Vicier — Roleplayer Guild

> > > Vicier, any thoughts on my dilemma? If I have make a new character, I have some ideas, might even bring back Ilya if I don't come up with anything better. Would it be ok to use someone from an Jorge Luis Borges story? I understand if his work is too modern to qualify. > > > > O-O I am not familiar with his work, please do enlighten me, I'm really curious now. > > Borges was an Argentinian writer, notable for his short stories. He had a complex style, layered with references other literature and history, along with exploring philosophical themes. His work is respected within the literary establishment, he's often grouped with Marquez as introducing South American literature to the wider world. I'm a big fan of his, and I was thinking of using Ireneo Funes, from his story, Funes the Memorious. You can find the full text [here](http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jjsakon/FunestheMemorious.pdf) or a summary [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious). I picked him because I think there's some neat possibilities for a shut-in with a perfect memory, and because I don't want to do someone who's been done a million times before. Don't worry about saying no, I've got other ideas for characters. I had a look at the summery and it's definitely an interesting story to say the least, may I ask what your idea for him is?

Now now, settle down the discussion my dears, you're all giving me so much to read and catch up on so suddenly in the morning. I've barely wiped the sleep from my eyes... Now that I'm awake and settled in my happy place on the couch and everyone has -pulls her fingers across her lips- quietened down enough for me to actually think and get a word in, I'll do my part as a GM; good morning! Tsu, thank you for thinking about me in all this, however in some instances (such as this one) I am actually really happy to hear everyones opinions as I have been completely at a loss over the situation presenting itself to me. Nine times out of ten I would consult my Co-GM and we would discuss the CS, but due to unforeseen circumstances I haven't had the ability to do so this time. 22xander, I'll begin with you're CS. > Name: Vincent Reinhard. > Real Name: Reynard the Fox. > Fairy Tale: The devil with three golden hairs. Straight up honesty with you all; I was, up until a few moments ago, very unfamiliar with this fairy tale however just by the name I can tell that it was a Grim Brother's one (<-- I absolutely love their work and have a hard copy addition of their tales sitting beside my bed). Now that I've actually read through the story and understand it a bit more, I think I can see what you're trying to go with and I love the idea of a thief that isn't Robin Hood (<-- Not that Robin Hood isn't epic, I can just see where the classic thief tale could wear thin over time). There are two things I don't really understand/ see relevance to, these being: 1) why is he a fox? And 2) why is he on earth? In the story he is classed as, like Aladdin, a diamond in the rough type character. A boy born into poverty though chosen (<-- Through strange means really...) for something much greater, this happening to be marrying the princess of a kingdom who's king is twisted, evil, and power driven. I can see where you could twist the story though so that things could go the way you want (<-- Talking about him becoming a thief), this being the point in which he is making his trip back to the castle with the letter though decides to stop and sleep at the inn filled with thieves; in my opinion this would be the best opportunity for you to have the Dark Queens forces take over and have his story thrown like the others. As to him being on earth, personally I don't see any reason for him to be there; may I just ask what your reasoning was for sending him there? (Also, if he was 7 years old, thirteen years later would make him 20, not 21. You miscounted xD) Okay, now that I have replied to 22xander I'll move onto the next CS, I know you're all waiting to hear my word on it; trust me, so am I. > Name: Brian Ashwood. > Real Name: “Briar Thorn”/Prince. > Fairy Tale: Sleeping Beauty. I know that there has been a lot of discussion for this character, how? Well, I've been spending quite a bit of this morning catching up on all the conversation that has gone on in regards to it, so I will do this in two parts: first part, just the character not taking the gender into consideration. And then the second part will be my decision on the gender discussion. **Part One - The Character w/o Gender Consideration** I love the character that your offering to me, it's not often that I can't barely find something in a CS that worries me (<-- Including my own by the way, it takes me forever to write up a character hence why we have no Dark Queen yet) and you have me completely stumped on anything major that needs to be changed about the background, personality, or even how/ why the character was sent to earth. You're biography is amazing and well thought out, and to be completely honest with you, I see no faults in it. There is a tiny thing that is easily fixed in it, I'm not sure if you picked up on it or not but I'll let you know. In the **other** category, you have stated the gifts that were given to him by the fairies on his first birthday. In that category you stated six gifts, however following your biography there should only be five as the sixth gift would have been modifying the curse so that the character would sleep instead of die. Other than that tiny detail, I can find nothing wrong with the character. Now onto the main situation. -sighs and rubs her temple- **Part Two - To Genderbend, or Not To Genderbend** The whole concept of genderbending intrigues me and I have seen it done before, not in roleplay but in pictures done by one of my favorite artists (<-- Her work is absolutely amazing, I'm so jealous that I can't draw...), she makes genderbending look good. But, unfortunately, her artwork doesn't really help me to figure out whether I am completely with, or completely against the idea and the concept. My main focus with this roleplay is to make sure that characters are available to those who want them, everyone here knows that and a few of them have also experienced it first hand. Archangel, our resident Mad Hatter, had to change the biography so that the fates of Alice among other characters were not already written. And Yoshi... Well, that's a long story that continues to get longer, as someone likes to come up with ideas that lead to the potential death of characters which I need to figure out a way around... -cough cough fairygodmother/rothbart cough- >w> I also took into consideration that you thought about fusing both roles together however, if you had looked back through the OOC, you would have already seen that there was an instance where someone else tried to do this. They wished to create Belle, which I had no problem with you can ask anyone, but they also wished to make Belle the Beast which would take Adam off the table for any who wished to take him on as their own character. In this instance when I mentioned it, the roleplayer took their leave not wanting to change their character; that was something I didn't want. I would rather be able to work and come to a compromise, rather than have someone feel unwanted within my roleplays. I understand that with the small amount of rules I set for this roleplay I have opened up the doors for creativity and for my friends to "go wild" per-say, however I also know that my friends understand what I'm leading them towards which is to alter the story line of their characters but not so drastically that it takes other characters out of commission before they are even created. Although I am still on the fence about whether I agree with or disagree with the whole genderbending idea, this time I am going to have to ask you if you would consider changing your characters gender to female, allowing there to be a chance for someone to play the prince in future if they choose to do so. That is really all I have to say on the matter at this stage when it comes to my opinions, mostly because it took me forever to get that all down into intelligible words that actually made some sort of sense. I am happy to discuss this and any ideas/ compromises that you come up with. Now, onto the important things... > But it's taking small creative liberties! That's like when the real series of OUAT made Mulan lesbian! It didn't take away from the character...but mostly to the point, Sleeping Beauty with the typical parts taken (la raep, la cannibalism, la ___) out here or there is boring. Besides I want to play a character who can save themselves...kinda. I'm sorry, but in this instance you are actually wrong. In "Once Upon A Time", Mulan was never portrayed as a lesbian; what they did was cut Shang out of the picture before replacing him with Prince Phillip as Mulan's love interest. She is in love with him, however she also respects his wishes and leaves him be so that he can be with Aurora. > Look, I'm not barging in here asking if I can have the original prince of the Rapunzel fairy tale so I could eventually have him impregnate her, go blind, then miraculously have him return to sight as soon as she appears with his kids...or even Key/Kai, since gods knows Frozen is no Snow Queen...why? Because Tangled was solid too, even with it's creative liberties...! No comment on my feels of Frozen, I give it a neutral "I didn't watch it" and leave it at that. I am only going to say this once and once only, and this is directed at everyone. Please do not take this as me being mean, because everyone who knows me knows that being a bitch and being mean or nasty is the last thing I ever want to be. **If you have an issue with one of my characters, you bring it up with me and me alone. If you have an issue with someone elses character, you also bring this up with me and me alone.** This is how this is going to work from now on okay? Again, I don't wish to be a mean, pushy, or nasty person. The last thing I want is to be a bitch. Thank you all for your patience, I know I took forever to post this up, Love you all, Vicier.

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