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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a lineup player for the [[Tokyo Lift]], and has been with the team since the [[Season 10]] Election.
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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a player in the [[Shadows]] for the [[Tokyo Lift]], and was with the team from the {{BetaSeason|10#Election Results|@ elections}} until [[Fall Ball]].
  
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== Official League Records ==
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McGhee joined the [[ILB]] as a hitter for the [[Tokyo Lift]] during the [[Season 10]] Election, after the [[Ascension]] of the [[Baltimore Crabs]].
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McGhee joined the [[ILB]] as a lineup player for the [[Tokyo Lift]] during the {{BetaSeason|10#Election Results|@ elections}}, after the [[Ascension]] of the [[Baltimore Crabs]].
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During the {{BetaSeason|14#Election Results|@ elections}}, McGhee's hitting stats were rerolled. {{Star Change|2.7|2.6}}
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== Personal Life ==
 
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Elwin McGhee is a sentient being composed mostly of grass-fed butter. He typically takes the form of a dog (breed and size varies) or a block of butter about the size of a refrigerator. The butter Elwin is composed of is most similar in chemical makeup to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee ghee], a clarified butter invented in India. This butter has a low melting point, which can cause Elwin to liquefy during particularly warm weather.
 
  
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This does not seem to bother Elwin at all, and he has been seen enthusiastically finishing team practice sessions as a puddle.
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During the {{BetaSeason|15#Election Results|@ elections}}, McGhee's stats were rerolled and they gained the {{ModLink|Alternate}} and {{ModLink|Parasite}} modifications as a result of the Lift's {{BetaSeason|15#Wills|'''Alternate Trust'''}} will.
  
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Elwin was recruited to the team by [[Val Hitherto]], who accidentally attempted to use Elwin to butter his crumpet while on a brief vacation to the Butter Timeline. While in the Butter Timeline, Elwin worked as a bartender and a shepherd. He has been known to use his weekends to bartend or shepherd, so he doesn’t get rusty.
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On {{BetaSeason|20}}, Day 39, McGhee was swept {{Elsewhere}} and gained the {{ModLink|Negative}} modification as a result of [[Nandy Slumps]]'s {{ModLink|Undertaker}} modification.
  
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Elwin occasionally speaks with a terrible Cockney accent. There is no discernible reason for this, as Elwin has never been to England. He is, however, according to sources in Ireland, related to Celtic fae. He has reportedly been seen sitting in faerie circles, with an invisible force giving him pats on the head.
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On {{BetaSeason|23}}, Day 39, McGhee retreated to the Lift's [[Shadows]] in exchange for [[Cicero Gubbins]] at [[Tokyo Fitness Center]] via the {{ModLink|Ratification|Ratified}} {{ModLink|Voicemail}}.
  
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Elwin's butter has the strange effect of granting life to inanimate objects after prolonged exposure. So far, Elwin has been seen to grant life to:
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Over the course of {{BetaSeason|24}}, McGhee entered and exited the Lift's Shadows two times as a result of Tokyo Fitness Center '''Voicemail''' events, ending the Season in the Shadows.
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The most notable example of this is the granting of sentience to [[Concrete Mandible]], fellow lift player and former statue. This was accidental, and happened because Mandible’s head was “a great napping spot,” according to Elwin.
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File:Elwin McGhee moliwog.png|alt=Digital drawing on a blank background. Elwin McGhee is a small and melty dog-shaped butter entity wearing a Lift cap. He has melty jowls and melty butter drooping down his sides to give an appearance similar to a Yorkshire Terrier.|Art by [https://twitter.com/moliwogs @moliwogs]
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File:Elwins mcghee buzzard.png|alt=Two digital drawings of pre and post-alternation Elwin McGhee. The first is drawn in brown and depicts Elwin as a large buglike figure wearing a open long, fluffy coat. It has a floral bucket hat with two antennae (one broken) sticking out through holes in the top, a skirt going over wideset short legs, a belt with a large bag poking out from under the coat, and a patterned woven shirt. It has four arms, with two that are long and nearly reach the ground and hold a small blaseball bat. The other two are under the coat. It is wearing a round mask and cowl hiding its face. It has two pins on its coat: one with an up arrow and one saying "lift laugh love." It has a large backpack with a shovel and fishing pole. The second drawing shows post-alternation Elwin in dark blue ink. This Elwin wears a two colored coat. Like the first Elwin, it wears a round expressionless mask and cowl, but this one has larger eye holes. It has two slender antennae and longer legs that are less wideset, but otherwise it has a similar, if slighter, body shape to the first Elwin. Under its coat it has a scale-armored top, a belt full of miscellaneous objects, a sling with a crowbar, and loose pants. It has a big hood and a bigger harpoon gun strapped to its back. It looks meaner.|Elwin McGhee, pre and post-alternation (left and right, respectively). Art by [https://twitter.com/saltbuzzard/status/1389622068900073475 @buzzard]
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File:2lwin mcghee buzzardtable.png|alt=A digital drawing of alt bug elwin, a blue and green mothlike bug person wearing a sleeveless scalemail shirt, hood with antennnae poking out, and a mask. It has a large harpoon gun strapped to its back, and bright yelloww fungus spires protruding from its shoulders.|Art of alternate McGhee by [https://twitter.com/saltbuzzard @saltbuzzard]
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Latest revision as of 18:58, 21 February 2023

Elwin McGhee was a player in the Shadows for the Tokyo Lift, and was with the team from the Season β10 elections until Fall Ball.

Official League Records

McGhee joined the ILB as a lineup player for the Tokyo Lift during the Season β10 elections, after the Ascension of the Baltimore Crabs.

During the Season β14 elections, McGhee's hitting stats were rerolled. 2.7 → 2.6

During the Season β15 elections, McGhee's stats were rerolled and they gained the Alternate and Parasite modifications as a result of the Lift's Alternate Trust will.

On Season β20, Day 39, McGhee was swept  Elsewhere... and gained the Negative modification as a result of Nandy Slumps's Undertaker modification.

On Season β23, Day 39, McGhee retreated to the Lift's Shadows in exchange for Cicero Gubbins at Tokyo Fitness Center via the Ratified Voicemail.

Over the course of Season β24, McGhee entered and exited the Lift's Shadows two times as a result of Tokyo Fitness Center Voicemail events, ending the Season in the Shadows.

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

Box of Elwin McGhee Files

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Yamini Kashyap is an amateur bug enthusiast and semi-professional mycologist from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Within the ILB, Kashyap is legally known as Elwin McGhee because of her symbiotic bond with a fungus of the same name. In English, Kashyap uses she/they pronouns. In Hindi, Kashyap uses वह / उसे pronouns, and in Japanese she refers to herself as watashi and others refer to her with feminine pronouns.

Before Blaseball

From a young age Kashyap was fascinated with nature: when frequenting the lakes in and around Bhopal, rather than going swimming, they would examine the mushrooms growing nearby. They wanted to be a biologist, then an entomologist, and then finally a mycologist, which became their eventual career goal.

Kashyap was also an athletic child. They played field hockey throughout their teen years, and developed a personal interest in archery. When asked, Kashyap has refused to say whether they’re good at archery, saying that “the only measure of a bad archer is not hitting other people, and I don’t think I’ve done that yet.” She also had a vague childhood interest in blaseball, but it was distinctly second to the other sports she participated in.

In the early aughts, Kashyap moved to Indore to attend university for mycology. During that time she briefly met a traveling scholar who spent some time in Kashyap’s department. The two of them had a conversation about the ins and outs of chess strategy.

After a year and a half at uni, Kashyap moved back home to help support her family. Despite having to table her dreams of formal academia, they continued self-teaching and learning about mycology and occasionally entomology.

Kashyap eventually got a job at a local national park, coordinating with their wildlife preservation and education network. Kashyap gained a reputation as the “park mom,” as a mother to bugs, fungi, her coworkers, and visiting children. She turned down several opportunities to return to academia in favor of staying with the national park; now in her mid-40s, Kashyap has still not attained any type of formal degree, instead saying that nature itself is the best teacher.

Becoming Elwin McGhee

The being known as Elwin McGhee landed in Bhopal in 20XX. As the best local mycologist, Kashyap was called in to investigate McGhee, as it appeared to be fungal in nature. As soon as she touched McGhee the two became symbiotically bonded.

McGhee has provided a number of conflicting stories about its origins, including but not limited to the following:

  • McGhee was bonded to a prior iteration of Elwin McGhee in the ILB and was left behind when it hopped dimensions;
  • McGhee itself is from another dimension;
  • McGhee is an earthbound phenomenon;
  • McGhee is Kashyap’s headmate and not caused by an external circumstance;
  • and McGhee is confused too and doesn’t know how it got here.

Shortly after the two of them were bonded, they were approached by ILB officials who said that they had been drafted as Elwin McGhee, and that they were being called as the alternate to an existing player of the same name. Neither Kashyap nor McGhee understood anything about the ILB, but the powers that be within the league insisted until they agreed, and the two of them joined the Tokyo Lift.

Blaseball Career

Even with their childhood knowledge of blaseball, Kashyap struggled with becoming a professional athlete, not in the least because it meant leaving their prior life behind. Kashyap and McGhee were both overwhelmed by their circumstances and faced difficulties in trying to fit in on the team. Kashyap was at least soothed by the presence of Stijn Strongbody, the traveling scholar from their youth, who encouraged them to fit in.

Following Strongbody’s incineration, Kashyap decided to take his advice to heart and embrace her circumstances. She was the first to befriend Evelton McBlase II and the alternate of Jessica Telephone when they arrived to the team. Kashyap also became a confidant for Gerund Pantheocide, the new co-captain of the team, when Pantheocide had difficulty with her newfound responsibility.

Kashyap and McGhee have both refused the title of “team mom,” saying that they did not feel especially maternal in their capacity on the team. Nonetheless, they’ve provided advice and emotional support to a number of teammates.

Personal Life

Kashyap is known for her two distinctive fashion styles and the occasional overlap between them. The first is a retro aesthetic, inspired by 1960s and 1970s Bollywood, which involves bright colors, polka dots, and the color yellow. The second is inspired by the shapes of fungi and mycelium leather; this appears to be more couture and is characterized by being natural, flowing, and a little uncomfortable to look at for too long.

Kashyap has been notably tight-lipped about her personal life, refusing to discuss her parents or any siblings, partners, or children that she might have outside of blaseball. When asked, Kashyap will share facts about fungi and mycology until whoever is asking gives up trying. The record for this is held by a tabloid reporter, who attempted to engage Kashyap in conversation for five hours and fifty-four minutes. Kashyap later expressed disappointment that he gave up before hitting 5:55.

Kashyap has continued with her career in amateur archery. McGhee has been unhelpful in this career and offers bad advice, but Kashyap persists nonetheless.


Gallery

  • Digital drawing on a blank background. Elwin McGhee is a small and melty dog-shaped butter entity wearing a Lift cap. He has melty jowls and melty butter drooping down his sides to give an appearance similar to a Yorkshire Terrier.

    Art by @moliwogs

  • Two digital drawings of pre and post-alternation Elwin McGhee. The first is drawn in brown and depicts Elwin as a large buglike figure wearing a open long, fluffy coat. It has a floral bucket hat with two antennae (one broken) sticking out through holes in the top, a skirt going over wideset short legs, a belt with a large bag poking out from under the coat, and a patterned woven shirt. It has four arms, with two that are long and nearly reach the ground and hold a small blaseball bat. The other two are under the coat. It is wearing a round mask and cowl hiding its face. It has two pins on its coat: one with an up arrow and one saying "lift laugh love." It has a large backpack with a shovel and fishing pole. The second drawing shows post-alternation Elwin in dark blue ink. This Elwin wears a two colored coat. Like the first Elwin, it wears a round expressionless mask and cowl, but this one has larger eye holes. It has two slender antennae and longer legs that are less wideset, but otherwise it has a similar, if slighter, body shape to the first Elwin. Under its coat it has a scale-armored top, a belt full of miscellaneous objects, a sling with a crowbar, and loose pants. It has a big hood and a bigger harpoon gun strapped to its back. It looks meaner.

    Elwin McGhee, pre and post-alternation (left and right, respectively). Art by @buzzard

  • A digital drawing of alt bug elwin, a blue and green mothlike bug person wearing a sleeveless scalemail shirt, hood with antennnae poking out, and a mask. It has a large harpoon gun strapped to its back, and bright yelloww fungus spires protruding from its shoulders.

    Art of alternate McGhee by @saltbuzzard

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