#rayperson

[rayclone]

Hiiii someone from the system that ISN'T RAYM here... I've come baring gifts. THE MAGICIAN. (our design. specifically. so TECHNICALLY the shattered world design)

An important conversation between cousins

Andrew: So you... Turned yourself fully into a teensie... Because.. you have a crush?? -thing..? On... The Glade's enemy? Ales: OH DREAMS FORBID A GROWN MAN HAS ANY FUN, ANDREW!!

Enjoy.

[turquoisephoenix]

WIP. Revamping my "Mr. Dark started out as a Rayperson" idea. Without giving too much away, there's a reason why I'm saying "started out" and not "Mr. Dark is a Rayperson". He kinda loses a bit of himself while fighting the God of Death and Nightmares...

Also Captain Laserhawk was a godsend because now I can put this guy in a costume that actually suits him.

[rayman-hype-house]

95, explain each Rayman in your opinion

But I love each and every Rayperson in the Hype House!!

They're all one big family to me! I hope we can still be a family after UNO.

(Graypa tells me it's bad to pick favorites, but I think Ubi's my favorite :3)

-Said by '95 Rayman; Written by UbiRay

[persicapink]

I obviously like that outfit a lot, idk why I was inspired to turn it into a Rayperson design tho but I like it. no name yet, just vibes

[turqrambles]

Got a lot more excited for Art Fight once I reread the rules, found Rule 5 ("Alternate universe fan characters and characters that are visually inspired by canon characters are allowed, so long as they are not one-to-one exact copies"), and found out that this guy counts.

So yay! I have a Rayperson on my roster! (The Magician not included)

[snufkinsnogger]

I just wanted to infodump about a Rayman headcanon I came up with a few years ago when I was heavy into the fandom. Because it *has* been a couple of years, it may need some updating. (Copy pasted from my Deviantart) Instead of Rayperson or Raypeople, I'll be referring to Rayman's kind as 'Thingamajigs', or 'Thingy' for short. And because this is based off of a game with shaky continuity, there will be some things that don't perfectly align with what happens in the game. TL;DR At the bottom.

Creation:

There are a few different colors of Lums with each color performing a unique purpose. Since The Heart of the World/The Great Protoon was once a singular object, and when broken, only broken into 1,000 pieces, I don't consider the Yellow Lums a part of the creation process. When Betilla (and company) created Rayman, they had a sack of lums and it wasn't specified exactly how many they were, or which were used. The manual description says he was created using Lums and the trailer for Origins shows Betilla rubbing a singular, large orb that looks like a giant Yellow Lum that bursts into six smaller yellow Lums. I'm willing to consider this the same as what happens when you combine all of the colors of the light spectrum and it appearing white as a result. I figure that the composition of each Thingamajig varies and the outcome is determined by which Lums are used and how many. Each Thingamajig requires at least one red lum, but more is recommended or else they'll be very prone to 'bursting'.

Lums In Creation: (The more Lums of one color a Thingamajig has, the stronger the associated trait)

-Red Lum: The more Red Lums that a Thingamajig if made of, the higher the stamina and the more resilient they are. -Purple Lum: Athletic Thingamajigs are made with many Purple Lums -Blue Lum: If a Thingamajig is made up of many Blue Lums, they can hold their breath for a very, very long time which is great for Thingamajigs who live nearby or in water or high up on mountains. If a Thingamajig has the ability of flight, this could instead mean they can fly higher and glide/hover much longer than a flying Thingy with less Blue Lums. -Green Lum: Many Green Lums mean that a Thingamajig has great memory and this usually means the Thingamajig has a lot of knowledge and experience saved inside of them. -White Lum: Similar to a Green Lum but instead of granting memory, White Lums make their owner clever and resourceful. -----Lums Not Used in Creation: --------Yellow Lums, Silver Lums, Black Lums

Lums Role After Creation:

After a Thingamajig has been created, like all living things in The Glade of Dreams, they are connected to The Heart of the World/Protoon but because they are made of Lums, their connection to the heart is very strong. All Lums emit an energy with the highest concentration being around The Heart of the World/Protoon so long as it's intact. Their whole world is filled with this invisible energy and is felt by everybody, whether they realize it or not, with the Thingamajigs being more intact with this feeling than others. The balance between Lums is always perfectly balanced unless somebody is messing with the balance, as has happened on several occasions. Every Lum emits and absorbs the exact same amount of energy, with the exception of The Heart of the World/Protoon while it's intact. This is achieved by how they are all connected on a world-wide, invisible blanket of energy. When a Thingamajig is hurt, their energy is forced out of them and dispersed in an evenly distributed burst. Displacement equalizes the energy and this all happens a blink of the eye. A Thingamajig can restore their health by absorbing the energy of a Red Lum. If a Thingamajig is ever hurt so badly that all of their energy is forced out of them, they 'burst' and their Lums are scattered, much like what happens with The Heart of the World/Protoon. A Thingamajig cannot be recreated using any random Lums; they must be recreated by finding their original Lums and putting them back together in the Primordial Forest where they were created. These Lums also cannot be absorbed by other Thingamajigs but they can be used to create a new Thingamajig, though they may have bits of memories from their past owner. However, to do this is a great insult to their original owner as it's seen as discarding and replacing the original, even if hope has been lost in finding the rest of their Lums. It's considered more honorable to simply store and keep safe the Lums until they all can be reunited, even if it takes the rest of time. These Lums are usually set up somewhere like an altar to honor the Thingamajig. A truly dastardly foe may intentionally hide Lums to prevent a Thingamajig from being re-created, but they cannot destroy a Lum. No being (except maybe for Polokus) can destroy a Lum, they can only be dispersed as energy. To disperse a Lum takes power and malice not before fathomed in The Glade of Dreams. Fortunately, if a Thingamajig is burst apart, their Lums can be heard singing a faint, melancholic melody as if calling out to each other mournfully. In the extremely rare or unlikely event that a Lum is dispersed, their energy is distributed through the world through other Lums acting as sort of 'hubs'.

New Lums can be created and it's not understood how or when the Lums do this. New Lums are created when enough of them have been absorbed by a Thingamajig and the energy is essentially recycled through Thingamajigs. This does not apply to Yellow Lums, though it's thought that the absolute basis of every Lum is the energy of The Heart of the World/Protoon..sort of like a 'primordial ooze'.

Thingamajigs and Lum Energy:

While Lum energy is equally dispersed and absorbed at any given time between Lums and the beings in the Glade, it is possible for beings to harness extra energy. Harnessing extra energy occurs under special circumstances. When a Thingamajig is topped off on all of their Lums, they possess that energy plus a little extra that's generated by the filled Lums within them. This is important because this allows a Thingamajig to become a vessel for another who is injured should they not have Lums to replenish themselves. If a Thingamajig with excess energy is nearby another who is hurt, their excess energy will automatically be shared with the injured Thingamajig, but no more. This also gives the Thingamajig a buffer if they get injured themselves and there are no Red lums nearby. (Like in Mario when you gain an extra mushroom, you get hurt and it drops down for you to grab it)

"Lum Light"

Lums emit a light but here, Lum Light refers to intense emotions that cause for the light to become so bright that the Thingamajig glows from their bodies and their energy leaks from them. This happens with any intense emotion but whether the emotion is positive or negative effects them and others around them. If the emotion is negative, the Thingy can actually 'drain' energy from nearby Thingies. But if the emotion is positive, others can absorb the energy being emitted from them and gain excess energy they could only otherwise get from having all full Lums. Fortunately, they don't give or take enough energy to seriously harm or burst another Thingamajig. Rather than viewing it as a negative that one can be drained of energy by a Thingy experiencing negative Lum Light, it's viewed as a positive thing and as a form of consoling another. If a Thingamajig is experiencing negative Lum Light while their energy is full, they will simply cycle energy between each other with the other. If the other Thingy has less energy than the one experiencing negative Lum Light, they won't take energy from them, only cycle, and will come out of the experience with the same amount of energy as before.

A very special thing happens when Thingamajigs experience Romantic Lum Light. This can happen between multiple Thingy's but for the sake of simplicity, I'll explain it using Two. (note, this can also occur regardless of a Thingy's sex or gender) When two (or more) Thingy's both experience intense, Romantic Lum Light, and all of their Lums are full, their excess energy combines and is stored in one of the Thingamajigs, usually whoever is feeling the emotion most intensely. It's thought that this is not because they are 'more deserving' due to how they're feeling at that moment, but because the flaring energy overpowers the other and just overcomes and absorbs the energy of the other. This unique event is the only time a Thingamajig can store substantially more energy than usual, even more than when their Lums are full and generate a little extra energy.

The time it takes for a new Thingamajig to form depends on how often the parent Thingamajigs engage in intense, romantic Lum Light, but also whether or not the carrying Thingamajig maintains that energy because they *can* lose the energy through injury or physical exhaustion. If they lose energy, they need to replenish it and depending on how close they were to creating another Thingamajig, may need to collect more excess energy. When it's time, a new Thingamajig is created in the form of a light that emerges from the carrier's body then takes shape, much like how we see Rayman formed in the trailer for Origins.

The new Thingamajig will possess randomized traits from the parent Thingys, and whichever traits they posses will mirror those of the parent they got the trait from. If two or more of the parent Thingy's have many Purple Lums within them, the new Thingamajig could be as strong is the parent with the most Purple Lums, or only as strong as the parent with the least amount of Purple Lums, or between; it's randomized which parent they'll take this trait from.

New Thingamajigs are quite capable after creation but have a smaller, more baby-like appearance and all around existance, somewhat like Rayman's original design. They do age and upon reaching 'adult' age, they cease to age much like Rayman and other Thingamajigs. Because Thingamajigs appear to be virtually immortal and invincible (save for being burst but they can be brought back so) they don't often create new Thingamajigs. They do, however, engage in romantic Lum Light for the same reasons that humans engage in romantic activities.

I should add that all of the Thingamajigs present in the start of the creation of the new Thingy need to be present to finish the creation of the new Thingy. If there are, say, three Thingamajigs originally, two of them can engage in romantic Lum Light, but the creation won't progress with one of the three missing, even if the carrier is present. If two of the three wish to remain together while the third has departed but they wish to create a new Thingamajig still, they can allow for their excess energy to deplete completely and start over. They can also prevent the creation of a new Thingamajig without using depletion by engaging in Lum Light with another Thingy once, then continuing with another partner and thus putting the creation process on hold indefinitely, but most who do not wish to have multiple partners simply use the depletion method which could be as easy as simply standing nearby another Thingy who needs energy.

Conclusion (TL;DR):

Lums play a large role in everything within The Glad of Dreams and especially play a huge role in the creation, upkeep and propagation of Thingamajigs.

Each Thingamajig is created using a variety of Lums in a variety of configurations which ultimately determine that individuals strengths, weaknesses and often times, personality.

When a Thingamajig's Lums are all full and healthy, the Lums generate extra energy which can be used by the Thingamajig themselves or another who's nearby and in need of the energy. The other cannot dip into the others energy beyond the extra that's generated by the full, healthy Lums within them. When a Thingamajig is experiencing intense emotion, their Lums glow brightly and they leak energy which others can absorb if the source emotion is positive, or will sap excess energy from others nearby if the source is a negative emotion. If there is no excess energy to be absorbed, then the Thingamajigs will simply cycle energy between them and come out of the experience with no more or no less energy than when it began.

A Thingamajig can be burst by depleting them of their Lum energy which causes their Lums to break apart and fly off in different directions at great distances much like when the Heart of the World is shattered. Their Lums would need to be located and then brought together in the Primordial Forest for them to take their form again, even if they weren't created there. The strong connection to the Heart of The World is needed in order for reforming to be accomplished.

When two or more Thingamajigs experience intense, romantic emotions, and their lums are full, the Thingamajig experiencing the emotion most intensely will absorb the extra energy from the other(s) and store this energy until they have enough for a new Thingamajig to form in the shape of a bright light from their torsos that takes shape once fully emerged. The timeline depends on how often the parent Thingamajigs engage in romantic Lum Light with full Lums and whether or not the Thingamajig carrying the excess energy maintains the excess energy between instances of romantic Lum Light.

The new Thingamajig takes traits from the parent Thingy's at random and are quite capable from creation but resemble a younger, baby-like even, Thingamajig not too different looking than Rayman's original design. They cannot speak right away but are quick learners and they will age up until they reach 'adulthood' where they assume their immortal like existence. Because Thingamajigs are presumably immortal and arguably invincible, they don't often create new life but may enjoy romantic Lum Light with each other the same way humans enjoy a 'date night'.

[raybeetle]

WOKE RAYMAN

rayPERSON!!!!

murTHEY!!!

the glade of PRONOUNS

romeo paTRANNY

BLMtilla!!!

the WOMAgician!!!

[ipseduo]

//Call for Roleplayers!

The Generation Kill RP fandom was once alive.. looking to revive it! Any and all interested, please get in contact! 

[gayinkling-moved]

Ultimate blind oc collab!! (Named Fingerman by @furbabyy) Story: So me and friends was like “Yo what if we made a ray person while drawing the body parts not knowing how the other ones drew”- thus we gave birth. And he became so beautiful I had to draw his final form.

BONUS under: The original we made together plus who joined in

Head: me Hands: @paddypadcake Body: @queen-prika Feet: @mlmcrane

[protectorofmycosmos]

goddamn. those eyes though. #jamesransone #pjransone #hiseyes #actor #sinister #inavalleyofviolence #rayperson #spamofpj #melikey

[thefanfic-collective]

Imagine Being Ray’s Little Sister.

“Ray!!” Stomping through the living room, you screamed your older brother’s name at the top of your lungs. Gripping some dirty clothes in your hands, you enter the kitchen to see Ray lazily leaning against the counter and taking a giant bite of cold pizza. “Stop leaving your shit all over the fucking place!” You may not of had the cleanest apartment in the world, but at least nobody would ever see dirty laundry haphazardly thrown about in the floor. Glancing up at your sudden outburst, Ray feigned a shocked look. “Watch your fucking language, lil sis.” He mumbled around a mouth full of food. Rolling your eyes, you threw his clothes at him, which he of course dodges making the articles of clothing fly into the sink. You let out a growl of frustration as you shove him out of your way to retrieve the items. “You are such a fucking asshole, you know that?” Shrugging his shoulders, Ray shoves the rest of the pizza into his mouth causing crumbs to fall out and down his shirt. “But at least I’m a handsome asshole. Admit it, I am.” Ray doesn’t miss the little smirk you tried so desperately to hide. “Seriously, {Y/N}, admit it. Look at your brother Ray Ray and admit that I am the handsomest fucking asshole that you have ever seen.” Knowing that this was a losing battle, you let out an exaggerated sigh of frustration. You turned to face him before answering. “Yes, you are an extremely handsome asshole, now get out of here before I decide to throw something else at you.” Smirking with victory, Ray mock saluted you as he turned to leave. As he was leaving though, he threw the pizza crust that he had hidden in his other hand over his shoulder at you. Scowling, you picked it up off the floor and threw it away. There were some days that you actually liked being his sister, today was not one of those days though.

[sunshinecassette]

Redrew the ref for my ancient thingamajig/rayperson sona :o) He’s just a huge sonic reference I love him. I’m open to name suggestions!!

[badlydrawnrayman]

Idk if you do requests, but... a doodle of the teensy photographer would make my heart burst.

[wolpertinger-prince]

In response to character creation in Sonic Forces...

Someone I admire on twitter said that character creation should be a thing in all popular franchise, notably Rayman. I wholeheartedly agree. How would yah'll like to implement yourselves in the Glade of Dreams as Raypersons or Teensies? I know I would.

[kittythelioness]

I had in mind what's the connection between both Origins/Legends and the rest of the game timeline, but you pointed some serious issues here. Like, the God says one thing, the main creator says something else, and everything is going haywire. Still, if we're looking at the Rayman's growing up throughout the whole series, I think hte biggest issue is really here. This, and the true origins of his birth, since there was at least two/three of them. And that's confusing at least.

About Rayman 2 - I also understand the desire to introduce some new characters, but for goddess's sake, you don't get rid of them for the next part. Especially without any word about their future. I love Ly, and all what left was a statue in hidden room in the Longst Shortcut. That's not fair. And that includes every single Rayperson and others in the each part of the series. And don't get me started about the "new characters" in both Origins/Legends. They're just a different skins that we don't have to pay for. We, until the Adventure part. Like, what Ubi actually thought about dealing with it? 😒

Timeline issue - take your time, and I mean it. Don't rush and if you'd need some help, I'm sure the whole Rayman community will help. Just hit some of us.

And the wtf part between the first and second part? Wish that the fan made 1.5 Rayman could be canon. This is a masterpiece. But anyways, if we're talking about the Gameboy' Rayman with Hoodlums/Pirates combo, I have a slight idea. Andre found the remnants left y Pirates, including the fully functional yet deactivated models, and somehow managed to turn them on. He was an clever one anyway. But that's just my silly suspicions. You might find some better ones.

Y'know, after my binge watching the Game Theorists and the Fim Theorists instead of doing literally anything I’m supposed to do, I’d like to see MatPat trying to work on one game.

Let him face the Rayman timeline and overall events.

Cause Ubisoft made so big mess right now and just forget about this series. And honestly in my personal opinion, the Origins and Legends events just doesn’t add up.

I’d like to hear his opinion on this topic.

[soyonscruels]

raysperson asked you: okay but how much do i pay you to get a fic/some kind of script for this detroit show thing cause im broke but i wont let bank robberies stop me

hahah well i currently make £56 (about $62) a week, so i am, uh. not expensive. by any measure of the word.

I CANNOT GIVE YOU THIS THING. however, i can give you the outline of how i would do this thing (not that i think this is my story to tell, i'll elaborate at the end) which i'll do now:

michael k. williams as the homicide detective who's (almost) the last good cop in detroit

i think anyone who's followed this blog for a reasonable length of time knows how i feel about the police. however! the police are cogs within a system, and it remains an unavoidable fact that most of those recruited into the police force come, themselves, from working class communities. the police, as a whole, pretty much the world over, are terrible. to quote david simon, in many cities the cops have become an army "of occupation that sends brothers and fathers to jail." and i don't want to shy away from that. not ever. but individual cops can be the heroes of their own narratives, and i think sometimes portraying a character as a cop should be in the world as it is can make a lot of impact.

james 'p.j.' ransone as the crime lord who wants to bring stability to his city's streets

i love few things as i love a good nemesis relationship. but the cop/crime lord wouldn’t be a nemesis relationship, or at least, not exactly. there are some classic delinations of good/bad— the cop tries very hard not to use deadly force, whereas the crime lord will use it to protect his reputation in a heartbeat, but it doesn’t make the cop ‘good’ and the crime lord ‘bad.’ the cop doesn’t want to do it because he’s used to watching his colleagues use deadly force as the first and only option. he does not necessarily flat-out condemn the crime lord for using murder as a business tactic, but he would like him to do it a little less. they’re opposite sides of the same coin, but i’d want to push that to its logical conclusion. the crime lord made his decisions with a rigged game, and now he’s playing on the chessboard life has permitted him access to as ruthlessly as he can.

(also their relationship would be explicitly queer text. i'll get there in a minute.)

felicia ‘snoop’ pearson as the cop’s best friend, CI, and a non-profit worker who works with detroit’s homeless youth

i love redemption narratives, but i hate redemption narratives that pile shit upon people who made bad decisions when their options were realistically very few. so i'd want pearson's character to not judge the kids she works with, to be honest about herself and where she came from, to say to them 'if i can do it, so you can you' and know that, sadly, sometimes it'd be a lie, but it would be better to lie to them that to tell them they had no chance at all. her and the cop would fight, sometimes, about the way the police treat her kids, and sometimes they'd be in vicious agreement. she, like the cop, would see her path in life as making small changes, and to keep pushing towards that avalanche.

kate moennig as the crime lord's loyal and deadly red right hand

everyone would always ask if they were brother and sister, and her face wouldn't shift a muscle, and he'd laugh, say, 'look how pretty she is, dumbass. we ain't fallin' from the same tree.' but they still whisper that they're twins, almost the same height, the same angular faces, the same fire in their eyes. she kills whoever he asks her to, without every asking why. she wears men's clothes and sneers at cop cars as they drive past and does not need a gun or a knife to kill you with. she's the rough kind of beautiful, and maybe she is his sister, in her own way, since the day they met in a foster home and decided that one day this town would belong to them.

and obviously, cop/crime lord and non-profit worker/red right hand. (cop & crime lord are bi, red right hand too but barely, like a kinsey 5, and non-profit worker's a lesbian.) and this story is about oppression and crime and how the american dream is dead, but it's also just a story about four people who fate has tied up together for the rest of their lives, ever since the morning the cop's corrupt-as-shit partner pulls the crime lord in off the street just for being there, because he was paid off by someone to do it and the crime lord snarls in his partner's face but tells the cop, 'hey, man, i guess you're alright.' and the cop hangs up on the non-profit worker and meets the eyes of the red right hand, who took the keys the crime lord tossed to her and is looking at the cop and his partner with barely concealed disdain.

because that's all i want, really. a show where i can watch four characters like this talk to each other, and talk to each other, and talk to each other, in dive bars, in cop cars, on the sidewalk and on the stoop of a long-abandoned building, on buses and at liquor stores at two in the morning and in bed, with the lights out, saying things they'd otherwise never say. and i'm not saying i ought to be the one telling this story, because i'm not. i don't know detroit, i've never been there, and this is not my story to tell. but it's someone's story, and i can find more in common with my life in this projected, imaginary story than i can in most things on television right now. like i said in my first post, this is the show i want to write fic for, because i know it's not my place to be writing the show itself. but i want to watch it. and i'm really sad i'm not.