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@bloonewb FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY PUT THE STUPID THING WHERE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT INSTEAD OF HIDING IT SOMEWHERE IN THE PAST. Omg *tableflip*

No, it's okay, I've found it, but dude >.< The OOC isn't gonna stay tiny for long.

EDIT: this is mostly teasing please don't take me too seriously.
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@shylarah SHY DON'T BE MEAN

@bloonewb elodie looks great! just a few teeny lil things-

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uhhh u can't delete posts on here (just thought i'd save you the trouble of trying to figure it out)-trust me, it makes MANY people super bitter LOL

and def not a mistake! I <3 alex, there's just a couple teeny tiny things that we want a lil bit of clarification on, is all

You should 100% use him ;) ;) ;) I adore Alexander and a few similarities is really NBD




I love him, but I love his personality and his eccentricity more than anything...and nothing else about him makes any sense in general. Plus what the hell is the point in having a character that is markedly similar to someone else's, esp. if they point it out, and extra esp. if that person is the mod? It seems kinda tacky. IDK if it's the late hour making me all depressed and hating my stuff, or if I'm actually realizing the fact that Alexander is a shit-ily written character now that things have actually been pointed out, but I'm really not seeing enough of a reason to actually use him. He's really not useful to the plot anyway. Like, what good can he do in the whole overarching plot that has been established? He really can't. He's just comedic relief. That's a terribly-written character if they're only good for a flat purpose. :-/
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@ayzrules Gotcha. I said "soul magic" because I had forgot both the name of the healing "goodly magic", and how to commence with the Herculean task of scrolling up. All of these issues are easily editable.

Update: All fixed! What say you?
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@shylarah it feels weird, though....
I don't know if they actually will because he's a crappy character now that I've gotten to it...he doesn't actually fit the plot. I made this character a while ago, but I'm only realizing now that his story doesn't actually fit with the main story. Like at all. He has no reason to help them with anything.
I've got it all copy-pasted anyway in a doc ayz has access to, you don't need to save him but thanks.
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@MorningStar1399 what no, back up. First off, you can have two chars with a few things in common and they can be, as people, vastly different. Alys would never call anyone by a pet name, and she's not a social animal, for example. The fun is in seeing how similar things manifest in different ways. Why would this be an issue? Secondly I'm a newcomer to this setting; Alys is my char from Fallen London changed to fit. If anything, I'm the one that should be redoing not to duplicate, not you! And I don't see why either of us should have to.

Please, please. Don't take my commentary as a reason to feel badly about Alexander. I like him. I want to get to know him. I am more than happy to work with rewording the intro so as to be less specific. You could put a trigger warning above the category for biography, or even nest a second hider. Either would work.

And please don't go away we've only just met. =/

I am socially inept but 99% of the time I just wanna have fun with everyone.
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@bloonewb Alright cool!

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I love him, but I love his personality and his eccentricity more than anything...and nothing else about him makes any sense in general. Plus what the hell is the point in having a character that is markedly similar to someone else's, esp. if they point it out, and extra esp. if that person is the mod? It seems kinda tacky. IDK if it's the late hour making me all depressed and hating my stuff, or if I'm actually realizing the fact that Alexander is a shit-ily written character now that things have actually been pointed out, but I'm really not seeing enough of a reason to actually use him. He's really not useful to the plot anyway. Like, what good can he do in the whole overarching plot that has been established? He really can't. He's just comedic relief. That's a terribly-written character if they're only good for a flat purpose. :-/


You could put the TW just right under the line that says "bio", maybe? like in ( ) ?
And how his spy network works is up to you! I intentionally left that part open on PV so that whoever wrote Alex could decide for themselves
and gotcha about the name thingy

I can assure you with 200000% confidence that he's a great character who has tons of use for plot purposes! <3
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@ayzrules Gotcha. I said "soul magic" because I had forgot both the name of the healing "goodly magic", and how to commence with the Herculean task of scrolling up. All of these issues are easily editable.

Update: All fixed! What say you?


she looks good! feel free to move her over to CS tab when convenient :)
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@shylarah@ayzrules I rewrote a couple things. You "scolded" someone earlier for "hiding" it, so should I put him in a new post or just put it back where I had it originally?
note my quotes are bc I understand you were joking since you said so.
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@MorningStar1399 I'd appreciate a fresh new post with everything. <3 I think Ayz has gone to bed but I'm sure she'll check in tomorrow and see it then. I, of course, plan to read it RIGHT NOW.
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@MorningStar1399 what no, back up. First off, you can have two chars with a few things in common and they can be, as people, vastly different. Alys would never call anyone by a pet name, and she's not a social animal, for example. The fun is in seeing how similar things manifest in different ways. Why would this be an issue? Secondly I'm a newcomer to this setting; Alys is my char from Fallen London changed to fit. If anything, I'm the one that should be redoing not to duplicate, not you! And I don't see why either of us should have to.

Please, please. Don't take my commentary as a reason to feel badly about Alexander. I like him. I want to get to know him. I am more than happy to work with rewording the intro so as to be less specific. You could put a trigger warning above the category for biography, or even nest a second hider. Either would work.

And please don't go away we've only just met. =/

I am socially inept but 99% of the time I just wanna have fun with everyone.


I am also not the best socially (pretty sure I've got some undiagnosed stuff because I lie when I don't trust a person well enough, plus most of the tests are bubble fills and they aren't specific enough because while things are black and white to me there are some things that I just can't make black and white), and I don't get sarcasm too well even off the internet, so...I'm a tiny bit screwed regardless.

Anyway, in the new format I've got two trigger warnings and honestly, if someone reads and gets triggered at that point, it's not my fault because I did my warnings, and at some point you have to become accountable for yourself and your own actions. Says the person who didn't realize she had triggers until she ended up triggered by something, and she's not even sure what her triggers are.

I spoke briefly with ayz and maybe there is a place for Alex, I don't really see it, but like I told her I could just be superimposing my own lack of ability to see where I fit in and thus I can't see how he fits because it's not quite obvious enough for me or perhaps since I created him it's too complicated even for me, I have no idea.

this is so jumbled and out of order but whatever I don't have the energy to reorder it.
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MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING โ€” abuse โ€” in BIOGRAPHY section as well as references in parts of the OTHER section (primarily dislikes and weaknesses)
{ M: If you read it and get triggered, I warned you and therefore don't come yelling at me. At that point it's not my fault. At some point you have to become accountable for your own actions. You saw the warning, you decided to read anyway, and at that point it's on you. Signed someone who doesn't actually know what her triggers are but has gotten triggered in the past and therefore has them. Note that this isn't supposed to be mean, but it's something I've seen other people say and thus feel it is good to include. I gave you my warning. The rest is up to you. }


{ M: Also, sorry if things donโ€™t seem to make sense. Iโ€™ve a weird way of thinking and processing things so sometimes things donโ€™t make sense to others but they do to me and I donโ€™t see it right away. }
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Alright, here's the CS for this RP's "Best Girl Boy":

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@MorningStar1399 There doesn't have to be a place. Kingsford just has to think he'd be useful, and he has to turn up. Besides, spy network totally equals useful.
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@MorningStar1399 There doesn't have to be a place. Kingsford just has to think he'd be useful, and he has to turn up. Besides, spy network totally equals useful.


True, but my problem is seeing how or why she'd actually use him, hence why I say there doesn't feel like he has much of a "place". *shrug* idk, we'll see.

I should also seriously sleep it is 5AM wth. I legit don't feel tired rn either...
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@MorningStar1399 Looks good to me.

@Stern Algorithm Very interesting. You will need to discuss with @Ayzrules the specifics of which type of magic can be used to create what. My understanding was automatons could not be made with lustraya, but I wouldn't be adverse to it. Love the touch of the names! You might want to note that 8 is literal age, and put an appearance-age in parenthesis, though I note you mentioned it elsewhere. If he is eight/a young teen, my guess is that he is not yet a member of a guild, though he may have intentions to join one or close ties by way of his family.

A note on his gift: do you mean magnetic (only magnetic metals) or did you intend it to be any metal?

My other questions deal with whether his nature is readily apparent or not, and how much looking is required to determine it. Additionally, would something or someone able to control machinery be able to control his body against his wishes? What about something that influenced the magical mixture that powers him and his life?

Ayz will want to comment, I'm sure, but I love the char.
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Ahhh okay no the title thing usually doesnโ€™t include the place


okie dokie, I too have a question pertaining to noble titles and such, it's related, but not exactly the same as that one, but quoting it anyway. I probably already asked you (@ayzrules) a similarly annoying version of this last time on polyvore, but I can't remember. ยฏ\_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ

So, having stalked through the pages, I know you've already said locations are not used as part of the styles, I was wondering if that was more in regard to the actual title itself or the style of address. The about stuff says it's asoiaf style, which uses a loose variation of british nobility, and simplifies everything, thereby applying the same style of address to all nobles, high and noble alike, with the exception of Royalty (as well as the ruling house of Dorne aka Nymeros Martell).

My question is about the levels of the actual titles. Like, the triarchy is ruled by Barons, but that's actually a rather low ranking overall, 5th from the bottom. And there's 3 higher ranked titles (Marquess, Count, and Viscount) before the royal ones start. Since there's no mention of royalty, and the feudalistic/bourgeoisie vibe I'm guessing they either don't exist, or are the figure heads of a crowned republic. I'm also curious about the difference in titles v the triarchy and hourglass city. Eg, in Europe the titles of count and earl are equivalent, and are rarely used within the same country. I know you've said Lord/Lady for all, so I was curious about what title would denote the difference in rank. Like in westeros, they use "Great Lord" and "Great House" for the big houses that rule entire sections of westeros, although, it's never used as a form of address. Eg. House Lannister are one of the aforementioned great houses, Wardens of the West, but Tywin is only ever addressed as "Lord Tywin". Everyone else is technically a minor house, their difference in power basically dependent on how much money and/or fame they have.

so sorry for the rambles, but I do love this nobility stuff, completely antithetical to my socialist views, but whatever, vive le ancien rรฉgime!
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@DracarysBitch barons might be in the sense of trade barons? I don't know the answer to your queations, but I know ayz wanted something simple. The patriarchy is a diffwrent nation/state than Hourglass is, so their ranks as well as their social structure are likely different. I'm sure the hourglass nobles know who outranks whom, but my understanding is that for the purpose of simplicity the actual titles and forms of address are simply lord and lady. (And if you actually use something else you're probably seen as snobbish)
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@DracarysBitch barons might be in the sense of trade barons? I don't know the answer to your queations, but I know ayz wanted something simple. The patriarchy is a diffwrent nation/state than Hourglass is, so their ranks as well as their social structure are likely different. I'm sure the hourglass nobles know who outranks whom, but my understanding is that for the purpose of simplicity the actual titles and forms of address are simply lord and lady. (And if you actually use something else you're probably seen as snobbish)


I'm not entirely sure what you mean by trade barons? the closest thing I could find is from the star wars universe (wherein they're officials of the of the trade federation underneath the trade viceroy), but in nobility, that's not a title as far am I'm aware.

As for the difference in rank, I ask because lord and lady are not titles themselves, they're forms of address for other titles. Well, "lady" has at times been used as title init of itself, but it's complicated, and mainly exists for stupid "women are less important" reasons, so that can basically be disregarded. Anyway, back to the general stuff, for example, Robert Crawley from Downton Abbey. His title is "Earl of Grantham", but his style and form of address is "Lord Grantham". A living example would be Maurice Roche, 6th Baron Fermoy. First Cousin of Diana, Princess of Wales, his title is "6th Baron Fermoy" or just "Baron Fermoy", but his style/form of address is "Lord Fermoy". From Baron all the way up to Marquess, they're all addressed as Lord/Lady. Noblewomen ranked lower than a Baron are still addressed as "Lady", except of the knight/chevalier rank, who are addressed as "Dame", which can also sometimes double as title.
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