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 Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:27 pm
Me: Maybe you should hibernate Ivy. Maybe you need a couple decades to get that pep back into your step.
The plant mistress considered the idea. "I could sleep forever if I desired."
Me: AND completely send your mutation to a halt!
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:45 pm
Edward nodded "that a good idea, a nice long defenseless I mean, well deserved nap is what you need."
Robert nodded "yes, do get some sleep Ms. Isley, I need fresh samples of your DNA."
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:51 pm
Ivy gave another emotionless exhale. "Do whatever you want. I don't care." She turned from the two men and pulled the covers over her head.
Me: Wow, look like we're talking to Highschool Senior Pam! But what she means in, neither of you will be able to physically reach her, She was born from the ground and that's where she shall return to. Deep into the earth. No one's sure if it's the earth's core where she will melt and combine with all of the earth, or if it's just a few miles above the earth's core, hibernating in a plant-like cocoon.
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 11:59 pm
Nightmare scratched his head with his foot "well I hope she's deep enough so Ace doesn't dig her up, or Swamp Thing sinks down and messes with her."
Edward pouted and hugged Ivy through the covers "I'll miss you jolly green rack."
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:06 am
Me: Does this mean I get your estate?!
"No, Harley and Eric do."
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:37 am
Nightmare tilted his head "Ivy has a mansion?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:46 am
What is Tom even DOING in the bunker? Did he have any purpose of appearing in there besides to comment about something taking place that he would have no knowledge about prior to walking in. Did he forget something that he needed? Did he have to use the restroom? Anything that would make a remote bit of sense in the long run?
As I read it, you pretty much just magically put him over there for no other reason than to swoop in and be the man who can do everything and answer all the questions that don't need to be answered at the moment. And frankly, that's not a good set up on any occasion. Hell, its a borderline Mary-Sue scenario for Tom. So unless Tom has another truly valid reason to butt in on a conversation he has no place butting into, Mira will not be acknowledging him in the least until he does.
And Dark, if you need to time me out for my stance, be my guest. I'll take a time out with dignity, but I refuse to go down a completely unnecessary path with my character just because someone decides its the perfect place for theirs to appear out of the blue for no other reason than to make them look like the best thing since sliced bread.
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:36 am
Someone send me a message when the sand bagging is done. 'Till then adios.
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:13 am
Well, the reason Tom went there is because that's pretty much the base of operations. He went there just to see if there was anything someone needed him to do. He had hoped to see Nightwing there as he's recognizing him as the field leader of Gotham in Batman's absence, but with Nightwing nowhere around he may just talk to Kendra, but maybe not. He's also trying to look into borrowing or otherwise obtaining some non-lethal weaponry like eskrima sticks or something so he doesn't have to go around killing everyone.
In any case, he's not there to talk to either Mira or Nightmare and neither of them need to acknowledge him in the least. In fact, no one needs to notice him at all, they just can. All I want to do is make it clear that he is there and he can be interracted with. He just happened to arrive there after they did. That doesn't mean he's there for them.
I don't think you guys are out of place for thinking the way that you do, and it's cool that you've got each others backs like that. I can be annoying I suppose, and I can understand if the stuff I do looks stupid half of the time... But there is a reason for everything I do, just as there's a reason for everything that you do. Like Mira's ability to grow her boobs to tremendous sizes. Though I cannot fathom what sort of event this revelation is foreshadowing, I imagine that it will change Gotham forever.
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:17 pm
I knew that Tom was there the entire time, but the way he just showed up seemed awkward and forced, as if you were trying to obligate us to respond to him. If you just let Tom go with the flow of the story, instead of trying to foster an unnatural flow in the story around Tom, then I would be much more willing to allow my characters to interact with him. As of right now, I keep hesitating for fear that Tom will do something that forces me to take my characters in directions I'm not ready to take them in, just so he can get his own personal agenda, whatever that may be at the time of interaction, done.
As to Mira's abilities and attributes, I will request you keep that snarky tone to a minimum, as they are only a superficial aspect of Mira. She could care less what her image is; as long as it makes Nightmare happy, she is as well. This is how far her character is in development: seeing things almost exclusively in black or white and only in the beginning stages of understanding the concept of gray. This is her innocence, and I will not let you quash that innocence before its time with slight remarks about what you take to be a trivial, immature detail about one aspect of her current character-- a detail that (for now) is being used in a humorous light.
Instead, her shape shifting abilities should be a reflection of Robert's character, not Mira's. He knows nothing of Nightmare's interests in any aspect of his life-- especially when it comes to what or what doesn't make his son happy. Mira's abilities are a direct result of this complete detachment from his son and reality. Robert doesn't even know what features Nightmare finds attractive in a woman; Hell, what if Nightmare was gay? You think Robert could have even considered that, or any other possibilities for that matter, besides the ones he has already played out in his twisted, sociopathic mind? That's as far as I'll go into Robert, since he isn't mine to spoil any further, but I think I made my point in that regard.
To sum this little dissertation up: building a character into one that has depth and meaning takes time for me, and I've already pushed Mira's development up a bit faster than I originally intended. Ace's development is currently on a physical level more than anything, but once the NML arch has ended, I'm planning to flesh him out much more vividly as he gets closer and closer to being of use to the Bat family. So before you start calling out my character for displaying what seems to be nothing more than a childish and stupid ability that's there to serve no other purpose than to be a cheap laugh, please stop to read between the lines for a moment. Contrary to popular belief, I do know what I'm doing here.
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:28 pm
You're right, I was snarky. To both of you. It was uncalled for and I apologize. I'm sort of shooting around crazy with all of my characters right now, I don't mean to impose on anyone or hamper anyone's flow. I'll admit I did get some notions in my head that you have now shown me are completely unfounded. I won't make that mistake again.
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:34 pm
The Puffy AmiYumi Teen Titans theme starts to play over the chatroom speakers as Cassandra leaps down from the rafters dresssed like Robin and grabs Tim by the hands and starts dancing with him around Richard. Every time the song says "GO!" she throws her hands up in the air excitedly and then goes back to dancing. xp
Richard tries to hold back a laugh and ends up face palming in the process "I'm never going to live that down am I?"
Robin-Cass shakes her head at Richard cutely and continues dancing!
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:37 pm
Part of me wants to read that in a tone of sincerity, while another part can't help but feel like you meant to be sarcastic......*sighs, takes a tylenol for headache*
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:47 pm
I know it's hard to tell with me, but I really do mean it. I know I bug you guys, and you know you know how to get my goat, but I love ya gosh darnit. I mean it all. I don't know how I can prove that, so you'll just have to take my word for it.
I like Cyborg's cover of the Teen Titans theme best by the way.
When there's trouble you know what to dooooo
CALL CYBORG!
He can shoot a rocket from his shooooeeee
CUZ HE'S CYBORG!
Dada da da, something like that
OH YEAH!
Na na na na, a big fluffy cat
THAT'S RIGHT!
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:59 pm
Robin-Cass walks up to Stray all serious like and taps him on the shoulder. When he looks her way she stares at him a good long moment before breaking the silence by holding up a Wile E Coyote style sign that reads "BOO-YEAH!" and she starts dancing again.
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