User:Darkersolstice

Player Profile

1. Player Name/Pronouns: Solstice, they/them
2. Character name and pronouns: Jane Martingale, she/her or they/them; Mearcstapa, he/him
   1. Jane is in the process of figuring out her nonbinary identity. Pronouns may change. One thing she has landed on firmly is that she is Jack's sibling, not his sister, and that she will never be someone's girlfriend.
3. Content warnings required or triggers to avoid in RP
   1. Nazis or the Holocaust (strong generational trauma, will throw me out of 'play' mode and into panic)
   2. Harm/violence toward pregnant women; graphic birth scenes; NPCs whose defining feature is their pregnancy, especially at a loss of their personal agency (allow me to avoid this, please)
   3. Graphic descriptions of maggots. Casual mention is fine, but gifs, videos, detailed description are a strong squick
   4. Homophobia/transphobia in plots (warn)
4. Experiences or topics I'd like to engage
   1. "Look, I found the plot, let me bring it to you all!" I really feel special when poking at the setting produces something I can get other players involved in; I like playing characters who are particularly perceptive or who might have expertise in a specific area, or social merits among different groups, in the hopes of getting to be the obnoxiously eager dog barking "plot! plot!" for all the players to hear and get involved with.
      1. This is extra-super cool when I get to connect the dots between a plot and a character who would be really suited to get involved in it
      2. This may be related to my love language of "I saw this cool thing and it made me think of you, so I'm sharing it with you"
   2. Deep investigative plotlines with rabbitholes to fall down; I am someone who really enjoys using downtimes to sniff around things and get details before running a planned scene, if that's appropriate to the plot in question
   3. Opportunities to show off the research I have put into my character (more applicable to Mearcstapa right now); while I obviously don't know everything about what I build my characters for, I am known to pick character concepts based on hyperfixations for my ADHD. For example, if you're an ST calling for a Larceny check from Mearcstapa, I'll feel really cool if you let me talk a bit about what tools and techniques he's using on a successful check, instead of just 'okay, you get it open, here's what happens'
   4. Scenes that involve deep meaningful conversations about the supernatural, plot development, etc. I can get tired of fluffy casual coffeeshop stuff, and like to sink my teeth into the themes of the Chronicles of Darkness
   5. Heist plots/scenes (especially with Mearcstapa)
   6. Fighting scenes (especially with Jane)
5. Experiences or topics I want to avoid
   1. Chasing my tail, plotwise. If I am prodding something where you-as-ST just don't have anything to explore, please feel free to let me know OOCly instead of giving me an IC 'you find nothing here at this time', as I've been known to take those as indication that I'm just not using the right skills, tools or method for investigation, leading to frustration for both me and the ST when I keep trying to find the correct way to come at it
   2. I do not want either of my characters to be blood bound or enthralled (especially ghouled, in the case of Jane) without extensive OOC discussion with the other player. In general, assume this is a no, unless you and I have known one another for a long time
   3. I am a sex-repulsed asexual IRL, and will always fade-to-black if a scene gets sexy
   4. Any instance of a character falling instantly in love with mine; relationships are squishy and messy and realism regarding that suits me better than something perfect and instant
   5. Very linear plots with One True Answer; I strongly prefer a sandbox to a railroad
6. You can make me feel included as a player by...
   1. Having your character ask questions about mine
   2. Reaching out for smaller group/individual scenes. I can't live on large coffeeshop/bar scenes alone!
   3. Coming up with interesting ways our characters could meet up, based on either of our RP hooks
7. Here is a little bit of context regarding some of my ST-directed preferences, cravings, etc. above: I have been playing for the past 3 years in an ST-less freeform setting on tumblr. I am very, very eager to get into some crunchy plots, because I have basically been coffeeshop RPing for three years straight.