my new great, wonderful character

[Guest]

Okay, these are the options I gave Bryn about my male character:

a) He does not know Rumina. And being one of her cronies would not do. He met Bryn in the village she ran away to after leaving DimDim. He was a blacksmith and helped her in the village. He found out then about her dark past, but since he really liked her, he sided with her. He was heartbroken that she had to flee the village, but he was glad she was safe. He searched the world to find her. He would come in later, because him revealing Bryn’s dark past, though he does not know Bryn is Rumina’s sister, may mess up the plot.

b) He is a regular person who bumps into Bryn and forms a friendship/romance. This sounds the most logical. Whether he joins the crew or not will be seen. But there is always room available for extra hands. And if he loves Bryn, that may be a convincing way to join. Or he could stay with Kriss. He could come in right away.

c) He be one of the minor crew members Doubar already addressed. He would form a friendship with Bryn, and maybe a relationship. Depends how it goes.

d) He be another member of Plunket’s crew who falls for Bryn.

And she chose option A. What do you think?

[Doubar]

One questions Mody: why in the world does your new character have to fall in love with Bryn? And most important: what does Bryn say about this? *is very sceptical*
Plus, about option number A: Yet another character from Bryn's past? That sounds odd.

...

why in the world does your new character have to fall in love with Bryn?

*mutters* Damn you Mody. My inner Doubar hates this idea. Crap!

[19101989]

you forgot about nili,s plots too
nili said :"Okay, there are several possibilities.

A: Possibility to enter the plot earlier
Hm... if this character is supposed to be a friend or lover of Bryn I would think it logica to be someone from her past because in the show we never saw her with a love interest (other than Sinbad). This again would mean that she doesn´t remember the guy. He would show up again, knowing who she is while she has no clue who he is. This could happen in different ways:

1) He might be one of Rumina´s croonies, but somene who isn´t loyal to her. He might have sneaked away at some point or he might be a sort of double agent. He might have heard about what Rumina plans with the Nomad and he might have heard that Bryn is with them now. Interested in how she´s doing, he might watch her either still being a croony of Rumi´s or Turok´s or Scratch´s and using magic tools forbiddenly to watch her or via other means. He would pretend to be a loyal servant but yet be worried about Bryn,

2) Similar to 1 with the difference that he managed to escape. Knowing where the crew is he however does not reveal his identity, knowing Bryn does not rememebr anything and not wanting to give her that shock. He could join the crew in Basra when helping the crew in the fight that will occur against Rumi´s pirate crew and thus he would be near Bryn.

For both these varieties I´d think it to be important for him not to reveal his identity to her because that would cause a confusion that wouldn´t fit in the plot so far because there would be too much happening at once. But these varieties would give that character the possibility to enter the plot rather soon and it makes for some really interesting concept to have him know her but not vice versa. I can see some interesting tension coming up there.

B: Possibility to enter the plot later.
Two possibilities: he could again be someone from her past with the options I mentioned for A. Or he could be an all new guy from whatever background entering the scene and possibly joining the crew."
can you please let us know what you think? as i am really hesitated about all of these options.

[19101989]

@doubar: *brings her hair to hide her face* um..... actually it was my idea.

[Sinbad]

For clarification it should maybe be mentioned that Bryn sent me a pm earlier today saying that her and Mody are thinking about a new character which would be Mody´s second character to play. They were thinking about having this character a friend of Bryn´s, possibly a lover. What Bryn posted here were my suggestions. Just to make things clear for those who were not involved with this.

I´d say that all options work more or less, but it should be kept in mind that if he is someone from her past, that makes things a little more planable in terms of him being someone in love with Bryn. Of course he could also be someone completely new which would certainly be interesting and have the advantage that he could just join in / meet the crew pretty soon, but as a player, Mody, you should keep in mind that, odd as it sounds, characters tend to develop a will of their own. At least my characters fall in love with who they choose and this is not always the person their player would choose. Might sound odd, but that´s how it is.

[Doubar]

Well, I have admit Nili's versions sound way better, but please forgive me for that one ... I cannot help you here. I was sure I would have gotten past that one ... but one part of my inner Tubby is still ... errr ... quite fond of the brunette (that's why I said "damn you, Mody" up there for it was your idea *sighs*). So, I simply cannot say "yay, a lover for Bryn". Forgive me for that one. Channeling your character sucks sometimes I have to say.

But about the general background: well, like I said: all of Nili's options sound fine. And if that guy was to enter the plot soon then, aye, I would as well opt for the not knowing and being one of Rumi's croonies thing. We already have that story with Sean and his sudden revelations in our play - so having a guy show up and say "hey mateys, cool you found my darling" would be odd.

[Guest]

Jan 6, 2010 12:41:23 GMT -5 Doubar said:

One questions Mody: why in the world does your new character have to fall in love with Bryn? And most important: what does Bryn say about this? *is very sceptical*
Plus, about option number A: Yet another character from Bryn's past? That sounds odd.

Bryn wants to have romance with somebody. And obviously she had to meet somebody in that village. The only thing is why he came to Basra. But many ships come to Basra.
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why in the world does your new character have to fall in love with Bryn?

*mutters* Damn you Mody. My inner Doubar hates this idea. Crap!

Well, my Firouz was romancing with Kriss, while my Bryn was flirting with Doubar. The characters are totally different. And the current Bryn did not want to continue the relationship with Doubar. So it seems our chat in the Welcome Chat would be a stand allow fanfic. And your old Bryn is ready to go if you are up to it.

[Sinbad]

That is why I said that if he is someone from her past he´d better not be someone to run around screaming out her past immediately. Because yeah, that would indeed be odd. *agrees*

Urgh, I can feel with you there though, Doubar. I remember one time my inner Shadey was completely jealous because of that stupid Jean Grey *hears inner Shadey growl which inner Shade would of course never admit*

[Doubar]

@mody:

And the current Bryn did not want to continue the relationship with Doubar.

Yeah, I know that one. And of course I'll accept it. It's her choice after all. It's just ... uh, well, don't make me decide on her lover, 'kay?
And, well, no sorry. I think I won't follow the thread there anymore. Instead I'll concentrade on making Doubar see in her what he initially saw: a good friend and nothing more. And being in love with her there again (even if it somehow would be another Bryn [the ModyBryn]) would interfere with what Doubar feels in the real play.

@sinbad: Thanx, honey. Well, strange thing is: on one hand it's cool to finally encounter that "channeling" thing, too, but on the other one it in this case just sucks.

[19101989]

Jan 6, 2010 12:49:24 GMT -5 Doubar said:

Well, I have admit Nili's versions sound way better, but please forgive me for that one ... I cannot help you here. I was sure I would have gotten past that one ... but one part of my inner Tubby is still ... errr ... quite fond of the brunette (that's why I said "damn you, Mody" up there for it was your idea *sighs*). So, I simply cannot say "yay, a lover for Bryn". Forgive me for that one. Channeling your character sucks sometimes I have to say.

But about the general background: well, like I said: all of Nili's options sound fine. And if that guy was to enter the plot soon then, aye, I would as well opt for the not knowing and being one of Rumi's croonies thing. We already have that story with Sean and his sudden revelations in our play - so having a guy show up and say "hey mateys, cool you found my darling" would be odd.

sorry tubby. i am really sorry .

but i can not imagine doubar with Bryn.
i think one from her past better. it will make it easy to put a storyline for him.

[Sinbad]

[quote author=beth board=plot thread=272 post=33549 time=1262800789@Sinbad: Thanx, honey. Well, strange thing is: on one hand it's cool to finally encounter that "channeling" thing, too, but on the other one it in this case just sucks. [/quote]

Ooh, tell me ´bout it. *pats head*

[Doubar]

alex: Don't be sorry. It's okay. *sighs* It will mean some work for me, but since it'll (hopefully) be some time before the romance will be played out, I have some time left to go back to being just friends.

[Guest]

Jan 6, 2010 12:42:21 GMT -5 @19101989 said:

you forgot about nili,s plots too
nili said :"Okay, there are several possibilities.

A: Possibility to enter the plot earlier
Hm... if this character is supposed to be a friend or lover of Bryn I would think it logica to be someone from her past because in the show we never saw her with a love interest (other than Sinbad). This again would mean that she doesn´t remember the guy. He would show up again, knowing who she is while she has no clue who he is. This could happen in different ways:

1) He might be one of Rumina´s croonies, but somene who isn´t loyal to her. He might have sneaked away at some point or he might be a sort of double agent. He might have heard about what Rumina plans with the Nomad and he might have heard that Bryn is with them now. Interested in how she´s doing, he might watch her either still being a croony of Rumi´s or Turok´s or Scratch´s and using magic tools forbiddenly to watch her or via other means. He would pretend to be a loyal servant but yet be worried about Bryn,

2) Similar to 1 with the difference that he managed to escape. Knowing where the crew is he however does not reveal his identity, knowing Bryn does not rememebr anything and not wanting to give her that shock. He could join the crew in Basra when helping the crew in the fight that will occur against Rumi´s pirate crew and thus he would be near Bryn.

For both these varieties I´d think it to be important for him not to reveal his identity to her because that would cause a confusion that wouldn´t fit in the plot so far because there would be too much happening at once. But these varieties would give that character the possibility to enter the plot rather soon and it makes for some really interesting concept to have him know her but not vice versa. I can see some interesting tension coming up there.

B: Possibility to enter the plot later.
Two possibilities: he could again be someone from her past with the options I mentioned for A. Or he could be an all new guy from whatever background entering the scene and possibly joining the crew."
can you please let us know what you think? as i am really hesitated about all of these options.

Yes, and I said I hate them all. That is why I did not include Nili's ideas.

Jan 6, 2010 12:59:49 GMT -5 Doubar said:

And, well, no sorry. I think I won't follow the thread there anymore. Instead I'll concentrade on making Doubar see in her what he initially saw: a good friend and nothing more. And being in love with her there again (even if it somehow would be another Bryn [the ModyBryn]) would interfere with what Doubar feels in the real play.

Okay, I will complete it on my own. Might be hard to do.

[Doubar]

@sarah:

Yes, and I said I hate them all. That is why I did not include Nili's ideas.

Hum, sorry there my friend and no offense, but I find them much better than yours.

Okay, I will complete it on my own. Might be hard to do.

Hum, right. Well, okay, then I won't say "never". But for now I have to concentrate on making Doubar go back to the beginning. Maybe when I have summer break or something and can focus on not letting that chat influence my main (i.e. rpg) Doubar, I might be able to re-join you there. Well, will let you know if I should someday feel up for it again.

[Sinbad]

Yes, and I said I hate them all. That is why I did not include Nili's ideas.

Wonders why she was even asked.