this icon is for Blanche's baby. ♥;;

[tokyocentricity]

so, basically, I'm balls-to-the-wall insane, now.

at CD, I have five kids, currently (one Hyoutei, one Higa, one Seigaku, two Shiten), and am working on a sixth (another Shiten). last night sometime, someone put the idea for a seventh in my head (would be Rikkai, transplanted from Jyousei

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[crocoduck]

oh... oh man you flatter me. I didn't even know there were people who wrote shitenhouji (when I was researching, I looked through just about.. two fics to get a general grip.. so it was off to the manga with me...).. so I'm glad it counts for something, at least. I do concur that characterization is my strongest point, as it's like.. the only crossover with art. thank you for you compliments ;o;

I didn't even know you wrote!
that bitch-fic is the only fic I ever have, and probably ever will write XD though I do the occasional roleplay...

and by kenjirou.. do you mean shintenhouji vice-captain? and if you do.. uhh.. wow, talk about a blank slate, right? XD

oh ps I signed up for hyotei exchange. how could I not.

[tokyocentricity]

the flattery is well-deserved, I promise. ♥ and well, that was what, last Christmas? people barely wrote Shitenhouji, and tbh, most of the fic that's out there even now is total shit. Senri's a lunatic stoner (as is Shira), Zaizen's an emo kid, idek about Kenya... it horrifies me. (I'm coming to the swift conclusion that I am a snob.)

your characterization was wonderful. I absolutely adored Zaizen - I had such a time getting a grip on him to play him, and while reading your fic, I just kept thinking how well my interpretation and yours jived. I think mine's a little less inherently angry and more easily hurt, but they come so close, and it was sort of validating; reading your fic, I was thinking, 'so it's not just me who sees him like this? awesome.' Kenya, too - he's actually a mystery to me, for some reason, so anyone who can do him well has my respect. he was solid, here. Shiraishi could have been more lively, I think, but he was wonderful, and for some reason, I loved that little bit of tension between he and Osamu, right before

[crocoduck]

aww, you're too nice :( and yeah, last christmas, that's why I haven't gotten around to actually reposting it anywhere (too late! not enough time?? I don't know, me). ahaha, people write how they write, but I understand the frustration with character stereotypes. as a personal rule, I like to switch them around or tone them down (with how I play them in RP, mainly). shintenhouji has hardly any to alter, I found. and I have such solid personal canons for koharu and yuuji, I didn't even have to think about them (that's where the music aspect came from, the whole scene with yuuji and the guitar and being "on the same level" with koharu etc. etc

[tokyocentricity]

(that's where the music aspect came from, the whole scene with yuuji and the guitar and being "on the same level" with koharu etc. etc.)
I loved that scene, and I really am intrigued by your Koharu and Yuuji. ♥ This is me encouraging you to write fic about them.

I love it when little details line up with canon - my Kite has been a Scorpio since forever, so when 40.5 confirmed his birthday as November 9, I was totally happy. ♥ Zaizen, on the other hand, I was expecting to be an Aquarius, and Cancer threw me for a loop. That's part of the reason it took me so long to sort him out; I was stuck on the idea that he was one thing, and he was trying very hard to be another thing entirely. He's pretty level now, though (or as level as he ever gets, anyway). He lives over at dj_zaiger... he's in bed with Kenya and Shiraishi both. ;D

[starlightstorm]

Hi, aforementioned Jen here -- all I can say in my defense is that Cassie wanted dissuading, and dredging up the darkest corners of Hyoutei fandom seemed to do the trick. (Do I actually believe that all of the fandom is like that? No, not at all. But I've seen far more crap fics written about Hyoutei than I've seen good ones, which is unfortunate, and just ... perpetuates the stereotype, I guess.)

[tokyocentricity]

To that point, I'm essentially an optimist, but I've seen a lot of fic that tends to fit that description (though less lately than some time ago). Still, I'd hope that the writing in this (or any) exchange is up to par, and I probably will still join (despite myself; I have way too much going on right now).

I can't say much for myself in terms of encouraging, though - really, I don't have a whole lot of patience with people in general, especially if I think I'm better than they are (which is often. I'm arrogant, yes).

I won't argue with what you said about characterization; you're right, after all. There's no set way that a character should be written, but in my opinion, there are some ways they shouldn't be written. See above. There are some pretty extreme stereotypes floating around for every school, and I tend to violently dislike most all of them

[starlightstorm]

See, the problem is now that a) Laura's involved after all, and b) the deadline's pushed to October, then ... honestly, I might sign up, too. And I might even try writing something. :O An exchange is only as good as its writers, after all, and if all the good writers stay out because they're worried about crap, then the whole thing really is going to be crap.

No, I'm not making sense anymore, I think.

[tokyocentricity]

Point. ♥ At this rate, I can't not sign up.

[calembours]

I think he just wanted to make sure Jirou was better and such, if he didn't get a chance to talk to him over the weekend and through the beginning of the week, with all the celebrating and such.

[tokyocentricity]

That's fine, then~. ♥ Jirou would've been perfectly fine by Tuesday afternoon, anyway. >>; He was probably slightly hungover Tuesday morning.

[areyamadatme]

tell 'Jen' that her rant is so true. *relurks*