#characters — lani aliikai

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MOVIES & SHOWS I’VE WATCHED (8/∞)

Surf’s Up

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Update on moving onto a boat.

I just watched Surfs up for maybe the second time in my life, and I think it's a highly underrated movie. if its not, I'm writing this in hopes I manifest more Surfs up appreciation in my life.

I think the movies animation is fricken beautiful ✨️✨️They drew so .uch inspiration from professional and novice surfers to get all the movements and stances correct, and they took footage of waves forming and crashing so they could get the most realistically animated waves they could, that coupled with the first hand testimonies of the surfers on how water acts I think they did a really beautiful job 🌊✨️

Does it pass the Bechdel test you may ask?

No. It does not. There are 2 women ( Edna Maverick, Lani Aliikai) and 1 little girl (Kate) in this story, and none of them talk to each other. The little girl does mention Lani, so it's known that they know each other, but they're never in the same scene.

Edna Maverick is Cody Mavericks (the main character) mom. A Rockhopper penguin whose species mates for life loses her husband to an orca whale right after her youngest son Cody is hatched. A single parent now raising 2 kids by herself, a young son hellbent on going against the grain and another son who bullies him for it in a community that shuns individuality. She's caught between wanting to be encouraging to her son while simultaneously not looking like an enabler to the rest of the town.

Cody Maverick is a young man with big ambitions stuck in a small town where community is the biggest priority. Although Cody works hard to hone his skills on his own he is labeled selfish and lazy by his brother and community for not volenteering all of his time for others. Despite being a social pariah. Abd the lCk of support from his family Cody doesn't let anyones disapproval of him dissuade him of his goals of being a great surfer.

I'm not going to do a review of every character, but I'll do one more as I find this character to be delightful and his wiki to be wild. 😁🐓

Chicken Joe!!! Hailing from Marion Ohio, Joe grew up surfing Lake Erie. In 2004, Joe found himself attending an online college course in Yuma, Arizona, and got an online associate degree in psychology from the University of Phoenix. He then moved back to Sheboygan in 2007, where he was picked up to be a surfer for the Tenth Annual Big Z Memorial Surf. (I didn't know he went to college or that college even exists in this universe until I read his wiki) Chicken Joe is the embodiment of the golden Retreiver best friend, just a guy happy doing his own thing 100% of them time and is stoked that you want to do them too. He's the kind of guy that will drive to pick you up from a scary situation if you gave him a snack once because he said he was hungry... how effective he'll be at saving you I don't know because he's not a very focused individual. he's got a heart of gold though and no one can tell me otherwise.

Surfs up is honestly a really nice feel-good movie about finding out why you love what you love and not letting others' perceptions of you get on the way of enjoying yourself. I feel like I need that message sometimes, and if anyone else can relate, I encourage you to watch Surfs Up im sure you'll have a good time.

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30.04.20

Dad and I watched Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up (2007)

IMDb link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423294/

Surf's Up is a computer-animated mockumentary comedy film directed by Ash Brannon and Chris Buck. Followed by a documentary film crew, Cody Maverick, travels from Shiverpool, Antarctica to Pen Gu Island hoping to win the Big Z Memorial Surf Off. In production since 2002 at Sony Pictures Animation, it was the studio's second theatrical feature film. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Below are some featured characters with their voice actors and descriptions: Shia LaBeouf as Cody Maverick, a 17-year old teenage rockhopper penguin who dreams of being a surfer. Jeff Bridges as Zeke "Big Z/Geek" Topanga, Cody's idol and a famous surfer penguin. Zooey Deschanel as Lani Aliikai, a Gentoo penguin and Cody's love interest. Jon Heder as Chicken Joe, a dimwitted rooster. Cody’s friend. 

James Woods as Reggie Belafonte, a short-tempered sea otter, who is Tank's manager. 

Diedrich Bader as Tank "The Shredder" Evans, Cody's rival.

This film really surpassed my expectations. I thought it was brilliant because the story is interesting, easy to follow and i particularly liked the character Cody Maverick because he is so cool and laid back. 

His style of animation is unique with yellow spiky feathers on his head like a rockhopper penguin. He also wears a Big Z souvenir necklace, a gift from meeting Zeke many years ago. 

The animation style is fun and it has plenty of humour!

This is one we will definitely watch again!

Sony Animation Pictures:

https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/surfsup

Wikipedia: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf%27s_Up_(film)

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ROLEPLAYING HISTORY.

The rules are simple! Post ten characters you’d like to role play as, have role played as, and might bring back. Then tag ten people to do the same (if you can’t think of ten characters, just write down however many you can and tag the same amount of people). Aside from that, please repost instead of reblog!

CURRENTLY PLAYING:

Lexi (Loonatics Unleashed) @mindmxtters  obviously dgsbsghsh

also Sonny (Rimba Racer) @mrboomboxer​

and Grey (Sheep & Wolves) @lupisaries​!

Grey is a sideblog to @themusepit​, where I plan to keep making more sideblog rp blogs for the sake of organizing them how I'd like, which includes an oc multimuse that's a wip and a few other saved urls for some of the characters listed below:

WOULD LIKE TO PLAY:

SO MANY, but a selection includes:

Nala (The Lion King)

Angus Scattergood (Rock Dog)

The Wraith/Philip Ojomo (Dead by Daylight)

Jeff Johansen (Dead by Daylight)

Rosita (Sing)

Jasmine (Aladdin)

Mr. Peanutbutter (Bojack Horseman)

Stoker (Biker Mice From Mars), ESPECIALLY graying, losing-his-touch Stoker as we see him in caveat mentor. love that old bastard. never 2006 series Stoker, though. we don't talk about him.

B.req O.ne E.sk N.ineteen (The I.mperial R.adch Trilogy) - who I'll probably never actually play formally because I'd be so scared about getting her character wrong, and also her author is active on tumblr and regularly checks the series' tags. she's a very nice person but that muddies the waters of 'acceptable to rp' a bit, haha.

+ and basically an endless rotation of characters I see in media I like but know I might not ever make a formal rp blog for! such is the life of being in the tumblr rpc!

PREVIOUSLY PLAYED:

SO MUCH MANY. counting casual Discord/Skype/MSN rps, there's:

Ace Bunny, Slam Tasmanian (Loonatics Unleashed)

Big Z/Geek, Lani Aliikai (Surf's Up)

Fleetwood Yak (Rock Dog)

Master Monkey, Master Shifu (Kung Fu Panda)

Wrecks, Miles (Rimba Racer)

Many, Many DC & Marvel characters

An Endless Procession Of OCs (My Dark And Twisted Mind)

+ all of which have the potential to also become full blogs or get mushed together on a multimuse!

TAGGED BY: @anomalousunknown !!!

TAGGING: @ohneeil, @ifhollicould, @hoverskates, @gcrminator, + anyone who wants to do this !!! no pressure to fill this out if ur not feeling it either, u do u friends !!!

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Character Profile: Healani

Character Name: Healani

Full Name: Healani Aliikai Kalana

Nick Names: Lani, Hea, Ali, Kai

Gender: AFAB demigirl

Age:15

Birthday/year: November 18th, 2003

Marital Status: Dating (Lesbian)

Spouse: Cylvex ???

Hair: Thick, coily hair, reaching her mid back; naturally dark brown, dyed dirty blonde

Eyes: Vivid, bright yellow eyes, similar to that of a wolf’s

Origin: Born in Hawaii, raised there until she was twelve

Language: Hawaiian, Hawaiian Pidgin, English

Blood Type: B+

Height: 5’7

Weight/Body Structure/Physical Faults: 132 lbs; coltish body type; has a prosthetic arm

Race/Species: Hawaiian, werewolf

Parents/Elders/Guardians: Raised by her birth parents until she was 12; they disappeared, and she was adopted by a family friend, Chris

Siblings: She has 6 siblings, of which she’s the second youngest; Leilani, Kailua, Ahe, Hanale, Kalei, Keala

Friends/Allies: Friends with Taryn Marie, Logan Harris, Marin Carter, and Poppy Fayright

Enemies: Hailey Lewis, Connor Darson

Beliefs/Religion: Non-denominational Christian

Career/Past Careers: None

Dreams/Life Goals: Wants to be a famous athlete, or a wildlife preservationist

Hobbies: Dance, poetry, engineering, math, surfing

Likes: Music, nature, animals

Loves: Loves swimming, surfing, cheer, and engineering

Dislikes: Loud noises, strong smells, cats

Loathes: Slurs, insects, disrespect

Fears: Afraid of the dark, losing her family (again)

Strengths: Athletic, flexible, smart

Weakness: Loud, a little obnoxious, rude

Good Qualities: Mostly kind, rational, eloquent (usually)

Bad Habits: Nail biting, jumping to conclusions

Normal Talents: Surfing, strong swimmer, electronics

Supernatural Powers & Abilities: Heightened senses, shapeshifting (technically?)

Temperament: Loud, a bit angry at times; sometimes obnoxious, but genuinely means well. Loves her friends more than anything else.

Background: Healani is the second youngest of seven children, born to Iolana and Lanakila Kalana. She got along well with her siblings, especially her oldest sister, Leilani, and her younger brother, Keala. She didn’t have many issues in life, really, until her parents went missing; her siblings were all either too busy or not old enough to legally care for her, and she ended up being adopted by a family friend, who she still lives with now.