#development challenge

  Need to fully flesh out your muses history?        What better way to do it than to start from the beginning!  

  Each day of the challenge you must make a post of at least 5 headcanons corresponding with the stage of life that day covers.  The below questions are just examples but you may use them as a guide or a spring board.

Day 1  ~  History, Pregnancy, & DNA ( Conception to Birth )

What is their ethnicity?  What where their parents like?  Is your muse inheriting a family duty or destiny?  Or inheriting a burden?  What genes did they get and from which parent did they get them?  What traits where passed down?  Did anything happen to your muse’s mother while she was pregnant and if so did it affect them?  When and where were they born?  Were there any complications?  What was the rest of the family’s reaction to the news of a new baby?

Day 2  ~  Infancy ( Birth to Age 2 )

Where they premature?  Or over due?  How large where they?  Where there any health issues?  What parenting style did their parents use?  Was it consistent?  Did they receive enough attention?  Or maybe were they over-coddled?  What was their diet?  Did they develop quickly or slowly?  What was their first word?  When did they take their first steps?  Were they in an environment that was safe for babies?  Did anything happen at this stage?  How did it affect them?

Day 3  ~  Early Childhood ( Ages 2 to 6 )

Did your muse develop any habits?  What was their home life like?  Any friends? Or pets?  Was their development stunted or allowed room to grow?  Did anything change?  What was discovered about them?  Any interests begin to develop?  Or any fears?  Were your muses’ parents too soft/strict?  Were they an only child?  What was their favorite color/animal/toy?  How did their society and/or their culture affect them?

Day 4  ~  Middle Childhood ( Ages 6 to 11 )

Anything interesting happen here?  Would your muse say they had a good childhood or a bad one?  Is that true?  Was there anything your muse discovered about themselves?  Did they go on any fun childhood adventures?  What was school like?  Did they like school?  Did they have a good relationship with the people raising them?  Did any new relationships form?  Any childhood heros?  Any good/bad memories from this time?  Did they play with boys and girls or did they have a “girls/boys are icky” phase?  What changed?

Day 5  ~  Prepubescence ( Ages 11 to 14 )

Was your muse an early/late bloomer?  Was this a difficult time for them?   What changed?  Was this the end of your muse’s childhood?  Do they consider it so?  Any phases?  What was their personality like before and after puberty?  Did they go through puberty yet?  Did they have a sexual awakening?  When, and what was it?

Day 6  ~  Adolescence ( Ages 14 to 18 )

What changed or happened here?  Did your muse form any new relationships?   Was there anything your muse stopped believing in?  What was the nature of their self esteem?  Did their gender or sexuality change?  Did they embrace growing up or long for their youth?  Did they grow up too fast? Any new interests?  Where any dreams or talents they had invested in or put aside?  Did any strong beliefs or opinions develop?  Any crushes?   How did that go?

Day 7  ~  Emerging Adulthood ( Ages 18 to 25 )

When did it hit your muse that they where an adult now?  Did they/their friends and family make a big deal about turning 18 or 20?  Had they done anything illegal at this point?  Did they stay with their family or leave the nest?  Was the “real world” what they expected it to be?  Did they attempt to follow their dreams?  Were they still a virgin at this point? If so why? If not, what happened?  Do they already have any regrets?  Did they find employment? Or maybe settled down?  What changed?

Day 8  ~  Early Adulthood ( Ages 25 to 37 )

Does your muse feel like they misspent their youth?  What happens here?  Any major mistakes yet?  Was this a happy or difficult time?  Were they the same person as they where in their teens?  Any major changes?  How did they fair financially?  Did they finally mature or were they mature before?  Did they start a family of their own?

Day 9  ~  Midlife ( Ages 37 to 50 )

Did they have a Midlife Crisis?  Has your muse made it this far in your timeline?  Had they built anything for themselves?  How is that retirement plan coming?  Was this a dull or difficult time for your muse?  What do they think of the generation below them?  Are they scared, impressed, or indifferent to the social changes and technological advancements of the era they are in?  Have things vastly changed since they were younger?  Any health issues?

Day 10  ~  Golden Years ( Ages 50 to 65 )

Have they made it this far yet?  Will they?  Are these really the best years of their life?  Have they reached any goals yet?  Have they found themselves?  Are they grandparents?  Do they feel old?  Has their body or mind started to deteriorate?  Has their personality changed?  Are they happy?

Day 11  ~  Late Adulthood ( Ages 65 to 80 )

What is happening to their body/mind/health?  How do they feel about it?   Are they able to continue to follow their dreams?  Or have they found them/given up on them already?  Do they need any help?  Will they accept any help?  Are they still holding on to the past after all this time?   In the end we all turn into the thing we once swore we’d never become: is this true for your muse?  Do they think it’s true?  Do they feel like they’re too late?  Are they becoming some one else (dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc)?

Day 12  ~  Seniority ( Age 80 to Death )

How far will they make it?  Are they afraid of death?  Do they have any regrets or goals they haven’t met?  Will they die happy or alone?  Are their loved ones dying around them too?  Who all will miss them when they are gone?  Do they have a funeral?  Will they’re soul find rest?   Where and when do they die?  What is it that finally kills them?

  Naturally, you may stop the challenge at your muses’ current age/age of their death if you would like.  But if you have headcanons about their future or the future that could have been, you are more than welcome to keep going!

   Need to fully flesh out your muses history?        What better way to do it than to start from the beginning! 

   Each day of the challenge you must make a post of at least 5 headcanons corresponding with the stage of life that day covers.  The below questions are just examples but you may use them as a guide or a spring board.

Day 1  ~  History, Pregnancy, & DNA ( Conception to Birth )

What is their ethnicity?  What where their parents like?  Is your muse inheriting a family duty or destiny?  Or inheriting a burden?  What genes did they get and from which parent did they get them?  What traits where passed down?  Did anything happen to your muse’s mother while she was pregnant and if so did it affect them?  When and where were they born?  Were there any complications?  What was the rest of the family’s reaction to the news of a new baby?

Day 2  ~  Infancy ( Birth to Age 2 )

Where they premature?  Or over due?  How large where they?  Where there any health issues?  What parenting style did their parents use?  Was it consistent?  Did they receive enough attention?  Or maybe were they over-coddled?  What was their diet?  Did they develop quickly or slowly?  What was their first word?  When did they take their first steps?  Were they in an environment that was safe for babies?  Did anything happen at this stage?  How did it affect them?

Day 3  ~  Early Childhood ( Ages 2 to 6 )

Did your muse develop any habits?  What was their home life like?  Any friends? Or pets?  Was their development stunted or allowed room to grow?  Did anything change?  What was discovered about them?  Any interests begin to develop?  Or any fears?  Were your muses’ parents too soft/strict?  Were they an only child?  What was their favorite color/animal/toy?  How did their society and/or their culture affect them?

Day 4  ~  Middle Childhood ( Ages 6 to 11 )

Anything interesting happen here?  Would your muse say they had a good childhood or a bad one?  Is that true?  Was there anything your muse discovered about themselves?  Did they go on any fun childhood adventures?  What was school like?  Did they like school?  Did they have a good relationship with the people raising them?  Did any new relationships form?  Any childhood heros?  Any good/bad memories from this time?  Did they play with boys and girls or did they have a “girls/boys are icky” phase?  What changed?

Day 5  ~  Prepubescence ( Ages 11 to 14 )

Was your muse an early/late bloomer?  Was this a difficult time for them?  What changed?  Was this the end of your muse’s childhood?  Do they consider it so?  Any phases?  What was their personality like before and after puberty?  Did they go through puberty yet?  Did they have a sexual awakening?  When, and what was it?

Day 6  ~  Adolescence ( Ages 14 to 18 )

What changed or happened here?  Did your muse form any new relationships?  Was there anything your muse stopped believing in?  What was the nature of their self esteem?  Did their gender or sexuality change?  Did they embrace growing up or long for their youth?  Did they grow up too fast?  Any new interests?  Where any dreams or talents they had invested in or put aside?  Did any strong beliefs or opinions develop?  Any crushes?  How did that go?

Day 7  ~  Emerging Adulthood ( Ages 18 to 25 )

When did it hit your muse that they where an adult now?  Did they/their friends and family make a big deal about turning 18 or 20?  Had they done anything illegal at this point?  Did they stay with their family or leave the nest?  Was the “real world” what they expected it to be?  Did they attempt to follow their dreams?  Were they still a virgin at this point? If so why? If not, what happened?  Do they already have any regrets?  Did they find employment? Or maybe settled down?  What changed?

Day 8  ~  Early Adulthood ( Ages 25 to 37 )

Does your muse feel like they misspent their youth?  What happens here?  Any major mistakes yet?  Was this a happy or difficult time?  Were they the same person as they where in their teens?  Any major changes?  How did they fair financially?  Did they finally mature or were they mature before?  Did they start a family of their own?

Day 9  ~  Midlife ( Ages 37 to 50 )

Did they have a Midlife Crisis?  Has your muse made it this far in your timeline?  Had they built anything for themselves?  How is that retirement plan coming?  Was this a dull or difficult time for your muse?  What do they think of the generation below them?  Are they scared, impressed, or indifferent to the social changes and technological advancements of the era they are in?  Have things vastly changed since they were younger?  Any health issues?

Day 10  ~  Golden Years ( Ages 50 to 65 )

Have they made it this far yet?  Will they?  Are these really the best years of their life?  Have they reached any goals yet?  Have they found themselves?  Are they grandparents?  Do they feel old?  Has their body or mind started to deteriorate?  Has their personality changed?  Are they happy?

Day 11  ~  Late Adulthood ( Ages 65 to 80 )

What is happening to their body/mind/health?  How do they feel about it?  Are they able to continue to follow their dreams?  Or have they found them/given up on them already?  Do they need any help?  Will they accept any help?  Are they still holding on to the past after all this time?  In the end we all turn into the thing we once swore we’d never become: is this true for your muse?  Do they think it’s true?  Do they feel like they’re too late?  Are they becoming some one else (dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc)?

Day 12  ~  Seniority ( Age 80 to Death )

How far will they make it?  Are they afraid of death?  Do they have any regrets or goals they haven’t met?  Will they die happy or alone?  Are their loved ones dying around them too?  Who all will miss them when they are gone?  Do they have a funeral?  Will they’re soul find rest?  Where and when do they die?  What is it that finally kills them?

   Naturally, you may stop the challenge at your muses’ current age/age of their death if you would like.  But if you have headcanons about their future or the future that could have been, you are more than welcome to keep going!

Developmental Psychology Challenge  ~  Day 1:

  Family History, Pregnancy, & DNA  ~  ( Conception to Birth )

James’ father was a good man.  At the request of the captain, no names shall be revealed, so we’ll call his father John.  He was a wealthy Scottish gentleman and was, at heart, a hopeless romantic.  The man had his vices: drinking was a hobby of his and he was a bit of a sex addict.  But he was kind and optimistic and would later love his son more than anyone else on Earth.  He had been in a somewhat arranged marriage, and while he didn’t love his wife, he was friends with her... of course- that began to change when he met her.

James’ mother was practically a house maid. As a servant to the ( name is smudged out ) household, she spent most of her time cleaning and arranging flowers.  But John loved nothing more than roaming his gardens- where she would sometimes be... where they could steal away for a moment.  Between her beauty, her grace, her exotic appeal; it wasn’t long before she and John began an affair.

Of course, John’s wife could do nothing to stop them.  Husbands where almost expected to do what they wished with their maids and wives were most certainly expected to keep quiet about it.  But when John’s lover learned she was pregnant, something snapped within him.  He had been far too unhappy for far too long, and the two lovers ran away and eloped. ...only for John to crawl back to his wife as a single father some 5 or 6 years later.

John had very, very strong genes: his children would look almost exactly like him.  From him James received his soft blue eyes, handsome face, strong bones, thick brows, stern nose, his massive height, and his jet black hair.  The lushness of his hair, however, was that of his mother’s. She was of a Scottish mother and a Spanish, Romanian, and Romani father ( as far as we know, that is. She may have just claimed her father was a wandering Gypsy to intrigue John ). James also received her light freckles, her lightly tan complexion, and her love of strawberries.

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everyone wants more reserves, right? you may be asking yourself how to get them? with development, that is. your SECOND AND THIRD reserves are up-for-grabs and all you have to do is a little development. in order to secure your two reserves, you will need to post TWO FORMS of development for the same character or for a different character. some examples include:

playlists 

character drabbles

moodboard

pinterest board (with at least 15 pins)

you get the drill. if you post these on tumblr, please tag it #thiscitydev so we can reblog it in the next few days. if you are in the discord and would rather post the link, go ahead and post it in the designated channel. we want you all to get a better feel for your characters just as we want to get a better feel for ours. once we have your two forms of development, go ahead and send in your face claims (with two backups in case someone else got to your face first). for example:

it’s a wrap! the like gold development challenge is now over! winners will be selected and announced on january 7th at 2pm (gmt-6).