User blog:LuluTDFan/A New Project (Auditions!)

Introduction
Hello all! Wow, it's been so long since I've been on this wiki... it feels like it's been 84 years...

I was on a lot more back when The Ridonculous Race was on air and etc, but since then the flow with the actual show has sort of stopped for me. Though I've never stopped actually enjoying the show! I've still been online and active in the community, just moreso on DeviantART (you can watch me @Emperor-Lucas). But now, I've come back to introduce a project to you guys!

My last journal, though it was like... 3 years ago, mentioned that I was working on a Big Brother-based fan fiction. The thought behind it was that Fresh had created a Survivor parody and a The Amazing Race parody, but not yet a Big Brother one. So I wanted to try my hand at creating this series and was pretty successful with it.

I called it The Mad House.

Quick Recap
For those of you that watch or have watched Big Brother before, then you know how the game is set up. For those of you that haven't watched it before, here's a small summary of how the game-play is set up:

''Sixteen money-hungry, fame-seeking and just plain wacky contestants signed up to endure an entire summer locked up in a house in order to win One Million Dollars! Each week one HouseGuest will win House Ambassador, who will be safe from eviction no matter what. This HouseGuest will be tasked nominating two fellow contestants for eviction. The House Ambassador, the Nominees and three randomly selected HouseGuests will compete in a separate competition known as the Power of Protection. The winner of this power will have option to keep the nominations the same or they can choose to remove one of the nominees. If one of the nominees is removed, then the House Ambassador must nominate someone in their place. After the Power of Protection Ceremony, all of the HouseGuests minus the two nominees and the House Ambassador will vote to evict one of the Nominees. With nowhere for the contestants to hide, The Mad House promises to bring summer sizzle and dramatic antics. Who will be the last HouseGuest standing? Find out this summer on The Mad House!''

That was the short summary I wrote for the first season of The Mad House, but since then there have been three more seasons (totaling for four seasons).

The first season was written as a fan fiction (with only my OCs), however the The Mad House 2, The Mad House 3 and The Mad House 4 became role-playing seasons, in which I allowed other users on DeviantART to audition their characters for the show! If you want to catch up on them, you can here (though S3 is unfinished, it was finished as  a fan fic): http://the-mad-house.forumotion.com/forum

For this next season though, it's going to be written as a fan fiction again, because I want it to be really special. And because I wanted to expand it's audience, I've brought it here to you guys!

Auditions for The Mad House 5
And here's where you guys come in! I'm looking for unique and interesting OCs to include in Season 5. I have some tips and suggestions for the casting listed below:
 * 1) Age Diversity: Kind of like how The Ridonculous Race was, I was to include OLDER characters in the series! I want OCs in their 30s, 40s, 50s and maybe even 60s!
 * 2) Background Diversity: Reality shows in real life aren't usually diverse with their contestants. A character with an interesting background story (aka not an Instagram model or YouTuber) will get our attention. Whether it's by race, religion, political view, etc. and positive or negative.
 * 3) Imperfections: Remember, no one likes a Mary Sue character. Remember to give your characters realistic flaws, but don't over-complicate them either. We still need to give them room to develop and grow as characters.
 * 4) Simplicity: Seeing as this is a fanfiction season, me and my co-writers will be writing your characters. So basing your audition off of various different reality tv show character archetypes (aka the nerd, the superfan, the jock, the surfer, the recruit, etc) will help us. We want the show to be as realistic as possible, so people you see on reality tv (specifically Big Brother/Survivor) are characters we think would be easy and fun to work with. Also, to go along with the previous statement, don't over-complicate your character so we can develop them.

To keep things organized and so I don't miss any auditions, I decided to have them on a Google Form. You can fill out the audition application here: https://goo.gl/forms/lXGYKPIPaEpdEiFB3

If you have any questions, please feel free to message me on my wall. Though I reply faster on Discord (Username: Emperor-Lucas#8057) or on DeviantArt (@Emperor-Lucas). Thanks for your time, guys! Hope to see lots of auditions!