forum fall apart without me, body (o/o, urban fantasy with a classic lit twist)

Started October 04, 2020 by Deleted user

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So I have consumed basically all the major cinematic Frankenstein content outside of canon that I could, and came across a movie called I, Frankenstein. It’s terrible and I beg of you, don’t watch it, but I thought it had some neat concepts and cgi so I decided to take some of the ideas of the plot but make them, like, better. And then take approximately one thousand creative liberties with the story to preserve the narrative of the original and like. Also just make it cooler/have more mystery to it.

Also yes I’m calling the monster Adam give me a break everyone’s done it.

So, we begin our tale a little over two hundred years ago. There was once a man named Victor Frankenstein, and he created a monster. He took the parts of dead people, sewed them together into an eight-foot-tall giant and then abandoned it for how horrific it looked. Wow, this is a really happy story isn’t it? Wait, it gets better. The monster, after living through a series of tragedies that really weren’t their fault decided to commit revenge on it’s creator and murder everyone he loved! Fun! But, and here’s where I start to take creative liberties, the Creature felt remorseful and ashamed of what it had done. So they decided to pack their bags, metaphorically as the only things they owned were the ill-fitting clothes on their back, and become the silent protector of humanity from all sorts of horrible things that could affect them.

Now, it’s the year 2020 but an alternate timeline where Trump isn’t in charge and COVID didn’t happen just for plot’s sake and to make life easier, forget I said all that but anyways, it’s the year 2020 and monsters are appearing from the depths of hell or somewhere at least, and they are out for blood. The Creature, or Adam as it named itself, having not aged or withered at all in the last two centuries, has to answer the call again and protect the world from danger.

So our story will probably start with them saving your character and then your character getting involved with events somehow, whether through stubbornness and a desire to help or just having nowhere else to go, or an angsty mix of both.

Does that explain it all? Good. So, I’ll be posting a template once someone joins. Rules are as follows:

Don’t be bigoted or a dick.
Romance can occur but doesn’t have to.
No NSFW, dirty jokes are okay if they’re funny.
Gore, violence, swearing, and dark themes may occur.
Don’t be overpowered or overly edgy.
Diversity is fun and cool and gets you cookies for basic human decency- if you can show respect to whoever you’re representing.
Be literate, and no one-liners!
Have fun!

uuuhhhh hiiiiiii

Hiiii friend!

i know i've never read or seen frankenstein but the classic lit ones keep catching my eye dfdhdfh

any chance you'd be willing to have me?

Yeah! Also, read Frankenstein I dare you. No, I implore you. No, I…. I just really like the book and context is… good. But yeah please join!

So, template! I shall post it! Now!

Name:
Age:
Gender/Pronouns:
Appearance:
Personality:
Backstory:
Other:

fhfdh i may have to, i'd probably try to purchase it so it may take until christmas(money for books is an actual item on my list) but i'll try to!

nice! i'm apologizing before hand for the influx of questions but

is there a certain type of character you're looking for? does magic exist in any form for non-creatures or is this a tad more on the side of, say, what you have going on in the other roleplay? because i have a pink haired witch(who's actually a curse in human form in her plot) and a myriad of magical-powered characters, and another character who might work super well here, but i'm good with no magic too!

Oh, you can read the book for free on sparknotes or just search up a free transcript online, it’s how I read it.

As for the level of magic, most humans aren’t aware of magic but a select few are. And even fewer can use it, but I’d be fine having a witchy character involved!

okay but also consider. actual physical books mean people can see them and then they assume you are Cultured

oh cool! is it alright if i give you a brief run down of two characters i think might fit, and you can let me know who seems like the best fit? or the most interesting to work with here?

Fair point! I am just Poor and thus am Cheap.

And yeah, I’d love to see your character ideas!

ghdfgh i mean mood, but im fully willing to spend all of my money simply to look smart

alright! give me a sec and i'll have my gals up!

okay so both of them are short because they both just happen to be really short? one's from forever ago and the other is more recent, but they're about the same height lmao

depending on age range–and i can obviously age up or down my characters–i have lorelei, first up.

she's a cheerleader(or ex cheerleader), was/is on a highschool sports team as well, valedictorian witch girl who dyes her hair pastel pink and dresses the way you picture 'dark spring aesthetic' as a style choice. in the story she's from she's actually not even a witch, just a well of magic taking the form of a human child, because she's an ancient curse that her mother managed to get rid of to stop the spread. except it turned into a child and yeah. she's only super powerful when she's angry or upset, like super, because then there's less 'humanity' keeping the curse in check. just girl stuff you know. she's like. chaotic good but also only when it comes to the in place moral system she has, which is very very loosely defined. she can be hella manipulative but also loves her friends and will throw down for pretty much anyone just because it's fun. in story works at a coffee shop run by a succubus lmao, but in this would likely work at a normal coffee shop

then there's emilia, an older character. currently her age is at 22, more dyed hair, a minor eating disorder and very low self confidence but high anxiety. very oof past, has eyes that reflect like a cat's and she can see most paranormal/etc creatures for what they are. example; ghosts, demons, creatures hiding under glamours and other appearance changing spells, that kind of thing. she can 'control' them, but the process is decently gruesome and saved only for when desperately needed, though she can allow trust worthy creatures like that to 'possess' her for help, as long as she can trust them to not cause any issues. she bakes! very sweet, and quiet, but does have a little streak of stubborn in her. she actually comes with a backstory that gives a perfect way for them to meet, as her dad is killed by something at the beginning of the old roleplay she's from, which could work here too, just slightly different

Emilia feels like she’d work best for this RP, but Lorelei is cool and I’d love to see her story sometime!

ANYWAYS, here is a Lad.

Name: Adam (and if you want a last name, Frankenstein is probably the closest you’d get.)
Age: A little over 200 years old, but in appearance probably in their 20s
Gender/Pronouns: holds out my nonbinary creechur headcanons, gently they probably don’t see gender the way we humans do, it’s just another arbitrary rule that it wouldn’t care for. Will use any pronouns, mainly they/it pronouns though and presents fairly masculinly.
Appearance: (an excerpt from the book:) It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.

How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.

Also hands you my glowing-eyes creechur headcanons, gently
Personality: Adam is actually fairly timid and gentle compared to what most people see it as, only resorting to violence when it’s necessary and only really ever hurting people out of hurt, anguish, or serious danger to its life. They care deeply for the world around it, and want to preserve it as best it can. However, they’ve grown jaded and desensitized to people, mainly just because most people have the reaction of straight up terror whenever it appears within the line of sight. Like. I don’t blame them, but be nicer to the lad, please. Adam also can be very nurturing, having internalized their caretaking role long ago.
Backstory: Basically the book, with some stuff in between I don’t know how to properly execute yet.
Other: Adam chews on their hair when nervous, and probably has some form of ADHD and depression.

it would have to get written first lmao, but there is a brief run down in existence!

alright! do you have a temp you want used?

I already posted the template up above, please use that. Thanks!

a lad! i love them??? so sweet?????

i missed the template, my bad!

a lad! i love them??? so sweet?????

Aww, thanks!

i missed the template, my bad!

No problem!