ariel_ooc | How's My Driving?

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It's that time finally! Here's our first How's My Driving? post. This sitewide meme will go up on the 20th of every month and it's encouraged that everyone post! Please post a list of your current in-game characters as a reference for other members to use for comments or critique.

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Izaya Orihara | Durarara!! |

knifedances | Journal HMD

Sam Winchester | Supernatural |

luciferspromdress | Journal HMD
Daryl Dixon | The Walking Dead |

theonlyzenone | Journal HMD

Elena | Final Fantasy VII |

rookie_turk | Journal HMD

Haku | Naruto |

broken_tool | Journal HMD

Will get to replies/questions when I get back from class. o7

Edited 2012-11-20 22:00 (UTC)

Ba'al | Stargate SG-1/Stargate: Continuum |

notbocceball | Journal HMD

A small note, his canon point is moments before his death at Qetesh's hands in Continuum.

He is evil and is a bad guy who relies on deception and manipulation. I would like to know how well that's coming across. Am I being too subtle? Not subtle enough?

Garrett Hawke | Dragon Age II |

dragonfetish | Journal HMD

Edited (ROFL. whoops. wrote plurk sn instead of dw sn. fail.) 2012-11-20 22:08 (UTC)

Fenris | Dragon Age II |

vishante | Journal HMD

Silver | Pokemon |

meanlook | Journal HMD

Lightning Farron | Final Fantasy XIII |

savioress | Journal HMD

Edited 2012-11-20 22:16 (UTC)

Davesprite | Homestuck |

cawfullyironic | Journal HMD

Faed pa'Varuun | Original |

virioncomplex | Journal HMD

Tony Stark | MCU |

gloryride | Journal HMD

Spitfire | Air Gear |

onehotnight | Journal HMD

Gin Ichimaru | Bleach |

hyapponzashi | Journal HMD

I'm not playing Gin from his typical canon-point, so I've had to make a few inferences about what his younger self was like, along with trying to balance his mental age with his physical immaturity. And feedback on how I'm doing would be most appreciated!

Kuroudo Akabane | Getbackers |

compensatingfedora | Journal HMD

Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock BBC |

noticing | Journal HMD

Specifically, I really need help with his voice. It's been the bane of my existence since I picked up this character, so if you have any suggestion as to how I may fix it/make him sound better or smarter or sharper/etc., it would be more than appreciated. Otherwise, feel free to tell me anything else you think could use a change, maybe his interactions with people, am I making him too friendly, too much of a prick, or anything else. c:

Ciel Phantomhive | Kuroshitsuji |

pactum | Journal HMD

Mavros Shahrizai | Kushiel's Legacy |

kissofthewhip | Journal HMD

I have been pretty shaky with his voice up until very recently but things have seemed to click again. In any case, let me know if there's anything I can work on!

Character Name Reno | Final Fantasy VII |

reddirtydeeds | Journal HMD

Character Name Kanji Tatsumi| Series Persona 4|

noilikegirls | Journal HMD

Character Name Fran| Series Katekyo Hitman REBORN!|

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Dean Winchester | Supernatural |

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Luppi Antenor | Bleach |

itsatrep | Journal HMD

You said on the anon memes that you were open to crit, so here's hoping it's true. :) Although I think you have a fairly good grasp on Dean's character, I feel you've slipped on the details when it comes to the way Dean reacts to sex with different genders in ways that the chip doesn't entirely compensate for.

Now I'm totally down with Dean being played as bi-sexual and it's more or less proven in canon that he isn't really homophobic, but Dean has been raised in a very hetero-normative society and he definitely has different expectations of different genders. He likes the ladies to be impressed with him and flirts accordingly, but with most men there's sense of competition and posturing. He wants them to know he's badass and not to be messed with...which isn't to say there aren't dangerous ladies in his life who sometimes get this treatment, but with the kind of life Dean's led he's more used to aggressive men getting in his face and has had to learn to deal with that.

My issue is, from what I've seen of your Dean in Ariel, is that he treats both genders pretty much the same in regards to sex which doesn't seem quite right. Given his character, I sort of feel that he wouldn't lose that need to establish a sort of pecking order, even if he was choosing to bottom, instead of just approaching guys with the same sort of open flirtatiousness he'd use for women.