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(08-21-2015, 03:56 PM)Verad Wrote: That said, I think your point can lead to another - there is no real "wit," in this case, because wit is a culturally defined concept. The idea that speaking with a quick retort is a marker of intelligence may hold no weight in a culture where that's considered to be a marker of thoughtlessness. In this view, being witty in RP is simple: You already are, to somebody. It even dovetails nicely with the idea that wittiness is based on reception.
This is fair, and also the stance that I've held from the beginning (meaning the post I made when I jumped in here, like a page or two ago). I still maintain that the simplest answer to the thread's stated question is that if you have the capability to be "witty," however that is defined on an individual level, then yes, your character can be witty. The inverse is also true; if you are unable to be whatever you consider to be "witty," then your character cannot be, because you cannot emulate something that is foreign to you.
The idea of what is witty and what is not is something entirely subjective and inarguable because it is not a definite truth. As a result, I would actually go so far to say that that argument is a complete distraction from the thread's question.
My first post, for the sake of completeness, I guess: