Steampunk Ahoy!

[fleshydisguise]

THE STEAMPUNK MEME


"Imagine it... The Victorian Age accelerated. Starships and missiles, fueled by coal and driven by steam. Leaving history devastated in its wake." - Doctor Who

What To Do:
1. Post with your character's name and canon in the subject line. You can leave it blank but it would be exceedingly helpful if you were to kindly post a role for your character to give other taggers a jumping off point.
2. Tag other characters, using the RNG to pick a prompt if you so choose.
3. Have fun and play nice!


The Prompts:
01. Masquerade Ball - Dress in your best and don a mask for a night of mystery and enchantment. Will you manipulate suitors with the movements of a fan, try to work out who you do and don't know, or immerse yourself fully in the experience and do something you normally never would?

02. Airship Pirates - "With a crew of drunken pilots/We're the only airship pirates". You've taken to the skies in an airship, and now a pirate is what you are... Or what you're up against! Ruthless cut-throats or simply men fallen on hard times, these pirates are not marked with a good reputation. A fight just may be on the horizon.

03. Exploration - The Steampunk genre is not only marked by technology and a unique aesthetic, but by the spirit of adventure! Now's the time to look for new lands, or explore the wild, exotic places you've always longed to see! Be careful to avoid that colonialism nonsense, though. The natives aren't usually on board with it.

04. Cattlepunk - Steampunk in the Old West! What will you get when you combine steam-powered technology with the life of cowboys, saloons, and a thirst for gold? It's harder to beat the sheriff when he's got a metal heart and his revolver mounted right on his arm.

05. New Discovery - Besides finding new lands, there's finding new technology; new invention! Be it a new way to create steam power, a unique kind of animatronic, or something entirely unheard of, you could have just gotten your name down in history books! Is it the money you're in it for? Or just a love of science?

06. Factory Work - We can't all flutter our fans in the drawing room. Someone has to work to make all this steam power that everyone is going crazy over and, lucky you, you get to be a factory worker. Are you down in the hustle and bustle of the factory floor, laboring for a few shillings to keep your family out of the workhouse, or a factory owner looking down on your empire?

07. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - The advances in technology aren't just used above ground; you have a job to do beneath the waves, perhaps as a spy on enemy territory or a merchant trying to get to your destination faster. Or maybe you're just an explorer. Just watch out for the sea monsters.

08. Flesh Made Metal - Amputation? No problem. Clockwork limbs, eyes, and even hearts are available for those who can afford the necessary enhancements. Supposedly they've even created clockwork brains...animatronic creatures so lifelike you can barely tell they aren't human. What measure is a man?

09. Post-Apocalypse Steam - Something terrible happened to the world. Maybe it was a natural disaster, or maybe humanity has committed a grave crime against the planet. Either way, the result is a world forced into ages past - although with modern knowledge, perhaps it won't be quite the same as in the history books.

10. Revolution - Whether you're a citizen of a colonized nation, a plotter in the back streets of a city or simply a factory hand who is sick of poor treatment, it's time to rise up against your oppressor and fight for freedom! Let's just hope there are people willing to help you.

11. Wild Card - Roll again, pick a scenario that strikes your fancy, or come up with something not represented here!

[Meme taken and modified, with respect, from brunettely]

Comments

Abe Sapien | Hellboy

[bprd_fishman]

[It's hard to get a proper job when you look as Abe does.

He's arranged for a home for himself in the city, catering to the superstitious and the open-minded alike as a professional psychic. His excuse for the mask he wears is that he prefers to see only with his mind, blocking out any distractions from his other senses. As to his hands, bared only on the palms, he heated them in holy fire to refine his sensitivity to the spirit world.

Only a few of the servants even know what he is under his high-collared shirts and gloves. He is a strange monstrosity created by foul arts, the nature of which he does not remember before Father discovered him on the banks of a German river. It is not the spirits he consults but the possessions of those around him, which his sensitive fingers allow him to read with his psychometric abilities. It is a lonely and isolated life and his major contact with the outside world is traveling in the slums. No one down there cares about masks that reveal only overlarge eyes. If he were to be exposed...he doesn't rate his chances of survival very highly.]

11: The Chitinous Brood.

[broodofone]

[Beneath the city, away from the light and the surface hive of metal and stone, there is another hive. Extending down into the rock, the sickly luminescence of living, squirming lamps light the Swarm's work as it toils within its many labyrinthine burrows.

These warrens occasionally cross paths with less-traveled tunnels bored down from above, and every so often a scuttling form may be seen shying away from an unfamiliar light. The a less fortunate few catch more than a glimpse as a tide of chittering creatures suddenly carry them away. But the Swarm has little interest in the surface creatures, and such violent episodes are rare.

But among the many smaller creatures lurk those of greater size and alien intelligence. One among them, crafted in singular purpose, drags its bulk up to the highest tunnels, tasting the air. The hardy things that dwell in the damp and the refuse, cast down by the surface, these things are of interest to it. They have traits that can be learned from, strands to unravel and study.

With a series of undulations and a flurry of many-jointed limbs, it buries the first few meters of its body beneath rubble and rock dust, dulling the glow of the fleshy green sacs that line its back, obscuring its form, now hidden amongst the debris.

Satisfied with its camouflage, it waits, slowly digesting its last samples.]

Supergirl // DCU // OTA

[superfine]

4!

[shesamarshmallow]

[ Veronica scrubs at the saloon's bar. The air is thick with cigar smoke and dust, and once again, some of the folks have railed to reach the latrine outside. She'll have someone help her clean that later. Or better yet, do it for her. As it is, she's content to stay behind the bar where the lamps overhead don't heat the place nearly as much as the windows alongside the wall. Even with the curtains drawn, only the most foolhardy or paranoid men bother with the window seats.

[ She sighs and refills a drink, sliding it down the counter. One day she's going to get out of Neptune and see someplace that's really out of this world, not just named for another planet. Her surname is Mars, after all. She should see it in person at least once before she dies.

[ She shields her eyes with a hand as the doors swing open, letting in a flash of daylight, and she looks in surprise at the size-double-zero blonde who comes in. She stares mutely for a moment as her eyes adjust to the gloom again. ]

Hi. Welcome to the Neptune Saloon. Giving an eyesore of a town a watering hole since before Lucifer gambled against God for Job. What can I getcha?

Earth-3 Red Hood | Batman: BatB

[aceinthehood]

[Red Hood likes to think of himself less as a pirate/terrorist, and more of a pro bono privateer.

His Dishonorable Majesty, the Owl King, has a high bounty set for the Red Hood and the noble men (and gorillas and ghosts and brains in jars and whatever Sinestro was) of the Harlequin. Their airship moves between cities on a regular basis, fighting the Owl King's oppression of the masses in whatever ways they can. A little sabotage here, a little Robin Hooding there, a little slipping through the streets under cover of darkness to make off with a powerful new weapon before it can be turned upon the rebel forces. Whatever hope they can bring to the people crushed under the boot of tyranny. The gears of justice grind slow but they do grind, and piece by piece they're grinding up an empire.]

Princess Twilight Sparkle | My Little Pony: FiM

[sparklebookworm]

It's common knowledge that the newest Royal began as Celestia's protégé before becoming an alicorn princess, a title that is by no means ceremonial. Especially considering that most of the recent scientific advances were her doing.

Few could have guessed, or even dreamed that behind the socially awkward bookworm was a pony that would change life in Equestria and beyond. Ponies shouldn't be the only ones to benefit from these innovations.

Still... don't expect all this success to have changed her. She's still a socially awkward bookworm at the end of the day.

Ellie Langford ✚ Dead Space series; Airship pilot

[shuttled]

Captain Jack Sparrow | Pirates of the Caribbean

[bottlearum]

[Steampunk Airship Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, thank you very much.]

the Doctor | Doctor Who | OTA

[nevermindtherunning]

[Either time travel or something completely AU, I'm OK with that!]

1!

[shesamarshmallow]

[Veronica adjusts her strapless gown and pretends to be as graceful as all the other women around. It lasts twenty-three seconds before she lightly (for her) whacks the Doctor on the arm with her hand.]

You could at least get into the spirit, Doctor.

[Right. The spirit. Like Veronica has. Dark red dress with leather trim that would look right at home in Victorian times, jewels in her hair (she hopes those are fake), and an ornate mask. And the fan and small handbag, of course, one of which she's using to communicate with the Doctor, the other she's using to sneak in her camera, notepad, and pen. After all, if she's here with the Doctor, there's likely going to be some sort of mystery, and she wants to be prepared.]

[Which is why she's wearing sneakers under her dress. Also because Chuck Taylors are hella more comfortable than Jimmy Choos. Shhhhhh.]

Alec Lightwood - The Mortal Instruments

[alec_lightwood]

((ooc: Role can change depending on what option the person tagging wants.))

oswin oswald • doctor who

[impossibled]

Will LaMontagne / Criminal Minds / OTA

[inthishouse]

[ Law enforcement of some kind, with a refreshingly down-to-earth look at things. He never loses sight of people. ]

Javert | Les Miserables

[uponthesestars]

02 HELLO YOU

[capsize]

[ insert fancy text here explaining that javert has arrested hook for something and then the ship they are on is attacked by pirates ok

smarmy grin etc etc ]

You'd do well to untie me. Unless you think you can take them all on yourself, of course.

Bernard Black | Black Books

[misanthropes]

sherlock holmes | bbc's sherlock

[deduce]

arthur dent | h2g2

[bathrobe]

Wally West • Young Justice • OTA

[sciencewhizard]

kidagakash nedakh | disney's atlantis

[ex_sifting34]

06

[theshabbiestofmen]

[His father had gotten the transfer to this country perhaps half a year ago-- a promotion, technically, but it was rather known that it was more because he'd given in to Fenrir Greyback's threats toward his son and pardoned the criminal. And now here they are, and the Lupin family is making less money than ever-- and so here Remus is, slender bookish fingers trying desperately to keep up. After the first twenty minutes, he's exhausted; by the time his break arrive, he's beyond worn out.

Wearily he stumbles outside, lunch in hand, and more falls than sits against the cobblestone road.]

Oenone Zero | The Mortal Engines Quartet | OTA

[themomentoftherose]

[She's already part of 8, 9 and 10 in canon. What business do you have with the Green Storm's young, shyly reclusive, genius Surgeon-Mechanic?]

Liir Thropp | The Wicked Years

[switchly]

[Possibly the son of the infamous terrorist Elphaba, the "Witch of the West". Right now though, just a confused young man looking to find his place in the world, doing his best to survive on the hardscrabble streets of the capitol and dodging those who wish him both harm and fame for his possible parentage.]

Jack Half A Prayer | Perdido Street Station

[remade_rebel]

[moimin_papa]

[Sniper and weapons specialist, Timo Väinämöinen can be found for hire for a very reasonable price, as though unaware of his reputation. It's said that he can shoot of a wings of a butterfly at 500 metres, and it's certainly true that he fits into any crew as though he's always been there, friendly and cheerful, and generous at the bar. Just make sure there's someone around to carry him home.

No one knows where exactly he comes from, and he's quiet about his family, but his purple eyes and perfect vision speak of some kind of modification, either genetic or otherwise. What is certain is that he never forgets a friend, or an enemy.]

[stlg13bomber]

Carter's what the Europeans might call a Spark, or a Madboy. He's one of those folks that's thick as two bricks about most things in life but is almost supernaturally good at what he does. And what he does is explosives. During the war he was a precious resources to his group, but in peacetime nobody's got any need of him and he's been drifting between jobs.

He's sitting at the bar slumped over his drink, though when Timo comes near he brightens up again. "Heya. How's your day going?" The ex-soldier has the smile of one who's having a rough time but doesn't want to inflict it upon anyone else. He needs work but fast, and he needs it where people won't mind him idly making bombs during his break.

Nora Gainesborough || True Blood

[mendacium]

Bennett Halverson || Dollhouse

[neuroscienced]

Kaylee Frye || Firefly

[shiniest]

Daenerys Targaryen || Game of Thrones

[ungentle]

Julien | OC | OTA | HoC

[theacethatmatters]

 

7. B|

[lowtohigh]

Father.

Father, Father, Father. Father.

Don't think you're getting out of coming with her now that the unterseeboot has finally been completed. Don't think that she didn't sign you both up for this expedition. Don't think she isn't going to cry if you don't just say yes and get in the boat with her.

Father.