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hey folks, just wanted to let you know that i'll be taking a break from tumblr for a little while (see previous post for explanation). i've realised that all this drama is really getting to me, and so i think i should keep my distance for now to protect my mental health, until things have calmed down and/or i'm in a better headspace to deal with it. i'll definitely be back though! i love my weird little corner of the internet too much to abandon it permanently. thank you to everyone who reacted to my vent post, it made me feel a lot less alone <3

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Terra Application

Canon Character Application Form

Roleplayer’s name: Fe[licia]

Age: 20

Gender: Gal

Predicted average weekly activity level: I should be able to meet the requirements for all 3 characters. Occasionally, due to my demanding and fluctuating schedule I may be forced to prioritize replies based on what character is most essential to current plots. In those cases, I will ensure that at least one reply is done for each character in a week’s time to not hold up the group. OOC I’ll be fairly active as I almost always have an internet device with Skype on me, even during most of my classes.

Time zone: Eastern

Anything else you want us to know?: Hi I’m the admin and this will be my…. 6th year roleplaying Teen Titans. I was also the admin of 2 other RPGs. This group has been built from the ashes of those, and is designed to take my previous visions and make it a reality.

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This app contains information about Terra herself, as well as a clone that comes to believe she is Terra.

Character’s superhero/villain name: Terra (she may change this eventually to have an actual alias).

Character’s civilian name: Tara Markov, but she tends to go by Terra more often. Clone!Terra initially believes her name is Ashley.

Superhero, villain, undecided, antihero, or other: Undecided, but most likely will return to being a superhero. Terra is trying to live a normal life with the occasional do-gooding, but will soon be dragged back into the superhero lifestyle. Clone-Terra initially wants nothing to do with the Titans (as evident in the episode Things Change), but as more memories appear she finds herself involved with them once again.

Affiliated with: None atm, but possibly Titans East or another Titans Branch in the future. After such a traumatic experience with the main Titans she may be a bit hesitant to rejoin their ranks.  

Age: 16 (almost 17)

Physical characteristics: Terra is rather plain looking. She is a blonde with blue eyes, but is scrawny and lacks feminine charm. She often simply wears her long hair down, and has plain clothing. She tends to part her hair down the middle these days. She is modest, and is fairly insecure about her appearance. When she chooses to associate herself with the Titans, she wears a black long-sleeved shirt with a yellow T printed on it. She may develop a different costume in the future.

Personality traits: Terra can come off as self-assured and confident, especially when she wishes to impress new people. Lies slip off her tongue with ease, and she has become rather good at manipulating others for her own needs. She knows how to make other take pity on her, due to the tragedies she has experienced. She also possesses a good sense of humor and can fall into witty banter with friends. She has no qualms about hanging ‘with the guys’, and can display some boyish habits. She can sometimes be loud, selfish, disruptive, disagreeable, or opinionated. Despite her dark past, Terra generally wants to do what is right, but sometimes needs some guidance.  

However, underneath her confident façade, Terra is an insecure teenager with mental instability (and most likely a mental illness). She finds it difficult to trust, and jumps to conclusions when she feels betrayed. However, she is sometimes too quick to trust. She still sometimes feels like she cannot fully control her powers, and likewise, the occurrences in her life. Due to the effects of her unstable powers, Terra had learned to be a loner, but she still craves acceptance. Terra regrets many of her previous actions.

Special abilities: Terra is able to shape and move earth, rocks, and mud. She has previously manipulated a volcano, but it resulted in her being turned into stone so she dares not try it. She is still not in complete control of her abilities and may require additional training to reach a desirable level. She can use rocks as vehicles to travel with, as well. 

Clone!Terra does not have evidence of powers right away.

Character history: Terra grew up in the kingdom of Markovia as a princess. She was actually the result of an affair the Queen had with a commoner, but to cover up the scandal, Terra was passed off as the King’s child (Terra does not know that bit of her past). During her childhood, government scientists began experimenting on her and her siblings to give them powers. Terra could not stand the constant tests and experiments, and was also battling issues with her identity. Because of her unruly powers, Terra additionally feared for the safety of those around her. Terra ultimately decided to run away around the age of 10. She was able to smuggle herself to the United States on a cargo ship. From there she began a nomadic lifestyle; she was often homeless, and at times was bounced around various foster homes. Her powers unfortunately caused destruction and harm to people she cared about, which is why she was not apt to stay in one place. 

Prior to Season 2 of the original show, Terra had heard about a group of teenagers that used powers to fight crime, and attempted to devote her powers to similar endeavors. She ended up traveling to the West Coast to seek them out, and that is how she met the Teen Titans.

Terra has never been officially diagnosed with any psychological disorder, but it is evident that she suffers from something. It is likely that she has at least PTSD, due to the experiments she was subjected to as a child, from early instances of her powers getting out of hand and injuring others/scaring others away, and from her time as Slade’s apprentice. During her time with Slade, Terra’s mental health rapidly fell apart and she most likely had some sort of break with reality. Slade’s emotional and physical abuse, combined with her incorrect assumptions about the Titans betraying her had severely damaged her perception of reality. While her actions are not excusable, when Terra’s desperation and mental status is taken into account, it is easy to understand her motives. Terra still has vivid flashbacks and nightmares about her past, and deeply regrets the choices she had made.

Place of residence: Terra bounces from place to place; a combination of hitchhiking and a method of travel with her powers. Eventually I would like for her to settle at a Titans base.

Clone!Terra lives with rich foster parents that wish to adopt her.

Other: At the start of the first major TTRPG plot, Terra had just been revived from her stone-like state (by an unknown reason). Unfortunately, she is almost immediately kidnapped by Professor Chang and cloned. The ‘Terra’ that is seen at the end of the series is one such clone, a failed experiment that does not show evidence of powers and has an unreliable account of her past (a combination of error and some memories purposely altered by the cloning process). Clone!Terra slowly begins interacting more with the Titans, and at first there is no suspicion. Additionally, she has gained the interest of various villains. As Terra begins to ‘remember’ more, she begins to believe that the Titans were responsible for her ‘death’, and becomes angry and bitter.

Clone!Terra has memories that clash and don’t make sense- she remembers a childhood of being shipped from foster home to foster home, but she eventually begins to remember bits of the truth, along with some very incorrect memories. This causes great distress to her.

In-character writing sample (at least 100 words):

This sample describes how Terra is kidnapped by a man working for Dr. Chang.

Running, always running. God, why did Terra always find herself fleeing from something. Ever since she had left her home many years ago, she was on the run. On the run from palace officials, and then hightailing it away from cities after accidentally causing destruction and harm..

At this moment, a strange man was tailing the teenager. Terra knew not of his intentions, but anybody who targeted a young girl in a deserted playground was not a great person.

“What do you want, creep?” she had pointedly asked him when he initially approached her. He did not respond and had instead pulled out a strange weapon. Terra’s flight instincts automatically took over- she raised a barrier made of earth, and then she was off.

He began firing a strange beam of light at her from the gun. It hit her a few times, and caused a weird sensation of pins and needles. Terra simply continued to dodge, block, and run. She also threw up rock attacks behind her in defense. She had hoped to lose him, to hide, but there was no opportunity. He hit her again, and Terra had finally had enough: She was going to fight if needed.

“You think you’re scary, but being petrified has just been part of my routine,” Terra announced to him, with a smirk as she turned to face him. The pun probably meant nothing to him as he wouldn’t have known she had essentially been a statue for about a year, but it was funny to her.

Terra had a boulder floating, aimed at the man. She was ready to attack. “Why are you following me?” She wasn’t really expecting an answer, but he opened his mouth, as if her were about to. Then, he started laughing. His laugh echoed in her head as, abruptly, Terra began to feel light-headed. Her vision blurred, and then everything went black.

Other questions:

Any character:

Why are you interested in joining TTRPG? More specifically, why do you want to roleplay this character?

Terra has always been near and dear to my heart, and I always write about her in fanfics. I’ve been considering roleplaying her for a while but never got the chance.

If your character is part of a Titans team:

What role do you think your character will play in his/her team? I think once Terra is part of a team, it will take her a little while to warm up and adjust. She is used to being on her own, and obviously her last experience with a team did not go smoothly. She is still hesitant to trust, but will eventually befriend most of her team. Specifically, her strengths as a Titan is combat due to the sheer power of her abilities. She will most likely need to be mentored by teammates about her powers.

I would like to see Terra join either the main Titans team or Titans East.

If your character is not part of a Titans team:

In what ways do you foresee your character interacting with the Titans and other characters? Do you have any plots in mind? With Clone!Terra, I would like Beast Boy to seek her out again (it will have been a full year since they last talked) or even have her seek him out. She will have a bit more ‘memory’ of what had occurred and be a bit more apt to interact with the Titans again. However, due to her unstable memories and clone programming, she will be triggered to once again lose her trust in them. This leaves her open for being taken advantage of by villains…. Including a repeat offender.

I sort of would like the original Terra to somehow escape while the clone plot is still occurring (or after the conclusion of the main clone plot if Clone!Terra is still around) to allow her to have interactions with… herself. As stated before, I would love for Terra to eventually become a part of one of the Titans teams.

Do you have any ideas regarding how your character will be introduced to any of the other characters or what characters they will frequently be interacting with? See above for how the introduction would occur. I can see Clone!Terra interacting with the main Titans for a bit and kinda befriending them again, but slowly having corrupted memories that persuade her to either seek out or be persuaded by villains (most likely Slade again)

I really would like to see Terra interact with the main Titans and Titans East. I’ve seen that route done before and it worked really nicely. Also, Sperra is still an OTP, even if I’m playing Speedy also.

If we get a Ravager, I would be interested in shipping Terra with her.

- If Terra and Clone!Terra end up existing at the same time (ie, actual Terra escapes from Dr. Chang while Clone!Terra is still around), I am totally willing to let another person roleplay Clone!Terra on a new, separate account. Because by at that point, I believe that both versions of Terra will be very different characters.