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Concept

Forget the seven deadly sins – the Seven Virtues are here to pick a Chosen One and get him to save the world from an ancient evil and untold destruction. Unfortunately, they want different Chosen Ones, and they can’t agree on a hero in time. So now they’re stuck trying to save the world themselves.

The problem? Enemies have Lord of the Rings-style monster armies that attack through Brute-force, not any kind of anthropomorphication of sins; and the Virtues only have power in the forms of (a) being able to demonstrate almost superhuman levels of the virtue they represent, and (b) giving any ordinary human who’s still uninvolved in the conflict the same level of that virtue. (They would have been able to give virtues to an extraordinary human, but unfortunately whatever time window they had for doing that ran out.) (Now, “ordinary” doesn’t just mean unpowered – it also means you can’t be too far from average in any direction! Being too good at chess or a famous singer disqualifies you, but so does being more lazy than literally everyone else, or being able to lick your elbow.) How do the Virtues end up coordinating an effort against the forces of evil?

For reference, here is a list of the Virtues:

Virtue Charity

Virtue Chastity

Virtue Humility

Virtue Kindness

Virtue Temprance

Virtue Diligence

Virtue Patience

For further character prompting, try having two virtues be male and two be nonbinary.

Types of people: Planets

black-hippie-moonchild:

differenttypesofpeople:

Mercury: Flirts constantly. Blushes easily. Extreme mood swings. Gossips a lot. The newest shoes. Exercises like there’s no tomorrow. Wants to run away. Knows how to keep away from being found.

Venus: Hot and knows it. Short fuse. Blisters from running on hot pavement. A smile that could make anyone swoon. Won’t take trouble from anyone. Fiercely protective. Cloudy days.

Earth: Smokes too much. Wants to be unique. Self-destructive. Days on the beach. Magnets from travelling. Hitchhikes. Always busy.

Mars: Leather jackets. Sci-fi books. Brutally honest. Not afraid to fight you. Hides a lot of things. Slight anger issues. Tends to do something before they think. “Bite me”.

Jupiter: Big heart. Never sleeps. Bottles things up. Tries to be as kind as possible. Cold hands. Deep breaths. Desert dunes at night.

Saturn: Wears a lot of jewellery. Constantly trying to lose weight. Popular and knows it. Dyed hair. Head constantly in the clouds. Confident steps. Big smiles.

Uranus: Sarcastic. Obviously not straight. Oversleeps a lot. Puns. Snow angels. Late nights. Doesn’t let a lot of people in. Misty breaths.

Neptune: Lonely childhood. Busy head. Coffee before bed. Passive aggressive. Fast. Pickpockets people for the fun of it. Clear skies. Dark circles under their eyes.

Pluto: Easily forgotten. Has a close group of friends. Will fight to the death for their friends. Otherwise peaceful. Dirty feet. Obscure teas. Flower crowns. Love, not hate.

Jupiter and Pluto 💜

Concept:  Since tumblr seems to like skeletons this year, someone (human, animal, or other) (fictional character, RPG character, other) has the power of a shape-shifting skeleton.  Their skeleton can shed off the flesh suit they normally wear by default and turn into a skeleton of any other thing with a skeleton.  But just the skeleton – the flesh can’t change.  If you steal their flesh suit they can’t change back and have to stay a skeleton forever.  Not necessarily that skeleton, but they can’t have flesh and can’t receive or give warm hugs, and that will make them sad.  Don’t steal the skeleton-selkie’s flesh suit.  

prokopetz:

caesarianconfection:

prokopetz:

Concept: a Dracula and a Frankenstein are roommates. No, they’re not monsters – they just happen to be descended from those two particular families. It’s about dealing with the expectations attached to their respective lineages, both from the general public and from their weird-ass relatives.

a relative of Dr.Frankenstein or a Son of Frankenstein type deal?

The former, naturally – there’s more potential for Shenanigans that way. The actual monster does play a role, though; he won legal status as his creator’s son – and the right to the family name – in a precedent-setting court case some decades back, so now he’s like the whole clan’s creepy great-uncle.

(Our hero has no interest in the “family business” and just wants to finish her visual arts degree, though she’s occasionally stymied by the fact that certain talents are apparently genetic. There was a thunderstorm during last month’s gallery opening and her found-object collage somehow came to life; she successfully played it off like it was part of the exhibit, but it’s damned inconvenient all the same!)

They have similar sleep schedules – they find that out early on, and that’s pretty convenient.  

Justine Frankenstein is reasonably good at chemistry, but only the inorganic stuff that isn’t actually useful for anything and is technically, as everyone eventually learns in physical chemistry, entirely wrong.   Maybe this is why she’s an art major.  

Ioana Dracula is the least conceited premed Justine has ever met.  Her self-esteem takes a hit when she fails the first General Chemistry exam.  She just can’t seem to get the hang of all these newfangled models.  

Elena Nosferatu is unbelievably homesick and wishes these frat boys would leave her alone.  There are a bunch of blonde popular girls who passive-aggressively pick on her, too.  She wants to hang out with the nice Dracula living next door to her, but doesn’t quite have the courage to go talk to her.  Besides, what if her scary Frankenstein roommate harvests Elena’s organs for parts?  

9ofspades:

See, I’m sure this is a deep post about the beauty of tragedy, but I keep thinking of people wanting to listen to sad Chopin or something but not being able to afford quality music players, so they’ll go on dates that turn out badly to hear the background music.  

Better yet – you actually cannot hear any kind of music whatsoever unless you’re experiencing heartbreak, so you have to put yourself out there if you want to dance to Shake It Off ever again.  

Source: weheartit.com