Updates
Welcome to Charming
Welcome to Charming, the year is now 1894. It’s time to join us and immerse yourself in scandal and drama interlaced with magic both light and dark.

Where will you fall?

Featured Stamp

Add it to your collection...

Did You Know?
Queen Victoria was known for putting jackets and dresses on her pups, causing clothing for dogs to become so popular that fashion houses for just dog clothes started popping up all over Paris. — Fox
It would be easy to assume that Evangeline came to the Lady Morgana only to pick fights. That wasn't true at all. They also had very good biscuits.
Check Your Privilege

Poll: [Read the post first!] I prefer/would be able to do more with... - You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Option A (The Younger & More Idealistic/Romantic One)
50.00%
3
50.00%
Option B (The Older and More Cynical/Opportunistic One)
50.00%
3
50.00%
Some Other Thing (which I will tell you about in the comments)
0%
0
0%
* You voted for this item. Show Results


Welcome To Pleasure Island
#1
So I woke up with this character concept because that is totally what I needed right now which has been bouncing around in my head all day. This would be a temporary character who would come about sometime after the fog. This thread is basically the thing Kayte did with Ines to gauge interest/get some plot ideas lined up before investing a lot of time and effort into making him a reality.

Solid points: the character is a young-ish WC male who has a respectable enough persona to work a day job in the tea room at the Painted Lady. He's also a part time drag queen/male prostitute* at the night side of the Painted Lady, resident Gay Best Friend ™ of the whores, and occasional pornographer.

*the way I picture this working is that he'd hang around in the main lounge pretending to be a girl, so that patrons who were in the loop could seek him out and engage him for a night without any of the other customers knowing their deep dark secrets.  

I've got two more specific character options:


Feat. Beck Holladay or Rain Dove

Option A involves a younger and more idealistic/optimistic version of the character. Likely born and raised in England, he caught #feelings at a pretty young age (mid/late teens) for another man and then transitioned into prostitution when that relationship flopped. I'd be open to shopping around past romantic connections if anyone felt so inclined, and would have the potential for some ill-fated but genuine hurling (because who doesn't love doomed gay boys in the VE). This guy's main income source would be the prostitution, with the pornography being something of a side-gig primarily involving the ladies at The Painted Lady who agreed to pose for photos or other willing participants. He probably has a bad habit of having crushes on his johns.

Potential future plots involve...
... your (theoretically straight) male character engaging his services for a night in some capacity (bj unless they're really damn drunk) and finds out only afterwards that they've just been with a man and now wants to do something about it.
... your (presumably gay) male customer was seen by someone who is in the loop about the fact that this particular whore isn't a lady and they are now the victim of blackmail. Possibly, their blackmailer is only 'in on it' because of a scenario similar to the one above.
... one of his photos does whatever the VE equivalent of going viral is and puts the subject (presumably a woman of loose morals) in the spotlight, possibly because of her striking connection to another (presumably respectable) woman.
... other ideas you might think of.

Depending on how it goes, my character might end up arrested for something or might end up on the bad end of some shady business dealings as people try to cover their tracks.




Feat. Elliot Sanders, David Chiang, or Erika Linder

Option B is a little older and much more opportunistic and cynical. He might be an immigrant or an orphan/from an equally difficult upbringing, and was at least partially supported as a child by his older sister, who was a prostitute. He probably got into pornography first, as a way of helping his sister make extra income, and then gradually transitioned from a supporting role to an 'earning' role in the whole prostitution biz. He wouldn't have any sexual interest in women due to his background but might not be that interested in men, either (tbd on the latter), so wouldn't be available for hurling. The pornography would be his main source of income and he'd be a little more predatory about it, occasionally sussing out likely targets from the clientele in the tea room and slipping something into their drinks to make them giddy and suggestionable (sort of like being very drunk, but without the loss of motor function, or like a duller version of that 'pleasant feeling' Harry Potter got when he was under the influence of imperio). After drugging them, he'd lead the lady off to a room to take pictures while she undressed and then send her on her way with a mild memory charm in place. He'd lurk around the lounge of the Painted Lady after dark in drag mostly as a sort of protection for the girls, if they needed it, and wouldn't actively solicit customers for himself (though would still take them on occasion).

Upcoming plot ideas include:
... one of his pornography subjects (likely a married MC woman) misses the memory charm and freaks out about what to do next.
... the husband/father/brother of one of his pornography subjects ends up seeing the photos and comes after him to figure out where he got such a thing possibly after using veritaserum or some other dramatic thing on the woman in question.
... any of the plots for Option A that would still apply.
... anything you can think of.

He would probably end with being jailed for pornography, but could also be murdered or something.

So what I would like to know from you is: which option would give you the most threadding opportunities, which would you most like to see on the site, and which plot(s) could you help me get rolling?

Feel free to hit me up on Skype if you want to talk plots but don't want to show everyone your hand Wink

The following 1 user Likes Ophelia Devine's post:
   Declan Wood

View a Printable Version


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
Forum Jump:
·