Coppola Fantoche

"I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me."

- C. Joybell C.

Coppola Fantoche [they/them] is a 2015-introduced character and all around enigma. They are destined to be the next Coppélia from the ballet of the same name, and are currently attending their Third Year (otherwise known as Yearbook Year) at Ever After High.

Personality
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 * blunt as all hell
 * almost uncomfortably inquiring
 * doesn't know boundaries. but likes knowing stuff even if it's useless
 * interested in the workings of the world
 * power quality hit ittt
 * dissatisfied with the idea of staying in a small area forever, but acknowledges that they were built for a purpose, and so should serve that purpose.
 * super self aware
 * not sympathetic, nor empathetic. meme time: can't get confused about the difference between the two if you're neither *guy point at his head*
 * intellectual
 * tbc

Appearance
Coppola's appearance is never really constant, due to the nature of their existence as a spirit possessing an inanimate object. Their lack of self-awareness carries over to depth perception, and they're prone to breaking off bits and pieces of their vessel. As such, Coppola requires multiple vessels, all made in the image of a doll. Many of them are actually inventions by the previous generations of Coppeliuses, and thus not that practical, but whatever.

Metalhead Vessel
This is the form Copp most often resides in. Contrary to its name, this vessel composes mostly of bone china and other delicate tableware materials. It's a little more than 5 feet tall, and the entire outside surface of the body is bone china, while the outside of the head is porcelain. Ball joints in their arms and hands allow Copp a degree of mobility, though many will agree that their movement still looks stiff and unnatural. The small key on the back of their neck needs to be wound up, or else they are unable to move.

Metalhead's face was modeled to be incredibly beautiful. Whether it fulfilled that goal or not... is a little hard to say. Sure, they're pretty, but it's so unnatural. Their skin is pale and cold like snow, cheeks blushed until they're almost glowing, as if to convince someone of just how living they are. Thankfully, their face bears perfect resemblance to a human's, and skips over the uncanny valley. They have glass inset eyes, and the irises of those eyes are gears, one bronze and one silver. They rotate when information is being processed, though, Metalhead is unable to blink.

The hair on Metalhead's head are actually strips of metal, heated up and bent into whatever style it's in. Although, it's not completely permanent. It's kind of like a wig, but each wig is attached to the scalp. You can detach the hair (and scalp), and replace it with an another one, if you wish. Copp does so for important events where looking their best is needed, as their Coppelius instructed them. They're a mixture of gold, bronze, and copper, and are medium in length.

There's definitely some mechanical shenanigans going on below the surface. When Copp moves, you can always hear soft creaks and whirring, like low murmuring. Even when they're not moving, little clicks and puffs of air can be heard. Silence is not Metalhead's strong suit. However, to people who have been around this vessel long enough, these little noises are comfortably familiar.

Metalhead has panels built into it, and Copp is able to open these panels to clean the dust and whatnot from the fans, or fix broken down parts by probing a screwdriver into it and wiggling it about.

Voice-wise, because Copp needs to communicate, the sound gets funneled out from speakers hidden in their ears, as they can't open their mouth. Or rather, they lack a mouth. It's a little creepy, like watching a ventriloquist, and most people prefer not to look at Metalhead's face straight on.

It's actually a miracle that they can speak anyway. Metalhead's "voice" is created by the combination of a couple different sounds, all manipulated by magic to resemble a voice. It's a little creepy, but undoubtedly fascinating. So there's: the hum of springs when they're pulled and released, the clear, bright piano-like metal on metal, and little miscellaneous click, creaks, and whirs. And of course, all echoed through their vocal cords (read: a bunch of metal wires stretched to form a funnel).

All of these sounds are manipulated by the Blue Fairy's magic to sound like they're actually saying something. However, they has a tendency to pause a lot while speaking, reiterate words a lot, along with occasional stutters due to malfunctions. This results into a very... interesting finished product.


 * insert one of those stats polygons you know the ones. with like agility, scariness, communication, fragility as the stats on them.

Ribbonface Vessel
Ribbonface scares the absolute hex out of me. To begin with, Ribbonface lacks a lot of the things that make Metalhead a lot easier to stomach. Metalhead's petite stature becomes about 7 feet tall, Metalhead's human resemblance becomes a lot less... human. Also, Ribbonface doesn't have a mouth??

Right so. The body is extremely tall, but the proportions are off. It's gotten taller, but not wider. Ribbonface's limbs are scary thin and look as if they could be snapped at any moment. They are also porcelain and ball jointed, though its legs are actually clay, painted the same color as the rest of the body. That is to say, white. Metalhead suffers from excess coloration, and Ribbonface is the exact opposite; offputtingly sterile.

The limbs and torso are all hollow, and unlike Metalhead, don't contain any machinery. The legs are also built in a way that insulate the insides really well; the walls of the legs are hollow themselves. Thus, you can treat a leg as a thermos and fill it with soup.

Ribbonface has on a wig, although it's never been taken off. Probably glued on. The hair is soft and short, cut in a bowl cut sort of style and colored honey pink.

Ribbonface's face appears to be cloth stretched over a structure of some sort, forming a flat disk that resembles a mask. The only details on this mask are two eye holes cut into the cloth. A ribbon runs invisible stitches across each eye hole, extending from the corners of the eyes. It lies on top of the wig, and ties in a bow at the back. The "eyes" can "blink", which occurs through the ribbons automatically tightening and loosening. When the ribbons are tightened, the stitches close, making the "eyes" close. And when they're slack, the "eyes" open again.

This vessel is the quietest. There aren't any speakers placed on the body, so Copp can't talk. Furthermore, the lack of machinery means there aren't any weird machine noises. And movement, while stiff, can occur quickly, which is more than I can say for Metalhead and Glassheart. With a little elbow grease, one can detach and attach the limbs with ease.
 * stats polygon again

Glassheart Vessel

 * indecipherable nonsense below
 * transparent glass body, glowing neon machinery inside. machinery is for heating up, and blueish. aquarium lookin'
 * pApEr SkIn AnD gLaSs BoNeS
 * cool voice, sounds like tinkling glass and glass being smashed.
 * a lot more fluid in movement (though still slow), moves because the heated glass melts and reforms quickly.
 * so, blueish neon heat machinery and glass that is either clear or orangey clear. wow cool

Making Small Robots and Toys
TBA

Ethics of AI
They got interested after their Coppelius was stressing over it a lot. ha that's ironic

Exploring the World
A secret desire! some weird magical error and copp was granted this small smidge of autonomy.

Abilities
Enhanced strength can pick up radio signals and play the radio from their speaker (sometimes) views the world with HUDs and filters. could go into night vision mode

How The Story Goes
[//www.shomler.com/dance/coppelia/ct.htm http://www.shomler.com/dance/coppelia/ct.htm]

How Does Coppola Fit Into it?
stuff

Viewpoint on Destiny
It's chill

Name
The name Coppola has two meanings and both are Italian. One is "a theatrical woman", adhering to the fact that their story is a ballet. The other is a type of hat (I think?). That's why they wear hats a lot. It also helps that the original main actress of Coppélia was Italian, so my name choice makes sense other than just wanting a name that sounded vaguely like Coppélia.

Fantoche is the French translation for "puppet", for obvious reasons.

A very surprising revelation: Coppola was a name mentioned in Der Sandmann, a short story that inspired Coppélia? Dang!

Trivia

 * Their birthday, October 1st, is World Ballet Day. Also, they're a Libra since it's the only inanimate symbol.
 * The Metalhead Vessel was named as such in a reference to the Black Mirror episode of the same name. The epiosde centers around these creepy robotic guard dogs, and deals with the ethics of AI. It's a nice reference, even though I don't actually watch Black Mirror.

Quotes
"... Alright."

- *vine voice* okay

"The Mona Lisa? I.. I have definitely h-heard of her before... she is a great aunt of mine... she's very f-famous correct? Wh-what do you mean I'm... lying? I am not s-s-sure that is possible for an object like me p-programmed to... to tell the absolute... truth. I am a doll am I.. am I n-not? I h-have similar... similar origins t-that the Mona Lisa has t-t-too. That... would make m-me distinctly related.. related to all i-inanimate humanoid items. W-would it not?"

- Trying to rationalize the family tree

"I-i'm assuming... this is... is i-illegal?"

- no it is perfectly legal