been a long time since I've read through 9 pages of a thread on GotWoot and actually wanted to comment...
I suppose I'll go with the "ye olde village" theme...
and with all due respect to the people above, I'd never even review your fanfic (because of the age old "if you don't have anything nice to say..."), let alone offer to beta-read for you, but I will say this: you should aim more for pleasing your readers and less for trying to enjoy spinning an epic tale.
...and do the run-down via 'reputation'. because god knows I don't remember half the people who were here in the early days, and haven't been around enough to really get a sense of many of the newcomers...
Ciber - Founding Dictator -
Absent Landlord who the people enjoy being absent. The guy who, when he does come around, often winds up pissing most of the common folk off
Wilik - Founding Builder, Ruling Party Founder -
Neglectful Landlord who toiled once to help raise this village out of the muck and earth, then moved on to another realm after a period punctuated by occasional administration and expansion work.
Budweineken (Munsu) - Longest Respected Commoner, Current Ruling Party Operational Leader -
just another guy who had nowhere else better to go, Bud at first helped mold this place without really ever considering he was doing anything for others at all. After some time he came to feel some sincere attachment to the place and consciously began to work to better it. He's in charge because he's simply outlasted every person who ever really gave a fuck about the place who still has time to do the mundane Leader tasks.
Kraco - Praetor of the Ruling Faction, Doctor -
Kraco is one of the 'second wave' people, known for their interest in meaningful discussion more than the 'lulz'. He is always around to give advice and is almost a de-facto official because of his mastery of the written forum post and his continued activity in the community since his arrival.
Psyke - Deacon of the Smile Church -
As GotWoot is a strictly secular village (have we ever really had a religious pack?) Psyke is as close as it comes to someone preaching a certain way of life. His message is quite simple and cheery, and he is the most loved GotWooter because he constantly promotes understanding, happiness. He rarely gets directly involved with community functions or issues, but has a profound impact in the peripheral.
Ryll - Senator of the People's Party, Sage-
Ryll was the original Kraco. He seriously, almost zealously, spent hours investing in the community, right at the backbone of what the village is based on. People respect him because of this sincere approach and because he is always excellently observant (and helpful) about anything that has to do with the village's core focus.
XanBcoo - Legate of the Ruling Party, Popular Commoner -
Xan, like Psyke and unlike Ryll, is mostly present in the peripheral of the community. However, he is a longstanding, generally beloved fixture in this area, and his forays into the core village areas are always welcomed and warmly recieved. As such, he makes for a perfect representative of the Party, as he is much beloved by the rest, both old and new GotWoot denziens who feel that he is, in many ways, just like them.
Buffalobiian - Grocer -
In many ways, BB is the "fourth generation's" Kraco or Xan. He participates greatly in almost all functions, both core and peripheral, of the village, and is well known and generally liked. He lacks the natural flourish of Ryll or the learned experience of Kraco, and has only recently begun to surface as a respected element of everyday GotWoot. He is probably aspiring to a position in the Ruling Party.
Board of Command - Entertainer
Ye Olde Lolz Dispenser is this joker. He has effectively set up shop in the tavern known as the Flame Pit (which, as of this writing, I haven't been to in months, so I lack the insight of anything that goes on there). Quick with a joke and sometimes simply foul in his pursuit of humor, BoC is recognized by all but only taken seriously by the dimmest lightbulds or the most recent newcomers.
That's all for today. I'm not sorry if I offended anyone. Really like this idea, and I'm just sorta spitting what comes to my mind.
Next up: Assertn, RyougaZell, KitKat, myself, Yukipupimura
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