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<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>

To the best of my abilities, I'll keep an ongoing and alphabetical list of the HMD comments on this post here below for easy reference.

A - H	I - P	Q - Z
Alex I [Rosella, Finnick] Alms [Brian, Allison, Neil, Frankie, Tommy] Ara [Nick] Arwing [Garrus, Lockdown, Gin, Vincente] Ary [Raphael] Ashley [Fran] Audrey [Edward, Amory, Ben] B/k [Hiyori, Demyx, Capt. Hammer, Angua] Bon [Caspian, Mr. Orange, Shira] Brent [Kazari] Caru [Cain, Maria, TMWNN] Catharine [Jezebel] Cella [Haru, Mae] Chibi/Tona [Cameron, Amy, Tessa] Dawn [Mara, Cinna, Haji] Duet [Yeager] Ellie [Ginny] Eri [Castiel, Faith, Donna] Faith [Fred] Felicity [Genesis] Gorse [Jade] Haunt [Euphemia]	Illu [Belphegor, Akito/Agito] Jane [Yuri, Hope, Hitagi] Jansen [Tenth Doctor] Jei [Neil, TARDIS] Jules [Mukuro] Juni [Snake] Kestrel [Florian, Luc] KGaara/Yuki [Aion, Klarth] Kristi [Dean, Buffy, Lucy, Spencer, Ryan, Rose, Myrnin] Laura [William] Leah [Campbell, Rory, Eridan] Lee [Huey] Lief [Guy, Sodia] Lila [Tyr] Lisa [Dawn, Derek, Jill] Lucie [Lenalee, Nana] Luna Quiche [Kohaku] Lysoke [Jack, Cassian] Maddie [Jamie, Kururu] Marion [Stephen, Dulcie, George] Mary [Claire] Melon [Saya] Mici [Eden, Saya, Billy, Edmund, Lucy, Kenny, Peeta, Mr. Pink, Capt. America] Molly [Susan, House, Mr. White] Muffin [Sakura] Nyte [Piglet, Rido] Pixie [Nathan]	Rae[Wilson, Todd] Rizu [Mizuno, Araragi] Ruxi [Hibari, Rosiel] Saffy [Luke] Starrah [Angela] Thorn [Kazu, Alan] Xae [Mary] Zekoi [Mithos] Zen [Rita]

Comments

Caru

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Player name: Caru
Characters played:
♛ Cain Hargreaves || Godchild || misterblackbird
♟ Maria Ushiromiya || Umineko no ku Koro Ni || agoodchild
♞ Cowboy Yojimbo || "The Dollars Trilogy" || withloadedguns

Personal concrit link: ♜ (http://misterblackbird.livejournal.com/29473.html): anon-enabled, ip-disabled, and screened--in the hopes that you may find it useful and informative.
Anonymous allowed/encouraged? Y/N: Yes and yes.

Other comments? Ask me questions, tell me things. I'm glad of any comments, questions, remarks, advice, suggestions, thoughts, letters, Morse code, telegrams, or smoke signals regarding my characters. I always get inspired after HMD--for whatever reason, it always makes me want to play more. I'm glad of any feedback at all. Let me know what you think.

Also, any comments, questions, suggestions, confusion, rage, anguish, hate, frustration, death threats, coded letters, bribe money, scientific treatises, research proposals, internship applications, or flaming bags of dog poo intended to be directed at one, Prof. Dr. Laszlo Jamf (laszlo_jamf), can also be left here for his attention.

[shall-yield-us.livejournal.com]

I feel as if I've said everything I yet could on the topics of Cain and Maria, who are lovely and universally coo', so let me just reiterate my newly established crush on the Cowboy. May Hibari and he forever bicker on payments.

...............QUESTION: how many Earls does it take to change a lightbulb? ;)

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

♥ Thank you! Bwa ha ha--JUST NAME YOUR PRICE, KID. You must be awful to play poker with. I'm telling you.

How many earls does it take to change a lightbulb? None, of course. They have servants for that. Preferably servants in the form of pretty, young, French parlour maids who can be made to stand up on something (possibly unsteady) so as to reach the chandelier and change said lightbulb. Obviously.

[sempreadagio.livejournal.com]

I really love reading Cain's tldr posts. I know nothing of his canon but it really seems like you put so much thought into him and everything he does and says. /stalks him forever even if he intimidates me

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Ah ha ha my tl;dr is legendary, seriously. Well, regardless of how tl it is, I'm glad that you actually r it. And I'm glad that you like him so much--four years is a lot of time for development and thought, so I do try to work all that in (to say nothing of how much baggage the boy comes with in his own canon--heavens above). I will endeavor to provide more of the same quality tl;dr you have come to expect.

Don't be afraid to tag him sometime! I know I'd love it :3c I mean, he's great for stalking, but tags are ever-so-welcome (or else I might have to tag you).

[leviathanclaw.livejournal.com]

Going to have to second what is said above. I do enjoy reading his posts. They flow nicely. Never disjointed. I do feel guilty my replies to such well worded posts is only a line or two. But the introspective is lovely!

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Really, it's just my propensity to herd some teal deer... But if it's working, I will keep on keeping on. I've had a long time playing Cain to get a voice for him worked out--and since he's seen and done so much in all that time, that helps to have more things to add to a post. It's a culmination of effort, so to speak. And please go on and tag! One line or twenty, I know I'd love it.

[ravenrants.livejournal.com]

I've been loving Cowboy Yojimbo - you do so well with a character that says so little which is always a difficult thing. I also think you do a great job playing a little girl, equally as hard. They're both three-dimensional and I've never read anything from either of them that's made me do a double-take or wonder where that came from.

I'm really glad that I've gotten to thread with both of them recently!

[misterblackbird.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (For a man with no name, he sure gets more nicknames than average...) He's kind of a funny character to write because, for all that he doesn't say much, he's a man of action...in more ways than one. While he's not fidgety, he's always kind of doing something--like being a fake!lefty, scratching at his chin, peeking around corners, watching someone or something, squinting at stuff, lighting matches or cigarillos, making vague faces, pulling on his hat, intimidating someone by flipping up his MACHO PONCHO (to show his gun, of course), getting involved in a standoff, on and on--which (in canon, at least, and hopefully when I'm writing him) becomes communicative for him in a way, so it ends up that he's not silent so much as just non-verbal. /blather, blather...

I'm glad Maria's coming across so well because, honestly, she is tricky to write. Kids in general are tricky to write because you don't want to make them seem too old or too young. Maria's a little easier because she has a pretty distinctive voice (to say nothing of the "uuu"--seriously, if I ever go over the top with that, just let me know and I'll tone it down; I really don't want it to get annoying) and a pretty clear set of interests (witches, magic). I'm a little concerned about Maria and her characterization, if only because she's been away from her canon world (and all its weirdness) for so long that I do worry that she's becoming too happy and too content and might be losing some of what makes her so distinctive in her canon (and it is a weird canon, lemme tell you). But I am glad that she's coming across as a three-dimensional character because she certainly does have the depth and detail inherent in her canon necessary for that kind of characterization. So, okay, maybe I'll want to canon review sometime soon, but that's a personal problem. I'm glad she still reads well and not too excessively childish.

Aaaaaand now that I've tl;dr'd at you about my characters... /)_(\;;

I know I've enjoyed our recent threads--I hope we can thread some more in the future.