Confessions
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Hi, I’m GF and I’m an accent-typer. It’s been twenty-two years since I last phonetically spelled my character’s accent in dialogue.
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I act like I ain’t got time for relationship RP but I actually like it very much.
Chibi FTBs are a bonus I didn’t know about until today.
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You know those actors that ‘chew the scenery’ in movies and TV?
Yeah, that’s me, but in roleplayer form.
lol lmao
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@Herja my confession is that someone told me I chew the scenery (it was a compliment) and I googled what it meant and I still don’t understand it lol
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@bear_necessities It’s when an actor goes hard, especially when they didn’t need to. It is DRAMA. It is TENSION. It is 200% COMMITMENT in every choice. There will be nothing generic, nothing half-assed. It is the WHOLE ASS. It’s not entirely synonymous with overacting, although there can be overlap. Chewing the scenery can be an absolute positive, and you can see plenty of hugely well-regarded actors indulging in it over countless films.
From a RPer, I would say it’s people with a sense of DRAMA in the best sense of the word. For Herja, it’s probably because there is something that feels a bit Shakespearean, or maybe Greek drama, about how she always whole-asses it. Not DRAMA like people who just cause superficial drama, but drama like THE ANCIENT GREEKS IN THE AMPITHEATRE.
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@bear_necessities ‘Chewing scenery’ usually to me suggests extreme over-acting. Like anything that Jeremy Irons or Willem Dafoe is in.
Depending on how schlocky the movie is, this has always been a compliment to me, as I’ve always assumed that the actor is having a great time with the role.
I don't know what I'm doing. Poke at Seven Nations sevennations.aresmush.com port 2021
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Ain’t nothing wrong with going hard.
No, but seriously. I love when people are vibing on what’s happening in and around their characters and stories because it draws me in for the ride. I tend to subscribe to the philosophy that we’re seeing the most meaningful moments of a person’s life in RP. So the times things went really great, went really wrong, the times they fucked up, the times they were most elated, the times they felt most accomplished.
I guess my related confession would be that my characters cry a lot and I’m not sorry about it.
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@Testament said in Confessions:
@bear_necessities ‘Chewing scenery’ usually to me suggests extreme over-acting. Like anything that Jeremy Irons or Willem Dafoe is in.
Depending on how schlocky the movie is, this has always been a compliment to me, as I’ve always assumed that the actor is having a great time with the role.
Thanks to you and @Roz and honestly I agree, I’m definitely the Willem Dafoe of Rp.
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@bear_necessities Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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I’m the Twilight-era Kristen Stewart. Everyone watched and secretly enjoyed but ain’t winning no awards for quality.
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Can I please be the Ian McShane of the RP community?
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@Roz THE WHOLE ASS.
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BRIAN BLESSED!
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@Roz said in Confessions:
@bear_necessities It’s when an actor goes hard, especially when they didn’t need to. It is DRAMA. It is TENSION. It is 200% COMMITMENT in every choice. There will be nothing generic, nothing half-assed. It is the WHOLE ASS. It’s not entirely synonymous with overacting, although there can be overlap. Chewing the scenery can be an absolute positive, and you can see plenty of hugely well-regarded actors indulging in it over countless films.
From a RPer, I would say it’s people with a sense of DRAMA in the best sense of the word. For Herja, it’s probably because there is something that feels a bit Shakespearean, or maybe Greek drama, about how she always whole-asses it. Not DRAMA like people who just cause superficial drama, but drama like THE ANCIENT GREEKS IN THE AMPITHEATRE.
I actually explained that @Herja does this to my husband the other night, because he was explaining to me what kind of tv show writing he likes and I was like ‘That’s Herja GMing. You are describing how Herja GMs.’
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Also, if we’re giving ourselves titles, I desire to be the Jeff Bridges of the mush community.
