(03-30-2015, 01:12 PM)Sin Wrote: Very detailed. Great characterThank you for your kind words and your input!There's a lot to work with there to make her very interesting in roleplay.
The only thing that comes to my mind in terms of lore sensitivity is that as juicy and ironic as her mother making ends meet through literary works about her daughter is... I urge you to keep in mind that because of Eorzea's low literacy rates I don't think she'd be making anything considerable from writing, maybe from a particularly enthusiastic patron, but otherwise her clientele would be very limited. Or otherwise she'd need to be -very- popular with the right people to be making considerable gil.
I guess in general I'm just pointing out that you should keep in mind that reading and writing in Eorzea is a bigger deal than in our world, and though you've gone to great lengths to explain certain minor things, you've glossed over a bit how as far as I can tell a common fisherman and a 'Cuda sailor became proficient in the written word.
Anyway, good luck and have fun.
And for pointing out Eorzea's low literacy rates, too. It wasn't something I was aware of, and after finding the Fernehalwes post it came from, that might indeed be a problematic detail. I wouldn't imagine "considerable" being a word I'd apply to what Bloegeim would be making even before you informed me of this, just enough to get by and survive with minimal aid from others, but that still might be stretching reason and need reconsideration. That said, I might have to nix the "mutual love of written word" bit about her parents all together, though. While I think I can probably justify Bloegeim being literate by saying she was of a higher upbringing and sort of chose her lot in life, becoming a 'Cuda more out of a sense of lawful duty than a promise of good income, Fraeceig is a different case entirely.
In any case, revisions will be made. Thank you again for your time and advice!
