Guidlines for Shinigami characters.

[SkittLes]

[Okay we are ALLOWING Ryuk, Rem and Sidoh applications AND you're "Original" Shinigami characters. Okay? But we're specific on how it should look. Because these are God's of death after all. C:]

Here's a few rules before we begin:

♥ Read and follow all rules: By all rules I mean Basic application rules AND

[/u] Your basic rules!~ You should even follow the c-sheet from the Guideline for "Original" Characters All of this is really important and will help you out A LOT[/u]. Plus our mod's spent a lot of time and put in a lot of hard work so the least you could do is read it. x3

♥ When writing up about YOUR original character DON'T say the following: We DON'T want to see you comparing your character to others. We want to know what they're like, not how they're similar to other characters. You can put a side note and say "Like Ryuk, my character enjoy's apples, or fruit". But in their appearances, personality, history etc we don't want to see merely comparisons.

♥ Absolutely NO People-gami: By people-gami, I mean Shinigami in human form. Like in Bleach and Full Moon. Human characters with wings and halo's or whatever, Death Note-styled Shinigami ONLY. If the character's appearance and/or picture was along the lines of: , it won't be accepted, and probably deleted.

♥ Do NOT alter the original story of Death Note! By alter the original story, I mean, don't say: "My character was there when Jealous, the shinigami, died next to Rem. So my character knows how to kill a shinigami too." Nothing of the sort. If you do anything along those lines, or put your character in a similar situation as such, I will personally delete it.


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[[Also, some of the Basic Character Application rules may apply here, I won't re-type them because we already have a lot to cover. So let's get started.]] :]

Here's an example of a Shinigami OC application. I'll have side notes in brackets and bolded. You don't have to put in the stuff with an asterisk. Keep in mind we'd like to see MORE detail then you see in our examples. C: So let's begin.


[As Shoe said before, the picture always goes on top. It can't go anywhere else, but you may have more than one. ]

-Name: Aku
*Nickname(s): Aku, that's it. [Your application can be in third person or first person. First person is greatly preffered because their personality comes out and we really get the feel for them. (And for your roleplay skills.) XD This asterisked because you don't have to put this]
-Specimen: Shinigami. [Of course, this is a shinigami application after all.]
-Sex: Male [These are Shinigami, but to refer to them as 'he' or 'she', 'hers' 'his' etc, we'd need to know their sex/gender.]
[[ Note: A shinigami c-sheet is different then a regular c-sheet. So we'd have different parts to it. As I said before, it'd be prefered if your c-sheet was in first person.]]
-Height: Five feet. [We'd like it if you wrote out the height, it looks more collected. c: And a height is required, because we'd get confused if your character was a migit or something.]
-Wingspan: Aproximately two feet. [How far do their wings stretch out? They have to have wings. They don't float, they fly. Their wings don't have to be feathery, it could be mythical. They could even be tiny, like Aku's. x3 If you strongly don't want your character to have wings talk it up with me and[/u] Shoe.]
-Specific features: Aku only has one eye, he's also very small but don't let this fool you, he has a lot of heart. He may only have one eye, but he can just fine, he's also still eligible to give the eye deal with a human. He's often teased because of his small wings, but he is actually quite fond of them. [Of course you'd need more detail then that. x3 We want to know what makes your shinigami unique. What makes them tick? What makes them laugh? What's something special about them? It can't all be positive, though. Like Aku has very small features, but he's still just as good as any other shinigami.]
-Significant figures/relationships: Aku doesn't really talk to others much. He's greatly fascinated by the human's. He questions their existence. He spends most of his time watching the people down on Earth or thinking of pranks to play on the other shinigami. [Again, a lot more details. You don't have to make your character detatched from everyone else, or a cliche outcast. Make it interesting. By relationships, I mean friendship. None of that Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Mother/Father, Sister/Brother, Auntie, baby daddy etc stuff. Shinigami's can't reproduce.] [[**Here would be a perfect time to talk in first person. something like:]


-Significant figures/relationships: ...who...? Me?! Pfft. I don't really need friends or someone to talk to. My friends are on Earth. One of them is named Alice. Alice Walsh. She doesn't have much more time to live. She only has 65 years left. I hope one day I can visit her on Earth. But I don't have much time. But ya know I don't spend all my time watching my human friends! Yeah, I play pranks on the other shinigami too. Yeah, funny ones too. And sometimes I even talk to Sidoh. He's been to Earth before! He's so lucky. But apparently a human took his Death Note! I don't know what I'd do if that happened to me...

[..see? You can tell he's a bit messed up in head, thinking he has friends on Earth. He doesn't have many friends, and you understand his character better. I think he actually sounded kinda cute. x3 But you get the picture, right? Of course you're not allowed to use a reference to a human character the way I did to Alice. It was just an EXAMPLE. (:

Moving on...]

[Now we move to details. More detailed descriptions. Seriously pour your heart into this part!~ It's best if this part is in third person. Just in case your character is arrogant or something. >.>;; ]

-Appearance;;

Eye(s);
As stated above Aku only has one eye. There's nothing really specially about it. It's not pretty or anything, but he'll always tell you his famous story. Ever since he came into the Shinigami realm, he had only one eye. He doesn't know why he has only one but he doesn't seem to mind. He's actually quite fond of it. You can see with detail on his face that there's a spot where his an eye once existed, on the right side of his face. He doesn't like it when people poke it or ask to touch it.

"Hey, like my eye?! Get it? I said it in singular because I only have one eye!" He often says that when he meets someone knew. Or when he practices what he's going to say when he finally goes down to Earth. As if it's actually going to happen..
[Please describe yours with further detail, and a quote isn't expected of you, I just felt like adding that in. x3. Whatever is marked with an asterisk (*) is optional]

Hair;

He has no hair. Nothing. Nada. Zero. Rather obvious to say the least. He doesn't grow hair like he doesn't grow taller or larger wings. The top of his head is very lumpy and bulgey. They look almost like veins, ready to burst any second. That's one thing he doesn't like about his appearance. Like his right "eye" people often want to touch it. It makes him feel belittled.

Structure;

Aku has a very defined body type. It almost looks like armor. It's very special and he takes great pride in his 'bod'. It's the only thing that prevents him from whining over his height. He may not show it at first glance, but he's very vaine. He feels his height is one of the numerous imperfections of himself. Though he trys to hide it with a cocky attitude and a pride that could block out the sun.
[Details are a must! This lacks certain detail, but you get the feel. Metaphors are really good to have in your c-sheet.]

Rock solid;

His 'armour' is rock solid. Very thick and odd looking. You can call them clothes, if you may, but he refers to it as his 'armour' or better yet, 'bod'. It's a rather tough material. Dare touch it? I bet you'll regret it. That baby's rock solid. Who know's what it's made of.

Up close it almost looks like a pin-stripe design to it. It's very rough looking, like sewn on dead skin, perhaps? But don't let that fool you, it's nothing of the sort. It's rough interior is nothing to his smoothe silk-like gloves. Two black silk gloves rest on his small stubby hands. How do they remain so clean?
[Go into extentive detail about their clothing, or armour. Every little detail. From buttons, to wings to gloves etc.]

Flying High;

Though his wings are only two feet wide, he can fly pretty well. Since he could remember he's been troubled with flying. You casn barely see his wings when he's not flying, let alone spread out in the sky. They're similar to bat-wing design. Brown and beige, and very rough looking. The middle part is the weakest part, it's quite thin. His wings are quite weak, so he stretches and 'excerises' them almost daily.


-Personality:


A paranoid delusion___

Aku, possibly crazy? "Impossible!" would be his response.
Aku believes he has friends with the humans down on Earth. He'd point and show Sidoh his best friends to his friends, to someone 'he just met'. He spends most of his time watching over them. Not as a guardian or anything, just as a friend, or someone he could talk to. They listened to him. Unlike the others. They just mocked him. They mocked and teased him of his height, his wings, his stubby little hands. Anything that would amuse them. But he didn't need them. He has human friends who accepts him for him. Crazy? You could only wonder.

Lonely____

Is there really such thing as "lonely", in the shinigami realm? One could only imagine the feeling. Resorting to mortals for entertainment. Ryuk had the right idea, as far as amusement. But Rem was genius, in the eyes of the lonely Aku. "She made friends with a mortal girl! And the girl was so pretty, too!"

Longing for a decent friendship. He often blames his self. Is he just the kind of shinigami who can't make friends? Or maybe he's just not friendly. Does this explain his paranoia?

[You don't have to post only negative things about your character. Say something positive, like "He's good at playing pranks" or something. But also something that would catch our eye. ]


Why so serious?_____

When you add a lonely shinigami to boredom you find nothing but trouble. Aku hasn't pulled anything serious. Nothing more explicit then a simple woopie cushion on a chair, or a fake Death Note. Yes, he's the failed prankster of the shinigami realm. But don't dare tell him so, he'd bluntly deny it. He's his own pranking-genius, but the only one he's seriously fooled was himslef. Pranking himself, to believe he has human friends, tricking himself to believe he's an evil genius, that he's not crazy but superior to all. I doubt this deluded shinigami can pose a threat, but don't let your guard down.

[Elaborate more. Tell me, why you don't consider him a threat, and why shouldn't you let your guard down. Remember this is an example]

-HISTORY:

[History is a major part of this c-sheet. Start all the way back when this shinigami entered the realm. What was it like? Write about their first time using their Death Note? How did they react to their surroundings? How did others react to them? This is all important stuff, and you have to be clear and descriptive.]











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