Maui
Nov 28, 2016 23:21:27 GMT -5
Post by Maui on Nov 28, 2016 23:21:27 GMT -5
MAUI would like to become part of the magic!
Who am I? Just a conscience!
Who am I? Just a conscience!
Introduce yourself
Hey, howdy, hey! The name's SAGE, and I wished upon a star from my memory. My other imaginary friends include Rapunzel and friends. MAUI and I are so very eager to join the Worlds of Disney circle of life!
I'm wishing, I'm wishing
Character basics
Character name: Maui
Age: Over a thousand, it’s not important
Species: demigod
Birthplace: the islands that would later become known as New Zealand
Movie: Moana
Custom title: shapeshifter, demigod of the wind and sea, hero of men and women
Why: He’s such a good guy on the inside, which appeals to me, but he’s been hurt, and he pretends to be made of sterner stuff than he is. Plus, shapeshifting. Need I go on?
Who's the fairest of them all?
Character appearance (try to get at least 2 or 3 sentences for each section)
Hair description: Bushy. Thick. Curly. Maui’s hair is all of the above. His dark curls are unruly, but they stay out of his face without much effort. His hair goes just past his shoulders.
Facial description/mood/expressions: Maui’s face is fairly expressive, and usually set with a mischievous grin. His wide nose sits under his relatively small eyes, in the center of his round face.
Clothing style: Maui wears a leaf skirt held up by rope. Most of the leaves are green, though there are a few purple and red leaves in the mix. He also wears a rope necklace with various teeth adorning the rope.
Body build: Maui is buff. His skin is dark, with darker tattoos covering his entire body. He’s almost stocky, but he’s tall enough that a better word to describe him is simply: big.
Any unique traits (optional): His body is covered in tattoos depicting his accomplishments (and failures). While all can move, the only one that frequently does so is a miniature Maui who acts as the demigod’s conscience.
Curiouser and curiouser about..
Original character analysis (In your own words and please be thorough)
Personality: Maui is very brave—when it suits him to be so. His bravery often hides his insecurity, which stems from a desire to be appreciated. However, he has no hesitation in explaining reasons why he should be appreciated. It’s when someone looks past everything he does and still finds him lacking that his insecurity bursts forth. But he hides that flaw well, by boasting of his many accomplishments.
History: Shortly after Maui was born, his parents cast him into the ocean, for reasons unknown to Maui. The Ocean decided to raise him up, and the gods took him in, giving him super strength, immortality, and his magical fishhook—upon his adulthood. And upon receiving those gifts, he set out to benefit the humans in every way he could think of, from providing homes by raising islands from the sea to holding back the sun so the days were longer. He stole fire from Mafui'e, gave them food, grass, wind, the tides. He defeated Tamatoa, breaking off one of the monstrous crab's legs and banishing him to Lalotai; the mortals would no longer be terrorized by the crab. It never felt like it was enough. He craved what his parents had denied him: love.
He decided it wasn’t enough, so Maui took it a step further. He made a plan to steal the heart of Te Fiti and deliver it to the humans. The heart would give mortals power over creation, and it was—in Maui’s opinion—the best thing he could possibly give them. But things quickly went wrong for the demigod, and he found himself facing the lava demon Te Kā. He lost the battle, the heart, and his fishhook, and when he regained consciousness, he was stranded on an island.
For a thousand years.
The time passed slowly for Maui. Initially, he took a rock and carved the days as they passed, in fishhook shapes. But after three years of this, he decided to track the months. And then the years. He gave up after 729 years, deciding instead to carve a giant monument to himself in a cave underground. He worked on it for 271 years, making it larger-than-life, agonizing over every detail. Without his fishhook, he couldn’t transform his shape, and his swimming skills were minimal—he tended to sink rather than float.
His opportunity for escape arrived in the form of a young mortal woman, and Maui did everything he could to get off the island with her boat (and her chicken), distracting her by dazzling her with his numerous gifts to mankind. He nearly succeeded, until the girl somehow arrived on the boat after he had sailed away. He tried—multiple times—to throw her from the boat, but the Ocean returned her to the deck each time. Moana insisted he help her return the heart of Te Fiti to its rightful place. But Maui was convinced the heart was cursed; after all, after he stole it, he lost his hook.
As if in response to this, the Kakamora attacked, stealing the chicken and the heart. Maui was a little upset by the loss of the chicken—only a little; while Maui was hungry, the chicken was scrawny—and he gave the heart up for lost. While he made his escape, Moana raced to save Heihei and the heart. To his surprise, she succeeded, and the two managed to get away from the pirates.
Maui convinced Moana that he needed his fishhook in order to get past Te Kā, and he knew where it would be. With a little convincing—with help from the Ocean—Maui agreed to teach Moana how to sail properly—a technique called Wayfinding.
They arrived at Tamatoa’s lair, Maui trying once again to get Moana to give up her quest. She refused, following Maui into Lalotai. Moana found Tamatoa’s lair, and Maui sent her inside as bait while he planned to sneak in and fetch his fishhook. Things didn’t go as planned, though, because upon the retrieval of his hook, Maui found he couldn’t shapeshift properly. Tamatoa nearly killed Maui, and without Moana’s intervention, Maui surely would’ve died.
They escaped again, and Maui accepted Moana’s help in remastering his shapeshifting. He explained part of why he struggled with self-doubt, and Moana offered her view that the gods had seen someone worth saving when his parents didn’t. With that boost of confidence, Maui mastered his shapeshifting, and Moana mastered Wayfinding. Together, they felt ready to face Te Kā.
Once again, their battle took a turn for the worse. Maui told Moana to turn the boat around. He was too weak to face Te Kā. She refused, sailing them closer. Maui blocked a destructive blow from Te Kā, sending himself and Moana a safe distance from the lava demon. His fishhook was one strike away from being destroyed. He refused to return to Te Fiti, and when Moana insisted, Maui left in the guise of a hawk.
He couldn’t leave the girl, though. He hoped she would come to her senses and turn around, but she sailed straight back to Te Kā. He soared above, watching her carefully. Te Kā nearly killed her, and Maui returned. If he couldn’t save this mortal and the heart of Te Fiti, he knew he would never be able to feel the validation he was seeking from the mortals. Maui distracted Te Kā while Moana raced to restore the heart. His fishhook was destroyed, but Maui used his agility and the ocean to continue his battle. Te Kā was furious, and prepared to destroy Maui. Maui accepted his fate—to die protecting Moana, the chosen one. But the fireball never struck him. Te Kā was distracted in turn, but Moana and the heart.
Te Kā met Moana in the middle of the ocean floor. There was nothing Maui could do to protect her, she was too far. Without his fishhook, he would never reach her in time to help. He was shocked when Moana gave the heart to Te Kā. Te Kā turned into Te Fiti.
Ashamed, Maui apologized to the goddess. He admitted his fault, and Maui was overjoyed to receive not only forgiveness, but a restored fishhook. Maui left Moana to return to her people without him. They had a master Wayfinder, and they didn’t need him. But Maui wasn’t abandoning Moana, or the humans in general. He raised an island or two before seeking out Moana. He found her right where he expected to: leading her people on a voyage to a new island.
Ambitions: With his fishhook back in his possession, and the heart of Te Fiti restored, Maui’s ambitions have been fulfilled. He hopes at this point to keep his fishhook intact. Seeing Moana and her people return to Voyaging, and providing islands for them to live on is his only goal, and one that will last for centuries—he hopes.
Strengths & abilities: shapeshifting, super strength,
Flaws: conceited, unable to shapeshift without his fishhook,
Likes: chicken, sailing, Moana, praise, boasting, his fishhook, helping humans, his tattoos,
Dislikes: losing his fishhook, Mini-Maui’s nagging, Tamatoa, the Kakamora, his ear being pulled on,
Fears: his fishhook being destroyed, losing his reputation among mortals,
Anything to add?:
Maui's tattoos:
On his left shoulder is a coconut tree, with his left arm bearing his defeats of Walu and a giant eel. His chest has a mini-Maui holding up the sky and another using his fishhook on the sun. Above his heart, another tattoo shows Moana sailing on her canoe. His stomach shows Maui stealing fire from Mafui'e. On his right shoulder, Maui is shown inside a hawk, to show his shapeshifting ability. His right arm has a tattoo of Maui harnessing the wind and another of him pulling up islands with his fishhook. On Maui's back, one image shows Maui's abandonment by his parents as an infant, another is Maui defeating Tamatoa, while a third has Maui falling after the battle with Te Kā. Between the latter two is a simple image of Maui receiving his fishhook. A crowd of mortals fills Maui's back. His left side features his defeat of a giant octopus, while his right shows him facing off against a bird. Various designs fill the empty gaps between his tattoos.
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