HMD Meme #2

[hughes]

damned HMD Meme

PLEASE READ ALL OF THE BELOW RULES BEFORE POSTING.

1. POSTING TO THIS MEME IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. This means that if someone chooses not to participate, you must respect that decision and leave their characters out of any crit you post. Conversely, if you do choose to post your character(s) to the meme, you must accept all constructive input you receive. You do not have to agree with everyone's crit; however, any replies you post are expected to be courteous and respectful.

2. NO UNCONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS. Regardless of the kind of input you're giving, be it reinforcement of something positive or calling attention to something questionable, you must ALWAYS give concrete reasons for why you feel the way you do. "Because," "due to," and "since" are examples of the kind of vocabulary you should use in your feedback. You are also, of course, expected to be courteous and respectful toward your fellow players.

3. PROHIBITED CONTENT IN COMMENTS:

• Unconstructive input, be it negative or positive
• Breaking any rules set by the original input request
• Malicious or sarcastic wording/emoting
• Threats or demands
• Falsification of facts
• Spamming

The above apply both to input givers and input receivers. Any comments containing the above will be subject to being deleted, frozen, or screened, and their posters will be subject to penalties.

IF YOU SEE ANY COMMENTS CONTAINING ANY OF THE ABOVE ISSUES, please do not reply to them and instead notify one of the Head Mods immediately.

4. IP LOGGING IS TURNED ON. However, Court and I are the only people who will be able to see the IPs, and we will absolutely not share this information with anyone. The logging will only be used to identify rule-breakers, should the need arise.

5. PLEASE USE THE TEMPLATE BELOW FOR YOUR INPUT REQUEST. If you would like to specify certain guidelines, explain yourself, or ask for focus on a particular aspect of your playing, feel free to do so in the "other" section. Remember: if you're uncomfortable with receiving input in a public setting or if you'd like to give Anons the option of giving you input without their IP being logged, you are perfectly welcome to specify your preferences and link people to your character's personal HMD.

Name/Handle:
Character(s) Played: Character Name (char_username), Character Name (char_username)
Anon input allowed?: Y/N
Other: (optional)

<b>Name/Handle:</b> <b>Character(s) Played:</b> Character Name (<lj site="livejournal.com" user="char_username">), Character Name (<lj site="livejournal.com" user="char_username">) <b>Anon input allowed?:</b> Y/N <b>Other:</b> (optional)

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I'm hopeful that no significant problems will arise, but if they do, I am signed in as "Scars of Ishbal" on AIM. If you have any questions, concerns, or reports about the meme, please do not hesitate to bring them to me or Court (AIM: that damn showy).

Thank you!

Comments

[hughes]

Name/Handle: Erin
Character(s) Played: Sylar (7_to_midnight)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: I'm eager for any input you might have; please don't hesitate to tell me anything! \o/ (Also, if you're uncomfortable about your IP being logged, feel free to leave a comment over at his personal HMD.)

[eryn]

This isn't an overall thing, but I just wanted to say that I'm enthralled with Sylar and Wally's "friendship" whenever it comes up. Their most recent thread had just the right balance of genuinely cute and "oh shit, Wally, you gon' get raped murdered someday if you're not careful, nuuuuuuu D:". I think that's exactly the sort of way an IC Sylar should operate (at least based on the first season, which is what I have to go on), and the way you're writing it/playing it out is fantastic.

[burningvigor.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Court
Character(s) Played: Sora (scintillatingly), Guy Cecil (razing_phoenix), Peter Petrelli (human_sponge), Harvey Dent / Two-Face (unheroed), Zack Fair (zack_fair)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: You can also feel free to crit me on Dr. Wilson, the rebel, and other random NPCs if you wish!

[fourstonewalls]

One minor thing: you sometimes reply in tl;dr to thoughts the other character had -- a little bit of that is no big deal and playing with meta-info can be fun. It's not infomodding at all -- the characters are just running along parallel mental tracks. If it's intentional, no worries -- different styles are different, but it sometimes feels haphazard rather than intentional.

[kitty-nakoji.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Mary
Character(s) Played: Venom (anemptydecapo)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: Hi there. THIS IS SO WEIRD WITH ONLY ONE CHARACTER

[subversive.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Lina
Character(s) Played: Lelouch vi Britannia (kingside)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: HMD in his journal here (http://kingside.livejournal.com/5575.html) if you don't want your IP logged/feel like getting something off of your chest that breaks the rules/has nothing at all to do with my RPing so much as it does something about my, I dunno, personality, heaps of neuroses, or personal hygiene. I will actually listen and respond (unless it's that last one), so yeah. \o/

[no-dont-go.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Cager (dreamcager)
Character(s) Played: Aigis (no_dont_go), Damon Gant (gargantuanlaugh)
Anon input allowed?: Yes~
Other: Have at me! There's also personal HMDs on each of my character's journals, so feel free to post there anonly too if you wish.

[eryn]

Really enjoyed Aigis's threading with Utena, both in-game and at FoC (XD). I think you've thought well on how she, as an android, would react to not only being human all of a sudden, but also being in this particular effed-up situation. I don't know her canon at all, but based on the info in her journal and outside info I read about her, her personality seems exactly what it ought to be. She's calm and her emotional levels are muted compared a normal human's, but she's clearly still a real soul, if that makes any sense. You made a very strong start at Damned with her, and I think you'll continue to do well with both her and Gant (whose posts I need to catch up on).

(Also, more shallow point: that one icon you have of her looking back and forth is adorable. XD)

[eco-mono.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Eco-Mono
Character(s) Played: Tanaka (violent_varmint), Willy Wonka (chocomancer)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: I am aware that I have activity issues - this is a long-standing bad habit of mine of which I am continually trying to break myself. (Also, I have a permanent HMD here (http://eco-mono.livejournal.com/2511.html) for those of you worried about IP logging &c.)

[tiassa]

Name/Handle: tiassa
Character(s) Played: Yue/Yukito (winged_moon), Yamada Hanatarou (mitase), Nunnally vi Britannia (jouer_sans_voir), Aino Minako (ai_no_minako)
Anon input allowed?: Yes (But I would honestly prefer to know who you are so I can contact you for followup later, should something need to be corrected.)
Other: I have nothing to say. Have a kitten. ♥

[sunsingergirl.livejournal.com]

I've been out of the Sailor Moon fandom for several years, but I was really impressed with the amount of depth you gave Minako in our thread; I can't really remember ever seeing her as so much of a person while watching the anime, and it made for a very fun thread.

I suck at crit-giving, so I hope this was satisfactory DX

Also: OH KITTEH SO CUTE♥

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Angelina (lady_angelina)
Character(s) Played: Manfred von Karma (perfectrecord)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: I welcome crit on anything, both IC and OOC matters. I'm especially interested in crit on writing and ICness/characterization. Also, if you've threaded with me before, I'd especially love to get your feedback on how I can be a better threadmate.

I do know my biggest Achilles heel now is activity. XD; I'm also working on confidence and tl;dr prose issues.

Also, vK has an HMD post (http://perfectrecord.livejournal.com/840.html) at the top of his journal, anon-enabled and IP-logging-disabled, if you'd prefer to use that. There's also my thread (http://hmd-me.livejournal.com/669.html?thread=228253#t228253) in the most recent LJ-wide hmd_me meme, if you're more comfortable with an HMD post that I have absolutely no control over.

As always, thank you in advance. <3

[threepwood]

You know how I used to like your vK because I could read the threads and enjoy them? Well now that I've played in one of them, I really, really like vK. I loved the Guybrush/vK thread (boy, it only took me four characters to finally get a thread with you). You don't need to change a thing to be a fun threadmate- vK's intellect and low tolerance for stupidity made for a great character clash, and those sorts of interactions are gold.

[hemachandra.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Ryu
Character(s) Played: Kaworu Nagisa (moral_liberty), Howl Pendragon (slipperymagic), Reeve Tuesti (simplemechanics)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: I'll be back to regular posting in just a couple days!

[eternity_dreams]

Ahhhhh, I love all of these guys, but I really only stalk Kaworu. And he is amazing in how you get him to come off. I would have assumed that he was a character that people wouldn't be able to play for more than a short time, but he flows well and always has good voice. And is marvelous.~

My one negative? Posting does seem a little erratic, but that could just be the past month or two.

[dreadofthegrave]

Name/Handle: aluria
Character(s) Played: Ushiromiya Battler (dreadofthegrave)
Anon input allowed?: GO FOR IT, MAN.
Other: I also have a personal HMD with anon on/ip off/screened comments if you would prefer that. and yeah, I am aware of activity issues. anything you have, no matter how insignificant, would really be appreciated since I feel like I struggle with him a lot.

[tadity.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Tad
Character(s) Played: Homura (screwthegods), Terry McGinnis (gothamsfuture), Mihai Mihaeroff (whichwayagain), America (willbethehero)
Anon input allowed?: N
Other: Have at?

[burningvigor.livejournal.com]

Prefacing this by saying that I really haven't read many of Terry's threads at all, but I think a cool thing that you should try and do in general is get him to do the sort of hero stuff that he's known for -- that is, jump into a fight and help people, do some investigate-y stuff (or try), etc. He seems to hang around with quasi-canonmates a bit, too, so maybe having him branch out a bit more would also be good? I'm just curious to see how goes on and tries to be Batman without Bruce there to fall back on when necessary. You may have been doing some of this already, but I figured I'd bring it up anyway. 8D

[valentinite.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Sarah / valentinite
Character(s) Played: Sangamon Taylor (toxicspiderman), Taura (ninelivesonce), Lana Skye (fourstonewalls)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: HMDs in their journals are always open as well. Lana's is screened, the others aren't.

[oftemptation.livejournal.com]

You are doing so beautifully with Lana, Sarah. She's got a human side to her that only gets hinted at in her canon, and you draw that out in a really lovely manner. It was a joy threading with you, and we'll have to do it again ASAP. <3

[psyches]

Name/Handle: Psyche
Character(s) Played: Nigredo (falseblack), Ushiromiya Ange (finalwitch)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: Each of my characters have an anon/screened/IP-logging-off HMD post on their journals.

[feartehreaper.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Anduin
Character(s) Played: Haseo (feartehreaper)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: I also gotta HMD here (http://community.livejournal.com/hullegranz/549.html) if you want. :)

[geminion.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Gemi
Character(s) Played: James T. Kirk (doneinthree)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: Alternative HMD (http://doneinthree.livejournal.com/1399.html) here.

[continuum.livejournal.com]

SO having now played across from Kirk with Faith, I can definitely say that you balance out the different sides of Kirk's personality really well. He's a a frat boy, but he's also a captain, and it's nice to see glimpses of that, even when one side is dominating the other depending on the situation. His voice is solid and it reads smooth. :|b IDK THAT'S ALL I HAVE I'M SORRY. /)_(\ KIRK IS A GQMF AND SO ARE YOU.

[nest.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Jansen
Character(s) Played: Claude C. Kenni (full_score), Spock (dual_worlds)
Anon input allowed?: Yes!
Other: If you're uncomfortable having your IP logged for some reason, feel free to use the HMDs for Claude (http://full-score.livejournal.com/4383.html) and Spock (http://dual-worlds.livejournal.com/724.html). I'm open to hearing any sort of suggestions, whether about characterization, writing style, or anything else!

[oftemptation.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Jen
Character(s) Played: Endrance (oftemptation), Furude Rika (repeatingfate)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: (optional) I'm trying to get back on the ball about activity. ;_; Also, personal HMD here (http://community.livejournal.com/caerleonmedb/2617.html).

[little-serenity.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Serey
Character(s) Played: Artemis Fowl II (byname_bynature), Hattori Heiji (osakapwnzu), Kurt Wagner (fuzzy_diablo), Kinomoto Touya (guardiancomplex), Pavel A. Chekov (sewenteen_sir)
Anon input allowed?: N
Other: I won't be accepting crit posted here, though each character has a specific HMD post on their journal. Please feel free to post any crit you have in those posts. Anon posting is disabled, IP logging is on, comments are screened.

[tsunagari.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Lauren
Character(s) Played: Sai (tsunagari), Leon D.S. Geeste (heraldric), Heat (idontregret), Cloud Strife (notthistrain), Dr. Mohinder Suresh (cockroachtheory)
Anon input allowed?: yes
Other: Don't be afraid to voice opinions! Also, if you're not comfortable responding here, I keep a separate HMD here (http://smileanderror.livejournal.com/798.html#cutid1). (So I don't have to change the settings around on all my journals.)

[sasuke-of-sound.livejournal.com]

My opinion is shocking and awful and terrible and you will never expect it:

I love threading with you always. :( I will make Lauren Day a reality. You'll see. X(

More in detail, I still and will forever love the way you handle Sai: you play him with the ROOT-bred emotional confusion without robbing him of vulnerability and do the best thing ever with how he does feel emotions, just in a perplexed way -- but without resorting to that cliche'd "WILL SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THIS IS DERP" sort of reaction to it. You keep him funny but don't make him a joke. I love his depth and the range of emotional reactions he has despite having been trained to not have emotional reactions. ;_; And I consistently want to take him to my bosom and cradle him to a semi-consensual sleep. /what

I've only just started threading with Heat, but I already enjoy him. :D I don't know his canon as well, so I can't speak on that level, but I enjoy his sarcasm and his fronting dudeliness. I enjoy how different his speech patterns are from Sai! And I also think Agni is adorable, but I don't know why. ♥

[eryn]

Name/Handle: Eryn
Character(s) Played: Tenjou Utena (roseoverture), Scott Pilgrim (justdoesntexist), Elaine Marley (selfrescuer), Dr. Peter Venkman [Doctor NPC] (whoyougoncall)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: All of my characters also have screened, anon-enabled, IP-logging-disabled HMD posts on their journals if you're uncomfortable commenting out in the open for whatever reason. I'm very open to suggestions of any kind, and want to make sure I'm playing these characters the best I possibly could be.

[blackberet.livejournal.com]

I didn't mention Elaine on the last HMD, so I will here: I really like what I've seen of her so far. Her intelligence is striking but very appropriate to the character and her canon point. Her dialogue is working well so far; it's easy to hear her voice when I read it. I was extremely pleased with the way the thread with Morgan went, in particular--I felt Elaine was rightly guarded without being undiplomatic, as a governor should be, and I also felt she reached her breaking point at the right time. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to developing their CR. I think their relationship will be very complex and interesting to play out over time, and I love that I can only guess at where it might end up!

I'll be looking forward to seeing how things play out between her and Guybrush as well. To my mind, you're making all the right calls in balancing her immediate (and long-standing) irritation with him with the feelings that made her agree to marry him anyway. That's a really interesting facet of Elaine's character that's most striking at this canon point, so again, I'm glad you chose it.

It's also good that you're watching for when you need to recalibrate things. I did think the note-taking was justifiable, but Elaine's realization that it was a heat-of-the-moment thing might have been a better choice, in the long run. If you keep paying attention to details like that, you'll be in great shape.

[zalia.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Zalia
Character(s) Played: Kenren Taisho (opposingheaven), Allelujah Haptism (tender_cruelty), Ronixis J. Kenni (timeleaper), Tsukasa (cannotlogout), Cissnei (tofindherwings), England (teabastard),
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: Um, yeah, I know my activity has kind of sucked recently -_- Sorry. Trying to work on that.

[tadity.livejournal.com]

Just one thing with Kenren, and this is my preference, but I'd like to see you be more proactive with him? I know you joke about me knowing Kenren's schedule, but, IDK. He seems like something of a backburner character? And like I said, this is largely my preference, but I don't know. He doesn't seem quite that laid back in canon, I guess is what I'm trying to say?

But England is fabulous.

And sorry so late. &heart;

[36-24-35.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Slan
Character(s) Played: Asuka Langley Soryu (lookitmemama), Tifa Lockheart (36_24_35)
Anon input allowed?: Yes
Other: Any kind of constructive criticism you can give me would be very appreciated, especially over Tifa. Do not be afraid to point anything out~!

[burningvigor.livejournal.com]

Generally I think that you've given Tifa a lot of emotional depth and also a flair that really brings her to life, which I like a lot, but one thing that I noticed in your posts is that she tends to think "Oh, Shiva" or ... something along those lines, in place of a curse. This isn't something I remember the FFVII characters actually doing, and while it's a small thing, it's kind of jarring for me to read, just because it doesn't really match Tifa's speech patterns as I remember them. You are doing a nice job overall, though. That's just one thing I'd suggest working on. :|b

[justice]

Name/Handle: Alison
Character(s) Played: Luke fon Fabre (replicatedorder), Riku (antiheroed), Luke Castellan (shallendhisdays)
Anon input allowed?: Yeah, but I'd prefer that it's not?
Other: I actually fret a lot over Riku, so anything on him would be nice to hear.

[sunsingergirl.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Sun
Character(s) Played: Matt (gamingsostfu)
Anon input allowed?: Y
Other: Crit me on anything, though I'm particularly interested in hearing about ICness/characterization.

Also, Matty has a HMD (http://gamingsostfu.livejournal.com/489.html) in his journal, if you have something to say that you would prefer to have out without IP logging, or if it doesn't follow the rules above. ♥

[eryn]

I will admit to being one of the skeptical when I saw that there was a Matt on the application list, just like I'll admit to being initially skeptical of Hetalia when those characters first got apped. Just as in Hetalia's case, though, the fact that you got accepted was enough to make me much more open-minded, and your actual posts have reassured me even more so. I love them! Granted, I'm not really as familiar with the second half of Death Note as I am with the first, but I think I still know enough to comment. Considering how little there is to go on with a character like Matt, I think you're pulling him off very well so far, especially considering how much you're probably going to be compared to the previous Matt. You hit the obvious key points of the material that are established in canon, and your prose and dialogue (inner and outer) for him read realistically for a person of his background in this kind of situation. It's easy and enjoyable to digest your writing style, too. Not too TL;DR, and not too short either. I've been stalking all his posts so far, and I'm glad to have him threading with Elaine right now. :D

Really, the only caveat I've had so far probably doesn't even really count, since it's not based in your writing or characterization at all. The only thing that's crossed my mind improvement-wise is that it'd be nice to see at least a few icons with canon artwork in them, even if they're just black and white. The fanart is all very nice, but it'd probably fit in better with his castmates to have at least some representation of Obata's art style in there too. If you feel that messes too much with the theme of your icons, then that's fine; it's a minor thing, so don't worry about it too much if that's not what you want to go for. And, really, if an icon thing the most you have to worry about others crit'ing you for, then I'd say that's a pretty good sign so far!

[continuum.livejournal.com]

Name/Handle: Maia
Character(s) Played: Sam Winchester (allroadslead), Faith (vbyv)
Anon input allowed?: Yes, absolutely. I'm open to anything from anyone.
Other: I'm concerned about Sam, as usual, but I'm also a little worried about how Faith is coming through. BUT IN GENERAL, any writing and/or character advice would be appreciated. ♥

[tiassa]

I haven't been stalking Sam (or anyone, really) much lately, but in the thread with Sam and the CG siblings I thought you had him down perfectly. I was struck by how well I could see and hear him with the way he moved and talked, and I thought the inner thought processes were very Sam. Afraid I don't have any suggestions for improvement, bb, so...keep doing what you're doing?