QUESTION MEME

[telltaleheart]

Raven (telltaleheart): 10,894 comments (100.00%), played since 2011-01-29 (333 days at 33 comments/day)

This is a notable landmark because it is now the most comments I have ever made on an RP journal. He just surpassed the previous frontrunner... CFUD!Raven. :|b

Anyway, I didn't do one at 10k comments and I want to do one now, so question meme! I just play Raven now, although you can ask questions about Rita at Thusia or about Perscitia if you like, too.

Comments

[fraternalorders]

He hates them, oh god, Emerald came out of both Odile's game and the Cheshire/Jabberwock game horribly, and he was kind of frustrated with how they played in the Green Knight's skill game, too. He lost his heart in Odile's game and it freaked him out pretty badly. Knife, too. Knife lost a finger and Roxas disappeared for awhile. Afterward Sasuke flipped his shit. NO GOOD CAME FROM THAT GAME and it was entirely because they were reckless (though he does blame the persona for putting Natsume in danger because Natsume is absolutely the most vulnerable member of the team), and he's talked to Knife about being more careful in the future because lol sob that was terrible. He missed the Cheshire/Jabberwock game, but Knife and Roxas lost their sanity and Natsume became a sadist. Sasuke was working with Carnelian and had to cut a hamstring and puncture and eardrum and had all his negative emotions amplified. So it was a stressful few days.

In spite of Itachi's own willingness to self-sacrifice he'd probably agree with Raven's take on people going into games and agreeing to hurt themselves so easily. He's good with self-sacrifice if he sees a point to it and there's no other way to accomplish a goal. But he's talked to Knife and Hisoka about Emerald approaching games with more caution because he dislikes how willing they, as a team, seem to be with sacrificing or hurting themselves, even if there are other options. He doesn't like taking for granted they can be healed or brought back to life, and when they just agree to sacrificing themselves they are letting themselves be used and hurt for dubious reasons. It's also created conflict between his brother and his team and it's stressful, so he's going to start looking for other options in games, if it's possible.

What kind of games would Raven like to see more of?

[telltaleheart]

Yeah, Raven is also definitely on the side of self-sacrifice to accomplish a goal, but he doesn't like how much people are willing to devalue their lives and their well-being. :|a And clearly many of the same things can be accomplished without loss of limbs.

Raven would actually like to see more strategy-type games! Harmless game-y ones that are nevertheless intellectually engaging. He actually personally likes and does best in party/acting/silly games, but he knows plenty of people who don't like those, and plus he feels kind of useless only being helpful in those ones. He might not be helpful in a strategy game but at least he can try! :B And people like Beatrice would like it better and he would like it if they were happier and not a) annoyed or b) shanking themselves.

I'm just going to keep reversing all your questions. Itachi?

[fraternalorders]

The same, actually! Itachi likes strategy games, and he prefers being able to work toward a definite way to win rather than trust the whims of the personae. He especially likes them when they're harmless, yes. At the moment he's not as good at them as he could be because his strategy is a skill that he needs to earn back, but he likes to feel mentally engaged and he has sort of poked at taking up chess because it helps him re-learn how to think strategically (he's actually played with Vincent).

What does Raven think of Three's realm as compared to Beauty's?

[telltaleheart]

He appreciates the extra cabin space and the fact that it's warmer. He is less fond of the general lack of greenery and places to go and fresh water and fish. In general they have both been very claustrophobic to him, though. And there remains a sad lack of a tavern and hot springs.

What would Itachi/you like to see in an unlock?

[fraternalorders]

Itachi had really been wanting water and fruit, and he got both of those after Odile's game. He wouldn't mind some fresh water himself, but he likes the ocean and beach pretty well. Though the beach can be kind of crowded. He also wouldn't mind seeing MORE fruit or vegetables.

I'd like to see more animals/creatures show up (other than the ones that are around at dusk and dawn). :x

Reversing a question you asked earlier...do you think Raven would have been different if he'd been a knight?

[telltaleheart]

My answer to that is kind of similar to yours in that I didn't want Raven as a knight for the same reason I wouldn't have wanted him on Iolite. I doubt he could handle the independence. Or, rather, he would likely handle it functionally, but get really depressed and wall all his feelings off and not talk about them with anyone and slowly self-destruct.

I did consider apping him as a knight, since Raven... is a captain of the knights, for ten years, in canon (or rather, Schwann is). But he spends those ten years mechanically following directions while being generally apathetic and suicidally depressed (really, convinced he's dead and everything is pointless). And eventually he quits by telling everyone Schwann died in a cave-in and running off to be Raven with the party, so. It's POSSIBLE it would have worked out better than that, but as far as playability goes it seemed like a better idea to start him with a team. |D

Suddenly Sterling and Onyx are colored teams and two colored teams become the new knights! Which teams do you think would work best, and who would kill each other over the role swap first. :|a

[fraternalorders]

Hmmm. I actually think most of Emerald would be decent as knights. Like you, I considered apping Itachi as a knight but thought it would be more interesting to give him the support of a team because that's not really something he seemed to have in canon. But he probably would be pretty good at it. And most of the members of the team have independent streaks that would make them workable as knights, I think

I'm not sure of the second team, though, maybe TE? Or Citrine. It's hard to say since I don't follow all the teams that closely. Iolite is pretty independent so they could theoretically be knights, I guess, except I think a lot of them would be terrifying. Hibari and Vincent as knights? sob it would be terrible.

Also as to the knights becoming colored teams I can't speak for all of them but I know Sasuke would hate it. He kind of hates the team concept. It'd be awful for him. XD

Do you have any plans you want to do with Raven?

[telltaleheart]

Yessss. Raven has a number of projects in progress at the moment, including a quest for a shogi board as a present for Beatrice and a quest with Inara for materials for a picnic. He also needs to get settled into cooking, since he just got that skill, and that involves making sweets for people. He also wants to throw a tea party at some point!

As I was saying on plurk today I really want to run his second-round heart game. :B That should be a lot of fun.

He should really do something with his guild again but he crashed out of it around the move and Judith leaving and idk what he would do to pick it back up. I am also looking forward to doing things with new Tiger's Eye :D

More long-term I have a couple of significant quests I want him to do when he gets the relevant memories and skills back, including questing for Canary's transforming bow, and possibly working out something with a persona so his heart isn't slowly killing him. :|a

Plans for Itachi?

[fraternalorders]

I mostly play things by ear, because my attention span is kind of crap. Things are kind of in transition now, too, which makes it harder to know. Like, Itachi had been kind of keeping an eye on Vincent and figuring out ways to make Sasuke less vulnerable to his mindgames. But then Sasuke kind of topped Vincent the other day and told him to fuck off, so I'm not sure where the whole Vincent vs. The Uchihas thing is going right now, if it's going anywhere at all. :'Da Vincent was kind of pissed, though, Itachi will plan a bit for Vincent becoming possible a threat, either way, I guess.

And Itachi still plans on training Sasuke to not be vulnerable to manipulative creepers, too, really.

And you've just reminded me that Itachi might do a quest with Inara for more philosophy books. They talked about it awhile back but then Hisoka told Itachi he was working a quest like that himself, so Itachi held off a bit. But I'm not sure when/if Hisoka finished that or not. :|a (like I said, crap attention span)

In general I'd like to expand his CR net, too. It's kind of more challenging now that he's remembered the shittier parts of his life. He's pretty content to withdraw and not let people close unless they're people he already trusts.

Raven's five favorite people in Aather?

[telltaleheart]

I can't decide if Yuri should go on this list or not... he's definitely on the list of Raven's most important people, but he's so annoyed with him right now I am not sure "favorite" is accurate. Misato and Judith would both definitely go on here but Misato has left even if Raven does not know that yet and Judith's reapp is still pending, so I won't count them. SO, AT THE MOMENT:

1. Beatrice
2. Jaina
3. Ferris
4. Inara
...and then I am not sure who #5 is.

YES THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL WOMEN that is a thing Raven does.

Itachi's?

[fraternalorders]

Sasuke
KK
Lloyd
Mithos
Hisoka

Sasuke is always number 1 by default. Forever. KK is always number 2. After her, the rest are kind of interchangeable in terms of ranking. They're the people he tends to trust the most. Though, he's also fond of Rabbit and Ferris. And the rest of Emerald, obviously.

I will steal a question from Neji. If you could top me into apping someone who would it be?