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How old are you IRL? 

22.

What character are you applying for? 

Nepeta Leijon.

Why are you interested in this character?

I’ve been into Nepeta’s rowdy cat ass since Hussie introduced her.  She’s that perfect mixture of sincere and sassy, in my opinion.  And she’s a stubborn cat baby who is beans at listening to orders.  Why wouldn’t I be interested in her?

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality?

Nepeta’s more invested in her friend’s relationships than she is her own; that is, you’ll find her tossing date initiatives and gift ideas to her pals before she so much as considers winking flirtatiously in the direction of her own crush.  No, that would be horrible and dumb and shut up, let’s talk about your crush, instead.  She’s a relationship master without needing to actively be in a relationship, okay?  She’s just that good.  Trust her.

But really, Nepeta is committed to her friends over all else.  That doesn’t mean she won’t be a little shit to them—she will, time and time again, because she’s sassy and digs her heels in when she thinks she’s right—but it does mean that she’ll go out of her way to offer a helping hand.  Your car’s tire is blasted to Team Rocket levels, and you need a set of capable hands?  Sure, she was just starting an essay due in three hours, but she is on that shit.  You just royally fucked up with your partner, and need a pint of Butter Pecan and advice?  She’s there, but if the situation is your fault because you’re a fuck up, she’s probably going to tell you so.

The important detail here is that she’s committed to friends.  Are you a creep?  A jerk?  Someone who yanked her chain too much? Nepeta will not hesitate to shove you out of the way to barrel on.  Her violent tendencies are usually confined to hunting seasons, organized sports, and the gym, but if you love pushing the envelope you’ll at least be picked up and jostled for your efforts.  She’s generous, but not a saint. (More of a little shit.  A smiley, Amazonian shit that could have shaken change from your pockets, in middle school.)

Despie her size and physical presence, Nepeta’s as playful as an eager puppy, or an ornery kitten that has just discovered the disembodied light that likes to zip around its paws.  It’s kind of adorable, if you’re into women who look like they belong in 300, zooming around and giggling while pretending to be some kind of warrior, on good weekends.  She has an imagination that exceeds her muscles, and loves to exercise both to burn off energy—she’s just as likely to be caught roleplaying on Gaia as she is to be playing rugby, or working on some particularly saucy shipping manifestos (because she is an adult).  Move over, Destiel, because she’s talking about Ruby 1.0.

What would be your character’s major or occupation? It’s fine to be undecided, and you can change it later if you like!

Nepeta is a personal trainer at the campus gym, and working on her social work track with a human sexuality minor.

Give a physical description of your character:

In a word, Nepeta is a beefcake.  A Hispanic beefcake that stands at about 5’10 (thanks, dad, you gargantuan Simba).  She’s built from blocks of muscle with a tight, rectangular shape.  All of her minor curvature comes from her muscles—thick, cut thighs, round shoulders and arms, an abdomen that you wouldn’t mind an excuse to touch, when she flexes and the ripples appear like magic.  It’s like seeing a whale on your fancy, overpriced cruise:  majestic and incredible with how much you’re over-inflating the moment.  But you will tell everyone about it, anyway.

The overall effect gives her a tied-up masculinity that doesn’t suit the soft, full line of her mouth, or her round face.  It definitely doesn’t match the thunderhead of hair that licks her cheeks—her curls are wild, (dyed) red, and starving for every inch of her face that they can reach from the shelf of her undercut.  Sometimes she likes to break out the eyeliner and slap catty wingtips on, make the hazel of her eyes pop.  She doesn’t have piercings, but she has tracks of paw print tattoos from the neck down.  There are twelve, total, all done up in black ink—one at the nape of her neck, one stamped over each breast (pec, they’re pecs, get it right), one high on the left shoulder and low on the right, four trickling down her ribs on the right, two on the inside of her left thigh, and one on the inside of her right ankle.  Plenty of them, in short, but she’s been talking up sleeves and more prints, with time.

Clothing-wise, Nepeta has a hard time finding pants that don’t cling to the bulk of her thighs.  She favors sweatpants and zip-up jackets as much as she does audaciously-colored tights paired with loud skirts or dresses.  It’s easy enough to tell what she wears most often—her dark skin clashes hard with paler, tank top strap lines and high slices of thigh.  She’s a brick house that likes to slog around in sunshine, and doesn’t believe in burns.  (She also doesn’t talk about her first full-body lobsterfication.  No one should.  She’s brown, damnit.)

Give an example post of your character in this AU:

Extra cozy pajama bottoms?  Check.  More blankets than she knew she owned?  Check.  Tactfully placed cats to deter thoughts of standing up?  Check and check.  It was date night, and by date night, Nepeta meant “if you don’t have a date let’s hang out and binge on ice cream and mediocre moves” night.  Everyone deserved a good date night, and she was more than willing to provide!

She was, after all, probably the best date ever.  Not just any date would be down for a night of straight-up cuddling, no strings attached.  And she showered right after rugby practice, so she didn’t smell like pain and suffering (but she did still smell like victory, because not even three kicks to the ribs could keep her from owning on the field.  She also looked like a walking bruise, but walking bruises were tough shit—this was a bonus for everyone involved). 

Nepeta dug the dirt from beneath her nails with her teeth, sprawled out on the couch with two cats anchoring her down.  Field dirt, shockingly, tasted like dirt.  The chipped Meow Mix clock over her television swung its orange tail, ticking down to ten minutes before the hour.  7:50PM.  She’d have to get up to answer the door, soon, which put her somewhere between “hell yeah, date night” and “no, don’t make me get up.”  Of course, she’d stick with “hell yeah, date night” until she breathed too deeply.

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How old are you IRL? 24

What character are you applying for? Gamzee Makara

Why are you interested in this character? He’s my favorite character. Well, second favorite next to Kurloz Makara. He’s one of the most mis-characterized characters in homestuck and that makes me sad because it can be so rewarding when you roleplay him correctly. I love his interactions with characters, in both his sobered and ‘high’ state. I love his silly outlook on life, his personality. He’s a really sweet guy, despite his questionable actions in canon.

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality? Whether or not this character is High, or sober, there’s something a lot of people seem to miss about Gamzee: he’s chill as fuck. Even when sober, he won’t just flip his shit and murder everyone.  He might have a little more of a temperament when he is sober, but he’s still pretty passive.

Gamzee’s also a people pleaser, especially while he’s high. He takes hate with a smile, and he looks down on himself a lot. He doesn’t seem himself as anything great, though he sees a lot of greatness in everything else. He seems to be someone who appreciates the simplest of things, and sees the beauty in everything. Or at least, tries to.

Because of his lousy upbringing, and neglect, he tends to really cling onto people who are willing to give him the time of day. A good example was his relationship with Karkat, whom he called best friend while Karkat would begrudgingly interact with him back then.

In this Universe, Gamzee doesn’t change much. He suffered neglect from his father, though he still has some fondness for the old man. His death was pretty hard on him, especially since it happened during his time away. Gamzee was sent to a Juvenile Detention Center after physically assaulting someone to the point of incapacitating them. After spending nine months in the detention center, he was sent to a mental institute for six months to treat his Schizophrenia. During the period of 15 months, father nor brother visited him at all, so there is some bitterness toward his brother in that aspect, not as much toward his father as he died sometime while he was away. He isn’t entirely sure about the details of his death, other than he was killed, but it hit Gamzee pretty hard.

Now Gamzee lives with his older brother, who cares about him a lot. However, because of how he never got to see him during Juvie, he doesn’t know whether or not he cares about him genuinely, or if there’s something he wants from him. That puts a quasi impenetrable wall between him and his older brother, that doesn’t allow him to confide in his brother as much as he used to before that whole mess happened.

What would be your character’s major or occupation? It’s fine to be undecided, and you can change it later if you like! Resident pothead.

Give a physical description of your character: Tall, about 6’7”. He has broad shoulders, and a messy head of seemingly uncontrollable locks thanks to Makara genes. He has tanned skin, dark eyes, and more often than not, he wears his greasepaint. He usually walks around with a slouched posture.

Give an example post of your character in this AU:

Clouds were beautiful as they floated across the blue sky. So fluffy and white. Like… why were they even like that? Who told them they had to be fluffy and white? Why not less fluffy and green? Miracles.

Gamzee Makara laid on top of a grassy hill top, arms folder underneath his head as he stared up to the sky with a dreamy look on his face. He looked happy, peaceful… and kind of dirty. The front of his shirt and pants were covered in grass stems. He had tripped because of his untied shoes, ending face down on the freshly cut grass. Instead of getting up, he rolled onto his back, and noticed how beautiful the sky looked. It was one of those rare, beautiful days in Portland, so Gamzee couldn’t help but to admire how clear the sky looked, how bright the sun shinned… for five hours straight.

By the time he finally sat up, the sun had already set in the horizon. He stayed for a little longer, just to watch how the sky changed from blue to those pretty pink, purple and orange hues. It was his favorite part; everything just looked so amazing.

It wasn’t until the stars were visible that he finally got up from the ground, dusting his pants just a little bit. He should probably head home. His brother might be getting worried.  Actually… He pulled out his phone, and pushed one of the buttons to make the screen light up. Yeah, about 4 missed messages from his brother. He definitely should be getting home by now. He’s been gone a while, and he was hungry. He unlocked his phone screen and began to text his brother, taking his sweet time to type out his ridiculous quirk.

<HaHaHa, SoRrY bRo. I gOt My ZoNe On AlL sOlId LiKe.>

<i’M oN mY wAy HoMeWiSe NoW, YeAh? So GeT yOuR sEtTlE oN rIgHt. :o) >

<WoW mAn, GoTtA bE aLl To TeLl At YoU, mY sToMaCh Is MaKiN aLl SoRtS oF wIcKeD rUmBlIeS. tHiNk We CaN bE aLl OrDeRINg SoMe GrUb FoR tOnIgHt?>

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How old are you IRL?

27

What character are you applying for?

Porrim Maryam

Why are you interested in this character? 

Basically, Porrim is great? Also, I'd like to have a second character under my belt who is different than my first for when playing my main gets a bit tiresome. Variety is nice.

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality?

Porrim Maryam is an intelligent and well-read 23-year-old. She is the daughter of Lebanese feminist activists who moved to Oregon in the late '80s when they realized they did not want to start a family where there was a civil war going on.

She was raised on a pretty steady diet of feminism and the importance of education and knowledge, and Porrim took to it all with a voracious appetite. Some people see her as a bit extreme, but she's not, really. She's just passionate. She thinks, and hopes, that she has a pretty firm grasp on intersectionality, and how things like race and class fall in with feminism and how a lot of mainstream fails in those regards. She's also very much a pro-sex feminist, but can at least recognize the problems therein.

In terms of personality, she is patient and caring and almost motherly to those that she cares about. When her patience runs out or when she perceives someone as an enemy, she is angry and extra-passionate and prone to outburst.

Porrim is into fashion, very flirtatious, and has a big weakness when it comes to secrets and gossip, and is prone to spreading both.

What would be your character’s major or occupation? It’s fine to be undecided, and you can change it later if you like!

Porrim co-owns a feminist book store. She has a degree in women's studies and is considering enrolling in a graduate program. For now, though, she sits in on new courses in the university curriculum for fun. She also designs and makes clothing when the mood strikes her. Especially for herself.

Give a physical description of your character:

Porrim is 5'4" and rather slender in build. She's a bit wide in the hips, but rather narrow everywhere else. She's Lebanese in terms of nationality, with a skin tone somewhere between olive and light brown. She has dark, black hair down a little past her shoulders, somewhat high on top and framing her face on the sides. Her skin is very smooth and well-taken care of and she wears a lot of dark make-ups in greens and blacks and sometimes blues. Porrim has visible piercings on her eyebrows, her bottom lip, her ears, and her nose. She has more elsewhere. Her limbs are covered in curving , swooping tattoos that also stretch to her chest and thighs and back.

Her fashion sense varies, but revolves around a lot of dark colors and elegant looks. Lots of heels and boots and leggings and flouncy skirts and beautiful backless gowns and dresses and cute neckerchiefs and form-fitting jackets and belts. She's no stranger to showing off her body with her fashion choices.

Give an example post of your character in this AU:

"Yes, mom, I know she has a seminar coming up next month. I know because I tried to get her to come in and do a signing and she did not have the time. No, I don't think I'm going to go. Yes, I know, but I read her book and I just don't agree with some of the views she holds on the porn industry. Well, isn't that what she's mainly talking about? You know I'm more in favor of an industry overhaul and more safety standards and not just tearing down the entire infrastructure." Porrim pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed into the phone, then bolted upright as her mother spoke again. "I'm not telling you if I watch porn, mother! No, I'm not ashamed of it. This hypothetical it. I just don't wish to discuss my porn consumption with my parents. Because it isn't something I feel the need to discuss with you. Mom. Mom. I hate to cut this short, but I'm late to open the shop. If I have time tonight, I'll call you. If not, I'll see you for dinner on Saturday, okay? If I have time. I will. I just might have a date. Yes, a date. A woman who TAs one of the classes I'm in. I promise I'll tell you about her, but I really need to go. I'm not even done putting on my make-up." She rolled her eyes and smiled. "Yes, I know, I know. I'm absolutely ruining my beautiful face with all this metal and my ridiculous make-up. But you don't really care, right, mom? My body and my choice?" She'd grin a little. "Bye, mom. I love you."

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How old are you IRL?

27

What character are you applying for?

Damara Megido

Why are you interested in this character?

Honestly? Because she's someone who I've been interested in for some time and have never had the guts to try. Also, it's rare to see a Damara that I like, and I'd like to try and put an interesting spin on the character.

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality?

Damara Megido, much like her canon counterpart, used to be pretty nice and happy. She wasn't a goody-two-shoes by any stretch of the imagination, with a rebellious streak and a taste for pot. Her family wasn't exactly wealthy, her father a low-level manager and her mother a housewife, and college seemed like a bit of a financial stretch. So when Hussie University accepted her full ride with an international student scholarship and a music scholarship, her parents were elated. Damara, not so much. She didn't want to leave her friends and her boyfriend for some new country. The food would be different, the entertainment, the language. It was the worst idea. But her parents told her it was either college in America or being on her own in Japan. She told them the latter. They told her it was not an option. So, she left...

Damara is full of rage. She hates it in Portland. She's quieter now. She's sad. She's angry. Her boyfriend, as soon as she left, started dating someone new. She feels betrayed by everyone she knows and a small part of her wants to make them all pay. She doesn't really want to make friends. In fact, she thinks she's pretty much better than anyone else on campus. Above them.

What would be your character’s major or occupation? It’s fine to be undecided, and you can change it later if you like!

Damara is a music major. She plays the flute and is really quite good at it. The flute is what helped get her into Hussie University. As such, she puts no effort into it now, skirting by in her classes with a C+. A straight C+ report card. That part of her scholarship is in jeopardy. She doesn't care enough to switch majors, but she'll have to down the road.

Give a physical description of your character:

Damara Megido is 5'4". She was always a bit on the a-little-above-average side when it came to weight, but between the anger, apathy, and change of diet, Damara is getting a bit of excess pudge, especially on her hips. She has naturally dark hair but dyes it black, long enough for a bun or pigtails or just keeping it messy and down. Her fashion is a mix of blacks and reds and bright greens for the most part. A lot of vertical stripes and sheer materials and some spikes mixed in. She tries to stick with fashion trends when within her budget, but only ones she thinks look cool.

Give an example post of your character in this AU:

She hated this campus. She hated everyone here. She hated this entire country. And right now? She hated this McDonald's. Wasn't that the appeal of fast food? That no matter where you go, it's the same? But no. What was this sauce on her chicken sandwich? No mushroom flavored fries. She couldn't even get a custard pie? But they had a crappy little burger covered in ranch dressing and tortilla strips. Who eats this garbage? Scum, that's who. That's who all these people were.

Her study partner looked at her, asking her if she was enjoying her lunch. He seemed to think this was some kind of date.

"{I could piss out a better sauce for this burger. I'd be having a better time defiling my roommate's bedspread,}" And here it comes. He smiles, palm on the back of his head as he sighs, apologizing for not understanding her. It took a lot of will to not roll her eyes.

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How old are you IRL?  24

What character are you applying for? Dave Strider

Why are you interested in this character?  He's my third favorite character to roleplay. His whole 'cool' facade while being an actual dork who just likes to rap is really amusing to me. He's one of my favorite humans in homestuck, one of the ones that has made me laugh the most. Not to mention, coming up with raps for him is one of my favorite things to do when I rp as him. 

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality?  Dave is probably one of the most complex characters in homestuck, in my own personal opinion. We start off with a guy that gives this aura of 'cool' that has all these hobbies apparent 'cool' kids would have. He appears to be strong, as he has been trained by his brother in who knows how many fighting styles. He carries around a lot of weapons which give  you the impression that he's ready for anything and everything, that nothing ever would take him by surprise. He's talented, he comes up with raps on the fly and has pretty colorful, entertaining ways to describe things. 

But beyond all of that, beyond the cool exterior, and his vibe of not really being phased by anything that happens around him, Dave actually has a lot of fears, insecurities and worries.  I would even say that he's a bit paranoid when it comes to certain things. 

Despite his 'I don't care' attitude, he worries and cares A LOT for his friends. For him, his friends are the most important thing that he currently has.

All in all, he's just a huge dork with a big heart.

What would be your character’s major or occupation? It’s fine to be undecided, and you can change it later if you like! He would be Biology major. At least for now! 

Give a physical description of your character.  About 5'10" not to tall, but not too short. He's lean, as he is a very physical active individual. Short, blond hair, sun kissed skin because all of his hours spent outside, and a pair of red eyes that he always hides behind a pair of aviator shades. He usually wears his headphones when he's on his way to class, as he is more often listening to music than not. 

Give an example post of your character in this AU.

Today was not a great day for Dave Strider.  You see, Dave was a transfer student from Texas, from a relatively small college. A lot of his classes transferred into this new college but many didn't transfer directly, so he's been going from department, to department, trying to get all his classes sorted out.

It was a fucking pain.

By the end of the day, he had found out that he would have to be retaking at least two classes, which in all wouldn't be too bad... if that didn't push his graduation farther by two whole semesters. He had a feeling this would happen, so it didn't take him by surprise at all. 

Didn't mean that it didn't make him want to make a backwards pirouette out of the fucking handle. 

In any case, what was done was done and he would have to suck it up. Maybe once he got to his  dorm--which was pretty sweet--and had a nice, cold, glass of AJ he would feel much better. While he walked back to his destination, he whipped out his phone and began to text one of his friends.

<god you wouldnt believe all the shit i just went through today>

<the amount of shit was off the sharts>

<like being stuck inside a barn with a herd of cows being fed grass with laxatives>

<fucking incredible>

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How old are you IRL? 20

What character are you applying for? Roxy Lalonde

Why are you interested in this character?

Well for starters, I think I can do her dialogue better than any other character's, and would love the chance to prove it in such a high quality chat. I respect her character, strengths and flaws alike. Her perspective strikes me as well, with her enduring positivity, even in the light of sacrifice, her flippant portrayals of serious concepts, her dedication to her friends. It is the personality of Roxy which captures my heart, as I see the strength in her to be so unique. There is a more personal reason, as well. Her character puts me at ease, actually, I feel like I can move more, in her, if that makes sense, and I would really like to have her as an option in this roleplay. The mixture of Roxy with a veritable crowd sounds like a hell of a fun time, seeing as she is so extremely socially minded.

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality? She is the Rogue of Void, not the herald of it, not destined to submit to it. Yet she is not immune to it entirely, no space player is she. She was raised in the void of her mother, after all, and is so well known for classical methods of void-filling, such as alcohol, escapism, and romance. She overcomes all of this via sheer determination, bending metaphorical (later on, literal) Void to her will. The source of this will is her value system, which is to say, the emphasis she places on her friends. It is for there benefit that she steps from the void, breaking off addiction, respecting their positions, putting their quests before her own. This is all in the macro, of course. In the finer view, her day to day life, she does not overcome her struggles flawlessly, and never in one bound. She pines, she wines, she relapses. She can indeed have bitter moments. (This too, I love. This humanity. Roxy is nothing if not three-dimensional.) The interpretation which I would bring into this roleplay is cheery and rambunctious, self-flattering yet silly and self-sacrificing. She would be very verbose, but not always so tactful. She was born the daughter of a wildly successful author of fantasy, and sent to grow up in Rose's hometown, apart from the venom of fame. As a young child she would read her mother's books whenever she felt lonesome or missed her. This seeded in her an unusually deep fondness for wizards, which never even tried to shake. It lead her to investigate creative hobbies, such as writing and roleplaying. In high school she was introduced to a very party oriented lifestyle, and found it to be extremely liberating, at first. Genetics played against her, and she became addicted to substance abuse, something she has yet to fully shake.

What would be your character's major or occupation? It's fine to be undecided, and you can change it later if you like! A sophomore transfer student. She is a chemistry major, though she minors in English. The success of her mother has both inspired and inhibited her hopes of becoming an author, and so she regulates the passion to minor. Besides, Chemistry is no boring subject for the girl, having grown up with laboratory playsets and maintaining an interest all these years.

Give a physical description of your character.

She has a twiggish appearance, very flat, yet angular. It appears unnatural, unhealthy, though her eyes are bright, and she does not often display illness. It is no help that she is quite pale. She walks tall, but her varying shoe types would have you guessing specifics. She keeps her hair short and blonde, styling it when she has the motivation.

Give an example post of your character in this AU.

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How old are you IRL? 21

What character are you applying for? Hal Strider

Why are you interested in this character? Because he’s tied for my favorite character in the comic, and I think he has a lot to be explored in a setting like this. Humanizing Hal into a college setting feels like it’s a really fun opportunity.

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality? At the tender age of two years old, Hal watched his teen parents split up. He hardly remembers his father, let alone the fight between his parents, but he still bears resentment towards his mother. Had she waited, been a little older, a little more mature, maybe the split wouldn’t have occurred, and maybe he would still have a father, a family. It’s something he argues with his mother about often, but now that he’s eighteen years old and about to move out for college, it’s starting to feel like a moot point.

He was home schooled throughout his educational career. He started in kindergarten simply being home schooled by his mother, but she soon moved him to a cyber charter school instead, worried that she would take a wrong turn in Hal’s education. Most of his time was spent around his mother throughout his school-aged years, and since he didn’t have many real life friends who he could spend time with, his mother took to buying them for him.

Hal developed a massive collection of dolls and puppets, though once his preference towards puppets was made clear, his mother bought him far more puppets than dolls. Among his favorites are a prince and princess, a noble white steed and a jester-like puppet, although his collection expands far beyond the fantasy realm. Throughout his childhood he enjoyed putting on puppet shows, with his mother being the sole audience member. Once he started getting a little older, his shows began to lean towards the passive aggressive side of things, and he would use his puppets to express his resentment towards his mother. Aside from the passive aggressive puppet shows, his ‘toys’ served another purpose entirely; he would talk to them, far out of his mother’s ear shot, as though they were the friends he didn’t have. He would tell them about his day, about school work, the friends he had online — anything and everything.

His online friends were really his only interaction outside his mother and his puppets. He’s been exploring the internet ever since he understood how, playing games, reading the news, and eventually finding out that he could meet people via this magical portal. He became a member of several forums and chat rooms, and eventually he found himself frequenting a chat room centered around roleplay. There he met his all of his online friends, including one girl with whom he roleplays particularly NSFW things.

Since all of his social experience revolves around his mother, his puppets and his online adventures, he isn’t exactly a master with words in person like he is online. Going off on his own to college taught him this at length. He has a way with words and comes off as very smooth and cool via text message, IM and the like, but when he tried to work his skills in person, he realized that there is no backspace IRL. With less time to formulate responses and no way to undo what had already come out, he fumbles over his words and becomes easily frustrated with real life interactions. His ego, which started out rather large, took a hit at this realization, in light of the fact that he can’t charm people with his words as well as if he were texting them or sending them an IM.

What would be your character’s major or occupation? Hal is a statistics major, with a minor in theater.

Give a physical description of your character. Despite not having a lot of contact with people his age, Hal has used the internet to decide on his own personal fashion, and enjoys dressing and looking the part. He’s 5’11”, just one inch shy of a perfect six feet, but he’s learned to deal with that. He’s slender at about 145 pounds, too proud not to keep his weight in check. He’s a fan of j- and k-pop, gleaning much of his fashion sense from those cultures. His hair is naturally dirty blonde, but he bleaches it much lighter to the point of platinum blonde, and spikes it up the back, leaving his short bangs and strands that frame his face to hang free. He also has several piercings, in exactly the same places as one of his favorite j-rock artists: Miyavi. He has his right eyebrow pierced with a hoop, the left nostril has another hoop, and the right side of his lower lip has yet another hoop. He also has his tongue and both ears pierced, three holes in each with the middle hole gauged slightly, in which he wears various earrings. Due to eighteen years of sitting inside in front of a computer, he wears glasses; black, with thick plastic rims and transition lenses. His eyes are naturally hazel but he wears contacts of varying colors, most commonly orange, to make them stand out in his beloved selfies. He doesn’t go out much, so he’s pale, and the few times he attempted to tan, he simply ended up with terrible sunburn that lasted for days. Give an example post of your character in this AU.

It was six in the morning, and Hal had woken up at four to get ready. It was the first day of classes today, and while he hadn’t been nervous upon his arrival at the HU dorms, but now that classes were upon him, he certainly was. Over the five days since he’d moved in, many of his hopes and dreams had been crushed. It didn’t take him long to realize that his charm and way with words didn’t translate well from texting and IM to real life. He lamented the fact that there was no backspace button IRL.

And so, on his first day of classes, he had gotten up four hours earlier than he needed to in order to take a long shower, eat a good breakfast and get ready. By his logic, if he was confident in his appearance, his words might come out a little more confidently and a little less jumbled. He rechecked himself in the mirror, adjusting his bright orange non-prescription contacts, carefully working around his light layer of black eyeliner, before putting on his prescription glasses. He fiddled with his lip piercing for a moment and finally decided that at least from the neck up, he looked fine. He was wearing white sneakers with black shoelaces, faded black jeans that were tight in most of the right places, a white t-shirt with a grey and black graphic on it, and a black pinstriped vest, hanging open over his shirt. He supposed his attire was fine.

He gave a sigh, plopping onto his bed (in a sitting position, and careful not to mess up his hair). He looked over at the puppets sitting on his pillows (he had insisted on bringing at least 75% of his collection), a frown on his lips. “Today is the first day of classes,” he said simply. There was silence for a moment, then, “I know. I’ll take Prince and Princess with me, I’m sure I’ll be fine. I mean, obviously I look great, I just need to work on the speaking thing.” Another pause. “I know I can speak well to you guys, and usually mom, but when I’m trying to meet someone new there’s a 96.54% chance I’m going to mess it up and fall all over myself.” Another pause, longer this time. “You’re right. I know it’s only six-thirty, but we may as well get going. Explore the campus a bit. See what’s what.”

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How old are you IRL?

19 years of age

What character are you applying for?

Karkat Vantas

Why are you interested in this character?

Karkat has always been my main muse in homestuck even if he wasn't the first character I tried out. I really love how complex he is as a character but I'm also strongly aware of what his flaws are. He's my favorite character, and the one I click best with. I can honestly say that out of all the fandoms I've been in, I've never gravitated so heavily to a single character before him. 

What is your personal interpretation of this character? How would you describe their personality?

It's kinda hard to describe Karkat's personality without going into a ton of excess 'what if' situations. In humanstuck, I'd imagine him to be slightly less hostile than his troll counterpart, and a little more open. He's still grumpy, and he's still pretty blunt and comes off as majorly rude. He can be quite the jerk at times, almost even bordering the line of hostility without directly threatening anyone. And depending on his mood and the general attitude of the other person, it can get pretty heated. He's not unwilling to speak his mind at all, and is, in general, pretty outspoken and outgoing about his thoughts. He's not afraid to speak out against things he finds unfair. And sometimes he has the tendency to kinda come off with this 'better than you' sort of vibe to his wording. He likes to imagine himself as pretty smart, or at least having a good deal of common sense. He can also be incredibly rebellious, and at times, really dislikes being told what to do. He can be pretty impatient too, rushing through things he doesn't deem as important. 

On the other hand of things, Karkat is incredibly nonviolent, and it's rare that he actually threatens people, even at his most rage induced moments. He can act pretty hostile and unkind, but overall, he's also an open person. He's capable of accepting all kinds of viewpoints and personalities into his life, it just takes him a while to open up to certain kinds. He can be a little naive, sometimes expecting good out of people when it's just not there, and he does try and help those he considers friends. He's pretty damned passionate about things he considers important, and he's not afraid to speak out about them and other forms of injustice. He's also a loyal friend, willing and more to go out on a limb for them if they need his help. He tends to be stupidly forgiving towards those close to him, so long as they seem genuinely sorry about bad things they'd done in the past. 

Karkat doesn't take very well to people who feel fake to him, though all in all, he tends to have more of a trusting nature than his attitude suggests. He tends to gravitate towards movies and forms of media and entertainment that focus on interpersonal relationships, namely comedies and romances and especially those mixed together. He likes online multiplayer games, even if he gets incredibly upset over them. Karkat also enjoys computer program coding, though he's kinda terrible at that too. Even though he doesn't seem much like it, Karkat also does honestly enjoy spending time with his friends, going out and doing things. He doesn't like sitting still for too long, and he tends to hate being alone or having nothing to do. He likes to keep himself moving. In either a physical or mental stance. 

Karkat also suffers from severe insomnia. He often needs to take sleep medication just to be able to lay down and pass out. Doctors aren't really sure what the cause of it is, he just simply can't sleep normally. 

What would be your character’s major or occupation? It’s fine to be undecided, and you can change it later if you like!

Karkat's switched his goals quite a few times. At some points, he went through wanting to be the president, a computer programmer, to a game designer, to a marriage counselor. However, right now, his goals are more aligned towards medical science or nursing. He entertained the idea of being a doctor for a while, but he's well aware that he couldn't handle cutting people up like that and performing major surgery, he gets squeamish super easily. Overall, he's still perfectly willing to change and explore new ideas and opportunities. Karkat currently has a side job apart from college, working at a little coffee shop that's only managed to fuel his addiction to caffeine even more. 

Give a physical description of your character.

Karkat is five foot five, weighing about one hundred and thirty to one hundred and thirty-five pounds. He has very light brown hair, skin more on the pale side due to his habits of sticking indoors rather than going outside and playing sports, and very dark brownish grey eyes. He tends to keep active, even if he doesn't explore outside very often, so he's more on the fit side, and he also jogs every now and then to encourage staying in healthy patterns. He's not muscular, but he also doesn't have much flab on him. 

Give an example post of your character in this AU.

Karkat was one of the very few people who fit into the category of morning person, perhaps because most of the times he just flat out didn't sleep. It wasn't much of a problem, nothing that a few shots of coffee for his over caffeinated heart couldn't fix. He trudged downstairs after spending the night online, only letting one faint yawn loose as he started up the coffee maker. As it began to spew that delicious brown substance into the vat, he diverted his attention to getting out flavoring and sweeteners and some milk, mixing them in a large, portable coffee bottle, kinda like a water bottle only it was made for coffee, big whoop. He waited until the vat was full, and then he pulled it off the coffee maker and poured it into the cup until the cup was full. A quick stirring, and then he wrapped his fingers around the cup and brought it up to his lips, sighing as he felt it heating up his frozen, stiff fingers.