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Clank & Bobble

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CLANK (In the Human World)
Played by:
Jeff Bennett
Role: Big Dumbass
PL 5 (80)
STRENGTH
-3 STAMINA -1 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 0

Skills:
Aerobatics 2 (+4)
Athletics 4 (+1)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+3)
Perception 2 (+2)
Stealth 0 (+2, +14 Size)
Technology 10 (+10)
Vehicles 3 (+5)

Advantages:
Ranged Attack 3

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"Small Size" Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
(-3 Strength, -1 Speed, +6 Defenses, +12 Stealth, -6 Intimidation)

"He Can Fly!" Flight 5 (60 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [5]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Tinker Talent"
Quickness 2 (Flaws: Limited to Technology Skill & Inventing) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +3 (-3 Damage, DC 12)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness -1, Fortitude +2, Will +4

Complications:
Responsibility (Tinker Talent)- Tinkers are supposed to build things for other Fairies- they make the devices and contraptions necessary for the other Fairies to do their jobs.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Reputation (Slow-Witted)- People often don't take Clank seriously. He tends to do things like build a "Troll-Catcher" that fires a Fairy-sized net.

Total: Abilities: 12 / Skills: 24--12 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 45 / Defenses: 8 (80)

CLANK (In the Fairy World)
Played by:
Jeff Bennett
Role: Big Dumbass
PL 4 (80), PL 5 (80) Saves
STRENGTH
4 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 0

Skills:
Aerobatics 2 (+4)
Athletics 4 (+8)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+3)
Perception 2 (+2)
Stealth 0 (+2)
Technology 10 (+10)
Vehicles 3 (+5)

Advantages:
Ranged Attack 3

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"He Can Fly!" Flight 6 (120 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [6]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Tinker Talent"
Quickness 2 (Flaws: Limited to Technology Skill & Inventing) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +3 (+4 Damage, DC 19)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +5 (DC 15), Parry +5 (DC 15), Toughness +2, Fortitude +5, Will +4

Complications:
Responsibility (Tinker Talent)- Tinkers are supposed to build things for other Fairies- they make the devices and contraptions necessary for the other Fairies to do their jobs.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Reputation (Slow-Witted)- People often don't take Clank seriously. He tends to do things like build a "Troll-Catcher" that fires a Fairy-sized net.

Total: Abilities: 34 / Skills: 24--12 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 21 / Defenses: 10 (80)

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BOBBLE (In the Human World)
Played by:
Rob Paulsen
Role: Exciteable Nerd
PL 5 (76)
STRENGTH
-4 STAMINA -2 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 1

Skills:
Aerobatics 4 (+6)
Expertise (Survival) 2 (+4)
Perception 2 (+4)
Stealth 0 (+2, +14 Size)
Technology 10 (+13)
Vehicles 4 (+6)

Advantages:
Ranged Attack 3

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"Small Size" Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
(-3 Strength, -1 Speed, +6 Defenses, +12 Stealth, -6 Intimidation)

"He Can Fly!" Flight 5 (60 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [5]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Tinker Talent"
Quickness 2 (Flaws: Limited to Technology Skill & Inventing) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +3 (-2 Damage, DC 11)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +9 (DC 19), Parry +9 (DC 19), Toughness -1, Fortitude +2, Will +4

Complications:
Responsibility (Tinker Talent)- Tinkers are supposed to build things for other Fairies- they make the devices and contraptions necessary for the other Fairies to do their jobs.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.

Total: Abilities: 10 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 45 / Defenses: 7 (76)

BOBBLE (In the Fairy World)
Played by:
Rob Paulsen
Role: Exciteable Nerd
PL 2 (67)
STRENGTH
0 STAMINA 0 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 1

Skills:
Aerobatics 4 (+6)
Expertise (Survival) 2 (+4)
Perception 2 (+4)
Technology 10 (+13)
Vehicles 4 (+6)

Advantages:
Ranged Attack 3

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"He Can Fly!" Flight 6 (120 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [6]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Tinker Talent"
Quickness 2 (Flaws: Limited to Technology Skill & Inventing) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +3 (+0 Damage, DC 15)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +3 (DC 13), Parry +3 (DC 13), Toughness +0, Fortitude +3, Will +4

Complications:
Responsibility (Tinker Talent)- Tinkers are supposed to build things for other Fairies- they make the devices and contraptions necessary for the other Fairies to do their jobs.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.

Total: Abilities: 26 / Skills: 22--11 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 21 / Defenses: 6 (67)

-Clank & Bobble are the two most-common Background Characters in the series- they're a pair of Tinkers who introduce Tinker Bell to their whole job and world. They're very much a "Those Two Guys" sort of duo, with Clank as the big, slow-talking dumbass and Bobble as the exicteable little dork (complete with big googly-eyed "glasses", though they're actually empty frames with large water droplets placed in them). Both are played by old-school Voice Acting Talent in a cast that was initially full of celebrities, which makes them solid recurring characters. Fans seem quite taken with Bobble in particular, as he's a lot more unique and interesting than Tink's "Love Interest" Terence. There's a fun bit in the first movie when both are stunned by how pretty Tink is in her green outfit (Bobble's water-droplets POP!), and they help out a bit in the third movie (actually becoming the "Official Tinkers" of the adventure, helping out the main girls), but after that, they're largely done as a thing.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Peter Pan! Tinker Bell! Capt. Hook! Disney Fairies!)

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I thought that the water lens was brilliant. A similar concept is being used in developing countries without good access to vision specialists. It's not even a particularly fancy technology, basic versions go back to the Victorian era.

And... Rob Paulsen is a god among voice actors. One of those, yeah he did that too.. and that.. and that.. and that..
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Peter Pan! Tinker Bell! Capt. Hook! Disney Fairies!)

Post by Jabroniville »

Spectrum wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 12:43 am I thought that the water lens was brilliant. A similar concept is being used in developing countries without good access to vision specialists. It's not even a particularly fancy technology, basic versions go back to the Victorian era.

And... Rob Paulsen is a god among voice actors. One of those, yeah he did that too.. and that.. and that.. and that..
What’s funny is that now I can recognize him easily, but I had no idea as a kid that Yakko Warner, Pinky and Raphael were all the same guy.
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Terence

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TERENCE (In the Human World)
Played by:
Jesse McCartney
Role: Pretty Boy, Male Protagonist, Non-Threatening Teen Boy, The Nice Guy
PL 5 (91)
STRENGTH
-4 STAMINA -2 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 4 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Aerobatics 4 (+6)
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+6)
Perception 4 (+6)
Stealth 0 (+3, +13 Size)
Vehicles 2 (+4)

Advantages:
Evasion, Ranged Attack 3

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"Small Size" Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
(-3 Strength, -1 Speed, +6 Defenses, +12 Stealth, -6 Intimidation)

"He Can Fly!" Flight 5 (60 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [5]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Dust-Keeper Talent"
Immunity 1 (Sneezing) [1]
Senses 2 (Analytical Vision) (Flaws: Limited to Measurements) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +4 (-4 Damage, DC 11)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness -2, Fortitude +2, Will +5

Complications:
Responsibility (Dust-Keeper Talent)- Dust-Keepers ensure that each Fairy gets their daily alottment of Pixie Dust, and no more- he can't even break the rules for his closest friend.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Responsibility (Fastidious)- Dust-Keepers are notorious for over-cleaning (it helps when your job is to keep tracks of tiny bits of dust). Terence annoys Tinker Bell quickly with his tendency to constantly be sweeping and moving things around.
Relationship (Tinker Bell)- Terence & Tink are "Best Friends", though his co-workers all tease him about how much time he spends with her, and his reasons for it. While he's hurt when she yells at him, he quickly forgives her and heads to her rescue.

Total: Abilities: 26 / Skills: 14--7 / Advantages: 4 / Powers: 46 / Defenses: 8 (91)

TERENCE (In the Fairy World)
Played by:
Jesse McCartney
Role: Pretty Boy, Male Protagonist, Non-Threatening Teen Boy, The Nice Guy
PL 5 (85)
STRENGTH
1 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 5 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Aerobatics 4 (+6)
Expertise (Survival) 4 (+6)
Perception 4 (+6)
Vehicles 2 (+4)

Advantages:
Ranged Attack 3

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"He Can Fly!" Flight 6 (120 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [6]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Dust-Keeper Talent"
Immunity 1 (Sneezing) [1]
Senses 2 (Analytical Vision) (Flaws: Limited to Measurements) [1]

Offense:
Unarmed +5 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +2, Fortitude +4, Will +5

Complications:
Responsibility (Dust-Keeper Talent)- Dust-Keepers ensure that each Fairy gets their daily alottment of Pixie Dust, and no more- he can't even break the rules for his closest friend.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Responsibility (Fastidious)- Dust-Keepers are notorious for over-cleaning (it helps when your job is to keep tracks of tiny bits of dust). Terence annoys Tinker Bell quickly with his tendency to constantly be sweeping and moving things around.
Relationship (Tinker Bell)- Terence & Tink are "Best Friends", though his co-workers all tease him about how much time he spends with her, and his reasons for it. While he's hurt when she yells at him, he quickly forgives her and heads to her rescue.

Total: Abilities: 40 / Skills: 14--7 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 22 / Defenses: 13 (85)

-Terence is a bit problematic in the series, as he's clearly meant to be a " Love Interest" type of character, and some bait for young girls (a sexually-nonthreatening character played by a sexually-nonthreatening teen actor), yet is in a franchise that basically NEVER DEALS WITH ROMANCE AT ALL. Except for Queen Clarion & Lord Milori in The Secret of the Wings, we're never left with any hint that ANYONE feels romantically for anyone else. This leaves Terence in that uncomfortable position of not really doing anything. He shows up a little bit in the first movie to give Tink a pep-talk about her disrespected Talent (since Dust-Keepers are ALSO important, yet under-appreciated)- when Tink tries to reassure him that he DOES have an important talent after all, he just says "I know", already understanding that- he clearly LOVES his work. It's only in Tinker Bell and the Search for the Lost Treasure that we get a real look at him: he's your standard Perfect Pretty Boy (a lot of Disney TV shows use this male character archetype- Kim Possible used it for Kim's initial crush Josh Mankey), but also a bit fussy and interjects himself with unsolicited advice a lot (he micromanages Tink's building of the new Autumn Sceptre).

-Unfortunately, while it's a bit funny to see Tink get MORE AND MORE PISSED OFF with him, his "character flaws" are so minor that his Nice Guy tendencies are at the forefront, making him look pretty bland. I mean, who's THAT easy to get along with? Since these films involve a great deal of Character Study, having someone who can't really create that much conflict is a bit of a problem. Terence is odd in that he was a HUGE part of the second film, but basically appears for two seconds in each of the later ones- later, there was even a joke made about his & Tink's relationship, when Periwinkle inquisitively asks if Terence is Tink's "Boyfriend", to which she looks up, goes "UHHHHHH..." and the scene immediately changes!

-Terence comes off largely the same in the books, though there it's VERY clear that he's got a huge crush on Tink. The narration goes on and on about how special he thinks her looks are, how he likes her hair, and how her attitude is fun to him. I mean, it's as obvious as it can be without him just outright saying it. Tinker Bell herself never notices ("She's had her heart broken before", the first book notes), until Tink, North of Never Land, where she suddenly realizes she likes looking at Terence, too. But the experience so unnerves her that it leads to the same blow-up as the Lost Treasure film, causing Tink to tell Terence to leave her alone from then on. A hurt Terence ends up hanging out with each of the "Movie Group" of Fairies, which leads to some adorable jealousy from Tink (though she never says it), and she pouts off to make amends.
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Movie 2

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TINKER BELL AND THE SEARCH FOR THE LOST TREASURE:
-With the success of the first film, we soon got a sequel. Unfortunately, this one basically sticks JUST to Tink and leaves her friends with little to do (and Vidia doesn't even get a SPEAKING ROLE!), but on the plus side, it's a pretty decent straight-up adventure film. Terence is a major character now, with everyone poking fun at him for always hanging around Tinker Bell, and my God if he isn't just utterly-bland and annoyingly-perfect. But it's actually pretty damn funny how he keeps trying to be helpful and Tink just gets MORE AND MORE ANGRY with him for making noise and dusting at inopportune times. Her temper tantrums are funny to watch, and one of the aspects they really kept over from Peter Pan.

The whole story involves Tink being charged with making the new Scepter to hold some Blue Moonstone that creates the Blue Pixie Dust that allows all the Fairies to fly. Naturally it gets broken by a compass Terence brought by to help her, she freaks out and offends him, and then goes on a quest to some mythical "Wish Granting Mirror". She builds a fancy "Hot Air Balloon" (pussywillow fluff sprinkled with Pixie Dust and tied to a hollowed-out piece of tree), picks up a Generic Disney Mascot in Blaze the Firefly (squeaky voice and giant Bambi Eyes in tow), and runs off with the compass. She fights some Evil Demon Rats (red-eyed and eeeeeeeeevil, despite Mice being friendly critters in this world), a pair of argumentative Trolls who teach her the meaning of forgiveness and friendship (no really), and makes nice with Terence.

The movie is heavily, HEAVILY inspired by one of the Chapter Books, Tink, North of Never Land, which has the same actual plotline, but is FAR less dramatic, and had nothing to do with the Moonstone (which doesn't exist in the books). Tink is instead looking for the Northern Shore for some special dust to give Terence as an apology for blowing up at him, but as these are 112-page children's books, there's not a lot of drama or excitement (Tink just avoids some red-eyed oppossums instead), and it ends more or less in an "Oh, the special dust doesn't exist, but I'm sorry for offending you" kind of a thing. It's more interested in Tink going on a small journey and eventually just apologizing, whereas the movie has some real stakes for Pixie Hollow.

Not a bad film altogether, though I'm just disappointed the whole supporting cast was left out (did they seriously pay Kristin Chenoweth & Lucy Liu a fee for saying a handful of lines each? How much does that actually COST you?), especially Vidia only getting a couple of non-speaking scenes, though Terence isn't as bad as I was fearing. Oddly, Grey "Azula" DeLisle plays three different roles in this (including the Narrator), and I didn't recognize her voice- watching it again, the Fairy Performer was DEFINITELY her "Azula" voice, just with less evil. The overall theme is interesting, because it's not some simple little thing- it's basically that stuff doesn't always work out the way you planned it (her attempts at Wishing goes wrong- is she related to Johnny Thunder or something?), and sometimes you have to improvise. And also that stuff takes work. I also liked that her & Terence were BOTH a bit in the wrong (he was being annoying and intrusive; she was being temperamental and rude), so we didn't have some automatic villain.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Peter Pan! Tinker Bell! Capt. Hook! Disney Fairies!)

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HalloweenJack wrote: Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:21 pm dat azzzzz
Those movies are like a G-Rated cornucopia for guys who like wide hips. It's positively INSANE- both Fawn & Iridessa have the same body type as Tinker Bell does (Fawn is actually shorter and stockier in the early movies, with an even bigger buttocks), and Rosetta's proportions are EVEN LARGER.

And seriously, this was brought up to me last time I statted up the Fairies: Rainbow's End. Where they not only get rainbows painted on their butts, they walk in a way that EMPHASIZES said butts. LOOK AT ROSETTA'S SASHAYING WALK!!!

Also, the full list of Fairies Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKUyqT ... eLQbayv3hA
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Iridessa

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You can tell she's my least favorite because there's only one picture.

IRIDESSA (In the Human World)
Played by:
Raven-Symone
Role: The Black One, The Panicky One
Obvious Lesbian Relationship With: None
PL 7 (123)
STRENGTH
-4 STAMINA -2 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Aerobatics 5 (+8)
Athletics 6 (+2)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+5)
Expertise (Light Talent) 7 (+8)
Insight 2 (+4)
Perception 3 (+5)
Ranged Combat (Light) 2 (+8)
Stealth 0 (+4, +16 Size)

Advantages:
Evasion, Improved Initiative, Ranged Attack 2

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"Small Size" Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
(-3 Strength, -1 Speed, +6 Defenses, +12 Stealth, -6 Intimidation)

"She Can Fly!" Flight 5 (60 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [5]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Light Talent Fairy"
Immunity 2 (Visual Dazzles) [2]

Move Object 8 (Feats: Precise) (Extras: Perception-Ranged) (Flaws: Limited to Light- Use Volume Instead of Mass) (17) -- [21]
  • AE: Dazzle Visuals 8 (Quirks: Requires Some Existing Light -1) (15)
  • AE: Environment 2 (Light) (Quirks: Requires Some Existing Light -1) (3)
  • AE: Transform 5 (Light to Other Kinds of Light) (10)
  • AE: Laser Blast 6 (Quirks: Requires Some Existing Light -1) (11)
Offense:
Unarmed +3 (-4 Damage, DC 11)
Dazzle Visuals +6 (+8 Ranged Affliction, DC 23)
Laser Blast +6 (+6 Ranged Damage, DC 21)
Initiative +7

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness -2, Fortitude +2, Will +5

Complications:
Responsibility (Light Talent)- Iridessa and other Light Talents are in charge of focusing sunlight onto certain areas (such as thawing ice), attaching it to firefly butts, and creating rainbows. Generally, they're there to beautify nature.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Responsibility (Fearful)- Iridessa is constantly-worried about things, and often assumes the worst is going to happen.
Relationship (Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Silvermist, Vidia & Fawn)

Total: Abilities: 26 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 4 / Powers: 67 / Defenses: 9 (123)

IRIDESSA (In the Fairy World)
Played by:
Raven-Symone
Role: The Black One, The Panicky One
Obvious Lesbian Relationship With: None
PL 7 (112)
STRENGTH
0 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 3

Skills:
Aerobatics 5 (+8)
Athletics 6 (+2)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+5)
Expertise (Light Talent) 7 (+8)
Insight 2 (+4)
Perception 3 (+5)
Ranged Combat (Light) 2 (+8)
Stealth 0 (+4, +16 Size)

Advantages:
Improved Initiative, Ranged Attack 2

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
"She Can Fly!" Flight 5 (60 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [5]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Light Talent Fairy"
Immunity 2 (Visual Dazzles) [2]

Move Object 9 (Feats: Precise) (Extras: Perception-Ranged) (Flaws: Limited to Light- Use Volume Instead of Mass) (19) -- [23]
  • AE: Dazzle Visuals 8 (Quirks: Requires Some Existing Light -1) (15)
  • AE: Environment 3 (Light) (Quirks: Requires Some Existing Light -1) (5)
  • AE: Transform 6 (Light to Other Kinds of Light) (12)
  • AE: Laser Blast 8 (Quirks: Requires Some Existing Light -1) (15)
Offense:
Unarmed +3 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Dazzle Visuals +6 (+8 Ranged Affliction, DC 23)
Laser Blast +6 (+8 Ranged Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +7

Defenses:
Dodge +6 (DC 16), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +3, Fortitude +4, Will +5

Complications:
Responsibility (Light Talent)- Iridessa and other Light Talents are in charge of focusing sunlight onto certain areas (such as thawing ice), attaching it to firefly butts, and creating rainbows. Generally, they're there to beautify nature.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Responsibility (Fearful)- Iridessa is constantly-worried about things, and often assumes the worst is going to happen.
Relationship (Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Silvermist, Vidia & Fawn)

Total: Abilities: 38 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 3 / Powers: 42 / Defenses: 10 (112)

-Iridessa, The Black One, was played by the lowest-tier celebrity back in the day (Raven-Symone was in The Cosby Show as a young child, then That's So Raven, a Disney Channel show I found forgettable, that nonetheless got a spin-off... and was apparently a smash hit, because she's STILL on Disney stuff to this day, treated like Raven was one of their top-tier shows ever), and is the blandest overall character. AND the most boring design- they basically keep her hair as closely-cropped as possible, making it the least interesting 'do of the entire cast (even compared to Tink's simple bob/ponytail thing), then stuck her in a boring yellow miniskirt-dress thing... with a sunflower on it. I mean, if you're gonna have a black fairy, give her some cool hair or something- long braids or big hair or something cool like that- don't just give her this simple close-braids thing- it makes her silhouette look the most generic of the entire crew's (and the Shadow Test is ALWAYS a good bet in animation)- the only one that's hard to notice straight away.

-And problematically, her CHARACTER is also the most-boring of the entire cast- only Fawn is similarly-dull (before she got her redesign). She basically lacks personality traits beyond Generic Friendliness, and Being Worrisome. See, Iridessa tends to get paranoid and worried about things, and is the first member of the group to panic. Not really the most exciting character traits out there, and it means she's rather an uneventful name in the movies, where the crabby Vidia & fussy Rosetta get most of the funny character work, and Fawn is at least useful with her Animal Talent stuff- Iridessa by contrast never seems to do much (aside from saving their lives in The Great Fairy Rescue by imitating an oncoming headlight and stopping a car from smooshing the lot of them). I think some of this might be chalked up to her V.A., who was known for a childish, pretty over-acty sitcom. Most of the others are known for feature film, stage or authentic Voice Acting work.

-The books feature a different Iridessa, though give her the weakest push of the lot. In Iridessa Lost At Sea, she not only shares THE ENTIRE STORY with Tinker Bell (a fate that befell NONE of the other Main Cast in the books), but

-Oddly, despite her relative lack of importance to most plots, Iridessa has some of the best Powers of the group- she can make Rainbows (Transform), enlighten areas (Environment), fire light like a Laser (only Fawn has actually done this, accidentally burning off some of Rosetta's hair!), Dazzle people, and generally move light (she's often seen actually touching lines of sunlight peeking through clouds and then moving them around).
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Peter Pan! Tinker Bell! Capt. Hook! Disney Fairies!)

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Old Fairy-Related Quotes!
Batgirl III wrote:No "dusted" creature ever shows the same degree of speed, maneuverability, and general ease with flight that the fairies do. Presumably, pixie dust is granting them the lighter-than-air power (those wings are too small to generate lift) and the rapidily beating wings are just adding to the dust's propulsive properties (think happy thoughts) and aerofoils for maneuvering.

The Faeries also seem to get much better "fuel economy" from pixie dust than the other creatures they dust. Peter was always able to fly, virtually at will, but the Lost Boys and the Darling children had to be "dusted" before each flight and they were always temporary. Peter Pan had been living in Neverland for darn near forever, longer than anyone short of the Faeries...
Skavenger wrote:This should not be as interesting to learn about as it is.

And people thought I was weird enough when I described My Little Pony as "a lot better than it had any right to be."

Bath-drawing talent? Knowing When A Plate Is Done Talent?

I just- how can such a society function? Is there money in fairy society? Do he people who determine if a plate is done earn as much as the ones who wash wings? Or do they just do what they do and not worry about payment? "Hey, thanks again for blowing those fancy glass bottles for me! If you ever need someone to determine if your plate is done, you come find me, mkay?"

It'd be kind of neat to be a star counter fairy, though. It'd be really hard to prove you weren't doing your job.
jamieth wrote:Have to say, I'm really enjoying this latest set - I admit, Fairies is a guilty pleasure of mine (being male, and 20-smth... closer to 30, actually.)
I mean, W.I.T.C.H. I could justify as part of my semi-academical studies on the Magical Girls genre (and when someone claims watching mahou shoujo is a guilty pleasure in itself, I usually ask them to name a single meaningful difference between "In the name of the Moon, I'll punish you!" and "Beware my power, the Lantern's light!")
I still remember sitting in the cinema on... Wreck-it Ralf, I believe, and seeing a trailer for Secret of the Wings... I told a friend, "OK, no way I'm watctching it in cinema... and no way I'm missing it at home. That 3d screen I recently bought should serve some cause beyond World of Tanks"
scc wrote:Funny I just seen part of one of these movies recently. The one with the father and daughter I can't remember the name of it. It was very enjoyable from what I have seen of it. And you are right Silvermist is adorable.
Horsenhero wrote:I can see why they brought in Angela Bartys to replace America Ferrera (as Fawn), after all she'd done it before. They used Angela to voice Astrid in the "How to train your Dragon" video game, so somebody at Disney must've been paying attention.

My guess is Ginnifer Goodwin won't stick around if they do a 7th feature and Angela or somebody else will be back on the job. On the plus side, she has done a bit of voice work in animated shorts on Robot Chicken and some other places, so it isn't quite like casting her was a huge risk.
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Interesting- their voices must be a bit similar (I didn't notice anything "off" about subsequent Fawn dialogue). It's not the first time someone similar's been used as a replacement (Rosetta gets her own later in the series).

And yeah, I agree- Ginnifer is likely a one-off and Angela or someone like her'll be back for the second. The cast-change just feels odd, even IF she's been given a starring role- I wouldn't consider Goodwin to be a Movie-Seller the way Christina Hendricks & Tom Hiddleston were in The Pirate Fairy (Hiddleston even SINGS, to the sighs of a million fangirls).
Skavenger wrote:I think the major strife between professional VAs and actors (though the actors don't ever really notice) is when someone like Chris Rock goes in front of millions of people and talks about how easy it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf12KmPfdpo for example. That one ruffled quite a few feathers and ticked Tara Strong off to no end.

Of COURSE it's different for Chris Rock. When they want Chris Rock's voice, they just pay Chris Rock. Then look at Frank Welker, whose response to a Snorks episode request of "Okay, Frank, for this scene, we need a sneeze from a lobster that's allergic to water" and his response is "male or female." (To wit, Frank is heralded as the greatest living voice actor currently working. I think I heard it described that he once managed to do an entire flock of birds in flight. In one take.)

But from what I've heard, none of them begrudge the actors who come in, do themselves, and then leave. They know that the studio wants a name to attach to the title to get people who might go "animation, pfft, that's for kids." That's an executive decision, nothing to blame the actor for.

On the other hand, there are a lot of actors who come in to do voice work and then tell the regulars "I had no idea it was this hard! Or this much fun!" And then they sit around in awe as ordinary looking (and sometimes gorgeous) people start doing lengthy conversations, in character, and showing off an art that they've spent years perfecting.

However, voice actors are quick to point out that "big names" in a show or movie don't always sell it. "Father of the Pride" was a show with John Goodman, Carl Reiner, Cheryl Hines, Orlando Jones, and guests that ranged from Lisa Kudrow, Eddie Murphy, Kelsey Grammer, Danny Devito, Amanda Peet... and it TANKED. Then you have shows with just established voice actors doing their thing, and those shows can go off like lightning.

Oh, and as for America Ferrera and Ginnifer Goodwin, yeah, there are certain voice actors who are regularly called upon to dub over for other actors in movies, tv shows, and other projects. Odds are she probably did some touch-up work without getting credited but one of the executives remembered using her before. Or one of the other voice actors recommended her, since VA work is surprisingly huge on "you know who you want for this role? You want X, they do a great Y voice."
My Response:
Yeah, it's interesting stuff. I've never been able to get into Podcasts (I usually watch TV while on the computer, and I miss a LOT of stuff when I'm just hearing people talk normally in interviews without visual reference), but what I've heard is interesting. Pamela Adlon did one where she describes how people tend to think she vanishes when she does VA work instead of on-camera acting. She was Bobby Hill for about nine years when she did Californication, and people IN THE BUSINESS came up to her and started saying how great it was that she was "getting back into acting". Bill "Patrick Star" Faggerbakke loved that story and always talked about it... until HE got the same reaction from Hollywood people! And as Adlon notes, HE lives in a GIANT RANCH because of the SpongeBob Squarepants money he got. Same with SpongeBob's VA, who had people kind of imply he wasn't really doing much, when in reality he is a HUGE international icon.

The Chris Rock thing was rather disrespectful, which is too bad since his stand-up is GREAT. But Rock of course finds it easy because... well, he's a really shitty actor. He has a great VOICE, and of course that comes NATURALLY to him (which is why he's fairly prolific), but all you have to do is watch a Madagascar movie and you realize that absolutely everyone in that cast was just collecting a paycheck. It was a REALLY half-assed set of films.

GOOD Voice Actors of course put a ton of effort into it. A few have pretty basic voices that they just keep repeating over time, while others are INCREDIBLY varied. The Simpsons cast mostly started ON-camera but have largely kept to their own series and are basically just VAs these days, as are numerous other stars (Mark Hammill, for example).

Greg Weisman noted on the Gargoyles commentary how some people always struggled to do VA work- the actress for Macbeth's wife got better "with each episode" as she learned how to emote using just her VOICE, which is the thing everyone struggles with at first. In an interview on the DVD for The Pirate Fairy, Tom Hiddleston said he had a ton of fun, because Voice Acting robs an actor of nearly ALL OF HIS TOOLS, as he can no longer physically act things out, nor use his eyes (Ted Danson also had a rough go of it as an actor, because his caveman forehead prevented him from acting via his eyes, too- he had to overcome that). Nothing matters except for your voice.

Also, it's funny that I never noticed Tara Strong was so hot. I mean, I SAW HER IN PERSON at one of the Calgary Comic Expos, and she just looked like an above-average attractive person. She must have been wearing a big sweater or something, because she's, uh... impressively-built.
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Silvermist

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SO FRICKIN' CUTE!!!

SILVERMIST (In the Human World)
Played by:
Lucy Liu
Role: The Asian One, The Space-Case Airhead
Obvious Lesbian Relationship With: Fira (from the books: "Some Fairies thought it was odd that they were friends; they were so different. But they were drawn to each other.")
PL 8 (97)
STRENGTH
-4 STAMINA -2 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE -1 AWARENESS -1 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Aerobatics 6 (+10)
Athletics 5 (+1)
Expertise (Survival) 5 (+4)
Expertise (Water Talent) 8 (+7)
Perception 2 (+1)
Stealth 0 (+4, +16 Size)

Advantages:
Evasion, Improved Initiative, Ranged Attack 2

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"Small Size" Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
(-3 Strength, -1 Speed, +6 Defenses, +12 Stealth, -6 Intimidation)

"She Can Fly!" Flight 5 (60 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [5]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Water Talent Fairy"
"Water-Skating" Speed 2 (8 mph) (Flaws: Limited to While on Water) Linked to Movement 1 (Water-Walking) [3]
Senses 2 (Detect Water- Ranged) [2]
"Bubble Message" Features 1: Creates a Bubble Message That Explodes Once Heard [1]

"Water Control" Move Object 9 (Feats: Precise) (Flaws: Limited to Water) (10) -- [11]
  • AE: "Water Splash" Blast 3 (Diminished Range -1) Linked to Affliction 4 (Strength; Dazed & Vulnerable/Stunned & Defenseless) (Extras: Extra Condition) (Flaws: Limited Degree) (Dim. Range -1) (8)
Offense:
Unarmed +3 (-4 Damage, DC 11)
Water Splash +6 (+3 Ranged Damage & +4 Ranged Affliction, DC 18 & 14)
Water Control +6 (+9 Ranged Damage, DC 24)
Initiative +8

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness -2, Fortitude +1, Will +4

Complications:
Responsibility (Water Talent)- Silvermist and other Water Talents are in charge of creating mist and putting dewdrops on spider webs. You know, the important stuff.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Relationship (Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Fawn, Vidia & Iridessa)

Total: Abilities: 10 / Skills: 26--13 / Advantages: 4 / Powers: 61 / Defenses: 9 (97)

SILVERMIST (In the Fairy World)
Played by:
Lucy Liu
Role: The Asian One, The Space-Case Airhead
Obvious Lesbian Relationship With: Fira (from the books: "Some Fairies thought it was odd that they were friends; they were so different. But they were drawn to each other.")
PL 8 (92)
STRENGTH
0 STAMINA 0 AGILITY 4
FIGHTING 3 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE -1 AWARENESS -1 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Aerobatics 6 (+8)
Athletics 5 (+5)
Expertise (Survival) 2 (+4)
Perception 1 (+3)

Advantages:
Improved Initiative, Ranged Attack 4

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak To Animals) [2]
"She Can Fly!" Flight 6 (120 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [6]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Water Talent Fairy"
"Water-Skating" Speed 4 (30 mph) (Flaws: Limited to While on Water) Linked to Movement 1 (Water-Walking) [4]
Senses 2 (Detect Water- Ranged) [2]
"Bubble Message" Features 1: Creates a Bubble Message That Explodes Once Heard [1]

"Water Splash" Blast 6 (Diminished Range -1) Linked to Affliction 10 (Strength; Dazed & Vulnerable/Stunned & Defenseless) (Extras: Extra Condition) (Flaws: Limited Degree) (Dim. Range -1) (20) -- [21]
  • AE: "Water Control" Move Object 10 (Feats: Precise) (Flaws: Limited to Water) (11)
Offense:
Unarmed +3 (+0 Damage, DC 15)
Water Splash +6 (+6 Ranged Damage & +10 Ranged Affliction, DC 21 & 20)
Water Control +6 (+10 Ranged Damage, DC 25)
Initiative +8

Defenses:
Dodge +7 (DC 17), Parry +6 (DC 16), Toughness +0, Fortitude +3, Will +4

Complications:
Responsibility (Tinker Talent)- Tinkers are supposed to build things for other Fairies- they make the devices and contraptions necessary for the other Fairies to do their jobs.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Relationship (Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Fawn, Vidia & Iridessa)

Total: Abilities: 18 / Skills: 14--7 / Advantages: 5 / Powers: 48 / Defenses: 14 (92)

-Thank God Silvermist was turned into a funny character. I was SO WORRIED upon looking at the Multiracial Cast that they'd pull a Captain Planet and only leave the white ones with fun character traits, and turn the "minorities" into perfect, flawless types. This is both insulting to minorities AND results in them having poor representation among interesting characters. But imagine my surprise than The Asian One is basically a gigantic loon. I mean, she's super-friendly, sure- of all the Fairies, she's probably the most outright kind (ESPECIALLY compared to Vidia, but Tink's temper, Rosetta's thoughtlessness, etc., all play into things). She always helps people, coos softly at animals and friends alike, and gives Tink the sweetest little look of disappointment right in the beginning at her Birth Ceremony when it turns out Tink isn't a Water Fairy (her face just cries "aww, too bad!").

-But MAN is Silvermist stupid- she initially worries that Zarina SWITCHED THEIR HEADS when their Talents & dresses got messed up. She skips to the Villain Song in The Pirate Fairy while they rest of them are trying to HIDE FROM THE PIRATES. In one of the shorts, she simply stares off into space when Rosetta is tossing everyone seeds for planting. After a massive boat crash that leaves everyone splayed out with limbs all over the place, she just pops up from a death-position with a happy "Who's alive!?" with her hand up. One of the funniest bits was when Terence was explaining what happened when Tink lost her temper at him "And then she just EXPLODED!" "*gasp!* SHE EXPLODED?").

-But her stupidity is part of the charm- she just says dumb, simple things sometimes, but always means well. I'm actually impressed with Lucy Liu here- I've never been a big fan of hers (I don't hate her as much as Bill Murray does... or my friend's Chinese ex-girlfriend, who seemed to think she was like the ugliest example of Asian women ever or something), but she does a good job with a character that could be easily seen as Derpy parody of stupid people. She doesn't have a spacy voice or hold her vowels for too long (like the dumb girls on Daria or most teen shows)- she just says dumb things in a cheery little girl voice, and it's adorbz.

-Silvermist in the books is effectively an ENTIRELY different character- instead of being spacey and cheery, she's a serene, unflappable type, known for her calm demeanor. Water-talents are known for crying all the time and snotting up in the books, but Sil is stated as rarely doing so. In Silvermist and the Ladybug Curse, she is unbothered by assertions that she's now cursed by a white ladybug- it isn't until repeatedly bad things befall her, and Vidia's there to smirk at her with every mishap, that she begins to believe it. Her attempts to cure her bad luck prove disastrous, to the point where one final thing happens, and she breaks down. "And Silvermist- the water-talent who never cried- was sobbing". As Skavenger said during our PM correspondence about it, the way the movies played the character made this come off as SO SAD ("my heart broke", he said).

-Curiously, Sil's biggest "Power Feats" were actually when TINKER BELL had her own Talent, as in The Pirate Fairy she's able to create a HUGE wave that effortlessly holds up all of the pirates. She can also wash off all of the Pixie Dust giving them flight powers, too.
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Peter Pan! Tinker Bell! Capt. Hook! Disney Fairies!)

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SO FRICKIN' CUTE!!!
This is my newest Wifeu(though the Tiny Princesses don't get along well with her,for some reason). And tell Vidia to stay away or i'll feed her to my mini-Piranashark! If she wasn't your wifeu,i'dve beat her like an old rug across half of Fairy Hollow for making Silvermist cry...
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Peter Pan! Tinker Bell! Capt. Hook! Disney Fairies!)

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Lucy Liu is 49 years old :shock:
'A shared universe, like any fictional construct, hinges on suspension of disbelief. When continuity is tossed away, it tatters the construct. Undermines it'
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Vidia

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Batgirl III wrote:Is it weird that I find Vidia incredibly hot? I can admit that here, right? This is a safe space.
The iconic Vidia: a “horrible nightmare” about being sweet and kind to her closest friends.

VIDIA (In the Human World)
Played by:
Pamela Adlon
Role: Team Bitch, Speedster
Obvious Lesbian Relationship With: Tinker Bell (Vidia's constant arguing with Tink can only disguise a deep-seated perverse lust)
PL 6 (134)
STRENGTH
-4 STAMINA -2 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 0

Skills:
Aerobatics 7 (+13)
Athletics 6 (+2)
Deception 4 (+7)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+5)
Expertise (The Winds) 7 (+8)
Intimidation 4 (+4)
Investigation 3 (+5)
Perception 4 (+6)
Stealth 0 (+6, +18 Size)

Advantages:
Defensive Attack, Evasion 2, Great Endurance, Improved Initiative, Move-By Action, Seize Initiative, Taunt, Uncanny Dodge

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak to Animals) [2]
"Small Size" Shrinking 12 (Feats: Innate) (Extras: Permanent +0) [25]
(-3 Strength, -1 Speed, +6 Defenses, +12 Stealth, -6 Intimidation)

"She Can Fly!" Flight 9 (1,000 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [9]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Fast-Flying Talent Fairy"
"Sonic BOOM!" Blast 2 (Extras: Area- 15ft. Burst +1/2) Linked to Move Object 5 (Extras: Area- 15ft. Burst +1/2) (Flaws: Limited While Passing the Speed of Sound) (13) -- [16]
  • AE: "Wind Trail" Move Object 4 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Line) (Flaws: Touch Range, Limited to Objects Within Movement Trail) (4)
  • AE: "Wind Control" Move Object 5 (10)
  • AE: "Winds" Features 2: Blows Out Flames, Deflects Thrown Objects, etc. (2)
Offense:
Unarmed +3 (-4 Damage, DC 11)
Sonic BOOM! +2-5 Area (+2 Damage & +5 Move Object, DC 17 & 15)
Initiative +7

Defenses:
Dodge +14 (DC 24), Parry +14 (DC 24), Toughness -2, Fortitude +2, Will +5

Complications:
Responsibility (Fast-Flying Talent)- Fast-Flying Fairies create winds to pollinate plants, make nice breezes, and even bring a baby's first laugh to the Birthing Ceremony.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Reputation (Bitch Fairy)- Vidia is well-known for being a grouchy, arrogant bitch. Only Tink ever seems to give her the benefit of the doubt. It's not Vidia's fault, though- can SHE help it if she's the greatest, fastest, most magnificent Fairy in the entire world? It's her RESPONSIBILITY to tell everyone else about how great she is, after all.
Relationship/Rivalry (Tinker Bell)- Vidia is jealous and snide towards the new Fairy, especially when it's revealed that her Talent shines as brightly as Our Arrogant Princess' does. She eagerly manipulates Tink and sets her up to fail in her tasks, then plays a joke on her that ends up getting Tink captured. Since she doesn't actually want Tinker Bell to DIE, she feels guilt for this, and when the other Fairies save her, she's grateful and actually *gasp* MAKES SOME FRIENDS. Now Vidia is merely openly-superior, snarky and crabby as hell, instead of being deliberately hurtful and obnoxious.
Relationship (Rosetta, Fawn, Iridessa & Silvermist)- Vidia finds a degree of acceptance with the others, though she's still quick to make fun.
Phobia (Being Kind)- Vidia once had a "Horrible Nightmare!" about being nice and friendly to her closest friends.

Total: Abilities: 32 / Skills: 38--19 / Advantages: 9 / Powers: 64 / Defenses: 11 (135)

VIDIA (In the Fairy World)
Played by:
Pamela Adlon
Role: The Black One, The Panicky One
Obvious Lesbian Relationship With: Tinker Bell (Vidia's constant arguing with Tink can only disguise a deep-seated perverse lust)
PL 8 (140)
STRENGTH
1 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 6
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 4
INTELLIGENCE 1 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 0

Skills:
Aerobatics 5 (+8)
Athletics 6 (+7)
Deception 4 (+7)
Expertise (Survival) 3 (+5)
Expertise (Light Talent) 7 (+8)
Insight 2 (+4)
Perception 3 (+5)
Ranged Combat (Light) 2 (+8)
Stealth 0 (+4, +16 Size)

Advantages:
Defensive Attack, Evasion, Great Endurance, Improved Initiative, Move-By Action, Seize Initiative, Taunt, Uncanny Dodge

Powers:
"Fairy Physiology"
Comprehend 1 (Speak to Animals) [2]
"She Can Fly!" Flight 9 (1,000 mph) (Flaws: Winged) [9]
"You Can Fly!" Flight 4 (30 mph) (Extras: Affects Others Only +0, Affects Objects) [12]

"Fast-Flying Talent Fairy"
"Sonic BOOM!" Blast 5 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) Linked to Move Object 8 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited While Passing the Speed of Sound) (31) -- [32]
  • AE: "Wind Trail" Move Object 8 (Extras: Area- 60ft. Line) (Flaws: Limited to Objects Within Movement Trail) (16)
Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Sonic BOOM! +5-8 Area (+5 Damage & +8 Move Object, DC 20 & 18)
Initiative +10

Defenses:
Dodge +11 (DC 21), Parry +11 (DC 21), Toughness +3, Fortitude +4, Will +5

Complications:
Responsibility (Fast-Flying Talent)- Fast-Flying Fairies create winds to pollinate plants, make nice breezes, and even bring a baby's first laugh to the Birthing Ceremony.
Power Loss (Wings)- Fairy Wings cannot flap when wet, resulting in grounded Fairies. They also need Pixie Dust to fly, and will run out after a certain amount of time. Their wings will break if kept in the cold for too long.
Enemy (Hawks)- Hawks and other predators are vile, soulless menaces, and apparently can't even be spoken to like regular animals can.
Quirk- Fairy Speech sounds like a bell ringing to humans. Only a few known have ever been able to understand them.
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Reputation (Bitch Fairy)- Vidia is well-known for being a grouchy, arrogant bitch. Only Tink ever seems to give her the benefit of the doubt. It's not Vidia's fault, though- can SHE help it if she's the greatest, fastest, most magnificent Fairy in the entire world? It's her RESPONSIBILITY to tell everyone else about how great she is, after all.
Relationship/Rivalry (Tinker Bell)- Vidia is jealous and snide towards the new Fairy, especially when it's revealed that her Talent shines as brightly as Our Arrogant Princess' does. She eagerly manipulates Tink and sets her up to fail in her tasks, then plays a joke on her that ends up getting Tink captured. Since she doesn't actually want Tinker Bell to DIE, she feels guilt for this, and when the other Fairies save her, she's grateful and actually *gasp* MAKES SOME FRIENDS. Now Vidia is merely openly-superior, snarky and crabby as hell, instead of being deliberately hurtful and obnoxious.
Relationship (Rosetta, Fawn, Iridessa & Silvermist)- Vidia finds a degree of acceptance with the others, though she's still quick to make fun.
Phobia (Being Kind)- Vidia once had a "Horrible Nightmare!" about being nice and friendly to her closest friends.

Total: Abilities: 46 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 55 / Defenses: 14 (140)

-Vidia is AMAZING- the series would frankly kind of suck without her- it'd just be a gaggle of friendly girls being friendly with each other. Since the root of most any story is conflict, it's good to have at least one character out there who can actually CAUSE IT. Voiced with snarky aplomb by Pamela "Bobby Hill" Adlon and with a visual that looks like a Palette Swapped version of Megara from Hercules, Vidia is rude, obnoxious, proud to the point of arrogance, derides the work of other Fairies, and acts hostile for absolutely no reason. The Disney Fairies website lists her Dislikes as "Most of the other Fairies", comments on her "sour" expression, and brings up her annoying tendency to sarcastically-refer to everyone around her as "Dear" and "Sweetie" in the most disingenuous manner possible. Magnificent.

-Vidia was originally going to be "Invidia" (Latin: jealousy), an evil Fairy, but Gail Carson Levine, the writer of the books, changed Disney Management's outline and the name, and gave us a character on the SIDE of the Fairies... but was just a bit "off". In the books, Vidia is so rude that she practically comes across as evil, but just barely comes back over the edge (in one story, she's accused of stealing Queen Clarion's crown since she's a giant bitch and all... she eventually finds out what DID happen to the Crown, and basically considers just keeping it to spite everyone for being so quick to accuse her. The only reason she DOESN'T is because the one Fairy who believed in her, Prilla, looked up to her as a mentor). Another story is all about how little she thinks of the other Fairies' Talents, as the Fairies try to get her to say something- ANYTHING- complimentary about another Fairy. She barely points out that she enjoys sledding, which was possible because of a Frost Fairy, so they get her on a technicality. And almost every single book I've read features at least one scene in which Vidia disingenuously calls someone a term of endearment, while ripping on their accomplishments or making them feel bad about themselves. *drooolllllll...*

-Movie Vidia gets a redesign that's fairly elaborate- replacing the "messy, pointy hair and bare feet" look for a more tight-fitting, feathered purple jumpsuit and much more well-groomed hair. Here, she is much the same in personality at first- the haughty Fairy initially appears "hmph"-ing with a smirk when the newborn Tinker Bell is revealed to not be a "Fast-Flying" Talent like her, then later egotistically-describes her own splendor while deriding Tink's job ("I make FORCES OF NATURE; you make pots and kettles"). She ends up manipulating Tink into a horrible risk (gathering a bunch of destructive living plants), then SABOTAGES her plan, ruining the Springtime Celebration on the mainland. In short, she's a horrible, arrogant bitch and a manipulative villain. So already she's awesome.

-In the third movie (she doesn't do much but smirk in the second), she plays a trick on Tinker Bell that ends up getting her captured, proving her one positive side- she won't sink to MURDER. In fact, she's as horrified as TINK is when she sees the biologist's Room of Death (remember, butterflies are like sentient creatures in their world- to see them strung up like that is basically a Holocaust). She teams with the other Fairies for a rescue, admits her guilt (in a fun moment, the girls are basically "yeah, but Tink does that shit all the time and gets into trouble- don't worry about it"), and is instrumental in the rescue (getting captured herself saving Tink). By the movie's end, she's a part of the group. Here, Pamela Adlon uses her more normal speaking voice- in the first film, she kind of "girled it up" a bit, making it more sing-songy- here, it's a lot rougher and growlier, which is a big improvement.

-Now, this could have been a disaster, since the worst thing you can do to a funny Bitch Character is to turn them nice. Thankfully, while she is frequently seen in backgrounds smiling and laughing along with all the others, she basically takes the role of "Token Complainer", generally STILL being snarky as ever- just not being as hostile to her new pals. She's the first to comment on someone's flaws (saying "this oughtta be good" when Rosetta is chosen in The Pixie Hollow Games, and ripping on Ro for talking ultra-slowly to Periwinkle- "She's a WINTER Fairy- she's not from the MOON"). When the Fairies' Talents get switched by Zarina in The Pirate Fairy, Vidia hilariously FREAKS THE HELL OUT at being turned into a *shudder* TINKER FAIRY, and reacts to having Tink's little puffballs on her shoes like a pile of rotting maggots are feasting on her legs. She stays her grouchy best all during the film, a thankful turnaround from the slightly-nicer version we saw in the last movie... except for one disgusting incident of a GROUP HUG- I'll chalk that up to a momentary lapse in judgement.

-The best part ever is still in the Animated Shorts, especially when the entire rest of the group try to get her to go "AAARRRRRRGGGH!" like a Pirate with them, getting her ANGRIER AND ANGRIER as time goes on ("NOT. DOING IT!"). There's nothing funnier than having an entire party of annoyances try to get the ONE fussy one to act out. In another fantastic short, she has a "horrible nightmare!" about being nice and kind to her closest friends. We're married.

-Vidia is a combination of a Speedster and a Wind Controller- so fast that when Silvermist got her Talent switched to Fast-Flying, she practically started teleporting outside of Never Land's range by accident! In the mini ads for The Pixie Hollow Games, Vidia creates a series of Sonic Booms while training for the Games, stops abruptly, then says (with the audio synched incorrectly to showcase her speed) "Fa-Fa-Faster than the SPEED OF SOUND!... THAT's how *I* train!"
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Peter Pan! Tinker Bell! Capt. Hook! Disney Fairies!)

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M4C8 wrote: Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:16 pm Lucy Liu is 49 years old :shock:
I'm 42 and i don't care... 8-)
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Re: Jab's Builds! (Disney Fairies! Iridessa! Silvermist! Vidia!)

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So, with Disney buying properties left and right, who are your favorite new 'Princesses'?

Leah Organa
Xenomorphs (they have a Queen)
Corporal Klinger (ehhhh, I've heard the argument, can't agree with it)
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Movie 3

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THE GREAT FAIRY RESCUE (2010):
-This one's not bad at all, though is oddly... small in scope- there's no Potential Destruction of Pixie Hollow or the End of the Seasons or anything like that- it's just Tinker Bell getting kidnapped by a little girl, and her interactions with the girl and her father. There's a bit of life-or-death stuff (mainly because they have a Cat, and Cats Are Evil Dicks in every children's cartoon, especially ones in which the cast is tiny), but mainly it's about relationships.

The Fairies somehow get to spend the entire Summer on the "Mainland" (ie. England), and Vidia is acting like a bitch as usual, lecturing Tink about getting too close to the humans. Of course, she's RIGHT, but she's also responsible for little Lizzie abducting Tinker Bell (Fairies are supposed to be unseen by humans- it's like their biggest rule). Vidia feels horrible about this, ESPECIALLY when we get the freak-out moment of seeing dozens and dozens of butterflies PINNED IN GLASS DISPLAYS (remember that insects are sentient, Bambi-Eyed creatures in their world), and gathers The Party to help. Meanwhile, Lizzie's father is one of those "Super-Serious Skeptic" types who are always insulted in these kinds of things, as he doesn't want his little girl believing in fairies (he's a biologist). It's always a bit curious to see this at play in kids' movies, because in the real world, WE KNOW HE IS CORRECT, but for the sake of the movie's Universe, he has to be wrong, and this means also acting like a giant asshole about it (he THROWS HER FAIRY BOOK IN THE GARBAGE). It's like all those movies about Santa Claus.

Of course, dad is a dink about the whole thing, wanting his daughter to stop believing in fairies and stuff. But she & Tink eventually bond, and she writes a whole book about all the types of faries and stuff. Then there's a big misunderstanding and Lizzie's punished, but we get a big laugh- Tink, enraged at dad's lecturing of Lizzie, FREAKS THE HELL OUT and blazes out of hiding, screaming at him full-blast. Naturally, from his perspective, all we see is this tiny, furious fairy with the little bell sound effect going repeatedly. Just the shot of her going all red and ranting & raving like that is the best.

The Fairy Party get some interaction, which is a plus- this is the first real sign they're going to be PUSHING THEM. Rosetta acting like a dainty little flower about everything dirty is cute (Kristin Chenoweth gets the most out of her tiny handful of lines- "squishyyyy EWW-HOO...!" all in her trademark rapid-fire understated dialogue). The others don't get up to too much (though each gets one big "save the party" moment), but I liked the Boat Sequence, if only because it shows Bobble & Clank being useful (they're underrated characters). It's actually a bit peculiar to see them in such a big context, as it's usually just The Girls heading out on adventures. Hell, poor TERENCE just vanishes right at the beginning and doesn't show up until a minute before the end! It's like even the writers got that he had nothin' going on.

The animation is notably far superior to what came before- the faces are way more expressive, and don't have that "rubber" look to them anymore. At one point, Vidia gasps in front of a glass window and actually causes it to fog up- a "little thing" likely to prove that their technology was better by this point.

The ending is rather predictable (you know, mutual understanding and all that- though as Terence notes- "You DID get to fix something after all!"), but I liked the bit with them getting the cat high on catnip. And we get the ultimate Make-Up between Tink & Vidia, as Vidia naturally feels horrible for the whole "Getting Tink captured" thing, though the Fairies are quick to point out that Tink would have likely gotten into trouble ANYWAYS, and are quick to forgive. Vidia actually spends most of her time in a sympathetic "helper" role here, even during the rescue attempts, which kind of diminishes the fun of her character- her snarkiness is her best feature, and we don't get the best of it. Her & Tink making nice by the end feels like it could be a disastrous turn for the most-fun character of the franchise, though thankfully the later movies keep her "edge" intact.

Best Scenes from the movie: [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVpXaDIylnA]
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