havenmods | Applications

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
The next processing date is Friday 11th October

IMPORTANT: PLEASE POST YOUR APPLICATIONS HERE ON THE NEW APPLICATION PAGE

We're so glad you're thinking of joining us in Haven, where we are all safe.

In order to apply for a canon character, please fill out the information below and post it in a comment in this entry. For an OC, please apply using the OC information. Please do not link to applications, all applications must be posted here. Please do not delete your applications; if you do not want it to be seen, you can request for it to be screened after a decision is made.

You may apply for two characters every two weeks, to a total of six characters. Only two of these may be from the same canon, and they cannot be too familiar with one another. Please make sure to mark the header of your comment(s) with RESERVED or NOT RESERVED, as well as the character name and canon. App challenges are not allowed currently.

Try to remember spelling and grammar are important, and in app length quality and not quantity is what matters. If you wish to request a specific apartment, please do so in the relevant part of the application. All parts of the application must be your own work, plagiarism will not be tolerated, though you are welcome to reuse your own old applications.

If you are asked for revisions, please don't panic! It doesn't mean the mods don't like you, only that we probably need more information before making a decision. If you are asked for revisions, you will have one week to supply them.

Every attempt will be made to place a character in their chosen apartments, though this may not always be possible depending on the slots available.

Applications are open constantly, but are only processed every other Friday at 7PM EST. The Saturday following acceptance, an IC mingle log will be posted for characters to be introduced to the game.

We now have a test drive community at haventest which is continuously open. Posts there may be used in lieu of a sample in the application. You may also link posts, logs, or threads from other games and memes in lieu of samples, though we ask that they be no more than one year old.

To see what we are looking for:
Canon Characters:
Sample Application (Faith Lehane)
Sample Application (Iroh)

Original Characters:
Sample Application (Mors)
Sample Application (Vera de Barr)

Previous Game History:
Sample Application (Abel Nightroad/Mayfield RPG)
Sample Application (Bolin/Discedo)

Applications will be processed on the following dates:
11th October
25th October
8th November
22nd November
6th December
20th December

To apply for a canon character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Preferred Apartment: If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Canon: Canon Point: Where in the series are you taking them from? Background/History: A link to a source about the canon is fine for this. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please assume canon-blindness and explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person, please. A link to a previous post or thread with the character is also acceptable. Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

To apply for an original character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Preferred Apartment: If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Background/History: At least three paragraphs, please. Try to focus on events in the world history that have had an impact on the character. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person, please. A link to a previous post or thread under a year old with the character is also acceptable. Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

While the application looks mostly good, we'd like to see a revised personality section. While the points you make are good, we'd like to see a bit more expansion on the motivation behind why she is the way she is, and a bit more depth to the points already there.

We're sorry for the inconvenience. You have one week to reply to these revisions, thank you.

Hello! Thank you for reading my application. Here's my revision:

Koyomi says that there is a metaphor - a hat is a wall around the heart. Nadeko is very fond of hats, and she has quite a collection. Rather than being shy, it seems, she is merely distrustful of other humans. A prime example of Nadeko's distrust - and independence - is when she endured her curse of the constricting snake prior to the events in Nadeko Snake. Before Koyomi and Kanbaru found her, she was already holding in the pain she felt as the snakes slowly covered and constricted her body for weeks without telling anyone. She could have called her friend Tsukihi, but she didn't. Instead, she did her own research and carried out the ritual to cancel the curse by herself, even when it involved killing snakes.

For a seemingly weak girl like Nadeko, isn't this something amazing from her? To fight for her life is something not most girls would have been able to do. However, her independence stems from the fact that she does not consider herself important enough to seek assistance from others and she cannot seek assistance because she is too timid to. It is only when she meets the person who had previously helped her without asking for anything, Koyomi, that she asks for help because she is confident that he is capable of saving her again.

But why did she want to live? Why, if her life was unpleasant and unchanging, did she fight for it?

The answer was simple: love.

It was important to Nadeko. So, so important that she could not live without it. Well, in a way, no one can live without love, but in Nadeko's case, it's very central to her character. In Otorimonogatari, she says, "I think it’s absolutely wonderful to be in love with someone. It can help you feel like life is worth living and give you strength." Her love for Koyomi, whom she had been waiting for prior to Nadeko Snake, kept her going. Her love for Koyomi, whom she could no longer be with, also spelled out her demise. From the jealousy born within her, we can go so far as to say it was less of a "love" that it was an "obsession" as time went on. Her downhill journey toward jealousy, insanity and "ascension" to a snake god ultimately prevented her from remaining Nadeko Sengoku, the girl who had a childhood crush on Koyomi Araragi.

Aside from this, I feel that I cannot expand on her personality more than I already have until the rest of the volume told through her perspective, Otorimonogatari, has been translated OR the anime is released and subbed around July 2013. All translated chapters of the series are available on the aforementioned website.

Congratulations on being accepted, Nadeko Sengoku. You will be living in apartment #5.006, and your tag is character: nadeko sengoku. Please use this tag when you are the poster of the entry or log, and when you tag into an entry or log, thank you.

Please make sure to complete the following:

-> Join havenrpg, havenooc and havenlogs.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community.
-> Fill out this form.
-> Fill out your details on the taken characters page.
-> Check out who you'll be sharing an apartment with on the apartment listings.
-> Introduce yourself in the OOC community.
-> Make sure you have read this guide

IMPORTANT: An IC mingle log will go up went up here which you are still welcome to tag into. If you link your thread in your OOC intro, I am sure people will leap onto it!

Applications

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-> ACCEPTED