Review, Revise

[thessalian]

Watched Saw III this evening. To be honest, I wasn't expecting much, and at first I was justified in that expectation or lack thereof. But then ... then it all turned around. Then it was like, "Wow. Workable sequel. How'd that happen? Oh, who cares? Yay for the sequel!" This just goes to prove that Leigh Whannell is far too fucking talented for his own good. My only consolation in this is that I get the general idea that he starts writing, wonders how the hell he came up with that particularly twisted climactic bit, then reads back and realises that he's been setting it up all along without realising it. Why, you ask, does this comfort me? Because I do the same godsdamned thing. Usually with RPG plot. Definitely in recent RPG plot. So ... you know ... there's hope for me yet. I have a vague idea that I'm mentally refining - I have until November. This year's NaNo target will be 75k words minimum. 50k? Not so much a challenge anymore.

I managed to make Sims 2 Bon Voyage work properly. A hack that made those stupid public phone booths look less plastic and fake was making them unusuable, which meant I couldn't get my Sims back to their respective hotels, which made them tired and cranky. I eventually weeded through my prodigious Downloads folder and pulled the damn thing out, and now it works again. So I've now explored two out of the three available holiday destinations, with the third upcoming tomorrow, most likely. And then I'll be ready to build my own! (Heeheehee - finally a good way to use my Silent Hill downloads...)

So ... you know, apart from unemployment and the recent character application I received (oh gods, don't even get me started), things could be worse. Circadian rhythm fuck-upedness and persistent migraine notwithstanding.

And speaking of, as I've been RPing a lot longer now, a revived and very old RPG character meme:

7th Sea
Aidan MacIntyre: Highland scholar, tinkerer and medic
Alison Smith: 'Avalon' Jenny, spy and assassin
Bera Sturladóttir: Vesten rune mage and hunter

Immortal
Mila: Druid Guide, weather witch

Exalted
Kayla: Zenith Solar Exalted, bard and barbarian

Angel
Leah Burden: Pyrokinetic fencer with cooking skills

Werewolf: the Apocalypse
Moira O'Malley: Doctor; Kinfolk gifted with Eve's Touch (one-off Con game)
Grace Curran: Cliath Galliard Glass-Walker; ballerina and auto mechanic
Felicity Prentis: Cliath Galliard Child of Gaia; author, occultist and nosy bint

Changing Breeds
Lorrie Briggs: twitchy little Corax

Mage: the Ascension
Nina Gordon: Voudon Dreamspeaker; former med student
Astrid Hawthorn: Cultist of Ecstasy; musician and composer

Changeling: the Dreaming
Kezia 'Kizzy' Lakatos: Eshu Wilder; Gypsy dancer

Vampire: the Masquerade
Solita Giovanni: Clan Giovanni interrogator and sociopath

Total time roleplaying: playing since 2003

Favorite three characters?
Astrid
Nina
Lorrie

Male or female characters? Female, usually

Oldest character? Aidan was my first character, but Alison I think is still the one I played longest.

Newest character? Solita

Most popular character? Astrid by a clear county mile.

Characters you never played? Ramona, the exiled Castillian noble; Kelly the half-Sidhe pickpocket.

Which character of yours would be most likely to...

Jump off a bridge? Lorrie (go Corvid; fly away!)
Get drunk and pass out? Alison, probably.
Kill somebody in a very unorthodox way? Solita
Get lost and refuse to ask for directions? Violet
Get lung cancer? Nina
Star in a horror movie? Solita
Star in a porn movie? Alison
Star in a video game? Kayla
Make the world a better place? ...Felicity, oddly.
Have a torrid gay love affair? Astrid (already has)
Write a book? Felicity (already has)
Become a hermit? Toss-up between Leah and Nina
Enjoy being a teacher? Aidan
Be extradited or exiled? Alison or Felicity
Be betrayed? Astrid - already has been, in a way
Be the betrayer? Solita

Who would most likely die...

Being executed? Alison or Lorrie
In battle? Any of them, but Kayla's already died in combat once.
By accident? Leah or Astrid (bloody Paradox)
By their own doing? Alison came close; Leah might have done, as might Nina
The soonest? Kayla, as in already died once.

Relate each word to a character of yours...

Love: Astrid
Hate: Violet
Money: Solita
Seduction: Alison
Notoriety: Felicity
Gullibility: Aidan
Lies: Solita
Tragedy: Nina
Manipulation: Alison; Solita
Violence: Kayla
Politics: Solita
Fear: Lorrie
Curiosity: Felicity; Kezia, Lorrie
Cursing: Nina, Kezia, Lorrie

Would you ever...

Play a prostitute? Already have (Alison)
Play a musician? Already do (Astrid)
Play a pilot? Already have (Lorrie)
Play a character of the opposite sex than you? Already have (Aidan)
Play a homosexual? Well, bisexual counts, so I already have (Alison; Astrid)
Play a politician? Possibly
Create a character for the sole purpose of getting them killed? What a waste of creative energy!