[OOC] We Are the Crystal Gems

[HaltingBlooper]

Third (and worst)attempt and it finally worked! I hate this hotel's internet.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@HaltingBlooper

I'm sorry :( I know how hotel internet is

[Akayaofthemoon]

Going for night beach walk with hubby, brb

[Loony]

@21308 It was literally just started with 'Hey let's make two gem dorks (Ido and Rupine) for a dumb game to drag my cousin into SU' and suddenly nOPE Squad happened within an hour or so. We literally had no basis other than that, and the planning just sort of happened along the way after many days and became much more intricate and complicated and ye. XD

Fun fact about nOPE Squad: They weren't even a nOPE Squad to begin with. Ido and Rupine were planned to serve Homeworld, but after my brother wanted to play as Crystal Gems, we had the idea of them being nOPE.

[Loony]

@Akayaofthemoon That's alright, have fun with him! ' v '

@HaltingBlooper Don't worry, your post looks great. Sorry to hear about the why-fi.

[21308]

@Akayaofthemoon Aaaah I'm sorry for the sads! Also that sounds really cute I hope you have fun!

@Loony Ah, so we aren't that different then! I've had that same thing happen too, Spinel was actually originally going to be a Homeworld gem turned neutral gem.

[Loony]

@21308 Heheh, my planning process can be very different. With nOPE Squad it was pretty much spontaneous, but that's not always (or usually, for that matter) the case. But with nOPE Squad, yes, yes it is.

Talc's character, per example, was very deliberate and planned out from the start, unlike Eve who happened over time (after becoming her own character and growing out of the 'this is a gem representation of my PMMM OC') and mostly on a whim. And that's really cool! I know Spinel was intended for another RP as well and I remember she was a homeworld gem, didn't know you planned for her to go neutral though. I guess she shares that with Eve, then. And most of nOPE Squad, since other that Rut, Mel, and Hema, all of them served Homeworld. Hema and Mel were Crystal gems and Rut, as I've mentioned before, never really had a side to begin with. And they also nOPE out with ease despite being part of a technical team when they don't want to deal with something.

[21308]

@Loony That's cool, and I can say about the same for my creative process. It's just sort of a patchwork type of thing XD. I find it really cool that you also seem to have more characters than you know what to do with. I kind of think that maybe it might be cool if we could run a thing together someday.

[Akayaofthemoon]

We did short cliff hike instead. The darkness and flip flops were extra challenge XD

[HaltingBlooper]

What are the Rojava Kurds? (Apparently involved in the Syrian Civil War)

[Loony]

@HaltingBlooper Rojava simply refers to Western Kurdistan, and being that Western Kurdistan is in Syria, then yes, the Kurds involved in the Syrian conflict would be Rojava Kurds.

[Loony]

@21308 You have no idea how many character ideas -not fully developed, mind you, but something that I can easily just pick up and get working on if need be- I just sorta have on standby. Especially gems. Oh god you have no idea how many gems I've got. I already had an obsession with gems before and based characters off gems WAY before I saw SU, do you have any idea how my brain exploded into a gazillion ideas for gems? I legitimately have a sticky note that just lists a bunch I have ideas for so that I can maybe use for future reference XD Some are recycled from or develop from old characters (Eve), others are entirely new (Ido), but the one thing that's consistent is that I have way too many and lots end up being cut or remaining unused until I end up having to recycle them. XD

And it'd be really great to run a thing together someday! I'm a terrible GM though and already have my hands full, so... Orz One day. Someday. But not today. XD

[Pathfinder]

So far, the marvelous people/sentient polymorphic space rocks of Mohs Town have not been having a good day as per Johnny's thoughts. He jinxed everything.

[pyroman]

@LoonyWhen this RP started, I had the idea of a homeworld gem. I didn't have a name for her, but just the general idea. As time went on, and even now, the idea spiraled into a whole character. Her thing is that she's like the opposite of Rose. Instead of seeing the beauty in all life and organic life, she saw beauty in death, destruction, artificial constructs. She was a rather high ranking officer in the Homeworld Military, despite seeming incredibly materialistic, and led multiple word takeovers. Her ability was molecular reconstruction upon direct contact, but only into materials like certain metals and plastic. She did her missions and takeovers well, but she often tossed aside some guidelines in favor of artistic image. She wanted big, beautiful explosions, to hear the fearful screams of the people of the worlds she had a hand in consuming as her plastics consumed them. She was bad enough to get discharged on the spot, especially for risking the fertility of a planet just for how it would look as they took over, but her abilities and skill both in a planning room and on the battlefield kept her within the ranks. Eventually, she retired, the challenges of dominating worlds no longer having any enjoyment, but when news of Earth once again rebelling against homeworld, she left her cozy life in favor of one that promised challenge and beauty.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@Pathfinder

Johnny:Today is going to be a good day ^_^

*rain falls, lighting strikes behind temple and cries are heard from the temple*

Johnny: Damn...why do I say it? This always happens to me yet I keep jinxing myself...

Lol XD poor poor Johnny

[HaltingBlooper]

@LoonyThanks, it seems like nobody knows anything about the Kurds, and I can just ask one that I know over t3h 1nt3rn3t5.

[HaltingBlooper]

@Pathfinder

Johnny:Today is going to be a good day ^_^

*rain falls, lighting strikes behind temple and cries are heard from the temple*

Johnny: Damn...why do I say it? This always happens to me yet I keep jinxing myself...

Lol XD poor poor Johnny

@Akayaofthemoon

Emerald gets struck by lightning "AAAAHHHHHH *falls asleep and tumbles down the hill, still smoking, crashing into Johnny due to his luck*"

[21308]

@Loony I know that feel, If I was less lazy and afraid that someone might see what I had written I would probably have little notes all over the place. I can't imagine how it would be if I was already into gems before the show started, oh man. I kind of wish I could have seen your face when you realized how good the show was! And yeah, that's mostly how it is for me too. I really need to get on your level though, I wish I could churn out as many awesome characters are you've been naming. I mean, I do still have a handful of good ones from my old thing that I'm proud of, but I hit a wall after coming up with like 5 or 6 of them.

Yeah, I definitely intended for there to be emphasis on the 'someday' bit of that. It'd still be really cool though! I mean, I assume you're similar to me in that you'd also really like to actually get to use your characters in a thing, which I why I mentioned it.

[Akayaofthemoon]

@HaltingBlooper

Johnny: Are you kidding me? Could this get any worse?!

*lighteningg strikes again*

MY VAN!!!

[Loony]

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Emerald gets struck by lightning "AAAAHHHHHH *falls asleep and tumbles down the hill, still smoking, crashing into Johnny due to his luck*"

@HaltingBlooper

Plot twist: The lightning was Bloodstone's. He secretly shares Eve's disdain for him as well.