Re: GENERAL MARINA LOVE
I've been RPing for over ten years. I've been RPing on journals for maybe 5 or so. I've been in panfandoms before, and I've played Al before but it's never been like it is here.
For a game that I consider to be medium sized, I hardly see any wank about it, in or out. That tells me that the people here are mature, yet still able to be dorks and have fun. Whenever I need a hiatus, more than one person replies. Hardly anyone else does that in the other RPGs I'm in.
I think the best thing I love about Marina though is having been allowed the chance to RP a young Al. I can't tell you how long I was looking for a place to play a young Al before I came here. The fact that is an Ed and Winry too, the two people who are most important to him, makes it even better.
I also love it when other people post replies to Al's entries because sometimes it's people he hasn't ever met before. In most of the other groups I'm in, only the people my characters already know from before or those that my characters have spoken to first in game reply. It's not often a new person responds, especially if I'm playing a character from a series not well known.
I've always felt welcome in this game after I settled in and I don't worry about what would happen to Al if Ed or Winry vanished because I know he has other people who would be there for him in a heartbeat.
Five years ago I hated panfandoms. Now I wish I could go back and smack myself. Being able to RP characters from different series in one game is so much easier XDD