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Carson Phillips ([personal profile] boywhoflew) wrote in [community profile] cityarcade2016-08-02 11:19 pm
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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. ♥

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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[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-03 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Ronan Lynch
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[personal profile] iwasmore 2016-08-03 06:43 am (UTC)(link)


ilu friend
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[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
<3333 MY PRECIOUS NOAH
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[personal profile] deflectere 2016-08-03 01:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I love that he and Alec are such bitches to each other in their own special ways. I love that they can antagonize each other and dislike each other and still have such interesting threads.
thedreamthief: (hmmmmm)

[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yesssss, I love that so so much. It's almost surprising to me that neither have them have yet thrown a punch. They're both very similarly broody and always end up rubbing each other the wrong way and it's totally delightful to me.
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[personal profile] jeongbro 2016-08-03 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright so here is a story: once upon a time these badasses were playing TRC characters and they were all so good and three-dimensional and well constructed, given that the series wasn't complete yet, that it actually made me want to READ A BOOK SERIES for the first time in like four years because the last half of college and grad school have killed all my desire/ability for pleasure reading. And you, Joy, were the one that sent me the audiobooks so that I could. And in these audiobooks was Ronan Lynch, resident prickly asshole, who you played so spectacularly, and who I could see in game paralleling against the books. And then--then I hit the Dream Thieves, and my life flashed before my eyes, and I whispered into my Austrian dorm room

"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.
thedreamthief: (naked arm)

[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude, why do I not remember sending those to you at ALL? Like, I don't doubt it because I do have those files and it sounds like something I would do (a totally self-serving plight to get people I like into the same shit that makes me happy) but I have zero memory of this at all, lol.

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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[personal profile] intheenditslove 2016-08-03 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
What a cranky butt, I love him. I don't know his canon at all, but I've had so much fun both threading with Ronan and reading his threads with others and I WOULD LIKE MORE, PLEASE, THANK YOU KINDLY.
thedreamthief: (almost smiling)

[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yesssss, me too! We need another Luke thread if nothing else though anyone else you wanna dare throw at him, I'm game. :D
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[personal profile] alltheircrimesarejust 2016-08-03 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello have I mentioned today my love for Ronan Lynch? Have I mentioned how much I love the fact that you never shy away from the difficult aspects of who he is. He's still angry and damaged and doesn't always know how to cope with that in the best way and you don't do that impossible thing where being in love redeems him of all his flaws and instead he and Adam are constantly working through the things that hold them both back so that they grow together and I love these children.
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[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, these words mean so much to me. I feel bad a lot for Ronan's behavior and the way that he IS still so damaged so it means a lot that you understand it and you're okay with it. I think he's doing better now than he ever has before, but he still has lapses. I love that Adam put his foot down and essentially ordered him to get his shit together, that they've had to work out together how to be better for one another. It just makes me so happyyyyy.
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[personal profile] paper_courage 2016-08-03 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
All kudos at once. This may get long.

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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[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy Jesus, this is a lot. Ugh, you are too good to me and MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING. Seriously, I just want to hold this to my bosom and never let it go.

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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[personal profile] di 2016-08-03 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Even before coming back to game, I'd been peeking in from time to time at Ronan's threads, often because you've mentioned on Twitter that sometimes it's hard to get into the mindset for him or otherwise, and while I don't know the canon, I think that what you've really managed with Ronan is to construct this incredibly thoughtful and nuanced character that's really a delight to follow and thread with. He comes across as very human. I've always loved that you don't shy away from a character's flaws, instead you embrace them as part of the character's identity — which is, really, the most realistic thing in writing, and personally one of the things that I enjoy reading the most. This is totally the case with Ronan, where you don't try to paint every flaw as being romantic in some way — he's just got some rough edges, for better or worse, but on the whole he's a good person and he cares so deeply.

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.
thedreamthief: (almost smiling)

[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Lolololll I whine a LOT about how much I suck at playing Ronan. /o\

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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[personal profile] formicine 2016-08-04 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
So there's this thing where you always say that your Ronan isn't that great or something,
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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[personal profile] thedreamthief 2016-08-04 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my god, I don't even know what to DO with this. These words mean so, so much to me, Faye. Thank you. I'll admit, I had some difficulty seeing MY Ronan while reading TRK because he is so far removed thanks to when I pulled him from canon. He hasn't gone through the same shit as the others and he DID have those months where he was completely alone. I think that had more of an effect on him than even I was really aware of at the time.

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.