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rubycitymods) wrote2012-01-13 01:45 pm
rubycitymods) wrote2012-01-13 01:45 pm
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A note for CR AU applications
Ruby City does allow previous game history/CR to be brought over on a case by case basis. If you want to include this in your application please add additional sections for PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT and PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY beneath the Personality and Background/History sections.
In these additional sections we would like to see a brief outline of your character's previous game history and how it potentially impacted on and altered their canon personality.
[CANON] Cloud || Final Fantasy VII || no reserve
NAME
Name:Matt
Age:30
Personal Journal:willallowit
E-mail:tazrael@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc:MattB345
CHARACTER
Name: Cloud Strife
Canon: Final Fantasy 7
Age: 21
Timeline: The infiltration of Corneo’s mansion
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Re: [CANON] Cloud || Final Fantasy VII || no reserve
Cloud is at once a simple and complex character. On the surface he place gruff and proud. He will make fun of those he thinks are weak or incompetent and considers himself to be an authority on most things, particularly combat. In the early time he spends with AVALANCHE, he makes it clear that he doesn’t care about their goals and is simply working for them for the money, and only because Tifa asked him to do so.
In spite of his bravado, Cloud doesn’t like seeing innocents get hurt. He particularly disproves of situations where women put themselves in danger, like in the Corneo mansion incident when Tifa and Aerith were both planning to go in for different reasons. This likely links back to his failure to protect Tifa as a child and the promise he made to come to her rescue, even if he doesn’t quite remember how things occurred during the Nibelheim incident anymore. As he goes through the game and makes new friends, he seeks to protect and help them as well. Cloud talks big, but he would never leave someone behind.
The truth of Cloud is that he is massively insecure with himself. He wanted to be a SOLDIER, he promised he would, and he failed. His current personality is a mix of the memories he has of Zack and his own idea of what a SOLDIER would act like. When confronted with the gaps or inconsistencies in his memory he tends to change the subject, go blank for a few seconds while his mind reshuffles, or in the worst cases passes out. Deep down he has a massive fear of letting people down and being unable to protect them when the time comes.
Re: [CANON] Cloud || Final Fantasy VII || no reserve
Strengths/Weaknesses: Cloud is stronger and more durable than an average human, on par with a high ranking SOLDIER, and has memories and knowledge of military procedures, particularly those of ShinRa. However, this is tied to the procedure which shattered his mind. He has very weak mental defenses because his own sense of self is not what he pretends it is, now being made up of his memories, his memory of Zack, and the bits of JENOVA in his blood.
Abilities: Despite how true or not Cloud’s claims of being a member of SOLDIER are, his sword skills are top notch and at least help support his claim. I’ll leave it to the mods to select which limit breaks he has available if it’s an issue, but at the least he should have Braver and Cross Slash.
Re: [CANON] Cloud || Final Fantasy VII || no reserve
Third Person: This didn’t make any sense. He was walking through the door into Corneo’s mansion and then he woke up on a train. Tifa was here but…there was something different to her. She didn’t have the same look in her eyes that she had when he saw her in the bar the other day. Now there was a look in her eyes that was both colder and yet more matronly; as if she had seen things that had shaken her foundation.
And who was the woman in the suit she was talking to? A Turk by the look of it, but Cloud didn’t recognize her. Maybe she was a newbie? He had just fought his way past one of them with Aerith yesterday. What could Tifa possibly have to do with them? She didn’t look scared, or being forced to work with her…
{Why are you so worried? Is it so bad that she can protect herself?}
Why was he worried? This was a strange place, and Tifa had been giving him odd looks since they ran into each other. What was she hiding? Whatever secrets this place was hiding, he’d drag them out into the light.
REVISION REQUESTED
At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. In particular, we would like more elaboration on his personality. Additionally, we would like to see different samples for your character, as we don't believe that the samples given adequately display Cloud's personality.
You may submit these revisions at any time in the next two weeks for review. After that we will consider the application dropped. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions!
Revised personality, new samples will be posted later
After the Nibelheim incident, his fragmented personality took those personality traits and magnified them. Of course he's better than everyone else. He's SOLDIER! Not only does he know better than them, but those who let themselves run away with their emotions (like Barret) are just being foolish. While it is up to the player in how he responds, he is often confident or sarcastic as the scene or response applies. He comes off as detached, but he's more subconsciously playing up the way he thinks he's supposed to act.
He lowers his guard around Tifa because she's his childhood friend, but he still avoids talking about the past. He thinks it's because he hasn't fulfilled his promise yet, but it's also because he is subconsciously avoiding the holes in his memories, and particularly those memories that involve her.
What does get Cloud motivated is not initially the want to save the Planet, but the desire to hunt down Sephiroth. He claims it's about revenge, and perhaps that's true, but deep down he knows that chasing Sephiroth will lead him to the truth of what happened. If he's going to restore his memory and make himself whole, he needs to face himself. His desire to be lead to the truth is what makes him so susceptible to Sephiroth's control.
The different versions of himself he keeps seeing reflect those parts of him. The tormented adult in pain, trying to figure out who he is, and the child who keeps giving hints about his memories, are parts of his personality trying to seek and reject his true memories. Ultimately, in the game, it falls to Tifa to walk him through those memories.
Revised Samples
[Cloud gave a nod of thanks to Tifa as she passed him the drink. It was good to see her again, even if the stern look on his face didn’t show it. He could still feel her warmth from when she hugged him when he walked in.
He picks up the glass and swishes it in his hand, watching the whiskey run through the ice cubes. That look on her face when he mentioned Corneo had him concerned. Did something happen in there? Was he too late? If his being pulled to this place kept him from keeping his promise to her, there was going to be hell to pay both here AND back home.
He downs the glass quick, forcing himself to keep a straight face as he swallows the harsh liquor.]
Tifa, what is this place? And why are people saying Sephiroth is here too?
Third Person:
Cloud walked down the street towards the Black Stallion Saloon. He was finally out of that dress, and the guy who had given him these new clothes told him that Tifa could be found here. As he adjusted the suspenders on the SOLDIER uniform, he mulled over the situation he was in. This town was a strange one; it clearly wasn’t Midgar, but it didn’t look like any he’d been to before. It was too well developed for a town out in the boonies. There didn’t seem to be a Mako reactor nearby, so there had to be SOMETHING here to justify it. This didn’t seem like a ShinRa plot, but if they weren’t in charge here, who could possibly have the power or money to set this up?
And then there was that other SOLDIER he met. Zack? Cloud didn’t remember meeting anyone like him back in his own SOLDIER days. Maybe it was before his time? After? And why did he seem so familiar? And what was this talk about Sephiroth being in town? He died in the Mako Reactor during the Nibelheim incident when-
{Are you sure that’s what happened?}
Anyone watching would have seen Cloud stumble and lean heavily against the wall of the building he was walking past, clutching his head. For Cloud, this pain was there and gone in a flash, forgotten even faster and taking that last thread of questions with it. He looked up at the signboard of the building he was leaning against.
The Black Stallion.
Tifa’s here. She helped get him on his feet when he came back to Midgard and got him some merc jobs. She’d be able to help him here too. He walked to the door and stepped inside.
[DECLINED]
After careful review of your application and revisions, we have decided not to accept your application at this time. This decision is due to a multitude of factors, primarily the fact that even after revising your Personality section, you do not seem to have a firm grasp on your character's inner workings. Additionally, the writing samples you provided still do not provide what we feel is an adequate example of his voice.
Thank you for your application, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
Re: [DECLINED]
no subject
Additionally, we felt that neither of the writing samples provided showed an adequate grasp of his voice and/or behavior.
If you'd like to perhaps canon review and try again, you are of course free to do so! All we ask is that you wait the standard two weeks before doing so, which ought to give you plenty of time to get a better feel for the character.
Thank you for your understanding, and as always, feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.
no subject
Thanks!