linden_jay

Okay--it's ten am, and I haven't slept since about one-thirty in the morning or so, when my children decided it would be AWESOME to keep mummy up all night with the yelling and the fussing and the whatever, so! I have a question. Mostly RPG related, but I think it actually applies to FPS/RPS as well.

What prompts you to make the decisions that you do about the spouses/partners/significant others/parents/siblings/children of your characters, and how that relates to how you play your character in game/how you present them in fic?

More specifically--why do you keep them as part of your characters life, or why do you not? How do you keep them or not keep them?

Are RL partners fair game? What if they're a celebrity themselves? What if their parents are celebrities themselves, or their siblings? Does that make a difference in your decision? Do you invent/fictionalise the people in your characters lives? To what extent--do you keep the names and make up the details (yes, I know it's all pretend so to a degree we're always making shit up, but you know what I mean, right?), or do you invent people all together? Do you find that the way that you include "canon" relationships has changed throughout the time you've been writing/rpging?

Now, why have I been going to Blockbuster and tearing my hair out when there's a teeny little precious video store just around the corner from where I live. Granted, they don't have everything, but what they do have really surprised me- plus they've got previously viewed dvd's on sale.

Closer and Garden State for only $16 Canadian- and that's for both! Granted, I haven't seen Garden State, but I've wanted to for awhile, and I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be good. It's supposed to be good, right? *peeks around*

Also rented:

Secretary
Snatch
Memento

I've seen Memento before, but I've been looking for an excuse to see it again. And I figure that for less than $3 a film, two for one, and you get them for a week, I can justify that.

I tried to find S.F.W, The Professional, and Who Shot Andy Warhol, but he didn't have them. Have to look for them later. But still- it was a good day.

I'm just all excited now. Nothing says fun like knitting a scarf while watching a movie about BDSM...