(September 12, 2024 – 6:59 PM)Aldous Crouch Wrote: Hi Poe!
I do so love it when the lurkers make their presence known :) With regards to your questions (which are nowhere near "much"):
- So the timeline is woefully out of date. Our present day is 2024 OOC and 1894 IC >.> I'll see if I can pull together a list of major events as a stop gap (unless Kit, the unofficial Charming encyclopedia, wants to spare me the misery? Tycho Dodonus)
- Squibs: Yes. There are at least three on board that I'm aware of, one of which is my own Maelstrom Crumb!
Backlash: Closer to the event there was some (see 1881 in the timeline!) but it was not a widespread thing! That isn't to say characters can't hold such views, though ;) We definitely have generic blood purists around always and forever, too!
Halfbreeds: There was actually a full-on ban of "halfbreed" students at Hogwarts for a while and a lot of anti-halfbreed sentiment. A lot of that has died down, but it is also illegal for humans to marry non-humans as a result, and there is still prejudice among moderate and conservative wizards.
- So we actually move in real time. If it's September in 2024, it's September in 1894, too! This means that the Victorian era won't end until 2031, and which point... I guess we're just an Edwardian board? xD
Hope that helps at least a bit! Feel free to toss more questions at us if you have them :)
Thank you!
I do have some related to the Charming Launchpad: I was wondering if I want my first character (and maybe second, after shaking off the rust...) to be off of there, if there's anything I need to do? Should I notify staff before making the profile? The application mentioned an rp sample if I'm taking a canon character, so I know I'll need to do that -- but if the character likely either a dursley or tatting child I'm considering has a currently played relative, does that change anything about making them (besides shared history and such)?
