#even canon characters kind of.. lose that aspect the second you start rping them

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but also i'm the girl (gnc) that makes all their characters transfem and gay so y'know maybe i'm a lil' biased.

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THE MEGA RP PLOTTING SHEET / MEME.

First and foremost, recall that no one is perfect, we all have witnessed some plotting once which did not went too well, be it because of us or our partner. So here have this, which may help for future plotting. It’s a lot! Yes, but perhaps give your partners some insight? Anyway BOLD what fully applies, italicize if only somewhat.

Mun Name: Mik      Age: 26       Contact: IM, discord, smoke signal, whatever.

Character(s) I rp: Nora, Spike. Which muse(s) inspires you the most atm?(for MM): Nora, most likely Current Fandom(s): Fandomless Fandom(s) you have an AU for:  pretty much everything I find around and hop on. My language(s): spanish, english.  Themes I’m interested in for rp:   Fantasy / Science fiction / Horror / Western / Romance / Thriller / Mystery / Dystopia / Adventure / Modern / Erotic / Crime / Mythology / Classic / History / Renaissance / Medieval / Ancient / War / Family / Politics / Religion / School / Adulthood / Childhood / Apocalyptic / Gods / Sport / Music / Science / Fights / Angst / Smut / Drama / etc. Themes/Genres you have an AU for: modern without supernatural, I do have some fantasy set up but eh. 

Preferred Thread length: one-liner / 1 para / 2 para / 3+ / novella. Asks can be send by: Mutuals / Non-Mutuals / Personals / Anons. Can Asks be continued?:   YES / NO   only by Mutuals?:  YES / NO. Preferred thread type: crack / casual nothing too deep / serious / deep as heck. Is realism / research important for you in certain themes?:   YES / NO. Are you atm open for new plots?:  YES / NO / DEPENDS. Do you handle your draft / ask - count well?:  YES / NO / SOMEWHAT. How long do you usually take to reply?:  24h / 1 week / 2 weeks / 3+ / months / years. I’m okay with interacting: original characters / a relative of my character (an oc) / duplicates / my fandom / crossovers / multi-muses / self-inserts / people with no AU verse for my fandom / canon-divergent portrayals / au-versions (as main or only verse). Do you post more ic or occ?:  IC / OOC. Are you selective with following others?:  YES / NO / DEPENDS.  

Best ways to approach you for rp/plotting:  ask, IM, discord, singing telegram, smoke signals, messeger pidgeos -- whatever dude. I will most likely talk and ramble a lot, I do like plotting and I squeeze my brains out to think in ways to rp with ppl. and I really suck at approaching others. really...

What expectations do you hold towards your plotting partner:  Ideas and somewhat more enthusiasm than me. I tend to shy away or feel very much awkward right off the bat if the person approaches me with not much to say or give. And honestly, some people really intimidate me because I am too hard on myself, so giving a bit of a pat on the back makes me relax more. I deal with a lot of anxiety and I know people run away the second I show it. 

When you notice the plotting is rather one-sided, what do you do?:  Mostly when I am doing the talk or coming with ideas or looking generally more interested. It takes effort for me to get on things and actually do stuff but if it’s not the other way around I end up thinking they got bored of me. I am one hell of insecure person. As for what I do, if after many tries of trying to reach another person and end up feeling rejected or ignored, then ... I stop. What’s the point of insisting if the other person would just be awkward or not spare you a word?

How do you usually plot with others, do you give input or leave most work towards your partner?:  well, I usually ask first what the other thinks or have in mind, if nothing, I either suggest or start brainstorming with the other person. I know some who have dealt with me at first I seem like a dettached person but not having ideas really makes me feel like I have not much right to talk. I want to give yet without impossing or letting it twist my arm. I know for a fact nora’s lore really doesn’t help shit for most things. 

When a partner drops the thread, do you wish to know?:   YES / NO / DEPENDS. - And why?: if the thread was meaningful and we were really into it , then I would ask but as for the most, I don’t really bother with it. Sometimes people just lose muse, and even if I was enjoying it, I don’t have the right  to force someone or ask why they stopped. thread dropping is normal, i guess.  - What should your partner do when dropping a thread?:  whatever they want. telling me or not is up to them, I don’t really mind. RP is not something SUPER serious like it should be just perfect. I try to convice myself of this a lot.

What could possibly lead you to drop a thread?:  either because it was old as fuck, I couldn’t find muse or because it was lost in the void of tumblr’s amazing tracking system. - Will you tell your partner?:   YES / NO / DEPENDS.

Is communication in the rpc important to you?   YES / NO. - And why?:  if I do not have some idea of who am i rping with and what they have in mind, then it’s nearly impossible. being purely IC is really uncomfortable and could lead to a lot of misundertandings. - Are you okay with absolute honesty, even if it may means hearing something negative about you and/or portrayal?:  yeah. mostly yeah -- I mean, I will feel bad, I do have feelings, but I will take it with water. - Do you think you can handle such situation in a mature way?  YES ( but I will feel bad anyways ) / NO.

Why do you rp again, is there a goal?:  connect with others, ramble a lot about characters, have fun. I’ve been rping since i was 12 ( back then it was not big deal your age apparently ) and having to connect with other people by making these plots and stories and just having a fun time is something that brings me joy. There’s so much that can be done. And exploring my muses with other muses influences is really helpful to fill the holes left due indecisiveness.

Wishlist, be it plots or scenarios:  I wish people joined my lore more. Having muses that could be in the same story department as Nora in particular, would be hella and inspire me more. There is so much I have. Explore nora’s power is also something I want but it’s hard -- it’s very invasive and not many would really like it, feeling it’s meta. For now, I don’t really have other muses and Spike has her little crew outside tumblr.

Themes I won’t ever rp / explore:  umm, it’s hard to think in something in particular. But mostly stuff that collides with nora’s story/character. but there is a lot I am willing to explore.

What Type of Starters do you prefer / dislike, can’t work with?: casual starters are my fab. It’s easier to figure out how  to go or stop and think. plotted ones also work. as for what I dislike or cannot work with, things that force my muse to not act how they would? not giving me something solid is hard to handle. 

What type of characters catch your interest the most?:  I really like out of the norm muses, something that you see and say /oh , look at that/. Aesthetically, story wise or personality wise, something that goes out the usual troup most would use. I do have a guilty pleasure for opposite to my muse characters --- something that would really show the contrast with one another.

What type of characters catch your interest the least?:  Very basic ones? or those who try TOO hard to be special. A character that doesn’t fit in the context they are in, esp. in fandoms. HEAVILY divergent characters that just basically turn them into OCs. I know I sound like a bitch but I am the type who respect canon and the actual author behind the character too much. Also those that I don’t know much about? as in, the fandom never managed to catch my interest or smth in that line.

What are your strong aspects as rp partner?:  I know where is the line between fiction and reality. And that what your character does it does not reflect as the person you actually are. I am pretty laid back and I understand people’s views and reasoning. idk. I draw a lot if I am super invested ?

What are your weak aspects as rp partner?: I am super sporadic and can go from being super active to flat out dead for weeks. my mood swings a lot with the amount of attention I get, as horrible as it sounds. I am very anxious as a person for reasons ( not IRL mostly, just bad experience from previous partners ). I promise a lot but do little? honestly I will just bad mouth myself if I keep writing this.

Do you rp smut?:  YES ( tho mostly on discord ) / NO. Do you prefer to go into detail?:  YES / NO / DEPENDS. Are you okay with black curtain?:  YES / NO. - When do you rp smut? More out of fun or character development?:  both? - Anything you would not want to rp there?:  ehhhh, idk -- i don’t do as much to know what I don’t like here.

Are ships important to you?:   YES / NO / RELATIVE. Would you say your blog is ship-focused?:   YES / NO. Do you use read more?:  YES / NO / SOMETIMES. Are you: Multi-Ship / Single-Ship / Dual-Ship  —  Multiverse / Singleverse. - What do you love to explore the most in your ships?:  the very nature of human relations. I am talking about Nora big time here -- there is a lot to explore in her relations and how she reacts and acts towards someone is very very contextual. How much she fakes, how much she is sincere, how much she struggles or how relaxed can be. force her to show her real self, which is very hazy even for her as a task. Be very poetic deep and also very shallow. I particulary see her as a character that REALLY depends on her relation with the other muse -- but generally speaking for any of my muses: I love to explore them as a pair and as individuals. - What is your smut tag?: the unfamily friendly. ( new tag (?))

Are you okay with pre-established relationships?: YES / NO. - And what kind of ones?: Anything? I am open to anything honestly. As long as it makes sense.

► SECTION ABOUT YOUR MUSE.

- What could possibly make your Muse interesting towards others, why should they rp with this particular character of yours now, what possible plots do they offer?:  Anyone who is denying their feelings, are peculiar as an individual or anyone who needs an insight of themselves and the world around them. Nora is a mentor type of character, she is here to be a support and help others explore themselves and learn. Also if you are a minor, she will most likely try to get close to help -- one must protect the good sad kids.

- With what type of Muses do you usually struggle to rp with?:  Stubborn, very fixated with things. Who would not open themselves to other perspective without thinking someone is trying to change them. Also she would struggle a heck lot with psychopaths and sociopaths, or anyone that “doesn’t have a face” for her. - With what type of Muses do they usually work well with?:  Curious people, struggling ones, kids in general -- people that are willing to listen to her opinions and try to improve in a positive way. Also those who are quirky in a way. 

- What interests your Muse(s) in general:  rabbits, literature, interesting people, the unknown, learning, relationships of all natures.  - What do they desire, is their goal?:  Live long without letting her particularity ruin her -- for her kind nobody makes it past the 50s and she wants that , to conquer her ability and prove that even with something like she is ( they are ), it’s posible to live and be happy. have a family of her own, yeah she is that cheesy. - What catches their interest first when meeting someone new?:  Their actions and the emotions that they are carrying on their back.  - What do they value in a person?:    sincerity, willingness, enthusiasm. - What themes do they like talking about?:  a lot of phylosophic stuff, deep topics -- as well to casual things of life. about people and society. - Which themes bore them?:  excuses and avoidance -- people who are willing to drop everything and give up.

- Did they ever went through something traumatic?:  the attempt of suicide of her mother. and the successfull suicide of many of her peers. - What could possibly trigger them?:  any sort of threat or violence towards someone who does not asked for it. esp. her peers and family. - What could set them off, enrage them?:  Immoral ones. Those who are willing to stomp on others just to success in their goal. - What could lead to an instant kill?:  is not killing, but touch a hair of her family and you are done. same for her friends and protegees.

- Is there someone /-thing they hate?:  gorgers, suicide, her tired face. - Is there someone /-thing they love?:   her family and dear ones --- to a fault. rabbits or anything related to it.

Is your Muse easy to approach?: YES / NO. - Best ways to approach them?:  any way is okay as long as is not threatening. - Where are they usually to find?:  during the night, in the streets -- during the day is either her workplace or her house. maybe a park near her apartment/location if she is feeling stuffy.

Something you may still want to point out about your muse?:  she is not a good person , she is willing to manipulate people and is constantly trying to impose her morals. but she is also very sensitive even if she doesn’t show it --- Nora does look tired for a reason , and one of them is because she cries a lot . 

CONGRATS!!! You managed it, now tag your mutuals! ♥

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canon / canon-divergence | lucifer

I told myself that, because Supernatural brought back Lucifer as a character in season 13, that I’d end up writing up some post on how my portrayal is both similar to and different from this version. Because to be honest, I started RPing Lucifer a lot back when he first showed up (a la seasons 4-5) and he developed in his own way for me (through headcanons and my own mix of mythology and lore and whatnot) around that time, having no idea the show itself would ever bring the character back. Much less in what manner.

That being said, there are several things I don’t agree with in the way that season 13!Lucifer is done, because in my view, they went from “fallen archangel” in the earlier seasons to “big bad evil devil” in the latest season, in terms of characteristics and portrayal. One I like, the other--not so much.

You can see a lot of different headcanons concerning my version of Lucifer -- here and here -- that I did in my previous blogs, but I’ll lay out some of the differences below:

First off, my version of Lucifer does not have red eyes. Okay, that’s a little too crossroad-demon for my liking. Hell, it’s a little too demon at all for my liking. At his core, Lucifer is and will always be an archangel. (That’s one thing the show did right; they never varied from his ‘status’ there, fallen or not.) In fact, his eyes aren’t any different and might show signs of grace at times but they definitely do not flash red. Nope, sorry, just not happening.

Secondly, yes, he despises humans, but it is because of the flaws he perceives within them. There’s a slight bit of jealousy, underlying there, perhaps, but in the grand scheme, he sees them as weak, as flawed beings, that don’t deserve the gifts they’ve been given, and he sought out to prove it, to make that point. While to some angels, humans might be fascinating (think… Arthur Weasley and Muggles), Lucifer views them as unworthy, for the most part. In his mind, God saw them as “the greatest thing ever” and Lucifer was like “but… why?” and he couldn’t get a reasonable explanation for that.

Michael and Lucifer have a bond unlike any other. I hark back to the whole “there’s a reason Sam & Dean = Lucifer & Michael” in terms of not just what each brother represents to the individual archangel and how they relate to God himself, etc. but to the bond between each other as well. And that, at least in the beginning, before everything went south, the bond between them was unbreakable. (Or so it seemed, and that’s why it hurt so much, why it felt like such a betrayal--for each of them--when it came down to it. For Lucifer to be ‘betrayed’ and locked up by Michael, potentially to be killed by him; for Michael to have to be the one with the weight on his shoulders of ‘ending’ his younger brother, etc. … It’s the bond that was so strong that was broken that, when shattered, made the pain and betrayal a hundred thousand times worse.)

Lucifer grieved Gabriel. He firmly believed that he killed him, he never ever, not for a single moment, ever wanted to do such a thing, and he regretted it since that moment. And he grieved and mourned his younger brother. It’s yet another thing he blamed God for--for putting him on such a path, for putting all of them on such a path, that led to such a fate. It was never a moment of “Oh I killed you, ha ha” for him. No. He regretted it ten- hundred-fold. (And he probably ended up killing a couple extra pagans at the time because a part of Lucifer blamed them, too, for wrapping Gabriel up in the mess.)

Devil!Lucifer is not really a thing. Satan!Lucifer is not really a thing. In short, it’s a ‘role’ he puts on at times, but he is far more apt to be the archangel than he is ever, ever going to be as the ‘big bad evil devil villain’ and what not. He doesn’t want Hell; Hell just is, and he makes it as horrible as he can be, but really--it’s the demons’ domain. Lilith was in charge for the longest time, then others took over, but he doesn’t care much about the day-to-day running of the realm. Hell is the opposite of what he is, and it is just as much a place of outcast and suffering for him as it is for others who have gone there. (Like I said, the whole Devil/Satan is not really a thing for him, other than a ‘role’ he casts himself into sometimes.)

My version of Lucifer is purely an archangel; not a devil. In fact, you could probably… forget most of the behavior of season 13, because it mostly contradicts the way I’ll play him. The way my version of Lucifer will behave.

That said, however, I do have a (somewhat) version where I can (possibly) stick with my headcanons while also adhering to the canon in season 13.

And I use the second trip to the Cage to do that.

We see Lucifer for the first time (seasons 4-5) after millennia in the Cage. We see no sign of “big bad evil devil” but instead, he’s still the archangel. He’s not twisted, he’s not evil, he’s just… hurt. Has he done wrong, is he trying to do the apocalypse? Yes, but he bears certain grievances in his own way (that he might be going about incorrectly, sure) but there’s a sense that a part of him is… justified? If looked at in a certain light? In short, those first millennia in the Cage didn’t break him.

But then-- Then he goes back (and if you read the way I’ve always viewed the Cage, the headcanons I have regarding it and its sentient aspects, its torturous aspects, then you’ll know it’s a fairly unpleasant thing to be in). Even worse this time is how it all came to be. The conflict with Michael, being turned away once again by his brother, seeing Sam’s brother stick by his side through it all-- In short, it unhinges him. It’s too much and he lashes out. That one fragment of himself that he was able to cling to all those millennia beforehand (that the Seals would be broken, that he’d be free, that he’d not return to the Cage, etc. etc.) is gone.

Especially considering alt!Michael seems to poke and prod at ‘big fear’ being the Cage, well.. It doesn’t surprise me.

Anyway-- yes, that return to the Cage unhinges Lucifer. What grip he had on everything is lost. So he becomes the villain the world always viewed him as, not caring at all for anything/anyone. Especially the longer he’s stuck in the Cage, the more damage it does--his Grace gets corrupted and tortured further and further… He loses that grip, that “maybe there’s a chance for ___” and instead just wishes to “watch the world burn” kind of outlook. So you go from the archangel who just wants to be understood again, to almost the Joker in the sense of wanting to destroy it all and remake it in the ‘right’ way. The ‘Devil’ persona having completely taken over. (And in this sense, yes, there can be the red eyes because the Cage has corrupted him so much by this point, his Grace has become so twisted, so damaged, so scarred, it’s evident even in his eyes.)

And I’ve already written posts (in the headcanon links) concerning Lucifer wings, so I won’t go into that here again.

I also hold the right to add to/edit this at any time as the thoughts come to me. But it’s gotten long enough (for now). And it’s all I can think of (for now).