[meme] kudos

[fifthbeatle]

It has come to my attention that it has been over a year since we last did this meme.

Tag in each of your characters, then go around and respond to the others with kudos for their characters. Tell them why you love having them in game, what you enjoy about the character, praise a specific plot or thread, whatever love you have to spread. (If you'd rather just do a block comment of kudos, that's okay, too!) Share your favorite moments, tags, threads, plots, etc.


This meme will stay open for as long as it needs to, so don't feel like you have to rush to comment. There's no such thing as too late to tag, so keep checking back for new additions!

Comments

[eddi]

Vanya Hargreeves fifthbeatle
Billy Butcher diabolicalcunt

[and_resplendent]

Billy is awful but he's also a goddamn delight and so much fun to thread with.

You are not awful, you're just a goddamn delight, and I have so enjoyed getting to know you a little better over this past year. <33333

[myfavoritedream]

Neil McCormick

[takecourage]

I am SO GLAD that I get a chance to regular thread (and even do slightly shippyish tags with) Neil again. Some of my very favourite threads ever have been with you in general and Neil in particular. It's amazing to me that you've managed to keep a character true to his source material for THIS LONG while somehow letting him grow organically. He's wonderful.

[already_lost]

Laura Palmer

[badassbroad]

Harley Quinn

[eddi]

I had such a fucking blast threading with Harley. She is a delight. Let's do it again.

Generally, I love you. You're not what a person would traditionally think of as a delight, but you are unmistakably delightful. Your sense of humor tickles me silly. You're smart and capable and I cannot get enough of you.

Let's thread more <3

[takecourage]

Alex Stern

[gripyfish]

I am so, so glad to have your Alex to play Darlington off of--and that you insisted I give Ninth House a read as fast as possible! XD You are so perfect at capturing not only who Alex is, but who she's become in Darrow, and making her feel completely in character even as she makes a life for herself that's completely different from what Lethe would have given her back home.

We have so much in store for the two of them, and I can't wait to play it all out with you. It's going to be great. <3333

[bloodyanimal]

Spike

[onlythebranch]

HAHA, JUST KIDDING, THAT'S NOT ALL YOU GET. (Although I am being a lazy asshole and doing it all at once.)

I mean, by this point, if you don't know that I love your characters and you (ewwww) then you clearly don't know me at all. We've RPed in various forms for I don't even know how long, you're one of my most consistent and long held RP partners and we've had the best ships, the best friendships, ALL OF IT. I love Neil and Marcus, Sweeney and Spike, Laura and Hopper, Obi-Wan and Harley, Jamie and Eddie, WHO ELSE DO YOU EVEN PLAY, DAMN? Neil and David have been the most delightful thing that's happened in ages and lmaooo I literally just went down the list of all your characters and we've got something for basically everyone and I love them ALL.

SAM AND MARCUS, DARYL AND MAEVE, BEN AND OLD BEN. IT'S ALL SO GOOD. Clearly I enjoy threading with you or something.

I also love that I can just pop into your DMs and shout at you, then not shout at you for a few days, and still know if I want to shout at you you'll be there.

[eddie_spaghetti]

Eddie Kaspbrak

[the_trashmouth]

Richie Tozier

[onlythebranch]

I'm sorry, I'm lazy, I'm doing everyone at once!

Um. Richie is perfect. I want to smack him sometimes, which I think is entirely accurate, and also I love him and I would like more threads with him and Jamie please and thank you! Unless Richie is still being weird. XD IS HE STILL BEING WEIRD?

ANAKIN, HOLY CRAP. This all sort of just happened and now we have the best Jedi brothers and I want to do so much with them, but first, I love the way Anakin is adapting and kind of having to change, not just with what he's learning about Palpatine, but how Darrow is forcing him to change, too. It's forcing them BOTH to change and I think they really need each other in this journey and IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE EVERY MOMENT OF IT, GIMME MORE.

Five and Obi-Wan. Unexpectedly delightful. He's perfect.

I also really, really love Maeve and Rue being friends, but also both still having these secrets from each other. Their threads are just so great and I want to wrap Rue up and give her a hug. AND ROOT. I can't imagine playing her, I feel like she would be so hard, because she's as detached from people and as distrustful of them as Reese, but times 36986908650. But you're just killer with her. She's amazing. I am so excited for Machine plot!

[greatest_sin]

Sam Winchester

[wedobones]

Gideon Nav.

[gripyfish]

(oh noooooooo, gideooooooon)

That reference will never get old and I will never stop making it, I'm sorry.

More seriously! I know life has conspired to make it so you haven't been able to get Gideon out as much as you might've hoped to, but I have loved reading every single thread you do for her (and not just because I have ulterior queue-related motives). You capture her very particular voice so well, and I'm loving the slow way she's already started to blossom here.

[healthymalehost]

Peter Graham

[bring_balance]

Anakin Skywalker

[nabooqueen]

God, your Anakin is so. good. We need to get him therapy, but still. So good. You pulled him from a really tricky place in his canon, as far as Dark Side potential is concerned, and I think you've done a really great job of walking that fine line and maintaining that potential for darkness even as he starts to grow as a person. And speaking of, holy character development, Batman. His life kind of took a hard right turn when he wound up in Darrow, and I am just constantly astonished at how you've made him grow and change as a result while still keeping him completely in character. It's always a delight to thread with you and I can't wait to see what you do with him next. <333

[allthelifethereis]

Bill Denbrough

[thetinydemon]

LOL I know I kinda (lovingly) strong-armed you into apping adult Bill, but it was mostly because I saw not only his potential IG, but your connection with him, when I've always thought he'd be a difficult character to pull off.

I really love his fraught relationship with Eddie, and how they both have things they want to say to each other, but haven't really gotten there, yet. I love playing him and Neil, and their dumb, flirtatiously teasing banter, and the pretty okay sex, and the fact that deep down, I think they have the potential to be good friends, if they allow themselves to be.

By apping him as an adult, he really is the odd man out, which has to be really challenging, but it's so, so interesting to watch.

[juststrange]

Fraser Wilson

[greatamazingfeelingsboy]

Um hi he's pretty great I love him I want to keep him

Ur alright too

[godcode]

Root

[teenagerenegade]

Charlie Bartlett

[gripyfish]

CHARLIE. This precious boy. I love that he and Rosie are so close, that they're as good as family--I think they both get something from one another that neither of them had at home, and that's really, really special to me. You play him with this kind of quiet steadiness that's a rare thing to do well, and I hope you know you do it excellently.

[lastmanstandin]

Daryl Dixon

[greatamazingfeelingsboy]

;____;

I love him. I love the way you PLAY him. He's amazing and you're so good at his voice???

[selfishdreamer]

Rue Bennett

[gripyfish]

I need to watch Rue's canon (I know, I know, it's a travesty that I haven't yet), but even without knowing much about it I can see how wonderfully you write her. She's...a mess, like, a big mess, but you play her with such sympathy that it's impossible to read her threads and not hope things will finally start turning around for her here in Darrow. I've loved the few times she and Rosie have interacted, and we should definitely do more in the future. <333333

[runtherace]

Oliver Perlman

[number_five]

Number Five

[thetinydemon]

LMAO This little shit.

[weakandfoolish]

Ben Solo

[nabooqueen]

Not gonna lie, I Do Not Like Ben Solo in canon, so the fact that I like yours - and, more to the point, that I understand yours - is no mean feat. I think you've done a really great job of keeping him in character while figuring out what he'd be like if TROS had ended differently, and I'm always really interested by your insight into what makes him tick.

Also I love how weird and awkward he and Padmé are together.

[everymonstrousthing]

And the two I feel really guilty about not playing enough!

Newt Kavinsky
Kaz Brekker

[gripyfish]

The flurry of kudos for you continues, because I can't not give love to Newt. Like Charlie, there's a steadiness to him, a calmness, that seems like such an organic outgrowth of his time in Darrow and the life he's made for himself here. He's the best kind-of-dad/kind-of-older-brother Rosie could ever hope for, and I'm glad he's part of her little found family.

Also, I'm very excited about his developing friendship with Danny as they work on the gardens at Black Elm. Once spring is properly here, we should definitely do something with the two of them!

[terriblymisguided]

Klaus Hargreeves

[eddi]

WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN?

Klaus walks a fine line where he both does and doesn't take himself seriously and you play that so beautifully. As a friend he is confusing, compelling, infuriatingly delightful. As a brother he is gentle, thoughtful, supportive and generally perfect. The way he moves is perfect, the voice is crystal clear and I generally am obsessed.

And YOU. It wasn't just Robert Sheehan that finally got me to watch Umbrella Academy. You're not just good at him, you're a generous, thoughtful player whose tags I simply cannot get enough of. I feel fortunate to have you as a canonmate and a friend. You're hilarious and your support means the world to me. Ilu <3

ETA: One day I will put up that post for Elio and Vanya and I will have played with someone other than Klaus and I will love it, too XD

[onlythebranch]

Ima tag them ALL AT ONCE, because work.

John Reese
Marcus Keane
Mad Sweeney
Jim Hopper
Jamie
David Rose
Maeve Wiley
Obi-Wan Kenobi (whose name my phone STILL hasn’t learned wtf)

[takecourage]

HOPPER who called Alex something like his kid the other day and my heart grew three sizes. What happened in canon was so fucking disappointing, but you do a glorious job of him, in all his grouchy, troubled, loving glory. And I love it.

MARCUS and Kaz are one of my very favourite things in game. I am a sucker for found families, and Marcus as a grandfather for the twins is such a lovely, natural thing. I don't know his canon but that has never got in the way of me utterly adoring him.

[haplesshairpile]

Steve Harrington

[thetinydemon]

I look forward to every dumb plot where Eddie's in peril, because it usually means I get a thread with Steve swooping in to make sure he doesn't get himself killed. An exasperated mother duck to a whole bunch of annoying teenage ducklings that he could totally get rid of if he really wanted to, BUT CLEARLY DOESN'T.

He's just so much fun, and the right balance of cool and just... so fucking hilariously uncool. The biggest doofus, the most loyal friend. Stupid and sweet and accidentally badass. I love him a lot.