Patterns and Visions Permissions Post
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patternprophetOne of the unique aspects of Leoben in Battlestar Galactica, is that he has the ability to see "patterns". In simpler terms, he has the ability to see the future, in one of two ways.
The first is through the patterns, which appears to work as, if you were having a conversation with him, he'd know what you were going to say before you say it. The second is through a full-out vision, which usually correctly predicts future events. The first seems to be constant thing, whereas the second is more rare. Because of these patterns, Leoben tends to know a lot about people just from looking at them. He can't read your mind, but he can know your past, and possibly your future, basically.
Canonically, Leoben hasn't been wrong, but he has been known to interpret things incorrectly, either to suit his own agenda or just because. Please keep that in mind for any plottings.
To avoid any accidental god-modding or anything like that, please answer the following questions.
1. How much can Leoben know about your character?
In other words, how far back in your character's history can Leoben see? How far forward? Is there some traumatic event you don't want brought up or anything like that?
*Please note that how much your canon is touched upon in a conversation is dependent on how well I know the canon.
2. What are some things that Leoben can tell right off the bat? Anything that you want to remain hidden?
Is your character human or not? Do they have some special powers? Anything like that.
3. Is your character some kind of chosen one and is it alright if Leoben picks up on that?
Leoben tends to notice people with destinies. If spotted he will try to help you complete it. His methods aren't perfect however.
4. Is it okay for Leoben to predict your character's future through the patterns?
He might predict that your character will trip on something, or something along those lines.
5. Going with that, would you be interested in a full-out vision at some point?
We'd discuss and plot of course.
The first is through the patterns, which appears to work as, if you were having a conversation with him, he'd know what you were going to say before you say it. The second is through a full-out vision, which usually correctly predicts future events. The first seems to be constant thing, whereas the second is more rare. Because of these patterns, Leoben tends to know a lot about people just from looking at them. He can't read your mind, but he can know your past, and possibly your future, basically.
Canonically, Leoben hasn't been wrong, but he has been known to interpret things incorrectly, either to suit his own agenda or just because. Please keep that in mind for any plottings.
To avoid any accidental god-modding or anything like that, please answer the following questions.
1. How much can Leoben know about your character?
In other words, how far back in your character's history can Leoben see? How far forward? Is there some traumatic event you don't want brought up or anything like that?
*Please note that how much your canon is touched upon in a conversation is dependent on how well I know the canon.
2. What are some things that Leoben can tell right off the bat? Anything that you want to remain hidden?
Is your character human or not? Do they have some special powers? Anything like that.
3. Is your character some kind of chosen one and is it alright if Leoben picks up on that?
Leoben tends to notice people with destinies. If spotted he will try to help you complete it. His methods aren't perfect however.
4. Is it okay for Leoben to predict your character's future through the patterns?
He might predict that your character will trip on something, or something along those lines.
5. Going with that, would you be interested in a full-out vision at some point?
We'd discuss and plot of course.
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Date: 2011-02-20 06:13 pm (UTC)1) It's all fair game!
2) He's human, but he's got kind of a power boost from some relics called "MAGI." He's also died and been brought back once and has killed a couple of gods.
3) I'm not sure whether I'd say he's ~chosen by destiny~ so much as he just happened to be the guy who decided to stand up and do what needed doing. On the other hand, I guess he is kind of chosen by Odin (the god who revived him after he died), and in the remake he gets the three goddesses of fate being all cryptic at him, so...you could say he's chosen in that sense. Totally fine for Leoben to pick up on, anyway!
4) Go for it!
5) Sure!
Tatsuya -
1)Anything in the app is fair game. Although I don't think I have it linked in his journal so I WILL GO BACK AND FIX THAT SOON, whoops.
2) Tatsuya is human, but he does have the power to summon up physical manifestations of his psyche, which are called Personas.
3) He and his friends did kind of get singled out by Philemon and given a sharp shove in the direction of saving the world, but this is less because they're ~the chosen ones~ and more because some dumb mistakes they made as children opened up the world to destruction in the first place. Then they failed to save it, and made a deal with Philemon to reset reality in exchange for their memories so it would still exist. That's where he is now in canon -- after his current canon point, he screws up the reset and becomes ~the only one~ to remember the other reality, Nyarlathotep marks him and they play cat-and-mouse fighting over whether the world gets destroyed again for the other half of canon. So I'd say he's chosen by destiny, for kind of a weird value of "chosen."
...god that was tl;dr, I'm sorry. Persona 2 is really convoluted and full of mindfuck.
4) Sure.
5) Sure.
Dowd -
1) Once again, it's all fair game!
2) Dowd is a completely normal guy. About the only special thing to notice is that he is technically dead (arrived in Splendor right after his untimely demise).
3) Nothing special here! He's the nervous sidekick who decided to stay home while his best friend went off and saved the world.
4) Sure!
5) Sure.