AU Planning Meme - May

[bravenewmods]

Given the nature of AU, below is a form that can be used for planning purposes when plotting out your character. While it is not required to fill out the form, we encourage you take a look at the listings in this post and use them as a guide when setting up plots or planning character backgrounds.

<b>Player Name:</b> (What name you go by in-game) <b>Contact Info:</b> (What is the best way to contact you for plotting purposes) <b>Character Name:</b> (The name of your character) <b>Canon Name:</b> (What canon they come from) <b>Brief History:</b> (A brief blurb about the character, does not have to be overly detailed. This is used to give a basic idea of who this character is) <b>AU Ideas:</b> (Here is where you talk about what plans you may have for your character's intended AU. Reading this, others should hopefully get an idea of what you intend to do with your character's back story pertaining to the game's setting.) <b>Looking For:</b> (This section is for hypothetical things you would like to see, be it events, people related to them, whatever; canon parallels, character proxies, all of that goes here.) <b>Anything else?:</b> (Anything that you feel has been overlooked or that should be noted goes here.)

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[mayallyourbaconburn]

Player Name: Levi
Contact Info: thecaffeinator

Character Name: Calcifer
Canon Name: Howl's Moving Castle
Brief History: Calcifer is a fire demon who while loyal, isn't entirely trustworthy. He's prone to leaving out bits of information when speaking to people, and he's also quite a talker, whining and complaining about many things.

AU Ideas: Calcifer will definitely be a Slugma shifter who up until recently, has been living in the Scorched Forest. He'll move into Union in search of things to burn eat.

Looking For: Just about anything would be pretty neat! Previous CR is always good. In particular, someone who's been visiting him and bringing him fuel to burn would be especially awesome!

Anything else?:

[justbewhelmed]

Player Name: Tara
Contact Info: twinkieinabox or PM this account

Character Name: Dick Grayson
Canon Name: Young Justice
Brief History:
Kid used to be part of a circus with his family. When he was eight he lost said family to some jerk mafia dude. Got semi-adopted by some rich guy who is also a superhero is disguise. Became said superhero's protege when he's nine. At the age of fourteen he and a few friends got tired of being treated a sidekicks and got to form their own league. Bunch of butt kicking and getting butt kicked happened from there.

AU Ideas:
Still gonna be a circus kid whose family was killed and is semi-adopted by Batman some noble that is on the council (or some other important job and may also lead a double life ~who knows~). However, first difference to be noted is that his family was killed by a non-mafia boss Zucco someone who was really jealous of the Flying Graysons and used a Pokemon to sabotage their equipment before their last performance. Second difference is that he has found this guy yet and gotten justice. He still trains with his mentor from the age of nine but Robin doesn't exist/isn't in the public eye until when he joins the Swords at the age of 12/13 (and he may or may not have bumped up his age depending on what is acceptable so for all you people know Robin is "15" or something).

That said Dick/Robin for the most part has the same general back story from starting off as a circus kid and ending up with a double life as some sort of hero (though less of a vigilante hero and more of just one that probably doesn't always follow orders o o p s) so for the most part he's pretty much the same kid. Also he's Far from Ordinary/Analyst and will specialize in Flying types his favorite move is Acrobatics okok.

Looking For:

CR for both of his lifestyles! As Dick he's a smart rich mathlete kid who goes to the university to study technology (although he doesn't like Team Evolution because wow don't what the hell was that about during the tournament. And Pokeballs??? Please be using technology that isn't questionable to people or pokemon kthnks) and is also studying to take his guardian's place in the future. You can probably find him around the research building too tbh. People are welcome to know that he used to be part of the popular Flying Graysons group before the "accident" and that he was brought in by a noble (so if they want to be a douche they can call him a charity case or whatever I don't care I just want any and all CR). As Robin he'll have more of that sass he has but he's also able to kick butt so it balances out right?? And even though he's can be a brat he's very charismatic so he'll get along with most people as long as they don't outright annoy him (this goes for both Dick and Robin. More so the latter as Dick is more formal like a noble kid should be. Though it also helps with his cover the bigger the difference it between his two personas).

THAT SAID people are also welcome to know both Dick and Robin! Whether or not they know him as the one and the same will depend on how far their CR goes back and how much he trusts them/if it was at a time when he thought it would be good to know (much like how Wally was the one who knew in canon because closest friend).

One last thing he'll be keeping his Pokemon separate too. For example Dick will be starting with a Fletchling and Robin a Zubat and a Murkrow. You'll never see his Fletchling with him as Robin and vice versa. (They're also named Robin, Bats, and Nightwing respectively because I am a loser and so is he).

Anything else?:

[radiantwingedone]

I have a researcher dork who is really good with metals - Might have helped teach once or twice. See the kid in the research building wait that requires him to look up from books

[justbewhelmed]

Dick could have come by and asked him a few questions about metals. Whether it's because he taught one of his classes and wanted to know more or because Duke is known for being good with metals and wanted to go ask someone about them.

a couple potential apps

[futureshope]

Player Name: meru
Contact Info: merururu

Character Name: Fredrica "Ricky" Irving
Canon Name: Etrian Odyssey Untold ~The Millennium Girl~
Brief History: Girl form the past. She when to sleep 1000 years ago and woke up with amnesia. With the help of her friends aka the people who happened to be exploring the ruins she was sleeping in Ricky works on regaining her memories and fulfilling her mission to prevent a world ending calamity!

For the most part she's friendly and would like to help but she's very serious and her lost memories and mission take top priority to the point where she might seem cold or downright selfish. But she's also strong and can admit when she's in the wrong. She's really very compassionate and sweet.

Also very good with a gun.

AU Ideas: She'll still be from the past, around the time of the savior. She'll still have amnesia to work through and something to accomplish just probably not on such grand of a scale. I'm still hashing out details so not 100% on where she'll wake up. A ruin someplace.

She'll be Far From Ordinary her starters will be a Shinx (Shocky) a Roggenrola (Rocky) and a Rattata (Ratty). She'll want to join the delvers in gathering materials and information from the old city. Eventually I think she'd be willing to start a request --- an odd job listings basically. Something you need done or items to be found or whatever you can think of post it up her and maybe someone, if not Fredrica, will do it.

Her perk will either be engineer (she's good with tech) or Master of Battle

Looking For:
- Guild mates! People to join her in her exploring (although she'd probably insist in going it alone for a while)
- anyone who wants to have found her/helped her out in the beginning
- who has an ice cream shop? She loves sweets.

Anything else?:


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Character Name: Ricken
Canon Name: Fire Emblem: Awakaning
Brief History: A cute little mage who wants to be taken seriously as an adult. He's part of the army and ran into battle to save the girl he's crushing on despite orders to stay at home.

Forest animals like him.

AU Ideas: Kindred Soul, Flying/Something type enlightened. He's a member of a noble house but they're almost completely bankrupt so they're not in good standing with the other noble families to put it lightly. He's trying to restore his family name by trying to join the Sword of the Savior.

Mostly he's still studying at school though since he's like... 14. Learning how to read the old script.

He can sometimes be found playing with wild pokemon. Not trying to bond or train just playing and hanging out with them.

Looking For:
- noble kids who would have picked on him
- school friends
- teachers/mentors

Anything else?:

[albertstyle]

Oh god, Dick was the Sword you were considering. He TOTALLY has to have Luke and Asch CR now. I bet him and Cress would get along to some extent too.

[albertstyle]

I have Asch and his twin Luke (speaking for her, of course) that would have totally picked on him hardcore if you like.

[albertstyle]

Ricken, that is.

[looksup]

You'll both be sorry when he's grown up and awesome.



But yes, thank you. That'd be awesome.

[withcourage]

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THAT GIF... I think it's rather appropriate at times to this derp right here.

...Either way, there might be a possibility that Dick and Aster coulda seen each, maybe? Aster specializes more in pokemon than technology, but he would be around the research area when he helps out around there, anyway.

[albertstyle]

It's okay, they both grow up completely lame.

The Fabre twins bully each other at 17, I'm sure they have experience.

[radiantwingedone]

/o/
Some combination wouldn't be surprising. I think Duke is one of those teachers who gets lost on tangents so it wouldn't surprise me if something came up that was interesting? And I think, at the moment, he can identify metals by handling them, tell where metals are in relation to him (is it metal and moving closer or further away-) and move magnetic metals to-from him in straight lines

[justbewhelmed]

Yes. And these two need CR just because of that gif ok. Aster your name doesn't mean a type of flower it means the opposite of disaster now.

Anyway, I think it's possible! His main field is technology but he dabbles in Pokemon relationships too because to him it is really important to consider the Pokemon in any field (happens when your best friend is a Pokemon right?)

[justbewhelmed]

Aww yeah. Since Luke and Asch are both nobles and part of the sword it's possible that they know both of his personas to some extend (though they probably maybe might get along a little more with Dick because he keeps most of his sass for Robin). And I can totally see Cress and him get along too.

[justbewhelmed]

Ooooh yeah that would certainly be interesting enough for Dick to want to come to him and talk more about it, since while it's not computer technology (though i suppose it could come a little close to that; Warp bands are probably the closest thing they have to it) metals could prove to be useful knowledge such as what metals could be used and so on.

Re: a couple potential apps

[tracedarte]

+1 for bullying Ricken! Especially since he's already enlightened, Luke's gonna be jealous lmao.

[freelyfalling]

Player Name: Sleepy
Contact Info: AIM oneirologue, sleepyphoenix

Character Name: Braig (Xigbar)
Canon Name: Kingdom Hearts
Brief History: Castle guard and scientist's apprentice turned lackey to the series' big bad thanks to promises of a) what lies beyond his home and b) sweet mythical weapons. A laid back, casual sort of guy, ready with a nickname or seven, but with a calculating brain behind that surfer dude accent.

AU Ideas: Psychic type (to evolve to Psychic/Dark in future, mimicking Xehanort's influence on him in canon), with rather limited abilities at present... it's given him a bit of a complex about it. What's the point of being Enlightened if you don't get to throw fireballs around? One of the Guard, who'd rather have been a Researcher or Delver but family pressure pushed him into a military position, not that he's bad at it. And someone who's obsessed with the technology and culture that come from out there - including the bits of it that Union calls 'taboo'. May or may not have had ~words~ with Team Evo when they were in town. (Otherwise, more of a potential badguy than an active one.)
Looking For: Fellow Guards, analogues for the Apprentice Six in KH, and both people who'd like to hang out with a nickname-toting goofball or butt heads with a villain sympathiser. Or even folks who share his - ahem - interests. Also, there's a good chance of him running into people as they enter the city from outside, so maybe he's chased characters for info about the big wide world?

Anything else?: As if. ;)

[withcourage]

And it's not from the greek word for star, either. Nope. Just from that gif.

Maybe if ever there was something he had to do that if he had to communicate with pokemon, Aster could be brought on because Kindred Soul?

[justbewhelmed]

The gif is all that matters but on the bright side you must always feel asterous right??

Oh, that would be a good idea! Maybe going around wanting to try and talk to some Pokemon about something one day. Regardless I have a feeling Dick and Aster will become good friends since he likes people that he knows treats Pokemon well and don't use them for bad intentions.

Re: a couple potential apps

[justbewhelmed]

Ricken and Dick can totally be school friends and will probably bond together for being picked on by luke and asch other people. And Dick wouldn't care about his noble family going bankrupt because well he wasn't a noble kid he's just one now because some noble adopted him.

And if he joins the Sword he could know Robin too.

[withcourage]

Fff except for those times that disaster strikes.

Yeah c: I have a feeling he could recognize him as Robin if they became friends, though--Aster's pretty good at figuring people out because, in his own words from the manga, he's good at paying attention to others. (Something like that, anyway)

We also still need to do that log with Aster and Roxas someday.

[justbewhelmed]

You shouldn't dis yourself like that aster ;D

That'd perfectly be fine with me! I kinda of so want more than just one person outside of those in his household to know both sides of him (seeing as both Dick and Robin are in Union where all his friends from both personas are in comparison to canon). He'll be doing his best to keep his personas separate but no matter what he does there will be some overlap. And Aster looks like someone who can keep a secret so he probably won't mind "batman" might though but who cares.

And yes we do! I meant to tag him during the Spring Fling but then tag drive plummeted. Next chance we go though!

[withcourage]

:c

I'm sure Aster can keep a secret~ He's too nice not to! And I'm sure he'll mess with Dick/Robin some and pester him--like "So did you name your Fletchling after yourself or yourself after your Fletchling?"

It's all good! Once there's a good opportunity, right? c:

[albertstyle]

Yeah they most likely both know him, ugh! More kids from their past GROOSSS! You're totally welcome to throw anything Asch's way pre-CR wise. Like how they interacted as children ect. Asch probably would have thought Dick was annoying but he thinks everyone is.

Asch also wanted mommy and daddy's full attention as a kid (but wasn't getting it) so grumpy as ever.

[looksup]

You guys are the worst.


Make his life hell.