#wol inspo chart

[odisauv]

[hydaelyns-bitch]

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jesus fucking christ

[nights-at-crystarium]

January 9 is Vivi’s birthday \;w;/ The date’s cheeky, it’s when I reached ShB on him ingame. A year ago. JUST A YEAR. No other oc of mine had such an intense development process. I wanted to try writing a disaster, and, well....

Lemme have today as an excuse to ramble about his influences. Of course I didn’t merely lump these together, I kept realizing the likeness as time went on.

The concentration of unhinged blondies and literal idols is past the critical level, take cover, it’s gonna blow.

Spoiler warning for everything.

Anarchy Panty

Because his full name’s Vivien Fucksalot Rell x’D A good number of their tropes match perfectly.

This speech could as well be copypasted into his final battle with Emet:

Panty: You're right, I'm just a little bitch and I'm proud of it. But guess what, douchebag? That's not the point. News flash, I don't need special fucking powers to beat the shit out of you. You know why? Because I'm a bitch who doesn't give a fuck. You and your half-dead face can preach about hymens and demons and other weird words that supposedly mean shit, but that doesn't change the fact that if any of you fuckers get in my way, I'm gonna kick some twisted-ass ass. You hear me dick? I'm a hot bitch angel named Panty. And no matter what anyone says, I DO WHAT I FUCKING WANT!

Princess Ai

An edgy fashion icon that I'm still in love with. Brainstorming the visual styles for Vivi, I simply decided to indulge as hard as I can.

Howl

Howl gets his redemption arc, Vivi, uh.... Surprise, the entire ShB part of Fragments is his redemption arc of sorts. But he exists outside ShB as well. He’s not meant to be a goody two shoes. But hey, his drama queen moments are entertaining to watch.

Raha has a lot of Howl in his character too. With Vivi, he’s basically this, except he doesn’t swallow him.. Okay he does but in a different way *kicked*

Arataka Reigen

Because I’m physically incapable of writing a classic hero.

Vivi has a complicated relationship with his career and a pragmatic approach to most things in life. He also prefers words to violence, will fight only if that fails.

When confidence and persuasion carry so hard you don’t really need anything else. Vivi firmly believes in everything he says and does. He doesn’t derive any fucked up joy from being right, but he knows as a fact that he IS right.

Sakuma Ryuichi

Duality my beloved \o/ And dorkiness. Other than that, Ryuichi doesn’t have as much influence on his character, but the visuals?

I mean I literally use this shirt and necklace as an easter egg/homage. Gravitation triggered my queer awakening in the faraway 2006, might as well give it the acknowledgement it deserves.

And, lastly, the he.

What else do you expect from a character tailored for a ship \o/

Short. Sassy. Dorky. Gremlin. All of their direct likeness stems from ARR, while the more subtle parallels and extreme opposite values form later.

If Raha’s eccentric, Vivi takes that just a tad bit further, simply because he’s always been allowed to.

What Raha keeps repressed, buried deep down, Vivi embraces in full. He’s an unruly, effervescent spark of life, he’s meant to be Raha’s “manic pixie dream boy” according to tvtropes, to slowly lure him out of his shell and teach him confidence, the joy of living, and find a way to stop him from killing himself over and over again.

Words of praise and affirmation have no effect on them. Both are competent in some field, but never brag about it. While Raha has a severe imposter syndrome, Vivi knows he’s cool as a fact, which still doesn't mean he loves or values himself as he should. He just acknowledges and uses his status for his own benefit as openly as the world keeps using himself.

Destiny (affectionate) and destiny (derogatory).

Raha’s The Adult (tm) Vivi needs to stay somewhat stable. This’s the reason they don’t quite get along in ARR yet, Raha must go through that century of suffering that, despite all common sense, refines him into something delightful, Vivi must go through HW-SB to realize his priorities in life and frankly get fucked up enough to form a perfect chemistry with Exarch.

Raha has a moral compass that he may adjust at will, Vivi has none at all. How much more questionable would they be if they weren’t cute and charismatic :’D

They’re feisty and competitive towards each other, Raha especially so. Vivi has a red cloth effect on him. Forever wrestling for that imaginary control (yep, in bed too). On the emotional side, it’s forever “you matter, I don’t”. They’re mirrors of each other, reflecting some parts as they are, twisting others in most peculiar ways.

Vivi literally wouldn’t exist without Raha, both ic and ooc. So I daresay Raha has the most influence on his character, at the same time he’s his own guy enough to stay interesting. I’m so proud of him. I’m holding him by the scruff and helplessly shaking him in the air.

[yuuli-xiv]

a couple of funny sillies

[flukefantasy]

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[takuwaku]

This is a really old prompt but I found it on twitter and I thought it would be neat to try to put one together!

R’dhofya Nahyuh: a heady mix of love, kindness, insanity and a penchant for violence <3

[ffxivduskgarde]

I did this meme back in...I don’t know, and the references didn’t change much, but yeah. Meier Link was the main reference, back in ARR Aquila vas a “He” ingame, I changed him into a lady keeping the old lore with few tweaks.

[xiapet]

I love doing things like this

[lookbluesoup]

@mimble-sparklepudding tagged me to do this again (and I'll try to make one up for Lyrha in a bit!) But here's Nahte's! I ended up pulling it back up and tweaking it bc the original never quite suited me. This one snapshots him a little better and keeps with the meme closer I think :3

Ok this was fun but tough. Nahte was inspired mostly by narrative themes I wanted to explore, not really other media. It's impossible to put such a personal question like, "how do we move on from grief and find reasons to keep hoping after losing our vision for life?" into an aesthetic square!! But that was kind of the main question he was meant to pose as an OC.

I did eventually manage to think of a few characters I really like who probably influenced Nahte in one way or another over the years. Also his first iteration was in Fallout 4 and the choices I made with him in that game determined a LOT of Nahte's core traits. Mahl belongs to @seasaltandcopper and is Nahte's soulmate, roleplaying them together has also had a huge impact on how he overcame so many challenges in MSQ.

Though I didn't specifically have them in mind when I made him, these quotes I think bring out some important story elements

[airis-ray]

Inspiration Chart

Tagged by @xmimiteh, it was really interesting, thank you for tagging and thinking of me!💖🌺

It was supposed to be an WOL Inspo chart, but as always I don't really separate us both 😄 So it will be our joint inspiration list.

Top Middle: Sarah Connor My number one inspiration from childhood. Thanks to her, I can shoot and I still have relief on the biceps 😄

Down Left: Xena Warrior Princess My number two inspiration from childhood. When I was little and loved heroic fantasy, she helped me understand that you don't have to be a princess waiting for your knight or hero. You can save the world (including knights and heroes) by yourself.

Top Right: Trinity Love that is stronger than anything, even death. And the strength to keep this love.

Top Left: Yennefer of Vengerberg (from game only!) My representative in the whole world of single rpg 😊

Down Right: Esmerelda Weatherwax Last but not least! Greatest and strongest in every aspect female character from Discworld cycle, written by Sir Terry Pratchett. I adore all characters from Discworld, but Granny Weatherwax is so perfect in my eyes, that I can call her the best of the best of all times :) Also, she reminds me so much of my dear grandmother 🥰

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Non pressure tagging, only if you want: @heart-of-corundum, @littlestcreampuff, @under-the-blood-moonlight, @aces-and-kings, @eris-vito, @archaiclumina, @miqoquest, @zhauric, @irisopranta, @dragonsongmakhali, @thefreelanceangel, @meatball-headache, @karotte2188, @sealrock, @alixennial and everyone who wants to do it.

[astrology-bf]

Another WoL inspo chart

[bastardofvairemont]

WoL Inspo Chart: Sebastian de Vairemont

And here are the characters that either remind me of Bash or have provided some inspiration.

Petyr Baelish - Game of Thrones Westley - The Princess Bride Weiss Schnee - RWBY Hans - Frozen Lestat - Interview With the Vampire Simon Basset - Bridgerton 

If you want to make one for yourself I have attached the original below the cut. 

[furys-mercy]

WoL Inspo Chart: August Mercer

This meme is making the rounds again and I decided to make a second one for Mercer. I won’t call it an update since it’s not as if the old one is no longer valid. I just had six more characters that remind me of him or have sparked bits of inspiration in the past. 

Characters:

Viktor - Arcane Teyo Verada - Magic the Gathering (Particularly War of the Spark) Joel Miller - The Last of Us (Both TV and Video Game apply) Percival de Rolo - The Legend of Vox Machina Edward Elric - Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood Garrus Vakarian - Mass Effect

If you want to make your own, I’ll put the template under the cut.

Tag me so I can see who you choose! 

[withheartsaligned]

wol inspo chart

@sealrock was very kind and tagged me in this challenge! i made one of these for vej relatively recently, so i decided to do it for tabur this time! i would say only a few of these are characters i took direct inspiration from for parts of tabur's personality, the others are more ones i look at and i'm like "yeah, you're tabur-coded." let's see, how about i tag... @allyennah @eleventhcircle @e-dragoons @pettyeti @duskmother and @ghastlyfantasy! get the template here if you want to do it!

i'll explain the connections (and include the source material) under the cut!

jing yuan from honkai: star rail: this guy is a bit too recent to be a direct inspiration to tabur's character, BUT oh my god. he perfectly encapsulates the way that tabur approaches problems as the warrior of light. tabur greatly prefers preventing an issue from arising to begin with rather than dealing with 'saving the day'. jing yuan's laidback nature also fits how tabur conducts herself when among friends, though she puts on a much more serious front to the public. dimitri alexandre blaiddyd from fire emblem: three houses: probably one of my biggest inspirations for tabur. they have a very princely, chivalrous nature that hides a lot of inner turmoil and darkness. tabur struggles very heavily with anger issues that they are usually able to keep under control, but when pushed far enough, tabur is very akin to dimitri post-timeskip. cynical, ruthless, pretty bloodthirsty. don't get tabur mad.

margaret nearl from arknights: nearl and tabur are both shining paragons of the paladin archetype (or, at least, tabur tries to be) and were both exiled from their family/homeland. the two of them both share a very strong sense of duty to protect others. nearl's eng va is also my headcanon for tabur's voice when they are fantasia'd to a more feminine appearance.

vash the stampede from trigun: mommy issues. no, in all seriousness, tabur and vash are very similar in the sense that both take the moral lessons taught to them by their mother to heart and use those lessons to build themselves a code of conduct that they try their absolute best to stick to no matter what happens to them. tabur is also incredibly self-sacrificing, much like vash, to the point where most of tabur's scars/injuries are from protecting others. palamedes sextus from the locked tomb series: okay, i've only finished gideon the ninth, but i'm pretty confident putting palamedes on here. tabur's keen intellect and their alchemical/medical knowledge put them in the same field as palamedes, along with their shared soft spot for romance. i think palamedes and tabur would be friends and nobody can convince me otherwise. cecil harvey from final fantasy iv: cecil is mainly on here because tabur and him have the opposite job progression. cecil started as a dark knight and became a paladin, tabur started as a paladin and became a dark knight (though they return to their paladin ways for endwalker).

[avampyone]

Although not a WOL, I've been meaning to do an inspo chart for Hemlocke.

Here's the template below if you'd like to do one!

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[ffxivduskgarde]

He is Rokusho! My secondary character, Xaela warrior from Oronir Clan. You can see where he comes from. Big, scary and spiky but a little soft inside.