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OC APPLICATION
Thinking of applying as an Original Character or a Canon Original Character? This is the application page to visit. As with other applications, we want to make sure you read the rules, as well as the taken character list if you're applying as a Canon OC to make sure the character you are applying for has not been taken already. You also might want to check out holds just to make sure.
Please make sure that you read over the FAQ and the HP canon guide to clear anything up, and if you feel like something has not been mentioned, post a comment and someone will get back to you as soon as possible. If having difficulty with your application, we recommend you give the Application Guide a look over as well.
Wondering what the guidelines are for Original Characters? Not sure if your character counts as Canon OC or what that even is? In addition to the normal application rules, you're expected to follow the guidelines we have listed below:
O R I G I N A L C H A R A C T E R R U L E S;
Canon OC rules:
1. No Fandom OC's. What is a Fandom OC? A Fandom OC is, for example, an X-Men character you created for that world and you want to bring them here. Not allowed, unfortunately.
2. Has to be a legitimate character. What does this mean? A random passerby character with no lines does not count.
3. In the personality section please make sure to let us know how you came to some of your own choices on the personality. This means naming canon examples.
4. If you're unsure whether your character qualifies as a Canon OC or not, make sure to ASK A MODERATOR before submitting your application.
OC Rules in General:
1. The same rules that we have for regular applications still apply. So check with us first about half Veela, Animagus, Vampire or Werewolf things.
2. Your character is not a descendant or related to ANY canon Harry Potter character. There are no exceptions to this rule.
3. Please be thorough with your personality section. We want a very solid idea of this. Since we don't have another place to look up their correct personality, the last thing we want is a character who is vague enough for this to change at a whim.
4. Applications with sparkly characters who are flawless orphans who are perfect at every subject and can do no wrong and everyone falls in love with them at every moment will be rejected.
Examples of Canon OC's:
- Fionna/Prince Gumball/Marshall Lee & canon genderswapped characters (Adventure Time)
- Matt (Death Note)
- Obscure Disney Prince/Characters (i.e: Prince from Cinderella/Snow White or the Feather Duster from Beauty & the Beast)
- Nyotalia (Hetalia)
- Ancestors (Homestuck)
- Foxface (Hunger Games)
- Ditzy Doo (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Femio (Princess Tutu)
- Silent Protagonists (video games)
T H I N G S T O T A K E N O T E O F;
1. The mods have the jurisdiction to approve or deny any application submitted.
2. Post your application with your personal journal on the application page itself instead of linking it! If you don't have a personal journal, that's okay, but we strongly prefer it for keeping track of people. Remember to PUT THE TYPE OF APPLICATION IN THE HEADER so we know whether this is a OC or a Canon OC.
3. Your application will need to include two specific words; these words can be found hidden in the rules and information pages linked in the community profile.
4. You may only apply for ONE character at a time. Once that character is approved than you may choose another. A player is not allowed more than one un-responded to application on the application forum. For all new players to the RP, we ask you wait one week before applying as a new character, this will give you time to settle in to the community.
5. If the character's canon is ongoing and it's still early in their introduction, rather than applying them as a canon OC, we will advise you to postpone your application until you can get more information on them.
6. KEEP IN MIND. This is Hogwarts, and it's a British school. There shouldn't be a huge flood of "DESU DESU DESU" at any point in time. Thus, your characters should be British, or at the very least European. If they aren't, you MUST have a GOOD reason for it! The UK is very diverse and has many nationalities, so if you want them to be a different ethnicity, they can still be British! Here are some locations where characters reside.
7. When applying for a Hetalia Character, we request that you phrase the Canon history in the context of the comic, as opposed to the actual history of the country. This is so we can see how the history translates in to the anthropomorphic character.
8. PLEASE KEEP OOC CONVERSATION OUT OF THE APP POST! At least keep it to a minimum if you are going to say something such as 'huzzah for [fill in character name here]', get their AIM and tell them in person. I am sure they would rather hear it that way.
9. We don't have App Cycles at this rp. If applying for a:
→ Student: The most important thing to remember for students is that they are students who go to school. Be prepared to observe all student rules, meaning there are IC consequences for fighting, sneaking out after curfew, and pranks. That doesn't mean not to have fun, just know your character can get in trouble for it! There are also classes with homework, but signing up and doing school work is optional. More info on student rules are here and these spots will always be open.
→ Teacher/TA: Keep in mind what characters are suitable to teach, and pick a subject that makes sense for them (and for Hogwarts if it's a non- canon class). There is a maximum of two teachers and two TAs on any given subject and occupied teacher and TA spots can be seen there. Teacher characters should do Homework often, which can be posted here. Teachers are encouraged to give out detentions, house points, and overall, remember that they're teachers. More info on teacher rules are here. Currently: OPEN TO CANON CLASSES
→ Staff Member: Similar to professors, minus the assignments, they have a degree of authority as well, but not as much as teachers. They focus on working in the hospital wing, library, grounds, etc. Just like professors, they shouldn't entirely neglect their jobs for social interaction and will use the same application form as teachers. Occupied staff positions can be seen here. Currently: OPEN TO CANON POSITIONS
10. If your application is:
→Accepted: Congratulations! Follow the instructions, add yourself to all the lists, and welcome to Sorting Hat!
→Wavered: We think your application could use a few improvements to be up to the quality of our roleplay. You have a week to adjust these issues before the character is up for grabs again. If you reapply and we still don't find it up to par, you will be rejected.
→Rejected: There are significant problems with the application, so you must wait one week before reapplying or reserving that character (unless you already have a hold on that character, but you can't renew it if the hold expires). However, if you want to apply a different character, you can do so whenever.
| S T U D E N T O C A P P L I C A T I O N | | | T E A C H E R O C A P P L I C A T I O N |
Marina Prescott | OC 2/3
The reason for her pushing people away and not getting close to them is that she just doesn’t trust people. Growing up, she always had a very... strained, borderline abusive relationship with her mother. In actuality, it was at the very least emotionally abusive, to the point Marina began building walls and pushing people away so that she wouldn’t get hurt. She developed the habit of lashing out at people in defense of herself, both verbally and physically, depending on the person. She’s very much not afraid of fights, as she’s learned from a young age to defend herself physically, and as a result a part of her is always ready to fight, always ready to defend herself. The reason being that she’s had to defend herself against some of the men her mother’s brought home from time to time and It’s made her paranoid and untrusting of people. The paranoia also causes her to sleep with a knife under her pillow while she’s at home. At school, she only got away with this for so long before her knife was eventually confiscated. Instead, she sleeps with her wand close by. She’s always ready to defend herself. She’s made herself think that everyone in the world could potentially hurt her. As a result, she tends to be the one to make the first move by challenging people to fights at the slightest provocation. She’s become very good at fighting as a result.
Because of her relationship with her mother, Marina has developed a hatred towards authority. She doesn’t respect her mother at all and never learned to to respect other people in a position of authority and her natural instinct is to do the opposite of what she’s told to do. This extends to ordinary people as well. The one sure fire way to piss her off is to try telling her what to do. If someone were to claim that the reason she acts out is for attention, she would be quick to deny it, but it isn’t as far from the truth as she would claim it is. She’s never had a positive person in her life and to be honest, there’s a small part of her that wishes everyone wasn’t such scum. What she doesn’t realize is that not everyone is. She just assumes that everyone has ulterior motives and that if they’re nice to her, it’s for their own personal gain and nothing more. She’s incapable of believing that people can be sincere which is another reason she pushes people away. It really all just goes back to her core issue; she doesn’t trust people.
Or at least, one of her core issues. The other big reason why she comes off so hostilely towards people is that years of being put down and insulted by her mother have basically destroyed her confidence. To compensate, she’s developed the mentality that she always has to be the best. This is why her temper is always quick to flare and she jumps at the chance to get into fights. If she’s the strongest, if she’s the best, then she can feel like she’s worth something and not simply a waste of space like her mother’s always said she is. She would deny the fact that anything her mother says gets to her, but a lot of it has buried down deep and simply won’t let go no matter how much she denies it. Instead, she copes by anger and violence.
She’s also developed the habit of drinking booze and doing drugs on occasion. It’s worse during the Summer months when no one can really stop her. She’s gotten caught too many times at school to risk it. It’s probably for the best though, as it’s really the Summer that she needs it most, as that’s when she’s forced to go back home. She’s certainly learned to tone herself down at school, carefully toeing the line between acceptable and unacceptable after a few years of practice. As much as she claims she hates being at Hogwarts, it’s pretty much the only place she actually feels happy. If she were to ever get expelled, she would probably be irreparably damaged and not recover from it. Striving to stay in Hogwarts is probably the hardest thing she’s ever done, but is the one thing that she’s determined to not screw up.
Despite all of this, Marina isn’t so closed off from the world (yet) that she’s completely incapable of making friends. Theoretically, if someone were to take the time and actually try and get to know her instead of just brushing her off and labelling her an asshole, then it would do a world of good to her. It would of course be slow going; she’s not one to let her walls down easily, or even completely, but eventually they would discover that she’s not all anger and rage all of the time. While she would still be defensive and abrasive, she would actually be able to hold a conversation that doesn’t devolve into her insulting people and lashing out. She would be fiercely and irrationally loyal to a friend if she were to have one because she would value that friendship. Probably more than she should, but she would latch on to them and if anyone were to mess with them, she wouldn’t hesitate to cut someone. She wouldn’t latch on in obvious ways- no, she would still remain seemingly unattached and distant, but they would have her loyalty and she would make sure not to cross the line and really hurt her friends. Or at least she would try, because she’s Marina, and Marina is really not good at socializing.
Even without that one person to help her through it, she is still capable of, on the rare occasion, holding a civil conversation with someone if they don’t piss her off right away. Her tone is usually coated in sarcasm and annoyance, but if something pings her interest (like for instance music) then she’s capable of civil conversation. It’s a rare occurrence and any little bump along the way can ruin it, but it goes to show that she’s not always 100% guarded to the point that she can’t have a conversation that isn’t full of anger and violent threats.
She also gets along with people who are similar to her, albeit only if she’s in the leader position and they know not to cross her or otherwise offend her. Young kids who are in a position similar to her are also somewhat of a soft spot, though she would never outright say it. Her actions would speak louder than any words, and if she ever saw a kid being treated the way she’s been treated, she wouldn’t hesitate to defend them. She would deny her motivations, of course, but it’s because she sympathises with them and deep down really wouldn’t want a kid to grow up like she has.
Probably due in large part to the fact that she’s had to learn to tone herself down at Hogwarts, Marina is slowly starting to realize, even outside of school, when she’s taking things too far. She knows when she’s on the path to true self destruction and sometimes, she’s capable of pulling herself back and attempting to calm down. The keyword is sometimes. If it wasn’t obvious by now, Marina has a temper. Sometimes, just as she can control herself and calm down, the opposite is true and that temper can sometimes makes way to blinding rage that is just impossible to control. She doesn’t get like that extremely often, however. It’s mainly when she’s pushed to the extreme emotionally and mentally, and when/if she feels like she’s backed into a corner. The only thing that can actually calm her down is time. Given time, she’ll calm down and back off and when she does, she’s likely to skulk off and want to be completely alone.
In a slightly unrelated news, Marina also has an extremely fucked up view of what’s right and wrong. She’s a very survival oriented person. Because of the usual lack of food and water at home and Marina’s need to be the best and survive, she took to shoplifting at a fairly young age and hasn’t looked back since then. This ties in with her hatred for authority, because rather than just stealing things when she needs to now, she’ll occasionally steal just because she can, to spite the authority she hates so much. This also leads into a natural curiosity and interest in dark magic. She doesn’t see the harm in it because it’s just another form of magic. She’s not interested in it because it’s evil or that she wants to be evil, but a part of her is interested in it because it’s so forbidden.
A big motivator for stealing and the like is that she feels the need to be in control of something, and her actions are the one thing she can control in a life that’s fairly unpredictable. She doesn’t know when her mother will get a job, she doesn’t know who the hell she’s going to bring home next or when the next meal will be provided. So she’s taken things into her own hands by providing for herself and taking control of the few aspects that she can, whether illegal or not. This has, of course, gotten her into trouble, but because of that she’s learned to cunning and a good liar in order to get away with things. She isn’t infallible, but she’s learned enough to get away with more than the average person.
To sum her up, Marina is a very troubled and angry person, which is immediately apparent when talking to her. What isn’t apparent are the reasons. She keeps those locked away tight because they aren’t the problem. She doesn’t realize (or rather, refuses to admit) that her mother is the reason she’s so angry and has so many insecurities buried deep down. In Marina’s opinion, there is nothing wrong with her and she doesn’t have any problems at all. Sure she gets into trouble a lot, and sure people say mean things to her and treat her like shit, but that’s fine. She can take it and she can dish it back out tenfold. She refuses to admit that she has any problems and that she is in fact, a very broken person. Denial is perhaps one of her biggest traits, tying everything together to form who she is.
Marina Prescott | OC 3/3
That didn’t stop her mom from blaming her, though. She would always accuse Marina of playing with matches and Marina would swear that she wasn’t playing with matches. It got to the point that Marina started playing with matches out of spite and built up a fondness to fire. Needless to say, there were several times where their house nearly burned down.
This is just a small part of why Marina and her mother don’t get along. All throughout her life, Marina’s mom made it clear that Marina was very much a mistake. She is the product of a one night stand when her mom was in her early twenties. For reasons Marina can’t comprehend, her mother didn’t have an abortion, and instead chose to keep her. It’s been made apparent that she regretted this choice. Because of this, life was never good for Marina. Her mother always had a hard time holding on to a job, which meant they had a hard time living month to month. Though they always managed to not get kicked out of their house, they occasionally went without electricity or water.
Another thing that tended to be fairly limited was food, which is the cause of one of Marina’s earliest and worst habits; shoplifting. Because her mother was never the best of influences, Marina never developed a proper sense of right and wrong, so when she started shoplifting from convenience stores, she never really found it much of a problem. All of this lead to Marina eventually falling in with a nasty crowd in Muggle school and developing even more skewed views and bad habits.
Much like she has a hard time holding on to a job, Marina’s mother also tended to have a hard time holding on to a man. The ones she would bring home were often not the nicest of people, to put it mildly. There have been numerous times where Marina’s had to defend herself physically against their advances when her mother wasn’t around. This is also when Marina’s magic would manifest itself most. When they inevitably ran screaming from the house, Marina’s mother would blame Marina for pushing them away, further driving a wedge between the two.
The straw that broke the camel’s back and drove their relationship completely into the dirt is when Marina’s letter came. Her mother declared her a freak and jumped at the chance to send her away to Hogwarts. This is also where the ‘Muggleborn/Halfblood’ debate stems from. Marina’s mother insists that upon further inspection, there was something wrong with Marina’s father and that clearly is where Marina’s freakishness comes from- nevermind the fact that up until then, she’d never claimed anything of the sort. Marina herself was also relieved to get away from her and rather than doing what she normally would’ve done, which is be skeptical as hell, she jumped at the opportunity to leave home. Fortunately for her, it ended up being true, so it all worked out in the end.
Because she never put much effort into her muggle school studies, naturally she didn’t really put much effort into the ones at Hogwarts, either. At least, not at first. At first, she tended to treat it as an extended vacation away from home, only putting the absolute bare minimum into her work to pass. After her first year, upon returning home and being criticized and insulted by her mother, the next year she went back to school with the determination to become a power witch simply out of spite. And maybe out of the desire to one day turn her mother into a frog when she actually graduates.
Defense Against the Dark Arts became her best class by far and she actually enjoys it, though she would never actually admit that to anyone. She excels in incendiary magic, owing to the affinity she’s always had for it and the way her magic tended to manifest itself. She also put more effort into learning Transfiguration because she truly plans to one day turn her mother into something awful. She of course hasn’t told anyone this, as she figures it would likely get her in a lot of trouble. Her worst classes are the ones involving the need to spend hours studying. Her area of expertise is not writing, and she hates reading and this shows in her grades.
The area she has a hard time toeing the line between acceptable and unacceptable is her tendancy to get into fights and overall delinquency in general. In her four years at Hogwarts, she’s gotten countless detentions for fighting and failing to respect authority as well as the consumption of alcohol and (occasionally but not too often) drugs.. However, the threat of expulsion has grudgingly evened her temper to the point that she at least tries to tone herself down. It’s slow going, but she’s getting better. Dragon.
How would your character fit in to each House?
Gryffindor: Marina has braveness, arrogance and cockiness in spades. But she doesn't have the good heart and chivalrous nature that makes up a good Gryffindor. She uses these to show off that she's the best, so that people will know not to mess with her. It's not generally in a good natured way. She won't run from a fight, but at the same time, a lot of the time she's the one who started the fight. She's very full of herself and, seemingly, confident, which a lot of Gryffindors tend to be. But she's not actually all that confident when you get right down to it. At least, not when it comes to herself. It's one thing to be confident in her actions, and another thing to be confident in herself, and she's really just... Not. So while overall she does have a lot of the Gryffindor traits, she doesn't have the core Gryffindor values.
Hufflepuff: Marina is not loyal to anyone but herself. You may, with effort, manage to earn some if you become her friend, but the truth is that in the end, unless you really dig deep and become someone she really, truly cares for, she'll only be loyal to herself. She's also not very hardworking. Her grades tend to suffer a lot because she doesn't put a terrible amount of effort into them. The only time she's hardworking is if something really strikes her fancy, or when she's in a fight. The former isn't very often, but the latter is something that happens a bit too often for her own good.
Ravenclaw:... No.
But seriously, to elaborate, this is not the house for Marina. As I said above, she doesn't put a lot of work in her school work, nor does she put any stock in having an over abundance of intelligence. She's not stupid, but it's mostly just that she's able to use common sense- at least, most of the time. Common sense tends to only go so far, and it doesn't extend to avoiding fights. Probably the only quality she might even remotely have of Ravenclaw is her penchant for using Sarcasm. Considering they say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, that isn't a reason to consider her for Ravenclaw in the least.
Slytherin: Of all the houses, this is the best fit for Marina. She is very much the type to look out for herself and only herself. While she doesn't have a huge amount of ambition, if there's something that she were to work towards, she would not hesitate to do whatever it took to get it even at the expense of others. It's mainly a self preservation thing and the constant need to feel like she's better than everyone else. She can be cunning if she needs to be and pretty damn ruthless, though she would never kill anyone. Just hurt them. She is also a leader type and not a follower. She's the type of person that wouldn't just sit by and take orders and would rather be the one in control. A lot of this is because she just doesn't trust people. She is also not against dark magic, and while Slytherin is not inherently evil, and neither is Marina, it is a pretty stereotypical trait in most Slytherins. She isn't interested in dark magic for the sake of being evil, more like it's in her nature to want to break rules and push boundaries. And also, it's magic. Why the hell is it so forbidden?
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