TLV - Potential Application Discussion (Old Form)

[bargemods]

POTENTIAL APPLICATION DISCUSSION

Thinking about applying for a character, but not quite sure if they're a good fit? This post is dedicated to discussion of that very thing! A jury of your peers will help you in deciding whether or not a character you suddenly have a hankering for would be a fit for the Barge!

THIS IS NOT COMPULSORY. Nobody HAS to participate, and nobody HAS to post here before they post an application! This is just for people who are unsure and would like to have a discussion before they apply.

However, there are some rules.

1. Mods are the final decision makers. So, a lot of people love your character? Got great feedback? But then-- whaaaat?-- you post your app and it's REJECTED? GASP! Sorry, approval here does NOT substitute mod approval. Do NOT use this thread as basis for whining at the mods if your character is rejected. If you do, this thread is getting shut down. (PS: This rule applies EVEN IF ONE OF THE MODS GIVES YOU GOOD FEEDBACK IN THIS THREAD)
2. No content-less posts. I don't want to see any "OMG YES!" or any "HELL NO"s. You have to provide reasons. This post is for constructive discussion.
3. No flaming. This kinda goes with the above. If you think the character is fine but the player can't pull it off, BE CONSTRUCTIVE and don't insult the player.
4. BE HONEST. Speaks for itself. You think a character would be a terrible fit? Then don't say "Oh, it'll be wonderful!"
5. No plotting. A lot of times, people get all excited about making up plots for characters who aren't even in the game yet (and who MAY NOT BE ACCEPTED), leaving those who are in the game with nothing to do with... well, nothing to do. It's distracting and the excitement over "what-ifs" diverts too much from the actual game.
6. Don't take this personally. You do not equal your (potential) character. If everybody thinks it's a lousy character who wouldn't fit, it's NOT an attack on you or your RPing.

Put the character's name as the subject line (ONE CHARACTER PER COMMENT), and be sure to fill out the following form. Yes, some of the questions seem stupid, but these are things we'd like you to keep in mind BEFORE you apply for a character.

<b>Who Are You?:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Series:</b> <b>Warden or Inmate:</b> <b>Do they meet all rules and requirements?:</b> <b>Do you think they will be active and interact with others?:</b> <b>Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?:</b> <b>Why do you want them?:</b> <b>Potential Concerns:</b>

HAVE FUN.

Comments

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Claude Rains
Series: Heroes
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yup
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: He's a grumpy, antisocial shit, but he'd be active and eventually interact more.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Active.
Why do you want them?: Because I need to play more surly, sarcastic people, DUH. Also, I think he'd be a mighty fine warden, since he has a keen insight into the way others behave and feel.
Potential Concerns: I already play a character by the same actor. It's bad enough that I have two John Simms; this would give me two Christopher Ecclestons, too.

[buywithme.livejournal.com]

WELL I honestly think like, between close cropped army boy West and scraggledy tramp man Claude, the PB thing isn't that big a deal, like, no one's going to confuse them, and you just happen to like two characters with the same PB, it's really not that big of a deal. Also, Claude is LESS LIKELY to impersonate West Than the Master is of sam, so it's all together sort of less complicated!

Also, I think Claude could have lots of fun, and is the right balance of being sort of bitchy and playful to make an interesting and fun Warden for us!

On the negative side, we do have a LOT OF WARDENS RIGHT NOW!

So yeah, I think there's no problem there!

Re: Mrs. Lovett (part deux because I'm lame)

[bythe_books]

Mrs. Lovett's an interesting character, and I'm pretty sure the conclusion we all came to in chat about her was that she COULD be a good inmate (since she never did go full circle like Sweeney did). Plus, while she's not necessarily evil, she IS a pretty nasty individual. I mean, yes, part of it was her just being pragmatic and thinking "WELL, killing these guys can help the both of us out", and part of her was motivated by her affection/love for Sweeney, but she still is one of the 'real' villains of the story. After all, she knew about Lucy the entire time and kept her identity a secret from Sweeney (knowing that LUCY was who he still loved, and that he would want to see her), so that she could have him to herself. I mean, the woman responded to his grief over killing Lucy (plus his rage over Mrs. Lovett lying to him) with what essentially boiled down to "Can we still be married?" (at least in the Broadway show! I haven't seen the film since it was in theatres, but I'm assuming that line's still in it) So, while she's practical and interested in her own survival, she's also selfish and extremely manipulative. Which would make her a great inmate!

My only real concern about the character is that her "voice" in the film and play borders on a parody of cockney (since she practically sounds like a deranged fishwife), so it'd be difficult to pull it off without sounding like, well, a parody of cockney (or like Eliza Doolittle) XD

[mimic-peter.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Bellatrix Black
Series: Harry Potter
Warden or Inmate: Inmate
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Pretty sure.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: She'd be active so long as my schedule allows it but that's the same with Peter and Chase too.
Why do you want them?: Because the barge is lacking on women and inmates and she's a cool character.
Potential Concerns: I'm not British so the slang will be a challenge for me. I'd also want to take her from earlier in the timeline, like pre-book series (mostly cause I want to use Olivia Wilde as her PB) and during the First War or whatever. Um... it's been years since I've played her and even then, I only played her for a little bit.

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

Hmm, the timeline thing could be problematic, but then if you don't want to use Helena Bonham Carter for her PB, you don't necessarily have to-- I mean, so long as you're taking her from the books and not the film. But then, if you're set on Olivia Wilde I guess that wouldn't work because she's too young for book-era Bellatrix. Just know that if you choose to take her pre-book, you'd have to supplement all of that history, rather than just use her actions in the book as history (which I know is kind of a "duh!" thing to say, but we've had people before try to app a character from an earlier point in the timeline, but then had the whole bio describe them from AFTER their point in canon, which was kind of... irrelevant)

ANYWAY. From what I recall of Bellatrix's character, she doesn't really use very much slang, so you shouldn't have to worry about that. Personally, I'd love to see her on the Barge!

Libby

[libbyish.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Libby
Series: Lost
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yes.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Of course.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: She would be active.
Why do you want them?: Libby is a highly complex character. The fact that she was both a psychologist and a mental patient at different periods in her life is one reason; the fact that she seems to be a genuinely good person who had made some terrible decisions that impacted others adversely is another, because I'd like to have her deal with that through helping others. I have also played her in many other RPs, and I honestly never tire of developing her character.
Potential Concerns: Most of her backstory is as of yet unrevealed, although she was killed off quite a while ago. I have managed to fill in gaps by furthering the little hints the audience was given about her; it's in-character, complies with the tone and plot of the show, and is a solid explanation. My only concern is that the mods and such not only know that I filled in gaps, but that I have done my best in keeping with the rules of her canon's universe and her personality.

Re: Libby

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the delayed response! I kept meaning to get to this, but work's been crazy.

Anyway, I haven't seen an episode of Lost since Season 2 ended, so my knowledge is way rusty, but I think Libby's a promising character and one of the few redeeming things about that season, and she'd be a great asset to the game. Seriously, the characters need a psychologist-- plus, we always need more females. Personally, I get super psyched about minor characters-- I LOVE seeing them played, so I really look forward to seeing Libby's application!

As for your concerns, don't worry about filling in the gaps. So long as what you made up yourself is fitting with the character and what is known, we'll be fine with it!

EDITED to remove abuse of the word "great". URGGHH I NEED COFFEE OR SOMETHING.

[i-cantakeit.livejournal.com]

Before I begin, have a disclaimer: THIS IS TOTALLY NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN HOLD ME ON; I JUST WANT TO SEE, OKAY? And I've only seen the third season so far anyway... >.> not that I haven't been reading up on him on Wikipedia, but Y'KNOW.

Character Name: Christopher Moltisanti
Series: The Sopranos
Warden or Inmate: Inmate
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yep.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah, he'd speak his mind. :P
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Active.
Why do you want them?: Because of how freaking awesome he was in Pine Barrens! Barge Mafia, woo! And I need more inmates. And Chris is cool. Yep. Superficial, I know.
Potential Concerns: I have a bunch of characters already, I might be playing Petey so there could be character bleed there, maybe, and I haven't seen as much of his canon as I need to, yet. (I'll need to watch the rest, but a certain British someone said I can borrow the DVDs when I'm in England, so this is a fleeting concern! :D)

[fathersbludgeon.livejournal.com]

Depending on where you take Chrissy from, I think any character bleed from Petey'd be null, you know?

...Like, if it was pre-Season three, when he's particularly hot-headed, not been made yet, etc. then maybe there'd be a little danger? Possibly?

But if you were to take him from Season six, then no. I really doubt you'd have any trouble. He's still the same guy, but he's grown up by then.

Though the naivety that comes with earlier Chrissy is something wonderful, so...

IDK, I'm kinda useless in justifying these things. Just know that I reckon Chrissy is a brilliant character (perfect inmate material), is complex enough to have some good fun with... and all those little things.

TL;DR:

[calzonewithlegs.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Bobby Bacala (THIS IS ROS USING A BOBBY ACCOUNT BECAUSE I LIKE THE NAME)
Series: The Sopranos
Warden or Inmate: INMATE
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yup
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Definitely
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Yup
Why do you want them?: BARGE MAFIA. Also, he's very different from the type of guy I usually play. He's not particularly book smart, doesn't get a lot of jokes, isn't a total cock, not arrogant, generally sweet, etc.-- BUT. Also a force to be reckoned with, seeing as he didn't make Captain for nothing. Plus, the Barge needs more fat dudes.
Potential Concerns: I have too many characters, so I wouldn't even THINK of writing an app for Bobby until I got back to my usual activity level with the others-- plus, I don't want to intro him until after the January plot. But mainly, I'm not sure if I should go for another character, buuuut I really want to try playing this guy. That's my main concern. The other is that I wouldn't be able to pull off a character like Bobby, who tends to be very genuine and sweet, but is also a bad motherfucker when he needs to be. I mean, all of my characters, even my nicest one (SAM), are assholes.

[i-cantakeit.livejournal.com]

I think Bobby's an awesome choice. He's totally inmate material; he can be totally badass, but he's genuinely a nice guy, which I think is a really interesting mix and will open the way for more interaction in game. (Plus, if we're getting Junior... XD) I think we need more inmates who are a little less self-absorbed! It could be really great. :D

The Ryan O'Reily Dilemma

[kitchenboss.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Ryan O'Reily
Series: OZ
Warden or Inmate: Inmate
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yeah
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Yeah
Why do you want them?: Uhh, well... I think he has more opportunities for activity than Dino does. Like, he'd get out there a lot more, plot with others (but would be different in his plotting than the Master, as Ryan likes to pretend to be everybody's BFF and doesn't need to gloat all the time), etc. I think I have Ryan's voice and personality down-- better than Dino's, at least? Also, because he was in the show longer, I have a lot more to go off of for characterization.
Potential Concerns: WELL. There are a few. If I take up Ryan, I'd do him in place of Dino-- basically, what I'm thinking is after the victim flood, RYAN JUST DOESN'T GO AWAY (so Daniel will get to deal with a new inmate lololl). Why? I don't feel like I've got Dino down at all-- I mean, despite what people tell me. I'm just not clicking with him. And the Barge Mafia will still have Bobby Bacala, because I'll definitely app him.

PLUS. The Barge Mafia would have Ryan to weasel his way in as an associate.

OTHER PROBLEM: I don't want Jessi not to app Petey :C Of course, he'd still have things to do with Ryan around, but it'd be different!

Re: The Ryan O'Reily Dilemma

[ripper-watches.livejournal.com]

BUT BUT BUT THAT WOULD MEAN TWO THINGS THAT ARE NOT OF THE GOOD. 1: THERE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT PETEY'S HORRIBLE TRAUMATIC RAPE. AND. 2: NO DINO. (And bb, I do so love your Dino.)

...that said, I do love Ryan. D: He's such a wonderful conniving bastard. He'd be a good inmate to have on the Barge.

Well. I will be very sad to see Dino go. (As will Jack, cause, y'know, fight club bffs forever...) But it's your character and if you don't feel like he's clicking, maybe it's best to let him go? :C

[grayatonement]

Character Name: Nathan Petrelli
Series: Heroes
Warden or Inmate: Not sure
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yes
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Mixture, mostly active
Why do you want them?: It would be fun, great addition to the Heroes verse but someone who wouldn't interact with Sylar much/at all
Potential Concerns: Well, not sure if he'd be a warden or an inmate. He's a pretty good guy, which suggests warden in general. But a lot of his world views are warped and he has a lust for power. Also, I'm not too worried about him interacting with Sylar, but I haven't tried to balance it. Any concerns/ideas/suggestions?

there be spoilers in my post, be warned

[mimic-peter.livejournal.com]

WELL YOU KNOW I WOULD GIVE PETER'S SOUL FOR A NATHAN.

But seriously, I think it would depend on how you want to play him. Because Nathan's character does flop around so much and you never really know what side he's on. If you go with season 1/2-ish Nathan, I'd say that he was more warden-like. But once you hit season 3 into 4 from the previews, where he's turned against his own kind and is trying to hunt them down and is bitter and hates Peter (D:). I think he started to see himself as a god there, because of what happened in Haiti and the people he met there.

I don't think he'd interact with Sylar either. I think Sylar cares more about Peter because Nathan is kinda boring and Nathan would probably refuse to acknowledge someone who claimed to be his brother.

[lestatprince.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Remy “Gambit” LeBeau
Series: X-men
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: I believe so
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Ohh yes
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: he’d be active
Why do you want them?: He’s my favorite X-men of all time and with the Wolverine movie coming out with him has sparked my Gambit muse, plus I want to see what he'd do in a situation like the Barge
Potential Concerns:
Getting his character right, I’d probably have to find the series on YouTube and watch it again. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen it (or read any of the comics). But I’ve played characters like him before so I’m pretty sure I can get him down. It’s just the matter of me getting familiar with him again. That's basically all I'm worried about.

[grayatonement]

DO IT.
Okay, now that I've actually read it..

I would want to see him played well. But I think that you can accomplish that by saving a couple comic scans to your computer and opening them whenever you need the voice, haha. Just to get the accent down, the attitude. Or have an episode or something.

I think he would be a great addition to The Barge in that he is a mixture of many other personalities already present, but would be unique. Much like he was in X-Men. I actually considered APPing him myself, but had the same concerns (and decided not to because I'd suck).

I would say you'll probably need to delve quite a bit into why he's a Warden. Gambit has played both sides of the fence multiple times, so it would depend a lot on which verse you took him from and when. I think he could be good at either. The Gambit I considered was more inmate, so I'd be curious to see how you play it!

I'ddohim.

Sorry for double post

[lestatprince.livejournal.com]

I put the Gambit application up, not very happy with the sample rp. but it's as good as I could get it.

Oh my God, it's a wild newbie

[anewmargarita.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Christine Daaé
Series: The Phantom of the Opera (2004 movie 'verse)
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: I believe so, although there's a little issue with her age that may need a little ironing out.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Oh definitely.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Active, most likely.
Why do you want them?: Because I love playing her, and she's a very interesting character.
Potential Concerns: She's a very innocent character, which would make it very easy for Inmates to deceive her and get away with stuff. Also, in canon she's 16, but I'm thinking of bringing her in a few months post-canon, and since her birthday is never specified in canon, I can bring her up to 17 if it will make things easier?

So, basically, any comments would be nice. This seems like a really awesome RP, and I want to be sure I'm doing things right.

Run for the hills! Build little fences! Keep it out!

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Yo! I'm not personally familiar with the canon, but I like interesting characters, and I personally think that it might be really interesting to play an innocent character on the barge, if only to see how that trusting character trait fares when you're on a ship full of evil, sneaky, lying bastards! Having her being tricked by inmates isn't something to be concerned about, it's something to use to challenge her beliefs and help her to learn and grow! I think your reasons for wanting to play her are good, and she sounds like a good character to be a warden!

I would definately say age her up though, there are a lot of reasons for the age restriction, one of them even being that if you pair an adult inmate with like, a fourteen year old warden? It might well be impossible to play the inmate taking the warden seriously, no matter how good they may be at it! Seventeen is a pretty good age we've found to still allow young characters, without having little children running around after grown men!

[dame_grise]

Character Name: Armand St. Just
Series: The Scarlet Pimpernel novels by Baroness Orczy
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: As far as I know. He's old enough (25).
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes. He's friendly, and I like being active as a player.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Likely both, though the more modern the setting the more confused he'll be.
Why do you want them?: He's my reliable "muse." In the right situations, playing him has always been fun and rewarding for me. For other players, it's either a love or hate thing, I think. People that don't like him think he's dorky and boring.
Potential Concerns: My biggest concern in any new situation is that, yeah it sucks for me if I can't figure out where to throw him or connect up properly with other players, but he tends to get very depressed and lonely himself without people to talk to and such. He'd want to be active and busy, possibly with an inmate assignment or just making friends with other people. And when he's very stressed, he has a few quirks that come out that are based on external canon evidence but not internal proof (can detail if asked). Also, in canon, he's emotionally quite volatile. I'm used to his ups and downs. Others may not be.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

He sounds like a fun character to have on board, and honestly? We have a ship full of evil people, in and amongst them some extremely strange, extremely emotionally unhealthy people! We embrace the emotionally volatile as our own! As long as you know that ic /= ooc and you don't get offended by peoples characters mocking him (I play a character who spends his free time almost exclusively trolling other peoples journals, and am constantly worried that they're secretly getting upset with me!) then that's nothing to be worried about at all!

The one thing that might potentially be a problem for you, is that we currently have a 9:1 warden to inmate ratio, so if he's apped now and we don't get a glut of inmates, then he's likely to have to wait some time before he's assigned to one. This isn't to say that there's not a whole lot to do while unassigned, as we generally encourage tagging the hell out of everything that might vaguely look like a journal entry and running around the barge like a bunch of silly buggers until you get assigned and have to like, pay attention to some stupid inmate - but if he'll be relying on work to stop himself from sliding into depression? Then you might have to end up playing him depressed for a few months!

So yes, in short: I don't know the character, but he sounds like he'd be a good addition - mood swings and all - but it's likely he'll not have a specific inmate assignment for a while.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_black_at_heart/]

Character Name: Narcissa Black-Malfoy.
Series: Hary Potter.
Warden or Inmate: Inmate.
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yessum.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: She'll take some prodding to interact with nasty little Muggles.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: I like to think she'd be active.
Why do you want them?: Narcissa has always been one of my favorite minor characters in HP. I've played her numerous times before and kinda miss her. Plus, we need inmates! And womenz!
Potential Concerns: I've debated taking her from a different point in the series (that is before it ended) and saying she took the Dark Mark to make her more evilish and such, but I would want an opinion on that one. Because there isn't much given on her character, it allows for writer development and everything. If I take her from the end of the series, she can be one of two things; broken emo lady or the strong woman Ive always seen her as, willing to do anything for her son. While I don't think she'd be a good warden whatsoever (because why the hell would she help a Muggle), I think she could be an inmate, given she was a Death Eater supporter, hid a murderer in her, etc and so on.

[soundof-drums.livejournal.com]

YES. I think she'd be great, and she's already got a canon-mate to interact with/torment. I think she, if taken from the end of the series, wouldn't be broken or anything, so much as the strong woman. I mean by the last book, I think she was the stronger of her and Lucius. It'd be a nice change from the typical female inmate, too-- which isn't to say anything bad about our female inmates! It's just that most female villains tend to focus on being craaaazy or sexy. Narcissa's a more 'mature' sort of character, and I'd really enjoy the dynamic she'd bring.

[fathersbludgeon.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Charlie Meadows/Karl "Madman" Mundt
Series: Barton Fink
Warden or Inmate: Inmate
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yeah.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Totally -- he's always willing to provide an ear, help you out of tough-spots, give advice, teach you how to wrestle and'll kill your parents while he's at it.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: I'd imagine so, yeah.
Why do you want them?: Because he's got a complexity to him, is REALLY scary, the barge needs more big-boned people, and because I want an excuse not to play my NOW token type. He's really not a 'trolling asshole'.
Potential Concerns: He kinda strikes me more as a symbol, somehow, than as a character. We're given the impression he could be the devil, or like... the anger AND strength of the common man... as well as being like, a WW2 symbol, blahblahblah. Not that this means there isn't a character to work with --- he has a strong personality, voice, etc. --- I just worry about redeeming, etc, I guess? I don't know. I'm unsure, basically, but would love to give him a go as I become more active.

[my-freeze-ray.livejournal.com]

Okay, I personally? Think that Charlie would be a brilliant inmate! My reasons? Let me show you them:

1) He is a scary, friendly, awesome bastard! Just as a player, on a completely selfish level, I'd want to send Prefect at him and worry about the wrestling and have him fail at understanding the common mans plight!

2) While he might be used symbolically, I'd say it's clear that he isn't just an archetype put in to represent something, there are enough details of his personality and his motivations put in to make him extremely playable and (to a certain degree) sympathetic even, when he talks about Barton being a tourist, and not listening, are good examples of this. He's damn complex, and I think that keeping some of the suggestions as to what he represents might even be a good thing! For instance, Prefect was mainly a symbol for the ruling classes and the damage that blind capitalism can do, but it doesn't make him any worse a character to play!

3) ...I WANT YOU TO PLAY HIM BAWWWW.

4) The level of activity he'd get in would be really good for you I think! Because he could be active and friendly and actually LIKE PEOPLE on the Barge, without being ooc! Which I know has been a previous problem for your characters!

5) PLEASE PLAY HIM :C

And there's the concise list of why you should play him!

Two apps for one - SPOILER ALERT for Repo! Gen. Opera

[lady-mandarin.livejournal.com]

#1 - Character Name: Amber Sweet.
Series: Repo - The Genetic Opera.
Warden or Inmate: Inmate.
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yes.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Likely.
Why do you want them?: I just watched this awesome, awesome movie and really want to play someone from it now. Where's Pavi when I need him?? LoL
Potential Concerns: So.incredibly.much. BUT! Her character was kinda fun and I think she'd be interesting to play. What do you mean you won't listen to her sing? What do you mean she can't be in charge? Who wants to give her a new face? Who has some friggin Z??? It wouldn't be hard to say she died (because that's the requirement for inmates), because I can say Luigi killed her to get GeneCo, she accidentally killed herself, etc.

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#2 - Character Name: Blind Mag.
Series: Repo - the Genetic Opera.
Warden or Inmate: Warden? Possible Inmate.
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yes.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Yes.
Why do you want them?: See reason above.
Potential Concerns: *Which point of the show do I take her from? While she still has her hella cool movie eyes or after she blinds herself? Really, I am awful with this concern question and I apologize.
* Do I make her a warden because she seems innocent for the most part, just works for an evil company and dangerous man, or do I make her an inmate because of the work she's associated with? She mentions making mistakes, things I could make up and build on in her history. She says her eyes have a mind of their own and I could explore that, maybe say she used it to hunt down repos or something.

... I am speechless

[fractured-will.livejournal.com]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

More Repo characters! YES YES

...This has nothing to do with me planning to app Luigi. -ahem-

With that in mind I totally give a +10million to Amber. I know you could play her awesomely (my only concern might be her over-sexedness would be too close to Psy? BUT! I do think she's way more mature than Claire, though has her own vulnerabilities) I would so love to see her on the Barge - she's manipulative, vindictive, addicted -- but also vulnerable with many self-esteem issues. The surgery was her outlet to always be one cut away from perfection, so I think it would be interesting to explore/play her without that comfort.

Blind Mag I... do not see fitting in as either to be honest. Her trying to associate with Shilo and be a part of her life, in my eyes, redeems her of any potential evilness she has done for GeneCo. And really I can't think of any evil she might've done, beyond commercials and the Opera -- it wasn't like she was one of the repo people after all! She was just their model 'n all.

Anyway, rambling!

two apps made problematic by me playing Angel :c

[quitedemonic.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Temperance Brennan
Series: Bones
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yes.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Yes.
Why do you want them?: She's awesome and kickass and I've played her elsewhere and had a good time with it.
Potential Concerns: First, I'd have to drop an inmate, probably Anya, and I a) don't want to drop Anya but fear my muse may be drying up, and b) don't want to contribute to the warden/inmate imbalance more than I already have.

Second, I play Angel. David Boreanaz plays Brennan's partner, so I'd have to have her be pretty thick-headed not to notice him and stalk him like it's her job.

Third, she's very time-consuming to play, because she's a genius and I'd have to make a stop to wikipedia for every single tag, which is okay for logs but kind of a pain for journal stuff.

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Character Name: Fred Burkle
Series: Angel
Warden or Inmate: Warden, maaaaybe inmate but probably not
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: I believe so.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: It might take some prodding, but she would be eventually.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Yes.
Why do you want them?: She's fun and happy and totally crazy all at the same time!
Potential Concerns: I'd have to drop Angel to play her, and I'm not sure I want to ditch a fairly reliable muse to pick up one that could run away any second.

She, like Brennan, is a genius, so I'd be spending a lot of time on wikipedia. And she also has a very particular way of phrasing things, so I'd have to put all the research I did into Fred-speak, which would be even more time-consuming.

Third, I prefer crazy!Fred to sane!Fred, and crazy!Fred wouldn't make the greatest warden ever. I could say that she's probably done some bad things in her stint in Pylea, she's murdered at least one guy, but she's a good person at heart and the things she does are always to survive, not 'cause she's evil or anything, so she couldn't really be an inmate. Basically, I don't know where I'd take her from. Maybe right after her death, since she was kinda going crazy again towards the end there?

Fourth, that warden/inmate imbalance issue. Fred's someone I think could get along fine without an inmate, but we really need more inmates, not wardens.

[grayatonement]

Haven't seen Bones, can't say. It would be weird to play both though given their dynamic, but you could deal with it pretty quickly I think. But I do love Anya.

Fred would be fun. I think it would be easier to play two characters that were actually friends than Angel and Temperance, but it would still be an odd dynamic. If you were going to drop Angel to pick up Fred, it would be easier, but if it's a fickle muse, I would say wait a few weeks and see if you still want to play her. That's what I did with a few characters and, obviously, I ended up not playing them. Haha.

But! If you really do want to play her, I think she would be a fun character. I would think she'd be a warden and could just have some occasional crazy tendencies, but I've seen very very little of Angel, so not sure.

[theredredkrovvy.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Balder 'Shadow' Moon
Series: American Gods and Monarch of the Glen
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yep.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah, sure.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Active.
Why do you want them?: Barge needs moar Gaiman! And because I've played him before - albeit briefly - and he was great fun. I'd love to play him again. And there's a Loki to play off of, which would be awesome, even if it's not the Loki he knows.
Potential Concerns: Inmate shortage, and whether he'd really choose to come to the Barge.

OR. ALTERNATIVELY:

Character Name: Wednesday (Odin)
Series: American Gods
Warden or Inmate: Inmate
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yep.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah, he's a manipulative god. He'd love to play with the people on the Barge.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Active, specially if he got a chance for more powers and things.
Why do you want them?: I think he'd be an awesome character to try, and I would really like to give him a go.
Potential Concerns: Uhhhhh, he's so scheming. I don't know if I could do it... :c

[i-stood-up.livejournal.com]

Tell me more about them OOC and I'll give you my two cents, bb.

I don't know either. :c

Two Robert Carlyles

[thevanishingman.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Francis Begbie
Series: Trainspotting
Warden or Inmate: InmateLOLOL
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yeah
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: THIS I do not know. It's a concern.
Why do you want them?: HE'D BE FUN. Unlike Dino, he's a lot more sociable in addition to the violence.
Potential Concerns:
1. Begbie's voice - he's working-class Scottish. I could just re-read Trainspotting to immerse myself in his voice again, but I still don't know if I'd be able to do it justice.
2. Also, he's even MORE violent than Dino, and one of the big reasons I avoided RPing Dino much was that he like... would get into a fight with everybody. Begbie's worse.
3. I'm pretty sure he does amphetamines, but I'll have to double check. So I'd have to do drug research which, ehh, isn't that big a deal.
4. AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM: I don't think he's redeemable. I'd have to review the film/book again, but I don't remember there even being a SPARK of potential for rehabilitation for him.

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Character Name: Albie Kinsella
Series: Cracker
Warden or Inmate: Inmate
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yeah
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yeah.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: I dunno, again.
Why do you want them?: Because I think he's an interesting, fairly complex character with a very short canon. And he would fit my MO of doing "RANDOM OBSCURE CHARACTER." He's also redeemable, I think-- he's driven by great love and grief for his father, as well as a need for revenge for Hillsborough.
Potential Concerns:
1. He doesn't die or come close to dying in canon. This normally isn't a problem, but he ends his guest appearance in police custody, so I'm not sure WHAT I could say to bring him.
2. He's a working class Northerner (show takes place in Manchester, but I THINK he's a commuter or... something. GOTTA REWATCH), so his voice would be VERY different than the sort of Britvoice I do.
3. He's a huge football fan, so like, LOLL I'd need to actually review Liverpool's team from.... the 1980s to 1994.
4. He killed Christopher Eccleston, so there'd be some awkward weirdness with West, and I hate self-threadding.

I THINK THAT'S IT.

Re: Two Robert Carlyles

[geneco-luigi.livejournal.com]

lawl non-existant account!

Don't know either but somehow I have a good vibe feeling from Begbie - like he'd fit more on the Barge. About the fights, I guess an ooc post would help with that? Like 'would you mind if he punched your character in the face without warning LOL'? That's a concern I have with Luigi as he's sooo angry ALL THE TIME so yeah that's one of my issues also.

Re: rehabilitation - wellll... all depends on the angle you take the character from? See, I'm of the opinion that no person is 100% evil or 100% good. If there's a chance for corruption, then there's a chance for reformation. IF THAT MAKES SENSE, IDK :\\\

Re: Albie - Could always make up a death? Some random police person kills him? Again, no clue about the canon, so just throwing suggestions out. Aside from self-threading being an issue, 2 and 3 seem like basic research things, yeah?

In short, I know you're a great writer no matter which character you're doing. (least helpful post ever, sorry)

Tobias Ragg

[needlethruabug.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Tobias Ragg
Series: Sweeney Todd (The play, not the movie)
Warden or Inmate: Inmate
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: I think so!
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Definitely!
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Very active I think.
Why do you want them?: Well, Tobias is just an extremely bizarre character. Mind you I'd be taking him from the end of the play and I'm pretty much thinking he'd be killed by someone in the asylum he was in or quite possibly actually have a struggle with Todd?

Potential Concerns: I don't want him to be a child as in the stage play he's technically... not. Stage Play Tobias was more of a... slightly challenged teenager than a child. In the revival of the musical it was set up that Tobias ended up in a mental institution after the events of the play, constantly singing his little nursery rhymes.

My thing is is Tobias can be reformed! He really can if his warden is willing to try hard enough. He's also very distrustful of men which can lead to serious drama... and yeah. I just wanted to know peoples opinions of this.

[celerystyle.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Toby quite a bit! Unfortunately I really don't know that he belongs in the barge, I mean, perhaps I don't know some part of the canon, but as far as I can see he really isn't an inmate character. He was just a young man who got caught up in a bad situation, and suffered a terrible trauma which caused him to lose his mind. I haven't seen the revival, but unless there was something in it which suggests that he became violent or destructive willfully and regularly then I really don't think he would be an inmate.

I mean, I know he killed Todd at the end of the play, but considering Todd was a multiple murderer who had been planning to kill him and Tobias was insane at the time, I really don't know that it would be reasonable to have him as an inmate because of this. I guess as far as I can see, while he could be rehabilitated, it wouldn't be from being a bad person, it would be from mental illness, and while (granted) there are obviously other inmates here who have mental illness problems at the end of the day the Barge isn't really about that.

I love Tobias, he was my favorite character in the musical and I'd love to play with him, but I honestly don't think that he could justifiably be an inmate here.

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

Character Name: DEATH
Series: Discworld
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Um. I think so.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Yes. He loves seeing new places and experiencing new things!
Why do you want them?: I'm kinda fascinated by the idea of the Ultimate Reality who's nervous and quirky and tries really hard to act like a human being but is so adorably failtastic. Plus, MOAR PRATCHETT.
Potential Concerns: The human appearance thing might be a little problem. He's a walking skeleton. But I'd use Christopher Lee as a PB for ports that would require him to look human, since CL is his usual voice actor.

Uh, other than that...

He's got a very specific voice and I'm not sure I could do him justice :c

Then there's the warden/inmate imbalance. I'd probably drop Anya to pick him up, and... well, I'm not sure I want to drop her, even though my muse is dying, and also I don't want to contribute to the warden/inmate problem more.

My biggest concern would be that he's very, um, absolute. I mean, he IS the Grim Reaper. And while he's got a fully fleshed-out personality and has all the quirks and foibles of any of Pratchett's human characters... I guess I'm not really sure what I'm trying to say, haha, but... yeah, I need feedback.

[psychosnowflake.livejournal.com]

Hee, Pratchett!

Re: concerns... The human appearance thing can be circumvented if you want, as, for example, in Reaper Man, all the people see Death as basically just a really tall skinny guy. Maybe a little odd, but still just human, because their minds can't comprehend the walking skeleton thing. Like his voice -- he doesn't actually talk but the words end up in people's heads and they rationalise it to themselves.

Um. HOWEVER. As much as I love the character, I'd suggest you'd have to be prepared to work pretty hard with him, I think, to get his voice right. I think you'd also need to keep in mind that he's not just the quirky loltastic failure to understand humanity. Also, take into consideration that as a warden, he's kinda required to empathise, and Death often doesn't. Because he doesn't understand human emotion.

IDK if that made sense. He'd be interesting. I think you could probably pull him off. You'd just have to work on it. My brain, she is not in the best of states.

ANG BULLIED ME INTO THIS

[mimic-peter.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Veronica Mars
Series: Of the same fandom name.
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yes, I believe so. She's young but like 20 when the show ends.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yesh.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Active!
Why do you want them?: Because she's awesome and the barge is sorely lacking in females.
Potential Concerns: Um... I'd have to work to get her voice down

And then I don't know right now how or why she'd be on the barge but I think the drive of solving a case and helping someone would keep her there.

Kbell also PBs her and Elle and Peter's dating Elle but I think he'd "see the resemblance" and then not talk to her because it's too weird and he doesn't need an Elle replacement like he needs a Nathan one.

I'M GONNA BULLY YOU TOO <3

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

YES.

DOOOO IIIIIIIT.

Um. As Elle's player, I'd love to have a Veronica around for Elle to follow and bother and pretend to be and possibly get in a fight with to decide once and for all which of them is more badass *cough*Veronica*cough*

Aside from that, I don't think the thing with Peter would really be an issue, 'cause I don't see him talking to her beyond an initial "hey you look like my girlfriend." And if you just rewatch the show a bit, I think you could get her voice down.

As for why she's on the barge, after the finale (if I'm remembering correctly... it's been a while), she seems kind of at a loss, what with her dad... maybe going to jail, was it? Or at least losing the election and maybe being in a lot of trouble for stealing the surveillance tapes. So I could see her potentially taking a job as a warden if the Admiral promised to help her dad out. Or I could also see a basic helping people reason.

And in general, I think she'd be a great warden and a really fun character to have around. I picture her making duplicate keys of everyone's rooms and following people with a telephoto lens and having a surveillance photo competition with Jaye

Albert Grant

[bythe_books]

Character Name: Alby Grant
Series: Big Love
Warden or Inmate: LOLOL INMATE.
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yeah
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: ER. Sorta. He's really closed off and creepy, and he probably wouldn't seek OUT interactions with others frivolously, but he wouldn't run away from interactions. Still, it's a problem to consider.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: Yeah, although not willingly.
Why do you want them?: I think despite being a really creepy fella, Alby actually has a lot of potential for an interesting storyline; a warden who'd have him would first have to get him over his Juniper Creek indoctrination to get him to fully experience life (as a closeted homosexual + son of the 'Prophet' and living in a fundamentalist religion that isn't exactly accepting of his 'proclivities', as he calls them, he's got a lot of repression and neediness issues), and then try to work on his general manipulativeness and borderline sociopathy.

Potential Concerns:
1. THE RELIGION. He's a member of a hardcore fundamentalist cult-ish offshoot of Mormonism, so I'd have to get that down.

2. I want to app Albie Kinsella from Cracker (WHOSE POTENTIAL APP THING IS ABOVE), but I only have one character slot left/time enough for one more, so I'd have to choose between them. AND I LIKE THEM BOTH :C

3. THE RELIGION.

4. He's probably not a social butterfly, and I have enough problems with Claude's introverted ass.

Here's a clip of him generally being creepy with his wives. THEY CALL HIM "FATHER" :C

[unbiasedchance.livejournal.com]

What is it with you and wanting to app characters named Alby/ie?

His wiki article looks interesting. The video would probably look interesting also, but there are small children asleep and I lost my headphones. Barge needs inmates, so you get a point in his favor there. I'm really interested in his character. Religious nutjobs are always fun!

I think that with the barge, even if the character is an introvert, stuff's gonna happen (floods, warden chat, ports, the obligatory where the hell am I post) that'll help make them slightly more extroverted.

With the problem about the religion, you mean that you'd have to play fun research times to find out what the religion entails, correct? Or, is my lack of sleep getting to me?

As for potential concern #2, I specifically posted from the Harv account so I could say just flip a coin if you're really stuck. xD

Jayne Cobb

[ertheuponerthe.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Jayne Cobb
Series: Firefly
Warden or Inmate: Not quite sure yet, but leaning more towards Warden.
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yes.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: I think so, but I also think he'd be one to figure out how it would benefit him.
Why do you want them?: I used to play Jayne in a Firefly rpg over a year ago and I miss this character, and want to have a shot at playing him again.
Potential Concerns: The fact that he's morally gray and does things for the money makes me wonder if he'd be a better Inmate than a Warden. But then again, he's not an evil character and actually has feelings, even if they're geared towards guns, money, and whores. Which is why I lean more towards the Warden position.

Re: Jayne Cobb

[thevanishingman.livejournal.com]

I don't know the character, so I can't really say much, except: Morally grey Wardens are wonderful! So, even if he's toeing the line between Inmate and Warden, you can say he cut a deal with the Admiral or something, since Wardens don't have to be good, so much as want something in exchange.

Saffron

[ertheuponerthe.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Saffron
Series: Firefly
Warden or Inmate: Inmate definitely
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Yep
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes, she's a definite people person/manipulator.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: I think she would totally be active. I don't think she'd be one to sit indoors when she could be doing stuff to help benefit herself.
Why do you want them?: She's also a character I played in the Firefly rpg I mentioned in the Jayne post. I didn't get to play her as much as I would've liked and I think she'd be a fun addition to the Inmate crowd. She's manipulative and cunning. Will play anybody to get what she's wants. She's trained to beguile men (and sometimes women when the need arises) which would be very fun to see how she'd get along with some of the other Inmates.
Potential Concerns: If I'd really get her voice down, since it's been a long while since I played her last. But I think if I watch the eps she's in, I can swing it.

Re: Saffron

[grayatonement]

While I think Saffron would be a lovely character to have if played well (so definite episode rewatching!), we do have a couple similar characters already (like Elle from Heroes).

As Mal, it would be a fun dynamic and they would constantly be at odds. Enjoyable but, to be honest, I'd pick Jayne or Spike before Saffron. :3

Spike

[ertheuponerthe.livejournal.com]

Character Name: Spike (a.k.a William the Bloody)
Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Warden or Inmate: Warden
Do they meet all rules and requirements?: Sure does.
Do you think they will be active and interact with others?: Yes.
Would this character be active in ports and floods, or sit out?: I think he'd be active, assuming sunlight isn't a problem for vampires in this rpg.
Why do you want them?: I think he'd a be a fun character to portray and I think it'd be fun to see him interact with Angel and Drusilla.
Potential Concerns: Just if I'd get his voice down. But then again, if I watch enough Buffy eps I think it won't be too much of a problem.

[deathly-dru.livejournal.com]

We actually had a Spike, once, but before I applied this character. :) They do have much potential and I'd ask only for certain, unclarified issues between them (which are in the profile), to remain as ambiguous.

I'm sure that an authentic Spike would have a lot of interaction with her!