Beyond the Infinite: Volume 3- Bonnie Blue
May 8, 2017 8:33:21 GMT -6
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Post by Beyond The Infinite on May 8, 2017 8:33:21 GMT -6
Beyond The Infinite: Before I get started I want to make a note about the font color. I will only change my font color this one time and it's because of my very special guest this afternoon. Now back to the splendor.
Time is a funny thing. People run out of time to roleplay or write matches constantly. People have too much time on their hands so they do stupid things like write interviews about people that no one but the 2 dozen or so of us in the fed give a shit about. But it’s what we do with that time is what matters most. I do this because you people don’t want it… you fucking need it. You need it harder than you could possibly imagine, but if it were to go missing you would realize it. Fortunately for you all it will be around for a very long time. Thanks to the help of the gracious folks who are willing to have their mind and psyche ravaged by me and to the people who read and like the interviews every week.
For some people time doesn’t matter. Some people are able to manipulate time and space to their liking. Bonnie Blue, the character is a uniquely satisfying character, and the handler of said character is one of the brightest, and quick witted people you will ever meet. The character development and the scene description are second to none and pair that with the fact that her shoots are scathing and to the point it’s no wonder why nearly everyone sees her as the next World Champion in UCI.
For the first time and possibly the last time I am honored and privileged to speak to a true artist and entertainer. Ladies and Gentlemen… Bonnie Mother Fucking Blue!
BTI: First let me know a little bit about yourself. Who are you, what do you do, likes, dislikes. Pretend that you’re trying to win a date with me, but you also are looking for a serious relationship so tell me as much as you would tell someone on a first date. For the record, I look awfully sexy tonight in turquoise jumper and Birkenstocks.
Bonnie Blue: I'm an eccentric billionaire orphan scarred by the tragic double homicide of my parents, with a penchant for black capes and a passion for justice. And handcuffs. I like handcuffs.
No, but seriously, I'm an aspiring writer, a cosplayer…
BTI: Cosplay… don’t just gloss over that like it’s not cool (Of course by cool I mean that it’s incredibly geeky but I dig it). You make your own costumes? What’s the best one you’ve made? Any pics you would like to share?
BB: I once made a Harley Quinn outfit from two long sleeve T-shirts and a pair of leggings. I cut the shirts in half, then sewed half of each together to make a red and black tunic; my roommate took the sleeves from the leftover parts and made the jester's cap; then all I had to do was dye the leggings and add the collar and cuffs. My sewing skills are minimal, though, so most of my costumes require some selective thrift store shopping. I've focused mainly on Doctor Who cosplays. Currently: Missy (aka the Master)
I've also cosplayed femme versions of the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Doctors. Of those, my best is the Pertwee costume -- I even have a great-coat that goes with it. My Colin Baker one has a funny story behind it: I had based the costume color choices on a blue patchwork coat I found, only to later find out that a blue variant had been planned for the season following Trial of a Time Lord.
BTI: Maybe it came to you while you were traversing the Multiverse as Bonnie and Reb. You knew because you play a time traveler on the internet. Carry on about yourself.
BB: Let’s see… a martial artist and a neurotic mess on occasion.
BTI: Ah yes…aren’t we all…
Martial artists I mean. What style do you prefer… could you take Ronda Rousey?
BB: I started in a style called "American Karate," which was developed in part by Chuck Norris, and relies heavily on Tae Kwon Do as a basis. Later, as an adult, I trained in White Tiger kung Fu, which I prefer. It's much more elegant, natural, and effective.
I once fought two and a half sparring matches on a jammed knee -- I blocked a kick wrong about halfway through the first match, but I kept going. A dude who used to be a SEAL told me that night he wouldn't want to have to fight me for real. All Ronda Rousey has is a bad attitude and a glass jaw -- and a hell of a publicist.
BTI: You had me at Chuck Norris. Bonnie Blue vs Ronda Rousey… book it Spence! Keep on going. Tell me more about yourself.
BB: Also mother of one adult female human. My fandoms encompass a range of genres, aside from wrestling. In no particular order: Doctor Who, Supernatural, Sherlock, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Firefly, Stargate, Farscape, DBZ, Star Wars, anything by Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently, y'all), comics (primarily DC -- I love Elseworlds.) I have a set of Justice League tarot cards. That's not especially relevant to anything; I just wanted to mention it.
And I'm occasionally self-employed as a proofreader.
BTI: Well I can tell by your writing that you make an excellent proof reader. I find the hardest thing for me is writing ‘form’ instead of ‘from.’ It’s such an easy mistake and it’s also something I look for when reading RPs. As a right handed person your right hand naturally would move faster thus hitting ‘o’ before ‘r’, and if you’re above a novice in typing it can easily happen and most documents won’t catch it in Spell Check. I always search for each instance of the word ‘Form’ and ‘From’ and make sure that they’re used correctly in context.
Basically what I did there was story top you because this whole thing is about me, not you in the long run of things.
Now let’s talk wrestling. You obviously wouldn’t be writing in a creative wrestling writing environment unless you had at least some passion for wrestling. What is your experience with the sport of kings? How did you get into it, who is your favorite of all time etc…?
BB: My earliest experiences with wrestling involved watching it on TV with my grandparents whenever we'd visit them, and later, on my own when Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) started showing on Saturday mornings. I was young enough I don't remember a lot of details, but it must have made some impression, because even through years of not being able to watch (parents didn't approve) I still retained some feeling for the sport.
In the meantime, I trained in martial arts from the time I was about eight until I was fourteen, so that sort of took precedence anyway. I didn't really get back into watching wrestling until the mid-90's, when a friend of mine called me one day and told me to turn on the TV, and there's the Undertaker -- and suddenly, for some weird reason, I'm in love all over again.
From there, it's been kind of off and on, since I've rarely had cable TV. As far as favorites, that's really hard to say. I'm just gonna go with Mick Foley because that dude's level of commitment to the business is just mind blowing. Also because I got to meet him once and that was awesome.
BTI: True story… and another story top because see above… Mick Foley was my brother-in-law’s neighbor. I’m from Long Island. Bry (my BIL) hates Mick Foley. In Foley’s first book he talks about how he used to mess with his neighbor Joe because he was an arrogant prick (Foley that is) and Joe was kind of weird. And he mentioned that he felt really bad about that. Joe was Bry’s older brother and he’s kind of on the spectrum if that existed in the 60s-70s. Moral of the story… your favorite wrestler used to pick on handicapped children. So good taste, Bonnie!
JK- they’ve smoothed things over now. He’s really humbled in his old age.
Finally to efedding. Without talking about Bonnie Blue, and potentially Johnny Reb if they’re too connected, specifically yet, tell me about your experience in efedding. How did you start, why did you start, where did you start, where have you gone? Anything and everything you want to tell me without going into specifics about your current character.
BB: A friend of mine actually introduced me to e-fedding back in mid-1999; he wanted me to play a valet/manager and basically write stuff for his roleplays. Then there was a tag match I had to actually do a full promo for, and there was no going back after that -- I was hooked. That first character was terrible. She was a Chyna knockoff called Beijing, and about the only difference was that she was a redhead... but it was good practice. That was in a fed called Prisoners of Wrestling.
I moved on from there to one called All-Star Wrestling of Motor City, first with Beijing, and after I retired her, a tag team called Virtue and Vice, who were, of course, twins. I got bored with Virtue, had Vice give her a career-ending injury -- and Vice went on to be Hardcore Champion for like six months or something.
Then came my first male character: Alex Adams. His whole gimmick revolved around the fact that he was a recovering alcoholic and in a 12-step program, thus the initials A.A. I frequently did roleplays within the setting of an AA meeting. (I was 19 and thought I was clever.) It gave me a built-in mechanism to change him from face to heel, which was fun. At one point, he had a tag partner who suffered from narcolepsy and who had a real shady manager -- who ended up being responsible for Adams falling off the wagon, and ultimately a heel turn. When real life intervened and I had to quit for a while, the whole fed retired him by means of a wrestling-style intervention. Basically, the entire roster beat the shit out of him and then made him go to rehab and that's where he's been ever since. He's probably a motivational speaker or something now.
That was around 2001 or so, and I didn't manage to get back into it until about 2008 or 2009, when I introduced Johnny Reb to Global Wrestling Coalition, and later, to WCF.
BTI: Now tell me about Bonnie and Reb. What do they mean to you, why are they important to you?
BB: Reb started as just a fun thing. I sort of wanted to see if I could sell a character with Confederate leanings as NOT racist, and things sort of spiraled out of control. But in a fun way. Johnny Reb proved to me that I can write fairly well, at least enough to entertain people....
TBH, I guess I could say Reb and Bonnie are two aspects of my psyche. There's a definite masculine streak in me, and that's where Johnny Reb comes out on the page. Bonnie represents the feminine side, and a deeper part of my psyche than I was able to really explore with Reb. She's an idealized version of myself, only way younger and with superpowers. Both of them are a means of working through my issues.
BTI: Like in real wrestling the best characters are just yourself dialed up to 11. You just have to be careful how much of yourself you put out there because people are going to shoot on you and you don’t want to take it too personally. Where do you see Bonnie going, IC in the fed and in his story (without spoiling anything for the reader)
BB: Expect to see the rivalry between Bonnie Blue and Casey Holliday heat up over the coming weeks, even as the war between the Guardians and the Brotherhood rages on! With Alex Richards' recent passing, can she keep the team together, or will the Daughter of Time crack under the pressure?
Also, look for further developments in the continuing Bonnie/Remi story....
BTI: Let’s talk UCI: How does this place compare to other places you’ve efedded?
BB: I feel like OOC camaraderie has fallen off in recent years, and what you wind up with is a lot of cliques and not much open dialog. We seem to have transcended that here. Also, there's a little more freedom to do wild things with characters and plot that don't always go over well at other places. I might be biased, but the competition here is top quality.
BTI: How would you improve on UCI?
BB: We definitely need more OOC activity from everyone. Just anything to get people started talking. Everyone here is really nice, except that Jeff Purse guy, so people shouldn't be shy about posting whatever. Improving community ties improves overall story.
The elephant in the room is the website though. We gotta get that thing updated.
BTI: I’ve only heard terrible things about Jeff Purse. Who do you want to feud with?
BB: Well, at the moment, I'm working with Casey Holliday, who is an excellent writer and I'm looking forward to a great feud. In the future... I mean, I look at the roster, and it's just overwhelming. Who DON'T I want to feud with?
Obviously, for story reasons, some people wouldn't make sense. Teo or Jenson, for example, because we're sort of on the same side of things. We could have a friendly rivalry that gets pretty hot, but nothing like the balls-out loathing and mudslinging that would come of, say, Bonnie vs Bishop ... or any member of the Brotherhood, for that matter.
That said, I'm pretty much down to work with just about anyone... I like finally being in a position where I can help give other people a push.
BTI: Besides yourself, obviously, who is the next person you think that will be the World Champ?
BB: At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Casey Holliday. Very soon, if Golden Ticket was any indication.
I could see Andre Holmes having another World Title reign, as well, before the year is out. Erin Fausse could be a serious contender, provided the time and inclination; Shadowlove is a perennial contender; Mikey Carson/Damien Kingston -- either is a strong character, and given enough focus, I could see a World Championship in the future there. Those are the main ones, off the top of my head.
Literally anybody has the potential to be a World Champion. That's the level of quality we've got here.
BTI: Final Thoughts.
BB: I want to say thanks to Benjy, Gable, Dale, and Spencer for putting UCI together, and for giving me an opportunity to be in on the ground floor of something really special. Almost a year since Mexico, and not only are we going strong, we're building ever higher on top of a foundation of awesome.
BTI: This place has truly been a respite for those who felt underappreciated or perhaps overwhelmed by other places. There’s a lot that needs to be fixed in this burgeoning fed, but the things that they are doing right far outweighs any negatives anyone could say.
And one of those things that we are doing right as a fed is giving people like Bonnie Blue an outlet for her creativity. The world is a better place with the musings of the pot addled mind of the time traipsing traveler keeping our minds open and our worlds without limits.
Thank you Bonnie... and Thank you for Bonniemania…
Next week things get a little weird as we enter the mind of a person whose grasp on reality is about as tight as Mark Henry’s leotard. Stay tuned for that one folks…
Time is a funny thing. People run out of time to roleplay or write matches constantly. People have too much time on their hands so they do stupid things like write interviews about people that no one but the 2 dozen or so of us in the fed give a shit about. But it’s what we do with that time is what matters most. I do this because you people don’t want it… you fucking need it. You need it harder than you could possibly imagine, but if it were to go missing you would realize it. Fortunately for you all it will be around for a very long time. Thanks to the help of the gracious folks who are willing to have their mind and psyche ravaged by me and to the people who read and like the interviews every week.
For some people time doesn’t matter. Some people are able to manipulate time and space to their liking. Bonnie Blue, the character is a uniquely satisfying character, and the handler of said character is one of the brightest, and quick witted people you will ever meet. The character development and the scene description are second to none and pair that with the fact that her shoots are scathing and to the point it’s no wonder why nearly everyone sees her as the next World Champion in UCI.
For the first time and possibly the last time I am honored and privileged to speak to a true artist and entertainer. Ladies and Gentlemen… Bonnie Mother Fucking Blue!
BTI: First let me know a little bit about yourself. Who are you, what do you do, likes, dislikes. Pretend that you’re trying to win a date with me, but you also are looking for a serious relationship so tell me as much as you would tell someone on a first date. For the record, I look awfully sexy tonight in turquoise jumper and Birkenstocks.
Bonnie Blue: I'm an eccentric billionaire orphan scarred by the tragic double homicide of my parents, with a penchant for black capes and a passion for justice. And handcuffs. I like handcuffs.
No, but seriously, I'm an aspiring writer, a cosplayer…
BTI: Cosplay… don’t just gloss over that like it’s not cool (Of course by cool I mean that it’s incredibly geeky but I dig it). You make your own costumes? What’s the best one you’ve made? Any pics you would like to share?
BB: I once made a Harley Quinn outfit from two long sleeve T-shirts and a pair of leggings. I cut the shirts in half, then sewed half of each together to make a red and black tunic; my roommate took the sleeves from the leftover parts and made the jester's cap; then all I had to do was dye the leggings and add the collar and cuffs. My sewing skills are minimal, though, so most of my costumes require some selective thrift store shopping. I've focused mainly on Doctor Who cosplays. Currently: Missy (aka the Master)
I've also cosplayed femme versions of the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Doctors. Of those, my best is the Pertwee costume -- I even have a great-coat that goes with it. My Colin Baker one has a funny story behind it: I had based the costume color choices on a blue patchwork coat I found, only to later find out that a blue variant had been planned for the season following Trial of a Time Lord.
BTI: Maybe it came to you while you were traversing the Multiverse as Bonnie and Reb. You knew because you play a time traveler on the internet. Carry on about yourself.
BB: Let’s see… a martial artist and a neurotic mess on occasion.
BTI: Ah yes…aren’t we all…
Martial artists I mean. What style do you prefer… could you take Ronda Rousey?
BB: I started in a style called "American Karate," which was developed in part by Chuck Norris, and relies heavily on Tae Kwon Do as a basis. Later, as an adult, I trained in White Tiger kung Fu, which I prefer. It's much more elegant, natural, and effective.
I once fought two and a half sparring matches on a jammed knee -- I blocked a kick wrong about halfway through the first match, but I kept going. A dude who used to be a SEAL told me that night he wouldn't want to have to fight me for real. All Ronda Rousey has is a bad attitude and a glass jaw -- and a hell of a publicist.
BTI: You had me at Chuck Norris. Bonnie Blue vs Ronda Rousey… book it Spence! Keep on going. Tell me more about yourself.
BB: Also mother of one adult female human. My fandoms encompass a range of genres, aside from wrestling. In no particular order: Doctor Who, Supernatural, Sherlock, Harry Potter, Star Trek, Firefly, Stargate, Farscape, DBZ, Star Wars, anything by Douglas Adams (Dirk Gently, y'all), comics (primarily DC -- I love Elseworlds.) I have a set of Justice League tarot cards. That's not especially relevant to anything; I just wanted to mention it.
And I'm occasionally self-employed as a proofreader.
BTI: Well I can tell by your writing that you make an excellent proof reader. I find the hardest thing for me is writing ‘form’ instead of ‘from.’ It’s such an easy mistake and it’s also something I look for when reading RPs. As a right handed person your right hand naturally would move faster thus hitting ‘o’ before ‘r’, and if you’re above a novice in typing it can easily happen and most documents won’t catch it in Spell Check. I always search for each instance of the word ‘Form’ and ‘From’ and make sure that they’re used correctly in context.
Basically what I did there was story top you because this whole thing is about me, not you in the long run of things.
Now let’s talk wrestling. You obviously wouldn’t be writing in a creative wrestling writing environment unless you had at least some passion for wrestling. What is your experience with the sport of kings? How did you get into it, who is your favorite of all time etc…?
BB: My earliest experiences with wrestling involved watching it on TV with my grandparents whenever we'd visit them, and later, on my own when Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) started showing on Saturday mornings. I was young enough I don't remember a lot of details, but it must have made some impression, because even through years of not being able to watch (parents didn't approve) I still retained some feeling for the sport.
In the meantime, I trained in martial arts from the time I was about eight until I was fourteen, so that sort of took precedence anyway. I didn't really get back into watching wrestling until the mid-90's, when a friend of mine called me one day and told me to turn on the TV, and there's the Undertaker -- and suddenly, for some weird reason, I'm in love all over again.
From there, it's been kind of off and on, since I've rarely had cable TV. As far as favorites, that's really hard to say. I'm just gonna go with Mick Foley because that dude's level of commitment to the business is just mind blowing. Also because I got to meet him once and that was awesome.
BTI: True story… and another story top because see above… Mick Foley was my brother-in-law’s neighbor. I’m from Long Island. Bry (my BIL) hates Mick Foley. In Foley’s first book he talks about how he used to mess with his neighbor Joe because he was an arrogant prick (Foley that is) and Joe was kind of weird. And he mentioned that he felt really bad about that. Joe was Bry’s older brother and he’s kind of on the spectrum if that existed in the 60s-70s. Moral of the story… your favorite wrestler used to pick on handicapped children. So good taste, Bonnie!
JK- they’ve smoothed things over now. He’s really humbled in his old age.
Finally to efedding. Without talking about Bonnie Blue, and potentially Johnny Reb if they’re too connected, specifically yet, tell me about your experience in efedding. How did you start, why did you start, where did you start, where have you gone? Anything and everything you want to tell me without going into specifics about your current character.
BB: A friend of mine actually introduced me to e-fedding back in mid-1999; he wanted me to play a valet/manager and basically write stuff for his roleplays. Then there was a tag match I had to actually do a full promo for, and there was no going back after that -- I was hooked. That first character was terrible. She was a Chyna knockoff called Beijing, and about the only difference was that she was a redhead... but it was good practice. That was in a fed called Prisoners of Wrestling.
I moved on from there to one called All-Star Wrestling of Motor City, first with Beijing, and after I retired her, a tag team called Virtue and Vice, who were, of course, twins. I got bored with Virtue, had Vice give her a career-ending injury -- and Vice went on to be Hardcore Champion for like six months or something.
Then came my first male character: Alex Adams. His whole gimmick revolved around the fact that he was a recovering alcoholic and in a 12-step program, thus the initials A.A. I frequently did roleplays within the setting of an AA meeting. (I was 19 and thought I was clever.) It gave me a built-in mechanism to change him from face to heel, which was fun. At one point, he had a tag partner who suffered from narcolepsy and who had a real shady manager -- who ended up being responsible for Adams falling off the wagon, and ultimately a heel turn. When real life intervened and I had to quit for a while, the whole fed retired him by means of a wrestling-style intervention. Basically, the entire roster beat the shit out of him and then made him go to rehab and that's where he's been ever since. He's probably a motivational speaker or something now.
That was around 2001 or so, and I didn't manage to get back into it until about 2008 or 2009, when I introduced Johnny Reb to Global Wrestling Coalition, and later, to WCF.
BTI: Now tell me about Bonnie and Reb. What do they mean to you, why are they important to you?
BB: Reb started as just a fun thing. I sort of wanted to see if I could sell a character with Confederate leanings as NOT racist, and things sort of spiraled out of control. But in a fun way. Johnny Reb proved to me that I can write fairly well, at least enough to entertain people....
TBH, I guess I could say Reb and Bonnie are two aspects of my psyche. There's a definite masculine streak in me, and that's where Johnny Reb comes out on the page. Bonnie represents the feminine side, and a deeper part of my psyche than I was able to really explore with Reb. She's an idealized version of myself, only way younger and with superpowers. Both of them are a means of working through my issues.
BTI: Like in real wrestling the best characters are just yourself dialed up to 11. You just have to be careful how much of yourself you put out there because people are going to shoot on you and you don’t want to take it too personally. Where do you see Bonnie going, IC in the fed and in his story (without spoiling anything for the reader)
BB: Expect to see the rivalry between Bonnie Blue and Casey Holliday heat up over the coming weeks, even as the war between the Guardians and the Brotherhood rages on! With Alex Richards' recent passing, can she keep the team together, or will the Daughter of Time crack under the pressure?
Also, look for further developments in the continuing Bonnie/Remi story....
BTI: Let’s talk UCI: How does this place compare to other places you’ve efedded?
BB: I feel like OOC camaraderie has fallen off in recent years, and what you wind up with is a lot of cliques and not much open dialog. We seem to have transcended that here. Also, there's a little more freedom to do wild things with characters and plot that don't always go over well at other places. I might be biased, but the competition here is top quality.
BTI: How would you improve on UCI?
BB: We definitely need more OOC activity from everyone. Just anything to get people started talking. Everyone here is really nice, except that Jeff Purse guy, so people shouldn't be shy about posting whatever. Improving community ties improves overall story.
The elephant in the room is the website though. We gotta get that thing updated.
BTI: I’ve only heard terrible things about Jeff Purse. Who do you want to feud with?
BB: Well, at the moment, I'm working with Casey Holliday, who is an excellent writer and I'm looking forward to a great feud. In the future... I mean, I look at the roster, and it's just overwhelming. Who DON'T I want to feud with?
Obviously, for story reasons, some people wouldn't make sense. Teo or Jenson, for example, because we're sort of on the same side of things. We could have a friendly rivalry that gets pretty hot, but nothing like the balls-out loathing and mudslinging that would come of, say, Bonnie vs Bishop ... or any member of the Brotherhood, for that matter.
That said, I'm pretty much down to work with just about anyone... I like finally being in a position where I can help give other people a push.
BTI: Besides yourself, obviously, who is the next person you think that will be the World Champ?
BB: At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Casey Holliday. Very soon, if Golden Ticket was any indication.
I could see Andre Holmes having another World Title reign, as well, before the year is out. Erin Fausse could be a serious contender, provided the time and inclination; Shadowlove is a perennial contender; Mikey Carson/Damien Kingston -- either is a strong character, and given enough focus, I could see a World Championship in the future there. Those are the main ones, off the top of my head.
Literally anybody has the potential to be a World Champion. That's the level of quality we've got here.
BTI: Final Thoughts.
BB: I want to say thanks to Benjy, Gable, Dale, and Spencer for putting UCI together, and for giving me an opportunity to be in on the ground floor of something really special. Almost a year since Mexico, and not only are we going strong, we're building ever higher on top of a foundation of awesome.
BTI: This place has truly been a respite for those who felt underappreciated or perhaps overwhelmed by other places. There’s a lot that needs to be fixed in this burgeoning fed, but the things that they are doing right far outweighs any negatives anyone could say.
And one of those things that we are doing right as a fed is giving people like Bonnie Blue an outlet for her creativity. The world is a better place with the musings of the pot addled mind of the time traipsing traveler keeping our minds open and our worlds without limits.
Thank you Bonnie... and Thank you for Bonniemania…
Next week things get a little weird as we enter the mind of a person whose grasp on reality is about as tight as Mark Henry’s leotard. Stay tuned for that one folks…
