Youka Nitta
Role Playing: 3 Months in the Boku no Koe Nittaverse!  
29th-May-2009 04:33 pm
[info]boku_no_koe!

We've been talking about RPs here for a while - and now it's here!

We did have a plan to design a long, plot-filled game (including all the Nitta-verse characters) a little later this year. That plan is not discarded. But... we have an idea before we throw ourselves into that deep abyss: we want to play a short, time-limited game.

There are various reasons: first of all, newbies can get a taste of RP-ing to see if it is something they'd like to do. Secondly, the lore-mod is slightly busy this summer and cannot commit to a longer and vastly more time consuming play until later. Snapelike-mod, on the other hand is going to drown in fandom, and would like to play a lot because summer/fandom=OTP.

Solution (lore's brilliant idea): Let's find out what happened after the last page in Boku no Koe!
As Boku has a rather open ending (Nitta didn't plan to continue it?) so there are possibilities for both those who'd like single characters or characters already in a relationship. There's even a lovely, talented girl or two for those who want one.

Not only is there a lack of Boku-related fic and meta... and well, everything. So we think it would be great to focus on those characters for a little, as the two books are manageable when it comes to referring to canon. Also, the character list is rather small, but filled with utterly gorgeous men with glasses. We have yet to write up the final rules and plotting, but we'd like you to think about whether you'd like to use 15th June to 15th September to play.

A few things are certain, though: we'd like mature players with good writing skills, preferably players who have either RPed before (and can show us a few threads) or experienced fic-writers who have written at least a couple of fics of some standard (spelling and plot).

I've added all characters to our Youka Nitta Wiki: LINK

I haven't added any character profiles yet, just added a note about the minor characters. There are approximately fifteen characters, two of which are Iwaki and Katou, since they actually appear in Boku no Koe.

How does that sound, and is there any interest for doing it like this? Let me know, also if you have ideas, wishes, and even might know which character you might prefer. The Snapelike might prefer Yumi but is open to suggestions!
Comments 
29th-May-2009 07:48 pm
Well, I don't know the books, and unless I quit my job (which is starting to look likely at this point...), I won't have time to read *or* RP. But I do want to offer a link that is a great RP resource, if you need input in setting things up. There's all sorts of mod tutorials and layouts and other miscellaneous things that might help out. It's called [info]rp_tutorials.
30th-May-2009 05:17 pm
Aw, thank you, sweetie. I really wish you can manage to continue working, but I know how stressed it has made you. *kisses*

However, if it happens, I hope you'll pick up one of the characters; one is a lovely Draco type: blond, whiny at times, and a beautiful sub-type.
Thanks for the link, I'm sure it will be most helpful. ♥
30th-May-2009 05:20 pm
Another Magira-type? :D Sounds like fun.

*snugs* Good luck with it. I might nudge at some point for links or help getting the books... :)
30th-May-2009 12:42 am
As I mentioned in the other post, I've never RPed before (unless Dungeons and Dragons counts), but I hope I'm qualified as an experienced fic writer. ^_^

I'm not sure whom I'd want to play, though. I don't feel like I have as good a grasp of the characters as I do with the Haru boys, and as I mentioned on my Boku meta post, I really can't stand Jouchi, although I do like Kazama (and I adore Yumi and Hosaka):

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/youka_nitta/23586.html

Part of me wants to break up Jouchi and Kazama, and find Kazama someone more considerate, but I don't really feel right about breaking up a canon couple. An alternate plot bunny that's been percolating in my head for awhile is to have Katou know Jouchi from somewhere (they're cousins, or Jouchi's older brother went to school with Katou or something like that), and they meet again when Katou and Iwaki show up to work in the studio with the Boku crew. Katou observes or overhears Jouchi treating Kazama selfishly (like the whole "I'm gonna have sex with you even though you're exhausted from work" thing), and he gives the younger man a figurative (and maybe a literal) slap upside the head, then sits him down and gives him some advice about relationships.

So, I don't know, maybe it would work better if I played Katou in a Boku/Haru crossover. But other than smacking Jouchi upside the head, I haven't thought all that much about what happens after the books end.

Ooh, wait...I lied. I have been wondering if Yumi might get a chance to see his kid again. He tries to get visitation rights, or the ex-wife dumps the kid on him for some reason? Maybe she remarries and the new husband doesn't want the kid around? And how would the kid react to having a gay stepdad? (There was actually another manga with a similar plot, Shout Out Loud, which I also mentioned in the meta post.)

And this is completely OT, but I just realized that Jouchi's agent Tanahashi looks a bit like how I imagine Fujimoto, Onozuka's manager in my Comeback series, except Fujimoto looks a bit more cold and ruthless. Maybe I subconciously had the image in my mind, although I was also modeling the character after a manager in the Penguin Revolution manga.

Hmm, if we really do this, I'll need to make some Boku icons...
30th-May-2009 11:57 am
Hee! I can so see you playing Yumi, somehow. And Katou.
Have you seen that add in Boku no Koe (it must be the first volume, because that's the only one I own) that shows Katou and Yumi watching Iwaki and Hosaka doing some radio dialogue? It's so sweet, with Yumi getting all jealous about gorgeous Hosaka standing next to Iwaki, and freaking out because his voice sounds like Yumi's. (Must be played by the same voice actor, I guess.)
30th-May-2009 03:40 pm
I just checked; it was at the end of chapter 4 in Book 2--maybe you saw it from the scanalations? Anyway, it is really cute! And yes, Katou is freaking out because Yumi's voice sounds like Iwaki's (because they are played by the same voice actor). ^_^
30th-May-2009 04:19 pm
Must be the scanlated version, because I don't own the second volume.
I love the idea of the two couples meeting.
30th-May-2009 05:54 pm
Yup - hence the appearance of the two guys on the Boku canon list. I really love how the characters from one series might show up in another, like with Iwaki and Katou in WMLM...
30th-May-2009 06:04 pm
Yes, I like it too. Lots of fantasy material, mixing all the characters together.
I haven't read WMLM - just the first volume, perhaps. It didn't grab that strongly; I looked a couple of times for scanlations, had little luck, and let it go.
30th-May-2009 06:17 pm
WMLM becomes vastly better. I am currently scanlating the missing two volumes, since it doesn't seem as if the scanlators are going to finish them anytime soon. It is worth a read, good story, great characters and lots of drama and a satisfying conclusion.
30th-May-2009 05:28 pm
"I hope I'm qualified as an experienced fic writer."

AHAHAHAHA! Well, duh! ♥

Grasp on characters? I think that is why Boku seems like a good idea. In my opinion, RPing characters is a really good way to get into their heads (and force you to study canon in detail), and Boku does deserve a bit of attention; after I reread it twice, I find it is a really a good story although I don't like all the characters. (On the other hand, I now have a crush on Jouchi's manager. :D

Jouchi/Kazama gives off a Harry/Draco feeling, and I am not really able to understand or play any of them. And dub-con=urgh.

As for Tanahashi: now you need to get that manager (Fujimoto) laid, because he's damned hot! Glasses! OMG!
And of course we'll do this! I'll advertise on LJ YN later, but I thought I'd pre-warn our little group.
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