CHARACTER: Toph Bei Fong CANON: Avatar: The Last Airbender
CURRENT STATUS: Toph's CR is a mess. She lost all of her canon CR except for Aang, and then a good chunk of new CR that I had cultivated with her. Icly, she's angry and grieving and resentful and not able to deal any of it effectively because she's Toph, and this is not something Toph does easily. She has been approved for a canon update, and I'm hoping this update will become something like a reset for her, giving her the chance to see home and "live" the life she's put on hold for so long with the adopted "family" she's kept waiting.
She'll be updated to the beginning of the Rift, which means she'll be 14-15 and a much stronger and more able metalbender. She'll be fairly honored in her own time as the founder of metalbending and one of the strongest earthbenders alive. She'll also have her own metalbending school with a growing student body. Hopefully she'll have her ease, confidence, and ego back to par.
CR GOALS: I need . . . CR for Toph in general. She has some tendrils of new CR, but nothing really that's locked in yet or grounded (unintentional pun). I want to create new relationships and build on what she's started to create. It's not good for her (or me) to be this ungrounded.
SCENE-DOS: I love things that allow Toph to use her strengths -- not just in metalbending and earthbending, but in shenanigans, in snark, in directness, and in facing stuff head on. I love things that open her up, too, and force her to use the softer emotions that she doesn't show as much. I want relationships that challenge her. (Not in a physical or angry sort of way, but just ones that make her consider the world differently.)
I can do anything from network interactions to face-to-face. I love, love any scenes that have some meat to them -- emotional intensity in particular -- though I know that takes a while to grow and develop.
SCENE-DON'TS: I am admittedly not so awesome with slice-of-life; it's hard for me to maintain any kind of momentum on that kind of thread. I will also write negative CR (and let's be honest, Toph earns it sometimes), but it can (not always) make me a little anxious, so if things go that way, I just request the ability to have good communication with the player to talk it through.
ADDITIONAL: I'll be honest; I've struggled a bit with Toph lately. I think "resetting" her and getting her more involved will help with that. She's an older muse, and she's experienced a lot, so sometimes it's harder to find "new" avenues for her. But I love her character, and I want to keep playing her.
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CHARACTER: Lapis Lazuli CANON: Steven Universe
CURRENT STATUS: This month, Lapis landed on the Turtle. Due to what's going on in her canon at the point I took her from, her mind was absolutely chaotic, and she was 43 different kinds of anxious and fearful and anticipating someone would try to kill her. (And then someone did try, which maybe didn't help her impression.) She's spent most of her month looking for a way off the Turtle via air and sky, as well as keeping an eye out for Jasper. She's had minimal contact with kedan and other Foreigners -- though except for the log above, most of that contact has been positive and enough to make her worry when she heard that the Turtle was in the process of sinking. She still maintains minimal contact and likely lives outside the city, coming in only to use the terminals and to study people, but the idea of the Turtle sinking is definitely taking hold with her. (You squishy types are kind of weird and frightening, but somehow she doesn't want to see you die, either.)
CR GOALS: I want Lapis to continue to encounter people and have predominantly positive experiences. (Though I'm not against anything negative, either.) I want her to build CR and find ways to connect with the other Turtle residents, both kedan and Foreigner.
SCENE-DOS: I still love emotional intensity stuff, but for Lapis, I want some cute. Some fluff. I want her to start getting interested in/attached to people, even if she'll likely always be a little bit skitterish. Dealing with Lapis is always a little bit like dealing with a wild animal who's not quite sure she wants to be tame. SCENE-DON'TS: Pretty much same as above.
ADDITIONAL: This girl enjoys slapstick. Just saying.
Also: (Yes, for the record, she does have pupils. Just. Later.)
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CHARACTER: Toph Bei Fong
CANON: Avatar: The Last Airbender
CURRENT STATUS: Toph's CR is a mess. She lost all of her canon CR except for Aang, and then a good chunk of new CR that I had cultivated with her. Icly, she's angry and grieving and resentful and not able to deal any of it effectively because she's Toph, and this is not something Toph does easily. She has been approved for a canon update, and I'm hoping this update will become something like a reset for her, giving her the chance to see home and "live" the life she's put on hold for so long with the adopted "family" she's kept waiting.
She'll be updated to the beginning of the Rift, which means she'll be 14-15 and a much stronger and more able metalbender. She'll be fairly honored in her own time as the founder of metalbending and one of the strongest earthbenders alive. She'll also have her own metalbending school with a growing student body. Hopefully she'll have her ease, confidence, and ego back to par.
CR GOALS: I need . . . CR for Toph in general. She has some tendrils of new CR, but nothing really that's locked in yet or grounded (unintentional pun). I want to create new relationships and build on what she's started to create. It's not good for her (or me) to be this ungrounded.
SCENE-DOS: I love things that allow Toph to use her strengths -- not just in metalbending and earthbending, but in shenanigans, in snark, in directness, and in facing stuff head on. I love things that open her up, too, and force her to use the softer emotions that she doesn't show as much. I want relationships that challenge her. (Not in a physical or angry sort of way, but just ones that make her consider the world differently.)
I can do anything from network interactions to face-to-face. I love, love any scenes that have some meat to them -- emotional intensity in particular -- though I know that takes a while to grow and develop.
SCENE-DON'TS: I am admittedly not so awesome with slice-of-life; it's hard for me to maintain any kind of momentum on that kind of thread. I will also write negative CR (and let's be honest, Toph earns it sometimes), but it can (not always) make me a little anxious, so if things go that way, I just request the ability to have good communication with the player to talk it through.
ADDITIONAL: I'll be honest; I've struggled a bit with Toph lately. I think "resetting" her and getting her more involved will help with that. She's an older muse, and she's experienced a lot, so sometimes it's harder to find "new" avenues for her. But I love her character, and I want to keep playing her.
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CHARACTER: Lapis Lazuli
CANON: Steven Universe
CURRENT STATUS: This month, Lapis landed on the Turtle. Due to what's going on in her canon at the point I took her from, her mind was absolutely chaotic, and she was 43 different kinds of anxious and fearful and anticipating someone would try to kill her. (And then someone did try, which maybe didn't help her impression.) She's spent most of her month looking for a way off the Turtle via air and sky, as well as keeping an eye out for Jasper. She's had minimal contact with kedan and other Foreigners -- though except for the log above, most of that contact has been positive and enough to make her worry when she heard that the Turtle was in the process of sinking. She still maintains minimal contact and likely lives outside the city, coming in only to use the terminals and to study people, but the idea of the Turtle sinking is definitely taking hold with her. (You squishy types are kind of weird and frightening, but somehow she doesn't want to see you die, either.)
CR GOALS: I want Lapis to continue to encounter people and have predominantly positive experiences. (Though I'm not against anything negative, either.) I want her to build CR and find ways to connect with the other Turtle residents, both kedan and Foreigner.
SCENE-DOS: I still love emotional intensity stuff, but for Lapis, I want some cute. Some fluff. I want her to start getting interested in/attached to people, even if she'll likely always be a little bit skitterish. Dealing with Lapis is always a little bit like dealing with a wild animal who's not quite sure she wants to be tame.
SCENE-DON'TS: Pretty much same as above.
ADDITIONAL: This girl enjoys slapstick. Just saying.
Also:
(Yes, for the record, she does have pupils. Just. Later.)