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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in goose_ooc,
@ 2017-02-01 09:31:00

Entry tags:

! meme, ! plotting

WANTED LINES MEME: February

Wanted lines! Time to plot! Time passes so quickly it ceases to hold any meaning for me! Take this as an opportunity to discuss character development, and talk about lines you might want to build with one another.

If you want to participate, fill out the following with each of your characters, then comment around and talk about their relationships and how your characters could interact now or in the future!

Character Name:
House and Year:
Classes:
Extracurriculars:
Current State: Tell us a little bit about what's going on with them right now. Is there anything about their behavior that's changed, or that people might have noticed?
Looking For: What lines are you looking for? Friends, enemies, dates, exes, someone who unknowingly offended them in freshmen year and they're still not over it, etc.
Anything Else: Optional. Is there anything else you want people to know?
A Cute GIF of Your Character: Optional. But I know you want to. Limit yourself to one gif, please! ♥

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Quinn Cunningham

qnnc
2017-02-01 06:56 pm UTC (link)

Character Name: Quinn Cunningham
House and Year: Azurcrest senior
Classes: Core: Charms, Herbology, Hermeticism, Potions, Transfiguration, Outdoor Education. Elective: Artificing, Astronomy, Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Extracurriculars: Archery, Event Committee, Azurcrest Quidditch (reserve), Team Gooseberry (reserve Beater), Prefect. Unofficial: Lake Gooseberry Shinny, barre.
Current State:

THE KEY TO QUINN THIS WEEK: She seems very high strung, even when she's doing something that's supposed to be fun. Angst week!
Anonymous post-induced worries!!!
(1) The Grotto! How does Anon know it's her happy place? What would have happened if she'd gone out there when Anon suggested? (Probably nothing, but still.) She's on edge about this.
(2) Her future! She'd never before articulated her anxieties about failing in and/or hating Healer training. She's REBELLING by trying to do more non-career stuff (school Quid, extra dance practice) while still working the same number of hours to compensate. So any hangouts this week happen during mealtimes, and she reviews her notes at the same time. She's so fun right now, guys. She left herself no free time.
(3) Ty! She's realized she has a crush! That's not good! (This is really only relevant for Katie.) After Monday's spooky encounters when she sought Ty for comfort, she ghosted into a "oh no sry I'm very busy" bubble.
Team Gooseberry! She's pumped to practise with you people! But she will only ever call it "practise" or "watching them play." This is how she deals with #reservelife. If ONE MORE PERSON talks about being benched as the end of the world, she's smacking you upside the head.
THE ACCESSIBILITY RAMP! She would have tried to get Cecil and Etta to go see Merrill with her this week but Quayle Quest 2014 got in the way. Next week!!!
She's still shit-talking Coppertale like NOBODY'S BUSINESS! Not like the anon criticisms, though. In person they're less targeted or specific, and delivered more like jokes that have gone too far.
... Also she hasn't been single on Valentine's Day in a couple of years and she's probably going to do a lot of eye-rolling when people mention the day. Like, "I'm so over Valentine's Day, oh my god, it's pointless, whatever." but really she's just kind of sad about it and not letting herself admit to it. :(
& she's obviously worried about finding Ulysses and doing all she can to help. Like... nearly everybody else.

Looking For: I AM ALWAYS OPEN FOR PLOTS! I also have this one that I've been playing with but I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how to go about it, so I would love some help/input/etc.! I'll post it as a separate reply to this comment because this is already plenty long enough. Tl;dr: Quinn's too stressed out to handle her own shit, shouts at someone, realizes she's got to get on the train to Chillsville.
Anything Else: No, and you're welcome for not adding anything else.
A Cute GIF of Your Character: angry is cute, right...? ... actually this is probably a pretty appropriate gif for her right now. or soon. or something.

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the quinn thing i can't figure out

qnnc
2017-02-01 07:13 pm UTC (link)

When Quinn has to lay down the law as a Prefect she's very no-nonsense, matter-of-fact, and calm (oft cold). She wouldn't yell at a student; she'd give them a very stern look, tell them "x was wrong and you should know better," and 'request' that her time isn't wasted. To her friends, though, she can be... kind of mean. She points things out VERY. CLEARLY. and doesn't sugarcoat any of it. She swears profusely. She's said "Don't be a motherfucking dumbass, this is your goddamn fault and you know it is, so act like a fucking adult for the first time in your life." more than once ~~but then again, Chris Park is one of her best friends~~.

But she's been running herself ragged this past month and bottling it all up, especially now, and she'll keep doing it until she's made to realize that she needs to slow the hell down and she's trying to do way too much.

I'm trying to decide the best way to give her this ~moment of clarity.~

She's stressed out enough that it would be IC for her to have trouble separating how she deals with conflict as a Prefect from how she deals with conflict personally; it would also be her first time experiencing this. My original idea was to have her lash out at a student she has to deal with as a Prefect (maybe they pulled a particularly heartless prank, or did something that seems extra dangerous because of all the spoopy things happening, or something else), and have a third party talk her down after the fact.

BUT I'm worried about stepping into Casper territory because I realized there are key similarities: Prefect takes negative emotions out on someone who doesn't deserve it, is steadied by a third person.

I want to make sure this plot doesn't step on the Casper-plot's toes, but I'm trying to figure out how to distance it enough? Lashing out unfairly isn't so uncommon, especially with teenagers and/or those who tend toward anger, which they both experience. And Quinn would need that third party because otherwise she'd stew and ultimately decide that she was in the right and it's the student's fault for being an idiot, not hers. (Which is obviously... not true.)

Sooo that's what I need help with. The resemblance between the two plots didn't occur to me until after I'd been thinking about it for a while, and I want to proceed with caution!! I come requesting input, feedback, and/or volunteers for...
(1) how to ensure this isn't an unfortunate copy-plot I promise that isn't what I'm trying to do. :(((
(2) the poor victim: volunteers? They don't have to know Quinn; and what did they do? (A li'l log for this one?)
(3) someone to be like 'dude, y'all need to chill.' #3 ideally be someone familiar with Quinn's work habits, etc., so at least a fellow Prefect and/or friend. (Journal talk or log, your choice.)

help?

(FYI, the two things she wouldn't do are get into a physical fight or destroy something sooo those are off the table.)

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	Re: the quinn thing i can't figure out qnnc 2017-02-01 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	okay holy fuck i am so sorry for how long that comment is. i tried to lay out everything to avoid "what do you mean by ___"/"would she do ___"/"___ isn't clear" questions and. gosh. UGH. I'M SO SORRY. for real this time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

doyouevenlift
2017-02-01 07:29 pm UTC (link)

I can offer Chris?

I mean I think the plot would be drastically different if it was someone outside of an upstanding member of society who reels her back in? Plus he's a friend who's spending a lot of time with her and who also knows how mean Quinn can be but knows she's not mean like that to random people so it'd also be a little ironic if he's the one that's like dude what the fuck

BUT

if you're tired of Chris hogging all Quinn's plots I also understand that

I'm just greedy (I'm gonna post Chris's plots after I finish my sudden three hour shift on my day off)

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	qnnc 2017-02-01 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	YOU KNOW I LOVE ME SOME CHRIS/QUINN PLOTS. But it would be cool if it was be someone else for expanding-her-plots-and-circles reasons. :( But thank you. :( Oh no the sad faces came back. :( (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doyouevenlift 2017-02-01 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	I MEAN IF YOU THINK QUINN EVEN NEEDS PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CHRIS IDK WHY (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: the quinn thing i can't figure out kingulysses 2017-02-01 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	drive by comment but yo dont apologise homeskillet i love reading ppl's character/plot thoughts (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: the quinn thing i can't figure out qnnc 2017-02-01 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	You will regret telling me that eventually, consider this a THREAT (but thxxxxx) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingulysses 2017-02-01 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	* rubs hands together and cackles b/c apparently no one has figured out that i've started feeling affection for all your terrible magic children * (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kingulysses 2017-02-01 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	i mean oh NO a THREAT (Reply to this) (Parent)

	magicnumber 2017-02-01 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	ok but what if she yelled at Jeffy what if she hurt his feelings (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	qnnc 2017-02-01 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	"kas, what if quinn yelled at one of the most precious little dudes in her life." i mean this has merit i will think on it (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	misssperfect 2017-02-01 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	What if she yelled at Milo!!!! Sweet sweet Milo! ;__; (Reply to this) (Parent)

	auteur 2017-02-01 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	if you want double the yelling, micah and jeffy are definitely running into the woods today to talk to anon (and dragging essie and hazel along not that any dragging is necessary with these dumb kids) obviously that's short notice but IT'S VERY TYPICAL RECKLESS BEHAVIOUR on their parts and i'm sure they'll do something stupid like this again very soon (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	cricketq 2017-02-01 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	quinn, yell at them. Cricket is about to be sedated so she can't (Reply to this) (Parent)

	magicnumber 2017-02-01 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	JEFFERSON, CAPTAIN CHRIS LITERALLY JUST TOLD YOU TO BE GOOD WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? (being an Azurcrest is the answer to that question) Jeffy would make her a sorry card afterwards. Apparently Jeffy makes cards. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)