#self insert ideas

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[fightinggamegirlfriend]

tried thinking about my main tekken self insert but honestly the more I tried the more I realise her original concept is just so lacklustre and just…. Idk uninspired? She was supposed to a fashion blogger who accidentally tapped into the powers of the fae, and it sounded fun on paper and works as a fun contrast to my (then self ship) with Eliza aesthetically but honestly if I try to think about said self insert from a gameplay perspective- I just can’t really think of anything and honestly an existing character in the roster covers the basis I had I mind from my self insert anyways: Alisa Bosconovitch.

So I’ve thought about other directions to take her in creatively, and I’ve come across one that is subject wise completely unfamiliar to me but also doesn’t really exist in fighting games…

the skateboarder. No seriously, characters in tekken do sometimes use a mode of transportation be it a bike, motorcycle, teleporting swords etc.

but I haven’t seen a fighting game character with a skateboard and that to me is ripe for perfect comedy + also is a brilliant idea for a Tekken Rage Art/finisher where a character beats their opponent over the head with their skateboard so hard to the point it snaps it in two, but the skateboarder just continues to smash you over the head with one of the broken parts of the skateboard until all of the parts break.

What I’m asking is… what if Tony Hawk was a fighting game character?

[fightinggamegirlfriend]

Inconsequential self insert lore to Shallow Candy: one time when she was like idk 3 or 4 and in Dr. Naomi’s care, she accidentally summoned a black hole (this is kinda the first time she’s aware she has abilities) in her room and her aunt almost fell over in shock because of it. Don’t worry it was resolved pretty easily, I mean she was a child afterall, but it did leave Naomi in a bit of a shock and also she’s learnt to keep an extra eye on her niece whenever possible.

[fightinggamegirlfriend]

i know i've liked. just disappeared for a large chunk of time, but I promised there is good reason for that. I've been busy writing up Griselda's profile, but I can share some details about her + their role in the series's story mode for certain games:

Spoilers for Guilty Gear and Guilty Gear 2 Overture

TW for some mentions of manipulative behavoiur and brainwashing (Griselda is the one being manipulated for the most part)

small notice: Griselda uses she/her, they/them and xe/xem pronouns!

Tagging: @teddybear-selfshipping, @gravistone, @szayelinx, @magnoliaeclaiir

Griselda was a high ranking magic user and member of the Holy Order and participated in the Crusades to defend Humanity against the overwhelming forces of Gears.

Her main weapon is a big giant fuck off sword that is infused with magic and can transform into any other type of bladed or bludgeoning weapon. It's called 'The Reznor'. [reference to Tre..nt Rez..nor of Nin...e In..ch Na..ils fame]

throughout the series her attire is somewhat based on/influenced by the gothic lolita fashion style that's popular in Japan - opts to wear dresses in the middle of a serious fight.

Bumped heads a lot with Sol Badguy when he joined the Holy Order. However as time went on, their hostility began to weaken and slowly began to become actual friends

Sees Ky Kiske as a younger brother, and while they do mostly get along, they don't necessarily view the world the same way. Ky is an idealist and optimist, Griselda is a cynic when it comes to the future (opting to view the future through the 'realistic' outcomes and events). Sometimes that clash of ideas can cause conflict.

She was sent out on a solo mission to destroy a specific Gear-Class that was weak to her magic, but xe never came back from that mission. There was a funeral in her honor, but some people believed that she's still alive but just took the mission to run away from the Holy Order (despite that being a very OOC thing for her)

Griselda does become part gear, although this occurs after being cursed by an individual who claimed to know the location of the Gear she was tasked to find and kill.

Becoming part Gear, gave her... many physical changes, particularly her hair changed colour and became blonde for some reason, but also gained some form of abilities that can be described as werewolf physiology, with a dash of immense physical strength, agility, stamina and heightened senses. She's also a lot more aggressive compared to when she was a human.

Like Sol Badguy's Dragon Infusion, she can tap into part of these powers that give her a more monstrous werewolf/beast like form. this is called 'Moonlight Infusion' for simplicity's sake.

Upon becoming part gear, and the fact that this is during the Crusades, Griselda ends up being controlled by Justice - and when Justice finds out that she can control a human-gear hybrid, she opts to make the measly human her 'Bodyguard' .

When rumors of Justice having a bodyguard (Griselda) go around, they refer to the bodyguard as 'The Golden Wolf'

When Justice was finally sealed in 2173, Griselda hides away to Ganymede and hides there, mostly in shame of her actions of assisting Justice and the destruction of her own kind.

Dr Paradigm is one of the few independent gears who does not look down upon the former human. he invites her over in a simple act of kindness, then she aids him in some science experiments or finding scientific research material from the human world. this routine would eventually become one of Griselda's long lasting and stable friendships.

In the first Guilty Gear game, when Griselda gets word of the Second Holy Order Selection Tournament and how they are offering the winner any wish they want, she attends the tournament, hoping to reverse the curse's affects and go back to normal.

However she gets beaten in the tournament, ironically being defeated by Sol. However when Justice is seemingly brought back by Testament, the commander-class Gear's orders kick back in and she faces off Sol again.

Something something, Sol puts the pieces together and realises that this part gear, part human is Griselda and is able to get through to her and change her mental state into one that's no longer under Justice's control. However after Justice is defeated again by Sol, Griselda is already gone as she heads back to Ganymede, not wanting to mingle with people from her past life.

In GG 2 Overture, the disappearance of notable Gears forces the roads of Sol Badguy's and Griselda's life to cross paths to confront and solve the issue of Valentine and The Cube in a place known as The Backyard. It is then the two finally confront each other, and finally Sol and Ky are given answers as to what happened on that Solo Mission Griselda took. Eventually they all work together to solve the issue at hand, and bring back the missing gears.

Ky offers Griselda a place to stay in Illyria, and offers her a spot on his political council as he believes that having someone who is human AND part gear could help him achieve or at least make it easier for Gears and Humans to co-exist together in harmony. Griselda is hesitant about this because they have for the most of their life been played as the puppet to a much larger more powerful figure - but Ky insists that he wants xyr council, xyr opinion on political matters even if they go against Ky's own views.

xe accepts his offer but under the condition that Sol Badguy is commission to make Griselda her own version of the Gear Cell Suppressor as to not just hide her physical characteristics that give her away as being 'a gear', but to also keep a lid/cap on her powers of which she still doesn't fully understand or know how to control.

Despite Griselda having been Justice's puppet, she does not hold any ill will against Dizzy. Dizzy is only trying to exist peacefully in a world that fears her.

[fightinggamegirlfriend]

Shallow Candy doesn’t actually have a proper ‘name’ per say, it’s more of an alias. In-game it implies she does have a name but anytime someone says it or it’s mentioned in subtitles - it’s either redacted or censored. The real reason for this is because I can’t really think about a good name for them. But the in-game reason is that it’s a super secret that would break the NMH universe and so therefore it’s a running joke that her name would just cause a supernova event if you dare say it. looking into the game files doesn’t offer a lot of help but it’s implied that maybe her name is like super duper mundane, but the actual name is never listed anywhere in the files.

[fightinggamegirlfriend]

thinking about making my shadows of the damned self insert to be on the more monster-ish side than human, considering how long they’ve been stuck in hell for and the times they had to actively hunt demons as the only form of food source.

I mean they’re not stuck as a monster, but they’ve gotten so used to their monstrous form so much that they don’t bother to go back to their human form. Also its just so much better for her to be in said monster form because it makes it easier to hunt and consume demons.

Basically they’re kind of like Christopher, but slightly more depressed but if they’re cornered they will become insanely feral too.

[fightinggamegirlfriend]

Fairy tail self insert but they’re op as heck.

Like. Cosmic levels op.

[fightinggamegirlfriend]

okay so my vampire the masquerade self insert is gonna be a gangrel (or brujah) who participates in death match wrestling because a) they can be a little more reckless than usual and not die but also b) you’d be surprised that you can actually turn a decent profit there because some kindred and ghouls are very much into the bloodlust.

I can safely say the kindred paying big bucks are like older generations of vampires who love seeing chaos, or that seeing blood be spilled in the ring is an art form. (*cough* toreadors *cough*)

As for how they were turned or ‘embraced’ if you will is something I’m trying to figure out currently but it was a like an impulsive decision by their sire who was really upset that it got out of hand (a stunt went wrong) but at the same time they couldn’t really bear to see her in such pain and so they turned her.