History Trivia / WeAreOurAvatars

** For an individual example, arcadiarika is rather... an interesting case. She started off fine, but after approximately the Father arc, she would turn negative. Her characters became affected because of her attitude, and to keep it short and simple, Wangst occurred to the point where, at one point, one player was fed up with her attitude and quit--granted, she admitted that she hated him, but ''that was not a good excuse''.\\
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But then came her "break" starting in December, and while she hasn't officially rejoined the game yet, she seemed to have gotten better, as she acknowledged her mistakes in the past and took great lengths to fix them by using different "What If?" scenarios, ideas for potential arcs/mini-arcs, and new character ideas. She also had greatly mellowed out for the most part and gained a more positive self-esteem overall. Due to her short sessions, it showed that she kept up her streak.\\
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It was not to last, and on June 2012, she decided to leave WAOA after she would do [[GrandFinale one final arc]], citing the difficulties of roleplaying in a SliceOfLife roleplay and overall bad blood between most of the roleplayers and herself as reasons. She initially left the game a month later after the arc was done, as promised; she returned to the roleplay a few years later, having greatly improved on both her skills as a roleplayer and her behavior overall.

* OldShame:
** Etheru admits that he ''hates'' every single incident where Bass broke the fourth wall, even the more tamer moments, because of this, he retconned it away, and hasn't looked back. Eventually developed into a disliking of the fourth wall in general.
** For arcadiarika, ''do not mention Carter's first appearance to her, the one where he came off as a poor man's Deadpool.'' She also deeply regretted what she did to her characters, which are too many to name. About the ''only things'' she doesn't consider as a complete Old Shame were her treatment of Matt, a few moments in arcs (such as the battle between Catherine/Lunara Knight and Protoman in the "Revenge of the Spark" arc and the entire "Curse of the Sea" mini-arc in which Michael does three tasks in order to resurrect Catherine), the relationships between the Graysons (Michael and Melody, [[OfficialCouple Victoria and Lrith]], and Catherine and Kotohime), and co-creating the "Alyx's Origins" arc.
** Take a guess what Hydronix's is? It starts with a C, and end with a y, [[DontExplainTheJoke and has an yber Am in the middle.]] Ironically, Hydronix is more dissapointed with what she did with Bassy, despite her not doing nearly as horrible things.
** Dreigonix's OldShame is, of course, how he let Xene decay from a likeable ninja into overly perfect and didn't notice until it was nearly too late.
** Ever since his return to the game, Midna has been ''deeply'' ashamed about letting almost every single one of his characters derail over his obsession with Mana, to the point that one of the first things he did upon his return was to promise, multiple times, that it wouldn't happen again.

** For arcadiarika, ''do not mention Carter's first appearance to her, the one where he came off as a poor man's Deadpool.'' She also deeply regrettted what she did to her characters, which are too many to name. About the ''only things'' she doesn't consider as a complete Old Shame were her treatment of Matt, a few moments in arcs (such as the battle between Catherine/Lunara Knight and Protoman in the "Revenge of the Spark" arc and the entire "Curse of the Sea" mini-arc in which Michael does three tasks in order to resurrect Catherine), the relationships between the Graysons (Michael and Melody, [[OfficialCouple Victoria and Lrith]], and Catherine and Kotohime), and co-creating the "Alyx's Origins" arc.

* NamesTheSame: As a result of a large cast, sometimes this happens.
** "Elly" has been used for both the Touhou character of the same name and a Pokemon Gijinka played by Tropers/SukeSho
** "Rika" has been used for another Touhou character, an AuthorAvatar version of Tropers/{{Arcadiarika}}, a ''[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Higurashi]]'' character, and {{@/Etheru}}'s OC. Not to mention Rikka, one of CapedLuigisYoshi's characters.
** Rouge the Bat, Rouge the Red Rose Knight, Steel Rouge, and Future!Steel Rouge.
** "Josh" is both a character and a player.
** [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Jade Harley]] appeared, as did an original character named Jade.
** There's Silver the Hedgehog and Silver from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
** [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Fred]] and [[OriginalCharacter Fred]].
** [[VideoGame/{{Quest64}} Brian]] and Creator/BrianBlessed!
** Raven and "Raven".
** Jasmine (original character) and [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Jasmine]].
** Michael (Grayson) and the ArchangelMichael. In an arc, the latter destroyed the former simply because of the name-sharing.
** Michelle (Grayson), Michael's [[GenderBender female form]], and Michelle, {{@/The Real Wren}}'s OC.
** Jacky, Ozbourne's OC, and Jacqueline, the rename of Arcadiarika's mare form.[[note]]As for why it's in there, WordOfGod states that "Jacqueline" is the former's full name.[[/note]]
** Hakurei Miko and Toyosatomimi no Miko from the Franchise/TouhouProject series.
** [[Series/PowerRangersLightspeedRescue Captain (William) Mitchell]] and [[VideoGame/GhostRecon Captain (Scott) Mitchell]].
** Elizabeth "Liz" Scarlet, and Lizzie, {{Aquatica 1000}}'s character.
** This ''would'' have been a problem in the Pokémon arc if ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' Agatha had met Elite Four Agatha. Also, [[spoiler:her last name is [[Creator/AgathaChristie Christie]].]]

* NamesTheSame: As a result of LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, sometimes this happens.

* FanNickname:
** "Raven" refers to Yuki as Mini-Metis because of her costume.
** The Multiverse has several, one of which is "Whateververse" for players who don't care about ''what'' it's called.
** Doomtrain is referred to often as Doomy, Diabolos(female) is sometimes called Dee, and Hydronix calls Shao Kahn Kahnny out-of-game.
** After his revelation/return as a cyborg ninja, Michael Grayson was bestowed the nickname "Die Graysonator" by {{@/Etheru}}. Later became an ascended nickname.
** Andros' [[WriterOnBoard rant]] about the Touhoumons has [[SarcasmMode affectionately]] been nicknamed "The Rant" by {{@/Arcadiarika}}.
** The Ninja characters and {{Evil Counterpart}}s are often referred to as the "Ninjavatars" and the "Dark Avatars"[=/=] "Evil Avatars" by several people, particularly {{@/Icarael}}.
** "Lemplots" are by the player Lemurian, which are self-explanatory. Similarly, "[[ExcusePlot Ajbplots]]" are named after the player, but it's synonymous with "Generic Whateververse Plot" in that he barely comes up with anything else.
** Levin is used as a nickname for [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gilgamesh]], as they both have very arrogant personalities.
** Andreus has "Alakandreus", in relation to his then-new Alakazam form.
** Joker has Crazy (perhaps due to his [=Cloudcuckoolander=] quallity) Bold-text (Due to how he speaks) and Lady (due to his androgyny).

** Hakurei Miko and Toyosatomimi no Miko from the VideoGame/{{Touhou}} series.

** At some point, it was decided [[Series/PowerRangersInSpace Andros]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Enker]] would be in the Revenge of the Spark arc; however, they ultimately didn't end up becoming part of [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Lucrezia's]] army. [[TropesAreNotBad Probably wasn't bad]] due to the fact that Enker got some CharacterDevelopment; and with the exclusion of Andros, {{@/Arcadiarika}} decided to show off more of her knowledge of ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' by introducing the Lunara Knight, [[WordOfGod whom she stated]] to be the game's counterpart to ''Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive'''s Beast Demon-Hunter Sieg.

*** Catherine was planned to appear as a personification of Gluttony, and the present Catherine had to be killed in order to defeat her (it was another plan to get out of playing Catherine [[CreatorBreakdown due to certain circumstances]]). It didn't happen, ultimately proving that TropesAreNotBad.

** [[ScoobyDoo Fred]] and [[OriginalCharacter Fred]].

* CreatorBreakdown: The 'Great Schism': wherein Gloom RageQuit, Lemurian threatened to, and Katsuun went off the deep end.[[note]]To elaborate, it happened when the topic of whether or not the group are heroes was brought up. Gloom insisted that they were {{Designated Hero}}es, to the point of posting a webcomic strip that firmly sums up his opinions--that they need to die for the good of everyone else. Eventually, angry over them not being heroes in his eyes, he quit the game. Lemurian threatened to quit because he also believed that the group should be heroes. As for Katsuun? This was the trigger to all his resets and using alts for said resets. To sum it all up: it was a bad time during a transitional period where the RP grew the beard.[[/note]]

** Rouge the Bat and Rouge the Red Rose Knight.
*** Plus Steel Rouge and Future!Steel Rouge.

*** Michelle (Grayson), Michael's [[GenderBender female form]], and Michelle, {{@/The Real Wren}}'s OC.

* OldShame: Etheru admits that he ''hates'' every single incident where Bass broke the fourth wall, even the more tamer moments, because of this, he retconned it away, and hasn't looked back. Eventually developed into a disliking of the fourth wall in general.

** Take a guess what Hydronix's is? It starts with a C, and end with a y, [[DontExplainTheJoke and has an yber Am in the middle.]]
*** Ironically, Hydronix is more dissapointed with what she did with Bassy, despite her not doing nearly as horrible things.

** Silver was planned to appear during the Incarnates Arc as a personification of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Lust]], possibly going to levels of heinousness that would almost rival Apos. Daionus decided he did not want to play as that sort of character, and declined.
*** Also, in the same arc, Catherine was planned to appear as a personification of Gluttony, and the present Catherine had to be killed in order to defeat her (it was another plan to get out of playing Catherine [[CreatorBreakdown due to certain circumstances]]). It didn't happen, ultimately proving that TropesAreNotBad.

** Happens a lot in general with arcs, either because a troper is going through real-life issues, or they're ''too lazy'' to finish their own ideas.

** Dreigonix's OldShame is, of course, how he let Xene decay from a likeable ninja into a classic MartyStu and didn't notice until it was nearly too late.
** Ever since his return to the game, Midna has been ''deeply'' ashamed about letting almost every single one of his characters [[CharacterDerailment derail]] over his obsession with Mana, to the point that one of the first things he did upon his return was to promise, multiple times, that it wouldn't happen again.

* ActorAllusion: A few.
** Bass can use the [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Guts Upper]], and he often talks about Link while referring to the voice, all three characters were voiced by Creator/NobuyukiHiyama at some point.
** Catgirl!Osaka's VerbalTic makes her pronounce "everyone" as "everynyan", a la Chiyo's dad.

** The Impel Down RescueArc. {{Egregious}}ly so.

** Bass can use the [[VideoGame/RivalSchools Guts Upper]], and he often talks about Link while referring to the voice, all three characters were voiced by NobuyukiHiyama at some point.

** [[{{Quest64}} Brian]] and Creator/BrianBlessed!

** There's Silver the Hedgehog and Silver from ''{{Pokemon}}''.

** Jasmine (original character) and [[{{Pokemon}} Jasmine]].

** [[{{Quest64}} Brian]] and BrianBlessed!

* OldShameL Etheru admits that he ''hates'' every single incident where Bass broke the fourth wall, even the more tamer moments, because of this, he retconned it away, and hasn't looked back. Eventually developed into a disliking of the fourth wall in general.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen - The discussion thread is where arc concepts are plotted out; some of them eventually come to fruition, others... don't.

* DevelopmentHell - The ''"[[WarArc War Against]] [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Terumi]]"'' Arc, repeatedly touted as the first [[CerebusSyndrome "serious"]] / [[DarkerAndEdgier "dark"]]/"over-arching" arc since the Incarnates Arc, is mired in this due to real-life business with [[{{@/Icarael}} its creator]]. Eventually became VaporWare
* * NamesTheSame: As a result of LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, sometimes this happens.

* OldShame - Etheru admits that he ''hates'' every single incident where Bass broke the fourth wall, even the more tamer moments, because of this, he retconned it away, and hasn't looked back. Eventually developed into a disliking of the fourth wall in general.

** "Rika" has been used for another Touhou character, an AuthorAvatar version of Tropers/{{Arcadiarika}}, a ''[[VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi Higurashi]]'' character, and {{@/Etheru}}'s OC. Not to mention Rikka, one of CapedLuigisYoshi's characters.

*** Ironically, Hydronix is more dissapointed with what he did with Bassy, despite her not doing nearly as horrible things.

** Midna, at one point, took a break, to try and get his mind off the game for a while, but was banned during the break. It makes one wonder if he really ''would'' have improved or would have just kept his bad habits.

** Silver was planned to appear during the Incarnates Arc as a personification of [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Lust]], possibly going to levels of CompleteMonster that would almost rival Apos. Daionus decided he did not want to play as that sort of character, and declined.

It was not to last, and on June 2012, she decided to leave WAOA after she would do [[GrandFinale one final arc]], citing the difficulties of roleplaying in a SliceOfLife roleplay and overall bad blood between most of the roleplayers and herself as reasons. She left the game a month later after the arc was done, as promised.

** For arcadiarika, ''do not mention Carter's first appearance to her, the one where he came off as a poor man's Deadpool.'' '''''[[BerserkButton You will regret it.]]''''' She also deeply regrets what she did to her characters, which are too many to name. About the ''only things'' she doesn't consider as a complete Old Shame were her treatment of Matt, a few moments in arcs (such as the battle between Catherine/Lunara Knight and Protoman in the "Revenge of the Spark" arc and the entire "Curse of the Sea" mini-arc in which Michael does three tasks in order to resurrect Catherine), and the relationships between the Graysons (Michael and Melody, [[OfficialCouple Victoria and Lrith]], and Catherine and Kotohime), and that says a lot.

* ScheduleSlip:
** The Impel Down RescueArc. {{Egregious}}ly so.
** Happens a lot in general with arcs, either because a troper is going through real-life issues, or they're ''too lazy'' to finish their own ideas.

** In "Sins of the Past", there was originally a subplot with Michael, Rika, and Ryan searching for a way to cure Michael's curse. It was cut out entirely due to pacing problems and the arc-maker not really sure what to do with it.

** {{@/Hydronix}} is a bit of a different case. A huge amount of factors led to it, most notably his mediocre (or so he says) roleplaying skills, the game feeling stale, and nearly all the jokes coming from a [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} series]] he didn't enjoy, leaving the whole RP boring overall. Multiple other factors were apparent, like the lack of really good newbies who actually ''showed'' promise (three in total at the time, the rest... not so much). None of these factors have changed, making his at-first temporary leave a more permanent one.

* ScheduleSlip: The Impel Down RescueArc. {{Egregious}}ly so.
** Happens a lot in general with arcs, either because a troper is going through real-life issues, or they're ''too lazy'' to finish their own ideas.