cr meme | july/august

[groundrules]

Hey guys! Can it be, a scheduled CR meme, on time two months in a row? A summer miracle.

Just a small heads up that some of our newbies will not be physically with the cast at sea, and will instead be working hard to secure entry for the incomers into the main Arc IV location, Serthica. But they'll be available on the network throughout!

JULY/AUGUST CR MEME

o1. Make your own shiny ad or use the form below to help finally find your character someone who'll swipe right. Or at least won't leave them screaming in a ditch. Again.

o2. Spam like your life depends on it.

o3. Profit at 0.00% interest rates, in honour of the ECB!

<b><small>PLAYER</small>:</b> <b><small>PREFERRED CONTACT</small>:</b> <b><small>CHARACTER & CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>THEIR ONE-SENTENCE ELEVATOR PITCH</small>:</b> <b><small>THE SAME PITCH, BUT IT'S AN ENTHUSIASTIC FRIEND HOOKING THEM WITH A JOB/BLIND DATE</small>:</b> <b><small>HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER RUIN FAMILY DINNER?</small></b> <b><small>THEIR TV TROPE</small>:</b> <b><small>WHAT CAN YOUR CHARACTER BRING TO THE TABLE?</small></b> asset-wise. Unless they make a killer pie. <b><small>WHAT ARE THEY UP TO</small>?</b> <b><small>CR/SCENARIOS YOU WANT</small>:</b> be specific! <b><small>THROW A GIF IN, YOU DESERVE IT</small>:</b>

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number five | the umbrella academy

[somebadnews]

CHARACTER & CANON: Number Five Hargreeves / The Umbrella Academy

THEIR ONE-SENTENCE ELEVATOR PITCH: Time-traveling old man makes poor case for not being a moody teenager.

THE SAME PITCH, BUT IT'S AN ENTHUSIASTIC FRIEND HOOKING THEM WITH A JOB/BLIND DATE: Genius who can literally solve the mysteries of the universe, small enough to fit in your carry-on luggage.

HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER RUIN FAMILY DINNER? By getting drunk and giving sage relationship advice that is 100% based on his longtime marriage to a mannequin.

THEIR TV TROPE: Killer Rabbit / Sociopathic Hero / Who Shot JFK? / The Chessmaster / Only Sane by Comparison / The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body / Deadpan Snarker / Good Is Not Nice

WHAT CAN YOUR CHARACTER BRING TO THE TABLE? Five is great in a fight, can teleport (and does, often, because ten feet is far to walk), and has a shaky relationship with being able to time-travel that he's very touchy about. He's also extremely pragmatic and can make logic-based decisions, even if he skews to whatever decision is best for his family. Fast learner and despite what he might say about not liking it, he's very okay with murder. And if coffee exists in any given location, he's your best best on finding it.

WHAT ARE THEY UP TO? Five helped get to that gross magic living-tongue from Quicksilver with Wrathion (and friends!), so expect something about that soon, and otherwise been chasing a lead about his dumb memory problems and delving more into time-travel solutions. Keep an eye on the little guy, he gets up to things and maybe isn't progressing quickly enough on the 'let's be a team' front. (He has his moments.) Sanity is funny this way.

CR/SCENARIOS YOU WANT: I always enjoy positive and negative CR, but specifically people who give him a hard time and remind him when he's acting like his physical age. And friendships! Trying to find common ground when you're still not great at being a person is always fun. I'd love more science-types to get into it with, and magic-types who he desperately wants to figure out. Let him help advance your science with his crazy-math, be his friend, watch him boss you around, get him drunk. He's got nothing but great coping mechanisms and hanging around him will at least be a unique experience. PS - anyone who has CR with his siblings can expect him to be keeping tabs on you. He has good reasons to be paranoid about them. They're very death-prone.

THROW A GIF IN, YOU DESERVE IT:

[traaaaaash]

Eda will call him a kid all day long

[somebadnews]

Please! It's hilarious because he reacts exactly how you'd expect a kid to, he just hates it so much. Such an angry little man.

[reparo]

I'm sure there's more canon trauma to unravel in the most unexpected threads. Why does he Know So Many Things About Her already.

[somebadnews]

Isn't it funny how that just happened! Someday she might learn about his trauma back, but it's kind of better this way. Because his trauma also involves a whole load of murder and insanity.

But he... really likes Hermione?? He gets her. She's like family, how even. At least he has her in his corner when he inevitably makes bad choices.

Re: number five | the umbrella academy

[rumorate]

Sibling shenanigans always and forever.

[somebadnews]

Yes, please! I am 100% always up for it. Twice as hard after S3 gave us all of two scenes with them together, I need my revenge.

[snowcleave]

You already know.

[somebadnews]

They're going to get along great. I don't know why everyone keeps screaming at them, they're just being very efficient!

[chosenbylight]

HEY SO especially now that Five and Wrathion are co-parenting that weird tongue, he and Anduin DEFINITELY need some CR together.

Especially bc I think he and Anduin could get along in some ways but also very not in other ways, and this is VERY INTERESTING to me! It could be fun for 1) Five to really annoy the shit out of Anduin sometimes but also 2) Anduin to maybe get through Five's Tough Guy exterior sometimes too, since he's just a real good friend/listener type.

[somebadnews]

Yes, absolutely! I'm all for this. Five is generally a very difficult person to be around and we definitely have a fun window with this tongue-situation that he totally has under control (WRATHION ARE YOU LISTENING). He might form opinions very quickly.

I'd be up for exploring all of this! He's definitely a Hard Mode friend, but he's also very tired. There's always a chance that he catches him at the right time or he picks up how he's just an insane little guy who gets really intense about his math and his family.

Otherwise, look forward to being yelled at and/or grilled for information because this is what he counts as socializing with most people.

[matermali]

Come here, little man. Drink up her anguish.

[somebadnews]

Aha yes! Not many people take advantage of the extremely marginal way Five can make them feel better because of a curse he's ignored for a super long time. You're welcome, Vanessa, he hates it.

[downswing]

Young man. Young man.







What're we doing with the insane captain, quickie kill while everyone else is looking away, or ?

[somebadnews]

aha can they??? can they just kill this insane asshole that tried to kill them after many of them (not Five) didn't want to turn him over?

Because he's fine with that. "What happened to the captain" you know what... it's a mystery.

[unas]

she's glad her little science buddy is okay

she also is gonna ask him more about his ability as well as his time travel experiences

[somebadnews]

He's fine! Indestructible really, and he made sure his special briefcase was safe, so it all went super well. (And he's... very relieved she survived, don't tell anyone.)

She can ask, he'll just be checking to see how far she's gotten on his math so he can decide how much he needs to dumb it down.

[biomed]

Five's already met Una, so sign McCoy here up for Science Shit as well!

[somebadnews]

YES please! Una showed a lot of promise, he likes you future-people. The idea of the two of them together is hilarious to me, so I will take any excuse. Meet your new favorite grumpy old man-child.

[cosplayqueen]

She is going to be so confused by a teen who acts like he's an old man. also his sister is rescuing and adopting her so hi!

[somebadnews]

She's going to be in such a unique position, and I'm very curious how this will go! Because one look at Allison with a kid and he's going to assume she's trying to cope with her missing daughter. Which means Five is going to be so weird around her. (Not to mention he doesn't interact with a lot of actual!teens. We have levels to play with.)

[beitangmoran]

I really need to find a way for Moran to blackmail Five one of these days.

But you know, politely.

[somebadnews]

Five completely expects him to. He thought he'd make an announcement just to make him look bad, and the fact that he hasn't means he's waiting to cash in.

He's also famous for making bad deals, so go ahead and try him Moran.

[spoilers]

Hello more shades of morally grey. They can bicker about time travel or something.

[gladiokinesis]

gonna blow up five's inbox with updates