History Roleplay / WildCard

* AfterTheEnd: The sim Necropolis.
* {{Angst}}: Quite a bit, though it's spread out.

* BiTheWay: Several characters.

* BreakTheCutie: Sirena has had a series of minor breakdowns, followed by, at last, a rather more complete breakdown. Similarly, WordOfGod states that [[spoiler: Sethiss]] may undergo this soon.
* ContemplateOurNavels: In particular, one scene between Sirena and Frederick about altruism versus selfishness. While Frederick is tied up and only semi-coherant. And Sirena isn't doing much either.

* {{Cyberspace}}: The main setting of the RP.

* DepravedBisexual: The villain Dread. Emphasis on ''villain'', who comes with a very literal form of MindRape (he's a {{Telepath}}) as his main hobby. In consequence, gut-wrenchingly subverted: DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale (we are not laughing [[spoiler:... all the time, at least]]). Attempting to insinuate such to his victims tends to make for an extremely good insult.

* [[AliensMadeThemDoIt Dread Made Them Do It]]: Frederick and Sirena finally end up in bed together - as Dread forces Frederick to rape Sirena.

* EyeScream: Paul had his eyes made deliberately made over-sensitive to light, then a burnt out with a bright lamp.
* EvilTwin: Jen would like to think she's this to Sirena.
* {{Fetish}}: Plenty, thanks mostly to AuthorAppeal.
* ForgetsToEat: According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler: Jen does this frequently.]]

* TheHeart: Sirena, when she's not having a moral breakdown.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Frederick about Elizabeth. Also Sethiss about Liska.

* LampshadeHanging: A favorite tactic of several players.

* TheMetaverse: Those that aren't trapped in cyberspace tend to use it more along these lines.
* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Pixie Dream Boy]]: Andrew attempted to play this role to Jen. It ended badly.

* MoralityPet: Sirena attempts to be this to Frederick

* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: The trapped characters didn't know each other beforehand and weren't designed to be a functional party. It shows.

* StockDinosaurs: The creator of the RP really likes raptors. Many of the players agree.
* TabulaRasa: Jen's AI Melody was created as this. It remains to be seen if she'll become corrupted by the cruel world or become a SeeminglyProfoundFool.
* TeamMom: Sirena plays this role more often than she'd like.
* Technobabble: How the tech works.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: See RagtagBunchOfMisfits, above.
* TimeStandsStill: The sim Necropolis.
* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:Jen's AI Jaeson]], according to WordOfGod.
* UncannyValley: Crimson slips into this at times, as he's not very good at emulating humanity.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dread's entire motivation is to turn his unappreciating victims into {{Ubermensch}}en, making his main focus truly well-intentioned. Of course, there is some SocialDarwinist in him, and he occasionally goes out of his way to destroy (usually synonymous with 'kill') people, usually those that he deems have demonstrated their own ignorance repeatedly. At the core, he is the polar opposite of a [[HumansAreBastards misanthropist]], not only ''loving'' mankind, but actively trying to usher it toward betterment, one humble step at a time.\\

* WinToExit: Each sim has a win condition; However, it seems winning each sim gets you into another sim. The exit from the server seems to be nonexistant.

* {{Transsexual}}: [[spoiler:Jen's AI Jaeson]], according to WordOfGod.

* DepravedBisexual: The villain Dread. Emphasis on ''villain'', who comes with a very literal form of MindRape (he's a {{Telepath}}) as his main hobby. In consequence, gut-wrenchingly subverted: DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale (we are not laughing [[spoiler:... all the time, at least]]) and RapeIsLove. Attempting to insinuate such to his victims tends to make for an extremely good insult.

* Transsexual: [[spoiler:Jen's AI Jaeson]], according to WordOfGod.

* ArtificialIntelligence: Here called "Puppets" in a shout-out to ''{{Otherland}}''.

* ReusedCharacterDesign: Some of the players use this, importing characters from other RPs, and many of the characters in Wildcard originally were in its predecessor, Crimson Feather.

* DifferentAsNightAndDay: Sirena and Jen, who have been separated since the beginning of the RP by Sirena's entrapment, bear little similarity in personality or online avatar.

* ItsNotRapeIfYouEnjoyedIt: Played with often when Dread sets his sights on someone.

* DepravedBisexual: The villain Dread. Emphasis on ''villain'', who comes with a very literal form of MindRape (he's a {{Telepath}}) as his main hobby. In consequence, gut-wrenchingly subverted: RapeIsFunnyWhenItIsMaleOnMale (we are not laughing [[spoiler:... all the time, at least]]) and RapeIsLove. Attempting to insinuate such to his victims tends to make for an extremely good insult.

* DolphinsDolphinsEverywhere: The Cetacean Communication Project. Language issues aside Hakumele's alien way of thinking causes some clashes.

* TheSpock: Crimson, to the degree that he sees himself as a higher life form for being so rational.

* StarSystem: Some of the players use this, importing characters from other RPs, and many of the characters in Wildcard originally were in its predecessor, Crimson Feather.

* TabulaRasa: Jen's AI Melody was created as this. It remains to be seen if she'll become corrupted by the cruel world or pull a ChanceTheGardener.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dread's entire motivation is to turn his unappreciating victims into {{Ubermensch}}en, making his main focus truly well-intentioned. Of course, there is some {{Darwinist}} in him, and he occasionally goes out of his way to destroy (usually synonymous with 'kill') people, usually those that he deems have demonstrated their own ignorance repeatedly. At the core, he is the polar opposite of a [[HumansAreBastards misanthropist]], not only ''loving'' mankind, but actively trying to usher it toward betterment, one humble step at a time.\\

* BreakTheCutie: Sirena has had a series of minor breakdowns. At least one faction is OOCly rooting for a complete breakdown in the near future. Similarly, WordOfGod states that [[spoiler: Sethiss]] may undergo this soon.

* DontYouDarePityMe: Jen, when caught crying by Marcus

* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Frederick about Elizabeth. Also Sethiss about Liska.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dread's entire motivation is to turn his unappreciating victims into {{Ubermensch}}en, making his main focus truly well-intentioned. Of course, there is some {{Darwinist}} in him, and he occasionally goes out of his way to destroy (usually synonymous with 'kill') people, usually those that he deems have demonstrated their own ignorance repeatedly. At the core, he is the polar opposite of a [[HumansAreBastards misanthropist]], not only ''loving'' mankind, but actively trying to usher it toward betterment, one humble step at a time. None of his victims know [[LoveMakesYouEvil just how much he appreciates them]], nor his motivation, but if they did, they would agree he's overshot his mark by a few hundred miles on pretty much all accounts. Worse? He knows. It doesn't stop him.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dread's entire motivation is to turn his unappreciating victims into {{Ubermensch}}en, making his main focus truly well-intentioned. Of course, there is some {{Darwinist}} in him, and he occasionally goes out of his way to destroy (usually synonymous with 'kill') people, usually those that he deems have demonstrated their own ignorance repeatedly. At the core, he is the polar opposite of a [[HumansAreBastards misanthropist]], not only ''loving'' mankind, but actively trying to usher it toward betterment, one humble step at a time.
** None of his victims know [[LoveMakesYouEvil just how much he appreciates them]], nor his motivation, but I'm sure if they did, they would agree he's overshot his mark by a few hundred miles on pretty much all accounts.
*** Worse? He knows. It doesn't stop him.

The website, including logs of each session, can be found [[http://wildcard.pinkgothic.com/ here]]. One of the [=GMs=] is [[@/YamiKuronue a troper here]], as is [[@/pinkgothic the owner]].

* WellIntentionedExtremist: The villian Dread, according to WordOfGod.

The website, including logs of each session, can be found [[http://wildcard.pinkgothic.com/ here]]. One of the [=GMs=] is [[@/YamiKuronue a troper here]].

* DepravedBisexual: The villain Dread.

* GoodWingsEvilWings: Sirena's avatar is an angel, while Jen's demonic avatar contains batwings.

* WingedHumanoid: Sirena's avatar is an angel, and Jen's is more devilish but includes wings.

Wildcard is an IRC-based freeform roleplay based around a future world in which virtual reality is everywhere. It has been considered cyberpunk overall, though the fact that most of the plot is set in virtual reality means that the genre shifts on occasion as the characters travel to fantasy, scifi, or just plain weird simulations. The main plot revolves around a group of characters who are unable to leave the group of virtual reality servers they find themselves lured into, and thus are at the mercy of the whims of the servers.

* BlandNameProduct: GlobalCities, a VR hosting service similar to the now-dead Geocities.

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