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[iliekrp]

I've been plodding along on circensesic epilogue stuff, but it's been tough. It has been more difficult to write Flint's ending than it was to write Twill's. I did manage to finally get up his baby being born, which took me almost a month. Hopefully Ill finish up everything I want to do before it's all said and done.

In the meantime, I'm resurrecting the Highly Egocentric Interview Meme. Feel free to ask about past or current characters.

Comment with any number of questions in one or more of the following categories:
• To my characters (I will respond ICly as that character)
• About my characters (I will respond OOC)
• Generic RP/writing/fandom questions
• ANYTHING AND THE KITCHEN SINK

Comments

[lemniscate.insanejournal.com]

I need to go back and read all the epilogues when I write Velvet's (which is going to be RIGHT AT THE LAST MOMENT) but I am so glad we got to write that last log together for Velvet and Flint.

[iliekrp.insanejournal.com]

Oh mine will be so last minute too.

Me toooo! I really liked him interacting with a non-Two about it. =D

[xanthophiliac.insanejournal.com]

I feel you on epilogues -- for me, I know what I want to write, but it's tough because I want the thing wrapping up my character (even though I'll probably do more supplementary writing in my CDJ or a writing journal, since I dropped the ball on that in-game) to be perfect, but lbr perfect is kind of unattainable in the end. And you're ahead of me on finishing other stuff first, since I still haven't gotten started on the last thing I wanted to do for Lyme at the end of the third round, even though I know exactly what I want to write.

Also, it's like, I know I can placehold if I really can't by the deadline on Sunday, but I feel like placeholders can end up making things harder to write sometimes? Like, the pressure is off in terms of time to make something the way you want it, but that also means more space to keep putting it off, if that makes any sense.

For the meme, IC question to Flint, re: 'If you could go back and play your own Games differently, knowing what you know now, what would you have done instead?'. And for an OOC question, was there anything you wanted to do with Flint during the run of Circ that you didn't get to do?

[iliekrp.insanejournal.com]

Right! Like, I know the general idea of what I want to write, or at least what I want to accomplish character wise, but not exactly how to get there. I've dabbled, but nothing sounds good.

I never thought of it that way, but I think you're right - I always do things at the last minute, and I think I need the PRESSURE to really get me going.

[xanthophiliac.insanejournal.com]

Yeah, I kind of have a list of ideas (and in my case, part of Lyme's epilogue is pre-written anyway, given her one scene in the books lol), but it's hard to narrow it down so that it makes sense as an epilogue and not just a random set of scenes over twenty years that don't go anywhere until a sudden death at the end, if that makes sense? I'm sure you'll figure something out though! Plus what I find is that usually, I'm pretty happy with whatever I have in the end anyway, and if I really need to tweak or changes things later, I can do that (tbh I sometimes still edit things from years ago if I notice things that bother me later >_____>).

Yeah! Sometimes, the pressure doesn't work -- there were a few times in Round 2 with tribute stuff where the time pressure made it hard for me to think, so I placeheld, but somehow ended up getting those done (with the placeholding relieving the pressure), but otherwise, yeah, I need the extra push, or I'll feel like I have forever to make something perfect.

[iliekrp.insanejournal.com]

Yeah, that makes sense. I think it's just extra hard because I've rarely been in a game that came to any kind of conclusion, so I never had to think about a real ending for a character, so it's a new challenge.

Flint Blackstone

[iliekrp.insanejournal.com]

If you could go back and play your own Games differently, knowing what you know now, what would you have done instead?

Mostly, I'd have done it the same. I mean, I won, didn't I? I could have done some things differently - not lost our supplies early on, not underestimated the girl from Four and the boy from One, but no performance is ever perfect.

I guess mostly, I'd change my finale. I'm not sure what I could have done, but killing your district mate is an awful way to win. Maybe I wouldn't have pursued the outliers as hard at the end, hoped they took her out.

I still would have won, I just would have preferred not to have to win against a fellow Two.

Circenses: OOC

[iliekrp.insanejournal.com]

I think, generally speaking, I got to do most of what I wanted to do. I do wish I could have done at least one log with every Two, but that didn't quite work out. That's probably the biggest thing.

I'd also kind of like to have done something with Flint as a mentor, possibly back logs, or maybe just interacting with tributes more (even if he wasn't their mentor), but it'd not that big a deal.

[xanthophiliac.insanejournal.com]

I feel you there! I definitely had ambitions to do the same, re: logging with every Two, but yeah, I just didn't have the mindset or time to log with anyone in the end. That said, I'd be more than happy to log Lyme and Flint with you if you ever want to do that at any point! I'd definitely like to do more supplementary narratives and logs now that I don't have to worry about modding at the same time anymore, if people are up for it. I'm just not sure how to go about it yet, since I'm wary of flooding flists with stuff, but I haven't figured out this whole idea of a drabble journal or not yet either.

[iliekrp.insanejournal.com]

Heck yeah! I will gladly log Lyme and Flint with you, even if it's after the game.

And yeah, I've seen people with drabble journals, and I like the idea of that, but idk if I'm organized enough for that. If I tried to do that it would probably just be mostly empty.