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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in goose_ooc,
@ 2016-12-29 13:45:00

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! announcement, ! meme, ! mod post

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dec 29
Last announcements of the year!!!!! :O

If you have not yet already done so, please post to December's Activity Check! (If you've resolved to drop a character, please do us a favour and let us know here or in the Dropbox so we're not awkwardly emailing you later to be like "hey... what's up...")

January's plot calendar will be posted on Saturday, December 31 at 10 AM Mountain Time. (If you need help figuring out when that will be for you, take a look at the green indicator here.) We've learned our lesson from December, so there will be less IC/OOC's, but hopefully characters will be able to devote proper focus to the ones which are coming up. Three words: Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Happy New Year!!! Here's a little meme for everyone to go out on...

Character Name:
Plans For Next Year: Anything you want to do with your character in the new year? Give us a little sneak peek.
Alternate PB: Was there another PB you almost used? Or a PB for a different incarnation of the character? Or if you had to pick another PB for them, who would it be?
How would that have changed them?: PBs have different moods and feelings, and can change a character a lot. How would your alternate PB have changed your character?
GIF: YOU CAN POST TWO GIFS, in case you want to show a side by side of the alternate PB and the canon PB.

Character Name: Plans For Next Year: Anything you want to do with your character in the new year? Give us a little sneak peek. Alternate PB: Was there another PB you almost used? Or a PB for a different incarnation of the character? Or if you had to pick another PB for them, who would it be? How would that have changed them?: PBs have different moods and feelings, and can change a character a lot. How would your alternate PB have changed your character? GIF: YOU CAN POST TWO GIFS, in case you want to show a side by side of the alternate PB and the canon PB.

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ijustknowit
2016-12-30 05:39 pm UTC (link)

Character Name: Jesse McBride
Plans For Next Year: Play it fast and loose, as per. But, actually, I will probably send him on a trip or two to test his senior project/be an international man of mystery. Maybe his older sister might come to PTC in lieu of one of his parents so everyone can mercilessly tease him for how similar she and Quinn look.
Alternate PB: YOU WILL NEVER GUESS! Jesse was almost 2001 era Cillian Murphy lol
How would that have changed them?: He would have been a completely different character. I wanted to keep all the 'Where is Jesse?' backstory and I originally thought maybe Jesse would be The Most Interesting Man on Earth but I didn't want another 'perfect' character. He was going to be cocky confident instead of self-deprecating confident and mysterious instead of SO LOUD buuuut how boring would that have been??? Then I watched a couple Miles Teller movies in a row -- That Awkward Moment, 21 & Over, and The Spectacular Now and was like... "THIS IS THE GUY! Simultaneously SO AWFUL and annoying, but also very charming and lovable???" Nipped a bit of backstory from a half-formed Florean Fortescue app and Jesse was born.
GIF: IMMA CHEAT AND POST THREE
What could have been:
cillian

What happened instead:
miles

What is yet to come:
adam

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qnnc
2016-12-30 06:15 pm UTC (link)

if quinn found out lila was visiting she'd owl her (or whatever. mail her a letter. idk.) *immediately* to hash out the best ways they can mess with people. mostly jesse. propositions would include: matching outfits and/or hairstyles, mirroring body language, obvious codewords that are actually nonsense, and THINGS THAT DIDN'T IMMEDIATELY COME TO MY MIND RIGHT NOW.

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	ijustknowit 2016-12-30 06:22 pm UTC (link)
	Lila would be so into it too. This must happen. HIS DEEPEST DARKEST FEAR IS GETTING PARENT TRAPPED BY TWINS. And I never knew why until just now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	qnnc 2016-12-30 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	YESSSSS. see? everything makes so much sense between them. so much scary, terrifying sense. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	qnnc 2016-12-30 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	also cillian murphy jesse would have elicited a much different reaction from quinn. wee-ow. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ijustknowit 2016-12-30 06:26 pm UTC (link)
	RIGHT?! I used Cillian Murphy as a PB a lot when I was younger and no matter how dickish I made the character everyone just fell head over heels for him anyway and I didn't want that. Once I latched onto the Quinn/Jesse BFFship is when I had to tank the Cillian Murphy idea. Too sexy. Not enough lactose intolerance. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	qnnc 2016-12-30 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	it's so hard not to _ ALL OF THESE FACTS ARE THE BEST FACTS, ALEENA. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ijustknowit 2016-12-30 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	I knoooow, he is mesmerizing. BUT MILES-JESSE IS WAY MORE FUN AND I'M SO GLAD QUINN IS HIS BFF (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	qnnc 2016-12-30 09:00 pm UTC (link)
	SUPREME AGREEMENT (Reply to this) (Parent)

	henshinyo 2016-12-30 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	Um, I love this story and also I love that you went with Miles Teller. I love Jesse the way he is and that he is Essie's mystery crush. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HIM INTO THE GAME!! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ijustknowit 2016-12-30 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	THANK YOU! I'm so glad you let him be Essie's mystery crush it brings me such joy. Poor girl :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kas continues to spam the OOC (my browser already saved that subject for me.) qnnc 2016-12-30 07:39 pm UTC (link)
	were any of those movies worth watching? ... netflix has them. and i want to watch one. but i don't want to do the work of figuring out which. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

SPAM AWAY

ijustknowit
2016-12-30 07:59 pm UTC (link)

Umm... they all have their charms and give a pretty good impression of the kind of lovable/hatable vibe I'm trying to portray with Jesse (IT'S VERY HARD)

That Awkward Moment is like Bridesmaids for boys. Just like... a tale of bromance. It's a pretty typical romcom format.

21 & Over is the funniest, but also the worst. Tale of drunken college revelry. You have to see Miles Teller 99.9% naked. Lots of gross humor.

The Spectacular Now is actually a good movie (I thought??) It's slower and sadder and more "real." And I will shamelessly admit Jesse's alcoholism is a direct result of the character he plays in this movie.

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	Re: SPAM AWAY misssperfect 2016-12-30 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	Omg I loved That Awkward Moment! And 21 & Over quite frankly. Miles was gold in Awkward moment though. GOLD Jesse doesn't get enough love tbh (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: SPAM AWAY ijustknowit 2016-12-31 05:51 am UTC (link)
	And Two Night Stand. Miles Teller is my trashy movie true love. He can say the crudest stuff and I'm still into it. Jesse also thinks he doesn't get enough love. I think he gets more love than he deserves (Reply to this) (Parent)

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