Welcome to Beautiful Dreamer's very first AU/CR Plotting Meme! This first version is going up in advance of the game itself to give potential applicants the opportunity to feel out how they want to play their AUs as well as shopping around for pre-game CR and potentially some CR castmates...??? Perish the thought!
During future app rounds, the AU and CR Plotting memes will be split in two in order for new players to have a bit of breathing room in workshopping their CR but in this pre-game stretch while we're all chewing on the bars of our collective cage you get a two for one deal!
Don't feel as though you have to be 100% beholden to anything you brainstorm here – ultimately this is just to get ideas flowing and to help prebake some character connections before entry into the game. Feel free to also take a look around the FAQ pages or tag about on the TDM before posting here and generate some ideas that way!
Once you're ready to get cookin', just fill out the form below and paste it into the comments.
Character Name: Kaoru Sakurayashiki Canon: SK8: The Infinity
About: I'm not 100% settled on anything but I'd probably keep the majority of his backstory intact: a famous calligrapher with an eye for technology and the ability to seamlessly shift between being calm, polite and respectable, and the world's most unlikeable person. The Sakurayashikis have lived in Yumemigaoka for a very, very long time, always working in the arts, and Kaoru carries the weight of his family name and business. More than his canon self, he's given up a lot more to keep it alive, mostly his love of skateboarding and technology/AI and it's a total fucking bummer because it means he doesn't have a whole lot of outlets. It might be interesting if he rejected his role as a Dreamer entirely and had to be dragged back into it by Shenanigans.
Short Term & Long Term Plans: Nothing as of yet but I'm Looking Respectfully.
Desired CR/AU Castmates: In terms of dynamics, Kaoru works well with someone to bounce off of, especially if they can give as good as they get because his way of showing affection is usually to be a dick. He also- reluctantly- always ends up falling into parental or mentorlike roles; he's brutally honest with criticism but also patient and willing to put the effort into helping people he cares about. also, he's a know-it-all and it's a good way to show off oop
Basically, if you want a catty bestie, a surrogate mother or your favourite mean teacher, he's your guy. For specific relationships, employees or students at his studio, clients, family friends, acquaintances that he refuses to let become actual friends, the usual. Depends on whether you want Sakurayashiki-sensei, the refined master calligrapher, or Kaoru, the abrasive asshole who secretly can't sleep without a lullaby.
Holds up a little skrunkly who could use a replacement parent
He's an unerringly cheerful guy who loves technology and can absolutely take grumpiness without a flinch. Shu's got rich parents so I could see them sending their son to calligraphy class when he was younger if we need an opening
i hope shu has a thick skull bc he's getting thwacked upside the head with a fan as many times as it takes to get him to pay attention
Since he lives on his own tho maybe Kaoru could begrudgingly check in on him every now and then like ugh if your parents don't want to keep an eye on you I'll make sure you're fed and watered i GUESS
well his skull is definitely thick, and he will definitely need it. kid's pretty adhd-coded. one of his unique combat skills in canon is called "easily bored" so like,
AWWWW Kaoru-sensei you do care <3 Please help him he is living on instant noodles, egg on rice, and takeout
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beautifulmemer2023-03-31 08:23 pm
kaoru sakurayashiki | sk8: the infinity
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Character Name: Kaoru Sakurayashiki
Canon: SK8: The Infinity
About: I'm not 100% settled on anything but I'd probably keep the majority of his backstory intact: a famous calligrapher with an eye for technology and the ability to seamlessly shift between being calm, polite and respectable, and the world's most unlikeable person. The Sakurayashikis have lived in Yumemigaoka for a very, very long time, always working in the arts, and Kaoru carries the weight of his family name and business. More than his canon self, he's given up a lot more to keep it alive, mostly his love of skateboarding and technology/AI and it's a total fucking bummer because it means he doesn't have a whole lot of outlets. It might be interesting if he rejected his role as a Dreamer entirely and had to be dragged back into it by Shenanigans.
Short Term & Long Term Plans: Nothing as of yet but I'm Looking Respectfully.
Desired CR/AU Castmates: In terms of dynamics, Kaoru works well with someone to bounce off of, especially if they can give as good as they get because his way of showing affection is usually to be a dick. He also- reluctantly- always ends up falling into parental or mentorlike roles; he's brutally honest with criticism but also patient and willing to put the effort into helping people he cares about. also, he's a know-it-all and it's a good way to show off oop
Basically, if you want a catty bestie, a surrogate mother or your favourite mean teacher, he's your guy. For specific relationships, employees or students at his studio, clients, family friends, acquaintances that he refuses to let become actual friends, the usual. Depends on whether you want Sakurayashiki-sensei, the refined master calligrapher, or Kaoru, the abrasive asshole who secretly can't sleep without a lullaby.
Anything Else?:
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Holds up a little skrunkly who could use a replacement parent
He's an unerringly cheerful guy who loves technology and can absolutely take grumpiness without a flinch. Shu's got rich parents so I could see them sending their son to calligraphy class when he was younger if we need an opening
no subject
Since he lives on his own tho maybe Kaoru could begrudgingly check in on him every now and then like ugh if your parents don't want to keep an eye on you I'll make sure you're fed and watered i GUESS
no subject
well his skull is definitely thick, and he will definitely need it. kid's pretty adhd-coded. one of his unique combat skills in canon is called "easily bored" so like,
AWWWW Kaoru-sensei you do care <3 Please help him he is living on instant noodles, egg on rice, and takeout