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The Diadem ([personal profile] thediadem) wrote in [community profile] diademooc2025-05-01 10:09 am
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MEME ∞ EMP — May 2025

Meme ∞ EMP
May 2025
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Welcome to our first EMP! If you're unsure of who to app, are deciding between characters, or simply want to see who's bringing who, you can participate below. It is not a reserve. Reserves will open May 28.

The EMP is open to all. You don't need an invite to post to it. If you're curious about the game and are looking to see if you click, you can start here.

  • If considering multiple characters, post each one individually under a top-level comment with your PLAYER NAME in the subject line.
  • The TDM is scheduled for May 15. It will be open to all. No invite required to participate.
  • Invite requests will open with the TDM on May 15. You're welcome to submit earlier but we will not be answering them until after the TDM opens.
  • The TDM will have a section where you can express interest in receiving an invite if you don't know anyone in the game. Requests are public but replies to requests will be private.
  • For the first round only, all invited players can app up to 2 characters provided they are not from the same franchise or canon. Playing from the same franchise/canon is allowed, but you can't apply for both in a single round. See the FAQ for more.
In the future, we'll also have a separate ATP form. Since the game is brand new, however, you'll find a small ATP section in the EMP form instead where you can ask for castmates alongside your EMP post!

∞ EMP Form ∞
The FAQ is open for questions. Ask here
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-01 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Character



Name: Amos Burton
Canon: The Expanse

About: Holden's summation of Amos in the quote above is kind of the perfect overview of him. Amos is a mechanic out in deep space in the 24th century, and a lot of wtfery happened in the time recently leading up to what would be his canon point. Originally hailing from Baltimore (part of the North American Trade Zone), Amos had a very rough childhood and that shaped and fractured some key parts of him, namely his sense of morality, in that his moral compass is very different from that of others. As he's grown, he's developed a very fine-tuned sense of himself/self-awareness; he knows his perspective of right and wrong isn't the same as the "good people" around him, but in knowing that, he does his best to borrow from them, and he has the deepest respect (and fierce protectiveness) for good people. Kind of the equivalent of him having a broken (literal) compass and knowing what north looks like and that he wants to go there, but he needs help along the way. That "help" comes from Amos identifying people he determines to be good and righteous, and thinking about what they would do in situations, and using that to guide his actions.

He's very pragmatic and straightforward, he can be stoic but still with a deadpan sense of humor fiercely protective, doesn't judge much, doesn't really think about or care why people do what they do, just — what he needs to know about them. (i.e. This bad dude hurt his friend? He doesn't care why they did, just that they did, so that gets handled immediately and very often violently.) People generally fall into three categories for him: bad people, people you follow, and people you need to protect. Once he's determined you're either B or C, he's almost guaranteed to be loyal to you forever.

Plans/Ideas:
He's a mechanic so while he's usually working hard keeping a spaceship running, he'll have some projects to take on here! At the canon point I'm planning to bring him in from, he's actually already separated from his crew (Season 5 / Nemesis Games if you're familiar with the show and/or books) and while he's at a point where he openly says he 'needs to get back to them' because of some choices he'd recently made that he doesn't think they'd approve of, I'm very, very interested to toss him into this setting where that separation continues, and where he'll need to work with a new group of people and find new friends to be his 'what would ____ do' compass points.

He's easily adaptable so apart from the typical 'wtf' he'll adjust to the idea of this new place easily enough, it's just the slower process of building trust and finding his people that will be slower and a fun time!

Any characters you want to see in the game? Would of course love and adore any castmates, especially Clarissa, Holden, Naomi, Drummer, Bobbie, even 'Chrissie.' 😂 I'm very excited about all the cross canon potential if I get in!
Edited 2025-05-01 20:47 (UTC)
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[personal profile] carcajous 2025-05-01 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
amos is one of my favourite characters ever, and i'm so excited to see you pick him up!! S5 is a great canon point for him.
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-01 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm so so glad because you being excited about him here makes me even moreso than I already am! c: I hope to do him justice in this setting, and looking forward to all the CR potential especially with him and Logan!
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[personal profile] chuju 2025-05-02 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
I need to come screech over here about how much I love Amos and want to experience your Amos and desperately need to see how these two would get on. They're both Earthers who lived in space for a while, but Daisy's the Good Person type who occasionally makes questionable decisions when it comes to protecting the people she cares about.
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-02 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Literally chomping at the bit to toss these two at each other, I'm already feeling the potential vibes and it's got me hype!!
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[personal profile] pagings 2025-05-02 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
OPENS UP MY ARMS SO MUCH. SO MUCH!!!!!!! MY ARMS ARE SO WIDE
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-02 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
LEAPS AT YOU!! HE NEEDS PEOPLE TO LATCH ONTO 😭 everything pls
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[personal profile] pagings 2025-05-02 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
SHE WOULD BE SUCH A GOOD LITTLE MORAL COMPASS FOR HIM ;-; and she would be so!!! invested!!!! in helping him!!!! lKJHFLSKJD IM ACTUALLY REALLY EMOTIONAL THINKING ABOUT IT
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-02 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
NO BUT SAME!! ALSO THE POTENTIAL (EVENTUAL) FERAL VIBES because he protecc he attac for his people ;;
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[personal profile] pagings 2025-05-02 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
YES!!!!! MY GOD THERE IS NOTHING I LOVE MORE THAN A LITTLE FERAL PROTECTION TIMES
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-03 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
ME TOO I CAN'T HELP IT ;; so many good times await!!
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[personal profile] primepool 2025-05-02 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
I'm completely canonblind but I would love to have some CR with Amos!!! I need to get on top of watching this, but I know his character seems REALLY fun to bounce off, especially with idiots who can't stop talking (this idiot)
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-03 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
YES omg these two would be amazing CR, I feel like. He won't know wtf to do with Wade but in a way that amounts to the most fun CR. I'm hype!!
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[personal profile] sunnygoose 2025-05-03 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
YESS same!! I'm so excited to see your Amos!!
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[personal profile] potentialman 2025-05-06 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'm super canon blind, but reading your blurb I'm like "oh....shit," because that could absolutely be this kid in a decade or two. Absolutely does not see himself as a "good" person, has a tremendous soft spot for good people regardless, mostly just deadpans and does his thing without trying to justify it to anyone else.
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[personal profile] churnback 2025-05-06 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
They really do sound similar!! Amos isn't necessarily the sort of older big brother(ish) figure anyone really deserves, but the one they're probably going to get regardless because he has a lot of protective instincts when it comes to kids and teens, just based on everything that happened to him growing up.
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[personal profile] potentialman 2025-05-06 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
JJK is a wasteland of awful family and authority figures, we're all dysfunctional here!