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APPLICATIONS!

Currently: Open!
Applications are checked roughly weekly unless otherwise stated.

We ask that potential applicants post their application in comments rather than linking. If their application contains explicit references to 'hard' spoilers (character death, unforeseen plot twists, big reveals, he was evil all along etc), players should put the application in their own journal or their character's journal and link it, making sure to mention the presence of spoilers within. For further clarification on our spoilers policy and whether or not your application needs to be linked, please check this page. Thank you for your cooperation!

The comment character limit on Dreamwidth is 16,000 characters so apps no longer need to be split into multiple comments; however this is at players' discretion.

While players are welcome to play multiple characters (five characters maximum are allowed per player!), please only apply for one character at a time, and wait for a decision before submitting another application!

A reminder for those waiting to hear back: Please don't be worried if we skip yours while going through them. It only means we needed a little more time to research!

Please use the form below to apply! If you have any questions, feel free to ask any of the mods.

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Current Characters in Victory Road:

Character
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Canon Resource Links: Here we would have the links to wikis and other information sites. If none of those seem to provide enough information, feel free to add more about the character here. However, please do not use this section as a full history section unless your canon is ridiculously obscure. General rule of thumb: if there are a good amount of descriptive resources, please just link them and use this section to add in what may have been left out, as opposed to writing an entire history section.

Original Character Background: THIS SECTION IS FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND CUSTOMIZABLE/SILENT PROTAGONISTS ONLY! In lieu of canon resources, please write for us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs describing the following for your character:
- Their world (OCs): Is it magic? Medieval? Futuristic? An Earth like ours?
- Their history (OCs and customizable/silent protagonists): What have been the key events in their lives to date? What kind of background do they have?
- For customizable/silent protagonists: How are you justifying your portrayal of the character? What is your in-canon evidence? Please explain how, if your character lacks dialogue or a set background, you determined their history and personality.

Personality: Give us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs of how you understand your character's personality. Talk about basic characteristics, any major developments over the course of their canon, their motives, their social behavior, strengths and weaknesses, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: What career path will your character be taking? Breeder, Trainer? Or maybe even down the dark path of becoming a member of Team Rocket? Note: All Rocket members start as grunts. (For right now, only those three positions are available, whether your character chooses to follow their assigned path or not.)
Starter: What starter Pokémon do you want your character to have? Please use the list linked above to choose from.

Samples
RP Sample: The sample must be a thread, with at least five comments from you, that you have made anywhere with this character in the last four months at the canon point you have chosen for said character. Linking to a post or log containing multiple threads will also suffice, as long as at least one of the threads has the required number of comments. This thread sample can be in any format (e.g. network post, prose log, actionspam, Dear Mun post, and so on). While it does not have to be set in Victory Road's setting, you can use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, as long as it's a different thread than one used for the second sample below. What we are looking for here is grasp of your character's voice and a sense of how you operate as a role-player. If we feel that the sample provided is not adequate, we reserve the right to ask for another.

Victory Road Sample: This sample must take place in Victory Road's setting and can be EITHER a written post OR another thread if you would prefer not to write a post. The minimum is 300 words for a prose sample, eight sentences for a network post/actionspam sample, or ten comments total (five from you) in an RP sample. What we are looking for here is how the character responds to the Pokéworld's setting. You can also use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, but you cannot use the same top-level for the first sample above.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player
Name: Mari
E-mail: wynonnamaree@gmail.com
Preferred Contact:

mariscorner, Mariposa21 #4257
Timezone: PhST
Current Characters in Victory Road: Harry Potter

Character
Name: Isabela Madrigal
Series: Encanto
Timeline: Post Film Ending
Canon Resource Links: Isabela on Disney Wiki, Isabela on Wikipedia Encanto on Disney Wiki, Encanto on Wikipedia

Personality: The one way to describe Isabela’s predicament is that she is shaped by having to deal and live with the pressures and expectations put before her as the golden child among her family or Señorita Perfecta as Mirabel once called her. It is not easy being the eldest grandchild of the family who has high standards to live by, caused by the trauma her Abuela Alma went through from losing her husband (and Isabela’s grandfather) Pedro 50 years before the story starts. The pressure she places onto her children and grandchildren to make use of their gifts has caused the family to suffer internally in their own way and, in Isabela’s case, she has to deal with to be the golden standard while consciously needing to ignore her own desires for the family, the encanto/enchantment, and the town they live in.

Outwardly, she comes off as a graceful and elegant lady with a bit of haughty arrogance who grows beautiful flowers and doesn’t seem to do no wrong, except that it is a facade for a woman who has to repress her true self in order to live up to the image of the golden child. Deep down, she finds living by Alma’s expectations too much for her and she really wants to live her life as she intends to be and explore and experiment with the other options she could do with her gift; it is implied from her character song that she truly has a deep interest in botany and horticulture in general. She has become rather jaded by how people expect her to be as pretty as her flowers and she has grown to hate her situation of needing to live up to the expectations of others, yearning to be more independent and be in control of her life. But because of the pressures surrounding her, she had to hide her true feelings, desires, and dreams in order to make her family and especially Alma proud, even if it means having to marry the man her cousin Dolores has feelings for, Mariano. It is even revealed that she had only agreed to marry him as an obligation to her family during the fight with Mirabel in her room, stating that she didn’t want to get into a marriage with him by her own will. She is even seen visibly upset about having to accept the marriage proposal while singing the last parts of ‘We Don’t Talk About Bruno’ and also shows shock when Dolores reveals that Mariano wants to have 5 kids with her (Isabela) that she involuntarily grows flowers on her hair as a response. She can get very annoyed by Camilo’s antics when he takes on Mariano’s form that she has to put up flower petals to shut his mouth while (secretly) expressing her displeasure of having to say ‘yes’ to a man she doesn’t have any genuine feelings for. Not to mention that she can come off as rude at times and is able to show anger when pushed to her limits, which is how Mirabel caused her to have an epiphany about being able to do more than just growing pretty flowers.

While it is not shown much in canon, she deeply cares for her family and does a lot to make them them proud, showing off a selfless and loyal side to her like when she tries to help saving the miracle candle during the Casita’s destruction. While her relationship with Mirabel is strained and distant for most of the film and she had a slightly negative view on her uncle Bruno for his vision of her future initially, she is shown to be close to Luisa, her aunt Pepa, and Dolores as shown when she begins to worry for Luisa when her strength was slowly fading away moments leading to the dinner proposal, when she tries to calm Pepa down with a bouquet of roses, and when she and Dolores hold hands and they hug each other while witnessing Antonio’s gift ceremony respectively. Upon letting go of her golden child image, she becomes less restrained and begins to lighten up, no longer feeling burdened by the weigh of people’s expectations and the pressure of being perfect.

Her relationship with Mirabel is one filled with strain and hostility as she once told her to not get in the way, and, when Mariano and his mom come over for the dinner proposal, that she ‘doesn’t want to a word out of her’ during the dinner. She can be hard on her and does seem to be aloof towards her youngest sister and she in return finds her annoying to the point of seeing her as a spoiled and selfish person, both of them unaware how much the other is suffering from dealing with familial pressures. It is also hinted and implied that she may be jealous of Mirabel for not having to deal with the same pressures she has to deal with on a daily basis. It is only when Mirabel learns to see that there is more to Isa than her seemingly perfect façade that the two of them can build a better relationship together.

Through having an honest conversation and reconciling with Mirabel and with the support of the rest of the Madrigals, Isabela learns that she can be more than just her gift and she doesn’t need to be the perfect golden child to be her own person, with her hair and dress eventually getting dyed by different colored pollen and letting her gift to grow other plant life like sundews and cacti, gleefully letting out a rebellious side of her that she had been hiding for so long. She has also learned to express her creativity and interest in plants much more freely than she has done before. She is still a young lady with a lot of things to learn and do who still deeply cares for and loves her family and the community. But she is now learning not to be restrained by other people’s expectations and that it’s okay to be yourself and explore your interests within your own terms.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Budew
Password: Atomic Fireball

Sample
RP Sample: VR TDM

Victory Road Sample: It has been a few days since she has arrived at Jotho and Isabela is pretty torn by homesickness and her desire to explore Jotho and grow her team. She has been plagued by worries that she might be displaced away from her family and wonders how they will process the fact that she went missing at home, especially her parents and her sisters. Julieta and Augustin are not going to not like it that their eldest daughter has gone missing. Hoping to distract herself from these thoughts, she decides to take a break at the beach at Cherrygrove City. So there she is, relaxing on a blanket at the beach together with her Budew who is snuggling up beside her. The scenery is a lot different from the Encanto which has been surrounded by mountains and jungles for her entire life so she does take the view of the sea very well. She hasn’t seen anything like this before and she is very eager to see what it is like before she can head back to the Pokémon Center.

The Budew gingerly squeaks as she turns to her Trainer while hunger begins to take a hold on her stomach, “Bud, Bud-dew.”

“Oh, are you getting very hungry, Carmen?” Isabela asks her as she begins to go through her backpack.

“Budew! Budew, Budew,” the little Budew squeaks in reply as she nods her head energetically.

Luckily she has not finished up the trail mix that she got from the strange lady in New Bark so she then passes it onto Carmen for her to eat. The little Budew happily chimes in as she eats up some of the Trail Mix from Isabela’s own hands. She is quite relieved to see the smile on her partner while she enjoys the food, the eldest Madrigal does want to make sure that Carmen will grow strong with her while she is in this world. And perhaps she could lead her to an adventure she never expects to witness before her very own eyes.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
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Isabela Madrigal | Encanto | Not Reserved

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