Adventure!
#stormalongkid
rules
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and the other pages on my carrd! It’s a lot, but I appreciate you looking at them. The most important pages are the rules page (this one) and the biography. My name is Sybil, and I’m a full-time college student, age 22. This blog is a little hobby for me to take a break from my personal writing projects and have some fun!
( preface ). This blog is canon divergent but tries to honor the source material. I haven't watched the show since it first came out, and i'm writing flapjack's story purely based off memory. I’ve taken the story of Flapjack and molded it into something that fits me and my ideas while taking inspiration from the show. If you’d like an explanation on why, here it is!
( activity ). This blog is on a permanent semi-hiatus and is extremely selective. I’m busy outside of tumblr, and at peak times I may not be able to be on tumblr at all. It may take weeks or months before we interact in or out of character, but I assure you that every blog I follow I want to interact with and build meaningful connections with (even if my blog is on the sillier side). This blog is for fun and a hobby, but because of my slowness I am a little reluctant to follow people that soft-block mutuals after a few months of no activity, and those that build then abandon blogs fairly quickly.
( interaction ). I’ll only be writing with muns that are 18+, and people that write paragraph-form replies. At this time, I will only write threads with mutuals, but asks are open to everyone (mutuals will get top priority, though)! I’ll be looking for blogs that bounce off their partners: meaning, replies that respond to and move the thread all in one. If I haven’t received a follow back in about a week (based on activity) I will unfollow.
( crossovers + ocs ). SUPER crossover friendly! Flapjack can be put in (almost) any verse with a little bit of plotting. I know Flapjack is from children’s media, but I’m happy to place him in any setting. Check out my verses page for more ideas! Original characters are more than welcome, too! I just ask for everyone to have a good biography up (more than just a stats page please).
( basics ). General RP rules apply. No godmodding, metagaming, etc etc please!
( replies ). Short or long, as long as we’re happy and having fun that’s all I care about! Longer threads will take longer to reply to, and I apologize now for the slow turnaround time in general. Everything will be written with a mix of normal script and small script text, and there will be no icons (yet...maybe forever). I’m fine with threads fluctuating in length, too. Never be afraid to ask to continue a meme! Any continued ask memes will be made into a new post. I will drop unplotted threads without warning, but will always let you know if I’d like to drop a plotted thread. I enjoy and encourage multiple threads with the same partner.
( relationships ). Flapjack is a child, so I shouldn’t have to say that NO romance will be happening on this blog! He may develop “crushes” but nothing will go beyond that. Friendships, frenemies (playful or otherwise), enemies (playful or otherwise) and everything else is more than welcome! I love talking about dynamics and exploring the make of them in threads.
( triggers ). I don’t expect many triggers to be present on this blog, but if anything does come up it will be tagged accordingly. The source material had some general creepiness at times (if you know the cat meme, then you know), and I will be happy to touch on that in threads. flapjack's bio has a brief mention of child death. Any images posted will be related to the sea, sailing life, and caps/gifs of Flapjack. If I post something you need tagged, please let me know. I do read through everyone’s rules and try to keep track of triggers.
( drama ). This blog is for fun for you, and most importantly for me. If there’s a genuine threat or issue with a person, I will block and move on. I will not reblog callout posts and drama. Ever.
( non-cartoon(ish) blogs ). Like I said, this blog is SUPER crossover friendly. This part is mainly to answer the question “uhh, why did this blog follow me?” Let’s be honest, we’ve all been there before. But I followed you because I was either 1) familiar with your muse’s source media, 2) was familiar with your muse, 3) thought it would be interesting if our muses interacted, or all of the above! I understand my blog won’t be everyone's cup of tea, and that’s ok!
Thank you again for reading my rules! If you have any questions about anything here or on the next pages, don’t hesitate to ask!
about
the stats info on this page pertains to most, if not all verses. any deviation in information will be noted in the appropriate verse on the verses page. the biography will be expanded upon the more i write flapjack!
name: flapjack
aliases: flap, flapbaby, flappy, flappo
age: 10
likes: adventure, the sea, bubbie, k'nuckles, candy, making friends, singing
dislikes:
virtues: loyal, kind, generous
vices: naive,
Flapjack and his parents were on a voyage across the ocean, when a bad storm hit and sank the entire ship. Flapjack died as an infant. He was found by Bubbie, a whale spirit, out at sea wrapped in seaweed in a bubble, and was later carried to Stormalong Harbor to live out his life. flapjack dreams of becoming an adventurer and exploring all that the world has to offer.
stormalong harbor
A shifting purgatory for those who reside in it. Stormalong is sort of a stop on the Styx Ocean, the Ocean of Death. Any who have died at sea in bad conditions (drunk, storms, drowning, flooded, disease, pirating) are sent here after death. They may live out the rest of their days here, or adventure out into the ocean to try and cross over to a better area.
The North and South Poles of purgatory have fluctuating climates. One is tropical, and the other is a tundra. One signifies heaven, and the other hell. There are other landmarks and islands across the sea where people can live, and encounter others who have died. There are even whole societies on larger continents based around the areas people died and how.
citizens of stormalong
Your image can change when you die. The more monstrous or grotesque you are, the larger your vice and more corrupted was your death. Your image changes based on who is looking at you, and their perception of life.
For example, Peppermint Larry’s candy wife to Flapjack is clearly made out of candy. To K’nuckles, Larry, and the rest of Stormalong she’s ragged and harrowed by her greed for food and money, sort of resembles a human but with food stuck to every part of her. Larry works to support her at his bar, as he did when they were alive. Another example is maple syrup. To everyone else, it’s clearly booze, but K’nuckles lied to Flapjack that it was maple syrup when the boy asked what he was drinking, and ever since Flapjack has always seen bottles of alcohol as maple syrup.
Flapjack’s perception of Stormalong is still gritty, but it’s softer than the others see it. Everyone there thinks Flapjack is weird, but they go along with his antics.
verses
a common theme in every verse is that Flapjack seeks adventure, and is fond of the sea. The only thing that changes is the world setting. His personality remains intact for most of them.
MAIN - inspired by my headcanons + lore. Flapjack is in purgatory. Can he get back to the world of the living? Will he ever transition above or below? Will your muse accompany him on his journey? (Capt. K’nuckles is not in the picture in this verse)
MAIN alt - more cartoon orientated. Stormalong is a place on the map in the world of the living. Flapjack lives out his days with Bubbie and K’nuckles.
other worlds
Flapjack is in limbo and growing more restless each day to go out and explore. One night, while Bubbie is asleep, Flapjack sneaks out of her blowhole and takes an abandoned skiff he’s been eyeing for days. He unties it, and sets off in search of adventure…
crossovers- (will feature an appropriate tag for the crossover; example: crossover: media name)
Flapjack has arrived in your muse’s world by whichever means we can discuss (a portal, it just happens to exist in the world Flapjack resides in, etc). Everything from his MAIN ALT. verse applies here. This verse is a way to meld our two worlds together to create something new.
crossover+ - utilizes the MAIN verse. Flapjack has transitioned into a new world (your muse’s) and is haunting the grounds. He doesn’t realize he’s a ghost yet, but he thinks his arms being see-through is pretty cool.
fantasy - Jackie “Flapjack” Flanders grew up oceanside in a little fishing village raised by his uncle Nicholas “K’nuckles” Kent. ( under development! ) can be slipped into any fantasy world easily enough, plot adaptive and very malleable. There’s little info here because I don’t have a concrete plot in mind to put here yet! Please see my wishlist for more ideas.
dead by daylight - Flapjack’s desire for adventure was heard across the void, and the Entity answered, pulling Flapjack in for the most grueling adventure of his life. As a survivor, Flapjack will quickly learn what it means to sink or swim.