the average response to this thread is kind of telling about the RP community's general views, I think, at least from an outsider's point of view. )': I still haven't RPed more than once ingame and I have one forum thread, so I'm pretty sure I can count as an 'outsider'.
(yet again reiterating lol) I come from Tumblr, where people RP pre-existing characters more often than not (or so my RPing experience goes). and it's the player-made characters that get all the flak there -- apparently the "OC" players are less popular due to the fact that Tumblr RPers just simply don't know the character. and, personally, I always thought that was BS anyway. sure, they get their share of the same world-breaking, lore-bending, god-modding types, but they tend to lump the player-made characters/OCs with the god-modders, and refuse to RP with them in general.
and, I know people have their preferences, and RPing is a fun hobby and should stay that way -- but isn't it a bit similar to the concepts of discrimination anyway? there have been so many times I've been hurt when someone has said "you're an OC, so I don't really want to RP with you." this stings bad because of the implication that they're not RPing with me only because I'm RPing a player-made character.
and that's really lame to see. implying "I'm not going to try to RP with you just because you're x or y." as a sole reason to refuse RP... is it still a preference at that point? it's got all the fallbacks of any decision based on a stereotype. yes, stereotypes exist for a reason -- but they're not always completely true.
as I am reading this, the reverse seems to be true. some people say they would RP with an "AU" character (alternate universe: that's what Tumblr-land calls a different version of a canon character) but others would flat out refuse to for one reason or another. why? what's not permissible about RPing a fictional character that isn't your own? no matter what, the OP's Fate would end up different than the Fate in Nanoha itself, because it's not the original writer behind her -- that's even beyond the FFXIV version differences the OP's mentioned they will make.
also, I am curious as to the problem with RPing with a name from something else. as people told me in my intro thread, using the username in RPing at all is pretty much metagaming unless the username matches the RPer's character's intended name for the character. it's not like IRL names are capable of being completely original anyway, so I can only see a problem as perceived by the act of using a name. originality is really hard to fully use -- chances are, even if you come up with something on your own, someone else will have done it in a plot, or made a character like it already, so on and so forth.
really, in the music business there is a lot of borrowing chord progressions, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, everything. art is another example. for every popular artist, there's a dozen people who love their style and try to recreate, copy, or incorporate. and even in writing -- there's a ton of plagiarism in the world, along with being simply inspired. so, why is it a problem to begin with? is there an objective and definite response beside personal preference?Â
where to draw the line between plagiarism and simple inspiration is pretty subjective in some cases. and as I see it, that's why there's hesitation in the "will you RP with this" question. (you know, besides personal preferences.)
I don't know if posting my thoughts/opinions/observations on this matter is a good idea, but considering I think I've spent enough time typing this, I should probably just hit the post reply button and hope people understand what I'm trying to say. I'm not trying to pick a fight, just attempting to relay that tl;dr originality is near-impossible to attain, and a lot more people borrow concepts and ideas than one might assume. (and that it's weird to see the reverse of what I'm used to.)
to the OP: I don't really mind it myself. I'd RP with Fate, provided you're not my ex who also adored Fate. anyway, you should always do whatever is fun for you -- and if whatever's fun for you includes doing what others want you to do, listening to advice, etc, then go for it.
edit: STAR OCEAN 3 YEAHHHH. it had its problems for sure, but I still loved that game :')
(yet again reiterating lol) I come from Tumblr, where people RP pre-existing characters more often than not (or so my RPing experience goes). and it's the player-made characters that get all the flak there -- apparently the "OC" players are less popular due to the fact that Tumblr RPers just simply don't know the character. and, personally, I always thought that was BS anyway. sure, they get their share of the same world-breaking, lore-bending, god-modding types, but they tend to lump the player-made characters/OCs with the god-modders, and refuse to RP with them in general.
and, I know people have their preferences, and RPing is a fun hobby and should stay that way -- but isn't it a bit similar to the concepts of discrimination anyway? there have been so many times I've been hurt when someone has said "you're an OC, so I don't really want to RP with you." this stings bad because of the implication that they're not RPing with me only because I'm RPing a player-made character.
and that's really lame to see. implying "I'm not going to try to RP with you just because you're x or y." as a sole reason to refuse RP... is it still a preference at that point? it's got all the fallbacks of any decision based on a stereotype. yes, stereotypes exist for a reason -- but they're not always completely true.
as I am reading this, the reverse seems to be true. some people say they would RP with an "AU" character (alternate universe: that's what Tumblr-land calls a different version of a canon character) but others would flat out refuse to for one reason or another. why? what's not permissible about RPing a fictional character that isn't your own? no matter what, the OP's Fate would end up different than the Fate in Nanoha itself, because it's not the original writer behind her -- that's even beyond the FFXIV version differences the OP's mentioned they will make.
also, I am curious as to the problem with RPing with a name from something else. as people told me in my intro thread, using the username in RPing at all is pretty much metagaming unless the username matches the RPer's character's intended name for the character. it's not like IRL names are capable of being completely original anyway, so I can only see a problem as perceived by the act of using a name. originality is really hard to fully use -- chances are, even if you come up with something on your own, someone else will have done it in a plot, or made a character like it already, so on and so forth.
really, in the music business there is a lot of borrowing chord progressions, melodies, harmonies, rhythms, everything. art is another example. for every popular artist, there's a dozen people who love their style and try to recreate, copy, or incorporate. and even in writing -- there's a ton of plagiarism in the world, along with being simply inspired. so, why is it a problem to begin with? is there an objective and definite response beside personal preference?Â
where to draw the line between plagiarism and simple inspiration is pretty subjective in some cases. and as I see it, that's why there's hesitation in the "will you RP with this" question. (you know, besides personal preferences.)
I don't know if posting my thoughts/opinions/observations on this matter is a good idea, but considering I think I've spent enough time typing this, I should probably just hit the post reply button and hope people understand what I'm trying to say. I'm not trying to pick a fight, just attempting to relay that tl;dr originality is near-impossible to attain, and a lot more people borrow concepts and ideas than one might assume. (and that it's weird to see the reverse of what I'm used to.)
to the OP: I don't really mind it myself. I'd RP with Fate, provided you're not my ex who also adored Fate. anyway, you should always do whatever is fun for you -- and if whatever's fun for you includes doing what others want you to do, listening to advice, etc, then go for it.
edit: STAR OCEAN 3 YEAHHHH. it had its problems for sure, but I still loved that game :')
