Multiple Settings ❀ right, let's write {semi-closed}

[ashwynne]

"I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose."
― 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨

Does the Bowerbird entice you?!
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• About Me
• About You
• Plot(s)
• General Interests
• Samples

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  ❀ I'm 23
  ❀ I only write in third person
  ❀ No preference for roleplay location--threads or PM are both fine.
  ❀ University Student (September to April my posting schedule is unpredictable)
  ❀ Multi-paragraph/novella style writer (average 500-1500 words per post)
  ❀ Response time can vary from multiple times a day to several times a week
  ❀ Not a big coder so it won't get fancier than this.
  ❀ I like OOC chatter but I'm not hung up on that
  ❀ All romance plots must occur naturally--no instant romance!
  ❀ I LIVE for drama and angst IC
  ❀ I play both male and female characters, no preference one way or another
  ❀ MxF for romance
  
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  ❀ Minimum of multi-paragraph response (3+ chunky paragraphs)
  ❀ I prefer 18+ but if you can write, you can write so that's not critical (unless specific plots contain content I'm not comfortable writing with a minor)
  ❀ Will contribute to the plot and share ideas!
  ❀ Not afraid to push the action forward
  ❀ Regular replies. I have a hankering for a daily sort of thing but I'm not that fussed, a few times a week or so is also fine.
  ❀ Open to the idea of killing off characters for the sake of plot
  ❀ Interested in a long term dealio
  
• ALSO OPEN TO YOUR PLOT SUGGESTIONS!!! This is just an idea list
  
  What Lies Beyond
  ❀ Content Warnings: Violence, gore, mature themes(?)
  ❀ Age Restriction: N/A
  ❀ Tags: drama, dark, adventure, romance(?)
  ❀ Status: Open
  
  I got hooked on some amazing comics with deer as the main protagonists and now I'm majorly craving a good, old fashioned, animal based RP! Very open to other plot suggestions, this is something I just threw together quickly.
  
  Winter hit hard but the herd did their best to weather it. Sustaining themselves on tasteless bark, stripped from the trunks of trees bowed low by the weight of ice and snow, they waded through the drifts from copse of trees to copse of trees. This alone was too much for some, the old and young both afflicted. Some deer curled at night in their snow scrapes and were still forevermore come morning. So, the herd shrank around the edges, once twenty strong now whittled to fourteen. Nature was cruel, but the fourteen that remained were strong. Fourteen, too, is an auspicious number among the deer and the Great Stag who led them lifted their spirits with his belief that these fourteen would stand till spring. But he was wrong.
  Winter is hard for the herds, but it provides for the wolves.
  Believing they had found a respite, the Great Stag led the herd beneath the dark boughs of the evergreens where the snow was not so deep and the bark untouched. It was a land that seemed of plenty but hid sharp teeth. One evening as they grazed, the wolves appeared among them. The herd was fractured, each deer obeying the inborn instinct to run and not look back. Even the panicked bleating of those who failed to run fast enough could not move them. Only the swiftest would survive.
  
  This is sort of designed to let us do our own world building however we want. Does magic exist here? Up to us. Is it a dystopian universe where man is gone and nature tries to deal with the aftermath? Could be! Classic story of nature vs. nature and the harrowing life of a prey animal? Also down for that! This opener is designed to be a launching off point for whichever direction we wish to go. A few basic concept prompts:
  
  1. We play two deer that were a part of the herd and managed to escape. They find each other but the rest of the herd is scattered... and life in the midst of this dark forest is dangerous for only two deer alone.
  
  2. We play one deer that was initially caught by wolves and a second, strange, deer that managed to chase the wolves away/save the one who fell. What ulterior motives does this deer have and how could s/he conquer the inborn fear prey animals have to chase them away in the first place?
  
  3. We play one deer that escapes and a second deer that coincidentally stumbles upon the first. None of the other thirteen deer survived... so how did this one? And what kind of foolish deer tries to brave the winter alone?
  
  4. Cut to spring. One (or both) deer find they have no memory of anything leading up to this point--just a wicked scar along their flank and a lingering feeling that something isn't right. They're among deer from a new herd and have even found a new companion (if second deer isn't also in the same condition). What happened and who are these deer? And why is it that they refuse to give any details about what happened either?
  
  Whether the relationship is platonic, romantic, antagonistic, etc... I think there's a lot of fun to be had here! Deer species, degree of anthropomorphizing, etc. is all very flexible. Only thing I'm really firm on is that these are deer. Not shapeshifters or humanoid deer, legit four legged deer.
  
  
  Behold the Shadows
  ❀ Content Warnings: Violence, gore
  ❀ Age Restriction: N/A
  ❀ Tags: fantasy, drama, possible romance, adventure
  ❀ Status: Open
  
  Long ago the shadows fell over Dunhame. Peace between nations was broken, the war that came causing an irrevocable trench between the races that none wish to bridge. No longer suppressed by the races working together, the dark creatures that once were held at bay in the depths of the earth began to make their forays to the surface. At first it seemed random, boldness inspired by the rifts between kingdoms, but as time has passed and their aggression grows more pronounced there are whispers of a force that drives them to it. Into this increasingly perilous time our characters rise. Tasked with investigating the validity of these rumours they head into the heart of evil to learn what they may.
  
  ❀ The basic races of Dunhame follow the typical fantasy-world pattern: elves, dwarves, humans and dragon-shifters. The "evil creatures" can be decided at our discretion. Dynamics of each race and their kingdom are something I'd want us to work out together! Whether our characters happen to be sent simultaneously from different kingdoms or as a pair out of one of them is also up to us.
  
  
  Tears and Blood
  ❀ Content Warnings: Violence, gore, general mature themes
  ❀ Age Restriction: 18+
  ❀ Tags: fantasy, drama, possible romance, adventure, medieval
  ❀ Status: Closed
  
  War raged and innocents died. On their high horses far above the battlefield, great lords ordered devastation and watched as it rain down upon the people of the nation. Peasant villages were razed to the ground for the simple crime of sitting in the path of war. Babes ripped screaming from their mothers and silenced eternally... and for what? For being born one side or the other of an imaginary line.
  
  The sons of the great lords, children of lowly hedge knights, mighty princes... all joined the war to prove themselves as great, or greater, than their fathers. But many die in the attempt. One such crawls from beneath the bodies of his compatriots, barely alive. His only hope? The last battered, bloodied, and heartsick survivors of a peasant village that had been in the path of battle.
  
  ❀ I'm really interested in exploring the aftermath of war from the experience and level of peasants. It's usually fairly glossed over in favour of the great commanders or knight's actually participating, so I wanted something a little different. Basic premise here is that the knight/prince/son of a great lord gets taken in by the peasants and nursed back to health--likely because they hope he'll repay them by advocating for funds/aid to keep them all from starving come winter. From there we can take it anywhere we want. If there's a magic element then perhaps they go on a quest to find some artifact that can end the war. Or we can go a grittier route and have him insist on marrying the peasant who helped him (whether to save her from some other worse marriage, because he takes her virtue, because she demands it as payment for helping him... reasons to pick from are endless) which would likely lead to major political upheaval once he returns to his father's land.
  
  ❀ Potential for political drama, romance, war, adventure... pretty much anything!! Role reversal also totally doable if we want a female knight and a male peasant. I have no preference for either role so lots of flexibility here!!
  
  
  The Hunt
  ❀ Content Warnings: mild violence, suggestive content
  ❀ Age Restriction: 18+
  ❀ Tags: romance, medieval, fluff, slice of life, drama, angst
  ❀ Status: Closed
  
  I KNOW I say that all romance must start organically, but hear me out on this one!
  
  Muse A is out with a hunting party. Adrenaline is pumping, spirits are high, the thrill of the chase fills every pore. In their excitement, Muse A shoots an arrow at a rustle in the bushes without actually seeing what it is, and ends up wounding Muse B. Like in every cliche fairytale, Muse A sweeps Muse B away to their castle where they meticulously tend to their wounds. Naturally, they fall madly in love.
  
  Or do they? It turns out infatuation and real, lasting, love are two very different things. But having gone through a whirlwind romance and found themselves married before they had a chance to take off those rose-tinted glasses, the pair of them are now stuck with each other. Divorce isn't exactly an option, especially when one is a monarch. So... as the difficulties begin piling in (bickering over Muse _ being a blanket hog, a declaration of war from a neighbouring nation, and the insistence of the royal advisers that they produce a royal heir as soon as possible) will the two be able to make the relationship work on more than just surface level attraction? Or have they made the biggest mistake of their lives?
  
  ❀ In essence we get to skip the cliche beginning of a fairytale romance and jump straight to what happens after "they lived happily ever after." Two people who really don't know much of anything about each other, now having to try and make the relationship work to keep the kingdom from falling apart. There's a lot of flexibility in this one to go a million different directions.
• ❀ Dark/Challenging themes
  ❀ Historical fiction (I'm not a historian so mistakes are probable, but I do enjoy researching different cultures/historical periods so I try to be accurate)
  ❀ Complicated relationships
  ❀ General Fantasy/High Fantasy
  ❀ Horror (potentially)
  ❀ Thriller
  ❀ Romance (organically, IF the characters have chemistry, and in tandem or secondary to an engaging plot)
  ❀ Ask me! I like expanding my horizons so if you're looking for something and think we might match... feel free to suggest plots!
  
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  If interested please send me a PM with a writing sample so I can see if our styles would be compatible! Examples of my writing can be found below:
  
  Character Vignettes
  Draconic Disagreements
  A Monk's Journey

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬!

 

[xOnyx]

Interested! I'm getting an error when trying to PM you, could you shoot me a PM to chat?

 

[thedreamclubmurders]

interested! PMing you

 

[murphalicious]

i’d be interested in a GOT rp!

 

[ashwynne]

Updated as of today! New plot added as well

 

[kevintheradioguy]

I took a big breath to suggest something cool, but everything I came up with just sounded stupid in my head, so I didn't :C