Re: hey madeline.tussahDecember 11 2008, 15:01:00 UTC
Okay! So. Proper concrit. What's that?
Anyways, let me say that I think, in general, you're just one of the most thoughtful roleplayers I've ever had the pleasure of playing against, in all shapes and forms. Whenever you adopt a character, their voice, their motivations -- all of those things are strong and defined, even when you think that you're off or they feel thinly-stretched on your end. Out of all of your characters, the only two that I know canon proper enough are Billy and Abby (MARVEL MUCH?), so-
Billy -- you know how I feel about Magic Lad. Both yours and riko's interpretations are pretty much definitive to me, and it amazes me that two different slants can, at the core, still both ring so true. Wry and stubborn and just an uber-geek through and through, your Billy just feels pulled straight out of the pages of Presents 3 (yes, quoting project runway) and dumped into my ever-thankful lap. You manage to play a boy who sounds and acts and speaks like a boy, which is so hard to get sometimes -- especially as sincerely and as genuinely as you do.
And Abby -- oh, poor Abby, whose soul got sucked out of her brain via that stupid-ass helmet of hers (DAMN YOU, INITIATIVE). You manage to remind all of us that play against just how tragic everything that's happened to her in canon has been, because we get to see just how far she ends up falling away from herself as that shy girl from Middle America who just wanted to fly.
There isn't much, I realize, in this post, as far as criticism goes. Just know that, if anything I wish you were more confident in just how well you play the people you play. Which I realize isn't something people can just tell you and believe, you need to feel it in yourself. Find that space and I honestly think the sky's the limit for you. Just make sure I can hitch a ride too, yeah?
Anyways, let me say that I think, in general, you're just one of the most thoughtful roleplayers I've ever had the pleasure of playing against, in all shapes and forms. Whenever you adopt a character, their voice, their motivations -- all of those things are strong and defined, even when you think that you're off or they feel thinly-stretched on your end. Out of all of your characters, the only two that I know canon proper enough are Billy and Abby (MARVEL MUCH?), so-
Billy -- you know how I feel about Magic Lad. Both yours and riko's interpretations are pretty much definitive to me, and it amazes me that two different slants can, at the core, still both ring so true. Wry and stubborn and just an uber-geek through and through, your Billy just feels pulled straight out of the pages of Presents 3 (yes, quoting project runway) and dumped into my ever-thankful lap. You manage to play a boy who sounds and acts and speaks like a boy, which is so hard to get sometimes -- especially as sincerely and as genuinely as you do.
And Abby -- oh, poor Abby, whose soul got sucked out of her brain via that stupid-ass helmet of hers (DAMN YOU, INITIATIVE). You manage to remind all of us that play against just how tragic everything that's happened to her in canon has been, because we get to see just how far she ends up falling away from herself as that shy girl from Middle America who just wanted to fly.
There isn't much, I realize, in this post, as far as criticism goes. Just know that, if anything I wish you were more confident in just how well you play the people you play. Which I realize isn't something people can just tell you and believe, you need to feel it in yourself. Find that space and I honestly think the sky's the limit for you. Just make sure I can hitch a ride too, yeah?
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