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[meme] kudos
Two memes in a row? You betcha.
Given that it is now mid-year and that many of us seem to have been having a rough time of it lately, now seems like an excellent time for a kudos meme. Tag in character, as yourself, or even anonymously if you prefer! Just spread the love, y'all. ♥
As with the nature of this meme, there is no time limit so don't feel rushed or like you 'missed it'! Tag in tonight, tomorrow, or next week and leave praise and love as you please. Just try to check back for new tag ins, tag around, and enjoy!
Given that it is now mid-year and that many of us seem to have been having a rough time of it lately, now seems like an excellent time for a kudos meme. Tag in character, as yourself, or even anonymously if you prefer! Just spread the love, y'all. ♥
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.
As with the nature of this meme, there is no time limit so don't feel rushed or like you 'missed it'! Tag in tonight, tomorrow, or next week and leave praise and love as you please. Just try to check back for new tag ins, tag around, and enjoy!
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ilu friend
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"I need to make everyone's life hell"
And that is the story of how your unbelievable, spectacular, absolutely phenomenal Ronan Lynch (and your kindness of giving me the first three books) led to Joseph Kavinsky being in this game.
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As for what you've said about Ronan, I just-- DUDE. That means a whole, whole lot. Thank you so much for that. As much shit as Ronan and I give him, I'm thrilled he's in the game and that I can still throw Ronan at him from time to time if just to see the sparks fly. :D
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YOU'RE SO CUTE I WANT TO PUNCH YOU, ERIC BITTLE.
The most fucking delightful human being on the planet, says the New York Times. I remember we had a conversation about how when playing Peter/Bitty respectively, we just thought about being the best versions of ourselves. It seems like you know Bitty. His voice comes off so natural and he is an actual delight.
GET OUT OF MY FACE, FREDDIE BAXTER.
Frankly, I don't find Freddie to be very fair. There is no way you should be able to do his smoothness justice in just words and Jesus fuck, you do. Freddie comes alive to me with every tag. I can't imagine he's an easy one to play, especially since he so often takes the path of most resistance, but I believe you manage very well. Peter is suitably flustered and I look forward to seeing wtf happens.
KICK MY GAY ASS, RONAN LYNCH.
How can you possibly play this little fucknut so perfectly? Every time you express your dissatisfaction with the way you play Ronan, I am truly baffled. When I began researching Gansey, I heard a lot that he was very complicated to play. And honestly, I always thought it was Ronan that would be the toughest to play. He is intentionally erratic, which sounds like an exhausting combination, but you write him like he's there. Where some players might have chosen to use "what do you expect, it's Ronan?" as justification for his every unpredictible action, you have a motive behind each one. Sometimes it's trivial and sometimes it's warranted and that roll of the dice is SO RONAN that I must clutch at my bosom. There is no one else I would want to be my Ronan. Thank you for helping me get him here with your spectacular Ronan.
WHAT I'M SAYING, JOY:
Is that I fucking love you. You think you've tricked me into liking what you like, but the reality is twofold: 1) you like some really fucking good shit and, 2) you've taken the time to get to know me. Your recs are right on because you've taken the time to personalize them. That's not trickery, that's giving a shit. We have the fangirl connection and we should Goddamn well use it. After like 10 years of barely talking, we talked for a few weeks, and then you graciously carted me around Denver for a week. Who the fuck is that amazing? You'll never be boring to me, lady. You're a lifeline. <3
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I'm so so pleased you like Bitty and that you read the comic and like it, too. And I'm sorry for Freddie and his stupid face but I love that I have at least ONE PERSON in this game who is as utterly delighted by him as I am.
And ugh, Ronan. So, honestly, when I first decided to app him, I was TERRIFIED. He's so wholly unlike anyone I've ever played before and I wasn't honestly sure I could ever do him justice. Basically I had to tell myself that whatever my first instinct was in reaction to something, Ronan's would be the opposite. I feel like over the past nearly year and a half I've gotten better at REALLY understanding him, but I mostly feel like a giant fraud so these comments mean so so much to me. (Also, there's no way in HELL I could ever play Gansey. Ever ever. I'm in awe of you people who CAN and do it so so well.)
ALSO I LOVE YOU AND YOUR FACE AND I MISS YOU AND PLEASE COME BACK. <3333
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I'm selfishly really looking forward to see how his development continues, especially while around a little kid like Jack! I absolutely loved that there was a lot of anger that Ronan felt over Jack's situation, but that he stamped it down in his interactions with Jack because he wanted to put the kid first. It was a real moment where I could totally empathize with how Ronan felt. I don't know how you do it, but you definitely draw readers into the mindset of your characters gloriously well.
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I'm actually really touched that you've read some of his threads since, as you don't particularly know the character, I wouldn't imagine they'd be all that interesting. Ronan is SERIOUSLY flawed, but those flaws are part of who he is and I don't ever want to gloss over them or ignore them in any way. I'm glad that comes through.
AND YES SO MUCH MORE JACK. He'll never admit it, but Ronan has a soft spot for kids and he was taken with Jack right away. I want so many threads with those two.
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and this is where I pull a Blue and am kind but not nice
SIT DOWN AND STFU FOR REAL FRIEND
Your Ronan is beautifully, wonderfully fucked up and loving and vulnerable and alone and dependent and he carries all of these things in such a complex, nuanced way and that is all down to you. When I was reading TRK, I thought of you quite a few times, and even though that Ronan is a much more open Ronan than yours, it could be the same one, if that makes sense? Your Ronan has been through some completely different things, and has been alone more than any of the others, and through some hell, and that isn't erased by being with his friends and I'm glad you don't erase it.
Ronan and Kavinsky often get chosen as foils, but Ronan and Blue are alike in ways the others aren't; I think in more ways than are immediately visible (not half because they're both clearly halves of Maggie, but). I'm not great at playing my Blue both IC and angry, it's one of my weak points with Blue tbh, but when she's playing against Ronan it's easy, because your Ronan is SO perfectly -- Ronan.
And not just angry, of course. Blue shines around her canonmates because you guys write so amazingly and it's easy.
I really look forward to developing these two and seeing their friendship blossom, and I'd love to thread them more <3 any of mine, of course, but particularly them.
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It means so much that you can still see him though and I'd like to think that hopefully, in time, he'll GET to the point where he's more like TRK Ronan. More open and a little warmer. He's at least reached a point where he accepts himself as NOT a monster and that is so, so key for him.
But yes, please, to ALL the Blue/Ronan threads. They need to hang.