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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.
Bro Strider | Homestuck (The Sphere CRAU) | Not Reserved
Name: James
Contact: PM this journal
Current Characters: N/A
Name: Dirk 'Bro' Strider
Canon: Homestuck
Canon Point: Shortly after his death fighting Jack Noir.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): Bro was previously in the game 'The Sphere' for around four months.
Character History: https://mspaintadventures.fandom.com/wiki/Dirk_Strider_(pre-scratch)
CRAU History: Bro Strider was not in the Sphere for overly long, and ended up missing most particularly harrowing events. In fact, most of what he did experience that was of interest involved encountering his little brother Dave, now a grown man from Dave's own alternate universe shenanigans. Most of Bro's interactions involved getting used to Dave and the much more cynical and bitter person Dave had grown up to be thanks to Dave's own experiences and Bro's actions as a parental figure/guardian.
Bro would mostly end up unsure of what to make of Dave. He would challenge Dave to a brawl on top of the dome house they would end up sharing, a familiar form of training Bro had put Dave through as a child. This time, however, Dave won. Bro would also find out more about his little bro's history in the alternate universe he'd ended up in and the people he encountered through memory sharing events throughout the Sphere. These events would leave Bro a little shaken on the trajectory Dave took growing up, though he would never openly say this.
Personality:
Self-Aware - While Bro gives off the image of lacking any kind of self-awareness thanks to the layers and layers he buries everything he says and does under, Bro is actually hyper aware of who he is. He's aware of both his best and worst traits, and is at peace with his own understanding of them. In a way, Bro is perfectly self-actualized because of this.
Observant - Just as he's self-aware, Bro is very observant of the world and the people around him. He's quick to hone in on people's issues and behaviors, even if he himself doesn't behave in a way that'd be a logical response to them.
Talented - Bro possesses several talents, ranging from puppetry to music to combat training to programming. Bro wields a diverse range of talents, and is generally pretty proud of them. Humility is incredibly fucking lame, as far as Bro is concerned.
Devoted - Bro is devoted to the family that he has in his little brother Dave and in the Lalondes, Rose and Roxy. Bro puts the needs and concerns of his family above anything else, and his family is one of the few things that would cause him to become self-sacrificing. His family and their well-being ultimately mean more to him than his own.
Brave - In a fight, or when danger calls, Bro is damn near fearless. Unless other business needs to get under way, the dude does not back down or run from a fight. That's just not how a Strider rolls their business.
Cold - Bro doesn't have time for anyone who isn't family. Be it either because Bro on his own is just a cold motherfucker, or the fact that Bro possesses knowledge that his world was going to end in his lifetime, Bro doesn't open up to other people. He isn't inherently hostile to other people. He just doesn't see a reason to become overly involved in the lives of thosewho have nothing to do with him. While he loves this family, it can also extend to his family, such as how brutally he trained Dave for Sburb/the end of the world, with much of this 'training' moving into abusive territory, such as denying Dave food for days and forcing Dave to fight him in brutal sparring matches.
Obsessive - Bro's pursuits tend to also be obsessions. Irony, puppetry, and being a badass aren't just hobbies or things that Bro does. They're literally his life. The biggest obsession that happens to be Bro's life also happens to be Bro's little brother, Dave, and preparing Dave for the world he'll create and his own belief, and desire to prove that Dave is, a hero.
Inconsiderate - Bro is a generally pretty inconsiderate guy. While Bro is good at reading people, he is in most cases fucking awful at interacting with people. Bro likes what Bro likes, wants what Bro wants, and does whatever Bro wants to. People not liking that is a problem for other people, not for Bro.
Nihilistic - Due to his own powers of observation and awareness the world was going to end, Bro doesn't take much aside from his hobbies and training Dave seriously. Most other shit around him is frivolous, and unless it's an immediate danger, it doesn't really matter all that much.
CRAU Development: Bro was not very active or personable upon first arriving in the Sphere, and didn't really develop any relationships of note outside his new encounters with his brother Dave. What he did encounter from Dave has taken a very slight, but sharp, turn for Bro. Bro had wanted Dave to grow up not just to be a hero, but to see himself as a hero. Due to that, Bro wasn't ready to confront Dave as the man he had grown up into: a much more bitter and cynical person that was closer to Bro than the ideal Bro wanted, and believed Dave had the capacity, to be.
This has caused Bro to focus on something he almost never would. Right now, Bro is faced with a genuine feeling of self-doubt about his own beliefs and actions, as he's seeing the fruit that they bore is so different from what he wanted. When a dude plants an apple tree and gets lemons instead, there's a problem. While such a slight feeling of self-doubt would seem insignificant, especially since it's still at the gestation period, for Bro its near world shaking. Bro lives his life in a pigheaded cloud of self-assurances of his actions. The fact that's being challenged could (less likely) result in him re-evaluating himself or (more likely) doubly down and becoming even more unbending then before.
Powers/Abilities: Bro has a pretty wide array of skills. Bro is a very competent melee fighter and a skilled enough swordsman that he was able to keep up with a powerful opponent in the form of Jack Noir throughout most of his battle with him. Bro also possesses a great deal of technical skill when it comes to electronics and programming, as Bro runs multiple websites and has programmed several high ai bots, such as an auto-responder and many of the bots he uses to drive up traffic on his sites, as well as the likely possibility that Bro was responsible for some of the more high-tech devices the Striders possess, such as his airboard and Dave's turntable and soundmixing equipment. Bro also possesses the ability to Flashstep, causing him to move at ludicrous speeds. Bro is so skilled at this technique that he actually leaves a movement trail behind, meaning that less skilled opponents who can't keep up with him end up fighting his vapor trail essentially.
He's also a pretty good puppeteer, I guess. His best puppet pal is good ol Lil Cal, Bro's favorite puppet and favored weapon. Cal also may or may not possess the souls of several other people that, together, make up a time and space conquering monstrosity known as Lord English that can warp the minds of those that possess it (spoilers: Lil Cal is in fact possessed).
Inventory: His katana, his hat and shades, Lil Cal (possessed if possible, though I'm cool with Cal being 'hollow'/not having a trace of Lord English's possession).
Anything Else? Due to the dynamic between Bro and Dave, and how Bro can be an extremely toxic character in their relationship, I'll likely be putting up a permissions post/opt in regards to interacting/dealing with Bro.
Prose/Brackets Sample: Link
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