It's like pulling the Joker over and over again in Old Maid.
/puts on her robe and wizard hat OOC icon and ranty pants
Right, boys and girls, ladies and gents, I drag myself out from the depths of Gaia Online roleplaying yet again just to present you with another amputation worthy case of OOC. Why haven't I learned yet despite having slipped into LJ RP instead? God only knows. Well, okay, I do, but no one wants to hear about my crushed optimism.
No, you want to hear about Luxord. Except I'm not entirely sure it was Luxord that was being played.
Now, I know that not every character gets enough screen time. It's a big YMMV kind of thing- some people want X to have more screen time, and Y to have less, or vice versa. Regardless, there are always going to be characters who don't get a lot of screentime. Luxord is a prime example of this. Despite belonging to the Big Bads of Kingdom Hearts 2, we don't see as much of him as we do Axel, Xemnas, or Saix.
As a minor character, a writer is gonna have to make some guesses based on the little we see. We don't know how Luxord acts around every single member of the Organization, or how he lost his heart. We sure as hell don't know even minor habits, like if he drinks like a fish in regards to beer, or if he prefers a delicate tea diet. Some things, we're gonna have to make up until canon tells us, if it ever does. And headcanon is fine! It really is. So long as it doesn't directly oppose canonly shown characterization.
And while Luxord doesn't get a lot of screentime... He gets enough. He's an apparently well-educated, or at least verbose, gentleman with a fondness for games of chance. Easy enough, right?
The tall Brit walked passed the blue haired lap-dog before patting his back "Nice to see you out and about, Saix, Did you have fun last night?" He asked before laughing and walking away to follow after Mansex and the Slate-haired teen. What tyep of mission could Mansex want to give them at this hour of night.
....What. Seriously, what did I just read?
The tall Brit looked back at the small teen "Are you sure? I know you would hate to see your little water boy upset if he found out your cheating on him with me. I'd hate to see you upset of him." He said walking over to the smaller teen and setting his hand on the teen's head. "Are you sure you don't want to stop everything?" He asked softly looking at the slate-haired teen.
...Man, this is sad. Let's state the things that are wrong here...
1. He's referring to Xemnas as 'Mansex'. He's a verbose, clever and adult man... calling the highly respected Superior of the group he's in... by a nickname that only the most immature members of our fandom use and that has been worn to death already.
2. As a matter of fact, where is the eloquent vocabulary he's so known for? I don't expect him to use it 24/7, but at least a hint of it would be nice! I mean, this person even had the "veritable maelstrom of malice" quote in their posting format! They should know this!
3. What is with these nicknames.
4. Last but not least, he keeps referring to Zexion (and yeah, it's him) as a 'teen'. This is more a personal thing, but it just seems a wee bit creepy... Especially when you count in the fact that at the very BEGINNING of the RP, this guy immediately got a sleeping Zexion onto his lap and just stared at him as he slept. Yeaaaaah.
There are a few more things I could complain about, but I'll save that for my RP rant comm, since that's what they're about. Either way... Yeah. I kind of wanted to slam my head down against a desk. But I'd already joined, and I don't really like leaving RPs I've joined unless I really have to. Own personal honor code, I suppose. So I sighed, grit my teeth, and carried on.
Fun fact: I played Saix in this RP. If there's one thing crap RPs are good for, it's that I get to experiment with other characters, practice. I've been wanting to play this guy for a while to see how I handle him. Since the creator of the RP was literally doing nothing with her character (another rant for the RP rant comm), I was doing my best to get people to interact with other people. Since Saix is handy dandy mission giver, I was using that to my advantage. I had him send Larxene and Zexion on a mission to Jamestown, and then turned to Marluxia and Luxord, handing them a mission to a new world. Heartless extermination time! Of course, both teams are only told this when they meet in the Grey Area like Saix told them to. Remember that.
They both objected to being paired with one another, since apparently there's bad blood or something between them. I don't think it was that well-explained, honestly, but whatever. Saix, being Saix, didn't care about this ridiculousness. In fact, I'm pretty sure he was glad for it, since him and Marluxia don't like each other for much more legitimate reasons. Any kind of discomfort for him? Goody.
Test time, KHFFR!
1) You are now Luxord, a collected gentleman with a British accent, affinity for cards and dice, and apparently issues with the person you have just been partnered with. What do you do?
A) Even though you know it won't work, because Saix kind of has a stick up his ass, you pull out all the stops and do your best charm-and-logic act. Maybe there's another member who would be much more suited to being paired with Marluxia for this mission. Then it would be done much more efficiently!
B) Since Saix is Saix and thus difficult to argue with, you decide to simply deal with the hand you've been dealt. Perhaps you can make this a game between you and Marluxia, with an interesting prize for whoever annihilates the most Heartless! That could be fun and amusing.
C) Throw a bitchfit like a two year old and then outright refuse to go on the mission right to Saix's face. Then, when Saix threatens to either kill you or get you turned into a Dusk for disobeying orders from the 2nd in command (aka HIM), 'port to the Grey Area where Marluxia already is and then open a corridor of Darkness "to your mission"... Except you don't even know what world you're supposed to go to.
If you picked C...
The Brit growled again "NO WAY! I'm not going! let pinky do it himself!" he growled before closing his eyes again and huffing softly before looking at the blond girl again to see what she thought of her mission.
Then yes.
The Brit huffed before letting go of the tiny blond female "Fine I'll do your petty mission." He glared at the blue haired lap-dog before patting the tiny blond on the head "See ya later" he said before walking out of the kitchen. He looked at the pink haired reaper and sighed "Let's go." he said softly before opening a portal and walking through.
You're the RPer I had to deal with. I wasn't particularly surprised at the ridiculous reaction I got when I tried to offer some constructive criticism, nor was I surprised when she flounced when other RPers started pointing out her B.S. in both characterization and OOC antics. Around this time, the RP started getting slow, so a friend asked around to see who would stay.
That's when she got a message from the Marluxia RPer that she'd letter relay to me, which would then be the reason I'm posting on here in the first place.
Let people be who they want to be. I know if you want to make the character your own, But still people get too worked up. I have a KH Roleplay where half the organization are little kids. No offense to Xion, But I just don't see why People need to "Criticize" others for how they play the character of their choosing. It's not real. But As I said, That's just my outlook. Other people have different outlooks...
...The other time we don't really know what they did and didn't do. I'll admit we saw a lot of Saix and the other main ones, but as for the other ones, we really can only guess.
Apparently I have problems if I want to RP using canon characters and not just really weird original characters who just happen to possess the same name. Even Luxord had enough screentime to show that the Luxord RPer was Doing It Wrong. Then again, I shouldn't be surprised- Marluxia RPer was the Luxord RPer's sister, apparently.
Bonus Rant:
This person also had an icon that said this:
"This is Luxord. Luxord has a serious gambling problem... And a wierd accent."
No, that's not a typo, and no, a British accent is not weird. :|
Right, boys and girls, ladies and gents, I drag myself out from the depths of Gaia Online roleplaying yet again just to present you with another amputation worthy case of OOC. Why haven't I learned yet despite having slipped into LJ RP instead? God only knows. Well, okay, I do, but no one wants to hear about my crushed optimism.
No, you want to hear about Luxord. Except I'm not entirely sure it was Luxord that was being played.
Now, I know that not every character gets enough screen time. It's a big YMMV kind of thing- some people want X to have more screen time, and Y to have less, or vice versa. Regardless, there are always going to be characters who don't get a lot of screentime. Luxord is a prime example of this. Despite belonging to the Big Bads of Kingdom Hearts 2, we don't see as much of him as we do Axel, Xemnas, or Saix.
As a minor character, a writer is gonna have to make some guesses based on the little we see. We don't know how Luxord acts around every single member of the Organization, or how he lost his heart. We sure as hell don't know even minor habits, like if he drinks like a fish in regards to beer, or if he prefers a delicate tea diet. Some things, we're gonna have to make up until canon tells us, if it ever does. And headcanon is fine! It really is. So long as it doesn't directly oppose canonly shown characterization.
And while Luxord doesn't get a lot of screentime... He gets enough. He's an apparently well-educated, or at least verbose, gentleman with a fondness for games of chance. Easy enough, right?
The tall Brit walked passed the blue haired lap-dog before patting his back "Nice to see you out and about, Saix, Did you have fun last night?" He asked before laughing and walking away to follow after Mansex and the Slate-haired teen. What tyep of mission could Mansex want to give them at this hour of night.
....What. Seriously, what did I just read?
The tall Brit looked back at the small teen "Are you sure? I know you would hate to see your little water boy upset if he found out your cheating on him with me. I'd hate to see you upset of him." He said walking over to the smaller teen and setting his hand on the teen's head. "Are you sure you don't want to stop everything?" He asked softly looking at the slate-haired teen.
...Man, this is sad. Let's state the things that are wrong here...
1. He's referring to Xemnas as 'Mansex'. He's a verbose, clever and adult man... calling the highly respected Superior of the group he's in... by a nickname that only the most immature members of our fandom use and that has been worn to death already.
2. As a matter of fact, where is the eloquent vocabulary he's so known for? I don't expect him to use it 24/7, but at least a hint of it would be nice! I mean, this person even had the "veritable maelstrom of malice" quote in their posting format! They should know this!
3. What is with these nicknames.
4. Last but not least, he keeps referring to Zexion (and yeah, it's him) as a 'teen'. This is more a personal thing, but it just seems a wee bit creepy... Especially when you count in the fact that at the very BEGINNING of the RP, this guy immediately got a sleeping Zexion onto his lap and just stared at him as he slept. Yeaaaaah.
There are a few more things I could complain about, but I'll save that for my RP rant comm, since that's what they're about. Either way... Yeah. I kind of wanted to slam my head down against a desk. But I'd already joined, and I don't really like leaving RPs I've joined unless I really have to. Own personal honor code, I suppose. So I sighed, grit my teeth, and carried on.
Fun fact: I played Saix in this RP. If there's one thing crap RPs are good for, it's that I get to experiment with other characters, practice. I've been wanting to play this guy for a while to see how I handle him. Since the creator of the RP was literally doing nothing with her character (another rant for the RP rant comm), I was doing my best to get people to interact with other people. Since Saix is handy dandy mission giver, I was using that to my advantage. I had him send Larxene and Zexion on a mission to Jamestown, and then turned to Marluxia and Luxord, handing them a mission to a new world. Heartless extermination time! Of course, both teams are only told this when they meet in the Grey Area like Saix told them to. Remember that.
They both objected to being paired with one another, since apparently there's bad blood or something between them. I don't think it was that well-explained, honestly, but whatever. Saix, being Saix, didn't care about this ridiculousness. In fact, I'm pretty sure he was glad for it, since him and Marluxia don't like each other for much more legitimate reasons. Any kind of discomfort for him? Goody.
Test time, KHFFR!
1) You are now Luxord, a collected gentleman with a British accent, affinity for cards and dice, and apparently issues with the person you have just been partnered with. What do you do?
A) Even though you know it won't work, because Saix kind of has a stick up his ass, you pull out all the stops and do your best charm-and-logic act. Maybe there's another member who would be much more suited to being paired with Marluxia for this mission. Then it would be done much more efficiently!
B) Since Saix is Saix and thus difficult to argue with, you decide to simply deal with the hand you've been dealt. Perhaps you can make this a game between you and Marluxia, with an interesting prize for whoever annihilates the most Heartless! That could be fun and amusing.
C) Throw a bitchfit like a two year old and then outright refuse to go on the mission right to Saix's face. Then, when Saix threatens to either kill you or get you turned into a Dusk for disobeying orders from the 2nd in command (aka HIM), 'port to the Grey Area where Marluxia already is and then open a corridor of Darkness "to your mission"... Except you don't even know what world you're supposed to go to.
If you picked C...
The Brit growled again "NO WAY! I'm not going! let pinky do it himself!" he growled before closing his eyes again and huffing softly before looking at the blond girl again to see what she thought of her mission.
Then yes.
The Brit huffed before letting go of the tiny blond female "Fine I'll do your petty mission." He glared at the blue haired lap-dog before patting the tiny blond on the head "See ya later" he said before walking out of the kitchen. He looked at the pink haired reaper and sighed "Let's go." he said softly before opening a portal and walking through.
You're the RPer I had to deal with. I wasn't particularly surprised at the ridiculous reaction I got when I tried to offer some constructive criticism, nor was I surprised when she flounced when other RPers started pointing out her B.S. in both characterization and OOC antics. Around this time, the RP started getting slow, so a friend asked around to see who would stay.
That's when she got a message from the Marluxia RPer that she'd letter relay to me, which would then be the reason I'm posting on here in the first place.
Let people be who they want to be. I know if you want to make the character your own, But still people get too worked up. I have a KH Roleplay where half the organization are little kids. No offense to Xion, But I just don't see why People need to "Criticize" others for how they play the character of their choosing. It's not real. But As I said, That's just my outlook. Other people have different outlooks...
...The other time we don't really know what they did and didn't do. I'll admit we saw a lot of Saix and the other main ones, but as for the other ones, we really can only guess.
Apparently I have problems if I want to RP using canon characters and not just really weird original characters who just happen to possess the same name. Even Luxord had enough screentime to show that the Luxord RPer was Doing It Wrong. Then again, I shouldn't be surprised- Marluxia RPer was the Luxord RPer's sister, apparently.
Bonus Rant:
This person also had an icon that said this:
"This is Luxord. Luxord has a serious gambling problem... And a wierd accent."
No, that's not a typo, and no, a British accent is not weird. :|