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Several people have requested an example of the kind of modeling work that my Hakuba has done. You know, since he’s famous in London and has an agent that gets him gigs to help drum up work and international renown, getting him even more opportunities… Anyway, it’s mostly interviews for magazines that fangirls read, some […]

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Advice for portraying hakuba?

Sure!

1: Don’t. He’s a pain in the ass.

2. Read the source material excessively. All of the canon appearances of Hakuba in the manga should be monthly reading homework. Keep facts straight, don’t stray into fanon unless you’re doing it intentionally. 

3. Read all of the Sherlock Holmes books.

4. Familiarize yourself with England… London, especially. If you can go there yourself, all the better.

5. It’s just as important to look at the things he dOESN’T DO/SAY/ACT ON as the things he does. Figure out the reasons why.

… but seriously don’t. He is a lot of work.

edit: GET COMFORTABLE DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH. The damned detective doesn’t like to be wrong, so if you start letting him say things, you better be willing to write a fricking 10 page research paper on whatever he’s interested in and I am not kidding he will get on you for proper formatting, citing reputable sources, and so on. He’ll also want you to TRY most of the things that he’s interested in so you can accurately describe it. 

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Any advice for someone who wants to create a Kaito Kid RP blog?

kuroba-k:

Ugh… let’s see. But beware those answeres are heavily biased and opinionated. Not everyone will see it the same as me. Though I feel honoured that you asked me. It makes me think that my muse has left a good imprssion. *chuckles*

Some things I would put thoughts in are:

  • Be original.

Thurston’s three principles include: Never pull the same trick twice. (Conan and him discuss those during the teleportation heist.) Take that advice. It may be a little scary and it may even happen that people tell you that is not KID, because he’s never done that before. But doing the same thing over is boring and gets annoying at some point. You don’t need to be a KID copycat if you want to be an original KID, right?

  • Don’t go all ‘because magic’

Kaito does some tricks that are nearly inhuman and it is a bit unrealistic how real his guises are and so on. Don’t overdo it on that though, try sticking to reality at least a little. Think about the tricks you let him to. Think it through before you post and give it some logic, drop a few hints along the line as well. It is much, much more fun if your post partner or detective or audience goes “oh… OH!” in the end, when they realise the clues have all been there right from the start. And it’s not just “He can do whatever anyway and get away with it…”. Make them realise they’ve tripped over their own mind. Trust me, that is also way more fun for you. 

  • He’s not all cool, the guy has a background story!

Don’t forget his past and don’t forget what drives the guy to do what he does. Sure he can have fun on heists and he likes pleasing a crowd as an entertainer. But Kaito has never had much criminal tendencies before. So don’t forget he has a motive and isn’t just some sick overly intelligent psycho.

  • So he is intelligent… make use of that!

It’s not an excuse to get him to do what he likes without explanation. Make a show of the fact that he has a brain and knows how to use it. Me personally, I have figured he is a very analytical guy, not so unlike the detectives, but his strength also lies in what is called intuitive or folk psychology. He is not a psychologist in any scientific form, but he heavily analyses behaviour and motive in others. It helps him to anticipate their reactions and/or copy them if necessary. He goes digging for what makes a person tick and works with that. Going big on mind games. It’s a part of magic really, because you don’t alter the physical reality, you alter your audience’s perception and just make their brain perceive the wonders they want to see. It’s a badass skill, work with it!

  • Be kind.

Neither Kaito nor KID are jerks. They can behave like jerks sure enough, but their base personality is that of a very kind and caring young man. He wouldn’t do any of the things he does if he weren’t just that. He likes hiding his kindness behind fake haughtyness. I’m even going to the point of saying the guy has low self-esteem and almost non-existing self-worth. He plays over it, loud and boisterous, but no one goes dressed as white target on the night sky if he has enough self-worth, don’t deliberately forget about that because it would taint the coolness. It makes him so outrageous, even if the reason is less than pretty. Make sure you think about how he can prevent people from getting hurt or let him change course to help someone every now and then. He does that in canon as well.

  • Get him into tight spots and make him sweat!

Nothing’s more disliked than what once was called a Mary Sue. Don’t make him win all out all the time. It’s just annoying and tiring. He’s annoying people enough with getting away in the end every single time. But let the detectives or others get him into a tight spot. Describe how he inwardly sweats and is stressed, maybe a little hyped up by adrenaline from the vulnerability. Make sure people can read they’ve almost got him, and their muses are just looking at his smug pokerface. You’ll immediately lose that hated godmod status, even if you’re still KID.

Once in a while even let them have their win! KID has been shown to give up bait without much fuss. Resigning to the detective’s victory. And actually through that he took some of the victorious feeling right away again. Simply because he gave up on his own and wasn’t forced into that spot. It’s a good strategic if you see yourself loosing. You take the cance of your victor to throne over you and it always leaves open one little loophole: Could you perhaps have escaped with it none the less? Are you just messing with me on purpose? Though that brings us back to the point of mind games.

And as the circle closes, I think this is enough blubber from me.

I hope you’ll have a good time playing KID! Don’t hesitate and make him yours with loads of headcanons and personality. Give him some integrity and I bet people will love him!

Cheers!

P.S. Think outside the box! ~

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Important:

I have a ton of stuff to get done in the next month or so, so I’m going to try to restrict my fun internetting to the weekends. Hopefully this means I’ll actually be able to do replies instead of lurking and feeling guilty all the time. 

Real life is crappy. I miss you guys. But if I don’t want to be homeless, I need to do something, and fast. 😐 

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Hey man. I know this is a really weird question, but do you have any advice as to how to better separate muse’s emotion from mun’s? Like, my muse is a super jealous idiot, and I really hate that I too get all hot in the face and stressed out whenever my muse is. We’ve always been super connected, but it’s to the point where I get too stressed to deal with daily life. Do you know any good ways to cope with this?

fuckyeahroleplayadvice:

This isn’t a weird question at all and is something that can happen pretty often to roleplayers.

Here are a few things to do to separate yourself from your muse:

  • Take a step back. When you notice these feelings are occurring or happening, stop. Assess what is happening and calm yourself down. remind yourself that you are not upset, but your character is. Not you. This isn’t always easy when you’re in the mindset of your character when you’re writing, but you need to remind yourself they are the one’s upset, not you.
  • Take a break. If you feel that it’s stressing you out in your daily life, take a break. Maintaining your health is really important. Even if it’s just for a day or so, take some time to yourself while you sort these feelings out.
  • Write it out and catch yourself. After your break, I suggest getting some prompts. Some nice, gritty, grab-your-heart, super emotional prompts. One’s that will make your character angry, uncomfortable, upset, etc. Then write it. When you notice yourself getting angry, or upset yourself–stop! Assess your feelings and then bring yourself out of the situation. Your character is upset, not you. Remind yourself that your emotions and the way you feel about the current situation are not inclusive. 

When you’re able to catch yourself before you get overly upset/stressed, eventually you’ll be able to manage it better. This takes practice and isn’t something that will happen over night, but know this isn’t a rare thing and happens a lot.

But the most important thing is to take care of yourself. If you’re stressed out due to roleplay right now, take a break. 

I hope this helps!