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


APPLICATIONS


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



Player Cap: 52/70


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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izanagis: (035)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] izanagis 2023-08-18 02:34 pm (UTC)(link)
shockingly, this will be the journal
shadowofpride: (model student)

[personal profile] shadowofpride 2023-08-18 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! This is the journal I'll be using.
dadinside: (Default)

Re: REVISIONS REQUESTED

[personal profile] dadinside 2023-08-18 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
coordinatroll: (leave it to me!)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] coordinatroll 2023-08-18 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Here's the journal! Thank you~
treesistance: (Default)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] treesistance 2023-08-18 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
mistakes were made
plagiarists: (010)

[personal profile] plagiarists 2023-08-18 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you, mods! I will be using this journal.
dadinside: (pic#16621871)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] dadinside 2023-08-18 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
✌️
papartner: (pic#16462783)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] papartner 2023-08-18 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It me! Thank you!
garbagecanned: (Default)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] garbagecanned 2023-08-18 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
oh hi i should prob reply here
conflictresolution: (Default)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] conflictresolution 2023-08-19 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
I will be using this journal
couldntsaveone: (peace)

Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] couldntsaveone 2023-08-19 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
This account.

tysm~

[personal profile] weenwoon 2023-08-20 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello! I've revised the Abilities and Samples sections in the app post on my journal; I hope I'm still in time. I don't have five comments per each thread in my TDM toplevel yet, but if my math is right I still have one day and hope to get enough by then!
Edited (very sleepy and forgot to specify where the revisions are) 2023-08-20 17:01 (UTC)
querulus: (future phoenix)

Re: REVISIONS REQUESTED

[personal profile] querulus 2023-08-21 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Hi mods! I did my best to not TL;DR but let me know if anything is unclear.

How he uses powers: As a general rule, Quentin uses his powers first and foremost to show off and to spite people who he feels have wronged him (ie basically any authority figure). These days he is particularly fond of psychic guns and flying. He also consistently refuses to do things the way the older generation of telepaths does them: tweaking memories and implanting suggestions and reading minds to fix all their problems. Quentin plays mind games just to have a "gotcha!" later, reads minds so he can gloat about knowing more than you, and he very much enjoys finding unconventional ways to use his powers to really stick it to older mutants. At his most malicious, Quentin is a troll, but he also does nothing to avoid the consequences of his actions other than storm off to go sulk somewhere. He wants a reaction, and he wants that reaction to be genuine. Worth noting also is that he appears to be generally less gung-ho about using the more privacy-breaching/agency-removing of his powers on non-mutants (when he's older and less let's-genocide-the-humans-y) or just people he doesn't have beef with. The implication is that a) he's to at least some degree mindful/respectful of the power imbalance between himself and people with weaker or no powers and doesn't feel inclined to punch down and b) he feels the need to be more hostile/defensive around many of his fellow mutants. (Or it's just inconsistent writing but I'll take what I can get.)

Limitations:
  • Boy done got nerfed. At his current canon point, Quentin has been nerfed by story events. As far as how I've interpreted the power nerfing, it appears that he can pretty much do everything he could before, but it takes more effort, he can't maintain constant use of his powers for as long, and anything blocking him will be much more difficult if not impossible to break through.
  • He's the dumbest smart kid ever. Due to spending his adolescence rebelling against The Establishment, Quentin has little to no training from more experienced psychics and pretty much makes it up as he goes. He has a lot of power but very little understanding of how to use it.
  • Look at him, he's scrawny. This isn't necessarily a limitation necessarily, but it is a balancing thing. Quentin is a squishy mage. And when you take into account that he values being flashy over being smart, what you get is a really squishy mage who gets squished a whole lot.
  • The Plot. The biggest limitation on Quentin's powers is that sometimes the plot needs them to not be as powerful. Writers will just slap a vague β€œpsychic block” into stories and not even bother trying to explain it any further.

In Game: Honestly, I was planning on leaning super hard on limiting him via vague plot BS. A universe where random people from other realities get pulled in for some kind of penance self-reflection stuff? Wow that sure sounds like a place where answers wouldn’t be easy to get via telepathic powers. Mumble mumble psychic blocks mumble mumble a wizard did it. It ain’t that deep. I also picked a canon point where he's already nerfed and is relatively not an asshole.

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