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fatoomie2801 · 15 days ago

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i finally named him omg

manolan / mono everyone 😃

he's an oc that i've slowly been creating since last month but i couldn't let myself fully lore build because mayblade was happening and i knew i'd get carried away if i let myself

made a rough sketch back in may cause i wanted to quickly design him while i was still on the 'making an oc' high and it's nice to have finally drawn it out

quick info dump on whatever it is i have so far

just read over my notes he's supposed to have his hair in a bun most of the time oops maybe i'll draw that next time

he's on the older side of the mfb cast, around the same age as characters like tsubasa / ryuga / aguma / da xiang

i know the characters don't have official ages but i like to think these lot are the eldest out of the bunch so that's where he fits in

planning on giving him a lyre bey (the harp because he loves music) but i haven't figured out the specifics just yet

he's supposed to be almost the complete opposite of kiara. he's not this loud lively energetic character like she is and he doesn't possess the same drive or motivation or determination she does

he's the kind of character that doesn't find meaning or purpose in life until he rediscovers beyblade. nothing worth living for. idk i just wanted to create a character like that :)

NOW HIS NAME omg this is my favourite part about him

i was thinking about what to name him and i couldn't really think of anything so i did what any typical person does when they're making ocs and i searched up names on the internet

as i was scrolling i was seeing a bunch of different names all with origins from different languages and then i thought to myself why don't i incorporate my OWN language (somali 🇸🇴) and BOOM we got his name

the name manolan is a simplified version of the phrase [macno la'aan] which in somali means [meaningless / pointless] which is very fitting for the mindset he has

after that, i was wondering what it would look like to people who saw it for the first time / how they would pronounce it. ma-no-lan or ma-know-lan. and then it hit me. pronouncing it like ma-know-lan sounds almost EXACTLY like ANOTHER somali phrase [ma noola] meaning [is not alive] which is ALSO VERY FITTING??? for a character that feels like they're just existing and going through the motions rather than actually living, it's PERFECT

it shocked me actually to realise this which means his name has a double meaning and i LOVE THAT I UNKNOWINGLY DID THAT

haven't decided on pronunciation yet. i want it to be ma-no-lan but i myself sometimes keep reading it as ma-know-lan im gonna cry 😭😭😭

but yes, ma-no-lan because the name originally is supposed to mean 'meaningless'

i also love giving characters surnames but he will go without one because he runs away from his family and decides not to keep the name (and also because i can't think of a name and i don't want to LMAO)

as for the name mono, i was messing around with nicknames. it originally was meant to be mano which in somali would mean [macno / meaning] but considering the way i want him to look and sound, mono seemed more fitting

he's not very expressive (monotone) and he only ever really wears black or just a singular colour (monochrome) and mono can be used in music too so i thought why not it's very fitting idk lmao

also mono is a prefix meaning one / sole / single and beyblade becomes his sole purpose after he rediscovers it so i thought that was fitting too

i like getting all creative and meaningful with character names like this and i think this is in fact my favourite one ever i'm never shutting up about mono yall

even nolan as a nickname works since the [ma] in [ma noola] means [not] in the somali phrase for [not alive] so removing it makes it mean [alive] which is very much how he feels when he gets back into beyblade

but i don't want anyone calling him that if y'all call him nolan for short you have it coming 🫵🏾

as for any more lore and character interactions, the only thing i want right now is for him to be friends with hyoma and eventually move to koma village so he can have a life of peace i never give any of my characters peaceful backstories HAHA

i think i also want him to be quite close with tsubasa and almost grow up together

i haven't really created much of tsubasa's backstory between the house fire and the point in which the anime starts so i thought it would be interesting to start working on that and tie manolan in there somewhere and also because i want manolan and kiara interaction though it wouldn't be anything crazy

i think manolan would actually find it very draining to be around her because she's so energetic but then also he'd see her like an annoying little sister

and so for this same reason it makes sense why he and tsubasa or even hyoma would get along so well since they aren't nearly as energetic as kiara is

reading over my notes on mono and i've written that i want his love for beyblade to stem from a rediscovery rather than actually discovering it for the first time

i wanted him to be the kind of kid whose parents had high expectations of him and sort of shoved beyblade down his throat despite him not wanting to be a blader, and them only placing value on how well he does so very much a conditional love situation

the more he is forced to take part in it, the more he hates it because it's not what he wants, and he gets into arguments with his mother over it (yes his mother specifically idk what to do about his dad yet maybe i'll make him a deadbeat who knows)

he ends up running away from home because his parents make him feel like he has no value outside of beyblade (haven't really thought of why they care about beyblade so much i just need him to have a sad backstory and a reason to leave so he can meet tsubasa) and he ends up at the children's home where tsubasa is growing up after losing his entire family

the children's home look for and find manolan's parents despite him refusing to go back home but he ends up staying there because the his parents decide they don't want him anymore because he's of no value to them (still need to come up with a reason for why they care so damn much)

anyways tsubasa is a lot more outgoing as a kid than he is when he's older so it'll be interesting to see how i end up creating their interactions but i think i want manolan to be an angry kid for a bit before he becomes entirely numb to emotion

i think i also wanted tsubasa to be that kid that would take manolans hand and drag him outside to go and play and he'd honestly try anything to cheer him up or even get him to crack a smile

and eventually he does and tsubasa's eyes light up

tsubasa eventually becomes the first person to evoke emotion in manolan after a long while so they end up becoming lifelong besties

maybe tsubasa should be the one to give him the nickname mono and then he just runs with that idk

also maybe i want them to have a few falling outs where tsubasa tries to get manolan into beyblade and he completely refuses to take part and tsubasa gets upset about it because he just wants to battle with his friend and his friend is over here being mean (this is probably where the angry kid part comes in. maybe the only time manolan ever shows emotion before becoming super close with tsubasa is anger at the mention of beyblade)

anyways time skip to when he's way older, i want him to rediscover it, maybe through watching gingka or something since he tends to be a very inspirational character in that way or maybe even through someone like yu who has fun when battling and doesn't care whether he wins or loses as long as he gets to have fun battles with strong opponents

or maybe he watches tsubasa battle and wants to battle with him for his sake. or maybe he sees how hard kiara tried to get stronger to find tsubasa and it resonates with him or something and he realises there's more to beyblade than just winning

he almost has to rewire his brain and relearn beyblade and sees it from a new perspective and sort of falls in love with it and so after a life of not really having anything he was passionate about, he starts battling and realises that it's so much fun without the pressure of having to be the best at it and without eyes staring into the back of his head expecting him to win

i think i want him to lose in his very first battle. after the loss, all those emotions from his childhood that he used to feel when he lost come rushing to the surface and he immediately decides he's going to quit but then tsubasa (who in his eyes is a really powerful blader) tells him he did well and he just kind of freezes because that's not the reaction he was expecting

but he almost doesn't believe it because that's his best friend and his best friend is always just going to say something supportive so he brushes it off and goes to leave before someone else says the same thing and he stops in his tracks

and there isn't a single person treating him like he isn't worthy of love for losing a battle and in fact they all decide they wanna battle him too and he is just so stunned because this is the furthest thing from what he's used to

i guess it's sort of like a windbreaker sakura situation with how new all these positive and warm reactions to his loss are

despite having left his home and his family all those years ago, he's still associating his worth with winning and he's working on slowly trying to unlearn that. he's surrounded by people who are very supportive and it's all just so new to him because why would they tell him he was strong when he lost? why would they praise him for doing well when he failed to win? why does everyone want to battle him so badly when he couldn't even win his first battle?

and it's not like he's new to beyblade. he used to be good at it before (because he HAD to be) so the loss is actually his first loss in a VERY long time and he's frustrated with himself for losing because he knows that 6 / 7 year old him wouldn't have lost like that. but despite that, everyone wants a turn to battle him and it really throws him off but it evokes emotion in him again (which is something he rarely feels)

i want him to be the kind of character that rarely smiles and when he does it's a gentle soft subtle kind of smile

and maybe the first time he laughs everyone's like omg wait he can do that?

going back to him and blading, i want his motivation and determination to waver quite a lot. progress isn't linear and not every character has to be this strong-willed fighter. it's okay to feel like giving up sometimes except it's quite often for him

maybe this is the point where he has his koma village retreat, to learn about the origin of beyblade and see it from a different perspective, basically like taking baby steps and starting from the very beginning

and this is where he can form a bond with hyoma and fall in love with koma village

the more he overcomes his fears and feelings of unworthiness, and the more progress he makes in blading, the more put together he looks

he's supposed to have this slightly dishevelled look, messy hair, dark circles, not really caring about how he appears to others, wearing dark colours and just throwing his hair in a bun most of the time

but the more fun he finds when battling, the more organised he looks

maybe he should also be the kind of character that shows an insane amount of emotion when battling and then when the battle's over he's back to having that expressionless look

maybe for someone like mono, battling can be like listening to music in stereo, more fun and exciting, and maybe he can even fall in love with the sounds of the beys clashing, the audience cheering, the sound of his heart beating in his chest, the laughter from his opponent as they have fun when they battle, the sound of blader dj's voice echoing throughout the stadium

maybe the only time he ever takes off his headphones is when he battles so he can take in every single sound that comes with battling

MAYBE he had never even noticed those sounds before because as a kid all he could hear was the sound of his mother telling him to win, and he realises he missed out on all these interesting unique sounds that he loves so much because he couldn't truly hear them before

maybe he'll be similar to jack in the way that he wants to make art out of battle but in the form of sound rather than a visual piece and definitely nowhere near as crazy (or maybe i could make him crazy but ONLY in battle idk i haven't decided on that part yet)

my notes say he has a metal masters debut in the story but i've just been working on backstory and relations with characters for the time being so i haven't figured out how he ties into the story or anything like that but i'll post about it as i work on it!!

anyways that's all for now!! mono dump was in fact NOT quick but i love this character so much already omg i can't wait to keep working on him

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