Name: Jade
Age: 27
Contact: homopathic
Characters In-game: N/A

Name: Takasugi Shinsuke
Canon: Gintama
Canon Point: 10 years pre-canon, during the (very bloody) Joui Wars. Before, spoiler: Gintoki kills Shouyou.
Age: 17

Description: Green eyes (two!!), short Anime Black™ hair, 5'7", around 130 lbs. He's broad shouldered with slender legs and dresses in mostly dark colors while in his Kiheitai uniform but prefers bright patterns in his kimonos. He's either standing tall and proud or slouching like an utter shit, there is no in between. Like his closest comrades, he's often seen in a hachimaki -- but unlike them, he never wears armor.

Physical changes: I'd like to make this change very gradual and have it affect the eye that he's missing later on in canon. It'll start with blurry or flickery vision and discomfort and work its way up to a demonic appearance. Maybe red sclera or something to that effect? Feels maggots crawling around in it? Bleeding or scale-like hardening? WE'LL JUST HAVE TO FIND OUT.

Powers: None! He's shounen-levels of a baller samurai and definitely stronger than your average guy, but he has no powers or super strength or anything of the sort.

History: Wiki article! If that isn't sufficient, I have something written dealing solely with his part of the canon I can link upon request.

Hell Status: Hell newbie.

What Brings Them To Hell: A love of Yakult, a tendency to hog the only bathroom in the house and read magazines for hours right after dinner, cheating at Uno and Kick The Can, and being an 1860's Emo. If there are any SJWs in Hell, he'd definitely get an 'accepted' stamp on account of his xenophobia. I guess killing a lot of people in a war and generally being a vengeful dickbag help too?

The Pitch: So you're wondering why a guy like Takasugi should be welcome into your little slice of hell? What's in it for you, where's the rub, is there a catch-22? Well, that's irrelevant. He's a tenacious man, fueled by goals, passions, and whims. It doesn't matter if you turn him away; it'll only make busting through those rotten gates that much more satisfying. Loathe to any who think they're better than -- or even equal to -- him, he's a spitshot of dynamite to authority or being told what he can't do, and hell truly hath no fury like his ego challenged.

Glory envy, liquor gluttony, samurai pride, battle lust, and honest-to-God unbridled wrath make an appealing recruit; he's quick to make rivalries, cause fights, get bruises, and... wax poetic about philosophy and myth.

The CR is always the most rewarding, because he can be a wet dream (and/?)or terrible nightmare. He either projects his underdeveloped feelings onto others' lives, gets 'involved' in attempt to fix himself, orrrrr he just plain doesn't care. It's literally hot lava or frozen tundra when it comes to his feelings. However, anything that interests him will be chased down with reckless abandon, often to the destruction of both parties. He bonds through fights, mutual suffering, and shared pain; he wants to dig his fingers into raw meat and see where the hurt is and if it's relatable; he wants everyone to suffer like he does. Apparently some don't find that appealing? Lucky for him, he can put up a good front of being charismatic and interesting juuuust enough to get others to stick around.

At least there are some redeeming qualities to getting close. Once you get past the extreme criticism, he's non-judgmental and will embrace who you really are. Killed hundreds in cold blood? Hey, you had a good reason. Probably. Regularly rob the poor for your own self-gain? Ingrates should learn to protect their belongings better. Want to live where everything is nice, peaceful, and serene? ...well, you probably have a split personality, because that's the only way he got interested in the first place. The point is, he'll see what you really want, encourage goals, and be capable of making you feel like you're truly appreciated.

Especially if you're just as obsessive and controlling as he is.

So why the "not a girl not yet a woman" shtick? When Takasugi's older, it's eeeextremely difficult for him to make meaningful connections; he's too much of a destructive sociopath with goal tunnel-vision and self-flagellating misery. This way, the last inklings of compassion and empathy haven't yet been scalded out, but he still has the complexity of hatred, rage, and petty vengeance mixed with charisma, poetry, and passion given life through war, struggle, and bonds. He stands on a precipice where meaningful CR can push him down one path or another, and isn't the unknown where all the fun comes from?

Personality: He isn't exactly a "minor character", but he is taken from 10 years prior to the canon so I thought in regards to the question I asked on the FAQ, I'd go ahead and include this in the app. Here is his personality!

Setting Fit: Well, how easily does anyone fit into hell, even for someone who knew he was heading there in the first place? Takasugi will be bitter, angry, and above all disappointed in himself -- not because he's here, but because he died. He'll not yet know the truth of what Gintoki did and who his Sensei really is, and therefore he'll take his death as a personal failure. He died before he could save the man he went to war for, and he let his comrades down. That's a big pill to swallow.

But because Takasugi is so emotionally stunted when it comes to actually dealing with things like that, all that disappointment in himself will get repressed and he'll lash out in immature ways: taking things out on his hivemates, being generally moody and unpleasant. He isn't going to make friends very quickly or very easily.

His stubbornness and hatred of authority will have him trying to get away with as much as possible in terms of rebellion. Rejecting jobs unless they truly interest him, ditching punishment sessions to the success of greater torture, being the one to cause as much minor mayhem and petty crime as possible... With enough time and build of confidence, he might even try to find like-minded people and stage an eventual rebellion. How exciting.

KEY: (hover all symbols anywhere on the chart for reminder/additional details!)

❀ ➔ lies, deflects, or otherwise cloaks his intentions to an extensive degree
♛ ➔ feels a sense of ownership and/or protection towards
☂ ➔ willing to share at least some truths about his life/feelings
☣ ➔ wants to or does intentionally cause harm
Ⓔ Ⓙ Ⓜ ➔ language he initiates or encourages conversation in
❝ ❞ ➔ first person quote

YOSHIDA SHOUYOU Ⓙ Ⓜ ♛ ☂ ❝ ❞ ███████████████

SAKATA GINTOKI Ⓙ ❀ ♛ ☂ ☣ ❝ ❞ ███████████████

KATSURA KOTAROU Ⓙ ❀ ♛ ☂ ☣ ❝ ❞ ███████████████

SAKAMOTO TATSUMA Ⓙ ❀ ♛ ☂ ☣ ❝ ❞ ███████████████

KIDREI REGALIUS Ⓔ Ⓙ ❀ ♛ ☂ ☣ takasugi has finally acknowledged and fully accepted drei as his best friend, as well as fully realized his crush on him. the repressed romantic tension has made things awkward on his side but it's nothing he's not willing to put up with just to be near him; has no plans to act on them as to not jeopardize what they already have (plus he doesn't trust him for it, with his track record of failed monogamy, PLUS THE GAIUS SITUATION). drei has proven to be a positive influence on him, was the first person to accept him after his memory wipe, and is the only person in all of mafia he doesn't 'hate'. doesn't feel like he deserves him in his life but is fine with being selfish. told him that life is about "fucking up, getting up, and fucking up again" and it's a lesson he's trying really hard to take to heart. hates his domestic life so they just avoid talking about it. texting buddy, sparring partner, hilarious culture and social media exchanges, pillow forts, fellow war veteran. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

GAIUS Ⓔ Ⓙ Ⓜ ♛ ☂ ☣ ...❤ where to even start. takasugi has done everything in his power to resist, reject, and refuse gaius's extended hand at every single turn. he's cut him apart, spat in his face, lied to him and told him the truth, and the thief just refuses to budge. a complicated and winding history full of mistakes and scars litter both sides, and neither of them have a clue how deep this rabbit hole really goes. gaius refuses to let him suffer alone even if it means he gets hurt instead, and it's taken takasugi a long, long time and plenty of blunders to realize just how deep his affections are. the pact they've entered certainly isn't one of equality, and takasugi frequently uses gaius's own emotions against him as he tries to figure out what to do with his, what he wants out of this, and how to proceed in a way that seems beneficial -- but he gets caught up and swept away with it way too easily for his liking. he likes to be noticed. he likes the attention. he likes gaius telling him how special he is, and he finds the loyalty he's promising difficult to see as unappealing. gaius has taken takasugi's own words and used them against him, refreshing his challenges, welcoming and even revelling in his anger, and teaching him new things to slake his boredom. the amount of time they spend together passes with shocking quickness: vacations littered with corpses, gifts wreathed with alcohol, promises bitten out. he'll never leave him, he'll join the kiheitai, he'll never hurt him "like that" again -- but the real treasure comes from how... he can genuinely manage to pull Takasugi out of his tunnel vision. to focus on "now" and "the present" (現在) instead of obsessing over the future or the past, to be in exactly this moment. it's small and sometimes fleeting but it's growing slowly and steadily. "partner"?, bedfellow, companion in hedonism, nefarious exploits, liars in arms, mine. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

LUKAS JAKEN E'RENAZ Ⓔ Ⓙ ♛ ☂ lukas first piqued takasugi's interest due to his connection with two others he knew, irie and cruril, and it was for this reason he began to get to know him -- but after extended exposure and proximity, he's... come to be one of his favorite people to talk to. while lukas puts up a smiling front, he's actually just a terrible person in enough ways that they can bond over it. they share similar cultures and views on it (with, of course, a few exceptions) as well as a fondness towards recreational drug use, and lukas has even taken him back to his home world for traditional festivals, introduced him to his siblings, and begun to try to teach him magic after a few body experiments. they both have respectful boundaries towards each other, even if those things are beginning to be mutually tested. some new revelations during one of takasugi's bouts as madman are lending to shifting tides: for better or worse. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

LEONARD L. CHURCH Ⓔ ❀ ♛ while takasugi has known many incarnations of church, this is the only one he'd consider close. it was no secret first meeting the blue soldiers involved a ton of misguided projection, seeing plenty of himself in church (the 'broken one'), and encouraging -- often threatening -- tucker to make sure he took care of him, but neither of them seem to mind. the urge to keep him sane and put together has slowly moved from selfish to genuine the more he's gotten to know him and the closer they've become. he still frequently keeps him at arm's length, but the man's easygoing nature, casual racism, flippant attitude, and gruff exterior have earned him an acknowledgment as a friend. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

LAVERNIUS TUCKER Ⓔ ☣ the other half of the blue married duo. takasugi knows tucker largely as a tangent to church and it's clear where his priorities and loyalties lie. his hesitation to let tucker in any closer at all is almost entirely tied in to simply hating romance and what it does to people, and he's untrusting of tucker's ability to protect and satisfy his partner. all of that is repressed and internalized, of course, for the very same reason. a crude personality revolving heavily around lewd jokes and sexual attraction to aliens doesn't help his case either, but hey. he's important to a person who is important to him; he'll make due. in the meantime, his concern towards tucker's general well being tends to hedge towards genuine despite himself, and he's pretty firmly in the 'bro' category. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

M. STILINSKI Ⓔ ❀ ☣ for some inexplicable reason, stiles one day got a wild hair up his ass and decided he should befriend the sourest-looking guy in the room, and thus began an incredibly one-sided attempt to do just that. despite knowing plenty about stiles and his life, takasugi isn't so willing to return the favor -- and at this point it might just be because it's more amusing to deprive him of it. they definitely have a sort of shallow broship that involves arguments over super mario kart, wrestling, weird gifts, and even weirder foods. also tends to use him for info/as a weapon against tony. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

TRAVIS TOUCHDOWN Ⓔ Ⓙ ❀ ☂ ☣ complications involving sakamoto+hiruma+sasuke, samurai bonding, mutual understanding of lust for violence and death = release. fourth wall breakers. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

TONY STARK Ⓔ Ⓙ ❀ ☣ mutual belief that education is more important than anything. both hedonistic, childish, selfish, possessive. more alike than they want to admit, which actually causes distance instead of closeness. beard jealousy. happily takes and uses his money, lol. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

KRISTOPH GAVIN Ⓔ ☣ i may not deserve him but you sure as hell don't either. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

TIKI Ⓔ Ⓙ ♛ ☂ roommate. wifey, only somewhat of a joke. he'd seriously marry her if he thought she'd give him dragon kids or if he felt like he needed the social standing. definitely the woman he respects the most and who can actually handle him. goddess, voice of naga, capable of great magic he's used to his own benefit many times. thinks she probably loves him more than she loves 'humanity' as a whole but isn't sure if he wants to push that particular issue. threatens to eat him and freezes him regularly. gives him plenty of space on account of being a narcoleptic. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

SACHI FEIKER Ⓔ ☣ eh's a cool guy and doesn't afraid of anything. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

HIRUMA YOUICHI Ⓔ ✘ dead cr ❝ ❞ ███████████████

ARAKITA YASUTOMO Ⓙ ❀ ☣ ace of spades. keeps getting accidentally more attached to him than he means to. bitchbuddy, they wrestle a lot. manipulates him frequently into doing things he doesn't want to do. sort of always one step ahead of him, which is enjoyable. determined to make arakita kill him. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

BUCKY BARNES Ⓔ comfortably peripheral bro where neither dangle too deeply in the others' life. coffee mate. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

UCHIHA SASUKE Ⓙ ☣ ✘ dead cr ❝ ❞ ███████████████

APOLLO JUSTICE Ⓔ ❀ intentionally avoided now that he's involved with gaius. doesn't even go to Just Teas anymore. ❝ ❞ ███████████████

LIBRA Ⓔ ❀ ☣ coworker. pet project. literally couldn't understand takasugi if he wrote all of his motivations out in a dissertation so fucking with him is kind of fun. ❝ ❞ ███████████████