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glassinineWhat you need to know
Threadjacking: Oh my god please always and everywhere!
Backtagging: There is no such thing as a too-old tag.
Fourth-walling: Get in touch with me first.
Hugging this character: Yes please!
Kissing this character: Go for it! You might get punched, fair warning.
Fighting this character: Get in touch with me first. I love to have him get punched in the face, but check in with me on the off-chance that I've, you know, done threads that take place later in time talking about his pure and umblemished and unblackened eyes.
Injury/death: Obviously check in first, but odds are I'll be open to it.
Reading this character's mind: Go for it! All you'll see are erotic fantasies about justice anyway.
Psychically manipulating this character: Goooo forrr iiit.
OOC/IC triggers/discomfort: I'll get in touch with you or just drop the thread if I'm personally uncomfortable about anything, so don't worry about skirting any topics for OOC reasons. ICly, Edgeworth himself is a mess; he has PTSD which is triggered consistently by earthquakes and occasionally by confined spaces and the sound of gunfire. So if you ICly fire a gun around him or lock him in a closet or whatever, he'll get weird.
What I need to know
Edgeworth is coming into the city with the ability of guilt manipulation. This means he will be able to do the following:
1.) Cause another person to relive one or more crimes from their past. "Crime" here is relative - any incident in which they transgressed against someone, perceive themselves to have transgressed against someone, or are perceived to have transgressed can be a crime. Additionally, if Edgeworth is deliberately activating this power, he can cause them to relive the crime he wants them to relive.
2.) Cause them to suffer feelings of extreme remorse associated with this crime. The degree of guilt will be proportional to the severity of the crime.
3.) Potentially drive them, using these feelings of guilt, to confess their crimes.
This power will be limited by several factors. First, he must be in direct physical contact for this. Second, he's not an evil sort of guy, so he'd really have to be furious before he deliberately used this against someone. And, third, he'll have very poor control over the power.
Now, this sort of thing can cause real and significant emotional damage to a character, so I will never, ever have him use this power without contacting you first. Filling out this permissions post is not going to give me carte blanche to use this whenever; prior to any actual use, I will contact you. This is just to know who's interested in plotting out something involving this.
So please, if you are interested, answer these questions!
1.) Are you interested in plotting something out with me involving the use of this power?
2.) If so, how? Please note that, as I wrote above, he'll have poor control over this power. So there's the possibility that he might use the power against unrepentant villainous types, if they manage to make him really really mad; there's also the possibility that the power might end up being unintentionally triggered against someone he wouldn't intend to use it against. I'm open to plotting of both types!
3.) Would your character also confess their crime? Be warned that Edgeworth can be a crusader at times; he might very well tattle on them if it's a very bad sort of thing. We can very easily get around this, though!
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Date: 2014-02-25 01:46 am (UTC)2. If so, how? Weeeeeell, Kotetsu is an extremely Lawful Good sort of character anyway lmfao so 'crimes' with him are gonna be more like 'I let down my partner/daughter/[someone else]', 'I wasn't there when my wife died', 'I failed to save xyz random civilian'. If there would be some situation where that sort of thing would be interesting in a plot, I'd be down??
Aaaalso I guess it could be useful for making him feel bad about keeping secrets??? (By secrets, I mean things like not telling his daughter his profession as a superhero most of her life, not telling his partner that his powers are fading, etc, generally things that he thinks will upset people or make them worry about him but are not actually Bad Things.)
3. Would your character also confess their crime? May....be.....? HAHAHA I'M SORRY THIS IS UNHELPFUL kotetsu is a bottler and more the type to quietly stew in his feelings forever than talk to people about his problems like a healthy adult so it really depends on how intense the guilt is. Like he'd probably have to feel like he was about to go out of his mind and not be able to properly function otherwise.
....but considering he's a goody-two-shoes I DON'T SEE THINGS GETTING TO THAT POINT????? idk idk this is all so unhelpful i'm sorry again
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Date: 2014-02-25 02:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-02-25 02:28 am (UTC)1. YES.
2. HOW DEPENDS ON THE CHARACTER. I'm up for manipulating guilt, giving them MANPAIN, confessions depending on the character are also great!! It's kind of case by case depending on who I have. Especially with some of my guys, who might just grit it and grin
3. DEPENDING ON WHO, BUT UNLIKELY. Mitch and HJ would never; but Tony and Shade might, and Ozzie might just preen but he's an ass
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Date: 2014-02-25 04:21 am (UTC)1: absolutely yesss
2: oh, I'm up for anything ranging from nagging feelings to massive guilt mindwhammies.
3: Hans absolutely wouldn't (unless Edgeworth put a SUPER GUILT MINDWHAMMY on him), but Connors is just a massive atoner/is not very subtle about his manpain so probably yes. enjoy the story of how he turned himself into a lizard, Edgeworth.
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Date: 2014-02-25 04:24 am (UTC)2.) well, much as karkat would like to tell everyone otherwise, he will never be a cold blooded killer, much less unrepentant. that said! he does have a lot of moral grey areas due to his upbringing (crapsack alien world), and has a really aggravating personality in general, and is extremely susceptible to guilt and remorse. so, if you wanted to make a cranky alien teenager cry by accident, boy do i have a character for you!
crimes karkat has committed range through "jaywalking", "shoplifting", "vandalism and destruction of property", "harboring a wanted serial killer", "stabbed my best friend once", and last but not least "gave an entire universe cancer and is by proxy responsible for half the many, many deaths that occur in his canon, including that of said entire fucking universe", so depending on what you wanted from a thread, we could go in almost any direction.
3.) depends on the crime! if it's something karkat is usually cavalier and open about, obviously it's going to be easier to get him to spill the beans. however, if it's something he's more tightlipped about (the best friend stabbing and universe cancer, for example), it might be different. case-by-case basis.
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Date: 2014-02-26 09:48 am (UTC)2. Well as a warning Hope is full of soul-crushing guilt that he buries deep down because how does he emotions. He's committed murder, breaking-and-entering, assault, assault with a deadly weapon, and a whole bunch of other stuff when he was a teenager in order to survive in the big bad world that wanted him dead.
Also he feels guilty every time he thinks of his loved ones because well. They're either dead, missing or traveling across time and space and he's stuck doing stuff to bring them back but somehow his stuff fails in doing that. And he's genuinely a nice guy sooooo. Soul-crushing guilt and huge manpain. He's put a lot on his shoulders in the name of atonement when he was 14.
tbh manipulating his guilt depends on the situation so we'll probably have to talk it out.
3. ... actually yes he would, to some extent. He wouldn't say EVERYTHING but just enough.
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Date: 2014-02-26 03:02 pm (UTC)2) I think it might be the latter with Violet - as in unintentionally triggered. I'd be all right with either. Her guilt isn't very strong but her life was quite fucked up before and after her own death. There could be a few things she feels guilty about - not realizing the truth about her own boyfriend sooner, not being able to save her parents, etc. (She has a bunch of trigger warnings associated with her so I won't go too far in detail right now)
3) She might! She's hiding most of her own story so far so having someone to talk to might help. I don't think she has anything for him to tattle on except maybe underaged smoking.
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Date: 2014-02-27 01:41 am (UTC)2.) If so, how? I'm sure something will come up.
3.) Would your character also confess their crime? Yes, and then cry about it for three weeks. Thanks for that.
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Date: 2014-02-28 04:33 am (UTC)1.) YES, please. Loki's kryptonite is his guilt. The more he's manipulated by it, the better.
2.) Loki always sort of looks like he knows more than he lets on. A lot of the times he does, and he's really really good at being evasive with information and lying by omission. Pegging him down and nailing him for it would be really really good for him because it would be pretty bad if he always got away with his shit. (He'll also find it intriguing.) Notably he did something awful to himself that he feels guilty for, but ... that can be addressed later.
3.) Depends on how guilty he felt and how justified he was. Generally he's turning himself over and using his lying-mcliar powers for the good of everyone? Yeah, don't ask. But if he does things for the sake of doing something for someone else he'd hardly feel guilty about being himself because of it. A lot of his guilt stems from some of the other things he's done to gain his new role and settle in his selfish desires. Best to keep out of those, lolow.
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Date: 2014-03-01 04:38 am (UTC)2.) we can narrow it down later re: intentional or unintentional (oh man the second could be… so interesting too) but basically june is so far into her own mindset where her… uh we can probably safely call it pattern of mass murder at this point… is not only ok but justified in her mind so oh my god dropping a guilt bomb on her at some point ahhhhHH
3.) Would your character also confess their crime? STAND BY ON THIS we can talk about it at a later point if that's cool?
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:04 pm (UTC)1.) Are you interested in plotting something out with me involving the use of this power? I am! But I'm not sure of the logistics of it, so see below!!
2.) If so, how? Because I'm a terrible person, I'm a little interested in the idea of messing with Light's head via his missing memories about being Kira, etc. Now then, I'm not sure if Edgeworth's powers would be able to make people feel guilty about crimes that they can't remember? Reliving them, obviously, may not be at all possible but would the feelings of remorse still be plausible? It would definitely provide an interesting situation if it ever goes down that path.
If not, then he can still use these powers on Light, but the best he'll get from a Kira-less memory Light is... like... maybe lying to his parents on occasion about something lmao. I'd be up for either, really.
3.) Would your character also confess their crime? Depends on what we would do with question #2! Open for discussion if it ever reaches that point!
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-01 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-01 07:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-01 07:39 pm (UTC)Obviously, the guilt alone would either make him a) question or simply blame it on Edgeworth's abilities or b) make him start to second-guess himself, thinking back on L's suspicion directed towards him and wondering if it really is legitimate. Or both! Either way he probably wouldn't be very happy with Edgeworth afterwards.
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Date: 2014-03-01 07:43 pm (UTC)Let me know when you'd want to do this! I'd sooner not have it happen right away, because having caused Light that sort of suffering would crush Edgeworth a little bit, so I'd sooner get him into a place where he could cope with that; in a few weeks, though, I think it'll be completely fair game.
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Date: 2014-03-02 08:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-03-08 12:55 am (UTC)1) YES, GOD YES
2) Considering Kasai here has never felt guilty about any of the things he's done, I think this would be a really great (ie, horrible) experience for him, and you did say Edgeworth might use it against unrepentant villainous types. Among other things, there's been a moderate amount of burning people alive, never mind everything he's been an accomplice to, so reliving any of that with honest to god guilt and remorse would be really unpleasant.
3) TRICKY. I'd love to do it, but on the other hand, it seems like one of those things that wouldn't end well without some planning. Kasai's pretty easy-going... but the guilt isn't going to last, and if it looks like someone's going to call the cops on him, things go from casual to ugly really really fast. So yeah PLANNING. When you said "We can very easily get around this, though!" did you have anything in particular in mind?
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Date: 2014-03-08 11:44 am (UTC)So! More specific plotting: for Kasai to have this power used on him, he'll either have to have done something really nasty and be unquestionably guilty or Edgeworth will have to catch him in the middle of doing something bad and be using it as a way to force him to stop. (Either of which I would love to play with.) Can you see either of those things happening?
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Date: 2014-03-09 05:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-07-07 05:03 am (UTC)2.) If so, how? Barnaby isn't the villainous type
most of the time, so it would likely be the latter option.He's taken from a canon point where he's teetering on the edge of some severe depression that, according to Word of God, originally lasted a whole year. This is partly due to the massive guilt he feels about nearly killing Kotetsu not once, but twice, as well as guilt over other related things.
Right now, he's thoroughly distracted by a lot of stuff that's going on in-game, but the emotional fallout he's carrying with him is going to bite him in the ass sooner or later. He's awful at reaching out to people, though, so he's more inclined to start withdrawing than actually ask anyone for help.
It sounds like you and Batty are currently plotting stuff, so I understand if this is something that gets put on the back burner, or it's not really feasible to do it in the long run for whatever reason.
3.) Would your character also confess their crime? Barnaby is actually really sensitive, so if this stuff suddenly bubbled to the surface, most people would be able to tell he's legitimately distraught over it. This could potentially lead to a confession, depending on the circumstances, but it's also possible he'll just clam up more until he hits a downward spiral due to insomnia and anxiety, LOL good job Barnaby.