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RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Saefinn - 07-29-2013

I can't think of any media influences on my main character, I have kept away from popular or stereotypical pirates in coming up with Saefinn - he is kinda influenced by a character in the novel I've been writing...in fact, he has the same name, risky, I know. The first draft of the novel was written in 2008 (I know, I'm slacking) and I had trouble coming up with names in FFXI and I picked one from my novel. It became my identity on any MMO title out there I've played since. I could change the name of my character in the novel, but I'm sticking with it regardless.

Saefinn in FFXIV is a different person, but there's some similar attitudes between the two. However, Saefinn in FFXIV is a bit of chauvanist, whilst Saefinn in my novel is pretty much the opposite - their life experiences are different, so they've been shaped in different ways, but both possess the same heart, so to speak.


With characters around Saefinn, well there's his best friend, Roddy, who is a bit like a guy I went to university with, a guy called 'Dave', when we used to go out drinking he had a bit of a habit of shouting at women and screaming "waheyhey", he was a bit of what people might call a 'lad'. He was harmless though really, tended to make a prat of himself more than anything, but he was a laugh to be around and despite appearances, he had a good head on his shoulders. Roddy has similarities as far as his 'laddish' side goes. Roddy also had a bit of a bad influence on Saefinn as well, how Saefinn is around women at bars, you could say is because of Roddy, well partially, the lifestyle of his crew helped too.

Then there's the captain from when Saefinn was a teenager, I haven't really fleshed him out yet, but his body language reminded me a little of Barbosa.

The Lalafell Saefinn met on the beach, in coming up with her, I'm starting to think she might have a bit of a Shantotto quality to her. Rather than being a crazy Black Mage, she's a crazy Conjurer. I may even be tempted to roleplay her further, it might be fun to roleplay with a bit of madness. Smile

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Raccoon - 07-29-2013

All of my characters come out of my own head, which I can't claim aren't influenced by other characters and themes, but I don't draw a parallel to them until after I'm done putting them together.

Zirn, for instance, has a sort of Jayne feel from Firefly. Deitrych makes me think of the classic silent protagonists like Ryu from Breath of Fire and such, of course.

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - FreelanceWizard - 07-29-2013

After discussing the concept with some people, it became apparent to me that L'yhta, as written right now, is some kind of warped mix of Matt Smith's Doctor and Lina Inverse...

...which for those who've seen both series is a fairly scary concept. Smile

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - lady2beetle - 07-30-2013

I hadn't realized who Adriel was until I put her in Brom's presence. Suddenly, we got this:

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RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - LeCard - 07-30-2013

Rogier is kind of a tweak off of Jade Curtis from Tales of The Abyss (aka the Necromancer) I took the idea of a researcher who doesn't really care what anyone thinks of as long as he is able to complete his research. which in Jades case earned him the title Necromancer, though Rogier hasn't done anything to earn such a title( least wise not yet). Other than that I am not sure of any characters that Rogier is related too.
Jade Curtiss

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Selsix - 08-03-2013

I pretty much went for a hybrid of the following. (Personality speaking)

Riku - Kingdom Hearts Series (PS2, GBA, DS, 3DS, Mobile)
Terra - Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (PSP)
Zack - Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core (PSP)
Haseo - .Hack//G.U. Series (PS2)
Nero - Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
Mugen - Samurai Champloo (Anime)

...I think an abundance of inspiration is an understatement here.

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Kyren - 08-03-2013

I didn't write my character based on these guys, I just realized he had some similar elements to these guys after the fact. Especially Locke for some reason, even down to the bandana. Not sure why, I don't even remember FFVI that well!

- Locke Cole (FFVI)
- Han Solo (Star Wars)
- Akira Takizawa (Eden of the East)
- Prince Zuko (A:TLA)

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Selsix - 08-03-2013

Double post, my bad.Frustrated

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Uther - 10-03-2013

Now that I finally have Abodo Po created after 5 months of brainstorming a lalafell I'd like to play, I figure I'll throw these out.

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1. The ladies and gentlemen at the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. Pretty self-explanatory. They research and defend against paranormal threats.

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2. John Constantine. Uses magic to fight magic, but he's pretty down-to-earth about it. Huge influence.

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3. Sherlock Holmes. This guy is so focused on being a detective that he doesn't even know the Sun is the center of the Solar System. That's how Abodo is with his paranormal investigations.

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4. Fox Mulder. Not only does he believe in all the weird happenings across the world, he's a guru on them. Abodo Po can tell you everything about any type of unexplained event in Hydaelyn, even at the risk of sounding nuts.

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5. Victor Frankenstein. He's creepy. He's macabre. He has a lab. He experiments on dead stuff.

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Cato - 10-03-2013

My latest character is Caesius Baelthar, a soldier of the Garlean Empire. He's partially inspired by General Beatrix of Final Fantasy IX and Gabranth of Final Fantasy XII. He isn't a terrible person, he just happened to pick what may very well turn out to be the wrong side. He also has a fair few redeeming qualities: he's honourable and treats his allies well.

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Fen - 10-03-2013

Fenenoix was based on my old swtor character, Fen'ris Ekre... Both characters have taken a lot of influence from...

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...Pretty much.

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Sigyn Shieldbreaker - 10-03-2013

While I didn't have much by way of influence by any particular character for Siobhain when I made her, I did find two anime characters who remind me a bit of her.

Olivier Mira Armstong

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and

Teresa from Claymore

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She's somewhere in between both of them with a slightly more masculine personality and some awkward tendencies now and then.

Altogether, I built Siobhain based on what I hadn't gotten to RP yet-- a dedicated, religious, strong, Paladin-style character. She's a fighter, which isn't new to me, but she's a fighter with a strong moral code. She's forthright and sometimes abrasive and rather than treating smaller people as 'weak' the way some of my old characters did, she has a steadfast desire to protect them. I tried to make her a white knight of sorts, and I'm pretty happy with the result. Maybe there's another character out there who is similar to her but I did incorporate a lot of the Blackguard mentalities from the Lightbringer Series by Brent Weeks into her mentality.

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - Faye - 10-03-2013

I've drawn inspiration for Faye from several characters, as well as found several more who've reminded me of her. In general the two characters I've found most similar to her are:

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Griffith from Berserk. Just look at that beautiful, crazed, charming, albino sociopath!

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Alexia Tarabotti from the Soulless novels and manga. A sassy and witty Victorian lady with a rough and tough alpha male husband? Hmm...

Also going to throw in Miss Mosh, the lovely lady on which I've based Faye's appearance:

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RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - TheLastCandle - 10-03-2013

For Teveriel, I wasn't directly influenced by them but I see similarities in: 

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Raistlin Majere, from Dragonlance. Born frail and sickly, he lives in the shadow of his stronger brother. Seeks power via the arcane.

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Jin, from Samurai Champloo. Calm, collected, and outwardly stoic. Has few close friends due to an utter devotion to his chosen art.

RE: Characters in media that influence/are similar to your character! - LandStander - 10-03-2013

I enjoyed reading these ^^. 

Dennthota was originally based on Faye from Cowboy Bebop, a wild gambling gypsy, but I wanted her more masculine..like waaaay more masculine. So now she has kind of just turned into her own character as I have never come across a woman character that would be masculine enough to compare her to. Revy from Black Lagoon might be the closest character I can think of. 

So I guess a mix of:

Revy

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Faye Valentine 

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And a big old smelly ox.

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