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riverviewmod) wrote2017-02-05 12:21 am
riverview: applications
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
● 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.)
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.
Janis Sandusky "Retro Girl" | Powers (TV) | Not Reserved
● name: Jamie
● age: 18+
● contact: PM /
● other characters: Ava Orlova
character information
● name: Janis Sandusky
● canon: Powers (TV)
● canon point: End of season 1, circa her death
● age: Looks late-30s, but is significantly older. I typically put her as being born in 1914, but all we know for sure is that she was at least 20-something during WWII.
● (canon) background: Wiki – This is a link to the episode summaries because the Powers TV wiki is seriously freaking barebones. As in, Janis' is basically just a list of powers off the superpower wiki. That said, if needed I can do an Actual Summary.
● abilities: She is said to be the Strongest Power (Wolfe seems to be stronger, but considering he achieves this by devouring other Powers, this is likely not an equal comparison). She has superhuman strength, she is neigh-invulnerable (compromised only by a device that is specifically made to be able to nullify the abilities of any Power – you can't perform an autopsy on her body). She can fly, routinely breaking the sound barrier, and able to go from fighting a hurricane in Asia to fighting the villain Wolfe in LA in about ten minutes (which is a distance of about 7,000 miles). She's either able to breathe without the presence of air, or doesn't need to breathe. Even compared to other Powers she is very long-lived, and seems to age better than the rest of them. She's also supposed to be one of the best fighters. Our opening shot of Retrogirl involves a red blur that takes two powers fighting with fire and ice and casually knocks them out of the sky like they're children.
She is a world-renowned superhero, charismatic and demanding, a leader able to unite the Powers communities the world over. She's seen the advent of powers adapting to every generation, and she's savvy enough to be able to move with it, adapting to every change so she stands as an unchanging symbol. She also manages various charitable organizations and navigates a decidedly unfriendly media landscape.
● strengths:
Stalwart – Janis has been fighting the good fight for 70 years. She is at the forefront of every catastrophe, fights for strangers again and again. Not just from the bad guys, but she literally fights against natural disasters, punching hurricanes. She talks about walking away from being a superhero, but she seems to be literally incapable of doing it. She's dependable to her own detriment, shoulders the weight of the entire superhuman community without complaint, to the point that with her death the various factions immediately fall into rancor. She is almost always willing to carry a burden for someone else
Caring – She is at heart a person that cares about other people. She's loyal, almost to a fault. Breaking her word carries a serious weight for her, and more than just the lives lost, it's promising to find someone and failing that cuts. She's a philanthropist, running a number of charities, and genuinely seeming invested in them, even if she's clearly not a fan of the media circus that follows. At funerals she is an empathetic shoulder for anyone that seems to need it, and she worries for the well-being of her friends, whether it's Christian in the wake of losing his powers, or Harley and his alcoholism.
Morality – She is a very moral person, but she isn't some cinnamon roll, either. She is literally held up as the line in the sand on what the right thing to do is, she is the person where you can pretty much say that if you're not on her side, you are probably doing the wrong thing. And it's this facet that allows her to unite pretty much all of the powered people, and stave off a constant threat of unrest, even in the face of the Powers Registration Act.
● weaknesses:
Bitter – The flip side of fighting this fight for as long as she has is that she's very aware of what it has turned into. The way that people who would never step up to so much as slow down a mugger pass judgment on every small misstep of Powers, turning the deaths of heroes into media spots and sales figures. She's very aware of the game and she's good at playing it, but she hates that she has to. This results in a tendency toward seeing the agendas of people, and that she can be judgmental if someone does something she doesn't agree with.
Stubborn – The detrimental flip side to many of her positive traits is that she has a tendency to dig her heels in. As Cobalt Knight notes in his eulogy, she doesn't compromise. She treats things as pretty black and white, and once she sees something a certain way she's unlikely to change her mind. In line with this, she tends to say what she means, though she is generally capable of filtering if it's liable to end up on the evening news.
Tired – Another downside to how long she's been doing this, is just how tired she is. This seems to be less about being tired of saving people, so much as she's tired of the way the world has changed. The media-hounding, the way that she talks about websites that dissect every inch of her body every time she steps into public. Her job is no longer just about fighting the bad guys and preventing disaster, it's about having the right public persona. And she's incapable of having any time to herself in public, to where she idealizes getting away from everything, pretending she could walk away-- which she can't.
● job skills (optional): Combatant, strategist/organizing people, search and rescue. She's been doing this stuff for seventy years, c'mon.
● housing (optional): Communal, please. Or put her in the barracks.
● network username: janis
● network sample: Link
● prose/action sample:
There were some nights where Janis just doesn't want to be alone. Where everything seems a little too crushing, the weight of the world a little too heavy, and she is strong enough to admit when she's feeling weak. Like tonight, where after hours of flying into a category five hurricane trying to save as many people as she can with her own two hands, and hitting that wall she can't punch through- the one that says you can't save everyone- she just needs a little human interaction. And Harley is always good for that.
It had been a little strange at first, after the Powers Registration Act, finding their way back here. That line in the sand that had made them suddenly more and less than friends-- Harley with his government contracts backing the status quo and Janis always willing to fight for what's right. The sturggle then had been mild enough, but it's starting to spark again. She misses the old days, Unity with SuperShock and Cobalt Knight, or only a few decades back with Olympia, Christian and Harley. Another symbol, but the ages had changed, and suddenly they were on lunchboxes and Sunday morning cartoons, movies and MTV specials. Retro Girl, the life and times!
It's late, sitting on the edge of his bed, her hair still just slightly damp, still in that bright red and gold flightsuit, googles dropped on the floor as she sighs and tries to breathe. Most superheroes try to save the world from the bad guys. Janis tries to save it from itself. From disaster and poverty and everything that takes the life of innocents, makes people suffer. And when there's no villain, no standard for victory, everything feels like a failure.
"I'm just so tired."
She admits it with a tilt of her head as she looks up at the doorway. She doesn't think there are many people left that she could say that to, because there are so few people left from their generation, people that can imagine how heavy it gets. Her friends from the forties are dead. Her team from the sixties is reduced to her, with SuperShock MIA for the last forty years and Cobalt Knight retired into politics, pushing anti-Powers legislation in a turn of irony that has never escaped her. The falling out had been hard. Her last team had formed around the turn of millennium, but Olympia was dead, Diamond had lost his powers, and Harley was an aging alcoholic, if still a terrifying sort of genius.
And still her best-friend.
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