OOC 27 'Adventures in GunRunning' GR RP
POSTED BY: CapnRahn
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 21:41
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I play the game. The game that gets played. I do less now than I did before. I can only do what I can do though. You know. I get so busy with RL sometimes. If you all decide to stop, I will stop. We've lost three so far, right here, one staying and me waiting to see how it goes with the rest. We seem to draw things out a bit, which I think is why we lose people. Maybe we should've tried fewer people writing for characters in a short story setting, instead of trying to play a full crew, then the stories could've arced more quickly.
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Inara: Who's winning?
Simon: I can't really tell, they don't seem to be playing by any civilized rules that I know.
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Quote:Damon's reply to that wouldn't be what Mal might expect. He doesn't have a hankering to shoot anybody - not even the one who deserves it. I don't mean Mal.
Originally posted by CapnRahn:
Quick character arc note - Mal wasn't going to boot Damon off the boat after the shooting - he was just going to be shocked that Damon shot him and then asked {in his own special way} if Damon had got his "wantin' to shoot somebody" outta his system...
Quote:Damon's been shot once already. A bit cliche and redundant to my frame of mind.
OR - even shot Damon back (in the same place Damon accidentally shot Mal} and asked Damon how it felt to have someone betray him/be SO tetchy etc. and so forth ...
Quote:Understood, although this isn't the personal growth shock that was originally in the plan for Damon. Now I have to back up ten yards and figure out what Rowan's role is in all this. Hers and Damon's storylines got twined together when the exposition revealed that Damon and Rowan both know Rowan's husband, but are wholly unaware of their mutual association. May need to do some head scratching on that one.
It was an attempt to show the 'personal growth shock' that some folks, like the character of Damon, need to finally make a hurdle that had eluded them - an bloody epiphany -- so to speak.
Quote:Considering his environment for the past several years, there hasn't been much to give him dimention. The RP was supposed to help him in that direction. Not every character comes out fully fleshed.
Damon, while a really great character at times, had a tendency to be a bit ... basic and 2 dimensional at other times.
Quote:He put up with Jayne, didn't he? He's every bit as whiney and even more self-involved than Damon.
I still feel that Mal would have not tolerated the whiney, self-involved parts of Damon as well as I played it.
Quote:Unless Mal was taking Damon on as crew, in which case, Damon would be covered by the umbrella of loyalty that Mal extends to everyone on board, for better or for worse. The only people Mal has shot outright are those who endanger his crew, in which case - you bet he would have been dead. Or at least wish he was.
As soon as Damon pulled the gun the 2nd time - Damon would have as likely been dead - if it were ran as a real FF episode.
And for a fella who claims he doesn't have "it" anymore, you sure are showing strong signs... of "IT"
I MISS THIS!!! Story discussion - there's been way too much "sorry, too busy, can't post" posting in the OOCs these days - my own included - not enough talk story.
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Quote:No no no, no one is going to be anyone's beck and call girl around here!
Originally posted by BrokenChilde:
I wish the two of you best of luck and thanks for a great time.
Aaaaand... I'd love for this all to continue and that there's a casting call put out. With the movie coming out, there's a chance that it won't be difficult.
For me, I can still do it. Hell, if someone could promise me that I wouldn't be at everyone's beck and call 24/7, I'd be willing to help manage...
Seriously, if you'd like to help manage it, that would be fabulous. You can even step in to the lofty post of DireKtor if you feel so confident. As previously stated, my timing is LOUSY!
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I would like to make a suggestion to you all.
I think load times are becomming an issue on this board, and there are limits to what can be done in story crafting. There are better places to tell this kind of tale, and I would like to suggest one to you all.
www.storycrafter.com
One person starts the story, and can designate any number of person's as 'principal authors' which gives them a lot of director capabilities. The Storycrafter and principal authors can post as anyone if need be. Icons are easier to obtain, create and can be changed in minutes. There is a lot of flexibility in posting options and it takes html coding.
You might find it a better outlet for storytelling than this site. I have.
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Handgrenade is no longer your friend.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Channain:
Seriously, if you'd like to help manage it, that would be fabulous. You can even step in to the lofty post of DireKtor if you feel so confident. As previously stated, my timing is LOUSY!
I'm honoured that you'd mention such a thing.
Tell you what; I'm a day and change from leaving homebase for two weeks of likely chaos. Fun chaos, but still chaos. Whem I'm back, I'd be happy to talk it out thoroughly; but right now, anything that's not the two monster luggage pieces on the table or the profs I have to beg to not drop me for missing class is getting the last dregs of my daily energy.
Which'll get better when I get back. Even if I have to make it.
Then again... if you want to message me tomorrow, I should be around for all but a couple hours for a milk run. (LaCaitiri on Y!M and AIM)
The occasionally brave, but really just more talented at stepping up and maintaining her thus far perfect insomnia record,
Shaz
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Mal: "Define interesting."
Wash: "'Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die?'"
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I myself would love to double post as Merz. I've been keeping an eye on the character development throughout, and while I don't pretend to understand the full depths of the sinisterly calm and controlled Merz, with a curiousity in what she must view as close to exotic and strange world of the "norm." (If it's not obvious, I'm prodding for a decent-deadwrong basics of Merz)
I also have some thoughts I been bouncin around on her. With your permission, Dee, I'd love to take a swing at it.
As for DireKtorship, I give my second to Brokenchilde. I personally feel I've invested too much to just let this fade out. I even had an idea for a way to close this ep to CapnRahn, if he'd hear them. Guess I could wave the new DireKtor.
"Wasn't about you, Jayne. It was about what they needed."
"Don't make no sense." -Jaynestown
We're still flying. It' not much. . . It's enough.
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Raven -
So long as you understand that I am ALSO taking her with me, feel free to take Merz over here. I look forward to seeing what you can do with her. I warn you, she is a challenge and a half, and can take over your way of thinking sometimes ...
And, should you have any questions, feel free to contact me - anytime.
Oh yeah, and you have the Capn's contact info. I am sure he would accept a wave from you. Just understand that it might take him a couple days to receive and comment on it, circumstances being what they are.
- DeeDee
Once you pull the pin, Mr. Handgrenade is no longer your friend.
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Quote:
Originally posted by RavenWhyteWing:
As for DireKtorship, I give my second to Brokenchilde. I personally feel I've invested too much to just let this fade out. I even had an idea for a way to close this ep to CapnRahn...
Sneaking in on my host's iMac (meaning all typos are because I go for the wrong keys
), and it makes me happy to know I'm not the only one who wants this to keep going. I think of it too fondly, I think.And cheers much for the vote of confidence, Raven. :)
Now, I must run. Last minute DragonCon errands, an Egyptian museum and picking up combat boots for the proper Browncoat costume are calling.
Shaz
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Mal: "Define interesting."
Wash: "'Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die?'"
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Alrighty then!
Sounds like we've got a going concern so far. huh... not the response I expected, I'll admit. Just goes to show how something like this can get under the skin. Makes me feel 100 times more optimistic than I did a week ago.
I also checked out StoryCrafter.com, suggested by DeeDee, and it could very well be the way to go.
We still have a couple of people to hear from, I think, and may want to wait until after the Labor Day/Dragon*Con weekend to fire up again.
I may try to figure out what the heck is going on, and set up a casting call for Mal, Kaylee and Jayne. I think we should keep the original characters like Merz and Damon in the family.
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