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JONAH BENNETT WINK

33 / WEDDING PLANNER / GIFTED / RECENTLY DIVORCED / APPLICATION

- - ABOUT

Jonah is a recently divorced wedding planner with a large dagger collection. He is an ambitious goal getter who isn't afraid to put in the work. He is traumatized from the events leading up to the divorce (well, he might have been the one to cheat, but at least he didn't get physically violent!). He is an extrovert, but currently very terrified of social interactions. Jonah wishes only the good for the people around him, but that is just the theory part. The application? Sometimes he gets confused and does the wrong thing.

- - PLATONIC

Because of his extroverted nature, he knows a lot of people. Few are true friends, but the ones that are, are dear to him. Some may find his ambition scary and even annoying. Another thing about Jonah is that when someone comes to him for emotional support, he won't pat their back and feel sorry. Instead he will present them with possible solutions. Jonah isn't one to simply sit back and watch his friends ruin their lives — he will meddle.

- - ANTAGONISTIC

Sure, he will have rivals, sure, he will have annoyed some people in the past and in the future. Maybe a rivalling wedding planner? Maybe someone homophobic, or pan/biphobic? Maybe someone who despises cheaters? And maybe someone could deny Jonah's pansexuality because he "chose a woman after all"?

- - ROMANTIC

Jonah isn't looking for romance right now. He needs to find his inner strength again before he can even think about dating. See below for possible romance-related plot hooks!


- - PLOT HOOKS

• a rivalling wedding planner — think banter, funny conversations etc, a kind of cute rivalry in which both would be sad if the other went out of business
  
• wedding planning customers? important: Jonah is known for being LGBTQIA friendly!
• connections in the wedding planning world: florists, photographers, et cetera, and discussions regarding weddings
  
• someone who heard about Jonah cheating on John and looks down on Jonah for it, very openly
• the woman with whom Jonah cheated on John with — I don't want a romance between the two, but maybe some awkwardness? details of the cheating incident can be discussed, I have nothing set in stone.
  
• "so you're straight after all?" — if someone has a character who might go that route, I would love for this discussion to take place
• a friend from university who might be surprised to hear Jonah isn't working in the climate science field although he has a Bachelor's degree in it
• someone to ask him out on a date. Jonah would not go on a date right now, so no date would happen — it's the inner conflict of Jonah I want to write indulgently
  
• someone safe with whom Jonah would be willing to allow himself to feel, to maybe develop a crush on, but not go any further than that
• someone even safer with whom Jonah would allow himself to fall in love with — eventually
• mediumship: someone with whom Jonah might discuss mediumship openly (Jonah will eventually go into being a full-time medium, but he has yet to even accept his gift)
  
• mediumship: someone who might benefit from Jonah's gift (thus sending Jonah on his way to seeing the good in his gift)
  
• mediumship: someone who would deny the existence of Jonah's gift completely (Jonah would like this to be true at least for now)

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Howdy hello! My brain is too stupid to think up a bunch of specific plots rn, but I thought of some things that our characters might have reason to interact over :3 Let me know if any of these interest you or spark ideas, but if they don't, no worries!

Also, just a heads up, my post speed is pretty slow~ I owe quite a few replies to threads already so it might be a few days until I can start one with you </3 But I am interested!

@jonah & Noah St Cloud

Random things that could come up:

• Noah also has a knife collection! Would probably appreciate Jonah’s.

• They both live in West Hook!

• Noah's power is borrowing the gifts of others, but only once they’ve been used on him so I'm guessing Jonah’s gift would be one that he can’t borrow. However, if Jonah's mediumship was mentioned for whatever reason, as a recruiter for Blackstorm Noah would feel obligated to test whether Jonah is actually gifted or not. But like… if it was proven that he can interact with spirits, Noah would immediately want to kill him as a precaution lmao. Can’t let anyone know about the skeletons in his closet!

A kinda more specific idea could be: Noah is a sketchy guy and sometimes breaks into people's homes to get a better understanding of them/to uncover whatever dirty secrets they have. Maybe he could break into Jonah’s house by accident, believing it belongs to someone else, but then Jonah could come home and catch him in the act. Maybe Noah then notices something that tips him off to Jonah’s profession and he decides to pretend he’s getting married to play it off like “no no I swear I didn’t break in! the door was open and I heard you're a wedding planner! Yeah, uh, do you have a brochure or something???"

@jonah & Evening Cadieux

Random things that could come up:

• Eve is a telepath! Maybe she could overhear his thoughts on a certain topic and comment on it?

• She wears all black, all the time. I saw in Jonah's app that he doesn't like people doing that x3

• She’s very open about being a ‘witch’ and owns her own metaphysical shop. She would believe Jonah without question if he ever revealed his mediumship gift (whether verbally or unintentionally via his thoughts), but she thinks ghosts shouldn’t be disturbed and might show some disapproval if Jonah expressed interest in exploring his connection with them. Maybe he could visit her store, wondering if there is anything in there that might be able to test whether he really is a medium, and Eve can be all "sir please do not disturb the spirits, you're making me nervous ;_; "

@jonah & Grace Gatsby

Random things that could come up:

• Grace is a hunter. Would 100% try to kill Jonah if she found out he's gifted.

• Grace loves fashion and loves pink. Would 100% gush over Jonah's fuchsia suit.

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mirror, so you're offering me three characters, two of whom would like to kill Jonah? Cool. I like that. Jonah might not, though. But who cares.

As for Noah, I would love to have him break into Jonah's home. I mean, that would bring a lot of wonderful tension and give Jonah more reason to regret ruining his marriage. Lose his sense of safety, remember how safe he felt with his ex, and bam, I'm going to have so much fun. (The divorce is a big "plot point" in Jonah's life as of right now.) But as for the specifics of the situation itself, maybe Noah could have a mysterious inkling that Jonah is gifted? Rumors of Jonah's past, and the fact that he used to talk to his late grandfather, or something? And then Noah might break into his house to see if he could prove it? But Jonah returns home, catches him, and a very tense conversation ensues? Threats of the police et cetera?

Evening-wise, I love all three things you wrote. Maybe Jonah would go into her shop, judge Evening for her boring (in his opinion, not mine, I wear all black myself, too, haha) choice of colors in her clothing? Eve might overhear his thoughts, and maybe react in a way that would make Jonah confused. And then he would look at stuff and things and trinkets and so on. "Maybe a black mirror would help me contact some spirits, if I truly am a medium?" he might think. How would Eve react? Might be fun!

And finally, Grace! I don't think Jonah will tell anyone about his gift anytime soon (well, it'll take a while before he accepts it), but I would love for him to have the opportunity to discuss fashion in a light-hearted way.

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Great! That all sounds good to me, I'm thinking we could probably start with Eve and/or Noah and save Grace for another time~

For Noah, I could probably start the thread? If you would like to give me a description of Jonah’s house (either here or by message) so Noah can do a bit of snooping before Jonah gets there, that would be cool! Otherwise I can just make up something brief and non-specific~

For Evening, maybe you would like to start this one? Her store is called Moondweller's Cauldron, and some info on the general look and layout of her store can be found here, if you want a reference c:

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Hello! I'll throw my characters at you as well. B) Feel free to pick and choose or say no to all of these proposals entirely lmao, no harm done. Just some initial ideas that float through my mind. If you have any yourself, I'd be happy to play with those, too! Welcome to the site! Happy to have ya!

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Tawny Vokes - Tawny and Jonah could maybe be friends? She could be a bridesmaid for a friend and be sent to pick up some things that Jonah has readied for her? Imagine this friend is a bridezilla and nitpicks whatever Jonah has done, saying it's all wrong, not how she wants it, blah blah blah. Tawny just like "I'm sorry, she's the absolute worst I know, will you let me help you remake these floral arrangements?" She'd be a bit impressed that he does all of it himself and such. 

And as always, if you wanted to explore something in Jonah's past with someone, she could always see something in his memories and feel implored to figure out some sly way to bring it up idk.

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Dane Wayland - What if Dane... crashes one of Jonah's beautiful weddings? x3 Either a) slipping in for the open bar, probably pretending to be someone else, and just... gets very quickly smashed and ends up being an absolute butthole during the vows or smth... and maybe Jonah has him pulled out? idk, or b) a little more chaotic, Dane could literally CRASH into the ceremony, chasing/beating someone up? Just crashes through the venue, his fist curled in someone's jacket, and looks up like "Oh... uh... congratulations? Mazel tov!" Not sure if Jonah actually attends the weddings that he plans? I'm assuming so, but idk?

Also, Dane's killed plenty of folk, so if he's got some angry dead people hanging about him, then that'd be vaguely alarming. He'd find it ultimately hilarious though (Jonah I imagine, less so lmao).

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Gavyn Colburn - Gavyn is super friendly and engaging. Either Jonah and him will get along or Jonah will not be able to stand him. He's watched all of those cheesy rom-com movies like 27 Dresses and The Wedding Planner, so he'd instantly be starry-eyed and amazed if Jonah let on what he does. They could meet at the gym. Or Gavyn works as a bartender, if Jonah would ever find himself at the bar? Or maybe Gavyn singles him out during a street performance?

He also has an already-existing open thread where he's been dared to propose to a stranger. Jonah could be that stranger. I imagine it would not go well, given Jonah's recent divorce and all that, and Gavyn would be horrified and backpedaling to the max. 

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I think I would like to start with Eve! I just requested a development board, so while we RP Eve and Jonah, I will work on "a house tour" so you'll be able to look at that when we RP between Noah and Jonah. I will start a RP for us soon-ish.

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Tawny and Jonah being friends sounds good to me! But Jonah would never allow for anyone to help him make anything unless they're a pro or if Jonah otherwise knows they're talented. It's his business and he is the one who will deal with the consequences. I'm also in for an NPC bridezilla, would be awesome! Would also give me the opportunity to write how Jonah reacts to being told what he's doing isn't good enough. Especially after the divorce, hearing "this is terrible" or something along those lines will probably be extremely hard for him. So, an NPC bridezilla with Tawny as the bridesmaid?

As for the memory thing — I can't think of anything in particular right now. If I do, I'll let you know?

Dane crashing a wedding sounds hilarious and terrifying (for Jonah). He does attend the weddings just to be there to make sure everything goes right, so someone crashing the wedding would definitely be Jonah's problem first and foremost. He's known for planning nature-themed weddings with a relatively small budget, so it wouldn't be a fancy-schmanzy billion dollar thing. I could definitely see Jonah getting so angry when someone dares to slip in for the open bar! Not that he would be visibly angry or get violent — just that he would be seething. But if a wedding takes place in an outdoor setting (as many of Jonah's weddings do), slipping in would be extremely easy... and keeping Dane out would be extremely difficult.

And, oh, dead people? Jonah would be terrified. Spirits of the murdered will probably attempt to make themselves known if they realize there's a medium in the immediate vicinity. So... sounds great!

Gavyn's open thread sounds so good I literally shrieked and giggled. No lie. I personally think we should get started with that. Jonah isn't too into comedies, so he has never watched any rom-coms, except Love Actually which made him realize the rom-com genre isn't for him either. But I would love to have Gavyn refer to a rom-com and Jonah be like "what? huh? I don't understand?" Because not understanding will be a terrible thing for Jonah.

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Awesome! Do you want to just start with the Gavyn thread for now and save Tawny and/or Dane for later? Or would you be interested in doing another one (or both) simultaneously? For Tawny, I could probably start with her showing up at Jonah's place? Unless you'd prefer to start it. But maybe for Dane, you could start by setting the scene of the wedding?

Here's the Gavyn open, if you haven't already taken a peek at it.

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Rinse Let's start with Gavyn and Jonah! I'm heading over there to reply right now. Let's do the others a bit later?

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mattie + @jonah

ooookkkk i thought about this for a bit. i only have mattie but since she would've gone to college in los eurosia, maybe she knew jonah from university + they were friendly...she was likely fully expected to move back to seattle so easily could have them run into each other + BOTH OF THEM WOULD BE LIKE "OMG YOU STAYED HERE ME TOO" and she would be like "dude wtf you're a wedding plan now omg" + she would feel his emotions from his divorce and be like "nooooo so saaaadddd" and try to cheer him up??

hoping all of that makes any sort of sense lolol

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mayvis + @jonah

ooo a medium. mayv would love to know if her father was still around - her idol, after all - and so therefore could be hunting jonah, and then spare him in hopes of seeing Magnus again? or at the very least, being able to communicate w/ him.

she would defff keep him alive/around if she had a use for him, but the minute she didn't - bam SHE'D TURN AND KILL HIM.