Character Development Thread--Discussion

So, I'm back. Mostly. Sorry it took so long. Will start working on a post soon. Plans (both long- and short-term):

• Retire Ira and Ora. They are an experiment that I consider went unsuccessfully. Reasons:
  1. They were supposed to be a Greek Chorus Lemony Narrator hybrid, but I managed to pull it off more or less decently only in my characters' introductory posts.
  2. The lemony-ness came mainly from Iragan, but he lost his narrator status recently, an event that in canon has close to zero probability of occuring. And he was under-used while he had this status, anyway.
  3. Their very nature of canonical characters limits the narrative and characterization possibilities. For example, they are not telepaths, so, for the sake of consistency, I cannot write characters' thoughts and use free indirect speech.
     With them, from the beginning it felt like I was making a bear dance. And now the bear's become paraplegic, unfortunately.
• Once the sickbay subplot is more or less wrapped up (namely, their involvement is finished), move Max and Cecilia (and then, probably Robin, too) to the background, in order to give more spotlight to the Three Dudes in Suits from the Starlight Restaurant, since it's about time I started developing them, and I'm not sure I can handle both of those groups simultaneously.
• If there will be enough free time, maybe introduce another, single character, not connected to other my characters, in the vein of Shireen.

edited 27th Apr '17 3:15:16 AM by Millership

I was thinking of retiring Striga soon myself. I'll have her interact a bit more with "Muse" and the Discoverer of Subversions first, though, since they're both at least somewhat omniscient with respect to their universes (and/or insanely high on the Super Weight scale in their universes).

I'll probably be gone for at least the two upcoming days. Getting the new house in order and whatnot.

Not sure if I will post today, but for the Field of Souls group, would you rather just skip to the library or spend a post cycle on the journey? Either way works for me.

@Miller & Tanuki: Guess I'll need to figure out what to do with Discoverer soon. Though regarding the three dudes in suit, what about having them interact with Lucina, Jake Ronso, and Fiona?

Huh. I just found out Kokoro's transformed state would be Made of Explodium as well as Made of Incendium, since her transformed state is effectively semi-refined crude oil. In theory, steam might cause her to ignite. I think.

In any case, this makes her Naphtha Beam into a Dangerous Forbidden Technique.

I'm currently mulling over characters that I'll eventually put into either Dream or Adventure when I feel it is appropriate, since one of them is technically a Snake Person (just don't call her that), and the size of a bus, which would be problematic for Space Liner. But first, I must get around to finishing up my Frontier plot line thingies.

Meanwhile, I may adopt a posting manner similar to Kkutwar: work on posts in chunks, due to my computer's technical issues.

@Will: Somehow Kokoro's tar form reminds me of this Natural Fae character idea- Looks like an ordinary person, yet turn themselves inside out into a meaty beast form. Mainly, it is the fact they both have bizarre forms that can potentially screw them over that reminded me.

Regarding Adventure, there's a good chance several of my Space Liner characters would carry over. I'll probably introduce Samson Cresting and Col there if I don't for Space Liner & Dream II respectively (I was possibly thinking Snow Castle for Col). I got an incredible variety of ever growing characters, so I could reasonably introduce a character if there's something specific you want yours to discuss/do with others.

Though speaking of Dream II, I'll wait until someone else posts- I don't feel like cramming my Graveyard post into an edit. I'll probably edit in my Cerebral Dungeon posts if nobody posts first however. I actually use my PS 4 to make my posts, which is why I'll post incomplete segments.

I think I might add another of the protagonists of Phantom's story in Dream later. I just have to work out some additions I made to her character.

Oh, hey, I'm also using a game system to post, specifically my Wii U.

I'd much rather have it in a edit if it is already ready. That plotline took too much time already, IMO, even if it was an interesting one, and we shouldn't delay it if unnecessary.

PS: wait, you write from your PS 4? Why? Doesn't that make it harder?

edited 27th Apr '17 12:32:57 PM by EternaMemoria

Nah, my laptop can be annoyingly slow and has a cracked screen anyways. Really only use it for the occasional things I can't do on here, like play Undertale or Skype. So my Graveyard post hasn't been written down yet, as copypasting is something I've never seen capable on my PS4. Granted, I inexplicably failed to realized my supposed half-birthday meant I was born a month & a half late so...

I am sorry for how things got out of hand regarding the Graveyard, which is why it is one of my next planned posts.

-Ridley voice- LADY

I think its your turn for Dream, for the castle group.

I don't think I can get a post out today. Not feeling well at all.

BTW, ladytanuki: Gault told me that his characters and Carlotta are actually in a ship, not out in the open in the hangar, but all the same I'm sort of waiting on you two to post before I do anything else in Space Liner.

I was waiting for Gault to post with Ray, but nonetheless have decided to post myself to have Carlotta notice your character. Although she and Ray and Mashala are inside the ship, the ship is open to the hangar area, so in my post I just kind of assumed your character was near the entry ramp to the Pride of Rust.

And I'm actually glad a new character showed up there, as I was honestly at a loss of what to do with Carlotta when it was just her and Ray and Mashala, especially with the ladies bailing on them. (Carlotta could hardly be called a lady, except perhaps a little one.)

@Kkutwar: You could just double-post, you know... like I did with Emille's post in Space Liner. Though that's not an issue anymore, as I just did a post. Not for Ashleigh and Emriel though, as the Snow Castle group had been waiting longer for me... hopefully will get to them tomorrow.

And heh, in Club Pluto, I like how Sinistrina and Rebecca had completely opposite reactions to the corpse-hacker (the former apologizing for mistaking her for a corpse, the latter outright threatening her). Although given what I know of the others in the group, I can expect the entire gamut of reactions.

I also just now realized that my Porcelain Wonderland characters (sans Winky) make up a Four-Temperament Ensemble (Lucina=Sanguine, Emille=Choleric, Carlotta=Phlegmatic, Sinistrina=Melancholic^note and Friedrich as well). And that was completely by accident... I don't know why I'm fond of such ensembles, since it's based on a discredited idea and is kind of discredited itself. The Elemental Guardians and the Four Bardic Sisters are also such.

edited 27th Apr '17 11:53:46 PM by ladytanuki

Funny, I was waiting for you.

Sorry Millership, didn't see until now that you'd posted. I'll try to post tonight.

Perhaps you have the Four-Temperament Ensemble trope template hardwired into your subconscious?

I'm sure no one would expect Kokoro's reaction.

edited 28th Apr '17 11:58:24 AM by WillDeRegio

To be honest, it's not exactly hard to finagle most groups of characters into one ensemble trope or another. Which is why they always seem to have cleanup threads.

Don't know what to post for Space Liner, lol.

It's very easy to accidentally make a group of four that fits into the Four-Temperament Ensemble thing, just because when you're making a group of characters it's generally considered a good idea to try giving them very different character traits, and the temperaments are, by design, meant to contrast and complement each other.

edited 28th Apr '17 3:43:17 PM by VioletN

"Accidentally".

-looks at my ocs- KEK.

Re: Field of Souls

You people missed my question. I asked if you would prefer if the group reached the Library already or if we should dedicate a post cycle or more to the journey.

Oh, sorry. It doesn't really matter to me, but I'm leaning towards as soon as (reasonably) possible.

edited 28th Apr '17 5:01:53 PM by WillDeRegio

How difficult would it be introducing new characters at the Library? I was hoping to introduce two characters to the Field of Souls group (Demon Goddess Lilith's past self and Arturia Geneva), though I was planning on doing so after my Graveyard post. Speaking of, it has been thundering today, so I won't be posting in either Space Liner again or Dream II for the rest of today.