Relationships

==Setting Relationships==
Relationships are important for your character. They help other players and plot staff have hooks to work with for roleplay.
Relationships you need to set:
* Any character mentioned in your history that is likely to be a PC (or NPC villain). For example, Spider-man would need rels set to JJJ (his boss, and available as a PC); and also to The Green Goblin, as that is his arch-nemesis.
* Immediate (and/or extended) family members, especially if they have close or particularly antagonistic relationships with the character. Using the same example, good ol' Petey needs a rel to Aunt May, his mother-figure, and even to deceased Uncle Ben, who inspired him to be a hero with his death.
* If a member of a team, then at minimum a relationship needs to be set to explain how the character gets along (or doesn't) with their team leader. If a former member of a team, it would be great to have that for previous teams as well, though not required.
* Any lovers and/or spouses (current or former). If a character has had a relationship with another character this is important to know, especially so future players of the other characters involved can be aware!
* Any particularly close friends, allies, or enemies.
Please talk to staff or the player involved if you intend on making another character a former lover/etc or arch-enemy if that was not mentioned anywhere on the other character's sheet or history (or in the timeline). An example being just because Natalia Romanova and Matt Murdock hooked up for awhile canonically in 616, does not mean they were here-- in fact, it's doubtful they've even met yet (as of writing this) because Widow is still a bad guy. But in general staff is willing to work with you and work things into the timeline if they make sense.
==Relationships Set To You==
You may find a section labeled 'Characters with Rels Set to You' already on your character sheet. As characters are approved, staff goes through and updates these sections so that when a new player picks up a character, they can see easily what relations people have to each other.
If you have relationships already set to you, you cannot alter these. You need to work with them as they are set. If the character with a relationship set to you is taken, you can talk to that player and work out how you'd like to play things; if they are available or an NPC, feel free to talk to staff.
Category:Character Generation