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.
Player Name: Lynsey Contact:beastiiil Introduction: uhhhh hello, my name is Lynsey (they/she). I am known for my love of all girls, questionable taste in terrible complicated fictional men, and that time I tricked Claire into thinking "lake sharks" were a thing in the lakes around my childhood home of Bumfuck Nowhere Alberta Canada that we were visiting together and kept the ruse going for a whole ass year. My main fandoms are Love Live (pour one out for school idol festival.........), Fate/ and Final Fantasy XIV. Here's an important picture of me. I'm also the one who designed our transformation devices!
Character Name: Odile Cygnia (will be known mostly as Odile Inuyama for reasons outlined in the about) Canon: original
About: So this au does not start with Odile. It starts with their mother: Odette Cygnia.
(Note: all of the following has been extensively discussed with and approved by Claire)
Before the days of the Dreamer Union, Odette came to Yumemigaoka from [ UNCLEAR EUROPEAN COUNTRY ] to study abroad at the age of 12. The second born of a wealthy family, Odette's family life was far from a happy one: constantly berated and abused by everyone but her older sister, she was treated her entire life as "only a spare" and barely even considered worthy of being that much. As such, when Odette had her awakening as Dreamer Swan she dove fully into it, believing that this must be her true calling in life - finally something she could do.
And she seemed to be a perfect fit for it. Odette had the kind of personality you would expect from your usual mahou shoujo lead: optimistic, bubbly, kind to a fault, kind of clumsy and ditzy but always putting her all into everything and refusing to leave anyone behind. Things that her mother would say made her a "useless daughter" were now strengths that let her be a light in the dark for others. She even found love during this time, in your typical sweet shoujo love story.
However, as she got older she and other Dreamers struggled with balancing their waking lives and their lives as Dreamers, and started to wonder what they could do for the future Dreamers. From this, the Dreamer Union would eventually be formed, with Odette as one of its founding members. During the formation of the Union Odette became a very public figure - long disowned by her family for defying their orders to return home, she did not have the family wealth to turn to for helping the Union. As such, she compensated for this by spear heading a lot of the efforts to get the Union the funding and recognition it needed to be operational, using her natural charisma and determination to win government officials and the public over. She became quite famous for this, and for a while was even considered one of the main faces of the Union.
She stayed a mentor for a long time, her high levels of energy letting her keep up with the younger members even as she herself was getting on in the years. She stayed a beloved figure and even a bit of a legend among other Dreamers, and continued doing a lot of charity work in the greater Yumemigaoka community as well, investing a lot of her own money into the place that gave her a real home and earning her even more infamy.
And then suddenly, about 18 years ago, Odette lost all her powers.
She withdrew from the public eye, retired from mentoring, and handed most of her other official Union business off to her husband. Maybe if you're lucky you'll catch a glimpse of her now and then when she stops by for a visit, but for the most part Odette seems perfectly content to leave Dreamer life behind completely - not once did she ever look sad or disappointed, she just stayed her usual upbeat self. No one quite knows why her powers disappeared, as Odette herself certainly never spoke of it beyond that it happened, but there's a few rumors that circle around now and then when people start doing the math.
Because less than a year after they disappeared, Odette's first child was born.
And this is the legacy that Odile Cygnia now walks into.
A 17 year old genderfluid transfemme, Odile has always admired their mother. Having grown up hearing stories about Odette's time as a Dreamer, Odile wanted nothing more than to be one like she was. Though they primarily go by their father's family name Inuyama while living on their own at school, this is merely to avoid too much attention and not out of any shame being Dreamer Swan's child.
Though they physically resemble their mother quite strongly, with the different last name and the drastically different personalities you wouldn't be blamed for not immediately catching on. Where Odette was loud, friendly and bubbly, Odile is quiet, shy and withdrawn. Odette ran at everything full tilt with all the genki energy of your average kids anime protagonist, meanwhile Odile tends to be too cautious. Odette was bold and never afraid to try, but Odile is anxious and lacks self confidence.
It doesn't help that sometimes rumors pop up that maybe... Odile is why Odette lost her powers. As if Odile themselves stole them in the womb. These ideas get to them but more than that Odile has always wondered: did Odette ever regret no longer being a Dreamer? It was something she loved so much after all. And can they truly ever hope of being as great as her now that they have awakened? Despite these worries though they intend to give it their all and do their best to step into her shoes.
tl;dr: Famous Dreamer who was more like your typical mahou shoujo protagonist (Usagi, Sakura, etc.) and a founding member of the Dreamer Union has a child who is now trying to step into the very big shoes she left behind, but is much more timid, anxious and unsure of themselves (in part because of speculative rumors about why their mother lost their powers).
(Also I am undecided on if Odile should also be called Dreamer Swan or go by Dreamer Cygnet. Opinions welcome!)
Short Term & Long Term Plans: I mean you can probably guess where I want to go from that description but I'd like to go a character arc where they become more confident and overcome their doubts! Yep that's about it.
Desired CR/AU Castmates: I would absolutely love it if there could be some folks who knew Odile's mother, or just like. Anyone willing to play around with her being this known figure and realizing (or not realizing right away and being surprised later!) that Odile is her kid. Also the high expectations that come with being said kid. I think it'd be fun to play with! Otherwise I would like friends for my birb pls i don't know i'm bad at these kinds of memes lmao
Anything Else?: uhhhhhhhhhh since I don't have Odile's journal ready yet (hence using my main) have this dumb redraw of a certain face I did of them I did last year on a whim
crushes odile lovingly in my hands i love them already
consider: shu's rich ass parents who probably businesses or something were some of the patrons that odette recruited to fund the DU. As such, Shu kind of knows her/knows of her, since she's friendly acquaintances of the family or smth
Maybe he and Odile met as wee children when their parents brought them with to a gala or something idk
Yesssssss. I think Odette would have tried to keep Odile out of a lot of that side of her life as part of trying to let them have a normalish childhood BUT also would have been super keen on introducing them to other kids she knew of to help them make friend. So I am super down for these two meeting as little kids, I think that’d be cute!
Legit!!! Maybe their parents just arranged a good old fashioned playdate for them when they were in kindy or something. Tiny babies, sharing toys!!!! cute af
I could vibe either with them keeping in contact and casually hanging out every once in awhile OR losing contact and having the whole "wait i know you from somewhere" when they meet again, up to you!
So, Yamato's grandmother was a pre-DU Dreamer as well as his father and mother being involved in all the hoopla of the DU forming so... odds are him and Odile know each other. Maybe not FRIENDLY with each other since he's notoriously hard to get along with, but being the same age and both kids of Dreamers they might have been lumped together a lot when younger?
God Jess I want you to know I had a similar thought when I read your plotting comment earlier and then my brain also added “and Odile is probably scared of Yamato bc they’re baby” LMAO
manifests here.... considering how eula also came from an indeterminate european country and almost became a nepo baby bc of her politician family, she definitely could have known odette and vice versa?? especially since said politician family are infamous for being haters and have tried (and failed) to pass laws against the dreamer union of their country, lol.
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING WHEN I READ EULA'S INFO 👀 Odette's in her 50's now and never went back home after coming to Japan so they might not personally know each other but being aware of each other's families esp with all the DU stuff, definitely! There's some other stuff with Odette's family that I didn't include in here bc I didn't want it to be all about her instead of Odile but I think it could really add to this (mostly to do with Odette's sister being very "fuck my parents and all these other rich bitches" and doing shit to spite them after they died like... donating anonymously to the DU and leaving all of her own assets to Odette when she herself became ill lmao) There's definitely a lot of potential!!
okay so I love the concept that if Odette founded the DU, Odile basically grew up marginally aware of Ford as that one guy their mom would sometimes tell stories about at dinner like 'you will not believe what Dr. Pines did today'
Like. Please imagine the back and forth of expectations there, because they'd both know each other almost entirely by reputation. Also Ford knows really well what it's like to feel like you're not Good Enough I'm just saying there's opportunity there
Yesssssssssssssss please!! That back and forth of expectations is the exact sort of thing I'm hoping for!
God they could probably have heard all sorts of stories about Ford from their dad too (I think I'll be making him a teacher at the dreamer school, so even more reason to be around the DU) lmao the image they must have of him is going to be so much
'yeah one time i was having a meeting with him about course schedules and he realized he was late to audit a class and JUMPED OUT THE THIRD STORY WINDOW'
like. the unfortunate thing is the image is probably a lot but it's also probably not entirely wrong
god i am on my account for odile's dad atm bc i've been doing tags with him in my other game but pls know this is like the exact face "inuyama akira" would make watching him jump out a window LMAO
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Introduction: uhhhh hello, my name is Lynsey (they/she). I am known for my love of all girls, questionable taste in terrible complicated fictional men, and that time I tricked Claire into thinking "lake sharks" were a thing in the lakes around my childhood home of Bumfuck Nowhere Alberta Canada that we were visiting together and kept the ruse going for a whole ass year. My main fandoms are Love Live (pour one out for school idol festival.........), Fate/ and Final Fantasy XIV. Here's an important picture of me.
I'm also the one who designed our transformation devices!
Character Name: Odile Cygnia (will be known mostly as Odile Inuyama for reasons outlined in the about)
Canon: original
About:
So this au does not start with Odile. It starts with their mother: Odette Cygnia.
(Note: all of the following has been extensively discussed with and approved by Claire)
Before the days of the Dreamer Union, Odette came to Yumemigaoka from [ UNCLEAR EUROPEAN COUNTRY ] to study abroad at the age of 12. The second born of a wealthy family, Odette's family life was far from a happy one: constantly berated and abused by everyone but her older sister, she was treated her entire life as "only a spare" and barely even considered worthy of being that much. As such, when Odette had her awakening as Dreamer Swan she dove fully into it, believing that this must be her true calling in life - finally something she could do.
And she seemed to be a perfect fit for it. Odette had the kind of personality you would expect from your usual mahou shoujo lead: optimistic, bubbly, kind to a fault, kind of clumsy and ditzy but always putting her all into everything and refusing to leave anyone behind. Things that her mother would say made her a "useless daughter" were now strengths that let her be a light in the dark for others. She even found love during this time, in your typical sweet shoujo love story.
However, as she got older she and other Dreamers struggled with balancing their waking lives and their lives as Dreamers, and started to wonder what they could do for the future Dreamers. From this, the Dreamer Union would eventually be formed, with Odette as one of its founding members. During the formation of the Union Odette became a very public figure - long disowned by her family for defying their orders to return home, she did not have the family wealth to turn to for helping the Union. As such, she compensated for this by spear heading a lot of the efforts to get the Union the funding and recognition it needed to be operational, using her natural charisma and determination to win government officials and the public over. She became quite famous for this, and for a while was even considered one of the main faces of the Union.
She stayed a mentor for a long time, her high levels of energy letting her keep up with the younger members even as she herself was getting on in the years. She stayed a beloved figure and even a bit of a legend among other Dreamers, and continued doing a lot of charity work in the greater Yumemigaoka community as well, investing a lot of her own money into the place that gave her a real home and earning her even more infamy.
And then suddenly, about 18 years ago, Odette lost all her powers.
She withdrew from the public eye, retired from mentoring, and handed most of her other official Union business off to her husband. Maybe if you're lucky you'll catch a glimpse of her now and then when she stops by for a visit, but for the most part Odette seems perfectly content to leave Dreamer life behind completely - not once did she ever look sad or disappointed, she just stayed her usual upbeat self. No one quite knows why her powers disappeared, as Odette herself certainly never spoke of it beyond that it happened, but there's a few rumors that circle around now and then when people start doing the math.
Because less than a year after they disappeared, Odette's first child was born.
And this is the legacy that Odile Cygnia now walks into.
A 17 year old genderfluid transfemme, Odile has always admired their mother. Having grown up hearing stories about Odette's time as a Dreamer, Odile wanted nothing more than to be one like she was. Though they primarily go by their father's family name Inuyama while living on their own at school, this is merely to avoid too much attention and not out of any shame being Dreamer Swan's child.
Though they physically resemble their mother quite strongly, with the different last name and the drastically different personalities you wouldn't be blamed for not immediately catching on. Where Odette was loud, friendly and bubbly, Odile is quiet, shy and withdrawn. Odette ran at everything full tilt with all the genki energy of your average kids anime protagonist, meanwhile Odile tends to be too cautious. Odette was bold and never afraid to try, but Odile is anxious and lacks self confidence.
It doesn't help that sometimes rumors pop up that maybe... Odile is why Odette lost her powers. As if Odile themselves stole them in the womb. These ideas get to them but more than that Odile has always wondered: did Odette ever regret no longer being a Dreamer? It was something she loved so much after all. And can they truly ever hope of being as great as her now that they have awakened? Despite these worries though they intend to give it their all and do their best to step into her shoes.
tl;dr: Famous Dreamer who was more like your typical mahou shoujo protagonist (Usagi, Sakura, etc.) and a founding member of the Dreamer Union has a child who is now trying to step into the very big shoes she left behind, but is much more timid, anxious and unsure of themselves (in part because of speculative rumors about why their mother lost their powers).
(Also I am undecided on if Odile should also be called Dreamer Swan or go by Dreamer Cygnet. Opinions welcome!)
Short Term & Long Term Plans:
I mean you can probably guess where I want to go from that description but I'd like to go a character arc where they become more confident and overcome their doubts! Yep that's about it.
Desired CR/AU Castmates:
I would absolutely love it if there could be some folks who knew Odile's mother, or just like. Anyone willing to play around with her being this known figure and realizing (or not realizing right away and being surprised later!) that Odile is her kid. Also the high expectations that come with being said kid. I think it'd be fun to play with!
Otherwise I would like friends for my birb pls i don't know i'm bad at these kinds of memes lmao
Anything Else?: uhhhhhhhhhh since I don't have Odile's journal ready yet (hence using my main) have this dumb redraw of a certain face I did of them I did last year on a whim
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crushes odile lovingly in my hands i love them already
consider: shu's rich ass parents who probably businesses or something were some of the patrons that odette recruited to fund the DU. As such, Shu kind of knows her/knows of her, since she's friendly acquaintances of the family or smth
Maybe he and Odile met as wee children when their parents brought them with to a gala or something idk
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Yesssssss. I think Odette would have tried to keep Odile out of a lot of that side of her life as part of trying to let them have a normalish childhood BUT also would have been super keen on introducing them to other kids she knew of to help them make friend. So I am super down for these two meeting as little kids, I think that’d be cute!
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Legit!!! Maybe their parents just arranged a good old fashioned playdate for them when they were in kindy or something. Tiny babies, sharing toys!!!! cute af
I could vibe either with them keeping in contact and casually hanging out every once in awhile OR losing contact and having the whole "wait i know you from somewhere" when they meet again, up to you!
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which to say I’m into it!!
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Like. Please imagine the back and forth of expectations there, because they'd both know each other almost entirely by reputation.
Also Ford knows really well what it's like to feel like you're not Good Enough I'm just saying there's opportunity thereno subject
God they could probably have heard all sorts of stories about Ford from their dad too (I think I'll be making him a teacher at the dreamer school, so even more reason to be around the DU) lmao the image they must have of him is going to be so much
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like. the unfortunate thing is the image is probably a lot but it's also probably not entirely wrong
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