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CHARACTER INTRODUCTION MEME.

New to the comm? Fill out the introduction form below and post it for your character(s) so that I can make a tag for you. You can also post to the comm to say hello and link to your comment here.

Your name:

Character name:

Important features: Personality, background, special powers/abilities, distinguishing physical features, whatever you deem necessary to mention! Links also welcome if you’ve written something up in your own journal.

Your character’s world: Are they from a world Just Like Ours? Or Jupiter’s moon Io? How about a medieval alternate earth? Just a little info to give us some context.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Try to keep this to one sentence. Give us the core essence of your character.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: We’re here to frolic and develop our OCs, right? Why are you here?

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Your name: Character name: Important features: Personality, background, special powers/abilities, distinguishing physical features, whatever you deem necessary to mention! Links also welcome if you’ve written something up in your own journal. Your character’s world: Are they from a world Just Like Ours? Or Jupiter’s moon Io? How about a medieval alternate earth? Just a little info to give us some context. One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Try to keep this to one sentence. Give us the core essence of your character. One thing you would like to develop about your character: We’re here to frolic and develop our OCs, right? Why are you here?

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Your name: Nammah

Character name: Aya Hokgen

Important features: I haven't written much of anything in her journal yet; she's pretty new to DW. I've had Aya for years though, and she's gone through various developments. (This applies for all my OCs, but hey, putting it out there). She's bubbly, and comes off as a bit of an airhead in the initial first impression. However, Aya does have a rounded personality and was trained and worked in chemistry. She also is resisting the 'calling' so to speak, in becoming a master shaman-a vessel of power and servant of the gods. At this point in her timeline, she is untrained and emotional outbursts...tend to lead to problems. Like electrical fires.
Your character’s world: She comes from the world setting of the webcomic Paradox (Which I can link on request). For those who don't know what the frick I'm talking about, she comes from a late 1800s-early 1900s world of technology, with various different humanoid species throughout the world, and various spiritualities. She's also used to seeing at least two moons at night-her planet has three, but in her part of the world as well as her time, there's two that can be seen consistently-Luna and Chiara, named for the goddesses of the moons.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: She's been trained to be a people pleaser. A derpy people pleaser. She's also had some problems due to this, and from being an attractive human. ~~She's not a Mary Sue I swear~~

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I'd like to see her challenged and come out of her shell a bit. Further in her canon history, she meets and sees some weird and fantastic things-but I'd like to have her react to things she really does not expect. It's funny to watch.

Quick question!

You say Aya's from the setting of a pre-existing webcomic (which I assume you didn't write, although AWESOME if you did). I'm wondering if she could stand on her own as a completely original character (although coming from a similar setting), or if you'd be considering her a fandom OC. Currently I'm trying to steer participants in this comm away from fandom OCs... or at least ones who would have ties to main fandom characters. There's some flexibility here, but since I don't know the webcomic in question, I'm having a hard time deciding whether or not she'd be appropriate for this comm's setting.

ENLIGHTEN ME? hopefully we can work out something! I don't want to turn anyone away, I just want the emphasis of the comm to be on building the world of our own characters, not having to yield to pre-existing canon info, if that... makes any sense at all... 8D

I've been helping with the writing of the webcomic, but I don't think it counts. But yup, she can! It's just easier to explain her background with the fandom, but it can stand without.

Would it make it easier to make it so she's in a galaxy filled with gods, make it a little more steampunk with technology? Or adapt her to completely different setting?

Set the challenge, I'll rise to it.

If you had a part in creating the world (and your collaborator is okay with you changing it), I'd say you're fine. The way I read your last comment just made it seem like you'd developed the character from a world you didn't create, which gets a little trickier in my experience. Although I think there's ways to work around that sort of thing too, depending. (Such as if you'd created a character to fit in with something like a tabletop game world, for example.)

If you'd like to tweak her setting in any way you're also free to do so, but that's up to you! I'll go ahead and create her a tag. :D

It...it's actually based on this AIM rp that we did, based on the world of that webcomic and we ran with it in a different direction. But I'll edit the comment up top, make it a little more generalized.

Thanks for making the tag!

Woot! You have a tag created for Aya at:

nammah: aya hokgen

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Your name: Nammah

Character name: Sokoya

Important features: Sokie, or Sokoya is a nercomancer. She's a skinny little thing who has a very dry sense of humor, and is very careful not to show any weakness-in part because she's a woman, in part of the work she does. Often, instead of being a sterotypical nerco, she puts the dead down when she finds them, and saves those who are dying when she can. It's unknown how long she's been at this, but it's been theorized she's older then she looks.

Your character’s world: Her world is close to ours, in geography and time. There's just a problem with the dead raising, people who like to toy with peoples bodies, and other problems.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Dry snarker. People are usually intimidated when they meet her because well...she has a really scary kind of confidence.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: Honestly? I'd love for her to show weakness. It's a big thing for her to wall herself away from people.

Woot! You have a tag created for Sokoya at:

nammah: sokoya

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Your name: Nammah

Character name: Nara Tsuki

Important features: Nara is likely one of my better known OCs; he's also the only one I've ever played in a community for a short time. (The Carnival of Rust, in case anyone is wondering). He's from a species of wood dragon people, which basically he has three forms: human, dragon, and inbetween. He's had training on this since he was a small child, which helps with his control over his form. He's a prick though, in a big way. His getting along with someone is...fifty fifty at best. Otherwise he'll provoke them and generally be petty to amuse himself.
Your character’s world: He comes from a world similar to ours, but with established unions, businesses, and chapters for those other then human. His family is the Tsuki clan, which comes from Asia-smaller then some people-beast populations, but powerful due to their connections in international business.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Business suit wearing prick. Try not to take it personally. He'll most often get along with women, but not men.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: Character relationships. He needs to get along with more people, he really does.

Woot! You have a tag created for Nara at:

nammah: nara tsuki

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Your name: Nammah

Character name: Chika. (He has a full name but he likes this better).

Important features: Southern drawling blue collar with washboard abs. Abs. Ahem, I meant to say-Chika is a man in his early thirties that has an easy going personality, a big smiler who can be very patient or aggressive in turn. He was also born a werewolf, who needs to change shape on a weekly basis to keep from changing on his own. Doesn't say much about him? Nope, it's not supposed to. He tends not to talk about himself or his background if he can help it.

Your character’s world: He's from the same world that Nara and So Lin are from, meaning it's the same timespace and geography-but werewolves are a more common in the world, mostly coming from Western Europe, South America, and around Turkey and Hungry. However, though most local werewolves take part in small 'packs' in their region, Chika is a lone wolf. He does, however, offer his place for werewolf youths from time to time, as part of his registration. He has a mircochip tattoo as part of his registration with the Werewolf Association and the Government, so he would not be shot on sight during wolfy times.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Trolololo-I mean, smiler face. He teases and charms.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I'd love to round him out more, get him talking with other people. I'd love to see what would happen if he went 'bad' or loses his temper. He has a bad one.

Woot! You have a tag created for Chika at:

nammah: chika

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Your name: Mira

Character name: Ethan Ross

Important features: his former Ruby City application also he's a workaholic to the point of passing out from lack of food/sleep. Great with technology, loves to listen.

Your character’s world: INFO DUMP HERE but the short version is that science is way better and that people can use bizarre dream/virtual reality therapy called NINET. Ethan's one of the doctors specifically trained to use it.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Goldhearted stepford smiler. He has no goals for himself and doesn't know how to be selfish.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: Someone smack him upside the head and make him confront his own issues instead of solving everyone else's.

Edited 2012-09-21 01:53 (UTC)

Woot! You have a tag created for Ethan at:

mira: ethan ross

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Your name: Lina

Character name: Hanna Talbot

Important features: Here

Your character’s world: They're from a world just like this one, except there are people with superpowers. It's closer to the world of Alphas with people having powers and lots of negative effects upon themselves. Hanna in particular is a very dangerous person with the ability to control fire and was drafted into an experimental military group.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Brash, rude, loudmouth, cusses like a sailor, and it's sometimes to cover up her fears and insecurities.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: It would be nice to have her developed in a way that goes beyond just being fun and loud and rash. She's a party girl, but she does have her moments and I'd like to develop that.

Woot! You have a tag created for Hanna at:

lina: hanna talbot

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Your name: Tekky

Character name: Zhil Putyatin

Important features: Able to communicate with spirits, especially with the decased. This comes from being the descendant of a line of sham necromancers who were really just good with dead people, rather than capable of death magic. He works in the morgue and helps the police solve murders! (i swear i came up with him before i watched pushing daisies...)

Your character’s world: Just like ours, plus a few people with special abilities! Most of these abilities can be kept on the down-low, so they're not obvious.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: He tries his best, despite the fact that there's no reason for him to.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: He's pretty one-dimensional, and I haven't really thought about him much...

Woot! You have a tag created for Zhil at:

tekky: zhil putyatin

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Your name: Nammah

Character name: So Lin Tsuki

Important features: One of Nara's younger siblings, the other being Xao Lin (and not having an account). She's in her late teens, and a Todesblume-a wood dragon shifter. She can change shapes like her older brother, but with less control and ability to hold it. She's better in gymnastics and a limited kind of teleportation known as wood jumping-in where she can go from location to location, so long as she's touching wood. She has to know where she's going though, and concentrate, so it's not as easy as it sounds. So Lin has been sheltered most of her life, and tends to act out-sometimes seen as aggressive, spunky, rude, frivolous or plain airheaded. She can be surprisingly compassionate though, and can keep a calm head in certain situations.

Your character’s world: She comes from a world similar to ours, but with established unions, businesses, and chapters for those other then human. His family is the Tsuki clan, which comes from Asia-smaller then some people-beast populations, but powerful due to their connections in international business. So Lin tends to be a bit spoiled, as daughters, not sons are most likely to be the heirs within the clan, partially due to the creation myths and bias' towards women in their culture.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Teen social butterfly.
One thing you would like to develop about your character: I'd really would just like to see what would happen when she's a fish out of water. She's used to being in her own element.

Woot! You have a tag created for So Lin at:

nammah: So Lin Tsuki

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Your name: Mira

Character name: Therese Frey, codenamed Opera, ID number 35853

Important features: application for Queen of Hearts. Blue haired, very very neat in her appearance, being polite has a touch of insincerity in it. She can manipulate sound-the Academy calls it sonupathy-and this ranges from altering her own voice as she sings to make it sound better to using it as a sonic weapon.

Your character’s world: the verse creator's original post note-on LJ.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Reserved, perfectionistic, more likely to snark than be kind.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I want to make her a little less sheltered and curb her pride a bit. The Academy has her caged like a bird, and she firmly believes the students and faculty there are better than anyone else.

Edited 2012-09-21 02:03 (UTC)

Woot! You have a tag created for Therese at:

mira: therese frey

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Your name: Lina

Character name: Rodrigo Thierry

Important features: Here's his personality and his history is a bit of a complex one but have the abridged version here... He's from the 1800s around when Japan's ports first opened. He led a life of a sailor and while in Japan he got a tattoo of a koi fish. It was during a terrible storm when his boat was completely wrecked and his life was on the line. The devil appeared to him and asked if he wanted to be immortal and Rodrigo agreed to some very particular terms. All that's explained in the link. It's also important to note that when he wants to hide his identity while using magic, he'll put on a mask that is the skull of a longhorn cow as form of intimidation.

Your character’s world: A world like ours except laden with the supernatural and the occult.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Two-faced jaded bitch.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: While I pin him as a villainous sort, he has a lot of motivations and I'd like to play out some of his other sides that are not just nasty. Or just anything as I don't use him too often.

Edited 2012-09-21 02:07 (UTC)

Woot! You have a tag created for Rodrigo at:

lina: rodrigo thierry

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Your name: Tekky

Character name: Lucille Bailey

Important features: A very small Swedish-American teenager with the ability to store, redirect, and use stored energy with her hands. It's a valuable ability in any hands, and hers aren't the cleanest. She's been searching for her partner Reynard, who was taken as bait for her. Lucille has a tendency to look dull or indifferent, but she's an excellent observer and can use that to manipulate and gain leverage.

Your character’s world: Post-nuclear-war-ish. Mutations have made people grow new parts and lose some old ones, or gain abilities. The government documents and employs most people with useful abilities, and even underage people with abilities are partnered with a normal person for 'stability'. The normals are usually government-employed people who are meant to eliminate the changed person if they become unstable, but Reynard was a little different.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: For someone with a cool head and a cool heart, she can blow things up really, really well.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: Her story has no background. It's very linear and she needs more people in her life!

Woot! You have a tag created for Lucille at:

tekky: lucille bailey

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Your name: Mira

Character name: Simone Beauregard

Important features: Simone used to be a Doctor working with NINET, but she was affected enough over time to impair her enough to basically slowly change her into a Patient-meaning she is eternally lucid dreaming while she is awake. Thus, her speech is a bit odd-she can write what she thinks perfectly clearly, but she cannot speak the same without extreme effort.

Your character’s world: Same as Ethan Ross.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Though she's been affected, she still retains her desire to help and all her knowledge, and she's very curious about the world.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I'd like to develop her backstory somewhat as well as see how functional she can be.

Woot! You have a tag created for Simone at:

mira: simone beauregard

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Your name: Mira

Character name: Valentine Strand

Important features: Director of the company that sponsors NINET research. A bit eccentric, but warm and very good at public speaking. She undergoes the therapy herself to treat her own issues.

Your character’s world: Same as Ethan and Simone.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Genuinely friendly but vicious when it comes to business politics.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I want to develop her story more-I have fragments of ideas about her, but nothing too concrete yet.

Woot! You have a tag created for Valentine at:

mira: valentine strand

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Your name: Het

Character name: Reese Cameron

Important features: Short, skinny, pale, British. He doesn't smile with his teeth because it unnerves people to see his fangs. Oh right, he's a vampire. But not the traditional kind. I wrote up details in his profile here.

He gets his blood from a blood bank and drinks it nightly from a coffee mug he heats in the microwave. He's obsessed with music and classic literature. He double-majored in English and Philosophy at Cambridge but works the graveyard shift at an indie record store in London. For possessing the closest thing to immortality one can get (or perhaps because of it), he's terrifically unambitious.

Also, he hates Twilight.

Your character’s world: Pretty much ours, except vampirism is a blood disorder. Some people treat it as such, but the more dramatic take cues from Anne Rice and have underground gangs and factions that can give the authorities trouble. That creates a bit of a stigma against the poor people who handle it like a condition such as diabetes, which is what it is. Hence Reese's reluctance to reveal said fact about himself.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: He's a quietly cynical vampiric loner, but he's really quite pleasant?

One thing you would like to develop about your character: Man, like. I've had him since 2005 but I've never been able to hook a plot for him. I'd like to figure out a story he can fit into that's worth telling. I invented him shortly before the Twilight craze, and that whole mess nearly scared me off vampires for good. But I've always had a soft spot for Reese and I think he deserves a forever home, lol.

Woot! You have a tag created for Reese at:

het: reese cameron

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Your name: Lisa

Character name: Ono Tsubaki

Important features: The important thing about Tsubaki is... She isn't important. Her classmates consider her rather exotic, being a Japanese citizen and one who visits her home nation yearly, but in the U.S. or in Japan, Tsubaki is an average thirteen year old. Her parents are divorced, a loveless marriage, but they maintain positive contact via email and phone. Mr. Ono teaches Japanese to anime geeks, like some sort of Weasley Wizard that can't enough of Muggles (He was born and raised in the Shiga Prefecture, which is a tourist attraction — but not enough of one to make foreigners more than an adorable nuisance, in his opinion.), and Ms. Ono is a secretary, working in the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

So her father is a little embarrassing, and her mother is only, physically, accessible for a handful of months. Tsubaki is frustrated, of course, but she channels her frustrations into attention seeking. She studies hard, because she isn't terribly bright, for top marks, but she often disrupts classes to be obnoxiously hilarious and loudmouthed. In some lengthy culture clash, Tsubaki has adopted a defensive, aggressive, and individualistic American worldview. Ms. Ono considers the temper to be fairly embarrassing, especially for Tsubaki's age, but she is by balanced by friendliness and the learned ability of the word "sorry."

Your character's world: She would claim to be from Jupiter, if she thought it would be hilarious... It's ours.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: Either you think she is funny, or you want to punch her.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I WANNA BE DARK AND EDGY. Well, as background: originally, I created Tsubaki to dick off in the Pokemon universe, and I made her to be somewhat exaggerated in vein with this anime style universe. Once that is plugged into a more realistic world, she is an average but troubled kid. If she is put off enough, she will throw something at someone's head with little, if any, regard. So I want to see what pushes her into thoughtless violence, leading from "troubled" to "deranged."

Woot! You have a tag created for Tsubaki at:

lisa: ono tsubaki

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Your name: mi

Character name: Noah Hill

Important features: Noah is a pacifist, a twin, a tattoo artist, a bit of a health nut, a nice guy. Noah is not a risk taker, fake, assertive, or judgmental.

Noah has the ability to enter the dreams of another person, or invite them into his own. He can take control of the landscape of dreams, end someone's nightmare...or create one. Noah can show another person parts of his past or places that he's been as clearly as if they were actually there. Conversely, he can experience parts of someone else's life if they're willing to show him.

More about his history, powers, and personality here.

Your character’s world: Noah's from modern day Earth with a slight twist - humans with powers are possible, though the general population isn't yet aware of it.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: If you want to be left alone, chances are he...won't.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I like him to be faced with new challenges: challenging people, challenging environments. It would be nice to see just how strong both he and his convictions really are.

Woot! You have a tag created for Noah at:

mi: noah hill

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Your name: Kristi

Character name: Hilmi Moran

Important features: Profile!

Your character’s world: The world he was originally created for was one of a fellow RPer's invention, so this section will need some tweaking.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: He is a douchebag with a supernatural ability to make women pine for him after sleeping with them.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: I'd like to figure out his world a bit, and, since I don't have his original storyline, form a new one for him. :)

Woot! You have a tag created for Hilmi at:

kristi: hilmi moran

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Your name: Kristi

Character name: April Walker

Important features: Profile!

Your character’s world: April's world is almost Just Like Ours. The paranormal exists, though acceptance of it is on the same level as that of the real world.

One thing you think everyone should know about your character: April is an eleven year old girl (or seventeen, depending on which journal I use), possessed by the demonic spirit of a dead serial killer. :| Yes, I know.

One thing you would like to develop about your character: Honestly, I have nothing in particular that I want to develop. I just want to try her, play her a bit, see if she works out for me.

Edited 2012-09-23 15:41 (UTC)

Woot! You have a tag created for April at:

kristi: april walker

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P.S. I'm giving her one tag, although you have two journals. If you want a separate tag for the young and older versions, just tell me. ^_^

Nope, one tag's fine! <3

HOORAY

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Sokoya

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