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WHAT TO KNOW

Applications are ALWAYS OPEN, and will be processed as they are received. They must be posted in the comments, NOT linked to.

Before applying, read the rules & setting page and this post in their entirety. Use the potential applications page or the FAQ if you have any questions about the process. There is also a sample app and an explanation of how we process apps if those interest you. The wanted characters list may also be helpful.

In general, however, we would rather have a shorter, better written application than a longer one, every time. That said, length is one of the least important factors in our applications. We look primarily at the voice samples, then the personality section and writing sample. The voice samples are by far the most important section, and we prefer that these be thread links, because they give us a sense of how you play the character rather than simply how you write an application for the character.

The application page from the former site can be found here.

MISC. RULES

We do allow challenge apps, but we wait the duration of the reserve for the other app to come in before processing them against each other.

Applications or parts of applications (such as the initial comment containing contact information) will be screened on request.

There is a one week grace period for dropped characters during which applications for them will be held pending. The former player can choose to pick up those characters at any time during that week without re-applying.

If you are asked for a revision, you have one week to submit them before your app will be automatically declined. You must resubmit your app in its entirety if that happens. Always feel free to ask us to clarify what we're looking for on revisions; we won't bite.

If you are rejected, we encourage you to re-apply. We like seeing players that have taken our critique and worked on improving their portrayal. The exception is a character rejected on the grounds that they would be difficult to impossible for others to play with. Playability is an important factor.

Our plagiarism policy is as follows: the first offense will be met without consequence. The second offense results in a one month ban from apping. Subsequent further offenses will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis but most likely incur longer bans, up to and including indefinite bans.

APPLICATION IN DETAIL

Your name:
Your journal: A sock is fine, or a commonly used character journal if you don't have a personal one. Just please be consistent with your identity for ease of reference.
Contact: AIM/plurk/email/etc., whatever you prefer to be contacted.
Other characters played at Passing:

Character name:
Character fandom:
Version: V1, V1.# or V2+ should be the only options.
Canon point: What point of their timeline you're taking them from.
Importing development from old game? If yes, where from?
Background: Link to the Wiki entry on it, or if the series has its own wiki, the character's page. A comprehensive fan site is an acceptable substitute. If you cannot find one of these that works well enough for us to get a good grasp of your character from a third party, please write out the standard 'history' section for this on your own. Please include this even if applying for an AU version of the character. OCs need the history section written out as well, obviously.

In general, though, this should be a link whenever possible and not a written history. We use it to compare an unbiased third party account against your represented version of the character. If you include a written history, we will ignore it completely and look up whatever is available for that character on Wikipedia ourselves.

Changes from canon, if AU: What it says. Detail here how the AU world is different from canon, or what events have happened in their previous game that have lead them to be different.

Personality: The meat of the application, and self-explanatory. We want to see that you understand what makes them tick. If AU, try to include explanation for where and why the character has changed from canon.

Abilities: What are they particularly good at, or if they do have superhuman powers, what are they? A bullet point list will suffice.

Writing sample: At least 200 words of your own writing in third person prose, preferably about the character you're applying for. Samples about others are allowed, in any setting. This is to gauge your writing style and technique, not your grasp of character. That's the next section.

Voice sample: You may either write 200 words of your character speaking to himself, or you may link to threads, or you may request to thread with a mod character.

Regular voice sample: If choosing option one, the standard first person sample rules apply. The word count applies only to spoken words, not action in brackets, and since 200 words is a lot for some quiet characters, more than one different samples are allowed.

Linking to threads: If you are linking to threads, make sure they are lengthy ones that demonstrate your understanding of the character. We don't need a million of them, but remember that this is as a substitute for a sample, and we will evaluate it the same way. Threads that took place in other games, museboxes, or

dear_mun are all fine.

Threading with a mod character: You may also request to thread with a mod character - please do so in the body of your application when you submit it, rather than contacting a mod privately. The first available mod will respond back as soon as possible and discuss with you who your character would be best suited to play off of of their characters, and then you will agree on a time to sit down and crack out a thread.

These will be 'quick log' style in brackets and not prose to make them go faster and keep the focus on dialog. These do not have to be masterpieces of wonder, but your application will not be judged until you have finished the thread (at least 20 comments on your part), so think carefully before choosing this option. The mods will make every effort to respond to your tags quickly.

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Your name: Sammy
Your journal:

sammywhatammy
Contact: sammywhatammy @ AIM/Plurk/Gmail
Other characters played at Passing: Minako Aino/Sailor Venus V2

Character name: Chibiusa Tsukino/Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity/Sailor Chibimoon
Character fandom: Sailor Moon
Version: canon
Canon point: early Stars (just as she leaves Crystal Tokyo)
Importing development from old game? no
Background: whoops

Personality: It's hard to talk about Chibiusa without mentioning Usagi. Chibiusa is often compared to her, being that they're mother and child. They are both extroverted, excitable, painfully optimistic and naive, child-like and chilish, believe in love and life and friendship, loved by everybody, gregarious...

The truth is, Chibiusa has an enormous inferiority complex regarding Usagi. Or, to be more specific, Usagi as she will be as Chibiusa's mother - Neo Queen Serenity. The queen who rules the world, the most powerful person in the universe, the most beautiful and graceful and beloved and feared in the universe. Chibiusa loves her mother as much as she is afraid of her, as much as she is in awe of her, for Chibiusa's mother is a living legend.

As much as Chibiusa wants to be like her mother, she is her own person. Unlike Usagi, Chibiusa is pretty intelligent and precocious, independent and often almost fearless. Her smarts occasionally results in bossiness, but for the most part she puts it to good use like schoolwork and being class representative. She's popular and has many friends in school.

Also unlike Usagi, Chibiusa has the capacity for hatred. Growing up for 900 years as lonely as she was has had that effect on her, and she's been shown to develop hatred for particularly cruel enemies. Thankfully, after her time as Black Lady and finding out the truth of how loved she is by her parents, Chibiusa started emotionally repairing herself with the love and support of her parents and their friends as they were in the twentieth century, when they were all young and more approachable.

At this time in the manga series, Chibiusa has fully come into her own. She fully believes in herself and her worth as an individual rather than just the daughter of the living legend Sailor Moon. She's also started becoming more centered, strong, and powerful. Having finally evolved her own Silver Crystal and discovering that she has her own Sailor Team, Chibiusa has all the wisdom and strength to be the true Senshi she's always dreamed of being.

Abilities: As Sailor Chibimoon, Chibiusa is able to use energy attacks. In previous Senshi forms, this required the use of a weapon, but her new main attack is pure energy. She has her own Ginzuishou (Silver Crystal), which is a physical form of ultimate energy, and bends to her will. (lawl god-mode) It can heal people, or be turned against evil to destroy by purifying.
Chibiusa is also very skilled at drawing, or any type of hands-on activity.

Writing sample:

It hadn't quite been what she had dreamed of.

Oh, returning to Crystal Tokyo had been amazing, there was no denying it - there had been parties and feasts and endless entertainment to welcome her home, to celebrate her becoming a true Senshi and the true heir to the throne.

She had always dreamt of it. Dreamt of their approval and praise instead of sneering and snide remarks, of the same kind of affection and awe her mother and father both seemed to effortlessly garner at any given moment.

It just...didn't feel right. They weren't her friends. They were nobles and citizens and well-wishers. It even felt strange for her parents to be there, and the Senshi, despite her knowing them from when they were very young. It was different, and not in a way she liked.

Funny how befriending the younger versions of the adults around doesn't change one's relationships with them as much as one thought, or hoped. She was no less tense with her mother, no less in shy awe of her father, no less overwhelmed by the might of the Senshi.

After what felt like the millionth party, Small Lady retreated to her room and sat at the enormous window overlooking the metropolis, absentmindedly stroking her cat friend Diana's fur. It was a beautiful utopia, flawless and eternal. It was her destiny to be its queen one day, to preserve the peace and the lives and happiness of the people.

So why was she wishing for the imperfect twentieth century?

Voice sample: post at Adstring!

Edited 2012-11-26 03:40 (UTC)

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    ᘚ Please join the comms. These notifs haven't been working lately, so if a day goes by and you haven't been accepted into the communities, feel free to nag us.
    ᘚ Comment to the taken page.
    ᘚ Our activity requirement is a check-in comment every two months for each character. Please remember to tag every post your character comments on to keep track.
    ᘚ If you use plurk, you might also consider following the mod account, though this is not required.

Do all of that, introduce yourself on the OOC comm, and start playing!

Applications

Chibiusa | Sailor Moon (manga only)

Accepted!