I think maybe there's some misunderstanding about Ruru's post, so Imma clear that up!
There was miscommunication oocly.
Ruru is a damn hard worker. He's a wonderful rper, with great ideas, who puts his all into everything. When he decided to play a yellowjacket, I was thrilled. Because I've played with Ruru quite a bit, I kinda did the assumey thing where I figured things would just flow together and we were on the same page.
Theyyyy didn't. I had thought Ruru was playing one way (ie, this was a behind-the-back stab at putting influence on Zhavi, without actually having the evidence/whatever to back it up, that the not-arresting bit was being done on purpose because he was actually bluffing), but he was, in all actuality, playing another way -- he felt that his character was genuinely being shut out and not taken seriously.
Sooo, I hashed it out with him over im to figure out what went wrong.
Blackhat had a lot of great things to say, as well as other people -- but the problem wasn't that Ruru was trying to assert ic authority over random people. It was players he knew, and who he knew supported him. I was gung-ho to have Zhi get arrested if it needed to happen. He didn't know that. We never talked about it. I assumed he knew . . . .and he was trying his damndest to be polite and go along with the rp, he didn't bring it up. Zhi being Zhi, she started drumming up support from others in the Wench (with the whole what-are-you-talking-about-I'm-innocent thing), which effectively shut Melodia down in that public space. Here I was thinking all 'man, guess she was bluffing' and ruru was all *headdesk* . . . whoops.
LESSON LEARNED: when trying out new things, keep the ooc communications open. Make sure both parties are on the same page.
(i'mnotanidiotiswear)
(and in the interim, I've worked out a plan with ruru to ensure melodia has the space and ability to reassert authority over zhi!)
There was miscommunication oocly.
Ruru is a damn hard worker. He's a wonderful rper, with great ideas, who puts his all into everything. When he decided to play a yellowjacket, I was thrilled. Because I've played with Ruru quite a bit, I kinda did the assumey thing where I figured things would just flow together and we were on the same page.
Theyyyy didn't. I had thought Ruru was playing one way (ie, this was a behind-the-back stab at putting influence on Zhavi, without actually having the evidence/whatever to back it up, that the not-arresting bit was being done on purpose because he was actually bluffing), but he was, in all actuality, playing another way -- he felt that his character was genuinely being shut out and not taken seriously.
Sooo, I hashed it out with him over im to figure out what went wrong.
Blackhat had a lot of great things to say, as well as other people -- but the problem wasn't that Ruru was trying to assert ic authority over random people. It was players he knew, and who he knew supported him. I was gung-ho to have Zhi get arrested if it needed to happen. He didn't know that. We never talked about it. I assumed he knew . . . .and he was trying his damndest to be polite and go along with the rp, he didn't bring it up. Zhi being Zhi, she started drumming up support from others in the Wench (with the whole what-are-you-talking-about-I'm-innocent thing), which effectively shut Melodia down in that public space. Here I was thinking all 'man, guess she was bluffing' and ruru was all *headdesk* . . . whoops.
LESSON LEARNED: when trying out new things, keep the ooc communications open. Make sure both parties are on the same page.
(i'mnotanidiotiswear)(and in the interim, I've worked out a plan with ruru to ensure melodia has the space and ability to reassert authority over zhi!)
