DarkGemini24601
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Not all psi powers are that. Reflections are for particularly powerful psions, and follow a distinct set of rules.
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Frostlich1228
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No, they aren't spirit animals, just reflections of one's psyche. Brigid's reflection took the form of a crow because her reflection was based of an actual mythological figure, and she was connected to crows. In fact, nearly every picture I found of her had a crow in it, or a crow theme.
... Are you insinuating something?
Frostlich1228
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No, they aren't spirit animals, just reflections of one's psyche. Brigid's reflection took the form of a crow because her reflection was based of an actual mythological figure, and she was connected to crows. In fact, nearly every picture I found of her had a crow in it, or a crow theme.
I have an idea for Cammy's Manifestation.
If she had the ability to make one with enough substance, but as completely Violet psion, she doesn't. :/
Eh... idea for end game. Kinda hard for a non-combatant to reach that level of power. I doubt Korra ever will.
DarkGemini24601
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I've said before that it's a small possibility, but it's not absolutely necessary for non-combat personnel (Vindicta is a psi trainer, anyone psions are welcome to learn a thing or two from her, be they looking for training or intricate information) and if she did have a Reflection, it'd be 'liquid energy' and thus have a low durability.
And this.
DarkGemini24601
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To clarify something about my sole character that currently has a Reflection, she can't even control it. Sasha's Reflection (which currently has no name revealed, so we'll just call it "AW" for the angel wings) only manifested for the first time because of a combo of two things.
1. Aurora Armor, which Sasha had never worn and boosted her psi powers.
2. Severe emotional trauma. If you remember, strong emotions provide a temporary boost to power. Sasha watched her squadmates dying left and right, and had a mental breakdown that lead to the part of her psyche that could use her psionic power to manifest as a physical being do so. And it only showed up as wings primarily, though it's been hinted at that there is more to it (the arm that saved Sasha from suicide, for instance).
Brigid has had her powers for a long time. Her psionics are so powerful that she still can't control them, and I believe that like Sasha's "AW", Brigid doesn't have full control over the "Morrighan" part of her psyche. However, it's been around for about 10 years at least, so it's developed enough to actually have a personality of sorts, though I'd say it's still semi-sentient rather than being truly self-aware. And no matter how far a Reflection may get in the intelligence department, they are always bound to their user like a guardian spirit, and are guardians. You'll never see a Reflection INTENTIONALLY harm its user. Draining too much power is possible though if it's trying to protect it's user to no avail.
Cayden's only had his for a short period of time, so you only really see small comments and 'dark whispers' since Viktor represents the darker side of him, his killing instinct if you would.
1. Aurora Armor, which Sasha had never worn and boosted her psi powers.
2. Severe emotional trauma. If you remember, strong emotions provide a temporary boost to power. Sasha watched her squadmates dying left and right, and had a mental breakdown that lead to the part of her psyche that could use her psionic power to manifest as a physical being do so. And it only showed up as wings primarily, though it's been hinted at that there is more to it (the arm that saved Sasha from suicide, for instance).
Brigid has had her powers for a long time. Her psionics are so powerful that she still can't control them, and I believe that like Sasha's "AW", Brigid doesn't have full control over the "Morrighan" part of her psyche. However, it's been around for about 10 years at least, so it's developed enough to actually have a personality of sorts, though I'd say it's still semi-sentient rather than being truly self-aware. And no matter how far a Reflection may get in the intelligence department, they are always bound to their user like a guardian spirit, and are guardians. You'll never see a Reflection INTENTIONALLY harm its user. Draining too much power is possible though if it's trying to protect it's user to no avail.
Cayden's only had his for a short period of time, so you only really see small comments and 'dark whispers' since Viktor represents the darker side of him, his killing instinct if you would.
Aye. The Morrigan has some sentience, but if she had full sentience, she would have realized right away that Brigid didn't want to harm her friends (well... she did, but only because she was angry, and not kill them). Additionally, Brigid's reflection is both a sign of her latent power and, more importantly, how dangerous it is if she doesn't keep it in check. If, for whatever reason, she was to purposely use her reflection in combat, it would mostly act on Brigid's latent instincts and drain power from her. But, in the end, she was trying to protect Brigid. That was the most important thing in her psionic 'mind'.
Hey, I found the perfect way to tell someone you hate them without feeling like a jerk!
DarkGemini24601
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Just so everyone knows, I'm not going to have time for collaborations Monday-Friday except on "A" days. And those will be done over conversations. Schedule for A Day collaborations is (10:10 A.M. -> 10:25 A.M., a good starting point if nothing else) + (11:50 A.M. -> 2:00 P.M., main body of time) + (2:05 P.M. -> 3:45 P.M., spotty, I won't always be available and my responses will be likely slow even if I am), and finally (8:00 P.M. -> 10:00 P.M., at home to compile and finish up before going to sleep. Last two hours of the day are me time unless I absolutely HAVE to finish something before a deadline.)
DarkGemini24601
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I have roughly 2-3 A Days a week, and they aren't always going to be free, so likely I'll schedule 1-2 collaborations on Sundays or Mondays to do during the school week, and then I'll be more free on the weekend. My next A Day is this Friday for the interested.
Whatever works for you. Lucky for us you are good at planning things out.
Taxor_the_First
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..... is it? I've never heard that word once in my entire life.
Might be Western Australian, though. Those guys are crazy.
It be kangaroo speak, ya see?
Quick note, as something was brought to my attention. Brigid didn't want to murder Korra and Cayden. The reason The Morrigan reflection wanted to murder them is because Brigid, in her anger, foolishly unlocked all of her psionic energy, then lost control of her energy. Because the reflection was just acting on instinct, all it had to guide it was the anger Brigid had when she lost control.
DarkGemini24601
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Another f***ing post? Trust me, this one's worth your while.
Don't cheer too loudly. You guys already scare me with how much Astasha's moodiness and space-racism causes some of you to treat her as less than human... maybe. I hope not.
Because that's hypocrisy and a double standard rolled into a nice package.
Hey... Nick liked her at least? (Seriously though, nice job as usual. I must say, I did sort of chuckle throughout the whole thing just on the reactions alone. Don't know if intentional but good anyways)
DarkGemini24601
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Date is March 14th on that post, dammit.
DarkGemini24601
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It was meant to be mostly serious, but whatever... don't mind me while I scream internally.