Daily Entertainment.

[muji]

A hypothesis, as asked in as circuitous way as possible and via my own characters. Many apologies.

Sallie, after her recent very un!Scooby-Doo like ghost antics, went to the infirmary to get checked out, which eventually happened with Kim Ford. Her main goal was yes, to get looked at, but also to not run into Simon Tam, as that would have led to more questions than she felt like answering. Batya later pinged me with something along the lines of "He could always find her chart, you know".

I guess my question is this: Do you often read other pups' threads (especially pups who are friends with your own) and think of ways that your character could get involved and then offer that involvement to the original player? Or do you more wait to be approached? This goes to spontaneous plot development, this goes to keeping an eye out at other folks' threads, etc etc. It's just something that was in my head.

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[misslucyjane]

It depends on how well I know the mun and how well/if our pups know each other. I have pinged people in the past to say "Hey, what if . . ." but I prefer a bit of planning beforehand.

Having plot dumped on me without warning is a sure way to make me very unhappy.

[muji]

Even if it's just a random idea that you don't have to go through with?

[misslucyjane]

Somebody else making decisions for my characters is a guarantee I won't go through with it, if that's what you mean.

[muji]

D: No, not at all. More like I watch an episode of Torchwood canon, and explicitly tag Ianto post-that ep with SARAH because I thought they would enjoy speaking with each other. Or, if they knew each other better, volunteer to provide a different onscreened perspective or someone to talk to. I am as much against godding as the next person.

[misslucyjane]

Oh, that's completely different. If I'm threading with someone and something arises during the conversation that looks like fun, sure, or random threading is always good. I'm fine with that--as far as I'm concerned that's the point of the game, to get characters to interact.

[muji]

I tend to think up DEs as conversation starters, and in several threads up-post, I've found that people are nervous, shy, or actually afraid to approach someone like that, though, without massive planning first.

[misslucyjane]

o.O--nervous about just chatting?

Well, I guess I can understand that: internet types tend to be socially awkward.

Here's how I differentiate: say you decide Ianto needs SARAH for some woobie time, or whatever. So SARAH tags his EP and they have a lovely talk about, say, coffee. That's exactly what I come to Milliways for.

And if at the end of their lovely talk she invites him to Eureka, how he'd react would depend on 1)current plot and 2)how much energy I had that day, and if he accepted you'd get an email from me asking what you'd like to have them do while he's there.

But, if you were to have SARAH tag his EP and then suddenly take him to Eureka without any warning (as an extreme example), that would get a very big HEY NOT COOL from me.

Nothing that big has happened to my characters in Mways, but there have been a few times when I've been threading with people and it's clear they have an idea for my character that they really, really want me to do--and doesn't fit in my current plot(s) or is just plain OOC, and leaves me thinking, Wow, you don't know my character at all, do you.

[muji]

*vaguely Jack Sparrowy* We have an accord. *sage*

[muji]

Which occurs to me is exactly what you were saying in the parent tag in this thread. *slow*