I'm going to preface this by saying I know next to nothing about your canon, but a lot of what I'm going to crit you on doesn't necessarily have to do with me needing to know it. I'm also doing this logged in because I know a majority of people won't consider anon crit valid. So here we go.
For the most part this doesn't effect me too much, I've not personally had to deal with this on a large level, just minor things that typically I won't put up with so it never goes far, but having seen things on a certain anon comm recently and seeing a lot of stuff on plurk and the like or ooc posts in game, I feel the need to speak up. As said I've seen things on anon comms and while people tend to get pretty nasty on there, there have been some valid points brought up that I don't know if you've seen or read, or if you've even taken them into consideration at all.
The biggest thing I've seen you do a lot of is using your canon to push and force your characters into situations and on characters or people. I get that Conan has a huge love for the Sherlock Holmes stories and he's a young detective and all, but that doesn't mean he has to be involved in every little thing involving those characters. In many an ooc plotting thing you've jumped on getting Conan into whatever Sherlock and John are doing, which is fine, you have CR with them and it's great to love your CR and be excited about it, but when those people make it clear they have their own stuff planned you continue to push and badger about it, using your canon to try and make it seem like if Conan doesn't do everything and anything with them that it's completely ooc and everything is ruined.
What you seem to forget is that RP is a collaborative thing and a lot of the times you have to give a little, even if it may be slightly ooc or is something you want. Just as an example I play Khan, obviously, and he's an Augment, super human and super smart all that good nonsense, there's a lot of stuff he should be able to do, or should do, but if I did every little thing it wouldn't be fair a lot of people or characters in game. Also I love my CR with Sherlock and John too when it comes to him, but I also understand that having good CR with people doesn't mean that I'm privy to being involved in everything plot or thing they do. That's just ridiculous.
Which brings me to the next thing that I've seen as well. I'll repeat that I don't know your canon at all, just what I see you talk about on plurk or in ooc posts in game. Saying that I find that you often bring up how Conan is... 18? Or a teenager/young adult in a young boys body from whatever happened in his canon, and that's he's supposed to be very smart. Intelligent, he's a detective after all. Time and time again you down play his intelligence to make him very child like, which I'm sure he uses to his advantage in canon, I don't know, but then you can't seem to handle the repercussions of him behaving this way when adult characters treat him like a child.
For example I've seen a lot of Conan and John butting heads in game because of this, to which you'll give examples in canon as to why Conan does this like it's an excuse of why John should just let it go and act like he's his father and be all 'daw oh Conan it's okay' and love him like a parent of something strange like that. Or even Sherlock. Then that person will give you reasons why in their canon their character wouldn't behave that way or wouldn't take Conan's behavior well and would reprimand him or give him shit for acting as he does.
You've also done this recently with your other character from the same canon. She has many impressive talents that in canon she can use to do a lot of awesome stuff, but in game there are limits and you can beat your head against a wall all day about how she can make viruses and did such and such to the police at one point, but this is a game and everyone has to give a little for it to work and I feel like this is something you're ignoring, whether you do it on purpose or really just don't realize you're doing it.
Basically I think you need to take a step back and not be as forceful with your characters and not bother or badger people when they won't let you into everything and don't expect people to treat Conan certain ways when you have him act like a child and do a lot of pretty not very bright things. Try to realize that while you're characters can do some amazing things that that doesn't mean that they'll always be able to in game. Whether mods say no or other people are asking you to hold back a little.
To end this I'd like to say I came here because of things I'd seen and read for sometime now, this was of my own doing. If you have any concerns or issues please reply back to this or talk to me on plurk or wherever you feel comfortable. Thanks.
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For the most part this doesn't effect me too much, I've not personally had to deal with this on a large level, just minor things that typically I won't put up with so it never goes far, but having seen things on a certain anon comm recently and seeing a lot of stuff on plurk and the like or ooc posts in game, I feel the need to speak up. As said I've seen things on anon comms and while people tend to get pretty nasty on there, there have been some valid points brought up that I don't know if you've seen or read, or if you've even taken them into consideration at all.
The biggest thing I've seen you do a lot of is using your canon to push and force your characters into situations and on characters or people. I get that Conan has a huge love for the Sherlock Holmes stories and he's a young detective and all, but that doesn't mean he has to be involved in every little thing involving those characters. In many an ooc plotting thing you've jumped on getting Conan into whatever Sherlock and John are doing, which is fine, you have CR with them and it's great to love your CR and be excited about it, but when those people make it clear they have their own stuff planned you continue to push and badger about it, using your canon to try and make it seem like if Conan doesn't do everything and anything with them that it's completely ooc and everything is ruined.
What you seem to forget is that RP is a collaborative thing and a lot of the times you have to give a little, even if it may be slightly ooc or is something you want. Just as an example I play Khan, obviously, and he's an Augment, super human and super smart all that good nonsense, there's a lot of stuff he should be able to do, or should do, but if I did every little thing it wouldn't be fair a lot of people or characters in game. Also I love my CR with Sherlock and John too when it comes to him, but I also understand that having good CR with people doesn't mean that I'm privy to being involved in everything plot or thing they do. That's just ridiculous.
Which brings me to the next thing that I've seen as well. I'll repeat that I don't know your canon at all, just what I see you talk about on plurk or in ooc posts in game. Saying that I find that you often bring up how Conan is... 18? Or a teenager/young adult in a young boys body from whatever happened in his canon, and that's he's supposed to be very smart. Intelligent, he's a detective after all. Time and time again you down play his intelligence to make him very child like, which I'm sure he uses to his advantage in canon, I don't know, but then you can't seem to handle the repercussions of him behaving this way when adult characters treat him like a child.
For example I've seen a lot of Conan and John butting heads in game because of this, to which you'll give examples in canon as to why Conan does this like it's an excuse of why John should just let it go and act like he's his father and be all 'daw oh Conan it's okay' and love him like a parent of something strange like that. Or even Sherlock. Then that person will give you reasons why in their canon their character wouldn't behave that way or wouldn't take Conan's behavior well and would reprimand him or give him shit for acting as he does.
You've also done this recently with your other character from the same canon. She has many impressive talents that in canon she can use to do a lot of awesome stuff, but in game there are limits and you can beat your head against a wall all day about how she can make viruses and did such and such to the police at one point, but this is a game and everyone has to give a little for it to work and I feel like this is something you're ignoring, whether you do it on purpose or really just don't realize you're doing it.
Basically I think you need to take a step back and not be as forceful with your characters and not bother or badger people when they won't let you into everything and don't expect people to treat Conan certain ways when you have him act like a child and do a lot of pretty not very bright things. Try to realize that while you're characters can do some amazing things that that doesn't mean that they'll always be able to in game. Whether mods say no or other people are asking you to hold back a little.
To end this I'd like to say I came here because of things I'd seen and read for sometime now, this was of my own doing. If you have any concerns or issues please reply back to this or talk to me on plurk or wherever you feel comfortable. Thanks.