HMD

[samurai-mod.livejournal.com]

How's My Driving?
[ARE YOU EXCITE?!]

The time has come once again, POLYchromatic! Those of you who've been with us for a while- welcome back, and to newcomers, hey, come on in, don't be shy! We don't make a habit of biting too hard, and we always practice the use of safe words.

This HMD here is the chance for you to provide feedback for your fellow players, whether it be praise or critique. So let's cut to it!

Praise; Everyone likes to hear that they're doing well, let's not pretend~ However, let's also try and provide a bit more than random <3!!!ing and "omg ilu have my babies" (because let's face it, we here at POLY can't afford any more child support mmk). Throw some thought in to your praise for added enjoyment of the recipient. "I love your portrayal of Jane, especially watching her relationship with John, and how she's struggling over events in her canon." Praise is awesome- but let's spice it up, ladies and gents.

Crit; Unlike praise, not many people enjoy being told someone doesn't like how they play a character. However, if you have something to say- say it, but let's remember our manners. There's no need to personally attack anyone, or to rip in to them without leaving room for explanation. We here at POLYchromatic encourage constructive criticism. Not liking how Greg is developing? Ask Greg's player why they've decided to take him that route. Not a fan of Sally's frequent flings? Ask Sally's player what brought that on. Confused as to when in canon it said Tom liked bananas that much? Ask Tom's player where they're coming from- you never know, it may turn out that Tom was cursed months ago, a friend played a prank, and now he has a liking for them. Point is- let's just remember manners. All players here deserve common courtesy, even if you may not like how they're playing.

On Anon; Way back in POLY's day, we had a vote that ended with anon commenting being disabled here in the community's HMD post. And in the last poll re: bringing back anon or not, it was decided to keep anon disabled. But people might have anonymous commentary they'd like to leave, so we encourage not only having anon-enabled IP-disabled crit posts available for others to use, but we also encourage linking them here for those who wish to use them.

Fancy Things; Please remember our requests regarding sparkles, images, embedded media, and other bits of coding. A little variation on the comment form is fine and dandy, and putting things like gifs or videos behind links or in collapsed threads is fine too, but please consider the loading time for others with slower connections.

On Placeholders; You're free to use them, but I personally guarantee to you that HMD is not going anywhere ♥

For organizational purposes, feel free to borrow the following format in your comment if you wish, and put your name as the subject of your comment.

<b>Player name:</b> <b>Characters played:</b> Character :: Fandom :: Character LJ <b>Personal concrit link:</b> <b>Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N:</b> <b>Other comments?</b>

General Disclaimer; By choosing to post here on HMD, you may receive comments you don't necessarily enjoy. By posting here, you accept that this could happen, and you're basically okay with it. We will be monitoring this post for abuse and will shut down any instances of abuse we see. Feel free to contact us if you feel something is getting out of hand and want to bring it to our attention. However, constructive crit, comments, or questions you just don't like do not count as abuse.

Now that that's all out of the way, have at it, polychromatic

Comments

Mici~

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

[nick]: Mici

[chars played]: Eden Mac Cionaoith :: Original :: eiremagic
Lucy Pevensie :: The Chronicles of Narnia :: lionesscouchant
Edmund Pevensie :: The Chronicles of Narnia :: wandbreaker
Kenny Potter :: A Single Man :: chosered
Saya Wallace :: Original :: byweavinglives
Billy Kaplan :: Young Avengers :: repeatshimself
Peeta Mellark :: The Hunger Games :: risetwice
Mr. Pink :: Reservoir Dogs :: pinkfuckingpro

[personal crit link + do you take anon for it?]: Ta-da! (http://eiremagic.livejournal.com/23024.html) Anon enabled, IP logging off, if that is your poison.

[ANYTHING ELSE?]: Well we didn't. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g)

ALEX ♥

[primrosella.livejournal.com]

Player name: Alex the First!

Characters played:
◇ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4tkLy9AaD4) Princess Rosella | King's Quest | primrosella
◇ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQJPWwZwpg) Proto Man | Mega Man (cartoon) | proto_typing
◇ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwXjnVICb3I) Rudy Miller | I Want To Go Home! | prefers_chess
◇ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMS30HLopFs) Finnick Odair | The Hunger Games | protects_her

Other comments?
-Rosella's slowly but surely pulling herself out of her emotional slump, which is good and I'm pretty happy with the progress she's made since last HMD.
-Proto's going home next month, so this will be his last HMD and I am sad about that.
-Rudy hopefully still sounds appropriately Canadian and 80's. Also, I hope I've been striking a decent balance between abrasive and conversational; he's supposed to be a deadpan snarker who hates being forced into social interaction, but he shouldn't be outright mean. Just kind of generally difficult and unpleasant, with lots and lots of complex layers beneath the surface.
-Finnick's first HMD! I would especially like to hear people's thoughts on him because he's very different from my usual type of character, and it's sometimes hard to work all his complexities into play in believable ways. I am still nervous about him so please be gentle.

Also, I love answering questions about the thoughts/motivations/nuances/etc. of my characters, so please feel free to ask and potentially get a wall of my tl;dr in return! ♥

RIZU

[knaveswitness.livejournal.com]

☠ Grell ][ Kuroshitsuji ][ deathbutler
✥ Celty ][ Durarara!! ][ seekinghead
♟ Nemu ][ Bleach ][ sciencedaughter
♫ Cheshire ][ Are You Alice? ][ mustbemad
♘ Xerxes ][ Pandora Hearts ][ knaveswitness

▶ Hannah [ninelocks] was just accepted, so, for obvious reasons she's not included here.
▶ If you feel the need for anonymous concrit, you can take that here (http://ophelial.livejournal.com/681.html). Anon enabled, IP logging disabled.
▶ It's been 4 years and 4 months since I joined you, POLYchromatic, and you're still full of awesome players- keep rocking! ♥

Chelle

[dreamsofnoah]

Player name: Chelle
Characters played:
Road Kamelot :: D.Gray-man :: dreamsofnoah
Doll :: Kuroshitsuji :: freckleddoll
Personal concrit link: Here
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: Allowed
Other comments? All comments, questions and crit welcome. I know my activity lagged for a while but I'm trying to fix that!

BON

[silvernaofficer.livejournal.com]

Player name: Bon

Characters played:
Caspian X :: The Chronicles of Narnia :: treadingdawn
Aslan :: The Chronicles of Narnia :: nevertame
Adrian Veidt :: Watchmen :: caughtthebullet
Mr. Orange (Freddy) :: Reservoir Dogs :: orangetoughguy
Shira :: Blade of the Immortal :: makinghoscroak

Personal concrit link: Here! (http://silvernaofficer.livejournal.com/277.html)
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: Yes. Pro-choice.
Other comments? I have activity fail. Let me make it up to you. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPZfFIZxpQ8)

Errin

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Player name: Errin
Characters played: Earl Ciel Phantomhive :: Kuroshitsuji :: queens_guarddog
Personal concrit link: First entry in his journal. :)
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: No. I'm not too fond of Anon commenting.
Other comments? \o/?

[seekinghead.livejournal.com]

You play such a wide variety of characters, I love that! Your Lucy was so good and I'm going to miss being able to hit her with Tianzi ;; WELL I WILL ON 4TH WALL DAY, BUT. I still need to type up that goodbye letter for Lucy but it's so sad I don't want to ;;

Also, I wanted to say I was super psyched about playing with Eden! I enjoy your OCs a good deal, and interacting with Eden is awesome with Celty! I look forward to finding someone to throw at Saya, too.

ALEX:

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

Royal Prim Princess of the country of no logic: I love that she's got such defined arcs. I think the fact that you post a private, diary-style entry really helps track her, especially how her moods fluctuate and change, and it's kind of nice. I think you do a great job rounding her out - she has her primness and her properness and she has her sweet and lovely sides, but she can also be so stubborn. I'm looking forward to having Saya bring home crazies for Rosella to deal with!

The most famous face in all of Panem: I know you're worried about him, but I really love how you play Finnick. I think you balance his flirtiness with his seriousness really well, particularly in who he chooses to let in. Naturally Cinna gets closer than even, I think, Katniss and Peeta, who get more of the 'face' of Panem. I wish that the ladies he flirted with weren't so quick to pick up that he doesn't mean anything but that's hardly your fault - I think you play up his charm really well. I love his relationship with Peeta, and how it's sort of this...dance of masks.

My suggestions re: Finn would naturally be to keep him giving only the facade to most people and letting in a very precious few, but I think you're pretty good at that already, so! Keep up the good work!

[knaveswitness.livejournal.com]

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy, I'm going to miss interacting with him now that I've dropped Tianzi. I know absolutely nothing about his canon, but he always had a certain umph to him, and a very distinctive voice! As for the rest- I'm going to set this old man here to bothering Rosella just because gosh she's another oldie around here and must be bothered.

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

Thank you thank you~soooob Lu will be so sad when Tianzi leaves ;_____;

And I'm glad you were psyched because I love Celty and Eden, and I already have plans to toss Saya at your new character, so &hearts

Molly

[mollypocket.livejournal.com]

Player Name:Molly
Characters Played:
I Give a Hoot :: 2ndnightshift :: Dan Dreiberg/Nite Owl II :: Watchmen
Accidental Gothic Lolita :: chasingmorning :: Shilo Wallace :: Repo!: The Genetic Opera
Blame it On the Train :: lionesssejant :: Susan Pevensie :: The Chronicles of Narnia
Doctor Feel's Good (to be Bad) :: vicodincrutch :: Dr. Gregory House, M.D :: House, M.D
White Out :: whitetwoguns Mr. White Lawrence "Larry" Dimick :: Reservoir Dogs
Personal LJ Concrit: Heeere (http://mollypocket.livejournal.com/320714.html). If it is needed. Anon is allowed. Please be nice.
Other comments?

Re: RIZU

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

I still don't know any of your canons (what is this, SOB) but I adore Celty. I think she's such a mix of funny and tragic, what with a missing head, but you pull it off without making it lean too much in either direction. I love having her to play Eden off of, because it's helped me with my development for Eden!

I need to hit up your characters more often, Rizu. I'll miss Tianzi foreveeeer.

[deathbutler.livejournal.com]

O Road, o Road, o Road. I absolutely adore playing out Road and Grell's relationship, and though your activity did lag a bit there, I'm really looking forward to it picking up! I'm sure having the new D.Gray characters will help, (and hey Grell will also enjoy it)! We should plot something with the new household y/y? Anyway- Road, yes! Your Doll is always cute no matter where you play her, and man- I'm surprised and awed you've managed to keep her going so long here on her own. Keep up the good work there!

Re: Chelle

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

Cheeeelllle I don't have very much to say beyond the fact that I love Peeta and Doll's interactions and they need to happen more frequently! I realize this is totally useless, but sadly I don't know the canon ;__;

Re: RIZU

[knaveswitness.livejournal.com]

ONE DAY, MICI, ONE DAY! Thank you! ♥ I do look forward to their future interactions- Celty is so excited to have found someone else with the same sort of heritage as her, especially someone who... has memories, lol. I WELCOME SUCH HITTAGE btw. And ;;;; 4th wall days forever!

Re: BON

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

ACTIVITY.

FAIL.

/shot





ANYWAY.

I love the variety of characters you have, from your green-eyed tough guy to your crazed rapist. I feel like you definitely have a voice for all of them, and they're all really clear, and they don't bleed together (rehash, rehash, rehash). BUT BEYOND THAT you know I love playing with you, and you know I love what you do.

I think that some of your strongest RP comes through when you're working on a long-term plot or long-term characters stuff (particularly with Caspian and Freddy) and I love seeing that come out in how you build your characters.

Now if we can only get a shark up in here................../shot again

Re: Molly

[arachnidism.livejournal.com]

Molly Molly Molly! I'm so excited to see you play Mr. White, because I think you've genuinely not only got him down, but it seems to me like you really enjoy playing him, and you're excited about it. I love how he's got this balance of criminal and gentleman, which I really gleaned from him from the movie with how he not only treats Freddy but with how he treats Pink, and Joe, and even to an extent, Blonde. His Alpha-maleness is fantastic.

I would love to see Su tagging around more. I know you're busy so it's kind of impossible to get out there, though!

I am consistently impressed with House, too. You manage to bring in that fantastic House snark and mix it with medicine. I was reading his thread with Chase yesterday and I was just so blown away with how well you play him.

NEVER CHANGE, MOLLY. &hearts &hearts

[mytechskeeper.livejournal.com]

Player name: Clara
Characters played: Tsubaki Nakatsukasa :: Soul Eater :: mytechskeeper
Personal concrit link: Here. (http://mytechskeeper.livejournal.com/638.html)
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: Allowed in the post above.
Other comments? I've been a bit slow of late in tagging due to rl drama, but have been trying to put my only remaining character out there though there is the idea of apping someone else soon... Any concrit, questions or comments are welcome~

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

I love your Tsubaki. &hearts In fact, you have interested me in the Soul Eater canon. 8D I...don't really have much else to say other than Ciel would really be up a creek without her! XD

JANE

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaall right, she couldn't make it personally 'cause of her trip, but Jane really, really wants your thoughts and feedback, so she asked to have this up. Please leave her something to come back to!


Characters played:
Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear | Tales of the Abyss | imperialwill
Yuri Lowell | Tales of Vesperia | notflynn
Oz Vessalius | Pandora Hearts | existais
Kyouya Ootori | Ouran High School Host Club | meritable

Personal concrit link: Here ♥ (http://ottavo.livejournal.com/3355.html?mode=reply)~
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y

Other comments? I'd like to hear any feedback I can about Oz! In particular, the things he says (as opposed to how he says them). Are his motivations and thought processes off? It would really help, thanks! ;;

[mytechskeeper.livejournal.com]

Thank you~ <333 Glad I got you interested, it is a good series with a lot of weird epicness, this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV7AzNYh5bo) being a pretty good showcase of it. XD And it's fun interacting with Ciel, I look forward to future stuff in playing with you!

DEA

[nekophobic.livejournal.com]

Player name: Dea
Characters played:
Jowy Atriedes :: Suikoden II :: stillprotecting
Gilbert Nightray :: Pandora Hearts :: nekophobic
Personal concrit link: Here (http://nekophobic.livejournal.com/781.html?mode=reply).
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: Y
Other comments? I'd love to hear any feedback you have. I know my activity has been sort of fail due to RL things, but any comments would be really helpful! Thank you.

RUXI

[sparkling-by.livejournal.com]

SUMERAGI SUBARU & TREE :: Tokyo Babylon / X/1999 :: slighted_stains :: wat is dis? (http://slighted-stains.livejournal.com/649.html)
SUOU TAMAKI & UNFORTUNATE GLITTER-GRAPHICS.COM ADDICTION | Ouran High School Host Club :: sparkling_by :: a wild crit post appears?! (http://sparkling-by.livejournal.com/732.html)

I've been trying to ease Subaru out of his Wild Brokenness of DOOM, and to adapt Tamaki to some of the City's harsher realities as well, so let me know how this has been working out! Aaaaaaaand I think this is where I also apologize for all the thread-dropping and potential inactivity, because I know it's become a bad habit, and u4rehehiw SO... RRY... ._.b

If you'd like to comment on how the Tickler [unborn_of_this] is handled, please don't hesitate to do so here (http://unborn-of-this.livejournal.com/587.html) :D

All crit posts are anon-lovin', IP-hating beasts, so give them a shot!

AUDREY

[ignipotent.livejournal.com]

Player name: Audrey
Characters played:

☇ Amory Felix (fatespoken) | Original Character | x (http://fatespoken.livejournal.com/8306.html?mode=reply)
☇ Mindy Macready [Hit-Girl] (neverplays) | Kick-Ass | x (http://neverplays.livejournal.com/2622.html)
☇ Ariadne (construire) | Inception | x (http://construire.livejournal.com)


Personal concrit link: All the x's
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: Sure.
Other comments? I've been failing activity-wise, but I can only blame school.

Lee

[child-radical.livejournal.com]

Player name: Lee
Characters played: Huey Freeman | The Boondocks | child_radical
Personal concrit link: Here. (http://child-radical.livejournal.com/857.html)
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: On the personal link it's all good.
Other comments? You got questions, concerns, or crits voice 'em. Don't want to do it here? Take it to the personal link or find me on AIM.

Also Hazama's a drop for now. High-profile games, fraternity stuff, plus crazy semester long projects were eating up a lot of time. Not to mention the fact that I was one post off for last month anyways and wasn't caught.

Blame Reach and Black Ops.