"And fate carries an executioner's axe."

[melancthe]

I've been wanting to lay out my thoughts about how I like my journal to function, and the way I would like to deal with problems (should they ever arise), just so that all my LJ friends have an idea of how they can expect me to behave. I'd normally find it awfully pompous and overly self-important to have a "friending policy" - it's really not my

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[marinshellstone]

this all seems super reasonable.

btw, love the cue you are listening to.

[melancthe]

I've had Ghost and the Darkness on repeat all morning - it makes the dish-washing and house-tidying much less painful. :)

[claidheamhmor]

This is so wussy. It's altogether far too reasonable!

We want drama! We want mayhem! We want angst!

[rhialto_za]

We only want drama, mayhem and angst if it involves the boobie icon.

:-) :-)

[jonty]

Watch eGoli :)

[melancthe]

Who needs Egoli when you have Livejournal for all your drama needs? ;)

[rhialto_za]

And this is why so many people think you are great. You always sound so mature, reasonable and not at all bitchy.

Did you miss me? My PC was hit by lightning last weekend and my new one has just been set up. I now need some tips from you about NwN2 -- I have just got my own copy and am not sure what the best type of character to play is.

[melancthe]

I was wondering what happened to you - I missed you but I figured you were busy finishing up rush-jobs before the end of the year. You should have gotten claidheamhmor to sort out your new PC - he's an expert at lightning damage, hehe.

Just refresh my memory: did you play the original NWN? I know you've played a lot of BG2, though. If it's your first NWN2 runthough, I'd seriously recommend a character with good conversational skills (Diplomacy, Intimidate, Bluff) - either a bard/fighter (preferable if you're not used to the spell system yet) or a cleric. Start off as a human bard and put the majority of your ability points into STR, INT (for the skill points) and CHA. Oh yes, and start off as chaotic - there are lots of dubious lawful shifts, and you can't advance as a bad if you're lawful, so you'll have less of a problem than if you start as neutral. Take a couple of fighter levels early on (you'll level up to 3rd by the end of the tutorial), and you shouldn't have a problem. The bard I played was awesome.

[swashbuckler332]

There was a period not so long ago when I was being friended by people with serial friending software. At that time I got really paranoid about who was approaching me and started demanding on my user info page that people friending me identify themselves. I just wanted to make sure they were human, and not just a program. Since LJ now has notifications sent when people friend or defriend you, as well as ways to keep serial friender software from being able to re-friend you, I have removed the stipulation.

I think that responding to posts means that you're speaking up about something. I do think that it is annoying if I make a tl;dr post about something I feel passionate about and the responder is trivializing it. I don't mind the "nice icon" or "what's up with the underwear?" or whatever, what bothers me is the long and taxing essay I wrote that the person responding to is addressing, but clearly didn't read closely. I'm not saying that people reading my journal should give it the same scrutiny they give The Iliad,* but that

[melancthe]

I very occasionally find myself posting a response to people and then facepalming afterwards because I realised that I missed the entire point of the post, which is why I don't get upset with people who do it to any of my posts. I don't feel that people should be, in essence, penalised with my wrath because they took the time to respond to an entry of mine, even if they did misinterpret the contents slightly, or even if it's a trivial response to a serious post. So I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree on this particular subject, as I've noticed that we have radically different views on this.

And, hehe, you should be exceedingly glad that people don't give your journal the same attention that they do The Iliad - at least one of my friends writes awesomely hot Iliad slash. ;)

[swashbuckler332]

I very occasionally find myself posting a response to people and then facepalming afterwards because I realised that I missed the entire point of the post, which is why I don't get upset with people who do it to any of my posts.

I should clarify: I don't mind it if people miss the point of a post every once and a while. Everybody does (including me). It is impossible to stay on exactly the same wavelength as somebody else all the time. It's when it is always happening that it really starts to bother me. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but there are times when the cumulative effect of somebody who keeps missing what you're putting down can be very frustrating.

Iliad slash!?! I have to say I find that idea most amusing. Does she write it in rhyme?

[melancthe]

I know people like that in RL and on LJ: people who consistently miss the point of whatever it is I'm trying to say and latch onto something entirely trivial to make into the focus of their comment. For instance, picking a random and frivolous example: I'll make an angsty "WOE IS ME" post about how horrid my new haircut looks, and they'll reply saying "Glad to hear you got a new haircut!", missing the point that that's why I'm upset in the first place

[andsoitgoeson]

wow... that some post... and it made me smile... most people would love to walk the path that you have laid out on your journal... seems all too easy :)

cheers