truest believer. It requires belief to acknowledge there may be something out there that is bigger than our Self. Something that could help guide us. Most of used to believe as children, but as life happens that connection is usually cut, with a firm line drawn between what is real and what is not. It is Jefferson who tries to point out how it may be a good idea to start questioning that line. 

Emma: History books are based on history. Jefferson: And storybooks are based on what? Imagination. Where does that come from? It has to come from somewhere.

First the link with history is drawn, the stories in the first season are all influenced by Emma’s personal history. Imagination doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s our personal experiences that find their way into fictional stories. Everyone who has ever written anything knows it’s impossible to take yourself out of it. In a sense stories are history books as well. The question where imagination comes from is a deeper one. And he doesn’t stop there.

Jefferson: You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution for their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.

This is again a reference to belief and to the dreams, signs, hunches, stories and the myths containing answers to our questions about life. As long as we are not taking them seriously, as long as we see them as nothing more than escapism we don’t allow for the magic to happen in our life. We need to allow for their meaning and wisdom to enter and impact us.

As this conversation happens, the Enchanted Forest and Storybrooke are still two separate worlds and it really gets to the heart of why Emma isn’t accepting the fairy tales are real - even after seeing so many magical things happen. It challenges her world view on the deepest of levels. The question we are being asked as an audience is if we are really that different from Emma?

Emma’s Personal Unconscious is still driving the stories at that point. She isn’t aware that she has stepped away from Consciousness, but curiously everything that happens to the Storybrooke characters relates to her own past. Henry is most likely reading the fairy tales from his book, so while the fairy tales are present, they are not integrated yet. Emma is resisting, even if the classic fairy tales are already being warped by her own experiences.

Finally at the end of the first season, we are clearly shown how True Love literally transcends realms. It’s not just poetry. It has meaning. Emma’s love for Henry makes that she recognizes and accepts that if she wants to be his mother, she will need to accept the guidance of the ancient stories to survive emotionally - and physically. Emma kisses Henry and the Personal Unconscious connects with the Collective Unconscious. The connection gives her the tools to start learning and healing because in the fairy tales and the myths lies the wisdom of the ages and she is now directly connecting her personal stories to the guidance of a greater force. Snow White & Prince Charming become her chosen mythological parents to guide her in this land.

As soon as the realms are connected, magic is brought to Storybrooke and the fairy tale world merges with our world. This is really the moment where Emma accepts her Hero’s journey using the archetypes in the stories she knows and the ones in the fairy tales being read to her, in order to work through her own past and present.

After Henry and Emma form their alliance, Regina is shown to go through a very lonely time. She is completely isolated. Regina represents Consciousness and she isn’t allowed to play yet as the Personal Unconscious and the Collective Unconscious explore their new connection. The brain damage Emma suffered is still preventing her from going back to Consciousness...

...even if Consciousness is really trying to tempt her. A lesser known interpretation of the story of the Garden of Eden and the Forbidden Fruit is that the fruit represents - you guessed it - Consciousness. The beginning of consciousness in the human race. It is something I want to get into in another post, because it would lead us too far astray, but the apple in the second episode is an invitation for Emma to wake up. Regina brings an entire basket of them. She really, really wants Emma to come back to Consciousness.

Just like Emma Regina is jaded. She’s lost too many people in her life and she is completely rooted in a harsh cold version of reality. She doesn’t want Henry to believe in fairy tales because she wants to minimize the shock that comes when you’re first confronted with the cruelty of life. She doesn’t have any hope for Emma and she wants to do everything to keep her son from becoming attached to a woman whom she is certain will never wake up. On top of that she is completely repressed. She’s a conservative Mayor in a small town who spent her entire life living up to other people’s expectations. She’s not only cut off from the Collective Unconsciousness, she’s also not in touch with her own Personal Consciousness. She doesn’t know who she really is without all these forces pulling at her.

When finally it is Henry who takes a bite from the apple turnover she gives to Emma, it turns out to be lethal. Henry is the Collective Unconscious directly connecting with Consciousness and it almost kills him. Henry is a little boy and you could say that this is literally him taking a bite of reality. The apple has two entirely different meanings depending on if Emma or Henry eats it. If Emma had eaten it, she would have come back to reality. And Regina only meant it for her. It wasn’t meant to kill. Now if Emma refuses to wake, it is Henry who will be confronted with death, with reality for the first time in a very harsh and painful way. Not only will he lose his birth mother, he will feel responsible for it for the rest of his life because without his intervention in her life, she might have lived. The psychological stakes for Henry in this moment are very high. Emma’s death would have killed him. So at this point if Emma doesn’t eat the the apple of Consciousness but dies instead, Henry will be forced to do so. 

When Regina and Henry finally share True Love’s Kiss, it marks an incredible evolution in Regina and Henry. True Love transcends another realm, this time Consciousness and the Collective Unconscious do connect. Instead of the harsh reality check he would have gotten if Emma had died, Henry has had time to start seeing the gray in the black and the white. Emma fought like hell to stay alive for him and Regina decided for Henry’s sake to keep Emma from dying. Even if she didn’t believe Emma would wake up and even though there were consequences for her Henry was too young to understand. It is thanks to the fight both of his mothers put up that he didn’t get a rude awakening.

Where Emma and Henry’s kiss was immediately followed by magic coming to town, this new kiss is followed by Regina committing an act of faith. A willingness to believe that things might work out in spite of all the experiences to the contrary she’s had.

We see her helping Snow and Charming share a heart, something she has no idea will work. In her reality, this is most likely the moment where she arranges for her and Emma to share custody over Henry to save Emma’s life and keep her unlikely family together.

She isn’t even sure if the legal construction will work and she is now legally sharing her son with a woman in a vegetative state. She is willing to take a risk again and that’s something you simply don’t do if there isn’t a small part of you that has regained hope.

Where before Emma and Regina sporadically made contact, now they both have access to the Collective Unconscious. We’ve seen what that meant from Emma’s perspective as we’ve seen them grow closer, but it’s interesting to take a look at what that looked like for Regina. Now that she dares to hope again, she decides to look into different approaches for Emma’s treatment. When we first started research about comatose patients for the purpose of this blog, we found site after site with statements by doctors that communication with coma patients was simply not possible. Any responses were purely meaningless spasms. That is still the prevalent medical opinion. That would have been the same message Regina would have gotten. That Emma’s condition was pretty hopeless, that she wasn’t a person anymore. That she wasn’t really there.

However, it seemed like in the third episode, through Mary Margaret and David, they gave us a summary and foreshadowing of how Emma communicates. She responds to the stories and she reaches out to touch. After a long search, we finally found two psychologists who took a different approach to people in a coma. Amy and Arnold Mindell have been working with people in near-comatose states since the seventies. Their work is called process-oriented psychology. Curiously - and we only found this out much later - Arnold Mindell was a student of Marie-Louise von Franz - we mentioned her earlier - who applied Jungian psychology to fairy tales and who herself was a student of Jung. 

The difference between their approach and the prevalent medical approach is that they believe comatose patients can communicate. The very assumption that someone in a different state of consciousness can’t communicate has as a result that people generally don’t even try. Research in the exact sciences has started to back up their claims when a few years ago scientist managed to prove comatose patients could answer yes/no questions. What makes it even more interesting for us is that they found out that people in a coma actually inhabit this symbolic world just like Emma. They have developed a technique where they mimic breathing, touch, imitate sounds, look for little signs and eye movements, twitches in order to start communicating. 

So let’s check back in with Regina for a second. She may have connected with the Collective Unconscious, but that doesn’t mean she isn’t still skeptical at first. The difference is that she is willing to try this new method.

Coma work is slow. Some websites describe the coma worker just breathing in the same rhythm as the patient for 20 minutes before a connection is made, before a response is registered. It looks like the stake out may have been that very first session with someone teaching her how to start communicating with Emma. Regina isn’t the most patient person...

...and she’s trying really hard to give this thing a chance...

...for about 20 seconds.

Despite her initial reservations, she doesn’t give up and continues to talk to Emma. It’s why the hand touches between them are maybe more important and more intimate than anything, because they’re doing something that most people don’t even believe is possible.

Depending on the state Emma is in - states of consciousness fluctuate and in some cases patients can sometimes even utter some words - Regina and Henry can start to find out more about the world Emma is in. Regina and Henry’s True Love’s Kiss opened Regina up to the Collective Unconscious - it was the start of the process where in the end she was able to completely go there with Emma. While she can’t literally see what Emma sees, she understands the significance of her world. She takes it seriously and she has some idea of what is going on.

When patients are coming out of their vegetative state and moving towards consciousness - like Emma is currently doing - part of the therapy is role playing their world with them based on their cues and responses.

That is what is happening in the wishverse. Regina wished to be in Emma’s world, so she is trying to do exactly that. Emma is seeing and hearing real Regina. If you watch the episode again with this in mind, it’s very clear. She seems amused, a little self-conscious, but she is not holding back. She is also completely convinced the danger in the wishverse is not real and she’s acting as such.

When Emma thanks Regina for coming to this crazy land to save her, she isn’t just talking about the wishverse, she is talking about the entire process Regina had to go through to get there. She had to fight the medical establishment, probably deal with people who didn’t believe what she was doing with Emma was real and significant. She had to invest her time and probably her money as well. Although the biggest sacrifice of all must have been that she opened up her heart again after losing Daniel in similar circumstances. She went ahead even though it brought back memories and she took the risk of caring again. Knowing that she is the kind of person who goes all in.

Emma is moving closer and closer to consciousness. Regina is slowly allowing herself to feel and connect with the personal unconscious. Henry is ready for his fairy tale family.

Time for true love to work its magic and transcend realms once more.