In Sonic Turbine, one of our affiliates, someone made a topic similar to this.


PEOPLE CANNOT MAKE RP CHARACTERS INCLUDING THESE THINGS:


1: You can't make a character exceeding/matching Sonic's speed.
2: It's pretty stupid making your characters use Chaos Control, since that's Shadow's thing.
3: No god-modding, but that's already been said.

Now this is the most annoying to me:


4: NO MORE MULTIPLE-TAILED FOXES! Having two tails is Tails's thing. even if you make your character with three, four or however many tails, it's still ripping Tails's glory away from him. If you want to make a multiple-tailed creature, make it a kitsune, NOT A FOX.

...that's about it.

Okay mein Führer, we'll be sure to obey your every whim.

Oh, and take Poland while we're at it.

If anyone is going to make posts like this, it's going to be me. You don't have the right to limit RP profiling, mkay?

Well, they're not exactly rules, but it's just stuff that is taking away the real Sonic characters glory... do you know how many people have been making two-tailed foxes, hedgehogs who also use chaos control, and stuff like that? It's stupid!

And I'm not trying to start anythin here. I was sick of it and I thought it had to be said, even if it hadn't. It doesn't HAVE to be pinned, either. >.>

Pin it, your an admin.

Plus, I totally agree. Good job, Peaches.

What glory? The franchise has been raped enough, to the point where it rapes itself out of spite.

That's how we got Shadow the Hedgehog.

It may be stupid, but it's the first step, and if they piss me off, I'll delete those characters. :O

We could edit Kero's post about the minimal requirements thing...It DOES include things that you're not supposed to do.

It's okay the way it is. Kero did a good job on those.

What exactly did you want to edit about it?

Kiao: Good point.

Chiitose: *smacks head* Duh! Why didn't I think of that...? I still feel like a member... and I'm glad to feel that way.

http://www.concept-mobius.com/info/fancharactersindex.htm

was a template a do and don't, mainly don't, to do and give to your fan character(s). If you want I'll scope them out.

~TC

but i have a quetion, is it ok to make mixed breed? Ex. a fox/wolf

Of course. You just shouldn't make your characters having the powers that Sonic and Co. have. You see, although fan characters are fun to make, making them too much alike the characters is really stupid. I've seen countless characters that use their tails to fly like tails, who go even faster than Sonic, and yadda, yadda, yadda.

But if we have a hedgehog, can it roll into a ball? It's a basic skill hedgehogs must have...

ok. just wondering if it was too close to a fox. and about the countless thing, you don't know how much i agree!

Yep. Just not Sonic's speed or anything.

Although I do agree that kitsunes are getting overused, (or rather, were. They're not as popular anymore, thank God!) species isn't much of my concern. Tails and his two tails is the only species thing I'm worried about.

So that's where people get that long template from. =T_T= Ugh... Useful information, but we're not writing a biography. And the assigning/allocation of stats doesn't do much, to be honest. It's just something that catches eyes and gets a glance. After that, poink, no one cares. :O Paragraphs of information for appearance and personality are okay, as long as you don't try too hard to make it long-winded.

Unless it's a full-fledged adventure, "favorite beverage", etc., wouldn't even be used. =<<= And again, it's information that's unnecessary. It's not like the FBI is going to slam down a file on your character and dramatically say, "We've got 'im now. His favorite drink is a Shirley Temple." Maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, but when you ("you", in the indefinite sense) add tons of information that's never used, you're just looking for a "Your profile's so long! I bow down to you!" compliment.

Now... I'll bold the ones that I believe to be all right to add, underlining the "WTF" ones... and italicizing the ones that are... so-so, when they can be used in some RPs.

Character Image (if available):
Name:
Nicknames:
Age:
Species:
Gender:
Height:
Weight:
IQ:
Marital Status:
DOB:
Birth Place:
Residence:
Occupation:
Social Class:
Economic Class:
Alignment:
Top Speed:

Basic Stats (added numbers cannot exceed 40)
Agility -
Speed -
Strength -
Defense -
Evasiveness -
Dexterity -
Intelligence -
Skill -

Special Attacks:
Abilities & Aptitude:
Hobbies & Talents:
Weaknesses: These do no include weaknesses already mention in Basic Stats

Personal facts
Friends:
Rivals:
Enemies:
Known relatives:
Likes/Favorite activities:
Dislikes/Least favorite activities:
Gourmet of choice:
Beverages of choice:
Favorite color(s):

Personality:

Physical Appearance
Color:
Skin Color (i.e. muzzle, arms):
Eye Color:
Hair/Quill Style:
Nose:
Ears:
Tail:
Other bodily features:

Attire:
Items & Weapons:
Vehicles:
Themesong:
Back Story:

One question, Tails is fictional, why shouldn't we (not including me, I'm past that) steal Tails's glory by adding another tail and calling it a fox?

I know, but wouldn't it make sense if Tails WAS the only fox with two tails? That's what sets Tails away from ordinary foxes. That's what makes him special. And people are out making their foxes with two tails and guess what? Their characters are using the tails to FLY! That is another thing that sets me off. That's another one of Tails's abilities, too!

Sure, Tails is fictional, but SEGA designed him to be like this. They might not sue you, (well, duh. We are just making fan characters) but those abilities is what sets Tails away from the rest.

Ahem, what about Dails? He has feelings too...

Not really, that's more of Japanese Culture's thing. Since his two tail thing is based off of the mythlogical kitsune (which is different than a regular kitsune).

And kitsunes and foxes are basically the same thing. Except one is in Japanese and one is in English.

But the flying with his tails is pretty much Tails'es ability.

Oh... didn't know that. ^^;

Anyway, that's one of the things. They're making their characters fly, too...

I agree, which is why I stopped making sayains from DBZ XD I just make swordsman with uncanny abilities, that are origional

I watched DBZ when I was 4, along with other kids shows like Dora the Explorer and stuff. o_O Weird, huh?

Peaches.... ... by deffinition... a kitsune IS a fox... ... ...kitsune is Japanese for fox... ....


two tails is not trademarked... having two permanent tails is... but Naruto has a two-tailed form....


The Kyuubi Kitsune is the Nine-Tailed Fox, a deadly, mythical beast that is by far the most powerful of any Japanese mythical beast...

no speed greater than Sonic's? GOKU CAN MOVE AT LIGHT SPEED... and... truthfully, Matsuda Takuya is pretty darn fast... he's the White Fox!!! >.> Takuya only has one tail though...


But Urase Ryouma has a maximum of nine tails 'cause he's infused with the Kyuubi...

Tails was based of the Nekomanta in Japanese Mythology, same as Espeon. . .

It should be aloud?

As in, Tails' Tails. 2 Tails.

But, I geuss it could be matched with a Kitsune. . .But he would be, like, 100 years old. XD



And Sonic's Speed, why not alot? What about people who have shoes that allow them to move at high speeds, or people who went through therough training?

I'm gonna search on Wikipedia about the whole kitsune/fox thingy, so keep your pants on, peoples! >:O

Okay, I'm double posting 'cause this is a bit of a mouthful, so...

Folklore
In Japanese folklore, these animals are believed to possess great intelligence, long life, and magical powers. Foremost among these is the ability to shapeshift into human form; a fox is said to learn to do this when it attains a certain age (usually a hundred years, though some tales say fifty). Kitsune usually appear in the shape of a beautiful woman, a young girl, or an old man, but almost never an elderly woman. There is some evidence that kitsune are an imported icon from China, but further textual and artistic support for the argument that they are indiginously Japanese, dating perhaps as far back as the fifth century, B.C.E.

The folkloric kitsune is a type of y¨­kai. In this context, the word kitsune is often translated as fox spirit. However, one should not take this to mean that a kitsune is not a living creature, nor that a kitsune is a different creature than a fox. The word spirit is used in its Eastern sense, reflecting a state of knowledge or enlightenment. Any fox who lives sufficiently long, therefore, can be a fox spirit. There are two major types of kitsune; the myobu, or celestial fox ¡ª those associated with Inari, who are presented as benevolent ¡ª and the nogitsune, or wild fox (literally "field fox"), who are often, though not always, presented as malicious.


Physical characteristics of kitsune
The physical attribute kitsune are most noted for is their tails ¡ª a fox may possess as many as nine of them. Generally, an older and more powerful fox will possess a greater number of tails, and some sources say that a fox will only grow additional tails after they have lived for a thousand years. After that period of time, the number increases based on age and wisdom (depending on the source). However, the foxes that appear in folk stories almost always possess one, five, or nine tails, not any other number.

When a kitsune gains its ninth tail, its fur becomes silver, white, or gold. These ky¨±bi no kitsune ("nine-tailed foxes") gain the power of infinite vision ¡ª they can see (and hear) anything happening anywhere in the world. Occasionally, they are also attributed "infinite wisdom," essentially omniscience. Similarly, in Korea, a fox that lives a thousand years is said to turn into a kumiho (literally "nine-tail fox"), but the Korean fox is always depicted as evil, unlike the Japanese fox, which can be either benevolent or malevolent. Chinese folklore also contains fox spirits with many similarities to kitsune, including the possibility of nine tails.

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KitsuneIn some stories, kitsune have difficulty hiding their tail ¡ª usually the foxes in these stories have only one, which may be an indication that this is a weakness born of inexperience ¡ª when they take human form; the observant protagonist sees through the fox's disguise when the drunken or careless fox allows its tail to show.

Looking for the fox's tail is one common method of attempting to discern the true nature of the kitsune, but some sources speak of other methods to reveal its true shape. Sometimes, a shapeshifted kitsune will cast the shadow of a fox rather than of a human; other stories say that a transformed kitsune's reflection will be that of a fox. Foxes also have a great fear and hatred of dogs, even while in human form, and some become so rattled by the presence of a dog that they will revert to the shape of a fox and flee. Finally, a particularly devout individual may be able to see through the fox's disguise.

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Powers of kitsune
Supernatural powers commonly attributed to the kitsune include, in addition to shapeshifting, possession (see kitsunetsuki below), the ability to generate fire from their tails or to breathe fire (known as kitsune-bi, literally "foxfire"), the power to manifest in dreams, and the ability to create illusions so elaborate as to be almost indistinguishable from reality.

Some tales go further still, speaking of kitsune with the ability to bend time and space, to drive people mad, or to take such nonhuman and fantastic shapes as a tree of incredible height or a second moon in the sky. Occasionally kitsune are ascribed a characteristic reminiscent of vampires or succubi ¡ª these kitsune feed on the life or spirit of humans, generally through sexual contact.


"Star balls"
Sometimes kitsune are depicted guarding a round or pear-shaped ball (hoshi no tama or star ball). It is said those who obtain the ball can force the kitsune to help them; one theory says that the kitsune "reserves" some of its magic in this ball when it changes shape.


Kitsune as servants of the deity Inari
Kitsune are often associated with the deity of rice known as Inari. Originally kitsune were the messengers of Inari, but the line between the two has now become blurred to the point that Inari is sometimes depicted as a fox. There is speculation as to whether there is another shinto deity who is a fox him/herself, but little historical evidence to support this. Kitsune are connected to both the shinto and Buddhist religions.


Portrayal of Kitsune
In Japanese folklore, the kitsune are often presented as tricksters ¡ª sometimes very malevolent ones. The trickster kitsune employ their magical powers to play tricks on people; those portrayed in a favorable light tend to choose as targets overly-proud samurai, greedy merchants, and boastful commoners, while the more cruel kitsune tend to abuse poor tradesmen and farmers or Buddhist monks.

Despite their role as tricksters, however, a kitsune will keep a promise it has given and will strive to repay any favor it owes. Occasionally a kitsune will take a liking to and attach itself to a certain person or household; as long as it is treated with respect, it will use its powers for the benefit of its companion or hosts. As y¨­kai, however, kitsune do not share human morality, and a kitsune who has "adopted" a house in this manner might, for example, bring its host "gifts" of money or items that are in fact stolen from the host's neighbors. Any household suspected of harboring kitsune, therefore, tends to be treated with suspicion.

Kitsune are also commonly portrayed as lovers. These love stories usually involve a young human male and a kitsune who takes the form of a woman. Sometimes the kitsune is assigned the role of seductress, but often these stories are romantic in nature. Such a story usually involves the young man (unknowingly) marrying the fox, and emphasizes the devotion of the fox-wife. Many of these stories also possess a tragic element ¡ª they usually end with the discovery of the fox, who then must leave her husband. On some occasions, the husband wakes, as if from a dream, to find himself far from home, filthy, and disoriented, and must often return to confront his abandoned human family in shame.

Many stories tell of fox-wives bearing children. Such progeny of human-kitsune marriages are always human, but they are generally held to possess special physical and/or supernatural qualities, which are often passed to their children in turn. The specific nature of these qualities, however, varies widely from one source to another. Among those who are said to have inherited such extraordinary power is the famous onmyoji Abe no Seimei, who is said to be the son of a kitsune.


False etymologies of the word "kitsune"
The oldest known story of a fox-wife, which provides a folk etymology of the word kitsune, is an exception to the norm in that it does not end tragically. In this story, the fox takes the shape of a woman and marries a human male, and the two, in the course of spending several happy years together, have several children. She is ultimately revealed as a fox when, terrified by a dog, she returns to her fox shape to hide, in the presence of many witnesses. She prepares to depart her home, but her husband prevails upon her, saying, "Now that we have spent so many years together, and I have had several children by you, I cannot simply forget you. Please come and sleep with me." The fox agrees, and from then on returns to her husband each night in the shape of a woman, leaving again each morning in the shape of a fox. Therefore, she comes to be called Kitsune ¡ª because, in the classical Japanese, "kitsu-ne" means "come and sleep," while "ki-tsune" means "always comes."

Some have suggested that the origins of the word "kitsune" can also be ascribed to an onomotopoeia: "kitsu" was said to be the sound produced by foxes in Japan, much in the way "woof" is supposedly the noise dogs make in the West. "-ne" can be translated to mean "noise," and so the word "kitsune" can also literally refer to the sound produced by a fox. However, "kitsu" has not been used as representative of the sound foxes produce for some time, if it ever was; modern Japanese transcribes the sound of a fox as "kon kon" or "gon gon."


Kitsunetsuki
Kitsunetsuki (ºü‘{¤­ or ºü¸¶¤­; also written as kitsune-tsuki) literally means the state of being possessed by a fox. The fox was believed to enter the body of its victim, typically a young woman, beneath her fingernails or through her breasts. In some cases, the victim's facial expressions were said to change in such a way that they resembled foxes. Japanese tradition holds that the possession can cause illiterate victims to temporarily gain literacy.

Lafcadio Hearn describes the condition in the first volume of his Japanese Fairy Tales:

"Strange is the madness of those into whom demon foxes enter. Sometimes they run naked shouting through the streets. Sometimes they lie down and froth at the mouth, and yelp as a fox yelps. And on some part of the body of the possessed a moving lump appears under the skin, which seems to have a life of its own. Prick it with a needle, and it glides instantly to another place. By no grasp can it be so tightly compressed by a strong hand that it will not slip from under the fingers. Possessed folk are also said to speak and write languages of which they were totally ignorant prior to possession. They eat only what foxes are believed to like ¡ª tofu, aburage, azukimeshi, etc. ¡ª and they eat a great deal, alleging that not they, but the possessing foxes, are hungry."
He goes on to note that, once freed from the possession, the victim will never again be able to eat tofu, azukimeshi, or other foods favored by foxes.

Victims of kitsunetsuki were often treated cruelly in hopes of forcing the fox to leave. It was not unusual for them to be beaten or badly burned. On some occasions, entire families were ostracized by their communities after a member of the family was believed to be possessed.

In Japan, kitsunetsuki was a common diagnosis for insanity as recently as the early 20th century. Possession was the explanation for the abnormal behavior displayed by the afflicted individuals.

Kitsunetsuki is also an ethnic psychosis unique to Japanese culture, which causes its victims to believe they are being possessed by a fox. Some of the symptoms of kitsunetsuki are cravings for rice or sweet red beans, listlessness, restlessness, and an aversion to eye contact. It is similar to, but distinct from, clinical lycanthropy.


Kitsune in fiction
Main article: Kitsune in popular culture