Much has changed since Alice's last visit. She since married, in her own world, and had two curious children who found their way to this magical realm upon her death. Her killer now sits on the throne and with war brewing, everyone is waiting to see what move he will make next.
I know there isn’t much of a point to these since BDA has been gone for over a year now, but realizing that it has been exactly 5 years since this place became a reality is such an amazing thought. This place meant so much to me and I still think about it all the time. I wish I had done some things better. I really do.
That being said, I have very recently started exploring tumblr RP again while in between hobbies. Mickey and I both have looked at this group and seen that although we love the way it was done, the way BDA functioned was very old-fashioned. We didn’t adapt as much as we thought we did.
And that being said I want to let anyone know who has checked in recently that we are considering bringing it back. Not the way that it was, but different. If we do, it will be a complete reboot. Many characters will be different, the plotline may differ, and the group itself will be a lot different. I don’t expect very many of our old people to come back, since so many of you have moved on, and to be quite honest... there are some past members I don’t think we would accept into the group if we were to bring it back.
The thing that broke this group was the unwillingness to adapt, not just by us admins but by our long-time members. It was extremely frustrating, and while I love you all dearly if you are reading this, I would not want to revisit that frustration.
If we do this, this group would be active. There would be no tolerance for any members, no matter how long we have been friends, to be unwelcoming. There would also be no tolerance for those whom I have seen grow toxic since BDA. If this group returns, do not expect it to be the same in the slightest.
That is no guarantee that it will happen, but I want anyone who checks back with us to know that while we are considering it we are not going to revive this blog, these exact characters, or the way things were done. Being a past member would not guarantee you the same experience, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
Regardless, I hope you all are doing well and I miss you. I miss this place. I miss our old BDA.
But this place is dead. There’s no room for it anymore. Only new beginnings.
For one, even though we have officially closed down, the fact that we got this close to 4 years and that I still got messages from some of you about it is absolutely phenomenal.
This place was a home to us for a long time. We developed our characters far beyond what we expected, and we helped each other develop as well. This group was an important and incredible part of my life for the past four years and I miss it so much. I miss all of you so much. I wish things were different.
Despite all of that, I must say, I don’t think we will ever be reopening.
I held on to that hope when we first closed. I thought maybe after some time had passed we would all find inspiration again and a good revamp would get us back into the modern RPC. The problem is... Since BDA closed, I have spent a lot of time in the modern RPC. I’ve joined multiple groups, met so many people, and seen so many things that I did not see when Beyond Alice first began.
And I didn’t like it.
Tumblr was once a safe place where people were open-minded, creative, accepting, passionate, tolerant, and dedicated. Those people seem to have moved on or changed because I do not recognize what I see now.
And I do not direct this at all of you because I know there are still good people in the RPC. But most of the people that I saw running groups or RPH blogs, or popping up in people’s anons, were absolutely despicable. The RPC has turned hateful and close-minded and judgmental. This isn’t a safe place for creativity anymore. Every decision you make must be made with the understanding that you will be judged and ridiculed for it one way or another; not to mention how competitive and intolerant group members and admins have become.
I am not saying this in anger. I am saying this in the hope that you understand. Beyond Alice was a wonderful thing to be a part of. Being out there in this new RPC has given me even more appreciation for all of those who were a part of this memory. I love you all and I thank you for the years of love and passion and creativity you helped to provide.
But I am done with tumblr roleplay. I cannot tolerate the stress that this environment has put on all of us when I am in school full-time and working to help support my family. Life is too precious to spend it around hateful, ignorant people. None of us deserve to sit through that. Never let them bring you down, and I hope we can all think back on this group with joy in our hearts. I hope you are all living life the way that you want to and are making good decisions. I hope your life brings you love and success and happiness. I hope we can all carry with us the lessons Beyond Alice taught us.
Yes, I know, it’s shocking. After what would be 4 years next February, it’s just too much.
Mickey and I have been trying so hard to keep this place going. We’ve been using every development, event, task in the book... We’ve been trying to keep things fair and honest and active. It just feels like no matter how much we try, we aren’t getting that effort back.
Beyond Alice was a wonderful place for so long because our members were passionate and helpful and inspired. It doesn’t feel like that anymore. There are still a few of you who have been a wonderful help, but let’s face it guys... This isn’t the place it used to be and it’s so frustrating.
No matter how many plots I throw at you guys, how many new character I post, how much I promo to try to bring in new people... Nothing is happening. Your priorities have changed, and I get that. I just can’t keep trying when no one else is. I have too much going on myself and still I’ve tried my hardest to push onward so that we could continue our amazing plots and get to points we have been planning for years. I can’t afford to do that anymore. I’ve been too disappointed this last year.
So, with my sincerest regrets, I am shutting down Beyond Alice. I’ve been thinking on it for days, weeks even, and it just seems like the best situation for all of us before it falls apart anyway.
Thank you guys so much for being a part of this. You know where to reach us.
Hi, I'm interested in Lily Hunt but can you help me understand her story and the current story of wonderland a bit more?
Yes, let me give you some context.
Hopefully if you have any question on what happened with the Red and White Queen, that could be cleared up here on the Wikia. Lily was a witness to the battle from a distance but by the way royalty tend to dress in battle she was likely able to spot them, which was probably somewhat traumatizing, as seeing a Jabberwocky kill your parents usually is. She was very young then, but intelligent enough to know that if her parents were hurt then she needed to go to the only person she could trust. Since that was obviously not her aunt, who was on the opposite end of the battle, she ran away to her uncle Benjamin who lived in Tulgey.
We had a bio up for Ben (with the FC of the beautiful Santiago Cabrera), but as we did with many characters we had posted for a long time, we recently removed many of them or killed them off to help us keep focus on those more imperative to the main plot. Unfortunately Ben was one of the ones that got the short end of the stick. If you’d like to read what his bio was before we, you know, decided it was his time... I’m happy to provide that to you off anon. That might help you get a little more insight as to his role as her uncle and the Huntsman.
If you have any more questions or want to know more specifics, let me know.
Ughhhhhh. I must have deleted my post after I made it. So AGAIN: I'm stuck on mobile while I'm in class, so would the Musetta applicant please contact us since we were not able to contact you.
So sorry that this is late! My fever knocked me out last night and I didn’t get the chance to post here. Here is a delayed acceptance!
Congratulations Christine/Neptune! Your application for Alistair White has been accepted! It’s such a perfect time to get this character back in the mix and I can’t wait to see how he overcomes his crisis. Be sure to send in your account within 48 hours!
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Name: Christine/Neptune
Age/Birthday: 21. 17/12/95
Pronouns/Preference(s): She/Her
Timezone: GMT
Activity Level: On a scale of 1-10, my activity level is 8 due to university commitments.
Anything Else?: Nope!
BASIC CHARACTER INFORMATION
Desired Character’s Name: Alistair White
Age: 23
Species: Wererabbit
Titles/Aliases: Al
Home: The Woodland
Relationships:
→ Brother of Alyse White and Cilla Shore
→ Son of Wallace White and Whitney White
Three sentences (min.) on their personality:
→ Alistair possesses a dependable, sensible and solicitous persona. However, he does have his flaws in the sense that he can at times display a domineering side. In addition to this, he can also come across as circumspect and curious. Despite his downfalls, he is a genuine and considerate person who cares deeply for his sisters. Due to spending the majority of his life growing up dedicated to looking after his sisters and ensuring their safety and keeping them in check, he has yet to decide how he wants to live his own life. Thus, he could also be seen as rather indecisive and unsettled. He has a great moral compass and will fight for what he believes in. He is passionate and equally as headstrong as he is strong-willed.
Face Claim:
→ Aaron Taylor-Johnson
PARA SAMPLE
Growing up, Alistair led a happy life alongside his two sisters and parents in the White’s small family home; living a carefree and oblivious childhood until the day everything changed… There had been a knock on the door and before the young boy could even comprehend what was occurring, his father was being whisked away. And following the eventual return of Wallace, followed the shocking revelation of Alice’s death. With all that had taken place, Alistair felt as though it was his job to step up and adopt the role of the household’s protector.
For the longest time, Alistair believed his only job, his only purpose in life was to ensure both of his sisters were kept in line and in order. It was a constant juggle between attempting to pluck Alyse from her protective shell and struggling to shove Cilla back into hers. However, there came a day when his consistent battle ceased and his sister’s had grown up and moved on, leaving their brother behind in order to pursue their own separate lives. It was in that very moment Alistair was smacked right in the face with the sudden reality that he too needed to endeavor to lead his own separate life.
This realization was something that Alistair didn’t take lightly. Dedicating his life thus far to protecting his sisters left him little to zero time to decide what shape he wanted his own life to form, in which direction he desired to move forward, who the reflection was that stared back at him in the mirror. Now that his first and foremost task of ensuring the safety of his sisters was no longer a priority, he would have to make himself his priority for the first time in forever. With no distractions to keep him from figuring himself out, he had an abundance of questions he had to find answers for.
In addition to his latest tribulation of self-discovery, he couldn’t help but become exceptionally aware of the Crimson King’s return and the war against the mermaids. With his family in order and his sisters no longer his responsibility, Alistair couldn’t help but feel the urge to still protect others. He felt it as strong now as ever and it was soon becoming apparent to him that just maybe his calling in life was to protect those who failed to do so themselves. During this uncovering of himself, a fragment of his mind toyed with the notion of training as a knight. This thought was only heightened due to his befriending of a handful of knights and the discovery of how he felt he might like working alongside these knights.
In spite of this pang of needing to protect and the assumption of enjoying working alongside knights as part of a band of protectors, there was one minor detail holding him back from pursuing his own destiny. That fact was that the thought of working under the Crimson King made him feel a heavy sense of betrayal to his family. With the struggling of keeping his sisters at bay, Alistair is now faced with an arguably tougher struggle; to follow his heart or his head?
Unfortunately I must head to work shortly so I can’t get to sending everyone asks just yet, but Mickey is home alone and bored so send her some stuff! And we’d love to see some more applications before tomorrow. The more the merrier, and I’d love to see everyone at the Festival event next week! She’ll be around if you need any help.
This weekend we want to see all kinds of asks flooding the dash. You are more than welcome to ask your own, but if you are struggling then here are some examples and I may add more as time goes on. (Feel free to submit some to be added.) Just make sure you don’t limit your asks to one or two people! Get everyone involved!
The italicized asks are for the writer, not the character.
♩ Name a song that’s title describes your character.
♪ Name a quote from a song that describes your character.
♫ Name a whole song that describes your character.
♬ Name a song your character would enjoy.
❄ Winter is coming: What is your favorite thing about Winter?
❅ Winter is coming: Your least favorite thing about Winter?
❆ Winter is coming: Who you hope will pick up your Giving gift?
☃ Winter is coming: Who you hope you will get a Giving gift from?
⚯ FMK: ___, ____, ____
♔ FMK Royal Edition: Gideon, Cadence, Jensen
♒ FMK Merfolk Edition: Valasca, Serene, Clef
♐ FMK Artemisia Edition: Ophelia, Velda, Elsa
♈ If you could pick anyone you know to go into battle for you, who?
♉ Who is the most bull-headed person you know?
♊ What lies have you recently told?
♋ When is the last time you had sex?
♌ What is the first thing you notice when you look at someone new?
♍ Describe a time your naivety got you in trouble.
♎ If you upset someone, how would you make it up to them?
♏ Dom or sub?
♑ Who is the most important person to you?
♓ Who is the person you most look up to?
☏ You just got a prank call. Who is your main suspect?
☼ It’s a nice day. Where do you go first?
☕ What are you like before you have your coffee/tea?
✾ Someone who you care about has been wronged. What do you do?
❀ Someone you care about has become sick. What do you do?
✿ Someone you don’t like has insulted you. What do you do?
❁ One of your best friends becomes distant. What do you do?
❃ Someone you care about breaks your heart. What do you do?
❥ Who has been your favorite queen/king?
♞ Favorite knight? (Your character doesn’t have to know them.)
♟ Favorite servant or merchant? (Your character doesn’t have to know them.)
☗ Favorite villager? (Your character doesn’t have to know them.)
⚜ What has been your favorite event so bar?
♠ What are your thoughts on the war?
♣ If you could do any job right now, what would it be?
♦ What is the most expensive/treasured object you have?
♡ What are you looking for in a romantic relationship?
⚀ Name one thing you could not live without.
⚁ Name two people you dislike/hate.
⚂ Name three people you saw an were like ‘I’d hit that.’
⚃ Name four pet peeves.
⚄ Name five things about yourself you feel stick out.
⚅ Name six of your favorite words.
✁ Who would win in a fight? You vs. ____.
✒ Your personal most wanted roles to be picked up?
✐ Roles you personally want to see bios made for?
Without any siblings or creative freedom in the Holloway family, her aunt Alice and her stories represented a sort of affection and imagination she could not have at home. To make it worse, her mother Margaret had a dedicated rivalry with Alice that drove an even deeper wedge in her relationship with Delilah. When Alice died, Delilah desperately needed something to hold onto. Everyone thought she had gone mad when the twins disappeared and she claimed to know exactly where they went. She soon proved that statement wrong when she used her aunt’s stories to find her own way into Alice’s Wonderland.
It was an incredible experience, at first, but Deliliah has seen first-hand the evil in the shadows of the Crimson King’s rule. Now that he has risen to the top again, she must make a decision. Try to keep her new family together at the risk of gaining dangerous attention, or go home.
♣ FULL BIO ♠ ALL ROLES ♥ MAIN SITE ♦ APPLICATION ♣
Happy 20th Birthday, Delilah!
Delilah Holloway is one of our most wanted roles
and acceptances start tomorrow at 7PM EST.
Four years since the Freeze ended in terrible disaster for Artemisia. Four years since their savior destroyed nearly half of the town and disappeared. The Wyvern has yet to return and Artemisia’s people have yet to completely forgive her, but it seems they are finally coming to terms with it.
Back before Mount Edan’s explosion, the Artemisian people would celebrate every fall to remind themselves of the evil world they escaped and the guardian who helped them. Since many of these people were magical beings that suffered relentlessly at the hands of the Queen of Hearts, Artemisia became a place where they could celebrate who they were and what they were able to do. It was a place where Shifters walked in any form without fear, Pixies breathed fire like the Wyvern they loved, and Sprites stood close by to put out any runaway flames.
With unbelievable food, games, and shows, it was the kind of wild celebration that Wonderland had never seen with their snobbishness and snide judgments. After the Freeze, they stopped, but now, the festival has finally returned returned.
Although they still remember their suffering, the Artemisians have decided to bring back their celebration, and they have invited everyone to witness the love and freedom that their town represents.
So I’m heading off to school for now but I’ll probably be finishing up that event graphic while I’m there. In the meantime, members feel free to give me some feedback on the stuff I mentioned in the OOC, and lurkers don’t be afraid to hit me up if you need some help with an app.
Aren't jabberwockies and wyverns basically the same thing?
Hardly, my friend.
Jabberwockies are sort of powerful songbirds with the ability to create unique sounds and auditory hallucinations. Their Jabberwocky form is much like a really fucked up Big Bird.
Wyvern, on the other hand, are huge dragons with thermal abilities and much longer life spans who may possibly be the dinosaurs of Wonderland.
