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OOC question: How's that thesis coming along?

Slowly... so very slowly. Writing up the research is done, I'm in the analysis stage right now- trying to make sense of all that information. I'm starting work on the third/final chapter before writing out the introduction and concluding chapter! IDK when it will be finished but... yes. Progress.

Let's start with- Top three canons you'd like to see in camp!

1. Achewood (http://achewood.com/): Achewood is arguably one of the best webcomics ever created. I can hardly express how much love I have for the comic, so one may come to the conclusion that yes I would like to see it in camp.

2. The Muppet Show (any of the films would work too): Because Camp needs more puppets.

3. ...I don't know, Animaniacs maybe? Yes, that would work.

Top three canons that you would not like to see in Camp?

That I don't want to see? This is hard...

Canon that I like and would be concerned about characters being in camp: ... Princess Bride. Though dangerous things do happen in the plot, I would have to have confidence in the player(s) to be comfortable.

Twilight is a canon that I'm not fond of but admit characters could be improved via RP (or lambasted for the amusement of all, whichever way the player takes it).

And Jane Austen's works can stay out (except for the Zombies apper, that would be amazing if Elizabeth got in) because lol thesis-bias.

What is an event you'd like to see happen in Camp?

Hmm...well, I gave this question quite a bit of consideration and what I think it would be some kind of wonderful if CFUD did a crossover with another popular RP like Island or Discedo. Never gonna happen but still it's something to think about.

What is your favorite annual Camp event?

I do love the October boggarts- even if I couldn't pin down what precisely Mayu was afraid of in time, I look forward the chance to play it out this year.

Same question back at you!

Hmm...the mistletoe most likely; Audience Appreciation Day comes in at a close second.

How much longer does Mayuko expect to stay in Camp?

Mayuko is setting up for a long stay- while she hates the thought of being left behind, she WANTS to be the last of her group to leave, to make sure everyone gets out? She has her own cabin, her counselor position involves actual work, this place is more exciting than Furubaverse; even with Hatori leaving, she's not inclined to pack up herself yet.

Are your characters missing home? If so, what do they miss most?

Yes, with the exception of Huckleberry.

While Crow doesn't mind being in Camp, the Vacation event in a way he is starting to wish that he could be back in the 'ol Satellite of Love. Not that he would willingly admit, but still...and what he missed the most? Probably the Satellite of Love itself, what with it being his home and all.

As for Goofy, like Crow he also enjoys being in Camp, but for him it's not so much his home that he misses as it is that he misses his friends at home (Mickey, Donald, Clarabelle, his son Max, etc...).

As far as I can tell, Huckleberry's doesn't really have a "home" per-say, seeing as how his location differs from cartoon to cartoon. Thus he can't really miss what he doesn't have.

So, Hatori left, huh? How does that make Mayuko feel?

Edited 2010-01-15 23:17 (UTC)

It's sad to her on several levels. The plus side is that Hatori is at least safer at home than at camp! And he spent such a long time away from home, he deserves to go back! Which is basically what she recently told Ebi. But yes:

1. Core fact: Mayu is big on security and stability, she doesn't like her world being upended. And Hatori's presence has been a key aspect of adjusting to camp as well as she has. She's going to miss being able to see him, and talking to him about the weird things that go on, and just having his support. :(

2. The fact that he had to leave his adopted family hurts worse than him leaving her. She's going to see him again, for sure! But Setsuna? Teito and Mikage? Their worlds are not in that conglomerate of universes coinciding with Furubaverse. So she feels even more beholden to watch over them for Hatori.

3. Akito is still here. And while she doesn't know exactly what happened at New Year's, Mayu's anticipating backlash on the remaining Sohmas to hit. So she's worried about them too! (And it's a wonder she hasn't turned into an elephant yet from all the stress- maybe in the spring...)

tl;dr It's all a big jumble of emotions, but she's going to miss her friend.

This is a silly question, but how the heck does Mayu deal as a teacher with the madness of having both Yuki and Kyo in her class?

Ah, well, individually, they're both good kids, in their own ways! Yuki is quieter and respectful, but she can relate to Kyou's tsundere side. Yuki is bright, Kyou studies hard, so their grades aren't a problem. The other students' interest in them (one fairly popular with the rest of the class, the other being the Prince of Kaibara High and Student Body President) makes things hectic at times! On their own, they're fine...

But the two of them together... Mayu knows that they don't get along, that something's causing their argument, but she's not the sort to pry. What grabs her attention is misbehavior- they don't fight in her classroom for THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES. Heck, in camp Mayu booked them both for fighting (or Kyou for fighting, and Yuki for being too rough, I believe). Sensei doesn't put up with their stepping out of line, so as long as they're civil to each other in her presence, it's all good. She really just wants the best for everyone in her homeroom class. :')

Could you tell me the top characters from your canons that you want to see apped?

Mayu-sensei so much more on it than my high school homeroom teacher. :')

Axis Powers Hetalia is easier because basically Korea would just like his bros China and Japan back so he can ~~bother~~ love them properly. ♥

Dragon Knights is harder. I grew up with this canon and it's my baby and I have a hard time trusting other people to app from it unless I already know them. I'm such a bad person. ;; But ideally... I'd really like either Tetheus (http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/VampiressEclipse/Dragon%20Knights/Tetheus.jpg) or Thatz (http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc94/VampiressEclipse/Dragon%20Knights/Thatz.jpg) in camp, for selfish pairing type reasons. I've got Kitchel already and canonically she falls hard for the prior but was originally supposed to be paired up with the latter. ...I'd feel more comfortable if Tetheus was in camp, though, since Thatz and Kitchel was my first OTP ever and oh god the temptation to hook them up might be too much for me. ;_;

Why did you decide to app Mayu?

There were a multitude of factors. First, Furuba is my forever manga and I adore the characters. And Mayu stood out to me because she cares so strongly for others, yet she's tough when she has to be. And she fell in love at first sight for this guy and has been holding the torch for him for YEARS-just, she's one of my favorites!

So when I found Camp, I wanted to play from the canon because there was a big cast here! I flipped through the beta offers of old, saw maybe one or two asking for Mayu but they didn't go through. Then I did some research, and saw, "Oh, castmates are cool with the surprise het, now's my chance!" Only I was undecided- I had camper options also, and with the never-ending thesis, one character is what I'm comfortable with.

But Floor swayed me to Mayu in two ways:
1. The coin toss was Audience Appreciation Day- I had a Furuba and a FF request. And whichever one got filled, I would app from!... She wrote me Mabudachi genderswitch. Fate set into motion!
2. Around the same time, Hatori got Ticky'd and when I felt equal parts audience's "omg pass the popcorn" and Mayu's "OH NOOO!"... I knew I had to have her.

Favorite camp effect, and how would/have your characters respond to it?

I've always had a soft spot for the deaging effects, even if I don't have the best characters for it. Actually, there was a gag strip about baby!Korea so at least I'd have icons for that. I don't think that could last for more than a day or so, since there's really not much to do with that other than be a cute and annoying toddler.

I deaged Kaistern once already and just did it again. He has a short story about his past and it gets referenced a few times in the series, which is helpful. I like doing it, though, because he talks to different people when he's young and just has a very different mindset in that he's young and impulsive and hasn't figured out yet where he's going in his life. It's fun for me too, since I've taken him from when he has less than a month to live and he knows he's on his way out. Camp's been a very welcomed vacation for him since it gives him time back and deaging him does that even more.

I want to deage Kitchel too, but I don't have the icon space for it since she doesn't have a paid account. I've got a decent amount of headcanon on her as a child, but the earliest canon shows her is only a year or so from the start of the series. The only practical way to do it would be to take her from the very beginning of the series, which would make her a couple years younger and not really all that different. It might be funny to have her meet all her friends at camp again but that's about it.

Apart from Furuba, what canons would you like to see better represented in camp?

I'd love to see more characters from the horror movie genre- I like having things a bit scarier around here! More Disney and characters from those 1980's early 1990's superhero cartoons, because some were pretty weird and would fit in at camp, oddly enough. (Street Sharks? Biker Mice?) Could always more video game RPG characters. I'm blanking on specifics, sorry |D;;

Same question back at you!

I would die if people from some really cheesy drama showed up. There are some Asian drama people here already, but I what I really want is someone from this Chinese drama, Ten Brothers. It hits a nice medium between horribly epic cgi and costuming and intense levels of wtf on the screenwriting level. Also, srs literature would be epic. Whoever managed to pull off Shakespeare in camp would have me as their fan for life.

Same question you asked me about the camp effects~

Receiving flack for my icon choice for deaged!Mayu kinda dulled that experience, but turning her into an elephant- that was fun! I wanted it to be as inconvenient a form as Hatori's seahorse, and well, not being able to go indoors at all? Pretty difficult! Plus the effect hit her while she was under stress (getting kicked out by Hatori for Akito, her lowest point in camp), so it annoyed her, but gave her something else to think about. She didn't expect changing into something so big

I really want to genderswitch her, because she does have her "secretly wishes she were male" side to her; she would actually be comfortable as a man, I think! But the most similar looking character to her is...Kureno. Which would be epic and epically brain-breaking, sob. So it may not be meant to be, IDK.

Your characters' favorite people in camp!

I need to thread with Korea more, but he likes the manha people, of course, and George. George might be Japanese, but he's cool and Korea wants him to come to the Seoul fashion show.

Kitchel's camp bff/little sister is Sapphire, and she also really likes Shiki and Yukinami and whoever else she's currently off bothering. Tsun men with good bodies also ping her hard, but they're not as important as her actual friends.

Kaistern's favorite person is Rath, which is kind of a cheat answer since he's his favorite person IC'ly as well. Other than that, he's pretty much adopted Sapphire. :Db

If Mayu had to be mistletoed with someone still in camp?

Let's see... Narumi Shouhei and she have a mistletoe "arrangement" (she's kissed him more than Hatori, lol). Shigure tops her via friendship/alliance, so she would tsun at him but go along with it to save face. :/ But those two are a given.

If she found out he was in camp, she'd want to be mistletoed with Indiana Jones because those movies came out when she was in her teens and- IT'S HARRISON FORD, come on now, who wouldn't?

Your characters must mistletoe EACH OTHER. What happens?

Korea does it willingly. It's an American tradition, so he's being cool and gansta, right? Right?

Kaistern does it. Less willingly, though. More out of resignation that it's what he has to do to get out of it. And he'd really prefer if no one he knew were around. He feels awkward kissing another man and Kitchel's pretty much jailbait still. :||||

Kitchel would not be willing. She would do it eventually, but only after everyone within shouting range knew that she was being forced against her will and that she thought it was weird and creepy. Even if the other two had no choice in it, she might still slap them when it was done.

Camp-enforced bodyswap. Who's the last person Mayu would want to experience that with?

Akito is at the top of the DO NOT WANT list because Mayu doesn't trust herself to mess things up for the Sohmas. If she knew Johji better, he'd be up there because she'd worry about what might happen to her body.

What is your characters' fondest wish?

Korea wants his economy to surpass Japan's.

Kitchel would tell you she wants some treasure or another, but really what she wants is to see Tetheus again. For longer. When she's not stuck in an alternative dimension in a cave. And to actually get his name this time.

Kaistern just wants Rath to be safe.

What world would Mayu like to visit?

Edited 2010-02-12 02:56 (UTC)

We need to bond over Hatori being back home. :( Because we haven't played in forever.

I concur with both parts of this. :( There's bound to be a V-Day post that pings Mayu in the "baww not!bf is gone" place, or I'll keep an eye out for you!

Question... OK, so I never congratulated you for apping Eddie (kyaa Dark Tower kyaa!) so I guess I'll ask if you like any other SK books?

Edited 2010-02-10 20:06 (UTC)

I used to read Stephen King a lot back in high school. I think I read Cujo, Misery, Pet Sementary, Christine and Carrie. They were all right at the time, but, in general, I am not crazy about King's style. On the plus side, I enjoy the interweaving thing he does with characters and concepts from his key canons and I think he is amazing at characters. But I also think he is far too arrogant for his own good, and it seeps into his writing. The end of Dark Tower rubbed me very badly in this aspect. I also think he sucks at writing love. Despite this, Dark Tower is my baaaaaaby. I don't think I will ever love a book series more. It is my Code Geass of literature.

Now that they've finally met, Mayuko's thoughts on/impression of Raidou?

First impressions- ok, so Mayu has a good first impression of Raidou! She went out on a limb mentioning the "paranormal" and felt a little bad that it made him uncomfortable- plus it reminded her of Hatori's reaction to her knowing about the curse and bawww...

Anyways! Mayu got a better handle of him the second time they met. (She would have been confused if that had been their first, "I thought Narumi's assistant was male :|a") But when she's in teaching mode, she's in her element. And Raidou's interest in the subject was... refreshing! She finds him curious and polite, and will help him gladly in the future!

Reverse first impression of Mayuko?

Favorable! Raidou already enjoys talking to Mayuko, because she is friendly and knowledgeable and he really likes learning things. He can see why Narumi would like her. It does bother him a bit that it was ten months before he even met her, when she's been here as long as Narumi and is clearly someone Narumi trusts, but he's aware that there are a lot of people in camp and besides, it's not as if Narumi isn't entitled to have his own friends and his own life that doesn't involve Raidou.

He is very, very curious about what Narumi might have told her about their world, considering that he trusted her enough to tell her about the paranormal aspects, but he's hesitant to ask. Really, he's hesitant to ask her anything regarding her friendship with Narumi, because he figures it's not any of his business.

He would actually not mind talking to her about paranormal matters, but the fact that she knew he and Narumi were involved with them threw him quite a bit.

What are Mayuko's favorite subjects to teach/learn about?

Mayuko likes teaching literature, and would do well with language and history classes! She likes sharing her arts and humanities knowledge with the younger set, especially sources from outside of Japan, when the strict timeline/curriculum allows.

As for learning, Mayu likes studying literature. She likes... learning how to do different things (handicrafts/repairs/so on...) and improving her skills (cooking/gardening/so forth). Traditional Japanese arts aren't really her thing- my headcanon says young!Mayu even failed her ikebana class, to her mother's embarrassment.

Raidou's favorite and least favorite subjects?

Raidou loves religion and mythology - which is good, because his job involves so much of it, but even if that weren't the case, he is endlessly fascinated with gods and spirits and legends and fairy tales. Literature and art also interest him, although he himself is not a very good artist. The demons generally find his interest in mythology flattering (and occasionally amusing), in part because it makes it clearer that he sees them as individuals worthy of respect rather than just tools to be used and discarded whenever.

He is probably very good at traditional Japanese arts, because the Kuzunohas are very big on traditions.

His least favorite subject is science. (He's not all that fond of mathematics, either; he finds it very dry, and it would have to be presented carefully to get him interested.) Chemistry in particular reminds him of Victor and makes him intensely uncomfortable.

If Mayu had to be bodyswapped, who would she be most comfortable swapping with?

Most comfortable bodyswap? Maybe Ebi. Same gender, similar bodytype, and most importantly, Mayu has trusted Ebi the most out here from the start. I don't think Mayu would actively seek a bodyswap. She's very self-protective, so the idea of someone else inhabiting her body? Ultimate DO NOT WANT, there.

I assume the demons have seen combat in camp- have any gotten to use their other skills?

Yeah, Raidou wouldn't seek one out either. He had a difficult enough time meeting himself while still being IN his own body.

Orochi hit Shadow Kanji in the face with Cool Down once (it didn't work). Gdon set Raidou's laptop on fire when a demon emerged from it in Atsuro's intro post, but that was a straight Agidyne, not Ignite. Most of them have probably used their skills in the caves while they've been training, aside from the Pagan demons.

If Mayu could see the demons, which would she most like to talk to, if any? Least?

Based on your list, she'd like talking to Gdon. If Alice is THE Alice, maybe her. And she has a dragon-ping now, but Kohryuu might intimidate her.

And Mara being... Mara would go under least.

Out of the demons, which is the most... well-disposed to humans? And least friendly?

It's sort of nebulous as to whether Alice is THE Alice or not. She has threaded with Mad Hatter in camp, which was all kinds of fun for that reason.

Gdon is surprisingly well-disposed to humans these days. She still tends to be disdainful towards many of the humans in camp, and no one's going to come close to being as good as Raidou in her eyes, but she's gotten a lot more tolerant, especially if you happen to be on good terms with Raidou. Inugami is pretty friendly, but his appearance tends to be a bit off-putting, much to his confusion, because he doesn't quite get that people don't think dogs should bend that way. Alice LOVES humans, but her method of making friends with them involves killing them so they'll be with her forever and ever. Raidou is working on this.

Most of the others are at least personable, including Mara and Beelzebub. One exception is the Black Rider, who tends to be very aloof, although he's... friendly in his own way to Raidou ("It was entertaining watching you struggle on the verge of death HAVE AN ITEM >D"). The other major exception is Orochi, who is very vocal about missing the days when human girls were sacrificed to him and respects absolutely no human but Raidou - and Raidou only because he beat the hell out of Orochi in a fight while Orochi was sober.

How would Mayu react if she found herself in Raidou and Narumi's world?

Oh wow... Her first reaction would be find Narumi and Raidou because IT'S NOT HOME, please tell me there's a way to time travel so I know how much to worry? On the other hand, she would be very curious- being in the past is intriguing enough, but a Japan with an alternate history? Very interesting... If the situation weren't dire, she'd want to explore- sotempted to see if there are any ancestors of hers around.

Has Raidou heard about other worlds from camp-residents that he'd like to visit?

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