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ℓιαм ∂є ℓισи¢συят ([personal profile] lestatusquo) wrote in [community profile] prismaticrap2019-03-26 12:42 pm

QUESTIONS MEME



THE QUESTIONS MEME

A first big 'n successful round of apps has concluded and the game is getting off to a roll - since there are always brains to be picked and new pals and acquaintances to be made, how's about we all play a little getting-to-know-you game?


HOW TO PLAY:
• Leave a comment below with your name and the characters who you play.
• Respond to others' comments with questions - they can be about their characters, their current in-game plans or things they'd like to play, their CR, RP in general, their canons and fandoms, or most anything else.
• Answer questions you've received! Keep it short or TL;DR to your heart's content, depending on how much you have or are in the mood to say!
• After each answer you give, ask a question back to the person who answered you. Keep the thread of questioning up for as long as both parties are game!
• Go for it - make friends, make new plans, make anything you like!
abracafcku: (I'm a friggin' diva)

Kaze

[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-27 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
Hi, I'm Kaze and I play Taako from The Adventure Zone: Balance, a comedy D&D podcast that eventually punches you right in the heart. Like all good comedy does??? Whoopsie.

Feel free to add me on [plurk.com profile] wagashi if you'd like to plot or chat more!
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[personal profile] hexyouup 2019-03-27 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
maaaan your comment just reminds me how mad i was at the end of balance when TAZ broke the waterline for me, UGH

listening to Magnus's end like notgonnacrynotgonnacrynotgonnacrynotgonnacry

I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING
abracafcku: (Oops)

[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-27 01:35 pm (UTC)(link)
MAGNUS' STORY STILL KILLS ME EVERY TIME

It's unfair how good they are at making me cry. X( DAMN YOU BOYS, DAMN YOU ALL
hexyouup: (sweatdrop)

[personal profile] hexyouup 2019-03-27 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
RIGHT i was like COME ON

i'd listened to the whole series without one single tear shed

AND THEN MAGNUS RUINED IT.
abracafcku: (Umbra not Umbro)

[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-27 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Goddammit, Magnus!!!

After listening to The The Adventure Zone Zone, I tear up at Merle's joy speech because I know where it came from. Magnus' ending has a lot of that same energy and source and it just. UGH IT GETS ME RIGHT IN THE HEART FEELS
hexyouup: (you kno~w~...)

[personal profile] hexyouup 2019-03-27 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
i haven't listened to much of the the adventure zone zone just yet

BUT AT LEAST NOW I KNOW WHAT'S COMING so i can prepare myself!!
abracafcku: (D'aww cute)

[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-27 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
HAHA YEAH I listened to the last one predominantly since it was the big wrap-up where they talk about everything that happened and their character choices and such so it was really interesting.

SO UH PREP THE TISSUES I GUESS?? godspeed your kokoro
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[personal profile] sometimespawnskillkings 2019-03-27 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
What other comedy do you like?

Temple is also from a comedy that eventually punches you right in the heart, and I reckon that’s part of why he and Taako have such a good dynamic.
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[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-28 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah I'm RvB familiar, but only up to season 12? 13?

I watch a lot of comedy standup like John Mulaney, Ali Wong, Gabriel Iglesias, etc. Also shows like The Good Place and Brooklyn 99.

What drew you to playing Temple?
Edited 2019-03-28 00:40 (UTC)
sometimespawnskillkings: (glee!)

[personal profile] sometimespawnskillkings 2019-03-28 05:43 am (UTC)(link)
>What drew me to playing Temple

Well, a lot of things, tbh. As a RPer, I tend to be very faithful to one or two characters, who tend also to be my absolute faves for everything else, fandom-wise. And Temple’s my absolute fave character at the moment.

(And I get the feeling that my style of character playing is not typical for DWRPers.)

So, to me, it feels entirely natural that I chose to play Temple.

But, as to why, well... I basically found that I adored him as soon as he was introduced on the show. At first, it was because Church was dead and not coming back and he was the closest thing to Church around but as I got to know him, I found that I started to appreciate him for himself.

Because Temple is basically exactly the kind of character I love.

He’s a villain with a tragic backstory, one who was used by other people to serve their own ends and struck back against those people.

He’s loyal to the people he cares about, and clingy/codependent as well towards the ones he cares the most about. And very passionate about the things he cares about.

He’s someone who was told he couldn’t measure up to other people’s standards, and got treated badly because of it. And he takes some defiant pride in his status as sim trooper but is also insecure about it.

And he’s intelligent and prefers using brains over using brawn.

There are definitely more things I could list but these are the ones that come to mind immediately.
abracafcku: (Hey thug)

[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-28 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Guess I need to catch up with RvB then! Haha, thanks for telling me!
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[personal profile] sometimespawnskillkings 2019-03-28 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, you really should! :D:D:D

And you’re welcome!

What drew you to Taako, if you don’t mind telling me that?

He is wonderful and I love how you play him, and now that you asked me that question about Temple, I want to ask you the same one about Taako.

I’ve listened to some TAZ but because I’m not much of an audio-oriented person, I ended up dropping it, even though I was enjoying it. Like, TAZ is basically something I’d love if it was a book - which is why I bought the graphic novel - or a show but is very inaccessible to me in its actual format.
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[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-28 06:38 am (UTC)(link)
Whenever I do RPGs, I've always been drawn to wizards and spellcasters so that's one reason. I like the versatility that the class affords you. But hearing Taako steal shoes and lie about it, and then later when the story really gets going, how he's both the comic relief and part of the heart of the series, it made it easy to want to play him. People said I'd probably like Taako as a character but I didn't think I'd be able to actually play him until around Episode 50 or so when I got a better view of his backstory.

I think, if I were to go back and change characters though? I'd probably go with Magnus. He's a giant dumb dork and rushes into things, but that change of pace - from Taako's cautious cunning to Magnus' always-do-good attitude - might be refreshing.

If you didn't play Temple, what character are you drawn to next?
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[personal profile] sometimespawnskillkings 2019-03-28 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
I love the trickster aspect of Taako too! And how he’s really fun!

I haven’t gotten to the angst in TAZ yet but I have heard vague things about it, and I can definitely see how Taako would become more compelling once the story gets more dramatic and his backstory gets revealed.

If I didn’t play Temple, I would probably be playing Norm the Genie from Fairly OddParents. He combines Temple’s villain with a tragic backstory (though Norm’s backstory isn’t treated as tragic by the show. Like, it objectively is tragic but FOP doesn’t care about that.) and Temple’s character-used-by-others, which he strikes back against, with the trickster quality that Taako has. And Norm has been my fave ever since I first joined fandom, back in 2009.

And if I was to have a muselist the size of a normal DWRPer’s, I would likely add:

- Alpha and/or Epsilon Church from Red vs. Blue
- Biff from Red vs. Blue, if I’m not the only person with a Temple
- Jack Spicer from Xiaolin Showdown
- Pearl from Steven Universe
- maybe Greed from FMA:B, if I still feel like it once I actually finish the series
- a character with lots of canonmates/castmates available in DWRP because I see everyone with all their canonmates/castmates and get real jealous sometimes, lol
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[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-30 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
The most compelling story in it is actually, I think Magnus's, but I'll let you decide on your own! I enjoy TAZ:B a lot. I need to start listening to Amnesty again - I fell out of it around late summer because I got busy.

Also I've spent most of my DWRP time as a LCW and it isn't so bad. That's when you get to expand on your character, learning about their IC interactions and how they adjust to new and challenging scenarios. I think that's the greatest challenge for RPers - staying IC while brunting up against these unexpected situations and people.
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[personal profile] sometimespawnskillkings 2019-03-30 01:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, true.

I do like being a LCW quite a lot. But when I see stuff like the enormous numbers of Fate/ and Kingdom Hearts and Granblue Fantasy characters, and how easy it is for them to interact with each other and connect with each other, especially on DWRP memes, it does make me feel kinda lonely. It’s hard to explain but yeah...
abracafcku: (I'm a friggin' diva)

[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-28 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Have you ever wanted to meet a wizard, but didn't know where to find one? How about an elf with an irreverent sense of humor and a kleptomaniac streak? We all know how hard it is to find either of those things in the world, but never fear! You're in luck because today, we have the perfect blend of asinine and awesome: Taako!

His name is a stupid pun and he's on a quest to invent the food that will bear his namesake! He's a transmutation wizard that can conjure food out of thin air and a former celebrity chef, but is usually too lazy and just eats whipped cream out of a can! What's that? You want tragic backstory? Taako never disappoints! He's got over 100 years of missing memories that he only recently became aware of and a dark secret he won't tell a soul!

Need some magicking done? Well, as long as he's got the spell slots, you can count on ol' Taako! Need a Magic Missile? What about Evard's Black Tentacles? A spectral rainbow colored binicorn? Or even a Polymorph! That's right, once a day, Taako can change into any other creature he can imagine. A dove? A whale? A gigantic T-rex called Dupree? It's easy when you have a Taako in your life!

For the low low price of all the gold you ever find and probably your best shoes, you too can be a proud CR member of Taako's circle! Tag today! Make sure to get parental permission before tagging. Taako takes no responsibility for the fact that he's a disaster gay or the possibility of him inviting death and carnage wherever he goes. Order your Taako today!
abracafcku: (WELL SHIT)

[personal profile] abracafcku 2019-03-30 12:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Also I just realized I flubbed and didn't ask you a question GUH

If it isn't Akira, who is your favorite character (bonus: and your favorite S-link) in the game? Alternatively, your favorite in the entire Persona series?