Re-introducing an OC because I'm not thinking things through
Changing the 'shroom's name, timeline, origins, connections and interests because some lore points were not convinient to keep as they were
Jī Tuǐgū - a Shaggy Ink Cap yao from Megapolis
About 100 years old physically and equivalent of human 25 y.o.
Any pronouns
Environmental engineer
Current voice claim: something similar to Jimmy Somerville’s high voice ( example )
Appearance
150cm, slim, pale, androgynous, messy shaggy hair. Always has a headband to pull their bangs back and shoes with thick soles or platforms to separate them from the ground. Prefers using outfits with black-and-white base and colour accents
Backstory
For centuries Tuigu was just a mycelium of Shaggy Ink Cap mushrooms that liked to listen to the city's citizens and learn from their experiences. Somewhere a century ago, the local mushrooms started to feel too sentient for the folk’s taste and became an urban legend about the suspicious spying ‘srooms. After a while people learned that’s not a part of a malicious scheme but a curious yao kid. The young yao spawned in the city and learned from private lectures it spied how to grow and dissolve its ‘shrooms fast and transform into a human child. In the end it was adopted into a family of chicken yaoguai as the youngest kid
Personality
They lament the fact they need to restore Megapolis’ green areas over and over again because of all those attacks. She is a chill-looking extrovert, likes outdoor activities, likes going into abandoned-looking places and talking about Megapolis’ modern lore. He tends to be too noisy and a know-it-all for their own good, but if they need to get out of trouble, they can dissolve into the ground and reappear somewhere else
Abilities
Transformation - can transform into human, chicken and maybe some other beings. As how JTTW Zhu Bajie has trouble transforming into something gentle and elegant, Tuigu can’t transform into something more threatening that an average human
Mushroom growth - can grow mycelium and fruiting bodies
Basidiocarp spying - can hear and sense things through its fruiting bodies
Dissolving - can dissolve its mushroom system and her main body into a cluster of slimy goo (just as Shaggy Ink Cap dissolves its cap into a slimy mess). He can move through the ground in this form. Can’t remain gooey for a long time or else it’s going to be overwhelmed
Advanced sense of chemistry - they’re just naturally more sensitive to the difference in chemical substance of objects and environment
Plant reading - understands hormonal plant signals to some extends
Bad sense of dao and magic - he did learned stuff but of boy their knowledge is lacking
Do I have plans for Tuigu? Not really except for @/lmk-oc-competition in August
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Character Analysis - SMG4
Hello, my fellow SMG4 fans. This is the first character analysis I'm doing. Today, I'm gonna share my thoughts about the Meme Man himself, SMG4. 😊
SMG4 is a Meme Guardian who came from a USB flash drive that crashed into the Mushroom Kingdom. There, he had no idea where he was and what he was supposed to do. He used to be bitter enemies with SMG3, but over the course of the entire SMG4 series, the two of them seem to get along just fine with each other. So with that out of the way, let's begin the Character Analysis. 😊
SMG4 is the main protagonist of the series, as well as being the leader of the SMG4 Crew, and one of the four characters to have two new designs, with the others being SMG3, Boopkins and Meggy. He, along with Three, used to be Mario recolour. But after the events of The Lawsuit Arc, had a complete design overhaul to better match the merchandise of the entire SMG4 series.
SMG4 is a fair skinned individual who wears white overalls, brown shoes, a blue long sleeved shirt, a blue hat with his custom emblem and white gloves. He sports black hair and blue eyes to look sort of like his poster design.
In WOTFI 2023, SMG4 wore a spy outfit that consisted of a blue sleeveless jacket, a white long sleeved shirt, a blue bowtie, black pants and dark grey shoes. He also wore light grey gloves, had no hat and wore a Rizz Watch, which remained in the Neutral Zone for most of the special.
Throughout the course of the entire series, including the Showgrounds Saga, SMG4 has played the role of The Straight Man. He may seem like a relaxed guy at first, but sometimes he gets a bit ticked off whenever Mario sometimes got on his nerves.
An example was shown in the first video after WOTFI 2022 - Mario Screws in a Lightbulb. Here, we see Four getting mad because Mario wasn't keeping the ladder still. This is after SMG4 was redesigned into a "CocoMelon Looking Ass Design", as put best by SMG3.
The Perfect Video
Starting with "SMG4, Are You OK?", it was just a normal video, until SMG3 got popular because of his stream reaching a tonne of views. Here, Four was determined to beat Three. After the course of that video, Three's advice of "Quantity Over Quality" made Four go into a Sanity Slippage, where the Meme Man was trying to work on his "perfect video".
In "Mario Goes to Ohio", we see SMG4, still looking pretty normal, popping out of hi sroom when Mario tells him that they're going to Texas. SMG4, however, says that he can't go, as he's working on a special video. Mario, angry at this, says that making videos has never stopped the Meme Guardian. However, SMG4 says "Not this one. This one's gonna be different..." in a creepy tone, which means his sanity is slowly slipping away from him.
In "Mario Steals the Constitution", SMG4 is still in his room, looking rather ragged, still working on the video. He mutters a phrase that's familiar to all of us; "It's gonna be perfect. It's gonna be perfect. It's gonna be perfect". That line alone scares the audience as we become worried about him.
Then, we go to the "Mar10 Day" episode, and that's when shit really hits the fan. 😟
After Meggy knocks Wario into the WiFi router, the Internet gtts disconnected. And THAT is the final straw for SMG4. He bursts out of his room, screaming the line "SHUT UP!!! CAN YOU ALL SHUT UP?!?! LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!!!". As Wario looks up at him, Mario is just happy that Four finally came out of his room.
SMG4 then causes chaos at the party, highly frustrated at the others for causing so much noise. He screams at them to "GET OUT!!!!!" and shouts the mantra that everyone had dreaded since "Mario Steals the Constitution". The guests all leave in a panicked state, as SMG3 points out that everyone just wanted to celebrate Mario's special day, only for SMG4 to snap back and shout "NONE OF YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORK I DO!!!". He then reconnected the WiFi router and tells everyone to leave him alone.
Mario: But, SMG4... The main event -
SMG4: JUST LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!!! 😡
Man, that cut us deep in the feels there.
During the announcement trailer for the IGBP movie, we see SMG4 looking more insane than ever. It felt like he was being controlled by a strange entity. Also note that he has a complete redesign overhaul here. The animation in this part was more fluid and smooth compared to the GMOD animation used beforehand.
The "It's Gotta Be Perfect" movie explains everything. It shows us that SMG4 was corrupted by a Demon-like keyboard that controlled him and forced him to finish his perfect video. By the end of the movie Four gets free from the keyboard's powers and escapes unharmed, along with SMG3.
After the events of the movie, which resulted in Peach's castle being permanently destroyed, SMG4 decided to make it up to everyone by building a new castle, which looks amazing by the way.
In War of the Fat Italians 2023, we see SMG4 and SMG3 working together as a team to get the Sussy Notebook back from Mario and Marty. It was successful and the ending was wholesome as heck.
And that's my character analysis. It's a bit of a long post, but you get the idea.
Character Analysis on SMG3 coming up next. 😊
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