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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jesse ♦ vanessa ives

[matermali]

PLAYER: Jesse
PREFERRED CONTACT: cherto | Pactoris#0587 @ Discord
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.

❧ 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!

THROW A GIF IN, YOU DESERVE IT:

[traaaaaash]

... color me VERY interested 👀

[matermali]

I don't know much about her but I see Team Mom! Yes please.

[traaaaaash]

Yeah uh so she's a witch with a curse that functions like a chronic/mental illness, also a criminal, and she has acquired some kids along the way. 8D

Re: jesse ♦ vanessa ives

[rumorate]

I ... don't know how Vanessa and Allison will vibe as it's been a minute since I watched any of Penny Dreadful but! I do want to throw them together and see what happens, so maybe she will tick off some of these boxes.

[matermali]

They could vibe pretty well, I think! They both know something about going too far in getting what they want. It could also go horribly wrong, especially if Vanessa somehow divines Something Bad and makes Allison uncomfortable with it, but I am for any kind of CR so yes gimme.

[rumorate]

Excellent! I'll toss Allison at her introduction/arrival/what have you and we'll see where things go!

[snowcleave]

Omg teach Fei to dance. And also please team-ups, girl gang moments, probably adopting Red and Wen Qing, and obviously hedges of yearning.

[matermali]

Fei already knows how to dance! Just pull out the fighting moves on the dance floor, like Aang did that one time.

jkjk of COURSE she will teach Fei to dance. She hasn't taught another lady, though, so that could be a cute and awkward treat.

[downswing]

.........she's just this great combination of false etiquette and profoundly deviant behaviour that I think will rattle Lan Wangji to his bone, please count me in.

[matermali]

Oh good, she needs a locally sourced exorcist on tap for when she suffers from...the Mondays.

[downswing]

oh rite do you need his pager Vanessa

better not show up naked for sessions

[valeas]

i really am so curious to see how this mother of evil + queen of the wicked cr could go! also emilia is plant mom so she can help with the regional flora. i think down the line we could do some interesting things with prophecy, too!

[matermali]

YES. All of this YES. Maybe she can help Vanessa score some EB!weed.

This time we're doing it. This time we're doing it.

[valeas]

It is my obligation, in fact, to help you introduce the game to EB's version of weed.

We are, though. It's happening. This is our time.

[biomed]

Vanessa 💗

Okay though, forreal, reading poetry! He will definitely want to check out the local literature available in the city, in whatever form it takes. Teach him to waltz and he'll teach her lindy hop! It's been a while since I've seen PD, but if he gets wind of her previous medical treatment bc Victorian doctors suck, he'll throw an absolute fit and want to help her. Also he may have A Terrible Secret she could learn.

[matermali]

Poetry friend? Poetry friend! Yes to everything. Especially the Terrible Secret.

And yes Victorian doctors do suck. But don't tell Frankenstein that.

[beitangmoran]

So... as the Lord of the Aquarius constellations, Moan has this power where he gets 100% accurate visions of the future. but he can't choose to activate the power himself, or when it happens. He'd be interested in someone who also has visions.

[matermali]

Together they are Power. They are Wisdom. They are savior to the unknowing.

...if they could just find the 'ON' button.

[beitangmoran]

Or see things that are plot relevant lol

my headcanon is that sometimes Moran's power gives him visions of.... the sun rising. Thanks. That's useful.

[spoilers]

So it's been ages since I watched Penny Dreadful and I never did watch all of it, but I remember liking Vanessa.

So River isn't undead, but she is post-Library (and also apparently more susceptible to the undead hordes here, so that'll be fun) so, idk, that could be interesting.

[matermali]

Yes! River has telepathic powers too, correct? That should definitely be awful. Fun for us, though. Also, give her some archaeology deets. What do you know about Egyptology, madam?

[spoilers]

So I basically got hit by work and then by pain, but coming back to this yes, I am so about this and am going to try to get your permissions post filled out soonish. But River being dead/River's actual death, all of that is 100% fair game without discussion. And if you want to chat about her ridiculous traumatic childhood, come at me.

And hey, she spent some time in Ancient Egypt searching for Cleopatra's tomb. Or finding it repeatedly and not realizing it. But details, details. And secretly, she actually does like archaeology.

[northerndragon]

we will do... things!

(she says, vaguely)

[matermali]

I am all for these vague things!