Magolor ❤ (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
begguiling) wrote2019-06-17 07:38 pm
begguiling) wrote2019-06-17 07:38 pm
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CHARACTER INFO
❥ Name: Magolor
❥ Canon: Kirby
❥ Canon Point: after Star Allies
❥ Fandom OC Approval: N/A
❥ History: Wiki link!
❥ CRAU?: N/A
❥ Personality:
It's worth noting first that Kirby is a series with a lot of confusion over which parts are considered "canon" and which aren't. Thankfully, Magolor is written with remarkable consistency across the official contexts in which he appears—or maybe "inconsistency" is a better word for his character. The realest answer to the question of what Magolor's personality is is "Well, what does he need for it to be to get what he wants?" An adorable, innocent victim of circumstance who just needs your help getting his dirty work done? A savvy and humble shopkeeper who would never steer his customers wrong, especially if it nets him a profit? A thin-skinned bawling baby who can't believe you'd ever say anything mean about him, especially if it's the truth? Maybe even your very best and most heroic friend, here to help you save the universe out of the goodness of his heart? Magolor plays all of these parts and more across the games, light novels, and official materials in which he shows up. And, rather than being a sign of inconsistent writing, this is in fact the core of his character: he will put on any act he needs to to come out on top.
His wildly exaggerated and ever-shifting personality—he will change his front on a dime if he senses his current tactic isn't working—can make it difficult to suss out exactly what lies underneath all those, well, lies. But Magolor is also written with some undercurrents that never really change no matter what he's pretending to be at the time. He is consistently grandiose and egotistical, translating his feelings into huge gestures instead of handling them normally: he can't just gain power and influence, he has to try and subjugate the entire universe! He can't just apologize for that incident when he regrets it, he has to build an entire theme park as an "I'm sorry" gift! He can't just casually befriend Kirby, he has to style himself his very best friend forever. And along with this trait comes a blatant disregard for the feelings of others as compared to himself, even if he likes or is trying to impress those people. After all, as grand and impressive as it may be, it's much easier for Magolor to apologize with a theme park than to look someone in the eye and apologize with his words, and it's easier to become best friends forever by repeating the phrase "best friends forever" than by actually offering emotional honesty. Even his better intentions, which do occasionally exist, become easily twisted under the weight of his ego and expressed in unhealthy ways: for example, he seems to genuinely believe that he'd be doing his favorite people and places a favor by making them his unwilling possessions.
But when he isn't playing himself up for his own purposes—in those rare moments that we get to see something probably real going on with him—we get peeks into how awkward and emotionally unequipped he secretly is. Even though Magolor constantly butts into social contexts when they serve him well, as soon as that context becomes more casual and personal, he flounders. He's regularly shown expressing annoyance or discomfort with simple things like small talk or hanging out together when those things are the result of people genuinely wanting his company, outside of his own manipulations; he just doesn't know how to function on that level and will make excuses to end the interaction. In other words, social interaction is great as a tool, not so much as a pastime that he isn't in firm control of. All the world is a stage upon which Magolor is the main character and other people are his sidekicks or props—he is open, when pressed, about not caring much for anyone else's problems, only offering them assistance if it benefits him in some way. But when he's cornered "backstage" on the same level as everyone else, he has no idea what to do or how to act. As good as he is at being charming as a manipulative front, the ability escapes him in ordinary conversation. And it's not a mystery why: real bonds are based on honest interaction, not on misleading striving to look impressive or further some hidden goal.
Word of God is that Magolor is a character who "lies while telling the truth," and that his later-series desires to be friends and stay out of trouble are in fact genuine. And, notably, he hasn't actually done anything villainous recently, so it would seem he's probably trustworthy . . . it's just that his own untrustworthy personality kneecaps him at every turn. Even when he's serious about the big stuff, he just can't help lying and manipulating on a smaller level, twisting reality to make himself look better or even just to entertain himself. Some part of him hasn't changed from the person who once craved power so deeply that he sought to hold the entire universe under his thumb. Now that same lust for power manifests as jokingly playing with people's emotions, seeking monetary profit, or bragging about how popular he is in meta contexts on Twitter. But the reality underneath that is that he does desire forgiveness and real companionship as much as he seeks control—he just has a far weaker grasp on how to obtain them, or handle them honestly once he has them. It's a work in progress. Good thing he has such forgiving friends to help him out, eh?
❥ Abilities: Here we go:
❥ Extras: In order!
❥ Canon: Kirby
❥ Canon Point: after Star Allies
❥ Fandom OC Approval: N/A
❥ History: Wiki link!
❥ CRAU?: N/A
❥ Personality:
It's worth noting first that Kirby is a series with a lot of confusion over which parts are considered "canon" and which aren't. Thankfully, Magolor is written with remarkable consistency across the official contexts in which he appears—or maybe "inconsistency" is a better word for his character. The realest answer to the question of what Magolor's personality is is "Well, what does he need for it to be to get what he wants?" An adorable, innocent victim of circumstance who just needs your help getting his dirty work done? A savvy and humble shopkeeper who would never steer his customers wrong, especially if it nets him a profit? A thin-skinned bawling baby who can't believe you'd ever say anything mean about him, especially if it's the truth? Maybe even your very best and most heroic friend, here to help you save the universe out of the goodness of his heart? Magolor plays all of these parts and more across the games, light novels, and official materials in which he shows up. And, rather than being a sign of inconsistent writing, this is in fact the core of his character: he will put on any act he needs to to come out on top.
His wildly exaggerated and ever-shifting personality—he will change his front on a dime if he senses his current tactic isn't working—can make it difficult to suss out exactly what lies underneath all those, well, lies. But Magolor is also written with some undercurrents that never really change no matter what he's pretending to be at the time. He is consistently grandiose and egotistical, translating his feelings into huge gestures instead of handling them normally: he can't just gain power and influence, he has to try and subjugate the entire universe! He can't just apologize for that incident when he regrets it, he has to build an entire theme park as an "I'm sorry" gift! He can't just casually befriend Kirby, he has to style himself his very best friend forever. And along with this trait comes a blatant disregard for the feelings of others as compared to himself, even if he likes or is trying to impress those people. After all, as grand and impressive as it may be, it's much easier for Magolor to apologize with a theme park than to look someone in the eye and apologize with his words, and it's easier to become best friends forever by repeating the phrase "best friends forever" than by actually offering emotional honesty. Even his better intentions, which do occasionally exist, become easily twisted under the weight of his ego and expressed in unhealthy ways: for example, he seems to genuinely believe that he'd be doing his favorite people and places a favor by making them his unwilling possessions.
But when he isn't playing himself up for his own purposes—in those rare moments that we get to see something probably real going on with him—we get peeks into how awkward and emotionally unequipped he secretly is. Even though Magolor constantly butts into social contexts when they serve him well, as soon as that context becomes more casual and personal, he flounders. He's regularly shown expressing annoyance or discomfort with simple things like small talk or hanging out together when those things are the result of people genuinely wanting his company, outside of his own manipulations; he just doesn't know how to function on that level and will make excuses to end the interaction. In other words, social interaction is great as a tool, not so much as a pastime that he isn't in firm control of. All the world is a stage upon which Magolor is the main character and other people are his sidekicks or props—he is open, when pressed, about not caring much for anyone else's problems, only offering them assistance if it benefits him in some way. But when he's cornered "backstage" on the same level as everyone else, he has no idea what to do or how to act. As good as he is at being charming as a manipulative front, the ability escapes him in ordinary conversation. And it's not a mystery why: real bonds are based on honest interaction, not on misleading striving to look impressive or further some hidden goal.
Word of God is that Magolor is a character who "lies while telling the truth," and that his later-series desires to be friends and stay out of trouble are in fact genuine. And, notably, he hasn't actually done anything villainous recently, so it would seem he's probably trustworthy . . . it's just that his own untrustworthy personality kneecaps him at every turn. Even when he's serious about the big stuff, he just can't help lying and manipulating on a smaller level, twisting reality to make himself look better or even just to entertain himself. Some part of him hasn't changed from the person who once craved power so deeply that he sought to hold the entire universe under his thumb. Now that same lust for power manifests as jokingly playing with people's emotions, seeking monetary profit, or bragging about how popular he is in meta contexts on Twitter. But the reality underneath that is that he does desire forgiveness and real companionship as much as he seeks control—he just has a far weaker grasp on how to obtain them, or handle them honestly once he has them. It's a work in progress. Good thing he has such forgiving friends to help him out, eh?
❥ Abilities: Here we go:
- Flight: What it says on the tin; this is how he gets around!
- Magic Sphere/Revolution Orbs: Spheres of electric energy that he can shoot out of his hands, that do more damage and increase in number (up to three at once) the more time he has to charge the magic before firing them off.
- Revolution Flame: The above move at maximum charge, which makes the electric magic turn into fire magic.
- Deadly Needles: Spikes of dark magical energy that Magolor can summon upwards out of the ground to spear anyone standing in range. Like the orbs, these are stronger and cover more area the more time he has to charge them.
- Magolor Surge: An attack (or way of moving quickly) that is basically just flying like a cannonball cloaked in wind magic.
- Black Hole/Summon: An aimable rune circle that can collapse into a small black hole on demand, sucking nearby objects into a rip in spacetime. I won't use this casually or in PVP fights because of its nature.
- Ultra Sword: A huge magical sword with a gigantic range that he can summon out of a rune circle and swing for massive damage. However, it's a slow attack that he isn't very skilled at using.
- Magic Barrier: A magical shield that makes him invulnerable to damage while he has it up, but can be broken by attacking it repeatedly.
- Dimensional Vanish: For about five seconds, he can slip through a portal into the "background" of the world, so to speak, and move invisibly and invulnerably through space. He can't clip through things like the ground, though.
❥ Extras: In order!
- Re: Nerfing Abilities: I've left two of his abilities off of the list above, Magoloran Launch and Gem Apple Bombs (but see next bullet!). I plan on nerfing these because the former is overpowered and makes little sense in RP, and the latter involves having an endless supply of consumable objects. Everything else can stay if it's okay with the mods!
- Re: Three Possessions: The only thing he would have on his person would be gem apples, so he will be bringing three of those. These fruits can be used as either food, currency (in his world, obviously), or as an explosive weapon (but only by Magolor, through some kind of detonation enchantment). They can also be planted to grow trees that will make more gem apples, which is what he'll attempt to do with them here by taking them to the botanical garden to "donate" in exchange for a cut of the apple harvest. I'm fine with this transaction going through or with him being turned away by the curators!
- Re: Choosing a God: Since Magolor fashions himself as an honest person, he will choose Diacht as the God he publicly supports. But, since he's not actually an honest person, I don't expect that to last long whatsoever, and I am up for any consequences happening over any period of time. The God he should actually be aligned with is Rawna, in accordance with his secretly calculating and apathetic nature.
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