Incoming Namek!

[namekian]

Allo C&C. Brakish giving the second character another go-- I bring you Piccolo from Dragonball Z!! Because we need more stoic no nonsense alien-types up in here.

PLEASE bother him. A lot.

Intro post soon to follow!

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[clement]

Theo here totally breaking type by apping someone who's never been a supervillain in his life fully reformed or otherwise--Saint Walker of Green Lantern (pre DCNU I'm just using those icons because I am weak for the art) fame! He'll be coming in lacking City memories (I know someone played him before NOT ELLE but I don't think I was here for them)

Sooo.

...Yes.

application adjustments

[gabbie]

Hello everyone! This is gabbie speaking on behalf of the modteam, announcing some minor changes and clarifications we're making to the application process. Nothing huge, promise.

Effective as of next cycle, we will be requiring voice and prose samples be set in-game. Whether this means upon their arrival or in some projected future month is up to you, but as we have had problems in the past with applicants recycling scenes and dialogue from the canon and re-framing it into prose that is not creatively their own work, and as the samples are meant to demonstrate how the character will be played in a collaborative environment, we feel it is time for this to be an official rule.

Additionally, we would like to bring attention to some minor changes and clarifications regarding our AU/Duplicate rule. Effective as of last cycle, we have officially made a decision regarding what we will call the Power Girl exception (since she is the character we have been asked about the most): if the character has coexisted in the same universe as their AU counterpart for the majority of their canon, has a distinctly different and independent role and personality in that shared canon as their counterpart that also does not rely on their counterpart, they may be applied for. This includes characters that fulfill most of the above qualifications but also have different parents as their counterparts, such in the case of Nate Grey and Cable Summers. Clones have always been allowed under our rules, but I'll state it again for the record.

If you plan to make an argument to apply for a character who has a counterpart already in game, they must fulfill these qualifications to be considered. As such, even characters that have been exempted from this rule in the past by previous modteams/grandfather clauses may not remain applicable anymore under our duplicate rule. The general rule of thumb, barring the exceptions mentioned above, is if a character is already in the City in some form, they cannot be applied for additionally be it an AU counterpart, a future self, an alternate personality, or a reincarnation (unless you can prove that the characters "souls" exist separately from each other; two Avatars could be applied for, but not two Doctors).

Thank you! If you have any questions, let us know in the comments! As always, if you want to know about a specific character you can always ask a mod for clarification here or by reaching one of us personally.

A wild consulting criminal appears!

[playedgay]

Surprise! I'm Duke. As a forewarning, I am really terrible at introductions. So hopefully this doesn't sound half as ridiculous as I do on a regular basis.

I am bringing my first character to Cape and Cowl: Jim Moriarty from BBC's Sherlock. He is a magical creature known as the world's first consulting criminal. Aka he is a terrible person but we all love him anyway. Probably because he's charming.

He's got a nasty obsession with Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and is very very bad at curing boredom. What's new. He's also a terribly good actor, so chances are your characters may never have a clue. OH, and get this, the city's given him some nifty new powers. Not only will others' powers not work very well on him, but he's very very persuasive. You can read more about that and give me permission to be a horrible person here.

You could also friend me on plurk. But you probably don't want to do that.

In the meantime, I look forward to playing with you all!

we all like filling out forms, right? right?

[capestaff]

Terana here! The meme Iola put has reminded me that it's about time (past time, really...) to put out a reminder!

We have an HMD / Permissions Post / IC Contact Directory that you should post to when you have a moment, especially if you have characters whose powers require opting in, or you have a character you've provided opt-outs for, for whatever reason! It's a convenient reference for character powers, HMDs, and IC contacts, all of those awesome things that keep the game-train well-oiled and running smooooth.

Thanks! :D