(12-04-2014, 12:15 PM)Dogberry Wrote: I don't know, I'm pretty much with you. And I recognize that it makes my character a bit special snowflakey to have these metal legs that basically give him super powers. Though it did involve me playing a bedridden character for a few weeks, and a major recovery process once he got them. Plus, the deal he had to make to even get them and how they illustrate his willingness to make just about any deal that he feels will bring him closer to revenge. Even still, magic robot legs. I totally understand any kind of accusation of snowflakeyness leveled at me for that.
You're one of the last people I would ever accuse of special-snowflakeyness. Sometimes characters have traits that mark them out to be different from everyone else. So what? When it comes to looking at characters critically, beyond the whole thing I have about putting your fun first (because, seriously, at the end of the day it's rp, for fun, and it honestly it shouldn't matter whether or not people like or don't like what you're doing. There's always at least a few other people who will like your style; just don't expect everyone to accept it or want to rp with you), looking at a character objectively, if we all just tiptoed around refusing to go outside of the box because onoes someone might be upset then things would get pretty fucking boring.
You've always been one of those people I look at and think 'wow, he really knows what he's about' -- you're not the type who just willy-nilly puts things together because you can. From what I've seen of you and your writing, you think things through. I, at least, can respect that. So, you know, you decide you want to do this thing for your character that's a bit on the pushing-boundaries side of things, why not?
So you keep those legs, you paint them red if you need to, and you wear them with pride.
