{ cr meme: July 2022 }

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✵ CR MEME: JULY 2022 ✵

Welcome to Songerein's CR Meme! A place where players can dump info on their characters and try to plot with others to continue existing or create new CR. We have a handy dandy form so go forth, tell us about yourself and your characters, and start plotting! You can refer to the Mod Announcement for plotting ideas for the month and beyond! Continuing or using things from the recent TDM.

If you have multiple characters, make an individual toplevel for yourself with your player info and comment to it with each character separately.
Player:
Contact: Preferred means of contact

Character: Character | Journal
Canon: Include canon point

About: Briefly talk about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits—whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them!

Abilities: Include both canon and whatever kind of abilities you're thinking about developing with them, especially when dreamwalking!
Dreamwalker Form: Does the character have a cool, unique form when dreamwalking or do they look like themselves? Do you change it up depending on the dream?

Plans: Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term, such as what items from the Dream Board or TDM, or long term.

CR Dreams: What kind of CR do you wish to have? Include what you can offer with your character as well.

Etc.: Anything else or, you know, the usual memes.

IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHARACTERS, create your own toplevel and comment with each character separately to it. Include your name in the subject line. Although not specifically included, you are more than welcome to write up a greeting message along with the form! SUBJECT LINE: CHARACTER | CANON <b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Preferred means of contact <b>Character:</b> Character | Journal <b>Canon:</b> Include canon point <b>About:</b> Briefly tell about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits—whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them! <b>Abilities:</b> Include both canon and whatever kind of abilities you're thinking about developing with them, especially when dreamwalking! <b>Dreamwalker Form:</b> Does the character have a cool, unique form when dreamwalking or do they look like themselves? Do you change it up depending on the dream? <b>Plans:</b> Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term, such as what items from the Dream Board or TDM, or long term. <b>CR Dreams:</b> What kind of CR do you wish to have? Include what you can offer with your character as well. <b>Etc.:</b> Anything else or, you know, the usual memes.

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link | majora's mask

[songoftime]

Player: mala
Contact: PM, Malathyne, Malathyne#3688

Character: Link | songoftime
Canon: Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (post-game, Fierce Deity ending)

About: app here
- a quiet kid who comes across as way too serious for his age
- and also doesn't really like being babied or treated with a soft glove. very independent!
- he just wants to help! let him help you! he'll carry your stuff, deliver your mail, go on a convoluted fetch quest to bring you that small dingus you really want, fight monsters for you.........
- even if he kind of wants to say no sometimes. DEFINITELY not a bit of a doormat. nope
- may or may not be lonely. if he is, he's used to it, and it's fine (it's not fine)
- has a hard time expressing his feelings for 45385 reasons, but he's a great listener
- very curious, likes to learn about the world around him and the people in it
- prone to black and white thinking like a kid, despite his maturity

- Hero of Time, destined child, world savior twice over
- raised in a forest village by fae children who never grow up
- but he isn't one of them! he's been an outsider all his life rip
- his tree dad, after asking him to go find The Princess and save the world, died right in front of his very eyes
- all this at the tender age of ten years old
- this is fine
- Link and Zelda managed to save the world! ... after, like, accidentally leading the Big Bad into the Sacred Realm and breaking the timeline in three pieces and traumatizing themselves, but, you know, it worked out, everything's totally fine, right??
- but his bestest friend in the whole world, his guardian fairy, left after the adventure was over
- so he set out on a NEW adventure to find her!
- and ends up in a new land in need of saving. and gets turned into a plant baby for a little bit. and gets kind of bullied by his new fairy. also there's this moon that's about to fall and kill everyone in three days? so he has to groundshog day his way to victory? at least he gets to collect some cool fun masks that definitely don't house the souls of the dead and the hopes and grief of the ordinary people or anything
- everything is DEFINITELY fine

Abilities: Link no longer has any magical masks, having given them all up at the end of his journey, but he still has access to the magic he can channel through the items in that bag of holding he's got. He's predictably very athletic and combat-oriented and hardy, and he's also got a knack for music. He has a touch of precognition and sensitivity to negative energies in the world around him, so that might be fun to play with.

Dreamwalker Form: Primarily, he's going to look like himself, but I figure over time, depending on the dream, he might end up looking like different aspects of his identity (like his seventeen-year-old self, or his Deku/Goron/Zora/Fierce Deity forms) for funsies and character exploration

Plans: My long-term goals is for Link to begin his own healing process, after spending two games healing other people's sorrows. This is going to happen in stages, ranging from acknowledging his situation, to allowing himself to grieve, to learning how to express his feelings, to beginning to process his trauma. He'll never really be able to reclaim his innocence, but that doesn't mean he can't reclaim what's left of his childhood and learn how to grow in a healthy way. He's still going to be more focused on other people's struggles than his own and want to help people — Link's gonna Link. But really, I want this game to serve as a stepping stone and divergent point towards a happier path than the one that ends in him becoming the Hero's Shade.

CR Dreams: I'll take any and all CR, positive and negative, but I'm especially excited by the potential for CR with fellow kids. I'd also love fellow musician CR!

Link is a very good listener and takes everyone seriously, so I can see him being great at providing validation, and he has an intimate relationship with feeling out of sync with the people around him, so feelings of otherness are something he will be able to immediately relate to. He might also be able to help remind people of the simple things, in that way that idealistic kids can do.

Etc.:

Asura | Onmyoji

[abyssbound]

Player: hsumi
Contact: hsumi, hsumi#6070 on Discord

Character: Asura | Onmyoji
Canon: Post-Celestial Realm arc (may be canon-updating soon)

About: Former Hero of the Celestial people turned King of Hell. Asura has a terrifying (and well-earned) reputation as Lord Mara of the Abyss, and as a ruthless God of Destruction, but this is partially an intentionally-cultivated persona. In truth, Asura is Chaotic Good incarnate, and is a genuinely good guy with a strong sense of justice and a penchant for mentoring others. That being said, he's also pragmatic, strongly prescribes to 'an eye for an eye', is really good at killing things, has berserker tendencies, and tends to go overboard when he loses himself in bloodlust. He's a good person at heart, but he's not necessarily nice, believing in Tough Love, and is outright hostile to those who he perceives as irredeemable. He's got beef with nobles and politicians, and can't stand hypocrisy (the irony being that he himself is a bit of a hypocrite), but his biggest trigger is people in positions of power abusing their positions to benefit themselves while trampling on those below them.

He's much nicer to children, and though he isn't a father, he's definitely a Dad. His fondest wish is to live a peaceful, boring life with the person he loves, and he enjoys farming, fishing, martial arts, musical theater, and extreme sports.

He's got some serious trauma and baggage but you'll have to reach Friendship Level 100 to unlock his Tragic Backstory, so don't expect him to share any of it.

Abilities: His main ability is spawning up to six enormous spinelike tentacles from his back, which are very sharp and very good at reducing things to chunky salsa form, but they're also dexterous enough that he can use them as multitools and sculpt fine details with them. These limbs are usually hidden away inside his back.

He's also got the accelerated healing typical of his race, and has some limited pyrokinesis, but he uses this sparingly and mostly as a tool rather than an offensive weapon.

As for Dreamotion powers, he hasn't really experimented much with it, but he does have an uncontrollable passive Dreamotion effect of every flower he touches transforming into a lotus.

Dreamwalker Form: Typically keeps the same appearance while Dreamwalking, but this is subject to change depending on the dream. Sometimes he'll appear only as a vaguely-humanoid shadow with glowing red eyes.

Plans: Still largely playing it by ear, but there's a good chance Asura is going to go through a canon-update in the near-future. This won't change much about him as a character and will have minimal effect on his interactions in Songerein, but some pretty major developments have happened recently in his canon that would be prudent for him to be aware of.

As for Song-related things, he's going to get involved in assisting with shipbuilding and will probably be a regular visitor to the beach so he can do some ocean fishing.

CR Dreams: The cop-out answer is "everything" of course.
For more specific types of CR, he gets along well with kids, military types, and hot-blooded individuals, but I would also love for him to get some more negative CR. People who disagree with his worldview and particular form of justice, nobles (especially those who don't fit his biased prejudice), etc.

Etc.:

G'raha Tia | Final Fantasy XIV

[crystalized_hope]

Player: Luna (A)
Contact: Byefelicia

Character: G'raha Tia | crystalized_hope
Canon: End of Endwalker (6.0)

About: G'raha can easily be a walking spoiler for anyone who is not caught up with the game. Please let me know where you are in the game/if you'd like to opt-out of tagging so I know about just how much I can actually say in tags/chatter.For a more detailed look on his personality and his character, feel free to check out his app. Otherwise I'll be providing a tl;Dr here.

G'raha is a huge nerd scholar who likes to research about ancient civilizations and other such information. His primary focus of studies centers on all things Allagan due to his eyes and heritage. He's also really good at doing the whole "I've done nothing special" and "my deeds will hardly be remembered" spiel, despite proving to be a powerful magician in his own right. He has a photographic memory and wants to go on all sorts of adventures, but he's often tied down by fate whenever it comes down to it.

He often wears his heart on his sleeve and he's selfless to a fault. To the point that he has no self-preservation whenever someone else he cares about is in any kind of trouble. He's also willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good. Aggravatingly so in the eyes of his friends.

Abilities: most of G'raha's abilities are no longer available to him due to the fact that they're tied to the Crystal Tower in some way, but he's still very talented with magic. A few key spells that have come into play here (strangely enough) and in Shadowbringers and Endwalker are levitation, invisibility, and time manipulation. Though obviously not at all as impressive as they sound.

He's still canonly adapting and mastering levitation, but still manages to get by with it. Vanish was used twice in the story to hide the presence of his friends for a short time. Only one of them you witness. The other was just mentioned. And the last one a spell called "Break" which allows him to stop objects/people for a short time. I define this as time manipulation, but could just as easily be considered playing with gravity. He has also managed time travel shenanigans, but not at all well lol. Time is finicky to mess with.

Otherwise in Song, he does have access to all of his job stones, with a bonus. Because he is an All-Rounder in the game, he has access to Paladin, Black Mage, and White Mage. His bonus job stone is his Bard stone from his youth. His dreamotion is based on crystals though.

Dreamwalker Form: I'll be honest. I completely forgot you could take on other forms while dreamwalking, so he has no cool form. But I think I'd rather change it up with the dream type.

Plans: Currently, he has already established a few aetherytes that are used to teleport around in Reverein. He calls them revenytes and the run off of dreamotion instead of aether. He is going to be expanding them this month to add more around the area. (I meant to last month, but I took a hiatus for the month.)

Otherwise, other than helping Eustace out with trying to figure out personal teleporters, he has no other real plans. He's just been going with the flow and enjoying his time here.

CR Dreams: Everything. G'raha is currently in a close relationship with Madhuri and very happy, so he's spoken for there. However, I have been trying to tag out to new CR or old CR I haven't gotten around to for the past few months. I'd love for him to make more friends. There's still so many people I've been wanting to tag yet, so I'm open to about anything really.

Etc.:I've got nothing else that comes to mind.

[herewardbound]

I have no idea what to do with the trash bastard
but I am hopelessly in love with this boy and desire to play with him more

[crystalized_hope]

We shall find something
/clutches hands

[leveillpier]

My body is ready for BFF things. Be it shenanigans or some the other wild stuff hahaha... I have a few ideas of what I want to do but haven't actually decided on what yet so hopefully throwing her at him will get something rolling~

I'm super excited to just play with you soon~

[crystalized_hope]

Absolutely. I'm ready for all the things ;_;

Feel free to share them with me on discord or plurk anytime <3

I'm so happy to be in a game together again. We'll have tons of good times.

[leveillpier]

yeah me too. I think I just need to get myself in the mindset haha. but yeah I will and ya know it :D hahaah I can't wait so you'll hear from me obviously!

Same here I hope to have a good time w you and everyone!

[songbird_slayer]

Get you a man that treats you like this dork treats a burger

[crystalized_hope]

Listen. Madhuri gets treated like a queen because she deserves it.

[likescaves]

oh great not a selfless hero type with no self-preservation--

all jokes aside, Meri is going to be very interested in learning more about some of G'raha's tricks like the huge magic enthusiast that she is c: she may or may not nerd out a little

[crystalized_hope]

It's all he knows, Merisia. That, and he likes to become architecture apparently.

He's up for trying to teach her. Ema was also interested so it works out. The difference is that Meri already has some experience with magic at least. I hope to get to the new post today, so I will put up the prompt for her to ask about Dynamis.

Merisia Thenel | Final Fantasy XIV (OC)

[likescaves]

Player: Zee
Contact: PM this journal or eiyoko. I'm also on discord at AnimatorZee#9267

Character: Merisia Thenel | likescaves
Canon: Shortly after the Waking Sands incident + Emp CRAU

About: An arcanist with a prickly outside but a soft and caring inside. Slow to trust others and quick to sass them as well, but generally well-meaning. Has a small vigilante streak and is still a thief at heart, so she's basically Robin Hood but grumpier when she's in the mood for a bit of pickpocketing or swiping. Also possesses the Echo, an ability which effectively lets her see the memories of others. She also comes with a bonus Carbuncle, a glowing fluffy squirrel-dog summon who is not only much friendlier than his summoner, but he also comes in both wind and earth elemental flavors! (Please do not eat him though)

Abilities: Merisia is an Arcanist (from the Heavensward era so she's got the old DoT kit), which basically means she's a mage that casts spells with geometry. Most of her spells focus on whittling down her target bit by bit. She also has a healing spell, though it's kind of weak compared to someone who actually specializes in healing.
- Her most notable spell involves summoning Carbuncle, who comes in two flavors: Emerald (wind), and Topaz (earth), though she's made a few more with help from dreamotion. Carbuncle has a very keen nose and can track scents, but he if he strays too far from Merisia he'll dissipate.
- On the more mundane side, Merisia is a fairly good seamstress and has keen hearing...although her eyesight isn't the best. She sees a little better in the dark than in broad daylight, but even then she has to squint to read.
- Merisia also possesses the Echo, which tl;dr allows her to see the memories of others. At literally any moment. Usually conveniently timed. She is NOT a fan of this AT ALL but it makes for interesting plots and threads. It's something I prefer to use sparingly, given how significant and intrusive the effect can be.
- As far as dreamotion goes, she's working on finding ways to use it to mimick thaumaturgy, her old style of magic. She's also using it to create new variants of Carbuncle as well as augment her existing magic with extra properties.
Dreamwalker Form: Usually, she's either a normal-sized Carbuncle or a mount-sized Carbuncle. She's not super happy about it, but she's gotten used to it. No, you may not pet her. Unless you're a close friend, then maybe.

Plans: She's still convinced that emotion-based magic, or the fact that normal magic can be altered by emotion in any way, just isn't a thing back home. For now. She's also going to be very wary of the Crystal Moon, given the calamity she went through back home. I'm also always open to her developing new Carbuncles with help from CR, and if a thread allows, Echo shenanigans are also always on the table c:
As for quests:
- Ice Cream Crush - Merisia isn't physically very strong and the sound of reshaping/repackaging things isn't up her alley either. However, she has a huge sweet tooth and can very easily be bribed.
- Choya Chop - Merisia is going to expect cactaurs. She is not going to get cactaurs. There's no way this will end well.

CR Dreams: Merisia can easily be the grumpy big sister friend if you let her. Just don't call her that; she has an image to maintain, after all! And she WILL fail to maintain it! Merisia tends to be a bit slow-burn with friendships, depending on the person, but once you've won her over she can be a loyal (albeit a little protective) friend. If there's anything she learned from her previous world, it's that maybe her insistence that she always be alone was a little off the mark.

Etc.: