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I think the Heartless and Tinkerbats qualify under Living Shadow. If their face is so obscured under the robe it's barely visible, it's In the Hood. If their skin are literally black, it's Amazing Technicolor Population.
Edit: Oops, never mind. But yeah, I think this might be viable on its own. Cartoon eyes in constant shadow (or what looks like shadow) as a character design element.
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You can also bring it up in this thread
before taking it to the TLP if you need help with writing the draft.
Before you say "You're thinking of Black Mage." I'm not referring to "character that uses offense type magic."
What I'm looking for is the visual character trope, where a character has has a completely dark (sometimes purple) face, and sometimes body. Whether it's their natural appearance or caused by the robes/armor that hide their face depends. Visually it's when By the Lights of Their Eyes is applied to only this character, even in broad daylight, while others appear normally. This is typically used to make these characters visually stand out as unusual or strange to contrast with other characters that aren't hidden. Whether they're evil or good also depends on the character themselves.
Orko, Vivi, Marvin The Martian, The Heartless, Tinkerbats, Ralsei, and Poes are all the examples I could immediately think of.
Do we have this as a trope? If not, should we take it to the Trope Launch Pad?
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