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applications.
Applications are currently: OPEN.
As of April 2021, Redshift is a sandbox game! We still have apps for some degree of quality control, but the form has been simplified to streamline the process for new players. Here's how it works:
▶ New Players joining us after April 2021 will need to submit an application for their first character coming into the game by using the appropriate form below. This is so we know who you are, and so we can make sure your character will be a good fit for our players!
▶ Returning/Current Players who have been with us since before April 2021 or are coming back to us only need to claim their character using the form below to bring in new characters. New players may do the same after two months.
▶ Returning/Current Players who have been with us since before April 2021 or are coming back to us only need to claim their character using the form below to bring in new characters. New players may do the same after two months.
Application Guide.
▶ Submission Format: All applications must be posted to this entry, and must fit within one comment with a subject line in the format of "CHARACTER NAME | CANON | RESERVED/NOT RESERVED." While applications should not be linked in the entry, players may link to an alternate source such as a wiki for the character's history and powers; for original characters, the world history may also be linked from an alternate source such as an entry on the character journal.
▶ Accepted Character Types: Fandom Characters, Original Characters; CRAU is welcome and encouraged. Please see the Rules & Game Standards page for more in-depth explanations of appable, non-appable, and case-by-case characters.
▶ Application Verdicts: Applications will receive a verdict of ACCEPTED, REVISIONS, or DECLINED. Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod team. Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
▶ App Challenges & Reserves: Redshift will not have application challenges, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in by the end of the application cycle. Applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.
▶ Character Limits: Players may have a maximum of 3 characters in the game; the option to increase the number of character spaces may become available at a later date. A player may submit up to two applications at a time.
▶ Samples: Linked samples should be from a publicly accessible source, and no more than 1 year old. Screencaps or transcripts from locked sources are not acceptable as samples, unless the character is being apped as a CRAU from a locked game, and in these cases permission from the other participant(s) in the thread must be obtained and submitted as screencaps along with the sample. All samples should represent the character as they are being applied for; for example, samples cannot come from an AU setting or break the fourth wall (Dear Player, etc.) As long as they meet this criteria, samples from other games, museboxes, memes, other websites (Tumblr, Insanejournal, etc.) or any other source are acceptable. For CRAU samples a link from the character's original game would be preferable, in the form of a link to their tag on the relevant communities, or specific thread links.
Submit an Application.
To submit an application or claim a character, please fill out the information in the appropriate text box below, and paste it in a single comment in response to this entry. Applications should not be linked, though portions of them may be if a bulky history or world section would put them over the character limit for one comment.
Ben Hargreeves | The Umbrella Academy | Reserved
Name: Rose
Contact: platoapproved#9602 on discord
Current Characters: N/A
Name: Ben Hargreeves
Canon: The Umbrella Academy
Canon Point: Just after Five attempts to take them all back in time
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): N/A
World Description: N/A
Character History: Here.
CRAU History: N/A
Personality:
LOYAL: Though this is born somewhat out of the unhealthy isolation that the Umbrella Academy kids were raised in, Ben is nonetheless fiercely loyal to his family. Despite being a ghost, he does everything he can to protect his siblings and steer them along the right path, and believes that they are capable of good. When he was younger, Ben looked up to his father and to his other siblings (Luther in particular) and wanted to make them proud.
PASSIVE: Ben displays remarkable passivity, even before he is a ghost. He hates using his powers, but allows himself to be talked into it by his siblings. When there is conflict at home, he escapes into reading a book or into other kinds of silent non-reaction. Ben was never good at standing up for himself, either to his father or his siblings, and went along with them, which it is hinted may have led to his death at a young age. After his death, Ben's only method of influencing the world was through Klaus's actions, doomed to continue being a watcher rather than an active participant.
SARCASTIC: Everyone reacts to abuse in different ways; violence, narcissism, substance abuse - one of Ben's methods appears to be a rather dry and sarcastic way of responding even to very serious situations. His sarcasm can range from light and witty to biting and cruel. Though he is an inherently good person, who cares deeply for others, he is not above saying some very hurtful things.
NAIVE: Ben believes in the best in people. This is both a negative and positive trait - it means that he never gives up on Klaus, no matter how many relapses and poor life decisions he witnesses. But it also leads him to think better of some people (Reginald, Luther, etc) than is perhaps warranted. He shows, at moments, a kind of childish glee that cuts through his overall melancholy.
TRAUMATIZED: Not a lot of details are revealed about how Ben died, but canon does say that it was bad, and none of Ben's siblings seem able to really talk about it. Ben, also, doesn't discuss it as candidly as he does everything else. Like the other Hargreeves children, he was put through harsh and violent training for the whole of his childhood, grew up in an extremely emotionally abusive home, and was likely the subject of various tests and experiments like his other siblings. These things leave marks.
CARING: Ben has a big heart, particularly for his family. He tries to protect him and steer him along the right path, and expresses clear empathy when Klaus is suffering in front of him. Ben dislikes seeing others - particularly those he cares about - in pain, and seems a mature and emotionally-intelligent person, particularly for someone who died as a teenager.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities: Ben's powers allow him to open a portal in his stomach to another dimension inhabited by violent tentacled eldritch monsters. He can summon / control them enough to do massive amounts of bloody violence, though the process seems to be an extremely painful one. His superhero nickname is "The Horror" for a reason folks.
Inventory: Just the clothes on his back! Especially the hoodie we see him wearing throughout the series.
Anything Else? N/A
Prose/Brackets Sample: Here.
Accepted.
▶ Join the communities:
▶ Add yourself and your character to the Taken Characters page.
▶ (Optional) Introduce yourself and your character at the introductory CR & Plotting Meme.
▶ (Optional) Join Redshift's Discord server by clicking this invite link.
▶ Activity Check Link: Please submit all activity for this character in the character's thread on the activity check post.
▶ For your character's experience upon arrival, please see the Arrival Page.