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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: Arisa
● age: 26
● contact:

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● other characters: n/a

character information
● name: Matt Murdock
● canon: Marvel TV (Daredevil)
● canon point: post Daredevil season 2, episode 13
● age: 32

● (canon) background: link

● abilities:

Matt Murdock is blind. To anyone else, this might be considered a handicap, since the loss of such an important ability should render anyone vulnerable. However, after exposing his eyes to hazardous chemicals in the midst of an accident when he was a child, while he'd become blind, the rest of his senses became much more enhanced, as well as developing a more sonar-like way of visualizing the world. This is due to being able to sense vibrations and temperatures of objects and people, similar to the visual of heat sensors. As Matt describes it, he sees "the world on fire".

With the loss of his sight, his other senses are heightened. One he makes immense use of is his enhanced hearing, amplified to an elevated degree that allows him to hear heartbeats and the shifting of bones. The former is one that he makes use of in being able to detect a person's emotions and read any possible lies, aligning them with the way that a person's heartbeat shifts in conversation. Enhanced smell permits him to detect scents from great distances, once detecting cheap cologne off a man three floors above in a building, and enhanced taste pertains even to that which doesn't touch his tongue directly such as the copper a distance away in the blood of Claire's open stitches. Enhanced touch allows him to feel the vibrations of movements before they even directly make contact with him, able to sense people's locations as they move across the floor and through the air. His touch is sensitive to the degree that he prefers silk sheets on his bed because cotton cloth feels like sandpaper against his skin.

Collectively, his abilities allow him to have an advanced sense of balance and reflex speed. Able to detect movements in advance, he makes use of it in battle, reacting more easily during fights, allowing him to dodge and land hits more efficiently. Matt pairs this with advanced training in the martial arts, initially taught to him by Stick at a young age before he pursued training on his own upon Stick's departure. With well over twenty years of fighting experience, Matt is able to take on even the most highly trained assassins, matching them in battle even when multitudes of them pursue him at a time.

● strengths:

● APPROACHABLE: Matt knows well how to mold himself to be approachable, stemming from a subtle sense of manipulation. As a lawyer, Matt understands the importance of having all the facts to a situation and knowing how to dissect information. While his partner, Foggy, has more difficulty in his own approaches due to his struggle in being taken seriously, Matt factors in charm and his handicap, as well as sensing heartbeats ad temperatures, to appear less intimidating, knowing it make others more susceptible to trusting him and sharing information.

● ADAPTABLE: Matt has always been able to shape himself in accordance to any situation. Upon becoming blind, rather than letting himself fall under the pressure of an uncomfortable state, he pushed himself to learn braille and adapt his lifestyle to accommodate his loss of sight. When he meets Stick, a blind martial artist, he accepts the difficult task of learning to fight and make maximum use of his enhanced senses. This continues whenever he engages in any fight, even in unique settings or against multiple enemies, finding methods to use them to his advantage instead of letting them remain a challenge.

● CONVICTION: A man of faith, Matt has molded his choices based on the ideologies of Catholicism, using it as an assessment of "right and wrong". The importance of this is how it's restricted the intensity of his battles, never letting him resort to murder. Even when conflicted with the desire to kill Wilson Fisk for terrorizing Hell's Kitchen and murdering loved ones, Matt is aided by his priest who suggests to him that perhaps the Devil was meant to be a symbol to convince people to "tread the path of the righteous", something that keeps Matt from steering into too dark of a path.

● weaknesses:

● STUBBORN: Matt often holds an unwillingness to listen to anyone else, instantly shown in his relationship with Claire, who tells him to lessen his vigilante activities. Ignoring her warnings, Matt's injuries often become more severe from recklessly pushing his body past its limits. His stubbornness often strains most of his relationships, including the one with Foggy, who becomes infuriated whenever Matt goes against all suggestions to quit being Daredevil, even putting that above his duties as a lawyer.

● DISTANT: Carrying his responsibilities alone, Matt keeps many secrets from his friends. Becoming a masked vigilante, he first shares his identity with almost no one, only revealing himself to his priest or when he happens to get caught, such as when Claire and Foggy each respectively find him bleeding to death. Foggy's discovery is considered a betrayal, shattering their friendship due to Matt having lied about his sight since they'd met. His secrets are partially for protecting his loved ones, but even when his identity is revealed, he remains reluctant to involve them in his burdens, resulting in a repetitive string of strayed relationships.

● GUILT: Matt is susceptible to feeling immense guilt, a weight carried on since his father's death. Jack Murdock's death came from winning a boxing match to make his son proud, despite having been paid to lose, a chain of events that never left Matt, convinced he was at fault. Even his physical battles symbolize a betrayal to his father who never wanted his son to fight like he did, with Matt unable to resist trying to wash his city of dirty criminals. The violence of it constantly brings him to confess his sins at church, questioning whether his second life as Daredevil is an act against God, constantly leaving his confidence shaky and vulnerable.

● job skills (optional): Matt has a Law degree, is exceptionally persuasive, and (as not mentioned by him during orientation) is well versed in a multitude of fighting styles.

● housing (optional): Private housing; the same floor as Jessica Jones if possible.

● network username: murdock

● network sample: link

● prose/action sample: link

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.

● Matt will be housed in Private Housing; Floor 9, Room 6.
● Matt's job, should he choose to accept it, is Paralegal at Bülent & Feige, where he will hold that position for a short time while becoming accustomed to the laws in Riverview, and then move up to Defense Attorney. If you wish to accept this job, please fill in the information on the Occupations Page.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● Your first activity check for this character will begin on September 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.

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matt murdock | marvel tv | not reserved

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