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Encore Post - Raven On A Streetlight Support Beam. #EncorePost #Ravens #Corvid #Raven #RavenOnAStreetlight #Raven #RavensOfInstagram #CorvidsOfInstagram #Birds #Bird #BirdPhotography #Birding #BirdingPhotography #Naturalist #PhotoByJeriRae (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci6MiWHLVWu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Encore Post - Desert Cottontail Rabbits Eating. #EncorePost #EarlyMorning #DaytimeAppearance #Cute #Kawaii #DesertCottontailRabbit #Rabbit #Bunny #かわいいバニー #サバクワタオウサギ #うさぎ #バニー #かわいい #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #野生動物 #野生生物写真 (at Agua Fria, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChyIV-nL_aZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Encore Post - Red-Tailed Hawk from September 23, 2021 in Agua Fria, NM I haven’t seen birds of prey around since late Winter or Early Spring. From September to March I frequently did encounter hawks. I presume hunting is better elsewhere. The only difference I can see, is that now all the trees and bushes have foliage making it easier for prey to hide. I have no idea if that’s the reason but it seems plausible. There also is the fact that in March, Ravens were chasing crows off of their territory. March is nesting time for Ravens so they are very protective. Of course now Ravens are being harassed by small birds, in particular, Cassin’s Kingbirds. These brave little birds not only take on ravens but hawks as well. A birder in a group I am in just posted a photo of the kingbird chasing a hawk. #EncorePost #RedTailedHawk #BirdsOfPrey #Hawk #HawksOfInstagram #Birds #Bird #BirdPhotography #Birding #BirdingPhotography #Naturalist #PhotoByJeriRae (at Agua Fria, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfS8hnigkdh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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More House Finches - One of the things I’ve noticed is the house finches blushes of red are much stronger when illuminated by an early morning sun then they are later in the day. #HouseFinches #HouseFinch #RoseyFinches #EncorePost #Wildbirds #Bird #Birds #Birding #BirdingPhotography (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWZc9dRPTqw/?utm_medium=tumblr

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House Finches Scrounging Early On A Sunday Morning, August 15, 2021 #EncorePost #HouseFinches #RoseyFinches #HouseFinch #EarlyMorning #EarlySundayMorning (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWZaIrQPYB_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Cassin’s Kingbird September 8, 2021 Agua Fria, NM On of my favorite encounters was with this Cassin’s Kingbird. I first encountered it in August on 2 consecutive days. I then encountered this interesting bird a couple weeks later. I am glad I was able to capture a relatively rare bird for the area. One morning early I saw it scrounging for insects with a curved-billed thrasher. I hope to see it again next summer. #EncorePost #Birds #Birding #CassinsKingbird #RelativelyRare #BirdingPhotography (at Agua Fria, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVoGce0v9d4/?utm_medium=tumblr

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.001: Long Time, No See!

A CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT PROMPT

Hello, good people of Chaplin Cove and those who write them! It’s been a while since we’ve done one of these, hasn’t it? And not just that, but for many, many of our characters, a while since we’ve really worked out what they’re up to lately and shared it with the world. Of course, we’re busy, they’re busy, it’s easy to get caught up in work and school and adult living. But lately, we’re all a little less busy than usual, so why not take advantage of it! For this prompt, tell a little about what your character has been up to lately (what’s their job been? are they going to school? what’s been going on in their personal lives? anything you think is relevant!) and on top of that, how has their life been impacted by current events (where have they been qu*rantining, and who with? are they an ess*ntial w*rker, have they been working from home? how have they been keeping themselves entertained?) Obviously we’re not making light of the subject, but given that it’s the state of the world, it’s an interesting and unique opportunity to write about and since we roleplay in real time, it’s obviously a chapter we’re not just ignoring. So what’s been up before, and what’s up now? Maybe even include a picture that shows what your character’s up to, whether it’s to premiere a new hair color they’ve dyed out of boredom, showing the people they’re hunkering down with, or just a reminder of how good they look. And hey, bonus challenge: see if you can get all of your characters done! 

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next gen november is ON!

WELCOME TO THE YEAR 2037, 18 years into the future

It’s been a minute since we had any kind of AU week around here, so what do we do when we decide to have one again? Make it last a whole damn MONTH.

Hey guys! Kina here, making an informal post bc I’m not about to mod but I absolutely will be mom friend. We’ve all been a little busy and haven’t really known how to properly kick off this AU month, so I figured I’d kickstart it with an announcement post as well as some tips I figured I’d share. Obviously nothing I have to say here is bible and everyone can do whatever they want but I figured I’d help solve some things abt how all this is gonna work. So if you’re interested in that, feel free to click the read more, otherwise let’s get this party started!

OK SO obviously with the way we have our group set up these days, there’s a lot of room for confusion already, so adding an AU could make it even harder to navigate LMFAO but it’s NOT GONNA BC WE GONNA SOLVE PROBLEMS BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE THEM! Which, I mean, isn’t really hard bc we all know how to behave around here, the dumb bitches have been removed from the situation for years now and we all know how to treat each other, so most of this is just about the mechanics of things. 

1 - NUMBERS

This AU is 18 years into the future, making it November 2037. For some perspective: Any babies that were born this year are 18 years old, and any that will be born within the next year will be 17. Characters that just turned 21 will be 39. If someone is 30, they are now 48 for a month. So basically, a lot of the kids will now be young adults and our current young adults will be middle-aged. Wild, right? 

1 - THE KIDS

It’s gonna be expected for the kids of our characters to be plotted and probably even played some. That’s part of why we chose the time lapse that we did, so that we can get a look into the futures of Chaplin Cove’s next generation. Some will already be in their 20s, some will be teenagers, and some will still just be little—which is cool, because these would be the character babies that we’d never get to see in canon time or more recent future weeks. 

Being that we’ve posted as literal children on the dash in future weeks, I think it’s safe to say that any of the kids of the group can make posts and be RPed as. I doubt we’re going to want to involve ourselves in things like the dating lives of next gen characters (aka it feels fucking weird to rp stuff about s-e-x for the older versions of characters that are usually babies in the canon time, and it’s especially weird if said character isn’t 18+ yet so ABSOLUTELY don’t do that) but there’s nothing wrong with giving them plots, writing as them like they’re playable characters, etc. I think that’s always part of the fun of FWs. 

Oh, and unless it’s otherwise discussed among RP partners, I think it’s safe to assume that anyone who plays the parent of a next gen character is “allowed” to post as them during this AU. Hell, both partners can if they want to. Why the fuck not, really, it’s not like we do that dumb ~i play the mom so i automatically am the one that gets to play them~ shit LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

3 - FACECLAIMS

When it comes to our canon characters that are all now in their late 30s and 40s, It could be fun to use older FCs instead of the usual ones. However, since we all have so many OCs and don’t even know if we’re going to be using them all this month, it could also feel like big pressure to find suitable older FCs for all or even any of our characters. That being said, just do whatever you want here and don’t let it stop you from posting on the dash/enjoying the week. If you found someone that works, great! If you can’t find anyone or don’t want to bother, great! If you start off the month using the usual FC but later on find someone that works and use them for the rest of the month, great! This is just a fun added detail that should only be used for fun and not for added stress. Pls don’t worry if you can’t or don’t want to do this. 

When it comes to our next gen characters that are usually just kiddos and will now be full on people, probably talk with your RP partner about the face claim(s) of your kid(s). Even if it’s just like, hey what’s up I’m gonna make a post as our kid and I think I’m gonna use this fc, what do you think. Just something, no one should claim a shared kid without consulting their RP partner first. 

Oh, and across the board, faceclaims are totally allowed to repeat. We even do that with canon stuff now so don’t even worry about it. IMO this even means that you can use FCs of canon characters to represent next gen characters if you want. Don’t worry about anyone being “taken”. 

4 - MULTI-VERSE/MULTI-SHIPPING

Since we do multi-everything around here, there’s no reason why we can’t multi-everything but +18 years. The same way we just kind of respect other canons and know who would and would not be involved in what versions of an OC’s life, just keep doing for next gen. No one should have to feel left out for any reason, it should all just be fun, who cares, etc. etc. If anything gets confusing just talk with your RP partner(s) about it!

ALSO this means that characters that exist in more than one timeline may be different from one version of their AU to the next! In fact, they probably will. They may or may not have the same jobs, the same housing situation, same older FC, etc. but they may also be entirely different people (with different kids, who will probably be participating on the dashboard). Basically just do what you want to do with your characters and pay attention to everyone else’s. Talk with each other if anything seems confusing or not right.

That just kind of goes for everything, really: talk with each other if anything seems confusing or not right!

5 - GETTING STARTED

Since everything is taking place in a vastly different universe than the current canon, it probably feels weird to just dive right in, especially since not everybody knows what your characters are doing. If it makes you feel more comfortable or organized, feel free to post brief summaries about any characters you want that let us know what they’re up to (I say brief because I don’t expect anyone to wanna write whole bios about their future OCs, but if you want to, go for it!). You can also just make posts that give exposition about your characters, like an IG picture that shows their future FC and gives some tidbits about their current job/life/etc., or a starter that has some info about what they’re up to on it, you get the gist. Just include any context you think the group would need to know. Also, make sure to respond to other people’s posts; anyone putting effort in is important and should be interacted with! 

6 - JUST SOME CLOSING THOUGHTS

We should probably all tag our posts for the au. We usually do, and as usual, everyone can do whatever tagging system works best for them, and it will help keep everybody on the  same page (and make us remember that the dashboard is currently 18 years into the future). It also helps in case anyone has anything they want to post during this month that actually takes place in canon time, because those posts wouldn’t say anything about taking place in the AU. 

Also since it’s already a week into November and we haven’t done much, I’m sure we can shave some time off the beginning of December if we want to maximize our time in the AU. Alternatively, if we find ourselves over it and ready to go back to the canon by the time November is wrapping up, we can just end it there too. We can regroup to talk about it towards the end of the month, guage what everyone’s feeling.

And finally, don’t be afraid to post even if you don’t have everything figured out!!!!!!!!!! You can use only one character at a time if you want, figure it out as you go, make things up on the spot, w/e. But remember that this is supposed to be fun so don’t keep yourself from having a good time because you’re hyperfocused the details of everyone’s futures. It’s all an AU anyway, I tend to do these AUs knowing that things could be completely different by the time we do the next one based on things that will happen in the canon or between roleplayers along the way. We tend to make our future weeks set as like, the future that exists given things the way they are now, not necessarily set in stone in any way. So just remember that and don’t worry. Your character can be a serial killer this AU and then one day later down the road you decide to make her a CEO instead. It doesn’t matter, it’s all pretend, pls just have fun I beg of u all.

And so concludes my lil breakdown. If anyone has anything else they need to figure out, feel free to bring it up to me or anyone personally or hell just drop it in the gc. Otherwise, now it’s party time!