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OC APPLICATION

O R I G I N A L C H A R A C T E R A P P L I C A T I O N

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

Character Information
Name:
Canon Origin/Series: [This is for Canon OCs]
School Year:
Gender:
Age: [This is their age for the purposes of this rp. All students ages are relative to their year, first year is usually 11 and a second year is usually 12 and so on. Any drastic age differences must be mod approved]
Out of school living location: [City and Country. We ask that everyone at least live in Europe and preferably, not all in London. If you want them to live in London, please explain why.]
Blood status: [Are they pureblood, halfblood, or muggleborn? For reference, one is considered a halfblood if they have one or more muggle grandparents.]

Personality: [Details! Who are they, what kind of person do they do, what are their hobbies? Please be as descriptive as you possibly can, so that we can really get a sense of your character and how you gleaned their personality from what is given in canon. There is no word limit, but we do suggest a minimum of two paragraphs. If you can sum up your character in less and still be thorough, then good! Write as little or as much as you need to, but this is the part of your app we look at the hardest.]
Canon Background: [If you are applying for a Canon OC or an OC that has a world/universe independent of the Wizarding world, their canon background goes here. Mainly, we want to know what kind of place they live in and what they might have done. While some Canon OC characters don't have much of a background, we at least ask that you describe their world as best you can, and if you're describing a world/universe of your own creation, we want to know as much as we can to get a full picture of their setting.]
Original Background: [500 word minimum. This is one of the most important parts of your Original Character application. Please describe in as much detail as possible the setting your character comes from and all of the things they've done in their life. 
Background (AU!Canon; HP): [200 word minimum. This is the place to put their backstory, as well as what classes they excel in, etc. This section is only for Canon OCs.]

How would your character fit in to each House? [Please fill this out for each House, and explain why. We don't want see just "OH THEY'D NEVER BE IN THIS HOUSE!" We'd like you to explain why. This does not guarantee any House placement, it is more for moderators to consider.]

Gryffindor:

Hufflepuff:

Ravenclaw:

Slytherin:

RP Samples: [Two samples of your choosing go here. They can be either a Journal entry and a Third Person sample, two Journal entries, or two Third Person samples. You can also link to a sample post, or a ten-comment thread in our Dressing Room
There is a Minimum of 200 words required for Third Person samples.]

Third Person Sample: [If you decide to use a Third Person sample, it goes here.]

Player Information
Name:
Timezone:
Personal Journal:
Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO:
Email Address:
Former/Other Characters in the RP: [Please note: it is generally more difficult to play a teacher than a student, in terms of generating character interaction and general responsibilities. We do recommend first-time appers try a student first, but it isn't required.]
How did you hear about us?: [If this is your first character, let us know how you found us!]

Character Information
Name:
Canon Origin/Series: [This is for Canon OCs]
Teaching Position and why it suits them: [No need to write an essay for this, a small detailed explanation will do. If you're applying for a class that doesn't exist in HP canon, you must also give a good reason why said class should exist.]
Suitability: [Fill out this section if you feel that your character's suitability as a teacher might be in question (for example, if they have significant Dark tendencies, if they hate children, if they're not good at magic.) If the mods feel that your character may be unsuitable as a teacher, we may waver or reject the application.]
Gender:
Age: [Must be at least 20]
Out of school living location: [City and Country. We ask that everyone at least live in Europe and preferably, not all in London. If you want them to live in London, please explain why.]
Blood status: [Are they pureblood, halfblood, or muggleborn? For reference, one is considered a halfblood if they have one or more muggle grandparents]

Personality: [Details! Who are they, what kind of person do they do, what are their hobbies? Please be as descriptive as you possibly can, so that we can really get a sense of your character and how you gleaned their personality from what is given in canon. There is no word limit, but we do suggest a minimum of two paragraphs. If you can sum up your character in less and still be thorough, then good! Write as little or as much as you need to, but this is the part of your app we look at the hardest.]
Canon Background: [If you are applying for a Canon OC or an OC that has a world/universe independent of the Wizarding world, their canon background goes here. Mainly, we want to know what kind of place they live in and what they might have done. While some Canon OC characters don't have much of a background, we at least ask that you describe their world as best you can, and if you're describing a world/universe of your own creation, we want to know as much as we can to get a full picture of their setting.]
Original Background: [500 word minimum. This is one of the most important parts of your Original Character application. Please describe in as much detail as possible the setting your character comes from and all of the things they've done in their life. 
Background (AU!Canon; HP): [200 word minimum. A teacher should have a longer AU background than students since they're obviously older and have gone to school and have an adult life. This section is only for Canon OCs.]

RP Samples: [Two samples of your choosing go here. They can be either a Journal entry and a Third Person sample, two Journal entries, or two Third Person samples. You can also link to a sample post, or a ten-comment thread in our Dressing Room
There is a Minimum of 200 words required for Third Person samples.]
Third Person Sample: [If you decide to use a Third Person sample, it goes here.]

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Player Information
Name: Mia
Timezone: CST
Personal Journal:

fedorkable
Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO:

fedorkable
Email Address: vorpalcuriosity@gmail.com
Former/Other Characters in the RP: None
How did you hear about us?: Your Marshall Lee player.

Character Information
Name: Fionna Allegri (Fionna)
Canon Origin/Series: Adventure Time (the gender swapped episode “Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake”)
School Year: Fifth Year
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Out of school living location: Ipswich, Suffolk, East Anglia, England
Blood status: Raised Muggleborn, but is biologically Halfblood (muggle mother, halfblood father)

Personality:
Fionna is probably the most adventurous and imaginative person you could ever meet. No matter what she does, she approaches it like she's a hero out of a storybook. It's what she does, though her imaginative streak sometimes leads her astray when she should be doing important things like studying. She's also pretty hotheaded and stubborn, never backing down from a challenge. The one surefire way to get her to do something is to say that you think she can't. Her stubbornness also gets her into trouble as she's unwilling to let go of a fight once one's been started, particularly if it concerns one of her friends. Fionna is staunchly loyal to the friends she makes and is always ready to leap to their defense if necessary. She can get overly angry and emotional at times, but tries to keep herself in check and always apologizes to her friends when things get out of hand.

Her strong sense of responsibility and need to be a hero stems from the fact that she was given up for adoption as a baby. She loves her adoptive parents, but she can't help but dwell on the possible circumstances behind her abandonment. She knows that it's possible her mother gave her up for good reasons, but there's always the nagging doubt that she wasn't wanted. This guilt causes her to become a bit clingy with her friends. To counteract these thoughts, she strives to be an incredibly good person and to help others as much as possible. This gives her personal validation and, to her, means that people will want her around.

She may be courageous, but Fionna also has fears and insecurities. She has a strong fear of the ocean, despite the fact that she can easily come into contact with any other body of water. She also doesn't really share her personal feelings with people, preferring to keep up her normal enthusiasm so that they won't worry about her. On the whole, though, she comes off as a typical tomboy to most people, even her close friends. She's also very strange and eccentric, between her habit of coming up with random slang terms and her tendency to wear her rabbit hat (which she made with her mother's help) whenever she can get away with it.

Canon Background:
Since this is an AU where all the characters of Adventure Time are gender swapped, Fionna's basic history is the same as Finn's. Abandoned as a baby, she was found by two cats and raised by them alongside her adoptive sister, Cake. The two eventually grew up and became adventurers, running around solving everyone's problems in the Land of Ooo. Fionna is also the only human in the Land of Ooo, which is essential to her character.

Her one episode centered around her first defeating the Ice Queen then going on a date with Prince Gumball only to find out it was a trap set by Ice Queen, who'd taken his place in the earlier fight. Beyond that, we can only assume that she went on adventures similar to Finn's. We do know that she has a crush on Prince Gumball, though she actually admits it instead of denying it. She's also friends with Marshall Lee, implying that the event where Marceline tried to kick Finn and Jake out of their tree fort still happened. We also know that her most constant enemy is the Ice Queen, who does make a point of mentioning how often the two do battle.

Background (AU!Canon; HP): Paranormal Fionna was born out of a fling between a muggle woman and a wizard. Her mother had no intention of keeping her and left her at an orphanage, where she was quickly adopted by Josephine and Martin Allegri. She grew up like any other normal child in the town of Ipswich, where she loved to go on “adventures”. It didn't matter if she was climbing trees or waging war on some of the more annoying schoolboys, Fionna did it all as if she was a hero in some storybook. Being loud and outspoken put her at odds with most of the other kids, but she did end up attracting her own little gang. Together they ran about town proclaiming themselves the “Heroes of Ipswich”. She even dragged her poor cat Cake into her adventures, though being the cuddly type she didn't seem to mind.

When her Hogwarts letter came, her parents were puzzled but she saw it as just another adventure. She was reluctant to leave her small group of friends behind (to go to boarding school, she told them), but she approached the idea with the same bombastic enthusiasm as always. Before she left for her first year, her parents sat her down and told her that she was adopted. They tried to be encouraging, telling her that maybe her mother couldn't take care of her or perhaps she died. Fionna nodded and agreed with her usual optimism, but deep down wondered if she'd been abandoned and if her being a witch had anything to do with it.

She managed to attract more friends at Hogwarts than back in Ipswich, but her schooling was another matter. She struggled with Potions and History of Magic the most, finding the former difficult and the later abysmally boring. Surprisingly, she took to Defense Against the Dark Arts quickly, though that probably had to do with her childish fantasy of being a hero. She also enjoyed Care of Magical Creatures once she entered her third year and jumped at the chance to join Dueling when it was available to her. Apptivity

How would your character fit in to each House?

Gryffindor: This House embodies most everything about Fionna. She's all about courage, bravery and nerve, never backing down from a challenge no matter how ridiculous it is. She also has the bullheadedness common amongst Gryffindors, charging ahead no matter what.

Hufflepuff: This is another good fit. Fionna is staunchly loyal to the friends she makes, though that could be more for her own validation than anything else. She's also exceptionally tolerant of others since she has no room to judge others for their history and believes in playing (and fighting) fair.

Ravenclaw: This House would fit Fionna the least. She may be very creative (particularly with coming up with her own slang), but she's not the smartest or wittiest person around. Odds are she'd never be able to answer the riddles to access the common room on her own.

Slytherin: Fionna could possibly fit in this House. She's very resourceful and a pretty good leader when given the chance, but she lacks the usual Slytherin ambition or cunning.

RP Samples:
Dressrobes Post

Third Person Sample:
Fionna stared down at the book in front of her. How many times had she read through this for homework? And she still had no clue what to do about the assignment. She sighed and let her head fall to rest on the page, lightly thumping it against the book. Why did History of Magic have to be so hard? At least she could do the written homework for Potions, but this? This was just a complete mess. Who thought of essays as schoolwork, anyway? They needed to be forced to write the longest essay ever and see how they liked it.

She could just see it now. She'd travel back in time (somehow), find the dude (because of course it was a dude) and force him to write out the longest essay in the history of ever under pain of...something. It would be amazing, and then schools would never assign essays again. She'd be a hero! Everyone would want to be friends with the girl who ended essays forever! And she would ride through the school astride her giant faithful companion Cake and they'd go off onto other adventures like defeating the Ice Queen and saving the world and...

Fionna woke with a start to find that she'd been drooling on her text book. She let out a frustrated groan before attempting to start her homework yet again, only to inevitably be distracted by Cake swatting her failed attempts across the floor. She shut her book and walked over to her fluffy cat, lifting her up to cuddle her.

“Looks like homework's a bust again, Cake. Let's go hunt some spiders!”

-SORTED: Gryffindor!

T O D O ;

-First, comment to this acceptance with your character journal of choice, so we'll know who you are! Then use said journal do the following:
-Join the communities

sortinghat_rp,

shooc_up and

sortinghat_logs,

felixfelicisoverload!
-Make sure to add your time zone and messenger contact, as well as your character's year and house to the character chart and player contact list! Class sign ups are also on this page!
-Post your information at taken characters.
-Please don't forget to fill out the permissions post as it's full of things other players will need to know about your character and it's linked to in the taken characters post!
-If this is your first character in our rp, comment to the email contact after you join the community! Please also add or fan

modofthehat so that you can get all your SH updates.
-Have an idea for an event you want to share? Feel free to express it!
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-Want your character to be involved more in the school? See what's open over at the Prefects and Quidditch department and take up a slot or have your character join one of the many clubs of Hogwarts. If you're a teacher, make sure to add a comment for your Homework thread !
-Check out the Getting Started Post for important information about how to set up your journal and get settled in the community!
-Introduce yourself to the ooc comm

shooc_up! Give us a little something about yourself and your character and then get posting.
-Want to have a personal wiki article for your character? Add information about your character on our Wiki!

Thanks for joining and we hope you enjoy Sorting Hat!

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OC APPLICATION

Canon OC | Fionna | Adventure Time | Reserved

Accepted!

Re: Accepted!