(08-05-2015, 05:08 PM)Lilia Lia Wrote: But I don't want to get sidetracked with talking about my character, I'm just trying to show you how mild the "racism" is that I play to give you an idea how disproportionate the backlash she receives is.
That kind of blows my mind. Having a racial bias or prejudice based on a character's experiences and encounters with other characters (PCs or NPCs) seems completely justified, and especially if it's mild, why is there any backlash? Especially if it's out of character? It's difficult to predict how any given character will react within their world, and IC taking some offense at being greeted with a reaction the character doesn't agree with does seem legitimate, but we can and should have common OOC courtesies.
My character has significant prejudices regarding miqo'te, which she is, and has led her to some arguments, but she has very few extreme opinions regarding other races. Foreigners to her are just foreign, not inherently good or bad. That's because of the way she grew up, with internal family conflicts shaping her ideas about the way she wants to live. And as a travelling merchant's child, being constantly exposed to foreign strangers not as something to fear but as a useful and everpresent part of the environment.
If your character has met such-and-such and thus developed an impression that they expand to cover the "race" whenever a new member of said race is encountered, isn't that perfectly logical and even fun to play with? If your character has never even seen such a being, and is then either terrified or intensely curious, isn't that perfectly logical and even fun to play with?
Any time my previous character met a Garlean who admitted their Garlean-ness, as an escaped Ala Mhigan, he would have to start the discussion of when was the soonest they should appropriately be killed. My current character? Is definitely wary, because the totality of her experiences with Garlemald have been less than pleasant, but she knows Garleans buy things, and she isn't going to care about planning a murder.
I do feel like adventurers don't need to be held to any "average day-to-day life in Eorzea is just like this" statement or ideal. But I don't feel like there should be shunning or disapproval in either direction. Conflict is good. Curiosity is good. Why can't we all just get along? *dramatic*
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