Personality: Unfortunately, the Psiioniic is just one of many characters in the Homestuck comic which has not gotten very much screentime. Only a very brief part of his life was told, and it was only in passing by another character. What we do know for certain is that he no doubt shares a great many similarities with his descendent Sollux Captor. We know this from two sources. The canon itself states that there is supposed to be a deep connection between a troll’s ancestor and themselves. Andrew Hussie has also answered questions pertaining to the ancestors as stating that they are the troll kids except more adult. This means we are looking at a Sollux Captor based individual, only with some personality changes due to a different time period and life experiences which have happened solely to him.
Due to his bifuricated mind, the Psiioniic probably has mood swings similar to those of Sollux. It is quite possible that while during his travels with Signless, they were able to help calm down the severity of them as best they could. By now, it’s a bit more normal than not for him to be of a quick witted humor and somewhat smug. This doesn’t override his sense of caution, however. As an adult troll having grown up in Alternia and one that is lowblooded to boot, the Psiioniic has had to become very careful and even slightly paranoid when it comes to other trolls. He is not quite the idealist that Signless is and won’t believe in the kindness of people so readily on a normal day. This doesn’t mean he’ll treat everyone like Mad Eye Moody from the Harry Potter series; the Psiioniic believes in constant vigilance, yes, but not CONSTANT! VIGILANCE! For one thing, that’s a suspicious way to behave and a dead giveaway. For another, Signless tends to not like it when he’s openly hostile.
That is his high moment. His lows tend to be very much not attractive.
During the moments he swings into that area, the Psiioniic hits a period of intense self loathing. On its own, it is a horrible thing. However, the Psiioniic has had to grow up to adulthood with an entire empire constantly pressing down its own message onto his head: “LOWBLOODS ARE WEAK, PATHETIC, AND USELESS BESIDES THE FUNCTION OF A BIOLOGICAL BATTERY FOR SHIPS.” Trolls are very resilient in both body and mind. However, social brainwashing is social brainwashing, and for many years of his life, the Psiioniic no doubt has gained a very low idea of his self worth that I doubt even Signless has managed to fix completely. When he’s in his low swings, he is easy to manipulate if one knows how to fix on that area. When in his high swings, he’s probably still very sensitive to that part of himself and prone to lashing out.
One last thing that should be mentioned is the Psiioniic’s high intelligence. Like his descendent, he is extremely clever and understands logical concepts (particularly mathematics) very easily. In fact, these things even tend to bore him at times with how ‘simple’ it seems and a part of him longs for a challenge. He’d say ‘like maybe running a ship’, except that brings to mind the Helmsman system, which is the opposite of what a free thinking troll wants.
Abilities: - Telekinetics: ‘Tele’, which means ‘transmission over distance’, and ‘kinetic’, which means ‘pertaining to motion’, all adds together to basically mean the Psiioniic can move things with his mind. He can move things, he can toss things, he can move himself, he can move others, and he can no doubt do a great many other things involving movement. The full extent of this power is never fully expanded upon in Homestuck canon. However, ancestors are just paradox clones of their descendents. Sollux Captor, the Psiioniic’s descendent, was able to guide a series of meteors down on a Final Boss and also use a much larger meteor as an extra fast ship through space (although the latter was at the cost of Sollux’s life). Taking the fact that the Psiioniic has had a longer period to live and hone his psionic abilities along with being the Signless’ trusted friend, it is only logical that he is much more powerful.
- Laser beams: Pretty much what it says on the tin. The Psiioniic can concentrate his psionic energy into something much more deadly and explosive and shoot it off. Generally he sticks to shooting it out from his eyes or his hands.
- Prophetic: Like Sollux, the Psiioniic has some ability to see into the future. Perhaps related to the title ‘Mage of Doom’, these visions tend to only be of horrific events like dying and worlds ending. Sample Entry: Livejournal RP link
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Unfortunately, the Psiioniic is just one of many characters in the Homestuck comic which has not gotten very much screentime. Only a very brief part of his life was told, and it was only in passing by another character. What we do know for certain is that he no doubt shares a great many similarities with his descendent Sollux Captor. We know this from two sources. The canon itself states that there is supposed to be a deep connection between a troll’s ancestor and themselves. Andrew Hussie has also answered questions pertaining to the ancestors as stating that they are the troll kids except more adult. This means we are looking at a Sollux Captor based individual, only with some personality changes due to a different time period and life experiences which have happened solely to him.
Due to his bifuricated mind, the Psiioniic probably has mood swings similar to those of Sollux. It is quite possible that while during his travels with Signless, they were able to help calm down the severity of them as best they could. By now, it’s a bit more normal than not for him to be of a quick witted humor and somewhat smug. This doesn’t override his sense of caution, however. As an adult troll having grown up in Alternia and one that is lowblooded to boot, the Psiioniic has had to become very careful and even slightly paranoid when it comes to other trolls. He is not quite the idealist that Signless is and won’t believe in the kindness of people so readily on a normal day. This doesn’t mean he’ll treat everyone like Mad Eye Moody from the Harry Potter series; the Psiioniic believes in constant vigilance, yes, but not CONSTANT! VIGILANCE! For one thing, that’s a suspicious way to behave and a dead giveaway. For another, Signless tends to not like it when he’s openly hostile.
That is his high moment. His lows tend to be very much not attractive.
During the moments he swings into that area, the Psiioniic hits a period of intense self loathing. On its own, it is a horrible thing. However, the Psiioniic has had to grow up to adulthood with an entire empire constantly pressing down its own message onto his head: “LOWBLOODS ARE WEAK, PATHETIC, AND USELESS BESIDES THE FUNCTION OF A BIOLOGICAL BATTERY FOR SHIPS.” Trolls are very resilient in both body and mind. However, social brainwashing is social brainwashing, and for many years of his life, the Psiioniic no doubt has gained a very low idea of his self worth that I doubt even Signless has managed to fix completely. When he’s in his low swings, he is easy to manipulate if one knows how to fix on that area. When in his high swings, he’s probably still very sensitive to that part of himself and prone to lashing out.
One last thing that should be mentioned is the Psiioniic’s high intelligence. Like his descendent, he is extremely clever and understands logical concepts (particularly mathematics) very easily. In fact, these things even tend to bore him at times with how ‘simple’ it seems and a part of him longs for a challenge. He’d say ‘like maybe running a ship’, except that brings to mind the Helmsman system, which is the opposite of what a free thinking troll wants.
Abilities:
- Telekinetics: ‘Tele’, which means ‘transmission over distance’, and ‘kinetic’, which means ‘pertaining to motion’, all adds together to basically mean the Psiioniic can move things with his mind. He can move things, he can toss things, he can move himself, he can move others, and he can no doubt do a great many other things involving movement. The full extent of this power is never fully expanded upon in Homestuck canon. However, ancestors are just paradox clones of their descendents. Sollux Captor, the Psiioniic’s descendent, was able to guide a series of meteors down on a Final Boss and also use a much larger meteor as an extra fast ship through space (although the latter was at the cost of Sollux’s life). Taking the fact that the Psiioniic has had a longer period to live and hone his psionic abilities along with being the Signless’ trusted friend, it is only logical that he is much more powerful.
- Laser beams: Pretty much what it says on the tin. The Psiioniic can concentrate his psionic energy into something much more deadly and explosive and shoot it off. Generally he sticks to shooting it out from his eyes or his hands.
- Prophetic: Like Sollux, the Psiioniic has some ability to see into the future. Perhaps related to the title ‘Mage of Doom’, these visions tend to only be of horrific events like dying and worlds ending.
Sample Entry:
Livejournal RP link