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{THIS IS SO LATE}

5. Have you ever been confronted personally with the terms Mary Sue/Gary Stu? What is your opinion on these terms in the way people often recently use them and what is your personal definition? If someone you vaguely know is accused of playing a Mary Sue or feels insecure because they wonder whether their character might be one- what advice would you give them?

I've been never seriously confronted with accusations of Sue-ing-- there may have been, like, one trolling anon at some point. I don't actually remember for certain (shows how little things like that affect me, lol).

I kind of feel like everyone has a Sue at one point or another-- it's just a natural early step in learning how to develop characters. The trick is learning to move past it, to learn how to give a character flaws, insecurities, and little quirks as well as strengths and positive traits. Depth. The Mary Sue Litmus test is a decent place to start, but it definitely should not be taken as Word of God.

Do you remember your first OC? When and why did you create them, for what fandom and for how long did you actively play them? In how far has your first OC in a rp community shaped your experiences and opinions?

Lordy Lordy.

Halldis' former fiance, who was born and raised primarily in Skingrad, although his family did spend a lot of time in the Imperial City. He is the youngest of three children, and by far his mother's favorite. Growing up in a wealthy family, where he was often doted upon made him arrogant, self centered, and somewhat lazy. Jarran has matured with age, and is not quite the little shit that he once was, however some still find him intolerable.

In regards to his betrothal, he was mostly indifferent. He was not overly thrilled about the arrangement, partly because he didn't find Halldis very attractive, and partly because she made no effort to hide the fact that she made no effort to hide her dislike for him or their engagement. Although he could have made attempts to get to know her, and build some kind of amicable relationship with her, he chose not to, feeling that the problem was hers, and that she should be the one to try and appease him. Although Halldis' mother might have implied that he was crushed by his fiance's sudden departure, in truth he hardly paid it much mind. It was irritating, to be sure, but more inconvenient than heartbreaking.

[[I was helped in starting out in the RP community by the ever-wonderful booksandbrimstone who really helped me find my groove and set up some fantastic early settings, and I really can’t speak highly enough of how welcoming she was for someone like me that was as hesitant as I was about joining in with this kind of thing.

I have a few roleplayers that I really admire, and whose threads I’ll make an effort to follow as frequently as I can, but I’m not sure I want to post them here - purely because I’ll probably make an OC appreciation post in the spirit of the week at some point (although knowing me it’ll likely be weeks or even months late!). Those whom I fawn over are probably well aware of it though, because I have a tendency to spam likes on virtually everything they post - even a few threads. For those who might be uncomfortable or annoyed with that kind of thing, I sincerely apologise; I’m just trying to convey my interest and appreciation!

Kchyzmach Achyzth | Dwemer | Male | “The Tinkerer”                          Face Claim: Bradley Cooper; no voice claim

“You're my end and my beginning,                              even when I lose, I'm winning.”

Active Dwemer muse set in 4E Skyrim and 1E Vvardenfell   Semi-selective, open to asks, open to rps, open to worldbuilding                 Speaks fluent Dwemeris and very broken Aldmeris               Found in the Pale, Blackreach and other connecting cities                      Specializes in smithing and ‘lockpicking’, minors in sound magicks

Inspiration and Aesthetic | [x][x][x][x][x] Soundtrack: Get Wet; Krewella

While Ivelas is under no belief that his childhood was without hardship and strife, being the son of a simple saltrice farmer and apprentice at a slavers’ guild, Ivelas does share fond memories of the time, because it was a time when he still had his family, his mentor Uradren, and a place in which he belonged. In the space of a few short years, all of that was ripped away from him, and now he’s little more than a slightly bitter wandering vagrant. The comparison is not a difficult one to make.

Ivelas is generally cynical about most world events, and holds the same kind of belief that most commoners would - that Tamriel as a whole is slowly going to pot. The strife in the last century or so with power struggles at the heart of the Empire, the secession of Hammerfell, the Great War and now the civil war in Skyrim, has landed the people of the Empire on tough times, and even though Ivelas is not a settled citizen, he too feels it acutely - as someone that comes to rely on the generosity of strangers, by any relative metric, he’s definitely noticed that people are more tight-fisted and suspicious in recent years, and he can’t say that he blames them.