hey doggo, dunno if someone already asked, but why is phonegingi called phonegingi? like where did the name come from it's just so... phonegingi yk what im saying
The story of how gingi got his name was so stupid. When I was working on DT, I had a random playlist of youtube videos playing in the BG, y'know, to break up the monotony. Anyway, an OneyPlays animated came up, I thiiink it was the President Ding Dong sketch? A character appears for a moment and one of the guys makes up the name "Bagingi" for it on the spot. I had no clue at that point what Gingi's name was gonna be, I had everything but the name. I also had "bagingi" on loop in my head since i heard it for some reason, so i said "fuck it! phonegingi will do as a temporary name", and vowed i'd think of a better default name later. While a few friends of mine were helping me test an alpha build of DT with the first draft of randy's route inside, I pitched some new names that I'd come up with to replace the placeholder name I had for this creature which was, ofc, Phonegingi. I don't remember any of the pitches off the top of my head other than 'frankenphone' and none of the testers wanted me to change the character's name. None of them knew the name was meant to be a stupid dumb placeholder and got really attached to it. So I looked at the stupid nonsense name that i'd given to my protagonist that meant nothing and said "yeah ok this suits the kind of person gingi is." The end.
New Aqua illustration for the Dvd!
my favourite type of character is the child tortured by interdimensional beings
Characters
Character Flaws
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a limitation, imperfection, problem, phobia, or deficiency that affects actions, abilities, motives, and social interactions.
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⤷ Fears:
⟿ What past traumas affect current behavior?
⟿ What are they irrationally afraid of?
⟿ What are they secretly afraid of?
⟿ What are they publicly afraid of?
⟿ What fears relate to current problem?
⟿ What fears effect current problem?
⤷ Prejudices:
⟿ What were they taught to dislike?
⟿ What do they believe is wrong?
⟿ What are they intolerant of?
⟿ What will they fight for/against?
⟿ What are they ashamed of?
⤷ Strong Traits:
⟿ What positive trait could become a flaw?
⟿ What positive trait could cause issues?
⟿ What trait annoys other characters?
⟿ What trait could hold them back?
❃
⇸ absentminded
⇸ abusive
⇸ addict
⇸ aimless
⇸ alcoholic
⇸ anarchist
⇸ angsty
⇸ arrogant
⇸ assertive
⇸ bossy
⇸ callousness
⇸ carelessness
⇸ childishness
⇸ competitive
⇸ conceited
⇸ confirmation bias
⇸ controlling
⇸ cowardice
⇸ cruelty
⇸ curiosity
⇸ cynicism
⇸ deception
⇸ defiance
⇸ dishonesty
⇸ disrespectful
⇸ dramatic
⇸ egotistical
⇸ entitlement
⇸ forgetful
⇸ greed
⇸ guilibility
⇸ hostility
⇸ ignorance
⇸ immaturity
⇸ impatience
⇸ impracticality
⇸ impulsive
⇸ inconsiderate
⇸ indecisiveness
⇸ indulgence
⇸ jealousy
⇸ laziness
⇸ manipulative
⇸ mean
⇸ meddlesome
⇸ messy
⇸ mischievous
⇸ naivety
⇸ nosy
⇸ obnoxious
⇸ offensive
⇸ paranoia
⇸ pettiness
⇸ pretentiousness
⇸ prideful
⇸ rageful
⇸ rash
⇸ rebelliousness
⇸ recklessness
⇸ ruthless
⇸ sadistic
⇸ sarcastic
⇸ secretive
⇸ selfishness
⇸ sensitivity
⇸ sexism
⇸ slothful
⇸ sneaky
⇸ spoiled
⇸ stereotypical
⇸ stubborn
⇸ superstitious
⇸ undependable
⇸ unorganized
⇸ unreasonable
⇸ unsympathetic
⇸ vain
⇸ vengeful
⇸ violent
⇸ wasteful
⇸ whiney
⇸ wrathful
I LOVE GIRLS WHO ARE LEFT IN THE STORY AS WHISPERS I LOVE GIRLS WHO HAVE LEFT AN IMPRINT ON THE STORY OF WHERE THERE SHOULD BE A PERSON I LOVE GIRLS WHO LEAVE AN IMPACT ON OTHERS I LIKE GIRLS WITH THE "SHE COULD LIGHT UP A ROOM" SYNDROME I LOVE GIRLS WHO WERE IDOLIZED AND TREATED AS SAINTS AFTER THEIR DEATHS EVEN THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST AS HUMAN GIRLS WHO FUCKED UP JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE YET ARE FORGIVEN GIRLS WHO HAVE LIVED ON THROUGH MEMORY AND THEREFORE WERE CHANGED BY MEMORY I LOVE GIRLS WHO HAUNT THE NARRATIVE
THE TRAGEDY OF HAYAKAWA AKI (insp by this post)
sunshiney characters who adore the mean grumpy character, platonically or romantically, but not DESPITE them being mean as if that isn’t who the other “really” is deep down. they love it. they think the other is the funniest cleverest most delightful person alive
september 29, 1998 ⋯ the cop inside me died that day.