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VIGILANCE: Pacific Royal Collegiate and University (Gowi, Mr Allen J and Lord Wraith

Still here, for what it's worth.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

...Look, okay, I'm fine if you want to use coloured text for your character's dialogue. It's not something I personally do but hey, not going to complain if other people do it. But could you please not use such an eye-searing shade? I honestly can't read your posts at all without getting a migraine.

@Rin

I try to use dull colors for exactly this reason, as I know how jarring it can be. Admittedly it’s more difficult on a forum that has dark gray as its general template. But it’s not hard at all to do given an HTML color code sheet is only a quick google search away.

9C4444 is better than red, 5076B3 is better than blue.

Pre-planning vs Spontaneity - Which Are You?

Both of them— the answer for me is both of them.

I think there comes a point in planning loosely ahead and then letting the posts coming to you, especially in the GM seat as you never know how your players are going to react. You can try to predict them, but that plays on presumptions. I often like to play off ear, using my instincts guide me but as a writer I’m also fond of revisions and having some sort of start and end with the idea of the fun being how I get from point a to point b. Types of games are suited to variable approaches, but in most cases “have an idea, but never a rigid skeleton” seems to be best frequently.

MARVEL Comics Discussion

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Meh. Could go either way, as much comic RP as there is around. I'm sure any comic discussion would get rolled into comic RP discussion, anyway.

Relatively certain, anyway.

@Ruby

This wasn't designed to discuss the comic role-plays though was it?

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@Sloth

Pfft, by the time those girls reach high school they'd be harder to deal with than that.

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Excellent activity guys. Really happy to see Ruby AND Lydyn. This makes my weekend end on an amazing note, I love all of you.

Gonna catch some z's cochise.

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Noted! Looking forward to progress throughout the next few days.

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It's most certainly a good start. Though I should mention Poison Ivy hasn't debuted yet and I was considering having that be one of my arcs (maybe one very soon).

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Thor CS incoming!

CS Application

| Identity |

Name: Thor Goddess of Thunder
Alias: Tara Olsen (a human name if she is on the DL), Tarene (birth name), Thor Girl (previous title), Hammer Girl.

| Origin & Backstory |

Humble Beginnings
Born with a predetermined destiny, Tarene believed her life was perfectly scripted out for her and all she had to do was play her part. A future seer declared that she would become a great hero and save many world's from darkness. What she did not know was that even a prescripted destiny was hard to follow.

A Hero is Born
At first, she was subject to much ridicule and scorn from the larger, older and more battle-hardened Asgardian men whom didn't believe a young girl such as Tarene could hold her own in battle. Although disappointed at first, she wasn't dissuaded and fought to convince the nay-sayers that she was just as capable as they were. Thor Odinson noticed the young girls enthusiasm and determination and encouraged her to train harder, his encouragement, along with that of the Lady Sif whom was also making a name on the battlefield for herself, allowed Tarene to get her first taste of battle on the cold wastes of Jotunheim.

Out in the frosts, Thor Odinson noticed that Tarene was indeed a brave warrior, and so he allowed her to fight alongside him in future conflicts. He bestowed unto her many tips and stories to aid her growth as a warrior. She learned to use a variety of weapons before finally settling on a golden hammer, thus earning her the nickname Thor Girl as she fought alongside Thor Odinson using a hammer, much like he did with his Mjolnir.

Over time Tarene became a powerful goddess in her own right, proving herself to be a formidable Asgardian warrior, comparable to the Lady Sif. She earned the respect and admiration of her peers, yet despite her many courageous feats, she often appeared as little more than a sidekick to Thor Odinson. Although she greatly admired and respected her mentor, Tarene wanted to live out her own destiny and not spend her days living in the shadow of her mentor. She loyally served under the All Father Odin, and later under Thor following his coronation as King of Asgard.

Brother Dearest
Loki, adopted brother of Thor, often wrought havoc in Asgard and across a number of the 9 Realms. Despite having more than one opportunity to kill Loki, Thor could never bring himself to slay his brother, and despite Tarene's protests, he would not allow her to slay Loki either. Sparing Loki would later prove to be Thor's greatest mistake as Ruler of Asgard. Tarene, reluctant to commit treason and betray her King, stayed her hand, though she was reluctant to spare Loki's life. Loki was committed to prison but even locked in a cage, Loki could not be stopped.

When Heroes Fall: Ragnarok
Loki, bitter and vengeful, allied himself with the Fire Demon Surtur so that he could escape his prison and destroy Asgard, the events that transpired culminated in Ragnarok, a war which would destroy the Asgardians and the entire realm of Asgard.

When Ragnarok (the end of days) struck her precious realm of Asgard, Tarene took up arms to face off against the End itself. During the fight, an evil clone of Thor appeared and attacked her she believed she had been betrayed by her greatest ally. She sought out Loki to fight him head on and kill him once and for all but despite her years of battle, Loki proved to be a more formidable opponent, catching her out with tricks and sorcery. Moments before Loki, alongside the evil Thor-clone could deliver what would have been a fatal blow, the real Thor Odinson appeared and saved her. Thor Odinson had lost one of his arms, but in the other arm, he clung onto Mjolnir. He told her to fall back, to take the Bifrost to Vanaheim before it was destroyed.

While Asgard crumbled around her and became consumed by fire, death and destruction, she managed to make her escape, under Odinson's orders and reached Vanaheim where the Vanir used their magic to heal her. During her escape and subsequent recuperation, Asgard fell and the Asgardian's were killed in the war.

The Aftermath
Dreadfully depressed about what she believed to be her failure to stop the end and save the realm she loved so dearly Tarene began to roam the 9 realms in search of Thor Odinson and in search of answers. SHe believed that Thor Odinson was so strong that he could not possibly have perished.

Her spirit broken by what she believed was her utter failure to live up to her destiny, she wandered the world like a lost soul for many years, digging through the wreckage of Asgard and discovering only ashes and bones.

A Hero Reborn
Tarene's life would take an interesting new course when she found Mjolnir, Thor's legendary hammer. With nothing left of Asgard, Tarene wound up on Midgard (Earth), a realm which Thor Odinson had always held a great fondness for. She adopted the alias "Tara Olsen" to blend in with Midgardian society, but it was largely a struggle and she found herself living a nomadic lifestyle travelling with caravaners across the United States. In the wilds of Oklahoma she discovered Mjolnir lying abandoned in a desert crater. To her own disbelief, she was able to lift the hammer and thus she acquired Thor's powers. Believing her own destiny was a lost cause she took up the mantle of Thor taking his name and his legacy and seeking to right the wrongs that had befallen Asgard.

The discovery of Mjolnir abandoned on Midgard was both a comfort, and also distressing. With Mjolnir on Midgard instead of Asgard, she believed perhaps Odinson had escaped, however, Odinson would never part with his hammer willingly, which led Tarene to believe perhaps something untoward had happened to her former King.

Regardless of Odinson's fate, Tarene became "Thor, Goddess of Thunder" and vowed to remedy the wrongs that had befallen Asgard and protect Odinson's precious Earth Realm. She made her way out of the desert to begin her new life. Armed with Mjolnir, but no idea what Midgardian life and culture consisted of, she had a shaky start. The city is a whole other world compared to the desert wilds or the pristine uninhabited mountains, still new to this world, the new Thor has to learn who her friends and enemies are, and also how to use a cell phone.

Does History Repeat Itself?
A deep seeded self-loathing, and an unstable lust for revenge against those who played a role in Ragnarok (namely Loki Laufeyson) mean that she walks along a thin line between saving the world, and destroying it herself.

Will she become the hero she was meant to be or will she end up causing more destruction than Ragnarok unleashed upon her world?

| Attributes |

Strenghts:
Mjolnir: mythical hammer only those deemed worthy if it's power shall lift it and with the hammer she possesses the powers of Thor. The hammer can be called "telepathically" (for lack of a better word) to fly into her hand whenever she needs it. Forged from Uru it is virtually indestructible and packs a mean punch.

Powers of Thor: with the hammer comes Thor Odinsons powers, aka possessing the power of the God of Thunder. She can manipulate thunder and lightning and create dangerous storms and even tornados with a little help from Mjolnir.

Flight: Thor can use Mjolnir to fly, in a pinch it can be used for interdimensional travel so she can traverse between realms which is great since travelling between realms is tricky since the Bifrost was destroyed.

Asgardian: as she is an Asgardian she is immune to all human illnesses and possesses extreme longevity and a pretty impressive healing factor. Superior strength, speed and stamina and damn good reflexes.
Years of training have resulted in her being a formidable opponent in hand to hand combat as well as being able to use a variety of weapons although Mjolnir is always her trusted weapon of choice.

Asgardian armour: forged by dwarves her armour can take quite a beating, as the Thunder Goddess, she can generate scale-maile armour made of lightning energy itself to protect her arms.

Weaknesses:
Technologically incompetent. She cannot utilise any modern technology.

Unworthy? If Mjolnir no longer deems her worthy she loses the ability to wield the hammer and the perks that come with it thus leaving her in a weakened but not entirely useless state. Without Mjolnir, she still possesses the abilities of a battle hardened Asgardian.

Ignorance is bliss: Thor doesn't know much about earth or its customs, she's also prone to act first and think later so strategizing is not a strong point. On a super hero scale her intelligence is below average but she possesses incredible strength to compensate.

Destiny unbound: with her "failed" destiny as Tarene, she now has a whole new destiny as Thor however this destiny could take her down the wrong path.

Ghosts of the past: she is haunted by her past and believes she failed Odinson and failed Asgard. Her lack of self confidence in Tarene is a weak point and her confidence as the "new Thor" is built on shaky foundations leaving her open to emotional manipulation. She also gets homesick and lonely for good company which means she's likely to hang around with the wrong crowd if they appear inviting.

Ragnarok PTSD: She experiences flashbacks of unimaginable horrors, sometimes reliving what happened on Asgard during Ragnarok. She can react violently and unpredictably.

| Character Notes |

Supporting Casts & Rogues

Thor Odinson: THE God of Thunder and former wielder of Mjolnir. He has been MiA, presumed KiA, following Ragnarok, no traces of him have yet been found thus he cannot be officially declared dead, however given how long it has been without any sign of him, its presumed he perished on Asgard. (SThor will mention him a lot possibly, but I'm not going to touch this chararcter, in case someone wants to jump in and play Odinson, it would be cool for the two to meet in the future and see how that pans out!)

Jane Foster: Former love interest of Thor Odinson, Foster, and fellow physicist Dr Erik Selvig, were good friends of Odinson's. Given that a total stranger is going to shope up around town swinging a hammer and declaring to be the "God of Thunder" when she is certainly not the Odinson Selvig and Foster are familiar with, they will be displeased with whats going on.

Erik Selvig: (See Jane Foster)

Loki Laufeyson: Thor's greatest enemy, and Odinson's adopted brother. Thor would tear the 9 Realms to shreds if it would reveal Loki's location so she could proceed to tear him limb from limb. The Trickster, Loki is the God of Lies and played a large role to say the least, when it came to bringing about the events of Ragnarok.

Lady Sif and the Warriors Three (Hogun, Volstagg and Fandral): Asgardian warriors and dear friends of Thor's, all presumed dead after the events of Ragnarok, though like Odinson, it is difficult to confirm.

Locations

Bifrost:The bridge between realms, Thor used it to escape Asgard but it has since been destroyed and she has relied on powerful magic or other means of travel to get from place to place.

Asgard: Her former home, this realm was destroyed and all that remains is death and rubble.

Jotunheim: Realm of the Frost Giants, a barren, ice cold world where Tarene once fought alongside Thor Odinson.

Vanaheim: A realm of healers and magicians, Thor spent some time here recovering after escaping Asgard.

Midgard: Basically Earth though in Asgard it is referred to as Midgard.

Oklahoma: This is where Tarene discovered Mjolnir lying in a crater and she became Thor.

| Character Goals |
Thor is evil but has good intentions. She is an anti-villain, a villain who does not want to be a villain or is not aware she is a villain.

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She is at risk of becoming unworthy of Mjolnir, as her desire for revenge and the horrors of her past threaten to send her down a dark path.

Destiny doomed to fail: Thor winds up allying with the bad guys believing they are the good guys. She's generally their muscle and does what they say with minimal questions. Running from her past eventually things catch up with her and she realises she is going down the wrong path. Perhaps it's too late and she loses the hammer she hold dear and has to make peace wirh herself in order to become worthy again (of the hammer and/or of being a hero) and fix her mistakes before its too late. Perhaps it will be too late and in her despair and grief she only turns darker and more dangerous and destructive regardless of Mjolnir.

I've played Thor and SThor before in a few different styles and scenarios, while Loki is my babe, I think that my strength lies in playing Thor/SThor when it comes to RP-ing Asgardians. -Loki is still my #1 MCU character though and I love him so much omg-

I want to explore Thor unworthy or evil Thor themes, and also Thor's identity crisis and inability to accept her past mistakes.

| References |

(Comic RP reference)
#3 - Sample Post: SThor Threatens Stark Towers, Marvel Group RP

@Spud

13 hours and we'll see if NR posts his updated sheet. We'll see which one comes out on top. But I'm not placing any bets.

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Lantern Corps Barracks, Oa (19:00 OT)

“Why won’t they consider me, Arisia?— Why won’t they consider his own daughter to be good enough?”

Jade Scott rose her hands to her forehead as she felt every bit of the nerves in her body twinge as she sat down on a metal bench planted in front of the barracks facility, the barracks where Kilowog and Katma Tui drilled her for several galactic standard weeks before she ultimately become a real green lantern— it felt so long ago even though it was only one galactic standard year ago. At least she thought she had made strides to prove herself but after how the meeting went with Ganthet and the rest of the High Council of Oa— the Guardians of the Universe. Did that mean she had failed the universe?

She had done everything. She had memorized the history of the Lantern Corps Initiative, she had recited entire reports made by Appa Ali Apsa, she had learned the programming manuals designed by Krona, and listened to their wisdom at every turn despite her over-eagerness to prove herself to them and most of all her father. How could they think she was incapable of having the will to investigate her own father? Why would they decline her request to seek out Alan Scott’s last whereabouts and investigate his Starheart?

“It’s not fair, Arisia.”

The blonde-haired Graxonite muttered a half-chuckle as she put a hand on Jade’s left shoulder. “You have to be the best of us to even be worth their time. It’s not you.”

The green-skinned Thornian lowered her hands as she looked at her senior officer. “What am I supposed to do?”

Removing her hand from her shoulder Arisia looked up as she considered a thought. “Your father’s investigation is going to be in galactic litigation for a while, probably until Sinestro finishes his current mission.”

“The missing lanterns, right.” She almost cursed under her breath, what was happening to their comrades? Was the universe trying to tell them something or had they gotten lazy in their patrols?

“How are we on that?”

Arisia put her hands on her hips, “I think Danvers is working with Sinestro.”

Danvers. She knew the name and the face, but not the person. They hadn’t exchanged conversation or worked together before. She had been meaning to considering her homeworld was the same as her father’s and there had been so little information in the databanks of the Archive about it. She had asked her father about it when she was younger but he had responded in vague mentions like he was running away from it.

“Hope she takes to him better than all of his former partners did.” Jade commented with a fit of annoyance regarding Sinestro. Her father had told her what had happened against The Blight— and that was just one side of an asteroid when it came to Sinestro’s reputation. Why did the Guardians adore him so much? Was it because of his pragmatic approach to things? She didn’t quite understand it, though maybe she never would. She took a deep breath, trying to clear her head; thinking about Sinestro wasn’t going to do anyone any favors, especially herself. She had to focus on her father and what she was going to do about it.

“I agree, Sinestro is difficult.”

“I should look for myself. If I can do an investigation and solve it before Sinestro returns they’ll have to admit that I’m not just a vanity member based on who my father is.”

“That sounds kind of sketchy, wish I could help you officially.”

“It’s okay, you don’t need to cradle me this time. I got this.”

Arisia laughed as she took a slight pause as she looked over the younger Green Lantern. “You sure? It’ll be dangerous.”

“Yeah. I have a few ideas to help me on that. I’m a big girl, Arisia.” Jade stated as she stood up as she moved a strand of her dark green hair from her face while a smirk grew from her lips.

“Right.”

“Don’t worry too hard about me.”

“Heh.”