1 | [[foldercontrol]] |
2 | |
3 | [[folder:The Prints]] |
4 | |
5 | A media category defined by their reliance on ink, paper, and printing presses. |
6 | |
7 | %%* FourTemperamentEnsemble |
8 | %%** Phlegmatic: Literature |
9 | %%** Choleric: Journalism |
10 | %%** Melancholic: Comics |
11 | %%** Sanguine: Mail |
12 | * OutdatedOutfit: Played with for most of them, who dress in clothes that wouldn't look too out of place in the early 20th Century. |
13 | ** Literature typically wears a sweater vest and dress shirt, something that looks vaguely academic without looking out of style. |
14 | ** Journalism's outfit is meant to evoke a Depression-era newsboy crossed with a journalist. |
15 | ** Magazine's is based on a 1990s GAP model. |
16 | ** Averted mostly with Mail and Comics. Mail is dressed like a modern mail carrier (albeit wearing pants and a tie) while Comics wears a T-shirt and jeans--a look that never went out of style to begin with. |
17 | * OldMediaPlayingCatchUp: They've been rivals to media newer than themselves since forever |
18 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Mail, Lit, and Journ have this sibling dynamic. |
19 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: They all have shades of this. Except Journalism, [[BeigeProse of course.]] |
20 | |
21 | !'''Print Literature—Sean Macmillan''' |
22 | Represents books, both fiction and nonfiction. Oldest of the prints and the patriarch of the print family. He wears a sweater vest and long sleeve shirt, evocative of an intellectual writer. |
23 | |
24 | %% * BigBrotherMentor |
25 | %% * BrilliantButLazy: Not so much "lazy" but more on "laid back" |
26 | %% * BumblingDad |
27 | %% * CloudCuckoolander: His head is in the clouds. |
28 | %% * CovertPervert: Not very open about it, though, but whenever he's caught... |
29 | %% * ChivalrousPervert |
30 | %% * GeniusDitz |
31 | %% * HeroicWannabe |
32 | * ImmortalImmaturity: He still manages to act like a goof despite his great age. |
33 | %% * ImpoverishedPatrician: At points in history, he becomes this. |
34 | * MrImagination: He likes to [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway imagine]] and [[RealityWarper can materialize]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower weapons]] [[PhysicalGod and climate conditions with ease]] |
35 | %% * NonActionGuy |
36 | * OlderThanHeLooks: Looks like a 40-something that looks young for his age |
37 | %% * OnlySaneMan |
38 | * ParentsAsPeople: He and Comics do not get along often. He has his moments, though. |
39 | %% * TeamDad: To the Prints, [[ParentalSubstitute particularly to Journalism]]. To his [[ParentalNeglect actual son]], however... |
40 | * TimeAbyss: He has no stated age and is implied to be very old. |
41 | * WaistcoatOfStyle: Wears a sweater vest. |
42 | |
43 | !'''Print Journalism—Jimmy Pulitzer''' |
44 | Print Literature's brother. Represents newspapers. He dresses as a cross between depression-era newsboy and 40s journalist. |
45 | |
46 | %%* CoolUncle: To Comics, his nephew. |
47 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
48 | * GrammarNazi: Can't stand grammar errors |
49 | %%* IntrepidReporter |
50 | %%* NotSoAboveItAll |
51 | %%* ParentalSubstitute: To Comics |
52 | * OldShame: In-universe. He as the Yellow Kid, a power-tripping sleazebag who spread gossip and BlatantLies [[MoneyDearBoy for money]]. |
53 | %%* RichBastard: During his yellow kid days. And then Radio came and he lost it all. |
54 | %%* SmokingIsCool: He smokes a lot. |
55 | %%* StrawmanNewsMedia: His time as the Yellow Kid was basically nothing but this. |
56 | %%* WaistcoatOfStyle |
57 | |
58 | !'''Cartoons and Comics—Clark Macmillian''' |
59 | Literature's son from Visual Art. Represents comics as a storytelling medium, including He and dad don't get along often. Closer to his uncle and his half-brother, Animation. Wears a heavy overcoat over a gray shirt with a word balloon in it. |
60 | |
61 | %%* {{Antihero}}: Or so he wants to think |
62 | * BasementDweller: He lives in his family's basement. |
63 | %%* TheCape: Although he is NotWearingTights. |
64 | %%* ClarkKentOutfit |
65 | * EmoTeen: Emo Young Adult, representing his DarkerAndEdgier phase in the 1990s, which didn't end well. |
66 | * FlyingBrick: He has superpowers which he uses for [[MundaneUtility stupid everyday things]] such as: |
67 | ** EyeBeams to warm the coffee |
68 | ** Flight to walk in midair. |
69 | %%* GenerationXerox |
70 | %%* HeroicBastard |
71 | * HeroicBuild: [[{{Superhero}} But of course]]. For a skinny dude, he's quite buff. |
72 | ** FormerlyFit: He lost much of his musculature in the interim between the 1990s and the late 2000s. |
73 | %%* HippieParents: Art and Literature. |
74 | %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
75 | %%* MadeOfIron |
76 | %%* MrImagination |
77 | %%* SequentialArtist |
78 | %%* SleevesAreForWimps: He wears sleeveless shirts from time to time. |
79 | ** FunTShirt: His T-shirts usually have a logo in them; the one he wears the most has a word balloon on it. |
80 | %%* TroubledButCute: Supposed to evoke this, [[NinetiesAntiHero for some reason]]. |
81 | * TheUnfavorite: An illegitimate child barely acknowledged by his distant father. |
82 | %%* UsedToBeASweetKid |
83 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Deathmate is his kryptonite. |
84 | |
85 | !'''Mail—Cody Williams''' |
86 | Represents the postal system. The only female among the print siblings, in between Journalism and Literature. Dressed as a mail carrier. |
87 | |
88 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: She looks [[AmbiguousGender very androgynous]] but is actually a woman. |
89 | * TheDeterminator |
90 | * GenderBlenderName |
91 | * AllGirlsLikePonies: She loves horses and used to rely on them for transportation. |
92 | |
93 | !'''Magazine Publication—Daniel Henry Pulitzer''' |
94 | Represents [[ShapedLikeItself magazines]] and the magazine publishing industry. |
95 | |
96 | * AdoptivePeerParent: Youngest of his siblings and takes on a semi-parental role to Comics. |
97 | * AnnoyingYoungerSibling |
98 | * CoolUncle: He and Comics are very close. |
99 | * TheDandy |
100 | |
101 | !'''Writing—Elizabeth P. [=MacMillan=], Esq.''' |
102 | Matriarch of the prints and mother of the siblings. Represented as a GrandDame in Victorian clothing. |
103 | |
104 | * BoringButPractical: Prefers substance to style. |
105 | %%* GrannyClassic: Comics' grandma |
106 | %%* MyBelovedSmother |
107 | %%* TimeAbyss |
108 | %%* ProperLady |
109 | %%* Really700YearsOld |
110 | |
111 | !'''Printmaking and Sigilography—John Pulitzer''' |
112 | Patriarch of the prints and the oldest member of the family. The father of the siblings. |
113 | |
114 | * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Shorter than his children and grandson |
115 | |
116 | [[/folder]] |
117 | |
118 | [[folder:The AudioVisuals]] |
119 | Characterized by their adherence to the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin simultaneous use of audio and visual equipment]], usually for broadcast or home consumption. |
120 | |
121 | %%* BigScrewedUpFamily |
122 | %%* ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe, a recurring theme. |
123 | %%* OldMediaAreEvil: Many of them are JerkAsses |
124 | |
125 | !'''Television—Walter Logie Farnsworth''' |
126 | The de facto leader of the media, representing the television industry and live-action TV shows. He wears a suit and a lapel mic. Video's older brother. |
127 | |
128 | %%* AntennaHair: Duh |
129 | %%* BigBrotherInstinct |
130 | %%* BigBrotherMentor |
131 | * ButtMonkey: He's essentially a huge TakeThat to television networks in general. But not all the time. |
132 | %%* ChickMagnet |
133 | * ExecutiveMeddling: In-universe. Often ends up being controlled by this, but he does this for his survival and it isn't always bad. |
134 | %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a soft spot for [[FriendToAllChildren children]]. |
135 | %%* MadnessMantra: RATINGS |
136 | %%* NetworkDecay: He's prone to this, to the point that he's called out often. |
137 | %%* ParentalSubstitute: To his sister, Video. |
138 | %%* PsychopathicManchild: Sometimes |
139 | %%* NewMediaAreEvil: He views Internet as this. This is also how he was viewed by those older than him. |
140 | * SharpDressedMan: Almost always depicted wearing a suit. |
141 | %%* SlasherSmile |
142 | %%* StupidSexyFlanders: He does this to a lot of the media. |
143 | * ViolentGlaswegian: He's from Scotland, [[TruthInTelevision as television was invented there.]] |
144 | |
145 | !'''Video—Mary Sue Farnsworth-Phillips''' |
146 | TV's sister and confidante. Representing video technology. Dressed like a production manager. |
147 | |
148 | * AllThereInTheManual: She and Radio [[Music/TheBuggles share a spiteful rivalry]]. |
149 | %%* GirlFriday |
150 | * NonindicativeName: She isn't a MarySueClassic. |
151 | %%* OnlySaneMan: At least compared to the rest of her family. |
152 | %%* SitcomArchNemesis: Of Radio |
153 | |
154 | !'''Recording Industry—Vince Raymond Phillips''' |
155 | A tall man representing the recording industry and recording technologies. Dressed like a music industry producer or a wealthy rapper. |
156 | |
157 | * TheBigGuy / TheBrute: Depending on whether he's the protagonist or antagonist of the strip, specifically when [[ArchEnemy Internet]] is involved. |
158 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
159 | * HappilyMarried: To Video |
160 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Radio |
161 | * JiveTurkey |
162 | * KnightTemplar: Because DigitalPiracyIsEvil |
163 | * PapaWolf: To Music Video |
164 | * RecordProducer: Made to look like one, being in part an affectionate parody of the music industry. |
165 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With TV, his brother in law. |
166 | * WellDoneSonGuy / HappilyAdopted: He and his adoptive father have been split with the whole mainstream thing. |
167 | |
168 | !'''Music Video''' |
169 | Daughter of the Recording Industry and Video representing music videos as a distinct medium. A teenage girl dressed in party clothes. |
170 | |
171 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter |
172 | * DatingWhatDaddyHates: She has a thing for Internet. |
173 | |
174 | !'''Cable—Lyndon Turner''' |
175 | Representing coaxial cable distribution and, for much of his history, cable television. |
176 | |
177 | * HiddenDepths: Although he has a blue collar appearance, he has a strong preference for "fancy things." |
178 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Inspired very loosely by [[Creator/LarryTheCableGuy a certain blue-collar themed comedian]]. |
179 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: He's been reduced to being Television's doddering yes-man. |
180 | * ScalingTheSummit: Formerly a mountaineer, based on how coaxial cable stations are usually found on mountains. |
181 | * SitcomArchnemesis: [[CableSatelliteMudslinging To Satellite communications]] |
182 | * ThoseTwoGuys: With Satellite. |
183 | |
184 | |
185 | [[/folder]] |
186 | |
187 | [[folder:The Digitals]] |
188 | Representing computer-based media, this groups marker is the almost universal presence of NerdGlasses. |
189 | |
190 | %%* AIIsACrapshoot: In a way, this is what they technically would be. |
191 | %%* PolarOppositeTwins: Internet and his twin brother Intranet. |
192 | * SiblingSenioritySquabble: Averted. Internet is canonically older per history (if history were to be adhered to strictly, by about 20 years). Cue MST3KMantra. |
193 | |
194 | !'''Internet—[[Theatre/{{RUR}} Rossum]] [[Website/{{Youtube}} Fred]]e[[Music/RickAstley rick]] Bell''' |
195 | Represents the modern Internet and the culture therein. Looks like a regular (if nerdy) teenager. Son of Computer Tech and Telecommunication, and the older of a pair of identical twins. |
196 | |
197 | %%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling |
198 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Very protective of his little sister Podcast/Mobile |
199 | * BrattyHalfPint: A teenager, as opposed to the other media who are between 20 and 40. |
200 | * CuteKitten: [[WebOriginal/LOLCats He has one as a pet]] |
201 | %%* DeadpanSnarker |
202 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The "foolish" one. |
203 | %%* GeniusDitz |
204 | %%* {{Jerkass}} |
205 | %%* {{Keet}}: At his least jerkish, he comes off as this. |
206 | * KnowNothingKnowItAll: Not as all-knowing or as smart as he leads others to believe. |
207 | %%* MilitaryBrat |
208 | %%* MouthyKid |
209 | * NewMediaAreEvil: He gets accused of this often; while not unjustified, he sometimes feels it goes too far. |
210 | * NonHumanSidekick: The aforementioned cat |
211 | %%* TagalongKid |
212 | %%* TeenGenius |
213 | %%* UsedToBeASweetKid: Then TheNineties [[InternetJerk happened]]. |
214 | |
215 | !'''Intranet—Robert Licklider Bell''' |
216 | Represents Internet-like localized internal networks. Dressed similarly to his identical twin brother Internet. |
217 | |
218 | * CantStandThemCantLiveWithoutThem: His relationship with Internet in a nutshell. |
219 | %%* TheDutifulSon |
220 | * SiblingYinYang: A reclusive, level-headed, but kind of limited in knowledge as opposed to his brother who is extroverted, mouthy, and ludicrously knowledgeable. |
221 | ** FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The "responsible" one. |
222 | * {{Hikikomori}}: Not very outdoorsy. |
223 | * TwinTelepathy: Representing the interplay between intranets in real life and the Internet. |
224 | %%* {{Workaholic}} |
225 | |
226 | !'''Computer Technology—Timothy Babbage Bell''' |
227 | Representing all of computer-based media sans networks and mobile devices. Dressed like a nerdy IT dude. Father of the digital siblings and married to Telecommunications. |
228 | |
229 | * GeekPhysique: He's lanky and very short. |
230 | * ParentsAsPeople: Keeps Internet, who gives him all sorts of viruses, within arm's distance through a [[VisualPun wall of fire.]] |
231 | %%* ParentalFavoritism |
232 | %%* ThePatriarch |
233 | %%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure |
234 | %%* ShoulderAngels: Mac and PC. Linux appears and is ignored. |
235 | %%* TechnicolorEyes: Teal. |
236 | |
237 | !'''ARPANET—Taylor Bell''' |
238 | Internet's older sister, based on the Internet's predecessor. Dressed in an American military uniform. |
239 | |
240 | %%* DrillSergeantNasty |
241 | %%* TheDutifulDaughter |
242 | * OnlySaneWoman: The only one of her siblings that isn't a basket case. |
243 | |
244 | !'''Podcast and Mobile—Miley Bell''' |
245 | |
246 | Represents mobile technology and media accessible through portable devices (cellular phones, iPods, and associated ilk). |
247 | |
248 | * CharacterizationMarchesOn: Originally, she was made to represent "sound broadcasts sent over the Internet file that can be listened to over a device, usually an iPod." |
249 | %%* CutenessProximity |
250 | %%* {{Kawaiiko}} |
251 | * ShapedLikeItself: Her dress has an iPod clickwheel on it. |
252 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She's just as mouthy as Internet, who happens to be her favorite brother. |
253 | %%* YoungEntrepreneur |
254 | |
255 | !'''Video Gaming—Kirby Park''' |
256 | |
257 | A relative to the Audiovisuals and the Digitals. Wears a stylized South Korean competitive Starcraft team jacket. |
258 | |
259 | %%* ButtMonkey: Often, for Internet. |
260 | * GratuitousForeignLanguage: 1337sp33k and on occassion, Korean. |
261 | * ILied: [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} His first joke.]] |
262 | * {{Hikikomori}}: Up until the advent of VideoGame/PokemonGo, not very fond of the outdoors. |
263 | |
264 | !'''Satellite Communication—Sergei Alexandrov/Alexander Goddard''' |
265 | |
266 | [[ShapedLikeItself Representing satellite communication infrastructure]]. |
267 | |
268 | * IHaveManyNames: Has two aliases, representing both [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar Russian and American satellite technology]]. |
269 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: He's been reduced to being Television's doddering yes-man. |
270 | %%* SitcomArchNemesis: [[CableSatelliteMudslinging Cable's]]. |
271 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Cable. |
272 | |
273 | [[/folder]] |
274 | |
275 | |
276 | [[folder:The Films]] |
277 | Characterized by their erstwhile dependence on semitransparent celluloid film with chemical emulsions to show still or perceivably moving images. |
278 | |
279 | * DifferentAsNightAndDay: Cinema and Photography. |
280 | |
281 | |
282 | !'''Cinema—Friedrich "Fritz" Stevens''' |
283 | Represents movies. Dressed like a [[Creator/CecilBDeMille De Mille-esque]] director. A bit of a fop. May be related to television. |
284 | |
285 | %%* CampStraight: He's Visual Art's ex-husband, and tries to win her back, but fails. |
286 | %% * CloudCuckoolander: Sometimes. |
287 | * CompanionCube: A bullhorn/megaphone that he carries around, plus a haunted {{Yandere}} Oscar. |
288 | %% * GoodParents |
289 | %%* LeFilmArtistique: Even this doesn't work. |
290 | %% * OscarBait: Tries to woo her with drama. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Fails]]. |
291 | %% * ParentalSubstitute: To TV, to a certain degree. |
292 | %% * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: To Animation, to an extent. |
293 | %% * SitcomArchNemesis: To Theatre. |
294 | %% * SummerBlockbuster: What turned her off in the first place |
295 | |
296 | !'''Animation—Charlie Stevens''' |
297 | Representing the modern animation industry that traces its origin to the silent era. A wacky, animesque man dressed casually, wearing a [[AwesomeBackpack backpack]]. Art's son from Cinema and Comics' half-brother. |
298 | |
299 | %%* AnimeHair |
300 | %%* AwesomeBackpack: Wouldn't be Animation without it. |
301 | %%* CrazyPrepared |
302 | * FourFingeredHands: Everyone else has five. |
303 | %%* FriendToAllChildren: He'd hate to admit this, but yeah. |
304 | %%* GogglesDoNothing |
305 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A NiceGuy, but way into BlackComedy. |
306 | %%* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to his half-brother's red. |
307 | %%* TotallyRadical |
308 | |
309 | !'''Photography—Renee Daguerre''' |
310 | Represents [[ShapedLikeItself photography]] as a technology and artform. Dressed as a stereotypical photographer. Journalism's on-again, off-again love interest. |
311 | |
312 | %%* {{Bifauxnen}} |
313 | %%* BlitheSpirit |
314 | %%* CameraFiend |
315 | %%* CompanionCube: A camera |
316 | %%* IntrepidReporter |
317 | %%* SugarAndIcePersonality |
318 | %%* {{Tomboy}} |
319 | |
320 | |
321 | [[/folder]] |
322 | |
323 | [[folder:The Telegraphs]] |
324 | |
325 | Represents technologies dedicated to transferring verbal and written information without the use of physical transportation. Nominally would include Internet. |
326 | |
327 | |
328 | !'''Radio—Giacomo Marconi''' |
329 | Represents radio technology as a whole and radio broadcasting in particular. Dressed a a disk jockey. |
330 | |
331 | %%* AmbiguouslyBrown |
332 | %%* LargeHamRadio |
333 | %%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With the Recording Industry |
334 | %%* MilitaryBrat |
335 | |
336 | !'''Telegraphy—Samuel Bell''' |
337 | Represents the sum total of telegraphic technology up to wire. Originally a sailor, now a distinguished old gentleman in an anachronistic Victorian suit. |
338 | |
339 | %%* EveryoneKnowsMorse: Well, he does. |
340 | * GenerationXerox: The younger version of himself is basically a Victorian version of his grandson Internet. |
341 | * ImpoverishedPatrician: He lives off odd jobs. |
342 | * IWasQuiteALooker: The only depictions he has thus far depict him before the 20th Century. |
343 | * ThePatriarch: Has two children (Radio and Telecommunications) and is the de facto head of the Telegraphs. |
344 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He is the only one among the antiquated media [[AgeWithoutYouth to actually have aged.]] |
345 | |
346 | !'''Telecommunications—Samantha Bell''' |
347 | |
348 | Represents telephone and fax communication. Parent to Internet and his siblings and daughter of Telegraphy. Dressed like a telephone operator. |
349 | |
350 | %%* ForInconveniencePressOne |
351 | * HappilyMarried: To Computer Tech. They have four kids. |
352 | * MyBelovedSmother: She has some degree of control over Internet's financial earnings and tends to dictate a lot of her policy's to her son's chagrin. That she does little to actually control his behavior is probably for the best. |
353 | %%* OfficeLady |
354 | |
355 | [[/folder]] |
356 | |
357 | [[folder: The Spatials]] |
358 | Represents lofty concepts of human creativity as manifested in the body of works and their creators as distinct from the other media. |
359 | |
360 | !'''Visual Art—Marcela Picasso''' |
361 | Represents paintings, sculptures, and mosaics. Is the love interest of Theatre, Cinema, and Literature. Dressed in a long-flowing skirt and a blouse with a sweater vest. |
362 | |
363 | %%* AmicablyDivorced: With Cinema |
364 | %%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Literature. |
365 | %%* TheDitz |
366 | %%* DramaticWind: Follows her around |
367 | %%* HippieParents: She's this to her children. |
368 | %%* IdiotHair |
369 | %%* NewAgeRetroHippie |
370 | * ParentsAsPeople: She is very well aware of her own ineptitude and left her children in the their respective fathers' care. |
371 | %%* SitcomArchNemesis: Advertising |
372 | |
373 | !'''Music—[[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Wolfgang]] J. [[Music/LouisArmstrong Armstrong]]''' |
374 | [[ShapedLikeItself Represents music as a means of communication]] Dresses like a "scruffy musician" stereotype. Art's brother and the parental figure of the Recording Industry. |
375 | |
376 | * AntagonisticOffspring: Played with; His relationship with his ward has been cool at times, although they mutually are fond of each other and look to one another as family. |
377 | %%* BlitheSpirit |
378 | %%* Expy: Of Evan from Film/AugustRush |
379 | * JadedWashout: Tends to grumble and complain about being past his prime. [[Really700YearsOld He has been doing this for millennia]]. |
380 | |
381 | |
382 | [[/folder]] |
383 | |
384 | [[folder: The Performing Arts]] |
385 | |
386 | Representing live performances, they are characterized by their intensive use of human labor and mechanical tricks to convey narratives before an audience |
387 | |
388 | !'''Theatre—Dionysus Marlowe''' |
389 | Represents theatrical productions including conventional plays, musicals, and operas. Dressed like a stereotypical theatre geek complete with scarf and [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} skull]]. |
390 | |
391 | %%* CampStraight: As a play on the stereotype. |
392 | %%* CompanionCube: Yorrick the skull. |
393 | %%* TheDandy: Very much so. |
394 | * DoggedNiceGuy: Regardless on how [[JerkAss "nice"]] he could actually be, he always gets friendzoned by Art. |
395 | * FriendlyEnemy: He's like this toward both his romantic rivals, Literature in particular. |
396 | %%* LargeHam: How could he not be? |
397 | %%* ManOfWealthAndTaste |
398 | %%* MeanBoss: Tends to be very overbearing. |
399 | %%* TheRival: To Cinema and Literature. |
400 | * SingleTargetSexuality: He and Cinema appear to be attracted only to Art. |
401 | * UnknownRival: He absolutely loathes Television, for a number of reasons, including [[LetsPutOnAShow gross miscalculation of the intricacies of his profession and abilities]]. |
402 | |
403 | !'''Puppetry and Puppet Theater—[[Creator/JimHenson Henson]] Hearne''' |
404 | |
405 | Representing puppet theater and puppet and animatronic use media in general. Dressed casually much like a professional puppeteer for TV and Cinema. |
406 | |
407 | %%* BewareTheNiceOnes |
408 | * ClusterFBomb: When he's given half the chance, he's quite a potty mouth. |
409 | %%* ExtremeDoormat |
410 | * FriendToAllChildren: Seems to prefer working with children more than all the other media. |
411 | |
412 | |
413 | |
414 | [[/folder]] |
415 | |
416 | |
417 | [[folder: The Motives/"Curtain Crew"]] |
418 | |
419 | A group of brothers that represent communications formats that manipulate public perception. They have curtain hairstyles. |
420 | |
421 | !'''Propaganda—Santiago del Pilar''' |
422 | Represents communications meant to sway people toward political or ideological dogma. Dressed as a hipster wearing the symbols of conflicting ideologies. Carries a yoyo. |
423 | |
424 | * ButtMonkey: A lot of the other media have a strong dislike for him. |
425 | * {{Doppelganger}}: An identical stranger to [[IntrepidReporter Print Journalism]], albeit without the pesky moral code that goes with him. |
426 | %%* {{Hipster}} |
427 | %%* OlderThanHeLooks |
428 | %%* ManipulativeBastard |
429 | %%* TheWarOnStraw: His specialty |
430 | %%* RummageSaleReject |
431 | %%* KillerYoyo |
432 | |
433 | |
434 | !'''Advertising—William Adams Locke''' |
435 | Represents advertisements and billboards. Main motive is to sell. Dresses like an ad executive. |
436 | |
437 | %%* BigBeautifulMan |
438 | %%* FatBastard |
439 | * IWasQuiteALooker: He used to be a gladiator; he let himself go. |
440 | %%* ManipulativeBastard |
441 | %%* RepeatingAd: [[AnthropomorphicPersonification In the Flesh]] |
442 | %%* SitcomArchNemesis: To Art |
443 | %%* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan |
444 | |
445 | !'''Public Relations—Devon Bernays''' |
446 | Represents press meetings and other communication events meant to improve the image of a person or company. |
447 | |
448 | %%* AstroTurf: His specialty. |
449 | %%* TheDandy |
450 | %%* ManipulativeBastard |
451 | %%* PrettyBoy |
452 | %%* ProfessionalButtKisser |
453 | %%* TotallyRadical: This usually is his downfall. |
454 | |
455 | [[/folder]] |
456 | |
457 | |
458 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
459 | !'''Tabletop Games—Caissa [[TabletopGame/{{Chess}} Chaturanga]]''' |
460 | Represents board, RPG, and card games. Likes to cosplay. |
461 | |
462 | * AGodAmI: Has control of every aspect of the environment whenever a game is being played. And savors every moment. |
463 | * ChessMotifs: Likes to use them. |
464 | * KillerGameMaster |
465 | * LadyOfWar: Very aggressive and competitive. |
466 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She looks young but is almost as old as Literature. |
467 | * RulesLawyer |
468 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Video Games. |
469 | |
470 | [[/folder]] |
471 | |
472 | [[folder:Cartography and Graphic Design]] |
473 | |
474 | !'''Graphic Design—Benjamin Sullivan''' |
475 | Represents both charts and infographics as a medium and the discipline of design as opposed to art. Art's oldest son and an older brother to Comics and Animation. |
476 | |
477 | %%* AloofBigBrother |
478 | * EccentricArtist: Less so like his [[HippieParents mother]], but it's still there. |
479 | %%* TheFinickyOne |
480 | * {{Hipster}}: Evokes the appearance of an art school grad |
481 | * NamedAfterSomeoneFamous: American patriot and publisher Benjamin Franklin and architect Louis Sullivan, who coined the phrase "form follows function." |
482 | * ThePerfectionist: Focused on creating aesthetically harmonious things |
483 | |
484 | !'''Cartography—Gerard Robinson Sullivan''' |
485 | Represents Maps. Art's first ex-boyfriend and Graphic Design's father. |
486 | |
487 | %%* BoldExplorer |
488 | %%* GentlemanAdventurer |
489 | * TheNavigator: But of course, assuming the place has already been mapped. |
490 | ** DirectionlessDriver: What he is in unfamiliar locales. |
491 | * {{Hipster}}: In the modern day, he resembles an outdoorsy guy on Instagram who spends way too much time bragging about where he travels. |
492 | * ScalingTheSummit: Evoked. He looks like a mountaineer or hiker. |
493 |
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