mayfield_ooc | Applications

• Please read over all the rules and information before applying in order to minimize any confusion before joining.

• If applying for a character that has already been dropped, it would be a good idea, though not required, to know something of their previous interactions. You are also free to pick up a dropped character with no memories of their previous time in Mayfield.

• All content for the personality and sample entry in your app must be written or roleplayed by you; for the personality section in particular, we do not accept copied text from wikis or other sources. Obviously, you may not copy your app from other players, whether in Mayfield or other games. Application plagiarism will result in a ban from the game.

• If you wish for your character to be placed in a specific house, please mention this in the relevant section of the application and specify that permission was obtained by the PCs already residing in that house. We will be operating by the Honor System for this, and there is no need for others to comment their permission in this post!

• Other special requests would also best go in the beginning of the application. Remember, grammar and spelling are important -- if your app contains errors, you will be asked to revise.

• Please post all applications or canon updates in this post; posting them elsewhere and linking to them from here may cause them to get changed later. Posting them here keeps us from having to save them.

When Applying, Fill Out the Following:

Name: Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you.
Personal Journal: If you have one; a journal on another website is fine.
Contact Info: Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable.
Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable.
Preferred Housing: We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A".

Character Name: Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it.
Character Series: 
Character Age: 
Background: We will accept copy/pastes or links to Wikipedia or another source, provided that the source reasonably explains the canon. This section is necessary, so if you can't find an explanatory source, you'll have to write something up yourself.
Personality: The more detailed here, the better. This lets us get a good feel for the character. Please try to back up your details with canon examples when you're getting past their basic character and more in-depth. Generally, we want to see at least four good-sized paragraphs.
Abilities: This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though.
Sample Entry: Please write as if you've already been accepted and writing an ordinary post from your character during their stay in Mayfield. Using an "introduction" post is fine, but we tend to discourage it, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. If you have trouble writing sample posts, we allow links to museboxes or other RPs to demonstrate as a sample. However, you'll want to post with the account you'll be linking to in that situation. Please make sure that your app is written in first person (!!!), as that's the format that will be used in the roleplay. Generally, we want to see at least five sentences, if not more. Prose log style samples will not be accepted. If you're confused about the distinction, we will be happy to explain. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry.

When Applying for an Original Character, Fill Out the Following

Name: Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you.
Personal Journal:
Contact Info: Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable.
Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable.
Preferred Housing: We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A".

Character Name: Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it. 
Character Age: 
Background: For OCs, we require a detailed background to be fully written out. Please make sure to describe both the character's specific, personal background, and the world the character is from. If it is exactly like the real world, you'll still need to describe the location and the specifics of the society the character lives in (also please note here that we no longer accept 'Canon OCs,' so if this world is not one invented by you, the character is not appable).

This section will need to be somewhat long; there's no specific length we want, but we want to have a very clear feel of the character's backstory, so that we can compare it to the personality section.
Personality: This section is probably the most important. We're looking for at least six or seven paragraphs, but what's more important is that this be comprehensive and detailed. We want to see what makes your character tick, and we want to see that you understand what makes them tick and have fleshed them out as a character. Some things we will need to see include their important relationships and the major events in their lives and how these have shaped them, how they tend to interact with others and the world around them, their strengths and weaknesses, and what motivates them, among others.

If we do not have a strong sense of personality or it doesn't seem to match up with the background or sample, we will not accept the character even if your writing is strong.
Abilities: This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though.
Sample Entry 1: We're looking for a first person sample here; prose or action log format is not acceptable. If you write a sample, please write as though your character has already been accepted and is in Mayfield. You may write an introduction or first post, but we tend to discourage this, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. You may also use a link to a post in a dressing room, another game, or a musebox. We're looking specifically for a clear sense of character voice; spelling and grammar are important, but showing strong voice and characterization is more important than anything else. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry.
Sample Entry 2: In this sample, we'd like to see a different side of your character than we saw in your first sample. This sample also needs to be in first person, but you may do a sample heavily based on introspection and action as long as it shows us a different side of your character and your first sample was strongly focused on speaking voice. For this sample, we will ask you to write something out as though your character is already in Mayfield. Please do not link to a sample elsewhere or use their first post/waking up in Mayfield here. That can go in the first sample instead.

• Before applying, please look over any applications that were recently accepted to get an idea of what we're looking for.

• If you apply for a character that has already been reserved, we will inform you and ignore the application until the reserve runs out. You may not apply for more than two characters from the same canon. For the sample entry, you may write your own entry, or use a post from a musebox, dressing room, or other game. We recommend testrun_box if you prefer the latter!

• After you're accepted, please follow all of the instructions given. You will need to reply to the acceptance, post your journal to the friend add page and your canon post, join the communities, and use the friend add page to update your journal. Once you're accepted, please introduce yourself on the community when you're ready to play.

• If your app is "Pending", do not freak out! This means that we need you to make some revisions, and does not mean you're rejected. We generally give players a chance to revise before rejecting them, but we will reject apps that do not address the concerns stated when we asked for a revision. If you have been rejected, our reply will clearly state this to be the case. If we have not gotten back to you yet, under no circumstance does this mean you are rejected. If it has been over a week since our last reply, it would be a good idea to contact us with a reminder, otherwise, please be patient!

• If you have received a "Pending" notice, you will have one week to supply us with your revisions, or your reserve will be considered expired and that someone else is free to apply for the character.

• The typical wait for a reply on apps may be anywhere from a day to a little over a week. If any part of your application requires a pending, it may be another week after your reply to that before we can get to you. We process a high volume of apps every round, so please be patient.

• If you have not heard back on a pending for over a week after apps close, please send a PM directly to the mod account.

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Character Name: Feliciano Vargas, aka North Italy
Character Series: Axis Powers Hetalia
Character Age: Italy appears to be 20 at the start of WW2, so I'll stick with that. However, in human years he's 1200 years old.
Background: Feli's biography and a little bit about what Hetalia is. In a nut shell, Hetalia is about the "Nations"; personifications of various countries of the world, and their interactions with each other. The setting of the series takes place during WW2, but Hetalia has never had a strict timeline and it's common for episodes to jump from the past to the present, and then back again. For a better rundown of Feli and his biography: As a child he lived in Grandpa Rome's house, where he was happy just drawing and painting. Grandpa Rome also showed Feli preferential treatment and had taken the child with him when he went travelling. However, with the disappearance of Rome, Feli ended up back at his home and, due to his poor strength and lack of apparent fighting ability, he was soon subjagated by Austria. He spent most of his childhood and his teen years living in Mr Austria's house as a servant. It was also there that he met his first love, the Holy Roman Empire. Having been mistaken as a girl, Feli had long held the attention and secret admiration of HRE. However, before puberty struck and threw their maybe-it-is, maybe-it-isn't relationship into a mess, HRE went out to conquer the world and he never came back. When Feli finally hit puberty and his true sex revealed, Austria quickly purchased clothes for the now recognized younger man. And as Feli grew older, he would eventually gain his independance from Austria, reunite with his older brother Romano to form the Kingdom of Italy, and end up meeting the man who would be his best friend, Germany, while hiding in a tomato box in WW1. Their relationship, from that off captor and prisoner, took an abrupt 180 degree turn in WW2 when Feli became Germany's first friend. Hetalia canon hasn't mentioned what happened immediately after WW2, but as Feli and Germany are still portrayed as good friends in the movie Paint it White which takes place in modern times, it's probably safe to say they have remained as good friends even in the aftermath of losing WW2.

Personality: Where can I start with a country? I guess Feli's chief characteristic would be how big a coward he is in the face of the enemy. Hetalia drew upon stereotypes of the citizens of that particular country in order to create the personification, and apparently Italians were horrible at both wars, with a reputation of being very efficient at retreating from the enemy. As such, Feli himself is not that brave a person; he will cry, he will scream, and he will run away like the coward he is when faced with the enemy. Germany himself cannot understand how North Italy is so-so in training, but the mere threat of England sends him sprinting even faster than the (then) militaristic and super-fit Germany. Even in WW1, Germany met North Italy while the man was hiding in a tomato box from him. The man is simply a scaredy-cat, driven by his fear of being punished or hurt by others stronger than him.

Oddly enough though, North Italy is not as weak as he may seem. Hirumaya, the author of Hetalia, once said that Italy could be strong if given the right reasons. And as hard as it may seem to believe, he once chased away the Mighty Ottomon Empire as a smaller child with his Navy. Perhaps the Italians are better at sea warfare, but for tiny North Italy to take on Turkey at his strongest is still quite an achievement.

Which brings me to my next poing about Feli. Feli fought the Ottoman Empire because he wanted to protect Mr Austria, who was in effect, his captor. Feli is actually a very loving and caring individual, even to those who treat him horribly. Austria was a strict master, and he would often punish Feli if Feli made any mistakes, or tried to regain his independance in the early days. However, much much later when Spain fought Austria and tried to convince Feli to come with him, Feli instead chose to remain with Austria although he had often regarded Spain as an older brother. He could not abandon Austria at a point in his life when Austria was at his weakest. Another example would be with Germany. Although Germany has treated North Italy harshly at some points; eg. making him run lots of laps, gave him a job with really bad pay, and was once feared by Feli, Feli eventually grew fond and friendly with the Germanic Nation. Feli also shows concern for Germany and Japan. Once, when the two other Nations abstained from their favorite food, Feli tried to convince them that it wasn't too bad to eat what they liked, but only in moderation as it wasn't healthy to abstain in entirety from drinking beer or eating salted fish.

Lastly, Feli is a bit of a lady's man. He has been known to flirt with girls at any occasion. At a party where Germany first met Japan, Japan's first impression of Italy was the man who was flirting with all the ladies. When Germany, driven to desperation by Feli's carefree nation about his imprisonment, released the man just so he could get rid of him, Feli merely walked off, chatted and made friends with some ladies, before heading back to his cell. Feli is less seductive though, and more of the friendly and cheerful sort of flirting. Feli is very affectionate and treats women very well, something that's shared between him and his brother Lovino.

To sum North Italy up, he is like that cuddly, family-friendly dog who runs away at strangers, but who'll stay and guard you if he must.

Abilities: As a Nation, Feliciano has immortality in the sense that unless he has been abolished as a country or stops representing a population of people who identify themselves in a country, he cannot die. Wounds are not fatal, and he is tougher to kill than a normal human. Feli is also fantastic at running away, and you have to be quick on your feet to catch him once he starts sprinting away. As the represenatation of the Northern half of the Republic of Italy, Feli's got a deep connection to his people and culture; he basically lives, breaths and knows everything Italian. Lastly, he is a great cook, a great painter and he loves to sing, although whether his voice is any good is debatable or not.

Sample Entry:

1. Making Pasta for Mayfielders:

Ve, ve, everybody! I've made some nice pasta for all of us to share! It's got bolognaise, parmesan, and lots of Big Brother Spain's juicy tomatoes. Best of all, it's really nice to eat pasta under the hot sun with your family and friends, and we can all have a siesta afterwards too! Germany used to complain that my siestas were a waste of time, but I think its important that we all get enough sleep and rest, so that we're all charged for the rest of the day! And don't worry, it doesn't taste like that bad English food; it's delicious Italian food so you don't have to be afraid of getting a bad tummy ache later.

...

What do you mean I can't use the milk? You need the milk to make things creamy and nice to eat! And the nice Milkman gave me so much this morning as well. Isn't he friendly?

So eat up! I made it ESPECIALLY for all of my good friends here!

2. Running away from danger:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!! GGGGGGEEEEEERRRRRMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNYYYYYYYYYYY~!!!

[Crash!!!!]

There's a huge squirrel chasing after me! It's big, a-and it's got scary teeth and sharp claws and red eyes and it's coming to EAT MEEEEEEE~

I'll do anything, please don't hurt me! I've got relatives who live on trees and who eat acorns and walnuts!! Don't hit me, I don't want to die, please let me go!

SOMEBODY SAVE ME! AIUTAMI~

3. Test-run with Wanyudo

I forgot to mention that I'm apping Feli without his past memories of Mayfield. Thanks.

Welcome to 340 Brady Lane, Feliciano Vargas! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

• Join

mayfield_rpg,

mayfield_ooc,

mayfield_logs, and optionally

junefield
• Add your info to your canon post
• Add your info to your household! Use the street list to find your house.
• Make sure to tag your first post with the !intro tag, as well as your character's personal tag: c: north italy

Go ahead and introduce yourself in the main comm and tell people where your character will be living!

Grazie!!

Applications

Re: North Italy | Hetalia | Reserved

Re: North Italy | Hetalia | Reserved

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