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PLEASE USE THE NEW APPLICATION POST!

Please be aware that apps are only open from the 1st (12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time) to the 7th (11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time) of any given month. This means that as of 12:01 AM, the 1st, apps are open and that as of 11:59 PM the 7th, they are closed. If you post an application after that time, it will be deleted and ignored. Please pay attention to the application times and the status at the top of this page!

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!

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Personality: Tough, determined, abrasive, and fierce... the best way to describe Astrid's attitude is that she is a force to be reckoned with.

Having been born into Berk's war against dragons, it's basically all she's ever known. In Berk, almost all of the focus is on becoming a great warrior so one can defend the village against dragons just like everyone else. It’s something that has to be done, and it’s something that Astrid has dedicated all her time and focus on. In a way, working to become a strong Viking is a passion of hers that borders on obsession. When there aren’t any raids going on, Astrid usually spends her time studying what she needs to learn, honing her skills, and so on. She wants to be the best warrior in Berk, and in order to do that she feels that she has to be completely and totally dedicated to it. This leaves no time for socialization beyond what’s necessary or relevant, not that it really matters much. Camaraderie is important, sure, but it’s not a top priority when there’s already so much for her to focus on.

Astrid is also fairly serious, and has a no-nonsense attitude towards most things in life. She does have a bit of a sense of humour, but it’s fairly dry and it doesn’t come up very often. More often than not, Astrid generally regards things in life with either anger, or a gruff sort of indifference. She not the type of person to joke or pal around with anyone, and generally she’s quite harsh on both herself and others, regardless of the kind of mood she’s in. In a way, one could say that Astrid’s default emotion is anger. She’s always aggressive and temperamental to a certain degree, and there’s always a chance for things to get worse depending on what’s going on or who’s bothering her.

However, tough as Astrid is, there's definitely a softer side to her that's hidden behind that wall of anger. It doesn't come out very often, mainly because there has never really been much of an opportunity or reason for Astrid to show that side of herself. Always being so focused on learning to hunt and kill dragons doesn't allow much room for thinking about the more positive things in life.

Although without the war and the need to keep on training herself for battle (like in Gift of the Night Fury), Astrid is actually a bit awkward. Not in the way that Hiccup is, but more like she's just not used to being able to express herself in a way that doesn't involve hurting something. (Or training herself to hurt something.) She makes a point to act almost overwhelmingly enthusiastic and cheerful, although from time to time that roughness still manages to come out. She means well when she does have an opportunity to let that positivity shine, but it usually comes across as being pretty awkward for both her and whoever she's interacting with.

Also, if you want a pat on the back, Astrid would definitely not be the best person to go to. She has never been one to sugarcoat things, and she's always been brutally honest at best. If someone screws up in any way, shape, or form, Astrid won't hesitate to let them know and she won't apologize for it. To her, telling somebody what they want to hear is a waste of energy, since it allows no room for growth. Better to tell someone the truth about their mistakes so that way they can acknowledge them and strive to improve.

Strengths:
Physical: Physically, Astrid is very capable for someone her size. She's been shown handling heavy items like an axe and shield with great ease, whereas ~~Hiccup~~ other people appeared to struggle holding onto just one of them. She also skilled with hand to hand combat, having managed to knock out Snotlout with a single punch even though he's much larger than her, not to mention that she appears to know a decent amount of other ways to cause people pain. Beyond that, her size also works to her advantage. Without the added weight to slow her down, Astrid can move quite quickly - leaving her able to rush an opponent, leap distances, or even outrun some dragons (such as the Deadly Nadder) with seemingly great ease.
Mental: Astrid is fairly smart. Not necessarily as far as things like academics go, but she's good with planning and thinking on her feet. Throughout the film, Astrid has been thrown into situations that required immediate thought and action on her part. Her mind always goes for survival - either her own or the survival of someone else - and whenever the situation calls for it, she'll immediately try to think of something to get out of that situation safely (or at least with minimal damage). Knowing to go for a shield during the beginning of dragon training, attacking a Nadder even when her axe was lodged in Hiccup's shield, and using her axe to hold open a gate have all been instances where Astrid used her quick thinking to keep herself (or others) safe in a potentially lethal situation.

Beyond that, Astrid has shown her skill in planning by how she carried out ~~stalking~~ tracking down Hiccup. Throughout the little montage of Hiccup learning more about dragons and applying that knowledge to dragon training, Astrid had been shown growing increasingly frustrated with his success and had begun to try tracking him down. It focused mostly on Hiccup's successes rather than Astrid's time spent tracking him down during the latter part of the montage, but in the end it's very clear that she spent a lot of time planning and thinking about tracking him down and confronting him. Once Astrid finally did end up confronting Hiccup, she had already been waiting at his little "meeting spot" with Toothless for what appeared to be a some time. It may not seem like much, being able to do this would have required a lot of planning and forethought in advance. Astrid would have had to spend a good stretch of time following Hiccup, memorizing his daily habits, and other ~~creepy and stalker-y~~ things in order for her to realize that spot was where he'd head to and get there before him. So while Astrid may not be a planner by nature, if something intrigues her enough, she'll plan something out and follow through with it until she gets what she's after.

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Astrid Hofferson | How To Train Your Dragon | Reserved | 2/3