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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.

Helpful links!
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Please do not app a character from either of these unless you reserved them!
Starter Pokémon!
A compiled list of the starter Pokémon to choose from offered in Victory Road!
Word Count Tool!
Word count! It has other pointless stats too.
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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: Lizzie
E-mail: kedriver84@gmail.com
Preferred Contact:

doodlebuginette/CornyFlake#7375
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: --

Character
Name: Hunk ~~Garrett~~
Series: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Timeline: end of season 6
Canon Resource Links: Convenient wiki link~

Personality: Hunk is, at first glance, the friendliest and kindest member of the team. He’s outgoing and sunny, and generally willing to engage with pretty much anyone. He loves meeting people, and doesn’t tend to shy away from just striking up a conversation. He’s quick to smile or laugh, and enjoys coming up with dorky puns and one-liners in an attempt to make others laugh. His laidback and gentle personality generally allows him to get along with a wide variety of people. When focused on a task, Hunk can be quite single-minded, and he tends to see things through to the end. He’s a hard worker and though he sometimes finds himself juggling several projects at once, he will always finish what he starts. For the most part, he manages to do this with little difficulty.

Strength is something he possesses in spades; both physical and mental. His large stature might make him seem intimidating, and he’s not against using this to his advantage if the occasion calls for it. Most of the time, he’s laid-back and easy to get along with. He’s slow to anger, but when someone or something does push him to that point, he can be a bit frightening. That said, he’s less prone to physical violence than one might expect. Hunk is a very loyal friend and would literally do anything in his power to make sure the people he loves are safe and happy. He also tends to act as the voice of reason for the team, often taking it upon himself to point out how ridiculous something is. He’s gotten a lot better about it, but there are times when he just can’t hold his tongue, particularly when something seems a little dangerous. At times, he can be quite headstrong, single-minded and even a little aggressive, such as when he was focused on helping Shay and the other Balmerans.

Admittedly, Hunk is a bit of a nerd. Things like math and science and technology are very interesting to him, and he has a particular passion for engineering. Before things went crazy, he was happily traversing the Garrison’s engineering track, even if his anxious nature seemed to make things difficult at times. Since bonding with the Yellow Lion and becoming the Yellow Paladin, Hunk has learned a lot about himself and has discovered he can be brave if he needs to. Hunk is observant, and tends to point things out as he sees them to whoever will listen. Stress is something he knows well, and he’s developed a couple of effective coping mechanisms over the years, in the form of just blurting whatever pops into his head. Sometimes, people don’t appreciate this as much as he’d expect, but that’s fine. Admittedly, Hunk is a bit of a culinary snob. He’s dismissed Coran’s meals on several occasions, and he generally insists on doing all of the cooking for his fellow Paladins in his downtime. Fortunately for everyone involved, he’s also a culinary genius. He’s able to tinker with alien ingredients and figure out new and creative ways to combine them, and the results are never anything less than stellar. In fact, he takes great pride in his skills, and tends to get defensive (even snappy) when others are critical of the food he’s made or his methods.

Following his “Galra training” at the hands of Dayak, Hunk is noticeably tougher and more willing to take charge of a situation, going so far as to speak up when a group of Galra are bickering like children.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: a female rockruff named Tiramisu
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: TDM toplevel

Victory Road Sample:
[Once he’d had a chance to get used to things, Hunk decided that maybe this world wasn’t so bad. As far as strange, foreign planets went, this one had to be one of the milder ones. Nobody was trying to kill him, and things weren’t on fire, so this was already better he’d initially anticipated.

There was still that weird, niggling little feeling that something was up, but he was generally trying to swallow it down and make the best of this. If nothing else, he’d been enjoying the downtime. The fact that they were trapped here instead of making it to their Earth could kind of put a damper on things, but there didn’t seem to be anything he could do about it at the moment.

He’d even made an attempt to ask the woman claiming to be his mother about it, but it had been like talking to a brick wall. She’d seemed very determined to shuffle him out of the house as quickly as possible, and hadn’t left many opportunities for conversation.]

Guess I should come up with a name for you, huh?

[The puppy he’d woken up to was currently snooping around the base of a nearby tree, though the question made her abandon that in favor of trotting over to him for attention. Hunk smiled and rubbed her ears.]

What do you think? Something cute? Something tough?

[Was he actually expecting an answer? Probably not, but talking to someone else was still better than talking to himself... Even if that someone else happened to be a Rockruff.]

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.

Now that you've been accepted...
[○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must!
[○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: Here.
[○] Join the following communities:

victory_road,

the_plateau, and

ohmyarceus. Only Team Rocket personnel should join

silph_co, but we ask that all Victory Road members subscribe to it.
Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places.
[○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted.
[○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms!
[○] You can also find our mod plurk at

victoryroad; if you have a Plurk, we suggest you become a fan!

We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!

Thank you! See you in the Pokémon world!

So excited! \o/

APPLICATIONS

Hunk | Voltron: Legendary Defender | Not Reserved

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