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PLEASE READ THE RULES BEFORE APPLYING! Especially the last few, as they establish what characters can or cannot be accepted.

If you want to canon-update your character, you must re-apply for said character with the relevant changes (history, personality, strengths and weaknesses, etc). For re-apps and canon updates, samples must be rewritten; we do not accept recycled samples.

The old application posts can be found on Livejournal, using the Applications tag.

Here's the application. Copy and paste the text box info into a comment and fill it out. You must apply with the following format, otherwise your application will not be accepted.

FANDOM CHARACTERS

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Name: (This is your nickname, or whatever you wish to be called)
Livejournal/Dreamwidth Username:
E-mail:
AIM/MSN:
Current Characters at Luceti: (If you already have characters at this roleplay, list their names and journals here. If you're a newcomer, state N/A.)

Character

Name:
Fandom:
Gender:
Age:
Time Period:
Wing Color:
History: (Here you may link to an outside source, such as Wikipedia, a pre-existing written biography or an official site.)
Personality: (Please consider here things such as habits, likes and dislikes, thought patterns, experiences and so on. This section should be fairly detailed!)

Strengths: (Physical, mental and emotional; PLEASE PROVIDE CANON EXAMPLES)

Weaknesses: (Physical, mental and emotional; PLEASE PROVIDE CANON EXAMPLES)

(For the strengths and weaknesses section, feel free to include powers or special abilities if they apply.)

Samples (ALL samples must be set in Luceti-verse.)

First Person: (Please make this a total of ten complete sentences or longer; a complete sentence contains at least one subject, one object and one verb. This sentence count does not include action text, though you may include action as well. We count spoken dialogue only.)

[IF YOU FEEL THE FIRST-PERSON IS TOO DAUNTING BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LESS TALKATIVE CHARACTER, YOU MAY EITHER WRITE AN INTROSPECTIVE PIECE CONCERNING LUCETI OR REQUEST A Q&A TO BE RESPONDED TO ICLY. PLEASE SPECIFY IF YOUR SAMPLE IS INTROSPECTIVE.]

You may also link to a thread or post on the Training Wings community to use for your first sample.

Third Person: (Samples must be 300 words or above. Remember to write using proper grammar, verb tenses, and paragraphs.)

Confused? HERE is a quick explanation of how to fill out our fandom applications.

ORIGINAL CHARACTERS

Mun

Name (This is your nickname, or whatever you wish to be called):
Livejournal/Dreamwidth Username:
E-mail:
AIM/MSN:
Current Characters at Luceti: (If you already have characters at this roleplay, list their names/and journals here. If you're a newcomer, state N/A.)

Character

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Wing Color:
Physical Appearance (Here you can either link us to a picture or provide descriptive text):
History: (Please be thorough!)
Personality: (Please consider here things such as habits, likes and dislikes, thought patterns, experiences and so on. This section should be fairly detailed!)

Strengths: (Physical, mental and emotional)

Weaknesses: (Physical, mental and emotional)

(For the strengths and weaknesses section, feel free to include powers or special abilities if they apply.)

Samples (ALL samples must be set in Luceti-verse.)

You may also link to a thread or post on the Training Wings community to use for your first sample.

Third Person: (Samples must be 300 words or above. Remember to write using proper grammar, verb tenses, and paragraphs.)

Confused? HERE is a quick explanation of how to fill out our OC applications.

You may link to threads on the

trainingwings community for your first person samples, as long as the thread in question is no older than three months. The thread or post must still have at least ten lines of dialog from your character to be considered.

HERE is a word-counting tool to check your 3rd person samples.

If a mod does not accept your app right away, please be patient. We all have our own personal and busy lives to attend to, and there might be a period of time when it might take us days to get to the applications. There is also the possibility that we do not know the canon you are applying for, and we need time to study it. So please be patient and we will work as fast as we can to get you an answer. If it has been a week with no word, please feel free to message Akai (guynophobic), Masamune (masamune3x), or Emily (spark memories) on AIM, or email them at their respective email addresses found in the

luceti profile page.

Note: Applications are not always processed in the order they are received, due to the way they are divvied up between the moderators. If your application has been skipped, do not fret. Another mod will be getting to it soon enough. Additionally, you now have ONE WEEK to complete revision requests and Q&A's. You will be reminded of this deadline three days before it's up. After that week has passed, your application will no longer be considered for the current round. We apologize, but please be patient with us!

A note for applying here on Dreamwidth: Due to the character count limit being higher on DW, it might be tempting to toss the whole thing in one comment and leave it. However, we ask that you split the application up into at least two comments- the first containing your player information and (if you want) basic character info, the rest in another comment (or more, if you wish). This is to avoid having entire applications spanning the page and making it huge.

Splitting them up will make it easier for mods to process the applications. Thank you!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Samples

First Person: Q&A please?

Third Person:

A familiar sound is what finally wakes him up. Once a pleasant, soothing rhythm, now it just grates on his nerves. Each drip resounds in his ear, buzzing and booming. That stupid faucet was like torture every morning – nothing but an unpleasant reminder of what he had lost. Water in the sink, water in a glass, water coursing through his veins every minute of every day. There was no escape.

The rush of the faucet grows louder as the seconds pass. "Stop that," he commands to no one in particular, sleepiness slurring his words. Who could possibly be here so early in the morning? One of his good for nothing teammates? Some nameless girl from his entourage who stayed the night for another round of lessons?

No. That was impossible. He hadn't spoken to them in weeks. Seen them, yes, but they ignored him when he called out. It's something he should have expected. What goes around comes back around, after all.

What was he without them? Former champion. Former captain. Former leader. Formerly somebody. Currently nobody.

What were they without him? Happier, probably. Not something he wants to think about, especially not this early in the day.

Annoyance is replaced by surprise as his eyes flutter open at last, only to find that the view is not the ceiling of his apartment, but instead the sun glaring down on him. Blinking away from the light, Tahno rises to his feet, failing to notice the newly-acquired wings on his back. This wasn't any part of Republic City he'd ever seen. And judging by the strange clothes passer-bys were wearing, this wasn't Republic City at all.

While attempting to take it in, he hears the clamor of water once again. A fountain this time. He can feel the bitterness rising within him before he even lays an eye on it.

I'd like to see his personality fleshed out a bit more. He doesn't have a lot of on-screen appearances, but I'd like to see his personality before losing his bending fleshed out some more, as well as how it affects him after.

Tahno is implied to be highly sexual, but considering the target audience of the show, it's presented in an implicit manner. In The Spirit of Competition, he's seen with a woman on each arm like a typical playboy. Later, he's shown invading Korra's personal space without a second thought and offering "private lessons." Though it was merely an attempt to rile her up, there's still plenty of sensuality involved in his speech and body language.

With his carefully curled hair and spiked eyeliner, Tahno sticks out like a sore thumb among pro-benders. In contrast to many of them, he lives for the glamor of it all. Keeping up appearances is just as imperative as winning to him. He always looks primped and polished, even when competing. While his equally glamorous teammates tuck their flowing locks inside their helmets during matches, Tahno lets his hair hang free so he can smugly flip it around in front of his opponents.

When the Wolfbats cheat during the Championship Tournament, the announcer sounds genuinely shocked and surprised. That leads me to believe this is a unique circumstance and something done out of desperation rather than habit. The Fire Ferrets were extremely talented up-and-comers and the first real threat the Wolfbats faced since they started competing. So while some of Tahno's gloating may be untrue, it seems that he really is a champion-level waterbender.

Tahno is the first character on the show to stand up to Amon when confronted – everyone else is terrified of him, even the Avatar herself. This may make it seem like he's a very brave person, but in actuality he only does so out of pride. He regrets it the moment he's overpowered; that pride quickly melts into fear and anguish as he begs Amon not to take his bending.

After Tahno lost his bending, not only did it sever his unique spiritual connection to the element of water, but also destroyed a major piece of his identity. His occupation as a pro-bender was something he obviously took a lot of pride in and an important part of his life. Rather than resting after his traumatic experience, he spends the entire night visiting the best healers in the city and desperately trying to find a way to get his bending back. His bending means everything to him. It's who he is.

The fact that he's completely alone in the police station is telling. This is a stark contrast to a scene later in the series when Korra loses her bending; she's surrounded by friends and family who support her through every second of it. Tahno, on the other hand, has absolutely no one. If law enforcement felt it necessary to interrogate him about losing his bending, it would make sense for them to interview his two teammates as well, but neither of them are anywhere in sight. It's almost as if his failure is contagious and everyone wants to avoid him. Since Tahno is someone who craves attention and validation, we can assume this abandonment is making his depression that much worse. There's no doubt that he's been humbled by this experience, but again, humble does not equate to suddenly being a good person. Such a big transition will take time.

1. What is your greatest ambition?

Seeing Amon go down. It's not my battle to fight, but I'll support the Uh-vatar however I can. [ Not that the masked man is here in Luceti, but it's something he's hoping for when – if – he goes back home. ]

2. Do you have any regrets? If so, what are they?

[ There's a pause as he mulls over whether he actually wants to admit to this. ]

Cheating in the tournament. It wasn't worth it. Nothing would have been worth it.

3. How do you think you perform in a crisis?

Well enough. [ He did attempt to stand up to Amon, after all. ]

4. What, in your opinion, is your greatest asset?

It was my bending. [ Siiigh. ] Without that, there's not really anything great left.

5. Describe the happiest and saddest moments of your life.

The Wolfbats' first championship victory. Would you believe Ming and Shaozu were worried? [ Shaking his head. ] That's how losers think. Winners go in knowing they'll come out on top. [ This is why he's the captain, not them. ] It was all uphill from there.

[ Taking a deep breath before answering the second part of the question. ]

When I lost my bending. I don't know how Amon did it, but I could feel every second of it. [ He flinches just thinking about it. ] Like he was tearing a piece of me away.

Edited 2012-07-16 05:05 (UTC)

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