How's My Driving | July 2013

[ironwood]

Three months have already passed since the last HMD? You betcha! This means that it's time to kick off the fourth quarterly gamewide HMD here in Tu Shanshu! Things are getting structured a little differently this time, so read on for details.

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.
  
• New! We ask that each concrit provided consist of one positive and one constructive bit of feedback. Bring up something that you like about that player, and in the same comment provide something that you feel they could work on. This is to help round out the feedback and provide a better experience all around.
  

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

[jirk]

I have to say, Javert's thread with Asti is one of my favourite things I've seen you write (in a rather long list of things I've enjoyed with you!) because of how fractured Javert's psyche is. I absolutely love the aspects of his personality you've chosen to explore, and he always feels so completely well-rounded and such an interesting human, rather than a character. HE JUST FEELS REALLY FLESHED OUT OKAY


and then your particular turn of phrase, even in actionspam comments, evokes the particular narrative style of Les Mis so well it's like I'm actually reading ye olde brick itself.

Basically it's just really excellent and I love reading it.

Crit-wise... I honestly don't have much. I'm excited for you to have more free time after house-things so you can be around a bit more, but I know what it's like when RL falls on your head and demands all your time/attention. Do you have any particular plans for his involvement with the police force? /chinhands