esielle
New Member
Hey everyone! :smile 2: I'm Em and I am still fairly new to this particular venue. I've been roleplaying for a long time now (circa 1995 or 1996), but roleplaying in forum, private message, and email form is fairly new to me as I've been mainly focused on chat rooms since I started roleplaying all those years ago. I made an introduction post here at RPNation stating how I was looking for something new and different, a different set of players, a new experience, etc., and all of that still holds true. I've been browsing the various threads here at RPNation and there are so many interesting people, good ideas floating around, and a very welcoming atmosphere that it is still a little overwhelming so I figured I would try to get my feet wet around here by making a post on this board. This isn't so much me trying to recruit anyone as trying to find a place for myself.
When I made the decision to cross over from chat room to forum roleplay, that left a lot of characters that I've created up in limbo. Understand that most of them were in limbo anyway because I started to pull back from the chat room scene long before I ever decided to cross over to a forum. Everyone here, I'm sure, understands that sometimes when you create a character and play that character for awhile, you sort of become attached to them and really hate to see them put on the back burner with no where to go, no story to include them in, etc. That's where I am right now as far as roleplaying goes. I'm not against creating new and interesting characters, but I still have a soft spot for quite a few of the characters that I created in the past.
So I decided to take one of them and take a shot that someone might have a roleplay already open, that they've been thinking about doing, or what have you to see if anyone would be interested in including another player. :tongue: I labeled this as 'Other' because, honestly, this particular character would work fine in private, 1x1, realistic, or in a fantasy/supernatural setting.
Before I get to the character, I just wanted to get a few things out of the way.
What you can expect from me:
With that out of the way, here is the character I am currently looking to place somewhere. I'm not sure what format to use in introducing her, so I am just going to use the format that I am used to.
Thank you to those that stuck with me this far!
I have to warn you that this character might be a tough one to match, but she's a challenge and that's why I like her.
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Name: Libby Alers
Age: 24
Race: Human
Best Setting: 1x1, private, modern realistic, modern fantasy/supernatural
Appearance: Libby stands about 5'7 and weighs approximately 120 lbs give or take a few pounds. She has bright green eyes that are very vibrant in color and accented by the fact that she had smooth, pale skin that, in combination, give her a very other-worldly appeal. Her hair has been many different colors through the years ranging from the deepest of browns to the lightest of blondes, but she currently has her hair duo-toned in pink and blue. To those that don't know her well, her face is a bit of an enigma. Sometimes those features seem vivacious and full of life while, at other times, she seems highly disorganized, distracted, and, even stranger, vacant.
Abilities:
[*]Caricatures
[*]Using pastels
[*]Painting
Flaws:
[*]Easily influenced by others for the good and bad
[*]Has a habit of not taking her medication whenever she starts to feel better
History:
Libby grew up in a normal household, but her entire world was fairly abnormal due to the fact that she was diagnosed at age twelve with childhood schizophrenia. At first her parents believed that her problems at home, school, her inability to connect, the frequent bursts of rage, and odd behaviors (in general) was just a phase, but when the qualities in their daughter persisted, they took her to a few doctors (physicians, psychiatrists, and a few counselors) and the consensus was that their daughter was suffering from early-onset schizophrenia (i.e. childhood schizophrenia). They later found out that mental illness had a long-standing place in the family. Libby was given the help she needed when they found out what was off about her.
When she entered into her teenage years, she decided that she didn't like the medication and that's when she decided to make it a habit of, upon feeling better, not taking it. So began the yo-yo effect of taking the medication until she felt better, stopping it, entering psychosis, and being forced to take it all over again. It was in her teenager years (around fourteen) that she discovered that she was actually a pretty good artist and a lot of her best (and most disturbing) works came, as cliche as it is, when she was in the midst of a psychotic break. Her work is good when she is feeling better, but she much prefers to work without the medication. The downside to that is that, when off the medication, she never completes the work she is doing.
She tried going to college but that was a bust. Instead, she took classes here and there to help better her skills as an artist and that went pretty well. In her early twenties, her family hired someone to help with the business aspect of her talent, someone that could (while she lives in the city away from family that can take care of her) help her show her artwork, sell her artwork, help her make a name for herself as well as help her with staying on medication, ensuring that she goes to doctor's appointments, and other various things that she sometimes needs assistant with in her daily life. That is not to say that she isn't functional. When she's on the medication, she can function like anyone else....it's when she stops that things start to go downhill.
Right now, she is living in the city (leaving which up in the air right now) and trying to make a name for herself.
Due to circumstances, she has never successfully kept friends for long and has never had a serious relationship with anyone. One of her goals while living in the environment she is living in now and being around people for exhibits and such is to actually come across people who don't mind that she's a little off sometimes!
When I made the decision to cross over from chat room to forum roleplay, that left a lot of characters that I've created up in limbo. Understand that most of them were in limbo anyway because I started to pull back from the chat room scene long before I ever decided to cross over to a forum. Everyone here, I'm sure, understands that sometimes when you create a character and play that character for awhile, you sort of become attached to them and really hate to see them put on the back burner with no where to go, no story to include them in, etc. That's where I am right now as far as roleplaying goes. I'm not against creating new and interesting characters, but I still have a soft spot for quite a few of the characters that I created in the past.
So I decided to take one of them and take a shot that someone might have a roleplay already open, that they've been thinking about doing, or what have you to see if anyone would be interested in including another player. :tongue: I labeled this as 'Other' because, honestly, this particular character would work fine in private, 1x1, realistic, or in a fantasy/supernatural setting.
Before I get to the character, I just wanted to get a few things out of the way.
What you can expect from me:
- A post every day or, at least, every other day
- I try to stick to 3-6 paragraphs but I do have a tendency to be long-winded from time to time. All you have to do is tell me to pull back a little with the wordiness and I'll always do my level best to comply.
- Personally, I'm partial to 3rd person
- I can post via thread, private message, IM, or email. I don't actually have a preference yet!
- I will always try to let you know beforehand if I can't post right away (i.e. it will take me more than a day). Although, honestly, those times will be rare.
- Honesty and communication
- I will not disappear without a very good reason
- Weirdness (mostly out of character). I own my weirdness and wear it like a badge of honor.
- I am mostly around at night so you can probably expect most of my responses to be sometime after 6 though I do, on occasion, hop online during the day so you might get a surprise!
With that out of the way, here is the character I am currently looking to place somewhere. I'm not sure what format to use in introducing her, so I am just going to use the format that I am used to.
Thank you to those that stuck with me this far!
I have to warn you that this character might be a tough one to match, but she's a challenge and that's why I like her.
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Name: Libby Alers
Age: 24
Race: Human
Best Setting: 1x1, private, modern realistic, modern fantasy/supernatural
Appearance: Libby stands about 5'7 and weighs approximately 120 lbs give or take a few pounds. She has bright green eyes that are very vibrant in color and accented by the fact that she had smooth, pale skin that, in combination, give her a very other-worldly appeal. Her hair has been many different colors through the years ranging from the deepest of browns to the lightest of blondes, but she currently has her hair duo-toned in pink and blue. To those that don't know her well, her face is a bit of an enigma. Sometimes those features seem vivacious and full of life while, at other times, she seems highly disorganized, distracted, and, even stranger, vacant.
Abilities:
- Drawing/sketching
- Charcoals
- Sculpting
Stone
- Brick
- Wood
[*]Caricatures
[*]Using pastels
[*]Painting
- Oils
- Watercolors
Flaws:
- Diagnosed with Disorganized Schizophrenia comorbid with Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Hallucinations mostly auditory in nature, very rarely visual
- Mild delusions
- Most problematic exhibition: inappropriate behavior/affect and inability to complete tasks due to disorganization both of the mind and the world around her (home and work)
[*]Easily influenced by others for the good and bad
[*]Has a habit of not taking her medication whenever she starts to feel better
History:
Libby grew up in a normal household, but her entire world was fairly abnormal due to the fact that she was diagnosed at age twelve with childhood schizophrenia. At first her parents believed that her problems at home, school, her inability to connect, the frequent bursts of rage, and odd behaviors (in general) was just a phase, but when the qualities in their daughter persisted, they took her to a few doctors (physicians, psychiatrists, and a few counselors) and the consensus was that their daughter was suffering from early-onset schizophrenia (i.e. childhood schizophrenia). They later found out that mental illness had a long-standing place in the family. Libby was given the help she needed when they found out what was off about her.
When she entered into her teenage years, she decided that she didn't like the medication and that's when she decided to make it a habit of, upon feeling better, not taking it. So began the yo-yo effect of taking the medication until she felt better, stopping it, entering psychosis, and being forced to take it all over again. It was in her teenager years (around fourteen) that she discovered that she was actually a pretty good artist and a lot of her best (and most disturbing) works came, as cliche as it is, when she was in the midst of a psychotic break. Her work is good when she is feeling better, but she much prefers to work without the medication. The downside to that is that, when off the medication, she never completes the work she is doing.
She tried going to college but that was a bust. Instead, she took classes here and there to help better her skills as an artist and that went pretty well. In her early twenties, her family hired someone to help with the business aspect of her talent, someone that could (while she lives in the city away from family that can take care of her) help her show her artwork, sell her artwork, help her make a name for herself as well as help her with staying on medication, ensuring that she goes to doctor's appointments, and other various things that she sometimes needs assistant with in her daily life. That is not to say that she isn't functional. When she's on the medication, she can function like anyone else....it's when she stops that things start to go downhill.
Right now, she is living in the city (leaving which up in the air right now) and trying to make a name for herself.
Due to circumstances, she has never successfully kept friends for long and has never had a serious relationship with anyone. One of her goals while living in the environment she is living in now and being around people for exhibits and such is to actually come across people who don't mind that she's a little off sometimes!
