Hey, everyone! It's been a while, and largely I've been more active on the Discord than here, but I had this idea for a short while and wanted to get it out there. So, here goes:
Some years back, I tried to do a live-reading of my very first PPC mission, "Connecting The Dots". Emphasis on "tried" because I ended up getting past only the prologue, and then stopping and never actually managing to continue let alone finish it. I still feel bad that it happened, and I think I know why it fell through: personal cowardice. The main reason I sporked the fic way back when, aside from obviously addressing all of the problems pertaining to the fic itself, was because it carried a lot of emotional and personal baggage from when I was younger and acted in a way that alienated more than a few people both online and off, and the decline in the fic's quality as the writing progressed reflected that. Re-reading the fic thus made me feel understandably guilty, angry with myself, and so embarrassed that I felt like it would be too much trouble to continue with the live-reading. I'd have to relive a lot of the fic's worst moments, in other words. I still feel bad that I never did finish that live-reading because of this, though, and it's a selfish move which I still regret and wish to apologize for. So to make up for it, I've thought about re-doing the live-reading from start to finish, although this time, I was hoping to get some help with this reading - there's so many characters involved that voicing them myself would have been a chore in its own right!
To this end, I was wondering if anyone here on the Board (who can also be on the Discord server, I mean) would like to attend this new live-reading, when you guys think would be a good time for me to host it (preferably on Saturdays and Sundays since I'm free all day on those days) - and most importantly, if those of you who can attend the voice chat are willing to provide voices for the characters featured. I plan on doing the narrating and voicing the characters currently belonging to myself, including Falchion, Rashida, Sarah, Ripper, and... uh... T/e/r/r/o/r/d/a/c/t/y/l... but if anyone else is willing to voice the canon characters, feel free to specify who you wish to voice. If you don't feel confident in voicing people, that's fine - attendance and enjoyment of the reading is fine even if it's at my own expense! XD
For reference, I intend to read from the AO3 re-upload of the mission, the recent editing of which in certain parts was what inspired me to want to redo the live-reading:
RC #227 Mission #1: Connecting The Dots
(Warning: NSFW, somewhat NSFB, NSFM, and contains mentions of several blacklisted topics on the Discord server.)
I apologize by the way if this comes off as being self-centered. If anyone has issues with what I intend to do, feel free to let me know, and if the rest of you think I shouldn't then that's fine, too. Otherwise, feel free to reply to this post or send me a PM if you wish to help! Thanks in advance, and I look forward to FINALLY redoing this thing!
-SkarmorySilver