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

[dominare]

Mireille
Character Name: Haytham Kenway
Canon:Assassins Creed III
User Name: dominare
Focus:
I'm really worried about anachronisms. ACIII isn't the most careful when it comes to period speech, but a lot of it can be dismissed as the animus being a faulty translator; the same can't be said of Haytham in game! Unfortunately I'm pretty shoddy when it comes to grammar as well, and I worry a lot of my phrases come off as stilted when I try to keep them... more formal? Finding the balance between ease of reading and in characterness is difficult, and it's usually exacerbated by the fact that I've stared at a tag for so long that my grammar starts going wonky.

YOU KNOW HOW WHEN YOU STARE AT A WORD FOR TOO LONG IT STOPS LOOKING LIKE ONE? yeeeah, kinda like that.

Beyond that, it's always a bit difficult to struggle between being his normal sassy self, and the sort of scheming personality he can take when he wants something from someone.

[notamachine]

I haven't noticed any major problems with Haytham's speech, but if you're ever worried about anachronisms, I'm also a historian in my other job so if you ever want to ping me with questions, feel free!

[dominare]

Oh man, that'd be so helpful! I'll definitely keep the offer in mind.