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Expiation Mods ([personal profile] expiationmods) wrote2023-01-01 05:00 pm
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APPLICATIONS


APPLICATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED
Apps will open on June 23rd at 11:59 am EST



Player Cap: 30/70


RESERVES | APPS


Before you submit your application, please review the Applications and Reserves section of the info / faq page, as there are additional rules regarding malleable protagonists, CRAU characters, fandom OCs, canon caps, player caps, and other important things to note.

Applications will be processed in the order they are received and after the application cycle closes. We will only accept as many players as we have player slots, however, we will review all applications submitted during the cycle. Application cycles are not first come first serve, and instead will be judged on clarity of the app and samples.

Application revisions will have three days to submit adjustments. If not submitted in time, they will have to wait until the next application cycle to resubmit.

Application rejections will have to wait until the next application cycle to resubmit unless otherwise specified in the original rejection.

You may either post your application in a comment to this post, or link to it from your character journal.

Please use the following format for your comment in the subject line:
CHARACTER | CANON | RESERVED / NOT RESERVED

There is a limit of 2 characters initially maximum that can be played. (You can redeem additional character slots by way of the rewards page.) As with reservations, you may apply for 2 characters at a time.

Proxy applications are not accepted.

We do not accept application challenges.

We do not accept duplicate characters.

We only accept applications for 1 malleable protagonist in a cast. Malleable protagonists may not have preexisting relationships with other characters from their canon aside from base storyline. (Exceptions will potentially be made for CRAUs and handled on a case-by-case basis.)

Fandom OC characters are accepted, but may not have preexisting relationships with other characters from their canon. (Exceptions will potentially be made for CRAUs and handled on a case-by-case basis.)

CRAU characters are accepted, however, must not be so removed from their original canon state that they are unrecognisable. CRAU characters who carry a multitude of prior games may only carry over memories, relationships, and experiences from their most recent game.


APPLICATION FORM


Player:
Contact:
Age:
Current Characters: If applicable.

Character Name:
Character Canon: If applicable.
Canon Point:
Age:

Crime: All characters are accused of a crime upon their arrival, and it's printed on their indestructible parchment. This crime can be fitting of your character or ill-fitting. It can be a crime they've committed or a crime they would never commit. Consider that Expiation's definition of crimes may not mirror reflect what we think of when we consider crime in the real world. Feel free to think a little out of the box and more abstract. Fiction versus reality here doesn't so much make a difference. Please choose one crime, bearing in mind that there may be occasions in which the crime chosen could affect how a character interacts with certain events or situations.

Background: You may provide a link to a wiki, for canon characters. If your wiki has limited information, or your character may not have much canon behind them, you are expected to write supplemental details without leaning too heavily into headcanon. For OCs, you don't need to provide an overly verbose background, just enough to give an accurate portrayal of the world they come from and definitive experiences that are important to their character. For CRAUS, please specify additional information about what they are carrying over from their prior game. This can also be limited to definitive experiences and relationships.

Personality: Although this game heavily relies on the analysis and reflection of a character, we don't expect a dissertation. Please provide information on your character's motivations, how their relationships and experiences have affected or shaped them, and other related information. You may use character dialogue to further showcase this, but it's not expected. If you find it easier to use bullet point formats, feel free to do that. Please do not exceed 800 words.

Abilities: If your character has any special abilities (magic, weapon skills, and so on), please list them here. Remember that world-breaking abilities will be diluted.

Inventory: A list of inventory that your character is carrying on them can be put here. Characters will not have access to an infinite hammer space, so please only list things that would make sense for your character to be physically carrying.

Samples: Two recent samples from the last year are required and must adequately convey a character's voice. In a thread, we prefer at least five comments from you. At least one sample must be from the current TDM post. Other threads may be taken from bakerstreet, other games, or other memes.

During application review, not only will we be judging for characterization, but also longevity and completion of threads. Not all threads have to be finished before being submitted, but the mod team would like to see an effort in furthering the thread if it's not completed.

Questions: If you have any questions for the mod team, please include them here and we will address them during the processing of your application.




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laserguy: (who you calling a nerd)

[personal profile] laserguy 2023-04-19 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll be using this journal!
redlines: (pic#15145262)

[personal profile] redlines 2023-04-19 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)


he is here to cause problems on purpose
dialetheism: (🌠 how far we could fall)

[personal profile] dialetheism 2023-04-19 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
This journal, thank you! ❤

(Though I thhhink my question got missed, if I could ask someone to double check it? I don't mind reposting it to the FAQ, I just figured it was hyperspecific enough to only come up here ;;)
fluorite: dnt (19)

[personal profile] fluorite 2023-04-19 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you!!! i'll be using this journal!
meowpheus: (every single thing i touch)

[personal profile] meowpheus 2023-04-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good to me, re: his immortality! I will operate under he assumption that he might think he's still functionally what he was (i.e. metaphorical) until proven otherwise, but he's definitely killable within the game. It will annoy him and amuse the hell out of me. 😅

Also: this will be his journal.
foundheart: (Default)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] foundheart 2023-04-20 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
This journal! Thank you!!
dialetheism: (🌠 by being my friend)

[personal profile] dialetheism 2023-04-20 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
No worries! Y'all had........ so many apps to deal with, holy shit, it's understandable that it'd slip through the cracks. Don't stress about it too badly!!

And that works for what I need, thank you!
caregives: pb is shivani ghai (Default)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] caregives 2023-04-20 12:35 am (UTC)(link)
journal here!
midlifecryseas: (Default)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] midlifecryseas 2023-04-20 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
I'll be using this journal. Thank you!!
alethiological: (Perkin Warbeck (d. 1499))

[personal profile] alethiological 2023-04-20 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
ayy this journal works
love you mods. smooches
feintofhart: (Default)

[personal profile] feintofhart 2023-04-20 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you mods, I'll be switching over to this journal now!
kiche: (Default)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] kiche 2023-04-20 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
Yay~ Thank you. This journal please.
singlemalts: (twelve | it's called age)

[personal profile] singlemalts 2023-04-20 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
This be he! Thank you!
bratherine: (144.)

[personal profile] bratherine 2023-04-20 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Yep, i always put a permission page up for that! Will edit the app to reflect that change.
emet_sulk: (08 embarrassed)

Re: REVISIONS REQUESTED

[personal profile] emet_sulk 2023-04-20 07:46 am (UTC)(link)
Hello, I have added revisions to my original app link written in THIS BLUE under 'Requested Revisions' in the personality section. I apologise for not going further in-depth originally as I was trying to avoid blowing up the word count with numerous quotes. Hopefully the revision addresses how he acts as a person!
chemex: (0144)

[personal profile] chemex 2023-04-20 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
eyyy nasty crime boy has come to town
breakin_ur_lore: (I wish you lots of laughter)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] breakin_ur_lore 2023-04-20 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeee excited to be here! c:
quixotically: all PB icons are Kiko Mizuhara unless stated otherwise. all icons by <user name="littlesparrow"> are mine, please don't use without permission! (Default)

[personal profile] quixotically 2023-04-20 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you! this is elle's journal
emet_sulk: (11 the faintest smile)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] emet_sulk 2023-04-21 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
I will be using this journal, thank you!

May I also get a response on my questions about his use of Underworld power and possession with regard to NPCs?
emet_sulk: (20 my dearest grandson)

[personal profile] emet_sulk 2023-04-22 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you, that's incredibly detailed and helps immensely! I really appreciate it <3
himbomb: (20)

Rex Sloan | Invincible | Reserved

[personal profile] himbomb 2023-06-12 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Player: icki
Contact: manscapingg @ plurk; discord: son_nya#4587
Age: 29
Current Characters: None!

Character Name: Rex Sloan
Character Canon: Invincible (The Animated Series)
Canon Point: Tail end of episode 5, Season 1
Age: 18

Crime: Adultery. Rex has committed a multitude of so-called "crimes," including murder, theft, multiple counts of international terrorism, property destruction, and arguably? Noise pollution. At this point in the series, being unfaithful to his former girlfriend is probably what hits him the hardest, and even though he is trying to move forward from it and accept that he ruined his relationship with the first person in his life to ever show him real love is what cuts him deepest.

Background: WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS PAST S1 OF THE SERIES

Also content warnings for body horror, child neglect, and mentions/implications of graphic violence.

As a child in a food-insecure, low-income household in one of Chicago’s roughest neighborhoods, Rex had very little hope for the future in his youth, with it being stated that he had no friends due to his status as a child who obviously hailed from one of the lowest rungs of poverty and spent much of his time stealing food for his family. Born to neglectful parents who never saw their firstborn son as anything more than a meal-ticket, he was “randomly” scouted by a clandestine government operative, who essentially paid Rex’s parents handsomely for their boy’s entire personhood.

Afterwards, Rex was whisked away and trained in a secret facility around the age of twelve or thirteen, where he underwent a rigorous series of training and tests to prepare him for the life-altering experiment that would ultimately give him his explosive superpowers. His handler, Radcliffe, would then send him on a series of missions where he essentially was made to assassinate a number of high ranking government officials, thinking that these were “bad guys,” although through his own observations was able to parse that Radcliffe had been using him to kill innocent people and eventually take over the US government. After a scuffle that ended up in Rex accidentally murdering Radcliffe and intentionally torching the facility he was partially raised in, he met and fell in love with Atom Eve, with whom he joined the Teen Team, which he was a part of for something like 4 to 5 years.

At the start of the series, Rex is promoted to Guardian of the Globe as the original few were grotesquely murdered and replacements were needed immediately.

Personality: Clad in obnoxious neon hues that are somehow less loud than his actual voice, it is perhaps telling that upon an initial introduction, Rex Splode is the only member of the Teen Team that kind-hearted protagonist, Mark Grayson, doesn’t like. Cocky, ill-tempered, and foul-tongued, there almost always seems to be something Rex is downright furious about, even on the best of days. He despises waking up early and detests working hard, sometimes prioritizing his own safety over that of innocent civilians. He is also impulsive and known to make poor decisions when his ego is even microscopically threatened, such as when he cheats on his long-time girlfriend with their teammate after be becomes jealous of her burgeoning friendship with Mark.

However, if one is willing to look past Rex’s nasty exterior (and just don’t date him, don’t date him or get romantically involved with him please), quite a few noteworthy traits come to light. Rex is deeply insecure, still reeling from being abandoned and betrayed by both his biological family and his former handler. He is loudly and spitefully doing all he can to be seen and heard and loved for all the wrong things, mostly to disprove the ever-present inner voice that suggests that his parents were right to throw him away. As a result, his self-destructive tendencies mimic the annihilation he can physically commit. He may have several years under his belt as a superhero at his already tender age, but all the control he has over his body is sorely lacking when it comes to his emotional proclivities.

For all his staunchly obvious flaws, what says the most about Rex is that despite having every quintessential supervillain backstory element, he chooses to make something of himself and be a superhero. His transition from the minor to major leagues may be a rough one, and while it’s clear that he’s got a lot to learn, it’s evident that when he’s willing to pull his head out of his ass there are a few admirable traits that begin to surface. After finally becoming comfortable with his teammates, when he helps throw a party to welcome back one of his injured teammates, it’s strikingly clear that he is the bizarre glue that holds the team together. Rex is always the one cracking jokes during tense moments and encouraging the others to engage in goofy shenanigans that will help them recharge from their difficult and dangerous lives. While he could do to throw less verbal potshots at them, he believes in his teammates and sees them as the closest thing he has to a family, often putting himself in harm’s way to keep them safe or lashing out if he feels that they aren’t being treated fairly.

Finally, Rex’s most positive personal quality is his openness to self-improvement. He is not the strongest, the kindest, or most disciplined superhero, sure. And yet as circumstances worsen and his world falls into disarray, he does his best to rise to the occasion and is working on becoming the kind of hero that people will actually remember. He also understands when he’s at fault, and has no hard feelings after Eve (rightfully) breaks up with him for cheating on her with their teammate, even going so far as to hug her days later when he discovers that she is safe in the midst of a vicious attack.

He’s got a long and difficult road ahead, but at least some of the time, it’s obvious that he’s willing to do the work to be a better person than he was the previous day.

Abilities: Summary is here.

Inventory: Seeing as Rex is essentially the property of the Global Defense Agency, he owns nothing but the clothes on his back and will appear with just that- His supersuit! His utility belt does contain an array of seemingly useless items, such as nickels, ping-pong-balls, and a set of jacks, but that’s about it. For the sake of exactness, let’s go with 5 nickels, 3 ping-pong balls, and that set of jacks.

Samples: 1 and 2

Questions: None so far!
Edited 2023-06-12 16:46 (UTC)

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