You bring up some very good points. There's one I don't quite agree on, but ultimately the failure was still mine since I know I have what I think are good reasons for it, but if it didn't translate in the playing then that's still an issue.
1. I really can't argue with this. Honestly, I think some of this comes from my also playing a S7 Dean in another game where he's kind of "fuck it all, who cares?" and I kind of got my wires crossed a bit. He really should be more questioning and mistrustful and I failed to put that in like I should have.
2. This is the one I don't entirely agree on. He's been with Thrawn a few times by then and started to develop some trust there and I sort of see Dean as the type of person who, once it's given, trust is pretty solid until he's given a reason to withdraw it.
Still, I probably could have either made that more clear or had him be a little more curious about it. You're right that this one was my trying to jump ahead to the fun and that's no excuse. I should have put more effort into that response.
3. Again, it feels like short-cut roleplaying.
Pretty much exactly right. Chi and I had plans for how it was going to affect them and be a big deal, but I pretty much dropped the ball on that. I put all my focus on the "avoid it, forget it, pretend it didn't happen" coping mechanism they've got going on and neglected to play up his guilt and anger.
Honestly, I think I was avoiding thinking about it a little myself, since we started to get the "omg that's so disgusting, you should be ashamed, you might as well be playing OCs if you play wincest" kind of wank and I just think I was trying to minimize my wank exposure. It's still me dropping the ball, though, so you're totally right.
Some ret-conned re-education might be the best solution, definitely, since despite my screw-ups, I really do love some of the CR I've built and would hate to ret-con it instead.
Thank you, again, for taking the time to do this and pointing out specifics I can work on. It's very helpful and I will try my best to correct the issues. :)
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1. I really can't argue with this. Honestly, I think some of this comes from my also playing a S7 Dean in another game where he's kind of "fuck it all, who cares?" and I kind of got my wires crossed a bit. He really should be more questioning and mistrustful and I failed to put that in like I should have.
2. This is the one I don't entirely agree on. He's been with Thrawn a few times by then and started to develop some trust there and I sort of see Dean as the type of person who, once it's given, trust is pretty solid until he's given a reason to withdraw it.
Still, I probably could have either made that more clear or had him be a little more curious about it. You're right that this one was my trying to jump ahead to the fun and that's no excuse. I should have put more effort into that response.
3. Again, it feels like short-cut roleplaying.
Pretty much exactly right. Chi and I had plans for how it was going to affect them and be a big deal, but I pretty much dropped the ball on that. I put all my focus on the "avoid it, forget it, pretend it didn't happen" coping mechanism they've got going on and neglected to play up his guilt and anger.
Honestly, I think I was avoiding thinking about it a little myself, since we started to get the "omg that's so disgusting, you should be ashamed, you might as well be playing OCs if you play wincest" kind of wank and I just think I was trying to minimize my wank exposure. It's still me dropping the ball, though, so you're totally right.
Some ret-conned re-education might be the best solution, definitely, since despite my screw-ups, I really do love some of the CR I've built and would hate to ret-con it instead.
Thank you, again, for taking the time to do this and pointing out specifics I can work on. It's very helpful and I will try my best to correct the issues. :)