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Other Characters Played: Vriska Serket |dicey
Are you 18 or over? Yup!
Canon: Parks and Recreation
Character: April Ludgate
Timeline: post 1x06, "Rock Show"
Personality:
April is a nineteen-year-old college student from small-town Indiana, and an intern at the town's Department of Parks and Recreation. She doesn't particularly care about the job, at least not at the canonpoint I'm pulling her from-- she puts in the bare minimum of effort at best, and at worst, she actively shirks her responsibilities and purposefully does a half-assed job. She's said that the job wasn't her first choice-- she overslept on internship sign-up day, and the spot at the Parks Department was the only one left by the time she threw her reluctant hat into the ring.
Overall, she's a pretty bizarre person who likes doing and saying weird things. Her intentions aren't usually to draw attention to herself-- on the contrary, she highly values her alone time, is more often than not hugely unfriendly, and is very up front about telling people to go away when she's not in the mood to interact with them. But she's amused by people's reactions to her, and when she's bored, she'll often decide to fuck with those around her just because. She's not the kind of person who wants to spark conversation and get people saying, "Gosh, look at that April girl. She's so quirky and interesting!" She'd rather turn people off and scare them away-- and if her tactics don't work and they want to be around her anyway, then maybe that'll mean they're worth hanging out with.
April has said more than once that she hates doing things. This isn't true! She likes doing things-- as long as those things are fun, ridiculous, and as divorced as possible from anything resembling work or responsibility. Though most of it happens off-screen, she talks about doing normal college student stuff: going to parties, hanging out with her friends, stealing riding lawnmowers and driving them through department stores... you know, the usual. She talks big about not caring about anything and hating everyone, but her actions (sometimes) show otherwise. When coworkers invite her to parties or other out-of-work activities, she usually shows up. If someone genuinely needs her help, she's there for them. She talks mean and acts mean, and can be pretty unapologetically rude even to people she cares for-- but she's not always that mean of a person. That said, when she is at her worst, April is capable of genuine nastiness. Once she starts crushing on one of her friends, she develops a ridiculous grudge on his ex-girlfriend, and legitimately treats her badly. Even after she starts dating and eventually marries the guy, it takes her a couple years to even begin to let up on the poor woman. She's also particularly unpleasant to the office patsy (though even the nicer characters are prone to being jerks to him). If she goes overboard with someone she knows and doesn't dislike, she'll probably try to make it up to them. But if she goes overboard with someone she doesn't know or does dislike, she honestly doesn't give a shit (unless she goes really, really overboard-- she's not completely devoid of morals or a conscience). She might not be completely mean through-and-through, but she's still nowhere near nice.
As I've already mentioned, April suffers from a serious case of laziness and lack of motivation. Still, there are a few areas in which she's actually willing to try hard and do work of her own. The biggest one is animals. April really likes animals, especially dogs (in later seasons, she ends up wanting to be a vet). She takes the initiative to organize a pet adoption in season 4, and in season 5 she puts together a proposal to build a dog park in an empty lot. She also seems to have at least some level of interest in the gay rights movement-- we never see her do any activism, but the fact that she speaks out openly and passionately about it more than once indicates that it's another cause she might be willing to do work for, given the opportunity (fun fact: the very first time in the series that she shows any level of enthusiasm at all is in the second season premiere, when her boss accidentally performs a "marriage ceremony" for two male penguins at the zoo; when April finds out, she says "That's awesome!"). If she cares about someone, she'll also take time out of her day to support their efforts to do what they enjoy.
April will sometimes use her apathy as a shield, because it's just easier not to care (or at least to pretend not to). When she takes a chance and things don't turn out like she'd hoped they would, she's easily discouraged and resentful. When she feels that someone has let her down in a big way, she's more likely to give them the silent treatment than try to talk it through with them. She's really quite immature in this way (and in a lot of other ways, let's be real), and so far, she hasn't had a lot of incentive to change that. She really just doesn't seem to want to grow up-- but a big part of that is that she doesn't know what to do with herself when it comes to operating in the "adult world". As she gets older, she slowly starts to realize that there are things that can be both productive and fun for her. She's quite intelligent, and when she uses that intelligence to work on something she has an actual passion for, it suddenly becomes clear that she has a lot of potential.
Background:
Wiki link-- self-explanatory.
Fan essay-- This primarily focuses on how she is in the later seasons (not that that's irrelevant; her later actions, at least, show facets of her personality that are still important to consider even when playing her younger self), but it also talks a lot about her role in the show in general.
Abilities/Additional Notes:
Gonna use that for every ability section for her ever. But really, N/A. Though she can speak fluent Spanish.
I also want to note that I'm aware that a character from a comedy show might be considered kind of a weird choice for Adstring-- however, I don't think she's be unplayable by any means, especially since the game isn't necessarily plot-heavy. "Normal" characters have done well in the game before, and even being from a slice-of-life canon wouldn't mean that she'd be nothing but dead weight. She'd be way out of her element to be sure, but even though her strength wouldn't be in fighting, she can actually be pretty good at organization and coordinating things/people. Her laziness is the biggest thing that gets in the way of that-- but even though she's a douchebag, she isn't nearly enough of one to be apathetic about people starving or being killed. She'll whine a lot (especially when things are more just annoying and difficult rather than dire and terrible), but ultimately, a setting like this is pretty much tailor-made to forcing at least some level of both personal and community responsibility.
First-Person Sample:
hey guys
there's a thing in my house
take a look:
[She turns on the video to show a baku sniffing around her bedroom area.]
it doesn't seem that threatening, but i don't really know what its deal is so.......
[Video still running, she sends a light kick in its direction, and says "shoo!". Then, figuring there's no point in typing when she has the video running, she sets the PCD down.]
It looks kind of like a pig. A long-nosed pig. And I don't really mind it, I guess. This place is a dump anyway, and it adds atmosphere. But if it's secretly a man-eater or it's going to breed really quickly or chew on my clothes, warning would be cool. So I can... move.
[She's not really attached to the house, and is completely okay with leaving the baku problem for someone else to deal with.]
Okay, that's it. No emergency here, but-- shit!
[That sure is a baku climbing onto her bed and getting its muddy feet all over her already dubiously-clean sheets. Noooooooo. She runs over and gives the thing a shove.]
No, bad pig-thing! Off!
[Glancing back at the PCD, she adds:]
I changed my mind. Get this thing out of my house. Awesome, thanks, bye.
[She quickly sends her coordinates, then turns the feed off.]
Third-Person Sample:
At nineteen, April had assumed that her first time living on her own would involve a tiny house, moldy bathroom tiles, and a neverending stream of bills that her parents would invariably end up helping her out with.
A crumbling city, monster attacks, and monthly "events" (what kind of name was "event" for that kind of thing, anyway?) were pretty far off-base from her expectations. And that was an understatement. But in a weird way, this was easier. The expectations were lower. She could do whatever she wanted, free of judgement! Eating off of dirty plates? Water was scarce, and shouldn't be wasted on more than light rinsing. Cluttered house? It wasn't like shelves or dressers were easy to find. Unmade bed? Who had time to tuck in sheets when a dinosaur attack could happen at any moment?
But don't get her wrong, it wasn't like April liked Adstringendum. It sucked. She was essentially living in a postapocalyptic warzone, which was something she definitely hadn't planned on doing, ever. She didn't have a job, but she still found herself doing a billion times more work than she ever had back at home. There was food to forage, supplies to scavenge, and sometimes even people to help. That was really lame, but sort of necessary, because even the worst, most annoying person didn't deserve to die a horrible death.
... Probably.
Maybe.
Okay, so some of the people here were really shitty and terrible. Whatever. The serial killers and serious creepers were more the exception than the rule.
Still, there were enough of them (and enough of a whole host of other awful things) that April would sometimes find herself rolling her eyes up to the sky and mentally addressing a God that she didn't really believe in. Hey, cool, amazing cosmic joke you're playing here. Super great. I totally get your message now-- count your blessings, be happy with what you have, don't take boring but safe flyover states for granted. Send me back right now and I'll never, ever complain about Pawnee again.
Personal Journal:
corknutContact:
Other Characters Played: Vriska Serket |
diceyAre you 18 or over? Yup!
Canon: Parks and Recreation
Character: April Ludgate
Timeline: post 1x06, "Rock Show"
Personality:
April is a nineteen-year-old college student from small-town Indiana, and an intern at the town's Department of Parks and Recreation. She doesn't particularly care about the job, at least not at the canonpoint I'm pulling her from-- she puts in the bare minimum of effort at best, and at worst, she actively shirks her responsibilities and purposefully does a half-assed job. She's said that the job wasn't her first choice-- she overslept on internship sign-up day, and the spot at the Parks Department was the only one left by the time she threw her reluctant hat into the ring.
Overall, she's a pretty bizarre person who likes doing and saying weird things. Her intentions aren't usually to draw attention to herself-- on the contrary, she highly values her alone time, is more often than not hugely unfriendly, and is very up front about telling people to go away when she's not in the mood to interact with them. But she's amused by people's reactions to her, and when she's bored, she'll often decide to fuck with those around her just because. She's not the kind of person who wants to spark conversation and get people saying, "Gosh, look at that April girl. She's so quirky and interesting!" She'd rather turn people off and scare them away-- and if her tactics don't work and they want to be around her anyway, then maybe that'll mean they're worth hanging out with.
April has said more than once that she hates doing things. This isn't true! She likes doing things-- as long as those things are fun, ridiculous, and as divorced as possible from anything resembling work or responsibility. Though most of it happens off-screen, she talks about doing normal college student stuff: going to parties, hanging out with her friends, stealing riding lawnmowers and driving them through department stores... you know, the usual. She talks big about not caring about anything and hating everyone, but her actions (sometimes) show otherwise. When coworkers invite her to parties or other out-of-work activities, she usually shows up. If someone genuinely needs her help, she's there for them. She talks mean and acts mean, and can be pretty unapologetically rude even to people she cares for-- but she's not always that mean of a person. That said, when she is at her worst, April is capable of genuine nastiness. Once she starts crushing on one of her friends, she develops a ridiculous grudge on his ex-girlfriend, and legitimately treats her badly. Even after she starts dating and eventually marries the guy, it takes her a couple years to even begin to let up on the poor woman. She's also particularly unpleasant to the office patsy (though even the nicer characters are prone to being jerks to him). If she goes overboard with someone she knows and doesn't dislike, she'll probably try to make it up to them. But if she goes overboard with someone she doesn't know or does dislike, she honestly doesn't give a shit (unless she goes really, really overboard-- she's not completely devoid of morals or a conscience). She might not be completely mean through-and-through, but she's still nowhere near nice.
As I've already mentioned, April suffers from a serious case of laziness and lack of motivation. Still, there are a few areas in which she's actually willing to try hard and do work of her own. The biggest one is animals. April really likes animals, especially dogs (in later seasons, she ends up wanting to be a vet). She takes the initiative to organize a pet adoption in season 4, and in season 5 she puts together a proposal to build a dog park in an empty lot. She also seems to have at least some level of interest in the gay rights movement-- we never see her do any activism, but the fact that she speaks out openly and passionately about it more than once indicates that it's another cause she might be willing to do work for, given the opportunity (fun fact: the very first time in the series that she shows any level of enthusiasm at all is in the second season premiere, when her boss accidentally performs a "marriage ceremony" for two male penguins at the zoo; when April finds out, she says "That's awesome!"). If she cares about someone, she'll also take time out of her day to support their efforts to do what they enjoy.
April will sometimes use her apathy as a shield, because it's just easier not to care (or at least to pretend not to). When she takes a chance and things don't turn out like she'd hoped they would, she's easily discouraged and resentful. When she feels that someone has let her down in a big way, she's more likely to give them the silent treatment than try to talk it through with them. She's really quite immature in this way (and in a lot of other ways, let's be real), and so far, she hasn't had a lot of incentive to change that. She really just doesn't seem to want to grow up-- but a big part of that is that she doesn't know what to do with herself when it comes to operating in the "adult world". As she gets older, she slowly starts to realize that there are things that can be both productive and fun for her. She's quite intelligent, and when she uses that intelligence to work on something she has an actual passion for, it suddenly becomes clear that she has a lot of potential.
Background:
Wiki link-- self-explanatory.
Fan essay-- This primarily focuses on how she is in the later seasons (not that that's irrelevant; her later actions, at least, show facets of her personality that are still important to consider even when playing her younger self), but it also talks a lot about her role in the show in general.
Abilities/Additional Notes:
Gonna use that for every ability section for her ever. But really, N/A. Though she can speak fluent Spanish.
I also want to note that I'm aware that a character from a comedy show might be considered kind of a weird choice for Adstring-- however, I don't think she's be unplayable by any means, especially since the game isn't necessarily plot-heavy. "Normal" characters have done well in the game before, and even being from a slice-of-life canon wouldn't mean that she'd be nothing but dead weight. She'd be way out of her element to be sure, but even though her strength wouldn't be in fighting, she can actually be pretty good at organization and coordinating things/people. Her laziness is the biggest thing that gets in the way of that-- but even though she's a douchebag, she isn't nearly enough of one to be apathetic about people starving or being killed. She'll whine a lot (especially when things are more just annoying and difficult rather than dire and terrible), but ultimately, a setting like this is pretty much tailor-made to forcing at least some level of both personal and community responsibility.
First-Person Sample:
hey guys
there's a thing in my house
take a look:
[She turns on the video to show a baku sniffing around her bedroom area.]
it doesn't seem that threatening, but i don't really know what its deal is so.......
[Video still running, she sends a light kick in its direction, and says "shoo!". Then, figuring there's no point in typing when she has the video running, she sets the PCD down.]
It looks kind of like a pig. A long-nosed pig. And I don't really mind it, I guess. This place is a dump anyway, and it adds atmosphere. But if it's secretly a man-eater or it's going to breed really quickly or chew on my clothes, warning would be cool. So I can... move.
[She's not really attached to the house, and is completely okay with leaving the baku problem for someone else to deal with.]
Okay, that's it. No emergency here, but-- shit!
[That sure is a baku climbing onto her bed and getting its muddy feet all over her already dubiously-clean sheets. Noooooooo. She runs over and gives the thing a shove.]
No, bad pig-thing! Off!
[Glancing back at the PCD, she adds:]
I changed my mind. Get this thing out of my house. Awesome, thanks, bye.
[She quickly sends her coordinates, then turns the feed off.]
Third-Person Sample:
At nineteen, April had assumed that her first time living on her own would involve a tiny house, moldy bathroom tiles, and a neverending stream of bills that her parents would invariably end up helping her out with.
A crumbling city, monster attacks, and monthly "events" (what kind of name was "event" for that kind of thing, anyway?) were pretty far off-base from her expectations. And that was an understatement. But in a weird way, this was easier. The expectations were lower. She could do whatever she wanted, free of judgement! Eating off of dirty plates? Water was scarce, and shouldn't be wasted on more than light rinsing. Cluttered house? It wasn't like shelves or dressers were easy to find. Unmade bed? Who had time to tuck in sheets when a dinosaur attack could happen at any moment?
But don't get her wrong, it wasn't like April liked Adstringendum. It sucked. She was essentially living in a postapocalyptic warzone, which was something she definitely hadn't planned on doing, ever. She didn't have a job, but she still found herself doing a billion times more work than she ever had back at home. There was food to forage, supplies to scavenge, and sometimes even people to help. That was really lame, but sort of necessary, because even the worst, most annoying person didn't deserve to die a horrible death.
... Probably.
Maybe.
Okay, so some of the people here were really shitty and terrible. Whatever. The serial killers and serious creepers were more the exception than the rule.
Still, there were enough of them (and enough of a whole host of other awful things) that April would sometimes find herself rolling her eyes up to the sky and mentally addressing a God that she didn't really believe in. Hey, cool, amazing cosmic joke you're playing here. Super great. I totally get your message now-- count your blessings, be happy with what you have, don't take boring but safe flyover states for granted. Send me back right now and I'll never, ever complain about Pawnee again.