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MEME ∞ INTRO & CR — June 2025

Meme ∞ Intro & CR
June 2025
Welcome!
It's time to introduce yourselves! Use the form below to get out there and start plotting. New and old players alike are encouraged to post to the Intro & CR.

A mingle log will be posted on June 8.

While we won't be doing intro/mingle logs every application round, we'll have one for the first two rounds (June and August) to help everyone get settled! You can also check out the Bulletin for information on weather, broadcasts, and incidents.

Notes
  • Characters can arrive in-game on any date throughout the month of the TDM. This means characters do not have to, and typically will not, arrive all at once. Arrivals will be scattered and more difficult to predict. Use this to stagger CR, give characters a couple weeks without seeing each other, or whatever you feel makes it interesting!
  • Since base AC is low, players need to make AC for their first month. TDM threads continued into the month are perfectly acceptable as long as the comments submitted take place in the current month.
Updates
  • We've made some updates to the Invites page to reflect the game's current player cap status and added a player cap count to the Taken page. Our player cap is formally 70 players. The FAQ has also been updated to reflect these changes.
  • A reminder that the 2 characters per round allocation was for the first round only. Moving forward, all players, current and new, can only apply for one character per app round. (You may still have a total of 2 characters.)
∞ Intro & CR Form ∞
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laura ⏾ marc spector

[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-06 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)

Player

Name: laura
Pronouns: she/her
Contact: [plurk.com profile] spandex / phonomancing @ disco
About: east londoner with who likes to think that drinking black coffee, having MANY TATTOOS and playing bass (one is purple and heart-shaped, i'm fucking iconic) are solid substitutes for a personality. also: reads many marvel comics, hates most of them.

also, i have one (1) black cat.


Character

Name: Marc Spector aka MOON KNIGHT, MR. KNIGHT, JAKE LOCKLEY, STEVEN GRANT
Canon: marvel comics
Age: ~40ish
Links:
man i'm gonna make a diadem info post at some point, BUT FOR NOW—
general info, inbox, permissions, cw + opt out

About:
OH LORD

former mercenary turned vigilante, embarrassingly violent, sort of (but not really) the son of an ancient egyptian moon god that demands vengeance.

mk is a man that has died MULTIPLE TIMES and has what he admits is an addiction to violence, but despite his history as a mercenary and status as a war criminal, he's ultimately — now — well-meaning, he simply has precisely zero chill.

there is a very solid chance he'll introduce himself as 'moon knight' or 'mr. knight' and will make a mask out of, idk, a bedsheet or similar. given his canon point, he's very certain he's dead, and in a similar vein to moench's resurrection wars, marc's convinced this isn't entirely real.

but, like, that's fine. that's just what happens when you're him.

Wanted CR:
other vigilante types, anyone that is even remotely conflicted about themselves as a person (marc has a lot of experience with that! he may not be good with advice, but you know).

he's not the easiest guy to make friends with, but people that are knocking on that door would be grand — despite everything, he's surprisingly (remarkably!) tolerant, especially of people who are seeking some kind of redemption or dealing with guilt and/or trying to be better than they've typically been. he's a dick, but like... he gets it, ya feel?

so — obligatory anyone and everything, but he gets along best with other characters that are strong-willed and will push back against him and his asshole tendencies.
Plots/Plans:
marc spector being marc spector, he'll have avoided getting anything that resembles an actual job — if asked, he might have muttered something about being a priest and not actually needing money, but obviously that's bullshit. he's more inclined towards ripping off/attacking/etcetera criminals/criminally-minded folks, albeit less for cash and more for THINGS.

PAST THIS, i have zero intentions and plans. mk is a guy that, despite everything, will mostly vibe.

he will just be out and about in what amounts to a three-piece suit in varying states of bloodiness, no, he won't be bothered by it. he will also set himself up as some kind of neighborhood friendly... moon... man, because that's where he's at in canon, he's just a little WEIRD about it.

he'll have spray-painted crecent moons in his immediate area/territory closest to where he's (not) sleeping, so please feel free to have noticed these!!

Limits:
nah, bruv, i'm good.

however!! mk can be a challenging character, so i fully encourage anyone and everyone to check out his cw and opt-out located here!

i did somewhat drop off the face of the earth with the tdm with notifs going FUCK YOU, but i'm v. happy to keep tdms as game canon and/or continue where appropriate!

Free Space:
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[personal profile] carcajous 2025-06-06 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
logan's more "soldier on the losing side" at his canon point, but he's got conflicted vigilante vibes in the sense that he's frequently run off in the past to have his own adventures, like fighting giant mechas in tokyo. also the whole "trying to be better but still definitely an asshole" thing.

im also fully down with marc being like "why tf is this wolverine tall"
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-06 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
LISTEN marc has died so many times, being on the losing side means nothing to him, it's the most fun side to be on. but also he's done the whole 'fuck you guys, i'm doing my own thing' countless times, so 🤝 what i'm saying is there's a reason he's been kicked off the avengers several times

(he gets you bro)

ngl his first, mostly internal reaction, will definitely be 'why tf is this wolverine tall(er)', but he's very used to logan not liking him tbh, so anything other than that will be " ! "
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[personal profile] carcajous 2025-06-06 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
hell yeah, what's the point in having a team if you won't run away from them/get kicked off now and again.

i can't promise how logan will react to marc once they really get to know each other since it's...logan and he's Like That, but at the start, he will not know who marc is!! clean slate!!! also a distinct lack of cowboy hats for this wolvie, a great shame. he's still got the flannel tho.

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[personal profile] kingsroads 2025-06-06 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately for Marc, wrt our tdm thread he is now registered as "useful and smart" in Strange's mind, which means he's going to be bothered for the rest of time

Also hiiiiii, I love our TDM thread and can't wait to continue this cr in game ❤️
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-06 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
USEFUL AND SMART JKGDLH LMAO marc just like ???? at that, fully convinced he, at best, only fulfils half of that equation
(on the flipside, marc will pester jonathan for anything that seems like it has a magical answer, regardless of how appropriate it is or whether or not he's owed an answer)

and GOOD ME TOO, but also SO SORRY marc is just going to be eternally sus about any potential connection between jonathan and stephen because come on!!! they both do magic and they share a surname! he always knew stephen had british relatives (he's never given it a moment's thought)
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[personal profile] kingsroads 2025-06-06 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Every marvel person: okay but you have to be related to him, what is your deeeeeal

Strange: /elevator music in his head

But hell yeah, totally pester him!! Let's do this!!

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[personal profile] longtooth 2025-06-06 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
hi laura!! while my familiarity with moon knight is from the mcu tv show and [coughs] marvel rivals (the moon... it haunts me), i am really excited to see marc here. i was reading some of your threads on the tdm and really enjoying them.

i'm court and i play fern, who is an original character from a d&d campaign. but one that is full of horrors, because curse of strahd is like that. anyway, she and adrian know each other -- i think he and marc met on the tdm?

i think it'd be funny for fern to spot the crescent moon sprays around and be baffled by them and then meet marc and just be like wait... that was you... what is that even about, dude. that's all i've got for now, lmfao, but i will say she also fits the "strong-willed and will push back" thing that you mentioned!
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-07 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
hey heeeey! oh man, the mcu version of mk is so different to the comics wheezes deeply they toned down so much of the weird, which was probably for the best given... marc... (SO HAUNTED my god i am so glad they dialed back that fucking ult a little, it made me so angry) (hi i basically only play(ed) support on rivals) (but i stopped playing a little into s2 because cool cool being support sucks)

listen fern can be baffled by the crescent moons and then meet marc and have it all make sense because he's Just Like That, he's going to be so upset about the fact that he only has one moon suit here. his priorities are fully going to be 1. more white clothes 2. getting his motorbike repainted because you gotta be on brand, yk?

but having just had a look at your post for fern, mk might actually be good for a couple of avenues!! he'll be fully on-board for sneaking into places and investigating (ex-marines and ex-cia, baby! he got kicked out tho), and his whole approach to fighting is DEFENCE IS TOTES A SUGGESTION. but more than that, while he wouldn't really do aggressively befriending (man barely knows what a friend is), he does have a massive soft spot for people who want to find their place in the world when they're misfits/outcasts/DIFFICULT. his current arc in the comics has revolved around how he carves that out despite being a fucking difficult asshole himself.
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[personal profile] wwrench 2025-06-07 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hello hello! I ended up bringing this hitman with a heart of gold tired asshole instead of Maya, at least for the time being. Still very much interested in seeing what he and Marc might be able to get themselves up to. The "guilt-ridden and seeking redemption" sounds very much like the kind of thing I intend to touch on with Wrench, so.
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-07 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
man i am so completely canon blind but your
He's had an encounter with a supernatural being in a liminal space intended to represent purgatory, and been sent on his way with an assertion that he's "on a better path now."
is 100% the sort of thing that marc, as of his canon point, will go 👀 at

(and trying to avoid seeing people more than once SURE IS A MOOD, albeit one marc's a little bit past at this point)

i feel like they have the potential to be fairly 🤝 i see you at each other
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[personal profile] eyesite 2025-06-07 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
hey, laura, long time no see! i hope you've been doing well. i really enjoyed what these two got up to in the time we played together at kenos, so if you were game, i'd love to toss them together again here! (:
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-07 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
omg heeeeey!! i hope you've been good too! and yes, please and thank you! there's definitely a lot to dig into, and i'm so excited for the opportunity to do it again
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[personal profile] tirejacked 2025-06-07 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
the white suit though...........marc please (unfortunately it does look sick as hell)

extremely sorry for dumping action into the middle of our tdm thread, my hubris. I DID REALLY ENJOY MARC A LOT THO would love to see how it continues to shake out between them if you're down. let me know if you wanna skip through stuff and continue or idk assume they parted ways awkwardly and start up something fresh. he'd for sure pick up on the crescent moons all about and do some math YOU DO HAVE AN AESTHETIC BUD
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-07 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
it started off as his attempt to ... not ... get arrested .... because moon knight was a wanted criminal and CLEARLY swapping a cape for a three-piece suit and going by 'mr. knight' is the best way to dodge all of that (he's so dumb)

NO IT'S FINE IT'S JUST MY ABILITY TO WRITE decided to pack up and leave me (partly because me, partly because the last two weeks at work have been WHEEZE), but i'd definitely be happy to continue!

his aesthetic is basically all he has going for him, tbh.

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[personal profile] yeahmagnets 2025-06-08 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
jesse is definitely conflicted with the things he's done/been involved with. i'm bringing him in from a decently early canon-point, but he does have a huge redemption arc overall. they might connect better after he canon-updates a little just because he's still (mostly) an immature little shit in season 2, but i'm down to throw jesse at literally anyone.
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-08 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
i actually had your tl tabbed up to reply to on the tdm, but then i was like oh man, i need to not add more to my thread load right now, but i'd absolutely be down for them interacting.

i've embarrassingly only watched part of s1 of breaking bad, so i'm not very familiar with jesse at all, but that's the joy of rp, man. marc will almost definitely find jesse annoying, but he's a lot more tolerant than he used to be and tbh the effort of trying to be better goes a very, very long way with him, so it could be interesting either way!

WHICH ACTUALLY TO ADD ON, marc's current approach to tolerating people he finds annoying but can relate to in the sense that they, too, are misfits and fuck-ups, is just to be VAGUELY INTIMIDATING AT because he privately finds it hilarious.
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[personal profile] elriche 2025-06-08 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
HI nice to meet you properly Laura other than marvel ranting last night sorry my app/life has consumed my tagging time recently but your Marc has been amazing to play off of and I genuinely love all the windows you're giving me into the comics universe 👀
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-08 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
NO YOU'RE GOOD FAM also please don't look at me and my marvel ramblings i am an embarrassment and help, likewise, i know fuck all about the mcu and even less about the mcu-adjacent what if anything, but i am so fucking intrigued

but also. if stephen even tolerates him, he'll be shook

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[personal profile] faithfall 2025-06-08 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
hi laura - i've been enjoying our tdm thread!! happy to keep going or handwave, i'm easy. would love to see where they might go if/when they get the chance to chat properly... adrian also has plenty of Guilt™ but can be very stubborn and wants to see The Best In Everyone

bonus: he can get those blood stains out of the suit with magic?
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-09 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
hello!! i, too, am absolutely easy — completely happy to continue! apologies for the fact that my tagging speed has dropped to a crawl. LAUGHING at the fact that there are so many characters that are DETERMINED TO SEE THE BEST IN PEOPLE, and then there's marc, determined to portray himself in the most questionable light he possibly can. good... good luck to them both.

BUT ALSO, giving your post a quick glance, outside of marc's ... marc-ness, "Eldritch horrors are my magical sugar daddies support group" (hi, moon god bird dad), "Do you wanna talk about religion" (marc very much does NOT want to talk about religion, but it's kind of mixed in with way more of himself than he's inclined to admit to), and KIND OF "weird costly magic/power situations (see: moon god bird dad and being brought back from the dead ???? amounts of time).

oh my god, marc would be so appreciative of that while he only has one, singular, sad suit versus the however many of the exact same one he had at home. like, on the one hand, the blood is an effective visual something something, on the other hand, the effect changes once the blood's, yk, dried.

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[personal profile] retrievalist 2025-06-08 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
hi laura!! eliot is.... kind of a vigilante???? he and his crack(pot) team definitely do illegal things to deliver justice. kind of. they just don't dress up in spandex. uh. generally speaking that is.

eliot is also an ex mercenary(/black ops/hitman/retrieval specialist) turned good(ish) who speaks the language of violence very well and doesn't think he deserves good things. i think these two will either be best friends or hate each other with the power of several burning stars.

also also hellooooo fellow londoner!! even if i don't...live in london anymore whoops
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-09 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
it's okay, marc also doesn't dress up in spandex! that's for the spider-men of the world, and marc is very determinedly not one of those! he just rolls around in an actual fucking suit, but also sometimes a cape, depending on how much violence he's in the mood for.

i am completely canon blind to leverage (do i actually watch anything? ALL SIGNS POINT TO NO), but given the closest thing marc has to a friend in the superhero set is ...frank... castle... i will agree that it'll probably be one extreme or the other, precisely zero in-between.

but looking at your post for eliot, i feel that eliot will probably judge marc for his whole ... approach to everything, but especially food and possibly sleep. but marc's former bestie was a man who judged marc for everything, so that's not a deterrent at all.

ONCE A LONDONER ALWAYS A LONDONER or something idek man
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[personal profile] chuju 2025-06-10 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Would you take a former vigilante who spent many years being conflicted about themselves as a person but has recently gotten to a better place? Right before she died saving the world, so she's also debating how much of this is real and whether they're all dead. She still has a lot of guilt over things, though, and she's also avoiding getting an Actual Job
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[personal profile] vestments 2025-06-10 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
🤝 someone who gets him. like, who needs a job when you can just CREATIVELY "FIND" both things and also possibly a little bit of money

ironically, i think someone else questioning how real everything is would actually push him to go OH OKAY, GUESS THIS IS HAPPENING more than anything else

looking at your post for daisy (i'm canon blind! what's new!), maybe it could be interesting if they encounter each other in some shape or form cage fighting — marc would definitely gravitate towards it as an "easy" way of getting some cash, given he used to do underground boxing as a merc. otherwise, they definitely seem to have a lot in common wheezes which may or may not be a good thing for daisy