How's My Driving | April 2013

[ironwood]

Spring has been sprung! All over the Western hemisphere, flowers are blooming, bunnies are bounding, and the little clickity-clack of rper fingers at keyboards is in the air! To kick off the season in style, it's time for our third HMD here at Tu Shanshu.

How's My Driving?
While each and every character must have an HMD page available, we offer a gamewide HMD once every calendar quarter. This is an opportunity to get together and discuss IC interpretations and portrayals in a respectful, beneficial fashion. In a nutshell, it's a chance to see how we're doing in the grand scheme of things.

There are a few ground rules to cover off before we can start:

• Participation in the quarterly HMD is 100% optional.
  
• Be respectful, anon or not. It's a lot easier to give and receive crit if all parties are making it a discussion of it rather than an argument.
  
• IP logging is off and anonymous commenting is on. You can offer crit signed-in if you like, but the option's there.
  

That's it, that's all!

And, to make things easier, here's a handy-dandy codeset:

<big><b><i>Player Name</i></b></big> <i>Character Name:</i> <i>Canon:</i> <i>User Name:</i> <I>Focus:</i> Optional. Do you have particular concerns about your portrayal that you'd like to be the focus of crit? You can link any threads you'd like a second opinion on here. If you're looking for structural feedback, or would prefer things like grammar not be mentioned, put it here.

Comments

[backwordscompatible]

Hina
Character Name: Zatanna Zatara
Canon: Young Justice
User Name: backwordscompatible
Focus: I'm probably going to regret saying this later on, but...I actually feel as if I've improved a lot since the last HMD. I took a lot of the advice that was given to me to heart, and tried to apply it not only to how I approach each tag, but how I approach the game as a whole. Posts and tag-ins now have more of a purpose than just casual interaction. I've slowed my roll a lot so I could focus on using more bracket meta and putting more content into tags, and I've made myself available for constant communication regarding "important" threads. Plotting and planning ahead, while two of my weaker points, have been a central focus of my Plan of Improvement.

But, of course, I am hardly the Mary Poppins of RP ("Practically Perfect in Every Way"). The problem is that I've been RPing for four years now, and Zatanna for nearly two. This means I've picked up four years worth of bad habits that are hard to get rid of. And I am working on it, but I know there are plenty still out there. Not every tag is going to be a masterpiece. So if you ever see anything that you question, or feel needs a bit of an explanation as to how or why a certain tag came out the way it did (particularly since a lot of people sometimes have comics!Zatanna expectations that...don't apply to Earth-16!Zatanna), feel free to ask! I love a good discussion over characterization and CR.

[cowled]

I'm popping out the door in a few minutes so I don't have much time, but I can definitely tell you've incorporated those elements into your rping. It's been a very notable change and I really appreciate you taking the time to listen to my initial comments. :3

[backwordscompatible]

I was waiting for you to comment.

But thank you, Roy! It means a lot to know that my efforts have been noticed. I know I always talk about how I don't take RP seriously (because I don't), but I ALWAYS respect when somebody takes the time to offer me critt, and I wanted to repay that kindness by doing what I could to improve.