Random stuff - note #3 on the list

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

1) Everyone involved in the Threadzilla o' DOOM last night, you were phenomenal. My socks are utterly and completely rocked. *worships you all*

2) Specific shoutouts to people Elizabeth spent time with last night:

- watch_wait: I love you and I hate you, all at the same time. You made my skin crawl. Liz may kill Bartleby, but I still like the git.

- mnt_raph: You are Liz's knight in shining shell. She and I both adore you. You are also turning me into a TMNT fangirl. Stop that.

- Also, between Bartleby and Raph, Liz now knows enough profanity to make her family disown her. This both tickles me and scares me.

- pjpettigrew: If I gush anymore, you will float away on a river of squee, and that would just make me sad, as I'd prefer to keep you here. So, I shall just worship you silently. *does so*

- anthy_rosebride: Gabriel was right. You are creepy. You're evil with a veneer of innocence. I admire that. Thanks again for the rose. ;)

3) As mentioned in the shoutouts, last night Anthy gifted Liz with a black rose under the pretext of cheering her up. Of course, being Anthy, the gift wasn't a straightforward one. In Anthy-mun's words:
The black rose -- well, it makes people act out their darkest repressed impulses. Or rather, it lets them, but locking out the conscience and the repression.

I cannot in good conscience let that opportunity slide. So be forewarned that Liz may do some really random stuff, and remember none of it once the rose is destroyed. If this could be handy to anyone's storyline, or people have evil ideas spawned by this, just lemme know.

4) This place isn't crack, sorry.

Crack isn't even half as addictive.

Comments

yay

[anthy-rosebride.livejournal.com]

I see now that I type "but locking out" when I meant "by locking out." I suck. :|

You're quite welcome. :) *cannot wait for dark!Liz*

Re: yay

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

Eh, the general idea came through. :)

The difficulty with dark!Liz is figuring out what precisely dark!Liz would do. She's got plenty of dark thoughts, but isn't entirely action-oriented. I suppose I could have her just blurt what she's thinking, to start.

Are there any examples of this in Utena canon, that might give me an idea of what this black rose has done to people?

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

I love you, and I'm very, very, growellingly sorry.

Just look at the state Bartleby's in, though. *points* He's gone catatonic.

Re: yay

[anthy-rosebride.livejournal.com]

Er -- I can't go into specifics without feeling magnificently inadequate to explain. *g* But if it helps any, it's usually (though not always) repressed sexuality (and once repressed hatred, once repressed sadism, etc.). And expressed violently (symbolic sexual assault?), even from usually harmless people.

But it's not following canon anyway, 'cos we skipped the Paul-like elevator trip of doom, so feel free to not go there . . .

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

Awww... *pets* It's all right, ducks. I needed a little intensity. Fluffy!Liz only goes so far.

Poor Bartleby. I personally feel for him, but since Liz doesn't entirely know what's going on (although she does have some ideas, be warned), she just thinks he behaved like a fucking bastard. :)

I'm sure she'll come around eventually.

Re: yay

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

Ooh, no, that's quite fine. That gives me some things to work from. Is the expression selective, or globular? Like if Lizzie has an impulse, she can still repress it to some extent?

Paul-like elevator trip of doom? o.O

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

You know that was supposed to read "grovellingly", don't you? *sigh*

[pjpettigrew.livejournal.com]

But "growellingly" is a great word! I could just picture Bartleby saying something in a growling manner...

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

Yes, my lovely. I guessed as much. Poor dear, you've had a rough day, haven't you? *hug*

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

*snarls growellingly*

:D

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

Bartleby's had a rougher day. I've just been to a Jools Holland concert in Kew Gardens, so I'm wiped out.

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

Hm. Never heard of Jools Holland. You at least had fun, I hope?

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

Yeah, twas wicked. Eclectic types of music: boogie and reggae and blues and jazz. :D

[mnt_raph]

*blushes embarassingly awful shade of brown*

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

Whoa. That's quite the combination. I may have to attempt to check that out. I'm down with eclecticism.

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

*snickers, pokes you* You're so easy to get a rise out of.

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

You should. He's excellent. And Kew Gardens is gorgeous after dark, so... good evening.

[mnt_raph]

Well....duh!

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

*grin* Kew Gardens aside, I'd settle for just being in England.

[muddypetticoats.livejournal.com]

*snrk* So flattery and glomping is all it takes. Good to know.

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

*smiles the smug smile of the English person who has met yet another Anglophile*

Re: yay

[anthy-rosebride.livejournal.com]

Hmm. In the anime no one's given time to have other impulses. Just one particular repression brought to light. For example, one girl wants her twin brother in the sack. She wants other things, but for her (approx. three minutes long) time with the black rose, that's all she thinks about. Might not work so well in this setting, though.

Uh -- yeah. Think confessionals with Paul as the priest. That kind of therapy session.

*loffs her twisted, aggressively Freudian crack*

[anthy-rosebride.livejournal.com]

Unrelatedly, Liz beat the turtle porn. With hamster porn. *sniffles* She is evil.

[watch-wait.livejournal.com]

Also unrelatedly, I own a hamster. Called Vodka.

[mnt_raph]

Crap! I've been found out!
*flees*