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Do my eyes deceive me or is that Rastafarian Robin on the left there?

@Half Pint

When you introduce Lucius Fox, have him be from Jamaica. Then you have a set up for young Luke Fox to take Dick's place as the first Robin. With dreds.

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Thanks for the highlight, Bounce. I’ve read it long ago and I understand, which is why I said what I said. I believe I was talking about Mar-Vell and Carol as a team the other day, so it’s a single app like the Blue Beetle and Nova one by Sep. Is it still against the rule? Or did I misunderstand something here? 😅

@Terry Bogard

You can apply as a singular character or as a team, but can only have up to 2 active accepted applications at any time. Note applications, which can be either team or singles.

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I am floating the idea in my head of a secondary character explicitly for hip-fire, spaff-on-the-wall posts while I continue working on my Constantine re-write in the background. Something for easy no-pressure fun, where currently I may or may not ever bring Constantine to see the light of day.

The main gimmick/condition of this sheet would be I'd only be writing collab posts with other players, or cameos/features in other player's plots; there would be no solo posts of this character. This way, I get to write, the IC becomes a little more interactive, and I can crossover with anyone who fancies it, but I don't have to worry about quibbles like 'direction' and 'plot' and 'story' so much.

Naturally this would require activity in the IC and a functional and present player cast to be sustainable/feasible, so it's up in the air, and I also need to consider what kind of character I'd bring for a second sheet, but wanted to see if this was something other players/the GMs would be open to.

@Roman

I'd first point to this

I want to encourage player interaction as much as possible while also leaving enough breathing room for you to write your own overarching stories that can be independent from your adventures with other heroes, if this is what you want to do.

@Half Pint

There's not, to my knowledge, a rule that says that you have to have a solo story. And sometimes its the solo story that gets in the way of interaction (speaking for myself, all my prior attempts at Aqualad failed because it would take me 10+ posts just to get out of Atlantis). I do see a possible downside being when your collab partner(s) may hit a period of inactivity (I've had so, so many collabs over the years that never saw the light of day for this), but I think that there is room for what you're describing.

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I'm down to collab with Arthur. Having Thor arm wrestle a kid would be pretty funny. He could also help him out with whatever's going on in Atlantis.

@King Kindred

Let me ruminate and see if I can come up with a good angle. I may wind up just having Arthur appear in Metropolis.

The alternative would be a drinking contest with Jason, but that seems like the kind of plot that ends with them waking up on a glacier in Greenland, hungover and not remembering why they have Heimdall's eye, Hela's panties, or Mephisto's prize goat... as Valkyries and the armies of both Hel and Hell descend on them.

I've got about two posts left to write (I hope) before Spidey will be free for interactions, but I don't plan to leap into another solo thing for awhile after. My goal is to be more sociable within NYC, the occasional bigger development in Peter's life notwithstanding. So if anyone feels the need to be pestered by a high schooler in spandex in the near future, hit me up.

@Master Bruce

I do love the idea of J'onn helping Arthur with his telepathy though. So some ways I believe it could work.

Arthur ends up coming to New York City and runs into J'onn while dealing with a telepathic overload from all the minds of the city, which then gets felt by J'onn and so he goes to help him through a Martian form of grounding then starts training him. May or not take some time before Arthur learns/realizes J'onn is a Martian as J'onn can use his powers while in human form.

@Cyrania

Perhaps we could have a New York mini-event, if the timing works out for all involved. With a bounty on Arthur's head and New York being a coastal location, there's plenty of ways it could work and then that would allow the two New Yorkers to connect as well.

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When did they let you make decisions? 👁️

@mickilennial

I don't make the decisions, I just make the coffee how Half likes it, and have the file folders organized on the desk how they like them. With the TPS cover sheets, of course.

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@mattmanganon@mickilennial
Just a note that both applications are noted and under review.

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Sorry, the story I'm pursuing with John is very very solo and set in England and isn't conducive to or available for interaction. This is partly by design so that if I don't get myself off the ground (which, while the planning is going well and I'm making a lot of headway in my plot and post-plan rewrites, and it's been fun and helping my juices get flowing again, is looking increasingly apparent), I also don't hamper anybody else who's gotten involved with my character. On the flipside, I also just wanted to be able to focus on a singular plot without being beholden to, or having to account for, anyone else.

@Roman

That's cool and I understand. That was purely me putting a line out to see what might bite.

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Always remember, you can edit a bad draft, but you can't edit a blank page.

@Lord Wraith

Damn. Calling me out for how many times I edited that Jason post after I put it up

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The gist is more or less just wondering where all the posts at. We have 16 accepted characters and only 13 IC posts, 8 of which are unique characters with the remainder being second posts.

@Lord Wraith

Completely legitimate question, but I doubt there's any one answer to it.

People may be struggling with inspiration for how to get started (I've been there), or have a concept that isn't translating to actual writing (been there too), running into unexpected life happens stuff (got the t-shirt), or maybe its something else entirely. I suspect the answer could be different in each case.

At the same time, the new thread smell may have worn off to some degree and its about trying to find connections and keep people engaged.

I think if anyone falls into the above categories, the GM team is here but throwing a line in the OOC can be a good start as well.

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How are people feeling about collabs or interaction?

Here's my wish list so far with Arthur:

• Does J'onn have any TikToks on How To Telepath? Asking for a friend. @Cyrania
• Trip to NYC goes awry, leading to close encounters of the Spider kind? @Master Bruce
• Fabled relic lost at sea leads to Wondy/Aqua team-up? @Dedonus
• Arm wrestling contest with Thor @King Kindred

And for Jason:

• Sheer juvenile delinquency with Jaime and Sam. Jason will bring the PBR. @Sep
• Hellblazer Hellspawn shenanigans? @Roman
• Contest to see who can rack up the highest body count between Spawn and Punisher? @Supermaxx

Not wanting to force anything, just throwing it out there in case it inspires any of those posts Wraith needs to get his fix.