The What Now?

...So confused...

Now, see, it's not that I mind random people IMing me after finding me on LJ and asking if I want to join a RP. It's actually rather flattering, and quite nice considering that I just spent a large chunk of yesterday bitching and moaning about not actually being able to, y'know, actually play very much. Really - if I minded, I wouldn't put my AIM name on this journal in the first place. So ... y'know, yay.

The thing that confuses is me is ... where on my interests list does it say that I'm into Charmed? Hell, I bitch about Charmed and its contribution to the fluffy population of paganism on a regular basis. Grey's Anatomy? I've heard of it but never seen it. Gilmore Girls? I think leopard_lady mentioned them once - aren't they sort of like the OC or something?

Now if someone AIMed me and asked if I wanted to be part of a Silent Hill RP ... well, I'd be thrilled beyond all measure. Same deal with just about anything on my interests list. However, if it doesn't turn up on my interests list or in my icon set or whatever? I'm probably not even remotely interested. This is why it's beneficial to check someone's interests before asking them if they want to be involved in a RP.

I shouldn't bitch, really - it's not like it takes two minutes of my time or indeed any chance of causing offense when I say, "Sorry; I don't really know those fandoms" over AIM. And I'm not bitching, really - I'm certainly not upset about it. I clarify this because frankly I know how easy it can be to misconstrue text data's emotional content. Not angry or bitchy ... just confused. I suppose I'll one day get used to random strangers poking me online, but until then, it merits a slightly flattered "bzuh?" Besides, I admire this entity's guts - I'm generally too shy to poke people I do know online and ask them if they want to RP with me.

Speaking of, I may have found a non-Thestral-related 'in' with the Jus Noctis crowd. Someone's looking for a Time mage. Sometimes, playing a Cultist is useful. Not that I know from personal experience - it's a first-time for me - but I've seen it used to good advantage in other games. At least Astrid doesn't use pain to dreamwalk. I'm not having a character go out the way Matt Ivors did.

Oh, and I had to change the image I was using for her as well. Shame, as Emillie Autumn was a good choice all around. But I read through their OOC guidelines and they don't like famous people used as avatars, and while Emillie Autumn's kind of borderline, I figured I'd better be safe than sorry. So I found a little-known Australian model with mad reddish curly hair instead. Looks a bit like Dina Meyer, aka Dizzy Flores from Starship Troopers. It'll do. Besides, I wasn't 100% comfortable using the same image as I used for Chloe anyway - they're very different characters.

A Brand Spanking New Idea

You know what the world needs?

A punk theme album based entirely on RPing. Not like your epic metal LotR-themed thing. I'm talking full-on angry sarcastic hollering in the vein of "Fuck You, You Fuckin' Fuck (You're Not Moving Into My House)" or "All Your Friends Think You're a Fuckhead".

And since the world so obviously needs it, and since I'd have at least heard of it if it existed already, I hereby volunteer to write lyrics. I already have a possible song-title: "Get Your Wangst Out Of My WoD (There's Enough Of It There As It Is)".

Thanks to dodgyhoodoo, for helping spark off this particular pingbunny.

More titles and scratch lyrics to follow but suggestions always welcome.

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Carry on.