[OOC] X-Men: The Divided

[Assallya]

Well, there's only so much the Professor can do with mental illness. Usually he just deals with post-traumatic stress syndrome. Full blown dissociative identity disorder is a whole other beast. Most likely it will involve drugs that will dull the senses, making Aya apathetic and languid, preventing any sort of rapid mood swing. It's a complex balance of uppers, downers and anti-psychotics that can really mess with a person. It's a most unpleasant experience.

Then I'd imagine he'd use his telepathy to delve into the mind, helping Aya relive past traumatic experiences so that she might draw acceptance and closure from them. The apathy resulting from the drugs would likely help her distance herself from the emotions of the events and learn to accept what's happened without the emotional attachment.

In general.... this would NOT be very fun. No mental illness is. It's surprising how resilient- and fragile the human mind is.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Okay... um... not what I want. So let's not do that. As dick as it is to say this, I'd rather her retain her personalities, because it's more... um... fun. Sorry. It's like Eminem's Monster "I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed. Get along with the voices inside of my head" I'll be honest, that, Yuno Gasai (Her: ), Deadpool, and Jaime Foxx' Electro were my inspiration for Ayame Denzan.

[Assallya]

Aya is sick and in time she'll most likely get worse and will likely die if not treated. Aya's peers will probably be instructed not to respond to Aya unless she speaks as her "base" identity and to ignore anything stated by other identities as part of her treatment. That's assuming non-professionals are allowed to interact with her or that the strung out, emaciated wreck of a person with the deep circles under her eyes and the vacant gaze even is allowed outside of the clinic.

Welcome to the world of mental illness. It's a depressing and horrible thing.

[Assallya]

On second thought.... maybe we're looking at this wrong.

Why not change the backstory a bit so that somehow whoever the alternate personality actually belongs to someone, maybe it's someone in a coma... or someone who was dying. Thus the Professor would focus not on curing Aya but helping the two co-exist until somehow, via mutant power or technology, the ability to separate them becomes available.

That way Aya wouldn't be sick.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Assallya said
Edit: On second thought.... maybe we're looking at this wrong.Why not change the backstory a bit so that somehow whoever the alternate personality actually belongs to someone, maybe it's someone in a coma... or someone who was dying. Thus the Professor would focus not on curing Aya but helping the two co-exist until somehow, via mutant power or technology, the ability to separate them becomes available.

Um... Rather than look at this from a logical and reality-based angle, can we look at this from a fictional angle. You're kinda taking all the fun of this out for me. And I know true mental diseases aren't fun, but this isn't supposed to be an accurate reflection of reality. For Christ's sake, this is a world of mutants. Why put a real spin on it? Shit, if that's the case, why isn't Deadpool on meds?

Also, (as I stated previously) Aya is a mash-up of Tea and Ayame's pre-murder-of-Ariel-self, May is all the anger she has at herself directed toward the rest of the world... and herself, and Discharge is a personification of the mental unbalance she's suffering from having two extremes in her mind. The mediator. Discharge basically exists to lessen the burden of stress May's presence places on Aya, therefore preventing rapid shifts from one to the other, and (for the most part) keeping Aya in charge. Also I wanna break the fourth wall, and Discharge is perfect for that.

[MistressCyanide]

I want to explore Plasma's mind but then I remember I don't even know mine very well. :/ ---> :(

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:( I think I have been dropped by people who can't even spell or even write with OK grammar. I mean I am not as good as I used to be but I try. :(

Also one of my favourite RP's has ended, after three years it has come to an end. Problem is I won't be able to find someone else who would do something like it. I did it with the person who watched over this RP while I was gone, we do a few RP's some are on hold while we do others. This makes me feel down that I won't be doing a All-Star Cross Over RP anymore which involves only CS characters we made.

I think I will go cry in a corner or something.

[Assallya]

I do hope you're being obtuse. Maybe you simply don't realize that you're doing the equivalent of telling a rape victim that at least he or she "got some" or pushing a person in a wheelchair over and laughing because they can't get up or writing a story about Nazis beating Jews and claiming that it's slapstick. It's a dangerous and treacherous footing, glorifying another person's problems for amusement.

While I'm not going to stop you I can understand where other people might get upset. I have a great aunt in the asylum and my parents never let me meet her. I even came close to developing such a disorder myself. When I was young and being bullied I blacked out and "someone" took over and chased away the bullies. My mother claimed it was an angel. Luckily, being the intelligent sort I refuted this, figuring a real angel would have conspired to prevent the event taking place at all rather than resort to violence. As it was, I recognized the possibility of going insane and was terrified. If I hadn't, if I had taken my mother at her word and didn't doubt the angel aspect, I might very well have created the alternate persona that enjoyed beating up people and probably, eventually killing people all in the name of God.

I can't begin to tell you how terrifying it is to awaken somewhere else, having no memory of what you've done in the past or what it's like being told by others what you had done. A mental illness is created when the brain tries to protect itself and something goes wrong. It's where the brain sacrifices its future health in order to survive the present.

The truly deplorable part is that you want to portray someone that is sick... but in a world where that sickness is cultivated, cherished and protected by those that should be trying to heal such a person. That's fairly depraved. That's why I was suggesting some other means of possessing an alternate persona rather than being insane.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Assallya said
I do hope you're being obtuse. Maybe you simply don't realize that you're doing the equivalent of telling a rape victim that at least he or she "got some" or pushing a person in a wheelchair over and laughing because they can't get up or writing a story about Nazis beating Jews and claiming that it's slapstick. It's a dangerous and treacherous footing, glorifying another person's problems for amusement.

*Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh* You're reeeeeeeeeeeally gonna go there?

Assallya said
I can't begin to tell you how terrifying it is to awaken somewhere else, having no memory of what you've done in the past or what it's like being told by others what you had done.

You're wrong. I know that feeling all too well. I have epilepsy, and whenever I have a grand mal seizure, I black out, and have no memory of what happened for five minutes prior and everything after is fuzzy as hell. My uncle drowned from epilepsy. Instant Death Seizures also exist. But if someone were to create a character that had epilepsy, I wouldn't object. Creative freedom.

But you know what, fuck it. I'm bored of this discussion. Mistress, take Aya off of active duty permanently. I'm replacing her with another character (by the way, this guys powers are slightly illogical. But you're gonna hafta deal with it).

And I'm not angry. Seriously. I'm just bored of defending fiction.

[Damo021]

I'm back, okay er... what I miss?

[MistressCyanide]

Damo021 said
I'm back, okay er... what I miss?

Nothing much but something is close to happening or I hope so anyway.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Damo021 said
I'm back, okay er... what I miss?

DAMO!!! *Bro-glomp*

You might be about to get a blast from the past. I might just end up bringing Sarina's boy-toy back. Although... slightly changed.

So, how's everything in real life?

[Damo021]

MistressCyanide said
Nothing much but something is close to happening or I hope so anyway.

Ah okay cool, It still okay to jump back in and post? ( once I read up on stuff.)

CrimsonWarrior55 said
DAMO!!! *Bro-glomp*You might be about to get a blast from the past. I might just end up bringing Sarina's boy-toy back. Although... slightly changed.So, how's everything in real life?

Haha!! how's you Crim? Wouldn't be the one Sarina always caused to have nose bleeds by any chance? lol.

Things are okay, little ups and down here and there, Saw my grandfather who seems to be doing okay and no longer in the hospital :)

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Damo021 said
Haha!! how's you Crim? Wouldn't be the one Sarina always caused to have nose bleeds by any chance? lol.

PING-PONG!!

But, seriously, I'm glad your jeeps is okay

[MistressCyanide]

Damo021 said
Ah okay cool, It still okay to jump back in and post? ( once I read up on stuff.)Haha!! how's you Crim? Wouldn't be the one Sarina always caused to have nose bleeds by any chance? lol.Things are okay, little ups and down here and there, Saw my grandfather who seems to be doing okay and no longer in the hospital :)

Yes it is OK to post.

[Zagan]

Crimson. Whats going on. If u drop aya then thats gonna create some confusion with whats gone on with my character?

[MistressCyanide]

If I had the time I would so make Plasma run a Danger Room exercise where this shit would happen.


This shit right here.

But only the breaking of bones and shattering parts of there body.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

Zagan said
Crimson. Whats going on. If u drop aya then thats gonna create some confusion with whats gone on with my character?

I understand, and I really don't want to, but Assallya has brought reality into this fiction and now there is a bad taste associated with Aya. Now everytime I post with her I have to think 'Is this too much?' "Is this too insensitive?' 'How would real people who have this condition feel about the parameters I have set around my fictional character regarding a mental condition that exists in the real world?'. Rather than having to deal with that shit, I'd rather just have her pulled off active duty and replace her. It sucks, but I can't have fun with her anymore. And I'm here to have fun, not have debates over the realism of fiction. just those last four words actually kinda piss me off a little and I don't want that. Sooooo... yeah.

[CrimsonWarrior55]

MistressCyanide said
If I had the time I would so make Plasma run a Danger Room exercise where this shit would happen.This shit right here. But only the breaking of bones and shattering parts of there body.

You know, Mortal Kombat X is making them even cooler.

[thatguy]

Is this still open? Im need of an xmen rp with the United We Stand crew :p

[Assallya]

United We Stand?

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Well Crimson, I could do on at length about "Suspension of Disbelief" and various other writer's tools but I rather figure it to be pointless. Simply put, you're really pissing me off and forcing me to abandon subtlety.. You don't seem to get the fact that I'm shielding someone else from the blatant insensitivity you're expressing. Not everyone is comfortable sharing their experiences. How about I create a character that has "pleasant" epileptic seizures and seeks to trigger them as often as possible and we see how that wigs you out?