Interest Check: Disney's Disciplinary Academy for Troubled Youths

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Ideally id like to play a villainess across from their heroic counterpart though not sure how likely that is. I saw someone laying claim to Ursula and I've always been interested in a nasty mean bullying version of Ariel (evil redheads are sexy AF amirite?) But I'm not 100% sure that's the best fit. Failing that I'm wondering if anyone wants to play across anyone in the following gang of evildoers (and one anti-heroine):

Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmatians)
Queen of Hearts (Alice In Wonderland)
Wicked Stepmother ie Lady Tremaine (Cinderella)
Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)

If anybody is dying to play across one of these gals let me know otherwise I may just roll a die to decide.

I'm not sure Who Framed Roger Rabbit is an actual Disney film considering all the crossovers with characters from other studios in it (Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes) so that one might be a step too far beyond, so let's not bank on Jessica Rabbit just at the moment (besides, she wasn't a bad guy in that one anyway.)

I'm tempted to submit a sheet for Maleficent, but I'd be tempted to do some mix of the live action Maleficent movie, the traditional Sleeping Beauty, and Mal from Descendants.

And you're completely welcome to do whatever interpretation you like. She's not going to know that she's really Maleficent herself, and so have some identity crises of her own to deal with, so it makes sense she's not really sure whether she's more inclined toward good or evil or anywhere in between.

[Lady Sakura]

I loooooove Disney. This is probably really dangerous for me to be here.

I'm thinking either Clayton from Tarzan
There is also Prince Hans from Frozen I can do...

or there is!

Mother Gothel From Tangled.

Or the Voodoo Priest Dr. Facilier/ Shadow Man, from Princess and the Frog

Since Koka mentioned Ursula..

I could do her sister Morgana from the Little Mermaid II (Little Mermaid is my number 1 favorite movie). The rivalry could be cute since Morgana mentioned Ursula was the favorite in the family before she got herself blown up!

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I loooooove Disney. This is probably really dangerous for me to be here.

I'm thinking either Clayton from Tarzan
There is also Prince Hans from Frozen I can do...

or there is!

Mother Gothel From Tangled.

Or the Voodoo Priest Dr. Facilier/ Shadow Man, from Princess and the Frog

Since Koka mentioned Ursula..

I could do her sister Morgana from the Little Mermaid II (Little Mermaid is my number 1 favorite movie). The rivalry could be cute since Morgana mentioned Ursula was the favorite in the family before she got herself blown up!

While I didn't care much for that particular sequel (or any of them much), those are definitely eligible and up for grabs. I think Lion King 2 was probably the only one that could be called decent.

[Lady Sakura]

While I didn't care much for that particular sequel (or any of them much), those are definitely eligible and up for grabs. I think Lion King 2 was probably the only one that could be called decent.

I didn't either, however, just adding a villain that has connections to the original one since like I stated. Little Mermaid was my ultimate favorite.

Now I just gotta decide which one I want! There are so many others too.

[Fury Aphrodisia]

That can be arranged. Simba would of course want to keep close tabs on his wayward uncle and would definitely volunteer to go undercover as a similarly-aged fellow student, though the brother approach is interesting.

If anyone is playing Jafar, I had been itching to play the Genie. I can imagine him being a Magic instructor and trying to get Jafar's reincarnation to stop using dark magic or at least not use it for selfish purposes.

Hrm... yeah, I guess Simba might want to keep tabs on him, but then again, Simba isn't exactly all that responsible himself. I was thinking of kinda twisting it. Simba being the one that picks on an already unhappy Scar, pushing him further into evil?

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Hrm... yeah, I guess Simba might want to keep tabs on him, but then again, Simba isn't exactly all that responsible himself. I was thinking of kinda twisting it. Simba being the one that picks on an already unhappy Scar, pushing him further into evil?

Well, if that's the resulting personality change that comes with being put into a younger body, so be it.

[AribethAmkiir]

Question - the villains are all coming from Tartarus, so they likely died at the end of their stories, right?  If they're now being manipulated into believing they're the children of their former selves, were they raised as orphans?  Did they move from foster to foster home?  Do they think their mother/father is dead, or locked away in some maximum security prison?

What's more, if the good guys were really trying to "reform" the villains, wouldn't they have given them pleasant memories of being loved and having a happy childhood?

[Fury Aphrodisia]

Yeah, do the so-called "good guys" have memories of what used to happen? Or do they have the false imprint memories, too?

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Good question. I think we can assume the memories of each individual villain will differ in respect to their relationship with their 'parent', in that if the personality of the parent in the movie or TV show you're basing them on is such that they would be a closer and more attentive parent, they'd have a more traumatic memory of that parent being ripped away from them. A student with a more emotionally distant or manipulative parent will likely not have the same attachment to the parent but probably still feel the stigma of being part of that family. So it really depends; you will have the freedom to make those determinations with your characters. For example, Scar named a successor, Kovu, as we saw in Lion King 2, so we can assume he was probably more likely to want to be the sort of parent to be more attentive. Whereas Maleficent, in Sleeping Beauty and not her own titular film, would almost certainly not have much if any maternal instinct, what with being Mistress of All Evil and whatnot. So bearing that in mind, be somewhat realistic, but there's still room for creative license.

And yes, the good guys who go undercover as teen versions of themselves do have their memories, but the result of having a younger body clouds much of their decision-making ability (basically diminishing the value of all their life experience) and altering their personalities due to brain and other chemistry changing. So just because they remember being a hero, doesn't mean they can't be a total a-hole as a younger person. It's just one of the side effects/risks of trying to get closer to the villain students and reform them more up-close.

[Fury Aphrodisia]

Oh, damn. This is going to be harder than I thought. Okay, take the lion brothers out of the equation again.

I'm going to have to think over what I'd like to play, once more.

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Oh...did that make it harder? I wasn't sure, I thought it might help, not hinder...

[Fury Aphrodisia]

Haha! No worries, I'll figure something out. Just a matter of figuring out a character that inspires me somehow.

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Well, hopefully somebody submits a character sheet soon. I want this idea to get up off the ground since my other group game seems to have run its course.

[Imogen]

I really like this idea. Torn between making a bid to play Gaston (if there is no objection? I saw he had been mentioned before) IF it is alright to play Gaston, will it also be alright to add the oh so necessary fanclub?

Alternatively, perhaps one (or both) of the wicked step sisters from Cinderella, maybe genderbending them/him to a brother/s. I'd be open to have one of the brothers/sisters played by someone else, for teen wickedness such gossip/ridicule, envy, and general sharing of delight in petty sabotaging of others.

[la dame en noir]

This will be my model! Sira P. Kante. She is of Ghanaian descent. She will be Nala(Lion King)'s Face claim.

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I guess it's first come, first served as far as claiming a character, so if you submit a character sheet, they're yours for the taking.

[Fury Aphrodisia]

So.... Man, I'd definitely thought El Dorado was Disney...

I'm beginning to realise anything in the last decade and a half is hit or miss as to whether I've heard of it. Save the last four years, procreation reasons.

I've booked the list of possibilities down to...

1. Sher Khan - Jungle Book
2. Callaghan - Big Hero 6
3. Sheriff of Nottingham- Robin Hood
4. Fagan - Oliver and Company (also possibly the dobermans, can't remember their names)
5. Kronk or the witch from Emperor's New Groove
6. Scar - Lion King
7. Silver - Treasure Planet (also possibly the arachnid see, he was kinds badass.

I'm looking most heavily at the top two, though.

[Ron Don Volante]

This will be my model! Sira P. Kante. She is of Ghanaian descent. She will be Nala(Lion King)'s Face claim.

[Ron Don Volante]

Btw what's the deal with drugs and alcohol since this is a high school. I'm assuming they can't be obtained/don't exist but I'm curious as I'm strongly leaning towards The Queen of Hearts and I need some good reasons why she's a weirdo loon (other than personality)

[Angie]

Name: Elsa

Age: 21

Role: Student...sort of (see below)

All-Inclusive Sexual Identity Characteristics: She is female, in both body and mind. She isn't quite sure who or what she's attracted to, but is quite willing to try everything while she's here.

Personality: She has grown quite confident in her abilities, though she is hesitant to use them to their full effect because of what happened last time. This is less out of fear, and more out of a healthy respect for the danger they pose. Despite her powers over ice, she's quite a friendly presence, though she still prefers being alone and will take a bit of convincing to actually attend any sort of social event. She still has a tendency to run away from problems, though that is slowly changing. Personal questions are often met with a very rude refusal to answer.

Background: While no villain, she's well aware her powers could bring about the end of her kingdom or even the world if she can't control them. Though she has begun to manage some control over them and isn't about to cover the world in ice for now, she still wants to learn more about her powers and how to use them. So she struck a deal with Hades: As her powers would be quite useful for defending the academy, especially if things get out of hand, she has agreed to act as a defender of the academy in exchange for meeting and learning from masters of magic-living or dead, depending on how Hades feels. She is technically enrolled as a student, however, her first duty is keeping everyone safe.

Other: Face claim is Maria Manda. Masters of Magic could include people like Yen Sid, the Sorcerer of The Sorcerer's Apprentice (I mean the original cartoon, not the live action movie...but then again, learning from Nic Cage would be awesome).

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Btw what's the deal with drugs and alcohol since this is a high school. I'm assuming they can't be obtained/don't exist but I'm curious as I'm strongly leaning towards The Queen of Hearts and I need some good reasons why she's a weirdo loon (other than personality)

Well nobody in charge of the school is omniscient, so if they can sneak them in, good for them. Or synthesize them in the chemistry lab or somewhere else in the town away from prying eyes.

[Kokaine]

Name: Vanessa "Nessa" Octavius | Ursula

Age: 19

Role: Student

All-Inclusive Sexual Identity Characteristics: Female, Pansexual, Switch (with a Dominant lean). She can't resist the submissive or vulnerable types (male or female) but she's not afraid of a strong Dominant male either. Though she's not into the puny/undersized/extra skinny sorts. She's down with kink or non-kink, just don't treat her like she's fragile. Not into the uber extreme stuff either, not being able to walk because your legs won't stop shaking = good, not being able to walk because your legs are damaged that badly = not good.

Personality: Some might say that Vanessa is calculating, manipulative, a bit bitchy, and suffering juuuust a tad from Queen Bee syndrome but truthfully that's only if you get on her bad side. No seriously! And well... as she would say: proof or it didn't happen!

Anyhow... The real deal is this: She just looooves to help people!

No really...

She's totally sweet and loads of fun. Honest! I mean, ok no, she doesn't deal well with incompetent fools and, well, she can't help it if folks don't bother to read the fine print on things, but I mean so long as no one gets in her way or tries to cheat her she's got no issue with anyone. Really. She loves to party and let loose but she also works very hard to make sure she gets her work done. Business before pleasure and all. Or maybe that's business is pleasure? Anyway, she enjoys reading and learning all sorts of obscure things that she can blackmail people with just for the fun of it. Really, you never know when something will be useful. It would seem, too, that she has a way with words, of easing others right on in effortlessly, almost without them knowing until it's too late. The problem comes in when it becomes apparent that she means to be a very powerful successful individual and that she will use any and every tool at her disposal without qualm. Though she'd much rather be loved than feared the way her mother was.

Is she popular though? Its hard to say. She occupies a unique space between popular girl and total outcast. Undoubtedly bad in a school of baddies she's the girl with the connects. The one to get you what you need. And she likes helping people, remember? Admittedly she's not much of a team player and most certainly isn't willing to hand over her spoils to someone else unless it fits some sort of end game. Still, she's smart, a first class swimmer (would be on the swim team if there is one), and boasts a sort of mischievous charm that just works for her.

Background: In Ursula's own words...

So, I don't like to toot my own horn darling, but lets just say... if we're being honest here... I was definitely a force to be reckoned with under the sea. Much more than that damnably sexy King Triton. We might have made an awesome team but he was too hung up on the fact that I was an octopus rather than flipping some sparkly tail so... I digress. Octopus or no, I had my charm and that hardly stopped me from brokering all sorts of deals. Generally I 'helped' people, offering whatever it was they sought via my rather impressive powers in exchange for some small favor or trinket. If they held up to their end of the bargain they got to go off into the sunset happy as a clam but... but if they failed then oh, they paid a price. This was the system, it had existed for quite some time and plenty of merfolk and sea creatures had agreed to it so it obviously wasn't too bad, right?

Well, along comes this little redheaded girl, Ariel, daughter of King Triton, pretty little thing... anyway, she wants to walk on land. Why someone would want that I haven't a clue but I wanted to help the poor dear. Really I did. So I offered her what I thought was an exceedingly fair trade: I would give her legs in exchange for one little ol' measly voice. Hers, of course. Oh, and well, to keep the legs she technically needed to get the man she was secretly pining over to fall in love with her but that was just details.

So yeah, the girl was a little hesitant to begin with but she just couldn't say no and so the deal was struck. Now, I dunno about you but I like to see a return on my investments. Here I was, in possession of a killer voice with no where to show it off. Well that just wouldn't do at all, right? So I decide I'm gonna see what this land business is all about. I go up, try it on for size, check out the two legged thing, I'm enjoying myself on the beach... Next thing I know some guy is totally in love with me and wanting to marry me. Can you believe it? Me! Well it wasn't like the offers had been pouring in so I said ok, let's see how this works out. Everything looked to be going swell and I was actually quite happy. (And, ok, maybe I was hoping to get to rub it in Triton's face eventually. Damn that man!) Anyway, you'd have thought I'd get my happily ever after, right? Wrong. At the last minute little Miss Cute-Mute comes along and ruins everything!

Now I admit what happened next isn't very flattering, but you come that close to saying 'I do' to a hunky Prince and see how you feel! So yeah, I lost my temper. It happens sometimes, not often, but I have feelings you know? So I kinda lost it and I sorta blacked out after that. I recall ships and things, a Trident, laughter... it's all a blur really. Though there was no way to doubt the outcome was bad when I ended up in Hades of all places...

Other: Nessa is the girl with the 'hook up'.

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Name: Elsa

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Age: 21

Role: Student...sort of (see below)

All-Inclusive Sexual Identity Characteristics: She is female, in both body and mind. She isn't quite sure who or what she's attracted to, but is quite willing to try everything while she's here.

Personality: She has grown quite confident in her abilities, though she is hesitant to use them to their full effect because of what happened last time. This is less out of fear, and more out of a healthy respect for the danger they pose. Despite her powers over ice, she's quite a friendly presence, though she still prefers being alone and will take a bit of convincing to actually attend any sort of social event. She still has a tendency to run away from problems, though that is slowly changing. Personal questions are often met with a very rude refusal to answer.

Background: While no villain, she's well aware her powers could bring about the end of her kingdom or even the world if she can't control them. Though she has begun to manage some control over them and isn't about to cover the world in ice for now, she still wants to learn more about her powers and how to use them. So she struck a deal with Hades: As her powers would be quite useful for defending the academy, especially if things get out of hand, she has agreed to act as a defender of the academy in exchange for meeting and learning from masters of magic-living or dead, depending on how Hades feels. She is technically enrolled as a student, however, her first duty is keeping everyone safe.

Other: Face claim is Maria Manda. Masters of Magic could include people like Yen Sid, the Sorcerer of The Sorcerer's Apprentice (I mean the original cartoon, not the live action movie...but then again, learning from Nic Cage would be awesome).

Her body would be partially de-aged (3 years or so if her natural age is 21) if I'm not mistaken about how old they were in the movie (didn't care for it at all) and her magic powers correspondingly reduced, since that's what happens to everyone that enrolls as a student, technically, so whatever level it was at even when she was still in her teens, she would experience a downgrade, but since that would give her a lower-level restriction with which to practice, that alone would be well worth the enrollment. That way it's not an all-or-nothing (wear the gloves and have no power or don't wear the gloves and cause pandemonium) and she won't be able to cause nearly as much havoc if she gets out of control. Let me know if that works or not.

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Name: Vanessa "Nessa" Octavius | Ursula

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Age: 19

Role: Student

All-Inclusive Sexual Identity Characteristics: Female, Pansexual, Switch (with a Dominant lean). She can't resist the submissive or vulnerable types (male or female) but she's not afraid of a strong Dominant male either. Though she's not into the puny/undersized/extra skinny sorts. She's down with kink or non-kink, just don't treat her like she's fragile. Not into the uber extreme stuff either, not being able to walk because your legs won't stop shaking = good, not being able to walk because your legs are damaged that badly = not good.

Personality: Some might say that Vanessa is calculating, manipulative, a bit bitchy, and suffering juuuust a tad from Queen Bee syndrome but truthfully that's only if you get on her bad side. No seriously! And well... as she would say: proof or it didn't happen!

Anyhow... The real deal is this: She just looooves to help people!

No really...

She's totally sweet and loads of fun. Honest! I mean, ok no, she doesn't deal well with incompetent fools and, well, she can't help it if folks don't bother to read the fine print on things, but I mean so long as no one gets in her way or tries to cheat her she's got no issue with anyone. Really. She loves to party and let loose but she also works very hard to make sure she gets her work done. Business before pleasure and all. Or maybe that's business is pleasure? Anyway, she enjoys reading and learning all sorts of obscure things that she can blackmail people with just for the fun of it. Really, you never know when something will be useful. It would seem, too, that she has a way with words, of easing others right on in effortlessly, almost without them knowing until it's too late. The problem comes in when it becomes apparent that she means to be a very powerful successful individual and that she will use any and every tool at her disposal without qualm. Though she'd much rather be loved than feared the way her mother was.

Is she popular though? Its hard to say. She occupies a unique space between popular girl and total outcast. Undoubtedly bad in a school of baddies she's the girl with the connects. The one to get you what you need. And she likes helping people, remember? Admittedly she's not much of a team player and most certainly isn't willing to hand over her spoils to someone else unless it fits some sort of end game. Still, she's smart, a first class swimmer (would be on the swim team if there is one), and boasts a sort of mischievous charm that just works for her.

Background: In Ursula's own words...

So, I don't like to toot my own horn darling, but lets just say... if we're being honest here... I was definitely a force to be reckoned with under the sea. Much more than that damnably sexy King Triton. We might have made an awesome team but he was too hung up on the fact that I was an octopus rather than flipping some sparkly tail so... I digress. Octopus or no, I had my charm and that hardly stopped me from brokering all sorts of deals. Generally I 'helped' people, offering whatever it was they sought via my rather impressive powers in exchange for some small favor or trinket. If they held up to their end of the bargain they got to go off into the sunset happy as a clam but... but if they failed then oh, they paid a price. This was the system, it had existed for quite some time and plenty of merfolk and sea creatures had agreed to it so it obviously wasn't too bad, right?

Well, along comes this little redheaded girl, Ariel, daughter of King Triton, pretty little thing... anyway, she wants to walk on land. Why someone would want that I haven't a clue but I wanted to help the poor dear. Really I did. So I offered her what I thought was an exceedingly fair trade: I would give her legs in exchange for one little ol' measly voice. Hers, of course. Oh, and well, to keep the legs she technically needed to get the man she was secretly pining over to fall in love with her but that was just details.

So yeah, the girl was a little hesitant to begin with but she just couldn't say no and so the deal was struck. Now, I dunno about you but I like to see a return on my investments. Here I was, in possession of a killer voice with no where to show it off. Well that just wouldn't do at all, right? So I decide I'm gonna see what this land business is all about. I go up, try it on for size, check out the two legged thing, I'm enjoying myself on the beach... Next thing I know some guy is totally in love with me and wanting to marry me. Can you believe it? Me! Well it wasn't like the offers had been pouring in so I said ok, let's see how this works out. Everything looked to be going swell and I was actually quite happy. (And, ok, maybe I was hoping to get to rub it in Triton's face eventually. Damn that man!) Anyway, you'd have thought I'd get my happily ever after, right? Wrong. At the last minute little Miss Cute-Mute comes along and ruins everything!

Now I admit what happened next isn't very flattering, but you come that close to saying 'I do' to a hunky Prince and see how you feel! So yeah, I lost my temper. It happens sometimes, not often, but I have feelings you know? So I kinda lost it and I sorta blacked out after that. I recall ships and things, a Trident, laughter... it's all a blur really. Though there was no way to doubt the outcome was bad when I ended up in Hades of all places...

Other: Nessa is the girl with the 'hook up'.

Sounds like the perfect, delightfully bitchy daughter of Ursula that we would expect. Good job. 

Okay, so at this point I'm going to create the OOC thread and reserve some posts for the character profiles, and anyone who had presented a character sheet can start chatting in it. I shall post the link in the intro post of this thread. I will do the same for the IC thread once things are ready to progress to that stage.

[Angie]

Her body would be partially de-aged (3 years or so if her natural age is 21) if I'm not mistaken about how old they were in the movie (didn't care for it at all) and her magic powers correspondingly reduced, since that's what happens to everyone that enrolls as a student, technically, so whatever level it was at even when she was still in her teens, she would experience a downgrade, but since that would give her a lower-level restriction with which to practice, that alone would be well worth the enrollment. That way it's not an all-or-nothing (wear the gloves and have no power or don't wear the gloves and cause pandemonium) and she won't be able to cause nearly as much havoc if she gets out of control. Let me know if that works or not.

Yeah, that's fine. I don't know how old she is either, and I'm fine with power reduction-I just thought the deal with Hades was an interesting idea. I'll be happy to drop her a few years.

Speaking of, is the whole "making a deal, act as an extra pair of hands in a crisis in exchange for magic lessons" workable?