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[ applications: canon characters ]
OC Applications are here
IMPORTANT! We are officially in endgame until August 31, 2020. Applications are on a rolling basis. There is a small "block" period from the 1st through the 4th of every month to allow a bulk of apps to be submitted, and then applications can be submitted at any time during the month. Notices will be sent out all at once after the first "block" period, and then between 24 hours to the end of the weekend depending on how many and our schedule. Applications are guaranteed to be processed during the weekends.
Before applying, please be sure to read the following:
We have compiled sample applications from our players to show what the mod team and the application moderators are looking for in terms of writing quality and depth. We hope you find these samples useful!
⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉
Player:
Contact: Journal/Plurk/AIM — anything to help identify since someone might share your name handle.
Age: You must be at least 13 years old to apply.
Current Characters: If a new player, just put "N/A"
⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character:
Age:
Canon:
Canon Point:
Background: We do not need a play by play of their life. You can of course provide one, but it's not necessary. A summary of their role in the canon and important events involving their character will suffice. Wiki links are allowed.
Personality: Tell us everything you can about how the character works. What are their quirks, reasons for thinking, habits, and flaws—basically we want to know not only how they act, but also why they act that way. You are free to use canon as examples, but be sure to explain why you are referencing the event.
Abilities: If there are any particular abilities the character has supernatural or otherwise, list them here. Referencing to a wiki list is acceptable. However, if there are any particular abilities that need to be weakened or removed, note them here.
Alignment: Please refer to the Alignment entry to choose which alignment your character would most likely fall under. Include a brief (a couple of sentences max) just to help explain why you think your choice is the best fit.
Other: Anything else you'd like to mention.
⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
We have two sample requirements.
General Sample: We should see examples of the character's dialogue as well as some introspection or additional narrative to further show how you intend to write the character. This is the most important part of the sample and where most of the weight will be.
Emotion Sample: This is our "game setting" requirement. Essentially we want to ensure that you have a basic grasp of the game's premise, especially with the use of emotions. It can be a small scene, even incidental to the main sample. A reminder that apathetic characters will also create effects, such as loss of color, surface distortion, holes forming. This section doesn't have to be lengthy, but the effect must be clear for us to see.
The emotion sample can be part of the general character sample. If so, please link directly or directly quote that portion so that it's easier for us to quickly find it.
The samples can be "written" in three different ways and you can choose which one will work best for you:
Format wise, you can use either [ brackets ] OR narrative prose. We do require that the writing at least be coherent, have proper sentence structure, and is mostly grammatically correct (we realize that writing styles can be loose/creative in [ bracket ] form so we're giving a bit more leeway). One last suggestion we have is try to have the character interacting with the environment and try thinking of the sample less of a narrative piece but more like a post or thread prompt you might make in the game. That will help the sample show not only how you will write the character, but also how you will play them in practice.
Questions: If you have any questions, ask them here.
Clean copy and paste form here:
(first application page has been archived and can be found here.)
Before applying, please be sure to read the following:
- Read the Rules and the Game Information.
- Double check the Reserves and Taken Characters lists (A-M | N-Z) to make sure the character you're applying for is not on the list. Also check the comments in case the entry has yet to be updated, as well as any pending applications.
- RETURNING PLAYERS! You only need to submit any old application. Does not matter how long ago, as long as it was accepted and you have good standing (ie, not banned), it will be valid.
- Feel free to use the most recent test drive both for practice as well as to use for samples. IMPORTANT! If you submit threads as samples, you must submit the application with that character journal. This is the only way we can ensure that the samples are from you and not someone else.
- Linked samples must have been made within the past year.
- You may apply for up to two characters per month.
- Application challenges are allowed. Reserves will have priority, but it's not definitive. We will choose the better application regardless.
- Do not plagiarize. If we find that the information provided was directly taken by either another player or source material such a wiki, the application will be rejected immediately. If we find this after processing the application, we will revoke the application and have you removed from the game with potential ban.
- Reusing content from your own applications from other games is allowed. However, the application must follow our format, and we ask any original written samples to conform to our game. That is, we don't want to read samples that are set specifically for another game's premise. Note: this does not apply to threads linked from other games used as samples.
- If you are rejected, you cannot reapply for the same character for two weeks. However, you can apply for a different character in that timeframe.
- Those accepted must fill out all of the required entries within a week to be considered part of the game. Otherwise, we will consider it a revocation of the application.
- Fill out the form and comment to this entry! You can either paste the application directly to the entry or link it from your own journal/musebox.
We have compiled sample applications from our players to show what the mod team and the application moderators are looking for in terms of writing quality and depth. We hope you find these samples useful!
- Sun Wukong (RWBY)
- Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)
- Goro Akechi (Persona 5)
Player:
Contact: Journal/Plurk/AIM — anything to help identify since someone might share your name handle.
Age: You must be at least 13 years old to apply.
Current Characters: If a new player, just put "N/A"
Character:
Age:
Canon:
Canon Point:
Background: We do not need a play by play of their life. You can of course provide one, but it's not necessary. A summary of their role in the canon and important events involving their character will suffice. Wiki links are allowed.
Personality: Tell us everything you can about how the character works. What are their quirks, reasons for thinking, habits, and flaws—basically we want to know not only how they act, but also why they act that way. You are free to use canon as examples, but be sure to explain why you are referencing the event.
Abilities: If there are any particular abilities the character has supernatural or otherwise, list them here. Referencing to a wiki list is acceptable. However, if there are any particular abilities that need to be weakened or removed, note them here.
Alignment: Please refer to the Alignment entry to choose which alignment your character would most likely fall under. Include a brief (a couple of sentences max) just to help explain why you think your choice is the best fit.
Other: Anything else you'd like to mention.
We have two sample requirements.
General Sample: We should see examples of the character's dialogue as well as some introspection or additional narrative to further show how you intend to write the character. This is the most important part of the sample and where most of the weight will be.
Emotion Sample: This is our "game setting" requirement. Essentially we want to ensure that you have a basic grasp of the game's premise, especially with the use of emotions. It can be a small scene, even incidental to the main sample. A reminder that apathetic characters will also create effects, such as loss of color, surface distortion, holes forming. This section doesn't have to be lengthy, but the effect must be clear for us to see.
The emotion sample can be part of the general character sample. If so, please link directly or directly quote that portion so that it's easier for us to quickly find it.
The samples can be "written" in three different ways and you can choose which one will work best for you:
- Test Drive. You can utilize our test drive to cover both requirements of the sample. So long as there is enough character portrayal and a scene with an emotional reaction, be it within the prompt or done during the thread, then it can be used for both.
- Link out + Written. You can link to threads/entries from other games, memes, or museboxes to show character portrayal, and then write an additional short scene for the emotion portion of the sample.
- Original Sample. You can write a complete sample that shows both character portrayal and a scene involving emotion use. This can be one sample or two separate samples. If you opt to write an original sample, you are welcome to use any prompts from any of our Test Drives, Intro Logs, Task Board, and even past events. You are also free to change things up and are not restricted to any of these prompts. They are just here to help offer ideas.
Format wise, you can use either [ brackets ] OR narrative prose. We do require that the writing at least be coherent, have proper sentence structure, and is mostly grammatically correct (we realize that writing styles can be loose/creative in [ bracket ] form so we're giving a bit more leeway). One last suggestion we have is try to have the character interacting with the environment and try thinking of the sample less of a narrative piece but more like a post or thread prompt you might make in the game. That will help the sample show not only how you will write the character, but also how you will play them in practice.
Questions: If you have any questions, ask them here.
(first application page has been archived and can be found here.)
Revision
We would like to see a brief expansion in the history section regarding his time as Lea, as this is touched upon in the games and important for Axel's development. Additionally, we do not feel that the current samples accurately portray Axel's voice, and would like an extra sample that better reflects the character. There were also a number of unfinished thoughts and grammatical errors in the application that made it difficult to follow that we would like to see improved upon.
Please submit your revisions as its own comment in reply to this one. You have one week to submit the revisions, otherwise we will consider it a revocation of your application. If you have any questions or concerns, ask away!
Clarification.
I'm going to need some clarification about where my app was difficult to follow with my grammatical errors and unfinished thoughts.
Additionally, with your request for an extra sample, I find it difficult to understand what it is you're looking for and I'm missing. Which leads me to one of two conclusions: I do not meet your perceived expectations of how this character reads, or I do not understand this character whatsoever. Perhaps further clarification on this would help me provide insight to the grey areas in between.
no subject
I'll provide what I can, but I can do more with the previously requested clarification when you get to it, thanks!
SAMPLES:
Here; this is a thread with the current Roxas player, thanks for their participation in the TDM I was able to further delve into Axel's problematic emotional experiences while in the game's setting. You'll see the complexities and somewhat obsessive thoughts Axel has about the whole emotional business as it relates to himself. The sampled was in response to being dropped into the emotional pool of negativity. You’ll note he responds to the water through a heavy sense of guilt––now, he’s still new at this whole emotion feeling thing, but as the writer I was depicting his experiences through his life as a nobody. Things he has verbalized he was sorry about. Kidnapping Kairi being one of them.
Now, this is a great example of that obsessive side to Axel as he tries to regain some control in KH II by kidnapping Kairi and endeavoring to set in motion a chain of events (manipulating) so that he can get his friend back. The whole game he basically chases after his best friend and refuses to stop even at Roxas’ vocalized wishes to leave the Organization .. All Axel wants is to soothe that insufferable itch. In this case, he missed Roxas, he “felt” as if he had a heart around the other.. (and Sora). The main drive for Axel is to be comfortable; having Roxas back would help him feel better about himself.
Axel is definitely selfish, it doesn’t matter what happens to other people (or nobodies) so long as he gets to meet twilight with a friend to his side and an ice cream to his hand.
Additionally, here you will see his conversation with Naminé to go into somewhat uncomfortable territory (for her). This is an example of his malicious intent, his selfish nature, to just see what happens if he pokes at something.
I can’t help be reminded of the quote from The Dark Knight, where Alfred (Our great Michael Caine) say to Bruce, about the Joker, “..some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.” To me, Axel is somewhat alike in this nature. He’s curious, he wants to know what will happen, what someone will do, why they’ll do it. This is very much a part of his character even after death because I’m still playing Axel, I’m not writing Lea who may have morals to weigh in with before he acts.
I hope this makes sense and helps you better grasp how I read/write Axel.
Thanks in advance, again, if you have further clarification for me I am happy to respond with more detail.
Declined
no subject
Why on earth would I ever want to join this game? I hope you keep this on your application page, I can't be the only person that thinks you did me dirty.
Just some feedback for you to think about, but I honestly believe who ever reviewed my app was bias and I did not receive fair consideration. Absolutely I will admit my first initial response was salty–– but I've given you multiple samples to look at on the TDM so honestly, my feelings are the same there... I can't produce a sample that will reflect Axel in some different way than I see him. I mean, had you answered my request I might have been able to see what wasn't there that you felt needed to be there.
This game has really terrific players in it, I wanted to join the KH cast, especially since a few of them have been so wonderful to tag me in the TDM; so I'm very appreciative of that. So, if anything, I gained a really great experience with the players.
The mods... no, not so much. This was handled poorly. I hope you reflect on this feedback in your future handling of applications.