Meme: Reverse Questions

[not_acute]

Muns: Post here listing all of the characters you play (you might want to list journals, too, just for reference) or are thinking of playing.

Everyone: Ask the MUNS anything about the GAME or THEIR PUPS, because we all know the muns will answer when the characters won't. They can be specific questions ("How does he feel about her?") or general questions ("Why did you choose this pup?", "How do you channel them?", etc.) You can even have pups ask the questions, but ANSWERS are coming from the MUNS.

Comments

[girlalmighty]

This sounds stupid, oh my god, but, um, when I read the back cover. And by the back cover, I mean of the hardback at the library where the back cover was just a quote: "I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She ran her thumb over my lips raw from kissing her and said survival was a talent."

And I read that and I knew I was fucked.

But I refused to give in. Then I read the first sentence. Shit. Then I finished the paragraph. Fuck no. I don't even know why. Something just clicked from the very first instant, before I even knew who he was. It was just an instinct. And I was like, nope, I don't need anyone new, I'm just reading this because of Andrew. But I kept catching myself picking usernames, and then I reread it immediately, which I never do, and it was like, oh, fuck, I may as well just give the fuck in.

I think the worst part is knowing I hold back too much. To some extent, I think being away from home is incredibly good for him, and so it makes sense to me that he would be a tiny bit more subdued than before, but I think I take it too far and I shy away too much from the violence and the imagination most of the time. I try to make up for it by keeping him an asshole, though. And since I love him so much, not getting him just right is galling. That, and his voice is so separate from everyone else's that it sometimes takes me longer to get through his tags or be in the right frame of mind to approach them.

But the best part is, when I am there, it happens so naturally. Tawni O'Dell's original prose lets me write some of my favorite narration I've ever done, hands down, and Harley's so unreliable and complex that it's a wonderful challenge to bring across who he is versus who he claims he is. And though this is much less applicable these days, thank fuck, he's always been a really, really cathartic outlet when I'm in a rage spiral. Actually, he's pretty cathartic for me in general.

[warmandsad]

God, that line blew me away. And still does. It's funny, re-reading it now, it makes me think so much of Finnick and why I so badly to thread more of our two messed up boys. I'm so glad that you play him and I hope that you never feel the need to hold back with any of mine. I trust you in your portrayal of him. Reading his tags is such a thrill and I'm just so, so, so glad he's a part of your roster. Thank you for this insight. <333

[girlalmighty]

I am forever jealous of Tawni O'Dell for that book. How that could be anyone's debut novel, I don't know, but it raised the bar for me and my own work, man. I think that line, in a lot of ways, encapsulates why I love Harley so much, too: that mix of passion and rawness and a kind of violence and vulnerability, how he thinks so little of himself and longs for so much. More than he'll admit ever. I'm drawn to survivors, though my definition gets a little stretched out of shape, I think. But yeah, I'm reaaaaallly looking forward to playing him off Finnick again, and off yours in general. That you're familiar with the text is a bonus. Like I've said before, it makes me feel much more comfortable fully committing to the more unsavory aspects of his personality.