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an upcoming jcink hosted rp set in abbotsbury, dorset during the winter of 1912. the quiet village of abbotsbury sits on the dorset coast of england, far from the factories of london and smog of the city, in a time prior to the outbreak of wwi. as the militant suffragette movement begins in the capitol, the antiquated class system breeds gossip behind every door. as christmas approaches, secrets will out. inspired by history, downton abbey, atonement, testament of youth & suffragette.

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sooo my co-admin is currently on a plane travelling back to england from ireland buttttt with opening just around the corner i figured why not give you a little preview of the site! (she loves previews so lets hope she doesn’t mind ;D) it’s just a small snippet of some of our forums/i guess a skin preview c: and rest assured we’re aiming to open either tonight (excitinggg) or tomorrow! so keep your eyes peeled <3

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If you want to keep it "historically accurate" (with a lot of quotation marks) and still welcome POC as play-bys, maybe it could be a mixture of AU and this universe? Meaning you could have POC in aristocracy, for example, but they were still side-eyed among the rest of their peers.

yesss this is perfect! and exactly what we were looking for :) this is probably/definitely what we’ll be going with on the site and we’ll be sure to add it to our FAQ etc. as a reference point for people c: thank you, beautiful anon! 

(i think our brains are fried thanks to star wars seeing as one of us works in a cinema and the other is the biggest star wars fan ever so apparently thinking logically isn’t an option right now hahahah)

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Do you know what your characters are going to be like?

we do indeeed! we’ve got a good mixture of the upper and lower classes (aristocratic socialites to farmhands and maids) so we’re ready and waiting to plot with all different types of characters that might pop up on the site! (: 

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is this an au? just curious about how a poc character might fit in; thanks babes x

tl dr: please use a poc as a pb and we’ll just sort it out among us

hey love! i was actually talking about this issue with my co-admin this morning although we didn’t really come to a conclusion! i was too taken aback by star wars to discuss it properly. at the moment we haven’t come to the conclusion of it being an au but we do really want to encourage the use of poc as pbs!! 

i’d love to hear where you stand on the issue as my other admin has gone to work until site opening! i’m a little stuck on the morals of how to handle this. i’d love to hear people’s opinions. if i don’t get any i’ll have a think about this in the few hours leading up to opening!

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Can we get a preview while we wait? :)

aahhh i just got back from watching the midnight release of star wars and i can’t organise my brain well enough to give a proper preview, but i can tell you that avs are 225x350, profile images are 250x400 and app/shipper graphics are 400x400 c:

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omg you guys i need you to open like asap bc my friend and i have been talking about a site like this for the last week and i couldn't believe it when i saw the ad!!!!!

OMG sorry i don’t know how this got lost in our ask box. WE ARE AIMING TO OPEN... tomorrow shh keep it quiet, we normally reach out targets. it’ll be probably the early hours of friday morning gmt. we just need to get through the next 24 hours. but it’s happening!! 

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When do you think you'll be open?

hey lovely anon! we’re actually just discussing this because we had hoped to open this weekend but then i was too hungover to get my shit together today. we don’t have that much left to do so we’re going to suggest mid-late this week and be more definite after tomorrow!! 

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Do you think we'll get any sneak peeks of the canon characters?

hey anon! the canons are actually quite plain, i’ll talk to my co-admins about previewing them before we’re done!! basically though it’s just a general family description and then the individual characters are pretty much to the players. it’s just a way to establish the ~elite and long established families in the community! let me talk to my other admins though... cos i love previews.

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What kind of characters are you going to be looking for?

hey love! thanks for the question. so we have member groups based around the class system; from aristocracy to working class. we have three main upper class/land owner families which are represented by canons (with extended family trees for anyone interested in making relatives!). so we don’t really have a demographic of character we’ll be looking. admin-wise i know we’re making a mix of upper class and working class characters! basically where ever your imagination takes you. you could play a farm hand, a barmaid, a woman trying to bring the suffragette movement to abbotsbury, or like... maggie smith from downton. whatever you like!! i hope that helps?

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PLOT PREVIEW

so we’re so sorry to be further behind on this than we thought, so we’re previewing the plot for you guys today which should hopefully give you a bit of inspiration and insight!

the bustling parish of abbotsbury sits snugly among the fields in the heart of dorset, far removed from the smoggy, harsh streets of london. but its inhabitants are not untouched by the capitol's wide reaching influences. the suffragette movement has turned militant on the streets of london and women all over england are starting to question their place in society.

rights for women

might be clamoured for in the city, but it's more a timid whisper among the upper classes of abbotsbury. the ayer ladies of wycombe abbey, in any case, might question their futures without a good match in marriage due to an age old entail blocking them from their inheritence.

it's winter 1912 and the thin sheet of snow threatening to coat the english south coast pushes people inside to the warm and out of the storms. but as this farming community has known for many years, you must weather the harshest of winters to prosper in the spring. with cornhill farm recently changing hands, can the locals trust their new proprietor to not run their livelihood into the ground?

and to the south of the village is chesil house, home to one of the most respected families of abbotsbury, that was, until a scandal broke about the youngest son's botched elopement and another of his siblings' owing gambling debts around town.

christmas is coming however and spirits are high. many have relatives escaping the cities to join them in the country for some festive cheer this season. the upper levels of society play out a drama - or a farce - for the hard-working locals to enjoy but with everyone home for the holiday period there is always a new scandal to break and gossip to be found. abbotsbury wouldn't be the village that it is if everyone didn't already know each other's business.

but of course the sleepy english village holds its simple ideals against the backdrop of a disgruntled continent: a war is coming, one which will change the world forever. be merry this christmas and keep close those you hold dear for evil does not distinguish between the deserving and the good; tomorrow will come and the faces of friends will resemble only memories of a past lost to the sound of gunfire and machinery of war. in years to come one may look back as the sun rises over the frosty fields of abbotsbury and find these last bright days a elegy to the innocence of youth.

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sorry the tumblr’s been quiet guys! we’re just finishing up the site the past couple of days, but thank you so much to all our new followers!! bear with us loves<3

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hey everyone!! thanks so much for the interest in the site - we’re actually getting really close to being done...! we’re not going to give out an opening date just yet because we’re not sure if it’ll be sooner than anticipated (this weekend) or not!! the ask box is open however so if anyone has any questions please get in touch.  as for now: let’s get to know each other a little bit. you can fill in our darling little form and post it in our tag #kmcrp and we can get this community going. 

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