#kantosbest

[blkaiyo]

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Send “BEEP” for a random text from my muse.16. a helpful text

[ to Green Oak ] If you just... rotate your smirk a bit, you'd have a more charming smile!

[gogogobarry]

OOC: What attracted you to Barry? Did you consider anyone else instead of him? What's your history with him been like? Have you ever had any surprising threads with him? Do you have anything you'd like to do with him? (You can answer this for your other pair too, if you like :) )

I had to pause to really think about these awesome questions–it’s been quite the journey with good old Barry here at WE, his roleplaying adventure almost coming up on five years now. Looking back, I can’t even believe that I’ve been writing him for this long…time flies when you’re having fun, I guess. :)

When I first joined WE in 2012, I started off small, RPing an old man Gambler OC because I wasn’t really confident in my writing skills yet. As my comfort level grew, I wanted to roleplay a positive, carefree figure. I played Crasher Wake, then Marlon, and then…I decided that I was ready to try a protagonist. I really wanted someone who could relay my ridiculous sense of humor–Crasher and Marlon were both goofy, but I wanted to go further beyond–and I thought about picking up a goofy Gold, perhaps Nate or even an over-the-top Hugh. Then, I looked at Sinnoh’s character slots, thought of this picture, and knew that the answer was staring me right in the face. Barry arrived, and I haven’t looked back since!

The most surprising thread I’ve ever done is with Galactic Grunt Jillian. It’s still one of my longest ones to this day, packed with adventure–and I definitely didn’t foresee Barry falling head over heels for the enemy! It was–and still is–so fun to put him in new situations, to really test my imagination in the process, and that thread sticks with me to this day for its uniqueness and development! And of course, there’s the thread with Mira’s Cress in which Barry destroys an entire kitchen. I adored that one, mainly because Barry manages to be insufferable throughout the entire thread and it’s so funny.

Even though I’ve played Barry for so long, there’s still a lot I’d like to do with him! I would love for the opportunity to explore his relationship with Palmer more, as well as Dawn and Lucas! We’ve had some pretty clutch #sinnohsquads in the past, and I want to be here to catch the next wave. :)

That being said, I do feel myself slowing down a little bit when writing Barry now. There’s a variety of reasons behind this: lack of time due to work, me just getting older, the constant shift of threads, etc. Time has definitely altered my perspective on how I write the runner-up–I want to develop him further than the walking meme he started out as, and I really treasure this community for giving me space/thread to stitch a more complete picture of Sinnoh’s star. That being said, Barry will always be a goof at heart (like me)–I think it’s important to keep it light! I hope people can see my commitment to the character…Barry’s that dude.

Thanks for the great questions–and the impromptu trip down memeory lane, Poppa! 

[blkaiyo]

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[sonofthe-lion-blog]

what first interested you in Calem? has he ever been a difficult muse for you? what's your most memorable roleplay experience with him? do you have anything you've ever wanted to do with him?

In order:I don’t really recall. I think it involved a discussion in the group chat about why I was reluctant to take on protagonists leading to … was it Ash? Kai? Sparrow? I don’t recall, precisely, offering some encouragement. So I went looking around, dug up some stuff on Calem’s Pokemon Special version, and figured I could work with that.Calem’s been difficult for months, because unlike most of my muses, who get written as a sort of personification of a mood, I wrote him as a reflection of my state of mind at the time. He’s been tricky to write ever since things changed in my personal life.Most memorable experience? Hmmmmm. Anything involving Liah, to be honest. Writing with Dan is a goddamn treat.I really don’t have an answer because I’m one of those freaky people who doesn’t really want anything.

[sonofthe-lion-blog]

where does his journal name come from?

Okay, so, I’m kind of ashamed to admit, but his entire journal theme is a shout-out to the Dark Angels chapter of space marines in Warhammer 40k. The Lion was the title of their leader, Lion El’Johnson. The Fallen refers to the branch of them that rebelled against the Lion in the middle of the big upheaval in the backstory. Cipher is a particular agent, probably of the Fallen, but exactly who he is and what he’s up to is unknown.

[gogogobarry]

barry, writing prompt meme, #27.

27. — boxes

“Yeah, uh, you have fun with this–I’m out,” Green grumbled, attempting to put the ‘G’ in Green by strolling away from the scene like a total cool guy. However, his noble attempt was foiled by one blond boy–face slightly smudged and hair slightly smoking–who put a commanding finger right into the younger Oak’s chest. What a brave young man!

“No! You! Are! Helping! Me! With! This!” Barry screeched, sharply lowering Green’s Defense as he punctuated every word with an attempt to dislocate the traveler’s arm from his shoulder. Behind the pair was roughly one eighth of Professor Rowan’s laboratory, beautifully smoldering in the Sinnoh twilight. To his credit, Barry had tried to spend the last few minutes cramming whatever he could find into a pile of salvaged boxes. And not to his credit, Green didn’t really seem to care–even as a fancy-looking electrical device sputtered and died behind them. Barry wailed and threw it into a box.

It had all started innocently enough.

Enter Green, who was traveling the Pokemon world as legends do, and Barry, who took complete advantage of the fact that Professor Rowan was out of town at a League summit. The blond’s plan was airtight–pose effortlessly as the Pokemon Prof of Sinnoh and dispense knowledge to travelers! It seemed like an easy job–Barry had almost passed the first level of Trainer’s School, and his name even fit in with the professorial tree theme (if you think Barry trees are real). 

Everything was going so smoothly, until his first visitor, who just happened to be a hotheaded one-time champion from the Kanto region, disagreed with him on some battling advice. Barry, incensed that someone had the nerve to challenge his view on poison beating steel, immediately asked the mysterious visitor to throw down with a battle for the ages, and then… 

Of course.

“You share in the blame for this too!” Barry shouted, his voice becoming more and more shrill as Green tried to flee towards the hills. “When will you realize that your actions have consequences….!”

“OKAY!” the young Oak relented, finally caving in a fit of exasperation. “Fine. Where do we start?”

A Poketch prototype suddenly wheezed in the grass, making its way over to the startled pair before imploding in a slew of circuits. After a moment of hesitation, Green gingerly walked over and picked up the ruined tech, discarding it into a nearby box. He looked to Barry for confirmation and received a shrug in return–he was pretty sure that the blond was loading down one of the boxes with stones.

Progress.

[truecross-academy]

And here's Red's account!

Welcome to the True Cross Academy.

Your character scholarship covers all the educational fees, however the cafeteria prices are not covered by it.

You will not have any access to the underground part of the school, in fact you are not even aware it exists.