#babylon rogues rp

[windrule]

YOU HAVE TO BECOME ONE WITH THE WIND --

WINDRULE /  independent rp blog for jet the hawk from sonic: riders

inspiration from: games, idw comics, select shows + movies

written by celeste ( she/they, est, 25+, 10+ years of rp experience )

rules: i have a full-time job so i won't be here 24/7, i can be a little selective bc i like keeping my dash clean and relevant, triggering and nsfw content may be explored but nothing explicitly sexual will ever be present, i'm cool with shipping but don't be weird about it + i need to know you and your character fairly well before jumping into anything, let's have fun and not be dicks to each other!

interacting: easiest way to interact with me is through ask memes ( which i LOVE continuing as threads), i'll be going light on the formatting and might not always include icons so if that's not your style i totally get it, i LOVE talking ooc about our characters ( gives me more drive to respond to things, too ) so please ask for my discord

a study in: victory like ozone in your mouth, legacies older than memory, roaring in your ears ( the wind? the crowd? your doubts? ), adrenaline as an accessory, confidence feigned so much you forget how it really feels, collecting medals and bruises, finding the one person who can keep up with you and pushing past them no matter the cost, not knowing who you are without the sound of applause, green feathers gliding but not of their own accord

can also find me: @greenhillguy ( sonic the hedgehog ) + @wisponed ( forces original character )

WITHOUT WINGS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL KISS THE GROUND AND GO HOME !

[l1ghtn1ngstr1kez]

haven't posted much today but i think at least some of y'all would appreciate a small update on the grand prix situation from yesterday

good news! i'm normal now. also i got my skates working again! i found some kinda chip stuck to one of the soles which is most likely what caused them to malfunction. dunno how the hell the babylon rogues stuck that there without me noticing but whatever. what's done is done. at least my skates still work. i don't know what i'd do with myself if they were actually broken

also it looks like the people running the whole thing caught wind of the cheating and are looking into it. they also sent all the racers that had to forfeit a consolation prize so that's nice i guess. doubt they'll be able to catch the rogues though. they probably already ran off with their prize and there's no way they're getting caught. but maybe they'll be barred from entering future races? who knows. i don't care as long as they leave me alone

[sophiaforevs]

Okay here goes. These are all my interpretations and not hard answers so take them with a grain of salt but I am trying to be accurate (spoilers for the first six books and minor spoilers for the last three under the break):

Leviathan Wakes- For this one you need to know what a Leviathan is and why it's waking up. The Leviathan it's referencing is Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan. This guy:

In the 17th Century, the big political controversy was Monarchy vs Democracy. Rule by One vs Rule by Many. One of the proponents of the monarchy was Thomas Hobbes (yes, that's where the stuffed tiger gets his name) who wrote about The Leviathan which was the big monster that would be created if we let all these uneducated peasants vote. Hobbes fears the collective will of many people. In the story the Leviathan Waking references a couple different things: It references the Belter revolt (a bunch of people arguing for self-rule) but it more literally creates the Leviathan when the protomolecule infects eros, turning everyone into a collective group-mind monster.

Caliban's War- Caliban is the primary antagonist of Shakespeare's The Tempest. He is a grotesque, deformed, feral, disgusting, man. This is a reference to the protomolecule soldiers ProtoGen tries to make.

Abaddon's Gate- Abaddon is a place that appears in the Hebrew Bible alongside Sheol as a place of rest for the dead. It is a place of destruction in the afterlife. It is not the Jewish concept of hell. It is also used in the Christian Bible in Revelations, where Abaddon is personified as an angel who is the king of an army of locusts. So the void inside the gates as a reference to a void-like afterlife but also, the things that killed the protomolecule creators I believe are described as locusts a handful of times so there's a bit of foreshadowing.

Cibola Burn- Cibola was one of the fabled seven cities of Gold in Pre-Columbian North America but it was also just a real place and a fairly large city inhabited by the Zuni Pueblo. When the (militarily) technologically superior Spanish found it they burned it to the ground. The book references this both in the human's fear of the technologically superior ring builders and this is the book where we start to get hints as to what wiped them out (an even more technologically superior civilization).

Nemesis Games- Eh, the Earth and the Belt are enemies I don't think there's more to it than that other than poor people constantly being used as pawns in the games of their generals.

Babylon's Ashes- Babylon was a once great city but it's been dead for over two and a half millennia. There's a lot of anxiety here if Earth can even survive the asteroid strikes.

Percepolis Rising- Percepolis was the capital city of the First Persian Empire. It's a reference to the Laconians coming to power.

Tiamat's Wrath- Tiamat is a five headed dragon in the popular tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons and this is a reference to the most recent campaign played on the Rocinante. Here's what everyone plays:

Holden- Human Fighter and everyone gives him shit for it.

Naomi- Aasimar Rogue. Naomi wasn't sure she wanted to play at first so everyone else made her character and agreed that Naomi 100% had a touch of the divine so she had to play Aasimar.

Alex- DM. And y'all he's good at it. He puts so much into his stories but makes sure never to railroad. He knows when to let the party win and when to let the party fail. Best of all he's apparently good at art so you're going to get a drawing of your character.

Amos- Halfling Druid. Amos sometimes has a hard time with the RP aspect of the game but he tries. It's really been a learning experience for him and gives him more context for what the right thing to do in a situation is.

Clarissa- Kenku Warlock. Clarissa absolutely uses D&D as therapy when she really just needs therapy. Alex rolls with it and gets advice from some therapist boards when he can.

Bobbie- Goliath Martian Marine. Listen, I want to be clear here, Bobbie did not threaten Alex until he homebrewed a Martian Marine class for her. Why would you suggest that? She simply found the relevant PDF in her inbox the day before they were set to play. Weird. Anyway, Betsy has an AC of 20 and a minigun for an arm.

It's kinda weird that this whole book was about a D&D game and not a reference to Tiamat, the mother of the gods in Babylonian mythology. That would be a good reference to learning more about the things that killed the ring builders but oh well. Missed opportunity.

Leviathan Falls- Same reference in book one but in reverse.

i am 6 books and 5 short stories/novellas into The Expanse and im gonna be real w yall i still have no idea what the titles mean. *little mermaid voice* what is a cibola and why does it — what's the word — burn

[dr-starline]

" Who the hell are you suppose to be? " Jet asked with a glare

 “I am the magnificent Doctor Starline! Hypnotist, Psychological Therapist, and expert on all things associated with Lord Eggman. And you, my feathery friend, must be Jet the Hawk. I’m familiar with your work! I must say you’ve achieved some great things.” Inflate his ego. That’s how you win him over.

[spiinsparks]

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Opinion on;

Character(s) in general: oooohhh babylon Rogues how i wish to be able to replay sonic riders properly as i did once !! but to be a tad more series Sonic Riders was one of those games I grew up on and lives in my brain in bits and pieces. I remember really loving the dynamic between Team Sonic and the Rogues throughout the campaign and even now I think the rivalry is hilarious. 

How they play them: Very well! There’s a lot of thought that goes into each of the Rogues and how they play off of one another and other muses! They’ve all got such unique voices already, and you’ve managed to capture the vibes of the main trio really well! I also love that you’ve added other Rogues to the mix!! It’s all just so dynamic and fun and !!!! QwQ every time I see you and your posts on the dash I always have such a splendid time. 

The Mun: Super fun to talk to and vibe with!! :D I’d love to do so more, actually?? Though ik that’s mostly on me actually being more on top of my dms haha— idk bro i just think ur p neat !! :3

Do I:

RP with them: yes!

Want to RP with them: yeah!!

What is my;

Overall Opinion:

[miracide]

how guys give rp titles to their fem rogue/warrior charas in wow: ‘that bitch’, ‘cunt’, ‘shameless whore’, ‘wolf-bitch’, ‘whore of babylon’, ‘dark succubus’, ‘she-devil’

[dpn-datalogs]

I am literal inches from saying fuck it and making a Sonic RP blog for the Babylon Rogues, but those inches consist of my deleted Susie Haltmann blog making me wary of RPing in a community I’m not already established in.