An anecdote while it's fresh in my mind.
Some of you may be aware that there's currently a RPG speedrunning marathon called RPG Limit Break over yonder on twitch for the benefit of NAMI.
So, I'm in chat, someone asks if people want to share stories of mental illnesses/disorders. Since I got a more solid diagnostic... Tuesday, I decided to do so.
First thing I got was someone makin' fun of it. So, yeah. Which is typically the reaction I get from whoever I mention this to.
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So yeah, when I mention not interpreting others' reactions to your character, that's kinda where I'm coming from - a place where even people who're sensible to the issue can tell me to fuck right off or the equivalent.
Chances are if you've remotely thought about your character, if you decide to give them a disorder it'll be played marginally better than someone who just thought X character from Y movie with Z misrepresented disorder is so fuckin' cool that they have to essentially "port" them to FFXIV + a difference.
I'd also add "Don't make the disorder the chief explanation for your character's acts". I can understand if it explains certain quirks, etc. But when "They have schizophrenia" is the first thing you utter when someone goes why did you do that, that kinda falls flat.
Some of you may be aware that there's currently a RPG speedrunning marathon called RPG Limit Break over yonder on twitch for the benefit of NAMI.
So, I'm in chat, someone asks if people want to share stories of mental illnesses/disorders. Since I got a more solid diagnostic... Tuesday, I decided to do so.
First thing I got was someone makin' fun of it. So, yeah. Which is typically the reaction I get from whoever I mention this to.
* * *Â
So yeah, when I mention not interpreting others' reactions to your character, that's kinda where I'm coming from - a place where even people who're sensible to the issue can tell me to fuck right off or the equivalent.
Chances are if you've remotely thought about your character, if you decide to give them a disorder it'll be played marginally better than someone who just thought X character from Y movie with Z misrepresented disorder is so fuckin' cool that they have to essentially "port" them to FFXIV + a difference.
I'd also add "Don't make the disorder the chief explanation for your character's acts". I can understand if it explains certain quirks, etc. But when "They have schizophrenia" is the first thing you utter when someone goes why did you do that, that kinda falls flat.
