tenshinoakuma | Entries tagged with rp: that pretendy funtimes thing

Quick brain dump on Serph. And RP as well I suppose.

( Some DDS2 spoilers )

( On RPing and playing a quiet character. No spoilers. )

And by quick brain dump I mean tl;dr :|a

Crossposts: http://tenshinoakuma.livejournal.com/183644.html

Circumstances happened which means Mum is overseas and I'm the only one here until Feb 3rd. Considering I have almost zero cooking ability, this has lead to interesting things. Like having a bit of left over rice, and then since I was at the shops, buying a tub of already cooked curry. And then realising I have more curry than rice, meaning I'd have to cook more rice to finish the curry, but then I'll have rice left over-- Anyway, not doing too badly, except I already forgot to water the plants and with water restrictions, I won't be able to water them until Monday... w-whoops.

This was going to be a LET'S TRY AND MAKE SENSE OF DDS post but while I was making icons for

brightwing I got sidetracked and ended up rewatching all of DDS2's cutscenes (instead of doing the last bit of cleaning for CNY). Which was like. ALL THE FEELINGS ALL OVER AGAIN. MOSTLY SAD ONES.

Which makes me all the more determined to make things happier for the (future) DDS cast at

vatheon. So I guess here is a list of (happy) things I want to at least attempt to make happen (

brightwing you can add to this list if you want ♥ ):

- GO TO THE BEACH * A* And play beach volleyball. And get attacked by a crab in the sand.
- RECRUIT THE RESIDENTS OF VATHEON TO BUILD A LUXURY CRUISE LINER TO SIT OUT ON THE OCEAN. It doesn't have to go anywhere, it just has to be there. <-- this is the big one!!
- Build a sandcastle!
- Introduce actual food and drink into their lives omg. Learn how to cook? (which I need to do myself...) This can only end badly.
- Cultivate a hobby of some sort. SERPH WILL FOREVER BE BAD AT VIDEO GAMES THOUGH.
- GO SERPHING-- I MEAN. GO SWIMMING.
~~- Gather a new harem~~

Also brought to you by a friend of mine:

ten: also i'm making a list of happy things i want to do [with serph] in vat
friend: EAT PEOPLE/NPCS
ten: HAPPY THINGS
ten: OMG
ten: EATING PEOPLE ISN'T A HAPPY THING

Unless you're Heat, of course.

Crossposts: http://tenshinoakuma.livejournal.com/182797.html

If 0:20 to 0:37 do not sell you on Digital Devil Saga, I cannot do much more to help. I'm not sure if they do PAL in general, but at the very least, if you live in Australia or New Zealand, you can get it from Ozgameshop for $14, free delivery. That's like, the same price as a meal from Nando's.

( Let me tell you about all the joygasms Digital Devil Saga gave me in the first 4 hours of play )

( Let's talk about P4A )

( Let's talk about RPing (specifically, Onion Knight) )

Just got caught up with Homestuck after many hours of reading/watching/listening to it. I AM FREE.

Homestuck's one of those things that I think is incredibly cool, but I guess you could say I don't really cognitively understand it. Thus, I can't really say much about it except make inane statements about how cool it is.

( Thoughts on RP, but not about actually playing in a game. Now that I think about it, I'm not sure if I'm even covering new ground; I feel like I've already talked about this content before. Anyway, me being mopey about not playing Joshua and blather about the slightly different nature of 'canonmates' for Onion Knight. )

Finally got around to playing a few of the non-plotline characters (aka everyone not the main 10 warriors of Cosmos).

( Exdeath, Shantotto, Kuja )

( Final Fantasy 3 DS remake )

( Edit: Bonus art drawn for the end of TST )

ASDF;LKJ RIGHT AFTER I FINISH MY CHARACTER ESSAY I actually take the time to read the 012 script and.

And.

WHY IS THE SCRIPT SO DIFFERENT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

OKAY it seems I was wrong about a few things in the previous essay. Or rather, only partly correct. Turns out you do find out how Onion Knight and Terra met, and it seems a lot of his script got changed in the 13th cycle in 012? It certainly makes him seem a lot more concerned about Terra than he was in the original. I'LL BE UM. REASSESSING WHAT I WROTE EARLIER asdf;ljhghsjdf and figuring out how to consolidate both the original canon and 012 canon into one. THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING.

I'm currently keeping the script relevant to Onion Knight here in his character journal. I ganked the script from GameFAQs, and I still need to reformat it so that it's more readable now that I have 012 stuff added in.

Thinking of possibly doing a voice test with Onion Knight against Joshua, since my slow tagging speed means external places that people use for voice testing or museboxing isn't very effective for me, as they tend to be highly temporal. Playercesting isn't usually the most effective way to voice test, but I think I have a good enough grasp on at least Joshua to prevent voice bleedover. Having the two play off each other should be interesting, at least * A*aaa

Edit:

Cecil: "Say, why did you desire to protect Terra?"
OK: "Huh? It's because-- She's been uneasy since we met, so I thought I needed to protect her."
Cecil: "So you've fallen for her, I see."
OK: "Tha-that's not the reason! I have a more honorable reason... I mean, if we didn't, we couldn't obtain the crystals--"

LOOK AT THAT ADORABLE DENIAL. AND CECIL. WHY ARE YOU SUCH A SHIPPER? FIRST FIRION AND LIGHTNING, NOW THIS. God, if that guy lived in the modern world, he'd be writing fanfiction. You know this is true.

Edit2: OKAY SO I think I just had a kneejerk reaction that might not have entirely had foundation. BECAUSE I. KIND OF READ THE SCRIPT ALL SCATTERED so stuff I thought was BEFORE he obtained his crystal was actually after, which explains why I was so confused. OKAY. CRISIS AVERTED. HOORAY. I'm still doing a second essay because I didn't cover everything I wanted to

Because I am not getting anything done when left to my own devices, so... some kind of routine to get my butt back into gear!

8AM: WAKE UP.
9AM - 10AM: Pianoing.
10AM - Lunch: TST things.
Lunch - 3PM: Maths (primarily revising Calculus).
3PM - 4PM: Pianoing.
4PM - Dinner: Maths/Shower/TSTstuff/Castlevania pic/Choose Your Own Adventure
Dinner - 10PM: If Maths stuff didn't get done, go do that. If I didn't get at least 1 creature completed in the Castlevania pic or I didn't get at least one area done in the Choose Your Own Adventure, go do that (Temporarily added: Christmas fic I wanted to do for people!). Otherwise, WoW or other gaming.
10PM - Midnight: WoW or other gaming.

( In other news, stray RPing thoughts influenced by WoW )

( Some Joshua developmental blah blah blah. Joshua, being nice? MIND BLOWN )

Edit: Ahhhh I got two Mr. Pinchy in a row! And I got a Magical Crawdad! ♥

FINALLY, some time to myself, even if I still have to go and get life things done. I formatted my laptop with the intention of putting a better OS on it, but it turned out I didn't have the right CD for it. So I had to restore to factory settings, which means that I'm missing a lot of the things I used to have installed. This is both good and bad.

It's kind of weird, but for the last 2 years, I've been a pretty log heavy RPer. Now I feel more like doing commentspam. I think it might be because lately, I don't feel like I have the energy to do logs. Maybe it's because I can't be bothered doing any brain explaining when I've done it for so long with Joshua. I should be okay with it for Gold, though I need to password recovery his account; I lost LJlogin so I gotta unearth all my old passwords again.

A while back, I meant to write something for this TWEWY AU train prompt where the Players aren't tied by the Game. They're perfectly ordinary people who just happen to be on the same train for 5 minutes every day. It's still incomplete, but no matter how much I try to force it, the remaining parts are not coming together. Plus, I'm not happy with the parts that have been written. The incomplete version can be found [HERE]. I've got a couple of other incomplete TWEWY fics that I'm considering just putting up as well.

I've been trying to get updates on that one Soma picture going again on my Plurk, but Photobucket isn't co-operating with me. Stuff isn't uploading to the right place (when it even uploads) and I can't delete the images from the incorrect locations because the little hover box doesn't appear. As it stands right now, 32 monsters are done, with 85 left to go of the 117 monsters. I also realised belatedly that I made a mistake when drawing Soma, buuut it's a bit too late to change it now; I'd have to redraw him completely to rectify it.

( Potential future fandom projects after I complete the Soma image )

The one time I decide not to be stupid and app to an RP when I obviously cannot handle it is the one time it backfires on me. I MAD, if only because it's like saving up for that game you wanted only to go to the store and find out they're out of stock. So the options are to either wait (but I want it now!!!11!) or to get something else.

I am feeling really under the weather right now, which is a damn shame because I don't feel like working creatively even though just two days ago. And it also means I don't feel like working on my assignment which is... due very soon.

I'm also... not sure how to finish this image (warning, large file size) for the EB2010 fanfest. It feels somewhat... incomplete as it is right now. I'm thinking of putting Magicant enemies around the pinkish (might redraw the right side of that) and greenish area and maybe a scribble sun at the top. I'm concerned as well because adding more might make the image cluttered and distracting... but that might not necessarily be a bad thing? I think that maybe I'm also concerned there may end up being lots of small details and... since unlike the previous fanfest entry I made, I'm doing this in ArtRage, which I find extremely difficult to do tiny details.

I think I'm getting the hang of OpenGL after some headdesking. It made a lot more sense when I'm half asleep for some reason?

So, RPing part of flist, I have a question for you. How have you handled the issue (if you've encountered it) where a character in a jamjar RP wants to go home but isn't able to? Do you distract them with shiny potential clues on how to get home? How long until they 'give up' on getting out? ACTUALLY, LET ME CHANCE THE QUESTION.

In general, how do your characters handle being in a different world? How do you handle your characters handling being in a different world? I'm genuinely curious.

Like, for me, on the rare occassion I do play canon!Joshua, the short version is that it gets really frustrating up in my head when I'm trying to play him because there's the constant I want to get back home after the first week or two in a new world. There are some interesting things I could do with that (like watching Joshua slowly self-destruct SEPARATION ANXIETYYYEAHHHHH) but those are things I'd prefer ficcing than RPing. If I actually stuck around long enough in a jamjar, I'd distract Joshua with clues for escape, though I have no idea what would happen if a Mr. H got stuck with him.

Speaking of RPing, awwwwyeahhhhh touchpad handwriting is hard.

I generally have a strict 'think about why I'm playing a character' policy if an activity check rolls around and I realise I won't be able to make it without tagging after the AC announcement. Ever since that one time I had to scramble to make activity with Joshua, I generally make sure I'm always involved in something (except when on hiatus), even if it's something that's backdated and thus not affected by current events. I personally don't like having to do the 'oh no AC time' tag scramble, so I like always having tags to reply to (AC or not), and it's usually pretty easy because of my slow tagging speed. I kind of think that if I keep having to scramble for activity, I just don't have enough interest in playing the character; usually a failure of activity on my part is not caused by the lack of opportunity that's the problem. If I'm not involved in anything at the time, it's because I've been putting off tagging. And aside from my usual OH MY GOD RPING IS SO EXCITING-OH MY GOD [INSERT HOBBY HERE] IS SO EXCITING up-down cycle, if I can't muster the effort to tag with a character, I think I have to reconsider why I'm even playing them. If I'm not actively engaging other characters with mine, or even making the effort to post, then why am I playing?

That said, there's too many things I didn't work on during the week break that I need to work on this week, so RP is gonna be on the backburner until the weekend. Gotta chase up some things with Gold that I've been meaning to, and I think I have to seriously think about what I want to do with Joshua in Rivelata.

GENERAL PLANS FOR THE WEEK
WED - HCI ASSIGNMENT + actually, you know, look over the SET assignment in detail
THU - HCI ASSIGNMENT + GRADIENT ASSIGNMENT
FRI - HCI ASSIGNMENT (if not complete by now) + HCI REPORT
SAT - SET ASSIGNMENT? + CG ASSIGNMENT + any other catchup + RP
SUN - CG ASSIGNMENT + any other catchup + RP

I keep meaning to finish that characterisation essay on Gold, and I kind of need to do one on canon!Joshua but instead I'm stealing a meme from

izkariote.

( Muse strength meme )

I AM CAUGHT IN A INFINITE LOOP OF TAGS. NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooo /)___(\

QUICK, I NEED A BREAK STATEMENT.

I am too sick to finish this piano theory mock test, which makes me ): a bit since my lesson is today. Feeling cold as well even though i've got the heater on and so many layers of clothing. Urgh.

In other news, joined

rivelata with canon!Joshua and it looks like I'll be sticking around! CELLPHONE AND LEGITIMATE POTENTIAL TO DROP VENDING MACHINES ON PEOPLE I HAVE MISSED YOU IN MY LIFE. Things that I'm looking forward to attempting to pull off IC:
1) Convincing someone he needs hiss cellphone to drop junk on them, to have them steal/break his phone, only to find out he doesn't need his phone to do that at all.
2) Converting his journal to work on his cellphone.

I do need to put a little more effort than I've been able to in Riv in order to get over that newcharacter bump, but I also need to do that for Gold (even if he's far less new) in TST. But I'm also kind of drowning in CR on TST!Joshua's side it's ridiculous! I've put as many of the ones that can be delayed in the LATER pile but even then I've still got a lot, especially with game events that Joshua should attend which I can't put off /)_(\ It's not a bad thing, because I like constantly having CR things to do, but the fact I have a lot of loose CR hanging is like a voice nagging at the back of my head and I find it hard to ignore the stuff I'm doing now in order to generate new Gold CR. It's like, OH BUT YOU STILL HAVE ALL THIS TO DO WHAT ARE YOU DOING STARTING NEW THINGS /PUNCH TO THE FACE

Also I should probably be worried I have two Joshuas in my brainspace now.

OKAY I SERIOUSLY NEED TO GET THIS LAST BIT OF ME BEING FUCKING STUPID OUT OF MY SYSTEM SO I CAN ACTUALLY FUCKING CONCENTRATE ON MY STUDIES.

( IN WHICH TEN IS INCOHERENT FOR AU RP SHIPPING REASONS. YEAH /o\ )

... OKAY THAT WASN'T WHAT I MEANT TO TALK ABOUT AT ALL BUT WHATEVER.

... I had a longer, incoherent post that goes into more detail but tl;dr I AM FLAILING OVER HOW MUCH FUN I AM HAVING WITH JOSHUA IN THESE LOGS WTF.

I.

I SHOULD NOT BE FEELING THIS MUCH EUPHORIA FROM RP.

And okay as much as I love being a troll with Joshua, Joshua actually being halfway nice for a whole (two) threads?

CROWNING MOMENT OF HEARTWARMING at least in my book.

I LOVE EVERYTHING and I'm so glad that I can look back over everything I've done in all this time I've been in TST with Joshua that I can say it feels like the time I (and the people I've RPed with) have put into the game feels significant. I can see the results of this time, and the results are great. For all the things that I repeat with Joshua, there is also so much that I don't, and for me that's really great since... I guess I feel the worst thing that could ever happen after having a character in an RP for a long time is to look back and think 'wow, nothing's changed at all'. And even though this is part closure to the first arc in Joshua's character development, it's been a real pivotal point for Joshua (IN ALL MANNER OF AWESOME) and has only set up good things for the second arc in his character development.

I AM SO PUMPED FOR THE GAME RESTARTING GUYS. SO. PUMPED.

( Some weird RP character meme thing ganked from KB )

Code for people if they want to do the meme. Use it for each muse you have.

( and I guess a little blah blah blah about having castmates vs having no castmates )

Haven't done it for a while, so.

The How's My Driving? Meme

okay the number of DMW related dreams is getting a little ridiculous. I usually don't dream AT ALL, let alone dream on a particular topic three times in a row. Edit: FOUR times in a row.

1st one - I dreamt there was this tiny bit of Toto canon that I missed. I remember thinking, upon reading it, that it would be just enough to allow me to app him. Then I woke up )':

2nd one - I dreamt we had a Ganta in TST and was like omfg yesss (despite not recalling seeing an app in the modbox) a Ganta for Toto to play with !! And then I realised, wait a sec, I'm not playing Toto in TST yet. Then I realised, fuck, this is a dream. Then I woke up )':

( THIS ONE ACTUALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TOTO, and gets into spoiler territory )

4th one - I dreamt I woke up and checked Snoopy Cool's website, and saw Chapters 22 and 23 scanlated and uploaded. And was like GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE even though Chapters 24 and 25 weren't translated yet. Then I woke up )': Then I checked the website, and there was no change )':

Also, PSA: Internet is being an incredible douche, and I am so ridiculously burnt out on Joshua it's not funny. I feel kind of bad to be inactive with him during Lunasa, especially since I want to be, but it feels unfun playing Joshua right now. Maybe it's because I feel like I've hit the peak of my playing ability for him, even though I know there's more things I can do to be better? Ehhh well, I hope not playing him for a week or two gets me out of this rut, because trolling people is still fun and that's something I can't do with Atsuro.

megaTEN

[DDS] SURF'S UP-- I mean.

Quelling stomach rebellions aside...

3 for 1 LJ post

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Dissidia + FF3

Also I think I might be way too excited/jittery about this.

Daily Routine Timetable

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NOT AS PLANNED

/peers out from under pile of assignments

And Ten's internet returns OTL

Muse strength meme

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Sick :

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WARNING: EXTREME STUPID IN THIS POST

Man, now I'm drowning in a flood of notifs

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