first of all, i want to begin by saying that i am truly, utterly blown away by the applications you all submitted. i genuinely fell in love with each one ! you all took me on a lot of exciting, heartbreaking journeys and i am so glad that you trusted your characters with me. i am so, so thankful for all of the apps - there were so many incredible ones. unfortunately, with the number of applications we received, not everyone could be accepted, though. if your app was not accepted, it does not mean it was bad in anyway. the competition was incredibly fierce, and not every app was the exact right fit for this rp at this time, and that is completely okay ! my opinion is just one opinion. i wish you all the luck in the future with rps ! and i encourage you to apply here again, if you would like. keep an eye on the main about any announcements about skeletons reopening. without further ado, the following characters have been accepted.
welcome to the stage, kerry claiborne as allegro !
donna, honestly, everything about kerry was so fun to read. she’s so confident, and she has every reason to be ! honestly, what was the prom committee thinking with under the sea ??? i love that everyone just trusts her with their secrets, and the emotional toll that can take on her. it has to be draining to constantly take on everyone else's burdens all the time, and i can’t wait to see where that eventually leads her in this rp !
welcome to the stage, august hewett as cadenza !
rach, this take on cadenza was not at all what i was expecting. but honestly ? i think that made me love him more. i can feel the loneliness in august, both when he was alive and now. the band providing him with friends and family makes my heart ache for him. his love for sostenuto runs so deep - i cannot wait to see him having to deal with that in person. the idea of him haunting those he loves on his bad days hurt me in the best way. and i am now deeply attached to eddie telling him “you know, rock and roll can really heal people.” also, the fact that he was in an aerosmith cover band with his uncle ? iconic. i really can’t wait to watch his interactions with others in this group !
welcome to the stage, roberto ‘tito’ rosario as concerto !
hannah, i am in complete awe of tito. everything about their application just screamed concerto to me. their relationship to music and their father was just so beautiful to read, and devastating in the end. watching tito put himself back together, though, is everything to me. i loved the connections between tito and actual concertos, it was exactly what i thought of when choosing the skeleton name. and don’t even get me started on how brilliant the idea of ‘a blind date’ with cds is ! your writing was utterly amazing. i love tito so much already, and i cannot wait to see where they go from here !
welcome to the stage, dali stratford as crescendo !
vic, dali is such a force of nature ! from the very beginning, i was so invested in her. the relationship between her and her mother is so special, i can’t wait to see how dali processes and responds to things now that she’s back. dali’s passion, energy, and spirit are everything i could have wanted in a crescendo app. she is crescendo, through and through. this line in particular blew me away, because it just captures that energy so well: “when you want something done, you’re a bull in a girl’s body, powering your way headfirst through any challenge with nothing but brute force and fire in your eyes, leaving only rubble in your wake.” i also loved how stuck on being dead she seems compared to the others, and her guilt surrounding everything that happened. i’m so excited to see where she goes from here !
welcome to the stage, rafael medina as nocturne !
emily, this was such a difficult decision. nocturne is such a complex skeleton and there were so many interesting ways they could be played. what ultimately won me over was the way rafa tries so hard not to get close to people, yet also seems to constantly want love. from him basically setting his mom up, to his “relationship” with phoenix, to him ultimately giving his soul away, my heart broke for him. he’s really been through it, and more than anyone, deserves a break. i hope he can find some peace, and find the acceptance and love he needs from himself and others. i’m excited to see how he interacts with the rest of the group, and watch him develop connections with all of the other characters !
welcome to the stage, honoria ‘honey’ kikuchi as sonata !
dewey, it was such an interesting choice to do the app from two different povs ! i appreciated the insight on honey from a different perspective. she’s such a perfectionist, which makes complete sense given her family. what really made me love her, though, was this: “people are an entirely different monster. their mysteries lie in the soul, in emotions you can't bring herself to be in touch with. sometimes you wish there was a rulebook.” that, along with your mockblog, really helped me to understand honey. she holds the world at arm’s length because letting people in can be scary. i can’t wait to see how she grows and evolves with this rp !
welcome to the stage, oliver ‘ollie’ reid as sostenuto !
lane, ollie stole my heart from the moment i started reading his app. he wants answers, and who can fault him for that ? i loved his journey through processing cadenza’s death. his experience at that sleepover broke me. him following in his sibling’s footsteps is something i cannot wait to see playout on the dash - i love that we find him really in the middle of his journey. he’s still struggling, but he’s also not. there’s a lot of growing to do, which is such a fun place to start. i love oliver and i cannot wait to write with him !
to all accepted members, please look at the checklist and send me your account within the next 24 hours. i will then send out the discord invite, and we can begin plotting ! we will decide as a group what day and time to start interactions this weekend. if anyone has any questions or needs anything, please know that i likely will not be on first thing in the morning, as it is currently after 5 am here. thank you again to all that applied, and i wish you the best of luck in the future !!!
