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enablemeplz) wrote2025-11-08 10:54 pm
November EMP Meme
FOR GAME ADS: ➤ Put an ad up with the characters / crew / pairings / kink you want for your game under the correct game header. This meme is primarily going to be focused on DWRP games but IJ and LJ games are allowed. ➤ PLEASE NOTE A RULE CHANGE HERE. ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding (no font size > size 4 or 3 "big" tags, no oversized banners (they must be 250px in height or less), no blinking text, no obnoxious table html that doesn't collapse easily, no fonts and other html that make ads super long, no sparklies, no large pictures). Use all the colors you like, but please remember 3 "big" tags is the limit and that's only for headers or title text rather than for all the text in an ad. FOR GAME QUESTIONS: ➤ RPers interested in a game can create a header for the game and ask questions about that game that aren't easy to find on faqs, such as the actual pace vs. what's listed/what kind of plots are run/if the game leans more towards plotty or slice of life/if a game leans more towards network or logs, etc. Both anon questions and anon answers are welcome in this section just like in the rest of the meme. ➤ This thread is not for speaking about wank or drama in a game. There are anoncomms that exist for that. This thread is specifically for general questions about a game that rpers want to get perspective on from players already in the game. Answers can be slightly negative (such as saying app response is slow or that the plots are repetitive or similar things) but this should at least be worded politely. Unnecessary vitriol, any mention of personal drama or wank, or mod teams/individual mods/players being singled out, will be either frozen or screened (based on what seems right based on the content). FOR CHARACTER ADS: ➤ Put up an ad about the characters you are offering. For PSL ads, there is a separate subthread but for character ads for games, post directly to the meme post. Others will comment to you with the games/casts they want you to join. ➤ There is a "Find a Castmate" section, where you can talk about a cast you play in at a game, and try to lure people to join it. Not all games post to the meme or have a "wanted" section, so players that want to tempt people to their cast on their own can use this section for it. Please format this the same as the PSL section, where you post your character's canon in your subject. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find a Castmate" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. When listing who's currently in a cast, please do this in sentence form (with commas) rather than in list form. ➤ There is a "Find Crosscanon" section, where you can talk about a character you play and and desired crosscanon for that character. Please make sure this is not too generalized a search, because just wanting general crosscanon can be accomplished with the other sections of the meme. This is for specific characters or character types you're looking for. In the subject, please list the "Looking for [canon you're looking for]" rather than your character's canon. If looking for a character type, list the character type in as few words as possible. Do not make the subject huge or I'll screen your comment. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Find Crosscanon" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. This section is only for game crosscanon as in the psl section people can list their preferences. ➤ Examples of crosscanon you can search for: You play The Flash from DC Comics and your dream CR is fellow speedster Quicksilver from Marvel. Or you might play a witch and want cr with other witches in general. Or maybe you play a good character messed up by evil parents and want to play against a villain character you know has evil parents, because you know it'd lead to some interesting negative CR. ➤ There is a "Pairings You Want to Play" section, where you can ask for castmates or crosscanon you'd like to ship with. Please format this with "[YOUR CANON] seeking [CASTMATE/OTHER CANON (if crosscanon)/SEE DESCRIPTION (if a general character type)]. For the actual text of the ad you must use the "Pairings You Want to Play" form provided at the bottom of this post so that these ads don't get huge. Alongside castmates and crosscanon, you can choose to ask for OCs or general character types as well. Try not to get too wordy and please don't outline entire scenarios. ➤ ABSOLUTELY NO obnoxious coding, with the same rules as the Game Ads Section above. ➤ If you're recommending a game to someone, try to match your suggestion to their needs. It's okay if part of your game rec is copy-pasted (such as what the game's about), but at least some part of the rec must be personalized to their ad. Try not to recommend the same game to every single ad, either. Ad spam that isn't individualized in some way will also be frozen or screened. Keep in mind this needs to be more specific than "this game has easy AC like you're asking for but meets none of your other requirements." Make sure you're advertising games that might click with that specific character, where a few elements fit what they're looking for. You should be thinking about the story reasons of how the character might click with the game. IN GENERAL: ➤ Don't be a dick. This isn't one of the anoncomms, so any snide comments or unnecessary commentary on the RP plans of others will be frozen or screened. ➤ All mod responses regardless of whether they're rule breaks, correction requests (like someone posting in the wrong section), or thwapping someone for spamming copy-paste ads, have always been and will almost universally be public. If someone sends a PM and the conversation gets combative, this will also be made public and posted to the comments of the mod contact page. This is for the sake of transparency so people can judge the emp mod's communications for fairness themselves. There are times where the player's post may be screened (such as if they posted to the wrong section) but the mod's response will be left unscreened. ➤ Players may sometimes be allowed more than one strike for copy-paste ads since this is often just enthusiasm behind it, but game mods should know better. They'll get one warning for copy-paste ads, and if they spam anymore copy-paste ads after the warning, they'll be banned from the meme. ➤ The meme is for fiction-based RP only (with the only exception being involvement of fictionalized historical figures or historical settings.) Celeb or RPF RP advertising, whether for games or players, is not allowed. MOD CONTACT: If there's trouble, tell me HERE, please! 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| ➤ Important note: IP logging has turned on due to multiple instances past and present of problem players trying to return to the dwrp community via emp after being banned other places, so I'll be IP logging from now on, and will compare notes with the rpa and wg mods (as well as game mods) where appropriate if it seems like someone that has been mass banned. I will not pay attention to IPs otherwise. I don't care what people like playing or who's who. So please feel comfortable to keep doing your thing, anon or otherwise. The knowledge will only be used for really egregious problem cases. |
GAME/DRESSING ROOM ADS
NEW GAMES
THEOREM ⸻ first TDM up now!
DECADIA — tdm on november 15th
SMALL GAMES
Iyashikei | A Slice of Life Magical and Sci-Fi Solarpunk Panfandom Game
ROUTE 666 | a spooky monster transformation road trip game | TDM and ATP now up!
Caldera - A panfandom high fantasy faction game
MEDIUM/LARGE GAMES
KARTERIA - a monster transformation fantasy game
MUSEBOXES/MEMES/DRESSING ROOMS/MISC
For memes, please don't link memecomms or crosslink memes that are posted to dedicated memecomms (ex. [community
GAME QUESTIONS
You can also use this space to ask general game questions like "What games accept CRAUS?" or "What games have a fast pace and aren't SOL?
Re: GAME QUESTIONS
GAME START DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS
Ask questions regarding starting a new game here. Please put the topic of your post (i.e. "looking for comods," or "interest check for a steampunk sci fi game") in the subject of your comment.
Re: GAME START DISCUSSIONS/QUESTIONS
PSL OFFERINGS
Put your canons in the subject, offered characters, and what you're looking for underneath.
There is an optional html in a textbox in the post above.
honkai star rail
Caught up on 3.7 and ready to explore what canon didn't touch through rp 🫡
SEEKING
Click here! Making it collapsible to keep the ad short
FOR LYGUS —
✦ The Trailblazer (either gender, but I admit I have a bias for Stelle), Phainon, any of the other Chrysos Heirs... I also think the Ratio is a Zandar fragment theory is neat and would love to write against a Ratio with that as the premise! And, of course, Herta and Screwllum because their interactions were great.
✦ Gen threads are great but not gonna lie, I love to mash barbies. That said, any ship with Lygus is practically guaranteed to be a toxic mess and potentially just a one-sided and highly disturbing infatuation on Lygus's end. I'm not afraid to go full dead dove so if you're itching to write nasty fucked up stuff, I am here to make it happen. 👍
Favorite ships: Phainon/Khaslana, Stelle, Anaxa, Herta, Screwllum.
FOR ANAXA —
✦ Open to basically any castmate, even if they haven't interacted in canon at all. So if you're like "I play Sampo and want him to peddle his latest scam to Anaxa" or something, I'm absolutely down to clown! But as far as specific characters go, I'm especially interested in threading with any of the Chrysos Heirs, Lygus, Herta, Screwllum, Cerces and Dan Heng. DH's new form makes him look like the dromas equivalent of an umamusume and Anaxa would love it.
Favorite ships: Phainon (any flavor, including the Flame Reaver), Aglaea, Mydei, Dan Heng, Lygus.
✦ Some meme scenarios I like: Insomnia, rain (and other weather-related scenarios), body heat, stargazing, soulmates, nursed back to health, affectionate physical contact, intimate bathing, random scenario, hanahaki, omegaverse. I also have a short wishlist with more specific ideas.
And some 3.7-related wants sequestered to their own spoiler zone
✦ Lygus lives AUs, obviously. He still disowns Zandar and then decides to live the rest of his inorganic life as Lycurgus instead of being defined as the paranoia of a dead man. I think this would work best against Herta or Screwllum, but I'm open to other characters! Maybe the Trailblazer makes some questionable decisions by taking him aboard the AE and he chills in their room and yaps about the cave when they're trying to relax in the bath.
✦ Lygus lives... but he's still just a head and eventually ends up dumped in nature somewhere and he's trapped in an inescapable hell. Phainon, now a real person from the materialized Amphoreus, chances upon him during his galactic travels many years later. They have a final conversation before Phainon puts him down for good. I think he would be satisfied to go out like that tbh.
✦ For Anaxa, generally addressing the trauma they all went through??? Phainon acted like his 3.0 self in the ending but surely he has has moments where it just hits him full force and he's on the verge of a breakdown. Maybe some hurt/comfort where Anaxa helps him through it? Or Anaxa working through having gained 33 million lifetimes of memories.
✦ I saw this Oroborosnaxa fan art and now I want to write monsterfucking based on it. I think it's funny that he took an online "Which Aeon are you?" quiz and got the Voracity instead of Erudition, lmao.
NOTES/PREFS/ETC
✦ I live in Europe and work a full-time job, so my usual pace is medium-slow with 1-4 days between tags. I prefer to play with people who don't mind backtagging for a while to get threads done.
✦ As an RP omnivore, I enjoy a variety of things; exploring character dynamics, angst, fluff, canon divergence/what-if scenarios, smut, problematic garbage™, etc.
✦ Generally, I prefer to start out with something small-scale before committing to longterm PSLs in case a thread gets dropped early or the writing chemistry isn't there.
✦ Brackets are preferred.
PM either this journal or
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mafuyu sato / GIVEN - more info.
SEEKING
+ canon, crosscanon, and ocs. m/m. will say that offhand, mafuyu can be quite introverted and he's not the fastest with his words at any moment. this can make it difficult to form cr.
+ also making it difficult is my on and off again pace, but if you don't mind backtagging, then we should be okay. ideally i like to wait until i actually have time to send more than one tag, but sometimes it's a one-tag cadence due to rl.
+ open to canon ships ( yuki and mafuyu, ritsuka and mafuyu ) as well as canon divergent ships with other canonmates though those might take a little more plotting. also down to wing stuff and just make things up as we go though tbh. all given canonmates have excellent chemistry and it's rp so if not here then where.
+ open to crosscanon and ocs as well for ships and gen cr. down with negative cr too though that's not super likely with mafuyu, i'm not opposed to it.
MORE
AUs
- riffed off an ALIEN STAGE au briefly and was into it
- yuki loved mafuyu too much to haunt him for real but since mafuyu is sensitive to the supernatural and even has very lucid dreams of connection with the dead (can be explained as him working through his trauma but also taken literally or both), using the plot device of him being a magnet for OTHER ghosts or bad things would be interesting...especially if that residual effect won't go away unless he consciously handles his grief for yuki. in this AU i think he doesn't meet ritsuka. but i would end-game want to work music into it somehow, whether your character is a musician, a composer, or none of these and just involved in the supernatural workings of the world. AND if they are a character who would be trying to help him rid himself of the otherworldly miasma/bad karma / whatever, it would be interesting if that character fell in love with him while he's still in love with yuki (despite him being dead...) well, lots of things to play with here!
- all the art of mafuyu in the ten-years-later timeline is jaw droppingly gorgeous. and so i am self indulgently placing Model Mafuyu AU here. he'd still be his introverted, quiet self, and maybe this would rub some people the wrong way (probably.)
- catch-all categories/ interests that don't necessarily make sense but anything is possible in rp so here you go: mafia, amnesia, florist/tattoo artist/whatever this trope is, abo, guard/guarded, stray, anything you might have read in a BL or seen in a kdrama, etc. nothing is too dramatic or charged.
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. contact: pm or comment here!
. style: present tense lapslock but i don't mind if yours is different.
arknights, to be hero x, honkai star rail, fire emblem
PREFERENCES
MISC
deltarune, ffvii, dc, chainsaw man
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NIGHTWING ANNUAL #2 MENTIONED?
honkai: star rail, jujutsu kaisen
arknights, granblue fantasy, grandmaster of demonic cultivation
Logos | Arknights (
Executor | Arknights (
Nehan | Granblue Fantasy (
Wei Wuxian | Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation/Mo Dao Zu Shi (
PREFERENCES:
Some castmates/specifics that could be cool:
For Logos: Any of the adult ops or NPCs. As a lil self-indulgent crosscanon thing, Sunday from HSR because of the headwings demon/angel aesthetic.
For Executor: Flamebringer, Enforcer. I can also swing with any of the other non-Durin adult male characters.
For Nehan: Any of the male Eternals, any male crew member.
For Wei Wuxian: This is the Yiling Laozu so he has issues on issues... but I want a LWJ, NHS, or 3zun.
MISC.:
Timezone: GMT+8 (Southeast Asia)
Prose or action/brackets: Either or. I prefer action/brackets, but I have no problem with prose.
Longterm or one-shot: Longterm. Preferably in journals or museboxes.
Medium pref: Any. Give me your animangas, video games, books, LAs, CGI movies, etc.
OOC communication: Plurk or Disord DM. Feel free to ask for them if you want.
honkai star rail
supernatural
HSR, FE3H, LinkClick, LCF
The Greater Remedy Universe (Alan Wake, Alan Wake 2, Control)
Mr. Villain's Day Off
Masters of the Universe
baldur's gate 3, identity v, fate/ (+ crosscanon)
A Discovery of Witches
chainsaw man, fate/, genshin
nier reincarnation (seeking both canon and cross-canon/medium)
genshin
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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HELLUVA VERSE [ hazbin hotel / helluva boss ]
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SPOILER FOR SEASON TWO /just in case
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Hetalia, Digimon, Kyo Kara Maou, Utapri, Kagepro, Reborn, Tsuritama, Layton, YGO, Sonic X, animangas
Alien Stage
Tin Man
Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Genshin Impact, League of Legends/Arcane, FFVII
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X-Men: Evolution
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honkai star rail
oc (supernatural horror)
House of the Dragon/Game of Thrones
metaphor, genshin, hsr, fe3h, p5x, castlevania
hollow knight / silksong
Metalocalypse
genshin impact
castlevania, dc, 2025 frankenstein, mcu + x-men crossover platonic / ships wanted
hazbin, gachiakuta, fe3h, fear & hunger
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Hellaverse
make the exorcist fall in love
final fantasy viii, kingdom hearts
persona 5, persona 3
Arknights, Kaiju No. 8, SK8, TBHK
honkai star rail, ffxiv, fftactics
stormlight archive / cosmere — ota to crosscanon
twisted wonderland
My Hero Academia, Genshin, Final Fantasy, Honkai, Link Click, Alien Stage
KPDH, Stranger Things, FFXIV, Star Trek, Mercedes Lackey
The Apothecary Diaries
silent hill, fruits basket, nana — ota cross-canon
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FFXIV
resevil (remake), walking dead, trigun stampede, death stranding, fe:3h, cross-canon/medium
gachiakuta, kagurabachi
genshin impact
tshd, csm, alnst
FIND A CASTMATE
PERSONA (2, 4, AND 5) @ PIXIE LED
[fandom]: Persona series- we currently have characters from 2, 4, and 5!
[game's current cast]: P2: Eikichi P4: Naoto, Rise, Souji, Yosuke P5: Akechi, Futaba, Haru, Makoto, Mishima, Morgana, Ren, Ryuji, Sophia (Strikers), Yusuke
[who I play]: crimeboy jonkman (ren amamiya/joker/p5 protag)
[wanted]: Obviously we have a BIG cast for P5 but out of the main PTs we're now ONLY missing Ann! We would LOVE to see her and have a full cast of Thieves (plus Mishima would love Shiho as an extra bonus). We'd also ADORE a Maruki for Royal shenanigans (everyone is Royal compliant), we used to have a Sumire so she would be welcomed, and our Sophia would cherish a Zenkichi. Obviously any P2s or P3s would be adored (though special points for any p3 protag + Koromaru, Ryoji, or Fuuka) and other members of the main team for the P4 squad is great (though special shoutout to Kanji, Chie, or Dojima)! We've also had other Atlus titles in-game before that everyone has quickly adopted. If it isn't apparent from the semi-obscure characters we've got, we will excitedly love anyone who comes our way.
[game info]:
Full Navigation
New TDM goes up on the 15th here!
Invites Open 18 Nov|| Applications Open 22 Nov
Events are on a bi-monthly basis with apps opening at the end of every month, EXCEPT December- this is the last round before the new year!
tl;dr: Mission based events, quests for items, no power nerf or memloss, and check-in AC!
THE HUNDRED LINE @ PIXIE LED
HONKAI SERIES @ SEASONS
BALDUR'S GATE 3 @ PUMPKIN HOLLOW
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: THE WITCH FROM MERCURY @ KARTERIA
UTA NO PRINCE-SAMA @ SEASONS
GAME OF THRONES @ ETRAYA
ARCANE @ SOMNIA
MACROSS @ KARTERIA
Alien Stage @ Somnia
DELTARUNE @ BOTTLECAP BAY
MCU @ Iyashikei
bartimaeus sequence @ pixie led
M*A*S*H @ Pumpkin Hollow
RED VS BLUE @ PUMPKIN HOLLOW
FIND CROSSCANON
PAIRINGS YOU WANT TO PLAY
Tin Man | DG/Wyatt Cain
[who I play]: DG / Tin Man
[wanted]: Wyatt Cain
[why]: Look I just really like the two of them, and am sad that they went more lowkey than the romance was originally going to be. There's so much slowburn potential and I want to explore ALL OF IT!
[game/psl info]: She's new and very much in the voicetesting stage so I'm just playing around on memes and PSLs for the moment. I'd love to explore post-miniseries things. Moments we didn't see in it.
the musketeers - d'artagnan/athos, +porthos, aramis, treville
bumbleby - RWBY
Sleepy Hollow: Abbie/Ichabod
honkai: star rail - dan heng/trailblazer/march, mydei/phainon, mydei/castorice, mydei/trailblazer
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MCU | Olivia Walker/John Walker, Olivia Walker/Bucky Buchanan
genshin | aether/kaveh
BTVS | Buffy/Spike
House of the Dragon | Helaena/Aemond
the iliad, menelaus/paris
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Mista/ +Giorno, +Trish (+others/crosscanon?)
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters | Keiko/Lee
hazbin hotel | alastor/vox & alastor/charlie
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genshin impact: ororon & ifa
ghost - terzo/omega
Stranger Things | Mike/Eleven
fallout: new vegas | arcade/courier
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PREFERENCES
IN SUMMARY...
I think that's it!
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This might be a long shot... I'm starting to get the itch to put her into a setting again. Game options are limited since she's a very young child character (no specified canon age but I do put her around being the same age as NieR Replicant Act 1 Yonah), but I want to put some feelers out there. I can't guarantee I'll apply immediately and might just keep the game in mind for the future.
I've also been doing some light RPing on Bakerstreet if you want to play around. A separate ad for PSLs/Memes can be found over here!
◆ It might take some work to find my footing, so also hopefully a place that's welcoming to LCW/and lesser known canons.
◆ No castmates necessary. I've accepted the LCW life (even though it would be nice to have a Levania.) I love cross-canon and cross-medium interactions.
◆ No complete power loss, memory loss, or transformation. OK with power regains.
◆ No pure SOL. Even if this character does deserve a nice, peaceful, happy life... lmao. I get bored if it's mostly SOL all the time. :( I don't necessarily need her to be fighting too much or in the spotlight. Just having her grow, learn, and be supportive through doing small tasks is fine by me. I do like to explore how she grows up in another setting, with a support group since Fio did have a short, miserable time during her human lifetime. At most, the longest I play a character in a game if it works out is about 1 1/2 years to 2. My goal is usually to have her at least reach her birthday...
◆ Open to most genres. I'll take a look!
◆ Prefer games that don't require joining a Discord server for plotting. I do have it just in case for one-on-one messaging, but I prefer plotting on PM or openly on game plotting journal posts. I don't have Plurk.
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• no sandboxes
• no smut games (smut-friendly ok)
• any genre
• friendly to slow to medium pace
• castmates not necessary, especially considering he's from an obscure canon
• good number of similarly-aged teens
• short-term games ok (though i've never been in one, so one friendly to a learning curve would be ideal)
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preferences
Offering JRPG villains
[character offered]:
Fandaniel | Final Fantasy XIV
Vholran Igniseri | Tales of Arise
Sephiroth | Final Fantasy VII
Sunday | Honkai: Star Rail
Yuber | Suikoden
Sasarai | Suikoden
I also have other characters I'd consider for the right sort of game. My Suikodens are always ready to go because that's my brand, but they do best in games that feature a war or major faction conflict.
Sunday is already in a game, so I am more looking for possible homes for others, especially Fandaniel, but I would consider a second home for Sunny if the game is a good fit.
[rp you're offering for / rp type you'd wanna play in]: Game. DW only. Preferably, a game where villains can scheme and engage with the setting. Building up to big dumb player plots and losing is honestly my jam. I would fully expect that to be a slow burn, though.
I also tend to prefer more intense settings that can challenge characters, vs lighter, more comedic games, but a mix is fine.
For Sephiroth in particular, I guess it's worth mentioning I play him from the original game, which means he still has his memories and isn't obsessed with Cloud. I'd still play with a Cloud! But maybe he'd be a good matchup for a Cloud who wants the tension of a Sephiroth but would also like to be left alone sometimes.
[preferences]:
✔ medium or fast paced
✔ back-tag friendly
✔ plot focused
✔ horror
✔ exploration
✔ fantasy
✔ urban fantasy
→ would prefer no power nerfing but I can go with nerfed powers if a game has most other things.
✘ pure slice-of-life
✘ memory loss
✘ forced permanent transformation mechanics
✘ smut games
✘ AU
Looking for a game
[fandom]: Code Lyoko
[rp you're offering for / rp type you'd wanna play in]: Just looking for a game to send a 12/13 year old from a darkish canon. Her canon point will probably depend on the game and what I think suits best, cause she goes through a lot of development throughout the series.
[preferences]:
-OBVIOUSLY no sex games or sex-friendly games where the world is inherently horny
-Horror and dark topics is fine. CL is kinda infamous for having it's cast nearly die horribly. In Aelita's case, she dies 3+ times. Hell in one episode she's in the hospital the whole time due to going into cardiac arrest and being resuscitated....and that's without things from the novels
-Good mix of character ages. I'm fine with her befriending adults but would like her to have friends closer to her age
-Fantasy/Sci-fi - Aelita is a programmer and very good at fixing tech. So I kinda want to use that...on the other, I am small brain so low or weird tech would probably make it easy for me to bullshit.
PACING - Normally I try to clear my inbox every day or every two days
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[fandom]: Star Trek (AOS)
[preferences]:
Slow to medium pace
Mixed ac (aka logs and network)
No memory loss
Otherwise open
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Preferences: dw based, no mem loss or au, otherwise, hit me