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alwaystraveling[Character Name] Yvaine
[Canon] Stardust film
[Point Taken from Canon] Riding the unicorn
[Age] Undetermined.
[Gender] Female.
[Sexual Orientation] She loves a man in the movie, but there's no indication of her being straight. She's a star, and spent her life with other stars who are her sisters. Stars are implied to be female, though there's no hint that there are no male ones. It's just that the previous star who got killed by the witches was female, and the stars that talk to Tristran sound female.
[Eye Color] Blue
[Hair Color] Blonde
[Height] 5' 5½" (1.66 m)
[Other] Any other significant physical features, like missing an eye or something.
[Clothing] A light blue dress with long sleeves and a long hem, with no decoration. Also a gold necklace with a large clear stone. It is a ruby with no color until the a royal from Stormhold touches it. She doesn't know it.
[Background] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(2007_film)
[Personality] Confident. Speaks her mind, courageous, playful.
She watched people for ages as the North Star, so she’s familiar with human behavior through observation and is confident in her assessments of people and emotions. For example, her words to Tristran about where people are meant to go and what they’re meant to be. Yvaine knows that just because you start off one place and people have expectations of you based on it, doesn’t mean you have to stay in that place forever. She’s just as sure when she tells him love is one of the things that make watching (and presumably being around) humans bearable. Her confidence is also present in how her behavior is never timid – she tells people off when it’s deserved, and is frightened but not whimpering when she gets attacked.
Yvaine’s experience as the North Star affords her some distance that she does keep to an extent while on the ground. She holds Tristran in contempt for hurting her and capturing her, but reevaluates him after he rescues her from the witch Lamia. She doesn’t act like what he did previously is all right, but his rescue and their subsequent capture by pirates inspire her to make a wry comment about her previous wishes to be an adventurer, revealing a bit of herself. This is when she starts talking to him about love and belonging in places, comparing his situation to others that she has observed, showing that she can see what he’s like partly due to being around him but also due to her previous knowledge. It gives her a basis for comparison, for wisdom and understanding that he can’t see from his perspective.
The time they spend together on the ship under Captain Shakespeare’s protection gives her the chance to relax somewhat around him as their both in it together, though she still uses mockery, more playful now than resentful or with contempt, to hide her new romantic interest in him and keep him at a distance. After their time on the ship, she’s gone from being sure he’s a contemptible and unintelligent jerk to being sure he’s a good, fun guy with ideas about life that she can’t correct by insisting that he’s wrong even if that’s true, with no space of uncertainty being emphasized in the film. She’s that confident in her knowledge and judgment.
From the moment of her appearance, she says what she thinks. This isn’t because she can’t hold back – later she waits a bit to tell Tristran she loves him, joking to hide it instead, and only tells him because he was turned into a mouse and pretended he couldn’t understand. But if it’s merited, she’ll voice her outrage and be sarcastic and insulting. She was righteously angry at getting knocked out of the sky and angrier when Tristran chained her up to force her to go with him. Even then, she wouldn’t go with him until he suggested that he’d help her return home in the sky after she did as he wanted. Then she verbally insisted on getting her rest when she needed it, following it up by sitting down at a tree, instead of going along with his wish to hurry while she had an injured leg and couldn’t sleep at night.
Despite needing to get home and knowing no other way to do so, she immediately left Tristran after he chained her to the tree she rested beneath and the unicorn rescued her. Yvaine’s courageous to do so. She chose to make her own way with the unicorn’s help rather than take any more bad treatment from him in the hopes he’d get her home. This also relates to her adventurous streak. Yvaine confessed to having wanted to be an adventurer when she was up in the sky. Despite her observations of how awful human behavior can be, she still wanted to be part of that world and explore it from the inside.
Her sense of justice is also strong: when Tristran tells her ‘be careful what you wish for’ in response to the revelation of her adventurous leanings, she quickly and sarcastically states she deserves to be murdered by pirates or have her heart cut out for wanting adventure. This isn’t someone who’s going to blame herself unfairly. She finds it wrong that Tristran wants to buy Victoria’s love, or prove his own - “and what is she doing to prove her love for you?” is her answer to that. It isn’t right to her that a person should have to try so hard to be accepted by people who wouldn’t like the person and who said person doesn’t really want to be like. This is what Yvaine says upon facing Captain Shakespeare’s efforts at disguising his effeminacy, crossdressing tendencies, and interests in the human world beyond the Wall. It was also a pointed reference to Tristran’s efforts with Victoria. She will respect their choices and not try to sabotage them or be unpleasant, but she makes it plain that she doesn’t think it’s right or good for people to behave in this way. She goes along with pretending Captain Shakespeare is a nasty ruthless pirate and with Tristran’s plan of giving her to Victoria; the latter is particularly interesting because it’s right after they have sex for the first time and her heart is broken thinking that Tristran acted like he wanted her and her love when he still only truly wanted Victoria. This part is a misunderstanding of course, but she reacts to it by following Tristran to his hometown and carrying out what she thinks are his wishes. Part of this is due to her love, wanting Tristran to be happy with the person he loves; another part is respect for what he wants to do with his life (after they’ve overcome the hurdles of his chaining her, treating her like an object, and wearing her out in travel) and now wants to help him accomplish it. It is also resignation. She went all that way, sometimes against her will but eventually out of choice, and so she feels she might as well go through with it.
Her habits are shining and sleeping during the day. As the North Star, she helps people find their way. Will it be a problem if she sleeps during the day and has her dreams then?
[Specialties/Abilities] Shining. If she’s happy enough, she shines, and it can be so bright that it’ll burn a powerful witch (and, it is implied, anyone in range who isn’t closing their eyes and in her arms.) I think this one can be left as is, since it’s only shown as powerful enough to kill one powerful witch. Of course Lamia is implied to be the most powerful witch with the land, but she’s nowhere near goddess-level powerful or anything. Lamia could magically slice off the head of another witch, turn people into animals, create furnished buildings, and other things, but they all drained her youth considerably.
Eating her heart can add to the human lifespan and restore youth. Having her heart metaphorically – her being in love with someone – will achieve the same effect. The latter is more effective, because if her heart is cut out it will only have power for a while. The witches had to ration the heart of the previous fallen star to make it last until the next.
This would be nerfed in Somarium, because we wouldn’t want to keep people from dying. Though as displayed in the movie, this is more of an ability relating to restoring life rather than to healing – her love for Tristran didn’t protect him from Lamia. As it could be reasoned that Yvaine could have brought him back if he had died (Rapunzel's power in Tangled is similar and does resurrect the dead), and possibly cured/protected him from illness during the rest of their lives, I’d say it’s nerfed and she wouldn’t know that had happened unless she fell in love and the beloved died.
[Affection] She can be a little distant, though not in a cold way. She doesn't find it difficult to talk about her old life and give advice based on her observations as a star, though; it's more her personal feelings that she's careful with. Even so, she's not that distrustful and if she cares about you she'll be open with it unless there's a reason not to - like if she thinks you're in love with someone else. Yvaine is not the type to shower hugs, but she's not averse to touch and will accept them from people she feels safe enough around. She had no problem with dancing with Captain Shakespeare, though it was also that she had to pretend to be forced to along with everything he wanted to keep up his facade of domineering pirate captain. But I don't think she minded it.
As for sexual/romantic love, once she thought her feelings were reciprocated she was comfortable having sex immediately. She won't judge anyone for casual sex without romantic love, but it might take some convincing for her to engage in it, given her guardedness - as a star, she probably didn't touch people much, so she went into adulthood that way.
[Fighting] She shows no aptitude or inclination for fighting - physically. She's not the type to provoke fights, as she's the one looking askance from on high at human conflict (though she doesn't treat them with disdain once she's fallen unless they merit it). Of course, she has her shine ability, so if she's in a deeply happy state when someone attacks her she will burn them with the glow. So, yes, she can be hurt, but it had better be a surprise or when she's not happy. The happiness has to be deep. Yvaine only uses this power to harm when Tristran comes to rescue her in the movie, not earlier when she's about to get cut open. That was because even though the nice treatment of the witch had made her happy, it went away quickly once the trap was discovered. So, it has to be a happiness that can't go away quickly, one associated with life achievement or relationships or stability(newly achieved or there for a while).
All that said, please consult with me before hurting Yvaine! I also don't want to play torture or sexual abuse/harrasment.
[Other Permissions] Can telepathic characters read your character's mind? How much can fourth wall breakers say? In other words, how intrusive can another character be toward yours?
No mindreading. But it's okay to fourth-wall about her future or her being a fictional character.
[Other Facts] None!
[Canon] Stardust film
[Point Taken from Canon] Riding the unicorn
[Age] Undetermined.
[Gender] Female.
[Sexual Orientation] She loves a man in the movie, but there's no indication of her being straight. She's a star, and spent her life with other stars who are her sisters. Stars are implied to be female, though there's no hint that there are no male ones. It's just that the previous star who got killed by the witches was female, and the stars that talk to Tristran sound female.
[Eye Color] Blue
[Hair Color] Blonde
[Height] 5' 5½" (1.66 m)
[Other] Any other significant physical features, like missing an eye or something.
[Clothing] A light blue dress with long sleeves and a long hem, with no decoration. Also a gold necklace with a large clear stone. It is a ruby with no color until the a royal from Stormhold touches it. She doesn't know it.
[Background] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardust_(2007_film)
[Personality] Confident. Speaks her mind, courageous, playful.
She watched people for ages as the North Star, so she’s familiar with human behavior through observation and is confident in her assessments of people and emotions. For example, her words to Tristran about where people are meant to go and what they’re meant to be. Yvaine knows that just because you start off one place and people have expectations of you based on it, doesn’t mean you have to stay in that place forever. She’s just as sure when she tells him love is one of the things that make watching (and presumably being around) humans bearable. Her confidence is also present in how her behavior is never timid – she tells people off when it’s deserved, and is frightened but not whimpering when she gets attacked.
Yvaine’s experience as the North Star affords her some distance that she does keep to an extent while on the ground. She holds Tristran in contempt for hurting her and capturing her, but reevaluates him after he rescues her from the witch Lamia. She doesn’t act like what he did previously is all right, but his rescue and their subsequent capture by pirates inspire her to make a wry comment about her previous wishes to be an adventurer, revealing a bit of herself. This is when she starts talking to him about love and belonging in places, comparing his situation to others that she has observed, showing that she can see what he’s like partly due to being around him but also due to her previous knowledge. It gives her a basis for comparison, for wisdom and understanding that he can’t see from his perspective.
The time they spend together on the ship under Captain Shakespeare’s protection gives her the chance to relax somewhat around him as their both in it together, though she still uses mockery, more playful now than resentful or with contempt, to hide her new romantic interest in him and keep him at a distance. After their time on the ship, she’s gone from being sure he’s a contemptible and unintelligent jerk to being sure he’s a good, fun guy with ideas about life that she can’t correct by insisting that he’s wrong even if that’s true, with no space of uncertainty being emphasized in the film. She’s that confident in her knowledge and judgment.
From the moment of her appearance, she says what she thinks. This isn’t because she can’t hold back – later she waits a bit to tell Tristran she loves him, joking to hide it instead, and only tells him because he was turned into a mouse and pretended he couldn’t understand. But if it’s merited, she’ll voice her outrage and be sarcastic and insulting. She was righteously angry at getting knocked out of the sky and angrier when Tristran chained her up to force her to go with him. Even then, she wouldn’t go with him until he suggested that he’d help her return home in the sky after she did as he wanted. Then she verbally insisted on getting her rest when she needed it, following it up by sitting down at a tree, instead of going along with his wish to hurry while she had an injured leg and couldn’t sleep at night.
Despite needing to get home and knowing no other way to do so, she immediately left Tristran after he chained her to the tree she rested beneath and the unicorn rescued her. Yvaine’s courageous to do so. She chose to make her own way with the unicorn’s help rather than take any more bad treatment from him in the hopes he’d get her home. This also relates to her adventurous streak. Yvaine confessed to having wanted to be an adventurer when she was up in the sky. Despite her observations of how awful human behavior can be, she still wanted to be part of that world and explore it from the inside.
Her sense of justice is also strong: when Tristran tells her ‘be careful what you wish for’ in response to the revelation of her adventurous leanings, she quickly and sarcastically states she deserves to be murdered by pirates or have her heart cut out for wanting adventure. This isn’t someone who’s going to blame herself unfairly. She finds it wrong that Tristran wants to buy Victoria’s love, or prove his own - “and what is she doing to prove her love for you?” is her answer to that. It isn’t right to her that a person should have to try so hard to be accepted by people who wouldn’t like the person and who said person doesn’t really want to be like. This is what Yvaine says upon facing Captain Shakespeare’s efforts at disguising his effeminacy, crossdressing tendencies, and interests in the human world beyond the Wall. It was also a pointed reference to Tristran’s efforts with Victoria. She will respect their choices and not try to sabotage them or be unpleasant, but she makes it plain that she doesn’t think it’s right or good for people to behave in this way. She goes along with pretending Captain Shakespeare is a nasty ruthless pirate and with Tristran’s plan of giving her to Victoria; the latter is particularly interesting because it’s right after they have sex for the first time and her heart is broken thinking that Tristran acted like he wanted her and her love when he still only truly wanted Victoria. This part is a misunderstanding of course, but she reacts to it by following Tristran to his hometown and carrying out what she thinks are his wishes. Part of this is due to her love, wanting Tristran to be happy with the person he loves; another part is respect for what he wants to do with his life (after they’ve overcome the hurdles of his chaining her, treating her like an object, and wearing her out in travel) and now wants to help him accomplish it. It is also resignation. She went all that way, sometimes against her will but eventually out of choice, and so she feels she might as well go through with it.
Her habits are shining and sleeping during the day. As the North Star, she helps people find their way. Will it be a problem if she sleeps during the day and has her dreams then?
[Specialties/Abilities] Shining. If she’s happy enough, she shines, and it can be so bright that it’ll burn a powerful witch (and, it is implied, anyone in range who isn’t closing their eyes and in her arms.) I think this one can be left as is, since it’s only shown as powerful enough to kill one powerful witch. Of course Lamia is implied to be the most powerful witch with the land, but she’s nowhere near goddess-level powerful or anything. Lamia could magically slice off the head of another witch, turn people into animals, create furnished buildings, and other things, but they all drained her youth considerably.
Eating her heart can add to the human lifespan and restore youth. Having her heart metaphorically – her being in love with someone – will achieve the same effect. The latter is more effective, because if her heart is cut out it will only have power for a while. The witches had to ration the heart of the previous fallen star to make it last until the next.
This would be nerfed in Somarium, because we wouldn’t want to keep people from dying. Though as displayed in the movie, this is more of an ability relating to restoring life rather than to healing – her love for Tristran didn’t protect him from Lamia. As it could be reasoned that Yvaine could have brought him back if he had died (Rapunzel's power in Tangled is similar and does resurrect the dead), and possibly cured/protected him from illness during the rest of their lives, I’d say it’s nerfed and she wouldn’t know that had happened unless she fell in love and the beloved died.
[Affection] She can be a little distant, though not in a cold way. She doesn't find it difficult to talk about her old life and give advice based on her observations as a star, though; it's more her personal feelings that she's careful with. Even so, she's not that distrustful and if she cares about you she'll be open with it unless there's a reason not to - like if she thinks you're in love with someone else. Yvaine is not the type to shower hugs, but she's not averse to touch and will accept them from people she feels safe enough around. She had no problem with dancing with Captain Shakespeare, though it was also that she had to pretend to be forced to along with everything he wanted to keep up his facade of domineering pirate captain. But I don't think she minded it.
As for sexual/romantic love, once she thought her feelings were reciprocated she was comfortable having sex immediately. She won't judge anyone for casual sex without romantic love, but it might take some convincing for her to engage in it, given her guardedness - as a star, she probably didn't touch people much, so she went into adulthood that way.
[Fighting] She shows no aptitude or inclination for fighting - physically. She's not the type to provoke fights, as she's the one looking askance from on high at human conflict (though she doesn't treat them with disdain once she's fallen unless they merit it). Of course, she has her shine ability, so if she's in a deeply happy state when someone attacks her she will burn them with the glow. So, yes, she can be hurt, but it had better be a surprise or when she's not happy. The happiness has to be deep. Yvaine only uses this power to harm when Tristran comes to rescue her in the movie, not earlier when she's about to get cut open. That was because even though the nice treatment of the witch had made her happy, it went away quickly once the trap was discovered. So, it has to be a happiness that can't go away quickly, one associated with life achievement or relationships or stability(newly achieved or there for a while).
All that said, please consult with me before hurting Yvaine! I also don't want to play torture or sexual abuse/harrasment.
[Other Permissions] Can telepathic characters read your character's mind? How much can fourth wall breakers say? In other words, how intrusive can another character be toward yours?
No mindreading. But it's okay to fourth-wall about her future or her being a fictional character.
[Other Facts] None!
