[OOC] X-Men: The Divided

[Solemn]

CrimsonWarrior55 said
My bad. Didn't mean anything deragatory. Come to think of it, I don't think it's the right term anyways. If I'm not mistaken, schizophrenia denotes Dissociative Identity Disorder, or multiple people in one body. Aya's condition is more random personality alterations..

DID is different than schizophrenia. DID, like Borderline Personality Disorder, is a defense mechanism in reaction to trauma. You create different "personalities" to compartmentalize for your own safety and they tend to take the place of various emotional states. i.e.: One is a protector and/or angry/very aggressive, one is extremely (insanely) happy, one is extremely depressed, and there's one that's you floating around in the middle of it, a neutral party etc. Unlike Schizophrenia DID (and BPD, too) are both completely "curable" with therapy and being made aware of it. Schizophrenia is permanent, your brain never "heals". You can treat it with medication if the person wants to be helped and/or is forced to be "helped" and they can still function; bipolar disorders are similar in that. Though bipolar disorders can be caused by trauma (and are often accompanied by a dual-diagnosis, but not always).

A person with schizophrenia is delusional, hallucinates in all manner of ways, can become extremely paranoid, and often doesn't make sense when they talk because their brain orders things different. They exist, essentially, in a completely different reality.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

So... what would you say Aya is? She sounds schizophrenic in that she has multiple distinct personalities, each with various emotional states, however she isn't delusional, hallucinatory, or paranoid.

I guess it's more "Hollywood" schizophrenia. I don't know. Point is, she has rapid and unpredictable mood changes. Almost like she gets bored with one personality and thus switches to another.

[LovelyAnastasia]

Didn't know how to deal with the situation either, so I ended up reverting to my usual way of writing a character's reaction. It clashes with her original personality a bit, but it also rounds her out more and makes her more interesting to play.

As for Aya, she does seem to have extreme high and low moments as well as something a kin to delusions of some sort.

[Solemn]

CrimsonWarrior55 said
So... what would you say Aya is? She sounds schizophrenic in that she has multiple distinct personalities, each with various emotional states, however she isn't delusional, hallucinatory, or paranoid.I guess it's more "Hollywood" schizophrenia. I don't know. Point is, she has rapid and unpredictable mood changes. Almost like she gets bored with one personality and thus switches to another.

With multiple distinct personalities (in reality) you "lose" time. She would have no memory of what she'd done while in another personality and they would be COMPLETELY different. A different cadence, different tone, different style. This would also make her dangerous on a level that she wouldn't be able to be an X-Man unless she was heavily medicated - and maybe not even then.

The personalities are not aware of each other with schizophrenia and they act independent of one another. With DID they can be made aware of each other (which is how you treat it). She seems more like she's in a manic or hypomanic state. Which also needs to be treated with medication. Like I said, do whatever you like.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

That's the thing. Her personalities aren't separate. I'm treating it as one personality, with rapid mood changes, but it doesn't interfere with her ability to process information logically. She always reacts the same, but with different emotions. She wouldn't turn on friends or side with enemies, nor would she be distracted. It's like how danger sobers someone up real quick. She can focus on a goal, but without a goal, she's erratic.

You know, I may have to play around with this. Breaking her this soon may have been a mistake, but I can roll with it and make changes as necessary. By necessary I mean "this is not working, use medicine to bring her back down to an operating level" not "this isn't working. So this never happened". You get what I'm saying? Cause I'm having a tough time explaining it.

And jeez, Ana. Asha got a bit of a bitchiness to her. Heh. It's adorable. And would Asha be immune to Aya's electricity, or what? I don't know how UV rays work compared to electricity. All I know is UV rays are radiation.

[LovelyAnastasia]

It hurts but in a weird kind of way. Since Asha is like the product of a lightbulb and Aya is the electric generator, she can convert a small amount of it into her her own UV radiation, but the rest of it is too untamed and differently coded. If takes in too much light bulb goes pop, but if she focuses on regulating it she can burn brighter. Still stings though, but with her body use to being physically abused she can control her emotional reaction to it well.

That and she was bluffing for some of that talk, just to unleash some of her own frustration

Yeeeeah, I usually play mega warrior women... So my cute characters can get a bit...like that... sometimes

[MistressCyanide]

Jeez I am bored to fuck, time is all slow and shit and I am swearing like a sailor at my computer screen right now.

Oh look something!



If I weren't already a basket case I would be one right now.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Okay. I was just curious.

I'm starting to think Aya will compact those outbursts into 2 distinct personalities who have to watch what the other is doing. A gentle, kind one who adores Asha for saving her life. And an angry one who hates Asha... Well. For saving her life. Maybe a neutral one who is happy crazy. Usually they are just voices but different stimuli can cause them to take over.

[MistressCyanide]

I am thinking of going MIA for a bit but at the moment things are all OK so it won't matter if I do. I am thinking X days, X seems like a nice number. <.<

[Zagan]

Right. Anyone got any ideas for the next arc? I could perhaps think of a few in a bit

[LovelyAnastasia]

Centennials? An illusionist that sends them all back into another era? Clones? Evil clones? A mission to find a league of assassins that want to make it look like the mutants killed the president?

Those are some of my favorite arcs that I know of

[CrimsonWarrior55]

I'll take anything to move the plot along at this point. I am so bored. If it weren't for the fact that I really like you guys, I'd have dropped out.

Also, anyone else notice the irony in Mistress' gif? AKA. The full roll on the back of the toilet.

[Zagan]

I was thinking mutant expermentation?

[Royzooka]

Oh hi

The Mistress told me to keep an eye on this though it is not the first time and I really don't mind. She told me there is an arc coming up, I believe she mentioned Solemn would be starting it off as the two discussed something a while back or so the PM she sent me says. Treat me like a ghost if you want but me and the Mistress are very close so that is why she asked me. I am surprised her sisters are not doing it but whatever.

[Zagan]

oh, if we have something already thats cool :D, then looking forward to it, and fair enough Royz

[Damo021]

Okay how much have I missed? kinda fallen behind in the IC in my absence. :)

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Royzooka said
Oh hiThe Mistress told me to keep an eye on this though it is not the first time and I really don't mind. She told me there is an arc coming up, I believe she mentioned Solemn would be starting it off as the two discussed something a while back or so the PM she sent me says. Treat me like a ghost if you want but me and the Mistress are very close so that is why she asked me. I am surprised her sisters are not doing it but whatever.

Hello!

Damo021 said
Okay how much have I missed? kinda fallen behind in the IC in my absence. :)

Nothing, really. Just Sarah and Laura playing Assassin's Creed 4 and Aya having a complete and utter freak-out that broke her brain a little more. I think that's it?

[Damo021]

Oh. not a lot then? I thought it would of gone further than that.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

So did I.

[Royzooka]

MistressCyanide said
Yeah I have a CS format somewhere, I will put it up above. Just to check you know this will be very slow to slow RP?

I was looking through the OOC and I found this on page one. What her reasoning for this option was I don't know but the next part is going to happen. I can only watch and try to keep this from falling apart and I hope I succeed in this job.