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A vampire! Fun sex! Or no sex!? Male for any gender.
A vampire! Fun sex! Or no sex!? Male for any gender.
Full details and all that can be found in my signature link, but I have to try and sell him here, yeah? So I'll try and be as brief and informative as I can. I expect not to be terribly successful, so take this as a warning--yes, I'm this long-winded in posts, too, so if that's not up your alley, we just weren't meant to be!
First, about his universe: It's a mixture of True Blood, Supernatural and other assorted things.
The True Blood content mostly centers on vampires being 'out'; that's what appeals to me as borrowing from the show's canon, because I like the social tension of a vampire struggling to integrate himself into mainstream society. Any canon content I use stops the universe at the end of season three (though I'll use knowledge gained in subsequent seasons when relevant, eg the nature of the Authority you learn about in season 5, though obviously Roman would still be leading it).
The Supernatural content is really just there because I found an amazing Dean RPer to play with. In conjunction with his story, it stops at the end of season 5. We've changed vampires to differ from both series to better suit our tastes, but the toothy ones from that series exist in some form. Supernatural's take on demons, angels and all that is what I go by for my RP.
Beyond those, I just borrow from other sources as suits my fancy, and use some original ideas, blah blah. Nothing too strict, but once I decide on an interpretation of something, it's pretty much The Truth, because things get all confused otherwise. If a request for differentiation is made and it's reasonable, sometimes we can figure a way to swing it, though. That's how I was able to allow for the shark-toothed vampires Dean would've been familiar with, without making Maxwell one of them. Having to maneuver this way actually added interesting depth to the universe, so sometimes it's a good thing.
We can discuss these in more detail if we're setting up RP, I'm not gonna clog this post with it!
RP Style: Third person. Lots of internal monologue. Multiple sentences in multiple paragraphs. Ask me for a more accurate sample than what's in my posting history, and ye shall receive! There's one floating around the site in my signature, too.
The character: His name is Maxwell, and he was made in 1768 at the age of 27. In effect, he's not your stereotypical vampire--he's very easygoing and playful, full of smiles. He does have his bits of angst, all that, but I don't believe they're his defining characteristics. Aside from his affable nature, though, he is also a predator, because that's just the way of vampires; they've got the bloodthirsty beast inside of them, that's kind of the point! Meeting him, you'll find someone who's--some might say, given what he is--dangerously charming, open-minded and intellectual, who keeps up with the times surprisingly well for a vampire, though he seems to have nostalgia for the time he was in a band in the 1980s-90s.
The setting: Unless something interesting calls for it, the default setting is a town I made up called Crystal Springs. It's in the mountains in northern California, near the Oregon border. Lots of lovely natural places surrounding it. It has an art school of growing prominence in it, so its culture is largely defined by that. You know. . .lots of organic food, progressive politics, all of that. In one part of town, at least. There's another side distinctly less accepting, mostly high income people who hope to hold on to their wealth and privilege. You'll sometimes find lower-income pretenders at this kind of culture, but if you know the places to be, you'll find a warm, accepting community. . .most times.
Who's Maxwell To Me?: As Crystal Springs is not an especially anonymous town--people like to talk, for various reasons--there aren't an enormous amount of vampires who make public faces for themselves. They may live in certain parts of town, but they're likely to go to the nearest city to 'hunt', to do business, etc.. As such, Maxwell is likely to be the most prominent vampire in town, at least where humans are concerned.
This is mostly because he was able to convince the aforementioned art school to take him on as an adjunct professor some time before, where he taught creative writing with unanticipated success. His placement there was a matter of some controversy, considering he'd be among all kinds of young, healthy mortals and all, but he was able to cope. . .
. . .until, of course, Russel Edgington killed that newscaster on TV about two or three months ago. He was quite unceremoniously asked to leave, for many of the wealthy donors who kept the school current and relevant threatened to rescind their funds if he was not stripped of his position.
He has some students and other supporters in the school who sometimes try to drum up support for his return, which he'd love to do, but it's yet to amount to anything. Maxwell hopes to do what he can to reclaim the public's trust, and his teaching position.
But What If I'm Not A Civilian? While Maxwell presents himself to mainstream society as the same sort of vampire with whom they're familiar, the truth is, he's quite different. The power afforded him by the sacrifice of consuming mortal blood is significant, and can be used in a variety of magical ways. This means that he cannot subsist on synthetic blood, for it doesn't feed that lust for power, which is present even in a vampire like him, who isn't likely to hatch many nefarious plots, if any at all.
His breed of vampire is somewhat rare, but beyond that, they overwhelmingly distrust authority. . .or simply believe themselves above it. Maxwell, however, does not have quite so bloated an ego. The sheriff of the area, Carmelia, has recruited him, against his will, to take care of the many mistakes his kind make around town. Many of his kind of vampires try and pass themselves off as human in mainstream society, still (since magic usage makes this easier) and, as such, many humans would not suspect them of foul play. . .that is, of course, until they construct a Yeti from spare bits of organic matter, and it's found urinating all over some poor woman's deck. In situations like this, Maxwell is called in, both to slay the beast--as really, it's usually a beast--and dispose of the body. He seems to like turning it into pine needles, or garbage. Anything that won't arouse suspicion, like the corpse of a monster would.
This work of his often resembles what human hunters (in the Supernatural sense) do, so. . .that's an intriguing line of work for a monster, yeah?
Sexual Stuff?: I wouldn't be on this site if I didn't like writing the occasional sexytimes. However, it's worth noting that Maxwell's sexuality is very fun. He smiles, he laughs, he plays around, he's visibly excited to be having sex, and he wants his partners to feel the same way. While he isn't absent a predatory streak, he puts a very positive spin on it. He pulls people in through charm (not magic, just being charming as fuck!), good-natured teasing, things like that. He's not the dark figure in the shadows, but the friendly one who steps confidently into the light (as long as it's not sunlight). Of course, this doesn't mean he's not passionate or romantic! He's just hedonistic and absolutely shameless and happy about it. What this means is that RPs won't include any form of humiliation or degradation, and any BDSM elements will be previously discussed and consented to (and also, probably, laughed during). If Max has sexual chemistry with a person, he'll be having all kinds of fantasies about them, and will usually propose to give one a whirl practically the moment he has it. Partners who are the same way would work well. So would partners who'd like to learn to view sex as happily as he does. We can discuss this further, if you'd like.
Something else to note. . .Max isn't monogamous, and never will be. He isn't a "cheater" or a "player". Everyone he's seeing knows about everyone else. He sees all of them on an individual basis; his other lovers need not have any involvement with one another. Of course, he doesn't forbid them from it, either. He gives them more or less the exact same freedoms he expects to exercise himself. While it may be difficult for him to dedicate equal time to everyone with whom he's involved, he definitely tries, and he's a plenty passionate lover. I really don't get the impression that his love will be less intense on account of his multiple partners; it will just be less exclusive. In addition to having multiple regular lovers, he has frequent casual sex as a part of feeding. If you can't deal with this OOC, I guess we're not meant to be. If, however, it's your character who may be uncomfortable with it, we can still give it a shot. Just be aware that if they fail to (eventually) come around to Maxwell's way of thinking, then the relationship will almost certainly end. . .I'd be willing to play out a (strained?) friendship after that, but Max isn't going to hold on to a lover he's obviously disappointing (or even insulting). All that said, Maxwell can be very convincing. To his way of thinking, the strange thing is monogamy; he doesn't understand how having romantic feelings for one person should have any bearing on his feelings for someone else. It just doesn't compute to him. It's not how he operates.
So What Do You Want to RP, Exactly? Most of the reason I created a vampire character was to explore the predator/prey dynamic. Again, I find the the True Blood universe being used as a blueprint allows for a context where that's particularly interesting. People are having to navigate the meanings of that dynamic on a large, social scale; they have to examine what it means to be the prey of a whole group of people. . .and, maybe, the prey of that charming man, who just seems so nice. . .!
What I mean by the above is that I tend to prefer human characters as partners. I won't brush off others automatically, but probably keep in mind that Maxwell doesn't hang around other vampires by choice, and has a lot of trust issues with them that I'm not going to go into here, because what's the fun?
Maxwell wants his teaching job back. Maybe he meets up with a relative of one of the donors who called for him to be fired, and ends up convincing them to sway that relative's opinion. This may or may not involve sexual content, depending on how it plays out. Not really bothered about the gender of the character for this one.
A vampire of Max's magic-using bloodline has not been properly taught to utilize their powers by their maker, either because they're just a deadbeat or because they've died. Carmelia foists this vampire on Maxwell as an apprentice, since he's capable and does enjoy teaching. This is likely to be a tense RP, in the beginning, because Max doesn't really like the thought of being responsible for a 'little monster', which is how he thinks of fledgling vampires. I'd prefer a female character for this role, but could be convinced to do something else. (Maybe, after a long, long time, there could be sex involved here, but it's unlikely. Max doesn't feel any sexual attraction toward fellow vampires at all.)
A hunter! In the Supernatural sense, that is. Meaning, someone who's made a personal decision to hunt 'monsters', or came into it because that's what their family did. They're not affiliated with any official organization, they're not handed jobs as a rule, and they don't make money from hunting in and of itself. I'm mostly looking for an antagonist in this role, someone who hunts down Max (perhaps for a murder he committed but wasn't connected to ~6 months prior; perhaps just for being a prominent vampire; perhaps due to his romantic involvement with Dean Winchester) and gets the upper hand, but doesn't succeed in killing him. I may be convinced to put him in a situation more favorable with a hunter, though. Maybe he ends up helping them on a job simply for being in the right place at the right time, or maybe they happen across him while he's doing his work, which closely resembles hunting. (The "more favorable" side of this could have a romantic and/or sexual angle, eventually. Anything resembling a torture scene emphatically should not; I find it distasteful.)
Werewolf time! Above, I mentioned that Max is involved with Mr. Dean Winchester. Well, that stupid son of a bitch killed a werewolf in Georgia last year, because said werewolf was linked to gruesome deaths. Why does that make him a stupid son of a bitch? Well, that werewolf was the local packmaster's second. Dean collects wanted lists like trophies, apparently. By the time the pack's enforcer manages to pin him down, he's in California. Word around town has put the Impala in one Maxwell Garrington's driveway more than once. Ask the right person in the right way, and it might come out that he was speaking quite highly of him to one of the bakers at the local coffee shop. Maxwell's a vampire, but the evidence does support a pairing. Might be a good idea to pay him a visit. Might be a good idea to hold on to him until Dean returns. (Obviously, this would merit further discussion, but it would probably be (another) torture scene. If I get one RP, I probably won't be interested in the other. Don't want an overload of Max getting tortured on Dean's account, that's just silly. Of course, it could just amount to a kidnapping. Still, if he's not allowed to feed and not allowed to move, that's pretty torturous. Well, we'll figure it out, huh? This isn't a scene with sexual possibilities.)
I think it'd be super cute if Maxwell met a drama student, and they took him on as an acting partner! He'd be really good at it. I prefer a female character for this role, just because that's what the image in my head is. Not a lot of preferences beyond that. We can discuss!
Casual scenes are easily welcome. Meet Max in a cafe, in a bookstore, in the grocery store, etc.. These are fine by me. Just keep in mind that in bars and cafes, he'll usually be hunting, and for Max, hunting means fucking most times, so if you just want a social scene and not so much Max trying to get in your character's pants, a less socially-oriented setting is probably your best bet. Of course, if you want Max to try working his mojo in a grocery store, I'm OK with that. It's kind of a running joke that he can pick up people even there, actually.
EDIT: Oh yeah. Forum PMs, messenger IMs, and/or replies to this thread are all welcome!
A vampire! Fun sex! Or no sex!? Male for any gender.
Full details and all that can be found in my signature link, but I have to try and sell him here, yeah? So I'll try and be as brief and informative as I can. I expect not to be terribly successful, so take this as a warning--yes, I'm this long-winded in posts, too, so if that's not up your alley, we just weren't meant to be!
First, about his universe: It's a mixture of True Blood, Supernatural and other assorted things.
The True Blood content mostly centers on vampires being 'out'; that's what appeals to me as borrowing from the show's canon, because I like the social tension of a vampire struggling to integrate himself into mainstream society. Any canon content I use stops the universe at the end of season three (though I'll use knowledge gained in subsequent seasons when relevant, eg the nature of the Authority you learn about in season 5, though obviously Roman would still be leading it).
The Supernatural content is really just there because I found an amazing Dean RPer to play with. In conjunction with his story, it stops at the end of season 5. We've changed vampires to differ from both series to better suit our tastes, but the toothy ones from that series exist in some form. Supernatural's take on demons, angels and all that is what I go by for my RP.
Beyond those, I just borrow from other sources as suits my fancy, and use some original ideas, blah blah. Nothing too strict, but once I decide on an interpretation of something, it's pretty much The Truth, because things get all confused otherwise. If a request for differentiation is made and it's reasonable, sometimes we can figure a way to swing it, though. That's how I was able to allow for the shark-toothed vampires Dean would've been familiar with, without making Maxwell one of them. Having to maneuver this way actually added interesting depth to the universe, so sometimes it's a good thing.
We can discuss these in more detail if we're setting up RP, I'm not gonna clog this post with it!
RP Style: Third person. Lots of internal monologue. Multiple sentences in multiple paragraphs. Ask me for a more accurate sample than what's in my posting history, and ye shall receive! There's one floating around the site in my signature, too.
The character: His name is Maxwell, and he was made in 1768 at the age of 27. In effect, he's not your stereotypical vampire--he's very easygoing and playful, full of smiles. He does have his bits of angst, all that, but I don't believe they're his defining characteristics. Aside from his affable nature, though, he is also a predator, because that's just the way of vampires; they've got the bloodthirsty beast inside of them, that's kind of the point! Meeting him, you'll find someone who's--some might say, given what he is--dangerously charming, open-minded and intellectual, who keeps up with the times surprisingly well for a vampire, though he seems to have nostalgia for the time he was in a band in the 1980s-90s.
The setting: Unless something interesting calls for it, the default setting is a town I made up called Crystal Springs. It's in the mountains in northern California, near the Oregon border. Lots of lovely natural places surrounding it. It has an art school of growing prominence in it, so its culture is largely defined by that. You know. . .lots of organic food, progressive politics, all of that. In one part of town, at least. There's another side distinctly less accepting, mostly high income people who hope to hold on to their wealth and privilege. You'll sometimes find lower-income pretenders at this kind of culture, but if you know the places to be, you'll find a warm, accepting community. . .most times.
Who's Maxwell To Me?: As Crystal Springs is not an especially anonymous town--people like to talk, for various reasons--there aren't an enormous amount of vampires who make public faces for themselves. They may live in certain parts of town, but they're likely to go to the nearest city to 'hunt', to do business, etc.. As such, Maxwell is likely to be the most prominent vampire in town, at least where humans are concerned.
This is mostly because he was able to convince the aforementioned art school to take him on as an adjunct professor some time before, where he taught creative writing with unanticipated success. His placement there was a matter of some controversy, considering he'd be among all kinds of young, healthy mortals and all, but he was able to cope. . .
. . .until, of course, Russel Edgington killed that newscaster on TV about two or three months ago. He was quite unceremoniously asked to leave, for many of the wealthy donors who kept the school current and relevant threatened to rescind their funds if he was not stripped of his position.
He has some students and other supporters in the school who sometimes try to drum up support for his return, which he'd love to do, but it's yet to amount to anything. Maxwell hopes to do what he can to reclaim the public's trust, and his teaching position.
But What If I'm Not A Civilian? While Maxwell presents himself to mainstream society as the same sort of vampire with whom they're familiar, the truth is, he's quite different. The power afforded him by the sacrifice of consuming mortal blood is significant, and can be used in a variety of magical ways. This means that he cannot subsist on synthetic blood, for it doesn't feed that lust for power, which is present even in a vampire like him, who isn't likely to hatch many nefarious plots, if any at all.
His breed of vampire is somewhat rare, but beyond that, they overwhelmingly distrust authority. . .or simply believe themselves above it. Maxwell, however, does not have quite so bloated an ego. The sheriff of the area, Carmelia, has recruited him, against his will, to take care of the many mistakes his kind make around town. Many of his kind of vampires try and pass themselves off as human in mainstream society, still (since magic usage makes this easier) and, as such, many humans would not suspect them of foul play. . .that is, of course, until they construct a Yeti from spare bits of organic matter, and it's found urinating all over some poor woman's deck. In situations like this, Maxwell is called in, both to slay the beast--as really, it's usually a beast--and dispose of the body. He seems to like turning it into pine needles, or garbage. Anything that won't arouse suspicion, like the corpse of a monster would.
This work of his often resembles what human hunters (in the Supernatural sense) do, so. . .that's an intriguing line of work for a monster, yeah?
Sexual Stuff?: I wouldn't be on this site if I didn't like writing the occasional sexytimes. However, it's worth noting that Maxwell's sexuality is very fun. He smiles, he laughs, he plays around, he's visibly excited to be having sex, and he wants his partners to feel the same way. While he isn't absent a predatory streak, he puts a very positive spin on it. He pulls people in through charm (not magic, just being charming as fuck!), good-natured teasing, things like that. He's not the dark figure in the shadows, but the friendly one who steps confidently into the light (as long as it's not sunlight). Of course, this doesn't mean he's not passionate or romantic! He's just hedonistic and absolutely shameless and happy about it. What this means is that RPs won't include any form of humiliation or degradation, and any BDSM elements will be previously discussed and consented to (and also, probably, laughed during). If Max has sexual chemistry with a person, he'll be having all kinds of fantasies about them, and will usually propose to give one a whirl practically the moment he has it. Partners who are the same way would work well. So would partners who'd like to learn to view sex as happily as he does. We can discuss this further, if you'd like.
Something else to note. . .Max isn't monogamous, and never will be. He isn't a "cheater" or a "player". Everyone he's seeing knows about everyone else. He sees all of them on an individual basis; his other lovers need not have any involvement with one another. Of course, he doesn't forbid them from it, either. He gives them more or less the exact same freedoms he expects to exercise himself. While it may be difficult for him to dedicate equal time to everyone with whom he's involved, he definitely tries, and he's a plenty passionate lover. I really don't get the impression that his love will be less intense on account of his multiple partners; it will just be less exclusive. In addition to having multiple regular lovers, he has frequent casual sex as a part of feeding. If you can't deal with this OOC, I guess we're not meant to be. If, however, it's your character who may be uncomfortable with it, we can still give it a shot. Just be aware that if they fail to (eventually) come around to Maxwell's way of thinking, then the relationship will almost certainly end. . .I'd be willing to play out a (strained?) friendship after that, but Max isn't going to hold on to a lover he's obviously disappointing (or even insulting). All that said, Maxwell can be very convincing. To his way of thinking, the strange thing is monogamy; he doesn't understand how having romantic feelings for one person should have any bearing on his feelings for someone else. It just doesn't compute to him. It's not how he operates.
So What Do You Want to RP, Exactly? Most of the reason I created a vampire character was to explore the predator/prey dynamic. Again, I find the the True Blood universe being used as a blueprint allows for a context where that's particularly interesting. People are having to navigate the meanings of that dynamic on a large, social scale; they have to examine what it means to be the prey of a whole group of people. . .and, maybe, the prey of that charming man, who just seems so nice. . .!
What I mean by the above is that I tend to prefer human characters as partners. I won't brush off others automatically, but probably keep in mind that Maxwell doesn't hang around other vampires by choice, and has a lot of trust issues with them that I'm not going to go into here, because what's the fun?
Maxwell wants his teaching job back. Maybe he meets up with a relative of one of the donors who called for him to be fired, and ends up convincing them to sway that relative's opinion. This may or may not involve sexual content, depending on how it plays out. Not really bothered about the gender of the character for this one.
A vampire of Max's magic-using bloodline has not been properly taught to utilize their powers by their maker, either because they're just a deadbeat or because they've died. Carmelia foists this vampire on Maxwell as an apprentice, since he's capable and does enjoy teaching. This is likely to be a tense RP, in the beginning, because Max doesn't really like the thought of being responsible for a 'little monster', which is how he thinks of fledgling vampires. I'd prefer a female character for this role, but could be convinced to do something else. (Maybe, after a long, long time, there could be sex involved here, but it's unlikely. Max doesn't feel any sexual attraction toward fellow vampires at all.)
A hunter! In the Supernatural sense, that is. Meaning, someone who's made a personal decision to hunt 'monsters', or came into it because that's what their family did. They're not affiliated with any official organization, they're not handed jobs as a rule, and they don't make money from hunting in and of itself. I'm mostly looking for an antagonist in this role, someone who hunts down Max (perhaps for a murder he committed but wasn't connected to ~6 months prior; perhaps just for being a prominent vampire; perhaps due to his romantic involvement with Dean Winchester) and gets the upper hand, but doesn't succeed in killing him. I may be convinced to put him in a situation more favorable with a hunter, though. Maybe he ends up helping them on a job simply for being in the right place at the right time, or maybe they happen across him while he's doing his work, which closely resembles hunting. (The "more favorable" side of this could have a romantic and/or sexual angle, eventually. Anything resembling a torture scene emphatically should not; I find it distasteful.)
Werewolf time! Above, I mentioned that Max is involved with Mr. Dean Winchester. Well, that stupid son of a bitch killed a werewolf in Georgia last year, because said werewolf was linked to gruesome deaths. Why does that make him a stupid son of a bitch? Well, that werewolf was the local packmaster's second. Dean collects wanted lists like trophies, apparently. By the time the pack's enforcer manages to pin him down, he's in California. Word around town has put the Impala in one Maxwell Garrington's driveway more than once. Ask the right person in the right way, and it might come out that he was speaking quite highly of him to one of the bakers at the local coffee shop. Maxwell's a vampire, but the evidence does support a pairing. Might be a good idea to pay him a visit. Might be a good idea to hold on to him until Dean returns. (Obviously, this would merit further discussion, but it would probably be (another) torture scene. If I get one RP, I probably won't be interested in the other. Don't want an overload of Max getting tortured on Dean's account, that's just silly. Of course, it could just amount to a kidnapping. Still, if he's not allowed to feed and not allowed to move, that's pretty torturous. Well, we'll figure it out, huh? This isn't a scene with sexual possibilities.)
I think it'd be super cute if Maxwell met a drama student, and they took him on as an acting partner! He'd be really good at it. I prefer a female character for this role, just because that's what the image in my head is. Not a lot of preferences beyond that. We can discuss!
Casual scenes are easily welcome. Meet Max in a cafe, in a bookstore, in the grocery store, etc.. These are fine by me. Just keep in mind that in bars and cafes, he'll usually be hunting, and for Max, hunting means fucking most times, so if you just want a social scene and not so much Max trying to get in your character's pants, a less socially-oriented setting is probably your best bet. Of course, if you want Max to try working his mojo in a grocery store, I'm OK with that. It's kind of a running joke that he can pick up people even there, actually.
EDIT: Oh yeah. Forum PMs, messenger IMs, and/or replies to this thread are all welcome!
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