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.

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Personality:
It’s easy to look at Stiles Stilinski and see an average teenager, all awkward limbs that don’t know where they want to be half the time, lame jokes, ADHD, and inexplicable big time crushes on the hardest-to-get-for-his-social-status girl in school. And for the most part, anyone saying that would be one hundred percent correct. In a town rapidly getting full of supernatural creatures and creature hunters, Stiles is the only person who’s essentially “normal,” who isn’t trained to use a bow and arrow or to run around in the woods at night to hone his senses, and that’s perfectly fine with him, thanks. Sure, it’d be pretty nice to have super healing and inhuman strength, or even just a better way of defending himself than running and hiding, but because of his sheer humanity, Stiles is able to bring something to the table that no one else can.

Stiles is very brave, constantly running (or in some cases, quite literally diving) into situations where he may always be outmatched, but he's there to watch someone's back in the heat of a fight as best he can. Best of all, he's a smart kid, and since he doesn’t have claws or weapons, his cleverness is his greatest asset. He’s the first person to think outside of the box, to come up with that elusive third option and get things done. The nice side of his Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and Adderall prescription is that it gives him plenty of energy to spend on researching, trying to find answers for those tough supernatural questions, and wound up being ironically more knowledgeable about werewolves than his newly turned werewolf best friend. And while he might find it hard to concentrate in class (something he's constantly belittled for by peers and teachers alike), he's a gifted reader and tends to keep it all tucked inside his head, setting him up with surprisingly good grades and problem solving ammunition. The only unfortunate(?) side effect of his wit is his particular brand of sarcasm, which he in turn is quick to use as a nice, easy defense mechanism. Has gone pretty well for him so far. Mostly.

Stiles is also smart enough to be see the whole picture and arrange his priorities appropriately. Whereas his friend Scott will forsake friend, safety, and wolflihood (or what Stiles likes to call wolf lessons) so that he can be with his girlfriend, and might (will) complain when it's not possible, Stiles is the guy who puts everything on the back burner if it means the safety of friends and family, if it means finding (if semi-by-accident) the culprit behind the murders all over town, if it means peace of mind for everyone involved. Even if what he’s missing out on might be something important to Stiles, like his first lacrosse game that he’s actually supposed to play and his dad is there for, or finally getting a chance to lend an ear to the girl of his dreams, he’s the one who understands the gravity of the situation at large, will get his priorities straight, and make whatever things need to happen happen, one way or the other.

And he'll do it without (much) complaint, because Stiles is thrilled for the chance to help out a friend, particularly his best friend (and by extension, his best friend’s girlfriend). If there's one word to describe Stiles Stilinski-- besides hyperactive, the first word that ought to come to mind is loyal. His friends may throw him under the bus, ignore his ideas or warnings, or take advantage of his friendly nature completely and he'd grin and bear it all. Stiles genuinely wants to help his friends, whether or not they return the favor, and is on just the right shade of loneliness where he finds it easier to forgive and forget than entertain the idea of losing a friend. Stiles also has a nice habit of going above and beyond to help people – typically only friends, but he has been known to put himself on the line for the sake of someone he’s stated his distaste for, and he may do this once, maybe twice, or maybe so often that really, he needs to stop trying to convince people he dislikes them. Outside of Scott (and later, Scott’s joint pack with Derek), Stiles doesn't really have anyone to fall back on, and the only person he knows he can count on immediately is his own father - which is perfectly fine with him, by the way, he loves his father absolutely, but while they have a very good and honest (mostly, he isn't sure how to breach the werewolf topic to his father yet, and while it’s to protect him, Stiles is nothing if not a liar, guilty as he may feel) relationship, things are occasionally still somewhat strained between the two of them after the death of Stiles' mother.

It’s likely because neither of them are willing to talk about it – to the point where Stiles can tell just how drunk his father is if he brings her up. And it kills Stiles, it absolutely does, but he can’t speak about it either. Not often, just once or twice in passing since Scott became a werewolf. And he's perfectly fine with not dealing with how much it still affects him - he said quite clearly himself that he prefers to ignore a problem until eventually it goes away. In fact, if Stiles can redirect a conversation's focus off of him, he'll absolutely take the chance. And just looking at him, just seeing him in school or around Beacon Hills would lead anyone to believe that he has the angst capability of a banana. It's true most of the time, Stiles is a very classic case of comedic relief, the first to crack a joke in the middle of a tense situation, if only because he literally has no other method of handling them. He's no good with silences, and tends to constantly chatter away about anything and everything if it means keeping himself occupied. That may or may not be extremely annoying to certain people, but they can take it up with his ADHD.

The downside to his energy level is that Stiles is not what anyone would consider patient. At all. In the least. And that’s not just impatience in terms of time management, but with people as well. To his friends, he’ll be the most loyal person in the world, but if someone doesn’t make it onto Stiles’ exclusive list of priorities? Stiles can be downright aggressive, particularly when he’s at his wit’s end, snapping and showing absolutely zero empathy if it doesn’t convenience him. And there are definitely times where he’ll warm up to someone just to get something out of them; he’s a practiced liar, and fairly manipulative, seeming to know exactly what buttons (or police records) to push to get people to do what he wants. He sees the wrong in lying, knows what the consequences may be, but he is firmly of the idea that the end justifies the means. This isn’t to say he would ever just set out to be horrible to someone who, in his mind, doesn’t deserve it; he’s generally pretty friendly, but he has no qualms at all about pushing his morals aside to get what he needs to get done.

Stiles is also an incredibly awkward person. He doesn't always say the right thing - though he'll get there eventually, give him a couple of seconds to defrag his brain. In a word, he's uncoordinated, all broad silly gestures and tripping up over his own two feet. All in all, Stiles is a big old goofball who doesn't mind playing second fiddle to girlfriends and monsters alike, who warms the bench but spends the entire time running ideas through his head as to how to make his friends' lives easier, and will absolutely do anything in his power to be there for them when they need it. While he’s not the most honest – and often not the most sympathetic – person in the world, being a bullshitter himself makes him more than capable of seeing beyond other peoples' bullshit, to see them for who they really can b, if he’s willing to give them a chance to prove it.

He may just be a bench warmer on the lacrosse field, but at the end of the day, when it comes to anything else, Stiles is the best person in the world to have fighting on your side.

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