ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dec 27

[goosemods]

• Remember to post to December Activity Check if you haven't already! Nag your friends!


• January's Plot Calendar will be going up 8 AM MT on Dec 31!


• There will be a Wanted Lines Meme on Jan 1 for us all to fill out while hungover! If this is inconvenient for anyone, please let me know and we can delay it.


• Sadly, Heather has left us due to personal reasons, and as such we've made some changes to the character roster. :( We wish her the best going forward! ♥


• Starting in January, we're going to be amping up the metaplot! Because this is Gooseberry's last year, we're not going to pull any punches. If your character decides to leave school for whatever reason, we will not make them stay. If you don't want to drop them, you'll need to think of a reason yourself!


• For next month's Anonymous Post, we'll be contacting our trusty NPC mods for help!


• We've updated the staff list and also added a new page describing other NPCs in our little game! It won't be new info to most of you, but it should help out new players.

♥, M&M

Comments

[riledup]

hey mini meme if your character is in therapy how terrible a patient are they

[puphart]

can we play even if they aren't

[riledup]

yes let's play how much would your children get in the way of their own mental wellbeing

[puphart]

ok ok i'm going to try hold my beer

no don't i'm gonna drink it

[puphart]

kurt in therapy: doormat
casey in therapy: will only talk to cricket, sorry, no, he doesn't have anything to talk about, are you cricket, no, well then, this was a waste of time, bye
corrigan in therapy: converts therapist to unholy church of sophs

[threatens]

"sy, please don't punch the table..... it's glass :("
"i'm just trying to express my fuckin feelings, doc!!!!!"

[riledup]

"you said to leave the trees alone!!!"

also for serious if rosy ever fucking follows through and Actually Goes she will probably try to go at the same time as sy and not understand why dr. perry keeps bringing up codependency. she's not scared of being alone she's just a super normal twin, this is how twins act.

[riledup]

riley in therapy: looks in the mirror for a straight hour and a half, brags about how good she is at it
rosy: if she has gone yet has never said a word and never intends to
jeffy: BUT HOW ARE YOU DOING DR. PERRY?????
dinah: "i know you are but what am i"
austin: is sure he must be more tortured than THAT

[readingrainbows]

oh god rip dr perry

ulysses: categorically doesnt believe in therapy
cash: silent as the grave
zach: counsels the counsellor
marie: fundamentally unable to recognise the real root of her issues
tobias: forgot to attend three times in a row

[puphart]

patterson family sessions

[prophesie]

he quits

[cant_even]

zach counsel everyone pls

[riledup]

rosy thinks cash is doing a great job here that's the right thing to do

[lilwitchhazel]

Zach, my good boy :(

[odder]

Jade: has a session with the ghost she's pretending is in the room instead, plots out therapist's death in detail.
Addy: Friendly and forthcoming enough that it is only a few sessions in that Dr. has to point out they haven't talked about a feeling yet.
Ferdie: Would actually open up and actually try and god maybe I should sign him up for therapy
Ira: resents this authority, goes full avoidance, maybe brings a book to a session
Tuesday: Squonk-melts from nerves

[bubblewrapped]

Nia: Spends entire time trying to make Dr. Perry laugh, pretends she doesn't hear him when he asks her to talk about herself.
Griffin: Just lays in the open doorway blocking half the hall for 45 minutes. Didn't actually have an appointment. Was just tired.
Lucas: Former non-compliant asshole...actually giving it a shot this time because he's a good boy sigh.
Nisha: Spends entire time eating, talks only while mouth is full.
Yancey: What do you mean my sculpture looks "interesting"

[cant_even]

sam: awful, uncooperative brat
isabelle: p good patient just like, super annoying bc anxiety is tough

[sheepish]

noel: a good boy, but a distractible boy. fiddles with knick knacks on perry's desk. overshares about his personal life (and the personal lives of others) and wants to know all the hot deets about what perry did last weekend. accidentally forgets appointments and no-shows unless he's reminded an hour before.

ennis: a reserved child, an anxious child, but a polite child. shows up 10 minutes early for appointments so perry won't have to wait on him. cagey and defensive when it comes to discussing his father or the forest entities because he doesn't want to hear anything negative about them. sessions are mostly about managing irrational fears and anxiety, and sometimes about his queerness/identity. (he doesn't have an issue with the latter, but likes hearing affirmation from an adult)

charlie: DOESN'T GO, BUT SHOULD.

[lilipad]

NOEL!!!!!

What did Dr. Perry say? 😏

[princeprincess]

kenzie: won't stop making jokes
calvin: gets irrationally angry every time things get personal
reid: silence
spencer: spills his guts at the slightest provocation
archie: lies lies lies lies lies

[professionalcorpse]

roxie: polite, but deeply reluctant about the whole thing. probably takes half a year before anything productive happens solely due to her being very quiet and/or talking about very general and unhelpful topics.

bash: a god damn therapy professional. talks a LOT. also fidgets a lot. may or may not answer questions before they're even asked. may or may not also compulsively self-diagnose. but accurately. so - that's helpful?

antigone: probably could use therapy. probably never going to therapy.

[lilwitchhazel]

Lmao none of mine are even though some of them should be

Hazel: I'M NOT UPSET YOU'RE UPSET >:,(
Jaime: Literally has no idea why he's here and lololols away from uncomfortable conversations
Ramon: Explains why feelings are stupid and easily overcome, reads book
Rupert: Actually loves the attention :( Talks a lot about everything he's having problems with
Phi: Wants to crawl out of her skin, one word responses

[quickbuck]

Ariadne, canonically: an obstructionist who loves hypothetical scenarios and is unnecessarily adversarial
Todd: Needs constant validation. Cries a lot. Really wants to be better.
Reece: Talks about his problems via talking about everyone else's problems
Clem: Wants to Win Therapy. will not respond well to being told therapy cannot be won
Tally: Doesn't understand why she needs to be a therapy when she's already perfect? But come to think of it she could complain about all these things for forever

[puphart]

oh yeah bold like an overachiever

[casperkim]

Casper is the only one of mine that actually goes. I imagine he forces himself to participate because he knows he needs to but he still struggles to actually open up or give up control of the conversation or be at all vulnerable. He gets angry and swears a lot. I imagine Dr. Perry's got his number, though, and he does seem to be getting some decent advice out of it. SO HOORAY THERAPY?

Otherwise...

Lachlan: Anxious mess when pressed about being an anxious mess. Spends half the session being instructed to take deep breaths.
Cole: Overly honest and perpetually confused but could actually benefit from it if Dr. Perry's patient with him.
Heathcliff: Fidgety and uncomfortable and WHAT? HE'S FINE, DUDE.