Riverview Application
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whatsapineappleMy Riverview app, helpfully copy-pasted for the sake of knowledge-sharing.
player information
● name: Hilo
● age: Old enough to know better
● contact:![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
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● other characters: None
character information
● name: Sidney “Sid” Carter
● canon: Father Brown (2013 show)
● canon point:
● age: Alex Price was about 28 when he took the role, so….29-ish
● (canon) background: I’d link to the wiki, but it sucks.
First, the show is vague, but takes place in the fictional village of Kembleford in England sometime between the years 1950 and 1953. (Meat is still rationed, a character makes an off-hand reference to the fact that tea “comes in bags now” and at one point the year 1952 makes an appearance on a document). There, Sid works as a chauffeur to Lady Felicia Montague, as well as taking independent work as a handyman, and the occasional dabble in less-than-legal businesses. Also, he hangs out with Father Brown and helps him solve mysteries.
Somewhere around 1923, Sidney Carter was born somewhere in London to a Catholic family, though he hasn’t been to mass since age 15. He managed find himself in bad company, and stayed there, because it was fun and profitable and all his friends were doing it. Unfortunately for him, that sort of thing comes with a rap sheet. Also unfortunately, he came of age around the start of World War II. On the other hand, his contacts in the underground made it easy to wriggle out of the draft. And the introduction of rationing opened up a profitable new enterprise for him: the black market. If you know your history, you know that rationing in the UK continued after the war’s end, and in fact got worse in the immediate aftermath. So, y’know, he’s only recently dropped out of that trade.
It is known that Sid has spent time in prison, since it’s mentioned. What is not known (unless it’s in some hidden pilot episode that never aired/I’ve never seen) is how, exactly, he ended up in Kembleford as Lady F’s chauffeur. Probably Father Brown had something to do with it. He’s friends with Felicia, is big into redemption, and Sid is pretty freaking loyal to the guy.
● (original) world: N/A
● abilities: Sid is your regular baseline human. But he is adept at various tricks-of-the-thieving-trade, like lockpicking, pocket-picking, sleight-of-hand and the shell game (along with a number of other short cons). He’s also pretty good at using contacts to get ahold of what he needs (though he won’t have them here, obviously), and also at getting people to share information. He’s a decent enough shot with a rifle, and capable of a decent sprint over rough terrain.
● strengths:
Heart of Gold: He’s a good boy underneath it all. He definitely has a moral compass in there, despite trying to hide it. He doesn’t like the idea of sleeping with married women. He has been known to go out of his way to try and cheer people up. He once lost out on a contest he could have won because he stopped to help up his rival. Plus, Father Brown said so, and he’s a pretty good judge of character.
Opportunistic: Sid can spot an opportunity for personal enrichment a mile away. A full wallet in the garbage. Some very nice plates that could be sold. An unattended wad of cash. Free food. That he can totally grab that roof beam and kick that dude in the face.
Loyal: Once Sid’s loyalty and affection have been earned, he will walk over hot coals for you (though not without complaining). I feel like this doesn’t really need much more explaining. Plus, the more he likes you, the more likely he is to run stupid errands for you (like trying every typewriter in town).
● weaknesses:
Charmless: To borrow a term from Mrs. McCarthy. Sid might be quite slick at talking himself out of things, but when it comes to the important, emotional stuff? He has a tendency to get a bit tongue-tied. Things like “We’ve been flirting a while and I think we should go on a date” or “I’m really hurt that I had to find out from a third part that you’re married” or “I would be devastated if anything happened to you, so could you please stop putting yourself in dangerous situations”. Either he stumbles a bit, or he talks around the situation or he just comes out sarcastic, angry and rude. Or some combination thereof.
Poor Self-Control: Not quite the same thing as impulsivity, Sid is quite capable of carefully planning out something without ever giving any thought to whether it’s something he really should be doing. Which is not to say he isn’t also impulsive. He’s been known to impulsively pocket wads of cash, and his usual reaction to hearing that someone he cares about is in danger is to abruptly run to them so he can quietly fret in their general vicinity. But he also does stuff like immediately and noisily buy a motorcycle with the fifty pounds he found on a train that someone was thrown off of. Instead of maybe waiting until the heat had died down a bit, which would have been the sensible option.
Iconoclastic: Ooh, big word. Sid has a kneejerk annoyance at any sort of authority. He has been known to purposely bait people, including (especially) police, just because it amused him. If given an order, or even a request, by someone he feels hasn’t earned that right, his instinctive reaction is to do the exact opposite. This has also been known to happen with people he does respect, if he thinks the request is inane enough (e.g., ask him to find a discreet place to store a coffin and he might decide that’s your kitchen).
player information
● name: Hilo
● age: Old enough to know better
● contact:
● other characters: None
character information
● name: Sidney “Sid” Carter
● canon: Father Brown (2013 show)
● canon point:
● age: Alex Price was about 28 when he took the role, so….29-ish
● (canon) background: I’d link to the wiki, but it sucks.
First, the show is vague, but takes place in the fictional village of Kembleford in England sometime between the years 1950 and 1953. (Meat is still rationed, a character makes an off-hand reference to the fact that tea “comes in bags now” and at one point the year 1952 makes an appearance on a document). There, Sid works as a chauffeur to Lady Felicia Montague, as well as taking independent work as a handyman, and the occasional dabble in less-than-legal businesses. Also, he hangs out with Father Brown and helps him solve mysteries.
Somewhere around 1923, Sidney Carter was born somewhere in London to a Catholic family, though he hasn’t been to mass since age 15. He managed find himself in bad company, and stayed there, because it was fun and profitable and all his friends were doing it. Unfortunately for him, that sort of thing comes with a rap sheet. Also unfortunately, he came of age around the start of World War II. On the other hand, his contacts in the underground made it easy to wriggle out of the draft. And the introduction of rationing opened up a profitable new enterprise for him: the black market. If you know your history, you know that rationing in the UK continued after the war’s end, and in fact got worse in the immediate aftermath. So, y’know, he’s only recently dropped out of that trade.
It is known that Sid has spent time in prison, since it’s mentioned. What is not known (unless it’s in some hidden pilot episode that never aired/I’ve never seen) is how, exactly, he ended up in Kembleford as Lady F’s chauffeur. Probably Father Brown had something to do with it. He’s friends with Felicia, is big into redemption, and Sid is pretty freaking loyal to the guy.
● (original) world: N/A
● abilities: Sid is your regular baseline human. But he is adept at various tricks-of-the-thieving-trade, like lockpicking, pocket-picking, sleight-of-hand and the shell game (along with a number of other short cons). He’s also pretty good at using contacts to get ahold of what he needs (though he won’t have them here, obviously), and also at getting people to share information. He’s a decent enough shot with a rifle, and capable of a decent sprint over rough terrain.
● strengths:
Heart of Gold: He’s a good boy underneath it all. He definitely has a moral compass in there, despite trying to hide it. He doesn’t like the idea of sleeping with married women. He has been known to go out of his way to try and cheer people up. He once lost out on a contest he could have won because he stopped to help up his rival. Plus, Father Brown said so, and he’s a pretty good judge of character.
Opportunistic: Sid can spot an opportunity for personal enrichment a mile away. A full wallet in the garbage. Some very nice plates that could be sold. An unattended wad of cash. Free food. That he can totally grab that roof beam and kick that dude in the face.
Loyal: Once Sid’s loyalty and affection have been earned, he will walk over hot coals for you (though not without complaining). I feel like this doesn’t really need much more explaining. Plus, the more he likes you, the more likely he is to run stupid errands for you (like trying every typewriter in town).
● weaknesses:
Charmless: To borrow a term from Mrs. McCarthy. Sid might be quite slick at talking himself out of things, but when it comes to the important, emotional stuff? He has a tendency to get a bit tongue-tied. Things like “We’ve been flirting a while and I think we should go on a date” or “I’m really hurt that I had to find out from a third part that you’re married” or “I would be devastated if anything happened to you, so could you please stop putting yourself in dangerous situations”. Either he stumbles a bit, or he talks around the situation or he just comes out sarcastic, angry and rude. Or some combination thereof.
Poor Self-Control: Not quite the same thing as impulsivity, Sid is quite capable of carefully planning out something without ever giving any thought to whether it’s something he really should be doing. Which is not to say he isn’t also impulsive. He’s been known to impulsively pocket wads of cash, and his usual reaction to hearing that someone he cares about is in danger is to abruptly run to them so he can quietly fret in their general vicinity. But he also does stuff like immediately and noisily buy a motorcycle with the fifty pounds he found on a train that someone was thrown off of. Instead of maybe waiting until the heat had died down a bit, which would have been the sensible option.
Iconoclastic: Ooh, big word. Sid has a kneejerk annoyance at any sort of authority. He has been known to purposely bait people, including (especially) police, just because it amused him. If given an order, or even a request, by someone he feels hasn’t earned that right, his instinctive reaction is to do the exact opposite. This has also been known to happen with people he does respect, if he thinks the request is inane enough (e.g., ask him to find a discreet place to store a coffin and he might decide that’s your kitchen).
