Literate, Advanced RPer [ 1 x 1][UPDATED-Samples!]

[Ben Hollinder]

'Allo everyone.

Name's Ben. Leastwise, it is online. I'm an advanced RPer who's been around for a good 20 or so years and I'm looking for other gamers who are either advanced or willing to learn. I'm not one of those one liner type guys, so if that's what you're looking for I'm not your man.

If, however, you like long thought out posts that span anywhere from 2 to 15 paragraphs, talk to me.

I'm a college student, med school to be exact, and though I'm considering being a doctor, I have been taking a look at the real love of my life lately--police work. I love profiling and CSI type things and have the brains for it too. As such, you'll find I'm pretty busy. Doesn't mean I don't have time for a good RP though!

I feel I should mention right off the bat that I am NOT comfortable playing females. Never have been, and it's a quirk of mine that I'm afraid I'll probably never get over. [Probably comes from the comments from the jocks and unpleasant types in my high school about me... just... I CANNOT DO IT.] Now that you've been warned, if you're still interested.... CONTACT ME!

I am happy to do yaoi, but NO yuri. Sorry, but since I can't play a female, there's no point in requesting. As with all my other RPs, yaoi has the same limits on what I'm willing to write that is sexual.

I mostly participate on RPol.net and on my own proboards sites, but I do also like one on one RPs through messenger or email. I've got a lot of knowledge in a lot of areas and I always research my characters--canon or original--before I play them. I'm pretty easy to get along with, though I do have a few rules. These come from one of my myspace pages, but you get the idea.



I rp characters from a wide range of things. I'll list of Genres AND specific books, games, movies, whatever... as well as the characters I RP from each. See something you like? Ask me for an RP. Just keep my rules in mind.

Also, though I do one on one RPs, I also like IM conference RPs where you have 3 or more people all adding input. It makes for a fun fast paced game.

Please do keep in mind that though my violence levels might get quite high, I will not go above a fade out-fade in rating [low R--cable primetime, usually] with sexual situations. I am taken and consider it cheating to write detailed scenes with someone other than my other half. Asking me to go against this will earn you an instant block on YIM, ignoring of Emails, and the like.

Genres
Horror
Thriller
Detective/Mystery
Cop/CSI
Romance
Fantasy
Sci-Fi
Contemporary
Realism
Anime
Historical
Games
Crossovers of the Above

There are more, but that is a good start to what I like. I'll add to and update this as needed.

Specifics:

Horror [Vampire, Werewolf, etc.]

Twilight Series -- Edward, Carlisle, Jasper, 2 OCs--James and Chief

Dracula -- [And it's various offshoots] Vlad Dracula, Quincey Morris

PN Elrod Series -- Jack Fleming, Quincey Morris, Dracula, Jonathan Barrett

Anne Rice -- Lestat

I Vampire -- Various OCs

Angel/Buffy -- Spike or Angel

True Blood -- Sam, Eric, Bill

Hellboy -- Hellboy

Hellblazer/Constantine -- John Constantine

Lucifer -- Lucifer

Van Helsing -- van Helsing

The Host -- Ian and Doc

More to be added later.

Thriller

OC world called Sanktuari -- OC--one of the only straight cops in the game

Detective/Mystery

Sherlock Holmes -- Holmes himself, and any OCs I feel like adding.

Cop/CSI

CSI -- [Miami, NY mostly] Tim Speedle, Horatio Caine, Ray Caine, etc.

Crossing Jordan -- Garrett, Woody, Nigel

Bones -- AU world where Bones is male--Bones.

Criminal Minds -- Hodge mostly...

Original Games -- Murder by the Book, Paranormal State

The Cleaner

Romance

The Phantom of the Opera -- Erik, the Phantom

Fantasy

Camelot -- Lancelot

TMNT -- Raphael

Dragon and the George -- Jim

Jhereg -- Vlad Taltos

Original World -- Zek-kkarsha and Basilisk

Harry Potter -- James Potter, Sirius, Snape, Lupin, Voldemort, OCs

Labyrinth -- Jareth

various animal RPs

Sci Fi

Star Wars -- Obi Wan, Han Solo, Boba Fett, OCs

Star Trek -- Spock, Q, Data, Riker, Odo and OCs

Batman -- Bruce, Joker

Iron Man -- Tony

The Shadow -- Lamont Cranston

Original Worlds -- OCs too numerous to count

Matrix --Neo

Contemporary

RENT -- Roger
College and School RPs-- a teacher/professor ONLY.

Realism

various animal RPs

Anime

Cowboy Bebop -- Numerous characters

Death Note -- L

Descendants of Darkness -- Tsuzuki and Miraki [sp?]

Earthian

FullMetal Alchemist -- Roy, Hughes, and on occasion Ed and Greed

GetBackers

Gravitation -- Yuki

Gundam Wing -- Zech

Hellsing -- Alucard and Luke Valentine

InuYasha -- Sesshomaru

Kyo Kara Maoh!

Naruto -- Kakashi, Iruka, Sakumo, Itachi

Peacemaker Kurogane -- Saito

Petshop of Horrors -- Count D

Pokemon -- James

Rurouni Kenshin -- Kenshin, Saito, Shishio, Hiko, and more....

Saiyuki -- Sanzo, Gojyo, Hazel, Koumyou, Kougaiji

Samurai Deeper Kyo -- Kyo

Trigun -- Vash, Legato, Wolfwood, Knives, Razlo, Livio

Trinity Blood -- Abel, Hugh, Vaclav

Vampire Hunter D -- D, Dracula, Meier Rayne

Wolf's Rain -- Tsume, Kiba

Historical

King Arthur -- Lancelot

Pirates of the Caribbean -- Jack, Will, Norrington

More to be added later.

Games

Final Fantasy -- Cloud, Zack, Vincent, Sephiroth, Squall, Tidus, Auron, Balthier, Basch

Devil May Cry -- Sparda, Dante, Vergil

Kingdom Hearts -- Riku, Saix

Resident Evil -- Albert Wesker

Metal Gear Solid -- Solid Snake

More to come.

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My contact info is as follows:

emails: maelstrom.cosplay [at] gmail.com
arch.knight.ruvithorn [at] gmail.com

YIM: zek_kkarsha
detective_ben_hollinder

AIM -- BenHollinder

Have any questions? Feel free to PM them to me!

[Ben Hollinder]

Here's where I'll include RP samples and any sites I own or am on.... [This will probably include my RPol games]


Bio Sample One: z10.invisionfree.com/A_Moonlit_Night/index.php?showtopic=122

Bio Sample Two: z10.invisionfree.com/A_Moonlit_Night/index.php?showtopic=126

More to Come...

RP Sample One:

Angel sighed, shot a glare out of his office window at the others, and went back to brooding. He badly wanted some time alone to deal with things in his own way, but Cordy and Doyle never seemed to get the clue. Or if they did, they chose to ignore it, forcing themselves into his quiet time. He sighed, ran a hand through his spiky hair, and once again turned baleful eyes out toward the main area of Angel Investigations. They were acting as if they were busy with something, but judging by the glances that kept being shot back toward his window, they were more interested in what he was doing than actually getting any work done.

He paused a long moment, dark eyes hooded as he considered his options. It was daylight, so it wasn't like he could just go outside to get away from them, and the brightness right now was actually bothering him. But... he did need to 'eat' soon, and that was down below the office in his apartment. He sat for a moment longer, glanced around the office, and decided it was better to brave the sun for a moment to make a beeline to his apartment below. Most of the time the other two knew better than to bother him there. And since the last case had ended badly--a massive failure on his part, in his opinion, he wanted time alone.

Angel stood, straightened the ever present duster which he'd not bothered to shrug out of when he'd flopped in his chair, and made for the elevator.

"Angel...."

Ugh. Not answering. He kept going, ignoring the increasingly demanding and irritated tone of voice coming from his 'secretary' of sorts and pulled the lift door shut. Down he went. As the lift went down, he met two sets of eyes, one worried the other ... pissed off. Typical Cordy. He shrugged at them both.

"Sorry guys. Bedtime for me."

Cordy's annoyed voice followed him downstairs, fading away as the lift took him further away. "But you just got up!"

He couldn't help but chuckle at her tone of voice, though he did understand some of her frustration. He had just gotten up... But he didn't feel like dealing with her, and her insistence on doing divorce cases and other money making cases. He rolled his eyes. One more whiny wife or irate husband demanding his time and he might just snap.

He moved over toward the fridge, opened it and pulled out the only thing he needed for nutrition now-a-days. Though only pig's blood, it was better than snapping and losing it around a human who might or might not smell just a little too good to a hungry vampire--even one with a soul.

He flopped down on his couch and looked at his watch. Judging by Cordy's attitude today it would only be a matter of time before she invaded his sanctuary. He could set his watch by her on days like this.... He glanced at the watch again.

Any time now....

RP Sample Two:

It wasn't that long ago that I had her here in my home, and yet it feels as if it was a lifetime ago. I don't know why it feels so... empty now. It's not like I haven't been alone all my life. I have. With a few exceptions, I have been alone since the day I was born. Why did I let myself grow accustomed to her? It was foolish. I knew it could not--would not--last. And I was right. I am alone again, and she will undoubtedly marry her vicomte.

I should not be dwelling on these things. I should be focused on getting better. Nadir says that it will be the death of me if I continue to obsess over events that have already come to pass. Events that I cannot and would not change. And yet... each day I find myself asking...'what if I had done something different?' 'What if she had responded differently?' or... 'What if Nadir hadn't come at all?'

All of those are questions that will never be answered, and yet I cannot help but to dwell upon them. Even if it is just here--in my journal. I don't know why I even keep this silly thing. It's not like I'm going to do much with it. I don't have much longer...

Perhaps I should record my memories. I once said that I wanted no record of myself to be left upon this earth... now I'm not so certain that is the case. Perhaps I will write down my story, from my earliest memories, and give it to Nadir to read after I am gone. Or perhaps I will let him read it weekly... or monthly. It would be good to share my pain, my grief and my sorrow. I just... I have found that I cannot speak it aloud. The moment I try, a sharp pain in my chest reminds me of how my health is deteriorating. Nadir says I have months--if not years--left. I don't agree. I believe... truly believe... that I may only be here a few months longer. And what a sweet release it will be when I can truly be free.

Morbid? Yes. True? Yes.

I think I'll start with the first of many memories now... I don't even know exactly what year it was, but... I couldn't have been older than two at the time....

I was sitting in my room, as usual, playing with the few sparse things I had been given. They were not children's toys. No... I was given scraps of material and paper. Why? Even at that young age I could do things no normal child could do. Mother, even if she hated me, was fascinated by my skills. She would sit by for hours on end and watch.

She'd come up that day with another mask. This one a bit bigger. One of the only other memories I have of this time is of mother screaming at me to put the mask back on. I had been in pain and had taken it off to try to ease the soreness of my face. She came into my room, just as I took it off. I have never received a beating that horrific since, nor had I gotten one before. But that day, for God knows what reason, it set her off worse than usual. I think I may have forgotten the earlier memories by force, as I have a photographic memory. I am cursed to remember every little detail. Of EVERYTHING. What I wouldn't give to be able to forget some things. Back to the subject at hand.

That day she came up to my attic room with a new mask. A black one. She let me go outside to play and explore in the woods at night--though the priest who came to visit us discouraged her from allowing this. I was eternally grateful to her for ignoring him--at least on that piece of advice. The black masks made it harder for others to see me. Why did we take such precautions? I had already been attacked once, and my white mask had made it simple to find me, even as dark as it had been. Mother had tried to hide me among the roots of an overturned tree, but the bloody mask gave us away. I survived that beating... but with multiple broken bones. I have never heard mother cry as she did then. I think... though I'm not sure if it's wishful thinking or the truth--that she might actually have felt bad and was worried for me at that point in time.

Back to the memory at hand. Mother brought me the mask, handed it to me, and turned her back on me while I placed the new one on. She then shredded the old one and gave me the scraps to play with. I'd made myself many stuffed animals with all the scraps, and these would doubtless go into the same sort of project. She then gave me a withering look when I turned to go back to my papers.

"Erik..." she snapped at me, and I whirled back around just in time to catch a backhand to the jaw. She winced slightly, but did not apologize. "I was not through with you yet. I... had a surprise, but you have been a bad little boy and disrespectful. Therefore, you shall have no surprise."

Well, I was still a child... and being told that I was to be denied a treasure simply for turning my back on mother didn't settle well. Even as timid as I could be at times, I was at others a defiant little shit. That was one of those times.

I sat up, turned around, and aimed a full out pout at her. "I didn't know you still wanted to talk to me, mama!" Things never came out of my mouth quite right though, thanks to my lips. As I grew, they became more natural, but at that young age, I could hardly speak around them at times. Singing... well, that was a different matter. I shot her another defiant glare, and pulled myself up to my full height. Which wasn't much, admittedly. As I stated before, I couldn't have been more than two. Yes, even at that tender age, I could already walk and talk like an eight or nine year old. Much to my mother's dismay.

She took me over her knee and paddled me a good one for shooting off my mouth at her, but relented. "Alright... even though you've been an even naughtier boy... I suppose I shall give it to you. I do wish to see if you are as gifted with it as you are with everything else."

She pulled out a beautiful little violin. It was a bit large for my small frame, but I made do. I didn't know that first day how to play, nor did I for about a week--during which mother almost took it away from me on three separate occasions, saying that I had no talent for it whatsoever. In the end I won, though. Just after a week of experimenting and reading--yes I could read already--I had the very very basics down. I couldn't play very well, but I could actually sort of make a melody. It took longer than the piano had, but ... I had the talent there as well.

Mother wasn't sure whether to be amused and thank God for another talent to keep me busy and away from her, or be frightened of my abilities. I believe she decided on a bit of both. Though... I knew she loved to hear me play, because once she had some of the cleaning done, she'd always come to me and say, "Erik... come play the violin for me. Play it for your mama." Or she'd take me by the hand, suppress a shudder and grimace, and lead me to the piano. "Erik... dear... play for maman. You know I love to hear you play. "


And I think that is good for the time being. I have given myself greater chest pains by writing that and dredging up old memories than obsessing over Christine could ever do.

More later....

~Erik~

[xxhugaddict]

^{I just wanted to say Criminal Minds and Anne Rice's Lestat...
You just made me very happy. haha I didn't think any one knew those two things existed anymore!}

[Ben Hollinder]

=D I love Anne Rice, and Lestat in particular... and Criminal Minds [and other shows of that type] RULE. It's hard to find people that know them, [esp. ones that know the terms and whatnot needed for a good rp... ^^;]

[xxhugaddict]

<sup>To tell you the truth, I'd like to try my hand at Criminal Minds with you.

If at all possible. I have never done it and I'd love the challenge.</sup>

[Ben Hollinder]

That'd be awesome. =]

I can't tonight, as I've promised to get some things done that people have been waiting on, but we -can- plan what we'd like to do.

Do you prefer email or IMs to RP and plan? I'm good with either, though I will confess that emails do tend to be easier when it comes to saving the RP. I leave that choice up to you. =]

[xxhugaddict]

<sup>I replied to you on my board, just by the way!

I didn't know if you saw it!</sup>

[Suzy]

BIRTHDAY BUMP!

[lustfulsplendor]

Hi.

I wondered if you'd consider a Western Roleplay?

Secondly, I love watching criminal minds! CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Cold case. Lol I'd roleplay 'em with you, if I had a lick of sense. I'd never wish to ruin those shows without the proper knowledge.

[lustfulsplendor]

If you're not one for that.

I've a plot for a Full Metal Alchemist, Dracula, or Pirates of the Caribbean.

I just thought to let you know and have your choices.

[k9crazy]

Hmm.
I was wondering.. Would you, perhaps, do anything modern?
www.freewebs.com/k9crazy/genres.htm
Those would be my genres, if you want a specific list.