CR With Me | March 2013

[ironwood]

Hello, chelonauts! This marks the start of our six-week interval for CR With Me memes!

As usual, when plotting out any CR potential, please be as specific as you can! 'Our characters should go for coffee next week' is going to help establish an idea of what sort of CR you're looking for better than 'omg tag me.'

Mind that the form is still a bit different, including the two recently added sections titled "Current Status" for a summary of what your character's been up to and "CR Goals" for the plotting and discussion of gaps in your character's CR spectrum that you would like to fill! We've also added a bit for plotting regarding the upcoming Decay of Tu Vishan event and longterm impact (rationing).

CR With Me Form:
<div style="font-family: Impact;font-size: 30px;color: #bf0206;padding-top: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;">PLAYER NAME HERE</div> <font face="georgia"><b>CHARACTER:</font></b> <b><font face="georgia">CANON:</font></b> <b><font face="georgia">PERSONALITY:</b></font> Please give us a brief description of your character, to give anyone canonblind an idea of where the CR might go! <b><font face="georgia">CURRENT STATUS:</font></b> Optionally, you can give a quick rundown of what your character's been up to in the game and their short-term goals. <b><font face="georgia">CR GOALS:</font></b> What's your dream CR to obtain this month? Do you want to work on developing current CR or splash into something new? <b><font face="georgia">SCENE-DOS:</font></b> What sort of things are you looking to write with this character? Are you a prose sort of person or action spam all the way? Do you prefer network interactions to face-to-face? Do you like angst, fluff, drama, plot-based scenes, all of the above? <b><font face="georgia">SCENE-DON'TS:</font></b> What sort of things are you a little more lukewarm about in regards to this character, or would rather flat-out avoid? Do you absolutely hate writing negative CR? Would you sooner chuck you laptop out a window before you write one more slice-of-life thread? All those considerations can go here. <b><font face="georgia">THE DECAY OF TU VISHAN/RATIONING:</font></b> Do you have any particular reactions to the upcoming event in mind? Plotting directions? How will your character adapt? <b><font face="georgia">ADDITIONAL:</font></b> Anything else you might want to add that doesn't fit into the above goes here.

A reminder that the main portion of the Decay event will kick off March 19th, but there will be longterm effects felt all over Keeliai -- so feel free to plot into the future!

Comments

roy and company! (said company includes Brandon, Bruce, Aisha and Reid)

[cowled]

Roy

bruce wayne

[cowled]

CHARACTER: Bruce Wayne
CANON: DCU
PERSONALITY: Batman, vengeance, etc. By day he's a congenial, laid-back business-man, by night he's a petty, vengeance-driven douchebag.
CURRENT STATUS: Bruce has... actually been making character-related growth? WHICH IS LIKE. WEIRD? Or SOMETHING? This is pretty much the longest time he's ever gone in his entire adult life without pummelling a supervillain in the face and he's... adjusting to it and actually becoming a slightly better/marginally less pathetic person.
CR GOALS: I'd really like to build up some long-term close CR with people outside of his cast? Bruce has some really great cross-canon relationships, but they're hard to cultivate because he's an incredibly insular person, and I'd like to expand on the ones I have and strengthen the ties he's made in the last few months. I'd also like to forge some new ones? There are a couple ways to go about this – putting characters in a situation where they're forced to rely on one another, or starting out with casual conversations and building up over a longer period. If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, let me know? BRUCE IS VERY BAD AT BEING A SURLY LONER.
SCENE-DOS: I love writing action-based scenes, goal-oriented logs (actionspam or prose, I'm cool with either) and things that force Bruce to actually show his more compassionate side (I promise he has one it's just. Buried beneath layers of Issues). I can do slice of life things with him, but it's not my favourite thing, unless it's leading to a goal further down the line?
SCENE-DON'TS: I'll try p. much anything once.
THE DECAY OF TU VISHAN/RATIONING: Bruce already has a stockpile of items stashed across his various warehouses in Keeliai so nothing really there. He might be tempted to put on his public face and do some Planning By Committee type stuff if anyone's up for that? But I don't really like stuffing him into a leadership role when there are other characters that aren't mod played could better suit that role.
ADDITIONAL: One day he'll be a real boy. Until that day, he's going to just keep punching dudes in the face instead of dealing with his issues himself.

[flawedgoods]

...at some point Favrielle and Bruce are going to have to talk again. She might make a network post about "WHERE IS NITA?" or something idk, or you mentioned him calling her to mend things? Do you have a preference or any ideas :|a

Also am thinking Bryn's been gophering for Bruce, but she'll probably only leave one copy of herself to work during the day and send the other two to work the fields just as a heads up.

[cowled]

hahaha Bruce is being Avoidy McAvoiderson in Favrielle's general direction. He's probably going to go out of his way to keep from talking to her, including doing things like sending other bats to pick up any remaining clothing of his she has/etc and just.

Being a dick.

:c


That is a-okay re: Bryn! Let's do it.

[aenseidhe]

batcreeper /;3;/ how often does bruce run around in the bat suit? i just want iorveth to see the batcreeper and be all wtf dh'oine... idek

[cowled]

Bruce runs around in the Batsuit more often than he creeps about as Bruce Wayne: Public Figure tbqh.


BUT IORVETH


HE HAS POINTED BAT-EARS


whatcha gon' doooooo


but yes Iorveth is more than welcome to have seen him creeping around in the shadows and taken note of him that way. Eventually we can do an IC meeting of some sort?

[depicted]

He's going to be called a 'graceless idiot' it's going to happen if I have to blow up the entire turtle to make it happen.

And one day, Dorian will work out that Bruce is A Little Suspicious.

[cowled]

omg I never realized how much I want Dorian to figure out Bruce is Batman and just let him go on oblivious to this fact so one day Bruce can, you know, tell him and Dorian can be like 'oh yeah I knew ages ago. Good job.'


OR SOMETHING MORE IC FOR BOTH OF THEM IDK BUT SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

[apologiesmyking]

I'd really like Kaldur to be able to meet Bruce, since he looks up to his Batman so much as a leader and I think the differences would be really interesting, but I'm having trouble thinking about how it would work out. /thinks

[cowled]

Bruce is going to love the fuck out of Kaldur and probably try to co-opt him as Robin because YOU ARE SO MUCH COOLER THAN ANY OF THE AQUABABIES BACK ON HIS EARTH



sorry garth.

Re: bruce wayne

[wintershepherd]

Please to have meeting finally? :X Or are we still looking to put it off...?

[cowled]

... they met at Bruce's party didn't they? :|a Or do you mean as Batman?

[backwordscompatible]

So...yeah...one of these days, they should probably run into each other again, so Zatanna can tell him that he's still a paranoid jerk...but she's also sorta kinda maybe sorry for the knee-jerk reaction.

Also, what's the deal with the Helmet?

spencer reid

[polyhistor]

CHARACTER: Spencer Reid
CANON: Criminal Minds
PERSONALITY: Reid is a genius with an eidetic memory. He's a sweetheart that likes halping people but isn't afraid to stand up for himself when/where it's necessary. He's got some issues of his own he deals with from time to time, the primary one being 'abandonment'. He's hit pretty hard without his team, which is something he's come to rely on a lot over almost a decade of working with them. :c
CURRENT STATUS: Reid has spent most of his time so far trying to learn anything he can about the turtle, while ignoring the fact that the husband of his BFF was here and he lost him. (No really, he blames himself for that like you wouldn't believe). He's keeping to himself a little not because it's in his nature but because he's used to having people who tug him out to do things and he lacks that safety net here. I'm pretty sure at some point he'll pop up and be like 'oh my god it's March how did this happen'.
CR GOALS: Honestly, Reid just needs friends. People who are outgoing and non-threatening are a big plus. Reid also gets protective of people younger than him that he can relate to or see himself in, since he was a Child Prodigy Genius and he knows the specific difficulties of growing up like that.
SCENE-DOS: Reid will ask questions about anything he's unfamiliar with, and if your characters are willing to sit down with him and talk about their worlds/magic/nature/etc he will absorb everything he can and come back with a doctorate in the subject love every minute of it. However, that stuff can be a little tedious to write, so is probably best partially handwaved? Reid is my more slice-of-lifey character so anything that's kind of adorable or fluffy would be a-okay, but he can also do Action Reid things if necessary. (HE HAS A GUN. SOMETIMES HE EVEN KNOWS WHICH END TO HOLD)
SCENE-DON'TS: As above, I'll try anything once.
THE DECAY OF TU VISHAN/RATIONING: Reid is going to be in the thick of everything trying to Solve Things. If your character needs a genius, give him a shout! He will absolutely be doing everything he can to help and he knows things like chemistry/engineering/etc.

[flawedgoods]

Also if you want friends we could try shoving Bryn at him again? Your call <3

[depicted]

ALSO I am pretty sure I need to give Reid a heartattack at one point. The possibility of being flirted with by Dorian Gray is in his future!

[littlecousin]

hi dr. reid you're drafted

ignore mr. stark he's always like that

[controlledvariable]

Do I even need to say anything?

also fucking cackling about "SOMETIMES HE EVEN KNOWS WHICH END TO HOLD" did you see the picture I posted of Matthew holding his gun the wrong way around?

[traumatizing]

people younger than him he can relate to you say

I always come to you like "these two should interact BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW" I'm sorry I just want them to be friends so badly

Re: spencer reid

[wintershepherd]

Jack thought Reid was cool but someone that smart is intimidating as hell. IDK what we can do with that, if anything.

aisha al-fadhil

[emasculates]

CHARACTER: Aisha al-Fadhil
CANON: The Losers
PERSONALITY: She considers acceptable jewelry to be human body parts. Ymmv.
CURRENT STATUS: Aisha is a hard-ass woman who's dealt with war in one capacity or other for three decades. She's sort of settled into poking/needling at people out of sheer boredom, and she'll pick apart any idealists that crop up when/where it suits her. She's. A mean lady.
CR GOALS: Basically I try to avoid throwing her at people I don't... know very well... because she's horribly offensive and a terrible, terrible person. However, I'd like for her to just cultivate casual ally-type people and anyone who's vaguely antagonistic in their own right she'd probably get along with if not respect. She also has a soft/protective spot for women. :c
SCENE-DOS: Antagonism? Need your character to get in a fight with someone? Aisha literally picks fights in canon 'Just Because'. She also likes to bro around with people who are revolutionaries/fuck the man types because that's her bag.
SCENE-DON'TS: No real slice of life with her, please. She doesn't do well in those sorts of scenes.
THE DECAY OF TU VISHAN/RATIONING: She isn't going to give a shit. TRY LIVING IN AFGHANISTAN DURING THE SOVIET WAR you pussies think this is rationing. (bah)
ADDITIONAL: She does have an opt-out post in her journal over here because there are a lot of elements of her character that could potentially be upsetting to people.

[aenseidhe]

i never have enough aisha threads, give them to me. idek they need to be crazy badass together some more. maybe exploring around the shell or iorveth can show her this sport he invented called bow and arrow fishing

[traumatizing]

Reno and Aisha hanging out and being terrible is a thing that should happen frequently

(as long as they never talk politics because lmao)

brandon sharpe

[sharpes]

CHARACTER: Brandon Sharpe
CANON: Marvel 616
PERSONALITY: Brandon is a teenaged jerk showboater who hides his issues behind his need to be a douchebag to everyone in a ten mile radius.
CURRENT STATUS: He's currently being a miserable shut-in because he finally broke things off with Stephanie by coming out to her. He's left his apartment like. Twice since. He's mired in self-hatred so deep it might as well be a bog. The sort of bog that's hiding human remains from ten thousand years ago.
CR GOALS: Brandon is kind of terrible at reaching out to people right now, so if anyone felt like dragging him out of his apartment and making him do things that would be awesome? He also needs... like... mentor-type-people that aren't going to put up with his shit (see: Nita and Inara)
SCENE-DOS: Anything where Brandon can actually be a decent human being would be awesome. He makes a good big-brother figure when a situation demands he push his own problems aside?
SCENE-DON'TS: Not up for any sort of romance/relationship thing with him in the foreseeable future.
THE DECAY OF TU VISHAN/RATIONING: He'll try and help out when/where he can, but he'll probably need some direction or he'll end up doing grunt work. Nevermind that he could probably power an entire sector by himself.

[imaginate]

Doing grunt work is a good opportunity for these two to run into each other, Y/N/puppies?