CoLC crossover RP, discussion

@Ominae: No, but you can just take it off and get a new one.

Anyway, I gotta get going for tonight. I actually meant to hop off the computer earlier though I had to stay awake this late for other reasons anyway so it's actually no big deal. Tomorrow my shift is the same as Tuesday's, a fairly short though also late shift. So if it goes as scheduled, I'll be online later than I was tonight; I'd estimate around two hours later.

I did look at my next week's schedule, but I've not yet written it down because I think it might get changed. One thing I'll mention now since I know it won't change, is that I have a mandatory meeting to go to on Wednesday that starts relatively early. So regardless of anything else, I will have to get going earlier than I normally would on Tuesday night.

edited 15th Oct '16 6:19:26 AM by FirockFinion

I just got out of work.

Posted! I think the continuity got a little screwed up with the going-out-to-space group, but I did my best o-o''

Some news: Sunday night starts another Jewish holiday called Sukkot, and I'll be gone from around 8PM tomorrow to Tuesday night at the earliest! Before then I'll try to minimize my involvement so no one ends up waiting on me for two days (assuming I even get in another post, what with all the homework and being an aide at Sunday school).

Heading out for lunch and a a haircut. I'll post later, but Gon may join someone heading out depending if he meets said person...

Here now, fully recapped. I'll start working on a post after I check on some things, but it'll probably take me a while to type.

I had this really weird dream that was basically just me watching the entirety of the final Wander Over Yonder episode that never aired because the show was cancelled after two seasons. It wasn't quite a COLC dream, but at the end I remember there being humans and Wander reuniting with a long-lost human friend of his and I kept thinking "Oh god, Wander really has met humans, I need to change his reaction in the RP" and "Since when does Wander have magical powers, I need to add this to his character sheet"

Alright, with that quick post so Cole Minor and Full Moon won't be held up on me as much, I've gotta get going for tonight.

Tomorrow not only is my shift shorter than today's was, but it starts earlier, so I'm supposed to be off a whole two hours earlier than I was today. I might swing by the grocery store before coming home though, so the difference between when I get online might be a bit less than two hours.

Also a heads up on my schedule for next week, now that I have a final version: Unfortunately after tomorrow my schedule is somewhat hectic for the next three days, but is fairly tame after that. Monday is like last Monday, a technically evening though oddly early shift that isn't that long; Tuesday however is an early shift that's scheduled for a moderate length, though my manager specifically told me I'd probably be going home earlier than scheduled that day; Wednesday is the ickiest day of the week, because we're having a mandatory meeting fairly early, and then I have to work a regular shift after that, which combined together is going to be a very long affair; then I have Thursday and Friday off, followed by short evening shifts Saturday and next Sunday.

Now the particular way it's worked out, there isn't any specific day where I won't have a lot of time to be online, (The worst would be Monday and honestly even it's not that bad.) but I will probably be somewhat frazzled and thus possibly have more writer's block than usual Monday through Wednesday.

I will be unable to post for about 2 days starting tomorrow.

And here I thought Ruckus were done ticking me off royally. I guess not.

I can't wait for the day when Ruckus stops being the main bad guys here. Because as it stands they keep putting us into compltely unwinnable situations, especially considering this is a day where transportation is extremely difficult (which I already complained about mightily).

Dammit all, I hate being completely and utterly powerless to do anything about these clowns.

Well except we kinda won every Ruckus related fight with the exception of the alley fight with Sans and Cole.

The Ruckus are competent villains but they have a pretty bad streak against the heroes so far. The only one there who has consistently one-upped the heroes is Jackson and he's not even part of the Ruckus anymore, just a very Genre Savvy jerkass

Yeah, but I have really no way to deal with this situation. Even if Ben were there, Ben would probably make things worse.

I guess I just hate not being able to contribute to solve a problem.

I know that the Ruckus don't have a good track record but dangit all Ben can't disarm plastic explosives. Or alternatively deal with flashbangs. Even with Grey Matter.

edited 16th Oct '16 9:17:59 AM by AllHailThrall

Stuff happens that you can't deal it either because it's beyond your abilities or because you're simply too far away to do anything as it's happening. That's just how it is. While the situation at the grocery store is happening just have Ben keep doing his stuff while he's blissfully unaware of everything that's going on.

Ben doesn't need to be there or always be contributing to every major problem that happens, there's a lot of other characters in this RP that can get involved as well.

I know but I've felt like I've completely failed when it comes to presenting Ben as a competent hero. He keeps screwing up and I don't think there's very much he's done right. It's getting to the point again where it's starting to not be that fun anymore.

IMO, I think that's what makes him in Co LC interesting. Despite being in possession of a watch that can morph him to different forms and using that watch to save the world, he's still just a 10-year-old. He's not just your everyday wish-fulfillment hero.

It could be very interesting to see him come to terms with the fact that it's okay to not contribute if you can't, and the fact that he can't always be the hero. That's just my two cents, anyway.

But aside from that, I made a doc about potential mechas the characters in Co LC would have. In case anyone's interested in it, here you go.

I used this as a reference for Body Types and Size Class.

He still needs to get that Reploid DNA from X.

And try to bring in the Ride Armor from the Mega Man X series.

edited 16th Oct '16 3:19:17 PM by EchoingSilence

Well earlier today I had another breakdown. I knew this was gonna happen. I've been trying to work through it and I've been working on and off on homework. That's why I've been so quiet today and it's why I haven't been on Skype. I apologize for getting whiny again. Dealing with an excess of anxiety kind of does that...

It's okay. Dealing with anxiety is hard.

Here now, fully recapped. I'll try to post soon though I feel oddly tired, like my body hasn't fully woken up yet, so it might take me a bit to type it up. I'm gonna check on some things and then try to get it started.

@All Hail Thrall: Well, I am sorry about the anxiety; I kind of understand how that feels, though I don't think I have it as bad as you do.

At the same time though, I again can't help but raise an eyebrow at how it seems like every time you have an anxiety episode, my GMing style and decisions seems to be first and foremost in the crosshairs. Nobody else is complaining about it the way you are. Now that doesn't automatically mean that you're wrong or that you have no point; maybe some of them do feel the same way, but just stay quiet about it because they fear retaliation. (To which I say I'd prefer you guys be open and honest. I mean, I haven't done anything to Thrall about it even though he complains a lot.) And sometimes the majority is in fact wrong. But you being the only one complaining, and that other people will quickly step in with counterpoints, also can't just be dismissed out of hand.

The grocery store right now: Die Hard in an interstellar grocery store.

Sans and Caro: Lighthearted fun times in space.

Every time this sort of contrast pops in this RP, it never stops being amusing.

Well, my apologies to Cole Minor and Deis The Alcano, but I'm not sure what I want to post yet, and I should get going for tonight. Tomorrow my shift is scheduled to end the same time tonight's did, and I don't plan on stopping by the grocery tomorrow so I should hopefully be online a bit earlier. I will however have to do laundry once I'm home, which tends to distract me for a while.

Hey Echoing Silence, you mentioned at one point that you were wondering what Ben would look like as a Reploid.

Well, here's my rendition◊.

Interesting. I think I may be able to build off of that.

What do you mean?

I am a art man. Using that base design I will draw if.

I'm not a physics expert, but I wonder if Twilight's wings would actually realistically be all that helpful navigating through space.