THEIR ONE-SENTENCE ELEVATOR PITCH: Darkness!Mommy looking for love: likes long walks at night, dancing with demons, and sad poetry.
THE SAME PITCH, BUT IT'S AN ENTHUSIASTIC FRIEND HOOKING THEM WITH A JOB/BLIND DATE: She'll take your pain, make it her own...then weaponize it against Satan.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER RUIN FAMILY DINNER? Someone suggests a seancé after dinner. This isa mistake. Do you want all of your deepest fears and guilty secrets to be laid bare by a possessed and vulgar Vanessa? That's how you ruin a dinner.
THEIR TV TROPEs: Apocalypse Maiden, Can't Have Sex, Demonic Possession, Evil Matriarch, Fatal Attractor, Mother of a Thousand Young, Willing Channeler.
❧ Undead magnet. This will be situational, but in general, night creatures, the undead (vampire/demon/zombie/etc) OR magic users connected to dark forces may be drawn to her, with variable intent. It can make her a good distraction, but she might also get possessed or killed. It may also be distracting for your character if they qualify, this is up to you (hit up the permissions post). ❧ Divination, clairvoyance, protective wards (static), and more, on character request (hit up the permissions post). ❧ Adding to the clairvoyant/medium path, sometimes she can receive visions (past, present, future) whether or not she wants to, so lmk if you want that (permissions post). ❧ Spellcasting using Verbis Diablo: theoretically can control animals and lesser demons/undead (possibly humans but this is unexplored), theoretically can expel or trap demons/undead/witches, even powerful ones (she's made Lucifer and Dracula cower in fear). This isn't used lightly; only in dire circumstances. ❧ She's well-versed in herbalism, but will have to learn the Eastbound equivalents. ❧ She can actually be pretty convincing and charming when she puts her mind to it, if you ever need a diplomat. She just needs a good reason.
WHAT ARE THEY UP TO? She's trying to figure out which one of you is Lucifer in disguise, and why he trapped her in such a bizarre hallucination. She's also, subtly, on the hunt for the Eastbound equivalent of Mary Jane because she's trying not to have a panic attack.
CR/SCENARIOS YOU WANT: Mix and match!
✤ Someone to mother, especially if they are a loner/fuck-up/cursed individual. ✤ Someone to be like a mother or father to her. She has...some mommy and daddy issues. ✤ Someone to be like a brother or sister to. She's very about made families. ✤ Someone to dislike her because they just don't vibe. ✤ Someone to weird out with uninvited clairvoyance. Bonus if she learns a secret that nobody else knows. ✤ Someone to possess her, or get her possessed by something else (probably not right away). ✤ Someone to scare the shit out of her (hard to do, but she has triggers). ✤ Someone to teach her about the regional flora. ✤ Someone to sense her powers and be like "OOOH YEAH, more please." ✤ Someone to sense her powers, get scared, and be tempted to fuck off before realizing there's nowhere else to go. ✤ Someone to teach her more about her powers, or more about her past incarnations. ✤ Someone to hate her for what she represents (once they figure it out). ✤ Someone to love her for what she represents (once they figure it out). ✤ Someone to flirt with and maybe get kinky feelings for...that will end up in Nowhereseville, because she's too scared to sex. ✤ Someone to dance with, or teach to dance (she has a habit of doing this in canon). ✤ Someone to read poetry with. ✤ Surprise me! Everything else I'm just not thinking of because I'm terrible on the spot!
jesse ♦ vanessa ives
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CHARACTER & CANON: Vanessa Ives ☓ Penny Dreadful
THEIR ONE-SENTENCE ELEVATOR PITCH: Darkness!Mommy looking for love: likes long walks at night, dancing with demons, and sad poetry.
THE SAME PITCH, BUT IT'S AN ENTHUSIASTIC FRIEND HOOKING THEM WITH A JOB/BLIND DATE: She'll take your pain, make it her own...then weaponize it against Satan.
HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER RUIN FAMILY DINNER? Someone suggests a seancé after dinner. This is a mistake. Do you want all of your deepest fears and guilty secrets to be laid bare by a possessed and vulgar Vanessa? That's how you ruin a dinner.
THEIR TV TROPEs: Apocalypse Maiden, Can't Have Sex, Demonic Possession, Evil Matriarch, Fatal Attractor, Mother of a Thousand Young, Willing Channeler.
WHAT CAN YOUR CHARACTER BRING TO THE TABLE? Abilities | Permissions.
WHAT ARE THEY UP TO? She's trying to figure out which one of you is Lucifer in disguise, and why he trapped her in such a bizarre hallucination. She's also, subtly, on the hunt for the Eastbound equivalent of Mary Jane because she's trying not to have a panic attack.
CR/SCENARIOS YOU WANT: Mix and match!
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