I've been thinking for a bit as to what qualifies as a pet peeve for me in RP. I like to think that I'm pretty open and try to roll with anything that gets thrown at me. I'm not that great at it yet, but I'm trying!
That said, I think my biggest issue is when someone mindlessly throws out something that is rather dramatic or life-changing with no real thought about it or the aftermath that comes from it. This comes from an April Fools day RP where Chachan had to deal with someone he cared about apparently having changed into a different race and being completely obvious to the change. He was, understandably, unsure how to handle and deal with the situation... but that wasn't the problematic part about it.
In the end, the "surprise twist" was that it was just some delusional person and the actual character had been away visiting family. So how did they get rid of the delusional character? Have them slip and crack their head open and die. Right in front of Chachan. I... was not very happy with having to deal with this character that had spent the entire RP believing they were someone else (and trying to convince him of the same) just... killed like that. And, in my mind, Chachan would not take such a result too well - I ultimately waved it off as a bad dream on his part, because that was not something I wanted to deal with... especially as the capper to what was supposed to be a more goofy, silly RP.
Other than that? I suppose people running events that have exact solutions to issues in their minds and have no flex on the matter. Like, if you don't do this exact thing in this exact manner it doesn't count. Especially when it gets to the point that it looks - to the participants - that they have no other option but to lose or retreat. I like to try and be flexible in my obstacle solutions and work with the participants... and I would just like to be extended the same courtesy.
I suppose you could just generalize both things into just disliking a lack of communication and cooperation between RP parties.
That said, I think my biggest issue is when someone mindlessly throws out something that is rather dramatic or life-changing with no real thought about it or the aftermath that comes from it. This comes from an April Fools day RP where Chachan had to deal with someone he cared about apparently having changed into a different race and being completely obvious to the change. He was, understandably, unsure how to handle and deal with the situation... but that wasn't the problematic part about it.
In the end, the "surprise twist" was that it was just some delusional person and the actual character had been away visiting family. So how did they get rid of the delusional character? Have them slip and crack their head open and die. Right in front of Chachan. I... was not very happy with having to deal with this character that had spent the entire RP believing they were someone else (and trying to convince him of the same) just... killed like that. And, in my mind, Chachan would not take such a result too well - I ultimately waved it off as a bad dream on his part, because that was not something I wanted to deal with... especially as the capper to what was supposed to be a more goofy, silly RP.
Other than that? I suppose people running events that have exact solutions to issues in their minds and have no flex on the matter. Like, if you don't do this exact thing in this exact manner it doesn't count. Especially when it gets to the point that it looks - to the participants - that they have no other option but to lose or retreat. I like to try and be flexible in my obstacle solutions and work with the participants... and I would just like to be extended the same courtesy.
I suppose you could just generalize both things into just disliking a lack of communication and cooperation between RP parties.
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