Q&A Meme

[twelfthspark]

questions meme



- Leave a comment below with your name and the character(s) you play.
- Respond to others' top levels with questions. Questions about their characters, questions about their plans and things they want to play, questions about their fandoms, questions about what they had for lunch today, whatever.
- Answer the questions you receive.
- After your answer, ask a question back. Keep it up for as long as both parties feel like.

Comments

[rhapsodeity]

i actually don't think it's too bare bones at all - i think, in fact, it's just detailed enough to give you wiggle room. not to mention, ardyn himself is a mysterious guy and his role in canon, while a touch obvious, was still shrouded in mystery. even when you do find out what his deal is, it's very much a shock (or. it was to me LMAO)

i'm glad you brought up the villain thing though because i wanted to ask about that. obviously there's just going to be differences between and au and ou but recolle, being a reincarnation au of sorts, kind of falls in between; do you think ardyn will eventually fall in the vein of being a villain again? or is it a little bit difficult to predict at the moment?

also i don't mind tl;dr at all! the meme is great for that. GIVE ME IT

[daemonized]

Wiggle room is definitely something I'm glad I allowed for myself, if I'm to be honest. I suppose leaving his AU history generalized in some aspects helped with that, so! It worked out in the long run.

THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION and I've thought about it a lot? Ardyn has lived for 37 years in Recolle's "reality", and in those 37 years he hasn't had to suffer through the same trauma and endless burdens that he experienced in OU. As a result, he's actually a lot closer to how he was as a healer in his OU, as opposed to being the villain.

But while he won't get all of his earth-shattering regains at once (I'd like to play it as a somewhat slow burn, but I suppose this depends on what actually happens in-game), the biggest hurdle to overcome is that he has... literally thousands of years worth of memories and emotion that will come basically rushing back into him. And 2000+ vs 37? His current life is going to have a hard time putting up a fight; I like to think of it as a scale, and unfortunately(??) his OU side has a lot more weight to it.

So while I can say he will definitely take a very biased swing towards heading back into villain territory, this also heavily depends on his close CR! A lot of what he didn't have in OU, he has the potential to have here. (A family, for instance, that didn't toss him to the curb. People that he might be able to actually lean on, etc etc.) It's going to be a constant push and pull of "well, I have a nice life here, I have people that care about me, I shouldn't be so bitter" versus "I'm still feeling the wrongs and anger/spite of my past life, these thousands of years worth of memories are making me borderline apathetic again" type deal. If that makes sense? On the flip side, if he has CR that pushes him to be more of an antagonist, he can head in that direction too.

But basically, yes, he probably will become more villain-y at first. I DO like drama and pain, so that'll probably be a thing that'll happen; whether or not he manages to slowly vacillate back to something less extreme and more in the middle remains to be seen! I would certainly not be against it if it happened! In fact, I think it would be more interesting from a character development standpoint if it did... it would just be a goal that would take a lot of work to achieve, and probably a massive strain on his CR.

[daemonized]

LMFAO i'm dumb and forgot your question. i'm also braindead and can't spell

What CR has surprised you the most in Recolle so far, and why? Whether positive or negative, doesn't matter!

[rhapsodeity]

shush, don't worry, i clearly didn't mind!!!

i think one of the funnest things about playing a villain in a game like this is seeing how far their cr can take them. there's obviously a similar aspect for heroes, but the stakes are a lot... the word i want to use is higher for villains. the chance at redemption often ends up being very much a hot button topic in these situations and it's fantastic, i think. i'm really excited to see where ardyn goes; you've done a genuinely stand up job with him thus far, blending his au and his ou in such a way that it's very easy to see that this is ardyn. as such, seeing where you take him is just A BLAST and. again, i can't wait.

HM... if i can be a little general, here, jade's respect for all the adults she knows has surprised me the most. it's not something i really expected because, forgive me if you're homestuck familiar, but in canon jade grew up alone. no family and potentially no friends, she had to rely on herself. there aren't any authority figures for her, aside from her. deceased grandfather who is somehow stuffed look please dont ask its homestuck. she seems to have a rocky relationship mostly because she's projecting a lot of her insecurity regarding his death on him, so that's all i really hard for reference in game. but likely due to the fact she DID NOT GROW UP. ON HER OWN ON AN ISLAND lmao, jade has a lot more understanding of certain social cues like respecting your elders, teachers, etc. it's been interesting to work with!

ardyn's done a lot of really excellent stuff in game but i'm curious to know if there's anything in particular you wanted to do with him, whether it's something silly or serious! aaaand, why is it that you want to play out that scenario?