Question Freshman 2016 Changlings

Take 2

I'm having a devil of a time keeping all the freshman changelings straight so far. How bloody many of them are there again? What are their names?

We have the german girl - who didn't, i think, get introduced in the string of introductions night 1 in poe, Tia (not in poe as of kansas 2?), Blair, Bianca, Laura, Morgana - who I'm guessing all get POV stories, and then... I got lost in the press/crush/mix of the others and which ones were sophomores and where were froshes.

Anybody feel like helping me straighten it out?

That fills me with reassurance.

I thought that Tanya was a Whitmaniac? She's hanging out with the catgirl.

Nick seems like a shoo-in for Twain, but I'm kind of hoping for Emerson because that gives us characters in every cottage except for Hawthorne.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: I thought that Tanya was a Whitmaniac? She's hanging out with the catgirl.

Yep, Tanya's in Whitman

Kristin Darken wrote: Bailey hasn't arrived yet at all, I don't think.

Bailey's in Poe, rooming with Laura... Elrod's been working with Katie to get her views and take on things so you'll see more Laura in his stories than others for the time being. {unless someone else decides to take her out for a spin in something upcoming)

JG wrote: Tanya's not a changeling

Perhaps, but she was on Kristin's list of characters in Poe.

Here's the list of changelings or complex characters who are Freshmen (* indicates a POV character)
Name, code name, gender, sexuality (if known)

Poe:
* Laura Samuels - Cerulea, MtF, Gay
* Morgana Jones - DragonsFyre, MtF, ?
* Bianca St Claire - Glyph, MtF, ?
* Bailey George - Backtrack, MtF, ?
Daniel Fontenot - Wilder, FtM, Het
Na'Chessa Rakia Barnes - Maidenclaw, MtF, Q
Pat Barnes - Hat Trick, C, Q
Noah/Nina Blake - Bewitched, C, ?
Marisa (Misty) Isabela Angelica Rangel - Peregrino, C, ?

Dickinson
* Fiorella Persico - Calliope, MtF, Gay
* Erica von Abendritter - Eisenmadel, MtF , Het

Melville
* Hikaru Myoujin - Okami, MtF, Bi
* Lucretia Del Bosque - Lapin, MtF, Bi

Whitman
Alexis Wallace - Gold Rose, MtF, Bi

Thank you Elrod. Should have said that right away.

Was it explained why ther are five changelings not in Poe? We know somebody kind of screwed over Tia, though I don't know if it was intentional, but what about the other four?

Also, Elrod, what does the C on their listing mean? I get MtF and FtM, but not the C. Does Q stand Questioning or Queer?

I also really need to finish catching up, because I did NOT realize Hikaru was a changeling.

C for gender means Complex, e.g. someone like Ayla (Lina is the Gen 2 version)
MtF and FtM are pretty obvious.

Gay, Het - self-evident. Q is questioning

As an example of C=complicated, we have a Gen 2 character named Ping Pong. He is a bistable shifter with 2 fixed templates; he's either male or female. Misty (in Poe) is complicated - she's a hermaphrodite.

In Gen 1, Ayla is complicated. Danny is complicated due to having to shift to Slut-Kitty periodically but being Kitty-Boy the rest of the time.

And you still left off Adam, who if he doesn't get a "C" at least needs an asterisk on his "M."

Oh god, I'm still behind on Gen 1 as well. I need to just find some friggin summaries somewhere, but the wiki doesn't really have those. I'm still trying to catch up on Gen 2 XD. While, in theory, writing a fanfic.

Thank you all for clearing up and clarifying those questions for me. I have some serious confusion trying to keep track of everyone and keep them all straight. I really appreciate you answering so quickly and cleanly.

It would help if we all pitched in on the wiki. I added those entries from baseline mages, but I had a bear of a time making sure I got the sourcing cited, etc. I'm not used to wiki's like that. XD

Interesting that Tia is listed as bi.

She's very much hetero before Jamie's assault, but because of the inherited issues from Ibby, her condition makes her very prone to fawning over men.

Honestly, she's given off a hetero-female vibe the same as Erica, though not as overt, since arriving at Whateley. But more reluctant due to her issues of her last significant other attacking her. I'm a bit surprised that she's anything other than asexual at this point in Gen 2.

Laura is so "frisky" that it's been hard to imagine the other changelings having any kind of noted sexuality. Erica and Cally aside because it has been explicitly stated. The other newfound girls haven't really even thought about it.

Katssun wrote: Interesting that Tia is listed as bi.

She's very much hetero before Jamie's assault, but because of the inherited issues from Ibby, her condition makes her very prone to fawning over men.

Honestly, she's given off a hetero-female vibe the same as Erica, though not as overt, since arriving at Whateley. But more reluctant due to her issues of her last significant other attacking her. I'm a bit surprised that she's anything other than asexual at this point in Gen 2.

Laura is so "frisky" that it's been hard to imagine the other changelings having any kind of noted sexuality. Erica and Cally aside because it has been explicitly stated. The other newfound girls haven't really even thought about it.

Who says they haven't thought about it? But in Morgana'scase (and possibly Bianca's also) there are other issues involved.

Katssun wrote: Laura is so "frisky" that it's been hard to imagine the other changelings having any kind of noted sexuality. Erica and Cally aside because it has been explicitly stated. The other newfound girls haven't really even thought about it.

Laura is not "frisky" sexually. She is open (in Poe) about her preference for girls, she likes to make friends, she enjoys kissing girls, but there's no evidence that she's anything more than a happy, friendly girl. Y'all are extrapolating data that isn't there. Laura is not a frisky slut.j

"So shall it be written, so shall it be done!"

How many other Posies have already acquired a girlfriend and have already been accused of cheating on her in less than a week?

Laura's aggressive flirting certainly puts her on the path to "frisky," though she has backed off since hurting Toni's feelings.

I'm not saying she's a slut by any means, but she comes off similar to Rosalyn. My impression is that once Laura finds out about the hot tubs...she'll be a problem for years.

She was certainly the first to jump into the dating/kissing game, at the least. Dive in head first at that.

Iwasforger03 wrote: She was certainly the first to jump into the dating/kissing game, at the least. Dive in head first at that.

No faster than Toni and Rip or Fey and Bunny did in Gen 1 ....

This is a true statement. However, Toni always wanted to be a girl, and Nikki had lots of time to adjust, plus a voice in her head to help. Most of the changelings actually IN Poe this year weren't willing changelings and lack that advantage. So I guess Laura's on equal footing with the 06 crew, it just looks skewed because of different reasons for all the changelings, lack of point of view on some of them, and lack of adjustment time for many of them.

Laura, as a devisor, is of course interested in testing the bounciness of her bedsprings.

Or that's what she CLAIMS....

Good point!

Iwasforger03 wrote: It would help if we all pitched in on the wiki. I added those entries from baseline mages, but I had a bear of a time making sure I got the sourcing cited, etc. I'm not used to wiki's like that. XD

And I thank you for the help! If you don't feel comfortable with the wiki syntax, just add the research (really, the research is like 90% or the work) and let someone else polish it. I tend to check pretty much every edit, and I'll fix any issues I find.

I also encourage people who want to contribute to open a Wikia account. It doesn't require much -- I think that the only requirement is a valid e-mail -- and gives you a few things back: like a user page on the wiki, and the option to tweak some settings to our particular preference (for instance, I prefer using the source-code editor instead of the WYSIWYG editor, so I changed my default to it).
More subtly, using a Wikia account means your edits are listed under your username -- meaning that you build a reputation. Long term, it means that other editors start trusting you more and no longer need to spend time double-checking your data. I mean, these days I implicitly trust any edit from, say, Baby Valentine, even if it directly contradicts something that I expect to be the truth... and also, that build-up of trust means that, if you come to need some sort of elevated user rights, the admins are more likely to give them to you.

elrodw wrote: Melville
* Hikaru Myoujin - Okami, MtF, Bi

That is not something I saw coming. Then again, she seems to be actively avoiding forming too close relationships with the only students.

It... there are hints I can see now that I know that, but honestly, if Elrod hadn't dropped that, I wouldn't have picked up very easily that Hikaru was a changeling. Much less what seems to be...

Iwasforger03 wrote: It... there are hints I can see now that I know that, but honestly, if Elrod hadn't dropped that, I wouldn't have picked up very easily that Hikaru was a changeling. Much less what seems to be...

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another case of caitlyn/sara/sam syndrome

Rises the Sun, which is up to part 2 so far, is Hikaru's origin story and details a lot of past history. It spells all that out and more, when you have the time to get around to it.

headdddd case, poor Hikaru is.

Dreamer wrote:

Iwasforger03 wrote: It... there are hints I can see now that I know that, but honestly, if Elrod hadn't dropped that, I wouldn't have picked up very easily that Hikaru was a changeling. Much less what seems to be...

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another case of caitlyn/sara/sam syndrome

Rises the Sun, which is up to part 2 so far, is Hikaru's origin story and details a lot of past history. It spells all that out and more, when you have the time to get around to it.

I'm reading them in published order, i think, so I'm currently on kansas 6 for gen 2.

Kristin Darken wrote: Note that Erica and Fiorella (Eisenmadel and Calliope) from "Dorms of Our Lives" are both PoV characters but are NOT in Poe. So everyone they met at meet and greets and mixers are not part of your 'automatic' changling/lesbian option list. They're in Dickenson.

Vic, Taka, and Jimmy are in Twain.

Hikaru and Tia are in Melville.

Laura, Morgana, Bianca, and Tanya are in Poe

AJ and Nick... hmm... not sure that's in released material yet. You might be able to guess though.

Bailey hasn't arrived yet at all, I don't think.


Not all the changelings are in Poe and not all the PoV people in Poe are changelings. It's definitely not like Gen 1 where all the main protagonists are Poe changelings, that's for certain.

(Glares at the various members of the nonexistant cabal...)

Okay...which of you moved my character and didn't tell me?

Kristen. It was a mistake that's already been pointed out to her (him?). Author Genders... I just go by what gender the name they use sounds like... but some of you, I really just don't know.

Iwasforger03 wrote: Kristen. It was a mistake that's already been pointed out to her (him?). Author Genders... I just go by what gender the name they use sounds like... but some of you, I really just don't know.

Hmm...now I'm curious to know which you think I am...

And yeah, as I read through the posts I noted how the mixup was resolved. That's what I get for reacting to a post before catching up on the whole thread.

NeoMagus wrote: Hmm...now I'm curious to know which you think I am...

Esar wrote:

NeoMagus wrote: Hmm...now I'm curious to know which you think I am...

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Man.
Thanks to the bios of all Gen2 Authors

Hey, you can't use the bios! That's cheating!

Well...Tanya is big on self-doubts, which is why she's adorable.

Maybe she's not so sure anymore, and forgot to tell you and your muse?

NeoMagus wrote:

Esar wrote:

NeoMagus wrote: Hmm...now I'm curious to know which you think I am...

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Man.
Thanks to the bios of all Gen2 Authors

Hey, you can't use the bios! That's cheating!

If Esar hadn't cheated, I'd have said Female. I default Female for some reason. And yes, until VERY recently, I thought Bek was female. I go off whether the name sounds one gender or the other, or by their choice of profile picture/avatar (not lit chix avatar, image avatar). ACtually, the lit chix might be the reason I lean towards assuming Female.

Diane/Renae/Maggie/Babs/Bek/Heather/Kristen - thought ya'll were female. Now I know that Bek is apparently identified as male. Renae is trans, but I never knew and always just assumed she was female to begin with.

Nalley? Always thought he was male.

Joe? Male. Starwolf? Male. Morpheus? Male. Elrod... ya know, i always leaned male for Elrod.

As to the new authors of Gen 2 - I guess I'll cheat and look ya'll up where possible.

For us or you?

Kristin Darken wrote:

JG wrote: I'm here because I got lost on my way to college.

lol

The WU didn't exist yet when I was in college. That's probably a good thing.

The Internet barely existed when I was in college. Sigh...

I'm not TG in any way, I'm quite happy as a guy.

However looking at how my characters react to being changed (not to mention the sheer fun in messing with them!) is mainly why I write them. Basically its fun (and I'm evil...)

So I'm rereading the "Not in Kansas" Stories, and I got to part two again, and I'm trying to keep track of everyone. Which is slightly easier because of that handy list Elrod kindly posted for us.

But It included a couple sophmores and excluded others, so I've tried to sort out the pieces it didn't cover, and I was hoping I could ask to make sure I'm understanding it right... and also to point out it includes one person who did NOT get an introduction.

Poe:
* Laura Samuels - Cerulea, MtF, Gay
* Morgana Jones - DragonsFyre, MtF, ?
* Bianca St Claire - Glyph, MtF, ?
* Bailey George - Backtrack, MtF, ?
Daniel Fontenot - Wilder, FtM, Het - Did not get introduced
Na'Chessa Rakia Barnes - Maidenclaw, MtF, Q - “Sister” to Hat Trick, has little brother and big sister
Pat Barnes - Hat Trick, C, Q - “Brother” to Maidenclaw, has little brother and big sister. Brother in poe
^ ? Sophmores?
Noah/Nina Blake - Bewitched, C, ? - A Sophmore
Marisa (Misty) Isabela Angelica Rangel - Peregrino, C, ? - She is a fully functional Hermaphodite

RA - Krystal - Codname Flower (Flower manifestor), FTM and unsure, Sophmore+
Antonia - Ditto (power mimic) MTF? And lesbian, sophmore Dating Cerulea
Christina Cobryn - Celerity, MTF, ?
Lesley Wainwright - Ping, MTF?
Damon Carpenter - FTM, Mganga, ?Sophmore?
Beverly Taylor - MTF, Unhappy with change

I didn't catch a codename for Beverly, I'm not positive on whether some of these are the sophmores or more freshman, and I'm positive This Daniel fellow didn't get an introduction at all in Part 2 of "Not in Kansas."

So I'm just trying to, once more, get it all straight.

I can confirm Ping both as a sophomore and as an MtF transgender.

Also, Wilder hasn't officially arrived at Whateley, as far as I know, but he's on the list. It's up to Neo as to how he gets introduced.

To add to the fun, I can say that I personally have six transgender characters in the current year of Whateley, though only five of them have appeared in any canon story so far. Of them, three are in Poe and the rest are keeping mum on the matter.

You are a monster and also amazing. A monster for teasing us, amazing for answering.

Aren't two of your TGs in Dickenson? Erica and Calliope? Or is just Erica yours?

Calliope is Souffle Girl's.

Thank you.