I just finished The Secret History, a very Gen X book. Never Let Me Go before that, which I'd recommend to any writer outside the MFA atmosphere who wants to know emotonal restraint.
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8 days ago
"You do not belong. Leave." Ad-fucking-nauseum. It makes me so fragile now that I let myself be emotionally vulnerable. None of you going through any of this is alone, please know that.
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25 days ago
I mean...username kinda checks out there.
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Everyone thinks they're shit. Until they don't and before they will again. Creative's curse.
Now that I'm accepted, if anyone would like to collaborate on a crossover or world building, please let me know. In the meantime, I'm working on refining my first post.
I'm always open as Babs/Kara, just might take some plotting.
While we're throwing down gauntlets for secondary sheets, here's something I drew up previously, that I've tweaked for this game and cooked up a new saga for that I'm quite excited about:
C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T
A L L I E S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ CARTER SLADE - Previous Ghost Rider ◼ ELENA 'YO-YO' RODRIGUEZ - S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent ◼ JASPER SITWELL - S.T.A.K.E. Field Director ◼ MARTIN 'WARWOLF' REYNA - S.T.A.K.E. Agent ◼ JUBILATION 'JUBILEE' LEE - S.T.A.K.E. Agent A N T A G O N I S T S ▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ ◼ JIM CORRIGAN - Deputy Sheriff ◼ RAY NADEEM - FBI Coordinator ◼ MEPHISTO - The Lord of Evil ◼ JEFFERSON ARCHER - The Highwayman ◼ ADAM HENDERSON - Host of Null ◼ BUFORD 'BUBBA' RITTER A.K.A. EBENEZER LAUGHTON A.K.A. JONATHAN CRANE A.K.A. HAROLD MILNER A.K.A. ICHABOD KRAIN - The Scarecrow, a Herald ◼ THE STRAW MAN - Fear Itself -
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T H E S T O R Y S O F A R... T H E S T O R Y S O F A R...
Danielle Ketch was born Halloween night, 2006, to single mother Roxanne. Her father was out of the picture far before her birth, unable to handle the idea of becoming a father and providing for a family, and his departure had left Roxanne destitute. The poverty and hardship she felt in the months leading up to and shortly after Dani's arrival created an unfair resentment of the daughter who she felt had robbed her of her one proper chance; Roxanne was a cold and distant mother, barely achieving bare minimum for Dani's wellbeing most days, and this subsequently taught Dani how to look after herself, and more importantly, how not to be like her mom.
Their differences only widened the rift between them, and as Dani grew, what little relationship they had deteriorated further. Dani would spend days at a time away from home, returning only when no other options for shelter were available - and even then, she'd still occasionally opt for a bus stop bench instead. When Dani turned 18, her mother stopped getting benefits, and also stopped being legally responsible for her wellbeing - so Dani got a day to fill one box with whatever few possessions she could claim as hers, and then her mom told her to hit the road.
A lifetime of being unwanted had not instilled Dani with a naturally happy or friendly disposition, and once ejected from her home, she began to wear out her welcome with the few people left in her small nowhere town who were willing to lend futons and couches and floors. When she eventually hit the streets, she ended up getting ticketed for vagrancy, and then arrested for assaulting a deputy, and then spent a night stewing in a cell with nothing to do but sit with her rage and misery and misanthropy; nothing to do but wish for revenge. This was when Mephisto appeared to her, and offered just that.
Dani left her little parish of Hicksville in the Devil's asshole of nowhere that night forever, under cover of darkness and on the wings of power far from her own. By the time she woke up from her unconscious escape, the redneck hive she'd left behind was a smoldering inferno on the far horizon. Whatever power Mephisto had lent her had razed the town to the ground as its first act, indulging Dani's thirst for vengeance against a cruel and cold world in a most terrible wreaking of revenge. It left ash in its wake, and worse still it remained within her, residing in her heart, hungry and thrashing for more.
Now on the run from forces both mundane and Hellish, Dani spends every sleeping moment reckoning and grappling with this new presence and power that seeks to dominate her completely - and every waking hour fleeing from its consequences.
P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ) P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S )
Dani Ketch was a character I tried a long time ago, before my knees creaked, and I have been wanting an opportunity to revisit her. While Black Knight's very character-driven, the way I like it, he's also mopey and unsure of himself and has a lot to learn, and won't have much of an opportunity to travel. Dani, on the other hand, will be a road-trip story all across the US with a (planned) ensemble cast, that will allow me to revive some other concepts I've enjoyed previously, explore more characters I've never thought about playing with (like I'm doing with Dane), and let me cross paths with nearly anybody else in the game - all while still scratching that supernatural itch I love so much and having a plot to pursue in the meantime. I recently discovered some art that reinvigorated my ideas for the character, (thank you @Lord Wraith for the edits once again!) and I have a very strong saga to pursue with Ketch and her eventual crew.
P O S T C A T A L O G U E P O S T C A T A L O G U E
This is what my previous Jonathan Crane-shaped question was in relation to, as I want to use him as the story's major villain with some inspiration from the Absolute incarnation of the character. If this will get in the way of other's plans, it's flexible, I have options - just let me know. I don't want to hog him all to myself, but Scarecrow will be instrumental as the arc's antagonist.
@Lord Wraith, @Ruby, @Cyberlad, as our resident Batfamily (congrats!!), can I ask if any of you have designs on Scarecrow? I'm cooking up some ideas.
I have considered he and Ivy as rogues that will make a Kara/Batgirl scene...interesting.
But no hard plans. That's a bit in the future, and I at most plot in detail one post ahead with these two; sometimes they're exacting and difficult to write, being so heavily character driven.
@InfamousGuy101@EtherealThorn@Ruby Hello! Just checking in on you all to see if your interest in the RP remains! If not, no hard feelings. We plan on moving along to the next scene in a week's time, so it would be good if any character sheets were submitted for approval before then!
Of course, resort weekend became resort week, and here we are. Motive and availability remain. Delayed but steadfast.