{Dropping meme without dropping (God, I hope so)}
Ryuuken (doctorquincy)
Comments posted: 40,725
Where to start. From the minute Ryuuken first appeared in Bleach, I was in love. He was hot, badass and an kind of a dick and I wanted to play him. Lo and behold, counselor apps had just been announced. I emailed Ishida and said I was interested. She said she would beta, so I typed up an app and sent it to her and fiddled around with it until I sent it in. And I got in! I . . . wasn't expecting to, honestly. But I did. And I proceeded to fuck up all over the place. It took me a while to settle in with him and I'm so very grateful to Ishida for having such amazing patience with me.
I have contemplated dropping Ryuuken numerous times. There have also been times when I've said you can pry him from my cold, dead fingers. He doesn't have many friends. He doesn't really talk to people. He sits in his office and does paperwork all day. And while HE'S fine with this. I. Wasn't for a while. I wanted him to be out and meeting people and. I've realized that that just isn't really going to happen with him. That isn't to say I don't want people to jump him. PLEASE JUMP HIM. I love threading with him. I love the bitch fights he and Ishida get into and all of his threads with Rikuou. But Ryuuken isn't happy. He hasn't been for long time. He wants to go home. Sometimes I think about letting him.
I'm hoping, though, that if I hold out long enough, KT will eventually give me backstory. I'm so afraid of dropping him and then the next chapter of Bleach will be like, "FLASHBACK TO RYUUKEN'S PAST" or something. I'm also still waiting to hear about that wife of his. I honestly do think she's dead, but. With Bleach you never know. So. He's not my number one on the drop list, but the thought is still there.
Kanda (betterthnyours)
Comments posted: 9,233
I have talked about dropping Kanda so many times. For a while it seemed like almost every other day it was like "I'm going to drop Kanda." He's a bitch. He hates everything. He's not nice. He wants to go home and kill shit and then find "THAT PERSON" please for the love of God Hoshino give me backstory CAN YOU SEE A PATTERN and then die. And for a while it really bothered me that the only person he talked to is Rabi. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE their threads and Rabi-mun is awesome and I love the relationship they have and the time and effort it took to get them to where they are. But for a while, I wanted him to talk to more people.
Recently, though, I've kind of . . . accepted that he won't. And I'm comfortable with that. And I went through my list of characters the other day, figuring out how many I could drop at one time and be okay and. He wasn't on that list, so. He's still mine.
Himawari (brokenclover)
Comments posted: 19,289
I. Didn't think I would ever want to drop Himawari. She could talk to anyone, reply to almost any post, and just smile and be herself. I don't think I could ever bring myself to actually do it, but I've thought about it a few times in the past couple of months. I'm confident in her voice although sometimes I do worry that her emo annoys other players, but. xxxHOLIC isn't a happy series. Sure there's crack and fun times to be had, but underneath, it's very dark. And Himawari isn't always a happy person no matter how hard she tries to be.
I. Wish she and Watanuki threaded more, but I've accepted that we both have lots of characters, etc. and I've kind of done the opposite of what Doumeki's done, which is throw Himawari at as many people as possible and have her make tons of friends. And I love her relationships way too much to drop her.
Touda (serpentinfire)
Comments posted: 2,222
Aha. Ha. Well. If I had to drop someone, without a doubt, it'd be Touda. I love playing him and I love the character and our Yami cast is AMAZING, but. His purpose in life is to serve Tsuzuki. And he doesn't care about anyone else, really, and won't put out the effort to talk to anyone else because he doesn't see the point. Tsuzuki is his life and his life is Tsuzuki's. I've talked about dropping him over with Rikuou and if it doesn't happen now, it will happen soon. I don't want to, but I just don't know how much longer I can hold onto him.
Yukito (moonlightdrops)
Comments posted: 2,221
. . . Wow, he's only one comment behind Touda. :O
So, apping Yukito was probably one of The Most Stressful things ever. We've had people app Yuki before and their apps always got shot down rather horribly. Needless to say, I was really scared of getting voted out. And then I got in! Did better than I had expected, even. And Toya got in and life was good.
Yuki doesn't get out much. And when he does, he usually only talks to Toya. That's my fault for failing. I want to play him more and I love playing him when I do. Sometimes I worry that he and Himawari are too similar, but. I'm not ready to let him go.
Yin (darksideofthe)
Comments posted: 667
Yin's always been my favorite character from DTB. I had talked about apping her for the first time probably around the time that Hei got in. I had wanted to app Yuki first, though, so once he was in, I waited a couple rounds and apped her. Her app was hard and I don't really like, actually, but eh.
Yin is . . . very hard to play. She barely speaks. She mostly just nods or shakes her head or gives looks. She DOES speak sometimes, but. Not very often. And I know that must be annoying or difficult to play off of. And I knew going into it, that it would be hard. But I love her to death. And while she's not first one my dropping list, she's definitely there if I couldn't handle it anymore.
Byakuya (a_petal_falls)
Comments posted: 244
I am very scared to play Byakuya. I've never really had many confidence issues with voice for any of my characters, but holy shit do I ever have them with him. I was very zen when I apped him even when he was borderline, but as soon as he was in, I panicked. It's not that I don't want to play him, because I do. I love his character quite a lot, but. I'm so afraid of fucking up with him that it's making it hard for me to play him. I know I just need to suck it up and put him out there, but. I have already toyed with the idea of dropping him even though he's only been in camp for two weeks. He wouldn't be the first to go, but like Yin, if I couldn't handle him anymore, he'd be gone.
Comments posted: 40,725
Where to start. From the minute Ryuuken first appeared in Bleach, I was in love. He was hot, badass and an kind of a dick and I wanted to play him. Lo and behold, counselor apps had just been announced. I emailed Ishida and said I was interested. She said she would beta, so I typed up an app and sent it to her and fiddled around with it until I sent it in. And I got in! I . . . wasn't expecting to, honestly. But I did. And I proceeded to fuck up all over the place. It took me a while to settle in with him and I'm so very grateful to Ishida for having such amazing patience with me.
I have contemplated dropping Ryuuken numerous times. There have also been times when I've said you can pry him from my cold, dead fingers. He doesn't have many friends. He doesn't really talk to people. He sits in his office and does paperwork all day. And while HE'S fine with this. I. Wasn't for a while. I wanted him to be out and meeting people and. I've realized that that just isn't really going to happen with him. That isn't to say I don't want people to jump him. PLEASE JUMP HIM. I love threading with him. I love the bitch fights he and Ishida get into and all of his threads with Rikuou. But Ryuuken isn't happy. He hasn't been for long time. He wants to go home. Sometimes I think about letting him.
I'm hoping, though, that if I hold out long enough, KT will eventually give me backstory. I'm so afraid of dropping him and then the next chapter of Bleach will be like, "FLASHBACK TO RYUUKEN'S PAST" or something. I'm also still waiting to hear about that wife of his. I honestly do think she's dead, but. With Bleach you never know. So. He's not my number one on the drop list, but the thought is still there.
Kanda (betterthnyours)
Comments posted: 9,233
I have talked about dropping Kanda so many times. For a while it seemed like almost every other day it was like "I'm going to drop Kanda." He's a bitch. He hates everything. He's not nice. He wants to go home and kill shit and then find "THAT PERSON" please for the love of God Hoshino give me backstory CAN YOU SEE A PATTERN and then die. And for a while it really bothered me that the only person he talked to is Rabi. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE their threads and Rabi-mun is awesome and I love the relationship they have and the time and effort it took to get them to where they are. But for a while, I wanted him to talk to more people.
Recently, though, I've kind of . . . accepted that he won't. And I'm comfortable with that. And I went through my list of characters the other day, figuring out how many I could drop at one time and be okay and. He wasn't on that list, so. He's still mine.
Himawari (brokenclover)
Comments posted: 19,289
I. Didn't think I would ever want to drop Himawari. She could talk to anyone, reply to almost any post, and just smile and be herself. I don't think I could ever bring myself to actually do it, but I've thought about it a few times in the past couple of months. I'm confident in her voice although sometimes I do worry that her emo annoys other players, but. xxxHOLIC isn't a happy series. Sure there's crack and fun times to be had, but underneath, it's very dark. And Himawari isn't always a happy person no matter how hard she tries to be.
I. Wish she and Watanuki threaded more, but I've accepted that we both have lots of characters, etc. and I've kind of done the opposite of what Doumeki's done, which is throw Himawari at as many people as possible and have her make tons of friends. And I love her relationships way too much to drop her.
Touda (serpentinfire)
Comments posted: 2,222
Aha. Ha. Well. If I had to drop someone, without a doubt, it'd be Touda. I love playing him and I love the character and our Yami cast is AMAZING, but. His purpose in life is to serve Tsuzuki. And he doesn't care about anyone else, really, and won't put out the effort to talk to anyone else because he doesn't see the point. Tsuzuki is his life and his life is Tsuzuki's. I've talked about dropping him over with Rikuou and if it doesn't happen now, it will happen soon. I don't want to, but I just don't know how much longer I can hold onto him.
Yukito (moonlightdrops)
Comments posted: 2,221
. . . Wow, he's only one comment behind Touda. :O
So, apping Yukito was probably one of The Most Stressful things ever. We've had people app Yuki before and their apps always got shot down rather horribly. Needless to say, I was really scared of getting voted out. And then I got in! Did better than I had expected, even. And Toya got in and life was good.
Yuki doesn't get out much. And when he does, he usually only talks to Toya. That's my fault for failing. I want to play him more and I love playing him when I do. Sometimes I worry that he and Himawari are too similar, but. I'm not ready to let him go.
Yin (darksideofthe)
Comments posted: 667
Yin's always been my favorite character from DTB. I had talked about apping her for the first time probably around the time that Hei got in. I had wanted to app Yuki first, though, so once he was in, I waited a couple rounds and apped her. Her app was hard and I don't really like, actually, but eh.
Yin is . . . very hard to play. She barely speaks. She mostly just nods or shakes her head or gives looks. She DOES speak sometimes, but. Not very often. And I know that must be annoying or difficult to play off of. And I knew going into it, that it would be hard. But I love her to death. And while she's not first one my dropping list, she's definitely there if I couldn't handle it anymore.
Byakuya (a_petal_falls)
Comments posted: 244
I am very scared to play Byakuya. I've never really had many confidence issues with voice for any of my characters, but holy shit do I ever have them with him. I was very zen when I apped him even when he was borderline, but as soon as he was in, I panicked. It's not that I don't want to play him, because I do. I love his character quite a lot, but. I'm so afraid of fucking up with him that it's making it hard for me to play him. I know I just need to suck it up and put him out there, but. I have already toyed with the idea of dropping him even though he's only been in camp for two weeks. He wouldn't be the first to go, but like Yin, if I couldn't handle him anymore, he'd be gone.