I had a blast with the original RP, but sadly my passion for LBT is not what it once was, and I doubt that I would be able to find the time to compose posts with any degree of regularity. That said, I wish this reboot the best of luck, and hope you all have tons of fun.
Like I said in our FB chat, I and I'm sure others would be happy to have you in this game if you ever did want to enter, but I understand if you're not that passionate about it at the moment. Thanks for your comment at any rate!
Just to be clear, will participants be doing the same thing as we did in the original RP; playing "self-insert” OCs, with canon LBT characters played additionally? (Somehow, when I first skimmed these posts, my easily-mixed-up brain got the impression that some of you would be playing yourselves as canon LBT characters.)
That is correct. We will plays as ourselves as well as the canon characters.
OCs I don't mind being there either, but I think there needs to be restrictions on those.
Like characters related to the canon characters can't be played here. This is a public RP platform and life happens, if a previous player drops one and someone else takes it but doesn't like that one OC is related or knows that one canon character, that's going to be a problem.
I had hoped to offer some ideas for discussion regarding the different ways characters in the “Set-in Memories” and “Amnesiac” categories could be played, but for the life of me I can’t articulate them.
Again, I'm happy to hear any suggestions on the setup before we start. Even if you're not going to participate, you still were part of this before, and you always share your thoughts with great care and consideration. Anyone that wants to add their thoughts about it before we begin you absolutely have the liberty to do so now.
So for the benefit of others who might potentially be uncertain about the categories, let’s just see if I have the basics straight:
“Set-in Memories” characters have no human memories, but they have histories within the LBT world as if they had always lived there (e.g., childhood memories; familiarity with LBT-specific customs, places, and terminology not revealed within the official series). Basically, they’ve had their human memories erased, but new memories implanted to allow them to integrate into the LBT world.
“Amnesiac" characters have no memories of human or LBT lives. Perhaps they retain a subconscious understanding of the LBT world based on their familiarity with the series (e.g., they know what the Great Valley is and can recognize a sharptooth when they see one), but they have no new memories added.
Is that about accurate?
You again are correct on both. If you were confused by my explanations, I'll admit I wrote them around midnight, so if the explanations seem a bit sloppy, that's why. Not an excuse, just an explanation.
Self-inserts can be played as if they're characters that lived in the world of LBT, have memories and history set in that verse then they regain their human memories over time. But they can also be played with having no memories period and they just gain more of them the more they interact with other characters and the setting.
I voted for “Amnesiac” in the poll with the assumption that your listed definitions were what Rat_Lady had in mind, but I would also be happy with letting each member pick one or the other. I think the idea of having some characters that are somewhat helpless would be interesting from a character development POV as would having characters that subconsciously know how to survive but are unsure of their identity or place in the world (like Guido in a way).
Yeah, that's basically what I'm getting at here. Either way our self-inserts come in, all of them have some degree of "not belonging" or feeling like a piece is missing.
