dear masa. at long last, you get to be the recipient of one of my 'welcome to the cast' hmd messages.
this past app cycle, i finally roped you into one of my casts. first of all, i want to tell you how excited i am to have you with us in the btvs crew. before now, i certainly valued and enjoyed your commentary as you first watched the show; now, i value and enjoy your contribution as an rper.
it's not a simple canon to app from and of all the characters you could have picked, you went with one of the more convulted, complex, and melodramatic of them all. but from inception to voice-testing to our most recent body-swap plot, i've been on board with the choices you've made for spike. you're hitting just the right note of keeping him independent and self-assured in his role as a champion without ignoring the fact that he also quite often hangs his hopes, cares, and dreams on the shoulders of other people. the conflict between these two aspects of spike's characterization shows up in btvs's visual cues but you portray this emotional conflict within your tags with a stark and effective clarity.
most importantly, i have fun when we tag. and now -- with spike -- i don't end up feeling daunted by the history and baggage our characters share. you're very reasonable to work things out with oocly. for example, you have no idea how spectacular it is that you suggested all on your own that an otherwise potentially cool plot left buffy too 'damselly'. you very often (if not always) have your eye on how to benefit the person you're tagging with; in this way, you're a very generous person when it comes to threading.
your spike voice is crisp and on-point. your sokka is always the definitive rp sokka for me. i don't know your other characters' canons so you'll just have to deal with me ignoring them. but i'll lastly add that i'm always delighted by how you tailor even your character's vocal patterns to how they're developing in luceti: spike's ironic use of the 'bird' endearment is one fine example of this.
i probably have more to say but i think i'm gonna ease off and save any specifics for private conversation. but consider this the official two-month extension of my castemately open arms. i feel quite fortunate to have you with us.
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this past app cycle, i finally roped you into one of my casts. first of all, i want to tell you how excited i am to have you with us in the btvs crew. before now, i certainly valued and enjoyed your commentary as you first watched the show; now, i value and enjoy your contribution as an rper.
it's not a simple canon to app from and of all the characters you could have picked, you went with one of the more convulted, complex, and melodramatic of them all. but from inception to voice-testing to our most recent body-swap plot, i've been on board with the choices you've made for spike. you're hitting just the right note of keeping him independent and self-assured in his role as a champion without ignoring the fact that he also quite often hangs his hopes, cares, and dreams on the shoulders of other people. the conflict between these two aspects of spike's characterization shows up in btvs's visual cues but you portray this emotional conflict within your tags with a stark and effective clarity.
most importantly, i have fun when we tag. and now -- with spike -- i don't end up feeling daunted by the history and baggage our characters share. you're very reasonable to work things out with oocly. for example, you have no idea how spectacular it is that you suggested all on your own that an otherwise potentially cool plot left buffy too 'damselly'. you very often (if not always) have your eye on how to benefit the person you're tagging with; in this way, you're a very generous person when it comes to threading.
your spike voice is crisp and on-point. your sokka is always the definitive rp sokka for me. i don't know your other characters' canons so you'll just have to deal with me ignoring them. but i'll lastly add that i'm always delighted by how you tailor even your character's vocal patterns to how they're developing in luceti: spike's ironic use of the 'bird' endearment is one fine example of this.
i probably have more to say but i think i'm gonna ease off and save any specifics for private conversation. but consider this the official two-month extension of my castemately open arms. i feel quite fortunate to have you with us.