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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: Alex
● age: Over 21!
● contact:

lightfellows
● other characters: N/A

character information
● name: Natalia Alianovna Romanova / Natasha Romanov
● canon: Marvel Comics
● canon point: Secret Empire #2, after punching out Clint (I've talked to others in the cast about this!)
● age: ~90

● (canon) background: here, a version I've written up is here, recent updates include foiling a plan to revive the Red Room by the new villainess Brown Recluse, and finding out Steve Rogers has been rewritten into being a HYDRA sleeper agent and vowing to kill him.
● (original) world: N/A

● abilities:

⪢ FIGHTING SKILLS. Natasha is a formidable martial artist, as well as an expert markswoman and Olympic-caliber gymnast. This is not particularly impressive in her universe and she usually has a hard time punching her way out of problems, but it does mean she can beat most people up.

⪢ SPY SKILLS. Basically if you can think of something vaguely related to the espionage genre chances are Natasha can do it. Breaking and entering, being charming at dinner parties, industrial sabotage, sneaking around in vents, wearing unrealistically convincing facemasks, check check and check. Related, she speaks whatever language she needs to for the plot. Canonically, this has included: Russian, English, Spanish, Bulgarian, French, Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese, off the top of my head.

⪢ COMPUTER SKILLS. Natasha is no technology whiz by the scrap cave standards of her universe, but she has a very specific familiarity with electronic security systems. She has played Avengers Oracle on more than one occasion, designed her own microchip communication devices, and hacked past her own considerable SHIELD clearance.

⪢ MYSTERIOUS COMIC BOOK SERUM. Natasha has been the recipient of one of many Soviet stabs at better living through chemistry. It has slowed her aging to a crawl, the other side-effects are hazy and seem to shift from writer to writer. I think she works best as non-super powered so that's how I play her.

● strengths:

⪢ Natasha is competent, naturally mission-driven, and a meticulous and thorough worker. She is not easily dissuaded from her goal once she has that in mind, and will usually approach things strategically instead of charging in headfirst like a big stupid hero. She was a capable mission leader for the Avengers during the early 90s, even if that ended poorly, and has the respect of both her superhero peers and SHIELD as someone whose opinion is worth listening to.

⪢ Natasha is compassionate, and despite her reputation, has deep and personal feelings about a lot. This is something of a personal triumph, because she has been trained to be a human tool, with no sense of self to call her own. She does keep that part of herself closed off and well-protected, but it guides much of what she does, from her defection, her decision to join both the Avengers and SHIELD, and her recent somewhat-misguided solo quest for redemption. It's also let her cultivate several lasting friendships, which is unusual in her line of work.

⪢ Natasha is a survivor, which means a lot of things, but it is very difficult to keep her down. She grew up during the Nazi seiges of Russia, during World War II, and has known hardship and death from the first. But she is still going, which is a testament to her drive and will.

● weaknesses:

⪢ Natasha is so mission-driven that sometimes she loses sight of everything else. She will alienate her friends and upend whatever else she is doing, betray SHIELD, lie, go completely off the grid, whatever, if it means she can do whatever it is she feels like she needs to do. This can make her a very difficult person to know.

⪢ The flipside of Natasha's compassion is that she also can be cruel— because she hasn't destroyed all her empathy, Natasha knows when and how she's hurting people, and sometimes she likes it. "Killing people is easy, making them suffer is an art" is a representative quote here— she can definitely go beyond the bounds of what is necessary or righteous with physical and emotional violence.

⪢ Natasha is a survivor, which means she has done things most people wouldn't consider in order to simply endure. She has a lot of trauma in her past that she hasn't really dealt with, except by compartmentalizing, and also things like false memories and sometimes crippling mental blocks installed via Red Room brainwashing techniques on top of that.

● job skills (optional): Things Natasha might actually mention include: her facility with languages, general competence with computers (word processing, stuff like that), and an ability to dance classical ballet.
● housing (optional): Natasha would strongly prefer to live alone, I OOCly have no preference.

● network username: n.romanov

● network sample: This is ancient, so lmk if you need something more recent.

● prose/action sample: TDM comment.

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.

● Natasha will be housed in Private Housing; Floor 4, Room 2.
● Natasha will be offered a place in the Riverview Ballet Troupe at the Riverview Ballet Conservatory. 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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riverview: applications

natasha romanov | marvel comics | not reserved

ACCEPTED