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 Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:28 pm
Introduction
There is...a method to my madness and it begins here! Well, folks, this is my quest for the spirit of a luchador, and if you don't know what that is WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU?! you're about to find out. <3
Why a luchador? Ho-lee crapola. For the longest time I've been a raging fan of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) and no one would ever know that...
...well, until I open my big, fat yapper. After a two year hiatus from watching it (precisely after Kane took his mask off for you closet fans out there) I picked it up again after I had heard Eddie Guerrero passed away. Through him (whom I loved, bless his heart) I (re?)discovered Rey Mysterio.
Don't even get me started. The mask, people! The mask. Love at first effin' sight - I've loved luchadors ever since.
Lucha libre is a wrestling style that originated in Mexico back in the day. Common place were colorful masks and outfits, as well as amazing aerial moves and pure wrestling prowess. In short, they're amazing.
Whether it's El Santo, Blue Demon, Místico, or Rey, there's a graceful way in the manner they wrestle, superheroes brought to life on the mat. Men of mystery. People may laugh and scoff at wrestling, but I swear to you watching one of the matches - be it máscara versus máscara or just a regular-joe throw down - it will make your jaw drop.
It did mine. <3
.T.O.C.
Intro
Terms to Know
The Child
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The Guardian
Funds
Art
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:39 pm
Terms to Know Lucha Libre A style of wrestling that originated in Mexico in the early 1900s with a basis of locks, holds, and aerial moves over power moves. Popular in Latin countries and it is beginning to make a foothold in North America and nationally.
Luchador A performer of lucha libre.
Máscara The mask - it's just Spanish for mask, y'allies.
Técnico y Rudo A técnico is the 'babyface', or good guy in wrestling. A rudo is the 'heel', or badguy.
Máscara contra Máscara No, it has nothing to do with mascara. This is a match involving two masked wrestlers of whom put their masks on the line. The loser has to take his off and give his real name, ultimately losing his identity as a luchador. Most matches take place at the end of one's career.
Máscara contra Cabellera Mask versus hair - unmasked wrestler wins, masked wrestler takes off his mask. Masked wrestler wins, unmasked wrestler shaves his head.
Cabellera contra Cabellera Hair versus hair. Whoever loses gets their head shaved; only between two unmasked wrestlers.
Note Luchadors never go in public without donning their mask - their mask is their persona, who they are, who they can be. Losing their masks is a terrifying, humiliating ordeal (though many take theirs off with dignity) because when their face is revealed that former luchador persona dies. In truth, it's like losing who you are.
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:42 pm
UNDER CONSTRUCTION AAAAH name Atlas
gender Male
spirit Luchador [técnico]
appearance skintone The color of wet, dusky red clay
hair Hair? None to see!
eyes -- under construction
build Athletic and barrel chested, but somewhat chubby all the same.
distinguishing marks What is more distinguishing than the mask he wears? As he sports the traditional lucha libre máscara, the mask covers the entirety of his face save for his eyes, the tip of his nose, and his mouth (of which the jaw is cut out completely from the mask). The mask is split into three colored bars placed vertically: the one to the left is a green, the middle bar (which happens to be the thickest) is a golden tan hue, and the bar to the right is a bright scarlet. Stamped in the middle of his forehead, just above his brows, is a stylized symbol from the Taíno flag for Baba Guey, the sun deity of Boríken. The same symbol can be found encircling his belly button.
personality Can you say ADHD? Square that, if you may, and you have got all that is Atlas. A little ‘bundle of energy’ doesn’t even begin to describe him; perhaps more suiting is ‘a duffel bag already busted at the seams’? There is not a moment in which Atlas is not moving, whether it’s running amuck whilst tearing things from the walls, or even sitting (which he doesn’t do much of anyway). Life for him is constantly ‘go, go, go!’ and if he’s kept stationary for too long more than likely something (or someone) will break.
This isn’t to say that Atlas is a bad kid, however. One of his many virtues is his helpfulness – he believes it is his duty to assist where his assistance is needed regardless if the person has asked for his help or not. He will work until the job is done, and sometimes even past that – this gives him the air of being a perfectionist, but not to an extremist’s degree.
Because of his ténico, or good guy, nature Atlas also has the biggest, most obnoxious sense of duty and justice this side of Gaia. It is his job to stop the bad guy, his job to save the girl, his job to right wrongs, and his job to stick up for all that is weak and defenseless! Can you see where this can be a problem? Ultimately, Atlas becomes a prideful, suffocating force of nature with no sense to the extent of how damaging and overpowering he can be. But perhaps this is a good thing: it makes it very, VERY hard to hurt his feelings, even if you do try to well, tear him a new one.
Also a result of the aforementioned técnico nature Atlas is very, very forgiving which is a fault as much as it is a virtue. If one so much as shows the barest hints of remorse for a past misgiving, he will at the drop of a hat forgive them. He is gullible, very gullible, and too trusting for his own good.
However, all of his hyperactivity culminates into one thing at the end of every few months: he completely powers down, for a lack of a better phraseology, and knocks out. He will sleep an entire day away, dead as a log to the world, as he catches up on his energy. But watch out! He’ll be back to normal, up and about the next day!
likes yelling, loud noises, applause (directed at him), saving the day, jumping off of furniture, making faces, shadow puppets, being the center of attention, laughter, sunny days, contests, winning said contests, justice, food
dislikes silence, being cooped up inside, being bested, seeing people upset, being lied to
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:45 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:49 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:50 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:54 pm
[The Guardian] Name: Malcolm Edgar de Biron
- Nickname: For the love of God, call me Eddie
Gender: Male
Age: 21
- Race: Human, apparently a son of a Santera [Santeria priestess]
Date of Birth: October 30 [Scorpio]
Occupation: Clerk at a department store; street performer for folkloríca music [;x]
- Height: 5’8”
- Weight: 148 lbs.
Skin: Mahogany
Hair: Black; pulled back into crisscrossing cornrows
Eyes: Light, light brown – almost amber
Likes: Reading, playing the bongos, loitering, doing nothing, smoking, thinking, silence
Dislikes: his father, dreams, being ordered around, having secrets kept from him
Favorite:
Food: Mashed potatoes and scrambled eggs
Color: Navy blue, grey, green
Animal: None. Unless it’s a big dog, preferably bull mastiff/ Great Dane mix, pit bull, or Doberman
Personality by sign: The good: Determined and forceful
Emotional and intuitive
Powerful and passionate
Exciting and magnetic
The Bad: Jealous and resentful
Compulsive and obsessive
Secretive and obstinate
A bit of a magpie, Malcolm keeps a lot of things he finds whether it’s on the street, in a restaurant, whatever. If he likes it, he’ll shove It into his pocket and keep it. (Must be the reason there’s a mounting pile of cigarette butts in his apartment). Of his friends, he’s considered the dealmaker, the peace bringer, and advice giver; despite his current situation and rocky relationship with his father, he is most people’s confidant.
That said, Malcolm also has a bad temper. Once set off he usually gets quiet and sulky, but if push comes to shove and he blows a gasket, someone is going to get torn a new one. He has a tendency of not letting go of grudges for a long time, and even if he does forgive you there will be an underlying resentment.
Theme(s): Anxiety, Black Eyed Peas
Break Stuff, Limp Bizkit
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 3:58 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:01 pm
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:03 pm
surprised Okay, I think this is enough.
YEAAAAAA BOOOOOOOI
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:29 pm
ETHNIC BUDDIES, UNITE! *honks on a horn to call for Rith* oot oot tacos <3
I can tell this is gonna be a good one. XD heart
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 4:35 pm
FORM OF...BURRITO! *fist slam*
<333 I hope so!
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Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:36 pm
.... emo
y'all are bitches ; 3;
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Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:06 pm
*feeds Rith Reassuring Churros of Happy* heart
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:27 pm
Oh my gosh! I think that this concept is adorable. Atalas sounds like such a fun character, and you really seem to know a lot about the topic.
Out of curiousity, you mentioned him "powering down", but what exactly would his abilities be? Wrestling skills? Strength/endurance? Maybe I skimmed the post too fast...
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