You Reek of Frustration. It Curls Off Of You Like Smoke.bitchy_smurfAugust 27 2009, 21:40:20 UTC
Canon is unhelpful on whether Illyria's actually empathic or just really really pretentious at describing what she observes about people's bodies with her enhanced senses. The effect's much the same: the ability to pick up the general emotion someone's projecting, even if they're trying to hide it.
If your character's got good shields or a body so completely alien to Illyria that she'd have no idea what she was seeing, or any other reason under the sun to say "Suck it, you can't read my kid" just let me know here!
Re: You Reek of Frustration. It Curls Off Of You Like Smoke.trigons_childAugust 27 2009, 22:20:30 UTC
Raven's shields are getting better, but they're not perfect. I guess it would depend on her mindset at the time and whether Illyria was being casual or throwing down, if that makes sense. :)
Re: You Reek of Frustration. It Curls Off Of You Like Smoke.bitchy_smurfAugust 27 2009, 22:26:10 UTC
That makes sense! Illyria can't as far as I can tell poke at shields or anything. It's just a passive sense/observation, so it would totes depend on what the other person was putting out.
I know you're only human and I haven't got talking room...bitchy_smurfAugust 27 2009, 21:40:54 UTC
Generally speaking, the following holds true about Illyria's senses, but I'm happy to fudge things for anyone who wants fudging:
She can tell if you're human. If you're some other creature from the Buffyverse, she's got a decent chance of guessing the species (and calling you a half-breed if you're a demon, because she's polite like that). If you want that fudged for some reason, just poke me here and we'll come up with a way!
Anybody else - aliens, angels, mutants, elves, felt frogs, supernatural creatures from other realities - your call. She'd recognize you as Not Human if you're not using magic or technology to hide it, but whether she knows exactly what is up to you.
If your last name is Maclay you'd just rather I not have her mention what she thinks you are, to you or other people or both, I'm good with that too! Again, just lemme know!
Re: I know you're only human and I haven't got talking room...trigons_childAugust 27 2009, 22:18:32 UTC
Oh, feel free to recognize Raven (and Bel) as human/demon hybrids. Won't that get her knickers in a twist!
Drake's human, but demon at the same time, not a hybrid. Go figure. Though I suppose that would still be akin to Buffyverse half-breed not-an-elder-god demon.
Wyatt's half-witch, half-angel. So you're good to recognize all my kids.
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If your character's got good shields or a body so completely alien to Illyria that she'd have no idea what she was seeing, or any other reason under the sun to say "Suck it, you can't read my kid" just let me know here!
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She can tell if you're human. If you're some other creature from the Buffyverse, she's got a decent chance of guessing the species (and calling you a half-breed if you're a demon, because she's polite like that). If you want that fudged for some reason, just poke me here and we'll come up with a way!
Anybody else - aliens, angels, mutants, elves, felt frogs, supernatural creatures from other realities - your call. She'd recognize you as Not Human if you're not using magic or technology to hide it, but whether she knows exactly what is up to you.
If your last name is Maclay you'd just rather I not have her mention what she thinks you are, to you or other people or both, I'm good with that too! Again, just lemme know!
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Drake's human, but demon at the same time, not a hybrid. Go figure. Though I suppose that would still be akin to Buffyverse half-breed not-an-elder-god demon.
Wyatt's half-witch, half-angel. So you're good to recognize all my kids.
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