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riverview: applications

applications: open

Applications will be open from 10:00 PM EST on the 1st of every month until 10:00 PM on the 7th of every month. They will be processed as quickly as possible after they are submitted; if you have not received a response by the 10th of the month, feel free to contact the mod.

Applications will be open from October 1st until December 7th, and will be processed on a first-come first-served basis.

● Please post the entirety of your application in a comment to this entry.

Applications may receive a verdict of Approved, Declined, or Revisions.

● Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
● Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod.

● There are currently 58 Character Slots still available in the game.

● While the game is close to character cap, reserved applications will be processed before unreserved applications, with unreserved applications being processed at the end of the cycle until cap is reached.

● Application Queue: All applications that would put the game over character cap will be placed in the queue below and processed on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications in queue will be processed as drops happen, regardless of whether the application cycle is complete.

● Casts at or close to Cast Cap: Marvel Cinematic Universe: 15/15; Marvel Comics: 12/15

application guide

● Accepted character types: fandom, original, canon AU
● Non-accepted character types: fandom OC, AU
● The character limit is 2, with 2 apps allowed per month; players can buy up to a maximum of 4 character slots with AC bonus points. There is a cast cap of 15 characters per cast at this time.
● Linked samples should be no older than 1 year.
● Application challenges are not allowed at this time, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 04/02/2017: Applications must fit in ONE COMMENT on the application page. In special situations such as original characters or canon characters without an information link, please try to keep the summary concise and stick to major turning points. If you have been as concise as possible and it absolutely will not fit in one comment, please store the background section in an entry on your journal/musebox/website and link it to keep the application within one comment.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 02/03/2018: The Strengths and Weaknesses sections are a stand-in for the usual personality section and should relate to the character's personality strengths and weaknesses. These sections should not include anything related to abilities and the weaknesses should not be 'positives in disguise' (for example, stating that a character has a weakness to iron because they are a fairy would not be an acceptable response to the weaknesses section, nor would stating that a character is too generous). Every character has good and bad personality traits, please include both.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 03/10/2018: Linked samples must be from a publicly available source. Friends-locked samples are not acceptable for use (via screencaps or other methods), unless they have been unlocked and made public.

● A mod-created sample application can be found here. This is an example of a canon application. The strengths section has been filled out in bullet point form, and the weaknesses have been filled out in paragraph form - both options or a combination thereof are acceptable.

● Sample Applications: Ronan Lynch (Canon Character; Written Background), Yuuri Katsuki (Canon Character; CRAU), Derek Hale (Canon Character; CRAU), Tolemi Pagoda (Original Character), Benjamin Holt (Original Character)

player information
● name: your name or alias
● age: your age (generalizations are fine)
● contact: any way to contact you (PM, plurk, etc.)
● other characters: any other characters you play in Riverview

character information
● name: your character's full name, in Western order
● canon: your character's canon, please specify which if there are multiple versions
● canon point: please state as specifically as possible, with chapter/episode reference, if possible
● age: please clarify if your character is not mentally, physically, and chronologically the same age

● (canon) background: this is for canon characters only; link to a resource or give a quick run-down of your character's involvement in canon
● (original) world: this is for OCs only; please give a succinct rundown of your character's world and your character's place in that world, as well as a brief explanation of their history

● abilities: list your character's abilities including any specialist non-superhuman skills they might have; feel free to link to a wiki or other information source that clearly states them; clearly state if any abilities need to be nerfed

● strengths: list at least 3 personality strengths your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words
● weaknesses: list at least 3 personality weaknesses your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words

● job skills (optional): if you would like your character to be placed in a job to start out, list three work-related skills so they can be assigned something suitable; this is different than the abilities section, and should only be three words or very short phrases - the character will not be placed in a job if there are no traits listed here; This is something that is asked in orientation, and would be volunteered by your character. But please feel free to specify if they have a skill they might not mention but that you would like considered in their job placement and I'll take it into consideration as a "funny coincidence."
● housing (optional): tell the mod if you have any preference for where your character is placed in community housing

● network username: provide the username that your character will use when accessing the network; the default is in the form of first initial, last name (j.doe) but your character can pick anything else they like; usernames should have no spaces, but periods are fine

● network sample: write out or link to an example of how your character would communicate over the network; this sample does not have to be long, but it must clearly show your character's personality and a good understanding of their voice; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

● prose/action sample: write out or link to an example of how you write your character in interactions; this sample should be a bit longer and can be done in prose or action bracket style and can be set in the game or your character's canon, though please avoid over-use of NPCing other characters - this is about your character; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

submit an application

Please fill out the information in the form below and submit it in its entirety in one comment to this entry. If your application doesn't fit in one comment, it needs to be trimmed - application standards are weighted to quality rather than quantity.

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player information
● name: jessi.
● age: 24
● contact: sharkly @ plurk, jessi#9413 @ discord
● other characters: n/a

character information
● name: William “Billy” Kaplan
● canon: Marvel 616
● canon point: Young Avengers Vol 2, chapter 9
● age: 18

● (canon) background: wikia

● abilities:

Billy’s abilities are. . complicated. He’s a reality warper, which is the basis for every other skill he’s shown. Billy can warp--well, reality around him. He has no basis for spells cast, and is mostly self-taught from self help books he received from Teddy’s mother.

Instead of having incantations like most witches would have to use their abilities, Billy simply chants what he wants to happen (IwanthimtobeokayIwanthimtobeokay) over and over again. He has improved his capabilities enough that he doesn’t need to repeat it anymore, depending on what spell he is trying to cast (flying doesn't need him to chant at all, nor does summoning lightening, finding someone or teleporting, on the other hand) and his mental state. That said, he is not able to cast spells if he can’t hear himself regardless of whether or not he can cast it without repeating them. This is the biggest weakness to his abilities. His other weakness is his own sense of self-esteem; Billy has confidence issues, rarely does he think he’s good enough. This can deter him from properly executing spells, and can cause problems.

Individual abilities he has been shown to use through his ability to warp reality are: flight, electrokinesis, cryokinesis, pryokinesis, teleportation, locating others, telepathy, and conjuring( clothes), illusions, among a few others.

● strengths:

Billy is extremely powerful, enough that he’s destined to one day become what’s referred to as the Demiurge; he’s meant to change the laws of magic itself. He hasn’t yet quite discovered a limit to his magical capabilities themselves, but has found limits he has due to not being trained enough to do certain things. Billy can knock out numerous people at once, can locate others (although he does struggle with this particular skill, locating someone’s hard), can conjure new clothes out of thin air and can illusion himself into being someone else.

He’s very headstrong, which can be both a strength and a weakness. When Billy gets an idea in his head, he’ll run with it until he’s either proven (without any doubts) that he’s wrong, or until he finishes what he set out to do.

Additionally, Billy Kaplan is a very loyal individual. He’ll stick by those he cares about until the end of time, would do anything to ensure their safety. He loves his friends and family, and would do anything he could to keep them safe and happy.

● weaknesses:

To counter his massive amount of magical strength-- Billy is still very untrained. He’s had a few months experience working under Loki (which, let’s be real, who trusts Loki to teach someone else how to use their magic?), but he’s still growing into his own shoes and learning what it means to truly be a reality warper. He makes mistakes, and given the nature of his abilities--when he makes mistakes, they’re generally huge ones. And if he can’t hear himself speak, he can’t use spells.

Billy has anxiety and depression. He gets nervous, thinks he’s not good enough, lives with the crippling thoughts in his head at most times that he’s going to mess up, he’ll do something wrong and something bad will happen, and it’ll be all his fault. With his magic, his words are also a huge concern for him; saying the wrong thing out loud, thinking the wrong thing may set off something that causes something wrong and bad to happen.

He’s extremely stubborn--part of that headstrong trait of his. Once his mind gets set on something, Billy doesn’t stop running for it until he’s gotten it--or until something happens to irrevocably dissuade him into thinking it’s an awful idea, which isn’t an easy task to accomplish.

● network username: actualwizard666

● network sample: texting & tfln

● prose/action sample: memes & nwfw

Edited 2017-11-09 01:34 (UTC)

revisions

Thank you for your application! Before it can be fully processed, a bit of additional information and clarification is required. Please complete the following revisions within 48 hours and submit them in a reply to this comment.

● The Strengths and Weaknesses sections you have provided are very focused on his abilities. These sections are meant to address the character's personality. Please revise to limit discussion of his magic use to the abilities section, and flesh out the description of his personality strengths and weaknesses.

we hope to see you soon

Edited (rewording) 2017-11-11 08:39 (UTC)

● strengths: --
LOYALTY -- Billy is an extremely loyal individual. Once he’s on someone’s side, he’s not likely to leave it, unless said person does do something absolutely horrendous and destroys what bits and pieces of trust he has given to them. He wants to trust people. Given time, he’s shown to even trust individuals who he probably shouldn’t, and knows he shouldn’t. Once he has opened up to someone enough to give them that trust. He wants to stick by others’ sides, wants to believe in them, and to that end, has the tendency to be fairly loyal and trusting once he has gotten close to others. He’d go to the ends of the universe for his family and friends--heck, even further if that’s what it’d took to help them. As far as Billy Kaplan is concerned, there is no limits to how far he’ll push when it comes to protecting and helping someone close to him.

DETERMINATION -- There are few requirements to being a superhero, right? Some nice nifty abilities, or training under some guy in a batsuit with too much time and money on his hands. Maybe a nice armor suit. Billy has the superpowers down easy—but another trait he carries is his inability to give up. Once he’s got his heart set on something, he doesn’t let it go--not unless some universally changing fact comes along and proves he was undeniably incorrect.

STRENGTH OF HEART -- He genuinely cares about doing right by others, about helping people, about making sure everyone around him is safe; Billy isn't into heroism for the fame or attention (he's rather adverse to either, for that matter), but he wants to help. Even though he's a little. . weak on control of his capabilities, he'll do whatever he can, whenever he can, to help make sure someone doesn't get hurt.

● weaknesses: --
STUBBORN -- The flipside to his determination is that Billy can be extremely stubborn. He doesn’t give up on his ideals easily, and will often times deny another point of view because his is right. He will do what he thinks is necessary, what he thinks is right and will help--unless someone manages to prove him wrong.

WITHDRAWAL -- As strong as he is, there are things that even Billy can’t handle. And when he’s faced with those, he has the tendency to withdrawal from a situation rather than deal with it. He gets depression rather easily, has bouts of anxiety. He doesn’t think he’s good enough, and when something happens that Billy can’t handle, he shuts down. He won’t move, or talk, or look at anyone. His sense of self-preservation is off, too, which doesn’t help that at all.

SELFISH -- He’s a good person, really, he is--but Billy is still just a teenager. And teenagers have really shit ideas sometimes, like dragging in their boyfriend's dead mother from an alternative universe to make him happy because obviously, what boyfriend wouldn’t want that? Teddy would extremely appreciate having his mother around again, right? And he’ll love him even more for it. Billy will take actions that he thinks will benefit himself and those around him without thinking through the long term reproductions of said actions, or what the person he’s trying to help will think. He often puts his foot in his own mouth when he speaks, and is a little careless with his words.

accepted

Thank you for your application and welcome to Riverview! Please see the arrival page for an explanation of what will happen to your character on arrival.

● Billy will be housed in Communal Housing; Floor 2, Bed 7.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● NOTE: Please ensure that Billy's abilities are capped to avoid gamebreaking. This would include teleportation beyond a distance of 35 miles and reality warping that would allow him to escape the moon.

● Your first activity check for this character will begin on December 1st.

● Please respond to this comment with your character's journal.
● Join the communities riverview, riverviewlogs, and riverviewooc.
● Make sure to set up an ic inbox, permissions or info link, and hmd on your journal.
● Optionally, you may also set up a Friendr entry (code on the arrival page).
● Add your character to the Taken Characters list.
● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● Post an entry or tag around to the current intro/event log.

welcome to riverview quarantine

Edited 2017-11-11 09:33 (UTC)

this journal here, thank you!!

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riverview: applications

william "billy" kaplan | marvel 616 | not reserved

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