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AnnoR "Of course, Satsuki-sama." from Honnouji Academy Since: Sep, 2010
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
#126: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:19:32 PM

[up][up][up]Please re-read the setting information in the OP, please.

[up][up]Accepted.

[up]Accepted.

edited 22nd Aug '11 3:20:01 PM by AnnoR

"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
Mystical Monkey Master
#127: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:23:18 PM

I have now tell me exactly need to change. Because this is light for me. Most of my story's involve abuse and mental disorders. And don't say sociopath because that's what makes her a DARK Magical Girl.

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Rareitor Mad Doctor from the house of cards. Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Mad Doctor
#128: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:23:30 PM

Thank you signore.

Should I post in the RP or should I wait? I fear I may be a little late sad

OH GOD WHY AM I A CAR!? - Forzare
Moerin (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#129: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:27:18 PM

Hmmm.

Van, don't take this the wrong way or anything, but I'm starting to think that this probably isn't the RP for you. The general overall tone seems to clash a lot with what you're putting down, and if that's light for you, well...

Also, the sociopathy bit seems a little tacked on there for no other reason than "it makes her dark", but that's just my opinion.

Seriously, though, I know I'm not a GM and have no real say in this, but I'd advise you to reread the intro post and the other characters posted so you get a good idea of what tone we're aiming for here, and if you really don't think you can write anything with that level of "darkness", then maybe you should reconsider whether it's really a good idea to sign up for this.

AnnoR "Of course, Satsuki-sama." from Honnouji Academy Since: Sep, 2010
"Of course, Satsuki-sama."
#130: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:37:23 PM

Thank you, Moerin.

"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."
stargirl93 Snowy from Zemuria Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: Gone fishin'
Snowy
#131: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:42:29 PM

So, Uh....How should I (and I guess Raritor) Jump in?

Should I just hand wave that my character was there the whole time, or try something else?

vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
Mystical Monkey Master
#132: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:45:58 PM

Whatever. Just one question, why is every rp filled with "shiny happy people" crap? What's wrong with doing it realistically where the tone changes depending on the way the characters interact?

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Fauxlosophe Since: Aug, 2010
#133: Aug 22nd 2011 at 3:54:33 PM

I don't think "Prostitute Sociopath" is realistic so much as gratuitously dark. I think the issue is more your scale than the average RP being 'light hearted'.

Interaction should be realistic and there can be angst, but inserting a Warhammer character into My Little Pony is jarring and feels out of place. In an RP one person aiming for something completely different to everyone else is also jarring and not very constructive, leading only to conflict between players and occaisionally can kill the whole RP.

daltar (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#134: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:01:00 PM

@ Stargirl: I believe it's a good moment to simply jump in. It may be a little rushed but before my next post is the greatest moment to join if you want to play as MG soonish.

You could stumble into the battle and become a defender later on... but I'll leave the choice to you.

And on another subject, we'll be closing Sign Ups just about now since I believe we are reaching critical mass.

Rareitor Mad Doctor from the house of cards. Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Mad Doctor
#135: Aug 22nd 2011 at 4:03:07 PM

Loud and clear daltar, will post soon. RARE AWAY!

-jumps onto the RP thread-

OH GOD WHY AM I A CAR!? - Forzare
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#136: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:04:59 PM

@Van: I would like to put in my five pence as a person who truly enjoys writing dark and tragic backstories. Your backstory has a couple of problems. First, you give no clear reasons behind the actions of your character and those around her, nor do you give any reason for her personality to turn out the way it does (which isn't very "realistic). Second, the mage in the backstory has no real place except to die. As far as I can tell that's all he did in your characters life. Thirdly, you give no good reason for your character knowing how to sing, it kind of comes out of nowhere. Finally, and most importantly, you take the darkness in your backstory to far. When I wrote my backstory, I recognized that maybe being run out by a lynch mob was a bit much (it was part of an early draft), so I edited it out of the backstory before I posted. Similarly, as a magical girl RP, the DM Gs should have some chance at redemption, a trait your character lacks.

On a final note, this is not a RP about "shiny happy people" (and if you were trying to reference the song, you were way off on the meaning of the song). It includes plenty of dark characters. There are multiple characters who suffered from neglectful abuse, without making it go to far, and my character in particular, who is pretty much as far as you should have gone, was shunned by almost everyone who she knew for being transgendered. However, we all gave our characters ONE major dark event, as we were told in the directions, and we were all open to criticism, whether we would have agreed with it or not. Don't make blanket statements like "a RP of shiny happy people" unless you can confirm 100% that it is true. Thank you. May Madoka be with you always.

Rareitor Mad Doctor from the house of cards. Since: Jul, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Mad Doctor
#137: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:13:00 PM

To that very last sentence (and everything else, sort of), amen brother.

[down]Madoka, herpderp

edited 22nd Aug '11 6:19:40 PM by Rareitor

OH GOD WHY AM I A CAR!? - Forzare
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#138: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:14:45 PM

[up] Do you mean the blanket statements one or the Madoka one?

vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
Mystical Monkey Master
#139: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:38:38 PM

[up]x3 I was using "shiny happy people" literally, i dont approve of light and fluffy. most magical girl suff consists of socking levels of idealism bordering on ignorance, girls try to convey the psychopathic Big Bad instead of just shooting them or "not wanting to hurt them", it's stupidity.

edited 22nd Aug '11 6:39:47 PM by vanthebaron

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Gaunt88 from Australia Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
#140: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:40:47 PM

Well said, Moerin and deathpidgeon.

I don't get where the idea that DM Gs have to be psychotic to be dark. Just going by what I know, neither Fate nor Lutecia were psychotic. Troubled, yes. Insane? no. Deathpidgeon's point about redemption hits the nail on the head.

[up] Uh... then, what the hell are you doing trying to join this RP? Its quite clearly not to your tastes.

edited 22nd Aug '11 6:41:35 PM by Gaunt88

daltar (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#141: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:40:50 PM

And obviously not your cup of tea.

I'm sorry if we betrayed your expectations though at this point I think the best we can do is wish you good luck in finding an RP more to your tastes.

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#142: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:41:59 PM

@van: Then we have a difference in tastes and level of Willing Suspension of Disbelief. It's only a RP. If you aren't interested in idealist works, then you shouldn't try to inject excess cynicalism into it.

Some people just prefer to do it the happy way. You just have to respect that. I bet there some grimdark roleplays in the fora though. You just have to look for them.

edited 22nd Aug '11 6:42:16 PM by chihuahua0

KiriAme Thom Raiwhat? Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
Thom Raiwhat?
#143: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:44:56 PM

...What everyone else said, basically. If you aren't happy with idealism, what the hell are you doing here? This is a magical girl RP, and it's explicitly stated in the very first post of the signup thread that it's a fairly straight example.

Anyway here's Blackwall
vanthebaron Mystical Monkey Master from Carlyle, Il Since: Sep, 2010
Mystical Monkey Master
#144: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:45:38 PM

If I could find a darker more realistic rp I'd join it.

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KiriAme Thom Raiwhat? Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
Thom Raiwhat?
#145: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:47:34 PM

How is a girl who got sold to a brothel at age ten being a "charismatic sociopath" at all realistic? She's more likely to be a nervous wreck

than anything.

edited 22nd Aug '11 6:48:25 PM by KiriAme

Anyway here's Blackwall
deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#146: Aug 22nd 2011 at 6:49:25 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up][up] Its a magical girl RP. Its idealistic. All bad guys are bad for perfectly good reasons. All evil people have a chance of redemption. Anyways, that wasn't a criticism of your character, but merely annoyance at you making such a blanket statement about this RP, and this genre, which is obviously untrue for this game, and often untrue for the genre. If you can't accept a well reasoned argument, or you resort to attacking other people's characters instead of defending or changing your own, you aren't being reasonable, and I don't want to play with you even if you later change your character to one that works, unless you change your attitude. You don't seem to be able to accept criticism of your character, even constructive and well-reasoned criticism, and that would make you bad at working with other people in order to make the RP work. Please attempt to find it in you to change yourself, and your character, or don't play R Ps. I hope I haven't offended you in anyway. Thank you, and may Celestia's sun shine your the way to the path of reason.

[up][up] If I were G Ming a darker and more realistic RP, I would have the same criticism of your character since it went way past what is reasonable and gave no good reasons for anything in it. Thank you.

edited 22nd Aug '11 6:51:14 PM by deathpigeon

KiriAme Thom Raiwhat? Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Giving love a bad name
Thom Raiwhat?
#147: Aug 22nd 2011 at 7:04:16 PM

On a lighter note, Moerin, your second DMG seems awesome.

Anyway here's Blackwall
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#148: Aug 22nd 2011 at 7:06:09 PM

[up][up] @van: Because there's a difference between being "realistic" and being plain old grimdark. Cynicalism and realism aren't the same thing.

But I hope you find a RP suitable for your tastes.

BananaRamma Survivor Since: Jun, 2011
Survivor
#149: Aug 22nd 2011 at 7:06:46 PM

So... Are sign ups completely closed now? I was kind of interested in joining as a dark magical girl...

deathpigeon Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: One True Dodecahedron
#150: Aug 22nd 2011 at 7:07:15 PM

Yeah! I nearly missed (I skimmed it) while writing up my argument, but it seems awesome. She seems like she'll turn into a bit of a Yandere.


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