[mod] (ls_mod) wrote,
@ 2009-05-14 18:48:00

Entry tags:

[applications]
[ application ]

.o1 There is a limit to two characters per person.

.o2 Please remember that this roleplay is based in modern-day Tokyo, Japan.

.o3 If you're having trouble deciding on a character, here's a list of needed/requested characters. There's also a reservations post here.

.o4 Make sure you read both the faq and rules before applying!

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Name: {real, alias, or nickname}
LJ Username: (a real journal is required here. a code is provided for you.)
Age: {your age}
AIM Screename: {required}
Past RP Experience: {you can use any example here. a snip from past logs or links to other communities you've been in. anything that shows us you've roleplayed before.

Character's Name:
Character's Age:
Character's Model: {whom you wish to portray your character; also known as your PB. please supply name and a sample image}
Year in School: {freshman, sophomore, junior, senior. if character is not in college, what are they doing that keeps them in the surrounding area?}
Major / Minor: {if applicable; if your character hasn't decided, say so} [see below]*
Clubs / Activities / Job?: [see below]*

Background History: {minimum 300 words - nothing is truly 'canon' in an alternate universe setting such as this. so feel free to go wild and use your imagination to it's fullest capability! creativity is very important here. if you plan on playing a character that depends on another for some aspects of plot [ex: Hyuuga / Zabuza-Haku / Orochimaru-Kabuto / Madara-Tobi-Izuna] do not write them in unless the character exists already in the community and you have planned something out with them. with that in mind, keep mentioning of another character in your application down to a minimum. your application is all about your numero uno character and that is the one we want to see the most out of.}

Personality/Likes & Dislikes: {minimum 300 words - there's bound to be quite a bit about your character that makes them a special snowflake. you have your chance to tell us about it right here. what are their talents or aspirations? details and more details, please. what makes them who they are and why? describe their personality to a tee. paint a picture with your summary and assume that you are the only one who knows everything about this character.}

Writing Sample: {minimum 300 words each - our requirement is for you to write both a first and third person sample in order to show your grasp on the character in the two formats that dominate the community. prompts are optional as they are only there to help aid you with the writing examples. feel free to be as imaginative as possible.}

Prompts:
- Interview
- Out past curfew
- This one time at ___ camp...
- First day of class / work / etc,.

First Person

Third Person

Other Notes:
Any Questions:

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Copy this:
Name: LJ Username: [For Scribbled: <lj user="Scribbld Username"> / For Livejournal: <a href="url for journal goes here">Username</a>] Age: AIM Screename: Character's Name: Character's Age: Character's Model: ( <a href="image url">link</a> ) Year in School: Major / Minor: Clubs / Activities / Job?: Background History: Personality/Likes & Dislikes: First person writing sample: Third person writing sample: Other Notes: Any Questions:

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*Any and all actual college majors and club/sports can be found here.

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haku app.

aisuhime
2009-09-21 06:32 am UTC (link)

Personality/Likes & Dislikes:
If there is any one word that can fully described a person, then the word that describes Haku is nice. He is unfailingly sweet and polite to everyone who speaks with him – baring those who tease him for his androgynous looks, of course. His personality may seem at odds with the sheer number of little quirks in his appearance – the tattoos and piercings most of all – but those who get to know him better see that they fit him as well. Something that he originally adopted to help him look at least a little more masculine ended up complimenting his happy nature in an interesting way.

However, accuse him of being a girl and risk upsetting him. Although Haku doesn’t hold grudges, and gives most people the benefit of the doubt for assuming, he suffered through too many taunts as a child and a teenager to take such things lightly. He is self-conscious about his appearance, even though he sometimes makes his more feminine characteristics all the more noticeable, it is often without realizing he’s doing it.

Of course, no one can be happy with every aspect of themselves. Since his parent’s death, Haku has felt himself to be unnecessary. With no family connections and no positive influence inside or outside of school, he has spent the larger part of his life without a real goal in mind, because he believes he is not needed by anyone. He holds on to the hope that someday he will find someone who will see him as important, but he isn’t looking for that person. He now just takes what life hands him and goes with it.

Perhaps because of this, Haku has been extremely protective of the few friends he’s had. On their pointing out to him that he basically lets them treat him like a doormat, he has simply shrugged and smiled. If it will cause people to want him around, Haku will be willing to do it. If he finds you to be worth the effort and respect, he will be extremely faithful to you.

First person writing sample:
I’m not sure you can say that interview went well.

…I mean, yes, I got the job. But that doesn’t really constitute as going well, does it? When the dean sits there and stares at you for a full-on twenty minutes with a blank look on his face? Because I didn’t know I was having a job interview today, so my hair’s still pink and blue and my clothes aren’t exactly professional, you know. Add to that, I can’t take my lip-ring out for at least another month or it’ll close.

And I wasn’t expecting him to smile like that. He seems like a very nice man, but that look was very close to terrifying.

Oh well. I’ve got the job. Now… now I just have to teach whatever group of students they hand me how to write.

Of course. That will be easy.

Anyone can write, after all. It’s just a matter of having an imagination, and everyone’s got an imagination, just some people haven’t developed it. Fiction isn’t that hard, you just write anything you’ve ever dreamed or fantasized about and there you have it, right on the page. No right answer and no wrong answer, just yourself.

I suppose that’s why I like it. It’s something that’s just me, no one else in the mix. I suppose that’s why I haven’t got the drive to write a novel. How would I end it? If it’s me, how could I end it? It would have to be open, to let the ending come on its own. And I bet editors don’t like that. I bet in their world endings are short and sweet and wrap up all the loose ends, or else the end isn’t really the end because it’s a steep cliff that the reader nearly falls off, and then they have to wait a year or two to find the bridge.

I guess that’s like life, too. But you’d have to keep writing forever, and you’d never finish the story. Someone else would have to write your end.

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haku app. final

aisuhime
2009-09-21 06:33 am UTC (link)

Third person writing sample:
It’s snowing.

Haku blinks at the open window of his apartment, watching the heavy flakes drift past. After a long moment, he slips his feet into tattered sneakers, tugs a hat down over his freshly-blackened hair, and almost skips down the seven flights of stairs to street level. The snow is thick on the sidewalk already, without a single print before his. At least, not on this side of the street.

Smiling up at the sky, he gives no thought to where his feet are taking him as he watches the snow, amused as it catches in his eyelashes and dusts his lips. The lighting is better, suddenly, and he blinks in surprise as he realizes he’s wandered into one of the main streets, where the neon lights on every building change the snow a hundred colours. A few people rushing past give him odd looks, but he continues to grin. The snow is making little hills on top of the flashing signs, it’s filling up the cracks in the pavement where footsteps can’t melt it away. The cars driving past run their windshield wipers, a delivery boy huddles under his restaurants canopy for a moment, glaring out at the weather, before speeding away on his scooter.

He could write a story about tonight. It would be an adventure. A little boy wakes up and wanders out into the snow, and forgets his whole life. He can’t remember his parents or his friends or his home, he only has the snow and the dazzling city lights. Lost and cold, passersby offer him help. But he’s not scared. The snow is so beautiful, he tells them. Won’t you look at the snow? They’re busy, they’re rushing, they have lives and jobs and homes to return to. The boy wanders on. Wanders…

Haku stops at the edge of the road, looking up at the street signs. It will be a long walk back, he thinks. But he could make that part of the adventure, too. After all, the boy has to find his way back home…

Other Notes: + Haku is a Capricorn and blood type O.
+ He can play the guitar relatively well, having decided to teach himself in a moment of boredom during college, and often scribbles song lyrics on his notes.
+ His favourite season is winter, and he loves to go out in the snow. People who know his past find this strange, but have yet to question it.
+ He has a pet rabbit that he has named Kazahana (snowflakes; lit. wind-flowers).

AND I have permission from Q to mention Zetsu here. ♥

Any Questions: ...no? o_o

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	also to fix a problem: aisuhime 2009-09-21 06:47 pm UTC (link)
	I guess my picture link died right after I used it, which is unfortunate, so here's a new Miyavi picture for you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ls_mod 2009-09-22 02:50 am UTC (link)
	That was a good effort on Haku's application, but we're sorry. The mods have decided to turn down the application. We feel that your portrayal of them does not exactly fit what we are looking for in a Haku player. But you are more than welcome to apply again for another character. Thank you for your time. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	aisuhime 2009-09-22 03:20 am UTC (link)
	Can I ask what you didn't like? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ls_mod
2009-09-22 03:40 am UTC (link)

Haku, in our opinion, is a very simplistic person. And what we got from your application was anything but. It started out that way, but towards the end, it seemed as if you took a few steps too many away from who and what Haku really is. It's established canon that most if not all of Haku's personality is based on his relationship with Zabuza. And despite the lack of one in our little community, the idea of it still remains the same in our collective minds. His character generates from his dependency on another. Their goals. Their personality. Etc. And we simply did not get that from your application.

Also, little quibble. From our prospective, it appears as if you mapped out Haku's characterization based on your choice of PB. Instead, we feel it should be the other way around, that you should choose a PB that would fit in well with Haku's personality.

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	aisuhime 2009-09-22 03:46 am UTC (link)
	...thank you for telling me. I don't agree, but thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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