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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.
Finnick Odair | The Hunger Games | Reserved
Name: JK
Contact:
Current Characters: None
Name: Finnick Odair
Canon: The Hunger Games
Canon Point: Mockingjay, chapter 17. Finnick and Annie have recently been married in a nationally televised propaganda event, and preparations are underway for the rebels' invasion of the Capitol.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): Fresh from canon.
World Description: N/A
Character History: Here
CRAU History: N/A
Personality:
Finnick Odair is one of the most beautiful and famous people in Panem and he knows it. As a victor, he grew up in the public eye, always aware of appearances and reputation. Victors are forced into a role chosen for them. Finnick's is that of a social darling, vain and promiscuous, enjoying the gifts and attention lavished on him by his many lovers until he gets bored and moves on.
Finnick is charming, flirtatious, cocky, self-assured, acutely aware of what his beauty can get him. He's sometimes overbearing and overwhelming, and flirts aggressively with Katniss when he first meets her. But the arrogant playboy is as much an act as truth. His lovers were never lovers, but patrons who had bought him from the President. Finnick's greatest weakness is his vulnerability to threats against the people he cares about, and that kept him seemingly subservient to the Capitol for years.
His only true love is Annie Cresta. Because he had to appear available for the Capitol, she was a secret from his adoring public. But despite appearances, Finnick loves Annie with everything he has. When she's taken by the Capitol, he falls into a deep depression and spends weeks in and out of hospital. He has trouble concentrating, he suffers from panic attacks, and it's strongly hinted that he's suicidal. It's implied that this is not the first time he's suffered from depression, and he shows some signs of post-traumatic stress. Annie is his support, and in many ways his wellbeing relies on her.
When he's reunited with her, Finnick is tender and loving towards Annie, and shows great patience with her emotional fragility. In the happiness of his marriage, Katniss notes that he seems to come alive, showing himself to be self-effacing, good-humoured, easygoing and easy to get along with.
This is the Finnick that exists beneath the persona he adopts for the Capitol, but it can be hard to get past the arrogant jerk to find the good-natured man underneath. He's spent so long having to be who the Capitol demanded of him and having to hide his true feelings that he can have trouble just being himself. He's aware that this makes him hard to like; in Catching Fire he openly admits that most of the other victors don't like him. This isn't helped by his the fact that he's often direct, even blunt, especially in practical situations such as in the arena, or when he forgets to lay on his charm and the subtlety that allowed him to survive in the Capitol.
Finnick is deeply passionate about the things he cares about. The most obvious is Annie, who he'd die for, but he's also a believer in the rebellion, even to the point of naivete. Even when he's hospitalised, he still wants to do whatever he can to help, recording propaganda videos and begging to accompany Katniss on a mission despite being too unwell to dress properly. He becomes an intensely loyal friend to Katniss, and he's utterly devoted to Annie.
Finnick can also be ruthless, even cruel. He collected blackmail material on his patrons for years, and released it all to help the rebellion rescue Annie. He openly discusses wanting to kill President Snow, and in the arena he shows no hesitation in killing to protect Katniss. He can be cunning and strategic in his thinking, but his self-assurance sometimes makes him reckless, and it's loyalty and recklessness that sees him insist on following Katniss on a mission into the Capitol that leads to his death.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities:
combat skills: Finnick was a Career tribute who trained for the Hunger Games before his victory at age 14. He's kept in training and is still very skilled in combat with knives, spears, and his weapon of choice, the trident. He's also recently been receiving military training including in marksmanship.
fishing and fish-related activities: Before he was a Career, Finnick was the son of fisherfolk. Born and raised in District Four, Finnick was originally meant to grow up to be a fisherman. Education in Panem focuses heavily on a district's industry, so Finnick learned about fishing, maintaining and managing fish populations, marine biology, and other fish related topics. He's also an excellent sailor.
survival: As a two-times survivor of the Hunger Games, Finnick has excellent survival skills. He knows how to find food and water, how to fashion containers, shelter, ropes and nets out of plants, and how to fight for his own protection.
Inventory: A short length of rope, a wedding ring, a gray military style uniform, combat boots, a military-issue assault rifle, and a high-tech custom-made trident.
Anything Else? As mentioned above, Finnick has some chronic mental health issues, particularly depression. I play these as primarily stemming from being forced into prostitution, with a side order of the heavy responsibility of being a mentor to other tributes from a young age and seeing so many tributes die. At his canon point, he's in a fairly good place emotionally, but he's also fragile because of the harm his involvement in the revolution has done to Annie.
Prose/Brackets Sample: Test drive thread
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