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Character Information

General
Canon Source: MSPA: Homestuck.
Canon Format: Webcomic.
Character's Name: Gamzee Makara.
Character's Age: Six Alternian solar sweeps-- which is equivalent to 13 human years.

What form will your character's NV take?

His husktop ( an alien laptop; dark red, with a green symbol at its back resembling a sea-goat ) -- only smaller, the size of a Dell Mini, with a built in webcam and mic. 

Abilities Character's Canon Abilities:

Most of the time, Gamzee is sedated to an intoxicated state, and is pretty much harmless. Although, that doesn't mean he can't fight to survive-- in the game of SBURB, where it's fight or be killed, he's capable of survival and defense when fighting the imps with his clubs, alone, as we see breifly in the flash Make Her Pay. While he can give off the impression of being harmless, in actuality, he's shown to be frighteningly strong, fast ( here's another ), and especially sharp when he's sober. This above average strength is mostly due to his role in SBURB as "The Bard of Rage." See, each character in Homestuck, the player, is given mythological role, and along with that role, comes a special ability. In Gamzee's case, it isn't explained fully, like many of the other characters, but what we can  assume is that it increases his attack power, as seen when the trolls fight a powerful final boss off screen, the Black King. Karkat goes on to say that basically, Gamzee pulverized the King to such a pulp that nobody could explain what just happened, neither could they compare their attack powers to his. He did this without upgrading his weapon's either, which could have fairly been a shock to everyone that had witnessed his attack. He just went back to spacing out during the rest of the battle after he had dealt his blow(s). It should also be noted that Gamzee seems to have a very high tolerance for pain ( apparently, as long as it's not the crotch ) .When he's not high, his reflexes are at its highest peak, and is also shown to be exceedingly precise in wielding a variety of weapons he's never used before, which may be due to the Jokerkind specibus.

EDIT ( 8/9/11) From Hussie's formspring. Apparently, Gamzee has the psychic ability to create and amplify the fears of others, something called "chucklevoodoo". As a decendeant of Grand High Blood and the Subjugglators, he can plant fear, that usually takes the form of a "chucklevoodoo doll", and from there can easily exaggerate the victim's fears to his liking, to the point of being able to manipulate their actions. An example-- Sober Gamzee purposly caused an elaborate domino effect with John. He was the cause of John's dislike and fear of clowns, planting a chucklevoodoo doll of a clown into his mind while he slept and manipulating it to the point that he subconciously fearing them, and drawing them on his walls while he slept. John's father, taking notice of this, interpreted the dislike as a liking, and filled his entire house with harlequins, thinking that he was sharing an interest with John, but it actuality, making it worse. With Dave, Gamzee did the same thing, causing his discomfort and fear of puppets. Equius was completely incapacitated by the simple fear of failing, because Gamzee took and amplified it to the point that he couldn't move, leading to his death by suffocation.  With Terezi, while all evidence pointed to Gamzee setting up a trap, she starting believing it was all Vriska, due to her manipulated fear of it actually being Gamzee. He's only able to use this ability when sober, as the slime's qualities blocks this out.

Conditional: If your character has no superhuman canon abilities, what dormant ability will you give them?

Gamzee will have the dormant ability to spit slime-- Sopor Slime, to be specific ( spitting rhymes, spitting slime- get it? Haha . . . ) Firstly, what is Sopor Slime? Sopor Slime is a bright green substance that is used in Recuperacoons, little cocoon things where a troll sleeps. The slime is simply, a very powerful sedative-- trolls submerge themselves into this when they sleep, so that it calms the dark thoughts, nightmares, and horrors that plague their kind once their eyes shut for rest, thus resulting in much more tranquil nights. The slime will be coming from a little, you can say, storage pouch in his body, where it's stored and over time, accumulates enough to be spat in globs. Let's say, for example, he empties this slime pouch by spitting too much slime over a short period of time-- it could happen, it could run out, and he'll have to wait a few days, or longer, for it to fill itself full again and spit properly. If he tries to spit before enough has built up, it'll come out in sprays and drops-- like if you tried to squeeze ketchup out of a nearly empty ketchup bottle. That's not enough for your whole plate of fries :( While the power is in its developing stages and begins to surface, he might find himself in puddles of slime if he were to fall asleep, or find himself drooling ( either normal saliva or slime, or a mixture ) often. Very often. ( I'm tempted to say more than often, but. ) It's unknown what would happen to a human if they come in contact with the slime, or God forbid, consume it ( we already see that in trolls, like Gamzee, it pretty much causes brain damage-- or rather, major thinkpan rusting ). What we do know is that's it's a sedative if it's on you, so, let's say that it'll cause people to feel sluggish if they're covered in it. A troll functions differently than a human does, so you can imagine the consequences probably wouldn't be good, right? Hopefully, no one in their right mind would eat it, but it would definitely gross them out to no end-- maybe even non humans, and that in itself is a good defense mechanism!  

Weapons:

I wouldn't exactly categorize this as a weapon entirely, but it is something he has on his person, and something that can be used to store weapons. Gamzee, and other characters of Homestuck are in possession of something called a sylladex. Basically, it's a storage system-- a game inventory that allows players to store a number of items without having to juggle them in their hands, depending on the number of cards they have. The sylladex is a system that uses something called Capchalogue Cards. When blank, one can store an item of practically any shape or size on the card, and for the duration of time that it's chapchalogued ( when it's not in use ), it carries no physical weight or size, which makes things much more convenient. There's also the different modes in which cards can be retrieved and organized, which is called a person's fetch modus. They can be easy to work, annoying, complicated . . . or, a mix of everything and more. Gamzee's fetch modus is named Miracle; true to its name, it can take a miracle for this thing to do what you want it to do, because it is by far the most complex and confusing modus out there. To match its user to boot, this modus has completely random functions and is unpredictable-- You'll never know when a chosen item is going to get launched halfway across the ocean or not. Luckily, Gamzee isn't the least bit distraught by its complications. He has no idea how it works, and he doesn't want to know. Because who wants to know when you get free flashing colors with this thing. It's so amazing and beautiful and magical and-- well, what's not to like about a seizure of rainbows? Lastly, a sylladex has two different card decks: the capchalogue deck, which is used for the storage of items, and then the strife deck, which is used to hold weapons. Each deck ( which is held in a strife specibus ) has something called a kind abstratus; this is simply the type of weapon that the character has chosen to use, and the type of weapon they are limited to for that specific specibus ( for example: hammerkind- can only use hammer like weapons. bladekind- only swords, things with blades, and so on ). Gamzee is shown to have two different strife specibi: clubkind and jokerkind. Clubkind is his default, and specializes in clubs and bludgeoning weapons. In this specibi, he wields the deuce clubs-- which are, in fact, clown juggling clubs. Then, we have the dangerous jokerkind, that Gamzee is shown to use when he's sober. Just like its name suggests, this specibus is a winning wildcard. It's the only specibus shown to not be limited to one specific abstrata, and allows the user to store and use any weapon he wants. The deck is made up of twenty cards, and so far, is shown to have the deuce clubs, the clawsickle, the fiduspear, a whip, a bow and arrows ( before they were discarded ), and the legendary Warhammer of Zillyhoo

History/Personality/Plans/etc.
Character History: Here's his MSPA wiki page for his history!
Point in Canon: during hivebent, after his conversation with eridan and while jack is slapping a hysterical karkat around. Character Personality:

A Lusus is a creature that is the equivalent to a guardian for a young troll. Gamzee's custodian, a large sea-goat, was unfortunately out at sea throughout the majority of Gamzee's life, not bringing him up like he was supposed to. This of course, lead to Gamzee being uneducated, never really learning what was acceptable behavior and what was not for his kind. Not even simple, common knowledge or how some things work-- such as not eating what trolls are supposed to sleep in, Sopor Slime. Everyone knows you're not supposed to eat Sopor Slime! It does crazy things to a troll's head-- but did Gamzee ever learn that? Due to the absence of his guardian, no. The slime causes a high that destroys a troll's brain cells-- thus, leaving us with a very down to earth Gamzee. When on slime, Gamzee is the stoner of his group of friends; a very laid back, calm, good natured individual. He's what he looks like-- an oblivious, lovable clown. Gamzee is also part of a cult religion that embraces the figures of a band by the name of Clowns of a Grim Persuasion, and believes in two "capricious minstrels", the Mirthful Messiahs, to appear on an apparent paradise planet that doesn't exist yet. Basically-- he's the troll counterpart of a juggalo. This is the reason for his clown-like appearance, honking ( yes, he honks! ) , and his obsession with clown related items, such as his pile of clown horns and an over-sized unicycle found around his room. This lifestyle is also the reason for his rather obscene, colorful vocabulary-- peppered with curses nearly in every sentence. Even though he has a mouth that swears constantly, and tends to easily call others his motherfuckers, bitches, bitchtits, ( it can go on! ) he, in no way, means it as an insult, far from it! By his default, it's a normal, friendly gesture that he uses without any second thoughts, if his tone of voice doesn't already give that away.  This Gamzee is simple, awed and fascinated by the smallest things, claiming right off the bat that they're miracles. The hissing that comes from a freshly opened bottle of his wicked elixir soft drink, Faygo? Miracle. How do computers work? Miracles. That amazing disease called friendship? Fucking miracle-- and so on. He doesn't know how most things work, and he really doesn't care, or want to know how they work. 

TC: oK lIkE jUsT bE tAkIn tHiS fUcKiN tItS bOtTlE oF fUcKiN fAyGo I jUsT cRaCkEd Up OpEn.
TC: AnD hOw It'S bEiNg AlL lIkE hIsSiNg AnD sHiT.
TC: mOtHeRfUcKiN hIsSiNg MaN, wHo WeNt AlL aNd ToLd It To Do ThAt?
TC: HoW wOuLd It EvEn Do ThAt, It'S cRaZy.
TC: iT's A mIrAcLe.
CG: IT'S CARBONATION YOU IGNORANT DOUCHE.
CG: TRY GETTING SCHOOLFED SOME TIME INSTEAD OF SLURPING DOWN THAT WEIRD SWILL ALL DAY AND FONDLING YOUR STUPID HORNS.
TC: No No BrO, i DoN't WaNnA kNoW, dOn'T eVeN tElL mE.
TC: kNoWiNg ShIt JuSt StEaLs Up AlL tHe FuCkIn MaGiC fRoM mY mIrAcLeS lIkE a MoThErFuCkIn ThIeF.
TC: AnD tHaT aIn'T cOoL.  

( purple is Gamzee, grey is Karkat )

It's best to just not know the science and reasoning behind things-- that way, life is more magical and wondrous and miraculous, you know? He's easily side tracked, prone to zoning out, and attracted to colors; Gamzee is shown to pick up and capchalog random items into his fetch modus, Miracle, for the sole purpose of sitting back and watching the flashing colors it produces.  

"It's so beautiful. Life is beautiful."

He's friendly, supportive, and by all means, loves his friends, even if you express hatred towards him, like Karkat does. He's there when one comes to him with problems, and he'll gladly give advice and act as your daily therapist because he genuinely cares for his friends-- even if . . .  his advice doesn't really do much to help with anything at all, as they're almost always, if not always, waiting for a miracle to happen, or just being as chill as him. Also, because of his constant high, he's fairly oblivious to many things that happen around him, and tends to take the direness of some situations lightly ( like when he was surrounded by imps during the game . . . . he, instead of attacking them before they attacked him, he made pie for them. And befriended them! Which is good I guess, but still . . . ).

A high Gamzee is a mirthful, harmless Gamzee; one that wants nothing more than kicking back, baking Soper Slime into pies, hanging with friends to become better bros, and enjoying the miracles of life. Even if he could seem like a simple, unfocused dumbass the majority of the time-- Well, shoot. Who needs to worry about that when you have this? Honking, clowning around, and kicking up some rhymes with a brother is just the greatest way to live. Seeing his friends with a smile on their faces is all he wants, and he would be the happiest motherfucker if he is part of making that miracle happen.

Unfortunately, that part of Gamzee is only in control when he's under the effects of slime. When he goes without consuming it for a long period of time, the slime's high, like any high, wears off, leaving us with a sober Gamzee-- something far from pleasant. When he's already been without its effects, it begins to affect his ability to think clearly, and is shown to be easily triggered, which we see when he get's trolled by Dave with a video of Insane Clown Posse that sends into a frightening rage-- similar to being in withdrawal ( although, it's not really known whether this is his true personality, extreme withdrawal, or the result of eating all that brain damaging slime over the years- er, sweeps ). Dave's trolling sent Gamzee into a faith crisis, the last straw that sends him down that crazy spiral. The crisis eventually passes, because Gamzee leads himself to believe that he, they, are the two mirthful messiahs prophosized from his religion. His personality then divides into two when it's finally "clear", causing his voice to frequently fluctuate-- one voice, when speaking, is quiet, calmer, ( :o) ) and the other is louder, angrier, and manages to curse even more so than he normally does. ( Do: )

Troll Culture works with a caste system called the Hemospectrum, that all revolves around the color of a troll's blood. Gamzee's blood is indigo, the highest blood color a land dwelling troll could have before it goes over to the sea dwelling trolls, which means that he's pretty high up in the caste system-- very close to royalty. While high, Gamzee gives no fucks about the system; he thinks it's a silly thing to get all worked about ( plus, confusing much? ), and treats everyone he knows equally, despite his superior blood. Sober Gamzee, on the other hand, gives all the fucks; so much so that he takes it up about ten notches on the extreme meter. He considers his blood color pretty high and pretty motherfucking nobel, and refers to trolls lower than him as "peasantbloods" and "low-bloods", and even demands Equius, a blue blooded troll ( right next to indigo on that chart ) kneel in his presence. He takes it upon himself that as a descendant of the Grand Highblood Subjugglators, and as the Mirthful Messiahs, he has a job to do and continue-- and that's to subjugglate; to dominate and kill, whether it be those with a blood color inferior to his or not.

TC: I FINALLY GOT MY MOTHERFUCKING UNDERSTAND ON TO WHO THE MIRTHFUL MESSIAHS ARE.
TC: they were always both me. :o)
TC: AND ALSO MOTHERFUCKING ME. Do:
TC: and now.
TC: AND MOTHERFUCKING NOW.
TC: i am going to motherfuckin kill all you motherfuckers.
CG: OH GOD
CG: OH MAN
CG: OH GOD
TC: I AM GOING TO MOTHERFUCKING KILL ALL YOU MOTHERFUCKERS.
TC: and paint the wicked pictures with your motherfuckin blood.
TC: FROM YOUR VEINS WILL DRIP MY MIRACLES.
TC: your crushed bones will make my special stardust.
TC: WELCOME TO THE DARK CARNIVAL, BROTHER.
TC: honk.
TC: HONK.
TC: honk.
TC: HOOOOOOOOOOONK.

( again, purple is Gamzee, grey is Karkat )

The higher a troll's blood is on the caste system, the more vicious and capricious they are-- With Gamzee, it's no exception ( his trollian handle, TerminallyCapricious, also starts making more sense here ).  Gamzee also seems to mention that Lil Cal ( Bro Strider's puppet ) is his only friend, and is the one that tells him to kill everyone. This Gamzee is a true troll, and what his species is known for: being a murder machine. He's bloodthirsty; he has the mentality of a twisted serial killer-- sharp, cunning, but terribly unstable ( he even sets up a mock jury trial, and decapitates the heads of the dead troll kids, lining them up on top of a box, writing on its front  "motherfuckin JURY" with his own blood, while using the Warhammer Of Zillyhoo as a gavel. That looks pretty unstable to me ); playful and manipulative in a sick and malicious way. When Nepeta attacks him after the death of Equius, Gamzee easily catches her in mid air, breaks her wrist, then . . . proceeds to drag and scratch her claws across his face, all while wearing a twisted, manic grin. This goes to show that he doesn't really have a sense of pain, either-- that, or just a very high tolerance for it ( if you want to stop him dead in his tracks, go for the bone bulge! ). When Gamzee has killed someone, he also has a habit of taking something that belongs to them-- an accessory, and wearing them himself as a trophy. To add to the disturbing behavior, he also has this . . . other habit of drawing on walls with either the blood of others, or his own, leaving splattered messages behind such as "Are you next? :o)", "HONK", and smiling clown faces ( :o) ).  Lastly, during his faith crisis and while speaking to Dave, we see Tavros' head and Gamzee's lips covered with his brown blood, which he had decapitated from the dead body, and, randomly and sporadically, kissing the head throughout the conversation. Gamzee's also shown to have black feelings ( troll romance: different and complicated story ) for Dave at this time, morbidly flirting with him a pretty disturbing way ( a 'i want to decapitate you and get some of that blood between my lips to make a peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwhich" kind of disturbing. ).

Appearance/PB:

Here's him in sprite form, in a bit more detail, and fan art. Gamzee is perhaps just a little bit taller than the average teenage human-- for he's one of the tallest trolls. Along with being a troll, he has gray skin, fangs, pointed teeth and ears, and candy corn colored, goat-like horns. He's rather lanky along with his height ( although lack of visual muscle doesn't mean he lacks strength ), and his hair is a large, curly-wavy mess of black. He's always seen using clown make up, along with black-gray polka dot pants, his black shirt that shows his indigo zodiac symbol, Capricorn, and purple shoes.