First Roleplay Idea: A slice of life about comically self-aware villains

[midnightlord]

I've got an impulsive rp idea. A slice-of-life/comedy story about a few comically self-aware and financially struggling super villains attempting to make ends meet in their cheap rental share-house. The villains don't have to appeal to any specific genre or time period (the setting will remain modern, but the villains can be timeless; potentially with reasons given for their apparent longevity if they're from medieval Europe or something). I'd like to see the chemistry between a bunch of different supervillains in a familiar living setting.

[Zanavy]

Good luck with your rp, @midnightlord. I could throw in a Very Normal Person who is definitely not a lich.

[Dark Cloud]

@midnightlord *Mustache Twirling Intensifies* I'm feeling evil, mustache twirlingly evil.

[Dark Cloud]

Omg, I just had a moment of clarity: Play as Asmodeus himself but he is washed up and tired of being 'the evilest' and quits.

[Dark Cloud]

Omg, I just had a moment of clarity: Play as Asmodeus himself but he is washed up and tired of being 'the evilest' and quits.

@Blackmist16

Leaving Hell in ruins and utter chaos because evil souls aren't going to hell they just get shoved back into the mortal realm.

[midnightlord]

@Zanavy@Blackmist16 I'm glad you two are interested! I enjoy the warping of character archetypes you two are doing. I've personally got the idea of playing a crazy cultist who has multiple dark powers inherited through the worship of his god, except; he slowly starts to lose faith in his god through a series of rational epiphanies, e.g "wait, why would I want to release a chaos god that would throw my life away like debris as soon as we meet?" The risk outweighs the reward, and instead of being bat-shit insane, my character is slowly rehabilitated by living a mundane middle-class lifestyle - becoming more of a "straightman" to other characters in the process, while also losing his special eldritch powers due to not embracing madness like his god wanted. Whenever he gets mad or irrationally upset albeit, he is able to use his abilities to an extent, which are incredibly powerful, which adds a special wildcard to his character: he's both an incredibly powerful villain as well as an incredibly weak one. It just depends on how much other characters/people annoy him.

[Zanavy]

Heyyy Blackmist, long time no see, haha.

I'll just be over here watching and eating popcorn 'till we're ready. It's definitely popcorn, not souls.

[Dark Cloud]

I'm just Satan with a flare for interior decorating.

[midnightlord]

@Zanavy@Blackmist16Cool, cool. I'm content with our little tuple of villains, but I'll keep the interest check up for maybe one more day until I begin with a starter, if that's okay with you guys?

[Yankee]

This sounds soooo fun. If I wasn't swamped with other RP responsibilities I would join in, as it is I look forward to reading along good luck!

[Dark Cloud]

@Yankee Hippity hoppity looking forward to your next postpity.

[seanmcchapman]

this sounds great but im far from being funny or a villian

[Dark Cloud]

@seanmcchapman Said cursed image Kirby.

[Zanavy]

Tentative CS!

"Jill"

Name: "Jill Henderson"

Appearance:


Species: Human! Normal human! (She is a lich)

Age: About 1000

Occupation: Formerly self-employed necromancer, currently job seeking

Special abilities: Various arcane powers, though anything outside the school of necromancy is a little rusty. Can create and command undead, inflict magical curses and wounds. She can perform smaller spells at will, but greater spells will require additional components. Has no need for living requirements like air and food. Impervious to disease and non-magical weapons. If her corporeal form dies due to magical injuries (including some high tech), her essence will be preserved in and potentially re-released from a phylactery, which is at an undisclosed location.

Personality: Jill's core evil trait is vanity. She is very concerned with appearing impressive - whether that means intelligence, magical prowess, physical appearance, wealth, or whatever other measure of success she deems important. She doesn't take losing or failure well. She is driven and independent, and if she comes across an obstacle, she is determined to overcome it through wit and hard work... and maybe some subtle cheating. Jill has been changing and growing during her brief time in this era, and she has become able to accept advice from others... sort of. She is outgoing and does desperately want connection with other people, but she's more concerned with impressing and lording over people than being genuine friends. This often drives her potential "friends" away (along with, y'know, the fact that she's a glowing skeleton). "Jill" takes pride in her (not very good) human disguise and has the delusion that it's very good. If you want to avoid her wrath, you'd better play along.

History: Though Jill wouldn't admit it publicly, she was once a medieval witch/necromancer who sought eternal life. After many decades of study and hard work, she discovered and completed the terrible ritual to achieve lichdom! She got to enjoy her reign of terror for about 100 years. Then, a group of meddling adventurers found a way to magically seal her. She remained in a half-conscious state of limbo until the 21st century, when a fracking project unwittingly released her bonds.

Jill was shocked by how much the world had changed over the centuries. It seemed the ways to achieve and maintain power had become quite different. She was also shocked by how much she changed... without regular blood rituals, her mostly-human-looking form had decayed into nothing but a skeleton. To return to her former glory, Jill would need lots of blood and large gemstones. Blood was easy to come by, but the gemstones... that was going to be tougher in the modern world.

Two years' worth of adventures and misadventures has somehow led Jill to a cheap apartment shared with like-minded ev- ... ambitious people. There, she balances her desires to be amazingly powerful with her desires to act like a "normal human" in her continual quest for gemstones.

Additional info: Jill has a servant named "Mike." Mike may groan or drool or shuffle about, but that's because of a congenital condition. Don't stare at Mike, it's rude.

[SilverRain]

Can I join as Sephiroth? Any expected posting speed?

[Dark Cloud]

Bulk McHitstuff?

or

Demon turned humble baker?

[SilverRain]

@Blackmist16 Why not both? Humble baker demon turns into Bulk McHitstuff when the cookies don't turn out right.

[Dark Cloud]

@SilverRain You mean BakeMcHeatstuff?

[Zanavy]

I guess this died. ... Would it be appropriate for someone to raise the dead idea?

[SilverRain]

I'm still in.