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Nellie Sterling |
Posted: Dec 31st 2013, 03:45 AM
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Kalista |
Posted: Dec 31st 2013, 12:49 PM
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Hey, Kay, welcome back to the approval process! You know how this works, so I’m going to jump right in.
We should be able to get Nellie squared away, but like Inari, she has a lot going on in a short period of time. Within a few short months of coming to Earth, her parents are able to establish themselves and find enough money for both living arrangements for five, and for expensive medical visits, including extended hospital stays, surgery, and treatment for cancer. After that, Alphonse manages to provide enough money to support a family of five, provide insurance good enough to cover Nellie’s vast medical bills, pay for her many medications, including expensive cancer treatments, provide life insurance policies on both him and Remi, put the boys through college, make several building renovations, provide monster proofing, stock a new shop with items that include weapons, buy an entire building with which to start a housing project for hunters, make building additions that include a medical clinic, and pay for Nellie’s continued treatment and care, all on the profits from a single bar. These profits continue after his death, even when it's mentioned that Avery's not doing as well with it as his father had, and there's even a mention of living in a penthouse at one point after the housing project goes in. That said, I’d like to see things toned down quite a bit. I have no problem with the bar being successful, but as it stands, there’s way too much being done with its income, even if it were located in a large, thriving city. I did look to see if Bethany was large enough to support a bar with some prosperity, but I'm not finding any town named Bethany in Wyoming, so you can also change that to a different state, if you like, or to a different town altogether. When you’re going back through the history, also keep in mind the challenges that face someone with Nellie’s various conditions and setbacks. Her medical issues were enough to keep her from even graduating high school, so it would be very difficult to run a business on her own, though not impossible. It’s not something that needs to be taken out, but it should be planned for and written accordingly, especially if she’s still having such severe seizures on a regular basis. On that note, I’d like to see knowledge of fighting and martial arts taken out of her Strengths section, and possibly knowledge of spells and potions, too. She already has a lot going on, and as you said, she’s very weak and frail. This will also help differentiate her from Jo Harvelle, who I’ve noticed a very strong resemblance to, which will also be something to keep an eye on when you’re going back through her history. Other than that, if you could change Markus’ name to something else, that would drastically help keep things from becoming confusing, since we already have a Marcus on the board. If you won’t be mentioning him outside of her app, it can probably stay, but if it’s something that’s going to come up in RP, we’ll just need something different. This would also be the case with her last name being Thompson, as there's already a character with that last name on the board. Once that's fixed, I think she should be good. Let me know once her edits have been made, and I’ll take another look! |
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Nellie Sterling |
Posted: Jan 1st 2014, 07:31 PM
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Hey Kalibear! <3 I went in and made the changes that you asked!
Changed her last name from Thompson to Sterling. Changed Markus's name to Jeremiah. Also changed her location from Bethany, Wyoming to Boston, Massachusetts. Took out those two strengths you asked me too and put in two different ones:
I also added in an extra "I Aspired too":
The reasoning why they moved to Boston, Mass was added into her history into the fourth paragraph. Toned down the bar's success in the beginning and removed the bit about Avery going to school:
The reason why they chose Sterling as a name:
Life didn't start getting better till she was about nine:
The bar after the parents were slaughtered and under Avery's management:
Changed Nellie's involvement in the bar:
Took out the bit where they lived in a penthouse, I thought that I had taken it out before putting the application up. But anyway, I changed their location to one of the apartments in the housing complex. And in the final paragraph at the end of the application, added in a little more about Nellie being/working in the bar alone:
Hopefully this is better! <3 -------------------- ![]() THANK YOU CHELSEA FOR THE SIGNATURE |
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Kalista |
Posted: Jan 2nd 2014, 10:03 PM
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Wow, this is much better, Kay! There are still a couple things that's a little far-fetched, but overall her edits look really good. Her diseases especially sounds much more well-managed and realistic, and I like that her brother is staying with her now, rather than her being on her own.
The only places I'm still having concerns are when Nellie's parents first come to Istari, and when some of the arrangements to help out hunters are made. You still have her parents paying for some sort of housing for five, extensive diagnostics, surgery, hospital stays, and post-op cancer treatment, and getting the money to start a bar despite only having been on Earth for a few months. They'd have to get the knowledge, know-how, and a very large amount of money from somewhere, so that'll need to be worked out somehow. The other area is when her brother buys the apartment building, and when the clinic is added into the bar. Both of those would be very costly, when you consider how expensive even basic medical equipment and medications are, not to mention that they'll need to stock all the numerous smaller items as well. It would still be more believable than the housing complex, though. I know her insurance is covering at least part of her medical expenses, but with them being on such a costly scale, they'd still be paying a lot out of pocket, and they would've already made a couple renovations to the bar at that point, so I'm not sure they'd approve him for a loan large enough to buy an entire building. Maybe Avery gets a respectable friend to co-sign for it with him or something? You'd still have to figure out how they pay for the clinic, since they won't be able to go through official channels and still keep it secret, but that might cover the apartment building, at least. Anyway, let me know once you've figured out what you'd like to do with those, and I'll peek at it again! |
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Nellie Sterling |
Posted: Jan 3rd 2014, 10:08 PM
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Hello Ms. Kalibear! I've gone in and made adjustments, and here they are! <3
I went through the application and removed any mention of a housing complex, to make things easier. And because of that I've made minor changes at the end of the application saying that Greg met with Nellie and her brother at their apartment still, but instead of him getting an apartment in the housing complex, he just got his own place and the Sterlings employed him at the bar which helps him pay for his place and keep an eye on Nellie when she's working there. After conversing with the lovely Zombie to see how things work in Errosed, I figured out where the family got their money for the creation of the bar:
Changed Nellie's age when they moved to Errosed to almost a year old, giving the bar some time to grow. Added in some more money details and struggles for the family:
And I guess I made you a little confused with the clinic portion as it wasn't necessarily a full clinic as it was a place for hunters to get their wounds and stuff looked at and stitched, so I also just explained that in the paragraph where Nellie and Avery made changes to the bar:
Let me know if I have to try and fix something else. <3 -------------------- ![]() THANK YOU CHELSEA FOR THE SIGNATURE |
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Kalista |
Posted: Jan 3rd 2014, 10:33 PM
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Nellie Sterling |
Posted: Mar 1st 2015, 02:41 AM
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Hey guys! Nellie's all finished.
I've updated her age, occupation, and added in a nickname for her. Added in a paragraph in her personality:
And added in more to her history that Zombie's signed off on:
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