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[taxonmods]

Yes indeed, it has been a while since April. ...two months, in fact. So here we are with another HMD. It would be awesome if everyone participates!

Please comment here with the names of the characters you play and others will reply with their feedback- and it's obviously a given that this feedback will be helpful, constructive and respectful. Also, as amazing as getting ILU comments is, it's nice to hear why and what we're doing right just as much as criticism needs to be constructive.

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[tamitha]

★ undoing
★ sneersgenetic
★ tiberiuskirk

Slowfail will cease once we get past June, the month of family visiting and making trips home to visit them in turn. x-x;

[likeajoan.livejournal.com]

It pains me to admit this, but I think I'm starting to love Connor. x_x I don't know when this happened, but it has happened. You bring a great sense of depth to a character that I think basically got... shafted by canon (well, in the TV series, anyway). There's a lot of post-Hell stuff that I haven't gotten around to reading still, but from what I have read, I think you have him down very very well. Which is no small feat, considering all his various memories and the complexity of his character.

Angel is awesome as always. It's kind of difficult to elaborate on that in a constructive way, because you're just... brilliant. That's it, haha. Again, you bring all sorts of headcanon and depth to him that makes reading all his stuff really enjoyable.

I have sung Kirk's praises many times before, so I can only reiterate previous statements of 'wow you make this character so layered and interesting', which you absolutely do. SOB, KIFFY. I think Buffy's in a permanent ice-cream coma, just for the record.

[tamitha]

I think that's one of the things that made me not like the character at first, because I was so originally not a Connor fan (though I still won't touch most of S4 with a ten foot pole, but I think that's how it is for everyone with the horrors of that season) - that not enough attention was paid to the parts of his character that could help the audience relate. That's not to say I don't get why Joss focused on his hatred for his father and how easily corruptible he was, as it drove his plot and Joss is the king of driving the plot home (when he wants to), but I think he really, like you said, shafted the character by not paying more attention to the other factors that make made me feel really sorry for him in the end, because he was never in control of anything in his original life. --though, oh God, I'll stop there before this turns into an essay. aldkfjlaskjdfad, but seriously, it makes my day to hear that people like (my) Connor, especially when he's such an unpopular character.

negl, I am looking forward to that glitch you enabled. Which will be a challenge, since I've never played him from that early on in canon before.

SOB KIFFY, YES. It took me forever to tag into that thread, notif fail aside, because I kept going back and watching the movie and reading parts of the novel (old threads, as well) to make sure I was still going on the same path with him and not stepping off it, since that was new territory and such. Keeping his decision in line with his feelings and personality, etc, etc. I really need to finish writing up his B| post and...tags in general.

[bigbad]

You may not know this since I'm so insanely quiet on the matter, but I love your Angel. Like, every thread ever is so much fun, and he and Spike have the best dynamic ever. And I'm also impressed by the insane amount of head canon you've got for his Liam days and everything else too. So just... keep being awesome. I can't wait for the glitch of S2 horrors, by the way.

Your Connor is the one that made me not hate the little brat. Well, I still hate him in the show, but he's awesome when you play him and in the comics, so it's all good.

I haven't interacted much with Kirk besides... stealing his girlfriend (Spike's sorry about that No he's not), but I've liked what I've seen! He and Spike still should fight talk more. And he and Kon would probably get along too.

[tamitha]

askdjflkajsdlfjas coming from you, that means a ton to me, so color me ridiculously flattered. Playing him against your Spike is a BLAST, especially with the ~seekrit frandship~ no-one must ever know about. And ohgod that glitch is going to be, like I told Lauren (and I think I've told you on AIM prior to this? OH WELL YOU GET TOLD AGAIN) is going to be such the challenge. Closer to it, I'll do a rewatch of BtVS S1 and S2 to refresh myself on his voice from that point. Let's hope I don't totally fail.

I should get a nickle for every time someone says that about my Connor. Because nickles are shiny and I like shiny things. And yeah, it's...like I tend to see S4!Connor and comics!Connor as two separate people, which helps a lot that the character himself tends to as well, with how he always refers to S4 as "my original life," despite the fact that after ATF he's more of a blend of who he was before and after the faux memories/life, but at the same time, he's more dominantly after than before - if that makes any sense.

Yes! He and Spike need to actually meet in person and fight talk about stealing his girlfriend the weather. YES TO KON. He can come see the parts of a space ship? :3 He needs to meet Connor ICly, too, for bonding on names and weird origin stories.

[biverbam.livejournal.com]

You've managed to make Angel his usual broodmonster while fitting him giving away cars like Oprah without skipping a beat or getting off step with him.

Contemplate that a moment. Savor it, for it is the taste of amazing.


(I should probably watch Star Trek and threadstalk you more so I can say more than just this one day.)

[tamitha]

/savors~

River still needs her car. I should make this post of WHO WANTS A CAR? the keys are under your seats! at some point tomorrow before shit hits the fan, since he'll be S2'ified and following Buffy around like a lost puppy after that.

(I encourage watching of Star Trek and I need to throw Kirk at River one of these days for usually-lives-in-space!bonding.)

[supercompacted.livejournal.com]

I LOVE your Connor. And I'm pretty sure that I would only like a post-Hell-LA Connor, so the time period's good, but I love the way you play him. You insert some very Angel-like nuances that are fun to notice, and also he can be really funny...which is something I didn't think I'd ever see from someone playing Connor. I love his conversations with everyone and just seeing how he's trying to shrug off being stuck here.

And of course, you know how I feel about your Angel and your Kirk. They've always been great, and you're keeping it up. I especially loved seeing how Angel has been dealing with Drusilla lately, the dynamic is great.

And of course, your Kirk is the best Kirk ever.

[tamitha]

I don't honestly think I'd ever be able to tackle the S4 stuff with him from anywhere but long after it with him just looking back upon it with this face :/ at all the horrors. I'm glad you like his humor! I take hints from "Origin," where who he without any of his original memories was more this fun, laid back kind of guy with a quirky personality and I like to think that he hasn't lost all of that. (See: One of my big issues with the comics is not touching upon that or on his faux!family.) tl;dr - I'm so very glad you like him! That really, really means a lot to me. ♥

The Drusilla thing took me a while to sort out - ngl, I bounced a lot of my take off of Shana for a second opinion - since it's so very complicated and not something canon really touches much upon, especially since he was too busy focusing on Darla when she was around in S2. I'm having a blast playing that out and figuring out Angel's head on it all along the way and am glad someone else is getting a kick out of it, too!

adlkfjalskdjf! /blushes forever

[skort]

... I really need to watch more Angel so I can actually comment on Angel and Connor.

And I don't really think I need to tell you that your Kirk is probably one of the best ever. You understand his motivations, his passions and his personality so well and it really shines through. Keep up the good work, darlin'!

[tamitha]

Yes, yes, yes! I very much encourage more watching of Ats! Though, I warn you, S4 - the one that features Connor the most - is...painful. The Connor I play is from deep into the post-series aaaand to avoid spoilers, I'll just say that he's very much not who you'll see in S4, which is a good thing. ;w;

Coming from you of all people, Kat, that comment means so much. I won't lie, your Kirk is pretty much my favorite and I compare mine to yours a lot. It makes me feel more like I'm doing it right when I see you take the same leaps that I do, so even though this isn't Taxon-related: KEEP BEING AWESOME WITH YOUR KIRK, TOO. ♥

[a-pretty-fire.livejournal.com]

I've never disliked Connor, but I was definitely disappointed in him. As Lauren said, he got shaft in the show and you've done a brilliant job of tapping into all that wasted potential.

And what can I possibly say about Angel? I could probably manage epic flailing, but that doesn't count as constructive. I love him. I love his interactions with everyone ever.

[zarahjoyce.livejournal.com]

I have nothing further to add

except

much, much love to you forever.