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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.

BLANK FORM

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Abilities:

Magic! No, seriously. Harry Potter is about a young wizard that has various misadventures at a school for Witch craft and wizardry known as Hogwarts. However, considering that he's still in school and newly a fifth year at the point I'm taking him from there are a few spells he doesn't know yet as they have yet to be taught. Among this list would Augumenti, and Silencio. He also cannot do intentional wandless magic. He can perform any spells he learned in any other books prior to book five, those being the Patronus, Wingardium Leviosa, locomotor, the stunning spell, and of course, Expelliarmus.

for a complete list of Harry Potter spells check here.

He is an excellent seeker and rather gifted on a broom as his father was. Harry is actually pretty observant as he tends to notice things other people don't-a gold glint against the morning sun for example, or even someone's leg badly bleeding. More on the subjectog Flying though, it's one of Harry's favorite things to do and he absolutely loves his firebolt which serves him well in all those Quidditch games he plays in. Harry's a very brave boy, and trust his instincts and broom enough that he can make some very daring dives and pull up just in time. Quidditch is one thing he really doesn't mind being known for.

Harry can speak Parseltounge. That is to say he can speak with snakes-a very rare thing even in the wizarding world and generally associated with dark magic and dark wizards as it was something Salazar Slytherin could do and later more commonly associated with a gift Voldemort possessed.

Writing sample:

Harry couldn't remember ever being angrier with a teacher. Even Snape had never managed to tick him off as badly as that Umbridge woman did. He could feel his fingernails digging half-moon crescents in his palms as he continued to listen to her obnoxious and slightly poisonous voice. He kept his jaw firmly set and refuse to open it even a tiny bit for fear of cursing the horrible toad into oblivion-no matter how tempting it sounded Harry knew that the results would probably not be very much to his liking. He knew she was looking for any reason to expel him right now and he absolutely refused to give her such an opportunity. When she'd finished talking Harry just nodded mutely and sat back down, trying to think of something pleasant now that he didn't have to stare at her fat face.

Unfortunately, there wasn't really a whole lot that he could think about as being pleasant as lately it had just felt like the world had gone to Hell, and honestly, Harry felt he could make a very convincing argument that it had. He flipped open his book of 'Defensive Magical Theory' and stared blankly at the beginning of chapter two. None of the words even remotely made sense in his head as his eyes were only scanning the page as his mind raced in furious circles in his head. It was getting so bad now that anytime he heard the annoying fake cough 'Hem, hem! Harry was starting to feel an insane amount of anger bubbling over and he had to suppress the urge not to start breaking everything.

Harry was unable to focus on anything the entire lesson and merely resorted to scribbling things down on a piece of parchment. He wouldn't risk writing anything about the woman at the teacher's desk- but it was vaguely therapeutic to just doodle for a while- scribbling in poorly drawn pictures of a snitch and his broom. Eventually, he worked up the courage to nudge Ron and both of them ended up wasting the entire hour playing tic-tac-toe and somehow conveying their anger at the choice of a defense against the dark arts teacher.

Voice sample:

Dear Mun
D_M thread

You've been accepted! Welcome. :) There are a few things to go over.

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 requirements are 20 comments each month for each character, and please remember to tag every post your character comments on - this is how we keep track of activity for ACs.
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!

Thanks!

Applications

Harry James Potter | Harry Potter (bookverse) | V1 | Reserved [ 3/3 ]

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