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Elen_Gilthoniel Vice Captain
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 Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 8:56 am
This thread is a central place to talk about how and where to get characters involved in things. If you want to set up a scene with someone else--ask and discuss it in this thread. All discussions about the main plot line and plot in general, however, should go in the thread in the main forum.
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:40 am
Cheeva,
I would like to write a scene where Mala comes to Rue to apologize to her. Seeing as Mala deals in gems and jewelry, I was thinking to have Mala bring Rue an very fine necklace that she has been working on for a while. It was to be the showpiece for her booth at the market.
Is there something better that Mala could bring as an apology? Is Rue up to such a scene? Thanks in advance!
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:03 am
Apologising right now would probably be unwise. Mala blatantly ignored Rue, so to come up to her five minutes/a good while later to apologise seems rather odd and...dispassionate. If she actually cared for Rue's friendship and regard in the first place, she would not have ignored her.
As to the jewelry idea - Rue is really not at all that materialistic. And while she likes jewelry, it is inconvenient with her work and she rarely wears it so she'd find little worth in it. Further, shiny new jewelry is hardly going to interest her since she prefers older, stranger pieces. Things with a life and history.
I think an apology scene would be unwise, at least right "now". While I am sure Rue would forgive Mala - she is a forgiving, kind girl and would want to be polite - if Mala approached her at a much later time, I doubt there would be much scope, now, for a friendship or anything of that sort at all. While Rue would be polite, I don't think she will be seeking Mala out for interaction or, again, say much to her outside of politeness and socially-required pleasantries.
And when I say apology, I mean this is how Rue would react to a genuine apology - no fluff, no gifts etc. While apologies, for Rue, beget forgiveness, this has most definitely damaged any possible relationship with Mala, unfortunately
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:06 am
Also, I'm not really in this scene but I want to interject this for future reference. Yo--you've written Mala's parents as very strict and controlling. She's 25 and still uses a somewhat childish (Papa) name for her father instead of something more formal or adult.
She is very soft spoken and obedient around them, almost as if fear of them has her completely cowed.
Taking that into consideration, I really doubt they would let her give away such a valuable necklace on a whim anyway. =) It's probably better to make sure you keep her actions in line with the way you've set up the character....unless you planned for her parents to completely freak out at her later on for giving the necklace away.
(Not trying to yell at you or anything like that. It's just all about keeping people in character and working well with the setting. I've been working on RP tips and character building things again so it just stood out to me, that's all. That sort of thing is just on my brain right now so I noticed it)
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Elen_Gilthoniel Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:28 am
That is fair to say, Cheeva. So noted and will shelve for a later date.
Esh, I have to give away all the secrets?! LOL XP
One of the things that I have planned for Mala is to have her grow up a bit. Her parents are extremely overprotective, and hat was one way to try for her to assert herself. Evenutally SOMETHING (not sure yet but it will most likely have to do with the business) will have to happen; they cannot expect her to have most of the control of that and yet treat her as a child.
No offense taken at all. It is good because sometimes we write so deep into chara it is easy to get lost. At least for me.
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