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saveyourbrain2013-12-15 06:56 pm
bibliofilo) wrote in saveyourbrain2013-12-15 06:56 pm
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Questions Meme
This is a meme in which you TALK FOREVER. How it goes:
1. Make a thread for yourself in this post, listing the characters you play and your own name.
2. Go find someone's thread to jump and ask them A QUESTION. The question can be anything, RP related is common, of course, but not necessary. Who do you want to app most? What does Character A think about Character B? What's your favorite flavor of icecream?
3. Answer all questions asked of you! Once you have answered, end your response with a question for the person who first questioned you. This is important to keep the discussion going and going.
4. This goes back and forth indefinitely until someone gets tired and can't reply anymore.
5. Have a lot of fun! ♥
This game is a fun way to get to talk to people, headcanon, and learn things you didn't know before! Because it involves gives and take, it can go quite a while and everyone can participate and possibly make friends.
Here is an example.
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(Also this icon is my face right now because THIS MEME SOUNDS VERY FUN.)
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What fuels Kara's desire to stand up and prevent people from being hurt?
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A large part of it is just her natural sensitivity - she's very invested in making sure that the people she cares about are safe, and she cares about pretty much everyone to some extent. A lot of it also has to do with where she's from; the Ukraine is relatively stable now (or it was at the time of my writing my app, s-sob) but Kara's parents and other older relatives were alive for the Soviet days, and the stories have been part of her growing up.
Once she got older she also kept up with politics both in Ukraine and neighboring countries, especially Russia and Belarus, and when she went away to college that was supplemented with making friends from those places. She knows very well that people can suffer monumentally at the hands of others and it always seems to rear its head just when you think that everything is finally over, but instead of making her cynical it's made her more determined to do her best to stop that from happening.
Kara knows about the bad things, but she also knows about the wonderful things that have happened in spite of and because of them. She feels like not fighting just because tragedies will always happen invalidates all of those good things, and she isn't willing to let that happen.
What kind of stuff are you looking forward to Alistair getting into in the future? Since he's kind of new and all.
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Oh man, I'm not really sure. I didn't have any particular direction in mind when I apped him, and he's so new that I haven't really figured out where he's heading yet. BUT in general, things I'd love to have happen:
- "The Sunshine Farm" appearing on the network; something happening on the show that prompts Alistair to actually show a bit of it. Because hilarity.
- The return of the darkspawn's taint. Because I'm terrible like that.
- Forming bonds with people in the Numbers Club. He needs those friends in his life, and I'd like to build some really tight CR with him.
- SHARING HIS LOVE OF CHEESE. Possibly a club. Once said love of cheese returns; as it is, he just thinks it's Okay. Not "YAY CHEESE!"
I'm sort of a silly person orz. The biggest thing is the building of CR. Alistair's relationships with people have a huuuge impact on him, after all.
And now, I'm going to be super uncreative and fire the same question back at you!
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And ahaha oh god I would love for the kids' show to pop up on the network somehow. That would just be perfect.
I HAVE a few ideas, nothing really concrete beyond something I'm looking forward to with a specific echo. I'm gunning for most of Kara's power/physical regains to be comically ignored because she's so quirky most people just write it off as her being herself even as she's pulling doors off hinges and turning orange. But then she'll regain her Tamaranean physiology after a string of other echoes and suddenly shit gets serious as her innards liquify and she's vomiting tons of blood and it will be awful and I'm so pumped for it I feel kind of bad.
Aside from that I don't really have much in particular to look forward to, haha. Recent threads have kind of made me determined to get her cr with every old person in the game because wow it's super cute. I'm also looking forward to castmate shenanigans and her being aggressively Ukrainian at people and freaking them out, especially with food.
What're your characters' holiday traditions like? Anything especially weird?
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Alistair scorns religion of any sort, and actively doesn't celebrate Christmas. However, he knows that it's a tough time for other people. When he was in the military, he spent the day with his wingmen: dropping in on those nearby who had no family (or who couldn't go home to it), and calling up those who were stationed elsewhere. Since separating, he still makes his phone calls — but mostly, he's the one getting the calls. It used to be a busy day. Now, it's not so busy; a time for reflection and reconnection, more than anything.
So, even though he doesn't celebrate Christmas, he still winds up celebrating the day.
What does Kara consider to be three defining moments in her life? (If she considers any to be defining, at all!)
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In general, I'm looking forward to playing with the contrasts between preincarnation!Axel's SUPER FRIENDSHIP bonds and his earlier complete lack of emotion. Reincarnated!Axel doesn't have friends, much less close ones, and — even though he's severely lacking in empathy — he does have emotions. So yes, looking forward to that.
CYBORG SORA. Is that happening, when is it happening, is he gonna be running around with the Blood Keys where network people can see him? I want to know alllll the things.
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so, a bit of reversed character development? sounds good sounds good ouo am pleased
CYBORG SORA IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY A THING! As of last Saturday, anyway. I'm trying to keep it pretty quiet because Skyler wouldn't want it spreading around, and if plot happens to him, so be it, but I'm trying not to start anything too big unless it's clearly necessary. But yes, eventually I would like for Skyler to be actively running around with the pack. ouo let the games begin huhUHUHUHU
when is axel's hair gonna go spiky
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will sora ever get a gummi ship?
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are you playing axel instead of lea? is there a significant difference to you?
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there is a significant difference to me, primarily having to do with character development, as well as what he is or is not capable of experiencing. i'm not super comfy with echoing things from KH3D, mainly because some PRETTY HUGE THINGS happened to lea/axel at the end there, and, for example, i'm not comfortable with playing him as keyblade-having before seeing it in action, canon-wise. SOOOO it boils down to a difference in canon points. i'll echo anything/everything prior to KH3D, but i'm keeping KH3D off-limits until KH3 comes out. WHICH, due to canon points, winds up with me playing the nobody rather than the reborn, new-and-improved lea.
... that was a super confusing response and i hope it made sense OTL
does sora have any hobbies that he does noooot want any of his jock friends (or fellow blood keys at this point!) to know about?
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Oooh gosh gosh yes. Most of his buddies don't know that he's actually a certified lifeguard and does counselor shit at the local summer camp... which is ok until you realize that he actually prefers it out there to hanging out with his friends! 'Cause kids only judge you if you're being a DICK and Skyler makes it a point to not be a dick to little kids. If they're his age, though, it's open season. Coming in at a c l o s e second is the fact that he's willingly done dress-up and tea party sessions with his little sister and will probably take her to a 1d concert or some sort of equivalent in the future. You do not even realize how deep he cares for his brat little sister. *^* Again, he much prefers this to the company of his friends!
High point in Axel's life as of thus far?
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and that is so adorable. best big bro, srsly. *^*
HMMMM high point of axel's life.... GOOD QUESTION. :|a it was probably when he first got the news that the pilot he'd been in had been picked up by a network. he was doing well in new york, making good contacts and being noticed by the right people. he was actually on track to end up on broadway. he did the pilot not really expecting anything to come of it: the show was called "A Single Potato," after all — which made sense in the context of the show, but come on. he was shocked to hear that it was actually picked up by a network, but he was extremely excited about it. being on tv would open new doors, and he was honestly thrilled with it. he felt like, after all the hard work he'd put in, his career was finally taking off.
THEN IT WAS CANCELLED AND HIS LIFE SUCKED but for that moment!!! it was awesome.
who are the people in sora's life that have had the biggest influence in making him who he is today?
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D: i'm sorry axel, you are probably the face of the next generation, not this one
Oh, man... Probably his former friends to be honest? Because you and I both know Sora - really trusting of his friends, really willing to get lead around by the nose (for better or for worse) (smh at Sora in 3D) (oh my god), really unwilling to let someone go without helping them. Unfortunately, a lot of his friends in this universe took advantage of all of that and of the fact that he's pretty decent muscle and pressured him into doing a lot of shitty things. It's gotten to the point that he hasn't really learned how to have fun outside of making other people miserable and acts of juvenile delinquency and going to wild parties... He doesn't WANT to hang out with them anymore (mostly because his rep was making it hard for his little sister to make friends deep sighing), but it's kind of them or no one at this point (and it was a LOT of them - his social network was actually pretty big!), and he only recently made a choice to make it no one. He's never had a Riku or a Kairi in his life and this is what happened. UoU
Same question for Axel!
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his older brother also had a big impact on him, in terms of what he decided to do with his life. his brother is a well-respected doctor, and their little sister is following in his footsteps. axel gets along with his brother just fine, but he looked at the way his brother's life turned out — and the way their parents just love their doctor-son — and said 'fuck that.' the rivalry helped him to go off in his own direction: to do things in his own way.
... hasn't really worked out so far, but there you go.
three defining moments of skyler's life?
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1. When he was 9, his family packed up and went to the Philippines for the summer to see his dad's side of the family! They spent most of their time in Manila and exploring northern Luzon (but didn't go towards Visayas because there is literally a city called Roxas City southaways and I don't even want to comprehend the irony), and Skyler looks back on the memories pretty fondly. That was the last big family vacation they had before the economy went under and both his parents lost their jobs. :( He kind of associates the Philippines and the island atmosphere with family and paradise. He's Facebook friends with most of his Filipino family, and that's partially why his Tagalog is a lot better than a lot of Pinoys his age, but he's dropped out of touch with them over the past few years.
2. When he was 10, his mom pulled both him and his older brother aside to explain that they had to start taking care of themselves since both parents had lost their jobs and they wouldn't be around as much. Skyler, being the shitty little butt he is, started whining about he didn't want to do that and he DEFINITELY didn't want to take care of Arielle, since Skyler was the baby of the family before Ari came a long and he was still mad jealous, but his mom shut that shit down hard and told him that, among everything else Milo and Skyler had to do now that the parents were around less, Ari was his responsibility now. Even though she sort of meant it as a blanket statement for both of them, since Milo's pretty intensely introverted and awkward, Ari and Skyler started hanging together a lot anyway, so they ended up surprisingly attached to each other. They're both really talkative and extroverted, so they'd do the butt end of the chores since they could talk to each other at the same time (Ari would bully him into doing more around the house once she was old enough hu hu hu). Now that both their parents are employed, it's kind of strange giving some reign of the house back to Mom when he's so used to cleaning up the bathrooms and dusting with Ari. (ONE MORE THING YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR: his room is a lot neater than Sora's because he's used to picking up after himself! It's not perfect but at least he's not tripping over laundry all the time.)
3. There was one moment in middle school when he was 12-ish while his middle school class was unattended. Some kid getting relentlessly hassled by the tougher kids in the classroom. He recalled all of the stories of what his dad's years at school were like - his dad was smart and also the only Filipino kid in his particular school in California, where his school had been mostly well-to-do white kids. He got bullied relentlessly for everything from his academics to his name, and Skyler never liked the sound of that. So instead of siding with the kid, which is what Sora would have done, he sided with the bullies, or at the very least aspired to be someone that they'd like instead of bully. No matter what, he decided, he didn't want to be disliked by people who could hurt him.
(as you can see today, this turned out poorly.)
Is there someone or something Axel would drop everything to address if something went wrong for it/them?
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longer answer: axel doesn't get close enough to people to care enough to drop everything for them. it's not that he's incapable of it: he just considers it a huge hassle. he doesn't see the benefit in being close to someone. he lacks the powerful bonds that his preincarnation had: he doesn't do friendship, he doesn't do loyalty, and he doesn't even do real relationships. he's in it for himself, and only for himself.
that's one of the things that i think will be fun to play with, as he starts getting more echoes of the SUPER FRIENDSHIP FEELINGS that his preincarnation had. he already doesn't know wtf to do with one where he apparently developed a serious issue with the word "flattered". (he echoed back the "I'M SO FLATTERED" moment, and allllll the emotions that came with it. VERY CONFUSING.)
do you think there will ever come a time when skyler begins embracing the echoes he's receiving?