if you ain't scared you ain't human

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THE WAR ZONE MEME



WARNING: Meme will contain TRIGGERS, including war, violence, capture, and general uncomfortable content. Please do not click if you don't want to see, and please respect your fellow role-players.

◊ Post with your character with name and canon.
◊ List any preferences(roles, scenarios, time periods, etc.) you have.
◊ Reply to others! Roll using random.org or choose your prompts.

ROLES
1) The General/Admiral: You're the head honcho, the guy in charge. You have hundreds, maybe thousands of lives resting on you. What decision will you make?

2) The Officer: Not the leader, but you've got responsibility for your crew. What's your specialty -- independent initiative? Insubordination? Or do you let the noncoms walk all over you?

3) The Soldier: Just an ordinary soldier with your pike, or rifle, or energy gun. Your job is to follow orders. But when it comes down to it, when you look the enemy in the eye -- what will you do?

4) Spy: Dressed in civilian clothes, disguised as an enemy officer. Your job is to get as much information as you can, and then get out. Or are you going to sow a little chaos and destruction along the way?

5) Civilian: This is your land that's being fought over. Do you support a side? Do you hide, or do you hold steady in the face of such violence?

6) Other.

SCENARIOS
1) Battle: In the middle of the fighting.

2) Downtime/R&R: A few peaceful moments, to spend as you will.

3) Sabotage: Something's gone terribly wrong. A factory blown up, a bridge destroyed, an assassination. What do you do about it?

4) Planning: How do you go about storming that beach?

5) Capture/Rescue: The enemy soldiers have you surrounded. Or maybe you're on a daring mission to break your buddies out of jail.

6) Other.

TIME PERIOD
1) Ancient times: Grab that centurion's helmet, form up into a phalanx, and let's go crush those Gauls and/or Persians!

2) Medieval times: Suit up in your armor, grab a lance and make sure to bring along your squire.

3) Revolutionary times: Basic guns and muskets, very little medical care, and very little tactics. Give the other army a few days to dig in, and they'll hold you off forever.

4) World War I/II: Technology is advancing, and warfare is more sophisticated than ever. Remember the trenches, the skirmishes in cities, the spies and the drama.

5) Modern times: Guerilla warfare, modern tactics, modern technology.

6) The future: Ray guns? Space battles? Let your imagination go wild.

7) Other.

Comments

Horatio Hornblower ➣ Hornblower (1998) | OTA

[misterhornblower]

[ Naval & ground combat are both fine! WWI/II and AmRev AUs also available; would especially like to do threads taking place during the invasion of Muzillac! ]

2nd Lt. Robert "Mac" Mackenzie | The Pacific

[fuckin_intelligence]

Bucky Barnes | MCU

[freightcars]

Nicolas Brown || GANGSTA. || OTA

[thehandymancan]

[Definitely the Soldier in whatever situation. Preferably modern times, but I'd be glad to adjust the time period, so long as I can keep his "super soldier" aspect.]

[quiet_storm]

"Too easy."

Considering that Cloud had just faceplanted into a thick splattering of his own blood, it was impressive that he was still conscious. That either of them was. Sensing that his fellow soldier was still on his feet, for the moment anyway, Cloud had made the sign language gestures flat against the ground and facing away from Nick. Maybe it made sense, maybe not, but it was clearly an attempt to "speak" anyway.

At least they'd managed to clear out the enemy base? They probably had, anyway, if the thick trail of bodies they'd left behind them and the utter stillness right now could be trusted.

connor | detroit: become human

[greeted]

( ota , any scenario/combo goes! )

Noctis | Final Fantasy XV

[lightofthelucii]

(( ota, any scenario good.))

Mishal el Bane | D&D OC

[burninghands]

[ Battle cleric with questionable morals. ]

Steve Rogers | MCU

[brooklyn_boy]

[Huh. Prefs in journal!]

bucky barnes | mcu

[switchhits]

[ ota, especially time period 4 and aus incorporating 1/2/6 ]

[unliberty]

[ Just to make sure I'm reading it right, that'd be aus of time period 1/2/6 and not aus of scenario/role 1/2/6 yeah? ]

thomas shelby | peaky blinders

[tunnelled]

( ota. WWI soldier by default. if we're going AU, WWII and modern preferred. )

Suzuha Amane | Steins;Gate 0

[2036]

Kylo Ren || Star Wars

[enantiodromia]

[ Could see most of these prompts in a Star Wars setting. ]

steve rogers | mcu

[ex_prototypal143]

[ Leader/Officer and WWII/Modern are canon. Open to most prompts. Not into graphic torture. ]

Bucky Barnes | MCU |

[frozenassets]

[1940s version for this. Medium to longer tags preferred]

Cloud Strife | FFVII (crisis core)

[backwatertrooper]

[Definitely the soldier, though with a bit of AU he'd still be a civilian. Time period doesn't really apply, of course, unless played with in connection with his canon and when it takes place.]

Claudia Valeria • original character (vampire) • ota

[regalbutdeadly]

[ She's drifted in and out of battlefields since the tail end of the Roman/Persian wars. Mostly fighting, but she's been known to turn military types (either out of fondness/particular interest, or occasionally saving some dying soldier on a whim) as well grant the already-dying a quick and merciful death. Open to most any prompt or combination thereof. ]

John Grimm/Reaper | Doom: The Movie

[reaper_asin_grimm]

[Staff Sergeant from the future, but open to other time periods.]

Simon (PL600) | Detroit: Become Human

[ourheartsarecompatible]

[Definitely Soldier or Officer, and depending on how you want to play it, could be canon fare, or AU, your choice.]

Maria Hill :: MCU

[standardprocedure]

[What is her life? Definitely the modern officer.]

gamora | mcu | ota

[godslay]

Laughing Beauty (or Octopus) | Metal Gear Solid 4

[fuckinghysterical]

[Okay, so I can play her in either her more batshit, sadistic Octopus form (would probably be a fight, because good luck getting a meaningful conversation from that) or she can be a more shellshocked soldier OR a spy type. MGS is... quite the canon, okay.]

wonder woman (diana prince) / dceu (+ animated mishmash)

[wondermom]

( ooc: open to au for time periods 1-3, the rest are all canonly open. ota canon/cross )

Alex Price | InCryptid | OTA

[scales_and_silence]

[Willing to time travel or AU to any time period]

Capt. Lewis Nixon | Band of Brothers

[cpt_lewis_nixon]

[OOC: Cast mates? Dick Winters?]

Thanatos || original (horseman of the apocalypse) || ota

[sicklypallor]

[ v much voicetesting ]

[what_is_it_good_for]

There's the whistle and hiss of mortar shells overhead, thudding into the churned blood and mud and bodies of No Man's Land. It's almost dawn, and that means that both sides are soon going to be sending over another wave of men, up and out of the relative safety of their trenches and into the killing fields. And they were fields once, she was here before: when arms of men with bows and swords and horses marched by, and before, as the Emperor's army cut down their enemies with frightening efficiency.

This is a battle of a different sort, a new sort. A stagnant battle. Bodies rot in the dirt only feet from their living, breathing comrades, rats crawl over sleeping men and corpses. Armies used to count victories by the miles of territory they claimed in a day, a week. Here, they barely move an inch in a month.

It's wonderful to watch from the remains of a tree. It's been shot, poisoned with gas, splattered with gore, and yet here it stands in the middle of all this destruction. It's dead, but it's fallen trunk is a wonderful vantage point as she polishes her helmet on her sleeve.

She's not the only one here. She can sense it. Death is ever-present, but her brother has always ridden out with her. No, the presence she feels is something else, and far more exciting.