How's My Driving: Player (And Game) Edition!

[taxonmods]

Happy St. Patrick's Day to those who celebrate! Remember: don't drink and how's my drive.

This is a combined player and game HMD, which means your mods are going to be begging for feedback. We're feeling a little disconnect and want to make sure everyone is enjoying themselves as much as possible. Specifically we're looking for feedback on the Haunted Holo plot, and what we can do in the future to make such large-scale plots more accessible.

It's also an HMD for our characters! 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. Participation is also entirely optional, and if you have any issues just let a mod know and we'll help out as much as we can.

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Comments

Re: <3

[thepersianyouth]

/just made Bagoas happen to Illyria. Checks that off list :D

I went through a similar phase with Cain during his first, oh, six or so months here. He was PTSD-riddled (and that sounds somehow wrong, like I'm belittling the condition, but I can't find a better word for it), and anxious and a raging insomniac who also couldn't really face (or trust) any kind of foodstuff Taxon had to offer. Add to that his reclusive streak, and you had a recipe for reluctant CR. I knew from the get go it would be a long term thing, getting him to a point where he could move forward. It's still ongoing, but he's slowly getting better and starting to seek people out, outside his very close-knit circle of trust. To borrow a phrase I used for Kat and her Party: Cain's damaged goods. He'll probably always be damaged goods, but he's not broken anymore. It's been over a year now, but it's been one helluva ride.

My point being, I've been there. Let it take however long it needs to, because first and foremost you have to rp Illyria in a way that feels IC to you. Once you get to the stage where I am with Cain today, however different Illyria's arc is, it'll all have been worth it.

Re: <3

[blue_bird]

Thanks! That's something I hadn't really thought of in those words, but it's so dead on. It's like...finding the balance between being open enough to manage CR (because what's the point of being here if you just play for yourself?) and adhere to her canon and where she's at/where I brought her in. And while at the same time, I know she's just 85% not good to have a pleasant conversation with and is still pretty dismissive, that's something I do and have always planned to develop in time. And I haven't been here quite long enough to witness Cain's evolution but that's a helpful analogy and I'll keep it in my thoughts!

Re: <3

[ownlittleprison]

Well, if you're at all curious, I did make a sort of catch-all post for Cain's first taxoniversary. There's a bunch of links there to different stuff, things big or small that worked towards his character development. It's here, in any case. Make of it what you will. <3