Proletarian_Disciple
Least Insane Trans Woman
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I need help. I've been obsessed with this idea for nearly a year now and it took actual literal therapy to get me to try and ask. I REALLY REALLY want to do a specific superpower academy roleplay, where I can play as myself. There's one major problem. I can't write it. Not as in I physically cannot. I'm keeping myself from trying. Why? I don't enjoy it. When I try, and I've tried a lot (not here), I burn out really quick. Then all that effort is wasted, along with other people's time. I don't want to keep repeating my mistakes, so I'd like someone else to be in charge for once. I can help. I think. I've never really helped anyone before. Of course, new to the site as well. Functionally, as in never actually roleplayed here.
Now, why do I want to play myself? Well, that's the entire reason I want to do this RP in particular. Last year, sometime in may, I had a dream where I was back in school. For context, I graduated several years ago. I hated school. Despised it. Chose to not go to college because I was so tired of being forced into classes I had no interest in. In the dream, I was back in school but not my school. I was in some nebulous Hogwarts-looking academy. Importantly, since it was a dream, I had power. I used it to fuck around with the shit I hated back then, like ceremonies and competitions. It was fun and I woke up pretty pleased. As I thought about it lying in bed, I realized that was actually a really cool concept to explore. Me, being back in school, but now I have powers to even the score. So, knowing the idea was still just some power fantasy and light personal exploration I went to AI chatbots to go find some similar premise to play with. I found a scenario where it asked me to choose between a hero school or a villain school. I decided to seriously entertain the choice, as I didn't really have a preference. I spent the entire day going back and forth with that, and what started as a power fantasy turned into a examination of myself. I eventually determined I'd pick the villain school, despite my better judgement or safety. I preferred the aesthetic, it was more freeform than strict, and most importantly it allowed me to abuse my newfound power. Then the chatbot ran out of memory, just as I stepped out of the first room.
I was desperate to continue, but I knew that no AI would be able to keep that going for long. I'd be writing in circles. I needed real people with novel characters. But I'm playing an adult self-insert in a academy rp. Worse still I wanted to explore the concept of a villain school. There couldn't be two schools in a real rp. Not unless you had a ton of players and excellent direction. I didn't want to limit the characters I'd see to one school, and I thought it'd be neat to have friends drift apart as one is corrupted. Plus, I knew I couldn't run it. My old places were dead too. No friends to help out. So I sat on it, and brainstormed. After a month or two I decided to fuse the two schools into one, and the villains would be treacherous staff who single out chosen candidates. Cool, but why is there a superpower academy when superpowers just appeared? Why adults like me? Superpowers are dangerous, and governments don't like having untrainedand undocumented supers running around. Participation and graduation is mandatory. Unless you want life in prison. Adults can get superpowers at any time, either through circumstance or delayed onset. It took a while to figure out why the school exists, but I eventually came up with this: the entire place is a time-traveling school from the future. The headmaster/principal believes students should be brought up in a more positive environment than the original timeline, which is desolate. They've traveled back to have some peace and safety, and decided to give the first generation and the new timeline a second chance to make things right.
I know what you're thinking. Actually I don't, but I'm going to address this anyway. No, I'm not here for power fantasy or constant praise for myself. If I wanted that I'd stick with chatbots. I want to explore myself in ways I can't by any means in reality. I want to be challenged and experience conflict. I want to see what superpowers would really do to the average person's mental state moment to moment. My mental state too. I want characters equally as important as mine to interact with and bounce off of. I want a character who actually represents me for once instead of some vague similarities if you squint. Most of all, I want a good story. Winning everything or being the center of attention does not fit these criteria.
So, here's the basic... premise? ...I've come up with so far. Is that correct? It feels incorrect.
Beyond that, you can do whatever you want. Again, I'm willing to work with you for worldbuilding or anything else. Just, don't expect me to help out much with narration. Or writing NPCs. I suck ass with both and they burn me out.
God, I'm so anxious. I know it's unusual and a lot. Please work. Please work. Please work. I need this.
Okay, I don't literally need this. But I really wannit.
Now, why do I want to play myself? Well, that's the entire reason I want to do this RP in particular. Last year, sometime in may, I had a dream where I was back in school. For context, I graduated several years ago. I hated school. Despised it. Chose to not go to college because I was so tired of being forced into classes I had no interest in. In the dream, I was back in school but not my school. I was in some nebulous Hogwarts-looking academy. Importantly, since it was a dream, I had power. I used it to fuck around with the shit I hated back then, like ceremonies and competitions. It was fun and I woke up pretty pleased. As I thought about it lying in bed, I realized that was actually a really cool concept to explore. Me, being back in school, but now I have powers to even the score. So, knowing the idea was still just some power fantasy and light personal exploration I went to AI chatbots to go find some similar premise to play with. I found a scenario where it asked me to choose between a hero school or a villain school. I decided to seriously entertain the choice, as I didn't really have a preference. I spent the entire day going back and forth with that, and what started as a power fantasy turned into a examination of myself. I eventually determined I'd pick the villain school, despite my better judgement or safety. I preferred the aesthetic, it was more freeform than strict, and most importantly it allowed me to abuse my newfound power. Then the chatbot ran out of memory, just as I stepped out of the first room.
I was desperate to continue, but I knew that no AI would be able to keep that going for long. I'd be writing in circles. I needed real people with novel characters. But I'm playing an adult self-insert in a academy rp. Worse still I wanted to explore the concept of a villain school. There couldn't be two schools in a real rp. Not unless you had a ton of players and excellent direction. I didn't want to limit the characters I'd see to one school, and I thought it'd be neat to have friends drift apart as one is corrupted. Plus, I knew I couldn't run it. My old places were dead too. No friends to help out. So I sat on it, and brainstormed. After a month or two I decided to fuse the two schools into one, and the villains would be treacherous staff who single out chosen candidates. Cool, but why is there a superpower academy when superpowers just appeared? Why adults like me? Superpowers are dangerous, and governments don't like having untrained
I know what you're thinking. Actually I don't, but I'm going to address this anyway. No, I'm not here for power fantasy or constant praise for myself. If I wanted that I'd stick with chatbots. I want to explore myself in ways I can't by any means in reality. I want to be challenged and experience conflict. I want to see what superpowers would really do to the average person's mental state moment to moment. My mental state too. I want characters equally as important as mine to interact with and bounce off of. I want a character who actually represents me for once instead of some vague similarities if you squint. Most of all, I want a good story. Winning everything or being the center of attention does not fit these criteria.
So, here's the basic... premise? ...I've come up with so far. Is that correct? It feels incorrect.
Sometime in August, a big event happens that gives .0001% of the global population superpowers. These are the first gen of supers. A couple hours later, the academy arrives in the present from the past, and starts getting to work finding and enrolling the first gens recorded in their history. Players can make students from the future late gens, or a first gen student. All freshman only. Powers start really weak grow rapidly in a month or two and then plateau out for awhile. Max power level is planetary, max for students is city, max for freshman is multi-building. Obviously, adults are allowed to enroll, and first gen skews adult. The Academy travels across the globe, and can travel between the two timelines as well. It's fucking huge, and has a few thousand students on campus at all times.
As stated, villains have infiltrated the staff and are looking out for students that catch their eye. Candidates are never directly informed what's happening. Instead, they'll find themselves switched to specific classes with "special" lessons and getting extracurricular "counseling" and training from "caring" mentors. Candidates are groomed to become more cruel, selfish, ruthless, insane, and terrifying. They are not trained for loyalty to any specific cause.
Students are split into programs based on their future goals. Powers are trained somewhat uniformly inter-program, specialized training is handled by personal coaches or the student themselves. There's an exception for particularly unique or dangerous powers. Powers are allowed to be used on campus as long as they aren't used to harass or harm another student. There's combat sports that allow an exception to the harm rule.
Post length needs to be at least a paragraph. Not too comedic or absurd or lighthearted in tone, I wants the drama. But not too much drama. Balanced tone leaning dramatic.
As stated, villains have infiltrated the staff and are looking out for students that catch their eye. Candidates are never directly informed what's happening. Instead, they'll find themselves switched to specific classes with "special" lessons and getting extracurricular "counseling" and training from "caring" mentors. Candidates are groomed to become more cruel, selfish, ruthless, insane, and terrifying. They are not trained for loyalty to any specific cause.
Students are split into programs based on their future goals. Powers are trained somewhat uniformly inter-program, specialized training is handled by personal coaches or the student themselves. There's an exception for particularly unique or dangerous powers. Powers are allowed to be used on campus as long as they aren't used to harass or harm another student. There's combat sports that allow an exception to the harm rule.
Post length needs to be at least a paragraph. Not too comedic or absurd or lighthearted in tone, I wants the drama. But not too much drama. Balanced tone leaning dramatic.
Beyond that, you can do whatever you want. Again, I'm willing to work with you for worldbuilding or anything else. Just, don't expect me to help out much with narration. Or writing NPCs. I suck ass with both and they burn me out.
God, I'm so anxious. I know it's unusual and a lot. Please work. Please work. Please work. I need this.
Okay, I don't literally need this. But I really wannit.
