thewakemods | Applications (Ver. 3)

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Applications (Ver. 3)

** APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED.**

Update: We are now allowing an option for those who have been here before that wish to return for endgame, instead of filling the normal apps, instead you can just fill a new form below.

Old Characters

Comments are no longer screened. Please let us know if you'd like us to screen your application by writing 'Please Screen' in the Subject Line. (ie: Character Name | Series Name | Please Screen) Feel free to post as many comments as necessary or provide a link to your journal post.

Fandom Character Applications:

Personal Information
Name:
Age:
Personal Journal:
Email / Plurk / Discord / Other:
Current Character(s): (List the characters you currently play in the Wake, if applicable!)

Character Information
Character Name:
Fandom:

Character History: You have two options for the history requirement:
1) Write the full history of your character out (especially if your canon is obscure).
or
2) Link to a detailed wikia page for your character and provide your own bullet point summary of your character’s history.

Character Personality: Please be as detailed as possible so that we have a good picture of the character. What makes this character tick? What are their strengths and weaknesses? Minimum three paragraphs.

Powers and Abilities: 'nuff said.

Samples
TDM posts (unless it's for Network), links, and examples for posts from other communities are not accepted.

Network: Your network sample entry should be made as if your character were posting to a public network, such as Dreamwidth. It does not have to be their first post (ie, "OMG WHERE AM I?!"), but it does have to show that the character is perfectly aware of the fact that this is something that other people are likely to see. Please avoid excessive use of descriptions in [action tags] here, as one would get in video posts - we're looking for your character's voice, the one they use for talking to others. Save the internal monologues for the third person sample.

If you use TDM for your network sample it needs to meet the following requirements:
* Taken from the Test Drive Meme for The Wake and not any other game
* Contains at least 12 comments from the character being applied for
* Contains enough material for us to see how the character is like
* Has to reflect their first person voice

Third Person: 300 word minimum. This is the place to show your character's inner thoughts within the setting. Give us a nice third person narrative of your character doing something, plus how they feel about it. This doesn't have to be blatant "this is what my character is thinking, designated by italics!" but should rather show your character's self via their actions and interactions with their environment.

Original Character Applications - we ask that you be AS DETAILED AS POSSIBLE.

Character Information
Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Character history: (minimum 4 paragraphs) As this character is from an original story, please give us a clear picture of where he/she is coming from and the events that shape them to be who they are. Please include any details you think are important to understand this character's background.

Personality: (at least 3 paragraphs) Just as with the history, please be detailed in providing a good idea of what sort of character this is, how he/she thinks and acts, etc. Given this is an original character, this section is just as important as the history and should compliment it.

Powers and Abilities: Self explanatory.

World Summary: (describe their world- is it modern, fantasy, historical, sci-fi, etc? What is the political/social scene like for your character? What in their world is relevant to them? This should be at least two paragraphs)

Samples
TDM posts (unless it's for Network), links, and examples for posts from other communities are not accepted.

Network: Your network sample should be made as if your character were posting to a public network, such as Dreamwidth. It does not have to be their first post (ie, "OMG WHERE AM I?!"), but it does have to show that the character is perfectly aware of the fact that this is something that other people are likely to see. Please avoid excessive use of descriptions in [action tags] here, as one would get in video posts - we're looking for your character's voice, the one they use for talking to others. Save the internal monologues for the third person sample.

** Please note that applications take at least ~~three~~two mods to review and pass, so response times may vary. We apologize for any delay which may result, as the mods are not guaranteed to be on the same schedule. If we request revisions for your application, you have one week to submit those revisions.

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Hello and thank you for your interest in the Wake!

Unfortunately we will not be able to consider this character for application as her application was submitted.

The app is too generalized and it reads more like a resume than giving us a fuller view of what makes this character tick.

The personality section reads more like it's addiitonal information meant for the history section. The personality section is meant to show the character's personality and how it is connected to their history. It should echo the history section rather than being general history.

We also cannot get a clear or full sense of her character. Anger seems to be a big part of her personality but we cannot tell if she have a short fuse or a longer one that boils beneath the surface. She seems capable of bodily harm but why is getting on her bad side a big thing about her? As it is, it feels like she's just a trope example than a real character as she is written in the application. We need to know the character herself and how her past connects with her personality in the present. The hyperfocus on her being a sniper doesn't help either since we do not know how she functions outside of that role and without her gun and when there are many other facets that are mentioned but never touched upon (ie: her aristocratic background, why she was hidden away for training, her mixed heritage, etc how did this affect her? how does she view it now?).

Both samples don't also give a good sense of her character either. The third person sample especially is too short, as it's only 291 words. Which is under the 300 word minimum limit.

You may revise with proper changes and try again if you wish.

Please let us know if you have any questions. Thank you for your understanding.

Welcome to the Wake! Please join

thewake,

thewakelogs,

thewakeevents,

thewakeooc and grant access to this journal. Reply to this comment with your character's journal, and be sure to comment on the Taken Page so we may add you. Also, once you have been granted access, please comment on the Player Contacts page as well!

Then, post on the OOC community to introduce your character!

For those of you with Plurk, please feel free to also add

thewakemods!

If you like, you may also join our crack community

gotosleep_idiot for lulz and memes.

Lastly, your character will wake up in the Eastern District.

This is the journal. \o/

Welcome to the Wake! Please join

thewake,

thewakelogs,

thewakeevents,

thewakemods!

If you like, you may also join our crack community

gotosleep_idiot for lulz and memes.

Lastly, your character will wake up in the Eastern District.

Hello~!

Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.

Edited 2018-08-05 15:03 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wake! Please join

thewake,

thewakelogs,

thewakeevents,

thewakemods!

If you like, you may also join our crack community

gotosleep_idiot for lulz and memes.

Lastly, your character will wake up in the Southern District.

Thankee. This is indeed the journal.

Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory.

Andaran atish’an

I can't decide whether you should live or die~

Welcome to the Wake! Please join

thewake,

thewakelogs,

thewakeevents,

thewakemods!

If you like, you may also join our crack community

gotosleep_idiot for lulz and memes.

Lastly, your character will wake up in the Eastern District.

Hello, and thank you for your interest in The Wake! Before we consider your application for approval, we'll need a minor revision.

Your network sample is a bit on the short side and we would like a little more meat to it. Like why is he excited, what are his thoughts? Is it cool because he's discovered it on his own? The possibilities it has for him? Is there something amazing inside? Is it pretty?, etc.

Please let us know if you have any questions, and we look forward to your revisions.

Welcome to the Wake! Please join

thewake,

thewakelogs,

thewakeevents,

thewakemods!

If you like, you may also join our crack community

gotosleep_idiot for lulz and memes.

Lastly, your character will wake up in the Northern District.

This is the journal. Thank you so so much!!!

Edited 2018-09-04 01:08 (UTC)

One official reply, as requested! All comms joined, access granted! Thanks, and I look forward to playing! :D

Thank you for the feedback and sorry about the delay in answering. I'm updating the original but I'll also post the new version here for ease of reviewing.
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[It takes Meallan a couple of days to get settled before he even tries talking to people on the strange magic book. Not that he hasn't opened it up a few times and taken a look at the pages that show moving images, like windows into other places, and can play people's voices but the idea that it could somehow do that to him too is… unsettling. He's dabbled with stranger magics though, and everyone he's spoken to has assured him that this 'network' is harmless, more or less. So eventually he decides to try it for himself.

When the video starts it's therefore of… a very close elven face. Very close. It's about three-quarters curious golden eyes and tattooed face, followed by a finger poking at the image.]

How can you tell that it's worki--

[And the feed cuts out for a moment, then starts up again.]

Hello? People of Nautilus, I am… No, that's not good.

[There's more poking at the feed, but this time it remains on.]

You'd think I'd be better at this after all this time. Alright. Simple then.

[He clears his throat and settles back more formally.]

Andaran atish'an. My name is Meallan, of the Dalish clan Lavellan and leader of the Inquisition of Thedas. I'd like to thank you all for your kindness and support since I arrived here. I haven't been here for very long, but I appreciate all of your help. Thank you.

[That said he stands up and moves away, not realising that the 'magic' can't tell if he's finished or not.]

There. Josephine would be proud. Almost a week and I haven't even had to kill anyone yet.

Welcome to the Wake! Please join

thewake,

thewakelogs,

thewakeevents,

thewakemods!

If you like, you may also join our crack community

gotosleep_idiot for lulz and memes.

Lastly, your character will wake up in the Southern District.

Thank you! I will be using this journal.

I think you're all insane! ...But I guess I am, too.

Edited 2018-09-25 16:14 (UTC)

The essence of Combat.. Kill or be killed.

I’m sorry for any inconvenience, but I would like to withdraw my app at this time, as rl has gotten busy to a point where it wouldn’t be practical for me to join a game right now. Thanks for understanding!

HERE; thanks!

This night shall be bad. And the 'morrow shall be beyond imagining

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