Player Bios

[Avalikia]

Somehow we've never managed to acquire an official Player Bio thread, and I figured that it's high time we had one. So here we have it for all those who would like to participate. Note: Participation is optional, and if you don't feel comfortable sharing certain information about yourself then that's optional too - if you use the code I provided, which is optional too, feel free to delete things (or add things for that matter) as you wish.

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Here's the code I used for my player bio, if you'd like to steal it instead of having to come up with your own:
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[b]What I do for work and/or school:[/b]


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[b]What I'm awesome at (besides RP):[/b]


[b]What makes me unique:[/b]


[b]The characters I play and why I play them:[/b]


[b]How I got here and why I haven't left yet:[/b]


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What To Call Me: Avalikia, Ava, Head Admin, or any of my character's names (though that makes me go IC).
Gender: Female
Birthday and Age: 4/29/1983, so 31 right now
Location and Timezone: Utah! Which is Mountain Time (two hours earlier than Eastern)
Best Way to Contact Me: AIM! A handy link to that is in the sidebar. But you can also PM this account, and if you say something like 'PM for Ava!' in the OOC ChatBox, I'll notice it quicker. I'm kind of hit or miss with my other accounts - there's too many!

RP Experience:
I started roleplaying when I was 16, and I made my own site for the first time when I was 18, so I've been doing this for awhile. But I had a couple breaks - I didn't do it while I was in college, for example - though I can't remember exactly how many years I was on or off. A lot, either way. XD

Now, some of that time I was doing forum RP and some of it was various MUDs/MUCKs/MUSHs/etc. A lot (but not all) of them were animal RPGs. But in my defense, I was young and silly when I first started. And as I got better and less silly, I managed to find people who did animal RP seriously and well - not that different from RPing people, really.

Sometimes I was a regular member, but often I found myself building my own places to RP because I get easily fed up with those that either poorly run or that are good at first and go downhill - basically, running the place is the only way you can personally guarantee that it will be run well. Or if it isn't, at least you can only blame yourself.

Why I post so fast and/or so slow:
I'd say that I post rather quickly - usually caught up every night, or if not then next day unless I've been more busy than normal or have a crazy number of replies to write. I don't usually get writer's block, and when I do I usually manage to squeeze something out anyway. And I basically have a lot of passion for this site, so this place has the first priority of all my free time. If anything slows me down, it's that I like to put a lot of time and effort into each of my posts. Or I got distracted by something shiny...

Things I'm always happy to help with:
Characters! If you're picking out an FC or working on an OC, I'm happy to bury you up to your armpits with advice, tips, etc.
Info! Both IC and OOC. Whether you're a new (or possibly old) player who wants to know 'what would my character know about [insert anything]', want to know if something is against the rules, or anything else that's remotely site-related, if I can't answer the question myself then I'll make sure you get it.
Venting! If you're frustrated with something, be it on the site or otherwise, I'm good at listening, empathizing, and such - feel free to tell me all about it and I'll give you lots of snugs even if I can't make it all better.
Site Maintenance. (It doesn't get an exclamation point because it's not exciting. At all.) Most of my personal administrative duties are site-maintenance related, especially the thread tracker, RP posts, character statistics, and a whole host of other things. So if you notice that anything like that needs attention, feel free to poke me - I'll make sure it gets fixed.

What I do for work and/or school:
I currently work on the sales floor at a place called Deseret Industries. It's basically a thrift store, but it's operated by my church and they specifically only hire people who can't easily find another job for various reasons: some of my coworkers are recent immigrants who aren't fluent in English, or they have pretty much no job skills, or they've made a bunch of stupid choices and are putting their lives back together - stuff like that. And they not only give people jobs but their goal is to help them find jobs elsewhere. In my case, I have a severe social anxiety disorder (which doesn't bother me that much online, thank goodness!), so I'm on disability, and my goal working there is to get myself into the workforce firmly enough that I disqualify myself from being on disability anymore.

What the rest of my real life is like:
I live in my parent's house with two brothers. I also have another brother and sister who are married and live nearby, and the former has two boys (yay, nephews!). As for myself, I'm an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka Mormon) and I'm a regular at the gym. But I spend a lot of time on the computer too.

What I'm awesome at (besides RP):
I've basically mastered crochet. And I'm stronger than my personal trainer (of course, she's a cross-country enthusiast and can run circles around me, but I'm stronger). My Sims-playing skills are legendary. I keep the thread tracker updated without using Preview mode, ever. I do math in my head for fun. I use Excel spreadsheets to track my fun. I can train cats. My GPA when I got my associate's degree was 3.67.

What makes me unique:
I've had Asperger's syndrome my entire life, though that was a much bigger problem with I was younger. Also when I was younger I had depression, PTSD, panic attacks, and was even suicidal for awhile - but all of those things have basically been resolved thanks to time, therapy, and years of meds (which I now haven't had to take for years - yay!). After all that, my lingering anxiety issues just don't seem like that big of a deal to me. So basically... I've had it rough, and I've been through a lot. But here I am on the other side of most of it, still going, and that's what I think is probably the most unique and best part of me. And I look at the future and go: Bring it on!

The characters I play and why I play them:
Poison Ivy - I love playing her personality, because she's sophisticated and sexy, but very crazy. Crazy is fun! She also helps me get in touch with my flirty side which, I'll confess, needs some work IRL...
Nina Stenet - She's the character whose core personality is most like my core personality. But she also tends to make these decisions that I certainly wouldn't. And she's braver and more powerful than me, so she makes me feel strong. Also, Nat said that all OCs are cliche and terrible and I was like: Challenge Accepted!
Heather/VerMillion - These two are so fun! Heather with all her anxiety and obsessiveness and VerMillion with her fearlessness and impulsiveness somehow having to share the same body and the same guy. Fun ensues!
Iris Ledford - All that therapy I had when I was younger has been put to good use in this character, lol. I basically made Iris because I wanted a stable, sane character among the drama and insanity. She's my calm from the storm.
Evangelina Bradley - If Ivy is my flirty side, Evangelina is my sexy tomboy side. Which is a side of me that I tend to suppress in person since I never actually even want to be that bold, but it's fun to write about. If only to see her demonstrate why I don't want to be that bold, lol.
Mr. Freeze - I've always liked Mr. Freeze, ever since I was young and first watching BTAS - he's a horrible person but you have to feel sorry for him. He's a fun contrast to all my emotionally volatile ladies. And he's not a lady and I want to resharpen my male-point-of-view skills.

How I got here and why I haven't left yet:
GCRPG all started with Nat, who is a well-spring of brilliant ideas. I met her in a MUCK whose theme was North American wildlife. Most of the players there were wolves, cougars, or other predators. I played an elk. She played a white-tailed deer. We're non-conformists like that. Anyway, seeing as we were both playing deer, we became friends (even though our characters always ended up hating each other). So when Nat decided to make a Batman forum because she went on a Catwoman-loving spree, she talked me into joining with Poison Ivy and being a mod for her. So that's how I got here.

However, the other thing about Nat is that she goes from one obsession to another, and when she started obsessing over Deadshot she decided that Nolanverse boards were the place to be (he's cooler in that universe). And so she lost interest in GCRPG, and since the other staff members were losing interest too and I wasn't, so I ended up being Head Admin - basically since I'm the one who didn't get sick of it. So that's how I got this job.

And since I'm still not sick of it, over four years later, that's also why I haven't left yet.

[Jeremiah Arkham - Black Mask]

What To Call Me: Jere
Gender: Female
Birthday and Age: November 27th; I am 23!
Location and Timezone: Tennessee; Eastern Standard Time
Best Way to Contact Me: PM on Jeremiah, IM on AIM, or you could e-mail me: [e-mail]

RP Experience: I’ve been RPing for nine years! Wow, that’s a lot longer than I thought. I started RPing on the neopets chatboards where I RP’d Kingdom Hearts mostly, then I moved to RPing on my MSN and AIM accounts, and was introduced to board RPing 4 years ago. It’s been a journey filled with blood, sweat, tears, and many late night chats with my RP buddies about just what we’re going to put our characters through next! I look at RPing like I look at writing, it’s a novel written by more than one person and that can make it any more interesting because you never what plot twist those people are going to throw at you. I accept these challenges!

Why I post so fast and/or so slow: Writing a post to me is like writing a novel. I need a quiet place, my drink of choice (Pepsi or water), and zen-mindset. Usually I achieve this early morning/evening. Then I want to be sure my writing is exactly how I see it in my head. I’m slow poster in my opinion on most days because sometimes I just have a hard time getting into my head space or finding that quiet. With 3 other family members and 3 indoor dogs, yeah it can be a challenge. I’m also a perfectionist. I like to match posts. Working on that, but my perfectionism will be my curse for a bit longer.

Things I'm always happy to help with: Character creation is one. Be it OC or FC, I know where to point you for research and I have 9 years of character creation experience. The good, the bad, the ugly?! I know it. I also know to add small things that make characters interesting. Also plotting, sometimes they’re zany ideas, but I love to help plot. It’s why I’m Plot Master and Member Admin! I’m always happy to help plotting, creation, and also help you to know where to go in the board. I can tell you the members to get into contact with and how to introduce your character. Just ask .

What I do for work and/or school: I’m a Certified Nursing Assistant. I’ll be starting work Monday and will be working from 7am to 7pm, 12-hour shifts at a hospital! It’ll only be 3 days a week, though. I’m also planning to go to nursing school here in the next two years.

What the rest of my real life is like: Me attached to my computer or running errands with my parents. I also love to play with my dogs: Megan, Baby Dog, and Daisy. Usually when not at work I’m around whether I’m out about getting groceries or cooking, or just sitting down to watch television and post.


What I'm awesome at (besides RP): Writing. I can churn out mean essays and character critiques. I’m also pretty good at editing tumblr layouts. I’m slowly learning coding, though I ask a lot of questions to Ava. I’m awesome at word searches and solitaire! I’m co-writing a story that currently boasts of over 50 characters and my friend and I have given them all actors and I have books of notes on all of them. I’m skilled in CPR, First Aid, and I know how to take care of people with a variety of injuries. I boasted a 97 average on all my CNA exams and when I graduated with my Bachelor’s in English, I had a 3.87 GPA.

What makes me unique: I won’t say I’m delicate little flower, because if you’ve known me long enough, you know that I’m rather vocal and loud, and I really love, love to talk to people. Get me on the phone or on a skype video call…I will talk to you for hours about just my day. I’m actually really random and zany and I lose my place and point a lot and yet I play someone like Jeremiah Arkham? What? I think what makes me unique is that I’m actually this really sensitive person who empathizes with people who go through a lot of crap and would be one of those call center people in a heartbeat and yet I can play these heartless characters who are about revenge and have hedonistic ambitions. Somehow I can tap into that and that’s amazing to me because I’m totally not like that.

The characters I play and why I play them:

• JEREMIAH ARKHAM: This started almost like a dare. I was on another board and we had an Arkham Asylum, but no doctors. I was like: Well, I'll play one and why not just play the head huncho while I'm at it? So I researched ol' Jere and started playing him. I continue to play him because I love Psychology. I've taken courses, researched and researched some more about it, of course Jeremiah doesn't use his knowledge for good. I play him because he has a duality: he is both invested in Arkham Asylum and basically wants to destroy it. He's always wearing a mask of being a good, kind doctor when the whole time he's fooling everyone. Jeremiah Arkham is crazy, he's dealing with a personality disorder that whispers in his head to rip the foundations he's rebuilt. I play him because he has a good side, he is capable of caring and caring deeply, but on the same note: He's a man that does what he wants and knows how to accomplish it. He has power and yet he feels restricted by that power. He uses it and his knowledge to manipulate.
• NATHANIEL ARKHAM: His reason for existing began as "I want to give Jeremiah a weakness". What makes a man worry more than the well-being of his children? And Jeremiah takes pride in being a father. It is probably the one job he feels he's not failed in, but I'm talking about Nate so step back, Jere. I play Nate because Arkham Asylum needed a bright future instead of the one that would be if I just let Jeremiah keep his paws on it. I wanted to write a character that held his same characteristics and could be just as manipulative as him, but instead of using his gifts for evil, he uses them for good. I wanted to write a SANE doctor who might have some weird quirks, but was actually interested in helping people and making Arkham better and giving Gotham a chance. I also write him as an Anti-Jonathan. That was another inspiration, a character who could see Fear the same way Dr. Crane does, but instead of wanting to show everyone its power, Nathaniel wants to show everyone just how much power they hold over it. It can be defeated, casted away, and for him used a weapon for betterment instead of destruction. I wanted a doctor to care and I wanted it to be Arkham's son to prove that the apple can fall close to the tree and yet bear better fruits.
• COMMISSIONER JAMES GORDON: Why, oh why do I play the Commish? That's actually a good question. If you ask me sometimes I'll tell you I don't know how I could play him because I play Jeremiah, but it's good-natured lie. I actually see him on the same spectrum as Jeremiah, but on the opposite end, the complete opposite end. Jim is stubborn, calculating, and a very very feeling man and father. He wants rebuild Gotham and in a way I think he wants to rebuild it because he feels it's his responsibility. I just imagine him growing up in a blue collar home where his Dad was his hero and even though he worked long hours, he'd have time for his son and he filled Jim's head with idealism. Of course the Commissioner is a realist, but he's always hopeful. I play him because he really represents me, a realist with idealism at the core. He feels that even if he is just one man, he should be the best man he can be regardless. He sees the good in people and takes everything with a grain of salt. I see him as Gotham's true hero and not a lot of people can shoulder the burden that Gordon is under. I shoulder it because I believe in Gordon and I think I know where he's coming from. My dad was a blue collar worker too.
• ELISE NOBLE: I play 3 men. I wanted to still prove to myself I could play a girl and really I wanted to prove I could play a character of a different type. Honestly I'd always been inspired by Edward's character-type. Not Riddler per se, just that cocky, I'm better than you attitude, but I just couldn't decide how to do it. Then I re-watched all three Iron Man movies and it hit me! Female Tony Stark! That's how Elise was born. I play her because I want to play a playgirl who does what she wants, has warm heart, but has her issues that make her well...sometime a bit too rash, brash, and get her on tabloid pages. I wanted to write a woman who was taking the glass ceiling and taking a sledgehammer to it. She's smart, beautiful and she knows it. She's a queen bee and she's not one to be pushed around. Of course I wanted to play a strong female, but I wanted to play a woman who wasn't afraid to stand up to a man and be absolutely condescending. She lives life in the fast lane and she's her own boss. I wanted to play a woman who was confident and doesn't even blink when you try and put her down. I wanted to play the Diva that lives in all of us.

How I got here and why I haven't left yet: I was asked back and honestly I didn’t think I deserved that, but I appreciated the chance nonetheless and I hope I have apologized for all the ill the younger me that left once did. I got here because Ava and Edward are amazing RPers to whom I will always grant respect. I followed them when I learned they had a site and recently was finally able to play my RP specialty, Jeremiah Arkham. Why I haven’t left yet? Why would I want to leave? I have never felt more welcome and close to anyone on any other board than I do with everyone I have ever RPed with here. These people are the most understanding, accepting, and welcoming bunch of people I have ever met. So I’m here to stay for a long time as long as you all want me.

[Dick Grayson - Nightwing]

What To Call Me: You can continue on with Dick Grayson or call me Char
Gender: female
Age: 22
Location and Timezone: East Coaster
Best Way to Contact Me: Through pm or on aim.

RP Experience:
I've been rping since I was about thirteen. My friend and I had started thinking about a site of our own and had started on. This was after getting the idea when we designed a story and land of our own. I did spin of sites after learning how to get them started. And my first sites beside the one with my friend, were a Batman themed one and an Equine one. Then leading into pirates and what not. Long story short, I was hooked on trying to rp on Batman fan sites when ever I could.

Why I post so fast and/or so slow:
I post fast when I'm not in school. I post slow now a days because I am a full time student with two jobs working up to 40 hrs in a week or so.


Things I'm always happy to help with:
Anything I can be helpful with. I try my best to help if I can. And I'm here is someone needs someone to talk two.


What I do for work and/or school:
I am a store associate as the last few years had made me turn to work near home to g to school after years of being a stable manager on farms. I also run an art company of my own and customize other things for my clients. I am in school for General Arts after transferring from a duel major in Equine management and Equestrian studies.


What the rest of my real life is like:
My life can be crazy at time. I like to play sports, especially lacrosse. I just finished off a season with the women's rugby team at my school. But am stepping down do to risk reasons.
I partake in my schools dance team for fun, and ride for the school's Huntseat team (hunter/jumpers horseback riding). I'm one three different teams, so have three different practices to get to each week. And this is between my jobs and full class load of five classes that take on everyday of the week.

What I'm awesome at (besides RP):
Being me.


What makes me unique:
I can be a very active person at times and have gotten to the level of my confidence to try new things. That being said, I am an equestrian vaulter. Vaulting is pretty much dance/gymnastics on a moving horse.

The characters I play and why I play them:
Dick Grayson/Nightwing - ever since I was little, I grew up watching the animated Batman series. And of course Robin was my favorite character. Carrying on to him becoming Nightwing. I've always been hooked on him. His character line and story. I've always found it fun to rp as him. And I've grown to take on a few qualities that I've seen in the character.

Kara/Supergirl - I wanted to try someone different and outside the Bat-family. The idea of playing Kara came off the want to cosplay as her since I didn't think I could pull of Nightwing. XD
And from there, her character and personality has captured me! And I'm enjoying learning and growing into the part as I continue to write as her.


How I got here and why I haven't left yet:
I found this site back when i first started college maybe second year. A rp site I was on had died off and I wanted to continue. At the time I was working full time for two stables. So did some searching and came across this place. And I haven't left. Reasons why...because this place is awesome. Has great players. And the chance to push myself to new levels over the year as I started with Robin and he has grown to Nightwing. I've grown in my writing and this site is my escape from reality. I have such awesome friends on here! Why would I leave?

[Kory Anders - Starfire]

What To Call Me: Jezzy! Although you may call me Kory, though sadly I am not really that cool in life!
Gender: Female
Birthday and Age: May 21, 25!
Location and Timezone: Australia -- I live in the future!
Best Way to Contact Me: PM & AIM!

RP Experience:
From what I recall I stumbled into the RPG world around the 7th year of schooling, I was roughly 12 years old at the time and a lot less experienced as I am currently. The first RPG I was apart of was an equine based RPG, though i sadly cannot recall the name of the site. I do recall my first character being called Jezzy, yep I was so out of my element that I couldn't come up with a name so I just used my nickname. XD Thankfully that would be my first and only time, I take pride in the fact all my characters are their own people, we may share things in common, but it still is not me. From that first RPG I soon branched into other equine based RPGS, one I was on for a decent time was called Prophecy, it was a lot of fun. When I was about 14 after a good year or two under my belt decided to start up my own RPG, I created a Lord of the rings(LOTR) based RPG called Welcome to Middle Earth. I can honestly say i thoroughly enjoyed creating, running and maintaining that site as long as I did until the host site died some years later. Though around the time up until then and couple years after. I was attached to a few rpgs at one time. Far more than I could handle now, but I was young with a lot more energy than I have now. I also had a lot more characters I dealt with, which even to this day I can still strongly state I love characters. Whether it is creating them or handling an canon I'm excited about. It is usually characters that excite me most of all. Up until about my mid to late teens. I'd say I was in between equine, dragons, medieval, LOTR, POTC, HP based RPGS. It took quite a few years before I actually role-played my very first human. Isolde. It was for a medieval rpg. I was attached to that rpg for at least 2 years, it would have been longer, but sadly it suffered like many rpgs did when avidgamers went to avidgamers 2 and would die. But I can say I learnt a lot from the site and grew as a writer. As did my length in writing. So my love of words certainly flourished from there. It was also about my mid teens that I stumbled upon a DC comics site, actually it was a teens titan site, but I recall being drawn to it originally because of DC. I had never heard of teen titans then and it was an RPG based on the comics not the show, though it was running at the time I'd soon find out. XD but, I became intrigued and really wanting to be apart of this rpg. Only thing was I wanted to play a canon character that I had never heard of before someone that was new that I could discover, basically have fun with new blood. Up until this point I had handled my fair share of hard canons, I like the challenge. Anyway when i set out to find this new canon I ended up in wikipedia. Looking through all the DC lists, until finally hit the female hero list. I think I flipped through it for at least a week, looking after character after character. Until Starfire popped up and took my attention. Although she was not my confirmed choice at first, I had a couple other characters in mind. But I kept going back to Starfire, until I just made the decision and snapped her up. Kept her in tone to the comic version, least what I could find without reading them at the time, I soon found the toon and drew a little of the humour. It sort of blend though the comic version had to be stronger. It is still something I feel now as I felt then, it was meant to be. The RPG at that time didn't last a great deal, but I would end up taking her to a Gotham RPG a couple years later on Acornrack. It be also Starfire that led me to comics. It was roughly after this rpg finally fell distant and apart that I stopped RPGS! I stopped RPGS altogether for at least 2 years I think, although I did write my own little posts with Starfire oddly during that time… Naturally after a couple years I got the writing bug again and looked for RPGS. Sadly it was a lot harder to find RPGS as it was before and generally it seemed different. Heck they still seem different to me now lol… But when I returned I had the notion I only wanted to bring one character. That being Isolde, as bizarre it was for me to play my first human way back when, she ultimately became my favourite. Taking her to merlin sites, until I found one that would stick well enough. Though I did get the desire to play another character, so I allowed one more that being Starfire. Floating her in between a couple different Dc comic based sites. Those faded. I would take Starfire n do something I had never done with her before, turned her human and made her an OC on a merlin site with Isolde. I can honestly say I had the best fun in messing with human Kory, she was still a warrior princess, so she still kicked behind, a lot of behinds lol, I think I can say she was covered somehow in blood in most threads. Of course my rule of no more than 2 characters would break and I ended up creating 7 characters. Yep, I'm a sucker for characters. I loved everyone of them, as I still love every character I've dealt with in the past… But that ultimately would lead me to where I am now.

Why I post so fast and/or so slow:
There is many factors in this, whether it be real life or my mood. Because some posts I can take me an hour, sometimes several hours to write, I can be a slow typer, but I do also write very visually as if whats happening is playing out like a movie, but it may play from a couple or several directions or changes. Not to mention I try to write from what see from looking at the whole picture, from looking in basically, but I also have to account for from the character I'm dealing with's point of view. What they see, touch, taste, hear and smell etc as well as just the general stuff I see or find something I can throw in there. I do like my spanners. So it really varies how fast I can type out what I see and all. Occasionally if I'm really into it, I can spin out a post in an hour, perhaps a little less. I used to when I was much younger to spin out posts in 20 minutes, but I doubt I put as much as thought into those. Trust me I'm pretty sure my weakness now is I over think things. lol. Thankfully I can manually push at least something out if I have to, but I never feel good about anything unless I feel at least somewhat satisfied it giving the other person all that my character and I can give them. Sorry if I can not answer this clearly, knowing that isn't clear how I do with my speed, its unwise for me to just state knowing it probably will change as I still feel i am changing and evolving as a writer. Although I can say about june time when the massive horse show is on, is usually the time I do take time away from the forum, pretty much because I'm away with work for 2 weeks. The other time would be during august for the next biggest show although it is near where I live, it also is a week and half long kinda deal and plus I also show in that. I'm usually too focused on that to allow my mind else where. But in these kinda of deals I will and have made public notes on them.

Things I'm always happy to help with:
Anything in my capabilities. If in doubt certainly ask and I can see what I can do. Whether it be discussing thread, characters I can say I've summarised a decent amount on DC characters least from the comics, if I haven't I can find it. I can also help with graphics if need be. Back in my teens I also ran (although I can't say it was the best, but I tried) a graphics site, I made a ton of graphics for varies different people during that time. Although I don't have photoshop anymore, I do still have varies tools i can use to whip a graphic up if anyone is ever curious to ask.

What I do for work and/or school:
I work at a Quarter Horse property, where we basically train, show and breed them. Mostly for Cutting, but a couple are performance horses. The work hours often change, though generally I have 5 working days and 2 days off a week. Although occasionally having no days off in the week happens, usually around the big show season in june and august. The place has also downsized so it certainly a lot easier in its hours than it was when it was much bigger. Thus we can have 2 days off now other than 1 like it use to be…. As far as school. I finished back in 2006 and happily never looked back.


What the rest of my real life is like:
Pretty much work and this site rule my life oddly! XD My pets of course also do, I have a plentiful amount. 1 Dog, 2 cats and 5 horses currently. Dance classes also ruled my teen years and early adult life. Though i haven't had classes last since a year and a half ago. I still very much dance freestyle at home help, help with exercise and mostly because of the major thrill I get from dancing. I do also love music. I have since I very tiny. I believe I loved it before I could talk, I know for sure I loved it before I understood it. XD I recall listening to music when I was 3 n up in my kid years listening to varies songs particularly old Madonna songs and coming up with stories for them. When i've listened to the songs later in life and know what the song generally means now, I'm certainly unsure how I drawn my stories from there, but I'm sure it's trickled in how I write stories today, but I truly believe I had a thing for telling stories for long long time. Longer than I realised what it actually was. Music was also something I share with my father whom passed when I was younger, so I do not have a lot of vivid memories, the most are usually surrounding the many trips in the truck to horse shows sings songs.


What I'm awesome at (besides RP):
I'm my own worst critic so to say I am awesome at, would probably be me making a stretch, but I do horse riding. Have been riding since I was 3. Yep I was 3 when i rode solo without help, it was on my pony at the time, so i can say I was riding solo at a very young age, probably not entirely awesome given I ended up falling off at once point and fractured my left arm at the time. Which was amusing because it took a few days to convince my mother it was until it was green enough for her to believe me, but I do recall loving the cast. Showing all the pre-school kids my battle wound, getting them to scribble tons of stuff on my cast. If you think I was bizarre now, I was certainly a bizarre kid. HEHE. I can also state I'm a decent dancer. I danced pretty much throughout my high school years and a few years after that. I also did a V.E.T Dance course for my last years in high school and did get a certificate in dance. I think originally I did want to do something with it, but I guess now badly enough. Mostly I just really loved dancing and merely wanted to learn as much as I can. I did also sing for a few years. Well, i guess I still technically do, but I've loved singing since I was a kid.

What makes me unique:
Hopefully there is only being one of me. Though I suppose if we're talking trivial kinda of things. I do have double jointed elbows and wrists, my left being the most, I defiantly can spin that elbow round round. lol. Also when I was a kid, to add to my odd obsession with music. I used to go to sleep listening to music tapes and not just any music tapes. They were two tapes filled with dinosaur themed songs. Yep, I had a somewhat mild obsession with dinosaurs as a kid and still kinda do. A somewhat known thing about me is I watch wrestling, well mostly WWE! Yeah, I like seeing dudes and chicks rough it up in the ring, whether fake or otherwise. But I was about 10 when i fell into it and find hard to shake it since. But I suppose that does attest to my slight boyish side if I have one. I'm not entirely girly in life. Certainly I don't do make-up and all that stuff. Although I did collect barbies as a kid, though I had varies mixed race barbies as I love different cultures. I love differences and I love being different. This has also gone pretty much in most of my characters I write. Any jewellery I wear is beads and stuff, cheap things. I have been given nicer stuff, but rarely wear that kind stuff. Save of course my One ring, that is of course precious to me But oddly I cannot wear rings on my fingers, just to uncomfortable.

The characters I play and why I play them:

Kory Anders/Starfire - As I've said before I was looking for a new canon character I'd never seen nor heard of before back a few years ago. She was who I ended up stumbling upon and choosing. Why I've stuck with her is the better question than why I haven't put her a side with my other characters. Mostly because in all that I have discovered with her, I have found there is always more to find, despite that fact she is really a super open character. I also enjoy playing her because she is ultimately fearless. She is super brave and confident. Which allows of course throwing her in all kinds of crazy and fun situations. Kory is also deep down a good person. So despite being out there, you can usually count for her good intentions. You really have to handle her to really understand what it is like, but the one thing I love is passion. I least believe anything I do and enjoy doing I am passionate about it. I wouldn't write if I wasn't passionate about it. Kory is very much a character made up of passion and emotions. I also have huge admiration knowing where she has come from, what's she been through and how she's come out of her past. So I do get the thrills at time of a character thats been through a lot and seen a lot. Yet still knows how to have fun. Of course there is a part of her thats perhaps still carries her past in ways she's unaware of, I find that most endearing. Because I feel as much as I can know the hardest understanding is understanding who I am? And I feel as much as Kory feels she knows herself and wants to be herself, there is parts she doesn't understand. I also think she's taught me more to ask less of why and accept more. She gives all kinds of things, but she is fun which is the important part. Plus I love her.

Roy Harper/Arsenal - Roy was someone that was swirling in my head for a few months and he'd swirl down a little, but always swirl up again. Mostly it was a deep desire I hoped someone would make him and I could RP with him, but I'd ultimately decide why wait what may never come, when I could do it myself. So I eventually fully opened that door and let him come. I'm not always as confident with male humans, he was a little rough at times, but he's truly been carving himself a place. I cannot truly say every detail as I'm still in the prime stages of really discovering him, but he is a lot of fun, especially when I do manage to get him in his flowing mode. Its also refreshing because even Kory says whats on her mind. Roy does, but he also can be more confronting and a little more rough. Yet I feel his personality is getting sharper, least I hope. The stuff he has struggled with is also interesting and I feel helps ground him as I work with him. There is certainly more beneath the surface. Making him a musician was partially my spin, although Roy was in a band in the comics. I just expanded on that idea and I can't say i regret it. What's been rather nice is he's been rather easy, well easier than I would have thought originally when he interacts with Kory. But the friendship between them was also something I wanted to discover, to kind see first hand.

Zahira Ormarr/Black Serpent - Zahira started from an idea. Well a name really. I had an equine character when i first began with RPGs named Journey, but she'd became nicknamed The Black Serpent. Even then I wanted to do something more with that name and over the years more ideas would pop up. Originally I thought of a villain, that certainly would have been easier, but I landed on making a hero. Eventually came to Zahira. I'm still very much in training wheels with her, she's taken me a long time. Longer than any character, but I'm loving actually having her out in the flesh in a sense. The Serpent side is without a doubt the easier side, the side I really love letting her loose. She's darker and when I really get her in the moment I like to try as much as I can to make her literally slither off the pages or well screen in this case. She's certainly more timid than my others, which can make her dull in comparison, but I think as time progresses and she is interacted I'll discover more. The Zahira side I do love, I do have a soft spot for subtle characters. I am still discovering what really connects the two sides. Basically I'm in the stages of discovery. Its challenging, but truly exciting. I really just happy to have a face after all these years.

How I got here and why I haven't left yet:
I stumbled upon this site a little over two years ago. When i was attached to another RPG and saw the advertisement. I was dealing with Kory as human for a while at that point, whilst I loved the change. I also missed Canon Starfire, so I checked this place out. I can't really say there were exact factors, I usually just go by my instinct and feel of the place, but I soon put in my interest to claim Starfire. I think she was accepted a little before christmas, so it certainly was a great present and the site had continued to become just one massive great gift. Whether its down to the creative juices everyone throws on one another or merely the many wonderful exciting conversations I have had. All things shared. The one reason I have not left is this has really become a home. A family. Friends. A experience of a lifetime. I doubt there will be much that could truly pull me away! It is an amazing place!

[Jonathan Crane - Scarecrow]

((Now Blonde.))
What To Call Me: My real name is Angel, but please call me Jon.
Gender: Female
Birthday and Age: August 27th 1988. I am 25.
Location and Timezone: I live in Yukon, Oklahoma and that would be Central.
Best Way to Contact Me: Through AIM Is the best way. If I know you well enough I'm not shy about giving out my number to text if you want.

RP Experience:
I have been role playing on and off for most of my life. I remember some of my earlier RPG's were Animal basic ones and even Furcadia at some points. I traveled from Horse RPG's to Wolf RPG's and then started to move on into other things. The longest I have ever stayed at any certain RPG site was here, though the only one to ever come close was Central High - Which is now a non existant Highschool/Town RPG. I played a thug there named Jerry Hollingsworth.

When I got into DC pretty heavily I found this site and started my first Batman RPG. I grew pretty quickly in the beginning and jumped right into my character, despite the horrible application(Seriously, don't look it's embarrassing). But now that I'm here I'm pretty much in Batman RPG's to stay. I really haven't found anything else that keeps my interest too long and I am in charge of the advertisements, so I look often. Rather than that, that's pretty much it.


Why I post so fast and/or so slow:
I used to be one of the fastest posters on the board, besides Ava. I'd reply in at least 12-24 hours. But life hit me pretty hard and it has continuously kicked me while I'm down. I will reply to the posts I'm given, I just need a bit more time now a days.


Things I'm always happy to help with:
Anything, I'm an Admin.


What I do for work and/or school:
I am a full time college student right now getting my Ph.D In Psychology and my M.D. I am studying to be a forensic psychiatrist.


What the rest of my real life is like:
Due to catastrophic events in my family my mother now lives with me in my house. She goes to work and I go to school and we are pretty much stuck in this limbo of wait in a family crisis. It's really hard to deal with some days.


What I'm awesome at (besides RP):
I am a paper crafter! Though don't expect any art really soon. Edward's took a year and is taking me even longer to send it to him ^^;. But I do make them and they do turn out great! Let me know if you have a request of any kind on the board in the OOC section.


What makes me unique:
I don't think like other people I guess....I'm always the one that will shock you in the room by saying something no one else will. I take life on a different perspective and tend to walk the other way when everyone is pushing a different direction.


The characters I play and why I play them:
I play Dr. Jonathan Crane and I do for several reasons. I have an intimate relationship with fear in my real life. I suffer from Chronic Adult Night Terrors and PTSD which makes me a very fearful person of sleep. Jonathan and I have an understanding of each other and the longer I play him the more I start to realize he see's the world like I do....Just without most of the crazy.


How I got here and why I haven't left yet:
I stumbled across this site by chance, looking to play Harley when I first dropped in but she was taken. I saw Jonathan was open and said what the hell I'll give it a shot. Once I did I got sucked into the character and realized how close to him I really am. I started off as a regular player and eventually got promoted to a moderator. I modded the site for a little while and then got asked to become an admin for the site. I accepted and have been here ever since. I really have no plans on leaving...GCRPG is the place for me.

[Deleted]

What To Call Me: Matt/Kira
Gender: Male
Birthday and Age: November 4th, 1991. (22)
Location and Timezone: Scotland! GMT.
Best Way to Contact Me: Skype, AIM or Steam. Either that or just via PM or on my email: [e-mail]

RP Experience: I've been roleplaying for almost 10 years, which is pretty crazy to me. I started in wrestling e-feds and had been doing that for around 6 years before I started expanding to other kinds of roleplaying sites. I've been doing this for a long time and I just want to keep doing it forever, I want to improve as much as I can. So I guess you could say I'm pretty damn experienced!


Why I post so fast and/or so slow: It takes a lot to get me in a writing mood, I don't know why. I can take from a few days to reply to a couple of weeks, I put everyone at a priority order. Whoever has been waiting longest for me to reply is my top priority, so if you're waiting and being a bit impatient with me - it means someone has actually been waiting longer than you! I'm also an avid gamer and have to deal with my dads girlfriends kids on a constant basis because I get paid to do it. I also run a show on another website that takes up a ton of my time to record, edit and such. Basically, I'm a pretty busy guy and although I love this website a lot, it's not the highest thing on my priority list. I'm sorry if I take too long to reply to some of you, but chances are that means I'm not motivated to write, and I have high standards when it comes to my own posts, I don't want to post lacklustre replies and possibly disappoint the people I'm roleplaying with, along with myself.


Things I'm always happy to help with: Anything! I'm not an expert on a lot of things, but if you ask for assistance or my opinion on something, chances are I'll be happy to oblige! So don't shy away from asking.


What I do for work and/or school: Nothing, lol. I used to go to College, but I've been having trouble finding a job, so all I really do for money is look after kids and get those unemployment benefits. Another big portion of my life is just searching for jobs and applying for just about anything. No luck yet, but someday. 


What the rest of my real life is like: I've pretty much said it all, honestly. Although I'm a busy person when it comes to the internet and my gaming life, my outside life is pretty laid back and such. I'm not a very interesting person and I don't have a very interesting life...but, I'm content with what it's like, so that's all that really matters to me.


What I'm awesome at (besides RP): I've said a few times, gaming! I'm really really good at it! I beat Dark Souls 2 easily TWICE! I'm so awesome. Kidding, of course, although I'm good at video games. I'm also good at video editing, making friends and well...come to think of it, that's about it other than RP. I'm sure I'm good at lots of other things that I've yet to discover.


What makes me unique: I dunno! I'm just doing things my own way, the way I'm comfortable with, I'm not really sure what sets me aside from other people. I guess I'm very generous? I spend most of my money on other people than I do on myself, I just want to make people happy really. So, I guess that's something.


The characters I play and why I play them: I've always been the kind of person who picks up just about any character to try new things and new styles of writing. Honestly, I'm not a big fan of Harley Quinn at all - I only picked her up because I was in shock that she wasn't already taken. But writing her so far has been an absolute blast and I don't regret it at all, I just want to do her justice to the best of my ability. As for Malcolm Fontaine, he's a pet project of mine. I'm not normally good at playing OC's on these kind of websites, but I wanted to make someone who could stand out and do his own thing, which is why he resides in Bludhaven rather than Gotham City. Bludhaven doesn't get enough cred! I'm trying to give that place a bit of spice. I just love writing, really. Whether I love a character or hate it, I'll be happy to give anything a shot at least once.


How I got here and why I haven't left yet: I found this place a couple of years ago, some of you may remember I signed up as Victor Zsasz. I found the place when I simply searched "Batman roleplay" on Google because I really wanted to pick up The Riddler somewhere, this was one of the first results. Although Riddler wasn't open, I was interested in Zsasz after playing Batman Arkham City and played him for a short time before I lost my net and got deleted. So I came back and brought my friend (who plays Deathstroke currently) with me. I haven't left because I've loved writing Harley Quinn so far and I've enjoyed talking to all of you, making a few new friends. I don't want to leave again, it's the kind of environment that keeps me invested.