forum Historical OxO // Closed
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@ElderGod-Icefire

So…I have many ideas. Many many many. Basically a historical RP with some romance mixed in???

16+ only please, since I have a tendency to be very dark and include very mature topics in my RPs

@ElderGod-Icefire

Hey! My responses tend to average at about 3 to 5 computer lines, though I will do my best to match my partner's if they provide more than that. As for historical era…oof. Like I have ideas for Ancient times, but also like… 1700's. But also 1800's. And also for the World Wars. So time period is kinda up to you, I'll just pick the prompt lmao

@ElderGod-Icefire

(Hey! I think since we're already in like…three together, I'm gonna leave this open for someone else. If no one else has responded in two or three days from now, then I'll probably reconsider)

@ElderGod-Icefire

(I've seen your style plenty, so I require no sample :) Do you have a preferred historical era? Also be warned that some (like half) of my prompts are historical fantasy, not strictly historical lmao)

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(Thank you so much! Hmmm, for a preferred era, I'm a sucker for the salem witch trial era (very good for angst and romance), I did some sort of fantasy New Orleans rp a while ago, but I am literally open to anything. I just need to get back into some writing)

@ElderGod-Icefire

(Np! Oh those are both great eras! I was in the New Orleans RP lmao. I was Fio, one of the Necromancer triplets. So. Hm. I literally have no idea which era to do then)

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(YES you were, I completely forgot. I love your writing style. I feel like a Salem one would be interesting, I haven't done one in such a long time, plus I think it would be good if we wanna go slightly down a romance path. Were we thinking bxb, gxg, etc?)

@ElderGod-Icefire

(Thanks! Yeah a Salem one would be neat, let's do that! Uhm…I'm usually the most comfortable with either BxB or BxG, and my characters are typically male mainly because for some reason I suck at writing female characters but whatever so)

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(Same, for some reason I can literally only do male character's, it just comes so much more easily. Should we do bxb? That would be interesting during this time period especially.)

(Also, should both character's be into witchcraft orrr)

@ElderGod-Icefire

(Yeah, BxB works fine!)

(oooooh Idk. I think it would be interesting if maybe one of them was, and then the other character was like the son of the local pastor or something?? So we get just a little bit of enemies-to-lovers? also I call dibs on the pastor's son, if we do that lmao)

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(ummmm YES. I love that idea. Shall we start working on our characters?)

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(I like making pretty detailed templates, but I'm totally fine with a basic one. I can usually fit everything I want in anyways)

@ElderGod-Icefire

(alright! I honestly prefer less detailed templates and then adding to the character in RP, sooooo this'll be interesting)

(Anyways, here's a template:)

Name:
Nicknames:
Age: (maybe between like 18 and 23?)
Gender and Sexuality:
Looks:
Personality:
Backstory:
Family:
Other:

(Also: should the magic be like…real magic? Or just…mass hysteria like the actual Salem Witch Trials were?)

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(Hm, okay, maybe my character can have some sort of background with like aspects of magic and witchcraft, but nothing super insane. Like aura reading, tarot, crystals, maybe some more peaceful stuff? Bc I know some covens were not as powerful and it was more like their own culture/traditions…but perhaps the pastor and the rest of the town turned it into something more hysterical?)

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(Perfect! Is your character going down a more shy/reserved character path…just so I know not to make a character that is too similar :) )

@ElderGod-Icefire

Name: James Edward Asher
Nicknames: Jamie
Age: 20
Gender and Sexuality: Male. Probably gay, but he would never admit that, especially not to his father
Looks: Jamie is of about average height, and slim. He is White, and pretty pale, with freckles scattered around his body, especially on his face and arms. He had reddish brown hair that is more of a dark auburn, and shines gold in some lights. His hair is a little long, to about the middle of his neck, and curls just a little bit at the ends. He ties it back in a low ponytail when he needs it out of the way, but otherwise just lets it hang loose, sometimes tucking it behind his ears. He has light grey-blue eyes, that seem a little more blue or a little more grey depending on what he's wearing and what the lighting is. He typically wears breeches and a long sleeve shirt, along with a waistcoat. When he needs to be more formal, he'll add a nice jacket over top, and maybe a tie or cravat as well. He has slim fingers made for playing instruments, and the pinkie of his right hand is slightly crooked where it was once broken. His hands are also flecked with small scars from where he's accidentally cut himself. He walks with a slight limp, since he broke his leg when he was younger while falling out of a tree, and it didn't quite heal properly, leading to one leg being just a little shorter than the other. It isn't visibly noticeable, but it does affect how he walks.
Personality: Jamie is a rather quiet boy, but is intelligent and observant. When he does choose to speak, his words are usually well-thought out and carefully considered. He is especially quiet when around his father, not wanting to get in trouble for saying the wrong things. He has a lot of internalized homophobia, a lot of it directed towards himself, due to the way his father raised him and taught him. He can recite passages of the bible from memory, and even teach a sermon, just from hearing his father do so so often. He can read and write, but his main passion is for music. He can play the violin and piano, and loves to sit and play for hours. He can sing as well, but is far shier about that, not liking to sing in front of people. He doesn't really play in front of others either, but has done so for church services when his father wants him to. He's very gentle, especially with children and animals.
Backstory: Jamie's father is the reverend Edward Asher, and his mother was Mary Asher. His mother was the one who first taught him to play, teaching him as soon as he was old enough to learn. Some of his earliest memories are sitting at the piano in his mother's lap as she taught him to play some of her favorite songs, and he treasures these memories. She died when he was six, giving birth to his younger sister, Elizabeth. His mother died in labor, and his sister died two weeks later, leaving just him and his father. After the death of Mary, reverend Asher began to grow more and more stern with the young boy, hammering bible verses into his head and not allowing Jamie to play on the piano or on his violin anymore. As Jamie grew older, the reverend grew more and more physical, often beating the boy if he couldn't remember a verse that the reverend had wanted him to memorize. As Jamie grew, he found himself daydreaming of strange things that he knew he shouldn't want. Of other boys, and of wanting them in ways that he knew a boy shouldn't want from other boys. He told his father, hoping his father would know what to do, and his father beat him half to death for it, breaking the pinkie of his right hand in the process. After that, everything grew even worse. The reverend's sermons became full of dire warnings against being a sodomite, warning of hellfire and wrath for those who dared to sin in that manner. At home, behind closed doors, he would hit Jamie if he heard even the faintest hint that the boy was having these feelings. So Jamie buried it as deep as he could, trying to be the perfect son, trying to be what his father wanted him to be. He poured himself into his music, hoping that if he could be good enough, his father would be kinder to him. He has grown up like this, burying his sexuality under bible verses and fear, and trying to shield himself from his father's anger.
Family: reverend Edward Asher, father, alive. Mary Asher, mother, dead. Elizabeth Asher, sister, dead.
Other: ~