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Mods of Kiseki RPG (kiseki_mods) wrote in kiseki_rpg,
@ 2015-03-31 10:48:00

Current mood:	awake
Entry tags:	concrit meme, meme, mod post, ooc

Concrit meme - Take 81!
Time for our monthly How's My Driving meme!

- Comment to this post with a list of your characters. You may add any commentary you'd like, such as things you'd wish to get feedback on.

- Reply anonymously to the other players, giving concrit on how they're playing/their characterization/their interactions/etc.

- Flat-out negative comments will get screened/frozen/deleted, and can be grounds for banning if they're bad enough. Game rules apply here as well, so don't use it as an excuse to insult others. How can you tell the difference between giving crit and bashing? The second has no purpose. Giving crit means you want things to improve - by clearing out a misunderstanding of a character's actions, by helping a player manage activity better, by pointing out where characterization might be off, etc. If there is a situation with a player that's really problematic and would start big trouble here, consider taking it to us mods instead.

- Simply giving positive feedback is just fine! Of course, we encourage these to be as elaborate as possible, as it's always better to get an idea of why a character/player is doing things right.

This is non-mandatory! If you aren't comfortable with the HMD, or don't feel like posting every time, or whatever the reason is, you don't have to post to it. However, don't be that person who gives crit to others and then doesn't open up for crit themselves.

On that same line of thought - we're a small game! If nobody comments, then the meme doesn't work. If you receive comments, try to leave at least one of your own to somebody else. It's always better if we have many replies, and various POVs.

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	darkonejr 2015-03-31 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	Aramis (thestare) Merlin (partofmycharm) Milady (youstillwearit) Shin-ah (moonlitpkyuu) Neal (darkonejr) (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 04:55 pm UTC (link)

I don't have any crit to offer other than voicing that I'm really enjoying Milady so far. She's rather different from who you play right now and have played in the past, aside from some key pings, but you've handled her so well so far it feels like you've been playing her for years. It's great to have this kind of character in Kiseki and I look forward to seeing more of her.

And with Aramis, I especially love this update and how easily you've been able to show the difference in his mindset. He goes from ridiculous and flirty to far more reserved and sad, and I think you handle that change well and present it well without having to make it melodramatic (as wouldn't necessarily run counter to Aramis' personality) but also not having to rely heavily on introspection or waxing poetic about it. It comes across as very organic and I'm really looking forward to see how he evolves in the game from this point on.

Also his threads just keep breaking my heart. I'm looking forward to seeing his reactions and interactions with non-castmates, as well.

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(Anonymous)
2015-04-09 06:06 pm UTC (link)

I'm the anon who critted you last month. First of all, I'm sorry for taking this long to get back to you. Second, I think your improvement in activity has been GREAT. Your attention seems much more evenly spread, you get through your backlog far more often and consistently, and all your characters, not counting that some of them are more new than others, come across as much more present. Basically, thank you for taking my concerns so seriously, and great job on implementing the changes.

Characterization-wise I don't have much to say other than Shin-ah and Milady both being really fun and interesting so far, both to play with and to stalk. Cudos on Milady especially, who seems so different from your usual character pings and still you play her with such apparent ease.

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	mindmywound 2015-03-31 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	Isabela // sixthings Korra // bridgebetween Arthur Pendragon // insibbegerest Sakura \| Tsubasa // returnedfeather Porthos du Vallon // mindmywound Snow White \| Mary Margaret Blanchard // alwaysfind (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 02:13 pm UTC (link)

I love all of your characters, and I'd like to make a special mention for Isabela, because she's the one character most of the game is canonblind to and you always clarify she's more than the pervy act she puts on. It's easy to tell that much, and Isabela never struck me as simply a 2-D eternal dick joke. It's easy to tell she's smart and that there's more to her than that, even if the ridiculous perviness is hilarious as well, so I would say not to worry so much she might come across as flat or like a one-trick-pony.

That aside, I would love to see Korra being a little more proactive again. She used to address the characters as a community a lot more and she's been rather quiet, which is understandable since other characters of yours went through some intense things, as well as her canonpoint meaning she would ICly want to take a break. But she's a really fun and energetic leader-type of character, and I would love to see more of it.

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mindmywound
2015-04-02 04:07 pm UTC (link)

Aaah, thank you for the words on Isabela. It's super reassuring to know - especially as I'm really making an effort for her to be a little more understandable from a canonblind pov, and it's difficult to know exactly how she's coming off, especially as, activity-speaking, she's a little more laid back than others. I definitely want to keep throwing her around and have her build CR past her shallowness, but fuck it's super reassuring to know she isn't a one-trick-pony (beyond where she's trying to be purposefully... it's a tough balance lol). Thank you anon! ♥

As for Korra, I know that I've been pretty quiet for her. I played her pretty heavily earlier in the year and I ended up feeling a little burnt-out with her, so I've been kind of taking a break with her and having her kind of be chill in the bg. A lot of her issues currently were a bit boring to play out for others, I assumed (missing Mako & airbabies, worrying about Asami being asleep, etc), and I figured it was better to wait it out rather than try to force it and end up unhappy with her tags. I'm planning on rewatching a bit of book 4, so hopefully that will kickstart her back into some interactions soon.

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	sparking 2015-03-31 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	jamie moriarty \| jeuxvoyant stiles stilinski \| sparking constance bonacieux \| goodanswer bucky barnes \| remembrances (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 01:57 pm UTC (link)

I have to wonder if it wouldn't be better to take a break from Jamie. You've been struggling to get her involved into things for a while now, and she's always behind in terms of activity and CR. Even the latest plotting post has several points for the other characters, but not for her. I love her and you're amazing at playing her, but it's a shame she doesn't really get to do as much anymore.

I have absolutely no crit regarding characterization, or anything else. Your characters are great and I'm always happy to play with you or read your threads with others.

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remembrances
2015-04-02 05:47 pm UTC (link)

To be honest, I've been on the verge of dropping her for months now, exactly because I find it hard to actually build meaningful CR for her the way she is now - in the canon, she's very active but that's when she's known as a criminal mastermind, runs a criminal organization and arranges people's murders even from jail. In Kiseki, exactly none of that is possible: she can't kill people because no one stays dead, and she can't really establish a criminal organization because iirc you can't even steal from Kiseki, and trying to outmatch the various magic-possessing characters in the game is stupid and she wouldn't do that. So honestly, I'm kind of stumped as to where to go with her, which is reflected in the plotting post. But the reason I haven't dropped her is because every time I tag with her, I remember how much fun she is and how much I love her, so... yeah, I think you see my problem here, anon.

In any case, I'm really glad for the feedback - I'll try to figure out things for her to do, and if I can't come up with anything, then it might be better to let her go, like you said.

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(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 04:47 pm UTC (link)

Lately, it seems like you've been stretched a little thin? It seems that more and more you're focusing primarily on already established CR rather than building new CR or picking back up on CR that's fallen to the wayside. Additionally, it seems that you stretch yourself out far too much because you end up dropping a lot of threads before they've gotten very long or even reached the intended end of the thread. I've found it more and more difficult to talk with your characters, unless my character is Elsa or Porthos or Art or Asami or Musketeers cast (in terms of Constance). Anything that isn't already super established tends to get dropped before it can get started, and then it's followed up on plurk with "wow I'm so busy and I'm in so many threads" that it makes it awkward to ask to pick things back up again, or even to ask you to tag things since sometimes even that feels like a struggle for you.

In that vein, I agree with the above anon about Jamie, in that it's extremely difficult to build CR with her as is due to her character-type, but especially because threads with her tend to be short and neglected in favor of Bucky's threads, and Jamie has been rather quiet ever since the Bridge AU event, which even then she didn't seem to do much follow-up on.

I understand that this is a busy time of year for you, so if this is just a temporary thing and I'm way off-base, I apologize.

That all being said, I am impressed with Constance. I know that you really struggled with keeping her a few months back, and looking at her today, you'd never guess that you had issues with her. She's fun and vibrant and you really capture her character. I love seeing her around, either reacting to her cast or striking out on her own. I'm excited to see some of the things you talked about in the plotting post play out in her threads, for sure.

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remembrances
2015-04-02 06:04 pm UTC (link)

Man, I am so angry with myself I didn't actually fire away the couple of tags I meant to last night, because they would've been fairly new/not-well-established CR and I could've used those as an example, but alas.

But hey, you absolutely have a point - I know I haven't been super active, and that I haven't been able to keep up with all my threads. I try to keep all of them going until they reach 7 comments, but with finishing my MA, gathering up the missing courses I needed for graduating university, the two-week hiatus I had in February-March, arranging wedding things and preparing everything for our new kitten, I think it's fair to say I really have been ridiculously busy and in fact far busier than is normal for me. That's not to say I couldn't have actually called a hiatus for this entire time - should I have? Yeah, probably. But I also know I wasn't this busy around November-January, and with all the university stuff being done and the biggest wedding arrangements out of the way, I do think I'll be able to focus more and actually keep up with my tags. I also ended up dropping my third game exactly so I could focus more on Kiseki, because I did notice I was stretched way too thin between three games.

That said, again, you're right that I've been focusing on established CR, not because it's easy but because for some reason, my established CR has happened to have a lot of things going on - the Musketeers cast has been in a constant state of OH FUCK updates, both Asami and Art were sleeping and woke up, Elsa was very involved in the blizzard and then got de-aged... so all of those are things I couldn't possibly ignore, exactly because the established CR I have would react to all of that! Of course, I haven't meant to ignore older or less-established CR in favour of those, so if I have (and I know I have), I'm really sorry about that, I'll definitely work on creating new CR and picking up old CR in the future!

Also, re: the plurk thing, I'm again really sorry if those plurks have discouraged you to poke me about dropped threads, that has not been the intention at all! I usually try to make plurks so I can say I'm sorry I haven't been tagging for Reason X, so people know I'm not ignoring my tags or that my lack of tags is from not wanting to tag with them. So please never take it as me meaning "no don't ask me to tag more", I am always happy to pick up old threads or tag new things - I've made a point of explicitly asking in several of my latest Kiseki plurks that if there's a chara people want me to tag, they should let me know! I hope that comes across as encouraging rather than not.

For the Jamie part, I point to my response to the above anon, so I don't just repeat everything I said there. But I really appreciate the feedback, it's good to know the "oh god what am I doing with you Jamie" feeling isn't just in my head...

And finally, baw, thank you so much, that's great to hear! I really love her and I'm glad I've been able to work through the issues that I had with her voice and let her shine as her own character, man, someone give her the crown already.

TL;DR thank you so much for taking the time to write this comment, I'll definitely keep all of what you said in mind for the next month and hopefully by then I'll have improved on the biggest issues.

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(Anonymous)
2015-04-07 10:20 pm UTC (link)

I thought I responded to this last week, but I'm sliding back in here to say that I appreciate your tl;dr explanation, honestly. I'd forgotten about some of the things you'd listed for your rl thing, even if I knew about the MA and wedding, so it's absolutely understandable that you'd be stretched thin and taking breaks from pretend-funtimes. I hope that things can settle down for you soon, if only for your own stress levels but also to see your characters around again. There's nothing wrong with having to focus on established CR due to time, I just hope to see them around more, too. Within your limits, of course. As far as this goes for 'crit' it really just comes down to wanting to be able to play with your characters in interesting and exciting combinations. I'll admit that I have held back in the past simply because I was afraid to overwhelm you, so I'll keep in mind that I should just say when I want your characters or to tag with your characters.

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	armaments 2015-04-01 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	Asami Sato \| industrialist Lancelot \| andmostnoble Yona \| armaments Emma Swan \| birthrighted Anne \| aftersolong Nico Robin \| milfleur Art \| latent (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 04:53 pm UTC (link)

I'm going to mimic something said to Celen and say that for some of your characters, I'd love to see them around more. With characters like Emma or Lancelot, both of whom you play fantastically and beautifully, it seems that you're sticking to established CR and castmates. I'd love to see them branching out more and building some more CR. Not to say that you aren't doing that at all, with threadjacking and top comments, but lately it seems that they've been sticking primarily to established CR or just not being thrown around a lot in general.

I have nothing to offer in terms of characterizations. You play a lot of interesting and varying characters and you handle them all well. I'm especially happy about Yona so far, who's such a you character and it's great to see you playing such a friendly and fun character (since your others are all a little more low-key, relatively speaking).

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armaments
2015-04-02 06:22 pm UTC (link)

Lancelot is a relatively quiet muse for me so I understand where it comes across as him sticking with established CR -- those he's close with are pretty active (nothing against them for it!) and I end up focusing on staying up to date as much as I can there, so inspiration for other CR sometimes falls to the wayside. For Emma it's been similar in that I've been a little at a loss with her and need a canon review. So I will absolutely work on these things with them and others that gotta branch out more, since I know it's sort of a recurring issue with me not just with these two as examples.

I am glad characterization has still been all right, though, Yona has been a lot of fun for me too and sort of new territory after not playing a character like her for a while. Still very open to feedback with her too if anything seems like an issue! Thank you for your comment.

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(Anonymous)
2015-04-07 09:48 pm UTC (link)

Sorry for the delay in responding, I just wanted to drop a note to say that your explanation definitely makes sense. Lancelot doesn't strike me as the type who would know everyone and everything, but it would be wonderful to see him around more, although I understand the keeping up with current, active CR. I hope that a canon review will help with Emma, too.

And I wish I could offer anything for Yona, but all I can really say, after having seen her interact with her castmates, is that she really is amazing. I think it's all the clearer seeing her interact with her dragons that you definitely understand her character.

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	(Anonymous) 2015-04-02 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	Echoing the comment above in that Yona is wonderful and I'm looking forward to anything she gets up to! I would love to see Emma and Lancelot (and others!) build more CR, as well, but so far I'm impressed by how you've been keeping up with everyone. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	armaments 2015-04-02 06:24 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks anon! I will do my best to keep up even better from here on to build that CR, hopefully this month will reflect that. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	trappedinresin 2015-04-01 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Yuuki Kuran (trappedinresin) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	(Anonymous) 2015-04-02 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	It's great to have her back! She had been building up such good CR before the last drop, and it would've really been a shame for all of that to be lost. It's nice to see how easily she got back into things, and the way you picked up on your old CR right away. She's a cute and fun character, and I look forward to seeing her getting further involved. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2015-04-04 05:40 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks, 'Nonnie! I'm glad to be back and getting to play with all of the super wonderful players in the game. Kiseki is always awesome! And addicting. (Reply to this) (Parent)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 04:49 pm UTC (link)

I have to mimic the anon above and say that it's great to have you back! Yuuki is such a fun character and it's clear you understand her character well.

Also, with some of the talk about being canonblind going on in this hmd so far, I'd like to say that I always appreciate the details you drop in your brackets. It never veers towards overly tl;dr or introspection for the sake of introspection, but actually highlights Yuuki's mindset in a way that makes it easy and understandable for someone who isn't overly familiar with her canon. I never have to doubt where Yuuki stands on something or fail to spot a parallel between her and whatever character she's threading with.

It's great to have you back, Kitten!

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trappedinresin
2015-04-04 05:47 pm UTC (link)

Thanks for that. I actually worry sometimes about whether I add too much in or if it's appropriate, and I definitely don't want anyone ever to feel like I'm shoving her series on them. So if it ever crosses into a direction like that, please don't hesitate to tell me just to... get to the point and to show rather than tell. I guess that's my fear! Telling too much rather than showing. I know the tagging style here is a bit different from what I'm used to as well! I try to match otherwise.

But...! I'm glad you enjoy our threads together, and I know that it's mutual. I love threading with everyone in game. It's always so much fun.

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	betterwithher 2015-04-02 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Sherlock Holmes (betterwithher) Steve Rogers (you_know_me) (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 01:45 pm UTC (link)

It feels like you're falling into casual infomodding.

Sherlock is not observant enough to pick up on a title change (http://asylums.insanejournal.com/kiseki_logs/105452.html?thread=61191660#t61191660), but he can guess one single memory with no clue as to who it belongs to is Porthos's (http://asylums.insanejournal.com/kiseki_logs/104723.html?thread=60572947#t60572947), despite his entry indicating nothing about a memory loss and events being able to affect anyone at any point in time, or figure out who Milady is (http://asylums.insanejournal.com/kiseki_logs/106194.html?thread=61040594#t61040594) from nothing but her clothes, even though her outfit isn't mentioned in her arrival. She also doesn't look like her book counterpart. Most Miladys have been blonde, as it's one of the key descriptions for her. Of course, he can figure out that if Porthos, who is usually a big fat white man, can be a mixed race fit one, Milady could look different from expected, but this isn't said. He goes by simply an assumed outfit that's apparently so distinct he'd have no doubt about her identity.

I understand Sherlock is Sherlock Holmes and making huge guesses based on very little clues is part of what he does. But there's a thin line between being an observant genius and simply info-modding and making assumptions based on pretty much nothing.

I would suggest explaining his train of thought in better detail for things like these, because otherwise it only feels like you're using OOC knowledge for these things. A glance in her direction tells him she's probably familiar with the Musketeers. A phrase like that sound great, except it should be followed up with an explanation.

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	betterwithher 2015-04-02 02:57 pm UTC (link)
	You are right, anon. i should have elaborated on those points a little further, but I got a bit ahead of myself. For the future I will be more mindful of this point. Thank you for the honesty and I will work to improve on this. (Reply to this) (Parent)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 01:52 pm UTC (link)

Why does Steve's accent come and go? He'll vary from sounding almost exactly like Bucky, with lots of contractions for words, to speaking a more neutral-sounding English that's nothing like it.

If you want an example, his thread with Bucky when he's recovering after the blizzard has him using the accent with Bucky (and then dropping it half-way through), but not the others. It's inconsistent in other of his threads, as well. Did you simply decide to drop the accent for him?

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you_know_me
2015-04-02 03:22 pm UTC (link)

Thank you anon. The specific example you gave was admittedly done on purpose. That at first he's bantering with Bucky and sort of slips into the accent while he's in the moment, but as things veer away from that familiarity and onto the topic of Elsa, he's back to his more normal speaking voice It's a head canon of mine that Steve's accent was heavier when he was younger, but that he out grew it as he got a little older (which happens to some people). Every so often it slips out, but mostly around Bucky. It's something I sort of noticed Steve doing in TFA. Every so often he'll get an accent when he's being snarky or dropping one-liners ("Nothin.' I'm just a kid from Brooklyn." for example.)

He still uses words like "kinda" or "gonna" even in WS, but a lot of people will abreviate or mesh words while they speak. But if it's happened in other threads where he'll drop things like "ain't" or the sentence structure is more 1930's street talk, then I did make a mistake. I'll be more careful about those slips from now on >>;;;

Thanks for the feedback anon, I'll definitely keep an eye of for this in the future.

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(Anonymous)
2015-04-02 03:53 pm UTC (link)

It feels to me as though most of the issues you seem to have come from poor communication.

The examples mentioned above would be easily fixed if you communicated your characters' thoughts and actions more clearly. Sherlock's intuition would come across much better if you discussed other people's characters with them and figured out with them which clues Sherlock can pick up on, as well as (like they suggested to you) being more clear about how he comes to the conclusions he does. Many other instances in the past where you got crit or slipped up and did something wrong were usually a result of not talking to the other players.

Your plotting post right now is a good example of this. You mention "heavy stuff" happening in the third season of Elementary that would be relevant to Sherlock and his CR/potential CR, yet you don't explain what it is. How is anyone supposed to plot anything from that? Why be mysterious and unclear in a post that's meant to be for plotting things with others? Especially when, as you said, it won't be easy to get any info from him. How can anyone else even begin to get anything out of him if we don't even know what the things we should be trying to pry out of him are, or how to approach it in a way that'd be more effective?

Same with Steve. You mention wanting him to talk about the TWS issues, why not contact Bucky's piles of CR to get started on it, as it'd be far more relevant to them and a lot easier to bring it up? It seems like the obvious starting point. You mention the awkward things you want him to bond with others over, yet these things don't really come up in his threads. How is anyone meant to bond with him over something like romance if it never comes up in threads? Same with any issues regarding the serum powers.

Looking back on other plotting posts, there're many times when you do communicate more clearly and it works out well, but in general it seems it's always a result of other players having to push it first and having to pry those thoughts out of you. I would try to work on getting there first, and not need to have others question you to explain where your characters are standing in terms of thoughts, developments, etc.

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	servingdinner 2015-04-02 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	Elsa forpligtet Sebastian Michaelis servingdinner (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-07 10:28 pm UTC (link)

It's a bit difficult to phrase this crit, because I'm unsure how to address it, so I suppose I'll phrase it as a question: Where do you see Elsa's development going? Are there plans for her to be canon-updated or are you planing on keeping her at this timepoint for the foreseeable future?

I ask because as you mentioned in the questions meme a few weeks back, you can't see Elsa's developments from the movie working in Kiseki without Anna being present, so a lot of CR I see developing (either with my characters or with others) leaves me wondering if there's a built-in roadblock that, simply speaking, cannot be worked past without the presence of Elsa's sister or a canon update. It leaves me struggling to know how much work I should put into developing the cr or not, so I was wondering if you had any thoughts on that front in terms of working past the natural roadblocks of the canon as well as Elsa's personality.

Like I said,this isn't necessarily crit but this seems the best place to ask the question, since it can deeply influence character involvement and relations.

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forpligtet
2015-04-09 05:14 pm UTC (link)

No, this is legitimate crit, especially if it makes it difficult for you (and maybe others) to play with me! Thank you for bringing it up with me, anon.

While it's true that I see Elsa's mental well-being as very dependent on Anna, and Anna's absence in the game being a con, there are also pros to being in Kiseki that don't exist back in canon - here Elsa has more of a support net; people are familiar with, and not afraid of, magic; and she can't isolate herself to the same extend she does back home. These are all things I see helping with her development, and even if ultimately she might not be truly well without a canon update and/or Anna's presence, I'd like to explore that alternative way of gaining confidence/control, if that makes sense. I do plan on canon updating her eventually, but I want to work on establishing Kiseki as more of a safe place for her to be herself in before doing so, if that makes sense? Otherwise, unless I bring her from after the movie ends she'll just be worse about the isolation. De-aging her is something of a first step towards this, or at least that's my plan: it's a chance to deepening/establishing some CR, being more open about her powers, and confirming to other characters/reminding herself that she used to be able to control her magic despite what adult!her believes.

I admit I don't have a super detailed plan for how to go about all of this, but I hope this reply is useful to some degree? Whoever you are, anon, I guarantee that I do want to continue my CR with you, and I definitely don't want to make it a struggle for you.

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	whiteclaw 2015-04-02 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	(clone) Syaoran \| borrowed_heart Yukine \| aguidinglight Freya \| andalake Kija \| whiteclaw Kya \| auntiekya (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-07 10:41 pm UTC (link)

In terms of characterization, your characters are wonderful except that it seems that you might be feeling a little uninspired? A lot of your threads and tags lately have all been rather low-level, with threads barely progressing beyond general niceness and shallow CR. With the one exception being Kija who's responding wonderfully to his castmates, your characters all seem kind of quiet?

It seems that maybe you're feeling a little burnt out, but not allowing yourself to take a full hiatus, and instead making yourself tag back all at once every time you have threads. And as a result, your tags come across as kind of tired. A lot of your top levels, too, seem to be really short and simple, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but makes it a bit difficult to respond to.

Part of the problem is that there isn't a lot of ooc communication. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I haven't seen you around plotting posts as much, or plotting with others in their plurks. Your own plurks center around "I will tag soon" rather than providing insight into what your characters are up to or what they're feeling.

Take, for example, Freya who seems to be acting similarly to how she was before her update. There isn't much insight provided about how she's feeling about things. Additionally, Syaoran who should have quite a few issues, comes across as kind of politely distant and quiet, and not necessarily in the "I'm a clone regaining his heart" kind of way. Yukine isn't as vibrant as he once was and seems a bit more reserved, and I'm uncertain if this is a canon development or simply you being uninspired with his threads. Kya, as well, hasn't been around as often as she used to be. Your rping has become almost passive, letting others lead the threads and the posts, and that can be very difficult to respond to when there isn't any insight or plotting given on your end.

If you're feeling uninspired or exhausted from your busy rl, that's absolutely understandable, but at times it feels like you're forcing yourself to tag and that isn't fun for anyone. If you are feeling uninspired, I'd encourage you maybe just letting yourself take a full break. Or, barring that, dive back into plotting with others because your characters are wonderful and I know I speak for everyone when I say that it'd be great to see you more involved again.

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	whiteclaw 2015-04-07 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	I have been having that trouble with some of my characters, yes. That's why I was actually thinking about dropping some, so I could focus more on my stronger muses aka Yukine, Freya and Kija. I might take on your advice to take an hiatus to rest a little and communicate more! And sorry for all the trouble I've caused. Thank you very much for the concrit! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-07 10:52 pm UTC (link)

There's no need to apologize! Life happens, after all, but since you're usually so vibrant with your characters, when you are feeling a bit burnt out it becomes noticeable enough that I definitely wanted to say something.

Whatever it is you decide, there's nothing wrong with needing to take a break, either in general or with specific characters. And if there's anything anyone can do to help, you can of course say so.

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	aguidinglight 2015-04-07 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	To be honest, it's mostly a thing of "I think I can take it"! and I bite more than I can chew when it comes to mixing RP and RL. But you are right and I should definitely talk about it more and open up instead of just bottling it inside and letting it affect my RP. Once again, thank you very much for letting me know about this! (Reply to this) (Parent)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-09 05:12 pm UTC (link)

I don't have as detailed and thoughtful crit as the first anon, but I want to second what they said about your top comments. Most of them seem to amount to "my character is walking around, taking in the surroundings". It's easy for friends of your characters to reply to a top comment like that, but for characters with little or no previously established CR there's not much of a hook to respond to, which is a shame because I'd love to have more CR with you.

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	aguidinglight 2015-04-11 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	I'll definitely work on it! Thanks for the concrit. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	orihara 2015-04-02 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	I... don't know if there's any point for me to comment here seeing as I just joined, but I guess if anyone has an issue I might as well deal with it early? I play Izaya orihara. (Reply to this) (Thread)

(Anonymous)
2015-04-07 09:33 pm UTC (link)

You've only just joined but I wanted to definitely leave a comment here to say that, already, your character is so much fun! I love that you've just dived on in and you're already plotting with others and getting involved. It's really great to see, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what Izaya gets up to! He's such an interesting character type, especially in a setting like Kiseki, so thus far I'm super impressed with how you've been handling his intro. Can't wait to see more from you!

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	orihara 2015-04-08 08:15 am UTC (link)
	Thank you so much, anon! I've been slow with responses for the past two days because I've been preoccupied, but hopefully I'll get back to my tags as soon as I can. I'm happy to hear you're enjoying him and will continue to do my best. ♥ (Reply to this) (Parent)