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consignment newtype permissions. )
[ 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 | Attack on Titan
CAN HE SENSE THINGS FROM YOUR CHARACTER | Yup, sure thing! He's a normal human, so he has no defense for this beyond a lifetime of emotional desensitization. In other words, whatever hints my brackets might give you are fair game and I'm not going to be much of a stickler about this, so Banagher is free to either react to it or just have his own thoughts about it, etc. Whatever works for you and you can always ask me if you're unsure, but I don't have any limits particularly.
WHAT CAN HE SENSE | As I said, I'm good with anything that's in the brackets. So, intent behind actions, emotion that's not present in his voice, things like that. Levi is very unemotional as a whole and in terms of behavior, he's got a cruel streak a mile wide, but his internal dialogue usually reads more along the lines of desperation and acting for the greater good of the goals of the Survey Corps. The emotion he's desensitized himself to might be more discernible this way, so he's free to pick up on any cues about that as well.
ANYTHING ELSE | I don't get the sense that anything he'd pick up on would be to such a specificity, but just in case, I wanted to make a point of saying here that any details on the identity of titan shifters (Annie, Reiner, Bertolt or Ymir) should go unmentioned for now, if that would ever come up for any reason since it's something that should obviously be left more in the muns'/potential muns' court and is still being plotted out with the cast in terms of being public information.
no subject
and no worries, putting info on other characters outside of the cr on the blacklist for now, unless approached! (i'm canon familiar too, so i try to be conscientious of snk spoilers in general)