User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/PAX/Flowingcoat - Revision history

Reversedragon: card abilities

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card abilities

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	{{HueRoster\|P=play cost\| 5 }}		{{HueRoster\|P=play cost\| 5 }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=productivity\| 1 }}		{{HueRoster\|P=productivity\| 1 }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) \| unique expert card (Aurora) }}		{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) \| unique expert card (Aurora) }} <!-- card tier / class (Aurora) -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=field\| national parks \| theater }}		{{HueRoster\|P=field\| national parks \| theater }} <!-- career or skill tree (role-playing games) / field (Aurora) / industry (Aurora) -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- ~~en: bloc /~~ card suit -->		{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- card suit / Bloc (Aurora) -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}		{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Be Yourself</strong> — when I am part of a Mass and a character of another Bloc is in the Vanguard Position, you may dispatch me to change that character to Water bloc. }}		{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Be Yourself</strong> — when I am part of a Mass and a character of another Bloc is in the Vanguard Position, you may dispatch me to change that character to Water bloc. }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>~~Fountainhead~~</strong> — when ~~played into~~ a ~~Firm with productivity between 5~~ and ~~10 I assume the Manager position~~. }}		{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>In Element</strong> — when I am part of a Mass and it is hit by reversion-type damage, you may dispatch me to block all damage it would take on this turn. }}
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	== Wavebuilder combinations ==		== Wavebuilder combinations ==
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	W. E. R. "{{TTS\|tts=we're\|Wer}}" LaFarge was born into a wealthy family in Boston, coming from three generations of accomplished experts. After graduating from Harvard he came back to New York with dreams of being a novelist like his father or his uncle.<ref name="eh"/> Within five or so years the counterculture movements of the 1960s kicked up, and {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} became tormented by his role in perpetuating Liberal capitalism. This drove him to begin participating in scenes of progressive people, to divorce his politically-neutral wife, and to try his best to separate all his assets from the Vietnam War.<ref name="eh"/> Eventually he would put significant stretches of watershed land along the Narrow River into a trust for the benefit of the environment.<ref name="nr"/> {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} transformed himself from a suit-and-tie aristocrat to a ponytail-wearing playwright, but the one thing he was not ready for was the day his new researcher wife was assigned [[E:Nim Chimpsky\|a chimpanzee]];<ref name="eh"/><ref name="cu"/> one of the few things he was not willing to do was pack up all his books into his office before the chimp regularly knocked them onto the floor. Although he never pulled his money out on grounds the study wasn't worth it, he eventually had to pull himself out of his second marriage and retreat to a farm he owned in Rhode Island.<ref name="eh2"/>		W. E. R. "{{TTS\|tts=we're\|Wer}}" LaFarge was born into a wealthy family in Boston, coming from three generations of accomplished experts. After graduating from Harvard he came back to New York with dreams of being a novelist like his father or his uncle.<ref name="eh"/> Within five or so years the counterculture movements of the 1960s kicked up, and {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} became tormented by his role in perpetuating Liberal capitalism. This drove him to begin participating in scenes of progressive people, to divorce his politically-neutral wife, and to try his best to separate all his assets from the Vietnam War.<ref name="eh"/> Eventually he would put significant stretches of watershed land along the Narrow River into a trust for the benefit of the environment.<ref name="nr"/> {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} transformed himself from a suit-and-tie aristocrat to a ponytail-wearing playwright, but the one thing he was not ready for was the day his new researcher wife was assigned [[E:Nim Chimpsky\|a chimpanzee]];<ref name="eh"/><ref name="cu"/> one of the few things he was not willing to do was pack up all his books into his office before the chimp regularly knocked them onto the floor. Although he never pulled his money out on grounds the study wasn't worth it, he eventually had to pull himself out of his second marriage and retreat to a farm he owned in Rhode Island.<ref name="eh2"/>

	In the 196X era, {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} is mostly busy with his attempts at poetry, philosophical questions, and plays, as well as his occasional family troubles. He doodles his best guess at what he might look like after transformation in his notebooks. Into 197X, when he goes into retreat and finally gets some peace and quiet, he finally becomes his Advance form.<ref name="ib"/> He is largely disconnected from any greater workers' movement, but becomes a member of the hippie-founded [[E:Party of Peace and Crossover\|Party of Peace and Crossover]] ({{TTS\|tts=Pax\|PAX}}), gladly donating money to aid the arts or the environment.<ref name="ib"/> As Flowingcoat, he possesses [[:Category:Existentialist-Structuralist tradition ontology\|Existentialist]] abilities centering around self-expression and freedom. He can act together with the surrounding environment to counter alchemical [[redlink\|reversion actions]], although to be perfectly accurate his life is mostly uneventful and he hardly ever actually has to use these abilities.		In the 196X era, {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} is mostly busy with his attempts at poetry, philosophical questions, and plays, as well as his occasional family troubles. He doodles his best guess at what he might look like after transformation in his notebooks. Into 197X, when he goes into retreat and finally gets some peace and quiet, he finally becomes his Advance form.<ref name="ib"/> He is largely disconnected from any greater workers' movement, but becomes a member of the hippie-founded [[E:Party of Peace and Crossover\|Party of Peace and Crossover]] ({{TTS\|tts=Pax\|PAX}}), gladly donating money to aid the arts or the environment.<ref name="ib"/> As {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}, he possesses [[:Category:Existentialist-Structuralist tradition ontology\|Existentialist]] abilities centering around self-expression and freedom. He can act together with the surrounding environment to counter alchemical [[redlink\|reversion actions]], although to be perfectly accurate his life is mostly uneventful and he hardly ever actually has to use these abilities.

	== Usage notes ==		== Usage notes ==

	Flowingcoat is mainly just a card-game character, and probably does not appear in the main series.		{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}} is mainly just a card-game character, and probably does not appear in the main series.

			He was assigned the strawberry {{TTS\|html=code\|tts=West\|W}} swatch ([[E:Western Marxism\|Western Marxism]]) due to his broad resemblances to the central themes of [[E:Gramscianism\|Gramscianism]] — progressive "culture" or "mentality", the arts, and in case of [[E:Cold War\|cold war]] acting as a Communist ally as opposed to an anarchist objector to both Liberal-republicanism and Communism.

			=== Card mechanics ===

			Flowingcoat's abilities are archetypically more similar to the Earth bloc than the Water bloc, but this is thematically appropriate to his character given that he sits in the kind of class position where he is almost required to side with a slightly revisionist faction. The Water bloc is a good compromise in that it it does not have a primarily negative meaning, but it can represent varying degrees of [[E:early Maoism\|progress]] or [[E:Deng Xiaoping Thought\|revisionism]]. Also, the Water bloc feeds into the gimmick of the card being all about wetlands and watersheds.

	~~He was assigned the strawberry {{TTS\|html~~=~~code\|tts~~=West\|W}} swatch ([[E:Western Marxism\|Western Marxism]]) due to his vague resemblances to the central themes of [[E:Gramscianism\|Gramscianism]] — progressive "culture", the arts, and in case of [[E:Cold War\|cold war]] acting as a Communist ally as opposed to an anarchist objector to both Liberal-republicanism and Communism.		=== Card ability names ===

	=~~== Card abilities ===~~		"[https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+element In element]" is an English idiom for fitting into a particular situation. It references the concept of {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}'s form being themed around riverbanks, and protecting riverbanks.

	The ability "Fountainhead" is an ironic reference to the titular metaphor of <cite>The Fountainhead</cite>. In Rand's work a fountainhead is meant to represent a flowing source of wealth or social structures. Here the metaphor is ironically turned around to simply represent "the bourgeoisie are the group of people who call themselves fountainheads" or "Flowingcoat came from generational wealth, which flowed down like a fountainhead". (This was the reason for giving him the ability.) The pun does require a considerable amount of context to be funny.		The ability "Fountainhead" is an ironic reference to the titular metaphor of <cite>The Fountainhead</cite>. In Rand's work a fountainhead is meant to represent a flowing source of wealth or social structures. Here the metaphor is ironically turned around to simply represent "the bourgeoisie are the group of people who call themselves fountainheads" or "{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}} came from generational wealth, which flowed down like a fountainhead". (This was the reason for giving him the ability.) The pun does require a considerable amount of context to be funny.

	== References ==		== References ==

Reversedragon: Background

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Background

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	{{HueClaim \|P=item type\| {{Template:S1}} }}		{{HueClaim \|P=item type\| {{Template:S1}} }}
	{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA/L\|lang=en\| {{~~User~~:~~Reversedragon/Ironblood/PAX/Flowingcoat~~}} \| [[E:ẞ01-100]] }}		{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA/L\|lang=en\| {{E:ẞ01-100}} \| [[E:ẞ01-100]] }}
	{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA\|lang=en\| {{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class{{=}}"caps">{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}</strong> (Ironblood setting) }}		{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA\|lang=en\| {{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class{{=}}"caps">{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}</strong> (Ironblood setting) }}
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	{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Fountainhead</strong> — when played into a Firm with productivity between 5 and 10 I assume the Manager position. }}		{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Fountainhead</strong> — when played into a Firm with productivity between 5 and 10 I assume the Manager position. }}
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	{{WaveRoute\| -- \| -- \| -- }} <!-- en: FROM ?? ?? -->		{{WaveRoute\| <cite>Nim Chimpsky</cite> \| Wolf form (Ironblood) \| {{E:ẞ01-100}} }} <!-- en: FROM ?? ?? -->
			{{WaveRoute\| <cite>Nim Chimpsky</cite> \| Ironblood setting \| {{E:ẞ01-100}} }}
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	== ~~[[Special:PermanentLink/7903?title=User:Reversedragon/Ironblood\|Prototype]] notes~~ ==		== Background ==

	<~~ol class~~="~~hue clean~~">		W. E. R. "{{TTS\|tts=we're\|Wer}}" LaFarge was born into a wealthy family in Boston, coming from three generations of accomplished experts. After graduating from Harvard he came back to New York with dreams of being a novelist like his father or his uncle.<ref name="eh"/> Within five or so years the counterculture movements of the 1960s kicked up, and {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} became tormented by his role in perpetuating Liberal capitalism. This drove him to begin participating in scenes of progressive people, to divorce his politically-neutral wife, and to try his best to separate all his assets from the Vietnam War.<ref name="eh"/> Eventually he would put significant stretches of watershed land along the Narrow River into a trust for the benefit of the environment.<ref name="nr"/> {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} transformed himself from a suit-and-tie aristocrat to a ponytail-wearing playwright, but the one thing he was not ready for was the day his new researcher wife was assigned [[E:Nim Chimpsky\|a chimpanzee]];<ref name="eh"/><ref name="cu"/> one of the few things he was not willing to do was pack up all his books into his office before the chimp regularly knocked them onto the floor. Although he never pulled his money out on grounds the study wasn't worth it, he eventually had to pull himself out of his second marriage and retreat to a farm he owned in Rhode Island.<ref name="eh2"/>
	</li><~~li class~~="~~field_gramsci~~" ~~value~~="~~618" data-dimension="S~~">{{TTS\|tts=we're\|~~W.E.R.~~}} ~~LaFarge <strong class="caps i">~~[[~~User~~:~~Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge~~\|~~Name-Unknown~~]]</~~strong~~> ~~- ... he wrote plays but apparently the big thing he did was own a watershed to keep it from being developed.~~<ref name="nr" /> not ~~a very Marxist approach~~ .~~.. but I liked reading~~ his ~~story so~~ he's a ~~card now~~.
	~~</li>~~</ol>

	* the ~~river thing makes me think either anarchism or Existentialism. but Existentialism~~ is ~~so often anticommunist it seems like too much of an insult.~~		In the 196X era, {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} is mostly busy with his attempts at poetry, philosophical questions, and plays, as well as his occasional family troubles. He doodles his best guess at what he might look like after transformation in his notebooks. Into 197X, when he goes into retreat and finally gets some peace and quiet, he finally becomes his Advance form.<ref name="ib"/> He is largely disconnected from any greater workers' movement, but becomes a member of the hippie-founded [[E:Party of Peace and Crossover\|Party of Peace and Crossover]] ({{TTS\|tts=Pax\|PAX}}), gladly donating money to aid the arts or the environment.<ref name="ib"/> As Flowingcoat, he possesses [[:Category:Existentialist-Structuralist tradition ontology\|Existentialist]] abilities centering around self-expression and freedom. He can act together with the surrounding environment to counter alchemical [[redlink\|reversion actions]], although to be perfectly accurate his life is mostly uneventful and he hardly ever actually has to use these abilities.
	* Could be filed under Western Marxism. the line between Western Marxism, ~~anarchism~~, and ~~Existentialism can get very fuzzy~~.
	* his ~~participation~~ in "~~culture~~" (the arts~~) seems like a point for Western Marxism~~.<ref name="eh" />

	== Usage notes ==		== Usage notes ==

			Flowingcoat is mainly just a card-game character, and probably does not appear in the main series.

			He was assigned the strawberry {{TTS\|html=code\|tts=West\|W}} swatch ([[E:Western Marxism\|Western Marxism]]) due to his vague resemblances to the central themes of [[E:Gramscianism\|Gramscianism]] — progressive "culture", the arts, and in case of [[E:Cold War\|cold war]] acting as a Communist ally as opposed to an anarchist objector to both Liberal-republicanism and Communism.

	=== Card abilities ===		=== Card abilities ===
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	<references>		<references>
	<ref name="eh"><cite>Nim Chimpsky: The chimp who would be human</cite>. Hess, E. (2008).</ref>		<ref name="eh"><cite>Nim Chimpsky: The chimp who would be human</cite>. Hess, E. (2008). pp. 65-69. Bantam Dell; Random House. [[E:All citations should include cost information\|[used; discarded from library]]].</ref> <!-- printed: United States -->
	<ref name="nr"><cite class="article">~~title~~</cite>. (29 June 2017)~~. tumblr~~. [https://narrowriver.org/friend-of-the-river-award/]</ref>		<ref name="eh2"><cite>Nim Chimpsky</cite> (Hess 2008). pp. 81-82,110-111.</ref> <!-- WER's dilemma -->
			<ref name="cu"><cite class="article">Hanging from the language tree</cite>. Rodriguez, C. (2008). <cite>Columbia Magazine</cite>, 2008(3). [https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/hanging-language-tree]</ref>

			<ref name="nr"><cite class="article">Friend of the River Award: W.E.R. La Farge</cite>. (29 June 2017). [https://narrowriver.org/friend-of-the-river-award/]</ref>
			<ref name="ib">Fictional fact in Ironblood setting — not a fact in real life.</ref>
	</references>		</references>

Reversedragon: Fountainhead ability / SSR number

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Fountainhead ability / SSR number

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	{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA\|lang=en\| {{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class{{=}}"caps">{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}</strong> (Ironblood setting) }}		{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA\|lang=en\| {{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class{{=}}"caps">{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}</strong> (Ironblood setting) }}
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	{{HueRoster\|P=card title\| {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}, River Protector }}		{{HueRoster\|P=card title\| {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}, River Protector }}
			{{HueRoster\|P=play cost\| 5 }}
			{{HueRoster\|P=productivity\| 1 }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}		{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}
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	<ol class="hue clean">		<ol class="hue clean">
	</li><li class="field_gramsci" value="618" data-dimension="S">{{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class="caps i">[[User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge\|Name-Unknown]]</strong> - ~~culturally-defined Communist ally<ref name="eh" /> / charcoal color?~~ he wrote plays but apparently the big thing he did was own a watershed to keep it from being developed.<ref name="nr" /> not a very Marxist approach ... but I liked reading his story so he's a card now.		</li><li class="field_gramsci" value="618" data-dimension="S">{{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class="caps i">[[User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge\|Name-Unknown]]</strong> - ... he wrote plays but apparently the big thing he did was own a watershed to keep it from being developed.<ref name="nr" /> not a very Marxist approach ... but I liked reading his story so he's a card now.
	</li></ol>		</li></ol>

	* the river thing makes me think either anarchism or Existentialism. but Existentialism is so often anticommunist it seems like too much of an insult.		* the river thing makes me think either anarchism or Existentialism. but Existentialism is so often anticommunist it seems like too much of an insult.
	* Could be filed under Western Marxism. the line between Western Marxism, anarchism, and Existentialism can get very fuzzy.		* Could be filed under Western Marxism. the line between Western Marxism, anarchism, and Existentialism can get very fuzzy.
	* his participation in "culture" (the arts) seems like a point for Western Marxism.		* his participation in "culture" (the arts) seems like a point for Western Marxism.<ref name="eh" />

	== Usage notes ==		== Usage notes ==

			=== Card abilities ===

			The ability "Fountainhead" is an ironic reference to the titular metaphor of <cite>The Fountainhead</cite>. In Rand's work a fountainhead is meant to represent a flowing source of wealth or social structures. Here the metaphor is ironically turned around to simply represent "the bourgeoisie are the group of people who call themselves fountainheads" or "Flowingcoat came from generational wealth, which flowed down like a fountainhead". (This was the reason for giving him the ability.) The pun does require a considerable amount of context to be funny.

	== References ==		== References ==

Reversedragon: Reversedragon moved page User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge to User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/PAX/Flowingcoat: Entity number or thesis portal structure was not final

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Reversedragon moved page User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge to User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/PAX/Flowingcoat: Entity number or thesis portal structure was not final

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Reversedragon: industry

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industry

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	{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}		{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}
			{{HueRoster\|P=field\| national parks \| theater }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- en: bloc / card suit -->		{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- en: bloc / card suit -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}		{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}

Reversedragon: card abilities

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card abilities

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	<onlyinclude><dfn class="field_gramsci manual" data-dimension="S" data-qid="618" data-numbersign="404" data-series="" data-work="" data-lexeme="">{{IS1}}[[User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge\|~~{{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class="caps i">Name-Unknown</strong>~~ ]]{{#if: {{{3\|}}} \| {{{3}}} \| <ins class="field"> (Ironblood ~~setting~~)</ins> }}{{#if: {{{2\|}}} \| <ins class="edition-sense term"> ([[E:Q618/{{{2}}}\|{{{2}}}]]<nowiki />)</ins> }}{{WaveScore\|sum=1\|quilt=1\|ply=1\|enddfn=1}}</onlyinclude>		<onlyinclude><dfn class="field_gramsci manual" data-dimension="S" data-qid="618" data-numbersign="404" data-series="" data-work="" data-lexeme="">{{IS1}}[[User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge\|Flowingcoat]]{{#if: {{{3\|}}} \| {{{3}}} \| <ins class="note"> ({{TTS\|tts=Pax\|PAX}}<span class="field">; Ironblood</span>)</ins> }}{{#if: {{{2\|}}} \| <ins class="edition-sense term"> ([[E:Q618/{{{2}}}\|{{{2}}}]]<nowiki />)</ins> }}{{WaveScore\|sum=1\|quilt=1\|ply=1\|enddfn=1}}</onlyinclude>
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	{{HueClaim \|P=item type\| {{Template:S1}} }}		{{HueClaim \|P=item type\| {{Template:S1}} }}
	{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA/L\|lang=en\| {{User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge}} }}		{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA/L\|lang=en\| {{User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge}} }}
	{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA\|lang=en\| -- }}		{{HueRoster\|EP=PPPA\|lang=en\| {{TTS\|tts=we're\|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class{{=}}"caps">{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}</strong> (Ironblood setting) }}
	{{HueRoster\|EP=P42\| -- }} <!-- en: QID references -->		{{HueRoster\|EP=P42\| -- }} <!-- en: QID references -->
	{{HueRoster\|EP=P34\| Ironblood card game }} <!-- en: field -->		{{HueRoster\|EP=P34\| Ironblood card game }} <!-- en: field -->
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	<dl class="wikitable hue">		<dl class="wikitable hue">
	{{HueRoster\|P=title\| ??, River Protector }}		{{HueRoster\|P=card title\| {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}, River Protector }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}		{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=~~bloc~~\| Water }} <!-- en: bloc / card suit -->		{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- en: bloc / card suit -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=form\| ~~Lóng Dragon~~ }}		{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}
			{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Be Yourself</strong> — when I am part of a Mass and a character of another Bloc is in the Vanguard Position, you may dispatch me to change that character to Water bloc. }}
			{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Fountainhead</strong> — when played into a Firm with productivity between 5 and 10 I assume the Manager position. }}
	</dl>		</dl>

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<onlyinclude><dfn class="field_gramsci manual" data-dimension="S" data-qid="618" data-numbersign="404" data-series="" data-work="" data-lexeme="">{{IS1}}[[User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge|{{TTS|tts=we're|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class="caps i">Name-Unknown</strong> ]]{{#if: {{{3|}}} | {{{3}}} | <ins class="field"> (Ironblood setting)</ins> }}{{#if: {{{2|}}} | <ins class="edition-sense term"> ([[E:Q618/{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]]<nowiki />)</ins> }}{{WaveScore|sum=1|quilt=1|ply=1|enddfn=1}}</onlyinclude>
</li></ol> __NOTOC__

== Core characteristics ==

<dl class="wikitable hue">
{{HueClaim |P=item type| {{Template:S1}} }}
{{HueRoster|EP=PPPA/L|lang=en| {{User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge}} }}
{{HueRoster|EP=PPPA|lang=en| -- }}
{{HueRoster|EP=P42| -- }} 
{{HueRoster|EP=P34| Ironblood card game }} 
{{HueRoster|EP=P4| historical figure (Ironblood) | [[E:Party of Peace and Crossover|{{TTS|tts=Pax|PAX}} member (Ironblood)]] | expert card (Aurora) }} 
{{HueRoster|P=home region| New York | United Socialist States (Ironblood) }}
</dl>

=== Aurora card mechanics ===

<dl class="wikitable hue">
{{HueRoster|P=title| ??, River Protector }}
{{HueRoster|P=class| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}
{{HueRoster|P=bloc| Water }} 
{{HueRoster|P=form| Lóng Dragon }}
</dl>

== Wavebuilder combinations ==

<dl class="wikitable hue data_wavebuild three">
{{WaveBuildNone| -- | -- | -- }} 
</dl>

=== Wavebuilder characterizations ===

<dl class="wikitable hue data_wavebuild three">
{{WaveRoute| -- | -- | -- }} 
</dl>

== [[Special:PermanentLink/7903?title=User:Reversedragon/Ironblood|Prototype]] notes ==

<ol class="hue clean">
</li><li class="field_gramsci" value="618" data-dimension="S">{{TTS|tts=we're|W.E.R.}} LaFarge <strong class="caps i">[[User:Reversedragon/Ironblood/USS-PAX/LaFarge|Name-Unknown]]</strong> - culturally-defined Communist ally<ref name="eh" /> / charcoal color? he wrote plays but apparently the big thing he did was own a watershed to keep it from being developed.<ref name="nr" /> not a very Marxist approach ... but I liked reading his story so he's a card now.
</li></ol>

* the river thing makes me think either anarchism or Existentialism. but Existentialism is so often anticommunist it seems like too much of an insult.
* Could be filed under Western Marxism. the line between Western Marxism, anarchism, and Existentialism can get very fuzzy.
* his participation in "culture" (the arts) seems like a point for Western Marxism.

== Usage notes ==

== References ==

<references>
<ref name="eh"><cite>Nim Chimpsky: The chimp who would be human</cite>. Hess, E. (2008).</ref>
<ref name="nr"><cite class="article">title</cite>. (29 June 2017). tumblr. [https://narrowriver.org/friend-of-the-river-award/]</ref>
</references>

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	{{HueRoster\|P=play cost\| 5 }}		{{HueRoster\|P=play cost\| 5 }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=productivity\| 1 }}		{{HueRoster\|P=productivity\| 1 }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) \| unique expert card (Aurora) }}		{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) \| unique expert card (Aurora) }} <!-- card tier / class (Aurora) -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=field\| national parks \| theater }}		{{HueRoster\|P=field\| national parks \| theater }} <!-- career or skill tree (role-playing games) / field (Aurora) / industry (Aurora) -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- ~~en: bloc /~~ card suit -->		{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- card suit / Bloc (Aurora) -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}		{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Be Yourself</strong> — when I am part of a Mass and a character of another Bloc is in the Vanguard Position, you may dispatch me to change that character to Water bloc. }}		{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Be Yourself</strong> — when I am part of a Mass and a character of another Bloc is in the Vanguard Position, you may dispatch me to change that character to Water bloc. }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>~~Fountainhead~~</strong> — when ~~played into~~ a ~~Firm with productivity between 5~~ and ~~10 I assume the Manager position~~. }}		{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>In Element</strong> — when I am part of a Mass and it is hit by reversion-type damage, you may dispatch me to block all damage it would take on this turn. }}
	</dl>		</dl>
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	=== Aurora card mechanics (~~old~~ / rejected) ===		=== Aurora card mechanics (prototype / rejected) ===

	<dl class="wikitable hue">		<dl class="wikitable hue">
	{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| -- }}		{{HueRoster\|P=ability\| <strong>Fountainhead</strong> — when played into a Firm with productivity between 5 and 10 I assume the Manager position. }}
	</dl>		</dl>
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	== Wavebuilder combinations ==		== Wavebuilder combinations ==
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	W. E. R. "{{TTS\|tts=we're\|Wer}}" LaFarge was born into a wealthy family in Boston, coming from three generations of accomplished experts. After graduating from Harvard he came back to New York with dreams of being a novelist like his father or his uncle.<ref name="eh"/> Within five or so years the counterculture movements of the 1960s kicked up, and {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} became tormented by his role in perpetuating Liberal capitalism. This drove him to begin participating in scenes of progressive people, to divorce his politically-neutral wife, and to try his best to separate all his assets from the Vietnam War.<ref name="eh"/> Eventually he would put significant stretches of watershed land along the Narrow River into a trust for the benefit of the environment.<ref name="nr"/> {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} transformed himself from a suit-and-tie aristocrat to a ponytail-wearing playwright, but the one thing he was not ready for was the day his new researcher wife was assigned [[E:Nim Chimpsky\|a chimpanzee]];<ref name="eh"/><ref name="cu"/> one of the few things he was not willing to do was pack up all his books into his office before the chimp regularly knocked them onto the floor. Although he never pulled his money out on grounds the study wasn't worth it, he eventually had to pull himself out of his second marriage and retreat to a farm he owned in Rhode Island.<ref name="eh2"/>		W. E. R. "{{TTS\|tts=we're\|Wer}}" LaFarge was born into a wealthy family in Boston, coming from three generations of accomplished experts. After graduating from Harvard he came back to New York with dreams of being a novelist like his father or his uncle.<ref name="eh"/> Within five or so years the counterculture movements of the 1960s kicked up, and {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} became tormented by his role in perpetuating Liberal capitalism. This drove him to begin participating in scenes of progressive people, to divorce his politically-neutral wife, and to try his best to separate all his assets from the Vietnam War.<ref name="eh"/> Eventually he would put significant stretches of watershed land along the Narrow River into a trust for the benefit of the environment.<ref name="nr"/> {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} transformed himself from a suit-and-tie aristocrat to a ponytail-wearing playwright, but the one thing he was not ready for was the day his new researcher wife was assigned [[E:Nim Chimpsky\|a chimpanzee]];<ref name="eh"/><ref name="cu"/> one of the few things he was not willing to do was pack up all his books into his office before the chimp regularly knocked them onto the floor. Although he never pulled his money out on grounds the study wasn't worth it, he eventually had to pull himself out of his second marriage and retreat to a farm he owned in Rhode Island.<ref name="eh2"/>

	In the 196X era, {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} is mostly busy with his attempts at poetry, philosophical questions, and plays, as well as his occasional family troubles. He doodles his best guess at what he might look like after transformation in his notebooks. Into 197X, when he goes into retreat and finally gets some peace and quiet, he finally becomes his Advance form.<ref name="ib"/> He is largely disconnected from any greater workers' movement, but becomes a member of the hippie-founded [[E:Party of Peace and Crossover\|Party of Peace and Crossover]] ({{TTS\|tts=Pax\|PAX}}), gladly donating money to aid the arts or the environment.<ref name="ib"/> As Flowingcoat, he possesses [[:Category:Existentialist-Structuralist tradition ontology\|Existentialist]] abilities centering around self-expression and freedom. He can act together with the surrounding environment to counter alchemical [[redlink\|reversion actions]], although to be perfectly accurate his life is mostly uneventful and he hardly ever actually has to use these abilities.		In the 196X era, {{TTS\|tts=we're\|WER}} is mostly busy with his attempts at poetry, philosophical questions, and plays, as well as his occasional family troubles. He doodles his best guess at what he might look like after transformation in his notebooks. Into 197X, when he goes into retreat and finally gets some peace and quiet, he finally becomes his Advance form.<ref name="ib"/> He is largely disconnected from any greater workers' movement, but becomes a member of the hippie-founded [[E:Party of Peace and Crossover\|Party of Peace and Crossover]] ({{TTS\|tts=Pax\|PAX}}), gladly donating money to aid the arts or the environment.<ref name="ib"/> As {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}, he possesses [[:Category:Existentialist-Structuralist tradition ontology\|Existentialist]] abilities centering around self-expression and freedom. He can act together with the surrounding environment to counter alchemical [[redlink\|reversion actions]], although to be perfectly accurate his life is mostly uneventful and he hardly ever actually has to use these abilities.

	== Usage notes ==		== Usage notes ==

	Flowingcoat is mainly just a card-game character, and probably does not appear in the main series.		{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}} is mainly just a card-game character, and probably does not appear in the main series.

			He was assigned the strawberry {{TTS\|html=code\|tts=West\|W}} swatch ([[E:Western Marxism\|Western Marxism]]) due to his broad resemblances to the central themes of [[E:Gramscianism\|Gramscianism]] — progressive "culture" or "mentality", the arts, and in case of [[E:Cold War\|cold war]] acting as a Communist ally as opposed to an anarchist objector to both Liberal-republicanism and Communism.

			=== Card mechanics ===

			Flowingcoat's abilities are archetypically more similar to the Earth bloc than the Water bloc, but this is thematically appropriate to his character given that he sits in the kind of class position where he is almost required to side with a slightly revisionist faction. The Water bloc is a good compromise in that it it does not have a primarily negative meaning, but it can represent varying degrees of [[E:early Maoism\|progress]] or [[E:Deng Xiaoping Thought\|revisionism]]. Also, the Water bloc feeds into the gimmick of the card being all about wetlands and watersheds.

	~~He was assigned the strawberry {{TTS\|html~~=~~code\|tts~~=West\|W}} swatch ([[E:Western Marxism\|Western Marxism]]) due to his vague resemblances to the central themes of [[E:Gramscianism\|Gramscianism]] — progressive "culture", the arts, and in case of [[E:Cold War\|cold war]] acting as a Communist ally as opposed to an anarchist objector to both Liberal-republicanism and Communism.		=== Card ability names ===

	=~~== Card abilities ===~~		"[https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+element In element]" is an English idiom for fitting into a particular situation. It references the concept of {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}'s form being themed around riverbanks, and protecting riverbanks.

	The ability "Fountainhead" is an ironic reference to the titular metaphor of <cite>The Fountainhead</cite>. In Rand's work a fountainhead is meant to represent a flowing source of wealth or social structures. Here the metaphor is ironically turned around to simply represent "the bourgeoisie are the group of people who call themselves fountainheads" or "Flowingcoat came from generational wealth, which flowed down like a fountainhead". (This was the reason for giving him the ability.) The pun does require a considerable amount of context to be funny.		The ability "Fountainhead" is an ironic reference to the titular metaphor of <cite>The Fountainhead</cite>. In Rand's work a fountainhead is meant to represent a flowing source of wealth or social structures. Here the metaphor is ironically turned around to simply represent "the bourgeoisie are the group of people who call themselves fountainheads" or "{{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}} came from generational wealth, which flowed down like a fountainhead". (This was the reason for giving him the ability.) The pun does require a considerable amount of context to be funny.

	== References ==		== References ==

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	{{HueRoster\|P=card title\| {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}, River Protector }}		{{HueRoster\|P=card title\| {{TTS\|tts=Flowing-coat\|Flowingcoat}}, River Protector }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}		{{HueRoster\|P=class\| expert / expert card (Aurora) }}
			{{HueRoster\|P=field\| national parks \| theater }}
	{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- en: bloc / card suit -->		{{HueRoster\|P=Bloc\| Water / Water bloc }} <!-- en: bloc / card suit -->
	{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}		{{HueRoster\|P=form\| Wolf - river bank palette, blue / white / green }}