PSA and Opt In/Out

[semiurge]

Billy has taken his pop culture skill! What that means is that he may recognize characters from Western TV shows and movies (especially science fiction and fantasy), book characters by name only, and comic book stuff that isn't Marvel. Billy's knowledge is very up to date, and he knows all kinds of obscure things. For anime/manga, he'll know the popular stuff, but probably not recognize more obscure things.

Opt In/Out Part:
Option 1 - Total Opt Out (Billy will never recognize your character)
Option 2 - Total Opt In (Everything up to 4th walling is cool)
Option 3 - Middle Ground (This is where dropping a comment would be awesome)

I'm imaging middle ground as being anything from it's cool to recognize characters but not 4th wall them or tell them about their future . . . to it's okay if Billy knows them, but never ever mention it to them. If I hear nothing from you, I'm assuming a total opt out. Either way, I will always ask before I do anything and please poke me if I go beyond what you're comfortable with by accident.

Comments

[glorious]

For Van, I'm going to have to request a Total Opt Out since he would noooot react well to the idea that he's from a work of fiction due to all his issues with free will and predetermination. Not that it's likely that Billy would know the Tales of series in-depth enough to recognize him, but Abyss did get an anime adaption that is going to be rereleased in the US so I'd rather play it safe and make sure it's clear that it'll be Bad News now before it could potentially become an issue. ^^;

For Sophie(/firstflower); Tales of Graces slipped under the radar a bit more and there's no anime adaption so it's definitely towards the obscure end, but I'm cool with Billy saying she looks like an anime character because she does walk around with insanely long purple pigtails and...looks pretty anime character-ish.