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Monsters, and trauma. When you've been hurt, you hurt others, that's how it's supposed to go, right?

Victor Frankenstein has destroyed his life. But he's determined to not let his bad decisions destroy his family. So he flees to England, and in doing so seals his fate.

A slight retelling of Frankenstein that follows a sort of Monster in Paris direction, but darker and without the happy ending. Other characters from other pieces of classic lit will pop up, this takes place in the Victorian Era. Your character could be anything in that time period, you could even draw from other classic works to make a funky lil dude for this.

@Icefire you're the most likely to put up with my BS wanna bite? Or @Tired-but-passionate Ella hi boo I know I sometimes ditch our RPs becos squirrel brain but maybe this one will stick to the ceiling like goo?

Anyways have fun and let's gooo anyone who wants to join this one can idk. I'll be playing a lot of different characters.

@Anxietyfilledcinnamonroll group

(Hello! I’ve seen some of your other RP plots [That sounds creepy], and I'm interested if you’d have me. I love gothic and classic lit. I vaguely know the plot of Frankenstein, so I might need to go read a summary first to refresh my memory. I have a character who's a mix of Hyde and Erik [From Phantom of the Opera]. He’s the classic psychopathic type with a Victorian style [I’m sorry if this sounds a bit awkward 😅])

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(Ooh, sounds good! I was actually going to use my version of Hyde/Jekyll for this RP, but I'd love to see your interpretation too! Maybe we could even arrange, as dastardly as it sounds… a ship? Between one of my funky lil dudes and your character? Idk.)

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(I mean if you wanted to start something else with me?? If you want idk??)

@Anxietyfilledcinnamonroll group

(Anything you want to do is good with me. Just a quick question. Do you prefer a minimum length when it comes to responses? [Like a paragraph or something]. I try get at least a minimum of 3-5 sentences, but with the character I use, I might go over a paragraph [I try to match with the same length response my partner gives me])

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(Lol I tend to write short paragraphs myself, I can be a lil verbose when I'm using multiple characters.)

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(I definitely want to do smth! I just don’t know if this is a good time. I’ll probably ask you if I’m bored one day or smth hehe)

(Neat! See you around then!)

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(Awesome! I’m going to be out for a while, so I won’t be online. When I get back we can sort out characters and templates :>)

(Neato. I'll post my main characters in the meantime, and we can figure stuff out from there.)

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Name:
Age: (21+)
Gender/Pronouns:
Orientation:
Appearance:
Personality:
Backstory?: (optional)
Family?: (optional)
Powers?: (optional, and would prefer to keep them on the standard gothlit shenanigans side as in, not too OP)
Other?: (optional, but try to put some extra info here.)

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Name: Victor Frankenstein
Age: 22
Gender/Pronouns: Cis man, he/him
Orientation: Bi, leaning more towards men.
Appearance: Thin, short, and overall got the "diseased soft boi" look. He's not doing well. A little jaundiced, very pale, and overworked to death like the martyr he is. Sunken-in blue eyes, and prematurely greying black hair. Victor has a long, pointed nose, a lil bit ski-slope, and thin hands that ever since "the incident" never stop shaking.
Personality: Anxious, angry mess. He's just,,, not okay. Working on his creation was traumatizing to his body, and bringing it to life finished his mind off.
Backstory?: Uhhh basically same as the book up until William is murdered and Justine is hanged.
Family?: Ernest (brother) Elizabeth (adoptive sister- none'a that wife business around here, das incest and we don't stand for that) Alphonse (father) Henry Clerval (boyfriend/husband childhood friend)
Powers?: Necromancy adjacent powers, can see ghosts and speak to the dead.
Other?: Ever since he brought his creation to life, ghosts of the past have been following. He tries to shut them out.

Name: Evelina Jekyll/Edward Hyde
Age: 21
Gender/Pronouns: Trans man, he/him. Evelina is only how he is in front of company, and his father.
Orientation: Bisexual af
Appearance: Short, like 4'11" short with unkempt red hair, brilliant brown eyes, freckles abound, hairy arms and legs usually covered by thick sleeves and shawls by his father. Sometimes dons a beard, but it's always shaved off before sunrise lest his father find out who he really is. A slight tan, and fairly chubby-something his father always criticizes.
Personality: Very loud, rude, and crude-if his father is away, or if he's not trying to act in the family's interest. As Edward Hyde, he is crass, swears too much, and very sexual, very masculine, as Evelina Jekyll, he is pure, virginal, and would never let a cuss grace his lips, and above all else womanly.
Backstory?: His dad is a piece of shit is all you need to know. He beat his wife to death, then paid to cover it up. Then he abused Edward, and after all that sent him to reform school to become a "real woman, not a whiny little girl". It didn't work, and Edward was abused further at the school, even sexually. It was also where he learned alchemy, and that he was transgender. One thing led to another and now he leads a dual-life.
Family?: Jacobi Jekyll (father, unfortunately) Henry Jekyll (dead brother).
Powers?: Knows a shit ton of alchemy and uses it to his advantage.
Other?: A lil adhd/autistic with tons of intrusive thoughts, as well as he kinda uses sex as a way to cope with his trauma/negative emotions, leading into some very self-destructive spirals. AKA literally me.

Name: Dorian Gray
Age: 23… ish.
Gender/Pronouns: Trans man, he/him
Orientation: Gay
Appearance: Tall, with pale blonde hair, pale skin, blue eyes and overall very conventionally attractive features by European standards. He wears glasses to read, and overall is a very polished and well kept man.
Personality: For now, he's pretty submissive, uptight, and uncomfortable with the very idea of harm to a fellow human.
Backstory?: Works at a bar owned by one Vladimir Dracula. His mother was disowned by her noble family, turned to prostitution, and had Dorian shortly afterwards. She was the family's only heir, however, and after she died, they took in Dorian in order to maintain some semblance of dignity. He grew up, they raised him as a man in order to have someone to pass their things on to as well as Dorian was insistent even from a young age that he was not a woman. He later began to work at Dracula's bar, and fell in love with Vladimir himself not knowing the man was a vampire, or that he was worse yet a murderer.
Family?: Too extensive to list here.
Powers?: Currently none.
Other?: Dracula is a shitlord and I'm using his connection with Dorian to shit on him.

Name: (deliberately left blank)
Age: Technically like 2-3 in years but with the intelligence and body of an adult,, so functionally an adult just with few memories of a past.
Gender/Pronouns: Transfem enby, they/she
Orientation: Not sure yet.
Appearance: Uhh I got lazy, here's a FrankenPicrew:
https://picrew.me/share?cd=cwYp1qZrny
They’re 8 feet tall.
Personality: little murderous baby. I want to,,, hold themb,,,,
Backstory?: Uhhh it gets complicated, let me explain in-plot.
Family?: Victor (father to their bastard science child-ish-ness.)
Powers?: Idk man they’re technically immortal with super strength, speed, and stamina beyond that of a normal human.
Other?: currently works at a theater.

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Name: Nathaniel Nightseeker

Age: 22

Gender/Pronouns: Cis male (He/him)

Orientation: Bi, has no major preference

Appearance: He’s 6’3 with messy dirty blond hair, and bangs falling in his left eye. It's ear length and short in the back. He has layered bangs. Nathaniel has sharp predator-like navy blue eyes fringed with long eyelashes. His eyebrows are arched. His nose is pointed. He has thin lips. He has dark freckles doting his cheeks and across his nose. His face is triangular. His skin tone is warm ivory, on the paler side. He is lean and toned. He has defied muscles on his arms and abdomen. His shoulders are broad. His body shape is that of a rectangle. Compared to his former human colleagues, he is quite muscular. He has rough, calloused hands. He has scars from sulphuric burns on the left side of his face. They are spread out in patches. He has one over his left eye extending down to his a little past his mouth. It also extends above his eyes but his hair covers most of it. He has a patch on the left of his nose. The scars appear a dull pink. A rough reference (I changed him to fit the gothic lit, so the outfit, earrings, and ears are wrong): https://s3.amazonaws.com/notebook-content-uploads/content/uploads/original/b4dcc837-837e-46fb-838b-ae91507e990d.jpeg?1647926726

Outfit: A red-frocked tailcoat with black floral accents (Reminiscent of Victorian-style formal wear). Beneath, he wears a white dress shirt with black dress pants. He has formal black dress shoes. Sometimes you might see him with a masquerade mark as if he's going to a party (Side note: The left side of his face is sometimes covered by shadow as a nod to Erik’s mask) Like this (For red coat): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1msy0JGi5DeL0hMhBpmhrzoFUhxlkaCvq/view?usp=drivesdk

Personality: He’s a manipulative and charismatic man. He’s been bitter since the day sulphuric acid burned his face. He’s deceitful and cruel, powered by vengeance. He’s very cunning but also insane. The devil’s figure archetype

Backstory?: Most of what is needed to know is that his face was burned with sulphuric acid when experimenting with its chemical properties. Otherwise, he’s a mysterious boy with an unknown history. Edit: It'll be important to the story

Family?: He has a mother and father he references when talking about teachings. He also references his deceased sister

Powers?: Not really a power, but he disappears randomly at times. Or he’ll appear from the shadows like he was a part of it. He’s super mysterious, and it’s as if he teleports

Other?: He is a psychopath in nature. He’s like Erik with a mix of Hyde’s strangeness. Sometimes carries a parasol to keep the sun off of him

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Lol I love him! He could probably manipulate either Edward or Victor the most, being honest. Although, more characters will come into the equation and Nathaniel will probably have many people to use for his wicked schemes soon enough.

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Uhhh maybe he just wants to use them for experiments, or in Victor's case learn his secret to reanimating the dead and then use it in a Herbert West Re-Animator way so as to terrorize the living with undead monsters? As for Edward, he's pretty damn good at transformative alchemy, maybe he just wants his face fixed?

@Anxietyfilledcinnamonroll group

Ooo, I like the Herbert West-reanimation idea. Maybe something like that but with victorian automation creatures made of cogs. Kind of like Victor’s monster but with early mechanics. He could also dabble in alchemy

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I kinda thought that Victor's monster is part machine, actually! Combining alchemy with automatry, it's cool. Anyways, he could be trying to do a sort of take over the world plot idk? I'm just spitballing here.

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Yep! And he's only using people to do his stupid evil plans.