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modofthehat) wrote2012-06-07 07:03 pm
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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.
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Re: CANON OC | Cronus Ampora | Homestuck
Background (AU!Canon; HP):paranomal Cronus was both born and raised in Greece. His parents happily married, and they had a pretty full and happy family, until the unfortunate happened. His mother passed away when he was only 6 years old, leaving behind his father, brother, and himself to grieve. His father wasn’t around as much as he could have been, even before her death due to Murdoc being an Auror. So the two Ampora children were left to be tended to by their nanny. Which, lead to a childhood nearly bereft of parental interaction. Cronus hardly holds this against his father, even if he was a bit young to fully understand the circumstances of everything. Honestly, he really didn’t even mind too much. Besides, it gives him good ammo to use if he needs to guilt his father anyways.
Best son? Best son.The isolation from his father certainly did well for him and his brother. Sure, maybe Eridan is a little sensitive and socially inept, and Cronus devoid of empathy and an idea of what’s socially acceptable, but they are definitely doing well for themselves, at least Cronus is! ...Or at least he thinks. Truth is, he’s really not. Not to say the nanny did a bad job, but there are just certain things a parent can impose on a child, that some hired help really can’t.
The nanny certainly didn’t stop the boys from picking on each other either, what with Cronus having two lightning bolt-looking scars on his forehead. Now, you’re probably thinking it was a magical mishap, maybe some dark lord attacked wee little Cronus and left a double lightning bolt scar like a certain one did to a certain boy with the last name of Potter, but I assure you it wasn’t anything that impressive. It was a childhood accident, but Cronus will have anyone believe it was the work of Dark Magics, but reality will have you know it was his snotty little brother who did the damage.
However, despite having his brother and nanny, Cronus was a pretty lonely child, though the effects of this are hardly as noticeable in him than it would be in most kids. He’s always wearing a smile, acting cheerful and friendly(maybe even too friendly), even if he IS lonely and actually a bit bitter. Cronus has always been good at hiding his darker emotions, even as a kid, and for the most part he’s pretty successful. Even those close to him hardly know about his crueler aspects, not even his brother has laid witness to what Cronus is actually capable of, and he’s arguably the closest family Cronus has.
Cronus’ relationship with his brother is... a difficult thing to explain. While they may act as if they can’t stand each other, or more so, Eridan acts that way about Cronus, there is a bond between them. Whether it’s JUST because of being family or because they understand each other through their shared childhood and situation, but it’s hardly some unbreakable thing. Cronus definitely cares about Eridan and his father more than he does most people--but this really isn’t saying much for the lad, considering he really doesn’t care about anyone but himself.
Even with his mother’s death, Cronus didn’t feel much about it at all, he was old enough to understand what was happening, of course, but it really didn’t affect him as much as it normally would most children. Sure, there was a sense of loss, but over all her presence, or lack there of, didn’t emotionally impact him as much as one would suspect. But not much ever has, honestly. What emotions the boy shows always have a shallowness to them, and his personality has always come across like some over done act, instead of something legitimate. Cronus always seems to do a mock version of how people act, like a never ending performance of trying to mimic acceptable traits. Either to try to be liked or come across as normal. This would serve to put quite the barrier between Cronus and most people, because while he could do a copy of typical social interaction, his utter lack of empathy makes it hard for the boy to form basic bonds--even with family.
Which is partially why his relationship with his brother is so rocky. While Eridan is his brother, and they grew up together, he doesn’t have as great of a bond with him as most siblings would, and maybe its this indifference that has things so rugged. Cronus never was that popular of a child anyways, even with his friendly act and what not--sure, he could trick kids into liking him.. for a while, but soon they’d catch on and otherwise abandon him, but he’d keep on. Because it just meant that he needed to find someone new to replace the old; he never got horribly attached, he really couldn’t. He may act needy and desperate, especially as a teenager, but whether or not any of it is sincere is dubious at best. If there’s one thing about the Ampora brothers, they are hardly the princes of social interactions, both scuffing it up one way or another. Their childhood was hardly one filled with sleep overs and friendly hang outs, that’s for certain.
Once they were old enough, Cronus and his brother got acceptance letters to Hogwarts, however Cronus disregarded his to study in Greece, while Eridan, who got his two years after Cronus, would leave to go to school. This left Cronus more or less alone, what with an absent father, a brother going to a school in England, and an unsightly lack on friends. He decided to continue his own studies and schooling in Greece for the next four or so years despite it all, which gave him a lot of freedom. Freedom which allowed him to procure himself quite the interest in muggles. Being a pureblood, he normally wouldn’t have this chance to really get acquainted with their nonmagical neighbors, but curiosity and lack of supervision definitely lead Cronus into the world of muggles.
He instantly fell in love with them.
Magic has always been an interest of Cronus’, no doubt, but magic itself has always felt pressed onto the boy by society, so a world existing without magic, a world thriving on its own without so much as the "hassle" of magic seemed so unreal and fantastically mundane to the boy, that it was enthralling. So much so, Cronus garnered himself a recent identity that would surely put his father into an early grave. Cronus believes he is a mugglekin. A wrongfully born pureblood, a muggle who should have been in their world, but was born into this world of magic. Maybe it’s ridiculous, but Cronus hardly cares. It makes sense to him and it’s how he views himself now that he’s been exposed to that other world. However, with his identity being something recent for him, he doesn’t advertise it as much as he could, but his interest in muggles is no secret--a fascination which is horrifically suspicious.
Along with muggles and their peculiarities, he discovered his own love for their music too, so of course, he’s an aspiring artist! Or so he thinks. Certainly this is a shock. Whether he’s actually any good with music or not... lets just say the jury is still out on that one. But HE thinks he’s good, and has been spending much of the last year or so trying to discover himself and "his sound", so he puts it. This coupled with the mugglekin thing... Yeah, Cronus has turned out a bit odd. Especially for a pureblood.
However, despite his new found identity, Cronus has decided to finish out his last few years of schooling at Hogwarts. Both his brother and father are currently there, and with his less than successful romantic excursions in Greece(He didn’t even make friends in those 4 years), admittedly this being a great factor in his decision, he transfered to the school. It could be that he couldn’t bare the loneliness that being in Greece without his family gave him, or he could have easily been looking for a new "hunting" ground for a shot at finding himself relationships--whatever the case may be, he’s made his way to Hogwarts and sadly they’re stuck with him. apptivity