First letter of your URL is your character's species!
A - Puffball (like Kirby)
B - Penguin (like Dedede)
C - Whatever the mages and haltmanns are
D - Jambeliever
E - Key Dee
F - Scarfy
G - Waddle Doo
H - Burning Leo
I - Chilly
J - NESP
K - Noddy
L - Poppy Bros Jr
M - Paint Witch
N - Hamster
O - Human
P - Ripple Star Fairy
Q - Spider
R - Whatever Magolor is
S - Squeaker
T - Fecto
U - Awoofy
V - Octopus (like Chuchu)
W - Waddle Dee
X - Keke
Y - Whatever Tiff and Tuff are
Z - People of the Sky (flower fairies from KTD)
Favorite Season = Their Fighting Style!
Spring - Ranged Weapon
Summer - Melee Weapon
Fall - Healing/Support
Winter - Mage
Fave Color = What magic they specialize in, if any
Red - Fire
Orange - Rock/Ground/Earth
Yellow - Electric
Green - Nature
Blue - Water
Purple - Poison
Pink - ESP/Psychic
Black - Ghostly
White - Ice
Fave Flavor = A big part of their personality, a main trait
Sweet - Headstrong
Sour - Kindhearted
Salty - Short-tempered
Spicy - Selfish
What you like best will determine your character's Matter type
Clouds - Heart Matter
Rain - Soul Matter
Stars - Dream Matter
The Moon - Dark Matter
I hope this wasn't too much, I'd love to see what you create so, if you decide to use this, if you don't add on to a reblog, tag me if you upload what you make!
wrote the first two paragraphs of priory with tolkien’s elvish script. it’s not perfect but I’d like to think I’m improving!
[ID: the first two paragraphs of the priory of the orange tree written with the tengwar. it reads:
The stranger came out of the sea like a water ghost, barefoot and wearing the scars of his journey. He walked as if drunk through the haze of mist that clung like spidersilk to Seiiki.
The stories of old said water ghosts were doomed to live in silence. That their tongues had shrivelled, along with their skin, and that all that dressed their bones was seaweed. That they would lurk in the shallows, waiting to drag the unwary to the heart of the Abyss.
the ink is black, except for the last word (abyss), which is red. /end ID]
If you want, give us the full version of your thoughts about Sonic 06: the musical
Haha, this got long (2600 words!)
I'm a very cursed person to ask about this because there are three (3) musicals I am known to talk about and I have a very inconsistent music taste but here goes:
Opening Number. Themed around the festival of the sun, Soleanna, and Solaris during the chorus bits. It's got to have a number of overlapping parts, thanks to the game's three main storylines. It's loud and intense and expresses the goals of the main characters: Silver has to restore the future, Shadow has to protect the world's relative peace, and Sonic has to take down bad guys to save the common folk. Cool? Cool. Once everything's been established, Silver continues on with his part, describing what life is like in the future, and the chorus stays to the fringes of the stage. Silver is appealing directly to the audience. The music slows enough for Mephiles to come in, say his promising bit, and get Silver's agreement before swelling again for the end of the number.
Since they're on my mind, I'm going to establish a few things here. This musical should be focused on Iblis and Mephiles. Eggman will be mentioned, but not shown. Also, there is an actress for Blaze, but I really like the idea that she's a friend Silver made up, so she's typically only in scenes where Silver is alone or with Mephiles. Silver might make a few comments to her, but nobody else pays her any mind. A few things about the plot of '06 will be restructured to make it more concise, since musicals need to be pretty compressed.
Also, Mephiles needs a STRONG leitmotif. It’s with him whenever he shows up, as well as in other special circumstances as mentioned below. Additionally, his theme in the game is powerful for so many reasons, and one of them is the fact that it has no words. I think it's alright if he has pieces that are sung softly or not sung at all for the first part of the show.
Second Number. Sonic is doing his hero stuff. Just a general exploration of his character and daily routine with Tails. For this piece, he’s rescuing the princess of Soleanna from a mentioned “Eggman.” Elise does a brief little dance segment with Sonic and Tails before going offstage.
Throughout the musical, Elise can be seen as part of the chorus, but she will be primarily excluded from the plot. I love you, Elise, but for the sake of a musical, saving you repeatedly makes even less sense than it did in the game.
Third Number. As Sonic runs off the stage, Shadow runs in from the other side and stops in the center, right wherever Sonic just was. As he does so, the lighting changes. This is his spy mission to retrieve Rouge and the Scepter of Darkness. The chorus of this song is “cold” and has a hard drop*. This is Shadow’s song, they can go however cool for it as they want.
*check out Idea, libidO, Wonderland, or Back Door to see what I mean (I didn’t think I’d be linking kpop but it was all I could think of for examples). It’s all about the vibes; they SCREAM “spy mission.”
Fourth Number. Silver’s in the present! This song is short, but it’s all about appreciating the world around you. Blaze, the friend he communes with when he’s anxious, is gone.
Fifth Number. Comedic little number between Silver and Amy. Amy tries to explain basic concepts of society to Silver, Silver mostly fails to understand them, Amy deems his efforts good enough. There are no background dancers; it’s just the two of them, and it really emphasizes the fact that they’re both in their early teens.
It’s cute and clumsy. Again, it’s supposed to be a lighthearted and comedic view of their search together. The audience obviously knows that they’re searching for the same person, but the characters don’t.
Sixth Number. They find Sonic and Tails! Yay! It’s their confrontation. Driven by his determination, Silver’s personality directly contrasts from what it was in the previous number. Sonic fails because he’s focused more on Tails’ well-being than his own. The whole thing continually builds until Amy cuts in. Silver is left alone on the stage.
Seventh Number. Silver solo number about weighing the world against a single life. We see his doubt. The determination is gone; he’s clearly a kid again. This piece is one of the more somber ones in the show. At the end, Blaze walks up from where she’d been watching at the back of the stage and sings a short bit about their mission. During this, we can hear Mephiles’ leitmotif to emphasize that he’s gotten inside of Silver’s head.
Transition Scene. Sonic and Tails bump into Shadow and Rouge. Sonic messes with Shadow, and after a bit, they chase one another around the stage, including up onto ramps and higher set pieces, where Rouge and Tails have settled. Sonic knocks into Rouge and sends the Scepter of Darkness falling to the stage below. It releases Mephiles, who says a bit, maybe sings a small part, and makes the stage go dark.
Just for the sake of this show, I think I want to do away with the whole “Mephiles takes up Shadow’s shadow” thing. Hating him is enough to form their special connection <3. Besides, Mephiles deserves a cool costume (I’m talking Macavity from cats levels of wild) that slowly devolves over the course of the show.
Eighth Number. IT’S CRISIS CITY TIME, BABY!!! Sonic and Shadow start to prattle at one another, then Tails and Rouge reveal that they’re all in the future. With that, we enter into a Team Sonic/Team Dark rivalry duet while they all look around for a way out. This is going to be a long piece; it transitions directly into the flame core boss fight with Iblis, which is the half that’s heavier on choreography and lighter on words. At Iblis’ defeat, they realize that the monster tore open a portal, and without better options, they jump through it.
Imagine the banter between Sonic and Shadow in this song to be like the banter between Light and L in Stalemate from the Death Note musical. Not in context, but in the way their parts work together. Iblis should be a big jumble of chorus dancers dressed in red (think the costumes from this but all the same tone) that are linked together and lash out at the heroes.
Ninth Number. Mephiles redirected each member’s journey through time, though they all end up back in the present. When Shadow steps out of the portal, he’s alone with Mephiles himself. They have their little scene about humans going after Shadow, then a number wherein Mephiles remains calm but Shadow’s temper and tone rise. This is, of course, cut off with Omega shooting Mephiles, who ragdolls to the floor. Rouge’s voice comes over the speakers as if she’s talking through Shadow’s intercom to warn him that they’ve all been broken up. Shadow exits through the back of the stage. Omega exits through the audience.
I imagine Omega looking like a very stoic Man in Black sort of guy. He’s just some guy in a suit and sunglasses that speaks stiffly and has a gun.
Tenth Number. Sonic is all alone and has a solo about how he has no idea what’s going on. Silver appears elsewhere on the set such that their characters do not notice one another. Both of them sing individually about wanting to promote a better future, then have a short duet.
Eleventh Number. Silver has a very brief confrontation with Mephiles, who points out Sonic’s position on the stage.
Twelfth Number (Act I Closing). Silver confronts Sonic. Part-way through the number, Shadow hurries in to defend Sonic and drop the bomb that Mephiles has been toying with Silver the whole time (insert leitmotif with a note off). Triple S decide to team up. They all go into the portal to the past. This song is pretty long and an absolute BANGER.
At this point, Sonic doesn't need to rescue Elise two more times for padding. He can hang out with Shadow and Silver for Act II.
Thirteenth Number (Act II Opening). Solo Mephiles number. It's short, it's gentle, and it acts as his "I want" song the way that the opening number does for triple S. He briefly lets the audience into the agony he feels being separated from Iblis and his discontent with watching time being steered the wrong way. He also mentions that humans have mistreated him and how he loathes them. He remains onstage for the next number and watches the performance.
I didn’t make this part thirteen on purpose, but I think that that’s a nice touch.
Fourteenth Number. The Duke of Soleanna and his scientists are separating Solaris into pieces. Not only is the process described to us; this is where the audience is informed about what Iblis and Mephiles actually are. It ends with the blast of failure.
First act was all about triple S. I think it would be nice for these previous two pieces to focus a bit more on the villain. I wouldn't want it to be any sooner than the second act, since Mephiles is, by nature, in the background, but trying for the audience's sympathy would be neat. The fourteenth number should be performed such that we side against the scientists.
Fifteenth Number. Triple S rush onstage. Mephiles (the spectator) creeps away. They survey the damage. A bit wary of the stranger, Sonic offers to follow Iblis with Silver while Shadow goes after Mephiles. First, we follow Shadow, and there is a reprised motif from the ninth number.
Sixteenth Number. Sonic and Silver are chasing Iblis. There’s a short (maybe a minute, minute and a half) segment where they learn more about one another before the music slows. Silver catches Iblis, but before Sonic can try to jump at it, the Duke arrives with Elise, and we have a longer musical piece about her duty and his love for her. Even when this scene is over, the tune carries on until triple S meets up again to return to the present.
I don’t like the crying rule in the game. It’s hard to think about. If the Duke makes it clear that Elise cannot be incapacitated in some way, I think that that would make much more sense as a rule for releasing Iblis.
Seventeenth Number. A short song about all the different things that the characters have to accomplish. Silver wants to capture Iblis in the future, Shadow’s going to hunt down Mephiles, and Sonic’s going to check on the princess, now that he knows she might be one of Mephiles’ targets. They tear open a portal and all move to accomplish their tasks.
Think Notes or Preparations for the pacing. Maybe even Very Very Busy. Also, assume they’ve been collecting the chaos emeralds all this time. I’m too lazy to go back and find all the spots where they do.
Eighteenth Number. The scene where Silver seals Iblis. Let’s say he manages to seal it within one of the emeralds. When he does, Blaze disappears from the stage for good.
This one is supposed to be a little bittersweet. The song is powerful, but just like in the game, Silver should finish it sounding a little bit lost. He’s finally accomplished his lifelong goal, after all.
Nineteenth Number. Team Dark is on the hunt for Mephiles. The first part is just a search and probably has a motif from the third number. When they reach Mephiles in the desert, they have a little back-and-forth singing confrontation. Mephiles sounds the most agitated that he’s been in the entire show so far. There’s a short battle shown through dance, then Shadow has his biggest solo singing moment of the show before delivering the final piece.
This is a long number. The first part of this makes me think of Find Anatole and Why Have You Brought Me Here?. The second part also reminds me of something, but I don’t know what.
Twentieth Number. Sonic and Tails reach the castle of Soleanna and are denied entry. They devise another way in. The number ends in Elise’s room, where Sonic and Tails switch between entertaining Elise and being on guard. Mephiles comes up from the back of the stage and stabs Sonic through the back while he’s the entertainer. Sonic crumples to the floor. Elise screams and faints. Tails cries out. The whole scene stops so that Mephiles, looking at Iblis (which is probably just a lighting effect rising from Elise), can deliver a soliloquy. After that, the lighting goes wild, and the stage seems to shatter.
If you need a visual for the frozen moment in time, think of Hamilton’s final monologue.
Twenty-First Number. When the lights settle, the stage is arranged differently. All of the familiar cast is there: Sonic, Tails, Shadow, Silver, Rouge, Omega, Elise, and Amy. Shadow, Tails, and Amy examine Sonic, and they all find evidence that he’s alive. He isn’t bleeding out; this is a space without time. He’s also not getting any better. The group resolves to search for the emeralds again. The song starts out somber, picks up momentum, and ends somber again.
Twenty-Second Number. The group all comes back together around Sonic’s body. On the set above them, the light illuminates Mephiles, who is now Solaris. His costume is different than it was before. It’s brighter. He bursts into song with a gusto that we haven’t seen from him all show. As he’s delivering his villain moment, he’s puppeteering around the other characters on the stage below.
The intensity of this piece is supposed to show that Mephiles is whole again.
Twenty-Third Number. The longest piece of the show. The characters attempt to gather all of the emeralds together, but Mephiles keeps them each from reaching Sonic. Tails is the one to devise a plan; he gives his emerald to another character, who begins to discreetly collect them from the rest of the cast while Mephiles’ attention is elsewhere. Tails sets up a distraction that allows this character to reach Sonic. The chaos emeralds erupt with power, Sonic rises, yadda yadda, Solaris boss fight. The musical piece goes on all the way until Sonic and Elise are alone with Solaris’ flame and choose to blow it out.
I think Amy should be the one to collect the emeralds. That would be neat. I don’t have much of an idea what the fight would look like, but to be fair, I’ve been outlining for four hours by this point and my brain is starting to wear out.
Twenty-Fourth Number. A reflection of the opening number. Themed around the festival of the sun. Sonic and Shadow double down on their goals, maybe with an extra lesson they’ve learned. Silver has a solo moment to express what he’s looking forward to in the future. Most of the piece is bright and expressive, but it ends on a mellow tune.
I have a few ideas about the costuming and makeup that I’m NOT going to try tacking onto this post because it is long enough, but the sum of it is that I don’t want the characters to be Sonic characters human-ified. I want the costumes to be WEIRD. If anything, I want the costumes to only be evocative of the characters they represent. They should be able to stand on their own for the purposes of attracting the general audience.
I always like shows where the chorus dancers go through the aisles. I think that that would be a nice touch for the opening and ending numbers.
For how dramatic it is, Sonic ‘06 should always have just been a musical. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
