Pre-Game Preparation (+ some shit you guys really need to do)

[theycallmeruthless]

 Hey guys! I’ve got a couple of things to bring up, and I have to say that they’re not all pleasant. We’ve reached the super essential, super important, super obnoxious part of the HSO. I’ll lead up to more information on that!

First off, I need you to participate in the pre-game promotional and confirm your Dreamwidth accounts. I will be coming around to make sure that you all did so. People who have done it will be listed here! Contact me upon completion with a link and I will check off your name.

• Ruthie/theycallmeruthless
• Valerie/valjameslynn
• Keyra/volatiletimes
• Ally/thatfeatheryprick
• Kristina/ruemasde
• Georgia/mouseflower
• Skye/undermutt

Next, since we have a boat load of work to do soon, I’d like to ask that everyone put in their first br0 banners/icons up by this Monday. Yes, I know that the deadline is next Friday but we're going to be busy before the start of the games,  I need this behind us. Send me a link and I will add it to the list on the previous post.

Roll call will be taking place starting on May 28th! You will have four days to post on this comm or message me saying that you're still alive. This is sort of stupid because I'm sure that we're all participating, but I need you to do this anyway. I'll post again when it comes up.

Also, if you have any references for whatever type of work you do, start posting them to the community. This isn't required (as of right now)  but is insanely recommended. Please try to have something in before the start of the games! You can post references at absolutely any time you want. 

We also need to begin considering what types of work we can work on by collaborating as a team and keeping within the strict and sometimes obnoxious constraints. Here are some types that I've thought up - please think of some others? I'll be around to fish for ideas later.

• Fic + art - the best and simplest thing we can do as a group given our capabilities. Big headache for: everyone.
• An animation/flash game - more difficult but definitely aesthetically pleasing and great for the collab round. Big headache for: the artists, who have to actually make the thing. Good headache for the writers who have to make the story.
• Music + art - In which we take song lyrics and turn them into a long one panel/split into ten panel art. Big headache for: the artists; smaller headache for the writers who have to describe the pictures.

We have some more time to discuss this and could generally ~wing it, but think about it, please?

Onto the super brain killer: we need to start analyzing. Generally, we need to find out what Jake and Terezi are like as characters, what they look like, what their friends are like, then come up with a conclusion on how we think Jake and Terezi will react to each other. It seems simple enough - believe me, it goes a lot deeper. See how (with the worst examples ever):

• We need to find out what Jake and Terezi are like as characters - that means going through pesterlogs and all of their actions throughout the comic to see how they act, why they act that way, what they are thinking at the time, what they are feelings, etc. Ex: Terezi only bonded with her lusus upon going blind -> she values being blind -> she also might have been very lonely as a grub.
• What they look like - get as many details from canon that we can use to describe what they look like. Ex: comparing heights to find out how tall they are: if John is shorter than Jade, who is slightly taller than Dave, who is shorter than Karkat, who is shorter than Gamzee, then John is shorter than Gamzee. Now do that with Jake and Terezi. 
• What their friends are like - find characteristics within Jake and Terezi that can be seen in that of their friends by going through pesterlogs and flashes and compare them to that of the other character. Ex: Alive!Aradia was adventurous. God Tier!Aradia is more or less the same as alive!Aradia. Terezi, upon seeing God Tier!Aradia, flirted with her and continually called her cute. -> Jake is adventurous. Terezi may flirt with and call him cute. 

Then we need to come up with a general consensus of how they might react to each other and try to bend it into canon when/if Hussie has them meet. I have a general idea of how to split up jobs but I want to run it through one or both of the Vice Palhonchos. I'll put out more information later this week.

On the note of general consensuses, soon we're also going to need to go through our distinct headcanons for each character and consolidate them to fit into either character so that when we write/art, we're always creating the same, stock Jake and Terezi. More on this later. 

I believe that's it for right now. Cool (8

I have to do my math homework,
Ruthie
(theycallmeruthless)

TL;DR

• CONFIRM YOUR DREAMWIDTH ACCOUNTS AND DO THE PRE-GAME PROMOTIONAL GODDAMMIT.
• I want preliminary banners and icons for br0 by Monday.
• Roll call is approaching. 
• Post some references that can be used when creating whatever fan work!
• Think of different types of art we can do.
• We have a lot of analyzing to do and it's going to suck. 
• We are discussing character headcanons soon.