Young Justice/Teen Titans (OOC)

[ChasNicollette]

If I can haz you we do what we want.

Always such the sweet-talker.

...we never did see Rhoda Dendron again after Bushroot tried to transform her to be like him, and Darkwing stopped him.

What if she transformed after all? Hm.

 

[The Jeffinator]

If I ever did play a Duck RP, my OCD would require me to be a rapist with a corkscrew penis -- and that would actually be relatively normal for this site, judging by some of the other shit I've seen on here .

 

[The Jeffinator]

When I was really young, I once had a nightmare that I went to see a DuckTales movie in the theater and some guy in a trenchcoat killed me... I think he shot me, but it was so long ago, the memory is fuzzy. Anyway, I was a little kid, and I woke up scared and told my mom about the nightmare. She calmed me down and reassured me that my dream couldn't have been real because there was no DuckTales movie... Yet. Some time later they actually released a movie to theaters, and my mom was so terrified that my dream would come true she refused to let me go see it. Even when it came out on VHS, she absolutely forbid me to see it or own a copy, lol. I finally saw it years later when it came on TV one weekend. I was like 13 or 14 by then. It came on when my mom was napping so I watched it and then when she woke up I was like, "See? I'm not dead."

 

[The Jeffinator]

Though, I think I know why I originally had the nightmare -- just listen to the opening lyrics: "Dadadanger lurks behind you! There's a stranger out to find you!"

 

[ChasNicollette]

If I ever did play a Duck RP, my OCD would require me to be a rapist with a corkscrew penis -- and that would actually be relatively normal for this site, judging by some of the other shit I've seen on here .

...uh-huh.

On another topic entirely, then!

...this OCD you keep mentioning, forgive me if it's gauche to ask, or offensive, I dunno...

...this is an actual diagnosis? Straight out of the DSM?

People misuse that term colloquially so often these days that it's hard to assign it the proper gravitas.

 

[The Jeffinator]

I have never been officially diagnosed, but then again, I'm 32 and haven't been to a doctor or psychologist since I was 19-20. I believe I have OCD and Bipolar Disorder based on my moods, the way my mind reacts to things, and the obsessions and compulsions I have about certain things. Like when things are uneven or imbalanced, it sometimes causes me light distress, but this is largely tied to my visual field -- one leg longer on a pair of shorts, my paperwork uneven, smudges or spots on my glasses or screen, etc. I have compulsions to make things explainable in my mind, and I seem to be obsessed with the idea of religion and how harmful I think it is.

When it comes to RPs, a lot of it depends on my level of knowledge. In the past, I have had no problem playing Spider-Man in an RP, but after seeing Fox ADHD's Scientifically Accurate Spider-Man and then doing my own research on it, the idea of him getting his powers from a spider and having stickers conveniently on his fingers seems unbearable to me now that I know better. If I ever played Spidey again in the future, I'd have to change it so that his suit has a mechanism in the feet and fingertips that lets him cling to surfaces or something.

There is a part of me that is very hard to control that says, "This isn't right. This wouldn't be happening like this. This is bad science. If I allow this into my realm of possibility, then ultimately, reality has no boundaries," and shit like that. Because of this, I notice a lot of things that other people overlook, and I obsess over why they overlook them and why they don't catch what I catch or if they just don't give a shit about consistency. I used to love the show Charmed, but by the end I was raging so bad because of all the plot holes and lazy writing.

 

[ChasNicollette]

I don't mean to tell you how to live your life, but wouldn't going to a doctor of some kind maybe help you make the condition more manageable? Whether through therapy of some kind, or-- I hesitate to suggest-- medication? Even so, you might find that your self-diagnosis is inaccurate and that there's other stuff going on, but knowing for sure either way could be a boon. You might find that your quality of life improves as a result.

Goodness knows I know I need to do the same thing with my anxiety.

 

[The Jeffinator]

Oh, believe me, I've thought about it. I had a really dark period when I was 19 where I was terrified of everything to the point of being suicidal. I want to end my life just to stop the fear. I started seeing a therapist, they put me on Zoloft, I joined a church, and I met this amazing girl on Date.com who moved in with me for a couple of months. I got a job pushing carts at Walmart, lost a bunch of weight, and things seemed to be looking up. But then she left me, I quit going to church, I stopped taking my medicine and going to my therapist, and I decided I wasn't going to let my happiness depend on another person or medicine. I have used cannabis some over the years, but I'm scared to become dependant on pills that treat my over-active mind by making me feel drowsy all the time. Unless they gave me Adderal or something, I would not be able to do my job anymore.

I'm 32. Men in my family don't usually live past their 60s. So, the way I look at it, my life is at least half over, so I don't really see the point in trying to talk to a therapist or get on meds. I know, that's a dark line of thinking, but it doesn't make it any less true. My brain is an organic computer, and when it's components fail, it will cease functioning. I'm not a believer in the human soul or any kind of afterlife. Not anymore, anyway.

 

[ChasNicollette]

If this life is all we get, then shouldn't we take care to be good to ourselves? I'm not saying you have to med your brains out or anything-- I took Ritalin for a lot of years and it did some serious damage to me.

And I do agree that your happiness shouldn't be dependent on external factors, I try to be as Zen as I can about that sort of thing.

But no human is an island, as it is written, and it just seems like you'd be doing yourself and those around you a favor if you were more at peace.

That's all I'll say about that, I don't want to harp on you, just know there's people here who worry and give two shits about you.

 

[The Jeffinator]

Thanks . And while I do suffer from those symptoms I explained in addition to depression, I do have a lot of happiness in my life. Granted, I have been alone romantically since Cassie left me when I was 19-20, and at times the pain of loneliness can be heartbreaking, but I still laugh practically every day. Even when I am in a really foul mood, if I witness something unexpectedly funny, I'll immediately bust up laughing. Especially if I trip over something or make an ass out of myself.

One time I got off work and was standing at a crosswalk getting ready to catch a bus home. I was just standing there waiting, and suddenly I heard this earth-shattering crash and looked up just in time to see a car that got rear-ended coming right at me on the sidewalk. I was stumbling over a pile of dirt next to the sidewalk to get out of the way, and looked back to see the car sitting right where I had been standing just a second earlier. If I had been wearing headphones and didn't hear the crash, it would have hit me. I was *that* close to potentially dying and you know the only thing I could think of? I kept picturing how hilarious it must have looked to see my fat ass trying to get out of the way and I couldn't stop laughing.

 

[The Jeffinator]

If we do the independent superhero idea, I have three characters I want to play: A brave, heroic activist with the ability to sense bioelectrical energy and manipulate it to project blasts, erect barriers, and eventually fly (using his energy output to simulate thrusters); a cocky, charismatic con man who can shift the atoms in his body to make the physical world impact him less, allowing him to move and run faster than average with less friction and to destabilize atoms in various objects to make them explode; a ruthless, sadistic psychopath who's brain now produces so much excess bioelectric energy that it manifests itself externally as pure electricity, giving him the ability to essentially project lightning, but also making him psychologically unstable (think Joker with Force Lightning).

 

[Sean Renaud]

If I ever did play a Duck RP, my OCD would require me to be a rapist with a corkscrew penis -- and that would actually be relatively normal for this site, judging by some of the other shit I've seen on here .

As long as you accept that diving into a vault of gold coins works the same as water instead of breaking you.

...uh-huh.

On another topic entirely, then!

...this OCD you keep mentioning, forgive me if it's gauche to ask, or offensive, I dunno...

...this is an actual diagnosis? Straight out of the DSM?

People misuse that term colloquially so often these days that it's hard to assign it the proper gravitas.

Ponies! Can I be Rarity, I could rock Rarity.

Edit:
Or Sunset Shimmer or Trixie. We could lez out. And I'm a terrible sweet talker, I know it and accept it.

 

[Lachiyous]

...so, make that new OOC thread for *THIS* roleplay, and you guys are back where you need to be for the Young Justice/Teen Titans one, right?

*motivates "The_Jeffinator" with an electrical cattle prod!*

Kidding, kidding

 

[The Jeffinator]

To be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure if we should continue on with the YJ/TT RP, because there has already been so much drama in it and there will likely be more down the road as we clash over how certain DC things work in this universe and such. Part of what Sean said has been sticking with me:

Dear fucking God Jeff, you need to get your OCD in check, cus it's a real pain in the ass. Especially when you insist upon rewriting the whole of DC history.

Seriously Jeff, go write fanfic, or better yet write stories. You mangle the DC universe so much that you'd be better off making your own verse rather than trying to figure out how to make the DC universe fit your needs.

I think he may be on to something there -- maybe I should avoid playing around in existing continuities.

 

[The Jeffinator]

And for the love of God don't get me started on fucking My Little Pony, hahaha. I have never watched it, nor have I ever had the urge to.

 

[ChasNicollette]

As long as you accept that diving into a vault of gold coins works the same as water instead of breaking you.



Ponies! Can I be Rarity, I could rock Rarity.

Edit:
Or Sunset Shimmer or Trixie. We could lez out. And I'm a terrible sweet talker, I know it and accept it.

Actually, in-universe, the swimming in money thing only worked for Unca Scrooge. I forget who else tried it, maybe it was Beagle Boys? But a group of people tried for the dive and then only clonged on the surface. Apparently Scrooge had some flavor of metalbending metagene.

I don't actually follow MLP, I just like using Twilight Sparkle as reaction gifs. She's adorable, and her nocturnal theme and bookishness dovetail with mine. If I was gonna play anyone, it would be Rainbow Dash, but that's mostly the flight and speed powerset.

 

[Remec]

It's at least an idea to consider as an alternate to the pre-existing continuities present in DC RPs and the type. What do you guys think?

I think I really like the "White Event" that caused Marvel's New Universe, and that "Misfits" was a great TV show.

Seriously, though, the pre-existing continuities are fine if we accept them as they actually exist and don't rewrite them as they are until we get to the point where our story needs to deviate from the accepted history/fact of previous continuity.

 

[Remec]

Oh, and I have to point out, the term is usually "God Modding," not "God Moding." I understand "Moding" makes one think of a "God Mode," but "Modding" refers to modifying the way the world works. For instance, in Skyrim, God Mode just makes you immortal and prevents your bars from depleting, whereas "Modding" the game lets you do just about anything, even alter reality and summon anything imaginable into the game world. In reference to an RP, "God Modding" generally means doing anything you want with absolutely no restrictions.

Jesus Christ...how long have you been writing in roleplaying forums again? It is, in fact, "god moding" since you do things that only a God would be capable of--whether it's altering the physical constraints of the universe, granting your character powers and abilities that make them never lose, or, usually the way people most often (that I've seen) use it, to dictate behavior and/or dialogue for other players' characters.

(Sorry if the above opened a little brusque, but sometimes it seems you argue about things just to argue about them.)

 

[The Jeffinator]

I don't actually follow MLP.

There's hope for you yet!

If I was gonna play anyone, it would be Rainbow Dash.

Aaaaaaand there it goes...

 

[The Jeffinator]

Jesus Christ...how long have you been writing in roleplaying forums again? It is, in fact, "god moding" since you do things that only a God would be capable of--whether it's altering the physical constraints of the universe, granting your character powers and abilities that make them never lose, or, usually the way people most often (that I've seen) use it, to dictate behavior and/or dialogue for other players' characters.

(Sorry if the above opened a little brusque, but sometimes it seems you argue about things just to argue about them.)

It's actually used both ways, but I've seen it used as "God Modding" a lot more often. Another example of it is "Godly Modification" to a game world. People who God Mod are called God Modders, though I will admit, some people refer to them as God Moders, though Modder sounds better and rolls off the tongue easier, lol.

I did find this definition online, though I guess it really doesn't matter, it's just a term:

Godmodding differs from godmoding (one d). All godmodding is godmoding, but not all godmoding is godmodding. Godmodding specifically refers to character creation, skills, and certain situations. When pronouncing godmodding, “[t]hink ‘modifying’ [instead of] ‘mode’” to differentiate the terms (Godmodders).

Godmodded characters are often created by bad roleplayers. Godmodding is a common form of really bad roleplay that can be very harmful. This is exactly because forum roleplay allows for incredible freedom.

The issue is the possibility of other roleplayers godmodding. “The average player just scales up his character’s power to match those of the godmodder. … [C]haracters go from backwater drifter with nothing but his sword to a great and ancient warrior descended from the heavens with his magical sword of supremeness to fight once again” (Godmodders). In fight-focused forum roleplaying games or those with very specific character skills, this behavior can be incredibly harmful. Unfortunately, it is also difficult to prevent (from an administrative standpoint).

 

[The Jeffinator]

I think I really like the "White Event" that caused Marvel's New Universe, and that "Misfits" was a great TV show.

Seriously, though, the pre-existing continuities are fine if we accept them as they actually exist and don't rewrite them as they are until we get to the point where our story needs to deviate from the accepted history/fact of previous continuity.

Misfits was an awesome show, though I lost interest once Nathan and Simon were gone. My favorite parts were when Nathan called Simon "Barry," lol. Save me, Barry!

And I don't like using the DC Universe as it is because there have been so many damn changes and different continuities. Then all roleplayers have to be caught up with which version of the world we're using and all that. It's easier to just create a new DC Universe for the RP. But then it's harder to get people to fit within the parameters of that new world. Plus by create a new continuity, it frees up a lot of characters to use as villains or NPCs, plus gives more freedom to create new versions of existing characters.

 

[Sean Renaud]

My Little Pony Rocks.

 

[ChasNicollette]

There's hope for you yet!

Aaaaaaand there it goes...

There was never hope for me, Jeff.

I still want there to be a bad-ass buddy flick crossover in which Rainbow Dash, Swift Wind, and Starlite team up to save the world (and She-Ra and Rainbow Brite in the process).

 

[The Jeffinator]

My Little Pony Rocks.

We got history, son. Guys come in here sayin' dis shit dat you're sayin', and dey end up sleepin' wit da fish. But we got history. So I'ma do yous a favor and pretend dis never happened. But you do dis shit again, and you're out. Iced. Bottom of da river wit a pair of concrete shoes. Capisce?

 

[The Jeffinator]

Haha I had to google "capisce" because I forgot how to spell it.