A MUSELIST OF SOME SORT: EDITION MAUYN 2017

**TALES OF A LOT OF TALES
 - TALES OF "EVERYONE AGES 12 TO 4028+ BECOMES EMOTIONALLY DEPENDENT ON A 17YO", OR: TALES OF SYMPHONIA
      FATALIZE; KRATOS AURION -
		grumpy aloof big brother mercenary who actually turns out to be an immortal seraph and awkward faildad. he tries. he tries so
		hard. has a terminal case of cannot take sides. something something carry on my wayward son(s).
 - TALES OF STARE LONG INTO AN ABYSS AND THE ABYSS STARES BACK, OR: TALES OF THE ABYSS
      FONLINES; FON MASTER ION (ORIGINAL) -
		very nice and sweet, serene leader of an entire world's religious order. except not. smiles all the time, but is entirely too
		bitter about the human race and the world in general, who would blindly follow a prophecy in hopes of promised prosperity.
 - TALES OF TWIN STARS AND SOMETHING CALLED JUSTICE, OR: TALES OF VESPERIA
	  PALLADIA; FLYNN SCIFO -
		something something morning star. social idealism informed by realism and a childhood growing up in the slums. mr shiny fluffy
		perfect knight, except he's still a street rat at heart. @ yuri, sTOP BREAKING THE LAW ASSHOLE
	  UNKNIGHTLY; YURI LOWELL -
		something something evening star to flynn's morning star. joke's on you, they're the same celestial body! (and also not a star
		at all, but) prone to vigilantism when law doesn't work. law often does not work, in canon, or at least not fast enough.
		@ flynn, don't worry, i have a permit: i do what i want.
 - A TALE OF TWO BROTHERS, OR: TALES OF XILLIA 2
	  CHOICEPROVEN; LUDGER WILL KRESNIK -
		didn't ask for any of this. send help. he just wanted to get a job. he didn't ask to be caught up in a terrorist attack, or
		basically adopt a girl who just happened to be his alternate universe future self's daughter, or for his brother to be declared
		a criminal, or to get caught up in a trial to prove that humanity doesn't deserve to all become soulless mana batteries, or to
		have to deal with a shady megacorp's many dealings, or this 20 million gald debt--
		(don't do time-- dimensional travel, kids)
	  HYMNED; JULIUS WILL KRESNIK -
		loser big brother guardian type who can't take care of himself at all (household chores? what? look, he doesn't know how he set
		the washing machine on fire either) and loves cats far more than is healthy. has a very normal job as a network engineer at a
		very normal megacorp. definitely. canonically has a fanclub. look how popular and perfect and normal and pristine he is.
		'let's make children genocide entire dimensions, yeah, sounds like a great plan for determining humanity's worth!', or: boy is
		spirit morality a Thing.
		(don't do time-- dimensional travel, kids)
	  MUTUALPROOF; alt for either of the two above (currently julius)

**SO TALE-US MORE ABOUT YOUR KNIGHT PROBLEM, OR: ELSWORD
	  SANDSTORMS; ELSWORD (LORD KNIGHT) -
		sarcastic, blunt, deadpan brat who grew up idolizing the knights and his oft-absent sister with commitment issues. ostensibly
		the main character, and all problems can be solved by applying more Sword(tm). more down to earth than his two counterparts.
	  BLADESTORMS; ELSWORD (INFINITY SWORD) -
		see: above, and all problems can be solved by applying more Swords(tm), plural. decided he was a bad enough dude to take in a
		source of demon magic and control it because protagonist powers mean there's no way he'll ever succumb. it got him an edgy
		outfit and a whole ton of unlimited blade works. at least Lord Knight has a semblance of respectful behavior.
	  (stormblades; elsword (rune slayer)) -
		the one journalname i did not pick up, even if it would make a set. anyway, see: lavvy
	  VOIDCONTRACT; AISHA (VOID PRINCESS) -
		magical prodigy, apparently mastered bunches of stuff by 12, but then lost it all due to an unfortunate incident with a magical
		artifact. definitely not one of Elsword's babysitters. playful and arrogant, but moody. heck yeah, dark magic.
	  CONTRACTLESS; MIRROR!AISHA (ELEMENTAL MASTER?) -
		the eway mirrorverse counterpart to the above, 'ladylike' and polite and dainty, but terrified of actual confrontation. not
		actually EM at all. still very good at magic, but would rather not do the whole dropping meteors on people thing.
	  UNKINDNESSOF; RAVEN (BLADE MASTER) -
		behold, the emotionally stunted babysitterborg, not the least because he's purposely keeping his emotional responses in check
		out of sheer will and a concern that too strong a feeling will feed the ragemachine mind control component of his super cool
		high tech robotic arm prosthetic. gaining it was all sorts of traumatizing and now he's roboracist as a result. goddammit. kind
		of a competitive and mildly condescending showoff, sometimes, when you get him in the mood.
	  CONSPIRACYOF; RAVEN (RECKLESS FIST) -
		the less emotionally stunted babysitterborg, because ha ha you thought a limiter chip would fix all your mind control arm
		problems. it doesn't. but he's already the more expressive and warm of the two paths, just... with the RF progression that
		mixes in with some anger management issues while fighting... he meant well, ok. he just wanted to protect people why this
	  CONGRESSOF; RAVEN (VETERAN COMMANDER) -
		probably carrying a torch for his dead fiance and dead friends a little too hard, but hey he's a living memorial to them
		whatever you do you bro. kind of a hardass. probably has less of a sense of self-preservation than is healthy. set everything
		on fire, even yourself!!!
	  REASSEMBLING; EVE (CODE: EMPRESS) -
		robotic queen of a fallen kingdom. slept through the near-extinction of her entire race (cryosleep was involved, also using
		herself as a battery to power the Core system). adamantly disclaims having emotions, actually has pretty strong ones. haughty
		and imperious. dead set on saving and or reviving her people, regardless of the cost to herself.
	  SPECTRUMSTARS; EVE (CODE: BATTLE SERAPH) -
		see above, minus emotions. apparently the circuitry responsible for emotional response in magic fantasy robots is incompatible
		with super powerful el-dark el (matter-antimatter?) energy reactors. because you're going to need a lot of energy to allow a
		race of magic fantasy robots to survive in a world that's starved of life energy. extremely practical and goal-oriented.
	  REARMING; alt/icon dump for raven, this is entirely necro's fault for a terrible pun
	  KNIGHTWINGED; alt, spooky changeling au raven for reasons

**I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO TALE-OR AN AWFUL USAGE OF TALE INTO EACH OF THESE HEADINGS WATCH ME, OR: FIRE EMBLEM
	  CANDESCENSION; JAKOB (FATES) -
		if you don't like it just throw more knives at it. if physical knives are too much then verbal ones will do just as well.
		butler who takes exception to the idea that he should be doing things for people; excuse them, they're not his lord/lady
		corrin and therefore are not the sole person he takes orders from. will fight anyone who dares to imply he's a nice person
		under the bristling. what slander. an actual asshole cat. he even naps everywhere (then denies it).
	  GRIMAKIN; M!ROBIN (AWAKENING) -
		friends with everyone. amnesiac. entirely too concerned about the prince who was in fact the one who found him and took him
		home, but seems to be the one who got overattached to the stray rather than the other way around. blithe outlook on all the ???
		that happens in camp probably helps with the friends with everyone thing. how the heck is this the vessel to GRIMA, THE WINGS
		OF DESPAIR?
	  MASSUCRE; PERI (FATES) -
		p for pulverize, e for eviscerate, r for ruin, i for impale! peri! one of the crown prince's retainers. takes this duty...
		seriously enough. look, she likes people! just as much as she likes... killing things? a childhood trauma was involved, but
		still, she's... pretty flagrant in how she would like to stab people at the drop of a hat... she's also a huge crybaby though.
		super childish. man.
	  bonus: a little lord lazybones-- err dwyer still in journalless, unvoicetested, and iconless hell

**A CAUTIONARY TALE OF WHY NOT TO DO TIME TRAVEL, OR: PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA
	  ANTEMERIDIAN; HOMURA AKEMI (ANTE-REBELLION) -
		wishes are bad, making shady contracts with questionable alien life forms is dubious, and the universe will definitely try to
		screw you over if you even think about making a wish for someone else's sake. sad hospitalized child makes friends, then loses
		and loses and loses them repeatedly, all while trying and failing to save them.
		look, don't do time travel, kids
	  POSTMERIDIAN; HOMURA AKEMI (POST-REBELLION) -
		something something the balance of hope and despair equals zero, STRONGER THAN HOPE, DEEPER THAN DESPAIR, IT'S LOVE, AI YO
		forced into a bad position, made a questionable decision while in a questionable state of mind. arguably was in effort to fix
		things and make them better for everyone involved. sadly, result was zero percent approval, including from herself. all these
		familiars proclaiming what a good for nothing she is, well...
		look, seriously, don't do time travel, kids
      PRESOMNIO; HOMURA AKEMI (BRAIDS) -
		i made this journal purely for an event at a game but sure why not, tiny preseries child from before most of her toughening up
		character development. sad hospitalized child makes friends and tries really really hard to be useful and save them.

**AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT KIND OF TALE, OR: UNDERTALE
	  DOWNTOTHEBONE; sans -
		oh wait it's still that kind of tale.
		lazybones. entirely too fond of terrible jokes and sci-fi, and probably terrible sci-fi jokes. terrible jokes involving sci-fi?
		out of fucks to give, or so he thinks.
		don't do time travel, kids
	  CANTTRUSTATOMS; some kind of pre-canon sans, commonly known as science sans -
		a fresher-faced, more-obviously-a-nerd sans. still gives a fuck. shocking.
	  RAININGELSEWHERE; GONER KID -
		a minor npc you probably will never see unless you go out of your way to find them, and even then all they tell you to do is
		forget them wow ok. just bring them an umbrella and cheer them up, ok
	  RETURNVOID; [REDACTED] -
		???? who???? the man who speaks in hands??? um, this character doesn't exist??????
	  IMPATIESANS; alt, spooky p4 shadow!sans
	  bonus: an alphys still in journalless, unvoicetested, and iconless hell

**TALE OF ONE GENIUS' MAD HUBRIS AND WHAT THE FUCK WHY WAS THAT YOUR WISH, OR: MANA KHEMIA
	  WISHWEAVING; VAYNE AURELIUS -
		look when you're a mad scienti-- alchemist who's just created a kind of life your first request to your baby force of nature
		should not be for them to kill you. goddammit theofratus.
		anyway, raised by a cat, due to his not-father's suicide... method... wish... kind of meek and mild-mannered. mostly a
		pushover. likes doing things for people and appeasing them and seeing them happy. 'amnesiac.' something something more endgame
		spoilers. his big brother father guardian cat can turn into a sword can turn into an even bigger sword can turn into bladed
		chain ribbons, with spooky eyemotifs everywhere.
	  GHASTLYSWEET; PAMELA IBIS -
		a very sweet and adorable... actually whenever i start off a description by describing how nice they are you should probably
		never trust me. ok, so a connivingly selfish yet adorable ghost, full of saccharine sweetness. like poisoned honey. how could
		you blame a face like hers, though. her one sole mission in... afterlife... is basically to have as much fun for herself as
		possible, possibly with her large entourage of also adorable undead monster friends. sometimes things like other peoples'
		conveniences turns into a bit of an afterthought like that.
	  TRICKEDGES; ROXIS ROSENKRANTZ -
		useless tsundere princess i mean what. scion of a famous family line that was previously known for greatness and has since
		fallen from their former glory, at least alchemywise. and then this kid manages to get into the prestigious alchemy academy! no
		pressure. tsundere towards kittens, self-deprecatory perpetual motion machine.

**WELCOME TO THE HOTEL HETALIA. HE-TALE-IA??? YOU CAN CHECK OUT ANY TIME YOU LIKE, BUT YOU CAN NEVER LEAVE!
	  NOMANIS; ENGLAND (ARTHUR KIRKLAND) -
		they call me coffee because i'm bitter as fuck and no one likes me without changing some aspect of me
		lonely loser island, look his friends aren't imaginary it's just that you can't see them because you don't believe, gosh!!

**KIRBY AND THE REALLY TALL TALES OF ELDRITCH NIGHTMARE MONSTERS THAT NEVERTHELESS ARE 100% TRUE
	  LORCRAFTER; MAGOLOR -
		a cheerful, friendly, and excitable wayfarer from beyond the stars who has in no what crafted any part of his lore-- uh
		backstory. gets really into things! thinks everything would be way better if people didn't fight so much. traveling deep space
		all alone, even with a sentient spacecraft called lor, gets kind of lonely, but the sights are pretty nice.
	  WAYCRAFTER; alt for above, presumably for non-gijinka icons

**HARK! GAZE UPON THIS JOURNAL, AND (DON'T) REGARD THE EPIC TALE OF WHY I HAVE NOT USED IT TO ITS PROPER EXTENT! OR: FATE/(EXTRA)
	  PRAEIRE; SABER (NERO) -
		your fave is problematic: would trap you in a theater to watch a play of her own penning, you will probably die before it is
		over

**RE-TALE PRICE TWICE A NORMAL GAME, OR: POKEMON AND THEIR PAIRED VERSIONS
	  OUTBOUNDS; SUBWAY BOSS EMMET (B/W) -
		more outgoing of the two twins. really likes winning. less prone to train metaphors and less formal than his brother, though
		high energy and clipped sentences still makes for interesting sets of mannerisms anyway. likes pokemon. and combinations of two
		pokemon. and winning. did we mention winning?
	  GUIDELIGNS; LUMEN -
		some kind of lampent oc, playing off the idea of a guiding light + will o the wisps + spooky scary ghost types. he'll show you
		the way. ...is it the right way?

**KINGDOM HEARTBREAK I'M SORRY I COULDN'T THINK OF A TALE PUN
	  FREEZEPRIDE; VEXEN -
		a chilly asshole. prideful scientist and researcher who would be happy to be able to do just that all the time if only his
		asshole coworkers would let him. look, losing your heart does a number on your already probably-not-that-great interpersonal
		skills. shady experiments galore, max int, no wis. isn't necessarily malicious per se, just a dick who doesn't care.
	  TESTERZERO; EVEN -
		the same chilly asshole from above, of slightly less asshole-y variety. full of bluster and grandstanding, but is more bark
		than bite. @ansem what could have possibly possessed you to think that this man would be a good candidate to take care of a
		tiny orphan child
	  bonus: there's probably a zexion/ienzo somewhere in here if i look tbh

**I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE THESE USERNAMES OR JOURNALS, OR SITTING IN UNVOICETESTED/UNFEASIBLE HELL
	  STAROFEVENING
	  PROMISESHARING
	  SOMEWHEREELSE
	  UNWAVERINGVOW
	  UNCASTSHADOW
	  SOULDESTROYER; EREMES GUILE, RAGNAROK ONLINE
	  LIGHTLESSLY
	  HEARTSTOPPER; PETER WHITE, ALICE IN THE COUNTRY OF ____
	  HOROLOGIA; CLOCKWORK, DANNY PHANTOM

**BONUS ROUND: T(R)ALES(?) OF THE TALES OF GAME WE DESERVED, OR: TRAILS OF COLD STEEL
		- actually none right now because i'm still plodding slowly through the games when i get the chance but given the cast i would
		  not be surprised if i ended up picking up a muse or two from the series