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[ OKAY, SO WHAT'S A NEWTYPE? ]
[ BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? ]
[ NO BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME? ]
The Basic Newtype Theory: As humanity expands into space, all latent abilities will blossom in order to adapt to the great void and mankind will then be able to understand each other without misconceptions.
[ BUT WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? ]
Essentially, a Newtype is the next stage of human evolution as it relates to living in space. His spacial awareness is so acute as to act as a sixth sense, so Banagher exhibits vaguely "psychic" qualities — mostly something like precognitive empathy. This means that Banagher is sensitive not necessarily to the actions of others, but to the intent behind said actions, especially as they pertain to him. For example, think something hard enough at him, and he'll probably be able to sense it. Think, "Hey I'm going to go punch that kid's face in!" and he'll probably be able to sense it in enough time to try and prevent it. Think, "Hey I'm going to punch this other guy's face in!" and he likes Other Guy, he can try to help them avoid it, or submit his own face for punching, etc., etc. (Heavy emphasis on "try".) So on and so forth. This is a mostly useless skill outside of his Gundam, but important for other like-minded characters, or those who don't take kindly to relentless do-gooders getting a potential read on their emotions.
[ NO BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR ME? ]
If you'd like CR with Banagher, it'd help me out to know how to approach your characters with his powers! Newtypes carry a pretty big stigma in his canon, so he's a bit dodgy about it and likely won't speak up about his ability unless confronted or asked by someone he trusts. On the other side of the coin, Banagher is pretty forthright, and attempts to make any judgment on someone on his own merit, outside of the things he senses. So morally grays and villains and people with generally dark brains don't need to worry about him pulling the LOOK AT HOW EVIL SO-AND-SO IS stunt. It is a latent ability, so it's sort of always passively running — however, I'm always more concerned with the comfort of who I'm playing with, and can definitely run a workaround for it if you'd rather not have him notice anything at all, or only bits and pieces.
CHARACTER | name,journal
CANON | canon
CAN HE SENSE THINGS FROM YOUR CHARACTER | Be as sparse or detailed as you'd like, for either yes or no answers! For nos, you can mention if a character has psychic blocking or if you'd rather find a workaround. For the yeses out there, feel free to specify if you'd rather us hash something out oocly first or if you're alright with my taking cues from introspective prose or bracket text! Most often, I will err on the side of caution when it comes to picking up on things and go with the bare minimum, unless stated otherwise or if it's handy for cultivating some kind of plot or CR we've talked about. It'd also be helpful to state whether or not Banagher is allowed to outwardly react (whether by voicing or acting on) to the things he senses with your character.
WHAT CAN HE SENSE | Can also be as sparse or detailed as you'd like! From someone's basic "aura" or energy to the more complex things, such as true intent, powers, inner emotions and thoughts and/or things characters may lie about and try to hide from others. If you'd like to gradually develop what he can sense via CR, that's all good with me too! Anything goes. Note: you can also mention limitations on what he can sense from characters who may be putting up fronts.
ANYTHING ELSE | What it says on the tin!
(THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED WHEN HE COMES BACK INTO POSSESSION OF THE UNICORN GUNDAM. BECAUSE THAT'S A DOOZY.)
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CANON | grisha trilogy
CAN HE SENSE THINGS FROM YOUR CHARACTER | Most definitely! Alina has no psychic blocks and on a normal day she wears her emotions on her face, so being able to read the things under the surface really won't be that much harder either. And anything in brackets that you think he'd be able to pick on, you have my full permission to pick out!
WHAT CAN HE SENSE | Alina's actually doing really well in CDC so her anxiety and the like are lower than normal. However, she's got some major underlying issues he can feel free to pick up. Things like an inherent darkness in her soul. There's also the fact that the dragon scales she wears around her wrist amplify her power, but it's been hinted at that the violent and wild nature of the dragon have affected Alina so she has some of that chaotic energy in her. She's good about rarely letting it out, but he's free to, at any time, sense that there's a weird ball of energy in her that doesn't always match her moods. As for anything else regarding her, like I said other moods are on the surface or if there's anything underlying and I mention it in brackets he's more than welcome to pick up on it!
ANYTHING ELSE | The only thing I ask is if he's able to pick up things like thoughts or the like, that nothing he picks up be related to Sturmhond. If it's emotions about Sturmhond, that's okay! But otherwise, things about who Sturmhond really is and all that I'd prefer not to have picked up without Sturmhond-mun clearing it first since it's her character and they're her character's secrets to divulge on. But picking up on how Alina feels about Sturmhond is okay! Plus it's really obvious to everyone that she's weird around him anyway so that's not a huge secret.
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but everything about the darkness and the chaotic energy caused by the dragon scales sounds really interesting, and it'd be great to get to play with slowly realizing things like that! especially since yeah, he's probably going to be focusing on her light-related abilities for a bit, and that polarity is something he's familiar with.