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[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday Percy James Patrick, AKA Scottish actor, Sylvester McCoy who was born 20th August 1943, in Dunoon.

His father was killed in the Second World War a couple of months before he was born, and he was brought up by his mother, his grandmother and aunts.

He attended St. Mun’s, primary School in the town and as Percy Smith he trained as a priest, joining Blair's College, a seminary in Aberdeen, for boys between the ages of twelve and sixteen he then gave it up and applied to become a Monk! This was rejected, as he was too young, so Percy returned to Dunoon and finished his education at Dunoon Grammar School.

On leaving school he took a holiday to the bright lights of London and ended up staying, taking a number of jobs, he sold insurance, acted as a bodyguard for the Rolling Stones, then gained a job selling tickets and keeping the books in a theatre box office. Eventually, he joined the Ken Campbell Roadshow. Along with Bob Hoskins, Jane Wood, and Dave Hill, McCoy started performing a range of sketches with the umbrella theme of “modern myths.”

McCoy found himself for a while in a double-act with Hoskins before Hoskins left to pursue his film career. When working with Ken Campbell in an improvised a circus-based act about a fictitious stuntman called Sylvester McCoy he thought it would be amusing if the program stated that this character was played by "Sylvester McCoy". While at the Royal Court Theatre, one of the critics missed the joke and assumed that Sylvester McCoy was a real person. McCoy liked the irony of this and adopted the name of his stage identity.

His big break came when McCoy was starring at the National Theatre in “The Pied Piper”, a musical play written especially for him, when he learned that the BBC was looking for a new lead actor to replace Colin Baker in “Doctor Who”. He later won the role as the seventh Doctor and the first Scottish one!

Following “Doctor Who,” McCoy continues to work extensively in theatre, films, radio, opera, and on television.He sees himself as an all round entertainer, his talents include,playing the xylophone and the spoons. He can also juggle and once gained a reputation for stuffing live ferrets down his trousers.

McCoy was considered for the role of Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and must have made a lasting impression on the filmmakers as they were later to cast him as Radagast the Brown in The Hobbit films.

Like many other former Time Lords, Sylvester has televised the role, in 2022 we aw him return in The Power of the Doctor, I assume there is a chance he will crop up in the 60th anniversary specials, although I can't see him being mentioned as yet.

Sylvester is still keeping busy, he is lined up to appear in the BBC drama Father Brown, it will air next year. This year he appeared in the horror film, Necronomicon, it only has two reviews on IMDB, both slating it. The website also notes that he has four more projects in various stages of production.

[tuulikannel]

That poll I reblogged, about having another name than your birth name, led me to think about my online nick... I can't remember for sure when it was, but I think it might have been around the year 2000 when I discovered fanfiction.net and started reading fanfics. And then I figured I should come up with some consistent nick to sign my (anon) reviews.

I've never really had any nicknames, so at first I didn't have a clue what to use. Then I thought that maybe something from Finnish mythology would be nice, and in the end ended up with Tuulikki. Tuuli means wind, -kki is an ancient ending for female names. It was also my mother's middle name, and I think this was relatively soon after her death (which means it'd have been in 2001). That made the choice pretty obvious to me.

Honestly, back then I had no idea I was picking a name I'd be using for years to come, everywhere online. ^^; I just wanted something with which to sign my reviews... After a while I dropped off the -kki ending (Tuulikki is very prone to being misspelled by non-Finns, I noticed ^^;;) and so I ended up with Tuuli. As both Tuuli and Tuulikki are often taken, I sometimes use other variations, like tuuli-chan (heh) back in the old days of LJ, or tuulikannel (wind harp) here on tumblr. That latter one's fitting also in the sense that I play kannel (or kantele as it's more commonly called. A Finnish traditional instrument.) Sometimes I've also used tuulentupa which literally means wind's cottage and figuratively, castle in the air. (We're not that fancy here, we just have cottages, no castles XD)

Another reason I like the name tuulikannel is that there is a poem by Eino Leino by that name. It made a great impact on me when I first read it, and only way later I've fully understood why. I did see myself in it. I have no idea what the poem really is about, but the beauty of poetry is that you can have your own interpretation... and I see someone aroace in it. But I think I'll put the rest of my poetry analysis behind a cut, cause I feel like I'm really going off on a tangent here, I was just gonna make a short post about my username... XD

Here's the first verse of that poem, in original Finnish followed by my extremely literal, not-even-attempting-to-rhyme translation:

Muut sydämen saivat, ma kantelen, muut murehti, nautti, ma en, ma en, en kurja ma elää, en kuolla voi, kun sykä ei syömeni, soi, vaan soi!

Others got a heart, I, a harp, others sorrowed, enjoyed, but not me, I, poor wretch, cannot live, nor die, as my heart doesn't beat, it only rings!

This makes me so strongly think about that comic about an aroace girl whose heart is blue, not red like everyone else's. (This one.) That feeling that there's something wrong with your heart - with you - when you can't feel what others feel. That feeling of being different, and the loneliness it brings.

Third verse (it's a longish poem, I'm not going to go through it all)

Mun syömeni tuulikannel on, sen kielissä laulu on lakkaamaton, se yössä, päivässä, yksinään soi ilmahan ijäti väräjävään.

My heart is a harp of the wind, in its strings an unending song, in the day, in the night, all alone, it echoes in the shivering air.

From the aroace pov, this is interesting to me. There is a song in the heart, but it sings it alone. Should the heart have a rhythm then, rather than a melody? A rhythm it could share with someone (two hearts beating as one...) But why is rhythm more important than melody? Or is the problem the loneliness of the heart? Perhaps the heart is longing for another one to join the song. Or perhaps it has simply been conditioned to feel that way, by the surrounding society. A lonely heart isn't a good thing, we all know that, right? And if you're alone, you got to be lonely! But surely the song of a single heart can be beautiful, too.

Jumping to the end of the poem, now:

Kiro katkera, julmuus jumalien: Itse orja, ma vapautta veisailen, itse lemmetön, lemmestä laulan ma, itse tunnoton, viritän tunteita!

A bitter curse, the cruelty of gods: I, a slave, hum freedom, I, loveless, sing about love, I, unfeeling, evoke emotions!

This ending. I've always felt it pretty strongly. Sure, I don't write much romance, but it does exist in my stories too. Yet it is something I personally know nothing about, and never will. I would not call this a bitter curse, though, but I do understand that view. Again, I'm think of that girl in the comic... I can understand how this could feel like a curse to some.

I first used tuulikannel for my writing journal on livejournal, and this poem was pretty much the reason why. It felt so perfect, back then. I do connect to it now, too, but I would like to give the poet a hug. ^^ Let your heart sing its songs! I do rather have a kantele as my heart than a drum, anyway. ^^

[jigschosai]

Jigs Chosai's Dawntrail Epilogue

Dawntrail Ending Spoilers ahead

[From the mun: The last chapter of Dawntrial hit me hard. I'm guessing quite a bit harder than intended, and I'm thinking it's stemming from some things in my life that I thought were more resolved and accepted than they actually are. Originally, I had been planning just to do a short review (TLDW - it's really good and may end up being the favorite). When I finally got through everything, the piece below is what I had to write. I figured I'd share it, well, because for the same reason I wrote it I suppose.]

Jigs had skipped the celebration after his victory against Sphene and had taken the Aetheryte back to home.  To Ishgard.  He was exhausted, both physically and emotionally.  He opened the door to his apartment and walked in.  Nashmeira was cooking something and hadn’t looked up.

“Welcome home.”  Nashmeira shifts her gaze from the cooktop to look at him.  She immediately turned off the top and rushed to him,” Jigs! What happened!?”

There was a clatter as Jigs dropped his sword and shield on the floor.  He half stumbled toward her and buried his face in her shoulder sobbing, nearly collapsing into her.  He cried for what felt like an age.  Nashmeira was quiet, just holding him and letting him get everything out.

He didn’t remember much between sobbing and what happened later.  Just snippets of memories.  Nashmeira helping him out of his armor and telling him to change clothes.  The whistle of the tea kettle.  Collapsing on the couch.

After a few sips of tea he had regained enough of his composure to tell her about Tural.  About seeing some people grow into leaders, and another into a monster.  About how the love for one’s people could drive leaders to extreme acts of both nobility and depravity.

He shared things about the meals he had, which inevitably led to stories about the people he shared those meals with.  Stories about the tribes, and traders.  Stories about history and memory.  Stories of people living on the frontier and those living in luxurious cities.  Then he told her of the Endless, and how important it was to him to remember them.

“Do you think I’m a monster?” he asked, his voice quiet and wavering.  He had pulled his knees up to his chin, pulling himself into as small a space as possible.  He needed to be broken and shattered for a time, and Nashmeira was the only one with whom he could show that part of himself.

Nashmeira was quiet for a few seconds, her expression equal parts concern and sympathy,” No, most certainly not.”

“Then why do I feel like one? They weren’t soldiers, or monsters, they were people living their lives of a sort.  Even if they were ok with …” he trailed off not finishing.

“Because you’re mourning.  You got to know them.  To know their joy, their pain.  You’re not mourning their passing, you’re mourning the absence from your life, despite knowing them such a short time.”

“I’ve lost people before… it never bothered me as much as this does, and I don’t know why.”

They were both quiet for a time.  Finally, Nashmeira spoke,” I only know you, and what you told me of the Unlost World, as well as my own experiences.  I can only guess at this.  Those you’ve lost have almost exclusively been due to conflict.  Their ends have largely been sudden, and sadly, violent.  To the best of my recollection, I don’t think you’ve ever lost someone who was ready to pass on.”

She paused, seemingly gathering her thoughts again,” It’s different.  And harder in some ways, because you always think there can be one more adventure, one more meal….one more day.  Though it’s the nature of things that all life must end and rejoin in the aethereal sea.  Being unable to do so is a tragedy in itself.”

Jigs looked up and brought his knees down, “My mind knows that.  I know how it would have ended if allowed to continue.  But even with that …my heart…” 

“It will get easier.  It always does,” Nashmeira smiled warmly at him, and took him in her arms.  “Mourn.  And do what you need to remember them, be it a piece of music, a trinket on your desk, or a story in your journal.  In time those memories will bring not pain, but comfort and warmth.”

This brought a fresh wave of sobs from Jigs, he remembered little else until he woke up next to her the next morning.  The pain had died down some, still present, but not overwhelming.  He’d move on, and he’d remember them.

[miss-polly]

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urls in review // @umbralined ;

Do I Follow Them?: On every blog you make!

Why Did I Follow Them?: I don't remember rip... It was 3 blogs ago but i love ya!

Do We Role Play?: In my heart and my dreams.

Do I Want To Role Play With Them: Gimme gimme gimme

An AU Idea For Our Muses: I'm really super vibing with our Ganon/Polly plot, i think we could do more with that, but honestly like. I just super want to see where the Dee/Polly plot goes. Maybe we could do something with human!Evan and Liddy? and I need Seisyll and Marius to meet each other. For reasons.

A Song For Our Muses: Like Real People Do by Hozier tbh

Do I Ship Our Muses?: Idk if the feelings would ever be reciprocated but Polly is so incredibly weak in the knees for Dierdre Sorry not sorry

What I Think About The Mun: Pupper is fantatic! Super fun to chat with, incredible art my dudes. if i had infinite dollars I would give them all of it in exchange for art. Your characters are so unique and fun to write with and read about, and you're awesome!

Overall Opinion: I love you mwah!!

Blog Rate: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10!

[hellsingocappreciation]

✁ HOCA Blog Introduction

Hey there! As you can tell from our username, this is an OC appreciation blog for the Hellsing fandom!

Hellsing is a small fandom and it can sometimes feel closed-off to people who enjoy creating content that doesn’t only involve canon characters/settings. As such, this blog was created as a means to encourage and help fans who have or desire to create OCs for Hellsing: Impure Souls/Hellsing Ultimate (and of course the manga, which should go without saying!)

But before going any further, an important note: this blog in no way intends to be an authority on who gets to create original characters, what those characters should be like, and/or what makes a good original character in Hellsing or in general. Though this blog was created to offer advice and lift up original characters in Hellsing, it may contain opinions or limitations that others may not agree with, and this is completely understandable. We may have differing ideas on what makes a character fit into the Hellsing-verse, but in no way is it our intention to gatekeep. The “Hellsing OC Appreciation'' (HOCA) blog is always open to constructive criticism and civil discussions, so long as they remain relevant to the subject at hand.

With that being said, here are the guidelines for this blog:

The Muns of this blog are very critical of Millennium OCs due to their inherent involvement with Nazism. We reserve the right to reject any Millennium OC we feel does not treat the sensitive subject matter appropriately or with enough respect. This blog is for all Hellsing fans, and we only promote work respectful to the backgrounds and experiences of Hellsing’s diverse fan base. If anyone is confused about what that is, they’re welcome to message us privately to review their OC.

We will have a little template for creators to fill out so that we and the Hellsing community can get to know your OC(s) better! Once we post the template, you are more than welcome to reblog it and add your character’s information to your post so that it can be viewed by others. If you are a bit unsure about your character’s information or have any anxiety about publishing this information for everyone to see, you may once again message us privately with the aforementioned template filled out if you’d prefer to be more private about it.

We feel that it is necessary to reiterate that this is a blog dedicated to uplifting and helping those with Hellsing original characters. This does not include self-inserts or reader-inserts, because a self/reader insert is not an original character. There is nothing wrong with a self/reader insert, but as they are not original characters, we ask that no one submit any self/reader inserts of any kind.

The "Hellsing OC Appreciation" blog aims to promote and encourage unique and interesting OC content within the Hellsing fandom. Since this is a small fandom, it goes without saying that much of the content we promote will be made by many of the same authors. It is our hope that in doing this, more people will gain the courage and inspiration to create new original characters and content for the Hellsing-verse!

Thank you for taking the time to read our guidelines! We hope that this will usher in more creativity and collaboration for the Hellsing fandom! If you would like to submit your Hellsing OC to our blog, please use the form below:

Hellsing OC Submission Form

[arcxnumvitae]

4, 7, 11, 28, 32, 41, 49 (Tomoe)

@lunarxdaydream || Weirdly Specific But Helpful Character Building Questions

4. What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?

Practicing and playing shogi. Her free time has gone down plus she's not surrounded by many people who would be interested in playing, and she can play against Akinori only so many times before it gets boring.

7. What would you (mun) yell in the middle of a crowd to find them? What would their best friend and/or romantic partner yell?

"Wow, this chic new restaurant just opened up nearby and so far it's receiving incredible reviews." This is something anyone who knows her, mun or friend/partner, could say to grab her attention. She loves trying new food spots.

11. If someone was impersonating them, what would friends / family ask or do to tell the difference?

Every inch of my tall frame is resisting the urge to make some sort of “The lieutenant calls me by my first name when it’s just the two of us” reference because yes, Kris, we all get it, Akinori and Tomoe have a Roy and Riza-like dynamic. Frankly all they would have to do is try to goad her and see how nonplussed or sarcastic the response is. If it isn’t at all, then that’s not her. Akinori might hand the impersonator something to read and see if they pull out reading glasses, Tomoe always puts on a pair whenever reading through documents and things.

28. What do they tell people they want? What do they actually want?

Hmmm, “tell”, She doesn’t really share with anyone what she wants in any capacity. And what she wants is to solidify that she earned her place beside Akinori with her wits, not her “feminine wiles”. Tomoe knows that yes you’ll always have haters and yes if someone is determined not to give you respect then constantly trying to prove yourself won’t sole the issue but...dammit she’d like to at least quiet the grumblings some more and at least let the men know she is nothing to be messed with or she’ll make their lives hell. 

32. If they committed one petty crime / misdemeanor, what would it be? Why?

There’s been quite a few people she’d like to do some minor battery on. Just a teensy bit of it. Just a smidge. Smack some people around, that’s all. 

41. What phrases, pronunciations, or mannerisms did they pick up from someone / somewhere else?

Her already dry humor has become that of a desert since she met Akinori. She’s also become...a bit more rude? Definitely more straightforward now that she isn’t playing the role of the perfect socialite daughter. 

49. Would they eat something they find gross to be polite?

Depends. Who is she trying to be polite to? If it’s an important contact or potential partner for the group, then yes she’ll put up the most impressive poker face. If not, then not at all.

[ask-dbd-adawong]

I posted 357 times in 2022

That's 357 more posts than 2021!

146 posts created (41%)

211 posts reblogged (59%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@mixtapejunkie

@ask-thevirus-dbd

@doll-dbd

@leon-the-rookie

@ask-dbd-chrisredfield

I tagged 346 of my posts in 2022

Only 3% of my posts had no tags

#ask-dbd-adawong - 187 posts

#ada wong - 167 posts

#dbd ada - 143 posts

#dbd ask blog - 138 posts

#dead by daylight - 133 posts

#resident evil - 129 posts

#{bitch in the red dress | ada} - 101 posts

#answered - 95 posts

#dbd rp blog - 56 posts

#dbd rp reply - 44 posts

Longest Tag: 89 characters

#capcom hasn’t made jill and ada interact yet because they knew they would be too powerful

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

what even would their ship name be?? Kada?? Adate??

Anyways all wonderful art in this edit belongs to the lovely @wanderingsongbird <3

29 notes - Posted December 2, 2022

#4

Glitchtrap looms over Ada with a curiously deviant glint to his gaze. The large bunny suit smiles easily and says with a silky British voice, "Excuse me, ma'am, but I seem to have gotten lost."

@ask-thevirus-dbd

What was supposed to be a normal day of relaxing solitude for Ada on RPD, quickly turned into something else, as a certain large bunny suit began looming over her. Raising an eyebrow, she tilted her head; slightly confused with the whole… mascot outfit but she wouldn’t ask about it. Not yet. “You’re lost? Yeah, I can’t say it isn’t hard to tell.”

Ada looked him up and down as she stepped back; distancing herself from the tall bunny suit wearer, and instead closer towards one of the doors located on RPD. Placing a hand on her hip, she gave him a signature Ada smirk before asking a question, “No offense but, you don’t exactly look like you belong in a police station. How did you even get here?”

( @ask-thevirus-dbd )

30 notes - Posted November 13, 2022

#3

“Stay Sharp! God only knows what’s down here..”

[Askblog for Ada Wong now open]

| Mun here! This blog probably won’t consist of too many drawings due to the Mun’s inability to draw, tis a shame I know. If you’re willing to bare with me, I’d greatly appreciate it! Seeing the other RExDBD ask blogs inspired me to make one of my own. I’m going to try my best on this but- do expect a bit of OOC. My Ada is probably going to be built on HC and Canon |

|Note: The Mun here may have pulled a small dumb and forgot to mention this but, yes, RPs are allowed! I’m fine with interactions from anyone! OCs, canon, crossover? Doesn’t matter to me ^^!|

Other blogs/blogs I’m associated with:

@ask-dbd-oc-quadrant-squad < - Mun for “Cairo Brooks”

@ask-dbd-chrisredfield < - Helps out with the blog along with just being friends with the person running it ^^

@ask-yunjin-lee < - Mun for “Yun-Jin Lee”

30 notes - Posted October 21, 2022

#2

🍪 @ask-ash-williams

“I wonder if this is supposed to represent you or the little guy.. Hm. Who knows.”

[ Ash received the “Ashy Slashy” Cookie]

( @ask-ash-williams )

36 notes - Posted November 4, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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103 notes - Posted November 17, 2022

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[fumikomiyasaki]

I posted 5,197 times in 2022

That's 2,530 more posts than 2021!

2,522 posts created (49%)

2,675 posts reblogged (51%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@fumikomiyasaki

@hourglassstationacademy

@rookvonhunt

@twsted-princess

@multydoodles

I tagged 4,573 of my posts in 2022

Only 12% of my posts had no tags

#twisted wonderland oc - 2,543 posts

#twst oc - 2,522 posts

#twst - 2,473 posts

#twisted wonderland - 2,473 posts

#twisted wonderland ocs - 2,447 posts

#twst ocs - 2,396 posts

#disney twst - 2,235 posts

#twistedwonderland - 1,982 posts

#twistedwonderlandoc - 1,697 posts

#twisted wonderland fanschool - 1,584 posts

Longest Tag: 115 characters

#yeah i think cause i have put a warning and a read more i think i can share this here too for those who are curious

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Introducing another RSA DORM!

Crystaleon

Crystaleon is based on the Wishes of the Eternal Stone.It is based on the Final Fantasy series.

Previously it was a Hourglass Station Academy dormitory… but they moved to RSA after many discussions between the dorm leaders about the occupation to choose and as an offer of a fresh start. However, given these Quarrels and problems with a teacher, the dorm is not on best terms with HSA.Compared to other dorms, it has two dorm leaders and no Vice leader, given the dorm leaders maintain Balance in the dorm. 

However this also means the dormitory,  which is a huge floating airship, is split in two sections,  each led by one of the dorm leaders.

Dorm color:

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57 notes - Posted May 7, 2022

#4

Send me a ⏳ to draw a Adult version of my character

Send me a 🧒 to draw a young version of my character

Picrews are also fine

67 notes - Posted March 1, 2022

#3

Carol Tsum

Thought I might try to make a Tsum version of Carol... at least a little. Its not perfect I know but I am still happy with it... Would you pet her... let her look over your homework? She is just here to help.

73 notes - Posted July 19, 2022

#2

I didn’t know what to draw today so in the morning I decided to lightly make some gifts for friends, people I like their characters or people I admires. This is mainly Sonas, Yuus and MCs here.

In order:

Carol (mine), Kirsten ( @rookvonhunt ), Nyphy ( @multydoodles ), Melanie ( @twsted-princess ), Keres ( @terrovaniadorm

Yuuta ( @thetwstwildcard ), Yuuki ( @anunluckyrabbit ) , Hana ( @nuitthegoddess ), Agatha ( @nicoliaki @nicoliharu ) , Yuu-mun ( @just-an-otakus-blog )

Tristan ( @atwstedstory ), Yuuta ( @bunnwich ), Yume ( @comingyourlugubriousness ), Mimi ( @mimitwst ), Vic ( @tinyfantasminha )

Anyways this was a fun small thing. Time to think what to draw next. Hope you guys like it.

83 notes - Posted May 28, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Just something I wanted to say in general...

Don't let others in the fandom tell you how you are supposed to make characters... do what is the most fun to you. If you wanna Twist something outside of Disney but are unsure, Just do it as long as it's fun.

Hourglass Station academy to me was the most fun project I had and got me so many people to talk about similar interests... and I do want people to go wild and interpret characters their own way so.

All I wanna say it loosen Up, don't force yourself into guidelines others give you and just enjoy creating.

Original characters, things twisted from movies, Games and other Sources are as valid as Disney stuff.

181 notes - Posted June 24, 2022

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[siingular]

╌ 𝓫𝓸𝓽𝓱 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝔂 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂'𝓿𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓯𝓲𝔁𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓪 𝓛𝓲𝓼𝓪 ╌

# 𝓼𝓲𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻 --

study in - golden retriever in girl form, sunshine girl, the sweetest pop star, daddy issues, the purest form of magic, always the best friend, a hopeless romantic, a little too much people pleasing

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private and selective 𝙾𝚁𝙸𝙶𝙸𝙽𝙰𝙻 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁.  dark and triggering themes may be played out on this account   *please follow with caution* minors and personals do not interact. rules and bio in sites please review before interactions. 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐃 by alex ˢʰᵉ / ʰᵉʳ ------------ follows back from @nepowitch

𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 - 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 - @resurrectedicon , @bovparts , @biigscene

𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓮𝓼 - 𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵 - 𝓪𝓼𝓴 𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓼 - 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓶𝓸 - 𝓰𝓲𝓯 𝓹𝓪𝓬𝓴

GUIDELINES <3

01.     alison is an oc of mine,  daughter of two of my own ocs found on @wallstalk this account is heavily affiliated with these other accounts,  and even though you or your character does not need to familiarize themselves with theses other ocs,  they will be mentioned time to time in threads.  also i would like to add,  although alison is famous,  i would never force your character to know who she is.  

02.     I am a mutual only blog ,  meaning i will only be interacting with people who follow me and i also follow back. please if we are not mutuals ,  do not interact. any interactions outside of mutuals will be ignored ,  this does include pms ,  and if it’s continued i will have to block for my own comfort. 

03.     all types of shipping are welcomed on this account!  though i would never want anything to be forced and it will all be based on chemistry.  feel free to send any shippy or spicy memes her way even if we have never discussed shipping between our muses.  i never see something like that as forced,  and more so feeling things out. 

04.     I do tend to take a little while to respond to things being that I have a full time job working outside and it does usually take a lot out of me. my usual days off are tuesday and wednesday and i will be most active on those days. rping is a hobby for me and i would like to keep it that way ,  so please no pressure for responses.

05.     when it comes to triggers ,  i will tag anything i feel needs to be tagged with “trigger” TW or “trigger” CW if it is written but please keep in mind there will be many dark themes played out on this account. if there is anything you see that you wish to not, feel free to reach out and ask me to tag anything.  i don't mind and i will go on tagging it in the future.  the only thing i have blacklisted personally is  'animal death'  or anything along those lines.

06.     my name is alex and i’m 21+ so with that being said i will not follow anyone under the age of 18 nor do i think anyone under the age of 18 should follow me.  if i do find a minor following me it will be a hard block.  in addition to this rule ,  when it comes to nsfw content i am comfortable with writing it out  as well as fade to black.  admittedly i’m not great at writing smut and only feel comfortable writing with with muns i know well.  though i am fully open to mutuals sending in any nsfw content to salem.

07.     when someone follows me i will take the time to look over everything on their account and decide if i think our muses could interact and i would expect anyone else to do the same when i follow but if my follow sits there for a few weeks without a response ,  no hard feelings ,  i do not mind but i will just unfollow to keep my dash clean!  if for some reason i do not add you back please accept this and do not follow and refollow or interact with anything on my account.  this will result in a hard block.

[grandma-susan]

9. when you look at a new blog, what is it that makes you press the follow button? is it the muse, the aesthetics, the writing–?

:: A few things contributes, below explain what I review before a follow and examples that might lead to not following.

1. Ease of navigation aka I can find your rules, about page, and any other supporting relevant links easily. If I have to jump through hoops to find things or scan the entirety of your blog with my mouse to find that little link or a password, I'm probably going to lose interest quickly. I want to know about you as mun and your muse, not play needle in a haystack.

2. Your muse and your rules align with mine. Primarily that if I state I myself or my muse does not want to interact with specific characters, like children, littles or regressors, then if you are a blog with a child muse, you can follow me, but I will not follow and I will not interact except for maybe a few asks here or there.

3. Your selectiveness level. If you are highly selective or private, then I will likely not bother you. Alternatively, if you are a highly selective and private, and you follow me, that generally confuses me especially if you have not sent me any asks, dms, or interacted in my notes. I personally have no idea how to approach you.

4. All my RP blogs are sideblogs. If you don't have a problem with a main following you, then I will follow you. But if your pinned post or you make a post stating personal or main blogs do not follow, then I won't bother you (anymore).

5. Minimal abbreviations or fandom lingo. There at alot of abbreviations and lingo now on Tumblr. I'm old now. I don't have time to keep track of them all, many abbreviations don't even mean the same thing as it did say 10 or even 5 years ago. And some of them are so vague in definition, I would just prefer you just type it the long way and explain what you want or don't want. Like I have no idea what the hell proshipping is. Its okay you don't have to explain it to me because I've gotten like 4 different definitions and I'm still confused. Just tell me what shipnames you like or don't like. Cuz like, a ship can be problematic for anyone or for any reason, how do I know what ships you find problematic if you don't say it? Like some person once told me Hunter and Willow was problematic and then there's a whole side of the fandom who are like this a great and healthy ship. So if you don't like Huntlo just say, No Huntlo. Just be CLEAR. I'm not a mind reader.

6. Writing style. I skim your writing. You don't have to match everything, but if it seems you are putting an ample amount of time to read, digest and type out a response that adequately responds to your partner's character's action, that's good, I'm following! If your partner is writing significantly more and is highly interactive like physical gestures, and questions and statement, but you respond every single time a single line of dialogue, then I'm not following. The tone of your writing also contributes. I also skim through your oocs and tags, to see the level of interaction you have with your partners, and try to get a feel of what kind of mun are you, like are you a serious mun or a play it by ear mun or easy going mun or nervous mun etc.

7. Post organization. I am not very picky with how one organizes their roleplay posts. You can have 100+ notes in a thread, your thread can have a string of 10 untrimmed posts, you can leave the ask in there, I don't care. But what I do care is if you are a chronic trimmer who trims out your partner's posts and only leave a string of your replies. Its a nightmare to read and search as a visitor who wants to read a thread between a certain 2 characters, but also as a partner, as it can be hard to find the thread we were working on, and when I type a response, I don't have access to what I wrote because I'm seeing 5 of your last responses with none of mine.

8. Multimuse. I don't mind multimuse blogs that have a curated list of muses for a fandom or two. But some blogs have over 10 muses, canon and OC, in multiple fandoms, and multiple AU's that's too messy for me to follow.

9. Last but not least, does your character strike my interest. Sometimes it only takes a few asks, or for me to read a few of your replies on your partner's blog for me to just bypass most of the above for me to follow you. Other times it takes a few replies or threads before we get the ball rolling. Thing is I will RP with just about anyone. I am a nervous RPer. I send out feelers via asks, and replies, dash commentary etc. to see if someone would be willing to RP with me, considering I'm not very skilled of thinking up a scenario where you and I could potentially have a strong interaction. Generally I have follow Karma, you follow me, I follow you, unless you don't pass some of the items above. But I do occasionally clean out my following list especially if we do not interact often.

[quinntessentiallyglee]

Rachel: Testing. One, two, one, two. *clears throat*

Mazikeen: Do not sing.

Rachel: But-

Mazikeen: The mic works. Move on. Some of us have people to do.

Jonathan: Don't you mean things to do?

Mazikeen: *grins* I said what I said.

Quinn: *takes the mic from Rachel* And on that note-

Rachel: *grumbles* What note?

Quinn: *pats Rachel's arm* Later, Rach. We'll do Karaoke later. Promise.

Santana: That 'we' better not include me.

Dani: Don't be like that. You love Karaoke, we all love Karaoke, and we all love a happy Rachel.

Santana: *sighs, grumbles, nods her head* Fine. But I get veto on Rachel's first three song choices.

Rachel: What? Why! I have exce-

Tamsin: *clears throat, raises hand* Not that y'all shouldn't have that conversation, but can we maybe focus on why we're all here right now? Especially given how long it's been since the last time we did anything together. *looks pointedly in Mun's direction*

Mun: …

Everyone else: *stares at mun*

Mun: Tamsin's right. We should focus on why you're here today *mumbles "and definitely not me"*.

Tamsin: *crosses arms over chest* Mmhmm *turns back to the rest of the group* Anyway, as I was saying-

Mazikeen: Can we move it along already.

Tamsin: Not how I would have put it, but yes. I've got cupcakes in the oven and they'll need to come out any minute if everything is going to be ready for tonight.

Aurora: *takes mic from Quinn. gives the group a quick bow then, in proceeds in a clearly practiced voice* And what is happening tonight

Jade: I've seen Vega give a more believable performance

Distant voice: Hey!

Tamsin: *ignoring both as she turns to Aurora. Speaks into the mic* I'm so glad you asked. Tonight we're having a house party to kick off Pride Month!

Hannah: WOOHOO! Go Pride!

Tamsin: That's the spirit! Go Pride!

Hannah: Will there be Jello at this party?

Tamsin: Yes.

Hannah: WOOHOO! Go, Jello!

Melody: Hannah, Sweetie, Focus.

Hannah: I am focused.

Lennox: On something other than your stomach.

Guinevere: Well there be Jello shots?

Melody & Lennox: Not helping

Angela: Says you. I too would like to know the jello shot status of this party.

Tamsin: There will be drinks and snacks or all kinds, and I sent you all a menu for review a week ago so if there's something you want that isn't on there it's your own fault. *brushes her hair back behind her shoulder before giving a sharp "Shush" to quite the several grumblers in the background, then nods at Aurora*.

Aurora: *picking up as if the interruptions never happened* Pride month is a great reason to celebrate. Don't you agree? *Looks off to the side*

Mal: …

Aurora …

Aurora: *under her breath* That's your cue

Mal: …

Tamsin: Mal?

Mal: Why did I let you drag me into this?

Tamsin: Because we're family, and you love us

Mal: No, seriously.

Aurora: Because Evie heard us trying to convince you and she said it sounded like a great idea and you caved because you love her and would do anything to make her happy.

Mal: …

Mal: *heavy sigh* fine. But I'm doing this for Evie, not for you two.

Tamsin: Don't care.

Aurora: Still counts. *clears throat* Pride month is a great reason to celebrate. Don't you agree?

Mal: *in a monotone* You've got that right. *sees the looks from Tamsin and Aurora, sighs again. Smiles then repeats herself with much more enthusiasm*You've got that right! *grunts as she's immediately embraced by Tamsin and Aurora*

Santana: Wow. That was-

Rae: More than you for Pride?

Mazikeen: Are we done here?

Selina: Not going to stick around for the party?

Mazikeen: Like I said, I have people to do.

Aubrey: Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Mazikeen: Where's the fun in that? leaves

Angela: Can we circle back around to the shots question?

Rebecca: Come with me. We'll make some together. *heads off to the kitchen with Angela*

Tamsin: Oooh, I'll come with. Got to check on my cupcakes. *follows Rebecca and Angela towards the kitchen*

Hannah: Dibs on the extra frosting! *follows Tamsin*

Lennox: Do not let her have more sugar! *follows Hannah*

Melody: I better go and keep Lennox stays away from the knives *follows Lennox

Selina: I'm going to get a quick little catnap in before the party *heads to her room*

Rachel: I'm going to pick out my song list for Karaoke--Without any vetoes! *Rushes off to her room, with a protesting Santana fast on her heels*

Dani and Quinn: *look at each other, shake their heads and, smiling, follow Rachel and Santana*

Jonathan: I should pick out something to wear for tonight. *heads to his room*

Lucas: Same.

Guinevere: Maybe shave off that beard while you're at it.

Lucas: What's wrong with the beard? I think it makes me look distinguished.

Guinevere: I makes you look like you don't own a razor.

Rae: I like it. I think it's sexy.

Lucas: *points to Rae as he heads for his room* See. Sexy and Distinguished.

Guinevere: *Laughing as she pushed Lucas towards the hall, looks back over her shoulder and shakes head at Rae*

Rae: *following behind Guinevere* I can't help it. I like scruffy. It's Genetic!

Jade: Was that a werewolf joke?

Raven: Probably. Mun has a lousy sense of humour.

Jade: Is that why you only got one line?

Raven: shrugs

Jade: You weren't kidding. *stands and heads for her room* I've heard better jokes out of Vega.

Distant Voice: Hey! Again!

Aurora: *looks around the nearly empty room, then lays head on Mal's shoulder* Well it was fun while it lasted.

Mal: Was it?

Aurora: Oh shush, you know you love us. And Evie will be here any minute for the party. We're going to have so much fun tonight. *dances away towards the kitchen where the sounds of several arguments can be heard*

Mal: There is no we. You and the other one are staying ten, no twenty feet from Evie at all times.

Aurora: *laughs*

Mal: *drops down onto couch* And they called me evil. *feels her phone vibrate and pulls it from her pocket. Smiles at the text from Evie confirming her arrival time for the party.

Mal: Beware, foreswear, Love is love everywhere.

~~~~~~~~~

A post? An Apartment verse post? With everyone (Sorry Raven)?

I know, I'm as shocked as you are. And apparently extremely rusty. Anyway, Happy Pride month to all. Love *is* Love, everywhere.

[tarnishedxknight]

Random Mun Rant on Writing Process... and Dusty Works of the Past

{out of dalmasca} I'm gonna tell everyone right now, this post has almost nothing to do with this blog, but I'm just feeling so creative and nostalgic for my own original writing that this needs to come out somehow. Be prepared for a random "writer's process" rant below. feel free to skip over it if you're not interested, because I realize this is a weird thing to randomly post on an rp blog. Sometimes muns just need to revisit their process for writing, and this is that. =)

My creative brain is really firing up now that I'm feeling so much better physically and I don't have the constant anxiety of wondering if every meal is going to send me to the hospital. Whenever I get a burst of creativity like this, I often become nostalgic for the books I wrote when I was younger, when life wasn't so complicated, and when I had more time and clarity of mind to accomplish such things. That's all this post is going to be, me ranting about some stuff. Totally OOC and having little to do with this actual blog except that one of the characters I'll be talking about has the same FC as Noah and Basch, heh. Sometimes you just need to rant about your mindbabies, you know? XD

So I use C.hris H.ems.worth as the FC for Basch and Noah now, but they're not the first characters I used him for. Back in the day, I wrote a pair of books that were admittedly not very good, heh. But they were mine, and like all the books and short stories I'd written, I loved them with all the love a creator has for their creations, regardless of their imperfections. These books were notable, however, simply for the fact that they were the only ones I ever formally published. You see, I had the crazy idea some 10-15 years ago that I was going to be a professional writer. That's what I wanted to do more than anything in the world. Unfortunately, time and some very painful reviews of these first two books I published would teach me that I simply did not have the talent for it.

Hardly anyone read the second book, because of some issues with publishing that made the audience wholly unable to find it, or if they did, they had no idea what it was. But a decent number of people read the first book. While I did receive some very nice reviews, I received others that spoke of unrealistic characters, too much exposition, villains that were neither scary nor much of a real threat, and a bland simplicity of writing style that rivaled even the worst YA books one could dredge up from the discount shelf at a used bookstore.

Looking back now, I see that they were absolutely right, and although I've since lost the ability to write novels (a casualty of my mother's death that I still cannot explain), time and practice has made be a better writer, if only in a fanfictional and rping sense. So now I have the maturity as a writer, but no ability to write novels, were as back then I had all the time, focus, and drive... but limited ability. Those scathing reviews were right, I know that now, and I no longer pursue writing from a professional standpoint. I'm not mentioning what they are for a reason, heh. I don't want this to seem like a shameless plug for them, nor do I necessarily want anyone reading them anymore. I haven't taken them down from the sites they're on, but they've fallen into obscurity, having never really broken out into anything in the first place, and I'd rather just leave them there. If anyone would like to know, feel free to message me, I'd just rather not like... advertise them out in the open, heh. But trust me, you're not missing anything, heh.

Anyway... that doesn't mean I hate the books. Far from it. Like I said, they're mine, I made them out of nothing, and I will always love them. If I don't love them with my whole heart, no one else will, so... all of my original writing is so very precious to me. That fictional world was not as developed as some of my later ones were, but the characters were some of my favorites. They also had the distinguished position of being my mother's favorite books that I wrote, particularly the first one. She was a nurse, and the pair of books centers around a race of people with magical abilities, one of which can be healing. One of the main characters in the first book was a healer, and what becomes of him and the path the book takes was something that apparently spoke to my mother. She said she loved the book. She was always my biggest fan, really. Her and my grandfather, and neither of them are with me anymore.

The night before I went in for surgery, I couldn't sleep. I was nervous, anxious, and really whenever I have anything important to do the following day I never sleep anyway, haha. So I listened to music, which isn't odd, but what I chose maybe was. Out of nowhere, some of the music I chose to listen to were songs that I had associated with the writing of these two books. I hadn't thought about those books in years, hadn't listened to the music, so what possessed me to suddenly think about the books my mother loved the best of anything I'd written the night before surgery that I felt very alone in dealing with? She was always the person who would help me through things like that, being a nurse and all. Without her, I was feeling very adrift. I'm not a religious or superstitious person at all, but... part of me wanted to take that as some kind of sign, heh.

The artist's name is Ryann, and they were kindof starting on YouTube back when I originally started writing the first book, so the first song that I associate with the first book, was admittedly amateurish in style and simplicity, but... it had the right tone for my book. To this day, it's still the "theme song" for it, particularly for the rather sad events towards the end of it. There's even a little mistake in the piano playing at 2:10, heh, but I kindof? Love it? Because to me, Ryann was just starting out and making mistakes with their music just as I was with my own writing.

By the time I had finished the second book, Ryann had revised the song into a second incarnation, having improved upon their playing and songwriting to make more nuanced and complex pieces, which just felt so perfect to then have that represent my book's longer, more complex sequel. And then they had another song that fit the tone of the sequel as well. I particularly love the part that begins at 3:15. Ryann has since made many more songs, so please check out their others if you like their earlier ones. =)

Then there's one other song that I associate generally with these two books, made by another artist on Y.ouT.ube that I love, Adrian von Ziegler. I've drawn inspiration from a number of their songs for a few of my novels over the years. So yeah, these four songs together are the sound of these pair of books, the emotion I felt in writing them set to music. I still get chills when I listen to them, because they take me back to the person I was when I wrote those books, and the mindset I had at the time.

Anyway, getting back to faceclaims, sometimes when I draw from Snow White and the Huntsman for some of Basch's icons or whatever, I'm reminded of a character from the second of these two books, a young man named Kyrin. He was the son of a man whose FC was S.ean B.ean from Black Death.

Kyrin's mother was of a different ethnicity than his father and had brown skin and hair, so I usually use this pic of Eric for him because the lighting makes it look like he has slightly darker skin, heh.

And, totally randomly, the FC (and voice claim as well) for the most main character and narrator of both books, an erudite university student and then professor Tannor Fitzgerald, is T.om M.ison from Sleepy Hollow, for those who remember that awesome show.

Even more randomly, another recurring major character for both books is Austin, a young former conscript whom Tannor hires as a bodyguard in the first book, and they become fast friends. His FC is R.yan K.wanten, of Dead Silence and True Blood.

Gosh, remembering all these people is making me strangely happy. It's fun to revisit where your head was at when you worked on certain creative pieces years ago, and the crap that I still have all stored up in my brain from the thousands of characters I've created for my novels and short stories over the years kindof blows my mind, haha.

I've really wished over the years that I had the knowledge, time, and ability to make my own website where I could post my works. I have SO many books and short stories that are not good enough to be published, but someone might enjoy them? Or even just these two reject books that were self-published but never really went anywhere, lol. But I have no idea how to make my own site and I do worry about people just... outright stealing my stuff. Although good luck making money off of it, I think I made a grand total of like $30 off my books over 7 years or so before people stopped reading them entirely, sooooo.... yeeeeah. XD But I always wished I could share them with more people.

More recently, especially in light of being very likely to lose my job soon, I have thought about P.atr.eon. But... I really shy away from charging money for my writing because it's really not worth it. I'm not a terrible writer, but I'm far from amazing, and it just doesn't feel right to charge for sub-par content. Plus, all I have is what I have, and when it's gone, when I'm done serializing it, I can't write any more... because as I've said, I've lost the ability to write novels since 2017 when my mother passed away. So it seems stupid to start up a whole Patreon account, gain patrons, and then be like WELP, THAT'S ALL I GOT, BYE. Pfffftttt.....

I've also toyed with the idea of creating a blog that's entirely for my writing. Like... only my OCs from my books. Like a mumu for my own worlds, heh. People could have threads with the individual characters or be in "sandbox" threads where their character wanders my world and encounters many characters. The problem with this is... nobody knows wtf my worlds even are, or the characters either. I'd have to explain. And there's... too much to explain. And every muse would need an extensive bio. Some of them I already have, like... I can move Channe, Jix, Strychthia, Aryx, Aurelien, and any other muses from my original writings that I have over to a new blog, but... there are hundreds more I could potentially draw from. The sheer amount of time it would take to set up a blog like that, make it private, maybe even password it to limit it to only a select few people I'm comfortable with.... it's.... too much. And then if no one is interested after I do all that work, I'd just feel so dumb, haha.

I guess what I'm saying is that... lately I've gotten nostalgic for my old writings and, as I have so many times in my life, I feel like I want to do something with them. But there's... nothing much to do. So I guess you guys get this rant, hahaha. That's what I'm doing with them right now. I have so many lives, worlds, creatures, and situations in my head, and so much love for them all, that it seems wrong to just... do nothing with all of that. I want to share them with people. I want other people to get excited about them with me. The limited number of OCs I've brought to this site, though, have... not.... done well at all. So maybe it's just not meant to be? What do you think?

I will say, that if anyone does want me to rant about these books or any others, or has any random writing questions for me... lemme tell you. Writers. Eat that shit up. Like. You would not believe. Ask a writer about their process or their projects/completed books and wooow... we light up like the freaking full moon, haha. So feel free to inquire, please do, but otherwise if ANYONE made it this far and you're still reading this random rant that came out of nowhere... I love you and I don't deserve you as a friend/followers. XD Thank you for indulging my writing brain in all this mess. Now back to our regularly scheduled FFXII stuff. XD

[bart-phobe]

I watched the FNAF movie with mun. She was rather conflicted on it.

I will give my unbiased review here.

Pros:

has a character named Bob :)

the animatronics look stunning

Vanessa's story arc is compelling

the second half has more of the pleasure side of guilty pleasure

Spring Bonnie's entire scene at the end

wholesome sibling dynamic

Cons:

the intro character dies before you even know a single thing about him. at least show us what he uncovered that made William/the animatronics want him dead.

did not contain a remotely similar atmosphere as the FNAF games

characters are underdeveloped, some characters you'd expect to see are cut entirely just to make room for OCs and random things from other games (magic rainbow ice cream parlour?)

there was an entire section setting up the bandit characters that didn't need to be there. just make them random greedy bandits. save screentime for actual canon characters I beg you-

even the canon characters who did make it in felt like their potential was squandered. they could have gotten as close to the games storyline as possible, showing us just how scary and manipulative William was over Michael growing up, but nope! AU time. They're not related.

Balloon Boy was the only jumpscare that got us because his was the only one that wasn't spoiled in the trailer-

The multitude of pointless scenes bothered me in the first half, but things started to pick up in the second, which gave it a good enough climax. I felt like there was not enough horror, and not enough comedy either.

Final verdict: 6/10. The movie is fine on its own, but as a FNAF movie, it feels like what would happen if they made a Stanley Parable movie, and cut the narrator's entire role. You didn't "bring heart" to FNAF. You cut out the old heart and replaced it with mediocrity.

[swynlake-rp]

Do you remember? The 21st night of September?

OTMS

MUN: P! Quite a few of our members wanted to shout P out for jumping right in, even after being away from the RP game for a while. We couldn’t agree more! We loved to see P embracing the chaos of the PanDEMONium event, even giving Bruno a major injury in his first event. And we always appreciate P’s friendly check-ins on main. 

CHARACTER: WILLOW! Willow took some big steps in her journey this month, and we loved to see her epic battle against the demons and how it affected her relationship with Amity. We’re not crying, you’re crying!!

THREAD: THE DARLINGS/ALICE ELFHAME ARC! The Darlings and Alice’s battle with the faery queen and its resulting fallout came to its epic conclusion this month. There were tough goodbyes, there were beautiful new beginnings, and there was not a dry eye in sight :’)

Honorable mention: EVERYONE’S DEMON BATTLES! We loved to see how game members were to jump into the action, and a big shoutout to Belle and Snow for bringing it all about. We’re excited to see what’s next!

TASK: ASHLEE’S LAST SUMMER IN SWYNLAKE! This was such a beautiful tribute to Ashlee’s journey and a great way to celebrate her growth. As one member put it, “She's come so far and seeing that made me incredibly emotional.”

BOARD UPDATES 

THE FOREST IS CLOSED: No one may come and go from the forest without a permit, or you will be charged a fine. Permits can be requested through the mayor’s office. If you would like your character to illegally enter the forest, please contact the admin.

NO BOARD ELECTIONS: This is OOC for now, but just a reminder as discussed in the original Irontown plot pitch: there will not be Board elections this year, while the Board is under review. More information will come shortly. Your characters don’t know about this just yet! We will have a condensed election season in the new year, if your character is interested in running. 

APPLICATIONS FOR SHERIFF: As many of you saw, our sheriff has skipped town, oh no. It will be up to the interim mayor to find a new one with the help of the Board. In the meantime Errol Woolf will act as interim sheriff. If you are interested in having your character apply to be sheriff, please just message the admin! Character must be 25+ and a Mundus (closeted Magicks also may apply). Applications close at the end of September. 

TASKS

REQUIRED AUTUMN PAIRED THREAD: The air is getting cooler, the days are getting shorter, and we’re bringing back paired threads, this time with an autumn theme! Some ideas to get you started: the start of the school year, raking leaves, carving pumpkins, PSL season, the annual fall carnival! Getting this thread started is REQUIRED if you would like a new character this month. 

SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT: Your character is assigned to read, annotate, and give a presentation on a poem or a passage of writing for school. For this task, write your character’s annotations of the poem or passage, OR share their slideshow presentation that they gave the class (or do both, if you’re looking for a challenge!) Minimum 200 words + graphic. 

EVENTS

SEPTEMBER 6-13: FRESHERS WEEK PARTY! Kick off the start of the university fall semester with an epic rager!!!!!!! Let’s go! Canonically on Sept. 8

SEPTEMBER 10-16: FALL CARNIVAL! Swynlake’s annual fall carnival is back! Rides and games and treats, galore! Happening on Discord – but also we encourage dashboard shenanigans. Canonically runs through the same dates.

SEPTEMBER 20-27: BOARD MEETING! Are you upset about the forest closing? Concerned about the pause in elections? Let your voice be heard! Canonically on Sept. 21

SEPTEMBER 27-OCTOBER 4TH: BUILD A BRAND NETWORKING EVENT: In line with their mission to connect Pride U students with their dream careers, Phineas and Pip are hosting a networking event with lots of prospective employers invited. Canonically October 2nd 

BIRTHDAYS

Characters:

Gregory Eeyore – September 1

Dian Morey – September 3

Vishaka Chakraborty – September 8

Lucian ��Lucky’ Doyle – September 12

Anastasia Tremaine – September 13

Kiig'nc 'King' La'ornh – September 14

Babette Durand – September 20

Su Qin – September 20

Mazhar Morey – September 21

Alana Triton – September 23

Willis Tibbs – September 29

PLOT ROUND-UP! 

DnD Arc featuring Mirabel, Dipper, and Eilonwy: Mirabel, Eilonwy and Dipper are putting a DnD party together! Eilonwy teaches Mirabel about DnD and helps her build a character. They ask Dipper to DM. Eilonwy has also suggested getting a few more friends involved... 

Tiana and Hatter try to invent a new food that Seb can eat! featuring Tiana, Hatter, and Sebastian: Ever since Tiana found out that Sebastian Morey can only eat an extremely limited number of foods, Tiana has been on a mission to invent an allergy-friendly version of one of her restaurant's dishes. She's enlisted the help of Hatter, a kitchen witch, and while their first attempt was unsuccessful, they're committed to keep trying!

Catfish Cyrano featuring Tanya, Penny, and Jenny: All summer, Penny has been messaging Tanya as "Charlotte," her online alter ego that she uses to escape the assumptions people make about her as a famous actress/pop star. When Tanya wanted to see a photo of her face, Penny panicked and sent Jenny's face— creating a very complicated love triangle! Tanya has fallen for Penny, but only as "Charlotte," and with Jenny's face, who's just trying to help out and be a good friend. After the showcase, it looks like it all may come to a head….

In The Dark Of The Night featuring Holley, Gil, and Clayton: The RAS saved an owl bear… but Holley got shot in the leg! In a moment of clarity, Gil decided to go and save her instead of chasing down Clayton, so Clayton got away…

[sincerely-krp]

Another admin here! I see good and bad things about the reviews idea. On the one hand, it gives people a chance to get an idea of what an rp is like - though I strongly believe people should make their own opinions regardless of what is say on any other blog (unless it’s something incredibly bad like tons of racism, bullying etc). However, the other side is it puts admins and their communities at risk, still, of untrue things being posted. Perhaps a good middle ground would be to communicate with the admins. Get consent to take reviews. And should there be something on the negative side, contact the admin team and give them a chance to address the issue within their community first instead of posting things that may not be true or the admin simply may not be aware of. Even an overall average rating could be damaging to a directory as many people will take that number as gospel and believe it. Regardless of wanting their own opinions and regardless of how many ratings make up that average.

I understand there can be less than ideal admin teams out there, but there are also muns who will runs to complain on anon about things without even considering about going to the admins. Generally because they just want to give the rp a bad name and don’t actually care about resolving their issue, or because the full story also shines a bad light on themselves as well and they just want to play victim.

From the perspective of being just another mun who likes to rp, I also agree though with people who have said they just want a generic collective of rps to look through - much the same as what krpnet was - without all these reviews and opinions clouding things. When I’m looking for a rp to join, I want to be able to find them easily and I don’t make a habit of looking at blogs like these for reviews or opinions about other directories.

A simply laid out collective of rps and people using their brains to form their own opinions instead of relying others might actually start to make things more enjoyable again

notable context: if there is anything nonconstructive, toxic, etc. the review will not be posted. if there is anything negative, it must be uploaded alongside proof, and that is sent to admins. there is no average rating. the reviews are not anon.

[calamitousrpgarchive]

Any most wanted or open connection and when do you all hold acceptances

Hello, hello!! Yes, we have several connections that we'd like filled. I will place them under "read more" since they have descriptions in them. And we hold acceptances any day! Once we get an application, we will review it and discuss it, and if we feel we need more information before accepting, then we contact the person!

Other than the open connections, we'd love to see more of the following species: fae, merfolk, wolves, and demons!

However, if you have muse for someone or a species other than the ones listed, go for that! Muse is always important.

If you have any other questions, please let us know!

LUELLA EDWARDS (LAUREN COHAN) IS LOOKING FOR HER PROTEGE. THEY ARE AROUND THE AGE OF 100-250 ARE A VAMPIRE AND THEY LOOK LIKE UTP. YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONTACT THE MUN @OFTRAGXDY TO DISCUSS THE CONNECTION. THE PREMISE OF THE CONNECTION IS: LUELLA DID NOT WANT THE LIFE OF A VAMPIRE. SHE WAS TURNED WITHOUT HER CONSENT, AND THEREFORE, WOULD NEVER TURN SOMEONE ELSE UNLESS THEY ABSOLUTELY NEEDED IT. SUCH AS, SOMEONE BEING ON THEIR DEATH BED. THE PERSON SHE CHOSE TO TURN NOT ONLY CONSENTED, BUT BEGGED LUELLA TO CHANGE THEM AS THEY WERE DYING. SHE WAS HESITANT AT FIRST, BUT SHE’D BE LYING IF SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T WANT A BOND OF HER OWN. SHE CRAVED IT; CRAVED SOME TYPE OF FAMILIAL CONNECTION THAT WASN’T JUST ONE OF HER AND HER OWN MAKER. SO, SHE AGREED, TURNING THEM AS GENTLY AS SHE COULD. SHE IS GENTLE WITH THEM, ONLY HARSH WHEN NEEDED TO BE. SHE STRIVES TO TEACH THEM EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS, AND THEN SOME. SHE WANTS TO BE THERE FOR THEM, NO MATTER WHAT. IT CAN BE A MOTHER/SON/DAUGHTER CONNECTION, OR A GOOD FRIENDSHIP CONNECTION, ETC. I’M OPEN TO IDEAS!

HAYDEN LIU (KRISTEN KREUK) IS LOOKING FOR HER EX-BOYFRIEND. THEY ARE AROUND THE AGE OF 38-41, ARE A UTP (CURRENTLY OR FORMERLY HUMAN), AND THEY LOOK LIKE UTP. YOU DO NEED TO CONTACT THE MUN @FRCCDXM TO DISCUSS THE CONNECTION. THE PREMISE OF THE CONNECTION IS: HAYDEN’S FIRST BOYFRIEND WHEN THEY EWRE TEENAGERS, SHE EVENTUALY GOT PREGNANT AT THE AGE OF 16 AND HAD A DAUGHTER (ALSO A WC) AND THEY WOULD HAVE BROKEN UP ANY TIME AFTER THAT. THEY COULD HAVE LASTED A WHILE OR NOT LONG AFTER THE NEWS CAME OUT, OPEN TO TALKING ABOUT IT! SHE HASN’T DATED SINCE HIM AND HAS FOCUSED MORE ON HUNTING AND THEIR DAUGHTER. HE CAN HAVE AS MUCH OR AS LITTLE INVOLVEMENT AS YOU LIKE.

AURELIA DALTON (SARAH PAULSON) IS LOOKING FOR HER LOVER/CONFIDANT. THEY ARE AROUND THE AGE OF 600+, ARE A FAE, AND THEY LOOK LIKE ANY FEMALE / NB OVER 30. YOU DO NEED TO CONTACT THE MUN @DEATHBEAKONS TO DISCUSS THE CONNECTION. THE PREMISE OF THE CONNECTION IS: YOU ARE THE ONE WHO SACRIFICED YOURSELF TO SET AURELIA FREE; THE ONE SHE WORKED WITH FOR DECADES TO CREATE A PLAN TO GET OUT OF THE HOLE THAT YOU BOTH, AND SO MANY OTHERS, WERE THROWN INTO AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT. SHE SHARED SO MUCH WITH YOU, SHOWED YOU HOW SCARED AND HURT SHE WAS, HOW MUCH SHE MISSED HER SON AND HOW MUCH IT BROKE HER KNOWING THAT JASPER WAS GROWING UP WITHOUT HER. HE WOULD BE HER ONLY BIOLOGICAL CHILD, SOMETHING THAT HE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND BEFORE SHE WAS TAKEN. THEY RIPPED EVERY OPPORTUNITY OF A FAMILY FROM HER AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT HURT HER. THERE WAS A FLAW IN THE PLAN; ONE THAT SAW THE NEED FOR A DISTRACTION THAT WASN’T PLANNED. YOU WERE THAT DISTRACTION AS YOU BEGGED HER TO FLEE, TO GO HOME AND GO TO HER BOY. NOT A DAY HAS GONE BY THAT SHE HASN’T THOUGHT ABOUT YOU, AND SHE HAS TRIED MANY, MANY TIMES TO FIND YOU BUT SHE BARELY REMEMBERS THE JOURNEY BACK TO CALAMITY… BESIDES, AURELIA ASSUMES YOU DIED FOR HELPING HER ESCAPE. 

JAXON REED (JEFFREY DEAN MORGAN) IS LOOKING FOR HIS SON. THEY ARE AROUND THE AGE OF 80, ARE A BORN WEREWOLF, AND THEY LOOK LIKE UTP (KEEPING FC OF FATHER IN MIND). YOU DO NEED TO CONTACT THE MUN @THEJAXON-REED TO DISCUSS THE CONNECTION. THE PREMISE OF THE CONNECTION IS: JAXON REED BECAME A MEMBER OF THE SYNDICO PACK MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. ONE COULD EVEN SAY HE HAS BEEN THERE PRACTICALLY SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT THAT WAS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. BACK THEN, HE USED TO BE AN OMEGA; A ROGUE WOLF WHO USED TO HANG AROUND THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE ALPHA’S IN THE AREA, LUCILLE. IT IS RUMORED THAT THE TWO WERE CLOSE. INTIMATE… ENOUGH TO LOVE EACH OTHER DEEPLY SO, BUT NOTHING WAS EVER MADE OFFICIAL. IN FACT, NOT LONG AFTER, LUCILLE WAS FORCED INTO AN ARRANGED MARRIAGE AS A NECESSARY MEANS TO UNIFY PACKS. AND AS IF THAT DIDN’T BREAK JAXON’S HEART ENOUGH, HE SOON LEARNED THAT SHE WAS CARRYING HIS SON, MORGAN. SHE TOLD JAX BUT NEVER TOLD THE WOLF SHE CAME TO MARRY AND LET HIM BELIEVE HE WAS THEIRS INSTEAD. JAX AGREED TO KEEP THE WHOLE THING UNDERWRAPS AND DID EVERYTHING RIGHT BY BOTH LUCILLE AND MORGAN… EVEN WHEN IT CAME TO RESPECTING HER HUSBAND OR THE FACT THAT HE HAD A HAND IN RAISING HIS OWN SON. JAX WAS ALWAYS THERE AND THAT IS MOSTLY WHAT HIS SON REMEMBERS.

 HAYDEN LIU (KRISTIN KREUK) IS LOOKING FOR HER DAUGHTER. THEY ARE AROUND THE AGE OF 23, ARE A HUMAN, AND THEY LOOK LIKE UTP (HALF CHINESE). YOU DO NOT NEED TO CONTACT THE MUN @FRCCDXM TO DISCUSS THE CONNECTION. THE PREMISE OF THE CONNECTION IS: HAYDEN GOT PREGNANT BY HER BOYFRIEND AT 16. HER FATHER RAISED THE CHILD FOR THE MOST PART DURING THE FIRST FEW YEARS SO HAYDEN COULD CONTINUE TO TRAIN AS A HUNTER. HAYDEN WANTED TO BE A HUNTER LIKE HER FATHER BUT WOULD HAVE NEVER TRIED TO PUSH THAT PATH ONTO HER OWN DAUGHTER. THEY HAVE A DECENT BUT SOMEWHAT STRAINED RELATIONSHIP DUE TO HAYDEN NOT BEING GREAT AT EXPRESSING HER EMOTIONS OR HOW MUCH SHE CARES FOR HER DAUGHTER.