-: It'S aN aPpLiCaTiOn MaN :-
Name: Essay
Journal: skorupion
Contact: Refer to this, my dears ♥
Character Name: Gamzee Makara
Series: Homestuck
Gender: Male
Age & Canon Point: 6 Alternian solar sweeps, which corresponds to about 13 human years. Just about. Taken from right at the beginning of Hivebent.
Requested Sponsor: He is, uh. forever a stoner Interesting. Thus, he doesn't really fit a lot of the sponsorships to a T. Let's just go with amethyst and see how that rolls. /o/
Entry position (Cadet, SeeD, Instructor, other): Cadet
History: This has basically all you need to know!
Abilities & Physical Abnormalities:
Gamzee being a troll is already something that stands out in itself. He comes from the planet Alternia, and so to any old human, he'd basically be considered 'alien'. Trolls are characteristic for their orange/yellow-gradient horns and grey skin, both of which Gamzee bears along with his juggalo-esque facepaint. He, like most other trolls, also has blood colored differently from the color red. In his case, his blood is an indigo-purple, putting him in a higher caste than most other trolls, apparently.
His main ability comes with his strife specibus, Clubkind, in which he wields his deuce clubs to attack if need be, and twirl them around gleefully and stupidly and shit. His fetch modus for his 'inventory', referred to as the Sylladex in Homestuck, is based on miracles. A fetch modus is basically the method in which items can be retrieved from and stored in the Sylladex.
How does the miracle fetch modus work then? Who knows. Even Gamzee doesn't know and he doesn't want to find out. It would just spoil the magic of its miraculous operation. He'll just utilize it to get and store his shit as he pleases and marvel in the mIrAcLeS aNd CoLoRs every time he does so. I mean, why find out about the magic when it spoils it? So not cool.
Personality:
If the term 'juggalo' could even be coined on the troll planet of Alternia, there would be no doubt that Gamzee Makara would fall under that category. He belongs to an 'obscure' cult of 'rowdy and capricious minstrels which will rise one day on a mythical paradise planet that does not exist yet' (even dubbed by Karkat as a 'crazy clown religion'). He speaks with juggalo slang, idioms, and references coursing throughout his words (as well as a plethora of 'motherfucks' and other such vulgarity, which may or may not be surprising for a 'highblood' like him), as well as bearing a bit of a whimsical tone through all of his speech. Oh yeah, and he honks a lot.
Sounds like a juggalo through and through, doesn't he? Of course he does.
Gamzee is generally difficult to bother, laidback, chill, and just kind of goes with that motherfucking flow. Life is a beautiful world that practically surrounds him in miracles every single day, and his outlook is rather positive overall. Thus, he just kind of rolls with things and rarely ever seems to get angered by anything. He believes in keeping his cool through even the worst of times, so no matter how bad things get, he keeps his composure. He keeps chill. He keeps flowing like a motherfucking sea-goat in the calmest and most gorgeous of seas.
While it is hard to waver him from his lax temperament, he will occasionally get angry, namely at insults to his following. When Dave showed him a video of the Insane Clown Posse song 'Miracles', Gamzee was surprisingly horrified and classified the song and video to be 'blasphemous'. In his sopor-stoned state, however, he doesn't quite take it in a violent way. Worst comes to worst, he'll just keep angry and let out some frustrated 'HoOoOoOnKs'. He'll leave it at that, preferably, because man. Flying off the handle just can't fly! Haha.
Although he seems to be of a rather questionable mentality with his manner of speaking and cult following, he is caring of his friends without a shadow of a doubt. He is more than willing to go out of his way for his pals, hang, and kind of try to help them take a load off of their shoulders. He just wants his friends to crack open a fizzling Faygo, recline, and get all chill up in their zone and shit. Quite literally, this is how his solutions usually end up. He winds up just telling them to drink some delicious pop and wait for the miracles to come, because they are definitely going to come. All his friends have to do in his eyes is wait for a miracle. All of their problems will then be solved!
Hey, bless his sopor-slimey heart. He tries.
Speaking of which, he believes avidly in miracles. Very, very avidly. He sees that life is already full of them, as it has already been mentioned, but one day, he expects them to get big. Really big. It won't only be for him, but it'll be for his friends and just about anyone else. He feels that big things are gonna happen, and... yes, they will be mIrAcUlOuS. That is one of the reasons why, in his usual methods of consoling others, he tries to convince them to wait for a miracle. Because, you know, the miracles. They fucking happen. He knows. They will come to terms with the greatest things in life and everything will fall into place, apparently.
His life simply centers on this shit. Living and waiting for the miracles. All of the miracles, they will happen. Or not.
It isn't just because of all this that Gamzee seems kind of... weird, spacey, chancy, and somewhat unpredictable, though. Due to the munching of his delicious sopor slime pies, that stuff has 'rusted his motherfucking think pan'. That is a fact, as it has definitely caused some chemicals or some shit in Gamzee's brain to Not Be Quite Right, so to speak, and makes him seem like he is basically drugged up at all times. It makes him easily zone out, forget what he was doing for a little while, and act like he is constantly high as a kite in space.
However, despite how damaging it sounds, there is the good side to that sopor slime. These pies that trolls aren't supposed to eat? They are what keeps Gamzee together. Sure, it makes him seem like a super relaxed stoner and practically destroys his brain, but it also suppresses his nasty side. This nasty side? Following what it means to be a fucking high subjugglator. Why is it so nasty? Because in this state, he seeks to kill, to make blood drip in the form of his miracles, and to make his friends' crushed bones his special stardust. Yeah. Does the word nasty bear repeating? I think it does. You don't want to face this side of Gamzee. To be perfectly honest, very few people probably would, but that is besides the point. The point here is Gamzee without his sopor slime is a force to be reckoned with, as his murderous tendencies display even more bite than his bark.
What that means is that he won't just possibly kill. He WILL kill. Thankfully, this won't be happening any time soon. Just as long as Gamzee's pies are kept by his side, things should be cool, brothers. Super cool. Let's just hope it stays that way!
All-in-all, Gamzee's kind of an okay guy. Get past the swearing, strange mentality, and his beliefs, and one might find a pretty decent person.
Just don't leave him without his pies.
YOU WON'T LIKE HIM WITHOUT HIS PIES.
It might be kind of unhealthy for all.
HONK. :o)
What are your plans for the character in-game? Miracles. So many miracles.
... okay, in all seriousness here. GAMZEE'S PALS ARE HERE and honestly, he's pretty curious why they're in some kind of cool-looking, wriggler-ridden place like this. Humans are pretty cool guys. He could totally dig 'em. He'll enroll as a cadet because a mOtHeRfUcKeR jUsT cAn, perhaps to be a bit experimental and check what these classes are about. It is also because him as a SeeD or staff member is pretty much impossible because... well, look at this guy. How can this guy be a staff member. Just. How.
Oh yes, and he's bringing a heap of sopor slime pies with him. A huge heap.
Anything else?
Gamzee's troll quirk consists of deep indigo text in a courier font and rEaLlY wHiMsIcAl AnD aLtErNaTiNg TyPiNg. (Oh yes, and plenty of honking and faces with clown noses. :oD) I will be handling this gently and will likely set up a permissions post for those who would reeeeeeally rather not deal with troll text. I know it's not really everyone's cup of tea. %);;;
IC Questionnaire [QUIRKLESS]
What do you prefer to be known as? Gamzee Makara! Honk. :o)
How old are you? 6 sweeps! That's straight up all about, what, 12 years for you bros or some shit.
Do you have any history in combat? Uuuuuuuuuh...
Nothing I can think about right about now, brotha! Just gimme another motherfucking minute here. Maybe I'll be thinking of some shit here.
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Haha, yeeeeeeeah, let's get on down to the next one! Hey sweet-tits, got a Faygo yet? Naw? Here, get yourself all into this crazy motherfucking elixir. We might be all here for a fuckin while!
If so, have you ever killed? That shit can't just kind of go and fly here! Mothefucker's gotta keep his cool on down. You know, gotta chill. Shit, can't imagine what'd happen if that all went on to go down, wouldn't you? :o)
i) How do you feel when you get involved in some project that calls for immediate and rapid activity? Don't you think rapid's a little motherfucking whack? Dogg, listen. When you gotta all take up the plunge, you've gotta be smooth as shit. :o) I'm cool with it. Gotta just motherfucking flow and take that motherfucking all striding-like. Relaaaax.
ii) Do you organize and initiate leisure activities? Haha, you fucking know it, brother! Leisure's all in like, taking it to the hive and soaking up in a bitchtits pool of slime, eating your fill, taking it all up and in. Yeah. Feels damn good with a motherfucking bro, too. You know Tavbro, man? He knows how to get his slam down. Like motherfucking rapture.
iii) What role do you take when working in a group? I get everyone's motherfucking chills up resolution on. Nothing like working it all up, bottle of sweetass elixir in one hand, your other on your motherfucking horn, giving it a niiice massage. A niiice squeeze. Gets your work on real good and quick-like! Honk.
iv) How talkative are you around other people? Ain't I been all talking like a blabberfuck to you already, dog? Check this all out.
v) What three things would you want to have with you on a desert island? State your reasoning. Motherfucker's gotta have his pies, bro! Keep on that fizzling Faygo and you've got me damn well settled. Just can't have me without one of those kicking motherfucking screens. Guy's gotta keep up with his fucking pals. Yeah... s'all good.
vi) Is it important to be liked by a wide range of people? I've got my brothas all up here, and shit, they're all I motherfucking need! Nothing like it!
vii) When the odds are against you, is it worth taking a chance? Man... if you think shit's gonna be the end, just wait. The motherfucking miracles are gonna come sweep you up like some humongous fucking broom. Sweep you up on those motherfucking feet.
viii) Do you consider yourself to be an impulsive person? Haha, who the fuck knows! I just be gotta going along with all this shit going down in life, you know. I'm gonna just motherfucking move all along with it.
ix) Would you agree that planning things ahead takes the fun out of life? Hells yeah! Go with that flow. Life's gonna be just throwing shit at you, and you know what? You gotta take it. Take it and make a fucking pie outta it.
x) Do you like surprises? Who the hell doesn't? Man, just... surprises. How the hell do they come all about? When? Why? Motherfucker ain't gotta know. Just gotta relish in it.
xi) Do you sometimes wonder if there is something wrong with you? Now what in all hell's making you think up that, question-brother? :o) Honkhonkhonkhonk.
xii) Do you consider yourself to be smarter than your superiors, and disagree with their decisions? Naw. If a bro's gotta listen, they can kinda all motherfucking bring it! Life's life. Shit's about happening and going with it!
xiii) Lastly, how do you feel about cabbages? DaAaAaAmN... gotta put that tits-ass green in my pie sometime. Wonder how that's gotta be like. Auuuuuh...
Bracket/Commentspam RP sample (QUIRK)
So ShIt
AlLs I gOtS hErE iS aLl ThIs MoThErFuCkInG fAyGo FrOm ThE cAfEtErIa
I mEaN, wHo WeNt AnD tHoUgHt To PuT tHaT tHeRe?
I jUsT gEt AlL iN aNd MoThErFuCkIng FaYgO
aLl ThE wAy
AcRoSs ThE rOoM
lIke WhO's ThE bAdAsS fUcKeR wHo DiD aLl ThAt?
BrO's GoTtA cOmE sNaP oPeN oNe WiTh Me SoMeTiMe :o)
ThEy'Re KiNdA fUcKiN cOoL, I tHiNk
hOnK
sO wHo ThE hElL's GoNnA cOmE aLl DoWn In ThIs PlAcE?
MoRe ThAn EnOuGh Of ThIs SwEeT-aSs SiZzLe To ShArE, yOu KnOw?
CoMe AnD gEt It. :o)