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That's how you think of me, isn't it? You think I either buy – or flirt – my way to the top. Why do you have to undermine my work? |
Bastion Fanfarinet is the nephew of Fanfarinet from Princess Mayblossom, a fairytale by Madame D'Aulnoy.
The heir of one of France's most famous villain families, 'Bas' is an enigma who seems to simultaneously live in mystery and the public eye. On one hand, he's first violin for one of EAH's many orchestras, a premier debater on one of EAH's debate teams and the treasurer of the elusive underground Host Club. On the other hand, he's just another face in the crowd of punk-looking villains.
No one really knows what lies under the charming, bad boy exterior. Despite being a future diplomat, Bas rarely makes a statement on what movements or beliefs he truly stands for, except for some sort of resent towards authority. When everything he does simply looks like an act, then who is the man and who is the legacy?
Character
Personality
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Hobbies & Interests
Violin: Out of all the instruments that he had picked up, violin is the only one Bastion has stuck with. Perhaps it's the lightness of the instrument, or the romanticism, or the ease of play, but whatever it is, Bastion will admit that playing the violin is one of the few things that calms him down.
Orchestra: Likewise, Bastion is a first-violinist in one of Ever After High's orchestras.
Chamber Band: He's also in a chamber music group with Icarus Juniper on piano. [and possibly some other members as well, I'm still working out the basics].
Debate: A member of Ever After High's Senior Premier Team, Bastion is a masterful debater, easily able to express convincing and well-put arguments. Often is second person, on the same team as Pythia Adalinda and Sage Idason. The former is a good pal, and he's irritated by the latter.
Model United Nations: Bastion is a regular representative and delegate and uses this as an opportunity to simulate an actual parliament hall.
Charity Projects: More out of obligation (he's a diplomat's kid, he has to look charitable to be presentable) than actual interest. Honestly this is probably more of a ploy to take selfies with poor kids and to feel a false sense of being humbled.
Appearance
Bastion looks like those impossibly perfect people with their life together. I mean, he doesn't have his life together, but at least he's good at faking that appearance.
He has a pretty boy charm, being well-dressed and well put together. Bastion's incredibly pedantic about his appearance and rarely has a hair out of place, always aiming to look immaculate.
He's fairly tall, at a height of five foot ten. Has a tendency to use his shorter friends as armrests.
Olive skin tone. Medium-brown almond-shaped eyes that are doubled-eyelidded. His built is on the slim side. Bas lowkey hates his own pretty boy image but its only thing going for him right now so (shrug emoticon).
His hair is naturally black, but Bastion often bleaches it and dyes it. Currently it's pink. Also, Bastion is of French (white) heritage on his mother's side, and Chinese-Korean heritage on his father's. Although he's proud of his half-Asian heritage, which is highly evident in his appearance, Bastion can't help but resent most of the stereotypes associated with Eurasian people. Partially he's irritated by all the objectification mixed-race kids get. And he's really doesn't like it when people tell him what K-Pop star he reminds them of.
Fairy tale – Princess Mayblossom
How the Story Goes
Wikipedia – Princess Mayblossom
Princess Mayblossom is born, but a fairytale named Carabosse curses her to be miserable for 20 years. Thus, the princess was put into a tower to prevent any harm to her.
When Mayblossom was nearly 20, her parents decided that she must be married, so they sent her portrait to every legible prince. King Merlin sent his ambassador, Fanfarinet, to make an offer for his son, but Mayblossom swiftly fell in love with Fanfarinet instead, and convinced him to run away with her, taking her father's dagger and her mother's headdress.
A chancellor realised that the princess was missing, and the nurses told him about the princess and Fanfarinet. They later found from a man that he rowed the couple to an island.
At the island, you probably expect the Ambassador and the Princess to be happy. Nah. Turns out that Fanfarinet was actually a huge jerk, a lazy arse, and wasn't very nice to the princess at all. Later, while the admiral men land on the island to search for Mayblossom and Fanfarinet, Mayblossom made Fanfarinet invisible with her mother's headdress, and he ended up killing the men.
Later, Fanfarinet turned on the princess, about to kill her as well, but instead Mayblossom stabbed him in the face and threw him down a cliff.
When Mayblossom went home, her 20 years were up, and ended up married to King Merlin's son, who was hella rad.
How does Bastion come into it?
The Fanfarinets are generally regarded as the most well-known political families in France. They hop from kingdom to kingdom, working as ambassadors for whatever fortunate prince lands himself lucky to marry the next Mayblossom. Their reputation is grand, but their work ethnic is always seen as nothing less than impeccable, so hosting a Fanfarinet family in one's kingdom is seen as honourable. In fact, the only villainous part people see of the Fanfarinets is their unfortunate destiny.
Bastion's mother was the younger sister of the previous Fanfarinet. Ever since her brother got the destiny, Bastion's mother grew distant from him, and didn't even bat an eyelash when he fell from grace.
It was unknown whether the previous Fanfarinet fathered any children, and no one really wanted to bother to find out. Instead, the fairytale authorities deemed that the next Fanfarinet should be someone related to the previous one, and picked Bastion.
His parents were fine with that, and oddly, only slightly delighted when, after the WTW events, he didn't have to follow his destiny anymore.
Opinion on Destiny
Obviously, Bastion doesn't like his destiny. There's little to like about deceiving pretty girls, plotting to murder them only to get killed yourself. He's not sure about his own moral standing but he knows for a fact that he doesn't want to sink that low. Also, being the next Ambassador? It makes him a villain, which clashes with the charming politician image he was born to portray.
However, above all, Bastion is a Fanfarinet, and there's something honourable about living your family legacy, even if it means laying down your life.
Still, Bastion expresses no strong opinions either way, although he is aligned with the Rebels. This is because he wants to seem amicable towards most of the student body, and wants to seem confident and alluring and self-assured. Showing people his inner turmoil? That is unspeakable.
Unfortunate Parallels
- Bastion is charming and approachable, mirroring how Fanfarinet was attractive at first.
- His fear of knives is due to how Mayblossom will stab him in the future.
Relationships
Family
How to describe the Fanfarinet family? A French aristocratic family previously held in high esteem, the Fanfarinets' reputation took a blow ever since the very first Princess Mayblossom was taken by the very first Ambassador Fanfarinet.
They recovered that reputation, of course. Over generations, they became one of the most influential diplomatic families in France. In fact, it became an honour to host the Fanfarinets in your kingdom, because it ensured your prince marriage to the next Princess Mayblossom.
Unfortunately, a family can recover from a crime-stained reputation, but very rarely can they recover from forementioned crime. Disguised behind sharply creased suits and well-meant trade agreements, behind closed doors and under-the-table payments, the Fanfarinets are nothing less than corrupt politicians. Payments of gold are sent off to dragon hoards, goblins in the British Isles and Swiss Banks, while the family indulge in their comfort and luxury.
People adore them though. Two professional working parents, two beautiful and clever kids. The ideal modern family.
Parents
They're both lovely people. On the outside, at least, because on the inside, they're just really corrupt politicians.
His mother was the sister of the previous Fanfarinet, born with a superiority complex. Knowing that her brother would take over the destiny, she strived to be better than him in every aspect, so that she would pass on the legacy of their family name with grace and dignity. She was ambitious and dedicated, educated and erudite, serving as a fine French diplomat in foreign affairs, rallying treatries and policies and other information between countries and recieved many accolades for that.
It was through foreign affairs that she met Bastion's father, an ambassador from Asia who visited her kingdom on a business exchange. He had a fondness for music and encouraged his son to be just as musical. Thus, he's the main reason why Bastion's talented in three instruments, with a nice voice to boot. He holds his son in high regard, and wants him to achieve as much as possible.
How do they feel about their son being the next Ambassador? It was destiny and tradition, after all. They're have a second child already, too, so there's no worry about losing the family name.
Unfortunately for Bastion, he had always felt like his parents practically dressed him up to die. They never expected much from him, as long as he presented nicely and got decent grades. Because of that, Bastion always felt expendable, as if he didn't matter in the family, as if all his achievements, once he died, will be forgotten and he would be uncared about.
He's torn up in guilt, because he knows that his parents have given him enough and more than enough to live comfortably for the first twenty years of his life and doesn't want to leave and be an inconvenience, but he doesn't feel like he matters as part of the family other than as a vessel to continue the family legacy.
Sister – Adelaide Fanfarinet
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Adelaide is Bastion's 14 year old sister. Although a cynical butthead, she is a brilliant orator, and writes like she's running out of time.
It was always Adelaide with the expensive tutors, Adelaide who they invested in scholarships for, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide. When it came to conversations with the parents and representing parliaments and all that, it was Adelaide who got a major say in those discussions, and Bastion who was shoved aside.
There is tension between these two obviously. It was weird for Bastion, to be living in the shadow of a younger sister, when by all means, it should have been him in the limelight of their parents – the one with the legacy, the older brother.
Still, Bastion does care about his sister and he does want her to achieve, even at his own expense.
I guess that's what happens when you spend the majority of your teen years thinking you're worthless, huh.
Uncle (Previous Ambassador)
Bastion never met his uncle, obviously. When the man died he left no instructions, just a legacy to protect. Despite dying before Bas' birth, his uncle has shaped a huge portion of Bas' life.
First of all, Bastion is expected to follow in his uncle's footsteps, just like all the previous Fanfarinets. Obviously that's not something that Bastion would like to do, but it's something that his uncle was really proud of being, from all the stories Bas has heard about it. That's something really off-putting for Bastion, because "how on earth am I related to this guy?" and "out of all the people, you expect me to be like him??"
On a serious note, Bastion knows more about his uncle than he wants to know. More importantly, he knows that this is not the man he wants to emulate. Unfortunately, Bastion's convinced that people will only be defining him by his destiny in the future, and knows that if that happens, then he'll simply be a name mentioned alongside that of his uncle.
Other Family Members
Although Bastion's family is generally loving, it doesn't stop the fact that, in the end, they are a crime family.
I mean, not in the conventional sense. But they are tricksy politicians, and there's no harm in being cautious about that.
Friends
EAH Premier Debate Team
Pythia Adalinda: They're friends over the fact that they're both villainous legacies, yet, they have otherwise kind and candid political families (or so Bastion thinks).
Bastion is lowkey jealous of Pythia, because she always stands up for and is outspoken about her strong beliefs. There's no mystery or concealment behind what causes she stands for – she's completely honest. In a sense, I suppose, Bastion wishes he could be like that, being say whatever he believes in.
Charmaine Lexwington
In the rush between class periods, a certain fairy crashed into our favourite ambassador, getting caught in his arms, and naturally, Bastion had to make a really bad pick-up line. Min, although being a total catch, punched Bas. In the face. And from then on, immediately dubbed him the dude with the terrible pick-up lines.
They kept on running into each other – at the coffeeshop, in the hallways, until the two wised up and decided to apologise to each other. So they did and that was chill, and from then on, they became friends.
Friends who poke fun at each other and jokingly flirt, but hey, still friends, right?
Dead Epics Society
Airmid Valerian: Bastion and the next physician sort of get along. They complain a lot about the fact that they're forced to die because of a princess, and the whole stress of keeping up appearances.
Icarus Juniper: To Bastion, Icarus is the chill, level-headed leader of Dead Epics. Bastion is impressed by how much chill Icarus has. Bastion also doubts that Icarus is actually chill and is probably also #internallyscreaming inside.
Enemies
Turnus Wyllt
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You really think this is about Mayblossom? How daft are you? |
TBA
Pet
Bastion has a white cat named Louis Purrteur. Louis Purrteur gets the finest treatment from Bas, including expensive cat foods and the most elaborate of cat climbing towers.
Romance
Tricky subject.
Short answer: Bastion hates it.
Long answer: Bastion really hates it.
That's not to say Bastion won't flirt. In fact, Bastion flirts with everyone all the time! He's practically a flirt machine! Basically, Bastion is totally okay with flings and joke relationships, but anything that begins to move towards the romantically-emotional territory absolutely terrifies him. His destiny is a huge affect on that, since he's grown a fear of getting attached to people, and would probably run away in the exact opposite direction if someone was actually into him.
Is he afraid of hurting that person, or he is just afraid of hurting himself?
No one really knows.
This is Bastion Fanfarinet we're talking about.
Outfits
Bastion is somewhere between the boundary of decently well-dressed and soft punk.
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BasicTBA | |
Hat-tastic PartyTBA |
Trivia
- Bastion is a diminutive of Sebastian, which means "venerable" or "respected". The 'Bas' part of Bastion sounds like amBASsador.
- I guess if you're a diplomat, you would probably be pretty respected.
- Fanfarinet was the name of the Ambassador in Princess Mayblossom.
- Bas also rhymes with "ass" and he has a pretty fine one.
- Fun fact I almost made him play the bassoon aasdfklhasdflaksjhdf
- He was a trust fund baby. According to Adelaide in Bas' diary, his parents cut him off around about post-Dragon Games.
- Learns towards "respectability politics" (he & Pythia clash heads a lot because of this).
- Bastion is short-sighted, but wears contacts. Gotta keep up that pretty boy image, right??
- Like any respectable European politician, Bastion speaks 7 languages: English, French, German, Korean, Mandarin, Arabic and Spanish. Basically, every official language of the UN (sans Russian), as well as German and Korean.
Quotes
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Mother told me never to keep a lady waiting. |
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Bas. It rhymes with my greatest asset. |
—Bastion, introducing himself. | |
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As for my straight opinion, Min dear, how could I possibly give a /straight/ opinion when– |
—and here, Airmid cut him off for saying such an overused joke. | |
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Your reasoning is so incredibly fallacious. It’s absolutely erroneous for you to ignore all the nuances of– |
—it's really obvious that he does debate | |
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