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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.
allison hargreeves | the umbrella academy | reserved
Name: floral
Contact: pm, floral#1370 at discord
Current Characters: n/a
Name: allison hargreeves
Canon: the umbrella academy
Canon Point: end of 1x10, right before five transports his siblings back in time.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): n/a
Character History: wiki link!
plus some supplements, since the wiki isn’t that informative:
allison grew up as “number three,” in the umbrella academy, and was raised by sir reginald hargreeves, eccentric billionaire and grade-a asshole. she learned to use her powers to fight crime. being a member of the umbrella academy brought fame, glory, and attention, and growing up, allison relished in all that. it’s implied that things changed, however, when her brother ben died violently as a teenager. some time after that, allison leaves her childhood home and goes on to become a renowned actor, one of the most famous people of her time.
she, with the rest of her siblings, returns to the umbrella academy after the death of her father. when she returns, we learn that she got married and had a daughter, claire, who she loves very much. however, allison and her husband have just had a messy divorce, and allison no longer has custody of her daughter. allison is brokenhearted from this experience, which happened in part because she used her powers on her daughter. allison therefore resolves to become a better person, and also become closer to the family she has left.
she reunites with her siblings, and spends a significant time with her brother luther and her sister vanya. with luther, she begins to rekindle the intense, relationship they had as children. with vanya, allison tries to become closer, to become the good sister she wasn’t as a child.
this desire to be in vanya’s life leads to allison meeting vanya’s boyfriend: leonard peabody. allison finds leonard snooping in vanya’s apartment one day, and given that leonard hasn’t known vanya that long, allison senses some red flags. she investigates leonard, learning that his real name is harold jenkins, that he killed his father as a young boy, and that he wants the umbrella academy dead too.
during all this, she also investigates with her siblings the circumstances of her father’s death. she views a tape of his death and shows it too luther. the tape involves their robot mom, and she, luther, and her other siblings discuss whether or not their mom is dangerous. they eventually decide to turn their mom off. it’s awful! lots happening!
once allison learns that leonard, whose real name is harold jenkins, is crazy and a murderer, allison rushes to save vanya, who she believes is in grave danger. she confronts vanya at harold’s cabin. she tells vanya she loves her but that leonard isn’t safe, and she also realizes that as a child, she was the one who made vanya forget that vanya had powers. this, understandably, is a major blow to vanya, and when allison tries to use her powers to get vanya out of the cabin, vanya slashes allison’s throat in an attempt to stop allison from using her powers. allison bleeds out on the floor of the cabin until her family comes to rescue her.
allison survives and finds that her family has found vanya and trapped vanya in a soundproofed cell in the academy’s basement. allison begs luther to let vanya out, claiming that allison’s injury was “her fault,” but luther refuses. vanya eventually breaks out of the cell. allison finds vanya performing at the icarus theater. vanya at this point is revealed to be the source of the apocalypse, and allison tries to intercept vanya before that happens. unfortunately, luther, diego, and five all rush in to attack vanya. vanya grows stronger and angrier and causes the apocalypse. five then tries to transport all of his siblings back in time to avoid the apocalypse and make things right. and that’s the story so far!
Personality:
strengths:
compassionate + caring: allison cares deeply about her friends and family. she’s very empathetic. when problems arise, her first move is often trying to empathize with them, to try to understand what they might be going through and how they might be feeling. we see this when the hargreeves siblings are trying to decide if they should turn off their robotic mother — one of allison’s main contributions to the discussion is to remind her family that their mom was left alone for thirteen years like she was nothing more than a machine. we also see this play out during allison’s interactions with vanya. as an adult, allison has finally realized how excluded vanya must have felt as the only hargreeves child without powers, and allison tries her best to be there for her sibling now. she investigates leonard because she’s worried about vanya’s safety. and even after vanya mistakenly hurts allison, allison argues to let vanya out of the soundproofed cell in the hargreeves’ basement, knowing how traumatic that must be for vanya.
determined: if allison wants something, she’s going to make it happen. we see this when cha-cha comes to the hargreeves home to locate five — allison fights cha-cha with everything she’s got, determined not to lose another member of her family. she’s also relentless when it comes to learning leonard’s backstory. once allison senses that there’s something not quite right with leonard, she gives uncovering the truth everything she’s got, tracking him down in newspapers and uncovering not one, but two places he’s lived in.
intelligent: we see this again, when allison tracks down harold and his history, and we also see this pretty much every time the hargreeves family has a family meeting. allison is resourceful and good at noticing when something’s wrong, and in general, her plans are fairly competent. in particular, she had maybe the best idea on how to stop the apocalypse: why don’t we talk to our grown-up, distraught sister who’s feeling isolated and unimportant, and who’s also supposed to be the cause of the whole cataclysmic event? allison is smart and capable, intellectually and emotionally.
self-reflective: allison knows that she’s made mistakes in her past, and to her credit, she owns up to them. she’s ignored vanya, used mind control on her daughter and husband, and has used her powers in the name of personal gain. as an adult, allison regrets this deeply. she’s trying to start over, to pay for her mistakes, and to live a life that’s good, that she can be proud of. whether or not she succeeds is another story, but the fact that she at least tries, and tries pretty hard at this, is itself admirable.
weaknesses:
manipulative: allison has the power to control minds. she’s been taught how to use this power from a young age, but it’s not clear that she’s been taught when not to use it. throughout most of her life, she’s used it to get what she’s wanted, whether it was a job, a husband, or some obedience from her daughter. allison is therefore an experienced liar and manipulator, and we also see it being used outside of the context of her powers. she lies to a police officer so she can interrogate a man associated with leonard peabody/harold jenkins, and she’s also broken into and snuck around leonard’s house.
narcissistic: allison has spent most of her life craving attention. this likely stems from the fact that her father gave her very little — like the other hargreeevs siblings, allison is a victim of child abuse and neglect. to cope, allison has sought attention and affection from everyone and anyone else. as an adult, allison became a movie star, and a famous one at that. always in the center of attention, always in the public eye. however, it’s not just attention that allison craves — it’s genuine love, too, and at during the series, we find that she hasn’t had as much of that as she’s wanted or needed.
Powers/Abilities: as stated above, allison can control minds! all she has to do is say “i heard a rumor” plus whatever it is she wants someone to do, and they’ll do it. this power in canon is pretty strong — she’s gotten people to forget large aspects of who they are, gotten starring roles in movies, forced someone to love her, etc, etc. however, at the end of the series, allison suffers a throat injury that severely damages her vocal cords. while it’s not yet established in-canon whether or not she’ll be able to speak again, she does produce some small vocal sounds in the last episode. as of right now, i’m going to say that she does eventually regain some ability to speak, but her voice will be permanently damaged, and her powers therefore nerfed considerably. she’ll be able to manipulate people to some extent, but not induce large-scale personality shifts or keep them controlled for any extended period of time.
Inventory: just the clothes on her back!
Anything Else? allison loves her daughter claire so much! so so much! it’s not necessarily an aspect of her personality per se, but it is a major motivator of hers, so i just wanted to mention it here.
Prose/Brackets Sample: https://redmarsshit.dreamwidth.org/1340.html?thread=530236#cmt530236
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