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

[unfollowing]

So when you say you have people, you mean people you met here.

[It's a question, though she asks it flatly. Emily would hate being here without her friends, even though she uses the term loosely.]

[mismanagement]

Yes. [Maketh nods just once.] I think I died, on Lothal. Maybe not. It's hard to tell. But I would not be greeted well, if I returned there.

[unfollowing]

Shit, Maketh.

[What the fuck do you even say to that.

Seriously.]

[mismanagement]

It was my own doing. [She shrugs.] And it doesn't matter here. Sufficient to say the Empire does not suffer failure lightly.

[unfollowing]

What do you mean, 'your own doing.'

You didn't-- you know. Did you?

[mismanagement]

I...no. Not like that. I failed to do my duty, as had my men, and it was decided that I ought to die as they did.

[She grimaces.]

I tried to outmaneuver it, of course. It didn't take.

[unfollowing]

Holy shit. [Said flatly, quietly.] I'm... sorry, I guess. Sounds like they were shitty bosses if their first thought was to kill you.

[Emily just can't imagine Maketh failing to such a degree that she'd merit beinf killed for it. She seems to share Emily's own fear of failure, and that means Maketh must always strive to be perfect, even absent the threat of death as punishment.

Though that does explain why Maketh was so freaked out about not behaving the way that's 'right' or whatever.]

[mismanagement]

They followed protocol. [In a way it was expected. Failure must be punished, or it will be repeated. Maketh shakes her head.] Hah. I still talk like them, don't I? It's hard to shake.

[unfollowing]

Tch. I told you, none of that shit matters here. [She rolls her eyes when she says it, but there's a little smirk on her face that makes it clear she's not trying to insult Maketh.] Well... it's good that you're still alive. Even if it's here.

[That's.....as close as Emily is going to get to giving Maketh an actual compliment. Treasure this rarity.]

[mismanagement]

[Maketh quips a smile.] I suppose I'll take that as a compliment.

[unfollowing]

[Emily shrugs, twisting her lips into something like a grimace so she won't outright smile. How dare you, Maketh. How dare you disarm Emily so.]

Do what you want. I'm not the boss of you.

[mismanagement]

[Maketh makes a face. Not quite a smile.] No, you've made that quite clear.

[unfollowing]

You're your own boss here, is what I'm saying. [Just so you know. She's not trying to be a bitch, honest.]

[mismanagement]

Thank you, Emily. [She understands.]