Player Information Name: Valerie (AKA Angel of Music)Age: 31Email: angelofmusic@mindspring.comAIM: valermarieCDJ: in progress… main journal is http://angelofmusic.insanejournal.com Location/Country: California, USATimezone (+/- GMT): -8 Pacific Standard TimePrevious Roleplaying Experience: I have been role-playing for several years, and I've role-played over e-mail, YahooGroups and Neomail. I've also role-played on these sites: MySpace, Literary Kisses, Neopets, InsaneJournal, Gaia and LiveJournal. I've been writing stories all of my life, and I've written several fanfiction pieces. Some of my fanfiction is posted here: http://www.fanfiction.net/~angelofmusicval and a Phantom of the Opera role-play with a friend was posted as a story here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3766898/1/New_Beginnings Character Information Name: Willow Danielle RosenbergFandom: Buffy the Vampire SlayerAge/Birthday: 17; March 24, 1982Point in Canon: (Numbers and titles to reference the point as well as an explanation of where the character is at that point)
2.22 Becoming: Part 2
Willow is on the mend from her injuries and being in a coma, not to mention the drain of her first major spell on her already weakened system. She is happy the world didn’t end, but she is worried about where Buffy is and curious as to how her spell turned out. She is trying to get healthy again and prepare for her finals at Sunnydale High.
Being: (Human, vampire, demon, etc)
Human (who is becoming an apprentice witch at this point)Abilities: (Current abilities at the point they come from, canon abilities only)
Very intelligent, especially in computers; learning magicSexuality: (All forms friendly but keep canon sexualities canon.)
At this point, she is still straight Relationship Status: (and if applicable, with whom?)
currently dating Daniel “Oz” OzbourneAffiliation: (In the basic sense: good, neutral or evil. You can also state whether you think your character would affiliate toward the Master or the White Hats)
Good, and she would affiliate with the White HatsPB: Please include two images and a secondary pb choice. Alyson Hannigan
2nd choice: Daneel Harris or Alexina Graham
Journal: will make if accepted into the game, none yetAppearance: 100+ Words Willow is 5’6” tall (average height), and she has a thin frame, weighing about 110-115 pounds. She has pale fair skin, green eyes, and an infectious smile. Willow has straight, flame-red hair that she wears long, reaching down her back. As Willow grows more into her confidence, she doesn’t feel the need to hide behind her hair; at the end of her junior year, she has cut her hair to just below her shoulders. Willow starts out dressing as a young girl, choosing many outfits that looked as if her mom picked them out. As her confidence grows, her fashion sense does as well. (Buffy’s influence also helps with this.) Willow’s outfits grow from extremely nerdy to more hip and cool, while still keeping the theme of cute and comfortable. She changes from being a wallflower to carrying herself with more confidence. She has a pleasant voice and can be very soft-spoken when her shyness overcomes her. She is pretty, a fact finally highlighted when her fashion sense improves. She is not good at hiding her emotions, and one can usually tell what she is thinking by the look on her face. Willow is always very expressive, something which makes her even more endearing.History: 3+ Paragraphs (A more detailed history can be provided if you wish. Also, history past Season 2 can also be provided.)
Willow Danielle Rosenberg was born to Sheila and Ira Rosenberg on March 24, 1982 in Sunnydale, CA. Her parents are of Jewish and Irish descent. She was raised in a religious household, and they identify themselves as Jewish; Willow is the only Jewish member of the Scooby Gang. From the beginning, the Rosenbergs knew their daughter would be special. Her first days in Kindergarten in 1987 cemented the idea that their child would grow up to be highly intelligent. Both of Willow’s parents work and this keeps them out of touch. Her mother is supercilious and distant, and she is a psychologist; her father is equally uninvolved in her life. Sometimes Willow appreciates her parents’ distance, especially with being more involved with the Scooby Gang, but her parents’ absence leaves her feeling like she always has to perform better to capture their notice. Many times her distant parents leave her sad and disappointed.
She’s been best friends with Xander since childhood, and her devotion to their friendship never wavered. Even now, Willow considers Xander to be one of her best friends. Willow "dates" Xander when they are five, until he steals her Barbie. She continues a hopeless, unrequited crush on her lifelong friend into high school. Even though they are not in love, the two of them have a great deal of love for each other. Willow was also close with Jesse, another member of their trio, until he was killed by vampires. Willow quickly befriended Buffy after Buffy moved to Sunnydale, and the two quickly grew close. Willow soon becomes Buffy's best friend, and upon learning that she is actually the Slayer, dedicates herself to aiding her friend in the battle against evil. Buffy and Willow establish a close friendship from the beginning, and the two risk their lives for each other on many occasions. Little does Willow know that her friendship with Buffy will change her life, both in knowing the existence of monsters and helping her grow into a confident woman.
At Sunnydale High, Willow is a member of the Math, Science, and Computer clubs, she is known as the person to go to for tutoring help. Willow is ridiculed by her more popular classmates, including cheerleaders Cordelia Chase and Harmony Kendall. Deep down Willow is deeply affected and hurt by this, but she doesn’t know how to change her circumstances. Her friendship with Buffy will help her move past this. She admits to Buffy that she can’t even talk to guys. Willow feels hopelessly awkward, toungue-tied and plain when it comes to guys, and all of her communication skills seem to fly out of the window. Encouraged by Buffy to "seize the day", Willow builds up the courage to talk to a boy and go for ice cream. However, when he turns out to be a vampire and tries to kill her, Buffy has to save her, and Willow is forced to accept the existence of demons. Buffy sees firsthand how much Willow needs guidance when it comes to boys, and Willow has her eyes opened to a whole new world.
Willow quickly becomes an asset to both Giles and Buffy with her research and hacking skills helping to battle many demons and creatures they encounter on the Hellmouth. Although at first, Willow was mostly useful to the Scooby Gang through her computing and hacking skills, in her junior year she begins to develop an interest in spells and witchcraft. She also becomes more assertive, leading the Scoobies in Buffy's absence.
After discovering Xander kissing Cordelia, a heartbroken Willow decides to move on, starting a romantic relationship with Daniel “Oz” Osbourne, a guitarist in the local band Dingoes Ate My Baby. She finally accepts that Xander doesn’t return her romantic feelings and can finally move forward. She continues to date him after the revelation that he is a werewolf.
When Jenny Calendar, a computer science teacher and technopagan who Willow admired, is murdered by Buffy's vampire boyfriend Angelus, Willow agrees to teach her classes for the rest of the year. She is asked to teach because of her high aptitude. During this time, she goes through her former favorite teacher's belongings and begins her studies in magic, performing the Ritual of Restoration to re-ensoul Angel. The Ritual of Restoration is her first major spell. She had dabbled in magic previously with her potion to detect a witch and her spell to revoke a vampire’s invitation into a home, but she doesn’t seriously begin practicing magic until the death of Ms. Calendar.
Personality: 3+ Paragraphs (Personality progression beyond Season 2 can be provided if you wish.)
Willow is a very gentle, sweet, caring, and intelligent person. She has a light, risqué, and quirky sense of humor and there is an edge of snarkiness to her as she grows more confident. She inherited a strong sense of outrage against social injustice from her mother. She is willing to stand up for what she feels is right, even though it may take a bit more time for her to build up confidence to do so. She would do anything for her friends, as evidenced by her becoming an instrumental member of the Scooby Gang. Willow has a strange fear of frogs, and she’s actually used this fact to help create a distraction for Buffy when needed. She is known for being extremely reliable and dependable as well. She has this air about her that makes people trust her, and they all eventually are drawn to her in some way. Angel shares deep affection and mutual confidence with Willow, and not just because she restored his soul; in several occasions he asks for her help, looking at her as a reliable ally and friend. During his initial time in Sunnydale, after Buffy, Willow was probably Angel's closest friend in the Scooby Gang.
She starts out somewhat naïve as well as painfully shy and retiring. At first, she just takes the ridicule from the other students and doesn’t stand up for herself. As her sophomore and junior years progress, she becomes much more confident and strong-willed, soon losing her wallflower image. Buffy’s encouragement really helps her come out of her shell, and her strengths being able to prove of use and extremely valuable only fuel this. She still suffers from bouts of shyness, but overall her self-confidence has greatly improved from when Buffy first met her.
Willow is a complete nerd, and two of her greatest assets are her extremely high intelligence and computer skills. These skills make her an invaluable aid to Giles and Buffy in the areas of research. She’s a whiz on the computer and has been known to be a mean hacker as well. Some even consider her to be a technical genius when it comes to the fields of computer hacking and robotics. Willow is an excellent student who is known for her tutoring skills. She also has a working knowledge of French, Hebrew and Latin.
When dabbling in Wicca, Willow’s primary interest is for spell casting. Willow identifies as Jewish and comes from a religious family. She hasn’t been practicing long, but it is soon evident that Willow will be as adept at magic as she is with a computer. Willow is still an apprentice and hasn’t been dabbling long with magic, but she feels a deep affinity for it, even at this point.
Willow starts out being pretty clueless about boys. She has a hopeless crush on her best friend Xander, someone who has never seen her in a romantic. As her confidence grows, boys start to notice her, namely Oz. She happily realizes that she can love someone an have them return her love as well.
Samples First Personal Sample: 100+ Words Dear Diary,
These days I am really confused on how I should be feeling, what with all the happenings of late. Of course, I’m ecstatic that we saved the world and stopped an apocalypse. I can only wonder how Buffy fared with her battle with Acathla and Angel, though. I am worried sick about her, as she has yet to contact any of us. I mean, we heard from Mrs. Summers that Buffy left a note, but it was still pretty vague. What really happened?
I keep wondering if my spell worked in time, if it even worked at all. I’m pretty confident it worked, but what would cause Buffy to just take off like that? I’m her best friend, so you’d think that I would warrant some kind of correspondence. Deep down, it hurts to know that she felt she couldn’t confide in me. Oz has been really supportive of me, though, which has really helped.
I have the best boyfriend ever! He lets me ramble on when I need and has really been a rock I can lean on with my recovery process. I still get a wiggins when I think back to the hospital, knowing now that I was in a coma at one point. Who wouldn’t be a little freaked out? I’m so weak all of the time, and it feels like I’ll never be well. I know it’s a process, and that I have to be patient… the problem is, that these days, I don’t have the luxury of being patient.
Here’s me sighing. I should just be happily looking forward to the next gig for Dingoes Ate My Baby. After all, I love watching Oz do his thing on stage. I still can’t believe I have a boyfriend who’s in a band! Insert geeker squeal of joy here. Oh, wait, I got sidetracked…
Yes, the reason I can’t relax is that with The Slayer gone from Sunnydale, the Scooby Gang is on alert to try to fight the vampires that are out there. I can’t do much as yet, but I’ve been doing as much research for Giles as possible and looking through more magic books to see if anything will be useful. Oh, man, I really miss Buffy…
Third Person Sample: 300+ Words (Sample 1)
[After Season 2 & Becoming]
Bright multi-colored lights flashed around the room and music pulsed through the air. Dingoes Ate My Baby were rocking their set that night, and the Bronze was crowded with young adults all looking for a night of fun and relaxation. Friday night had finally arrived, and the students couldn’t wait to put their stressful week of school and finals out of their minds, at least for the time being.
Willow Rosenberg perched on a stool in front of a high table near the stage. She was absentmindedly bobbing her head in time to the music while she alternated scanning the room for any signs of trouble and gazing adoringly at the spiky-haired lead guitarist tearing up the stage in front of her. She reached up to tuck a stray strand of fire-red hair behind her ear, her hand drifting down to fiddle with her necklace. She started when her best friend in the world, besides Buffy, suddenly sat down at her table. Her face broke into a grin. “Xander!” She happily gave him a hug, glad to have someone to spend her time with. These days, her thoughts kept straying to Buffy and how to keep Sunnydale safe without The Slayer. “I didn’t think you’d come out tonight!”
They were all feeling the relief of being normal teenagers, at least for a few hours. Giles was coming to rely on them more than ever in Buffy’s absence. Willow knew that when she headed back to the library, she was in for more hours of research and planning. Although she loved the feel of the library and being surrounded by her beloved books, she couldn’t shake the aching feeling that Buffy’s absence left in its wake. Willow was determined to learn what she could from the technopagan sites Jenny had left on her computer. Willow figured that the Scooby Gang needed all the help they could get now that they were on their own.
Gazing over at Xander, Willow still felt the flutter of old feelings trying to crawl back up from where she had buried them. You’re with Oz now, so quit with the distractions! Xander is history, at least as far as romantic feelings go. What’s with you, Rosenberg! She resolutely told herself. Buffy’s absence was making everyone a little crazy these days. Willow knew she wasn’t the only one feeling as if there was a piece missing from their lives.
She turned her head back to the stage and gave a cute flirty wave to Oz. She counted herself as an extremely lucky woman to have landed him as her boyfriend, the werewolf thing aside. She adored Oz, and he was fast growing into another one of those indispensable people in her life. She flashed him a smile and then turned back to Xander, ready to discuss their strategy for their upcoming nightly patrol for vampires.
(Sample 2)
[After Season 7]
As if on cue, Willow hurried in with a “look” on her face, something obviously on her mind after the phone call she had just received. The red-head looked to be bursting with news, but she held her tongue, her warm brown eyes filling with worry as she gazed into Buffy’s concerned blue ones.
“Call the Gang,” she said with urgency. For a moment she remained quiet, knowing that “The Gang” only consisted of her, Buffy, Xander, and Dawn now. Cordy, Anya and Tara were dead; Giles was away; Oz was MIA; Faith was covering Cleveland; and Spike worked with Angel’s crew now. She sighed as she remembered Andrew belatedly, not really knowing how much help he’d be. She really wasn’t up for bothering Angel with this. With Wesley and Fred dead, Willow knew Angel and Gunn were mourning their losses. She had no idea where Lorne was, and she presumed Spike was somewhere with them. She hoped this was something they could handle themselves. Willow cast a worried look at Buffy. Several moments of silence passed and no one had joined Willow and Buffy. Not getting any response from the others, Willow tapped her foot impatiently. This really couldn’t wait.
“Want me to call them my way?” she asked gently. She was still hesitant of using magic so casually, even though she had been in perfect control of her magic for some time now. She flashed back a few years, remembering the time the guiding spell had gone horribly wrong in the haunted frat house. Willow shot her best friend a quick reassuring look. She closed her eyes and concentrated, sending out a small green ball of light as a summoning beacon for the three remaining members of the Scooby Gang. When she felt it leave, Willow slowly opened her eyes and turned to her friend.
“They’ll be here shortly.” Willow linked arms with Buffy as they made their way into the foyer to meet up with everyone. While she waited, Willow flopped down into the nearest fluffy chair and closed her eyes, slowly replenishing her lost energies from the earth. She did a quick scan of the area to make sure all was well, and she noted that her protection spells were still holding strong. She took a few deep breaths and tried to relax, knowing if this had been a total emergency, Giles would have been there to tell them of the situation in person.
Like a slideshow, images flew through Willow’s mind, reminding her of how far she had come with Buffy. Willow Danielle Rosenberg had been a nerd of the highest order when she met Buffy, and, besides Xander, the computer was her other best friend. Since then, she had learned of the existence of vampires, demons, the supernatural and Evil; and yet, she was still here, standing strong. She had transformed more than just physically, although the shorter, more vibrant red hair and her trendier wardrobe spoke volumes; moving beyond just Mistress of the Internet, Willow wielded magic to the edge of sanity, embracing the dark side and come out standing, now a very powerful White Witch and a badass Wicca. She had gone from hopelessly loving Xander to cementing a lifelong friendship; gone from dating a werewolf and liking boys to embracing her lesbian side and meeting, and losing, the love of her life, Tara. The thought of Tara brought tears to Willow’s eyes. Sure, there had been that fling with Kennedy, but after all the intensity had died down, Willow realized that she didn’t love Kennedy, and she certainly didn’t care about her the way she had with Tara; they had eventually parted ways, each of them having their own job to do. Willow had finally recognized that she could be a strong person and, whether she knew it or not, she was a rock that Buffy completely depended upon. She alone had been able to release the Slayer power and transfer that power to all of the potentials on Earth; that spoke volumes on the path her life had taken and how far she had come.
Footsteps echoed down the hallway, jarring Willow from her thoughts. Watching her friends settle themselves, Willow held out her hand, and the beads of light returned to her. She stood up and walked over towards Buffy. Willow took a deep breath as she gazed at her friends.
Misc. How did you find out about us? My friend Lissa is a mod and I saw it on her AIM
Anything else you want to add?
I'm really excited about this game! If there are any problems with my application, please let me know, and I'll be happy to fix them! I really hope you want me to be a part of this. I love Willow, and she is one of my all-time favorite characters. I really identify with her and feel a deep connection to her. I’m obsessed with Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and I have been role-playing Willow for years. I have an in-depth knowledge of Willow and the whole BTVS universe.
Did you read the rules?
Yes, I did
Did you have a hold on this character? If so, under what username?
Yes, under angelofmusic
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