Shipping Up To Boston
is a Tumblr crime roleplay set in South Boston. It follows the lives of South Boston residents after Billy Sullivan, Southie's biggest mobster, is mysteriously killed. Civilians, cops, gangsters, and a mysterious vigilante movement clash and coexist as they try to determine their place in Boston and not die.
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Brigid Boys
Daniel Collins
Chloe Flynn
The Bombshell – Christina Hendricks
- Mafia Princess: Chloe remains close to the Brigid Boys in order to gain material benefits and social status, generally ignores her much poorer ex-husband.
Sarah Mitchell
The Cadet – Gina Rodriguez
- Consummate Professional: There's a reason why Sarah graduated at the top of her class of the Police Academy.
- Married to the Job: Of the Type 1 variety. She thinks it's fun to chase down criminals, after all.
- One of the Boys: See most of Sarah's friends.
- She Cleans Up Nicely: As proven by the Thanksgiving dinner party.
Mary McNamara
The Reformer – Carey Mulligan
- Glamorous Single Mother: Subverted. Mary is constantly worried about her son, having worked from the bottom to get to where she is so Jesse could have a decent life.
Nolan Reed
The Sage – Viggo Mortensen
- Old-Fashioned Copper: Nolan is the oldest officer on the force and struggles to adjust to change.
Jameson Burke
The Angel – Katie Stevens
- Beneath the Mask: Jamie Burke poses as the perfect daughter of a politician’s family; however, she’s deeply conflicted with what she’s supposed to be and what she is.
Lisa Hotchkins
The Do Gooder – Amanda Seyfried
- Non-Idle Rich: Lisa uses her time and money to help the less fortunate.
Eileen Johnson
The Nun – Angela Bassett
- Education Mama: Eileen will do anything she can for the students at her school, regardless of the cost.
Richard Kelley
The Foreigner – Tom Hardy
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- Holy Hitman: Richard is deeply religious, and his faith informs many of his actions.
Provides Examples Of:
- Abusive Parent:
- Billy Sullivan on an emotional level on several occasions. It’s even mentioned at Billy forced Rory Flynn to smoke a cigarette to the butt which ended in Rory throwing up.
- Also seen in Rafe Burke due to the pressure he puts on his daughter Jamie Burke to be his idea of a perfect child.
- It’s also mentioned that Petra Benson’s parents were often downright neglectful to their child.
- Anti-Hero: Most of the characters can be taken as this, especially those on the side of the Brigid Boys.
- Big, Screwed-Up Family: The Sullivans with two dead parents, a bastard son who has only recently joined up with the family, a pair of twins with opposite goals in life, a private investigator uncle and Brigid Boy aunt all with a trouble making cousin.
- Also the Burke family. While the children are all fairly normal, the parents have a lot of relationship counselling to go through.
- This also applies to Mary and Jesse, seeing as the former has the latter believing that she is his sister, where she is actually his mother.
- Dirty Cop: Not all cops are clean in South Boston. Neil is a prime example of this. Marc could possibly be an example as well, seeing as his loyalty is more aligned with the Bridgid Boys.
- The Irish Mob: Seeing as Billy Sullivan is Irish and is Southie's biggest mobster, this trope plays a significant role in the game.
- Long-Lost Relative: Played to an extent with Jake in regards to the Sullivans, seeing as he's Billy's bastard son.
- Promotion to Parent: After Billy's death, Jake tries to be this to his half-siblings while he tries to clean up his father's mess; however, he doesn't know what it actually entails.
