ddd_news | NPC Application

→ Important Rules

1. You must be a current member of DramaDramaDuck.
2. No original characters or real people.
3. Plagiarism is grounds for an automatic rejection.
4. Lyrics do not count toward word count.
5. If another sample is needed, you have one week from the request date. After one week is up, the application is rejected.
6. Please check the taken characters list so as not to apply for a character already taken.
7. If you have a question, it's perfectly fine to contact us, but please be patient while we check the applications. NPC applications requires the approval of more than one mod, so they may take longer to check.
8. If you feel you've been overlooked, please leave a comment with the link to your application, and we'll make it priority.

→ Application Explanation

Player nickname: Your alias
Way to contact you:
Email: Your e-mail
AIM: AIM username.
Plurk: Your plurk username.

Character(s) related to NPC: While we're not asking you to detail every piece of CR the character will get, we'd like a brief idea of the obvious ones; the most obvious example would be canonmates. This does not mean the character cannot get CR outside of these people.

Character: Character name.
Fandom: What fandom are they from?

Personality: Since there's no history section, this part is very important. What is your character like in canon? What are their more prominent traits? Give us little pieces of canon to back this up, an example of when Character A exhibited Trait B.

Also, if they undergo a change, detail it here. What portions of their personality changed? What happened to make it change?
Plot Details: Why is it you want to app an NPC? What plans have your creative mind come up with? As plot relevance is important to approval, details are important here. You do not need to know exact specifics of how it will end. For example, you know Villain A must be defeated so it's fine to let us know the plot will end in their defeat, rather than which character will defeat them.
Expected duration of plot: How long do you think it will take to run the expected plot?
Other: Anything you feel we should know?
Additional Links: What kind of links will be helpful?

First Person: Since this is exactly like the standard app, this is taken directly from that page:

This sample puts an emphasis on your character's voice - style of speech and personality, mostly. For this sample, you have three options, listed below with their details:

(1) JOURNAL-STYLE ENTRY

⇒ 100+ words.
⇒ Make it a journal entry. It doesn't matter what kind of post; video, voice and text are all fine. But write it as if they're posting to the community, or to their own personal journal.
⇒ Actions and description are not counted. The word minimum should be met either by your character speaking or typing.
⇒ Do not write an intro post. Not so much a rule as a strong recommendation, because introductions are often very generic and hard to judge, and it's likely that you'll be asked for a second sample.

(2) THREAD SAMPLE

⇒ 20+ comments. This means 20 comments by your character, not a thread total of 20 comments.
⇒ We will accept threads from museboxes, Dear Mun or similar communities, and memes (provided that the meme does not alter the character in any way, and is not a sex meme).
⇒ While we do allow threads from other games for samples, apps will be judged based on canon personality and we ask that the thread reflect that rather than game development.
⇒ It can be a face-to-face log or online conversation, but it must be in an action bracket style - i.e. no prose.
⇒ The thread must either be finished at the time of submission, or it must at least meet the minimum of 20 comments.
⇒ Actions, descriptions and introspection are all fine, but the focus will be solely on your character's voice.
⇒ The thread must show substance; we don't want a string of one-word responses about a generic topic.
⇒ If a mod feels that the thread sample is insufficient, they have the right to ask for a journal-style sample instead (see above for details).

(3) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS.

⇒ Click here for a list of questions. More are still being added, but feel free to use those currently available!
⇒ Choose 10 of the questions on the list. There is no minimum word count.
⇒ Answer in-character, in first person, as if your character were being asked these questions in a conversation.
⇒ Answers do not have to be honest. However, try to show substance in your character's responses.
⇒ It can be assumed that your character knows the interviewer, to prevent the awkwardness of being asked these questions by a stranger.
⇒ If a mod feels that the Q&A sample is insufficient, they have the right to ask for a journal-style sample instead (see above for details).

Third Person:

250+ words. This section must be written in prose (i.e. no action brackets) and should demonstrate both your understanding of your character, and your ability to write fluently and coherently.

Rather than a he-said she-said account of an event, we're looking for a character's internal monologue, the sorts of things they think about and what motivates them to act. Naturally, actions and descriptions are allowed and encouraged-- just make sure we hear your character's thoughts about them. Tell us why they said and did what they did, not just the what. You don't need to provide paragraphs of introspection, just more than a straight description of events.

→Other details

* There are numerous things that go into deciding rather or not an NPC is approved, including plot relevance and likelihood of the character actually being apped into the game. This said, if the character is rejected, we will let you know the reason.

* Applications aren't just approved by the app mod but must be approved by another mod as well. This means that they'll most likely take longer but we'll do our best to check them twice a week.

→Application

If you're looking for the regular character applications, those are over here.