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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: Michelle
● age: 29
● contact: PM
● other characters: Stephen Strange

character information
● name: Jyn Erso
● canon: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
● canon point: right before her death on Scarif
● age: 22

● (canon) background: Wookieepedia

● abilities:

▷ Hand to hand/close range combat: Being a child soldier, Jyn is very experienced in combat and able to make a weapon out of almost anything within close range if not her body itself.
▷ Resourceful: A trait that works in tandem with her fighting ability is her quick thinking and resourcefulness in a fight or war zone.
▷ Marksmanship: Due to her training, she has expert aim with blasters and long range rifles.
▷ Tactical extraction/escape, camouflage: Jyn is able to blend in and disappear when she needs to. She's also able to get herself out of situations/arrests/capture all on her own as well as rescue others in a fire fight while evading oncoming attacks.
▷ Theft & Forgery: Her criminal record details how she's stolen weapons and Imperial information as well as forging Imperial documents. In most cases, this wouldn't be considered a good or noteworthy ability except in a negative light. But considering Jyn was doing most of these things either for survival and/or as a way of deterring the Empire from their objective, I'm marking it as a valuable skill.
▷ Emotional effectiveness: Not sure how much this would count but all during the film we see how Jyn can work her way under people's skin and have an effect on them, shake them up. Mon Mothma would describe it as "inspiring" people.
▷ Leadership: Going hand in hand with the former, a leader is definitely not something Jyn would ever consider herself to be but nonetheless fell into the role easily and with pretty astounding results.

● strengths:

▷ Resilient: At the age of six, Jyn's life is pretty much ripped away from her. Her life doesn't get much easier as time goes on. Going from simply being a bystander of the war to actively participating in it under a rebel with extremist views. She ends up alone and incarcerated and only looking out for herself by adulthood. That in and of itself took strength to endure and what happens throughout the movie is one blow after another, trying to knock her off her feet. In every instance, she keeps going. In the end, she pushes back as hard as she can, refusing to go down without a fight. It ends up making all the difference.

▷ Loyal: Despite the abandonment issues that plagued her since childhood, once someone has earned Jyn's trust, she will stand with them to the bitter end. During the mission on Scarif, she not only gives her little group of rebels hope and instills determination in them but her goodbyes to Baze, Chirrut, and Bodhi are heartfelt, even affectionate. This is a complete turnaround from the Jyn we met earlier in the film. She has a purpose now: fighting for her friends and the galaxy they live in. With every loss, she keeps pushing forward, determined to not let their sacrifice be in vain.

▷ Selfless: After finding that sense of purpose, Jyn adopts the cause of her father, knowing now that all this time he had been planning on betraying the Empire. Knowing now that he never stopped loving her. There's hope for a better world even if she isn't a part of it. She wants to at least try to leave it better off and full of hope if she can.

● weaknesses:

▷ Combative: From nearly the get go, we see Jyn actively fighting people rescuing her after they free her of her chains. Cassian, more than once, has to hold her back from going at people. She's also described as having been charged multiple times with assault and resisting arrest. Needless to say, years of built up anger and bitterness don't help to curb this tendency. Neither was being made into a child soldier after losing both parents to the Empire. It goes beyond being a survival instinct (though that is a factor during a time of war) and becomes a somewhat destructive aspect of her personality.

▷ Distrustful: She only takes stock in herself and is pretty self-serving at first. The root of this can easily be traced back to the loss of her mother and then assumed abandonment of her father followed a few years later but her surrogate father abandoning her, as well. With losing everyone she gets close to it's no wonder she ends up preferring to be on her own. Words mean little to her and she's suspicious of other's motives at best and outright accusatory at worst.

▷ Emotionally cold: Being closed off and detached are tools to protect oneself emotionally. Not healthy or helpful but a good fallback for when life keeps kicking you when you're down. It's what Jyn falls back on time and again, being basically forced into helping the Rebellion and not caring about anyone but herself (at least that's what she wants people to think and thus acts it). It's only when she meets Saw Gerrara again, sees her father's heartfelt plea, that we see those walls break. There's an ocean of hurt and anger behind those walls and it proceeds to bleed out as the movie progresses.

● skills (optional): listed above

● housing (optional): private if possible

● network username: kyber

● network sample: Test Drive 1

● prose/action sample: Test Drive 2

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.

● Jyn will be housed in Private Housing; Floor 4, Room 9.
● Jyn would be an excellent fit as a Surveyor with the Perimeter Guard. If you wish to accept this job, please fill in the information on the Perimeter Guard Page. If you are not interested in the Perimeter Guard, just let me know and I will brainstorm a different job.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

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● Add your character to the Taken Characters list.
● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● (Optional) Check out and make plans in a player plot info post.
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jyn erso | rogue one | reserved

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