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impersonaday 26: are you sadistic to your characters? where do you draw the line?
I used to be sadistic to my characters just for the shit of it. Like, from what little I've let my mother know/read about what I write, I think she's convinced that I write in order to satisfy this latent serial killer deep hidden within my soul. But I've honestly felt like that's eased off in the past few years. I now aim to be only sadistic enough to be effective in evoking a change in my character. Characters with a lot of hubris (Warren), or who are particularly thick-skulled (Rick) are still going to get hit the hardest. In fact, I'm actually considering rewriting a bit of Vay and Liam's pasts so I don't kill off nearly as many people. Not sure why I grabbed the kill-hammer so often in the past - I guess it's time to get a little bit more creative with this kind of torture.
day 27: a scene that made you shout/gasp/laugh out loud (and get some weird looks in the process)
Oh jeez. Hm. I remember one of Gryle's shorts did this to me recently - the one where Mad Scientist Irv is seeing Melanie off for a date. I want to say that Controbando and Semper Fi, Dude were the other two in recent memory. I know I'm forgetting some. Oh yeah, What If All Of Your Friends Were On Rye? I think, the story Z wrote with Alex, Ari, and Val.
Edit: now I remember, Katie's story Sic Probo had this little snippet in the middle that had me braying like a horse.
day 28: character you'd most want to hang out with IRL
My own: Kazuo or Rae. Rae would probably be a more relaxing day of gaming and yelling at freshmen, Kazuo can teach me how to fix my car and steal pretty diamonds.
Other people's: Reed, Mitsuko, Dusty.
day 29: character you'd cross the street to avoid IRL
My own: Liam (well upon looking at him I wouldn't cross the street cause I have a Thing for pretty floppy hair on boys but otherwise I would run).
Other people's: Neve (sorry, but she's INTENSE and I'd probably assume she's crazy/homeless). I can't believe I can't think of more. Derp. I blame the cold.
day 30: a location/setting you'd like to play in the future
Well.
There is Wawa Letale.
More seriously...I would like to successfully do a New York City game at some point, and if that is too unwieldy, then a Philadelphia game. In terms of outside of the US, I actually would like to see a game try South Africa or South America. I know it would seem kinda ballsy to some people, but I believe that we RP to expand our horizons in a way that a person alone might not be able to. So why the hell not? I've always been fascinated with Johannesburg in particular, and would love an excuse to write with that as a setting.
Tomorrow at some point I will write up a summary of some of my favorite RPs and stories I've done from the last year. In the meantime, thank you for following this meme!
Also, you haven't seen me for the last week cause I've been INSANELY SICK. Like, nausea and fever and slept through all of Tuesday and endless dripping snot-ness out of my face. Ooof. Can't remember the last time I had it this bad.
I used to be sadistic to my characters just for the shit of it. Like, from what little I've let my mother know/read about what I write, I think she's convinced that I write in order to satisfy this latent serial killer deep hidden within my soul. But I've honestly felt like that's eased off in the past few years. I now aim to be only sadistic enough to be effective in evoking a change in my character. Characters with a lot of hubris (Warren), or who are particularly thick-skulled (Rick) are still going to get hit the hardest. In fact, I'm actually considering rewriting a bit of Vay and Liam's pasts so I don't kill off nearly as many people. Not sure why I grabbed the kill-hammer so often in the past - I guess it's time to get a little bit more creative with this kind of torture.
day 27: a scene that made you shout/gasp/laugh out loud (and get some weird looks in the process)
Oh jeez. Hm. I remember one of Gryle's shorts did this to me recently - the one where Mad Scientist Irv is seeing Melanie off for a date. I want to say that Controbando and Semper Fi, Dude were the other two in recent memory. I know I'm forgetting some. Oh yeah, What If All Of Your Friends Were On Rye? I think, the story Z wrote with Alex, Ari, and Val.
Edit: now I remember, Katie's story Sic Probo had this little snippet in the middle that had me braying like a horse.
day 28: character you'd most want to hang out with IRL
My own: Kazuo or Rae. Rae would probably be a more relaxing day of gaming and yelling at freshmen, Kazuo can teach me how to fix my car and steal pretty diamonds.
Other people's: Reed, Mitsuko, Dusty.
day 29: character you'd cross the street to avoid IRL
My own: Liam (well upon looking at him I wouldn't cross the street cause I have a Thing for pretty floppy hair on boys but otherwise I would run).
Other people's: Neve (sorry, but she's INTENSE and I'd probably assume she's crazy/homeless). I can't believe I can't think of more. Derp. I blame the cold.
day 30: a location/setting you'd like to play in the future
Well.
There is Wawa Letale.
More seriously...I would like to successfully do a New York City game at some point, and if that is too unwieldy, then a Philadelphia game. In terms of outside of the US, I actually would like to see a game try South Africa or South America. I know it would seem kinda ballsy to some people, but I believe that we RP to expand our horizons in a way that a person alone might not be able to. So why the hell not? I've always been fascinated with Johannesburg in particular, and would love an excuse to write with that as a setting.
Tomorrow at some point I will write up a summary of some of my favorite RPs and stories I've done from the last year. In the meantime, thank you for following this meme!
Also, you haven't seen me for the last week cause I've been INSANELY SICK. Like, nausea and fever and slept through all of Tuesday and endless dripping snot-ness out of my face. Ooof. Can't remember the last time I had it this bad.
