sophistry | (no subject)

Behind the unspammy safety of the LJ-cut, the past two weeks or so have set me thinking harder than usual on the subject, and - much as I would give literally pretty much anything to be able to keep playing Crowley, I am wondering more and more if it is not time to just jack it all in and retire him. With pretty much all of his important IC relationships gone/no longer necessary/redundant/easily replaceable/etc., and considering the fact that said circumstances have made it increasingly difficult to play because of 1) the resultant upset/jealousy and 2) the complete lack of... reference? due to other characters in those relationships being Gone, and the inherent OOCness that would be playing without reference to those IC relationships *deep breath*... yeah. I don't really feel like I can contribute anything meaningful to the game, anymore. Hell, look how long it's been since I've been able to entrance-post him.

So.

I really don't want to - RP is my only escapism from [boring angst redacted], but recently, it's just brought me a hell of a lot more upset than happiness.

And it's not like, at this stage, I'd be inconveniencing anyone by taking Crowley out of the game.

So in conclusion, I have spent the day curled up in bed feeling sorry for myself. Woohoo.

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Some people are gone, yes -- ICly and/or OOCly. And that can make play hard, I know.

I don't think Crowley is redundant or easily replaceable to anyone, though.

If you want to retire him, or feel you need to for your own stress levels or whatever, that's one thing. But if you don't and are just feeling backed into a corner by IC situations... well, that's different. That's something a lot of people would be glad, I think, to help you try to work around. Because I know I'm not at all alone in liking him, and missing him, and being glad for every chance I get to play my characters with him, with new and especially with established relationships.