state of the rp;

[acperience]

state of the rp: general Admittedly, I was pretty inactive during December even after I technically got off hiatus and then school started so I'm still on the slow side AND NOW I'M SWAMPED WITH EVENT STUFF SO MY NORMAL GAME TAGS ARE ON THE BACKBURNER (though I do love this event because I get to be so mean and if Blue lets me I get to be meaner still), but. Aside from event things and a few threads, though, I don't feel like I have a lot of threads that stand out...? I MEAN, I LOVE EVERYONE AND ALL MY CR but I don't have a lot of interesting ideas going around or threads that are GOTTA TAG THIS THE MOMENT I GET IT BACK, so I'm in a bit of a neutral mood at the moment. I thrive on plans... except I never have any... I don't think all of my previous issues have really disappeared, per se, as it is that I've just become desensitized to them or something. \o_o/
HAVEN
state of the game Still adoring the place! ♥ The playerbase is great, I feel connected, and Blue is an amazing mod EVEN IF SHE'S BEEN REALLY MEAN TO ME LATELY!! I'm probably one of the few people who doesn't feel burnt-out from all the angst and grimness, which probably has to do with the fact that my characters aren't really affected by the horror longterm and barely ever talk about themselves, so traumatizing events and whatnot are the only means I have for tl;dr-ing/possibly getting them to say stuff they wouldn't normally say.
	character: Zohra Rom [outrival] age: 19 series: The Legend of the Legendary Heroes time played: 1 year and 8 months (taking into account the 1 month that I dropped him)...?? I APPARENTLY SAID THIS LAST TIME TOO but I think I was lying then. I don't know, what is math. muse strength: ■ ■ □ □ □ I CAN FEEL HIS VOICE SLOWLY LEAVING ME SOB But really, I feel like Zohra is in bad need of a canon review, except I've been too lazy to (and the moment I start canon reviewing, I'll feel compelled to keep translating, welp). Also, standard issues about him being a character whose canon I translate, how he switches moods so easily, and whatnot that I've mentioned before. cast strength: □ □ □ □ □ Almost got a Froaude, but no dice, so he's still a lone canon warrior and probably will forever be. THE ONLY OTHER LOLHEROES CHARACTER THAT WAS EVER IN HAVEN WAS STILL MINE. /buries face in hands plotting capabilities: ■ ■ □ □ □ I mentioned this to Jae, but Zohra tends to get shafted in favour of Fujimaru for volunteering for plots, so even though I feel like it's maybe OOC because we're talking about a guy who's a commander of an army and goes around infiltrating/conquering countries and the like here... SORRY, ZOHRA. Also, unlike Fujimaru, Zohra isn't really known by anyone for anything, so he'll never be the go-to guy for things, alas. shipping potential: □ □ □ □ □ Nooooooooot unless I get a Pia. Actually, even if I get a Pia. More like unless I get a Pia and Peria, but whoa Jan don't be so ambitious. likelihood of drop: ■ ■ □ □ □ Sometimes I feel like I should, and it'd be better for my RP state if I finally cut ties with him, at the same time I tell myself that it'd actually make it worse, whoops. I don't get a whole lot of enjoyment out of playing him anymore, though I don't have any immediate plans of dropping him. development/final thoughts: I don't think I'll ever enjoy playing Zohra as much as I used to (unless I magically get a Pia or Peria). I said it before: it feels like everything in Haven moved on without him, especially during the month that I dropped him, and I've never been able to find my footing with him again. I'm mainly in it for his pre-existing CR (as getting new CR for him is like pulling teeth and sometimes it's exhausting to try, really), which is probably not a good idea, because wow, Jan, stop clinging to those poor people?? Overall, Zohra is a character I've been incredibly insecure about (probably the most insecure I've been in my RP life). Dana and Jae knows the details, though one part of it is that I fear he's been in Haven so long that he's become boring to others? It makes me wary about his place in things, as I feel like there's probably more interesting and fresher CR out there to be doing things with over him. I'M ALSO REALLY HOPING THAT HE'LL APPEAR IN LOLHEROES AGAIN SOMETIME since that'll maybe spark some inspiration, but... where is my next LOLHeroes volume...
	character: Fujimaru Akutsu [afflictive] age: 16 series: Snow White & Seven Dwarfs time played: 1 year and 2 months muse strength: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I actually don't know why Fujimaru is so much easier for me to translate than Zohra, despite them having similar tones, but he just is, and it thus makes him a lot easier to RP as well. Maybe because Fujimaru is a lot more straightforward, compared to Zohra's idiosyncrasies. ANYWAY yeah his voice comes easily to me. It helps that he's really just such a cohesive character, so it's easy to just instinctively understand how he'd react to situations. cast strength: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I LOVE KIA BECAUSE I LOVE KIA THE ONLY CASTMATE I'VE HAD FOR ANY CHARACTER IN YEARS WHO WAS BOTH ACTIVE AND STUCK AROUND FOR LONGER THAN 2 MONTHS (we're never getting more castmates) plotting capabilities: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ For a guy who's so introverted, he ends up getting himself out there a lot, aha. It actually makes me really happy, because I don't often play characters who can get involved (the last one I played was Dominic, seriously). Also, I've mentioned this to a few people, but it also makes me so glad when people go to him for engineering stuff, because there are a lot of science-y in Haven and he's probably one of the most obscure so I worry that he's overlooked for the more OOCly (which, by association, usually equals more ICly) well-known ones, but I do see him get mentioned AND KAMILAH IS VERY GOOD TO ME, so. c: Actually, I've mentioned this to Jae and Kamilah, but the problem right now is that THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT TO DO IN THIS EVENT buuuuuut I can't because I'm already super involved and I worry that it'd be seen as close to infomodding, so I'm waiting to see if someone else brings it up/something will make it impossible to do/until later in the event and twiddling my thumbs in the meantime. /twiddles thumbs shipping potential: ■ ■ □ □ □ Copying and pasting my answer from last time and the time before that— There technically isn't anything stopping Fujimaru unlike the above two—he just has absolutely no interest in it (seriously, romance is almost literally never brought up in canon for anyone). Fujimaru in particular doesn't form connections that easily, thanks to nearly everyone around him dying as he grew up, so. \o_o/ likelihood of drop: □ □ □ □ □ I LOVE FUJIMARU, GOODBYE. development/final thoughts: Fujimaru's probably been my second-most successful run in RP so far (number one being Dominic, unsurprisingly), so yes, I'm enjoying myself greatly. The only real downside, I suppose, is that his CR tends to be very unstable: I've joked about how he's cursed, because it's... true... Virtually every one of his CR drops upon reaching a certain point of closeness, and if I didn't love Fujimaru so much, it would be a major blow in my desire to play the character, since it's admittedly a huge drag sometimes to have to play someone knowing that getting close and lasting CR doesn't work out very well. That said, watching his development (which thankfully hasn't required close CR) has been great. c: I really do wish he would talk more about himself, though, as while he's okay with discussing things about home, it never really reaches a personal level and he doesn't talk about his own situation unless it's relevant, and it never really has been so far, so.
	character: Karyan Verdanri [restabilizes] age: 21. Sort of. series: OC time played: 1 month muse strength: ■ ■ ■ □ □ I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING. Since he's an OC and admittedly not one of my fully fleshed out (I say that like I've properly fleshed out anyone besides Jiros), I'm still trying to figure out his voice sob. One of my main concerns, though, is separating him from Zohra, since I feel like they do have somewhat similar styles of speech. ... I also need to start remembering what abilities he has, because I keep forgetting... cast strength: □ □ □ □ □ squints at everything plotting capabilities: ■ ■ ■ □ □ He's actually too lazy to care about most things, but now that he's making great life choices, plotting with him might work out well down the lines, who knows. HE'S STILL NEW. shipping potential: ■ □ □ □ □ IT'S... COMPLICATED. He's mentally an adult and mentally a little kid all at the same time and he likes people but he's basically a psychopath in the end and I don't know???????? likelihood of drop: ■ □ □ □ □ If I absolutely had to drop someone (besides Lief), it'd probably be him, but I also just apped him, so. development/final thoughts: I admittedly didn't app him during the best time, so I haven't found my footing with him yet either, but he's new, so we'll give it some time.
SYNODIPORIA
state of the game I'm... almost definitely going to be dropping, unfortunately. IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE GAME, so I'll elaborate in Lief's section.
	character: Lief [ofdel] age: 18 series: Deltora Quest time played: 3 months, I think?? muse strength: ■ ■ ■ ■ □ I'M JUST GOING TO COPY & PASTE MOST OF MY ANSWERS FROM LAST TIME. I worry that I might be oversimplifying his voice into "TALK FORMALLY WITH NO CONTRACTIONS" but he's actually pretty easy. cast strength: □ □ □ □ □ ???????? plotting capabilities: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ HE'S A PROTAG. Do I really need to say more— shipping potential: □ □ □ □ □ He's ready to marry Jasmine, so, uh. He's not asexual, and he's not ONLY EVER HAVE EYES FOR ONE GIRL, but his (unofficial) relationship with Jasmine has progressed to the point where he's very serious about it, so hooking up with anyone else would basically be cheating at this point and it's not likely to ever happen. likelihood of drop: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Like I said, almost definitely. It doesn't really have so much to do with Lief or the game, but I don't think I can concentrate on six characters/three games, and Lief is the one I'm least attached to right now, so he's the one I'm letting go. /o\ development/final thoughts: ... YEAH.
CEREALIA
state of the game ... Hnnngh. I feel bad, because everyone else seems to be loving the game so much and I don't have any problems with it, but for some reason, I'm still having trouble clicking with it. It's better than it was the first time around, but there's still something that's leaving me feeling kind of lost and disconnected.
	character: Seren [endworld] age: 19 series: There, Beyond the Beyond time played: 1 month muse strength: ■ ■ ■ □ □ Seren is, unfortunately, a pretty minor character, which means he doesn't have a whole lot of lines for me to go off of. My main difficulty right now, I'd say, is making him genki and optimistic without going overboard—he's shown to be an airhead at times, but sensible at others, so. cast strength: □ □ □ □ □ DO YOU REALLY EXPECT AN ANSWER HERE FOR ANYONE BESIDES FUJIMARU. plotting capabilities: ■ ■ ■ ■ □ He's canonly the kind of guy who likes to get in everyone's business, so I have every excuse to throw him anywhere. The only pitfall is that he's sort of useless, so I can't actually contribute anything to plots. shipping potential: ■ ■ □ □ □ I don't think he's ever really thought about it, and I headcanon that he's not allowed to marry as a priest, but he also sort of destroyed his career, so I don't think he cares too much about that anymore... likelihood of drop: ■ □ □ □ □ I have no plans on dropping him, but he's also not at the level of WOW I ADORE PLAYING HIM SO MUCH I'M NEVER GOING TO DROP either. development/final thoughts: Like I said, I still haven't fully settled into Cerealia, and that means Seren kind of goes down with things. Still, I'm enjoying playing him more than I thought I would, considering he was apped on a whim and isn't my usual type.
	character: Katsushiro Okamoto [unideal] age: I WENT WITH 18 but really who knows series: Samurai 7 time played: > 1 month muse strength: ■ ■ ■ ■ □ I haven't played him much, so I can't say for sure, but I get the feeling that his voice is the kind that comes easily to me: straightforward and uptight, aha. cast strength: □ □ □ □ □ ?????????????? plotting capabilities: ■ ■ ■ ■ □ He's very much a FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT kind of guy, though perhaps not as nosy as Seren, so I don't foresee to much difficulty in getting him involved. shipping potential: ■ □ □ □ □ LOVE... IS A TRICKY ISSUE WITH HIM in that I don't see it being impossible since he's capable of viewing people in a romantic light and isn't madly in love with one person, but canon basically wrecked him in terms of romance and he ended it with the decision to be celibate, so. likelihood of drop: □ □ □ □ □ I JUST APPED HIM. development/final thoughts: I JUST APPED HIM??