rp tl;dr! the return!
s;dlfa;sldfk so swamped with rp this past week and with work on top of everything it's really been one thing or another. To the Poly people on my flist! I'm so sorry I wasn't able to tag very much with Ranka orz orz it kind of caught me by surprise so my schedule wasn't very free for it ldsfj but it was fun poking around while I could with her ♥
The Valentine's Day event really just means if I'm not drafting one post, I'm frantically trying to remember where I need to tag for another and I had to cram an app too for this round ldksfj next time I'm just going to take it... one character per event at a time I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU GUYS DO IT WITH YOUR MORE THAN THREE CHARACTERS AND MORE THAN ONE GAME AHHHHHHH.
lol when was the last time I did one of these? Um anyway I currently have (3) characters in Amat which I did the very simple math and fact-checking because THAT COULDN'T BE RIGHT but it's true. That is the most number of characters I have ever had in the same game. I always tried to stick with 2 because orz I get so very obsessive with just one so I kind of cycled between having one character to two. I also counted again and I've had (8) characters which is for srs the most I have ever had (more than Poly!). Um on the one hand impressive for a game that has me sdlkfjs :\ on the best of days but also very distressing because that means a pretty high turnover / drop rate... which is true. I've timed it, my characters have a lifespan of around 1-2 months. Less if I can't find anything to do with them which is a loooot.
HITAGI SENJOUGAHARA :: BAKEMONOGATARI ::
tsundra
& game status: sob I'll be honest, there are days when I think about dropping her because I really feel that my activity is way too low to be participating properly in the game. I feel awful because I end up making my castmates wait on me a lot and I understand that... her presence in the game could definitely be limiting for them because she's such an extreme character that because my castmates are very considerate, they have to take her into account for stuff they do...
Some days it's very difficult because she's a character that demands focus because I really love her and how she's written and I don't want to tag just lazily and out of hand, you know? So her posts take a long time and her tags are very sporadic. But when I do get going with her voice, it just seems to write itself? I do have characterization notes I keep in mind when playing her but a lot of the time the responses come more naturally than I expected. She's a character I know for sure I overthink but at the same, I overthink her less than I thought I would be doing. Like Ange for example. I dropped her because I lacked confidence in my grasp of the canon and that affected my voice... but with Hitagi, it just sometimes feels very easy and I flat-out love the act of writing her voice. It's different from the outright TAG BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS approach I had when I was a newbie with Bossun but it's equally satisfying.
...sob I love her so much I'm half-afraid I'm becoming one of those roleplayers who end up over-identifying with their character. But I mean I don't think I'm anything like her, it's just very fascinating for me playing her because she's very unlike the character type I usually jive with? (see: Bossun. Shawn Spencer.) but it has the same kind of instant recognition that's like 'this character, i want to write this character'.
& crit: I do feel that my voice for her is fairly strong but only as a result of having great interactions and obsessive canon-review. I worry I'll end up getting overconfident and I'm extremely hyperworried about taking her out of her very defined comfort zone. She's got a very small number of people she interacts with and I'd like to try to get her out more but I'm just so :\ BAD at this. I'm also nervous over the playing choices I've made with the Valentine's Day event because I'm very :| at mun preferences pushing the character into OOC (which is weird considering that IT IS WITH HER CANONMATES) I worry about her being too extreme then I remind myself that she once threatened to assrape Araragi and then I think maybe I'm not being extreme enough!
I worry a lot.
I definitely think it's the reactions that really direct how I play Hitagi because they has to be unpredictable and surprising but at the same time, be a logical responses from her. dslfkjsdlfj this is why I don't tag a lot. Also she's a character I worry about how well people would take how... she is. :| but this is a worry I have with EVERYONE I HAVE EVER PLAYED.
ACTIVITY. Forever.
& plans: oh my god it is like with Bossun I HAVE AN ENDLESS LIST OF PLANS seriously I went and made a box just to store all my notes and drafts and oh my god I am a crazy person. I even have a schedule (because work :x)
I've been toying with the idea of applying for a goddess favor for an extreme... kind of... thing to do with her but to be honest I'm afraid of doing it. It's the kind of thing where if I mess up, I'd have to reset the character to fix it.
& other notes: I AM A FREAK, DO NOT PLAY WITH ME, PUT ME IN CHARGE OR ANYTHING OR LET ME NEAR YOUR LOVED ONES AT ALL.
NIWA GOROUZAEMON NAGAHIDE :: SENGOKU STRAYS ::liekmyboss
& game status: lskdjf HE HAS DONE NOTHING PRODUCTIVE. Seriously I basically sit on this character so I can play with the Strays crew. what is wrong with me
& crit: I am a circlejerker. also what the fuck his voice sounds nothing like in canon, someone crit me hardcore.
& plans: fapping. also canon refresher.
& other notes: My soul will be forfeit to Shini if I drop after nagging at her and nagging and nagging for Inuchiyo :|
CHUCK BARTOWSKI :: CHUCK ::nerdherded
& game status: I just got him wheeeeeeee! I am also terrified as fuck because I had no idea so many people knew the canon in the game and now I'm afraid I won't do him justice BECAUSE I DID NOT EVEN MTD HIM. I mean I didn't with Hitagi aside from some dear mun posts but that actually turned out well BUT OH MY GOD WHAT AM I DOING WHAT IS THIS.
I apped him to balance out Hitagi, because he'd be easier to socialize with in the game and because I fucking love Chuck so much right now.
& crit: I am an assface.
& plans: I HAVE TWO POSTS IN ADDITION TO HIS INTRO WRITTEN OUT. THIS BODES WELL I HOPE.
& other notes: I want a Sarah so bad :(
The Valentine's Day event really just means if I'm not drafting one post, I'm frantically trying to remember where I need to tag for another and I had to cram an app too for this round ldksfj next time I'm just going to take it... one character per event at a time I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU GUYS DO IT WITH YOUR MORE THAN THREE CHARACTERS AND MORE THAN ONE GAME AHHHHHHH.
lol when was the last time I did one of these? Um anyway I currently have (3) characters in Amat which I did the very simple math and fact-checking because THAT COULDN'T BE RIGHT but it's true. That is the most number of characters I have ever had in the same game. I always tried to stick with 2 because orz I get so very obsessive with just one so I kind of cycled between having one character to two. I also counted again and I've had (8) characters which is for srs the most I have ever had (more than Poly!). Um on the one hand impressive for a game that has me sdlkfjs :\ on the best of days but also very distressing because that means a pretty high turnover / drop rate... which is true. I've timed it, my characters have a lifespan of around 1-2 months. Less if I can't find anything to do with them which is a loooot.
HITAGI SENJOUGAHARA :: BAKEMONOGATARI ::
tsundra& game status: sob I'll be honest, there are days when I think about dropping her because I really feel that my activity is way too low to be participating properly in the game. I feel awful because I end up making my castmates wait on me a lot and I understand that... her presence in the game could definitely be limiting for them because she's such an extreme character that because my castmates are very considerate, they have to take her into account for stuff they do...
Some days it's very difficult because she's a character that demands focus because I really love her and how she's written and I don't want to tag just lazily and out of hand, you know? So her posts take a long time and her tags are very sporadic. But when I do get going with her voice, it just seems to write itself? I do have characterization notes I keep in mind when playing her but a lot of the time the responses come more naturally than I expected. She's a character I know for sure I overthink but at the same, I overthink her less than I thought I would be doing. Like Ange for example. I dropped her because I lacked confidence in my grasp of the canon and that affected my voice... but with Hitagi, it just sometimes feels very easy and I flat-out love the act of writing her voice. It's different from the outright TAG BY THE SEAT OF MY PANTS approach I had when I was a newbie with Bossun but it's equally satisfying.
...sob I love her so much I'm half-afraid I'm becoming one of those roleplayers who end up over-identifying with their character. But I mean I don't think I'm anything like her, it's just very fascinating for me playing her because she's very unlike the character type I usually jive with? (see: Bossun. Shawn Spencer.) but it has the same kind of instant recognition that's like 'this character, i want to write this character'.
& crit: I do feel that my voice for her is fairly strong but only as a result of having great interactions and obsessive canon-review. I worry I'll end up getting overconfident and I'm extremely hyperworried about taking her out of her very defined comfort zone. She's got a very small number of people she interacts with and I'd like to try to get her out more but I'm just so :\ BAD at this. I'm also nervous over the playing choices I've made with the Valentine's Day event because I'm very :| at mun preferences pushing the character into OOC (which is weird considering that IT IS WITH HER CANONMATES) I worry about her being too extreme then I remind myself that she once threatened to assrape Araragi and then I think maybe I'm not being extreme enough!
I worry a lot.
I definitely think it's the reactions that really direct how I play Hitagi because they has to be unpredictable and surprising but at the same time, be a logical responses from her. dslfkjsdlfj this is why I don't tag a lot. Also she's a character I worry about how well people would take how... she is. :| but this is a worry I have with EVERYONE I HAVE EVER PLAYED.
ACTIVITY. Forever.
& plans: oh my god it is like with Bossun I HAVE AN ENDLESS LIST OF PLANS seriously I went and made a box just to store all my notes and drafts and oh my god I am a crazy person. I even have a schedule (because work :x)
I've been toying with the idea of applying for a goddess favor for an extreme... kind of... thing to do with her but to be honest I'm afraid of doing it. It's the kind of thing where if I mess up, I'd have to reset the character to fix it.
& other notes: I AM A FREAK, DO NOT PLAY WITH ME, PUT ME IN CHARGE OR ANYTHING OR LET ME NEAR YOUR LOVED ONES AT ALL.
NIWA GOROUZAEMON NAGAHIDE :: SENGOKU STRAYS ::
liekmyboss& game status: lskdjf HE HAS DONE NOTHING PRODUCTIVE. Seriously I basically sit on this character so I can play with the Strays crew. what is wrong with me
& crit: I am a circlejerker. also what the fuck his voice sounds nothing like in canon, someone crit me hardcore.
& plans: fapping. also canon refresher.
& other notes: My soul will be forfeit to Shini if I drop after nagging at her and nagging and nagging for Inuchiyo :|
CHUCK BARTOWSKI :: CHUCK ::
nerdherded& game status: I just got him wheeeeeeee! I am also terrified as fuck because I had no idea so many people knew the canon in the game and now I'm afraid I won't do him justice BECAUSE I DID NOT EVEN MTD HIM. I mean I didn't with Hitagi aside from some dear mun posts but that actually turned out well BUT OH MY GOD WHAT AM I DOING WHAT IS THIS.
I apped him to balance out Hitagi, because he'd be easier to socialize with in the game and because I fucking love Chuck so much right now.
& crit: I am an assface.
& plans: I HAVE TWO POSTS IN ADDITION TO HIS INTRO WRITTEN OUT. THIS BODES WELL I HOPE.
& other notes: I want a Sarah so bad :(