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resetbutton) wrote2012-02-01 03:00 pm
resetbutton) wrote2012-02-01 03:00 pm
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♢ POTENTIAL APP DISCUSSION
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| While the worldbuilding post is an excellent place to try and figure out City history CR, this page is more to help you to decide who you should apply for in the first place. Give us a good idea of what kind of character you're thinking of and let others comment in on how they might see it working! Think of it as a thought experiment for yourself and other players. As a reminder, this is completely optional. You are totally free to reserve or apply someone without commenting to this post first. ♢ Reception to your idea will have no effect on how the mods process your app. This is only a tool to help you decide who to put the effort into. ♢ Don't spam or flame any potential character comments. While just going "OMG YES!!" can be encouraging, it doesn't really give anyone a whole lot to work with, and neither does shooting someone down. Be constructive. ♢ Give your honest opinion. If you think a character really wouldn't fit in the setting, express your concerns. Maybe the potential applicant didn't think of it from a certain point of view. Paired with the above, please don't just go "I don't think this will work". Provide some reasoning! ♢ Don't take anything personal. Anyone who comments back to you on this post is only trying to help — even if it isn't outright encouragement. | |||
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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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I like the sound of that! Usually, I tend to err on the side of "no powers," so right now it's all just speculation. I'll spend more time between now and apps opening considering whether I want Arthur to find himself with abilities or not.
Robert Carlyle icons get all my love
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No powers is totally fair! Don't forget: you can decide to app him without powers and pitch something later if you change your mind, too.
Here, have some more.