startleyoursleeptonight asked: Just a quick question, could a troll some how be anemic? Or bleed easily in any way?
I think so
It would be a handicap though and you would have to explain how they haven’t been culled yet though
-Jazzhands
rainfoxcat asked: I've come up with a design for my troll, but no name or sign. She's a sea-dweller and her lusus is a three-headed nurse shark. She as three sets of horns lined up on her head, somewhat biggest (A bit smaller than Sollux's biggest horn) in the front, smallest in the back. She has a bubble obsession and enjoys bright colors, fantasy stories, and large sharks. Her hive is built near a coral reef and she spends her free time swimming with the local fish.
Okay I got this from the info you gave me
For the name, how about Cirrat Bubbla
For Cirrat, I looked at the official name for nurse sharks, picked the last word which was cirratum, which derives from Greek and means curl or swim, and shortened it to 6 letters
For Bubbla I looked up the origin of the word bubble, and used this
For the symbol
Okay so look at this
I’m thinking that those yellow lines could make a nice symbol
These are just suggestions though, and if you don’t like them then if you could give me some more info I could make better ones
-Jazzhands
Anonymous asked: hi, im curious- could you maybe give me a rough estimate for when we can submit fantrolls? since submissions are closed now right.
Next week on Friday!! :D
Anonymous asked: I really have a lot of feelings of how one of my fantrolls is gonna work out, but here's a question: What kind of powers can a red blood have? Like, a kind of dark a brownish red color?
Okay so anytime you’re giving any character ever powers, you need to make sure they’re balanced. The powers don’t have to have an overt drawback or consequence, (Sollux’s is as simple as overexertion leads to death), but there should be reasonable limitations to stop your character from being boringly strong.
Specific to trolls, lowbloods have powers that are related to mental abilities to contrast their physical inferiority. So some basic options are things like illusions, invisibility, precognition, telekinesis, etc. Wikipedia has some great lists here and here if you want to browse around, but again make sure that the power you pick is based on will/mental might and not a physical manifestation.
~Jarjar
Sehket Pardae
Weeaboobies: HELL FUCKING YES EGYPTIAN BASED FANTROLL AUTOMATIC 14/10 SOMEONE GIVE THIS PERSON AN AWARD, I DON’T CARE IF WE’RE ON A BUDGET!
Anonymous asked: If you don't mind me asking, how many trolls are left for you guys to review currently?
Twenty five at the moment.
tenacioustrickster asked: I have this red-blooded troll, Zetori. His lusus is a Lynx and so the Lynx is his symbol. He is quiet and obedient to people he likes, and just prefers to observe. Since he is a red-blood, his psychic powers mostly relate to his lusus. It allows him to increase speed, also makes him 'invisible' to people's eyes. He can also detect people's presence from long distances, in a way an animal can sense prey. I was wondering if this an appropriate. Also, I'm having a hard time coming up with a quirk.
Hmm, I’m not sure. I like the invisibility aspect, as cats are very stealthy, but the increased speed seems like a physical enhancement rather than a mental one, which means it would be more likely to be a highblood power. If you tone it down to just quick reflexes that could be explained by very slight precognition, then I think that’d be better. If you’re dead set on the speed thing though, just find a way to justify it as an actual mental/psychic power rather than a physical one.
As for quirk I’m thinking maybe something with 8 as eyes, or OO or 00 or oo since he likes to watch people? Maybe throw in ears too to make it more complete.
he’s always ^oo^bserving every^oo^ne ar^oo^und him
landoftimeandsteam asked: I'm so sorry; you probably get asked this tons, but I'm new to this blog. Is there a submit schedule? Or is the submit box just closed for now?
Right now submissions are closed.
~Jarjar
Anonymous asked: so i have a fantroll, and her sign is the little bear. i want to base her off of her sign because that's what everyone tells me to do, but i'm not sure how to do that. like for personality and stuff. i have her name and lusus, but i need help with her interests!
Well Bears can be associated with a lot of things. I would work on establishing her personality first, and then build up her interests. Bears can be viewed symbolically in a number of ways, but they’re almost always associated with strength. They can be overprotective sort of mama-bear figures who are rough around the edges but still very caring. As an apex predator, they can be seen as primarily aggressive, intimidating and kind of dickish, although that’s generally a more masculine interpretation. As omnivores and creatures who hibernate they can be seen as opportunistic and borderline lazy kinds of people.
You don’t have to pick one of those three, but take some traits associated with bears and then mold them into a cohesive person. Once you’ve got that down, just start trying on interests and see what fits. Aggression could lead to a troll interested in boxing or wrestling, laziness could lead to a troll interested in eating contests, video games, oragami, or some other minimal energy requirement types of activities, and a caring troll could be some kind of event organizer. Maybe she runs a flarping group, or is the equivalent of a troll!girl scouts troop leader. Whatever you do, just try and find a way to relate it back to whatever idea you choose as your main theme for her. Not everything has to fit perfectly, and a few random type activities help flush out a full character better honestly, just so long as enough works that it all holds together well.
~Jarjar
Anonymous asked: Would a blind fantroll be too similar to Terezi? His lusus (a bat) taught him to use echolocation to "see" after he went blind from an explosion and chemicals got into his eyes.
No, seems fine! The cause of blindness is different, as is the method of coping.
~Jarjar
Anonymous asked: Would a fantroll who just wanted to die be okay? Her lusus is already dead, so she really has no reason, in her mind, to keep living. So she tries to commit suicide often, but she has horrible luck and her plans always end up failing. But once she gets into the game she's somehow fatally wounded and dies, happy that she's finally going to die. But she dies on her quest bed, so she comes back as a god tier, so she can't die. I don't know if it's too morbid or what... I thought it was ironic...
Hm, as long as you do manage to explain how she avoids death so often, then I think that’d be fine. It’s implied that trolls with dead lusii are normally culled soon afterwards, so you’ll have to get around that somehow. But having a suicidal theme is fine. It’s a touchy subject, and some people won’t like it but do what you want man.
~Jarjar
=> Be the pretentious hipster-ish wannabe.
@____Excuse me, my good /)arrator, but that is rather rude___
@____For your ow/) sake, could you reword that sente/)ce___
@____Also what is a hipster____
JJ: I like the quirk.
=>Be the really cool tough filmmaking seadweller!!
@____Let’s not get sarcastic /)ow___
=> Enter name.
Your name is REQUIN SANGER. You are SEVEN SWEEPS OLD.
You are an AMATEUR FILMMAKER, and aspire to achieve some sort of fame. You have a variety of INTERESTS, which include, of course, MAKING MOVIES, among other things to be mentioned later. These other interests include CASUAL ONLINE ROLEPLAYING, as you tried FLARP once and never ever want to again. The reason being that you were almost took an arrow to the face, and nearly escaped being burned alive all in one day. You decided that it just didn’t suit you.
JJ: That would kind of off-putting if you ask me.
You also enjoy other arts, including PAINTING. You have VARIOUS MASTERPIECES scattered around your hive, but you admit they’re NOT ALL THAT GREAT.
You just felt obligated to start painting or you’re not a real troll artist. You use this frustration towards your sucky paintings to make even more sucky paintings. You mostly just end up feeding them to SHARKDAD, who says they’re at least tasty. You take this as some sort of WEIRD COMPLIMENT, even though it really isn’t because Sharkdad eats everything.
JJ: Fffff
You prefer MOVIES anyway. God, you LOVE MOVIES. You direct and write various films of various topics. You mostly prefer the SUSPENSE AND THRILLER GENRE. You’re hesitant to use the phrase “HORROR MOVIE,” because that implies senseless gore and violence. You prefer to focus on the use of FEAR AND TENSION.
JJ: Oh man he really is a hipster. That’s adorable. PS HE SHOULD WATCH CABIN IN THE WOODS, NO SPOILERS BUT IT’S FANTASTIC, and also kind of hipstery.
You usually cast LOWBLOODS in your films, as they’re a lot more EXPENDABLE. Your movies can get pretty INTENSE, and sometimes they get into STUNT-RELATED ACCIDENTS. You feel that this is INCONSIDERATE on their part. But you usually keep it in the movie anyway. If they’re totally useless afterwards, you feed them to Sharkdad.
JJ: Alternian labor economics at their finest.
This practice has given you a BAD REPUTATION among LOWBLOODS, who now tend to avoid you whenever you go on land. You try to be stealthy, but you swim too close to the surface, so your fin-shaped horn sticks out of the water. Everyone can see you coming.
Your MOIRAIL is VENUSA AMOREA. She is a TEALBLOOD, a fair blood color for a moirail, you guess. She is very FRIENDLY and UNDERSTANDING, if a bit…spacey. And unrealistic. She has recently been AVOIDING YOU. You have NO IDEA WHY. Your KISMESIS is ATHICA DROSMI. There was been an intense rivalry between you two for almost ONE SWEEP now. You argue and fight often, and she often wins. But just because of she CHEATS with her DUMB MUDBLOOD PSYCHIC INSTINCT POWERS. You have no matesprit, but that’s probably because of your HORRID REPUTATION. And your PERSONALITY. You just blame it on your weird crooked shark teeth. Or maybe it’s your outfit.
As a PURPLE-BLOODED SEADWELLER, your hive is located UNDERWATER. Your LUSUS is a HUGE JAWBEAST that you call SHARKDAD. Your RELATIONSHIP with your lusus is OK, YOU GUESS. He doesn’t despise you. He’s usually ok, other than him constantly swimming around the hive at all times so he doesn’t drown. It gets kind of annoying when you have to chase after him in your UNNECESSARILY HUGE HIVE. You also constantly have to FEED HIM THINGS so he doesn’t EAT OTHER SEADWELLERS. You fight with him when he tries to go after them. He usually calms down after you feed him a LOWBLOOD or other RANDOM OBJECT. Your fights don’t always end so well, however. You have a LARGE GASH IN YOUR ARM after he fought back one time. It’s okay to you, though. You need to protect those in the higher caste.
You have allocated your STRIFE SPECIBUS with HARPOONKIND, and use it for various purposes. It’s fairly useful, actually. You can STRIFE with other trolls, use it to control SHARKDAD when he gets hungry, take down FLEEING LOWBLOODS, go FISHING with it, and make KILLER SHISH-KEBOBS. Literally. You almost impaled yourself in the mouth when you tried to eat with it. That was a dumb idea.
You use the FILMREEL FETCH MODUS. You have to catch an item as the film reel unravels. This would be an ok fetch modus, but the film KEEPS GETTING TANGLED.
You are the THIEF OF BLAZE, and your planet is the LAND OF WILDERNESS AND FLAME.
Your trollTag is cinematicScourge and you @___record your words o/) a roll of film___
JJ: I really like this guy. I feel kind of bad because I don’t actually have that much to say about him/much advice to make him better. I love his quirk, and his mannerisms seem to fit really well with Alternian society.
I guess if I had to find something to pick on it would be that he feels a little bland? I think he just needs a bit of beefing up in the personality department. He’s condescending and pompous, but how does he deal with other highbloods? Does he still have a superiority complex coming from protecting all of them from his lusus, or is he in good standing with them? You mention his rotten personality, but besides his general hemospectrum douchiness he seems not too bad.
Also, I’d consider having his moirail influence him to not kill off quite so many lowbloods, since a big part of moirailegence is all about curbing murderous tendencies, and the before and after contrast would show how he’s matured in response to that. If she doesn’t care about him killing lowbloods/he doesn’t listen to her about it, it’d be another good way to show off his dickishness.
It’s possible that I’m just not getting the full picture because this bio is relatively short compared to our other ones, so I feel like I don’t know as much about him. Overall, really good. Nice job!
Conclusion: 8/10
