Meme | CR With Me | November 2013

[ironwood]

Hello, chelonauts! The CR With Me meme is back and ready for action!

When it comes to our CR meme, we do ask that you be as specific as you can! 'Our characters should team up to moon Eshai' is going to help establish an idea of what sort of CR you're looking for better than 'omg tag me.'

We're still using the modified form, including the two 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!

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">ADDITIONAL:</font></b> Anything else you might want to add that doesn't fit into the above goes here.

The CR forms can be posted as top level comments to the post, so don't worry about needing a subheader to post them under. Have at thee, my lovelies!

Comments

[corage]

KNIGHTBLAZER/KB

CHARACTER: Hal Jordan + Rory Willams
CANON: That one terrible Green Lantern live action movie + Doctor Who
PERSONALITY:

• HAL: He's pretty much a younger but at the same time vaguely more mature in some ways version of the well-known comic Hal Jordan. Most of his personality is the same, except he is more prone to immaturity and brashness when it comes to the things that make him tick. He's also prone to impulsiveness when the time comes and wears his heart on his sleeve more often than not. BUT get under all that jerkassery and he actually has a heart of gold and has the same unshakeable sense of justice that comic!Hal has likewise. He also doesn't cheat on his girlfriend.
  
• RORY: Somewhat awkward at first because u people are weird, but he warms up quickly and is pretty much the nicest man alive - with a healthly amount of snark and sass when Things Happen. He doesn't like to fight unless needed and will give way to the other party if they push too hard - though that's not to say he's a doormat. When it comes to the things that matter, Rory stands his ground and never falters. He also loves his wife to the death and his love for her is the greatest fact about him. tl;dr Rory is a Disney movie personified.

CURRENT STATUS: For HAL, he's under a long term effect from the ghosted plot and no longer has the ability to feel any physcial sensation. He's still kind of in denial about it, but sooner or later he'll start getting somewhat screwed up because of it. It's easy to be a superhero when pain can't stop you now! 8D

As for RORY, he's just... chilling, more or less. Still taking care of his turtle egg on the days that matter, but otherwise he's just helping out at the clinic and stuff like that. He personally thinks the weather is a tad chilly, but he can deal with it.

CR GOALS: I would just generally like more deep and meaningful CR with them if I can help it. Both of them are just mostly kind of floating around now - which is entirely my fault since I've been dropping the ball due to school and now NaNoWriMo - but if its managable, it would be cool if they both can start getting people they would feel close too. Hal especially, since he's pretty much going around and being Leeroy Jenkins.

SCENE-DOS: Anything and everything! I'm open to anything people want, so just shoot me a comment or a PM!

SCENE-DON'TS: Nothing that comes to mind - although getting negative CR would be pretty bad at this point since the two of them don't have much, but I'm still down with it if it happens.

ADDITIONAL: As said earlier I am pretty busy with school and NaNo, but hopefully that should start to die down as the month ends. I will do my best to make time for RP though, so feel free to ask me for anything!

[langsyne]

omg Hal no don't so anything dangerous.....

also I want Hal and Barry things but I'm not sure what yet :|a

[jondrette]

SHEA

CHARACTER: Éponine Thénardier
CANON: Occupy: Ikea
PERSONALITY: Eponine is a tough street girl who won't take shit from anyone- seriously, she will tear you apart. She's also a hopeless romantic, and, ah, rather creepy. She's poor, blunt, and a raging alcoholic, and a terrible flirt. But she's fun!
CURRENT STATUS: Ep was happy. Now she's... She doesn't even know. Her brother is gone, and she's having a grand time hanging out with the Amis and becoming good friends with Marius Pontmercy (the love of her life kthx). She likes making friends, and is unsure how to be friends with women.
CR GOALS: Uhm, anything and everything?
SCENE-DOS: I can go for anything, tbh. Eponine's super weird, so it's actually not that rare to get her to just come up to someone, sit down with them, and make small-talk. BUT EVERYTHING IS FUN. She's great at arguments.
SCENE-DON'TS: ...Don't not write with me?

CHARACTER: Elizabeth Comstock
CANON: Electra Complex: Infinite
PERSONALITY: Disney Princess who can get scary. That's Elizabeth. She's wide-eyed, enthusiastic, naive, and has only just started experiencing the world. But she's seen a lot of bad things, and wants a normal life. She is tired of people killing in her name. She's damaged, and lonely. But she will also hit you with a wrench.
CURRENT STATUS: She just got here, and she's living with Booker, the man who rescued her from her tower. They're pretty much bffs. She's busy exploring the world, and she loves to learn. SHE JUST WANTS TO EXPERIENCE LIFE. and take care of Booker.
CR GOALS: Elizabeth needs to meet the Amis, that's something I'm adamant about (girl name-drops Les Miserables, and killed a revolutionary leader, okay?). Other than that! FRIENDS! Negative CR is fun, too. So that'd be good. If anyone is going to take a romantical interest in Booker, I can tell you right now this girl is not going to like it.
SCENE-DOS: Everything. No, seriously.
SCENE-DON'TS: I don't... know?

ADDITIONAL: I'm really up for anything and everything with my ladies here. I've got a catch-all for both girls HERE and you can grab me on plurk at sheakespeare

[unetrustworthy]

/discreetly adopts

[unobtainableredemption]

KAITIE

CHARACTER: Mark Grayson/Invincible
CANON: Invincible/Image Comics
PERSONALITY: “Professional” superhero who genuinely wants the world to be a better place, and to protect absolutely everyone and anyone he can with the powers he was blessed with. Dork with a love of comics, especially Science Dog. Tries to be a friendly to anyone, but will turn violent if you try to go against his (currently maturing) moral code. He’s working on that last part.
CURRENT STATUS: Mark's been busy working in construction for Wayne Enterprises as a Crew Chief, and spending his downtime flying around as Invincible. He's finally come to terms with Eve having gone home, but is still reluctant to get too close to anyone.
CR GOALS: Anything and everything. New CR, old CR I want it all. I’d really like him to come to the realization that he actually has friends. Anyone who can give him a hobby or a way to cope with not having to go save the Earth every four seconds would be much appreciated. Also, as he’s been doing a terrible job at the whole dual identity thing, someone calling him out on it would be kind of funny too.
SCENE-DOS: I’m up for everything that’s not in the don’ts. No preference in network/face-to-face, though I do prefer action spam over prose.
SCENE-DON'TS: I’m pretty much up for anything, but if it involves harming Mark (despite the name Invincible he spends a lot of time bleeding in his comic) I’d like you to run it by me first. I’m 99% going to say yes, I just like knowing ahead of time. Also, Mark is in a very, very committed relationship, so nothing romantic. Feel free to flirt, but Mark isn’t going to be forgetting about Eve anytime soon.

CHARACTER: John Colby
CANON: Chew
PERSONALITY: Foul-mouth asshole who used to work for the FDA (which in his canon is way more lucrative than the CIA). He has a tendency to insult people and generally keep them at arms length. However, he is pretty loyal in his own warped way if you do manage to befriend him.
CURRENT STATUS: Colby's grumpy. It's been a while since he's done any actual cop stuff, and it's getting to him. As a result, he's been drinking a lot.
CR GOALS: Anything and everything. New CR, old CR I want it all. I'd really like to find something for Colby to do. Even if it's not a job of some kind, someone he can hang out with or some way for him to spend his time productively would be a huge step up from what he's currently doing. I'd also like to attempt to do something with his hatred (read: fear) of superheroes.
He also has this badass rooster named Poyo. All of the things should be done with him.
SCENE-DOS: I’m up for everything that’s not in the don’ts. No preference in network/face-to-face, though I do prefer action spam over prose.
SCENE-DON'TS: I’m pretty much up for anything, but if it involves harming Colby I’d like you to run it by me first. I’m 99% going to say yes, I just like knowing ahead of time.

CHARACTER: Kaine
CANON: Marvel 616
PERSONALITY: "Evil" clone of Peter Parker and reformed supervillain who is still getting a handle on the whole "superhero" thing. Thanks to his friends in Houston, he's gotten a rough foundation of how friendships work, but he's a little rocky on that too. Generally thinks that everything's about to go wrong at a moment's notice (typically because they tend to). Has a surprisingly high tolerance for teenage bullshit considering he has a surprisingly low temper when it comes to pretty much everything else. Kind of a dick.
CURRENT STATUS: Kaine's new and as a result, still settling in. He's found himself living with an alternate reality version of Peter Parker, and a niece from a completely different alternate reality. He's kind of overwhelmed by everything, but he's doing his best to keep it all together. Plotting to kill Peter in his sleep.
CR GOALS: Anything and everything. Kaine's a new character and I am very much open to anything that might come along. His post is here, or if you want to tag his log, it can be found here. Come have your teenager annoy him! Come try to teach him that breaking every bone in a criminal's body is not the way superheroes operate! Try to remind him that he is sort of a good person!
SCENE-DOS: I’m up for everything that’s not in the don’ts. No preference in network/face-to-face, though I do prefer action spam over prose.
SCENE-DON'TS: I’m pretty much up for anything, but if it involves harming Kaine I’d like you to run it by me first. I’m 99% going to say yes, I just like knowing ahead of time.

ADDITIONAL:

[backwordscompatible]

I would love for Mark and Zee to run into each other again sometime.

Or maybe even Mark and Aya. Just to mix it up.

[dustonmyfeet]

K

CHARACTER: Toph Bei Fong
CANON: Avatar: The Last Airbender
PERSONALITY: Small, blind girl with a lot of bravado that actually is most of what she brags -- an earthbending genius. Tends to be wry and sarcastic and give people weird nicknames. Direct. Highly pragmatic and tends to go with what most fits the situation. Lack of respect for authority (at least when they're simply backing themselves up with "you should listen because I am adult and authority"). Likes to mess with people and play pranks.
CURRENT STATUS: Toph recently found out she has a kid, Lin, who is . . . about 40 years older than she is. This was a bit of brain breakage to say the least, and due to her own background, it's something she's really had to work through. She's just starting to pull out of that. Also, one of her canonmates, Aang, just arrived on the turtle, which gives her a lot of glee.
CR GOALS: Though I'm doing a lot of strengthening of current CR this month, I definitely always love meeting someone new, too!
SCENE-DOS: I love a little of everything, and try to do a little of everything. I tend to be best at scenes that have some sort of pre-defined goal to them, though that goal can be anything from physical to situational to emotional. Slice-of-life where they're just washing the car tends not to be my strongest suit, as hard as I try. :/
SCENE-DON'TS: I already mentioned the slice-of-life thing, but . . . hm. I guess negative CR scenes -- at least ones that involve ongoing hard feelings or continual antagonism -- are more challenging for me lately and just need some extra care/handling. I'm always up to talking stuff out, though, to see what's workable!
ADDITIONAL: I have a November catch-all log up that I'm glad to add people to! Just give me a poke.

[survival_isnt_living]

Seriously, Septimus and Toph need to meet. He thinks he's a good earthcrafter, she will have things to teach him and yet he can probably still give her a good workout with it, too. Plus his power set, that'll be fun.

Also, he will think she is one of the coolest little snarky brats who ever lived, even if she may drive him a little crazy at times.

[imaginate]

ZEE

CHARACTER: Kyle Rayner + Monet St. Croix
CANON: Those Comic Companies
PERSONALITY:

KYLE: Free-spirited, introverted, stubborn artist, have-you-ever-smiled-in-your-life serious when it comes to being a superhero, and pretty traumatised from war. He'll talk to just about anyone but he doesn't open up to people easily. He's usually easygoing too but on the turtle he's become much less patient.

MONET: Aloof, rich, spoilt, insufferably smug, and a mutant with a plethora of abilities. She's incredibly impulsive and would snark her way off this turtle if she could. She's warmer to her friends but it takes a long while to get there with somebody.

CURRENT STATUS: Kyle's been here almost a year and is generally trying not to let that get to him. Monet's just arrived and feeling her way around, and she's becoming interested in those who show up with altered (and missing) memories so I might be putting up a post for her soon where she asks for people who wouldn't mind a telepathic scan.
CR GOALS: Friends, enemies, acquaintances, punching-things-buddies, bad-life-decisions buddies, positive or negative CR, bring it.
SCENE-DOS: I tag faster if it’s actionspam but I have no preference otherwise.
SCENE-DON'TS: I don't mind slice of life but it tends to get a bit stale for me.

[backwordscompatible]

All the things, Zee.

ALL OF THEM


(But I'm particularly intrigued at developing Monet and Midii rn, since Aya and Kyle and Zee and Kyle and honestly even Midii and Kyle see to just sort of fall into place.)

[agentx13]

Eve

CHARACTER: Sharon Carter
CANON: Marvel 616
PERSONALITY: No-nonsense worker-bee spy with a wry sense of humor (only her really good friends get to see more humor than that). She's empathetic and doesn't hide her emotions, and is incredibly honest for someone who's supposed to live a series of lies. Sometimes a little too honest. As much as she cares about others, she won't hesitate to kill if she has to in order to protect others.
CURRENT STATUS: She's trying to find whoever's been killing people on the turtle. She's also trying to set up a gym of sorts. She's basically trying to keep her mind off Steve by keeping busy.
CR GOALS: Both new CR and developing old. If I'm lucky, Sharon will be around for a while. Ideally, I'd like for her to have a couple friends AND MAYBE SOME FAMILY but that's a wishlist thing.
SCENE-DOS: I can go with anything for Sharon. Angst, action, logs... fluff might be hard for her just because if she has something else to do, she doesn't always give fluff the time of day.
SCENE-DON'TS: I guess I got that with the fluff bit, but she isn't against it. She's learned to cherish her time with people, it's just... if she has a case of some sort and a lead comes up, she's going to focus on that until it's solved.
ADDITIONAL: I can't think of what to do here, so I shall break dance instead.

CHARACTER: Donna Noble
CANON: Doctor Who
PERSONALITY: Donna is loud. Loud, loud, loud. Brash, funny, outgoing, in your face, and it's all meant to mask how insecure she is. She seems confident, and by God, she'll convince people that she is because she doesn't want them to know she isn't.
CURRENT STATUS: She's working for Tony Stark, trying not to get fired by doing as much of the stuff that he doesn't want to do as she can.
CR GOALS: MORE OF EVERYTHING. Companion Club! Adventure Time! Sharing space stories and finding out more about aliens and other universes and exploring the turtle!
SCENE-DOS: Donna is good with everything. Everything. Everything.
SCENE-DON'TS: Find something. I dare you. [Spoiler: THERE'S NOTHING.]
ADDITIONAL: I'll just resume break dancing.

[survival_isnt_living]

Ohmigosh DONNA HOW DID I MISS THIS (it was probably the hiatus)

So Lois is pretty close to a last-of-his-kind alien superhero and does investigative shenanigans. And she could use more female friends closer to her age. I think they need to meet.

And-- whew. I'd love to see Donna and Septimus meet, I think he'd be torn between reminded of one of his friends and driven utterly insane. And generally I adore Donna and want to have fun with her.

[traitre]

DOC

CHARACTER: Qilby
CANON: Wakfu
PERSONALITY: Kind, somewhat-spacey king of an ancient long-lost race. Insatiably curious about the world he's just recently been (re)introduced to. Scientifically-inclined, and due to endless reincarnation, he's got the knowledge and wisdom of several tens of thousands of years to back up his studies. But secretly he's no king -- in fact, he's the one that turned traitor and made his race "long-lost." Selfish, arrogant, and driven mad by the ennui of endless life and death, he's out to satiate his mind-- at any cost.
CURRENT STATUS: Still in a position of minor power due to working with the kedan and Foreigners (November missions postponed til December due to an unexpected hiatus this month.) Also working on a new model of Eliacube with 616!Tony Stark -- one that can absorb, harness, and catalyze the general life energy available in Keeliai (instead of his universe-specific Wakfu.) A device powered by life force, naturally, will be used only in the most responsible of ways.
CR GOALS: So for the past 7 months I've been keeping his ~true nature~ on the down-low, but since I'm starting to have a little crisis of character(ization), I think I really need to up the villainy here to keep myself interested. He's very much a careful, calculating type so none of this will be in-your-face but… I would really love to jam with some other villains! Or heroes that want to be duped by a villain for months (before he betrays everyone and pulls off his master plan! And there is a plan.) I'm really flexible. ALSO: more science people! Let's talk science!
SCENE-DOS: For my own sanity, I would love something to flex that villain muscle somehow. Prose, action, don't care. Maybe some negative CR? Something to ruffle his feathers a little because I feel like I've been stagnating lately.
SCENE-DON'TS: Nothing in particular. Slice of life is probably not what I need right now, though.
ADDITIONAL: I'm technically still on hiatus, buuuut my motivation'll be back to normal by the time I come back! I really do love heavy, long-term plotting so if this is something more-easily discussed through PM, totally go for it-- or feel free to add me on Plurk at drnolicense

[langsyne]

Dupe both of my characters please. I should probably say more than that but idk what your plan is so idk what'll jam best with it.

[animosus]

Michele

CHARACTER: Hal Jordan
CANON: DC Comics
PERSONALITY: Dumb space cop. Air force pilot that's obsessed with flying and tends to be in your face. He's got good intentions but he's a bit of an unintentional douchebag. Commitment phobic.
CURRENT STATUS: Getting a bit frustrated at having no bad guys to punch, wooing Shockwave because he misses flying in a plane
CR GOALS: New stuff? I've been mostly getting him settled and having him touch base with cast mates so I need to branch out more. Although I won't say no to established cr. I'd really like to do something where Hal actually pushes a character to fulfil their potential or something like that. Basically I want him to pull his head out of his ass.
SCENE-DOS: Hal is more likely available for logs than posts because he isn't the type to sit around indoors a lot. I do admit having a preference for light, funnier things, but I've done mostly that so far so I should try and do something more serious.
SCENE-DON'TS: I can't think of anything at the moment
ADDITIONAL: Nope

[bolthead]

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION:

what is hal doing for thanksgiving?

[alpha_squad_leader]

Eric

CHARACTER: Victor Borkowski aka Anole
CANON: Marvel Comics: X-men (616)
PERSONALITY: A generally friendly mutant, he tries to be a voice of reason in groups. He's content to hang out and enjoy life with friends but he'll also join in on superhero action if he has to. He's very protective of his friends and will put himself in danger for them. He can hold some grudges but he'll rescue someone he dislikes if its the right thing to do.
CURRENT STATUS: Victor's doing relatively well these days. He's got a job he enjoys and it pays well enough, more people from his world keep showing up, and he's getting that book translated. The impending cold weather has him in a bad mood though and the dropping temperatures will send him looking for somewhere warm to be.
CR GOALS: I'd like to get Vic interacting with his fellow egg-parents some more. And continue existing CR. He needs to get closer to some of the people he's been befriending. Developing new CR is always and plus as well.
SCENE-DOS: I'm good with just about anything, really. Not as much into heavy angst but some is okay. Just ask before getting extra violent.
SCENE-DON'TS: Heavy angst isn't something I'm looking for. Slice of life is fine but if it's got no goal at all and just stretches on and on then I kind of lose interest. Romance is also currently a no since he's seeing someone in game.
ADDITIONAL: Nothing this time.

[starcharter]

Ellie

CHARACTER: Pavel Chekov
CANON: Jim Kirk's Poor Life Choices: The Movie
PERSONALITY: Chekov's generally pretty friendly and good-natured. He loves physics and space and will talk your ear off about it if given the chance. He'll make friends with almost anyone, but he's on guard for people trying to manipulate him or take advantage of him. That's not to say he always catches every bad intention, if your character is tricky enough. There are definite rage buttons your character could hit-- bullying someone, messing with his friends, badmouthing his captain-- but he's usually really friendly and easygoing. Also he likes to adopt people who seem like they need a friend because he knows that feel. :c
CURRENT STATUS: He's lost his memories of the Enterprise and crew until... the 18th, I think? I'll have to check. So that's bummed him out a lot and put some stress on him. But the snow will cheer him up a lot and he'll probably run around in it like a dork. Does your character want tips for snow fun? Russians invented having fun in the snow.
CR GOALS: I love all the cr. Just. Anything. Negative CR, positive CR. I'm not picky and he's flexible enough that I can work with anything.
SCENE-DOS: I'm pretty cool with anything. Actionspam, prose, network, slice of life, serious CR building.
SCENE-DON'TS: I have no idea. Like I said, I'm good with anything with this dork.


CHARACTER: Dick Grayson
CANON: Batman Recruits Teenagers With Attitude To Fight Crime
PERSONALITY: A smartass who's too smart for his own good. He's usually relatively friendly and chatty. He fights for the Greater Good and because his parents are dead. Mostly the first one now, though. Dick tends to keep people at arm's length because of the secret id thing and because of what's happened to him here. Also trying to talk down to him will likely end with your character getting sassed to next Tuesday.
CURRENT STATUS: His mental state has been declining for a few months now. He's passed his one year anniversary and is about to have his second birthday here (December 1st!). Once he recovers from something, he's hit with something else. So he's a bit more reclusive and a lot more paranoid than he was when he arrived (which is saying something). Still, he's good at reading people so if your character is on the up-and-up, he'll be likely to be friendly, at least. Also his girlfriend has amnesia and the closest thing he has to a big bro went crazy for awhile.
CR GOALS: Cross-canon CR please. Please. Negative, positive, whatever. I just desperately want more cross-canon CR with him because he's stagnated a lot in that regard.
SCENE-DOS: I do best with one-on-one logs that have a vague point to them. Slice of life is fine as long as there's a purpose (i.e. getting to know someone better).
SCENE-DON'TS: I'd like to avoid anything too heavy with him right now. He's having a hard time and he'll revert to a hermit if it gets too much worse. :c
ADDITIONAL:

[dunhaming]

WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING WITH THE ARCHIVE AND CHEKOV. Tiny science and math people. Especially now that he's not a ghost-y person so they can actually interact.

[philosophe]

MANDY

CHARACTER: Combeferre
CANON: Les Miserables
PERSONALITY: Big dorkbutt of a doctor-in-training who has a not-so-secret gun and explosions fetish. Also he likes moths. And science. And funnily enough for a revolutionary, he's a pacifist. (Also he loves learning anything and everything.)
CURRENT STATUS: At the moment, he is reuniting with the rest of his bros and running his clinic! Also he's been having fun exploding things with Leo and generally exploring and dating his bestie. Yep.
CR GOALS: Give me ALL THE CR.
SCENE-DOS: Anything and everything!
SCENE-DON'TS: Nothing really.
ADDITIONAL: Bonaparte is a lamer.

CHARACTER: Iskierka
CANON: The Temeraire series
PERSONALITY: She's a sassy opinionated little shit of a dragon. Spoilers: She really likes gold, shiny things, and fighting. And her captain.
CURRENT STATUS: Currently she is sulking over the lack of her Captain and being consoled by Enjolras, Dorian, and various others.
CR GOALS: Anything! I am not picky.
SCENE-DOS: She would LOVE to take people flying so she can show off, so if anyone is up for that, lemme know.
SCENE-DON'TS: Nothing really.
ADDITIONAL: NO SERIOUSLY Bonaparte is a lamer.

CHARACTER: Molly Carpenter
CANON: The Dresden Files
PERSONALITY: Slightly crazy apprentice wizard to some guy named Harry Dresden. She also happens to be in love with said guy. Also, she's a huge nerd.
CURRENT STATUS: Generally hanging out and helping out with turtle events, sort of dating Bucky, geeking out over Kirk and Bones. Yep.
CR GOALS: Needs moar, please. Seriously.
SCENE-DOS: Anything and everything!
SCENE-DON'TS: Nothing!
ADDITIONAL: ....Nope. :)

[survival_isnt_living]

Lois and Molly need to hang out more, and do investigativey things. A lot of them. As for geeking out, if Molly wants to use Lois to finagle a chance to meet Superman, I'm sure it can be arranged. Lois will think it's hilarious.

And daaamn but she and Septimus need to meet. Butcherverse denizens unite!

[superoverachiever]

Jo

CHARACTER: Ava Ayala
CANON: Ultimate Spider-Man
PERSONALITY: Ava is an overachiever who's been on the turtle for a while now. She genuinely wants to be helpful but she can come on pretty strong both in and out of costume. But she's only being difficult to inspire people to be better, honest.
CURRENT STATUS: Right now Ava is still working on acquiring information to help finish beating the Big Bad so she can go home already, by which I mean largely training and reading in her room. But she needs that school established, for real. A year's worth of absenteeism means she might not even graduate on time and that would just be awful.
CR GOALS: New CR would be awesome, so would developing some of her existing CR with her friends, acquaintances, and various people she has had arguments with over her stay on the turtle.
SCENE-DOS: Pretty much anything. I think she could do with some action scenes, but just hanging out more slice-of-life bonding stuff might be nice too.
SCENE-DON'TS: Not much
ADDITIONAL: If you can find her trashy romance novels you will be her hero. Her secret hero she will never admit to knowing in public.

[nerdylilspidey]

there needs to be more awkwardness here

Kiki | Damian Wayne, MCU Bucky, Cassie Lang

[werethatgood]

Kiki

CHARACTER: Damian Wayne
CANON: DC Comics
PERSONALITY: Twelve year old who was trained an assassin and raised to rule the world until he was ten. Not nice, but has been growing into mostly decent, and has a soft spot for children. And he's taken up his father's mission of protecting those who need protection well enough to heart. (Also very good at fighting and strategy and languages and music and art and decent-ish in detective work and tactics.) He may, on occasion, be a walking, talking trigger for child abuse.
CURRENT STATUS: Damian's been running a bit thin, what with the egg-caring, his usual work load, his night work, and trying to investigate the whole off-phase thing. He's also very slowly is beginning to maybe a little pay attention to what he feels (other than the levels of anger) and that's going to be a mess.
CR GOALS: TURN HIM INTO A REAL BOY though he's still fighting every step of the way.
SCENE-DOS: WPretty much anything. Teaching Damian lessons (they don't have to be taught nicely either) is always a go, but far from limited to that. Seeking out/figuring clues about the situation, adventures, just about everything. (He's unlikely to subject easily to fluff, but anything's possible.)
SCENE-DON'TS: As usual, no angst for only angst's sake (some of it happens, and that's okay! Beautiful even. Just not making it the focus of stuff). Any shippy stuff would be glacially slow.

CHARACTER: Bucky Barnes
CANON: Marvel Cinematic Universe
PERSONALITY: Outgoing, determined, ladies' man, and a little sharp, Bucky's an orphan from Brooklyn who grew up with the man who was to become Captain America, became a soldier (and part of a special team) during WWII, and then... fell off a train. He's also been around since last August, and he's working hard on bridging up the information and technology gap.
CURRENT STATUS: Bucky is... not really good. He's a little steadier than he was after everybody went away, but especially Rikki's disappearance kind of. Left him really off-kilter. He's back to doing stuff and paying attention and such, but he's not... okay. At all.
CR GOALS: I want to get him back a bit more involved in the efforts to ~make things right~. And regain some of the ease with which he communicated with people early on. Anybody noticing that he's gone more reclusive is free to drag him out by the scruff of his neck.
SCENE-DOS: Just about anything goes.
SCENE-DON'TS: Again with the no-angst-for-angst's-sake. Most other things, let me know, and I'll likely be up for them!

CHARACTER: Cassie Lang
CANON: Marvel Comics
PERSONALITY: Fifteen-year-old friendly blonde who's lived her life around superheroes. And can grow/shrink at will. She has a temper and occasionally some pretty odd judgment calls, but, on the whole? She's good people and unlikely to try and make things bad for anyone. Who isn't Loki.
CURRENT STATUS: She's recently arrived, learning about Keeliai, and dealing with the fact that she's dead, but now she has another chance to do stuff. So... while she's a bit reluctant with the heroing thing again right off the bat, she'll probably get back to it. She's probably be staying rather close to Scott in the weeks/months to come, but.
CR GOALS: Get her settled down! I'm still hesitating about what to give her as a job, but I'll figure it out. She likes having friends! So she'll probably be poking at a lot of people, if only to see how it works out.
SCENE-DOS: Anything goes! For more violent or romantic things, poke at me first, please?
SCENE-DON'TS: I'd probably be willing for just about anything. Until Cassie clears some. TIME. Angst around her is a warning, rather than don't.


ADDITIONAL: I'm still a little slow, because work is insane, but I'm getting there.

[backwordscompatible]

I just want you to know.

That I woke up. Got breakfast and tea. Sat down. Write Zatanna's IC Inbox message to Dick...and then almost IMMEDIATELY after I hit send, Damian's threat to Zee appeared in my inbox. Great way to start the morning! :D


Also, I'm dying for Midii and Damian to have their first fight. Because I'm awful like that.

[sophos]

Tomato

CHARACTER: Annabeth Chase
CANON: Heroes of Olympus
PERSONALITY: super smart and super badass demigod daughter of athena prone to sarcasm and hauling up with her magical laptop because research and architecture!! her fatal flaw is literally hubris, and she can be kind of standoffish but i think she's sort of mellowed out a bit too
CURRENT STATUS: HAHAHAhahahaha she's been grumpy and not in the greatest place lately on account of the whole falling into hell back home thing, so she's been pretty cut off from most people the last month or so. But!! She'll be canon updating soon and then throwing herself out there more often.
CR GOALS: ALL OF THE THINGS. once canon updated, i'd love her to catch up on existing cr but come give me all the new things too she has a lot of information do you want it
SCENE-DOS: Anything, really! Actions scenes are some of my favorite things to write, so I'm always down for those. ([action] or prose are both fine too)
SCENE-DON'TS: slice of life is tricky unless it's being used for deepening existing cr, i've found!
ADDITIONAL:

[backwordscompatible]

HEY. YOU.

PERSON WHO IS OLDER, and thus, by default about 70% more likely to know things about Things.

They should talk.

[grigio]

Mouse

CHARACTER: Julie Baset Grigio
CANON: Warm Bodies.
PERSONALITY: Friendly as she is, she's not one to readily give out trust. It can be built and it can be built quickly, but the first few conversations with people will be surface with slight prods to see what's underneath. She's also loyal when she does end up trusting people and those slight prods can aim deeper, especially if she thinks her friends and loved ones are hiding things they shouldn't be.

She worries about the people she cares for and tries to not show it too much because she gets that people don't like being worried over.

Her mood at present wavers between "can do, fuck you!" and "oh god everything sucks" because of losing her eyesight.
CURRENT STATUS:
At present:
--Julie lost her eyesight during the ghosting event and while she was willing to power through it at first in hopes of seeing (pun intended) it to the end , she's losing sight (totally intended again) of her hope that this will get better and is very afraid this is permanent. She's told no one but Raleigh this.

--SPEAKING OF RALEIGH those two finally kissed and since losing her eyesight, he's moved in with her. It's most likely permanent.

--She's adopting people left and right. First Ellie, post-apocalypse bro/kid sister and is so very protective of her. And Elizabeth Comstock, painting and books bro.

--She works with Jack and Korra at the fishing shop and will soon be riding Naga to work.

--Taking archery lessons from Iorveth (can do fuck you!bro). She's learning how to make arrows without her sight and she's excited about that.

--Possibly gonna learn how to knit from one Clark Kent, which will be awesome.

--Will very soon be working with Jack Frost to get Raleigh to believe in him. It will be glorious.

CR GOALS: I would like it if Julie had someone she didn't get along with but the person would have to be gross. She usually doesn't care who or what a person is. I would also like to work on building new CR and do things with the CR she already has.

SCENE-DOS: I wouldn't mind taking a small break from angst. She's been through enough for now so more light-hearted shit for now would work.

I don't mind if it's prose based or action based. I prefer face to face interactions but sometimes RL gets a bit busy for me so I also don't mind handwaving stuff.
SCENE-DON'TS: I don't have any scene don'ts, honestly. Just message me if you're not sure about something.

ADDITIONAL: Nope.

[watcheslanterns]

So since Julie still isn't seeing, Rapunzel's starting to contemplate using her hair magic.

Not saying it has to work, but it's something she'd want to try and help with.

[andaway]

Al

CHARACTER: Clark Kent / Superman
CANON: DC Comics
PERSONALITY: Overprotective stubborn alien determined to save everyone no matter how impossible it might seem. As Clark he comes across as nice and gentle with a permanent nice word on his lips- but also driven and doesn't stop at anything to get to the truth. As Superman he always tries to be there when people need him... when he's not off being a general dork because he can be quite childish and he's an adult, really.
CURRENT STATUS: Just started the radio so that's where most of his free time has been going. He wants to start giving ASL classes as well as soon as I get to writing the post. On a more personal level he just lost his cousin and another version of himself and it's hitting harder than he thought it would, and someone used his powers to kill which means he's pretty much been talking to everyone as Clark and not Superman for a while :C
CR GOALS: Nothing specific!


CHARACTER: Frank Zhang
CANON: Percy Jackson: Heroes of Olympus
PERSONALITY: Shy awkward and clumsy kid who's secretly a badass son of the war. Frank is nice with everyone but at the same time he's pretty closed off... the easier way to get him to loosen up is to talk to him about battles or training. He's also a shapeshifter who can turn into pretty much any animal- he tried to turn into Asti but it didn't quite work out, oops.

Also thanks to a certain event now he's mute!
CURRENT STATUS: Like I said, he's mute AND to make things better he's been beating himself up over what happens to his friends in canon, so he won't be the most cheerful guy to talk to. He's also started helping out at the clinic and trying to learn basic health care!
CR GOALS: I really really want more CR for Frank, especially other adults since he's been keeping to teenagers.


SCENE-DOS: I like plot based, I'm not good at small-talk. I also been leaning towards prose lately since it's easier to figure out their
SCENE-DON'TS: 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.
ADDITIONAL:

[vhaidtluin]

I don't quite know what yet, but I'd seriously love Supes to meet this guy. Since he's basically just evil and horrible and killed that kedan that was found in an alley.

[nerdylilspidey]

HIKARANKO

CHARACTER: Peter Parker / Spider-Man
CANON: Marvel 1610 (Ultimate Comics)
PERSONALITY: Peter's a huge nerd, shy, kinda loner-y, typical high school outcast kind of kid. But he's really sweet and he always tries to do the right thing. Hence, donning the red and blue tights that make him Spider-Man, what with his spider-like abilities. He lives by the mantra "With great power, comes great responsibility."
CURRENT STATUS: So far? Peter came in severely injured, having just died and all, so he's been spending his time recovering. However, the healing period is just about to finish up, and Peter's looking forward to getting to explore the city while in peak condition.
CR GOALS: Firstly, I'd love for Peter to meet up with all the other superheroes in town. So far he's bumped into quite a few already, but many of those encounters have been Out Of Costume. It'd be fun for him to make costumed allies to run around town with as well as real, personal friends.
SCENE-DOS: I'm a sucker for angst and shenanigans, or angsty shenanigans. Right now, no hanky panky, but hanky without the panky or vice versa is acceptable. I'm totally up for any format, though I think that also depends on which version of himself you'd like to encounter:: I'd imagine that Spidey's more an in-person face-to-face kind of encounter, while Peter is more likely to hang around the network.
SCENE-DON'TS: I'm pretty open to anything… I honestly can't really think of much I'd say NO to right now. But when in doubt, PM me or find me on Plurk or whatever. :)
ADDITIONAL: Peter loves pizza. Feel free to take advantage.

[demon_brat]

Peter would you like more of the non-crazy giant girl?

Ahem. When I have brain for tagging out, of course.

[aenseidhe]

Jen

CHARACTER: Iorveth
CANON: The Witcher
PERSONALITY: He is a racist freedom fighting elf who lives in a tree house and sets out traps around in because he is a paranoid shit :| he also has a weird habit of adopting teenage girls???? or vanessa just runs him life idk?? but basically he's a violent dbag but he also does a lot of plot investigation shit so idk
CURRENT STATUS: he's been running the team of people he set up a while back to look into malicant stuff, and its about time they look into some new stuff, so i'm just trying to think up what they can do next :|a
CR GOALS: shiiiit idek D8 lmfao he's difficult to get along with so shit just threads in general would be awesome :'|
SCENE-DOS: uuuuh my brain is like gone right now. usually i like network stuff more but iorveth is more of an in person character so its whatever works for the scene tbh.
SCENE-DON'TS: he probably will not have anything to do with any shipping :| and he doesnt do fluff things well so idk thats all that comes to mind
ADDITIONAL:

[ironface]

sup here's another teenage girl

[backinakidflash]

Marie

CHARACTER: Bart Allen
CANON: DC comics, pre-boot
PERSONALITY: Likes to joke around and find fun things to do. He's on the immature side outwardly, but capable of putting on a line face and getting serious when someone needs him to. Pretty typical teenager, really. He makes friends easily.
CURRENT STATUS: Driving everyone up a tree. Just got the memory of his grandfather back, recently did time as a ghost, living with his two besties in the Titans Tower Tim’s place.
CR GOALS: No “dream” CR at the moment. I am hoping to get more cross-canon CR.
SCENE-DOS: Network posts are easier for me to bang out at work and on the train.
SCENE-DON'TS: It's log tags that I'm really behind on - they're always harder to write for me, and I don't know why. But that's not a no on them, just I'd prefer being steered to network stuff.
ADDITIONAL: I’m slow and behind. Obviously give me more things to tag.


CHARACTER: Julio Richter
CANON: Marvel 616
PERSONALITY: Angerwad. Mopey. Sarcastic. Argumentative. A nice person, but it's buried pretty deep. I have it on good authority that he's a typical tsun.
CURRENT STATUS: just arrived. I'd like to be able to give him a definite job.
CR GOALS: all the CR. ALL OF IT. Come at me, bros.

See above for the rest.

[demon_brat]

So just how much horrible would Damian + Ric get?

And.

I should toss Cassie at Ric, too. When I have more brain for stuff. (She likes Bart and uses his food places guide extensively.)

[redjay]

sam

CHARACTER:jason todd
CANON: dc comics
PERSONALITY: mostly nocturnal dude with issues he doesn't want to talk about ever
CURRENT STATUS: hitting up gangs, what up. mostly circulating in the fire sector
CR GOALS: make new cr. betray new cr
SCENE-DOS: i'm go for anything/everything
SCENE-DON'TS: see above
ADDITIONAL:

[sonofsamcro]

Bro. Bro. Hey, bro. What's this you said about gangs?

[vdova]

Lins

CHARACTER: Derek Hale
CANON: Adolescent Lycanthropes: Everything is Derek's Fault
PERSONALITY: Derek is prickly and sarcastic on the surface, and it's likely that this is the only side of him you'll see until you get to know him better and get close. Good luck with that. Underneath, he's a softy who cares a little too much and is a little too willing to throw his life away for people.
CURRENT STATUS: He's going to be Head of Security at Stark Industries!! Otherwise he's keeping to himself, and I really need reasons to get him out because right now he won't stop feeling sorry for himself the big loser
CR GOALS: I AM OPEN TO ANYTHING WITH DEREK HONEST COME AT ME BROS Shipping wise?? idek Derek's not in the right headspace for that so if you hit on him he'll shut you down probably angrily
SCENE-DOS: I... don't know? I'm pretty flexible. If it's something specific come talk to me and we can hash it out.
SCENE-DON'TS: See above!
ADDITIONAL:


CHARACTER: Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow
CANON: Tony/Steve/Bruce/Fury, Don't do the thing I'M GONNA DO THE THING
PERSONALITY: Reserved and pragmatic. Natasha plays her cards close to her chest, and it's fairly difficult to get her to open up and be responsive to people. There's a list of people she trusts and the top three aren't here, but once you get her loyalty you've got it.
CURRENT STATUS: NEEDS A JOB. Help? Also re-intergrating herself with the Black Kirin gang, thanks to info from Bruce and Annabeth.
CR GOALS: I'd like for her to be plot oriented, since that's just the kind of person she is; she won't sit idly by while all this stuff is going on.
SCENE-DOS: See Derek's.
SCENE-DON'TS: See above!
ADDITIONAL:


CHARACTER: Umi Ryuuzaki
CANON: Fuck you, CLAMP
PERSONALITY: Umi is outgoing and kind of a spazzoid. She's also really over protective of her friends, ie Hikaru, but generally speaking she's pretty nice, if a bit flighty.
CURRENT STATUS: Going to be working at Makoto's bakery in the Wood Sector! She's new, so there's nothing else going on.
CR GOALS: I got nothing right now!! BRING IT
SCENE-DOS: See Derek's.
SCENE-DON'TS: See above!
ADDITIONAL:

[grigio]

Derek this girl has a Supernatural Dude Shaped hole in her life. Requirements: Be a man of few words and occasionally be a sarcastic shit with her.


You up for it?

[una_persson]

Karin

On hiatus now, but for when I get back...

CHARACTER: Lord Henry Wotton
CANON: The Terrible Life Decisions Picture/Confessions of Dorian Gray
PERSONALITY: Victorian gentleman, hedonist, and bad influence. Most famously a bad influence on Dorian Gray. Personal responsibility issues (as in, he never takes any). Beautiful voice, elegant manners, highly educated, finely honed wit. Also a snob.
CURRENT STATUS: After a stint as a gentleman smuggler and black marketeer during the rationing, he still pretends-not-to-work at the bookshop in the Wood sector that has been his base of operations, and which has expanded to include a tobacconist's as well with capital from the money he found in Sinbrilee. He's recently emerged from a serious period of depression stemming from his canon update and a temporary switch back to being twenty and is maybe a little sadder, a little wiser, but still largely incorrigible in his habits, and still rather unhealthily codependent on Dorian Gray.
CR GOALS: His black marketeer activities may need to bite him on the ass at some point. He could do with another enemy or two. I love both positive and negative CR for him and will never say no to either. I'm not quite sure what else I want to do with him at this point? He's still friends with Bryn, which seems headed toward some kind of Consequences for both of them, although what those will be is a work in progress.

CHARACTER: Una Persson
CANON: Michael Moorcock's Multiverse
PERSONALITY: Time traveller, meddler, optimist, designed for crisis. She's tough and resilient, curious, competent, and adventurous. Sympathises with the underdog. Loves hopeless causes. Experienced as only a quasi-immortal time traveller can be.
CURRENT STATUS: Just got a bottle of MacGuffin from Optimus Prime that is going to probably get her time machine working again. The Emperor has asked to accompany her in the event she does. She also got ghosted during the Halloween event, saw some interesting things from the past, and is more affected by that than she's likely to admit.
CR GOALS: I've been really slacking on her lately. All of her current CR could use some care and feeding, and I'd like to get her out to meet more people. She doesn't really have any negative CR. And no one has really tried to mess with her or screw her over yet; she's been having a pretty smooth-sailing time for the most part, and I think I need to shake her up.

SCENE-DOS: I'm open to all the things. I'll backtag forever, but am always happy to hand-wave if people get busy or run out of steam or whatever. I like tidy endings to scenes eventually. I like talk-about-whatever conversations that set up relationships and establish facts, though it helps to have a definitive goal (i.e. "By the end of this scene they'll have plans to do X / hate each other / go to bed together / etc"). In scenes that have been specifically set up with a plan to cover certain amounts of plot/information, I'm a big fan of fast-forwarding to the meaty bits of the conversation and then fading out once that's been achieved (though if it turns out that going on is the thing to do, I'm good with that too.) Basically I'll say Yes to just about anything, as long as it's fun. Anytime you want to throw someone at one of my guys in an open thread, DO IT. You will be welcome.
SCENE-DON'TS: None really? I'll let you know if anything inadvertently goes pear-shaped.
ADDITIONAL: Been coasting for a while, so between that and NaNoWriMo, this November hiatus I'm currently on is probably a good thing. I'm hoping to come back in December with some fresh ideas and more RP energy.

[sophos]

i really enjoyed tagging una with peggy, so i'd love to throw annabeth at her sometime once you get back?? also they both seem to be high up there on the whole 'people with information' spectrum, so it might be fun to try and build up something related to that <:

[fuzzyelf]

Zak

CHARACTER: Kurt Wagner
CANON: Marvel 616
PERSONALITY: Kurt is an easily approachable kind of person who has the time for anyone that isn't a complete douche. And even then he'll probably still take the time to listen/talk, depends on your level.
CURRENT STATUS: For a long time, Kurt was a solo turtle-parent, so he's spent a lot of time just looking after the egg, trying to keep it warm enough. He has other parents now so it's not taking up all of his time. He's basically been keeping an eye on the people he knows on the turtle and training.
CR GOALS: I want to kind of branch out and touch on new CR and also develop on some of the CR he has with some people.


CHARACTER: Kon-El
CANON: DC Comics pre-52
PERSONALITY: Kon is a 90s kid at heart, he's a little cocky at times and will no doubt come across that way, but he's easy to talk to and he's always happy to help his friends out. Or even the new people. He's a lot happier now that he has more friends on the turtle.
CURRENT STATUS: He's been working and trying to figure things out on the turtle. He has a lot on his mind but always makes time for friends. He's staying with Bart and Tim but he's still going back to his own treehouse to check things and make posts.
CR GOALS: I'd love for Kon to just have a lot more closer CR and new CR is always welcome. He's at a pretty good point despite having been on the turtle since the beginning.

CHARACTER: Dinin Do'Urden
CANON: Forgotten Realms
PERSONALITY: HAHA he's a dick. No really that's about it. Sometimes it's like pulling teeth when people talk to him. He literally looks down on everyone as being inferior. He puts up this front but he's actually kind of easily freaked out (especially if you're stronger) and he can be paranoid.
CURRENT STATUS: Hiding away in his suite and only going out at night because daylight is still too painful on his eyes, even with the tinted lenses. He wears them outside at night as well because it's easier. He's killed one kedan so far because he was insulted. No doubt it's going to happen again. He still needs a job.
CR GOALS: Everything. I want it all. He's so new and keeps away from a lot of people because you're all mostly humans and ugh no. But I want to get him out there. I'd love negative CR!

SCENE-DOS:(This is for all my characters) I like plotting for events so event stuff is always a good point of 'dos'. Action type plots where there's a point to it, either action spam or prose is fine by me. Angst is a guilty pleasure but not over done. With Dinin fighting is good :|
SCENE-DON'TS: Slice-of-life is just too slow and a little boring? Death scenes for Kon and Kurt.


ADDITIONAL: I can't think of anything :(

[bindsthedead]

I'd love to toss Sabriel at Dinin- things are likely to go negative given that she's a human necromancer though.

[justlittle]

Chris

CHARACTER: Bean
CANON: Enderverse
PERSONALITY: A hyper-intelligent 8 year old who had been trained to win a war against an alien race.
CURRENT STATUS: Not really doing much of anything...
CR GOALS: I'd love to get some new CR for him, maybe have him get a job teaching someone a language (he speaks six)
SCENE-DOS: I prefer action spam to prose but either is fine.
SCENE-DON'TS: Not interested in any romantic relationships for him (he's eight)
ADDITIONAL: nope!

CHARACTER: Miles Morales
CANON: Marvel-1610
PERSONALITY: Your typical New York teenager, except for one thing: he's also Spider-Man!
CURRENT STATUS: He patrols a bit as Spidey, he recently asked for help making more web fluid.
CR GOALS: I'd love CR both as Miles and as Spidey, maybe have him save somebody from a gang or something.
SCENE-DOS: Again, prefer action spam to prose but either is fine.
SCENE-DON'TS: Don't want anybody finding out his secret ID, except maybe the other Spider-People.
ADDITIONAL: Nope!

[unetrustworthy]

She wants to learn ALL the languages.

Also, puzzle/riddle exchanges. I mentioned it breifly once or twice in plurk, but I really would like to potentially expand on this idea. It seems right for their kind of CR

[bindsthedead]

Sarah

CHARACTER: Sabriel
CANON: Old Kingdom
PERSONALITY: Teenage necromancer with a stong sense of duty. Serious, intelligent, and not quite as mature as she thinks she is.
CURRENT STATUS: Teaching magic to people and working at Tarrlok's school. Also part of ASS, and trying to investigate the whole Malicant situation.
CR GOALS: I'd like to develop existing CR, but also have Sabriel develop some new CR with magic users and other teenagers.
SCENE-DOS: I'm good with most things, but see below.
SCENE-DON'TS: Slice of life is fine in moderate amounts, but not too much.