cityarcade | [meme] reverse questions

I'm Stefanie, and I play:

Katie Marks | All Good Things |

toanend
Eden McCain | Heroes |

wishesandsmoke
Olive Penderghast | Easy A |

floozyfacade
Cameron Winklevoss | The Social Network |

makeafairfight
Gwen Stacy | The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |

makeithome
Grace Faraday | Gangster Squad |

neverfor
Harley Altmeyer | Back Roads |

bloodycrescents
Elle Woods | Legally Blonde (musical) |

beyondtheblonde
Elsa of Arendelle | Frozen |

frozenfractals
Veronica Mars | Veronica Mars |

chasingthestorm
Constance Bonacieux | The Musketeers |

uncommonlybrave

Queue:
Jamie Wellerstein | The Last 5 Years |

takingthelight
Sally Bowles | Cabaret |

thetoastofmayfair
Bonnie Parker | Bonne & Clyde (2011 musical) |

hellofaride

Do you have thoughts on the direction you might go with Jamie's career in Darrow, regarding success or lack thereof? Is he Darrow's savior of writing, too?

i feel like i should have an elsa question but all i got off the top of my head is 'why are they the dumbest and the best'

BOY DO I EVER HAVE THOUGHTS

So Laine and I have talked about this length, obviously, since Cathy's and Jamie's respective careers are so key to their relationship, such as it is, and we've decided the best thing to do at first is flip things on their head, so that Cathy can maybe find a nice theater role and Jamie is stuck facing down a blank page literally and metaphorically. Let her have a little success, let him work.

Of course, the trouble here is that it isn't really about their careers ~~IS IT CATHY~~ because Cathy is someone who needs validation in success and Jamie, frankly, isn't. He's confident enough that, even though he'll miss the money and the parties and the success, he's going to be fine. He'll work on a new novel, he'll chug along while Cathy's doing her show, he'll be great. That's just Jamie. He knows what he wants from life and he knows he can do it, and now he's got four years of great sales to back that up. Whether they'll still falter through this, with Cathy coming from the very end and being Cathy and Jamie being Jamie, or not, I don't know yet? LET'S SEE HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THEM TO FALL APART!! Or maybe they won't! I genuinely believe that there were red flags literally from day one and that they are fundamentally the wrong kind of people for each other no matter how truly in love they were, but maybe Jamie being forced to take the backseat while Cathy shines will give them the time they need to work on some things. Maybe a taste of success will be enough for Cathy to put a little more trust in Jamie.

But theater is a business where you have to pay your dues, and Cathy isn't going to keep getting roles from the jump, whereas Jamie will finish his book and Jamie is Jamie, so it's sure as hell gonna sell. I may even give him Light Out of Darkness as an item, since it really is a big fucking thing for him, obviously, and he is not above copying it down and submitting it for publication, since it is his. Then boom, instant success while he works on his other stories. And then we're back at the start-slash-end and what becomes of them then?

Also also also I mentioned wanting at some point to do a thread with Jamie writing Cathy a story for the millionth time. I'm thinking that, at some point, he might compile those short fables and publish those. Obviously at first this is super-flattering for Cathy, always the muse, but if/when things turn sour, she's not going to see it in such a favorable light anymore.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD yesss excellent yesss agh so excited for alla this, I think that's a really good angle to go on it~ And I like that fables thing, I can see how that'd go from a nice thought to a little bit Amazing Amy, a series of reminders of disappointments.

But that reminds me of the other thing I was wondering! Cathy from the very end, then, so Jamie is from- oh wait, you said four years of success, so that's... not the very end, then, a little earlier?

Yup! I figured, where's the fun in bringing them both from the very, very end? Why not give them a little bit of hope? Cathy will be wary, of course, which feeds into the very same fears that helped create tension between them, but she also sort of gets a shot with him? So he's from right around "If I Didn't Believe in You," I think, before he starts really fucking up, but when things are really starting to deteriorate, which the script says is one year before the end.

Yess have some hope, have some opportunity ~~to mess things up in whole new ways~~

PRECISELY MY FRIEND

and with new people

and in a place where they cannot really avoid each other for long

and where Cathy never has to leave the state for work

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA OH SCHMUEL YOU'RE TRAPPED HERE FOREVER

this is not what jamie wanted when he said "unlimited time"

guess someone should have sung YOU a fable about taking care when wishing, huh, jamie???

How is Constance adjusting to modern life?

She's adjusting! That's the long and short of it. It's a huge leap for her, obviously, and there's a lot she's still wary of. And that's not just the technology. Modern mores are difficult for her in many ways, and it's not that she disapproves. It's just that Constance is so extremely cautious by nature and she wants to be sure of things and she wants to be practical, and she knows that she could very easily be returned home at any moment. This leaves her pulled two ways. Some days she's afraid to take advantage of the modern world, not wanting to get used to something she might soon leave behind. Other days, she wants to embrace every last bit of it and enjoy it while she can.

One thing that is constant, though, and which I have failed at addressing in game so far, is that she didn't really have cause to know how to read or write when she came to Darrow. She's fairly good with figures, but writing was beyond her. Now she helps the boys in their office and she has a chance to be educated, so she's trying very diligently to learn both though she also doesn't want to call attention to the fact that it's still something she's learning.

Then the biggest leap she's taking in adjusting would be divorce. Porthos did some research for her and now Constance knows she can get a no-fault divorce from Bonacieux in his absence, and she's pursuing that. It's... daunting. She wants the freedom, even knowing it might be short-lived, but obviously divorce is a big scary no-no for a 17th century Catholic woman and she's trying to reconcile that with knowing what she needs for herself, and that's sort of the crux of the whole modern thing? There's so much she likes and wants, and she's gradually learning how to let herself have it.

~~why is jamie wellerstein a poo wagon that i still love so dearly~~

After so many years of playing her, in which ways do you think Eden has grown the most?

Jamie did a shit thing, he knows he did a shit thing, but for all his confidence, he needs support, not a challenger, and he needs to feel he's doing something. He wants to fix things, and he can't fix someone like Cathy; he actually hits on that but it takes him a long time to really absorb it, that he's not going to put her back together, that she has to do it herself. But he isn't someone who can wait and he didn't understand when she asked for that what it really meant. He needs to be supported, he needs someone who listens, he needs to feel like he's getting through, he needs to feel like his word — which, he's a writer, that's the core of who he is — isn't constantly in doubt. And he can't get that from Cathy so he slips and gets it from someone else, because not only does he need to be in love, I think he really needs to be or at least feel loved. No matter how much Cathy loves him, she became someone who couldn't fully communicate that. Or communicate with him at all.

YEAH YOU GOT AN ANSWER, EAT IT

Okay, but question: has Eden grown at all really

I mean, she has in some ways. She fell in love with the first time, which despite her outgoing nature and apparent openness is a big deal, because Eden only seems really open. She shares a lot but there are huge pockets of who she is that remain firmly hidden from others and what she shares depends on who she's talking to. She's a chameleon, and she hasn't learned to keep one true form, so to speak, with all people. Which isn't to say that she's fake or a liar, but that you get a whole bunch of different people out of her sort of. And in a lot of ways, she still think she has to make up for her past, but she's also scared to do anything that would actually let her pursue that goal. I guess the big change, then, is that with Luke gone, she's got a fresh reminder of how quickly they can go back to being dead and it's time to take advantage of the life she has. Which she always says, but she's not so much done. She's very good at arranging her life to look very put-together while still sort of hovering on the surface. She's scared of her powers. She doesn't want to use them but she wants to use them. The panic has waned but the guilt stays strong. So big change, she might slowly start to actually make use of those powers soon. In so, so many ways, though, she's almost the exact same girl; she just keeps moving so it looks like she's changing.

Have you imagined Katie's wedding dress already? OR THEIR WEDDING? TELL ME YOUR THOUGHTS!

In what ways do you feel Olive has changed the most? The least?

So Veronica. Just how strange would it be on her end if I do bring Mathias back?

OF COURSE I HAVE. My thoughts on the dress change a lot because I'm not sure yet if she'll go very simple and traditional or if she'd do something more free-flowing and hippie-ish? The latter is more her style but she already did something like that for her first wedding, so I don't know? Either way I think she'll have flowers in her hair. :3

I think she'll definitely want a small ceremony with their friends, maybe a church wedding. The first time around they just went to City Hall with their witnesses, and she wants to get it right this time with all their loved ones there. I imagine it all being quite simple, but there will be cake and friends and some flowers and Jamie in a little suit and so everything will be perfect. :3

I think that Olive has changed the least in that she's still got that instinct to default to humor and to make things into stories and to want things to sort of fit together in a way that makes story-sense. She's also every bit as bright and stubborn and ambitious and loving still, so the core elements are unwavering. But I think she might actually be a tiny bit less secure in herself? She's still fairly confident but at the same time she's not. And I guess that's not that different either, actually, but back home it was sort of a social status/outcast thing and that's not a problem here. Here I think it has a lot to do with not having her family present, not having her parents to support her, and having to make these big life choices and being, you know, in this serious relationship in a nice house with all the trappings of adulthood but not, in a lot of ways, actually being an adult yet. She's only 21, so she thinks she's a grown-up and she's trying to be one and she's had to be one by dint of leaving home at 17, but she's got a lot of growing up to do still, and that can make her feel very unsure of herself because she feels like she should be more prepared and certain than she actually is. Which, again, I guess isn't all that different from home; it's just been turned in a somewhat direction and has different causes. I think she's also actually better with people now? She was always very sympathetic, but she's getting better at reaching out and being there because she has so much more experience now having those real friendships where there's actual give and take, and being better equipped to give that to others and also to expect it.

SO strange. Part of her is always, always going to love him. Hell, part of her is pop culture savvy enough to know that she and Logan are probably TV-endgame and thus, presented with other options, to want a little bit to rebel against that because she hates being told what to do. But now she's in a the best place she's ever been with Logan, give or take some arguments, and she doesn't want to do anything to jeopardize that, and she's never been very good with exes so... IT'LL BE FUN.

Grace and Saffron - best redheaded pals or BEST redheaded pals?

What does Else think of Zuko?

What is Veronica's biggest challenge in Darrow?

BEST REDHEADED PALS!! It legit makes me so happy. Grace has never been great at making friends with other women, so her having female support and companionship is such a wonderful thing to get to explore, agh. :3 :3 :3

Elsa thinks Zuko is wonderful. She thinks he has the qualities of a real leader, which is something she very much admires, without letting it get in the way of his being a person. If that makes sense? She spent so long not letting herself be herself and just being the heir apparent, so being able to have both qualities is also very admirable to her. She likes him very much.

One of her big challenges is always her dad's absence. Like, studying in New York while he was in California was fine because she knew she could go back to him if she needed to, but that's not true here and it chafes. Being trapped is hard on her. Right now she's able to work and keep busy, but she does worry about whether or not that will stay true and what happens if she gets bored. She doesn't do well with becoming stagnant. She's not yet but she worries, which is actually probably her real challenge? She has a big tendency to get restless when things are fine and then to make problems where there are none, so the challenge is resisting that. :

Where do you see Veronica and Logan headed? Do you think they could ever get married?

What's your favorite thing about playing Olive? Where do you see her in five years?

Maybe? He'll probably have to propose like three times and get dumped twice first, though. She's still skittish about this and still doesn't trust marriage. She also doesn't really trust herself, which I think is as big a problem, especially since this is Veronica and she'll never examine that closely in herself so she'll never fix it. I don't think she's against the idea emotionally but I think it's a hard thing for her to allow herself to do. Frankly, in a lot of ways, she's a big coward. But she does want to be with him and she will fight for that, though she's honestly her worst enemy.

Oh, god, everything. As my characters go, I really don't think Olive's the one I'm most like at all, but I think she's the one I feel the deepest emotional connection to, so even if a thread isn't a happy one, it leaves me content to tag because I get a lot of satisfaction just from playing her. She's someone I can tag a lot of different kinds of people with, and she's someone who, being very adaptable, can adjust and grow and avoid stagnation without changing fundamentally. She's still the same girl and that girl is a good soul with a lot of flaws and that never gets dull for me.

In five years... I mean, I play by ear, so who knows what'll happen between then and now? But she'll be three years out of college by that point. Married definitely. I can see her being on the verge of creating a group of her own — she'll be doing sex education work by then, and I think I can see her taking that out of going class to class on her own or something to kind of heading up a small organization where she can help prepare other people to do that work as well, because it's a hard profession to train for. Possibly about to have her first baby? She'll be 26, almost 27, so I think around then she might think it's about time for them to start their family, but also possibly not quite yet because she really wants to establish her career first. But Eduardo will be 32 by then, so probably she'd at least be planning for it.

So from what little I know of TL5Y (because just the soundtrack and stuff with the divorce gave me major bleed the first time I heard it), it seems like Jamie has issues with infidelity but also muse-chasing? What characters do you see him pursuing that way?

And, selfishly, does Constance like Tris? In another world, do you think Jack and Elsa would have been a thing?

Edited 2015-02-27 22:42 (UTC)

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