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TLV Mods ([personal profile] bargemods) wrote2013-03-05 11:33 pm
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TLV - Graduations & Demotions

GRADUATIONS & DEMOTIONS


Inmate graduation is a vital aspect of the game, and occasionally, warden demotion crops up in play as well. If you're planning to graduate your inmate or demote your warden in the near future, please fill out this short form!

Graduations and demotions are character decisions made at player discretion, but in the rare situation that we find ourselves concerned that a graduation or demotion is premise-breaking, the player will be contacted privately. Once we've read through a comment and confirmed that it doesn't contain anything premise-breaking, we'll reply with a confirmation.

Once a graduation comment has been confirmed, the warden of the graduating inmate should reply to their inmate's comment either confirming that their character will be fulfilling the deal laid out in their application, or - in situations where they changed their mind about their deal during their time in-game - receive a verdict about whether the new deal idea is doable.

GRADUATION



DEMOTION




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[personal profile] verticalwall 2024-09-02 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Chase
Character Name: Allan
Path to Graduation:
Allan's changed significantly, even if he's still the strange guy hovering in the background of every frame. This is largely due to being forcibly removed from his canon and being stuck examining himself, no longer skating by on what's normal and expected. Through the barge, he's learned a lot about himself: how being unique does not mean he's alone, and how clinging to ideals and things of the past isn't good if it's just comfort and also that just because things are the status quo doesn't mean it's always a good thing!

One of the biggest hurdles he needed to get over and learn coming in was that his actions have an impact, even if people--and Allan himself-- don't realize it. If he murders someone, even if he thinks it's for a good cause (sorry Silver!), that's not nessecarily the best course of action. People will get annoyed if you shove an audio device into their face without permission. Going from extremes, while it works in Barbieland, isn't the best course of option.

Allan's fundamental core has always been two things: one, that Ken is his person and two, that there's only one Allan. On the barge, after gaining a circle of friends apart from Ken --and being included in a secret society-- he's been nudged in a better direction. He now knows that he doesn't have to constantly follow Ken, and that it's actually better not to. Sometimes space is good! His existence isn't tied to one person, one way of life, one straight and narrow path that cannot deviate. Allan has actually learned to relax.

An incident with Kikimora -- and Eiffel's fantastic wardening sills throughout-- have made him realize that his opinions are valid, yes, but he can't bottle them up all the time until they explode. Allan has learned that there's a middle ground for everything. Passivity isn't good by itself and neither is micromanaging. Similarly, another big thing he's had to learn is that he can be a unique person with his own unique tastes. Eiffel caught that early, and has given him all the tools he needed to realize he can have his own fashion, his own likes, his own dislikes. That includes towel capes.

Ultimately, Allan has learned what he needs to. He's his own person, and that's okay. Being unique and being alone are two separate things--what he does and says matters, both good and bad. He's an Allan, but he's Kenough.

He's going to be graduating and leaving: he needs to help fix Barbieland, after all, and he's ready to track down Nsync the other Allans to reunite. Maybe when Barbieland is settled he'll be able to convince Ken to do some modeling part time in Malibu and work as his agent. He's developed a real fondness for lists and paperwork, after all.
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[personal profile] littletonoidea 2024-09-03 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Eiffel wants to cure the three kids that he left permanently disabled in a cat accident.