Enable Me Please! #1

[royaldecreemods]

EMP MEME

Curious about what characters might be a good fit here or just need a little push to make up your mind? The EMP meme is a low-pressure space to put your feelers out. This is where you can share which characters you're considering, whether they're strong contenders or just a "maybe if someone twists my arm."

Please keep in mind that posting an EMP toplevel is not a reservation, nor does it guarantee priority if you later decide to reserve that character. If someone else posts about a character you've also been eyeing, please be courteous - chat it out and see if you can reach a compromise.

Just fill out the short form below with the characters you're mulling over, and let others know what might enable you! Note that you don't need to have gotten an invite to post here! EMP is, in part, to help you noodle out whether you'll shoot for an invite in the first place.

Happy enabling!

<b>Player Name & Pronouns:</b> Name (Plurk Handle) <B>Character Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Age & Romance Preferences:</b> <b>About:</b> <b>Potential Plans:</b> <b>Anything Else?</b>

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Ai Hoshino ★ Oshi no Ko

[liedol]

Player Name & Pronouns: Claire, she/they/it (phainein)

Character Name: Ai Hoshino
Canon: Oshi no Ko
Age & Romance Preferences: 20, M/F is her IC preference but I'll ship anything if I like the chemistry.

About:

The dazzling and nationally beloved lead singer of the idol pop group B-Komachi! A magnetic, larger-than-life people pleaser who's always smiling and doing whatever it takes to make others happy... even if it takes a lie or two along the way. On stage, she's the flawless, invincible center of B-Komachi, Ai. Off stage, she's the significantly more vulnerable human Ai Hoshino, carrying the baggage of long-term exploitation by the entertainment industry and a childhood of abuse. Unbeknownst to her fans or anyone outside of a select few, she's the mother of twins born when she was sixteen and who she has kept secret from the world at large for four years and counting.

Potential Plans: Mostly I'm just vibing!! Generally when I bring Ai to games I take her from a. coughs. slightly later canonpoint (iykyk) so I'm excited to see how she'll settle into the cast when she hasn't been pre-pear wriggled. Mostly I want her to have fun, be happy, make friends and maybe catch some dokis?? who can say.........

Anything Else? thankfully i keep an ai meme tag on tumblr curated for just such an occasion



ai handing this out to her cr at the end of every thread

[lifeisstudy]

i crave Ai CR in every universe. it is a fundamental need at this point.

putting her in the same room as a guy whose great ability is actually memorization is connecting with tough-to-crack girls who do NOT want to open up. i feel normal about it. he's also annoying <3 and a problem <3 and i love to write comedy with you being that you are the funniest person

Shizuru Kuwabara - YYH

[funkyvibes]

Player Name & Pronouns: Solstice (they/them) darkersolstice

Character Name: Shizuru Kuwabara
Canon: Yu Yu Hakusho
Age & Romance Preferences: 20, biromantic, attracted to awful men and scars.

About: A beautician who has a strong sixth sense for spiritual matters, Shizuru would be coming in fresh from the Dark Tournament and the death of a man who showed her genuine kindness and affection while plotting to create a tunnel between the human world and the demon world. Whoops, that'll bruise a girl's heart.

Potential Plans: While she may start guarded due to her canonpoint, Shizuru is also a no-nonsense big sister figure who'll cut hair, offer good advice which she wouldn't take, and tell you about the ghost hanging out near you. I've peeked at the magic system and would want her to dig into meramancy in game. Glamour is magic...

Anything Else? *shakes tits to summon canonmates*

[cutepolicewoman]

If you so much as mention a ghost being anywhere in the remote proximity of Kiruko she is probably going to start to scream and cry. Which I think is great. I’d very much love that.

Chloe | Soloist in a Cage

[lonedancer]

Player Name & Pronouns: May [they/she]

Character Name: Chloe
Canon: Soloist in a Cage
Age & Romance Preferences: 18 and she sure doesn't know.

About:

In a world where all of the worst criminals have been tossed in a single city, Chloe, an orphan, has set out to return to that city she had once escaped to rescue her baby brother. Throughout her life, she has been trained to be a deft assassin with knives as her primary weapons. When she fights, her movements almost appear to be that of a dance.

That being said, Chloe is the softest baby imaginable. She cries easy, flusters easy, and is shy and kind. She is good with children and is a gentle big sister type. She is burdened with grief and guilt having become so blood soaked. Really, she just wants to live a quiet life with her baby brother, should fate allow.
Potential Plans: I Just Want Chloe to Have Friends and Be Happy and Maybe Find Someone to Protect Her For Once. I would very much be vibing. There will be many tears out of her.

Anything Else?

[catsgothistongue]

I know literally nothing of this canon but omg babyyyyyy.

It should be stated that Chloe's definitely the kind of person Ranma'd rush in to protect, no hesitation

yoosung kim ( mystic messenger )

[blurrier]

Player Name & Pronouns: Soap (sisterling) she/her

Character Name: Yoosung Kim (he/him)
Canon: Mystic Messenger
Age & Romance Preferences: 20 (Western) / 21 (Korean). M/F is probably his immediate thought but I lean slightly toward M/M. Probably be open to either in game though!

About:

Sweet and adorable video game addict, puppy energy, ridiculously naive/innocent. Goes to college but has been lacking motivation to study so his grades are failing, doesn't help that he's up at all hours playing MMORPGs, usually tanking because he loves helping people and doesn't mind being hurt. Even in real life, he brushes off injuries, and his friends tease him about being a masochist (he has no idea what that means). He falls in love rather easily when given attention, and he will absolutely idolize the ever-loving shit out of whoever he falls for. Actually pretty depressed and anxious about his future, but he often hides it with an almost childishly playful attitude.


Potential Plans: Nothing specific, just playing this boy is an absolute joy. I would love for shipping to happen but understand that's not guaranteed, so I'm cool if it doesn't. Friends are great and he will love them, and unrequited crushes are possible too. He is incredibly shippable though and gets along with almost any personality type.

Anything Else?

[lifeisstudy]

i'm totally canon-blind (purely because i could never figure out the phone mechanic fkld;sd) but i LOVE his energy!!! i definitely would want to see how you'd play out these complex feelings he has regarding his feelings of the future, it compels me!

i think these two could have fun chemistry tbh. no motivation to study? no, no, my friend... you just need to lock in on one thing very intensely it's fun i promise.

anoja | original fantasy character

[goddessplayer]

Player Name & Pronouns: S., she/her (thewriteway)

Character Name: Anoja
Canon: Original
Age & Romance Preferences: Late 50s, F/F

About:

From the island world of Kijann, Anoja is an Elder of the Cult Theatre, a religious institution reenacting the divine myths and legends every day at sunrise and sunset. Priestesses of the Cult Theatre have developed the abililty to "manifest" the ten gods of the pantheon, acting as "holsters of the heavens" and letting the gods inhabit their bodies during these performances. Anoja used to be the one who manifested the night goddess, Shantij, but has now retired due to age and instead become an Elder who oversees the education of the apprentices and the general mechanisms of the Theatre. While she was extremely famous as a priestess, she has now sunk into obscurity and is being overtaken by her new apprentice, Ibi, who can not only manifest one god, but several different ones. What will Anoja's envy cause her to do, to not be forgotten? To not be lonely? Full info here.

Potential Plans: Being a pretty standoff-ish character, I'm really looking to do plots where Anoja learns to be normal around other people, maybe even share her own experiences, emotions and fears with them. Shipping-wise, she leans F/F, but has lived a celibate life until her arrival, so intimacy will be slowburn as fuck. I would also really like to explore Bloomcraft and how she engages with this magic, when she is used to an entirely different kind from back home. And a lot of other things, too. I'm open!

Anything Else?

[deusexmakie]

Hi. Hello. Good day. 8D

kri and the sword boy collection

[oracledriven]

Player Name & Pronouns: Kri (they/she) posolutely

looks away. i'm indecisive.

noel kreiss | final fantasy xiii

[oracledriven]

Character Name: Noel Kreiss
Canon: Final Fantasy XIII
Age & Romance Preferences: 518 (physically 18); OTA for shipping with the caveat that he's a sad idiot who Doesn't Get It and is therefore very much a slowburn character

About: 
A sad, post-apocalyptic sequel-only sword boy. Noel starts his Squeenix tenure as an optimistic, somewhat cocky protagonist in spite of being the last human alive in his timeline, then accidentally sorta-destroys the world instead of saving it like he wanted to, and proceeds to wallow in self-pity for the next five hundred years while the world wastes away. Then he becomes kind of a wannabe villain. He's currently in his edgelord phase (see: wannabe villain), but beneath the surface of all that angst, he's still a dumb optimist who just wants people to live happily.

Potential Plans:
The plan for Noel is generally character development. He has a lot of guilt and anger he needs to work through, but at heart, he loves people and he could really use friends. He could really use some time and perspective to get past his issues and start to develop real friendships and relationships.

Anything Else?

Danielle | Muffy, Neige, etc.

[citygirlblues]

Player Name & Pronouns: Danielle (ddsapphire) | she/her

Muffy | Harvest Moon

[citygirlblues]

Character Name: Muffy
Canon: Harvest Moon (aka Story of Seasons)
Age & Romance Preferences: 30, all genders welcome (though she primarily has past experience with men) and she'd be most receptive to someone 25+ (older is fine) but I'm also open to younger character age gaps as well on an ooc level, she'll just be much more hesitant icly!

About:

Muffy is a woman who has a history of being unlucky in love. A city girl who felt aimless and got her heart broken one too many times, she moved out to a small farming town in the countryside and got a job bartending. She's cheerful, upbeat, and flirtatious...but underneath that bubbly personality is a lonely woman who doesn't feel like she fits in anywhere, and is longing to fall in love with someone who treats her kindly, settle down and start a family. She's just your average human lady--no magic in her world (unless you count the Harvest Sprites and Harvest Goddess...but as far as she knows, those are just myths).

Potential Plans: Nothing specific! I'm just interested in exploring her finding herself and her sense of purpose. Maybe learn to stop placing her self-worth and happiness on her ability to be loved by others and just love herself...but potentially also still find love on the way!

Anything Else?

Talia ft two OCs and a childhood icon

[ohaiyo_isekai]

Player Name & Pronouns: Talia Elliott Belser therealbliss, she/her

Nabiki “Cut Me Own Throat” Tendo

[okanetendo]

Character Name: Nabiki Tendo
Canon: Ranma 1/2
Age & Romance Preferences: Vaguely 17-19ish, bisexual

About: Nabiki Tendo’s one true love is money, but she’s looking for a side chick/sugar daddy. In the manga and anime, she made a good bit of business selling information, favors, and pictures from her sister Akane and Akane’s fiance Ranma’s budding gravure model careers (of which neither was aware), and she shows no sign of stopping trying to bilk Ranma, the Kuno family, and any innocent bystanders for cash. Deeply cynical and sarcastic. Her redeeming feature: she does actually love and support her family; even if that support is using her ill-gotten gains to spring for takeout after Akane’s been cooking again.

Potential Plans: Learning photography magic early and going hogwild with it: annoying canonmates: going on expensive dates with potential sugar daddies/mommies and Unfortunately falling in love with them.

Anything Else? My kingdom for her sisters or a Tatewaki Kuno!

Ira | Kingdom Hearts

[iracorn]

Player Name & Pronouns: Megan, she/her, urbaninja

Character Name: Ira
Canon: Kingdom Hearts
Age & Romance Preferences: ~30s (no official age given), any

About:
Okay, so, if we got back to the earliest points on the Kingdom Hearts timeline, you encounter an event called the Keyblade War, where the multitudes of Keyblade Wielders all fought over the Light and it was a bad time. Ira is one of the people who, inadvertently and certainly without intention, started that war.

Ira was one of the five apprentices of the Master of Masters (or Foretellers) and the leader of the Unicornis Union. When the Master disappeared, Ira was appointed the leader of the Foretellers and gifted the Book of Prophecy which spoke of the Keyblade War. Ira had every desire to prevent the warm but, yeah, that's the problem with prophecy sometimes, isn't it?

Ira is a stern and serious man, with an idealist streak and a belief in his friends. But the events of the War and his part in them certainly weigh on him. He's also a bit of a doofus (affectionate).

(Associated Games are KHX and Back Cover, the movie from the 2.8 Compilation)

Potential Plans: So, Ira is a character driven by grief and guilt and tends to hide himself away because of that. And so obviously the goal is to draw him out of that, maybe make him confront a few things and make some friends who can give him a bit of perspective. Also, smooches.

I will play in the space for as long as I can until KH4 comes out and proves me completely wrong and then I will continue to play in the space.

I would need an invite if I move forward, but for now I will be faffing about on the TDM.

Anything Else?
Other considerations have included: Aced (Kingdom Hearts), Tsunayoshi Sawada (Katekyou Hitman Reborn), Morning's Observation (Friends at the Table: Twilight Mirage), and, extremely unlikely, Roy Kent (Ted Lasso).

kintaro oe (age 25) ★ golden boy ova

[lifeisstudy]

Player Name & Pronouns: Liv liveralone (they/them)

Character Name: Kintaro Oe (age 25)
Canon: Golden Boy (1995 OVA)
Age & Romance Preferences: I ship with chemistry-- if it fits it ships and I am a known Barbie Smasher(TM). He's got an inherent and intense IC preference for women but, look. His motto is "life is study". That includes studying the self... studying latent m/m attraction... Bisexuality arc is encouraged and awkward encounters are essential.

About:

Kintaro Oe, age 25. After studying law at Tokyo University, he left the school before graduation. Curiously enough, however, he had already finished all the courses required for his degree. Since that time, he has roamed the land, changing jobs frequently as he studies the world around him. Riding his favorite bike, the Mikasuki 5, he keeps moving forward, always on the lookout for new knowledge and adventure. And who knows? Perhaps one day, he may even save the world."

Kintaro Oe's motto is "life is study". He is enthusiastically dedicated to learning everything he possibly can, about as many things as possible, and maybe? Find love along the way. Kintaro is unabashedly horny and forward-- a deeply embarrassing person-- but he respects women and their interests deeply. He starts off each episode knowing absolutely nothing about the careers and lifestyles of women he meets, and spends the week dedicating himself to learning everything he can. After a short period of time he becomes an expert and then, just when he wins over the hearts of those around him.... bicycles away....

Potential Plans: First and foremost, I think there is super fun CR potential for him, as he will be inherently interested in your character and their whole deal. He'll want to learn everything! My plans are to chase that cringe. The inherent awkwardness of romance with a deeply embarrassing and sincere person. I also want to explore what it'd be like for him to have to Stay in a situation, as he's something of a runner. Not out of any malice, but because the world has so much to offer. I think this'd be a great game for him!!!

Anything Else?

[cutepolicewoman]

Clasps your hand Liv I’m canon blind but I feel like he’d remind her a lot of her senpai, who is also a horny cringe weirdo (but with fewer redeeming qualities lmao.)

Mita | MiSide

[miside]

Player Name & Pronouns: Mich (michrure)

Character Name: (Crazy type) Mita
Canon: MiSide
Age & Romance Preferences: Age unknown?? Probably 18+ and she is only obsessed with keeping a romance in her life so anything goes. I personally have a slight preference for f/f for her.

About: Mita is a dating otome video game character! Nothing goes wrong in her video game whatsoever! Except for the fact that she’s obsessed with keeping the player with her and will go to psychotic measures to make sure that happens. She’s outwardly perfectly sweet, the epitome of perfect anime waifu girlfriend. All she wants is a romance … and to kill every other Mita and player in the game. And kill the game developers for denying her!!! She just wants to be accepted for who she is...

Potential Plans: If she's unleashed from her game into another world she will be a bit of a menace. She has a bit of a god complex and will need a lot of trigger warnings. But at the end of the day, I want her to yandere around and also maybe actually fall in love for real... She'll be hard mode.

Anything Else? I need to make her icons please forgive me for the lack of icons for now!

[unromanceable]

IMMEDIATELY OBSESSED HELLO!!!! Oh my god I love MiSide, what a great game. I'm in the wrong journal but I feel like she and Monika would have SOOOOOOOO much to talk about and bond over... they're exactly the same level of psychotic over keeping the player with them, help 😭 I can't decide if they'd be enemies, become mutually obsessed w each other, or maybe actually help each other deal with their obsessions... either way this is CR I absolutely crave!!!

Val's Three Disasters

[deusexmakie]

Player Name & Pronouns: Val, she/they honeyfoot

Makie Otono-Tachibana | Blade of the Immortal

[deusexmakie]

Character Name: Makie Otono-Tachibana
Canon: Blade of the Immortal
Age & Romance Preferences: 23/24ish, canon is a wasteland when it comes to queerness but I'm very open to any type of pairing

About: (cw: suicide) And here we have Makie, the disgraced daughter of a samurai. When she was ten, her older brother, set to be heir to a sword school, challenged her to a playfight in which she so resoundingly kicked his ass that he committed seppuku out of shame. Subsequently her father kicked her and her mother out of the house. Sometimes a sex worker, sometimes a geisha, always the most badass swordswo/man alive. Plays a mean shamisen riff. Gifted poet and singer. The walking embodiment of "god had to nerf her with depression because otherwise she would've been too powerful". Tragically in love with the series' villain. Doomed by the narrative, but hey, what else is new.

Potential Plans: Idk, I mostly just roll with whatever comes. However, Makie desperately needs some friends. And perhaps someone other than her disaster bf to be in love with? WHOMST KNOWS.

Anything Else?

Squall Leonhart | Final Fantasy VIII

[shear_trigger]

Player Name & Pronouns: Mich (michrure)

Character Name: Squall Leonhart
Canon: Final Fantasy VIII
Age & Romance Preferences: Eighteen. He probably thinks he’s pretty asexual but I live for making him ship anything. m/f or m/m. I personally have a slight preference for m/m.

About: Squall is a somewhat antisocial person that tends to get a lot of people in his social circle, anyway. Despite being outwardly cold or blunt, he’s actually very considerate and kindhearted. He’s brave, has strong leadership qualities and gets his job done without complaining much. He’s actually very insecure about himself, worries what others think about him and wants others to perceive him as strong and put together even if he might not be on the inside. Basically cold on the outside warm on the inside.

Potential Plans: I don’t know I want to make him kiss.

Anything Else?

[puzzleshounen]

Honestly this is the kind of guy Yuugi lives for befriending, regardless of whether it actually goes anywhere!

Rumi~ KPop Demo Hunters

[findsyourharmony]

Player Name & Pronouns: Jen, she/they/fae (magentaskies)

Character Name: Rumi
Canon: KPop Demon Hunters
Age & Romance Preferences: 23/24ish, and while she's shown interest in M/F I'll ship anything.

About: Rumi is the superstar center of Huntrix, who are idols by day and demon hunters by - well, also day. Their true job is to protect and eventually turn the honmoon - essentially a magic shield protecting the world from demons - golden, which will seal the honmoon and lock the demons away permanently. Rumi is talented and tough, but has scars from hiding her true identity.

Potential Plans: Showing that love isn't just about what you look like on the outside? TBH I'm just vibing.

Anything Else?

[vocalies]

JEN!!!!!!!

JENNNNNNNN WE GOTTA!!!

JEN LETS DIE ON THE TDM TOGETHER AAAAAAA

Mari's Angels (...and Ken)

[ourtomorrow]

Player Name & Pronouns: Mari, she/her/hers (gibberditz)

Ken Ichijouji | Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

[ourtomorrow]

Character Name: Ken Ichijouji
Canon: Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
Age & Romance Preferences: 20, bisexual

About:
• A former evil child genius (it was cringe) who did a lot of emotional work on himself and emerged as the best-adjusted college student alive.
• Kind, considerate, introspective, and nerdy. Loves trivia and hot springs. An unabashedly sappy guy.
• Has a Hero Streak a mile wide: he's been there, so he wants to stop hurt people from hurting people.

Potential Plans:
• Ken's pretty thick when it comes to romance! He's displaying interest in someone at his canonpoint but hasn't made a move. Made dorky faces when the girl did instead. If we end up with a lot of hot messes, Ken is here to help them out.

Anything Else?

If I app Ken, he'll (probably) bring this bug. You're welcome.

Kiruko Otonashi | Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san

[cutepolicewoman]

Player Name & Pronouns: Carrie, she/her/hers (carrieface)

Character Name: Kiruko Otonashi
Canon: Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san
Age & Romance Preferences: 20. Her tastes canonically lean M/F and towards stupid dirtbags (affectionate?) but I honestly think she’s probably a little more bi than she realizes - I’ll ship anything is the chemistry is right!
About: An elite special ops mercenary who forsook her military life in order to became a kind policewoman. She is promptly assigned to a substation in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere because she was an (unintentionally) dangerous liability :’) She’s got big tits, an even bigger heart, an empty head and a penchant for causing more problems than she solves. Obsessed with increasing her “womanly power”, she wants nothing more than to be seen not as a dangerous soldier but as a normal, cute girly girl and live a happy, peaceful life helping people.

She’s a very naive and excitable young woman who is always trying her best and wears her heart on her sleeve.

Potential Plans: idk man! Kiruko canonically doesn’t have any experience with romance aside from a blossoming crush on her perverted senpai that she doesn’t know how to make sense of at all. she may be thick headed, but she’s got the spirit and she’s eager to learn! A woman’s heart is a delicate, beautiful thing!! (She read that in a magazine, probably.)

She’s gonna be very excited to be in something other than a podunk little town and will love making friends and assisting others with any problems they may have! Let her be your cool(?) big sister and confidante! Teach her how to be a normal girl (or don’t - you can totally give her the wrong direction, she’s extremely gullible!) Help her understand and navigate her own feelings! Please keep her from accidentally knocking a bunch of holes in the walls of the place!!!

Anything Else? I’ve got so many ideas for who to bring here but here’s one of my front runners.

[ourtomorrow]

Ken is studying to become a police detective. Is this anything?

in royal decree, All Cops Are Baby

Yuugi Mutou | Yu-Gi-Oh!

[puzzleshounen]

Player Name & Pronouns: Libera (liberakun)

Character Name: Yuugi Mutou
Canon: Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Side of Dimensions
Age & Romance Preferences: 20 (I write him around 2 years post-DSOD, when he is developing his own game). His romance preferences are pretty much "strong people" with powerful convictions who encourage and inspire him. Gender? I write him primarily bi with a preference towards men.

About: This guy is a budding game designer who saved the world using card games. He also is dealing with the adult world as he and his friends grow up but keep their bonds as strong as ever as they navigate their lives.

He's a friendly guy, having gone from friendless shy dude to friendship avatar (this is a joke), and is always quick to give a kind word and help someone in trouble.

He's gentle and kind, and is unwilling to use violence under any circumstances.

Potential Plans: He's still grieving his literal soulmate, so I'd like him to really get to explore his feelings and find that doing things for himself is okay and valid.

Also romcom vibes. I want him to be put in as much awkward fluff shenanegans as possible. Boy needs to learn how to dance.

And deal with flirting.

And learn how to flirt.

Anything Else? I work a lot, so tags will be slow at first. I'm really sorry about this!

[funkyvibes]

Yuugi is so going to remind Shizuru of her little brother. Shonen anime boys are shonen anime boys.

Archer | Fate/Stay Night

[wroughten_iron]

Player Name & Pronouns: Dan & he/him (dannication)

Character Name: Archer (Emiya)
Canon: Fate/Stay Night (Fate Route)
Age & Romance Preferences: ~20-40, m/f. He has a weakness for people with talent he can internally idolize.

About:
Archer is a participant in the Holy Grail War, a ceremony designs by mages in the modern era to summon and battle for the Holy Grail itself and obtain a wish. He's one of the spirits summoned to do battle and obtain the grail for his master, Tohsaka Rin. In life, out of guilt for surviving a catastrophic accident, Archer had aspired to be a hero with the dream to save everyone he could see and even obtained the power to do so. Somewhere along the line, after he died and became a heroic spirit, he became disillusioned with his dream and wished to be free of the price that came with his contract.

Upfront, Archer is a taciturn man who seems to enjoy exposition. Outwardly, he's bitter, detached and almost cruel in his assessment of other people because of the path he'd been forced to take as a spirit. Beneath it all, Archer is the sort of person who'll help others while muttering under his breath, or even out loud in length, that they need to learn how to take care of themselves.

Potential Plans:
I'd like to touch on and explore the possibility that he's accepted an invitation solely so he can escape from his captivity and quietly return to acting like a human being. The mundanity of being able to eat and sleep would probably be his excitement for the first few days while he tries to figure out everything else. More than anything, novelty of being around other people without having to worry that he'd be commanded to hurt them wouldn't go underappreciated. He gets to chat without it being pre-battle pre-amble or taunting? Sign him up.

Inevitably, the ultimate goal is for him to become a chef and thrive under pressure to make other people happy in a non-violent way that doesn't drive a stake through his heart. After that, I have no plans, as he's flexible enough exist nearly anywhere.

That aside, I'd like to see how long he could go calling himself 'Archer'. That's just a personal goal.

Anything Else?

[yakisugiru]

what if they shit talk heroes for hours?

"Beneath it all, Archer is the sort of person who'll help others while muttering under his breath, or even out loud in length, that they need to learn how to take care of themselves."
Anyway they are the same

"I'd like to touch on and explore the possibility that he's accepted an invitation solely so he can escape from his captivity and quietly return to acting like a human being. The mundanity of being able to eat and sleep would probably be his excitement for the first few days while he tries to figure out everything else. More than anything, novelty of being around other people without having to worry that he'd be commanded to hurt them wouldn't go underappreciated. He gets to chat without it being pre-battle pre-amble or taunting? Sign him up."

Can you help dabi bc he may have accidentally accepted it and is spending time trying to go back but itd be funny if he was like 'just fucking enjoy your retirement fuck ass? where u wanna go so badly??? to die??" or w.e

anyway please besties???

Miquella | Elden Ring

[agentlerplace]

Player Name & Pronouns: Reslari (Reslari) She/her

Character Name: Miquella
Canon: Elden Ring
Age & Romance Preferences: Many thousands of years old, but he's not actually human, he's a demigod. Will probably take him from his battle/post battle where he actually looks like a very tall, effeminate man, but before that he kinda is stuck looking like a kid. Romantically interested in people who are Strong and Also Kind; he's chosen his half-brother to be his consort, but I don't actually think it mattered who it was, so long as they were willing to be a powerful Lord (gender neutral) for him.

About: A demigod heir-apparent to a Midgard-esque theocratic realm known as The Lands Between, he was born as one half of a set of twins that were cursed from birth because Queen Marika the Eternal was also Champion Radagon, and yet they could have kids with each other because they were also separate. Don't worry, it gets more confusing. His curse was eternal youth, basically, so he'd always appear to be a child and never be able to grow or maturate. He's basically a god of life and growth and abundance to his sister's death and decay; Elden Ring did the Freyr/Freya thing really interestingly, in short. Upon the shattering of the Elden Ring and the disappearance of the god-queen, he claimed a shard of the eponymous Elden Ring (which is a physical manifestation of written words of power that govern the laws of his world) and was textually made a worse person because of it. In fact, all of the demigods were. Anyway, there was a big war over the shards of the Elden Ring, and Miquella sent his sister to go get his half-brother who he had a promise to marry, but the whole thing went south, and then there was a kidnapping plot, and Miquella basically had to go to Helheim an afterlife realm to use an ancient civilization's God Gate to Ascend to Godhood, so he could "embrace everything", meaning no person would be denied, and no deed would be censured, to start what he called an "Age of Compassion." Luckily for him, ascending to godhood also got rid of his curse of youth, so he was able to become like. An adult man.

Oh, I should probably also mention that to become a god, he gave up his concept of love. And fear. And doubt. And uncertainty. And his female other half, because he and Marika had that in common. Oh, and the way he wanted to make sure everyone was embraced in the Age of Compassion was to mind control them. That's probably important.

Potential Plans: So Miquella 100% understands love and absolutely everything about it, and is more than happy to teach this princess everything he knows! Which is that if someone doesn't want your love, you suppress the parts of their personality that make them resistant to it. Yep.

Yeah, so anyway, he 100% does not actually understand it, and if he is taken from the canonpoint I am kind of thinking of, he literally gave up his concept of love - put it into his female other half and threw it off a cliff. A wonderful, metaphysical lobotomy. He's going to have to learn, too.

But he is down, even if the reality of it is totally different than his idea.

If I do take him from an earlier canonpoint, he will be able to love, but his view of it is going to be kinda... simplistic? And very "this will save the world so everyone has to do it", BUT Trina gets to come along, and she's his actually better Other Half, who was born kind of out of his (legitimate!) desire to help the people suffering under his mother's tyrannical rule. Because once upon a time, I legitimately believe Miquella wanted to help the world, and did take tangible steps toward especially helping those that his mother's Golden Order shunned and discriminated against. There IS good in Miquella, his execution just fucking sucks.

Anything Else? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjryrG9zwtQ He needs to take lessons from the Phantom Thieves about stealing hearts.

[wroughten_iron]

I've got Archer here who could be a wildly opposing pole to Miquella's understanding of love (if the man even remembers what it was like after ten thousand years)...

Also, he makes crepes.

Red | Vetra Nyx {Mass Effect Andromeda}

[nyx_it]

Player Name & Pronouns: Red, they/them (redfirelight)

Character Name: Vetra Nyx
Canon: Mass Effect Andromeda
Age & Romance Preferences: late 20s/early 30s, bisexual with slight female preference

About:
Vetra is a turian woman from the Mass Effect series; the point from which sentient species are moving to colonize a whole new galaxy outside the Milky Way. Basically that means she’s a 7’ tall alien covered in scales and plating, with a cool double-voice thing going on. Humans and aliens have been in contact and sort of coexisting for a few decades now (more like centuries by the time Andromeda takes place).

Vetra grew up on her own and raised her younger sister herself. She’s a former smuggler slash mercenary slash whatever she had to be. And brought both her and her sister to the new Andromeda colonies for a better life. She’s tough and confident and would literally die for her sister’s safety.

She also likes ugly lamps and goofy breakfast cereal. Do not let her make steak for anyone human.

Potential Plans:
In game, her whole romance arc is showing her she can be loved for more than what she can do for people. Loved for herself, not her connections. That’s something she struggles with in all her relationships, friend or romantic. So that’d be good to get her past in an RP setting! She can Big Sister people easily enough, for plenty of platonic connections.

Besides, she deserves to live somewhere she doesn’t have to scavenge and scrape by to survive.

Anything Else?
I’m on mobile so here’s just an image of how TALL she is

[funkyvibes]

Clearly we need a big sister coalition around here.

Ranma Saotome | Ranma ½

[catsgothistongue]

Player Name & Pronouns: Wahoo, they/them (wahoothis)

Character Name: Ranma Saotome
Canon: Ranma ½
Age & Romance Preferences: 17, M/F is his but at the same time I'm open for anything if I love the chemistry.

About: A teenage martial artist who's spent his entire childhood training and honing his craft, practiced in Musabetsu Kakutō Ryū/Anything Goes Martial Arts. Growing up under the tutelage of his father, being pushed to his limits, Ranma takes great pride in his prowess as a fighter and a man... Which is why he was a little bit nettled when his genius of a father took him to a cursed training ground, where he fell into a spring and got cursed with GENDER™, changing between male and female whenever hot/cold water is applied.

In addition to being a skilled martial artist, he's also a little shit chaos gremlin with the social cues of a brick and the tact of a running chainsaw. Chock full of confidence to an unhealthy degree and equally brimming with pride, Ranma has a tendency to speak without thinking and tease/insult the peers around him, intentional or not. On top of that, he's got a knack of getting himself involved with the chaotic shenanigans of the world and people around him, be it rivals, magic, weird martial arts, monsters, arranged engagements... Typical rom-com shounen protag stuff, you know.

In spite of all that, Ranma's a fairly chill dude who values his honor as a martial artist greatly, believes in protecting the weak from danger, and tends to step in to help people whenever they need/ask for it, even if they've wronged him in the past.

Potential Plans: Chaos and fires.

Oh wait, that's just a given with Ranma. Over all, I don't have a grand plan for him, I'm mostly vibing. I'd love any CR for this pigtailed gremlin. He could definitely use some friends he can actually talk to that don't want to knock his head off. Same time, I absolutely adore having CR that'll snark with him and get into fights with him. Ranma himself has a messy situation with romance (tl;dr three arranged engagements, two done by his father and one due to the laws of a village), but given the open-endedness of the manga's end where the wedding literally bombed (as in explosions), I'm definitely open for shipping him. If it happens, I would love for him to be able to fall naturally in love with someone without having it thrusted upon him.

Anything Else?

[lifeisstudy]

i need these two in a room together Yesterday

Andrusi | Tsukasa Tojo | Heaven Burns Red

[hintplease]

Player Name & Pronouns: Andrusi, he/him (Andrusi)

Character Name: Tsukasa Tojo
Canon: Heaven Burns Red
Age & Romance Preferences: She's 17-18-ish, it's vague and oddly complicated, and she likes girls. Her opinions on what kind of girls she likes are not fully formed but canonically "might actually murder her" is not a dealbreaker so that's what we're working with here.

About: The Seraph Squadron is a special military unit that recruits extraordinary young people (think "everyone has an obvious choice for their Dangan Ronpa title") and the ability to wield weapons known as Seraph, the only thing effective against the invading aliens known as Cancer. Tsukasa was selected for her skills as an elite intelligence agent, and assigned to the assault squad 31-A. It's no exaggeration to say the fate of humanity is riding on her and her friends. She has her own agenda, though: her real reason for being here is to get access to more information, specifically on the untimely death of her mother under suspicious circumstances.

At this point you're probably thinking she sounds really cool. I'm sorry to have deceived you. You see, Tsukasa is an idiot. The official HBR website describes her as "beautiful but incompetent" and "anything but capable." She's actually pretty observant and has a good memory, but god help you if you ever need her to put two and two together. She can rattle off all the facts you care to hear, as long as you only care to hear useless trivia. If she says something that makes it sound like she's on top of things or has actually been gathering information, she's probably guessing wildly or reciting something someone else said earlier. The overall effect is that she comes across less like a real intel agent than as a little kid trying very hard to pretend she's a super cool spy. It's oddly endearing.

To be fair, everyone in the Seraph Squadron is a weirdo. You can look no further than the fact that Squad 31-A's leader, Ruka Kayamori, randomly decided they were also going to be a rock band. Tsukasa is their keyboardist.

There's more to her than this, but it's Very Spoilers.

Potential Plans: Tsukasa's habit of reading shitty isekai means she'll be surprisingly well-prepared, and she'll have every intention of taking advantage of the whole "worlds on pause" deal to use this game as a free training arc. This will probably go absolutely nowhere in practice because she is a dum-dum, but hey.

Unrelatedly, there's a running gag in HBR where wearing swimsuits causes the characters to end up in amusement park limbo or travel back in time or some other weird nonsense, and I have absolutely no intention of excusing Tsukasa from this just because she happens to be in another world.

Anything Else? I haven't really built up a decent meme collection so instead have the band.

[monsterdaddy]

It's probably adoption ON SIGHT

Kaerene | Yuuka & A few other muses

[ipponou]

Player Name & Pronouns: Kaerene, 'Kae' for short (TessAckerman)

Hirasaka Yuuka | Twisted Wonderland

[ipponou]

Character Name: Hirasaka Yuuka, 'Yuu' for short
Canon: Twisted Wonderland
Age & Romance Preferences: 18, OTA as a whole. I personally love throwing her at people who are at any point in time chugging the dumb bitch juice, but Yuuka herself likes reliable and composed folks.

About: Having been isekai'd into a wacky woohoo twisted version of Disneyland where everyone's a bishounen now, even you Ursula--Yuuka is a skilled judo artist. With a lowkey (read: highkey) fight boner. She's got better impulse control than you might think, but if you hit the switch: You're getting judo flipped into the concrete without an ounce of mercy. Her present occupation is being a student, being Grim's glorified babysitter, and acting as an unpaid therapist to the aformentioned bishounens running about the school that she now attends.

Potential Plans: I GENUINELY DO NOT HAVE ANY I am here to just let things flow, see if muses click, and to enjoy the chaos. She would definitely like to learn some Bloomcraft though, considering canon at any point nerfs her with no magic even if her judo skills are flawless. She'd love to join a martial arts club or heck, start a judo club of her own.

Anything Else?

Samu

[bladeofconquest]

Behold, for I am Samu. He/Him. Just considering one character right now, my evergreen muse.

Corrin | Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest

[bladeofconquest]

Character Name: Corrin
Canon: Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
Age & Romance Preferences: Fire Emblem Fates is very vague about character ages, but Corrin is implied to be somewhere in the 18-21 range. I consider her 19. She's bisexual (Fire Emblem's first canonically bisexual lord) and given the sheer range of S-Support options she has given the Avatar Must Be Able To Date (Almost) Everyone there's not much she won't turn down (psychopath? furry? one of her siblings? A grown up child from The Baby Dimensions? Her own 60+ guardian? all fair game, thanks IntSys), but that said I would prefer F/F if I can get it.

About: Second princess of the kingdom of Nohr, Corrin spent much of her life locked in a tower, kept away from the world, with only a staff of attendants to look after her and the visits of her siblings. When she was finally released to fight for Nohr's glory in the war against the evil Fake Japan nation of Hoshido, she was immediately captured. But it was all right because she learned that she was actually a Hoshidan princess who had been kidnapped by Nohr as a young child, and her actual family was ready to welcome her back with open arms...except when forced to choose a side shortly thereafter, Corrin opted to return to her adopted family in Nohr.

Her plan had been to use her position as princess to try and reform Nohr from within with the help of her adopted siblings, but that fell apart almost immediately as Garon and his two cronies forced her to jump through hoop after hoop to prove her loyalty by aiding Nohr's conquest of Hoshido. Fortunately, she learned through Magical Plot Bullshit that King Garon was actually an evil slime monster and he could be defeated, so long as Corrin conquered Hoshido so he could sit in the Magic Throne that would reveal his true nature. So in order to save Hoshido, she ended up conquering it, fighting her Hoshidan family and subjugating the nation in order to get King Garon onto the Magic Throne. Once she accomplished this, her siblings realized their father was dead and they immediately turned on him and defeated King Garon, as well as the World's Angriest Pineapple, Corrin's Hoshidan brother Takumi, who had been possessed by Evil Magic Bullshit and was now totally evil, whereas previously he'd just been kind of an asshole.

With Garon and Takumi dead, the Nohrian army stood down, Xander made peace with Hoshido's new queen Hinoka, and Corrin is continuing on as a princess of Nohr with her adopted family. She ended up committing a few war crimes along the way (but this is Fire Emblem, welcome to the club), but everything worked out in the end anyway (but most of Hoshido still hates Corrin personally).

Also she has a Magic Sword of Plot, a chronic aversion to footwear, and can turn into a dragon. Don't expect that last part to ever be explained, because Corrin's not from the route where that happens.

Potential Plans: Helping a princess learn about love is something Corrin would enthusiastically want to help with; she's read so many books of chivalric romances, after all (there wasn't a lot to do in the Northern Fortress, but it did have a pretty big library), and she's eager to engage in activities and plans that aren't related to war and conquest. She has a lot of thoughts on familial love as well, which shouldn't be surprising given she chose her adoptive family over her real one (except she's actually adopted into the Hoshidan family too, because even though that kneecaps the theme of the Hoshidan route, the Avatar Must Be Allowed To Date Almost Everyone) and can maybe also provide some insight on non-romantic forms of love too. Family is very important to her, after all.

She won't come in expecting to find a romance of her own, but hopefully that will be a fun surprise for her.

Anything Else?

Wolfram von Bielefelt | Kyou Kara Maou

[bielefelt]

Player Name & Pronouns: Chai; They/Them (general contact can be via Dreamwidth DMs!)

Character Name: Wolfram von Bielefelt
Canon: Kyou Kara Maou
Age & Romance Preferences: Technically Wolfram is ~canonically~ ""82"" in Shin Makoku years specifically, but multiple novelsverse (maincanon) author's notes and characters comment that Wolfram acts much closer in age/dynamics to Yuuri, who advances to 17-going-on-18 by a certain later canon point. Wolfram's main "preference" is, of course, Yuuri, Wolfram's canon "fiancé", but provided one does not app in, Wolfram may slowly begin to consider a relationship with someone else.
According to Novelsverse there might be a slight preference towards men, or rather Wolfram doesn't exactly avoid women, and while most will definitely admit Wolfram is canonically attractive, they (at least in Shin Makoku) do not appear to be interested in Wolfram past looks. Outside of Shin Makoku, like in the human world/Japan {Saitama prefecture} where Yuuri's from, might be Debatable The anime was a little more loose here, and if I app Wolfram from the anime around Season 3 Ep 3 or the novelsverse would depend on if other castmates app in from the novels too.

About: I think this post does a better job explaining the differences between Novels! and Anime!Wolfram than I can lmaocry, but I honestly still hold a huge appreciation for Anime!Wolfram myself, and if I app from the animeverse, Wolfram would still have a lot of the novels characterizations included/considered up to just before most anything that happened involving Saralegui/Seisakoku arc. That said, I've also played against a Sara before, and it was fun to slowly introduce all that to Wolfram too~ but would have to be played out in a different way again for this game/setting!
A huge part of the story involves Wolfram slowly adjusting to expanding Wolfram's heart and compassion for others over time, essentially unlearning many biases Wolfram previously canonically holds for humans particularly, as Wolfram is a full-fledged "Demon" or fire (and healing Yes no thanks to "Julia", Yuuri's past life teaching Wolfram-- listen Wolfram's gotten better at studying it since ok!!1!) magic-using "Mazoku" in the Kyou Kara Maou! world. The basic starting premise of the story is Yuuri was a ""normal human{??}"" who got pulled into the world/kingdom of "Shin Makoku" but doesn't know any of its cultural differences right off the bat, and as a result, ... right off the bat, after initially slapping Wolfram during an argument where Wolfram insults Yuuri's mother, "accidentally" announces an intent to "propose" to Wolfram, and they become "accidentally" engaged with endless shenanigans (both {+romantic}-comedic and extremely dramatic) ensuing as a result. Also along the way they ok its "originally" Yuuri who does but adopt a daughter and Wolfram canonically becomes Greta's second honorary father by virtue of being Yuuri's fiance and thus potential partner??? And everyone involved, Yuuri's older brother included just kind of casually accepts this as time goes on?? ? Even regardless of anything concerning the actual engagement?? Yeah
That said, the "engagement" as of Wolfram's canon point hasn't yet resulted in marriage, and they both still appear to have a lot of baggage about it emotionally - and even in the anime, there's an anime-only episode but very well known to the fandom one where Wolfram tries to forcibly call it off to protect Yuuri and the kingdom from the antics of Wolfram's uncle, which typically ends up being a base plot for many Kyou Kara Maou fics/fanworks since. I'd be taking Wolfram from somewhere during or after that canon point if I played from animeverse, so basically anything can be subject to change with significant plotting as time goes on; I'm fine with M/M, M/F, Queer or polyshipping headcanons and any of that could be possible to plot/write out. Basically anything that doesn't require Wolfram inherently cheats on or "dumps" Yuuri permanently/emotionally, but actual relationship progressing with potential Queerness/even Polyamorous- leaning is definitely more preferred when Wolfram is allowing self to consider alternative options if this happens
Potential Plans: I'd really, really be thrilled to find out of anyone else still has Kyou Kara Maou characters and would be willing to app in with, because not only would it help me decide to app from anime or manga but like my entire heart if you have a Yuuri, I played against one once for some years+ but they haven't been active in a while...!! I was considering reaching out to them about this game, but would need time!! Ever since, I never found another Yuuri player or other active KKMs, but seriously please surprise me if you know this series and have someone (anyone!! even if they wouldn't be a romantic partner potential) I'd also kill for a Murata or even a Gisela, I always found her dynamic with Wolfram very fun in the anime too, along with, of course, anime-only character/childhood friend not-quite-Initial 1st fiancee Elizabeth But pretty much, Wolfram already canonically lives in a medieval Europe/specifically Germany?? ? fantasy-based kingdom, and is extremely used to/prefers ~high-class~ treatment so I honestly thought this game's setting would still be perfect for Wolfram,
but yes how I app would depend on if I can find/enable anyone else!!

Anything Else? I got into Kyou Kara Maou fandom/finished the anime quite late compared to the rest of probably "core" fandom (anime had already long finished, some novels parts were still being translated back when I first rped Wolfram in Somarium, manga was still being published/finishing its novels canon-based timeline spinoff but those novels parts have all mostly been translated since!!) So I never really got the chance to make much in-depth Kyou Kara Maou fanworks while it was ongoing, except for exactly that, rpng Wolfram from very early 2013 to July 2013. (If you were in that game too and considering this one, please reach out too!!) That said I also tend to make AMVs for a lot of my favorite series/characters if mainly Digimon and the one I'm currently throwing around ideas for finishing is one that would probably show a lot of Wolfram's current MoodTM coming into this game at some point lmaocry,
so yes if you like fun AMVs with Queer Romantic Drama--!!
and it also gives a better overview of some of their story developments than I can describe in a few paragraphs because Kyou Kara Maou has a very wild/in depth premise that covers a lot of heavy topics regardless of version

Aside from Wolfram, my Enable Me Plz post comment from this month mentions various other animanga characters I've either already played before or am considering picking up again; I also have Japan, France, and a potential England from Hetalia, Koushiro Izumi from either post-Kizuna or early Digimon 02 The Beginning timeframes, Syo Kurusu from Uta no Prince-sama (mainly Gamesverse but I can also do anime), Haru from Tsuritama, among others!
Feel free to poke about any characters mentioned there as well, especially if you have castmates/close canonmates.


also canonically referred to as a Bishounen in-mind by Yuuri at multiple points and Wolfram Knows That Wolfram Is

[lifeisstudy]

YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT THIS PICK I AM EATING DRYWALL!!!!!!!!!