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The Brentwood Boarding School of Elemental Bending


Concept and Guidelines:


- Basically I’m thinking of something like Hogwarts meets Avatar.

- Originally I wanted this to be a small group thing but I don’t think I have time to manage another group even a small one so I am seeking someone to do this with in a one on one setting where we both double as a male and female. And when I say double, I mean both roles get equal attention and development. I've had partners show one role more love than the other and that's not cool.

- As mentioned above, we will be doubling as male and female.

- A post should come once a week or every every 12 days at the most. I have a life. I am job hunting, I have other RPs here and off-site. I tend to post to those have been waiting the longest, if possible group posts take priority over one on ones. So my partner should be comfortable with a slower pace.

- That said, my partner should be able to talk about the story's progression and help move things along. A lot of the information below is what I've pulled together. I still want my partner to feel comfortable and eager to help me continue to build this together. Should we need to take a break, just let me know. Should we need to readjust the direction, let me know.

- I am thinking each post will be around 6-10 paragraphs. I assume each single character will get anywhere from 3-5 paragraphs which then amounts to double that. If you can post at least three paragraphs for each character, I'll be happy.

- Mature themes will probably come into play at some point. I do write out sexual scenes via PM, otherwise we will be sticking to threads.

- Finally, I have yet to decide if this will lean toward Harry Potter and we use real life photographs and keep things more grounded in reality. Or if we lean towards Avatar and use anime pictures and have a bit wiggle room to stray from reality. If you are interested, I would like input on this matter as it will dictate pictures of characters and locations.


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- Whether this take place in a modern era, something medieval or something in the future, can be hashed out with my partner.

- The boarding school will be broken into four classification groups much like Hogwarts. The school will have Air, Water, Earth and Fire. Each incoming bender will have an affinity towards a single classification that will be determined by them putting a piece of cloth around their neck which will channel the bender’s elemental ability. By taking a deep breath and blowing into the air, the bender will see what element bursts forth, as it is most easy to bend from one’s mouth as an open vessel as opposed to channeling one's energy into an appendage like a like or foot or fingers.

- Benders will be given cuffs to wear around their wrists, ankles and neck (or they can use special socks or gloves) in order to produce their given element. Think of the accessories as a wands for a witch or wizard. The bender can wear something around their wrist, finger, wherever they wish to produce their element, it must be channeled through some kind of fabric that picks up on the texture, allowing the bender’s energy to adjust to the bender’s aesthetic.

- Different fabrics will give someone different results. For instance someone using a lace fabric would deliver a more soft, graceful, almost feather-like quality of bending energy. Should someone have a leather cuff their bending would be smooth and very sturdy in both control and strength. Should someone use a cotton fabric, their bending would be pretty normal/ordinary. If they use a metal or copper cuff, then their bending may be more uncontrollable or chaotic. This fabric concept is tentative, if my partner would do away with the detail of fabric not mattering, that's fine. I just figured since wands have specific parameters if may be fun to do the same with bending but I still would like to maintain the idea of a bender needing a special cuff or item to use bending.

- Benders and non-benders get along fairly well and bending itself is not kept hidden away like magic for Harry Potter.

- At the age of 15, they will get a letter explaining they have bending powers and to report to the closest school or academy. All schools will teach someone from the age of 15 to the age of 20, for five years in total.

- At school they are taught all things academic from math to science to bending. Benders are encouraged to use their bending to further their future careers. Fire benders may consider a culinary career, earth benders would go into construction or architecture, air benders might have an interest in flying planes or hot air balloons for transportation purposes, water benders may focus in making art sculptures out of ice (working with an air bender), it's all up to the individual.

- I will say the small niche bending like lava, metal, lightening (and so on) aren't going to be allowed but it's up doe debate with my partner. I find them a bit unnecessary and flashy, not often useful.

- In terms of class sizes, I foresee them being very small and close-knit. I don't want any rivalries that say Harry Potter had with the different Houses.

- Now the final crux of the matter is that I want there to be some kind of prophecy that four benders of the elements must come together to uncover some magical fifth element like maybe light or something celestial. There's no Avatar per-say who does bend all four. The point of us doubling is so we can represent all four elements together. I want there to be a reason these four friends come together. I don't want the stakes to be as high as saving the world but I want there to be a glue that holds them together. I want there to be a mystery, a threat but nothing overly dramatic. Maybe the school is being closed down due to someone buying the land for their own personal use. The kids, now young adults have grown up in the school and don't want it to close. Or maybe some evil force is kidnapping kids in the city and the four decide to investigate, only them having the ultimate power collectively to stop whatever supernatural force is on the prowl. Like a few other ideas, I'd like to work this out with someone.

- All in all, I am seeking one partner for this, someone who won't just raise their hand but has actually read my thoughts and has ideas of their own, suggestions to make and is inspired to commit themselves. Should you have interest, please post here as I tend to read PMs but forget to reply to them. If you do have interest, give me some input so I know if we're on the same page or at least in the same book of sorts. :)
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This sounds incredible. The concept is fascinating and already has my creativity flowing. I would absolutely love to do this with you.

Two characters, one male one female, 3-5 paragraphs each is perfect for me. As is the slower pace, I'm currently working on getting my house on the market so only having to worry about posting once a week or so is great. I'm also cool with mature themes being present, but not the main focus of the RP. I don't have a ton of experience writing them so the chance to practice would be nice. I would prefer things to lean more towards Avatar, as I'm more comfortable with using anime or fantasy pictures for characters, it just seems weird to me to use real people and turn them into something they've not.
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Hello hello.

I'm glad you're interested and already drumming up ideas, I'm hoping with two heads collaborating, the more fun we can make the world. My family and I moved two years back and it was a total nightmare with packing and moving and everything so I wish you a ton of luck with that so should you need to go MIA for a bit, I understand. So a slow pace is probably what we both need. And if you need practice with mature themes, I'm happy to help as I've been told my writing in that area is rather nice. Ahem haha. And keeping it anime themed with pictures that way is also fine with me, I was good either way but couldn't make a decision one way or another, I can be so indecisive.

In regards to the other concepts up in the air regarding: the niche bending (like lava), fabrics (them having to do with bending styles, yay or nay?), ages I'm thinking being 19-20, and the ultimate purpose of them coming together, do you have any thoughts there? If not we can talk more further and see what sounds best.
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Thanks for the luck, I'm definitely going to need it. The worst is definitely yet to come with moving. When we actually get to the moving part we have a twelve hour drive to look forward to, with four dogs, one of which gets car sick.

As for the concepts. I agree on not keeping the niche bending, I was always a much bigger fan of the four cardinal elements than those. I absolutely love the idea of the different fabrics or materials affecting bending. A few more to add to that is wood, which could be more of a tanky bending style, being supportive and enduring. As well as jade, which I haven't worked out yet but would really like to add because I love jade. For ages, 19-20 sounds great, if there are going to be mature themes I'd definitely want the characters involved to be over 18. For the prophecy, I don't really have any ideas yet, only that all four elements would be needed to do something which is why all four characters would be chosen.
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Oh boy, that does not sound fun but it's probably better to drive with pets than fly these days.

The niche bending was abused in LoK I felt, it really diminished the impact of someone bending something so small or difficult. I will say the metal bending was cool but other than that it seemed like suddenly everyone could bend in LoK and it made it less special in my mind. And adding stones and even maybe thin wood cuffs would be a great idea. I think it's a great way for benders to show some individuality. Maybe on one hand they have one fabric on and the other, something different to offer different styles of bending.

What about the era? Something akin to ALTA, LoK? The mid 90s like Harry Potter? Something modern but vague in location? Or something more rustic? I think the ages are good and mature situations will need to happen with those who are of age, I agree.

We could go the cheesy route and say they all found some special marble or gem that boosts their bending maybe allowing them to create some new element? I do think the major conflict or prophecy could be as major or minor as we'd like. It just depends if we want to keep the stakes low or have them eventually escalate.

In terms of elements you were thinking of, any idea which ones you'd like?

I'd probably like a male or female earth bender, I like the idea of them wearing a lace band around their neck and letting dirt fly out of their mouth at their enemy. XD I also see them conjuring boulders with their hands. I'd say in terms of using the elements, they don't need to be present to be used (like hot you needed water nearby to water bend).
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Sorry about the wait, I spent the weekend working in the house and then was at work all day.

I agree, in ALTA the niche bending seemed like a really cool special thing, especially lightning bending which was something that so few people could do, and in LOK it was definitely overused. I still think LoK is better than the original, but that's something that ALTA did much better.

I like the idea of having benders who use two different types of cuffs, it adds another level of versatility and personality to the styles. As for era, hmmm, perhaps something more modern?

Maybe we could go with something like there's some evil force that needs sealed away, and all four elements are needed to seal it. Our four characters could be chosen because they're the top of their classes or something.

As for elements, I definitely want to take air. I don't know if the character will be male or female yet, but I'll probably use leather for their cuffs and have them wear them on their ankles. They'd use their legs more for bending, possibly because of a bad shoulder.
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No problem.

I'd say ALTA had better character development, so many instances in LoK where I wanted to pull my hair out, I still haven't returned to the series finale. But I'd say the bending in LoK was pretty neat in how it applied bending to professions like metal benders being cops.

Modern works for me, I've got no real preference myself.

If you'd like air, I'll take earth and water if you'd like air and fire? I'm thinking my earth might be female and my fire bender male.

I could cook us up an OOC so we can figure out the roles in one place. And I think with the CS we'll be able to list what fabrics they use where. And our characters being the top in their class works for me. Maybe the evil force is spreading disease or some kind of other effect? Maybe it attacks benders somehow?
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You should totally watch the end of LoK, it's really good. I don't want to spoil anything, but it handles a certain pairing incredibly well.

Air and fire work fine for me. I think I'll make air male and fire female.

Yes please, I'd love to be able to get started on my characters.

I like the idea of the evil force spreading some sort of disease. Maybe something that, when it infects benders, it somehow corrupts their bending? Or stops them from being able to use it?
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