the | in character | critique meme

[dedikated]

Have you ever just wanted to tell someone flat-out what you think of them as a person? Does your roommate have this one quirk that drives you up the wall, like dripping apathy all over the kitchen sink? Sometimes all it takes to be the best person you can be is a dose of self-awareness, sometimes what it takes instead is a cluebat to the head... and sometimes they just have a stupid name you can never quite spell right.

For all this and more, have I got the meme for you!

THE LOWDOWN
i. Post a header with your character's name.
ii. Comment in-character to other people's headers. With what? Depends on your CR! Maybe they're a good person and really should keep on keeping on, maybe literally everyone can see they need to suck it up and confess already, maybe they'll change their wicked ways if just one extra person casts aspersions on their pompadour. Bring in examples if you want, as with any helpful critique. Be as creative as you like!
iii. Other characters will comment to yours, no doubt overflowing with well-meaning advice on how to be the best person they can be. Your character is free to respond. Excuse you, maybe despair is still in fashion??
iv. A probably unnecessary reminder, but just remember, this is not a place for OOC crit! There are other, more appropriate channels for that.
v. Here are quick links to the Dreamwidth inbox and recent posted comments page if you want them.

Shamelessly borrowed from empatheias

Comments

[thechoiceisyours]

[Aaaaand he immediately regrets saying anything because of course she didn't know, and it wasn't her fault, and it wasn't even real so it shouldn't matter anyway. Snapping at Emily is probably the least productive way of dealing with this and she has enough of her own to worry about without him purposefully trying to make her feel guilty.

Okay, deep breath, act like an adult here.]

I know you didn't. S-Sorry, I just... Lay off the comments about me and Ash, okay? T-There's a lot that... It's complicated.

[So much of the prank had obviously--in hindsight, anyway--been tailored to push them together, and as great as it is that they actually are a couple now there are a lot of bad memories involved both with how that ended up happening and with other people meddling in their relationship. He'd really prefer if everyone just left them alone to figure things out themselves; it's all difficult enough as it is.]

[unfollowing]

[It's a testament to how close they've gotten over the past few months that she doesn't just flip him the bird and tell him to fuck off. Teasing is part of how she shows she cares, though admittedly she can be harsher than most on that front. But this is... different. She doesn't know what happened to the others while she was in the mines (she's not even sure she wants to find out), but she kimd of gets the gist of it. If Chris wants her to leave it alone, then... Emily will leave it alone.]

Okay. I can't promise I won't, like, forget and slip up now and then, but I'll try.

[She'll try her best, but she'll leave that unsaid. Setting the bar low enough means she'll be able to clear it, be able to stay true to her word. Besides, she means it. She's not perfect (which she will never admit), and old habits will be hard to break, but she'll try.]

[thechoiceisyours]

Okay.

[That's all he could really ask, and that she cares enough to agree at all means a lot. He should probably tell her about what happened at some point--he'd told Nick, and sort of told Maketh with no names attached other than his own--but it's... Different, for someone from home, who's known him as long as Emily has.]

Okay. Um... Thanks. And I'll try not to like, freak out on you again.

[He really is sorry about that.]

[unfollowing]

[Trying for trying. Emily will take it. She nods at him, glances away a moment, then meets his gaze again, the uncertainty from just a moment ago now gone.]

We should talk about it. About what we saw when we were separated on the mountain. I missed a lot, obviously.

[thechoiceisyours]

Probably.

[He doesn't sound as sure, glancing away from eye contact as he responds. She's right that they should all be on the same page, but it's just... Things are awkward enough already, with all of them. And he really shouldn't tell Emily details without making sure Ashley's okay with it too.]

[unfollowing]

[She's not an idiot. She can take a hint when it's given to her.]

Not now. It has to be, like, when we're both ready for it. And I'm kind of not feeling like talking about it now.

[thechoiceisyours]

[That sounds... Better. More possible, at least.]

Yeah. I'm not either.