(01-28-2015, 12:38 PM)Alothia Wrote: I think that having cookie cutter roles for different races leads to a dull and dry sort of Eorzea.
We want people who differ. We want people who go against the "norm" of their culture, because that causes conflict, and really, what are we as RPers if not drama mongers (just drama of our own making).
Again, it's like saying that the sky, because it's the sky, is always blue.
It's not. There are so many hues of orange, yellow, purple, gray, black....to ignore them, is to ignore the beauty of the sky as a whole.
I don't think that's what anyone is getting at within this thread though. Characters can be different and still remain within the confines of plausibility. If they're just creative liberties stacked on top of yet more creative liberties, however, then that is just as boring as a character that never deviates from the stereotype associated with their character's race.
