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Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Lyriell - 09-27-2014
Hey fellow RPers!
I'm planning to move over one of my characters to Balmung since the other server I'm frequently playing on has become quite empty, thus I want to fully transfer over to Balmung now.
My Couerl character is called Fate Testarossa and based on the Anime Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha if anyone knows it. (It's one of the few GOOD magical girl series btw!)
Now since I really love this character I wouldn't want to change it at all, but I know that I might not resist going into IC with it either since I love RPing. So my question is would you take such a character seriously at all? I mean a version of this character that is split off from the actual anime but kind of like another version of it based on FFXIV?
I'd like to hear your thoughts on that matter!
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Ciel - 09-27-2014
I... guess it would really depend on how you spin it and how lore applies to the concept. Personally speaking, I've dealt with a lot of unique character concepts which were nods to one source or another, but were worked in such a way that the player really put effort behind meshing it with the world. And then again, I've seen some fall flat.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Vysce the Lad - 09-27-2014
Normally I would say you can rp however you like...
...but if anyone were to come up and start saying the word "Kawaii" to me, I'd cringe and leave.
The magical girl/super sentai is popular in Japan, and definitely has a following over in the states and Europe, so it's not out of the question for you to have a magical girl-esq character. Understand however, that there will be quite a few people that you will run into that might not understand what you're doing. Â I would challenge you to put a Final Fantasy spin on it; If you try to rp as a cookie cutter magical girl, a lot of people might be a little put off or might wonder if you are seriously rping like that.
One of my own characters has an IC henshin and I think I've only been bashed verbally by non-rpers... but there have been some rp instances where rpers around my character don't understand.Â
Just be wary, okay? Have fun though!Â
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - OttoVann - 09-27-2014
Simply put no. I watch anime even still. But no.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Kellach Woods - 09-27-2014
I am normally a chill person who will say do whatever you want.
If you want a magical girl character, go right ahead.
If you want a magical girl character that is a callback to a specific one, with your own twist on it, go right ahead.
If you want to play the very same character? No, and that's where I draw the line. I won't RP with Miq'o Kanji Tatsumi, why would I RP with that?
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - TheLastCandle - 09-27-2014
(09-27-2014, 05:57 PM)Kellach Woods Wrote: I am normally a chill person who will say do whatever you want.
If you want a magical girl character, go right ahead.
If you want a magical girl character that is a callback to a specific one, with your own twist on it, go right ahead.
If you want to play the very same character? No, and that's where I draw the line. I won't RP with Miq'o Kanji Tatsumi, why would I RP with that?
^ Pretty much the way I see it. I think a lot of us are inspired, even indirectly, by other characters in fiction. Anime is as valid as any other media, in that sense.
..If anything, her name would make me think of Ferrari's.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Lyriell - 09-27-2014
Yeah don't worry, she would be a spinoff. She would retain most of her personality and her agressive/offensive fighting style, but it would be in an FFXIV-esque style.
So she wouldn't be a magical girl in that sense.
I'll try to come up with something interesting
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Kellach Woods - 09-27-2014
Well, she could be, if she was a thaumaturge
Also, I'd be hella hypocritical if I were to criticize you on being inspired by this because of the following lines in my wiki that I forgot I tossed in there :
The inspiration of making a fabulous character with the muscle tone slider up to 100 is definitely inspired by Hirohiko Araki's work on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Playing a bumbling country boy introduced to a new world is a trope often seen in storytelling, however the most recent portrayal that inspired me is Donnel from Fire Emblem : Awakening.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Jazz Egi - 09-27-2014
I don't really understand the question. Anime is extremely diverse, and while it does have recurring tropes it has genres just like any other media. As long as your character is respectful to the setting there is no problem. (i.e. he is not throwing galaxies at people and piercing the heavens in a giant mecha.)
I'm sure your character is a delight. Welcome aboard.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Jana - 09-27-2014
Have you already completed your transfer to Balmung? If not, there's a chance that "Fate Testarossa" will be taken and you'll have to name-change anyway. And if you wanted to, you could always double-check and even ask if someone would be willing to make a character with that name so you could get a free name change. Don't feel like you have to change your character's appearance or anything like that in order to fit in; you're free to do whatever you want. But the name directly lifted from an anime character's is likely where people are drawing the line.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - ArmachiA - 09-27-2014
I just checked and Balmung actually seems to be the only server WITHOUT the name.
As for the question. I'm not really comfortable rping with any character that an outright stealing of someone elses character (Regardless if they are retrofited for the universe). As an author, it bugs me. I wouldn't RP with any proclaiming to be Sam or Dean Winchester - complete with name, personalities, etc - so I wouldn't do it with anime character.
No offense, but to ME (and only me) it feels like theft.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Kellach Woods - 09-27-2014
That's why I specified the name in my 3 line thing. 'cause then you're not inspired, you're just copying.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Mithril Specs - 09-27-2014
So, I'm not sure if I understand this one-hundred percent. Is your character just slightly inspired by another, or is she meant to, well, basically be a Final Fantasy AU version of an existing one? There's nothing wrong at all with taking some inspiration here and there, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't do that for a good handful of my own characters.Â
It just, well, treads into some really awkward territory if you go ahead and take a character from a show you enjoy to plug them into a different setting. Ah, I really don't want to be mean, but it somehow doesn't feel quite right? If anything, I'd suggest building a character that's completely your own on the whole magical girl-y concept, but that's just me.
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Chlodomer - 09-27-2014
Welcome Lyriell,
So as you wish I'm going to go ahead and give out my two cents on this inquiry of yours.
My views on it is that it's absolutely fine and normal to generate ideas from other people's works, be it from games, movies, shows, etc. The only thing that leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth is the fact that you're actually using the character's name from the show for your character.
In general anime-esque characters are very diverse and I would go as far as to claim that such an argument should never exist in this RP community since FFXIV's characters are filled with anime stereotypes/references (after all this is a japenese game no?)
So coming back to what I mentioned on the paragraph before, "copying" the concept and incorporating it into the FFXIV universe isn't necessarily a bad thing, but when you start copying the name then it appears blatantly obvious to everyone that you're just forging a carbon copy of a character from an already existing universe.
My advice, if you like the concepts from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, I have no issues with it and I don't see any reasons why anyone should, but create a name on your own. (Although I just realized as I type this that this point has been addressed to a few times...)
RE: Would you take an anime-esque character seriously? - Roswyn - 09-27-2014
I think there are ways to take influences from anime and incorporate them into characters I.E. life experiences, weapons, reactions to stimuli etc. As far as just straight taking the name and personality and that is the character..?
Naming conventions aside, it seems a little...heavy handed? Before you transfer her I would consider a character name change and perhaps working in elements of the character's personality under a more appropriate name.
It's the name reaction I give when I see people running around named "Naruto Uzumaki" or "Kenshin Battosai" :/ If these people walked up and tried to rp I would probably...get a linkpearl call and leave.
Granted, Fate is probably a little more obscure but it's the same concept.