cr & plotting meme: june 2019

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About.

▶ The CR & Plotting Meme is a post that will go up after apps close each month, and is a space intended for new players to introduce themselves and existing players to share what their characters are up to and plot together. The blank template for the CR Meme is posted below with some description, just post up a comment with your information, and hit up other people you want to thread with!

CR & Plotting Meme Template.

player.

▶ Player Name: just your name
▶ Contact: the best way to get hold of you and any preferences for contact
▶ Characters Played: who you play in game
▶ About: give a little detail about yourself if you'd like - time zone, threading preferences, fandoms, whatever else!

character.

▶ Character Name: self-explanatory
▶ Character Canon/Canon Point: also self-explanatory
▶ Occupation/Housing Info:
▶ About: a quick write up or a few words about your character, maybe a link to their app or permissions post
▶ CRAU Info: if your character has a CRAU history, just a few quick words about how it changed them

▶ Seeking AUCR: any characters either cross-fandom or same-fandom that your character had developed CR with in their previous game, whether or not that character is in Redshift - helpful for enabling. ;)

▶ Character Arc: let your fellow players know what kind of story arc you have in mind for your character, or that might be in progress from their previous game
▶ CR Dynamics: what kind of CR are you hoping for? a team, found family, ship partners, friends, friends with benefits, enemies, enemies with benefits, victims...the list goes on...
▶ Plot Ideas: what kinds of plots or activities are you interested in doing with this character?

▶ Anything Else? just anything else that needs mentioning like power changes, content warnings for the character, a pretty gif, etc.

Post to the CR Meme.

Pre-coded template is in the text box below - have at it!

<br/><div style="border-radius: 30px; width: 800px; font-size: 14px; text-align:center; background-color: #de6616; padding: 5px; color: #FFF;">player.</div> <div style="text-align:justify; width: 800px;"> <b>▶ Player Name:</b> just your name <b>▶ Contact:</b> the best way to get hold of you and any preferences for contact <b>▶ Characters Played:</b> who you play in game <b>▶ About:</b> give a little detail about yourself if you'd like - time zone, threading preferences, fandoms, whatever else!</div> <div style="border-radius: 30px; width: 800px; font-size: 14px; text-align:center; background-color: #de6616; padding: 5px; color: #FFF;">character.</div> <div style="text-align:justify; width: 800px;"> <b>▶ Character Name:</b> self-explanatory <b>▶ Character Canon/Canon Point:</b> also self-explanatory <b>▶ Occupation/Housing Info:</b> to facilitate meeting up! <b>▶ About:</b> a quick write up or a few words about your character, maybe a link to their app or permissions post <b>▶ CRAU Info:</b> if your character has a CRAU history, just a few quick words about how it changed them <b>▶ Seeking AUCR:</b> any characters either cross-fandom or same-fandom that your character had developed CR with in their previous game, whether or not that character is in Redshift - helpful for enabling. ;) <b>▶ Character Arc:</b> let your fellow players know what kind of story arc you have in mind for your character, or that might be in progress from their previous game <b>▶ CR Dynamics:</b> what kind of CR are you hoping for? a team, found family, ship partners, friends, friends with benefits, enemies, enemies with benefits, victims...the list goes on... <b>▶ Plot Ideas:</b> what kinds of plots or activities are you interested in doing with this character? <b>▶ Anything Else?</b> just anything else that needs mentioning like power changes, content warnings for the character, a pretty gif, etc.

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Ros | Jeff Calhoun | 'Canon' Fresh

[bardish]

player.

▶ Player Name: ros
▶ Contact: weeyotch#8200 on discord or weeyotch, though I generally prefer discord because my plurk use tends to be sporadic.
▶ Characters Played: just Jeff
▶ About: I'm a 30-something chick who lives in Brooklyn with my soon-to-be-wife and our dog and three cats. My schedule's been crazy lately, so I don't have much of a presence on plurk or in group chats, uhhhh but when I AM around, I'm likely to chat about RP, cooking, fitness, or horror movies.

Also I work in construction, and right now I'm completely preoccupied with trying to get a union apprenticeship going in my trade of choice, but once that's FINALLY SQUARED AWAY AND I CAN ACTUALLY MAKE SOLID LIFE PLANS WITHOUT THIS CONSTANT LOOMING UNCERTAINTY, I should be around and tagging more frequently. Until then, I'm an extremely slow tagger (I used to be medium-to-fast, I swear!!), and 90% of my tags are done on the phone during my commute, so like... 6-7 AM EST. I pretty much can't tag at home, and I currently keep the hours of a senior citizen, so boomerangs aren't likely to happen. Generally, I prefer action/brackets, but while I'm phone tagging, I'll default to prose. Backtags are always great, and I'm always happy to handwave interactions!

character.

▶ Character Name: Jeff Calhoun
▶ Character Canon/Canon Point: Original Character from a modern-day (sub)urban fantasy world.
▶ Occupation/Housing Info: uhhh TBD
▶ About: A cool wizard dad from the suburbs, with the personality of a golden retriever. Or, from his app:

Jeff Calhoun is a nervous, gentle bard who refuses to do anything particularly bardly. Though Gifted, he rarely casts spells, and the thought of performing for an audience is likely to send him spiraling into anxiety. There was a time, though, when Jeff was wild and reckless, a total live-wire of a performer, with the makings of a rock star.

And then he accidentally summoned a demon that ruined his life and left his dreams in tatters. After a year of (metaphorical) hell, then a stint in treatment, Jeff turned his back on magic, music, and the whole sex/drugs/rock'n'roll lifestyle. Now in his 40s, Jeff's a suburban-dwelling high school history teacher and a doting single father to his teenage daughter. A quiet life isn't what he originally envisioned for himself, but after surviving addiction, instability, and a close brush with demonic possession, Jeff's happy to keep things as uneventful as possible.

You can find more info here!

▶ CRAU Info: N/A

▶ Seeking AUCR: N/A

▶ Character Arc: Jeff wants to find his way back home to his daughter ASAP, HOWEVER. In the meantime, he'd do whatever he can to help build this settlement back up into a community. He's not a leader, or a fighter, or a detective, or... okay, look, Jeff's kind of useless in a lot of ways, but he's a great teacher and provider of emotional/moral support!
▶ CR Dynamics: Found family is always my jam. I especially love it when he gets to be a surrogate parent or mentor to Youths. Also relentlessly annoying grumpy people with his sunny personality and friendliness. Unexpected friends! Sober buddies! Stoner buddies! And I always welcome negative cr, too. Really, it's an achievement to get Jeff to hate your character.
▶ Plot Ideas: Right now I'm just winging it until my life clears up enough to actually plan some plots!

Oh wait I just remembered that the only footwear he arrived with is a pair of flip flops, so my first plot idea for him is to get him some real shoes.

▶ Anything Else? Jeff's an addict in recovery, but he does still engage in semi-regular recreational drug use (marijuana), and it may come up in scenes. It's mostly to self-medicate anxiety issues, and he's a functional stoner. He also has a little bit of a Dark Past from his early 20s, which includes drug addiction, demon-induced psychological torture (hallucinations, fugue blackouts, intrusive thoughts), and a stay at an inpatient recovery program.

Drug use and Dark Past issues aren't likely to come up in most scenes with Jeff, and his character tends to be pretty lighthearted in general interactions. I always warn for it if he's high in a top-level, and I'll steer clear of references to it when interacting with somebody who'd prefer to avoid such content! I'll also always use warnings in the subject line if a tag starts to go into his past issues in any detail.

Anyway Jeff's a handsome idiot with great hair: