#moliarty

OC Meeting a Villain

If you’ve been following along with my stuff, you can probably guess what’s coming... after this random stupid situation I came up with:

I’ve said before that while Rosella’s burrowing tactic usually gets her out of trouble, it’s also gotten her into trouble. She once stumbled into Moliarty’s lair, had a fight with his troops where she showed off her earth magic, which was weakened when she happened upon iron ore in the lair, and then she was defeated by a cast iron frying pan and tied up in iron chains. Moliarty was quite offended that a water fowl had earth powers when subterranean creatures like his kind existed, so he started building something to remove those powers. And maybe use them to level St. Canard. 

Luckily for Rosie, she was eventually rescued. She doesn’t like talking about this situation, though, it’s embarrassing just how she was defeated by some moles and some inconveniently placed iron.  

If I had a nickel for every time Rosella accidentally broke into a supervillain lair... I’d have two nickels, but it’s weird that it happened twice (the other one was Bushroot’s greenhouse btw). 

Okay, that’s it for Moliarty’s moment in the spotlight, let’s get on to a bit more dramatic kind of meeting between an OC and a canon villain. 

Okay, technically, they met the day Ron was born, but we’re talking about him being face to face with the supervillain alter ego of his long lost brother--Megavolt. 

Ron was aware of Megavolt for years (who wouldn’t be, he often causes blackouts), but he had never taken a close look at the guy because why would you do that, he’s an electrical madman. Heck, Ron always got a little annoyed when people noted that he looked similar to the villain--to the point where dressing up like him one Halloween got Darkwing Duck chasing him. 

One day, he ends up being taken hostage by Megavolt (who had been looking up structural engineers to help him solve some structural issue with one of his inventions, and then just grabbed Ron out of his office). At some point, after Darkwing arrives on scene and a fight ensues, Ron is nearly caught in the crossfire and Darkwing ends up blurting out to Megavolt, “Be careful, that is your brother!” 

Cue awkward pause. 

There was much denial (very vehemently from Ron) at first, but after Darkwing showed them (seperately, of course, Megs is in jail at that point) several of the tests that showed, yeah, there’s a blood relation there, both had to accept it (though Megavolt still argued a bit; “How do I know you aren’t faking this just to throw me off?” “Why would I lie to you about some random guy being your brother?!”). 

Ron fell into a bit of depression over it. Yeah, sure, he now has closure for Elmo’s disappearance, but why did he have to be Megavolt of all people?

Eventually, Ron has to muster up the courage to face Elmo in jail. And well, it’s awkward, with Megavolt’s spotty memory making it a bit difficult to get some answers. Follow up visits have him getting more information over time, and eventually they just start liking each other. 

However, despite them getting reacquainted, Ron refuses to have any part in Megavolt’s criminal activity and was hesitant on letting him meet his family for a while. 

“You put that stuff aside when I’m around, got that?”

"No, sir."

That’s a good question! And unfortunately, it’s not very easy to answer. 

When talking purely ships within the Sherlock tag, we know there is varying activity in Johnlock, Sherstrade, Mystrade, Viclock, Sherlolly, Holmescest (beware that this is a ‘cest’ ship), Jimlock/Sheriarty, Seblock, Morbrook, Johniarty, Johnbastian, Moliarty, and… Mormor. 

I single out Mormor as I’d estimate that 95% of our content comes from people in the Mormor tag. Anyway! This list is not comprehensive, and we will be making a list of ships, active or not, in the near future. 

If we’re talking about extension tags to compliment the ship, we’ve got a lot of activity! Teenlock, Unilock, Parentlock, Omegalock, Femlock, Angstlock, Darklock, etc. Try mixing and matching your tags to find a combination that works for you.

If you’re looking purely for discussion, try just ‘Sherlock’ or character names.

Outside the Sherlock community, my knowledge has a lot of gaps. I’m not sure where to direct you, but I do know that there are a lot of active role players in tags like Supernatural, Marvel, Harry Potter, Teen Wolf, Homestuck, and every Anime you could think of. The best way to find an active tag is to throw yourself in and be patient. You can also check tags on tumblr like “___ rp” to see if there are any logs up there. 

Finally, it’s a good idea to try on different days at different times. There are ‘peak’ hours for roleplaying! Some tags will be dead on a Wednesday morning, but alive on a Saturday night. Timezones influence activity too- it’s all trial and error.