First off... I totally agree w/Ambz, I honestly thought Rox AND Rho-Joe were good guys, cuz of the roleplays... then I read The Initiative and I was like... o__O
But really, the truth is, not all heels and faces are created equally. Everyone tends to see things in black and white. I, as well as The Crue, see thing in shades of grey. There is no such thing as 'good guys' or 'bad guys', people that are strictly one or the other. I see these two characters as real, and in the words of DDP, that isn't a bad thing. It's a good thing. You two are pretty much my faves here, so keep up the fantastic work. Interested in where you guys take this.
And now, down to the nitty gritty --
Match of the Night: Prince decimating Zion, and then riding off into the sunset. That's how a send-off SHOULD go, as opposed to... well, I'll get to that in the 'concerns'.
Underrated Match of the Night: Joey Fuckin' Harris vs The Masked Bob Dole. Why? Jane's Addiction's got two words FOR YAAA--
Segment of the Night: Vox Populi's backstage meeting with Zion. I freakin' love them, read a few of the RPs, and am looking forward to their title reign, along with this angle w/Darin & The Establishment. As well as possibly workin' with Black, as we spoke via PM... definitely a possibility.
Breakout Star: Caleb Houston. Without a shadow of a DOUBT, this man is one to keep an eye on. Debuts, puts in work, shows unquestionable talent, picks up the 'W'. Anton Who?
Face of the Night: Three-way tie. Prince, Codair & NightHawk. Because I like NightHawk. I just do.
Heel of the Night: Kaelyn F'n Divera. I fuh-reaking LOVED both her post-match segment as well as the backstage piece, and I am already hooked on this character. Zion was nice, but to be truthful, I immediately didn't care for the 'Champion' singing bit, cuz it immediately became redundant. Immediately. ...did I mention the word 'immediately'? Yeah... I think I did. Might wanna lay off on those, Zinny-Mac, hint hint
Show Rating: 8.7/10
Comments/Concerns: Now... This will probably upset a few people. But cutting my attempts at comedy... I honestly did not care for the burial of Codair, just as Hanson mentioned concerning Stryker last week. The reason I am so adament about things like this, is when I was in a fed called XWF a year or two ago, I played my main character. raYne. The character I created when I was 13, in 2000, was in my first mental clinic, and was discovering myself. I met a goth guy for the first time in real life. And, well, that led eventually to my entrance into fedding, and the creation of raYne... who is bi, androgynous, and straight edge, just as I am. In fact, his picbase went from David Bowie's 'Jareth' in Jim Henson's "Labyrinth", to myself --
For all intents and purposes, raYne is me, cranked to 12. Cuz I am always at 11.
The reason I bring all of that up, is that in XWF, they hated me. And that often happens, because of my attitude, because of the way I act. I get that, I'm trying to work on it. But that place... The admins went to the trouble of changing my info to read 'shemale'. Every time I tried to modify it, they made sure it went back. One of the 'legends' there referred to me as a 'worthless shemale'. Anyone that attacked me there practically got a round of applause, as virtually everyone there 'liked' their comments where they called me the 'F' word and put me down in every way imagineable.
Then, in my last 'match', they killed me. As in, literally raped raYne, eloctrucuted him, cut him, and beheaded him. All the while with focus on my gender identity and sexuality.
When I read Adrenaline, the part with the foam finger...yeah. TBH, that was pretty stupid. And the fact that the match, personally, just seemed like a way for Anton to 'make up for' what I wrote between him and Codair at the PPV... The whole thing came off wrong to me. Teej may not have been killed, Stryker may not have been, but stuff like that seriously turns me off to a fed, as well as the game in general. Stuff like that is why I took a four-year hiatus, from 2010-13. Regardless of backstage controvery, if a roleplayer puts in work, breaks himself for the hobby, displays passion... I mean hell, the guy put in work with a messed up hand, all the RL b.s. he had to deal with, yet he still poured himself into this place. His computer fucks up, he has to redo all of his graphic work for the PPV, and I know how that feels because the same has happened to me more times than I can count. And just as I do, he poured his heart into every piece he wrote. And then he gets written off like that. Honestly kinda upsets me.
As I said in my feedback of The Initiative, when I read that final segment, it scared me. It didn't seem like something a 'face' would do.
....but then. I thought about XWF. Alexandra Calloway, taking a guillotine, and slicing raYne's head from his throat.
And then, I thought about Adrenaline 77. 'The Awakening'. And the fact that if I could have gone back to XWF and did what The Hell House did to The Establishment... if I could do that to every single member of that fed, before taking a guillotine and dropping it down over the neck of their golden girl.....I would in a heartbeat.
And so, with that in mind...I re-posted the cWo's app. With a slight change. A new 'intro', as a tribute to Prince, Wrath, Blade & Codair. Because the segment may have been 'scary'. It may not have been your typical 'face' fare.
But raYne was never a 'typical' face. And neither are The Crue.
As I said...the next few days are going to be interesting.
~ $hane |-|orn 3ryant~ + ~
"Do you KNOW how difficult it is... to change what you've always been...," Suddenly, he ripped his head from his palms, and stared through a hoodie into the camera... beyond the cloak of the hood, his eyes could be seen. Cold... a look betraying his sparkling outward appearance. "Do you KNOW how much hatred I've had to overcome? Since the day I was BORN? My father... my high school sweetheart, Alexis... "The Deite's Dragon", Javex Valerius... and the list goes on and on. I see so many people spewing forth all of this shallow-minded drivel... do you REALIZE...
"... do you realize what I could do to you? No, LOOK AT ME... do you KNOW what I could do to you? Each and every last one of you hateful, spiteful people. Simply for declaring me and my kind 'inferior'... You're not superior. You're all the same. And do you know how I KNOW you are?"
The anger slowly fades away from his voice, as he looks down at the log cabin floor. "... it's because you're all looked down upon. In one way or another, we're ALL the same..."
The figure looks away for a second... before returning his gaze... only, this time? A beaming smile has replaced the fury and sadness that stood there before. He giggles.
"Regardless of all of this hate you feel toward ME? And others like me... I feel none for you. Because I know you.
"... iAm you. The same hate you have for me... is the same hate others have for you. For one reason or another... there's always someone out there that WILL hate us.
"The only thing I hate? Is hate itself.
"And... that's why I've come here.
"i_Wish to cleanse this company of all the hate that fills it to the brim, like the wine in Alexandra's chalice.
"But-- I know, deep within my heart of hearts... that you WILL BELiEVE in me. As I Believe in each and every one of you.
"You see, infections MUST be dealt with. Swiftly... and efficiently. And iAm here to wipe out the disease that is hate.
"And the ONLY way to do that?
Is to cleanse it of the past...
"...for that is where it all began.
"See you soon, darlingz. Sooner than you think."
~ r.
|Believe. Or BeLeft BeHind.|
