And A Serious Entry

[crossover_chick]

I did say I'd tell you guys why I was upset and so quiet the other day. Well --

Victor got kicked out of "Beyond The Rift."

One of the mods saw the movie, and decided that Victor was acting way too OOC, and they decided to take him off the cast.

Yeah, naturally I'm upset. It's always a kick in the teeth to find out that apparently you can't play one of your favorite characters. And since my brain's been so "Corpse Bride"-oriented lately, I kind of just -- shut down creatively for a while there. That's changing, as my previous entry must have showed -- all the fairy tale stuff helped a lot -- but it's still there some. Mostly in regards to -- what else? -- RPing. I've barely been around the Rift at all, and I haven't actively played anyone in a couple of days. (Beyond an entry on Clockwork's Twitter, which only sorta counts.)

I'll say right here that the mods had the right to do what they did -- they saw what they considered bad characterization, so yeah. It just kind of hits you in the gut, you know?

So, um, if you RP with me at all, don't expect me to be around much for probably the rest of the weekend. (Though there is this one tag with Dan I really ought to answer at some point.) Consider it a break as I work things out in my head.

Comments

[anonymoose_au]

Dude! WTF?!!! Can they DO that?!

That's not fair! I supposed I'd get kicked off too with my Captain John!

And of course he's going to be different, he's gone from Victorian England to 21st century Chicago!

And that's high handed of them...did they have a vote? Or did just one of them decide in THEIR opinion you weren't doing it right.

I'd call their bluff, tell them to play Victor themself.

You're taking it well, I'd be FURIOUS, probably tell them to go fuck themselves and take all my characters away.

Seriously...I'm outraged on your behalf!

Well I like Victor.

Ahem, sorry hope my rant didn't make you feel worse.

[docsgirl.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah -- they're the mods, it's their game. They've got the main say over everything that's happened. No way around that.

They indicated they had some sort of discussion in their e-mails, so I'm assuming there was SOME sort of vote. *shrug* It seemed to be a group effort.

I was -- am -- pretty upset, I just went the opposite direction -- shut down instead of going "HULK SMASH." I honestly just didn't know what to say in response to that. (Not that I didn't have an internal RAGE moment or two.)

Heh, it's okay -- the sentiment is appreciated. :)

[geno0823.livejournal.com]

holy shit, i thought like your mom had died or something.

[docsgirl.livejournal.com]

Trust me, if it was something like THAT, I'd either not post for a week or just come straight out with it.

[slackerspice.livejournal.com]

Well fuck.

I really don't know what to say. They just did it? No warning, no chance to explain?

[docsgirl.livejournal.com]

Well, they sent an e-mail first explaining how they felt Victor was OOC and that I needed to fix it all promptly mid-afternoon Wednesday. Then around 2:00 Thursday morning they sent the next e-mail saying he was being dropped.

So yeah, I guess I did get a warning, I just -- wasn't sure how to respond to it. Too much of a punch in the gut to take (probably because I was planning on posting a "slightly cracked out on no sleep because of power-related nightmares" Victor that very afternoon, and suddenly panicked because maybe that would be seen as a step in the wrong direction).

[slackerspice.livejournal.com]

It still doesn't seem entirely fair, and it doesn't sound like you got all that much time to fix whatever problems there were.

(Don't blame you for panicking, though.)

[docsgirl.livejournal.com]

It's not all bad, at least -- they're giving me a chance to reapply for him. Which I probably will, it'll just take a few days to get him up to snuff, I suppose. (Haven't even touched his journal since I got the news. I'm mildly pathetic that way.)