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| NOVEMBER 2013 | DECEMBER 2013 | JANUARY 2014 | |||
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| P 35 Truffula Trees - Room change | P 36 Truffula Trees | - Ted leaves||||
| L - Spike - Stepford | |||||
| L - Stepford Family | |||||
| Threads | Threads | Threads | |||
| Hermione | Lorax | Steph | |||
| Anne | Tim | ||||
| Lorax | Cass | ||||
| Sheena | Katniss | ||||
| Ted | Katniss | ||||
| Joshua | Lorax | ||||
| Connor | >|||||
| Henry | |||||
| Ted |
| AUGUST 2013 | SEPTEMBER 2013 | OCTOBER 2013 | |||
| Posts & closed logs | Posts & closed logs | Posts & closed logs | |||
| P 33 Truffula Trees - Tumble Dryer Monster | P 34 Truffula Trees - Gentlemen | ||||
| L Orphanage - Arya & Anne | |||||
| Threads | Threads | Threads | |||
| Hogwarts -Mixed | Lorax | Phoebe | |||
| Hogwarts - Hermione | Expedition start | Steph | |||
| Hogwarts - CoMC | Zelos | Cass | |||
| Hogwarts - Breakfast | Ted | Sheena | |||
| Hogwarts - Ted | EMH | Lucrezia | |||
| Jane | Anne | Lorax | |||
| Cass/Steph | Lucrezia | Henry | |||
| Souji | Linda | Cass | |||
| House | Sheena | ||||
| Lorax | Hermione | ||||
| Ted | Utena | ||||
| EMH | Ino | ||||
| Lucrezia | G-Cass | ||||
| Jane | G-Ashura | ||||
| Katniss | G-Anne | ||||
| Hermione | Lorax |
| MAY 2013 | JUNE 2013 | JULY 2013 | |||
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| P 27 Truffula Trees - Event horizon | P 29 Truffula Trees - Guitar playing | P 31 Truffula Trees - Mom left | |||
| P 28 Truffula Trees - Aftermath | P 30 Truffula Trees - Checking on Cass | P 32 Truffula Trees - Tokyo | |||
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| L Cass | |||||
| Threads | Threads | Threads | |||
| 5 | Mabel | Blues | |||
| M-Anne | Anne/Arya | Sheena | |||
| M-Cass | Anne | Zelos/Arya | |||
| M Mixed | Clementine | Roxy | |||
| M-Cass | Zelos | Cass | |||
| Mom | Steampunk Race | Steph | |||
| EH-Luke | Ted | Ted | |||
| EH-Steph | Jane | Frodo | |||
| EH-House | Lucy | Ino | |||
| EH-Lulu | Robb | Hermione | |||
| EH-Cass | Martel | Jane | |||
| EH-Mixed | Muraki | Lorax | |||
| EH-House | Lorax | Tim | |||
| EH-Phoebe | LW - Mixed | Tokyo - Blues | |||
| EH-House&Allen | LW- Ted | Tokyo - Ted | |||
| EH-Allen | LW - Jane | Henry | |||
| EH-Ino | LW- Gale | Luke | |||
| EH-Colette | LW - Anne | Hermione | |||
| EH-Mixed | Henry | Jane | |||
| Lorax | Lucrezia | Lorax | |||
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Paradisa Info
ITEMS FROM HOME:
*Thneed (Which he wears all the time like a MARK OF GUILT)
*The last Truffula Seed.
OTHER ITEMS
*He stole a guitar from the music room.
*Gold gave him five kittens for an experiment. They were eventually rehomed: Bob and Lucy (Lucy) Fred (Brook), Julie (Rose), Susan (Duke) and Yeleurk (Sheena).
*He has a crappy statue in his room which 'kind of look like a really wrong dolphin'
*Ino gave him a cactus to try and encourage him to grow something.
*He has a female cat given to him by Ino named Clint (yes, after THAT Clint) and a Quagsire named Wilson given to him by House.
PROJECTS
*He remade his wagon and foldaway cottage-tent, which is now used for expeditions.
*Fixed and put lasers in Kat's prosthetic arm.
*Made broomsticks more comfortable for Hermione.
*Made stilts for Ino.
*Made a utility belt for Jane.
*Thneed (Which he wears all the time like a MARK OF GUILT)
*The last Truffula Seed.
OTHER ITEMS
*He stole a guitar from the music room.
*Gold gave him five kittens for an experiment. They were eventually rehomed: Bob and Lucy (Lucy) Fred (Brook), Julie (Rose), Susan (Duke) and Yeleurk (Sheena).
*He has a crappy statue in his room which 'kind of look like a really wrong dolphin'
*Ino gave him a cactus to try and encourage him to grow something.
*He has a female cat given to him by Ino named Clint (yes, after THAT Clint) and a Quagsire named Wilson given to him by House.
PROJECTS
*He remade his wagon and foldaway cottage-tent, which is now used for expeditions.
*Fixed and put lasers in Kat's prosthetic arm.
*Made broomsticks more comfortable for Hermione.
*Made stilts for Ino.
*Made a utility belt for Jane.
Basics
BASIC INFO
Name: The Once-ler
Sex: Male
Age: Approx 26 (27 in Paradisa)
Species: Human
Appearance: Black hair, blue eyes. About 6'7. Yeah he's TALL
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Handwriting: Here
Voice: Here | Singing Voice
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking. Knitting. He can play guitar and tends to make up his own songs. And of course, he is a very talented inventor.
Other info: He is a very, very, VERY heavy sleeper. Seriously, he slept through his bed being stolen from his cottage and getting put into a river.
Room: 1620 - The Impetus Tower
Previous Residence: Truffula Valley, Seussland.
Room Appearance: It has a general living space with a bed, and three separate rooms: a kitchen, a bathroom and a workshop. Everything in it is very sparse, no carpets, and just bare stone walls. He has also boarded up the windows (all bar one, which his cactus sits in front of), so very little light comes in. The door leading from the tower to his room is booby-trapped with a sandbag and a giant boot, triggered when you stand on the welcome mat in front of the door. Visuals: Here and Here Floorplan
Canon: The Lorax (2012 Movie version)
Canon Point: Shortly after the Lorax leaves him in the destroyed valley.
Arrival Date: April 18th 2012
Loss:The word 'Unless' appears in the background wherever he goes, and multiplies for however long he's in the area.
Tropes: Abusive Parents, Affably Evil, Anti Villain, Deadpan Snarker, Evil Makeover, Freudian Excuse, Heel Realization, Humans Are Bastards, Knight Templar, My God What Have I Done, Nothing Can Stop Us Now, Screams Like A Little Girl, Spell My Name With A The, Trademark Favourite Food, The Unfavourite, Well Done Son Guy, Who Names Their Kid Dude Manchild and Corrupt Corporate Executive.
HISTORY
“A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean”
The Once-ler (yes that is his actual name) grew up with his very Southern family in...wherever the hell the Doctor Seuss world is located. He was always berated by his mother, told he would never amount to anything. An inventor, he came up with the idea of something revolutionary. A Thneed. He just needed to find the right material to create it with, so he set off to find it.
What he found was the Truffula Valley, a place he himself calls 'Paradise', a beautiful valley filled with Brown Bar-ba-loots, Swomee Swans, Hummingfish and the beautiful Truffula trees. 'Their touch was softer than silk, and they had the sweet smell of butterfly milk'. Deciding the tufts of the trees would be the perfect material to create his Thneed, he set about chopping one down. In doing so, he summoned the guardian spirit of the forest, the Lorax.
The Lorax, speaking for the trees and the creatures who depended on them, tried his hardest to get rid of the Once-ler, afraid of what he might do to the valley. After a botched attempt to 'sail him peacefully down the river', which ended in a near miss of a watery death, the Once-ler swore he would not chop down another tree. He remained living happily in the valley with the Lorax and the forest creatures, going into the town daily to try to sell his Thneed, and failing each time. It was only when he gave up hope, throwing the thing away in despair that the townspeople realised what a marvel it was, and clamoured for one of their own.
Realising he needed help to run his new business, the Once-ler called in his family. This turned out to be a terrible idea. His method of harvesting only the tufts of the Truffulas to make his Thneeds proved to be too slow to meet demand. With the encouragement of his mother, the Once-ler decided to start chopping down the trees again, and thus started his own downward spiral.
Blinded by greed, he tore the valley apart, his factory and power growing with his wealth, ignoring the Loax's pleas at every turn. He took over the local town, recreating it as 'Thneedville'. He chose to not pay attention to the devastation of the valley around him, how his Smogulous Smoke and Schloppity-Schlopp (pollutive by-products of his factory) were destroying the environments of the Swomee Swans and Hummingfish respectively, while the Brown Bar-ba-loots were driven to starvation, unable to get the fruit from the trees he was destroying.
The Lorax confronted the Once-ler for a final time about his actions, and the Once-ler reacted with anger, telling the Lorax he would continue to chop down the Truffulas to make more Thneeds, and nothing would stop him. At those words, the very last Truffula tree in the valley was chopped down, the Lorax quietly adding 'that may stop you'. His eyes finally opened, the Once-ler was horrified by the destruction he had caused to the valley, but it was too late. Facing bankruptcy, his family abandoned him. Hoping they could find a new ecosystem somewhere else, the Lorax sent the forest creatures away, before lifting himself up into the sky, leaving the Once-ler alone with his guilt. The Lorax also left one word, etched into a stone: 'Unless'. The Once-ler, horrified by his own actions, cut himself away from everyone, and it's at this point he is brought into Paradisa.
PERSONALITY
“Happy yet? Did you fill that hole deep down inside you, or do you still need more?”
To understand the Once-ler's personality, first you have to understand his childhood. He was never offered love or encouragement, and was thus instilled a deep need to prove himself. Especially to his hateful mother. He uses sarcasm as a barrier to protect himself from people, and as such takes a while to open up to others, to show them the optimistic, friendly guy underneath. All he really wants is to have friends, and be loved for who he is. Unfortunately he struggles to get this.
He's a brilliant inventor, being able to creating something that can quite literally be anything. Once he's got something in his head, it's very hard to derail him, which unfortunately can lead to very bad things happening (such as the destruction of an ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM). He's very quick on the defensive, again, wanting friends but unwilling to completely open himself up to getting hurt.
He tends not to think about the consequences of any of his actions, and as such tends to say whatever is on his mind out loud, regardless of the chances of it hurting whoever his remarks are aimed at. He doesn't do this to be especially malicious, he just simply doesn't think before doing something.
As of recent events, he has pulled himself even more away from people. He is deeply remorseful for his actions, and is haunted by the fact he could have stopped what happened to the valley at any time. As a result, he doesn't feel he deserves to be around people any more, and should stay away from them, lest he corrupts something or someone again. This doesn't work so good when he's still desperately lonely and only wants a friend. He's not going to be winning any hermit awards any time soon.
Name: The Once-ler
Sex: Male
Age: Approx 26 (27 in Paradisa)
Species: Human
Appearance: Black hair, blue eyes. About 6'7. Yeah he's TALL
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Handwriting: Here
Voice: Here | Singing Voice
Hobbies & Interests: Cooking. Knitting. He can play guitar and tends to make up his own songs. And of course, he is a very talented inventor.
Other info: He is a very, very, VERY heavy sleeper. Seriously, he slept through his bed being stolen from his cottage and getting put into a river.
Room: 1620 - The Impetus Tower
Previous Residence: Truffula Valley, Seussland.
Room Appearance: It has a general living space with a bed, and three separate rooms: a kitchen, a bathroom and a workshop. Everything in it is very sparse, no carpets, and just bare stone walls. He has also boarded up the windows (all bar one, which his cactus sits in front of), so very little light comes in. The door leading from the tower to his room is booby-trapped with a sandbag and a giant boot, triggered when you stand on the welcome mat in front of the door. Visuals: Here and Here Floorplan
Canon: The Lorax (2012 Movie version)
Canon Point: Shortly after the Lorax leaves him in the destroyed valley.
Arrival Date: April 18th 2012
Loss:The word 'Unless' appears in the background wherever he goes, and multiplies for however long he's in the area.
Tropes: Abusive Parents, Affably Evil, Anti Villain, Deadpan Snarker, Evil Makeover, Freudian Excuse, Heel Realization, Humans Are Bastards, Knight Templar, My God What Have I Done, Nothing Can Stop Us Now, Screams Like A Little Girl, Spell My Name With A The, Trademark Favourite Food, The Unfavourite, Well Done Son Guy, Who Names Their Kid Dude Manchild and Corrupt Corporate Executive.
HISTORY
The Once-ler (yes that is his actual name) grew up with his very Southern family in...wherever the hell the Doctor Seuss world is located. He was always berated by his mother, told he would never amount to anything. An inventor, he came up with the idea of something revolutionary. A Thneed. He just needed to find the right material to create it with, so he set off to find it.
What he found was the Truffula Valley, a place he himself calls 'Paradise', a beautiful valley filled with Brown Bar-ba-loots, Swomee Swans, Hummingfish and the beautiful Truffula trees. 'Their touch was softer than silk, and they had the sweet smell of butterfly milk'. Deciding the tufts of the trees would be the perfect material to create his Thneed, he set about chopping one down. In doing so, he summoned the guardian spirit of the forest, the Lorax.
The Lorax, speaking for the trees and the creatures who depended on them, tried his hardest to get rid of the Once-ler, afraid of what he might do to the valley. After a botched attempt to 'sail him peacefully down the river', which ended in a near miss of a watery death, the Once-ler swore he would not chop down another tree. He remained living happily in the valley with the Lorax and the forest creatures, going into the town daily to try to sell his Thneed, and failing each time. It was only when he gave up hope, throwing the thing away in despair that the townspeople realised what a marvel it was, and clamoured for one of their own.
Realising he needed help to run his new business, the Once-ler called in his family. This turned out to be a terrible idea. His method of harvesting only the tufts of the Truffulas to make his Thneeds proved to be too slow to meet demand. With the encouragement of his mother, the Once-ler decided to start chopping down the trees again, and thus started his own downward spiral.
Blinded by greed, he tore the valley apart, his factory and power growing with his wealth, ignoring the Loax's pleas at every turn. He took over the local town, recreating it as 'Thneedville'. He chose to not pay attention to the devastation of the valley around him, how his Smogulous Smoke and Schloppity-Schlopp (pollutive by-products of his factory) were destroying the environments of the Swomee Swans and Hummingfish respectively, while the Brown Bar-ba-loots were driven to starvation, unable to get the fruit from the trees he was destroying.
The Lorax confronted the Once-ler for a final time about his actions, and the Once-ler reacted with anger, telling the Lorax he would continue to chop down the Truffulas to make more Thneeds, and nothing would stop him. At those words, the very last Truffula tree in the valley was chopped down, the Lorax quietly adding 'that may stop you'. His eyes finally opened, the Once-ler was horrified by the destruction he had caused to the valley, but it was too late. Facing bankruptcy, his family abandoned him. Hoping they could find a new ecosystem somewhere else, the Lorax sent the forest creatures away, before lifting himself up into the sky, leaving the Once-ler alone with his guilt. The Lorax also left one word, etched into a stone: 'Unless'. The Once-ler, horrified by his own actions, cut himself away from everyone, and it's at this point he is brought into Paradisa.
PERSONALITY
To understand the Once-ler's personality, first you have to understand his childhood. He was never offered love or encouragement, and was thus instilled a deep need to prove himself. Especially to his hateful mother. He uses sarcasm as a barrier to protect himself from people, and as such takes a while to open up to others, to show them the optimistic, friendly guy underneath. All he really wants is to have friends, and be loved for who he is. Unfortunately he struggles to get this.
He's a brilliant inventor, being able to creating something that can quite literally be anything. Once he's got something in his head, it's very hard to derail him, which unfortunately can lead to very bad things happening (such as the destruction of an ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM). He's very quick on the defensive, again, wanting friends but unwilling to completely open himself up to getting hurt.
He tends not to think about the consequences of any of his actions, and as such tends to say whatever is on his mind out loud, regardless of the chances of it hurting whoever his remarks are aimed at. He doesn't do this to be especially malicious, he just simply doesn't think before doing something.
As of recent events, he has pulled himself even more away from people. He is deeply remorseful for his actions, and is haunted by the fact he could have stopped what happened to the valley at any time. As a result, he doesn't feel he deserves to be around people any more, and should stay away from them, lest he corrupts something or someone again. This doesn't work so good when he's still desperately lonely and only wants a friend. He's not going to be winning any hermit awards any time soon.
Money to be Made - Once-ler FST
1. Viva La Vida – Coldplay
2. Oh Industry – Bette Midler
3. Shake it Out – Florence and the Machine
4. Big Yellow Taxi – Counting Crows
5. Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons
6. Money to be Made – The Hoosiers
7. Fallen – Sarah McLachlan
8. Secrets – One Republic
9. When You Were Young – Del Amitri
10. Rubik’s Cube – Athlete
11. Plant Life – Owl City
12. Oh No! – Marina and the Diamonds
13. Handlebars – Flobots
14. Letter From The Lost Days – Mary McGlyn
15. Plastic Soul – The World Fair
16. Behind Blue Eyes – The Who
17. Echo – Jason Walker
18. Proud Of Your Boy – Alan Menken
19. Haunted – Poe
20. Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been – Relient K
21. Alibis – Marians Trench
22. Monster You Made- Pop Evil
23. Whoops! – Blues Traveler
BONUS: The Lorax Song – Eddie Korbich
EXTRAS
Hope You Found It Now- Jason Walker
And what was it inside you that love never satisfied?
The thin thread that held you, how did it come untied?
The grace you only ran from, the bridges that you burned
The peace of mind you learned to live without
Read All About It Prt3 - Emeli Sande
You've got the words to change a nation
But you're biting your tongue
You've spent a lifetime stuck in silence
Afraid you'll say something wrong
If no one ever hears it how we gonna learn your song?
01. Viva La Vida – Coldplay
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
02. Oh Industry – Bette Midler
Soon the cruel rains will start.
Is it true we must part company?
Oh industry, whatever will become of me?
What have I ever done?
Where did I go wrong?
03. Shake it Out – Florence and the Machine
And I've been a fool and I've been blind
I can never leave the past behind
I can see no way, I can see no way
I'm always dragging that horse around
04. Big Yellow Taxi – Counting Crows
They took all the trees, and put ‘em in a tree museum
And they charged the people a dollar and a half to see them
No, no, no, don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot
05. Little Lion Man – Mumford and Sons
Tremble little lion man,
You'll never settle any of your scores
Your grace is wasted in your face
Your boldness stands alone among the wreck
Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck
06. Money to be Made – The Hoosiers
Put up your barricades
There's money to be made
Continue your charade
Money to be made
07. Fallen – Sarah McLachlan
Truth be told I've tried my best
But somewhere along the way
I got caught up in all there was to offer
And the cost was so much more than I could bear
08. Secrets – One Republic
Oh, got no reason, got no shame
Got no family I can blame
Just don't let me disappear
I'ma tell you everything
09. When You Were Young – Del Amitri
So look into the mirror do you recognise someone
Is it who you always hoped you would become
When you were young
The disappointment of success
Hangs from your shoulders like a hand-me down dress
10. Rubik’s Cube – Athlete
I'm like a kid who just won't let it go
Twisting and turning the colours in rows
I'm so intent to find out what it is
This is my rubik's cube
I know I can figure it out
11. Plant Life – Owl City
I've been longing for
Daisies to push through the floor
And I wish that plant life would grow all around me
So I won't feel dead anymore
12. Oh No! – Marina and the Diamonds
One track mind, one track heart
If I fail, I'll fall apart
Maybe it is all a test
Cause I feel like I'm the worst
So I always act like I'm the best
13. Handlebars – Flobots
I can make computers survive aquatic conditions
I know how to run a business
And I can make you wanna buy a product
Movers shakers and producers
14. Letter From The Lost Days – Mary McGlyn
Hey there to my future self
If you forget how to smile
I have this to tell you
Remember it once in a while
15. Plastic Soul – The World Fair
You’re getting big
You’re wanting more
You’re hiding behind your plastic soul
Screaming out loud
Give me it now
16. Behind Blue Eyes – The Who
No one knows what it's like
To be hated, to be fated
To telling only lies
But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be
17. Echo – Jason Walker
Listen, listen
I would take a whisper if that's all you had to give
But it isn't, isn't
You could come and save me
And try to chase the crazy right out of my head
18. Proud Of Your Boy – Alan Menken
You'll see, Ma, now comes the better part
Someone's gonna make good
Cross his stupid heart
Make good and finally make you
Proud of your boy
19. Haunted – Poe
Please, I know it's hard to believe
To see a perfect forest
Through so many splintered trees
You and me
And these shadows keep on changing
20. Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been – Relient K
See that line. Well I never should have crossed it
Stop right there. Well I never should have said that
It's the very moment that
I wish that I could take back
21. Alibis – Marians Trench
This is not the man I hoped to be
And I'm just trying to stop the bleeding
I don't know how to word it
I just started to deserve it
And all my, all my faces are alibis
And me, I'm half the man I wanted to be
22. Monster You Made - Pop Evil
I'm better alone now
See I'm torn from my mistakes
And I stop believing that I could ever make things change
How much can I take
23. Whoops! – Blues Traveler
They say this land won't go to waste
But you gotta wonder how
You know we're chopping down the air we breathe
As fodder for the cow
BONUS: The Lorax Song – Eddie Korbich
It’s a Truffula seed, the last one of all
The last one to grow from the last tree to fall
Go home, plant the seed, treat it with care
Give it fresh water and feed it fresh air
Grow a forest, protect it for as long as it stands
No matter how small you are now
The future’s in your hands