#ooc//Now admin wants to go to the beach

[ask-thelandofsmiles]

The ASEAN meeting is so boring again~! Let's meet at a cafe instead, or the beach, or at Viet's house, maybe the park—

No, it's not because I wanna travel or anything (ﾟ⁠οﾟ⁠人⁠)⁠)"

- @ask-the-pearloftheorient

Oooooo~ I like the beach! Maybe we can play beach volleyball after the meeting? I have some spare lawn chairs we can use if we don't want to stand 😄😄😄

[aurorabayrpg]

Aurora Bay Event 020 ~ Aurora Bay's Annual Flower and Garden Festival ~ April 11th - 21st ~

With the holidays having come and gone, the days now starting to be longer, and the nights getting warmer, it's officially time for Aurora Bay's Annual Flower and Garden Festival to return to the Botanical Gardens!

Over the last few weeks your characters would have been hearing talk of the botanical gardens working on getting everything ready for their most popular event of the year. Spring time is here and the gardens have new flowers, decorated the hedges in twinkling lights, and brought plenty of fun to the gardens!

more event/ooc info below:

Here are some of the things your characters will be able to do at the Garden Festival!

Botanical Garden:

Booths will be set up all throughout the botanical gardens, and here are some you'll find:

Community garden: build your own bouquets! $10 and proceeds go to the community garden!

Crescent Moon Tattoo: temporary henna tattoos

Art booth(s): Any artist in Aurora Bay wanting to run a booth, DM the main

Sweet Nothings: Spring/Easter themed treats

Floating Lanterns: Write your wishes on your lantern and let it free in the night sky during the festival weekends (Friday thru Sunday only)!

Petting zoo: rabbits, ducks, sheep, chickens, and more! bring your little ones to meet some fur babies. Volunteers include Roxy del Rosario and Emerson Cassidy, and any mun may send their muse they want to volunteer to the main!

Easter Egg Hunt: Easter eggs will be hidden throughout a section of the garden for all the kids to search for!

Sunrise winery: Wine and floral liqueur tastings

Flora and Fauna: Make your own flower crowns and floral tie-dye shirts!

Face painting: Any artist muses may volunteer to help with this! Just send a message to the main and let us know!

Photo Ops: These will be scattered throughout the gardens. Get creative with what's there as long as it's flower themed and family friendly, of course! Any muse photographer may volunteer for this, just send a message to the main and let us know you want your muse doing it!

Tejas Cantina: Come try our hibiscus margarita! Food also available from our food truck, along with other drink options

Luxe Crystals: Purchase floral candles, incense, lavender, crystals, and jewelry here!

Beer Garden: A dozen beer and cider options to choose from! Snacks are also available for purchase like hot dogs, pretzel bites with beer cheese, onion rings, and jalapeno poppers!

Live Music: Any bands in Aurora Bay wanting to play for the gardens can certainly do so! Solo artists welcome to perform as well! Just message the main if you want your character to perform!

Other (these will not take place in the Botanical Gardens):

Seaside Animal Rescue: Come to the beach near Seaside Animal Rescue for a dog Easter Egg Hunt! Dog toys will be buried in the sand for your fur babies to find! It's $5 dollars per dog but all the money goes towards the rescue to continue to help animals! Bring toys to donate for the hunt or if you want to stop by and donate a bag of dog or cat food! All donations welcome.

Firehouse: Create Easter baskets for children whose families can't afford them this year with Aurora Bay's Firehouse!

Serenity Tea Room: Enjoy brunch at Serenity Tea Room and their new lavender and rose teas!

OOC info:

Per usual, the first 5 open starters can be posted without replying to others but after those 5 please be sure to reply to at least 2 before posting your own!

Please tag your event starters as #ab.spring and tag non event as such.

As stated throughout the event post, please let us admins know if you want your characters to volunteer for anything or perform for the live music!

Please feel free to make posts of your character's cute spring attire! Tag @aurorabayaesthetic so we can reblog your posts!

Have so much fun!

[alolawinters]

☆Pinned Intro Post☆

Alola! Yo~ All the hellos~

My name is Wally. I'm transmasc, and I use he/him pronouns. I'm a 30 year old Team Skull Admin and Pokémon stylist who enjoys traveling to other Reigons with my team, and I sometimes travel for work too! When I go for work however, Guzma always comes with me. I love the paranormal, battling, and creative grooming (especially on a Furfrou).

I was born in Lavender Town, Kanto, and now I live here in Alola- in Po Town to be exact. It's always rainy here, we're near the beach, and my found family is wonderful. If you have any questions about life here, I'm more than happy to share a bit~

I'm in a relationship with Guzma, I'll get that out of the way. He calls me Boo, and I call him Bugs! So if I refer to someone as my Bugsband (instead of husband, haha get it?), that's who I'm talking about. Plumeria is not part of our relationship, she is literally like our sister. Guzma grew up with her!

My Pokémon

I have my active team, and I just have some around. I love giving my Pokémon freedom to roam around Po Town, but I'll just name off my team for now.

Goblin • M • Sableye • Prankster - He and Pyrite are never seperate so I'll have Pyrite stay back during any battles. Both are gremlins and they will try to get your jewelry if it's a jewel.

Aulkhor • F • Dusknoir • Pressure - She is my most serious Pokémon. I don't think I've seen her smile, but she gives good hugs.

Lullaby • F • Wigglytuff • Cute Charm - Lullaby is the second Pokémon I caught while I lived in Kanto! She has been with me through thick and thin, she is my "jack of many trades", and is a Cute Contest grand champion~

Nemophila "Nemo" • F • ☆Sylveon☆ • Pixelate - My Nemo baby~ She has such a sweet tooth and will constantly ask me for a PokéPuff- Specifically the orange one. She will get you with her puppy face, she's very good at it.

Pepper • M • Unovan Zoroark • Illusion - He is the brother to Salt... I assume. I found them both on Mount Lanakila as Zorua, and Zoruas aren't native to Alola, so I think they were abandoned there and... well. They both have since recovered and made an amazing ninja battle duo. I'm very proud of them~ Pepper is the bigger of the two and also the loudest.

Salt • M • Hisuian Zoroark • Illusion - Brother to Pepper He is smaller and more quiet, but when he gets loud in a battle it's a little scary how loud and shrill he can get. He and Pepper Like to snuggle.

((Ooc under cut))

Woof sorry for not getting a proper intro up for this blog! I've been busy with life and art work.

So I'm Wally. This blog is my self-insert roleplay blog! Anything that happens here does not affect other people's universes. This is for me to have fun, make some friends, and do a bit of roleplaying because I'm tired of being shy about it. I am an adult ('93), so I wanted to reflect that in my sona as well. Most of what StoryWally likes is what I like~

There's not really a canonical timeline for this, StoryWally just kind of exists and event could be happening, all depends on how this goes!

There will be no NSFW here.

There will be swearing and heavy content, but I'll do my best to tag the heavy content stuff with "cw"

My own lore and tidbits in my AU that will, again, not affect other AUs

I will occasionally have my other OCs and canon characters roleplay and interact~

My main Tumblr is @ribbonwolf , and there is cw on that because I post a bunch of stuff that definitely is NSFW.

TAGS

Lore, Wally at work, Wally's pokemon, Po Town, pokemon photos

[merrock]

wednesday; hump day!

Morning, folks! We're at the halfway point of our Volunteer Week event, which means there is still plenty of time to get involved! I'm going to highlight the open starters we have seen so far (as of April 26th at 12PM). To my knowledge, all of these are still open for new replies from anyone!

Deacon Newman -- at the conservatory.

Amina Zaidi – at the state park.

Vitus Aydin – at the animal sanctuary.

Chloe Nwokobia – at the beach.

Ramsey Salazar – at harmony ranch.

Alice Zhao – at paradise garden.

Stelly Carter – open location.

All current open starters are writing-based, and you are welcome to make new ones! At this point if you do, please make sure you have replied to existing starters, though! (Also, please be sure if you haven't been replying to starters, period, you take the time to do so before our next check, which will be done very soon.) All starters can be replied to until the end of the OOC duration of the event (April 30th), and new starters can be made until then, too, closed or opened. All threads created before then can be continued as long as you would like, however!

Our thread/plotting call post is still pinned to the top of our OOC blog! If you have commented on the post, take the time to reach out to others who have, as well -- get something going, offer up a plot or thread! I promise you that it will make someone's day to feel included. Please, please, please get out of the mindset of only expecting people to come to you, we want this to be a two way street!

Lastly, if you have not heard from your assigned partner by now, reach out to us and let us know -- one of the admins will happily start a thread with you, or we can find someone who will. xx

[softloved]

* 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝚂𝚄𝙼𝙼𝙴𝚁 𝙳𝙸𝚂𝙰𝙿𝙿𝙴𝙰𝚁 𝙸𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙻𝚄𝚇𝚄𝚁𝚈 𝙾𝙵 𝚂𝙰𝙽𝚁𝙴𝚉𝙸𝙰... 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚜 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝙽𝙾𝚆.

sanrezia is a luxury housing complex that has served as a summer getaway for the rich and affluent for years. but recently there's been a change, a shift in the food chain, manifesting in more affordable housing and the addition of new money kids encroaching on the old money kids territory. for a while, coexisting between the two groups seemed impossible, enter iris abrams who served as a mediator of sorts. bringing the two groups groups together in the most harmonious way possible. but now iris is missing, threatening anonymous texts are being sent, both groups are at risk of being exposed, and everyone is a suspect. what happened to iris ? and more importantly will either group make it out of this summer alive ?

sanrezia  is  a  luxury  house  complex  /  condo  developed  in  the  1980's  by  the  italian-american  ricci  family  as  the  ideal  summer  vacation  paradise  for  the  powerful  &  affluent  .  it  is  located  in  the  small  beach  town  of  lila  in  italy  ,  a  truly  beautiful  place  for  those  looking  for  a  break  from  the  hectic  city  life  .  for  decades  ,  the  wealthiest  families  around  the  world  bought  land  in  sanrezia  and  built  exuberant  mansions  for  them  to  spend  the  hottest  months  of  the  year  and  it  became  a  very  popular  summer  spot  for  those  who  can  afford  it  .  in  the  early  2010's  ,  everything  changed  .  seeing  an  opportunity  to  make  more  money  ,  the  riccis  launched  some  budget-friendly  houses  in  the  complex  ,  attracting  middle-class  people  who  wanted  to  try  the  luxury  of  sanrezia  for  an  affordable  price  .  the  change  didn't  make  the  old  money  kids  ,  as  they  are  called   ,  very  happy  .  there  has  been  some  tension  between  new  money  kids  and  old  money  kids  around  ,  and  there  are  often  fights  and  arguments  between  the  two  groups  ,  for  various  and  mostly  superfluous  reasons  .   some  people  are  able  to  navigate  between  groups  easily  ,  despite  social  status  or  how  long  they've  been  going  to  sanrezia  .  meanwhile  ,  others  don't  even  dare  to  speak  to  someone  who  doesn't  belong  to  their  own  group  . iris  abrams  was  one  of  those  who  everyone  loved  .  she  could  be  called  a  popular  girl  around  sanrezia  and  even  the  town  of  lila  .  so  it  was  a  shock  to  everyone  when  ,  this  summer  ,  she  was  nowhere  to  be  found  and  no  one  was  able  to  reach  out  to  her  .  around  the  same  time  ,  strange  anonymous  texts  started  to  be  sent  to  the  residents  of  lila  .  could  it  be  iris  ?  what  happened  to  her  ?

sanrezia  is  an  appless  discord  group  revolving  around  the  disappearance  of  iris  abrams  and  the  lives  of  those  who  knew  her  .  please  send  any  inquiries  to  my  inbox  or  @candiedstrwb  and  apps  to  either  of  our  submit  boxes  . graphics by llillards .

THE  RULES  .

BASICS  .  -  roleplay  etiquette  :  racism  ,  xenophobia  ,  homophobia  or  any  form  of  disrespect  will  not  be  tolerated  .  do  not  bubble  roleplay  ,  godmod  or  metagame  .  no  ooc  drama  . -  this  group  will  contain  mature  themes  and  topics  .  please  let  us  know  of  any  triggers  you  have  . -  there  will  be  initially  twelve  mun  spots  ,  of  which  two  are  taken  by  the  admins  . ACTIVITY  . -  weekly  vibe  checks  will  be  done  in  the  server  .  please  let  us  know  if  you  need  a  hiatus  or  semi-hiatus  !  FCS  &  MUSES  .  -  muns  ,  fcs  and  muses  must  be  21+  .  the  age  range  for  muses  is  21  -  30  . -  you  may  age  your  muse  up  /  down  five  years  from  the  fc's  original  age  . -  please  respect  your  fc's  ethnicity  when  making  a  muse  . -  if  you  bring  two  muses  ,  one  should  be  diverse  (  ethnicity  ,  body  diversity  ,  gender  diversity  )  .  BANNED  FCS  . -  anyone  deceased  ,  that  has  asked  not  to  be  used  ,   accused  of  crimes  ,  under  21  years  old  and  overall  problematic  .  feel  free  to  ask  us  if  you're  not  sure  . -  some  of  our  banned  faces  are  amber  heard  ,  cole  sprouse  ,  ester  expósito  ,  gavin  leatherwood  ,  the  kardashians/jenners  ,  kj  apa  ,  nicola  peltz  ,  timothee chalamet  . 

THE  APP  .

(  faceclaim  ,  age  ,  pronouns  )  look  who's  back  for  another  summer  in  sanrezia  ,  it's  FULL NAME  !  the  AGE IN LETTERS  years  old  OCCUPATION  is  a  familiar  face  around  since  TIME THEY'VE COME TO SANREZIA  ,  which  makes  them  A  NEW  MONEY  /  AN  OLD  MONEY  kid  .  they're  known  to  be  POSITIVE  TRAIT  ,  but  can  also  be  NEGATIVE TRAIT  .  i  heard  RELATIONSHIP WITH IRIS is  what  makes  them  a  suspect  in  iris's  disappearance  ,  do  you  think  that's  true  ?  the  rumor  that  SECRET  doesn't  make  them  look  good  either  .  .  .  [  ooc  name  ,  age  ,  pronouns  ,  timezone  ]

if  you  want  ,  feel  free  to  add  any  extras  here  (  bios  ,  headcanons  ,  pinterest  board  ,  spotify  playlist  ,  etc  !  )

TAKEN .

FACES : khadijha red thunder , kiana ledé & lorenzo zurzolo . SECRETS : they sew designer labels on regular clothes , they are hiding the fact that they're a recovering addict , they almost killed someone in a car accident . CONNECTIONS: frenemies , unrequited crush , new best friend .

APPCOUNT ( 4 )

lizeth selene , kail peery , misthi rahman & park jimin .

[hiddenwashington]

the city is still and quiet. the only sounds coming from the wind blowing through the trees as the city sleeps; perfectly at peace. for months now, there has been nothing. no brutal murders, no magical poisons, life has been… almost dull. but as the magic in washington tends to work, the moment you get comfortable, disaster strikes.

as the sun begins to rise, the citizens of washington are awoken by a crash of lightning, a blinding light that quickly engulfs the city. as the light fades, people begin searching their homes, trying to find their roommates, spouses, and friends who have seemingly vanished into thin air. before worry can fully set in, the snarls and growls of something inhuman fill the air. those remaining in the city realize they have far bigger worries than missing loved ones.

as they look out their windows and run into the streets, they see beasts and monsters completely foreign to dc. if one looks closely, they may recognize some of the creatures from the world they were born in, creatures they thought they’d never see again. enchanted corpses crawl up from the river, hellish monsters tear through the streets, soldiers armored in white march across the white house lawn, and creatures cloaked in black float over the rooftops, spreading despair wherever they go. those remaining in dc will need to fight to survive if they wish to see their loved ones again at the end of this storm. it’s time to prepare to fight creatures that most had never experienced before, or ones they were trusting to be locked away in their home worlds. will you team up with fellow citizens to fight? hunker down and pray for it to end? or enter the streets to save those who have never seen these monsters before? whatever your choice is, just make sure you make it through the storm.

for those who vanished, they wake to find themselves on a deserted island. there’s no civilization in sight, no land in the distance, and no way off the island. those who attempt to escape the island by swimming or using their abilities are thrown back to shore by a forcefield manifesting as powerful wind. at first, it seems they’ll be fine, stranded and trapped but, they’ve dealt with worse. seemingly, all they need to do is wait until whatever magical surge the city has conjured up this time runs out. but then it begins to rain, clear droplets that, at first, are easily mistaken as water, but it burns as they touch your skin. as the trapped citizens take shelter from the growing storm, they wonder what exactly they’ve gotten themselves sucked into this time.

after some time, it stops, but the relief is once again short lived as a new disaster begins. every hour, the island is plagued by some new horror. as if on a timer, it cycles through storms, fires, and magical surges, keeping those trapped just as much on their toes as the ones fighting for their lives back home. can they beat the clock, surviving on the island with nothing but each other and the trees to protect them?

once again, the magic of dc has turned dark and frightening; surging at an uncontrollable speed. the more time passes, the longer the storm rages on, the clearer it becomes that the city is changing. allowing unknown entities, and perhaps even more to pass through to this world. the tides are changing, perhaps for the worse.

                                                           ~~~~~

-- the city of dc is once more plagued by a surge of magic, separating the residents from their loved ones all over again. half the city has been transported to a deserted island off the coast, trying to beat the clock as each hour on the hour a new plague hits them. it can be anything from acid rain to poison fog coming through the trees. they must survive long enough to make it off the island, unable to escape and swim to shore. while the other half is stuck in dc, trapped in the city with no word of their family being safe or not as creatures and beings both familiar and not begin to swarm the streets. they must make it through the storm as these creatures are set on making this city run red with blood. can they outlast the monsters from home and afar? can their loved ones return all in one piece? these questions remain unanswered as the magic surges on, the tides are forever changing. only time will tell what it will look like as the storm finally calms.

OOC INFORMATION

hello, hi, welcome friends!! welcome to hidden’s 12th !! event !! we are beyond excited to be able to bring you yet another labor of love, and chaos from us!! it has been such a blessing to come up with twelve amazing events for all of you and we cannot wait to see how you guys take this one and run! we absolutely love the energy behind it and we hope you guys will as well!! there’s going to be so much to do on both ends of this, and it’s going to be hard hitting from beginning to end!! please read on for all of the rules and information surrounding the event and please as always have fun friends!! we hope you enjoy this as much as we did putting it together!! ♥

DATES :

july 10th - july 20th july 24th

this event will last for one week in character, ten days for us !!

CHARACTER GROUPING :

your characters have been split up randomly between both dc and the island

you can find where you will be on the list here 

if you find that too many of your characters are in one group, please let us know and we will break you up !!

LOCATION INFORMATION :

washington dc --

all the information you’re going to need to know while trapped in the city of washington dc

here your characters will face monsters both familiar and not. there is a long list of them that we have taken from a multitude of different fandoms to give a mix of difficulty but also variety. 

you can find the full list of creatures here 

your characters will have full run of the city as always, they are free to make safe houses, try and save people, run head first into a horde of zombies for the thrill of it. anything you can really think of. 

these monsters will not rest, making the streets everyone has learned to call home unsafe and filled with chaos. try to outlast, to out run, and survive long enough to find your loved ones in the fray.

these monsters will not just attack people from the fandoms they are from, they are free game to attack and be attacked by any and all citizens whether you have seen them or not. so be prepared to fight things you’ve never heard of!

the island --

all the information you’re going to need to know while trapped on the island in the sea

your characters have all woken up on a deserted beach, no sign of the city in sight, the only think they hear is the crashing waves against the ocean. it seems safe enough, except for the barrier keeping them all here, trapped with no way off. 

through out their time here, the island is a ticking clock, slowly getting ready for it’s next surge, it’s next wave of disasters to strike. 

each hour a new trial will happen, you can find the full list of them here

we admins will not be making a post for each time the disasters shift, so, please make use of the random number generator found on the doc. use this to decide which disaster will be taking place during each of your threads. you are free to decide any which one just so long as you use a variety throughout your time on the island.

if we see you only writing with one disaster we will come message you to ask you to shift gears to a different option. we want everyone to enjoy but also get the full experience!!

your characters are going to have to outlast these disasters and survive as they attempt to cause harm to you and those around. stay safe, protect your fellow citizens and best of luck!!

CHARACTER DEATHS / INJURIES :

this island and these creatures are not here for a fun vacation or to be friends. this surge is dangerous and we want to make sure you all are prepared for such. of course, it is always completely optional for your characters to get hurt or die, but we want to give the information in case your characters get into a bind either from the ticking clock of the island or from some monster taking a swipe at them!

as far as injuries go, you are more than welcome to have any of your characters become injured. if it is something minor like a sprained ankle or some cuts, you do not have to message us admins about it. but if it’s more major, like broken bones or major cuts, please make sure you message us admins so we can keep track of it! 

now, for anyone looking for death plots, we are going to be limiting the number of character deaths per mun, that way we can keep track of the updates on the main and make sure that people are branching out with different plots beyond death!

the limit will be if you have 5 and under characters, you are limited to 2 characters. if you have 5 or over, you are able to kill 3-4 characters!

if you do plan to kill anyone, please remember to message the main, that way we are able to update the memories statuses of your characters post event!

QUICK HOUSEKEEPING :

one stop shop for all your plotting, posting and tagging questions !!

feel free to begin plotting now! you can post plotting calls, starter calls or anything of the like !! just remember to keep any in character posts saved for the 10th!

please hold any and all non event threads until the event has concluded on the 20th! you are free to pick them up again after, or start fresh with your characters adjusting to yet another magical surge.

you are welcome to have your characters text each other if they are in different groups, but remember the connection is spotty and unreliable. we also want to make sure everyone is focusing mainly on their groups so please, do not over do it. if we see too many text threads, we will have to remove this feature.

please tag all posts (in character , out of character , para , etc ) with hwevent12 

please make sure you tag all interactions with which group your character is in : examples like ‘ event : the island ‘ , ‘ the city group ‘ , even just ‘ the island ‘. this way people know which group you are in when interacting!

keep your eyes on the main for any information pertaining to the event as the days trek on!!

as always, this event is mandatory for all members !!

please remember that not everyone has to have their memories altered, and you are free to keep your character either aware/unaware !! but be sure to remember that if they do have their memories altered, this will affect them in the long run after the event as well !!

and as always, have fun, get creative, think outside the box and enjoy the chaos of our twelfth event!!! we cannot wait to see what you all do with this during the event and beyond !! please don’t hesitate to ask any questions, we know this is a lot of information to take in, so let us know if you need any help! and again, as always, please like this when you have read it all! ♥

[deanxcasficrecs]

YESS IT'S OPEN AND YOU SAID NOTHING!! Idk if you're Marvel fans but since the Endgame just came out, would you have some Avengers/Marvel crossovers or AUs? Many thanks!

Hello there! Funny that you happened to ask! I’m actually a huuuuuge Marvel fan. When I was a kid, I spent quite some time reading black and white copies of old Marvel comics from 70′s or so. Black white copies because my friend’s dad collected those books, and he took copies for us kids so we wouldn’t ruin the originals when borrowing them for reading :’D So, unnecessary to say, I was that person who bought tickets for the first English-speaking Endgame display on the premier day (I happen to live in a country that likes to fucking dub movies (I’m just an expat here, my country doesn’t do stupid shit like dub movies so don’t blame me)), then threatened to hit a few teenager boys in the face because they tried to spoil stuff to me when walking by while I was waiting to get in, and then cried and laughed and cried some more, so yes, I do have these. Unfortunately, ever since I was a kid, Captain America has been my favourite, so I’m somewhat sure all I’m going to rec has Cap in them :’D Hope you don’t hate him.

My problem in SPN/Marvel crossovers is that I hate it when all the possible characters are in gay ships (or ships in general). It feels a bit heavy for me, and that what seems to happen in so many Marvel crossovers, too. It’s a shame. Anyway, enjoy! – Admin J

Title: An (Almost) Perfect Rescue Mission

Author: deanshipsdestiel

Rating: Mature

Words: 23,629 – Finished

Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★

Admin J’s notes: When reading this, I was so excited at the beginning. I liked the way the author was writing Deadpool and other characters, and the thing that there was a rescue mission (and the fact that Avengers were ‘Assvengers’) but then something happened and the story’s good flow wasn’t so good anymore. I’m not a big fan of Deadpool/Spidey ship (someone’s probably gonna kill me for this) so this might be the thing. Also, there were minor things like Peter not calling Tony ‘Mr. Stark’ but ‘Tony’ which bothered me. Anyway, better than the normal Avengers/SPN quality.

Summary: Dean Winchester’s life is turned upside-down when a red-and-black spandex-wearing douchebag is found in the bunker, blabbering about how his friend was kidnapped and how he needs help on getting him back.

Apparently, Dean, his brother, and their awkward angel best friend are the perfect people for a rescue mission.

( Read here )

Title: I ❤ NY

Author: ShippersList

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Words: 4,327 – Finished

Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★

Admin J’s notes: This fis is HILARIOUS. Seriously, I was laughing so much that my boyfriend asked if I’m alright. The Clint on the beginning (stalking Dean and Cas) is pretty much me with his pissed off thoughts and the random stuff that kept happening (thanks to Gabriel) was just priceless. I’m not a fan of shipping Clint to anyone (even if I’m a huge Hawkeye fan and I’ll never recover from the fact that Jensen was almost playing Hawkeye which I need to happen like yesterday) but it didn’t bother me that much in this one, because the whole thing was just fucked up. Short summary: it was so much ‘wtf’ that it deserved all four stars.

Summary: For once in his life, Dean would’ve wanted things go like he’d planned. Like, him and Cas having a romantic Valentine’s Day weekend in New York, just the two of them.

Then they met the Avengers, and somehow the whole gang ended up in a beach. Also, there were sparkly drinks and marshmallows involved.

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Title: Supervengers: After Purgatory

Author: JoCarthage

Rating: General Audiences

Words: 1,392 – Finished

Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★

Admin J’s notes: I see so much potential in writing good Avengers / SPN crossovers because both of the worlds are equally fucked up. You can just take some parts and combine them together like done in this one, and then write. This fic was probably supposed to be the first part of something and I would have very much wanted for the author to write more but unfortunately, this is all we’ve got.

Summary: Something other than Chitauri riders come out of the hole the Tesseract punched in the universe. This is something I wrote after a facebook dare from rainbowdalek. Her prompt was: “I feel like Dean Winchester and Tony Stark could be great friends - similar daddy issues, similar taste in music, similar bent toward alcoholism, similar tendency to be shipped with their morally upright, pop-culture-ignorant male costars…” It’s unbeta-ed and its the first thing I’ve ever written in Avengers and first thing I’ve posted in Supernatural.

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Title: The Mistakes Aren’t Just French Anymore

Author: EmeraldOcean

Rating: Explicit

Words: 50,568 – Finished

Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★

Admin J’s notes: This fic has so much potential and I remember how excited I was when starting to read it, but then, something was off. There are so many good lines and ideas and so on, like the entire starting set-up, but both Cap and Dean seem a bit too much OOC for me, and I just got uninterested after some chapters, which I never like. I don’t really enjoy superhero crossovers where Dean and Sam are shown as some sissies who can’t take care of themselves or attend the fights as equals to others (like happens in this one) because what the hell, of course they can. They’d be there with machetes, cutting off heads left and right :’D Also, if you’re not into reading Dean doing explicit stuff with other people than Cas, skip this one, because a lot of Cap/Dean smut involved.

Summary: This isn’t the first time that Dean Winchester has found himself in an alternate universe, and he highly doubts it will be the last. But for now all he can do is go with it, to attempt to help this group of superheros (yep, honest to God superheros) fight a villain that they’ve never faced before, a villain that’s all too familiar to the Winchesters.

At least this time he’s got his brother and his angel with him, even if said angel keeps giving him pointed glares and doesn’t seem to want to play nice with all of their new friends.

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Title: the parachute

Author: 8sword

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Words: 17,363 – Finished

Admin’s assessment: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Admin J’s notes: I didn’t really expect anything when opening this fic back at the times, maybe just some strange AU settings where Cap is babysitting for reasons unknown so Dean and Cas can go to movies. How wrong I was, there. I have been waiting to be able to rec this fic because this has been in my ‘The Best’ folder for years now, but I haven’t found a place for it to be shared. It doesn’t have heavy Destiel, just some very subtle background stuff going on, and it really doesn’t have Cap/Dean things either (I only got heavy bromance and reverence vibes) but it’s so beautifully written, has broken characters and every single detail is done well. I just love it. Both Dean and Cap are soooooooo good in this fic, and even if you’re not a huge Marvel/Avengers/crossovers fan, I suggest for you to read this (and give it kudos because why does it have so little kudos?)

Summary: “Dude, you’re Captain America, not Captain Babysitter.”

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Hello, darling and welcome to the BNHA imagines community! Your writing is so great and I hope you'll have a wonderful time! ^°^ If I may ask, could I request what kind of trips Shouji and Tokoyami would go on with their s/o? Thanks a lot! 💓 (imagine-class-1a)

Ah! thank you for your compliment! I was a little hesitant about starting this, actually. My writing hasn’t really been seen by a lot of people besides close peers, so I’m really glad people like it! I’m not really an NSFW writer either, as I find it really awkward but hopefully, when we get new mods they can help with that! Also, sorry for the wait! I wanted to make this one extra special! I’m not really that good with Tokoyami’s character too, so sorry if he’s somewhat OOC!

-Admin Oliver-

Shouji Mezou!

He prefers the more simple and traditional trips, like going out for a walk to the shop with his S/O, or having a picnic on a nice day. 

He isn't against going to a fancy restaurant, he just gets uncomfortable easily as people tend to stare at his arms. 

He likes taking his S/O to the beach to watch them laugh and have fun, however, he himself tends to prefer to stay underneath the umbrella and shade. 

he has a lot of photos on his phone of his S/O making funny faces, or just looking off in a daze, his lock and the home screen is both different photos of him and his S/O making funny faces or using the filters on snapchat well their out on their dates. 

When he’s in class and not paying attention, he pulls out his phone and looks at the lock screen. 

this boy feels really happy when he notices his S/O has the same photos as their lock and home screen, the pictures are just switched. 

Shouji likes taking trips to the beach at either sundown or sunrise, he thinks it's a very romantic thing to do with his S/O, even if it takes forever to wake his partner up. He tends to stare at his partner more than the actual sun, which ends with him getting hit playfully. 

He also likes taking his S/O to Tokyo to show them around, as he had been there a lot to meet his cousins and relatives, he likes seeing his S/o’s face light up, especially if he is the cause of it. 

He’s a sucker for festivals, so whenever there's a festival in town he’ll definitely get his S/O to come along with him. He also likes winning his partner teddy bears, or prizes so his S/O better be prepared for lots of gifts 

Tokoyami Fumikage!

Tokoyami prefers staying at home for dates, watching movies or just messing around with his partner. He doesn’t like going out so much as he tends to get stares, he knows he should be used to it by now but it just stings

More often than not, Tokoyami and his partner end up spending their time at each other’s house baking and cooking, He’s mostly the taste tester for his S/O. 

Tokoyami is more on the protective side when they are outside, well Dark Shadow is on more of the overprotective side, often appearing out of nowhere if someone bumps into their S/O and walks away without apologising.

His S/O is the only person that can calm Dark Shadow down besides Tokoyami when he isn’t trying to take control, His shadow tends to melt under the soft hands of their partner too. 

He likes taking his S/O to the park, they end up sitting under a tree with Tokoyami falling asleep quite quickly if he’s leaning against his S/O. He’s just so comfortable with them, they're like a walking furnace. 

[coruscantholonet]

Survey Results Part 3 : The Negatives

Been dreading this section! The question was “ Would like to hear what you feel could use improvement? Please be constructive! “

My comments will be in bold.  Identifying comments may have those portions redacted.

Combat System Related

“The combat system is tremendously complicated to configure and use. You have to make templates to guide the new players or they will not attract you. In my case I have decided not to use it, it requires too much time and there are faster options that favor roleplay “

The template suggestion is a good idea.  This is one of the easier to learn systems we’ve used over the years though, if anyone has any trouble configuring it feel free to poke any online staff board or ask in the Discord, we’re here to help! 

“ LRS needs to be balanced, going all points offense is just too much of an advantage “

We’re constantly testing and considering options,will look into this further!

“ Everything. Meter being #1 on at the moment. “

Sorry you feel that way! We do have meter as a “needs improvement”, and high priority in that category.

“ Less complicated systems not everyone is waaaaayy into the Dungeons and Dragons Aspect. i myself am from a era in SWRP where everything was Combat Meter. People will debate that combat meter is not rp and they are right from a certain point of view. However before we attacked someone or another group we extensively rped out the scenario these days its all DICE MATH DICE MATH i am horrible at math i come to SL to relax and just play out my character with the occasional battle here and there. Now i am aware thats all the current generation of SWRP but the freedom is very limited i'd prefer old school honor FFC above meter and dice but i realize there is a huge trust issue in the community which i gotta admit is somewhat logical considering the amounts of people that god-modded in the past especially the Sith and Jedi who all were SUPAH powerfull. Hell i'm a sith too but i hide it and play like Palpatine nobody knows i'm sith unless they are sufficiently alligned with the force to sense the intense dark energy hidden. 

 Eh long story short. Focus more on ROLEPLAY and less on DICE or any other system.

 In the end we all come to SL to escape the hectics of life adding complicated systems like CLOCKS [Large Events only as far as i heard ] does make me want to just walk away. Turfs work pretty neat but requires more consistent rules like Take 1 turf a week to prevent Big groups such as my [REDACTED] to Streamwall it all I can go on for hours but wont bother you guys ;) I love the casual rp on the sim that's what drew me in “

“ feel like things like clocks and turf are bloat “

We’re looking at things like Clocks & Turf for revision or termination.  Those behind it are no longer with us, and we do feel it’s current version is too heavy.  The add ons such as that are not mandatory for players to know, they’re more for group leads and often something they can opt out of as well under certain circumstances.

“ Make LRS more like d20 “

I wish this one elaborated a bit more.

“ Only thing I can really think of, is maybe more instructive ways to teach the LRS system, notecards can be helpful. Explain such things like weapons, armor, items, in general to be obtained, where to get them etc. Host events to maybe entice people to get them. And maybe, have more items with different stats, mind you I realize some share different stats, but from what I can see in the starter items, very few have different stats. Not saying, starter items should be powerful, just saying the things I've noticed. I could be mistaken with the items itself, and may need more experience in it. Anyway, thank you for your time :) “

Some good suggestions here.

“ Leveling/Rank system is kinda meh'. While I do like a system that has leveling/rank to it keeps people honest and cuts down on meta/god emoting and shit. I feel like the gaps between some of the higher ranks and lower ranks seem like kinda insane. Which might be intended if so then I suppose it's fine but I feel like Emi basically can't interact with certain people in a hostile manner once she learns their abilities cause you she would have be insane to try it again lol. “

The gaps are actually much less significant than they have been in the prior systems we’ve used such as SWT & Chimera but will look further into that.  I’ve personally lost to a 1 on a 5, so it’s not invincible mode by any means.

Build/Setting Related

“i feel it might be nice to see more places for people to sit and hang out around coronet, maybe replace some of the derelict vehicles or make it so you can sit on them like benches. id like to see more items handed out as mission rewards even if rarely. “

“ I'd like for there to be more places to sit in Vreni and Corenet. benches or just something as simple like being able to sit on clutter such as crates, vehicles, or even ledges. “

Been working on this, adding in more benches, small parks, etc.  As well as getting more staff the ability to generate items that can be given as rewards. If anyone is running a storyline that they want to request items for ask in the Discord or ask me directly, if I’m busy I can at least point you to someone who can help

“ more fun, less stress ... but I have no clue how to make that happen other than just focusing on RP and letting everything else go entirely “

I agree! I assume this one is more about staff than the playerbase as we’ve been pretty happy with the low number of OOC player vs player incidents.

“ Rentals availability notifier “

“ It's hard to find personal rentals. I wish there was a map or something that showed where there were rentals available. “

“ more rental homes i feels like there's not enough rental homes especially on the lower section there's like 4 i beleave maybe bump this up a little if possible as i would belave it would make it better for more people to have homes there. “

Since the survey have added enough rentals to catch up on the waiting list.  While the waiting list is now empty they are all full last I checked so will add more.  The waiting list is why the boxes often auto-lock and do not notify.  When we do have freed up rentals and no list I let people know in Discord announcements. If you want to get on said list let Zenless know, specify which of the rental types/location.  Generally go down the list when one becomes free but if I don’t hear back from someone in 48 hours move on to the next person.

“ The island build kinda tbh “

Would have liked elaboration as to why, I personally enjoy the contrasts in setting.

“ Add a area we can rez items we buy “

We do have a build box, but yeah need to be in the landgroup to rez, this is to protect the sim from griefers.

“ I feel like the furries need to be toned down, a lot of them seem to be pushing the limit on what is okay for a character. Otherwise I don't have a whole lot that comes to mind. “

If you have concerns about an avatar, contact a GM or an Admin.  No one else should be confronting people about avatar appearance.  Mentors will help those wondering if their avatars conform as well.

“ More open areas, like forests, deserts and snowy mountains, depicting the different Corellian environments and bringing more RP scenario options. “

Worked on it with the addition of the RP scenes, currently there are 4, we may switch them up now and then, any player can use these for their adventures. As of writing this we have a snowy one, a shadowy planet, a jungle and a minimalist desert.  It often depends how many prims we have free how details these are.  Things are also added to them specifically for a story, etc.

Story Related

“ Perhaps get more people involved IN the Holonet so we have a wider scope of story coverage from other factions/sources. “

“ StoryLine for the sim. News Reports. “

Would love to! Contact Zenless anytime you have something you would like printed on the news, we’ll take anything from briefs to full length articles. It’s generally me (Zen) who ends up writing most, but would love to have more contributors.

“ Easier access to groups. More storys that involve the "lesser" people that arnt part of a huge faction. Less hiding the roleplayers in faction bases. “

“ More events and gatherings for other time zones. It sucks that all of them are always at 9PM at night US EST. Some of us have jobs... “

“ Perhaps slightly more conflict between the groups. “

“ Most improvements are at the group level. All group leads should be working to give their players some daily content. Whether it be a small quest, large mission, or just something to progress their IC storylines. Right now it seems group leads are more there for policing than GM (game master) “

“ I feel that the Storytellers should put out more events, as well as come to defining the terms of the Clock System in a Simple way. There is too much confusion even among Admins about it. The Sim Build should also be improved to reflect 4D Coruscant. While an Island is nice it is only ever used for beach parties or the Jedi. Whilst every other RP is taking place in Coronet City or the Event Boxes. I am sorry if this was not very constructive but typing it out is a lot harder than explaining on voice. Come hangout with myself or talk to [REDACTED]. “

“ leadership in groups focusing on small scale rp to advance players char's ICly “

“ Could use more roleplay opportunities such as organized events. “

Lot of similar themes in these 6 so I’ll touch on them at once. Our group leads have been great and have been the primary ones responsible for the high levels of activity.  On the other hand since the start we had a story team that did not put much time and effort in other than those who were also group leads.  There was a main story arch yet few if any segments were ever run, and when these people left they asked for their stories not to be used so we had to go back to the drawing board. We’re working very hard to get more people involved in stories/running stories, do let me know if you are interested as we’re always looking for more aid.  Typically we bring on people as mentors first, find out what they do well and help with stories if desired.

“ Not having jedi trying to confiscate lightsabers as if they are the cops... “

You could go to CorSec ICly.  This one really seems like an IC issue as it is technically a violation of Corellian policy/law.

Staff/Management/Leadership Related

“ I feel there is a bias that favors the Jedi with staff “

“ the admins other than Eva do not seem like they care about the players “

“ Some of staff can at times be out of touch with the playerbase and comes off as elitist “

“ One owner has to go as per the jedi discussion on the jedi discord. The rest of the sim is fine. “

“ Admins “

“ Easiest suggestion. Unity. This admin team, just like the old 4D, is being trapped in drama. Things need to be unified and aligned to help the admin team mesh, instead of argue. “

“ some of the staff come off as condescending and rude mostly jedi who are also staff “

“ Consensual basis of decisions by the staff. Seems like things are constantly at odds. “

“ tessa and perry should not be admins “

“ Really wish the admins could be more approachable and stuff :l Except for Ootarian, he cool :D “

“ stop taking on owners who are terrible admins but just have money. wil,perry,lone,keely and so on “

“ I feel the LRS could be slightly more balanced rank-wise. I'd also like to see more LRS items but not too many. Less staff drama would be nice as to not fracture the community and kill RP. More sim-wide events such as Pazaak tournaments, races and even combat-oriented ones would be welcome “ 

“ Not a big fan of LRS but it’s better than most dice systems. Would like to see consensual agreements on staff rather than seemingly duking it out “

As some may have noticed there has been an overhaul of staff, much of this will seek to address any of the comments here. Everyone knows I say what I think to a fault.  So I’ll be transparent in my POV (take as you will) though I’m sure some are going to be unhappy I even touched on this.   The SWL Community was in bad shape after what happened on 4D for those who were here for that, I made a bad judgement call in some of the people I partnered with as our views were incompatible. I was very depressed after 4D (our prior region), and didn’t input as much as I should have when it came to staffing the sim, so they filled the staff with those who I’d consider their “friends”. Staff often became a battlefield of ideology between myself and what I saw as a circle of friends.  In no way am I ever a perfect angel, and there are patches that I could have navigated better so I am responsible for the conflicts within staff as much as the departed are.  Sometimes people just don’t work well together.  What’s done is done though and moving forward I feel we’ve been making a lot of progress in having a more cohesive team.  Still some rough patches as any sim with a decent sized playerbase is going to have it’s share of arguments, but I can say for certainty that everyone involved in leadership now genuinely cares about the community and that we’ll do our best to listen to the players and strive for consistent improvement. 

“ Telling myself that "You seem to be breaking the system, the sith might need their own story system" isnt encouraging. We are here to help the story move along but because we are the only ones really using the Clock system. Our use of it in my opinion should be rewarded not, not discouraged so that way other groups are encouraged to use it also. And this isn't me complaining, this is how what is being said is being perceived. “

The staff member who said this is among those who departed (who have been mentioned often here). We’ll strive for a fair environment for everyone/all groups where goal posts aren’t moved on a whim.

“ More freedom and less bureaucracy “

You and me both :D

“ My friend who had been rping here for a few days before me and participated in two events got told she couldn't rank up because she "only earned 1 exp" meanwhile I got enough to level up and that isn't cool because we both pretty much did everything together so it feels like there might've been some bias there. “

I know it’s repetitive but the person who did this is among those who departed.  Fixed this personally as being consistent is of extreme importance to us.

“ Maybe a little more staff so no one feels overburdened. Would love to see currency added to LRS (kind of like Chimera), most inventory items/upgrades/mods/etc. Otherwise, I love this place. Great people and great fun! “

We are currently interested in taking on another mentor or two as there is a lot of work to be done, but we’re being careful in that we want a staff that can get a long to avoid a lot of the feedback that was brought up here on staff environment being internally hostile.  

MISC

“ Clear advertisement of those willing to mesh-build or animate on commission for players would be nice! Even if we don't take them up on it, knowing it is available helps. “

I like this suggestion, will think of ways to try to advertise for them.

“ - More sim events for common people 

- More story events at current scale before we try and move large scale. We really haven't even tested the waters here and yet we're trying to move larger? It's like an amusement park with one slide saying we need to buy more land rather than build more attractions in the available space to entertain people. Lets try and utilize the current setting to its fullest before we decide it needs to go larger - The main social hub moved to a neutral ownership.

 - More balanced meter 

- Less outrageous things being brought onto sim. The more outrageous things get, the harder it is to bring content because that content gets dismissed by one person with the snap of a finger rather than being a tension and toil to overcome It also puts newer players at a huge social disadvantage. “

This one touched on a lot of things so put it in misc.  Pretty much touched on everything but “outrageous” in other sections.  What people consider outrageous is very subjective but we do try to avoid anything too crazy.

“ A lot of people are a bit bossy and obligating others what to do with their character, especially how they look. That makes people, certainly those who put a lot of effort in them, really pissed. Maybe a send out that we all should respect each other in how we look and how we roleplay. Not everyone is a rich ass who can buy what they want or so experienced in roleplay as the other. So the basic thing is respect. “

True.  If any issues with an avatar or anything else, a GM or Admin should be contacted.  Players hostilely confronting other players is often something that will be considered a minor offense which can lead to disciplinary scenarios.  If you need any help do let one of us know, it makes me very sad when I hear about someone being given a hard time over something like that.

In conclusion, thank you to everyone who filled out the survey.  This was the hardest section to give feedback on as it does touch on a lot of “drama” elements.  I’m not the smartest admin, def not the most PR or PC, I speak from the heart.  It means a lot to me that after six years and all the obstacles that people are still here. I’ll do my best to try to improve everyone's experience.  Please keep in mind we are a VERY diverse role-play community and it’s literally impossible to fully please everyone, sometimes the good of the many will outweigh the good of the few but the tyranny of the majority is also something you always try to keep at bay.   

SWRP as a whole has now lasted about fifteen years as you can trace it’s origins back to 2003 while the first groups and sims really got going in 2004 with groups like the Mandalorians under Dazzo Street,  Jedi under Marcus Moreau and others,the first Galactic Empire.  Then in 2005 sims exploded with Korriban, Sirius, New Holstice, Tatooine, the founding of GAR & DLOTS.   We may have had to do a lot of adapting and changing with the times to still be an active community, but fifteen years is an amazing accomplishment for any roleplay community.   We’ll have our ups and downs but I think we’ve proven ourselves to be as resilient as they come.  :)