Fantasy High is chock full of great lines, and this is one of my favorites! And since it’s a video series, there’s a wealth of video reference for the characters’ physical acting! Tried to work on pushing poses with this one. :>
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Ooh ok ok I really like this a lot because it flips the script so much.
Alright Pirates are a totally superstitious bunch. That is their lively hood on the ocean. A red morning is going to fuck you up. You always listen to the cat on the ship. So of course Bill is going to bring these superstitions back home with him and teach Fabian the proper way of avoiding the ocean’s wrath. Fabian’s faith isn’t through belief of a God but rather a the general respect for the ocean in a “I’m the baddest mother fucker around but no one can control the sea so let’s just give you some oranges to make sure you don’t fuck with me.” I mean, what a way of being on point with the name Seacaster. Of course as a cleric he would know ALL the weapons and armor taught to him by his parents. And his crisis of faith isn’t one of religion, but the fact his powers also partly come from his hero worship of his father the biggest pirate on the ocean and the disappointment of not living up to his name. But when he saw his father dangling there bleeding out, one hand manackled to the bed post, knowing full well he could be healed with a spell, Fabian plunges his sword through his heart like a dutiful son who loves his father and knows what he wants. They reconciled with blood and explosions and its beautiful.
Fabian: War Domain Cleric
Kristen is still with the Applebees as a Helio Family. Her Rage was thought of as her blinding adoration to Helio and their worship, like Crusader Style. She beats the shit out of people with her sickle staff and is one of those Very Aggressive church people who loudly pronounces their faith. But when she died and meet Helio in Heaven, she realizes she still has her Rage instead of inner peace, sparking her journey questioning her religion. As she continues to be with her friends she is learning that her aggression comes from different things like, how she had broken a lot of stuff at being in the Harvest Men Camp, how when meeting Tracker all she felt was “I just want to punch you in the face. With my face. On the lips” aaaand turns out her Rage comes from her repressed feelings of being Gay and tried to over compensate with being Super into Helio. Once the Daybreak stuff ended she manages to mellow out. Not completely obviously, but her Rightous Rage is now for true justice and gay rights.
Kristen: Path of the Ancestral Guardian Barbarian
Gorgog man. You would think it would be easy to clock the guy being over 6ft tall and green. But he is surprisingly nimble for his sized. In part from being raised by Gnomes in a house not really fit for him. He learned at a young age how to step around his parents stuff instead of on them, how to duck and weave to avoid hitting his head or elbows, how to tuck himself smaller in his room to just try and fit. The other part was being with the other Gnomish children growing up. He didn’t want to scare them, so he became good at being quiet and unnoticeable. He doesn’t like it when people stare at him like he’s different, so he just avoids that all the time. He’s so quiet that he startles everyone when he speaks up, even around his friends. His presence just seems to vanish when no one looks.
Gorgog: Phantom Rogue
Riz is a band kid. A band kid detective. The reason he got into band was because of watching old 60s Saturday Morning cartoons with Penny: Scooby-Doo, Jabber Jaw, Jose and the Pussycats, and all those “teen musicians solve crimes” shows. So that sealed his fate. Riz must get his crew together of different but likeminded individuals who save the day just in time to perform their concert. Plus, Sherlock plays the violin to help think so it isn’t just teen detectives, adult detectives also perform music. It isn’t that weird. So he joined Band in middle school playing the clarinet because of course he’s the clarinet kid. Then when Penny disappears before high school now he knows it’s time to get serious. To find his music crew and solve mysteries! (He keeps trying to call their party The Band Kids. Fabian shuts him down hard).
Riz: Bard of Eloquence
Fig had the best life possible. Wonderful loving parents. Happy preppy school life. Positive and Cheerful as a cheerleader. Then her horns came in and whoops she’s a tiefling and all hell breaks loose (ha). The divorce was messy and painful. But she wants to fix it. She hates what’s happening but can’t help but partially blame herself. So she researches and studies what it’s like to be a tiefling, how are they made, did Gilear do something sinister to damn his soul?? (One of the far reaching theories that she considered). But as she looks into tieflings and the demons, she starts to read more into the arcane and woah she can cast magic. She knew magic was in her from her elf parents, but this isn’t Ranger magic like her mom. She can magically scare people. She can charm people. She can disguise herself to be what she wants. The divorce is painful and she is now more angry than guilty. So she continues to study magic, in books with Skulls and obvious pentagrams all over the cover, because her is sure this magic comes from her dad. And the more she studies the more she connects to her dad, trying to find him.
Fig: Enchantment Wizard
Adaine knew her parents gave up on her at an early age. So she gave up on them. She’s the rebel the outcast. She doesn’t put up with their passive aggression and dismissal attitude. She chooses to be a fighter, with weapons and swords and no magic. Just out of spite for her parents. They thing this is just a phase and minor act of rebellion that would come around, so they don’t try to give her more attention though it aggravates them to no end how she refuses to use a more civilized manner to solve a problem than just hacking at it with a sword. Adaine still has magic, and while she still is a fighter at heart she didn’t purposely fail the Hudal test. It’s just magic is a big part of her anxiety since her magic will always be scrutinized by her parents. Talking it out with Jawbone helped her learn that her magic is hers to deal with, and that she can still fight anyone who comes close whether with her orb or her fist. Plus, her being the Elven Oracle but still 100% a fighter is the best thing she could think of since it makes all of the other self important elves so pissed.
