Random video? Yes. Actually it is one of the two most used videos I listen to in order to write for Xelhes, so there is a fun fact for everyone. I am not sure what exactly it is about the song but it really help me think while portraying Xel, and this is my favorite version since there are two. This one is the PSP version but with the PSX animation cause you know, copyright and stuff. Truthfully I am not really sure why I am posting in my scappie aside from the fact that I have missed it...even though my most recent post was not that long ago and pretty pathetic. However, I will not delete it like the last one, it shall endure because I just need to accept stuff (I also lack a picture adorable enough to compensate.)
Plotting. I seem to fail at this horribly as I have tried to think up plots for both Xelhes and Nayana for quite a while now and so far the only thing I got going on his a potential flirting/being rejected for Xelhes, which makes me sad because he deserves good things too. So for the past while I have been sitting and pondering what exactly I can do to make up for me being an arse to my lovable Ethaefal, and I got nothing aside from getting him a job as a Herbalist/Healer/Doctor/Medic guy. Right now he is kind of a mess due to the fact that he is emotionally beating himself for trying to kill Louie (also my fault) and the Denval explosion will probably mess with him quite a bit too. While I have no intention on this being long term I know for a fact that it is great development stuff, hence why I force my Ethaefal to suffer; suffering builds character, you know? With everything going on his confidence is more or less broken and he feels lost now, believing that he has no one to go talk to and no emotional pillar he can use as support. Currently he feels like everything is going wrong in his world and that no one trusts him or really cares anymore since he tried to do Louie in, Louie and Veldrys most since they are the two closest too him. When he gets to Zeltiva I still plan to be a little harsh on Xelhes, but after that my grip is going to slacken by a large amount. I said before that suffering builds character and while I believe it too be true, happiness and having good things happen in life does just as well. Covering the basic bases is what I am trying to do with Xelhes, to get him to grow up a bit more out of his childlike innocence and become less dependent on others. It may look like my development train for Xelhes is a bit of a mess but I do have a skeleton plan out, but nothing more and really a skeleton plan is great. Having no solid idea on how a scenario will play out is one of the things I love about RPing with other people. I have zero idea how any of my possible plots will play out, the flirting one included because I only know Xelhes, there are aspects of the other characters that I have no idea about that could change everything which makes things fun and unpredictable, so that way while people learn more about Xelhes I learn more about their character as well.
As for Nayana, she is still a work in progress thing. The more I think on her the more I think she will stay ignorant of her racism to an extent, growing out of it partially but retaining the essence of it. Right now she just wants to better her skills so that she can support the future family she will have, wanting to contribute as an equal to her partner instead of just the stay at home type of wife. She wants to prove her worth and express her individuality, and that may be the thing that she looks for most in a potential partner: someone who will treat her as an equal and is equally independent as well. While she may be rude and horrible to those of other races Nayana is kind to those of her own race unless they are half bloods or openly argue with her views and while she would not physically fight someone unless her anger reached its limit, she comes across to me as the kind who would partake in psychological battles. Despite her bad attitude and views she does truly care for the Symenestra and does what she can to ensure the next generation will be brought about, and it is for that reason I find her admirable. It is almost the fuel behind her actions, to better her people and help them out and when it comes down to it I think that is the main goal she has in general: that her people survive and are happy, regardless of her own happiness.
Turning gears away from my characters and onto me (because I am selfish like that) I have learned a few things lately. One, I cannot dance to save my life as it equals my ability to sing. Two, internet memes are indeed funny at times and sometimes even true. Here is
Example One of point two. The moment I read the first part of it my response was the exact same as the character below, because honestly if my brain does make me five times more attractive than everyone else sees me, I am indeed 'f*cked.' This is ok though, because it means that when everyone gets old and ugly (which will happen) than my playing field will almost explode. What does this mean? It means that unlike most of the population I now look forward to getting old because it means I can score myself some dates, and at that age having a date is pretty much sitting together and knitting while drinking prune juice mixed with vodka. In my spare time I also came across another lovely image that instantly made me think of Xelhes, and
here it is. I want someone to say that to my Ethaefal because it works on so many levels. As far as those of Mizahar are concerned, he did 'fall from heaven,' is extremely attractive because he is Ethaefal, and also has never had sex or kissed or anything. He is a perfect clean slate and while someone being direct like that will make him blush like crazy and make him uneasy, it would earn lots of bonus points for that character in my opinion. If you read my plot notes you will find me saying Xelhes needs Seduction xp (which might be impossible until he gets into a relationship) and a sexytime thread. Seriously people, he needs some lovin' even if he flat out rejects someone.
For now this is good enough, because I do not want an overlong scrappie post yet I still have more nonesense to spew so there will probably be like two more today. With that I leave you with a picture of dancing potatoes, because lets face it, potatoes are awesome and these ones dance better than I ever could.