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~muggled girl~

who am I?: Holly, but some of you may know me as Ilex or Lex or possibly hey you

how to find me: AIM: exmrsvaughn YIM: madampansy, Email: muggled.girl@gmail.com

ancient wonders of the world: I'm thirty-eight (ancient in the terms of RP, but I like to think it's because I'm both experienced and fun - read that as old geek or rockstar as you may).

the place i call home is: Never-Never-Land, which is apparently in Florida, EST for anyone that isn't sure about their geography.

experience: I first started playing table top RP when I was a sophomore in High School.  For those of you who don't like to think about maths, that was in 1988.  The first game I ever played was a Marvel Universe game (My character was named Hell Fire, and was well... pretty badass, at least I thought so then) and then I graduated to AD&D.  In 1995 I was introduced to online RPing in the form of a Star Trek list server game via email called the United Federation of Players.  I started off as an ensign on a ship, and ended up the Captain of a ship, the Co-Commander of a starbase, and one of the seven council members.  The UFP was made up of over 200 players at one point, and I was in charge of approving applications and assigning players to stations.  After several years, I graduated college and fell out of RPing in general in favor of real life.  I still read fanfic (mostly Xena and then later, Buffy), but didn't dabble until in 2003 when I started to write Harry Potter fanfic.  By December 2003 I was introduced to the world of Journal Based Rping, and joined a game ran by some friends.  There I played Pansy Parkinson, my first love.  Later that year I started another game with a friend.  I played in these games for about a year, then Real Life in the form of a child came into my life, and I discontinued play other than PSL's until April of 2007.  I've been playing since then, almost exclusively in the Harry Potter fandom.  I like to think I've developed quite a bit as a player during this time, from characters that make me cringe a bit to characters that are three dimensional and jump off the screen. 

my thirty three cents on rp: I like to RP.  I love Character development, especially quirky characters who are a little different from the norm.  I think part of the fun of RPG is shipping, and I love putting my characters through torture, breaking them up, putting them back together, throwing them in prison, you know the drill.  I do like to play out things realistically, and while I certainly have been swept up in a ship and gotten a bit ahead of myself, in general I like to let things take an appropriate amount of time. As far as slash goes, I'm gay personally, and I dislike people that write gay people like one big nasty walking stereotype. I also detest reading slash scenes that have no basis in reality. As far as characters go, I hate seeing games where everyone is gay because, let me tell you, in real life, not everyone is. I also dislike seeing a gay Harry, because while I'm not a canon nazi, in my head it has to be done really well for me to buy it.

As for games, I enjoy threading, and like games where people actually thread. I do not like waiting days for responses or feeling like I'm bothering people by asking them to scene. This is RP, threading is what should happen. On the same note, I completely get that RL happens and I certainly can sometimes go a day without returning a tag, but if it's any longer please ping me because, you know, I might have had some sort of freaky moment and forgotten. I have recently started doing Journal entry social games, and I find those fun, sort of a break from the more serious games, but I like to do a bit of threading, even in those.



characters i play: About everyone. Seriously. If you look at my list of past characters, I think you'll see that. I play both girls and boys, but often tend towards more minor or lesser known characters. I like someone that's not perfect, that has flaws. I have a few favorites, but in general I dislike playing the same character over and over. I like something fresh and new. In regards to PB's, I try to stay away from the ones everyone uses and likes, with a few exceptions. Often, when I make up a character, I find the PB first, and use it as inspiration for the persona.

things that make me twitch: PB Games, Games where everyone is played by an Olsen twin or a boy band member, poor spelling and grammar, games where no one can write worth a damn, games where nobody plays, people who try to foist ships off on you, moderators who take their job way too seriously, world-suck.

my icons: sweetjane_69

my life outside the box: I'm a published author and I have a real life job working with animals. I live with my partner and our kids as well as with several dogs.


what the heck is this anyway?: This journal is part CDJ, part PSL enabler. I may occasionally start posting other things here. Possibly. Originally this was a PSL for myself and duchessofavalon but it seems to have evolved. I store all my applications and playing history here, and who knows, maybe someday I'll do something interesting. If I've friended you it's because I've RP'd with you somewhere, or maybe I want to RP with you, or maybe I just think your icons rock.
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So I'm looking at redwagon, this PSL/Game type thing that guerilla_radio mentioned on her journal. I have been thinking for a while that I'd like this concept, plus it has mutant powers along with circus excitement and I think it could be just the thing for my game ennui right now. I have a couple of ideas for chars but wanted to know if anyone wanted to plot relationships, etc with me?

One idea is half of a couple that is one of the sideshow acts, either the sword swallowers, contortionist, knife thrower and assistant, fire eaters, maybe the tattoo lady to the strong man type of thing? High Wire act in the Big Top? IDK I'm flexible. In reading the game premise I had a pretty good idea/thought that I think would totally work with a line I played ages ago and that never really got to play/panned out.) Possible PB would be Maggie Gyllenhaal (if it's the tattoo'd lady. I've also looked at Tallulah Riley and a couple of other people but would have to know what I'd be playing before I decided for sure.) I think she'd be deaf but have a cool power depending on what her job was. Maybe read people's thoughts for some of them or stretching/fire/whatever.

If that doesn't work out or even if it does. I also had an idea for a Cooch Girl or a Bally Broad Pb'd by Abbie Cornish. I was thinking maybe she could be a sister/daughter/whatever of someone else in the game. She could also potentially be an Illusionist's assistant. I know what her power would be too which would have some good possibilities for her being kind of a thief too in the towns they go in (namely the power to walk through walls, etc a'la Kitty Pride).

And lastly an idea for either an animal handler OR a roustabout/porter PBd by Ehren McGhehey aka Gator's PB from MP. Not really a character reboot but there would definitely be some similarities. Power would depend on what role I decide on for him. Brother? Cousin? Anyone interested?? I'm totally up for playing with someone I haven't played with much before too so don't be shy.

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