FEBRUARY PLOTTING MEME

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FEBRUARY PLOTTING MEME

Welcome to the Return Journey's first plotting meme!

In plotting memes, we share what we're doing next, our dream storylines, and any gentle workshopping on tricky subjects or character choices — essentially a CR Meme with an optional smidge of How's My Driving.

These memes are not mandatory, but they are highly encouraged because it's a place to plan CR and communicate your character arc in a way that can get others involved with yours. They're meant to be low pressure and high yield. When in doubt, ask questions!

Every month, we offer a few different prompts or character-building questions. These are entirely optional; you can absolutely just fill in the base form if you want.

<b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> <b>Notes:</b> Time zone, speed, and/or any other habits you want people to know. What do you like or frequently talk about? <b>Character:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Status:</b> Warden or Inmate <b>Info:</b> Give us a brief rundown on your character! What kind of CR do they offer? <b>Plotting:</b> What have they been up to? Any plans? Recent open posts or threads? <b>Goals:</b> Do you have any goals in game? Topics you want to explore? Desired CR? <b>Etc:</b> Anything else!

Monthly Prompts

This month we're asking questions themed around consequences.

Think about the thing that your character desires most — if they failed to fulfill that desire, what would the consequence be? Does it change how they pursue their desire? Is it entirely personal, or beyond them, impacting others?

What consequences does your character need to grow? Consequences are crucial to telling a character arc for both inmates and wardens. Without them, there can't be stakes or tension, and without stakes or tension, there's no impetus to grow. What's a kick in the teeth your character needs? What are they robbing themselves of when they try to avoid these consequences?

How do consequences affect your character externally and internally? How do they react? What kinds of consequences are intolerable or tolerable, necessary or unnecessary?

Comments

CR Question

[sanctus_dei]

What consequences does your character need to grow?

We're getting there, faster than I expected. Lucifer simply confronted Theo with his continuous series of contradicting lies, and Theo couldn't stand to be shown his own weakness. If he admits that he feels guilty for all of those deaths, then he feels like those deaths were for nothing. It's what he needs to come to terms with, but is deeply in denial about it. Those people died, he is responsible for it, but they died to prove a point to his mentor. That's a reason. A good reason to him, not to anyone else, but he doesn't care about that. Not yet.

When he was brought here, Theo panicked, wanting to live. But he really doesn't. He's very bitter about being alive again, feeling he doesn't deserve it or is worth it, and has admitted a few times out loud that he wishes he was still dead. It's one thing he says that isn't a lie. To him, it's much easier just being dead and no longer having to deal with the consequences of his actions, rather than be reminded of them at every second of every day. That inflated ego has been shattered, and he feels worthless now. He needs to get over this feeling, and maybe he can start to feel like he's worthy of life by finding new purposes that aren't just being the biggest, baddest mage on Earth.