Character Development Thread--Discussion

@Ryuhza: Speaking for myself, I harbor at least as much hatred for Fandom Presents Wikia A Fandom Project By Fandom as Miss D evidently does for Google Docs, but I'm too ignorant about the internet to feel like suggesting anything else, particularly given that I'm not currently in the threads at all. So I guess on balance that's more 'indifference' than 'no.'

Edited by nrjxll on Sep 10th 2019 at 12:29:12 PM

That's a great first start. If you all would like, I could make Sandbox.Character Development Thread to stash all the info temporarily while you all decide on a new home for it. Personally I find it a little easier to use and navigate a Sandbox than the Wayback Machine, which (in the Roleplay Cleanup Thread at least) we tend to use as a last resort if no other links are forthcoming.

Just as an example, it took a minute for the page links in Wayback to load, whereas a Sandbox would still be on the wiki and thus quicker to load.

I've been trying (and failing) to understand this on my own, it's gotten to the point where I might as well ask... Why on Earth would the Roleplay Namespace Cleanup and Maintenance project delete data off of the TV Tropes wiki articles made to document the TV Tropes roleplays? That doesn't make sense to me. It makes even less sense to me to take the aforementioned data and scatter it across two or more websites.

Think of it this way- pages like Game of Thrones don't contain a detailed summary of all locations, actors (past and present) and their characters. Pages like Super Mario 64 don't contain twelve paragraphs explaining how to play the game. That's because explaining every single facet of a work isn't the job of the wiki- it is only meant to document the tropes in a work.

As someone who roleplays themselves and made a Google Drive to organise information for an RP they're not even the GM of, I really do empathise with your position. But work pages for roleplays have to be treated with the same standard as other work pages- the alternative is what led to us starting this clean-up project in the first place, as otherwise there were tropers gunning to delete all roleplay work pages outright for violating too many wiki rules.

Miss, we really need you in Forest and Hummingbird.

Is the paralyzed moufreta in the forest clearing male or female?

It's male.

Gonna have to seal myself away until Tuesday again. Got an exam to study for and slightly more mandatory writing to attend to. Arf arf!

Edited by Ryuhza on Sep 13th 2019 at 4:55:10 AM

Here's a song called "I'm getting sick and I want to quit my shitty job".

-clears throat-

-plays guitar-

-all I do is give out an unholy screech-

Seal puns? Sealiously?

On that note, I really do need a character who specializes in species-specific puns. Prefurrably a cat based one... it has begun...

*Joins in by caterwauling the chorus*

@Pyxo: I forgot to mention that...

...so your line about the group walking along in silence isn't accurate for one of its members.

Can you give me a general idea of how much capacity Sallara's pearls have? If you're wondering how to quantify that, I can give you a place to start from by quoting the author of El Goonish Shive and saying "how much is magic being expected to do?"

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Sep 14th 2019 at 7:32:03 AM

Miss, you're needed for Hummingbird.

I just totally wasted three hours doing nothing. Makes me really think I should get back into Adventure.

Hey, do as you like.


Miss and Masterofchaos, I'm totally sealed away right now, but my identical assistant read your most recent posts aloud through one of my three airholes, and having heard them I can say I don't have anything meaningful to add with Joseph. Feel free to proceed with the safe assumption that he's following along.

Yoooouuuuu got it!

Edited by Masterofchaos on Sep 14th 2019 at 11:40:58 AM

Roger that.

~@Mr Ship 21, ~@Pyxo I don't know which of you has next turn in the rainforest, but it's been a while since any of us posted there. According to Masterofchaos who's been keeping track of time, it's early evening. Time for sneeder birds to sing. Given the curiosity compulsion their song has on predators, how might sneeder birds help to get Henry to stop shooting at Swanwhite?

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Sep 15th 2019 at 8:59:41 AM

I am considering rejoining Adventure, but there's a problem; like many of my characters, the character in question is a solid zero on the Super Weight scale. And as an Idle Rich Socialite, isn't going to be especially useful fighting strange creatures in the wilds. She's competent in a sparring match; she is a Qorisayane socialite who, despite questioning her culture's bloody tendencies, has picked up some combat and Anti-Magic (nowhere near Alice's level, more of a Psychic Static mastery) in her plentiful spare time. Still not a badass by any measure, and not able to access any great technology or magic. Any conceivable place for such a character?

Edited by KillerClowns on Sep 16th 2019 at 5:39:03 AM

I've got a genetically engineered snake wizard looking for a harem while his wounds heal. His story line has been stalled by Merseyuser 1 though. I private messaged that troper to hopefully get an answer on whether their characters near Soryn are leaving the story or continuing. There are other characters besides Merseyuser 1's near Soryn.

Edited by Miss_Desperado on Sep 16th 2019 at 8:47:39 AM

I'm probably going to rejoin Adventure really soon, but depending on how things have progressed since I left I may just have my prior characters reemerge where they were last.

@Miss: Has Mer said anything since you messaged them?

Sadly, no.

Done; give me a heads-up if she blatantly Failed a Spot Check, am still catching up, but it does depend on what tropers are and aren't around for Aseyu to react to.

EDIT: Just noticed the thing about Jenny up and dying — though given Mersey's absence, I'll save editing. If they're still in, I can edit in a more appropriate response then. Otherwise, perhaps it can be assumed she was at some point moved to a medical facility or some such. Aseyu is not as dumb as she pretends to be, she wouldn't fail to notice something that obvious unless someone can suggest of a reasonable excuse to keep it ambiguous.

Edited by KillerClowns on Sep 16th 2019 at 6:19:42 AM

Assuming Merseyuser 1 isn't coming back, my next post with Soryn could potentially fill in the time gap with the agents hauling away the body in the body bag before your character shows up. But before I post that, I think it's either Merseyuser 1's turn or Will De Regio's turn.

Another question, Miss: given what Ryuhza said before, do you want me to edit my post so we can move ahead in Hummingbird or do you want to wait for the Butte (lol butte) group?