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[notanarthropod]

HOW'S MY DRIVING?
You probably know the gist of these things. Leave a comment here to tell me how I'm doing with Yako! Anonymous commenting is enabled, IP logging is off, and comments are not screened, but if you'd like me to screen yours, I'd be happy to do so. ♥

Player: unspeakingly
E-mail: ezzigreenie@hotmail.com
AIM: kowareta ichi
Plurk: unspeakingly
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Comments

[anonymous]

Hi, first off I have to say I really like the way you play all your characters so this won't be crit about how you play them!

I just wanted to point out that you seem to play favorites quite a bit. There's nothing wrong with that but since you have so many characters it seems unfair that you devote more hours into your newer characters than your older one. Like when you first got Belarus, Minatsuki and now Yako. I'd like to see you even it out more because all of your characters are a joy to watch. I hope this wasn't out of line. ♥

[notanarthropod]

It's not out of line at all, thank you very much for taking the time to leave me crit like this! ♥ I know that I do tend to play favourites with my "shiny new" characters, usually because when I've just picked up a character their characterisation is fresh in my head considering I've just read/watched the series and written an application, planned out details, etc., and so their responses come to me much faster than any other characters', whether it be posts or responses to posts or replying to tags - and I also play favourites for a good few months after picking up a character because I want to get them a lot of good, solid and developing CR before I make any canon or plot movements

[anonymous]

I think you're doing great! Yako's really fun to play with and you do her relationship with Neuro really well. You continue to master Minatsuki despite her being a difficult character, and Belarus still feels Belarus even with her timeskip!

[notanarthropod]

apfsod'pfaog/;jkdsf/gih aaaaaah what is this. h-hauauauauuu thank you very much dear anonymous-san, I'm really glad to hear that! ♥ characterisation is something I've started to worry about more and more lately so aopoklg;sj thank youuuu ;u;

[anonymous]

I came here to say pretty much what the other anon did. :/ However, even though they've said mostly what I had to, I'll leave a comment anyway

[anonymous]

different person here. i just was looking at yako's journal and found this....i hate to say it, but i agree with this and the other anon. please stop picking up new characters if you can't focus on the ones you already have. i feel bad for commenting too and i hope it's not out of line of me. i still ♥ you, ichi!

[notanarthropod]

Don't feel bad. ♥ I'm very glad that people are coming to me with this and haven't just given up on me yet. I don't want you to feel like anything you might say to me is out of line, because I really do appreciate it and I try to do my best to fix it, even if it seems like that hasn't been working out yet.

Don't worry, I'm not planning on picking anyone else up. There are characters I would love to play here, but I know that it wouldn't be right of me to neglect even more characters just because there's something shiny and new I want to do. I know that, and I feel really bad that it's already happened. Trust me, other characters are waiting until everything else is up to scratch in both quality and quantity. And I'm cutting myself off from even going near other games that are piquing my interest, so what I have now will be staying the same. I just have to find a way to improve it.

[notanarthropod]

No, thank you very much for leaving a comment here anyway, even if you're just reinforcing a point that other people have made to me. Getting comments on the same sort of thing a lot help me know what I really need to focus on. ♥

To be honest, I've always felt that I'm very bad at maintaining CR whether it be with my newer characters or not; it's something I feel bad about but something I've never really been able to fix. My characters' relationships never felt very dynamic to me and so I've always sort of struggled to string them together. However, I didn't realise that other characters were coming off as flat or lifeless, and I apologise for that - I have been trying to bring out other characters a bit more often, but for starters maintaining them is something I can manage, I just have to ease myself back into it, and also I've sort of stepped back a bit from RPing altogether recently. Once I throw myself back into it I'm sure I'll find something to renew my love for it, but right now everything is a bit of a chore for me, and it's

[anonymous]

Hnnn... this is going to sound terrible and I apologize but I feel like you haven't really taken the criticism here? Seeing your new Ciel journal around makes it seem that you haven't really listened to what the other anons here had to say. I'm not telling you not to go through with it but I just want you to realize you're making the same mistakes once again. I'm sure your Ciel will be great after reading the amazing app you submitted, but I seriously hope your other muses aren't dropped by the wayside. You mentioned that you wouldn't lose your love for Yako but with your Ciel who I've seen around (and he's not even in the game yet...) I sincerely hope that you really won't lose your love for her. But just having a new muse already feels like you're doing the exact opposite of the criticism left here.

However, keep in mind, that what you do RP-ing wise is up to you and it's not your obligation to follow the advice. I just wanted to remind you about something that bothers me. So once again, I'm really sorry for sounding so terrible!

[indebts]

lakdjf why do you guys always think you sound terrible when you say this. Really, I thought that my love for Ciel might make some people (unsure)-fais, but I promise I've just been setting him up. Lately, whenever I pick up a new character anywhere, I've gone through all of the same excessive stuff so that I feel more comfortable with playing them

[anonymous]

♥♥

I feel terrible because you're so adorable. :> But seriously, lmao, you are my favorite in regards of receiving criticism. I honestly look forward to your Ciel and I hope you do manage to bring back Nill and Haruhi with the same force that you'll bring for Ciel.

[copywheels]

screams THAT'S CHEATING you can't call me adorable. I won't tell you off because I don't want to get mad at sweet anons!! ;A;

O-oh I'm glad that people think I receive criticism well, I really really don't want it to look like I'm just pretending to listen and then ignoring everyone. I am just. Insanely slow at everything. So, I swear that progress will happen, I just take forever and I apologise for my slowness. o-orz. I hope I can too, and I think I can because I have amazing characters to play them against, so it's just a matter of actually forcing myself to get started! ♥ It'll probably happen over the next month or so (maybe with some momentary delay as I go about schoolish things) while I ease them in and slowly come off hiatus, so if you feel like I'm still in need of some scolding in about a month, don't hesitate to be harsh with me.