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♢ POTENTIAL APP DISCUSSION
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Hello, all! I am looking to pick a character. Just one. The thing is, I have a few small ideas and nothing where I am veering strongly, due to indecisiveness. The below are the notions that hold my interest the most and I am looking for feedback about who you think would work well here, who you would like to interact with, etc. I'm not prepared to make a decision today or whatever, we have some time.
This first concept is the one I am mooning to the most.
Character name: Ingrid Magnussen
Fandom: White Oleander
City life: A writer, perhaps a teacher (who might hate her job), librarian, etc.
Powers: I'm not sure yet! For her, I'd like something like turning things to ice, temperature manipulation, or something less ~obvious~ like being able to phase through objects and walls.
Do you think they'll be active? Probably not as much as most, but I frankly won't have time to be super duper involved, at least at first.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? She is more of a commentator and a solo wolf. She is more likely to do her own thing, socialise on her own terms, carve out her own life. She is fiercely independent in this way rather than being a team player of any kind.
Why this character interests you here: Recently, I felt inspired to go ahead and make a journal for her, so I'm toying with playing her somewhere.
Potential concerns: She is stone cold and doesn't make friends. This doesn't mean she isn't social, though. Also, she is a bit of an obscure character, so I don't know if anyone would care. For those that do know her, she'd probably be held to a high standard. Also, she comes from a world that is pure realism, and though I feel she has strong adaptive qualities, maybe she'd be side eyed for doing so by those who don't know her well.
Here are some back up notions:
Character name: Lucius Malfoy, possibly circa 1970s, so he would be in his 20s, rather than 40s. It would be my chosen canonpoint, rather than waking up younger with memories intact.
Fandom: Harry Potter
City life: Man, not sure. But he is sort of an up and coming lobbyist so he could go into more political and administrative roles. You know, low phyiscal effort.
Powers: As magic doesn't exist, I would take what skills seemed to fit him more, which was definitely leaning into the darker magics spectrum. My first thought would be some sort of mind-control persuasion (he had a knack for the Imperius Curse), or dramatic Death Eater style disapparition (within the confines of the setting, as stated re: teleportation powers). A take on the Cruciatus Curse might be interesting, like a biochemical pain response psychic power. OPTIONS.
Do you think they'll be active? He can be stand-offish, but there are ways to mitigate that. Especially with the revelation that his existence is a liiie.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? I love writing him in plotty capacity, so yes!
Why this character interests you here: He's one of my favourite characters to write anywhere, and I've been looking for a place to write the younger edition.
Potential concerns: I'm not sure how kosher it is to take a character from pre-canon! I feel like I can take implication from canon about what he may have been like, along with common sense, mostly because I've written him so much before. If it's not cool, though, that is fine in that I'd probably take someone else because I've written him exhaustively around onscreen canon times and it'd be the same deal even if I kept those memories and reverted his age.
Character name: Thor Odinson
Fandom: Marvel movie-verse, Thor.
City life: Enforcement, perhaps! Either for private type things (security guarding for business) or more public sector policing?
Powers: Probably super strength.
Do you think they'll be active? He is a pretty extroverted chap, so I would say this is likely.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? If you need a hero.
Why this character interests you here: As with Ingrid, I recently had a yen for this character and wound up slowly making a journal for him. I sort of like the notion that he is no longer, like, a god. For real this time.
Potential concerns: I've never written him before, perhaps there is objection to the movie-verse version of this character (I don't read comics because it's hard). He is also a Do-er, and I'm not sure how initiative-takey I will be at first, although this could probably be solved via his own displacement and a slower regaining of his powers.
Okay I am leaving it at these three lest I go crazy. For trivia purposes, my other options were Jack Sparrow and Gaius Baltar. And some other slightly lunatic ideas.
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(also omg Jack Sparrow♥)
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Character name: Trickster/Gabriel
Fandom: Supernatural
City life: I'm thinking he runs some kind of sweet-shop or cafe which caters to sweet-things--cakes and iced buns and pies and whatever. Because he has a sweet-tooth.
Powers: Because Gabriel's powers encompass just about EVERYTHING EVER, I'm thinking of a kind of 'trickster' theme to keep the powers that appear to include a kind of 'sleight of hand' sort of effect. So things he needs or can use to manipulate, prank or go prankster-vigilante on people, or ones he can use to make himself appear to be near-all-powerful or omniscient even though he isn't anymore.
Do you think they'll be active? Decently so! He'd take things at his own pace, though, and he could easily have periods of apparently doing nothing.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Mmm depends. I'm not sure on my canon-point, which will make the biggest difference. Earlier canon, he won't be as involved in the plot, but he'd keep himself busy and watchful and interested in who's behind this 'trick'. Later canon, he would be more interested in the plot because he'd have more at stake, though still may not be as active as others.
Why this character interests you here: Because ~conspiracy~ and also the setting in which to explore/balance the diachrony of two very different lives. Gabriel isn't human originally; even while playing at being human he seems to keep himself somewhat aloof. Seeing how he handles a human backstory would be fun.
Potential concerns: Well, I've no idea what canon-point to bring him from, for one. Earlier canon would put him in denial and wanting to stay out of conflicts, and believing in 'destiny' and all that. Later canon would see him invested in the quest of averting the apocalypse and more overtly concerned with the people he considers important to him.
Also, Gabriel's someone who can maintain the status quo for a long, long time. It could be hard to arouse his interest beyond wanting to irritate or take vengeance on people. So I guess a consideration with his canon-point would be how able he might be to change or whether he'd potentially stagnate.
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Here's a thought: why would you want to bring him from an earlier canonpoint, where he would be less active and involved, rather than a later one? It seems the biggest difference between the two would be his activity levels, and perhaps some of his mindset on the setting? What do you think would make him the most flexible?
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Character name: Arthur
Fandom: Inception - AU for past game memories
City life: Arthur's pretty flexible, useful for physical work (military, security, that kind of thing), managing/personal assisting, librarian stuff (his cover at the game he'll be coming from was "research librarian," so it's a role he has experience working in) annnd sketchy under-the-table criminal things.
Powers: Canonically, he has no powers. If I were to give him any, I'd like it to be something like dream walking... BUT PEOPLE DON'T DREAM HERE, so that's an issue. Unless his powers actively induced dreams.
Do you think they'll be active? Yes, I think he'll be pretty active, because the meta-plot will drive him to try to get to the bottom of things.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Definitely!
Why this character interests you here: Given the nature of Arthur's canon, I think this premise will especially fuck with his head, and I'm a terrible person who enjoys that sort of thing. The struggle between what's a dream and what's reality, concerns that this might be Limbo, fighting off the urge to test his luck with a "kick", etc. Also, because I'd like to take him with memories from another game (Last Voyages), I'm interested in basically playing out his ongoing storyline with a game mate, should they app, too. Arthur has a responsibility towards another person in exchange for Cobb's safety (Arthur's pulled from towards the end of the film), and he'll try to keep to it even here.
Potential concerns: I'm always leery of apping a character with previous-game history, and I can easily play Arthur without it if it comes down to it. But! I'd prefer to keep the extra history. I'm basically just posting this to, I guess, give a heads up in case anyone has questions or concerns themselves?
Also, I'm trying to brainstorm what kind of city history he had, and I'm torn between "BORING MIDDLE CLASS HELL" (hence dreaming about such a fantastical life) and "sketchy criminal irl" (hence dreaming that he's some kind of amazing JAMES BOND of criminals).
Apologies for any incoherence. I've not had my coffee.
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I don't think he could have the power to actively induce dreams, but perhaps a type of mind-reading/empathy that only works when the subject's guard is lowered (e.g. sleeping)?
my co-mod can bust in like the Kool-Aid Man and correct me if I'm wrong, thoughYour ideas for how he might react and be involved with the setting definitely intrigue me. That he might consider it Limbo is a cool possibility!
/clicks random icon button, why not
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Character name: Shurelia (the girl in my icon, even!)
Fandom: Ar Tonelico
City life: See, there could be two possibilities here: She could be a school teacher of some sort, preferably for middle- or high-school ages? Or she could be law enforcement in some way/shape/form. /taps chin...
Powers: .... help? ): I know nobody knows canon
except obsessive people like meso it might be hard, but... well, in canon, she has Song Magic. She sings, and then ~things happen~. A lot of her songs have robot-ish themes to them. Or bunnies. ... That probably makes no sense. I can maybe provide videos/screens by way of explanation? ;;Do you think they'll be active? Yes. She's no busybody, but she's got a very kind-and-caring-mother-figure thing going on that she'd probably extend to like.... everyone ever. ♥
Do you think they'll participate in plot? More than likely.
Why this character interests you here: I've always wanted to play Shurelia. I just... feel like this will be a cool place to try it.
Potential concerns: Lone Canon Warrior. I know this will happen. It sucks, but hopefully I can move past it. :/ Also, I'm still wrapping my head around the concept of this game, period, so. Also also, no clue about canon point.
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Character name: Thresh
Fandom: The Hunger Games Books
City life: I can see him working/running a bakery, wheat and bread being pivotal to his District, and all.
Powers: One thing that's emphasized over and over in the books is how incredibly powerful he is, physically. Another is that, in the end, he's incredibly kind and gentle, to the point of not killing Katniss when he could have. Playing off of that, I'd like to see him have the ability to modulate his strength and muscle tone, going from able to throw a car, to being able to be gentle enough to make amazing detail work on his cakes and designs.
Do you think they'll be active? I think he might stick to himself at the start, but would open up and make a life in the City, as even though it is very strict, it's far less strict than his home district.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Most likely, yes. He's used to things going haywire, so he would be very level headed in a crisis, and would be willing to head out and help rescue people.
Why this character interests you here: He's such and under developed character, I'd love to take the personality traits and history that we do know and grow and develop it in this new setting.
Potential concerns: He's a very minor character who dies in the first book, has slightly contradictory characterization in the movie verses the book, and this would be the first time I play him.
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Minor characters wouldn't be out of place here, either; using a game to build up a solid base for one can be really fun.
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yes weird i knowi'm actually undecided between two characters, both of which are super overpowered and of the angelic variety!
you obviously need more of those rightCharacter name: Lucifel
Fandom: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
City life: This is the part I'm most stuck on with this character. Lucifel, who is just essentially Lucifer pre-fall, is basically a background character in the game he comes from. Sure, he's important because he's the one talking directly to God and all, but
that's all he does.
He saves your game, makes thinly-veiled jokes about your character, and just chats with God all day on a cellphone. I wouldn't be entirely sure what kind of job to give him.... Otherwise he would fit in fine, because he's very social and has a need to know things.
Powers: While he IS the highest angel, Lucifel is never shown in game whooping anybody's ass. In fact, when the protag is given the chance to learn a SUPER ULTRA ATTACK, Lucifel just kind of shoves the main guy off on his brother Uriel, who teaches him instead. It's implied he's pretty formidable, but seems to be kind of lazy in that regard.
Otherwise, his powers include freely moving through the timestream, stopping (rewinding and fastforwarding) time with the snap of his fingers, and generally not giving a shit about dividing by zero.
Do you think they'll be active? Lucifel is very sociable, he likes to listen, to know things, and generally be annoying. He usually makes subtle jabs at people, even his friends and friends. He loves to interact with the world around him, so I think he'd be pretty active.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Probably. While Lucifel does like to move things along, he usually leaves it up to others or helps others out, instead of him pushing anything himself.
Why this character interests you here: Because it's always interesting to play a non-human character as human, and I think Lucifel would eventually just start looking at it as a mini-vacation, thinking he can just zap himself to whatever timeline he needs to be in later.
Potential concerns: Besides not knowing what kind of job to give him initially, there's also all these whacky worldbreaking powers to consider. And yeah, I can dumb them way down, but it's also kind of fun to have time be your playground. I just wouldn't want to make him annoyingly powerful, so others inputs on what to do with him would help.
AND THE SECOND ONE i know tl;dr
Character name: Balthazar
Fandom: Supernatural
City life: Balthazar's thing is pretty much hedonism, so anything to do with sex, alcohol, and drugs. party hard party hard
Powers: Since Balthazar's not an archangel, he's not as powerful as Gabriel up there, but he's still got all the world-breaking powers of angels in the Supernatural verse. also i think he likes time-traveling way more than he should
Do you think they'll be active? He'll be active, he'll just be a complete snot about it. Balthazar knows how to talk to people, he's good at it, too, but he's much better at being an absolute asshole. And drinking. Balthazar likes to use people, though, so I think he'd be active enough to get buddy-buddy with people that are useful, and then move on to rubs elbows with more useful people. He's not very nice.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? If it involves him potentially getting killed or destroying whatever plans he has for himself, yes. Otherwise, he'd rather stay out of your stupid squabbles thank you very much.
Why this character interests you here: Because torturing Balthazar and making him live a human life amongst humans without most of his powers is hilarious and I enjoy that.
also playing with other supernatural people is always coolPotential concerns: first time really playing him in a game, and being overpowered
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As for Lucifel's job, it sounds like some sort of messenger or telecommunications worker would work best for a job? Powers could probably be converted into something like slowing down (or speeding up? Rewinding?) other PCs for a few seconds to maintain a feeling of power without being too overpowered.
With Balthazar, I assume he has different specialties than Gabriel, so I can't really help on the type of or what powers he would keep. Otherwise he sounds like a pretty fun dude.
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Character name: Gemaryah "Chika" Washington
Fandom: Original
City life: Most likely he would be into some hands on labor, ranging from either electrical work or plumbing.
Powers: Chika, being a werewolf, may not be able to change forms; however, he may instead have strength or increased healing in a lunar cycle.
Do you think they'll be active? Oh yes. He'll most likely attempt some emotional distance but...he also loves trolling. It's a bit of an outlet for him. Also, flirting. Flirting is mostly harmless fun.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Oh yes. While there may not be a person to return to, if it's about discovering the truth, he'll be there. If it's trying to play along like a suck, he will try but he won't do it very well. Also food. He'll love it if there's food around.
Why this character interests you here: Chika has been a character of mine for a long time. That being said, I like to think of this being a way to unbalance and test how far he can go; a 'what if' situation. Part of his wolvieness lets him run off a lot of aggression and annoyance he has with the world.
In other words, trolling my own character. When don't I do that?
Potential concerns: He's an OC, and well...I've noticed that in other RP games, they're not always well received. I'm pretty nervous in having him in an actual game, for all he feels ready for it. Also don't want to accidently power mod somehow.
Also a million and a half other concerns but I think that's the nerves talking.
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He sounds like he could fit in well, though! For powers, Chika wouldn't be a werewolf in-game. Like, at all. His powers could reflect his previous species, though, like wolf transformation or (as you said) the strength or healing.
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This is mostly in the hopes of getting some details fleshed out I AM TOTALLY APPING HIM
Character name: The Doctor (first)
Fandom: Doctor Who (Classic)
City life: Doctor of Science, highly regarded scientist and professor, if known to be a bit flakey
Powers: Uh, I have no idea here. :D Something brain/genius related I guess? Let's see. Maybe computer-brain - photographic eidetic memory, can remember every detail of everything he sees or hears ever, solve problems at computer speeds, pick up on details most wouldn't notice, figure out how technology works with ease, and learn new things quickly. He's no Superman. Call him. Brainiac. (No don't that would annoy him)
Do you think they'll be active? Very much so. I doubt he'll believe for a second that he's not really a Time Lord, so he'll probably wind up a trouble maker. >_>
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Probably? He's EVER so curious, and while he tries so hard not to get involved in things, that never works. Especially since he's waking up already involved.
Why this character interests you here: Well okay. I've been toying with the idea of trying fandom RP, and Doctor Who is probably my best-known fandom. Hartnell's Doctor just kind of speaks to me.
I'd been scoping places out for a while, wondering where to play, who to play, etc, and I saw your ad like the day after I decided I wanted to play the first Doctor. Looking at the game, I am in LOVE with the setting and premise and would have app'd an OC if I hadn't had a fandom idea. So you're getting a less-played Doctor instead. :D
Potential concerns: Uh well this is my first attempt at fandom RP (I've played OCs for years) so I'm worried about how I'll do. I'm really open to crit, though!
Also I have no idea what to put down for his age, since he was like 250 or something at his canon-point. :D
Aaaa his app is only missing a few things D:
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As for age, making his city age based around what his physical age appears to be will work fine.
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Character name: Aziraphale
Fandom: Good Omens
City life: This is actually fairly easy in that he would scurry into a used bookshop and lose his mind with joy.
Powers: My main concern in this setting. As Aziraphale is an angel I was considering reducing his power to something along the lines of extreme persuasiveness . . . which is code for guilting. But I'm not entirely satisfied with that and would welcome input. (Seriously toying with the idea of giving him a supernaturally high alcohol tolerance as well.)
Do you think they'll be active? Oh definitely. Particularly with canon-mates, but he would anyway. He enjoys people.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Intense concern for everyone's well-being won't allow for anything else.
Why this character interests you here: First, I played Crowley in an AU/memory wipe scenario previously and was really impressed by how well he (and the Aziraphale I was playing with) meshed into the world. I'd like to try something similar with Aziraphale. Second, I see canonmates as well as bros from Supernatural with whom Aziraphale could have deep philosophical conversations, by which I mean: drink.
Potential concerns: Again, my main concerns include not overpowering him.
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Also I am sure out current Good Omens people would be thrilled to have you, too. ;3
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Character name: Hope Estheim
Fandom: Final Fantasy XIII/XIII-2
City life: That depends, actually. I'm still waffling on his canon point-- if I take him from XIII, he'd be a teenager who needs to finish middle/junior high school. If I take him from the latter game, he'll be ten years older and be part of the Diamond City Institute of Scientific Studies as a researcher or something.
Powers: Again, dependent on his canon point. The younger Hope will have powers similar to Snow's (I know you have him 8}) but he excels in the magic-casting aspect, but the older Hope will have none because he lost them at the end of XIII due to PLOT and semi-happy endings.
For XIII Hope, I'm chopping out the three roles he's not an expert in (Sentinel, Commando, Saboteur) to leave behind what he's good at (Ravager, Medic, Synergist)-- however I'm thinking of removing Synergist as well because it's just a role for a buffer, and that may not be needed so much in the game. Unfortunately I cant narrow his specialty to just one element, because he's best at all of them, being the most powerful mage of the game.
As for XIII-2 Hope... you think there's a chance to regain some of that magic he lost?
Do you think they'll be active? He will be, whether as a teen or as an adult.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Yep! He's a naturally curious person, and he'd want to get to the bottom of things.
Why this character interests you here: Hope's always been one of my best characters, but I've always played him in simple jamjars, and I find the concept of this game very interesting.
Potential concerns: As you can tell, my immediate concern is his canon point. Kid? Adult? I'm used to playing the younger version, since I've had him as a character for over a year, but I want to try new things. The older one is new, considering his canon came out in February, which would be a fun challenge for me, but at the same time, I'm leery of spoiling anyone. I can make up his City background easily once I make that decision :|a
Character name: Terra
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
City life: Most likely part of the Guard Force, because he's always been kind of a protector.
Powers: Oh boy. This is the heart of my problem with him. He has a giant magic key-thing called a Keyblade which is basically a reflection of his ~*heart*~ and it's haxx. It turns into a motorbike, can act as a blunt weapon and take out hearts (figuratively) from people. Then he has a wide array of magic available to him. I'm thinking of just leaving him with the Keyblade because it's a part of him, but I don't know how that will translate to the game.
Do you think they'll be active? Yep.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Oh, very much so.
Why this character interests you here: I'm considering this my return to playing Terra after over a year, and I decided that maybe a wrold-rebuilding setting could do well, because he has baggage from seeing his own home world destroyed before his eyes. He could translate that over here and do his best to help.
Potential concerns: He'd insist on his dream world for a while. Aside from that, he has little to no real-world experience due to living like a hermit on his world, so adjusting would take a while.
Character name: Fuuma Monou aka Kamui
Fandom: X/1999
City life: He'd be able to finish high school, but he left before finishing junior year, and that was voluntary. No one would hire a 17-year-old though, so most likely I'd force him back into school.
Powers: In canon, he's one of the two most powerful people/psychics in the world, and I need to suppress his abilities a whole lot. Psychokinesis, breaking and entering of psychic barriers, dreamwalking, and a kind of empathy that lets him tell what a person's wish is. I'd remove all of them except psychokinesis-- an umbrella term I use for very powerful forms of telekinesis (including pryo-, cryo-, etc.) and enhanced regeneration.
Do you think they'll be active? Somewhat. He'll be reluctant at first to do anything in this place, but if all goes well, he'll see that he has no choice but to be active.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Yes. Plots are things he'll see as ways to get info, because he wants to go "home".
Why this character interests you here: Kamui's my main muse, and I've played him in a variety of games before. But never have I placed him in a world that insists he's not what he's supposed to be-- it'd be both something new and a challenge for me.
Potential concerns: He'd insist heavily on his dream being real and this one being a dream. That would get him a lot of punishments.
I'm looking to app only one character here, because two in a game will be a bit much for me. However, as you guys can tell I like a lot of obscure and complicated canons, so I'm taking the time to ask you whom you'd like to see in this game, and how I can adapt them into the game. Especially powers, because some are just way too much.
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Honestly, canon point might not have such an impact on his powers as you fear. Because they are a part of them (even if he wouldn't have them in XIII-2), we'd probably be okay with him having them even if he came from the latter point. Not to mention him having most elemental powers in exchange for none of the other specialties seeing as it is his specialty. No Medic, because "healing" isn't exactly an element where tradition is concerned.
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Oh, here's a canon I know! Why not simply make Terra's power something like "dark-kinesis"? It doesn't quite fit with his keyblade, but it does fit in with other powers he obtains and his general story progression throughout all of BbS.
Note that his City job would likely be more something with the police or other protection-oriented employment, as the guard force is actually a Cave-only thing.
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You'd be surprised who would hire a seventeen year old in the City, so don't count those chickens just yet!
So you're saying his psychics powers would be more of an elemental control, as well? Assuming "spirit" as an element for conversation's sake. That could work, perhaps.
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Character name: Crowley
Fandom: Good Omens
City life: I can't help but lean toward bartending at this point. /sob
Powers: Hmm... Going from a pretty much all powerful creature... I'm thinking I might limit him to matter manipulation: change one thing into another thing, create objects out of thin air, banish objects into thin air, perhaps even changing his own shape from himself into that of another creature (i.e. a lady).
Do you think they'll be active? Reluctantly so, yes.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Again, reluctantly so. However, if Aziraphale is getting involved, he is as well if only to protect the angel. ;3;
Why this character interests you here: I have missed playing my post-apocalyptic AU Crowley. And Anne lured me by being awesome. 8D But, no, seriously. Post-apocalyptic AU Crowley is a very sad and lonely individual. He needs to be around people again even if they're telling him his 6,050~ish years are a lie. In fact, he'd welcome the last thirty years as a lie.
Potential concerns: He's going to be a little bit of a drunken wallower for a bit (hey he hasn't been able to get drunk for 30 years, give him a break). But I think he can be broken out of that cycle once he starts collecting allies and distractions.
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Hellohello! I have two little angel things that I'm hoping to bring into the game and yeah sup, figured I might as well pop over here to see if anyone has anything helpful and whatnot o/
Character name: C.A. Cupid.
Fandom: Monster High.
City Life: She goes to a high school for monsters in canon so I suppose she should be going to school here too? She could totally work in a fashion store or something like that too though. Also, Cupid and her father are in charge of ~love~ so I was thinking of saying her father ran a magazine or some sort of company with her aspiring to be in the family business too. If I can do that. 8|a
Powers: The only sort of supernatural power she seems to have that doesn't rely on her using her bow and arrow (which she won't even have) is a sort of... supernatural perception thing. She has to purposely activate it and when she does she can read a person's basics, like their level of power.
Do you think they'll be active? Certainly! She's a really friendly girl and loves to help people out so she'll be talking to a bunch of people.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Most likely!
Why this character interests you here: She is super cute okay. Also I think it'd be sort of interesting to try taking a weird family friendly character out of her canon and putting her in a setting that's considerably less "friendship is the best and be true to yourself and hearts" yes.
Potential Concerns: Umm well she is a minor character from a sort of obscure canon, though I hope I can give her enough juice to be entertaining. 8c
Character name: Castiel.
Fandom: Supernatural.
City life: Still a little floppy here at the moment, but I figured I'd translate him into a dude who is trying to fix/take over his broken ass family. And as for what he actually does for a living UH LMAO I am thinking maybe he... works in a library? Since he knows all about history because he is old as time. idk.
Powers: Angels in Supernatural are super overpowered and would break the game SO LMAO he will be very much watered down. I guess the basic things would be teleportation, being able to tell who's what supernaturally and angel stuff like not dying after being stabbed and shot and whatever?
Do you think they'll be active? Sob I might hide behind Cupid a little because she's pinker but I will certainly try to get him everywhere I can!
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Uh yes no maybe! Depends on what is happening, I suppose.
Why this character interests you here: I have never played him before D: and this is a new and little game! Also Amber tells me you guys are rad so hey what's up.
Potential concerns: I haven't done a "serious" sort of character in quite a while sadly, also CANON POINT WHAT IS LIFE my goodness. I can't quite decide between like... just before the civil war in Heaven or just before Cas kinda loses it at the end of S6 or even after that? :|a HMM I won't take him during a time he's in a state of crazy of course and I am leaning towards before/beginning of civil war but if anyone has an opinion, by all means lemme know o/
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2: working in the library would definitely get him CR. because. like two or three PCs work in the library right now (including this guy) (who I will bombard you with if you app Castiel FAIR WARNING)
3: beginning of the civil war would probably cause the most angelcast drama if that's what you are looking for 8)
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Pretty uncertain between these. I may app more than one of them, but not for some time since I've been out of the RP loop for months. Though, all three have common personality traits (being inquisitive and strong-willed and stubborn) so if I choose one I might not play the others. Depends!
Character name: Digger, or, Digger-Of-Unnecessarily-Convoluted-Tunnels
Fandom: Digger (webcomic)
City life: She's used to hard work and is basically a born engineer/geologist, so she might be engaged in that... at worst she'd do construction or heavy lifting at the supply depot.
Powers: Some kind of more-than-mortal strength or fortitude. In-canon, wombats are basically all muscle and thick hide (she takes a dagger to the rear at one point). While she would translate into a very physically tough human, something like... idk, Stoneskin from D&D would be apt.
Do you think they'll be active? Digger is all about poking her nose into things against her own better judgement. She isn't super extroverted, but she's big about common decency and pitching in to help folks out. Short answer: Yes.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? See above. Def. yes.
Why this character interests you here: She's very straightforward and no-nonsense and has zero sense of awe, and is just... really good fun to throw at weirdass situations.
Potential concerns: In wombat culture, magic is irresponsible and tacky, and using such to mess with people's minds and bodies is very OHGODNOPE. Left alone, Digger would pretty much rack up a zillion infractions for asserting her "real" self and past. This should be solved with someone metaphorically grabbing her by the shoulders and going SHHHHH NOT SO LOUD MORON, though. also of concern: drawing all the sodding human icons. >:|
Character name: Emily A. Stanton
Fandom: The Protomen (rock opera depicting a dystopian AU of Megaman Classic)
City life: Emily is a factory worker, pretty much working hand-to-mouth, so she'd be doing much the same here. Perhaps saving up to go back to school?
Powers: THE POWER OF ROCK B| Really, she doesn't have any canon superpowers... That said, there are strong themes of light and keeping the darkness at bay in the canon, and Emily is significant for being one of the very few humans who could see through Wily's bullshit and stand up to him, so... maybe some kind of ability related to seeking out the truth and recognizing lies? Though that's a bit too metagamey. maybe the power of rock isn't such a bad idea.
Do you think they'll be active? Yes.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Yep yep, particularly if it's something regarding getting to the bottom of What Is The Deal With This Place.
Why this character interests you here: The City in the Protomen universe shares some cosmetic similarities to the City here -- a metropolis in a wasteland -- which would easily compound on the weird "this is freakily familiar" feeling Emily would have upon entering the game. (If she hadn't died, the Spire would also remind her of the control tower, but that's after her time lol.) The "fish not quite out of water" is part of my interest in apping her.
Potential concerns: Let's face it, Emily is a background love interest designed to be killed off as soon as possible to act as Dr. Light's dead muse. I've been able to extrapolate some to flesh her out, using stuff from the Protomen liner notes, but it's up to the mods to say if this is kosher.
Character name: Madotsuki
Fandom: Yume Nikki (indie exploration game)
City life: Almost certainly in school, since she's about thirteen. Alternatively, she may have been hospitalized in her "city past" for some kind of accident or trauma, maybe even put on suicide watch, and become an invalid for some time.
Powers: The Effects in YN are almost all cosmetic, turning her head into a frog's, giving her kitty ears, creating a flute out of thin air, etc. A general illusionary ability, maybe, that temporarily changes her appearance, with maybe a few trivial side-effects, like being able to play the flute as if it's a tangible object, or the stoplight-head effect actually giving off light. The only Effects that really do anything substantial are Bicycle (not like she can't find an actual bike) and Knife (ditto).
Do you think they'll be active? Tricky, she's introverted and pulled-in on herself, but also endlessly curious. Yes, with careful CR to shove her out of her comfort zone.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Like above, yes, though there'll be limits in what she can do, given her young age.
Why this character interests you here: I really think that Mado is one of the few people in the game who might honestly accept that her life has all been a dream and this is as real as it gets. At the same time, she likes to take things at her own pace, so prodding her too hard to believe one way or another would be counterproductive. There's also the likelihood she'll see the city as just another dream, which will affect how she interacts with it -- in dreams, she's fearless and almost invulnerable. It could go any way, really.
Potential concerns: There isn't a lot of actual canon that definitively states her past and history (though a lot can be inferred from the messed-up crap she dreams about) and is like 80% headcanon. (For instance, I've come up with no less than three different backstories, all entirely valid given the evidence in the game; though in this setting I'd be going with the typical "traumatized girl who used dreams as an escape from reality" explanation.) Like Emily, she's in a grey area regarding appability.
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Working around the supply depot could definitely be her Cave job if you'd like, while she could still be a geologist or something in the City! They're two separate things, so finding different things for them to do that still relate to the character could be fun. I'm sure someone would be willing to help out, re: her troublemaking ways, but I can't speak for anyone in particular.
Human icons would definitely be an issue though, yeah, though I don't think entirely necessary to start if you simply can't find time. A PB would also be acceptable!
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First of all: we are totally cool with minor characters here. Anyone with sufficient love and effort in their playing is awesome with us! The power of rock makes me giggle, because she could totally get it on with another character we have whose power is to teach people how to dance~
... um. I mean. Yes. Nothing wrong with going for a minor character!
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And here is the one I kind of sort of know. Never finished mucking about with her game, but I'm familiar with the basics and have seen a few of the levels. I like the idea of self-regulated, but "solid"-ish illusions! Her being thirteen wouldn't be so much of a problem, but if you think she would benefit more from being aged up in the game, you could certainly make a pitch for that.
As long as you can come up with a backstory you find plausible and you don't mind sticking to, her viability shouldn't be an issue. :3
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Character name: T'Pol
Fandom: Star Trek: Enterprise mirror!verse
City life: IDK help. The obvious option would be some kind of scientist, either in a university or a private lab or something somewhere, but then there's the less obvious option of jazz singer a la Esperanza Spalding, or a saxophonist, or something like that. What do, help. :c Also names, God I hate humanizing her name.
Powers: I'mmmm not sure. Would the revealed powers be all her heightened senses/strength/etc.? I don't think I want to add any powers to her. :|a
Do you think they'll be active? More or less. T'Pol's more a watcher, but she manages to get involved.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? depends on what's in it for her. :v
Why this character interests you here: NEEDS MOAR MIRRORVERSE
Potential concerns: The problem I usually end up having with T'Pol is that she doesn't play well with others, or make friends easily without being forced into it, but I thiiiink that can work with the City side of things if she's told that's her polar opposite. Is that doable? Could she get into trouble for not being friendly and out going, etc. etc. because that's what her city persona is?
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She wouldn't necessary get in trouble for it... unless she had a job that required her to speak with people. Maybe something like a reporter or perhaps a social sciences major?
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Character name: Uther Doul
Fandom: China Mieville's Bas-Lag books, specifically 'The Scar'.
City life: In 'The Scar', he's pretty much a warrior monk and divides his time between mercenary work as a pirate (the violent, unsexy kind) and his scientific studies. In game, I think that he could mirror that by getting work in some sort of physical labour/security position and using that to fund his research.
Powers: Canonically, while it's never explicitly stated, it's hinted that he has power or inhuman knowledge of probability and probability manipulation.
Do you think they'll be active? He's not an out-going chatty sort of fellow, but he needs to be involved in things.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Most definitely.
Why this character interests you here: I really enjoy playing Doul in settings that are skewed more towards prose, because so much of how I write him is based on body language, posturing, and he's not well suited to 'network style' chatter.
Potential concerns: Doul is not a nice man. When it suits his purposes, he can behave very well, but at heart, he will always do what he wants, even if it's to the detriment of others. Basically, I'm expecting some negative CR, if that's cool with everyone?
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Character name: Njoki Rainmaker
Fandom: OC based in North African legend
City life: Back home, Ki worked two main jobs: during the day, she was an MA philosophy student and at night she was a rootworker specializing in the undead/fleshcraft.
Powers: A modified, low powered version of Vicissitude
Do you think they'll be active? Definitely. She's nosy and wants to get into things.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? It depends. As curious as she is, Njoki is a bit of a coward and wants to keep herself safe as a priority. So long as she's not on the 'front lines' of something horrid, Ki will be content to act as support.
Why this character interests you here: I like writing liminal characters that push boundaries and, I feel, Njoki does. In some ways, she's a legitimately frightening character, but at heart, she is a good person and wants to ease people's suffering. Also, I think it's important to include strong, female characters in roleplay.
Potential concerns: Dead people are gross. No, really, there's often a strong horror aspect to much of what Njoki does.
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Really, he seems like he could fit in fairly well! The only issue might be his probability powers, considering the nature of the metagame and its mystery. On the other hand, we mods could probably use it for nefarious purposes depending on how exactly you see it working. No matter what, it would be a pretty double-edged knife, though, and might require some talking out?
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Again, she seems like she would not be out of place in the game. Her type of power would definitely be interesting depending on how she'd utilize it and how far you intended to take it in-game!
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Character name: Edward Elric
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist
City life: I think ideally Edward is first and foremost an academic. But the problem with being an academic is that with his outspoken nature, he often will find himself in trouble, speaking out and causing more conflict.
Powers: Well if we are considering that they have already lived their canon, which is what I think is the gist of it, then this is not an issue at all. What do you guys think? (For those that are unfamiliar Edward was an alchemist the entire series until the end. I'd warn for spoilers, but it's been almost two years.)
Do you think they'll be active? Oh yes. Definitely. And I'm an active player and he's always my strongest muse.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? A mystery is right up his alley, and I think he would want to resolve the matter, and even go back to his known life.
Why this character interests you here: I think it would be fun, and this type of setting is something that would be challenging for Edward to handle. His drive is family and without it, it can be a rough experience for him.
Potential concerns: As always, my potential concerns with him are that he's abrasive, he can be rough around the edges. However, this strangley does not seem to stop him gaining friends even though he may not want them, heh!
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I'm not quite sure what you mean, re: powers. Yes, they do wake up remembering all of their canon lives up to their canonpoints... but how does that correlate to his powers in this sense?
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(Anonymous) 2012-04-30 07:31 am (UTC)(link)Character name: Jane Crocker
Fandom: Homestuck
City life: I imagine she would have worked in a bakery of some sort? Making cakes and the like.
Powers: Jane has no innate powers, but I'd love for her to gain some small abilities that might be useful to detective work: the ability to recognize lies, for instance, or to "find" objects.
Do you think they'll be active? Oh yes. Jane's a bright, social person, probably too much for her own good.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? For sure! I think that Jane will be very interested in figuring out what's going on.
Why this character interests you here: Jane's been told for some time now that her life is a lie and that she's been mindcontrolled by the batterwitch and I think it would be really interesting for her to wake up in a setting and be confronted with the the fact that hey, maybe they were right. She is also optimistic, plucky, and dreams of being a detective: three traits that I think would make for a super-interesting combination in a setting like this.
Potential concerns: First and foremost being, I'm not sure if Jane would be allowed? I know that some games want people to hold off applying for the Alpha kids until they've been in-comic for longer. Secondly, she's pretty young (16)! I'm not sure how much difference this would make, but the setting seems like one that would be more accommodating to older characters.
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Character name: Aang
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
City life: I'm not sure, to be honest. Aang is too young to hold a real job, but I can imagine him as helping out/participating in/being a disciple in some sort of church or temple?
Powers: Aang already has a good deal of canonical power. I imagine it would be very useful, for a lot of reasons?
Do you think they'll be active? Yup! Like Jane, he's a cheerful, social fellow.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Yeah.
Why this character interests you here: Aang is, well, a very context-driven character: he's the avatar, he has a mission to accomplish, and I'm interested in how he would react when he's yanked out and placed in an entirely different context, especially grappling with the fact that being the Avatar itself might be a lie.
Potential concerns: He's even younger! Which, again, I'm not sure if it's a real thing to worry about or not. I can't think of anything else at the moment, really.
(alternately, I could play a number of other characters from either of these canons, these are just the first two that come to mind, and i'm not particularly committed to either. i'm also wracking my brain for other potential character ideas, so hm. i might try this again in the future.)
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Aside from that, however, age is not an issue for characters! We have a few "under 18s" who are generally sent to study in the Library when they're in the Cave, but there is an option of them being given some sort of part-time job if they had one back in the City.
As for Aang, his bending would fit in well as a power to regain in the game with minimal tweaking necessary. Mostly we would be concerned about how much power he would have with those abilities. Otherwise, he sounds like quite an interesting choice!
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Character name: The Brucolac
Fandom: The Scar by China Mieville
City life: A politician or lawyer on track to becoming a judge!
Powers: The Brucolac is a VAMPIRE and he has a fairly standard Ooky Vampire set of powers that includes being really fast, flicky tongue super scent senses, healing quickly, sort of hopping between shadows, and being REALLY INTIMIDATING without necessarily really meaning to be. NOT having these powers at first will be kind of a relief / extremely alarming, in that hey it's nice to be able to talk to people, but it is NOT nice to be a weak squishy thing with a heartbeat. I'm open to the end power set being heavily nerfed. I would like for him to appear far younger than he should from the get-go, at least.
Do you think they'll be active? YES. Yes. This character is nosy as heck, and is NOT content just sitting around by any means. He is a mover and a shaker. However, he is also heavily adaptive, and is as likely to integrate himself into the current power structure if he thinks it will benefit him as he is to fight against it.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Sure! It may depend on what kind of plots, he'll be conservative until he's confident he's not as squishy as he will initially fear that he is.
Why this character interests you here: The Brucolac is always a fun character for me to play: he's sly, sharp and morally grey, and he both embodies and defies the stereotypical vampire overlord villain trope in ways I find fascinating. Also, I enjoy playing him off of Takh's Doul.
Potential concerns: Possibly too pushy/meddlesome, I will have to find a good balance with him where he's satisfyingly active without requiring more time than I can devote to him.
Character name: Sirius Black
Fandom: Harry Potter, specifically from the Shoebox AU. (Marauder-era)
City life: Student! Sirius would not be old enough to have a job.
Powers: Lord, Potterverse magic is janky. I'd pick one or two types of "magic" that he can still do, probably transfiguration and enchanting objects. It'd be nice to have some spells but that opens up a big can of worms powers wise. As long as he can make a flying motorbike, I'll be happy.
Do you think they'll be active? YES. Sirius is incapable of shutting up, ever.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? Yes! He is fiercely and helplessly social, he needs attention.
Why this character interests you here: Sirius always interests me, but this is a much darker genre than he hails from, so it will be interesting to see how he adapts. I think a character who is so fiercely, merrily reckless may also be fun in the game? Idk guys, tell me what you think.
Potential concerns: Genre clash and overpowered-ness? I'm not sure what the game's stance is on underaged characters (though I could take him from the end of the AU when he's 18)
Character name: F1R3W@LL, or F13 for short
Fandom: OC from Changeling: the Lost
City life: Computer programmer / hacker
Powers: Control over lightening, ability to see & interact with supernatural stuff, ability to sense people's fears.
Do you think they'll be active? F13's a bit of a shut in but is big on electronic communication and spreading information. This is someone who's not seen but who is heard.
Do you think they'll participate in plot? I'm comfortable shoving my characters into things that I think would be interesting, though unless it involved investigating stuff via the computertubes or obviously ooky supernatural things, F13's natural inclination will be to stay home.
Why this character interests you here: I love this character. F13 is snarky and delightful to play, the sort of person who can't help but be helpful, even while ragging on everyone. Also, Changeling: the Lost is basically fairytale PTSD: the game, and its characters already experienced physical warping and identity theft. I think it would be a lot of fun to see what a Changeling would do if they woke up Lost all over again.
Potential concerns: So F13 spent their time with the horrible fey god creature as an actual computer churning data in a metropolis-like nightmare city. Their original human body (and the human body most people will see) is physically female but looks like an androgynously skinny youth. F13's true form / mental image of is a completely genderless computer with wire limbs dressed in sweats and a hoodie, and that's how they'll look to anyone with True Sight. F13 tends to let people assume that they're male and just generally won't correct pronoun usage because they haven't figured out a pronoun preference. So in general there might be some gender identity triggery stuff. The character is absolutely not going to become a platform from which I talk about this issue (F13 is certainly going to avoid making it a Thing, ICly) it's just worth mentioning because it is part of the character's story.
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How do you mean, far younger than he should? As for his meddlesomeness, that shouldn't be much of a problem on our end! Those kinds of characters are awesome for the setting.
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Narrowing down his powers like that should be acceptable, although we'd ask that you define what you mean by "enchanting" and explain the limitations on transfiguration. I don't know about making a flying motorcycle, but he'd certainly be welcome to try! Underaged characters are perfectly all right; we don't mind having people under 18. The game is only PG-13, after all!
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They definitely sound like they could be an interesting character, too! Ability to see/interact with supernatural beings would likely not be very useful in the case of the only possibly-supernatural occurrence in the game are ghosts, who don't exactly function as most fiction portrays them as functioning. We would like to point out that F13's "true form" would still be that of their human self, although their mental perception of themselves could certainly be as you described.
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We already have one character who can see ghosts and spirits in the game, so having another with a type of mediumship like that would definitely be something we could get behind.
It kind of seems like you're misunderstanding how memories are played with in the game. Upon waking up in the Cave (entering the game), characters only remember their canonical lives and cannot drum up any memories related to what all of the NPCs insist is true. Memory rehabilitation occurs either when a character breaks a law, or the player would like to haul them in for a routine rehab — it's sort of in the place of "curses" or the like in other RP games. These memories only temporarily overwrite any canonical memories before turning into a second set. Does that make sense?
As far as being a lone canon warrior, I wouldn't worry too much. We have very few canons with more than one character in the game, and they seem to be doing fine with reaching out and receiving CR in return.
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