Thoughts on RP

[unfeathered]

I've been role-playing like mad (I've had up to five threads going at certain points!) for the last day and a half and I just realised I have got so much faster at it. Because, I think, I'm finally starting to trust my characters. My muses have got a hell of a lot stronger (well, Spike was always strong but even the Master had been wavering a bit lately) and I'm finally getting the confidence to just go with my gut responses and trust that they'll be in character.


I still sit there after posting sometimes going, 'What the hell did I just write?' and 'Will anyone reading that think it's in character?' but I'm doing it. I'm doing a lot less of sitting around drafting a response, then scrapping it and drafting a different one, then going back to the first one etc. etc.

It's a nice feeling, and actually, one that manifested in that Angel/Jack fic, too, where I just sat and wrote the thing. Yes, I did a lot of editing to it, but I didn't have to change anything pivotal. It was mostly just wording and making some bits stronger.


Anyway. I've finished two of those threads now (two very different but both amazingly good fun threads, one with Becky, one with Mecca) and I'm off to watch a bit of telly. And to think about which characters I might want to RP tomorrow... *g*

Comments

[unfeathered]

Yay, another one! And I totally sympathise - I'd never done it before Whoville and was totally terrified, but Whoville really is a great place to start because everyone is so incredibly friendly. (Not that I've ventured anywhere else yet, so I can't really compare!)

As for advice - just take the plunge. I signed Becky up for my first thread in case I needed to ask lots of stuff, but in reality I didn't and it just went really smoothly - and got me hooked! I still do quite a lot of talking behind the scenes (usually via email) because I'm a talkative person and I like squeeing and discussing things I've discovered as I'm going.

Oh, and I got Becky to look over my first few character profiles too in case I'd forgotten anything.

I'm very happy to hand-hold if you want to play with me first, though I'm sure everyone else would be too. :-)

Who's your character????

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

I was going to ask Becky via e-mail to look over the profile anyhoo, so that's cool.

I was wanting to play John Hart in some capacity. He's been pretty vocal in my head recently, and I feel quite comfortable with his patterns. There's a time loop John that Becky's playing isn't there? Are there any more I should be aware of? I'm debating playing him just prior to KKBB, or just after ATM. What do you reckon?

[unfeathered]

I reckon that sounds good - and your John is fantastic, so YAY!

There aren't any others of him apart from Becky's.

And yeah, somewhere around KKBB sounds great. You could always go for before and then you've got the option to send him home and come back after when you want a change?

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was leaning more towards just before KKBB, but post time loop, and Jack leaving him behind. Think it gives me a little more flexibility with the character to explore. I'm going to have to *ahem* restrain him in a little though, at least at the beginning ;)

Right, think I'm going to go for it. I'll have a play around with the profile, and read some more past threads when I get a chance today. I'll drop Becky a line later too, to ask some advice etc I think.

Thanks for the advice! Much appreciated :)

[unfeathered]

Yay!!!! I look forward to playing with him! :-)

[sistercarrion.livejournal.com]

Well, he's all there now *quivers with teh fear*
http://capnjohnhart.insanejournal.com/

I think for the first post, I'm going to try for an open thread. It'll be a up bit later on anyway. For now, housework definately calls!

[unfeathered]

That looks great! :-)

And don't be scared! You'll be fine, I'm sure, with such a strong muse! :-)