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Felix Felicis Mods ([info]felixmods) wrote in [info]felix_ooc,
@ 2017-04-16 13:02:00

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Thank you so much for the response to my email, everybody! I'm glad we're all still willing to provide this home for our characters, and I'm glad you're all still here with me. ♥

This post is here for two reasons:

i. As suggested, we're going to make a game amnesty. What does this mean? Well, if you feel a character is no longer working, or that you'd like to see a plotline and/or backstory reset, drop a line here so that we can discuss things and work on the appropriate changes. Alternately, if you'd like to add a new character, this can be as good a place for requesting it as the holds page.

ii. I'm also taking the opportunity to address a matter connected to the issues brought by last month's IJ crash. You might have noticed on other journals that, when the site was restored, the friends pages were seriously messed up due to a problem with the friending/unfriending of other journals. I tried to fix this here (and also on my CDJ) but realized that the friends button wasn't working. After a few experiments, I'm convinced that the problem is coming from the option to remove journals in the button's code.

If you wish to fix this, the way I've managed to do so was to head to Edit Friends and untick all the names in it before turning my attention to the Friend Button. Since I've re-friended all of you in this fashion, the button page will be visible to you - but if it's locked, let me know. You should also check if you're able to post in [info]felix_logs or [info]felix_ooc, as I know of some games where people had to leave and be re-added to the comms.

Also, keep in mind that at this point this is a quick solution to the problem, and that I haven't worked on updating our current character roster. As soon as I've worked on removing our recently departed characters, I'll let you know.

Happy Easter!



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[info]clowningaround
2017-04-17 05:28 am UTC (link)
I have more to say, but this is just a quick reply about what I'm thinking. In order to get back into the game, I think I need to limit the number of characters I play initially before stepping back up to my full roster. With that in mind, I'm thinking 3 waves. Ironically, the characters most affected by Julia's departure are in the first wave - Valentina because she has stuff going on with Tiago, and Romilda and Lucy because they are two of my strongest voices.

First wave:
Alex
Valentina
Yakov
Evan
Romilda
Lucy

Second wave:
Jade
Luke
Dean
Mel
Glenys
Sally

Third wave:
Rachel
Lee
Myron
Barney

These are pretty rough groups that I would be open to change, depending on what people are doing with their characters e.g. I don't know if Patricia might drop Samir without Remy, but if not Samir may need Barney around.

Anyone else have thoughts?

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[info]victory_v
2017-04-17 06:31 am UTC (link)
I'll be doing my own list here in a moment, but I'll start by commenting how my chars relate to yours if that's ok?

The only ones of your first wave mine really have of your first wave are Yakov and Valentina through Maks and Anzelm. As much as I love the latter, I am considering dropping him (at least temporarily) while we get game activity back up, because I have so few connections for him and not really feeling it. However, Maks is both Russian and a Triwizard guy, even if he wasn't at Accio Goblet. We could always discuss retconning Anzelm and Yakov and develop things with Maks instead, if you were up for that?

Of your second wave, the only one who is clanging real bells for me is Glenys as she's godmother to Maks' child through her friendship with Taryn (whom Squeaky is keeping! She's just not here to say so yet). She was also in the same group as Kevin at Hogwarts, but like Anzelm, I am kind of struggling with him right now.

Third wave, Barney is of Larissa and Hamish's cohort and that's all I've got? <3

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[info]notaspure
2017-04-17 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I can see why Anzelm would be hard as he's a family man sans family. I'm totally up for Maks/Yakov development, though.

Yay Taryn is staying! I'm definitely keeping Glenys. I have thought about her and Kevin as a possible ship if you want to see if we can develop that?

Yeah, Barney has a few people to talk to, he just doesn't seem to have any plot of his own and I can't think how to move him forward.

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[info]legatus_novus
2017-04-17 07:17 pm UTC (link)
Well, that's certainly something we can look at further down the line, then!

I would definitely be interested in that. Let's talk:)

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(no subject) - [info]barneysakeeper, 2017-04-20 03:18 pm UTC
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[info]karamenderes
2017-04-17 11:02 pm UTC (link)
Gimme a refresher that I don't really need... Barney is totally straight and not gonna get down with Sean and have an epic bromance that is also a romance, right? Right.

Sean is just asking... for a friend?

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(no subject) - [info]heliopaths, 2017-04-18 03:12 am UTC
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[info]thatsbampot
2017-04-17 08:37 am UTC (link)
I'm still thinking of which characters I'll drop. I love Samir to pieces, but if I'm to keep him I'll need to do some serious changes to his story, either by making him break up with Remy (nooooooo!) or resetting that whole thing about south of France.

Anyway, those that I will be keeping no matter what, no questions asked, are Miles, Tiago, Hamish, Greg, Jamie, Luna and Zoe, with Leah and Ethan being pretty much in the "remain" list as well due to their connections. The McLaggen boys are on probation in spite of being two of my favourites merely because of how much Julie's departure impacts on them. I might make them temporarily absent while I work things out and return them in full strength once it's all fixed (or I might keep their plotlines and just keep Su and Allegra as NPCs/available).

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[info]notaspure
2017-04-17 04:52 pm UTC (link)
I know, I can't think of anything for Samir :-( Maybe we can have him and Barney do... something. I don't know. And the McLaggen boys are hard too. Basically I have nothing to say. But I am glad you are keeping the ones you are keeping.

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[info]thatsbampot
2017-04-17 06:23 pm UTC (link)
We just have to pause and think. Maybe I'll send Samir to Oxford - I'm sure he'll love the Ruskin.

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[info]barneysakeeper
2017-04-20 03:36 pm UTC (link)
Also, are we saying Valentina is in Portugal now? Are they living together? Does she have a job? What's happening?! Do you want to fudge the timeline (with them having the discussion about her moving more recently) so we can play this out?

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[info]weedboy
2017-04-21 05:51 am UTC (link)
We can definitely fudge the timeline, as Max and I are doing the same for Rolf and Luna. They can still be discussing matters, and Tiago is still willing to drop everything for Valentina if needs be.

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(no subject) - [info]affableslob, 2017-04-29 10:31 am UTC

[info]karamenderes
2017-04-18 11:31 am UTC (link)
Gertie wants both Rachel and Ethan, but can get by with her older friends if need be.

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[info]barneysakeeper
2017-04-20 03:30 pm UTC (link)
I want to keep Rachel, it just makes sense for me to put Rachel and Myron on hold for now as they are my most recent and still need breaking in before they come naturally.

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[info]miss_spelling
2017-04-20 04:04 pm UTC (link)
Totally makes sense. Gertie really fits in with the older crowd more than I expected, so she'll do okay. She's also one of my stronger voices. I look forward to Rachel when you bring her back. Roomies 4 lyfe.

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[info]weedboy
2017-04-21 05:41 am UTC (link)
That makes sense. Zoe will always be here for when Myron returns, but Leah and Ethan will be on the background waiting while I work on others as I feel they both need breaking in as well.

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Heather
[info]victory_v
2017-04-17 06:40 am UTC (link)
OK, so I'm going to do a "yes, no, maybe" list. Please feel free to comment, folks.

Definitely keeping
Ivan Maksimov - Squeaky says she's keeping Taryn so that's good enough for me!
Larissa Samuels - she and Hamish just finally managed to work things out, after all!

Unsure - comment to help me work it out!
Leon Beery - Natasha was/is his only connection and I'm unsure how to develop him.
Anais Bolduc - Again, I love her, but her connections are very minimal

Dropping for now unless anyone has very strong feelings
Anzelm Szczepanski - Very few meaningful connections and I'm not really feeling it.
Maartje Viljoen - No connections at all - I brought her over a couple of years ago when Beth was going to play her partner, but that fell through and now she feels forced.
Kevin Whitby - As above.

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[info]thatsbampot
2017-04-17 08:43 am UTC (link)
I'm still pondering whether I'll keep Sohvi or not, but thankfully if she leaves that doesn't impact Maks or Taryn other than losing a potential babysitter. We'll see.
And of course we need to celebrate the fact Hamish and Larissa have finally seen sense. I might go back to making him a muggleborn again - though not an only child because we need more Lorna in our lives.

I'll see what I can think of regarding your other options. There is potential for interaction between Kevin, Luna and Rolf, anyway.

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[info]victory_v
2017-04-17 03:07 pm UTC (link)
I think we need to figure out where Hamish and Larissa are so we can start playing them from the point they would have got to, right? <3

That's true. I mean, if Luna and Rolf are going to be active then he is probably the most redeemable out of those three.

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[info]thatsbampot
2017-04-17 06:19 pm UTC (link)
By this point, I'm sure they're already living together and have settled down in their new place... and their mothers will be throwing oh-so-subtle hints about marriage at them.

Oh, they will. Luna will be active no matter what, as that's one muse who will not keep silent.

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(no subject) - [info]legatus_novus, 2017-04-17 07:19 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]heliopaths, 2017-04-18 03:14 am UTC
Re: Heather
[info]notaspure
2017-04-17 05:35 pm UTC (link)
Luke is Leon's friend! And Glenys too! I don't know what we can do with that, but they're there.

Anais I have less with. There's Valentina, of course, but that might be it.

I love Anzelm but I can understand that he's difficult to play here. Kevin I mentioned above with Glenys, but if you don't want to do that he does at least have a friend in Glenys?

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[info]karamenderes
2017-04-18 10:47 am UTC (link)
Max is here!!! The first wave is people who definitely have things to say regardless of when/if others come back. Wave two is dependant on other characters because they don't have enough to say on their own, and I'll include people need to come back first or at the same time. Wave three are people that need to be re-examined and possibly retconned at some level. I will include in parentheses the characters the characters they need to discuss plot with.

Wave one:
-Quentin
-Dirty Gertie

Wave two:
-Demz (pick two: Dean, Lee, Miles)
-Victoria (pick one: Alex or both remaining delinquents)
(retcon needed: not telling the Delinquents she's actively trying to conceive)

Wave three:
-Sean (Mel, Snatch employees, Luke)
(retcon: dreams of libraries, not classrooms)
-Rolf (Luna of course, Triwizard folks, Alex?)
(retcon: one year older, possible change of home country because of colouring? We've seen cannon representations of his fair grandparents now.)

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[info]chickenman
2017-04-18 11:02 am UTC (link)
Well, for your wave two and three characters I have some characters who are not going anywhere:
Demz: Miles
Vic: Jamie.
Sean: Greg is a Snatch employee
Rolf: Luna (of course) and Tiago

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[info]karamenderes
2017-04-18 11:29 am UTC (link)
Right, but wave two needs to have those characters already out b efore they can move forward.

Wave three need some real discussions about strengthening their bonds with the characters mentioned. Sean especially, who's only really strong connection is Dean. Both Q and Sean would like a stronger relationship with Greg.

Rolf and Luna... are we moving forward in time, or are we still doing awkward flirting? Are we moving them forward in time AND they are still awkward flirting? Have they been on a date? Have they kissed? Have they slept together? Rolf says no to this last one. And Alex, it seems like he will have words with Rolf at some point.

Tiago is a character none of mine have ever interacted with and I probably need to read the bio of! Also, I can't decide if new and improved Rolf attended the tournament or was a year older and avoided it, but it occurred to me that Karkaroff would never take Yakov and leave a smarty-pants like Rolf behind.

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[info]chickenman
2017-04-18 12:52 pm UTC (link)
A discussion on those characters is indeed necessary. Greg does need more people to interact with, so a talk about his interaction with Q and Sean is needed.

We're moving forward in time only in the fact it's easier to keep an idea of the timeline if the game is set ten years prior. Maybe they're still in the awkward flirting stage? Well, with Luna it's never awkward, but I'm guessing for Rolf it might still be. And yes, I'm sure Alex will have something to say. Alison?

Well, Tiago is living in Portugal, so the interaction with most of the characters has been through journal only - so it's basically all a matter of how much yours have become familiar with him in that manner. Knowing him personally in the past, either via the Triwizard Tournament or being in hiding in Portugal during the war (as his experience as a radio DJ began while doing a Potterwatch-type radio show on Portuguese wizarding radio for refugees) can be a starting point. Or maybe, in Rolf's case, he went here on an expedition?

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(no subject) - [info]flammae, 2017-04-18 06:42 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]heliopaths, 2017-04-19 08:39 am UTC
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(no subject) - [info]heliopaths, 2017-04-19 02:53 pm UTC
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(no subject) - [info]weedboy, 2017-04-21 05:55 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]miss_spelling, 2017-04-21 01:38 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]affableslob, 2017-04-29 10:42 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]barneysakeeper, 2017-04-20 04:51 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]toschestation, 2017-04-20 04:53 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]affableslob, 2017-04-29 10:45 am UTC
(no subject) - [info]stillkevin, 2017-04-20 06:17 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]karamenderes, 2017-04-20 09:32 pm UTC
(no subject) - [info]victory_v, 2017-04-23 12:42 pm UTC

[info]barneysakeeper
2017-04-20 04:46 pm UTC (link)
Demz, you are not getting rid of Dean that easily. He just needs a rest. Lee, on the other hand, it is possible I may end up dropping. Demz is his only friend and, as with Barney, I'm not interested enough in Quidditch to do much with his job.

Vic, you are keeping both Alex and Romilda. Happy with the retcon.

Sean - what does 'dreams of libraries, not classrooms' mean?

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[info]toschestation
2017-04-20 04:52 pm UTC (link)
Oh, I know. She just needs Dean and Miles around before she has much to talk about. And yeah, I understand. She loves Lee, but I understand that a lot of his plot went out the window when she moved out.

Romilda will still know that she's thinking about it, but not that she's actively trying.

I don't want him to be a teacher, and honestly, I think most schools wouldn't let a stripper teach children. Especially since he doesn't want to quit his other job ever. He's going to be a librarian, not a prof.

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