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I prefer to remain a wanka as opposed to a wanker. I dislike getting splashed with spooge. It makes me unhappy. Therefore, I am limiting myself to this comment only. Unless I inadvertently state something incorrectly in this, and need to correct myself, I will not make another comment to this thread. I would rather spend my time RPing, than sifting through mountains of wank in my inbox.

I've been privy to the various communications concerning this, and I have to say that your timeline isn't exactly accurate. This is how it went, as I understand it:

- In an IM conversation earlier today, Door-mun and I were discussing my own incoming Endless character, and the effects the characters were having on the game. Somehow from there, the topic arose that the current Destruction was not in fact the one from canon, but was intended to be an "apprentice" of sorts to the true Destruction. Door-mun mentioned that she thought it would be fun to bring in the original Destruction, to see the interactions between master and apprentice. I agreed that it would be interesting to see, and encouraged her to check about the feasibility.

- Door-mun emailed Aziraphale-mun to inquire about modly restrictions governing such matters. Aziraphale-mun replied that there was no restriction against the concept, as the two Destruction were of different backgrounds, comparable to Daniel and Morpheus as respective Dreams. She said, however, that the idea needed to be run by you to make sure that there wouldn't be friction, before the character could be approved.

- Door-mun posted to the Back Room, asking you to IM or email her when you had the chance, so she could run this idea by you. The two of you spoke, and your original response to her was, as I recall, "Please do." She believed this meant you were expressing agreement with her idea.

- Because she believed she had your stamp of approval, she submitted an app for the canonical Destruction to the mods, and was approved.

- She continued to speak to you over IM regarding how to best to introduce the character, and how your characters could interact and mesh together. At this point, it became clear to her that there was confusion regarding your initial consent.

- This was confirmed when you made your post to the main community making your Destruction not the apprentice any longer, but the canonical Destruction resuming the reins of his position from the younger version.

- Door-mun contacted the mods at this point, asking them how she should proceed, given that her character had been approved previously, but was now ostensibly being absorbed by your own. She did NOT do it maliciously. It was a legitimate question, as it affected gameplay.

- Crowley-mun commented in a modly capacity to your post on the main community, trying to work out the snafu.

- You offered to redo your character as the canonical Destruction. This would have been fine under the game rules, if you had submitted under a different journal (as the existing one was for the apprentice Destruction). Unfortunately, however, Door-mun had already had an application approved for the canonical Destruction. If anyone is going to play that character as opposed to the apprentice, she does have first dibs. It's not malicious. It's just the rules.

- And here we are.

No one was trying to usurp your position. A fan of the series simply saw an opportunity for interesting RP, and when she attempted to follow up on it, major misunderstandings ensued. That's all. We're all just here to have fun and explore our characters.

I've said my piece. I just thought it was unfortunate that a series of misunderstandings could cause such rancor in what is normally a very easy-going and friendly game, and wanted to try to set the record straight. I hope this can just get sorted out, and we can all get back to playing and enjoying ourselves. Really, that's what Milliways is all about.

my original response of 'please do' was to hearing what she had to say. i was, believe it or not, being polite.

I was unable to respond to her post asking me to contact her in a timely manner b/c i was involved in RL.

I applied as DESTRUCTION. My plans for the game were of THAT OFFICE. The temporary, younger Destruction was part of the deal. Had ANYONE, anyone asked, or approached me on the matter, i could GLADLY have mentioned it, and, as such, nothing further would have happened.

No. One. Fucking. Asked. Me.

It was
door: ooh, i wanna be destruction
me: well, no
door : but you're not the REAL destruction.
me: (advances plotline, dammit) There we go.
door: oh, boo. i'm gonna tell. i wanna be destruction, and my friend already said i could cos you didnt do it right!
me: do what right? Destruction. YOU said yourself: Its an office.

in the meantime, it's ALREADY IN THE WORKS, IT HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED and I'm fucking gobsmacked that anyone has the eggs to ask why i'm perturbed!

wait, let's do it like this:

me: i'm eating an omlette for breakfast tomorrow.
that night, door sells the eggs to buy poprocks
morning. NO EGGS?
me: where are the eggs?
door: i used them
me: but i was going to eat an omlette!
door: you didnt say you were soing to eat eggs

see? semantics.

but it's moot. She wins, and i know i can't. That's the way it is when you play in someone else's yard.

o m e l e t t e

And one wonders, idly, what your in-game reception will be after this. I've never had cause or occasion to RP with you, but many of these people did, and you struck out crankily at a mutual friend. That amounts to stealing the whole box of popsicles while you're a guest in aforementioned yard.

I wish you luck.
But I didn't say I was going to wish you a certain kind of luck.

Signed,
Selkie
Quite Possibly Immature, But Will Stand Up When Goaded

"When three separate people tell you you're drunk..."

All right, all right, I'll go lie down. ;)

No, silly, not you.

Or, well, not OOC anyway.