Character Information Pages

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

I have belonged to a great many fandoms over the years and a truly insane number of role-playing games in various forums. I understand how dull it is to have to sit down and list various facts about your character, but I'm here to make a very specific plea.

Half of you, approximately, have no information on your profile pages. Not even the full name of your character, much less the actual fandom you're from. Yes, I can go back to the main player listing and pick those out, usually, but that isn't just awkward, it's time consuming. It also tells me nothing at all about your character. Most of the time I won't be able to tell a thing about your character save what I can gather from your user icon.

Please, have mercy on the other players who might not be as obsessed a fan as you are and at least list your character's full name and fandom on the info page. (Or, in the case of the X-men, which of the enormous number of universes and plot-lines you actually hail from.) A link to a general information page on your world/fandom might also be helpful if you're inclined to such things.

As it is, your Journalism professor is going to be a real son-of-a-bitch if he has to track down this information by himself... and I think we'd all like to avoid that.

Edit: And by that last above, I mean that he likes to dig far deeper than you'd think possible and he loves to assemble dossiers and produce blackmail. It's what the man is world famous for. If he's forced to dig for who you are...? Prepare to have no secrets left. At all. Ever.

So for your own safety? Please post at least a full name and the name of your fandom or source material on your info page. Thank you.

Comments

[last-worde.livejournal.com]

I redid William's info page-- is that the sort of thing you want?

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Absolutely and my deepest thanks. It's hard for me to judge yours, however, as I'm a diehard Pratchett fan and rather passionately attached to the Discworld. I already knew who you were.

[last-worde.livejournal.com]

Well, it doesn't hurt to ask. *g*

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Have no idea what to write in that thing, so: critique (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=courier_gavin)?

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Looks great. Thank you very much.

[thehurleyabides.livejournal.com]

Good idea. I've seen unfamiliar names and fandoms around here that I've been curious about.

Added a few things to my userinfo as well.

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Again, you're from a fandom I'm familiar with, but some of these I've only got the barest knowledge of and it's frustrating to realize that I can't do a thing with them because I can't even begin to guess at ages and appearances, much less if there's anything immediately obvious about them that I should be reacting to.

[equalsmcsquared.livejournal.com]

I've modeled this Sara's after the one on Milliways. Seems to work the best, though I'd prefer not going into too much detail. Makes for great angst surprises.

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

I'm really mostly looking for full names and a clear label as to fandom. I didn't list half of Spider's more... interesting traits, myself.

[last-worde.livejournal.com]

Should we suggest reading material and stuff, in case people want to become familiar with the canons? I mean, I just put a couple volumes of Transmet on hold at the library; otherwise I only know what I've seen on [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com].

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Mm. I can scan the first volume and put up links if anyone's interested in mine... although I know there are articles out there on the subject. I did link a website in my userinfo because, frankly, Spider sort of defies easy description.

I think listing source material info for those of us in the printed format would be a really, really helpful idea.

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

How does mine look?

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Looks good to me and I'm not at all familiar with your fandom.

[0nlymemories.livejournal.com]

So for someone with poorly developed source canon (i.e. most of the statements in the film run counter to actual history), do we get to make it up out of a mix of the two?

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

That would be a question for the principal, actually. As long as it's clearly stated what you're using for canon, however, I can't think why it'd be a problem.

[swerval_zero]

How's mine look?

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Again a fandom I'm not familiar with and it looks clear enough to me. Thanks.

[magitekboy.livejournal.com]

Hear, hear.

My info is at the bare essentials stage at the moment, but I've been remarkably busy today... will get to it tomorrow.

[the-envious-sin.livejournal.com]

Sorry for not having anything on my page yet. I've been a tad busy, but it shall be up soon. *nods*

[the-envious-sin.livejournal.com]

Alrighty, done. Might spruce it up later though. *shrugs*

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Contains at least the basics. Thank you very much.

[lizzy-turner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm going to get on that for both accounts.

[defiantlyyours.livejournal.com]

How do I look?

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

Looks good to me. Thank you.

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

As long as it's got a name and a fandom, I'm content but, I have to admit, I really like the fact that you've got her roommate and classes there as well.

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

I've done a bit of mine and added a LJ entry for any questions about "me" that people might have, just comment

[priestly-purple.livejournal.com]

You do realize that the character roster post has full character names and fandoms for everyone, right? If nothing else, you can just Google it.