(10-30-2015, 09:56 AM)Jana Wrote: Chachan is probably known for playing his main, young adventurer character, but he also plays Chachanji's older brother Gogonji, who's basically a cranky curmudgeon. I've played with Virara and Shoshopu too, who are both mature and never come across as child-like.
Gogon's an oddball from what I've come across in RP using him, actually. He's been identified as both a "kid" due to his height and apparent Lalafellan youthful appearance, but also as a "grandpa" - likely due to that cranky curmudgeon behavior I usually have him have. Yet he's in his early thirties, and thus is neither kid nor grandpa... which is an amusing thing to see.
Meanwhile, as folks have mentioned, I also main as the younger brother Chachan - who is actively a relatively naive teenager who wants to go out and help people. He gets taken less than seriously at times, sure, but I've also had some relatively serious interactions between him and other characters - usually involving smithing, now that I think about it.
The point is that while they may be taken more seriously by NPCs and "in Eorzea" in general, there truly does exist the stereotype of the two types of Lalafell that Warren mentioned earlier among RPers: the fun, fun cutesy Popoto and the super-serious sort that almost seem to be actively defying the previous stigma. Some just stick to those, some subvert them, and some just ignore that altogether and play their character how they feel the character should be played.
And just because a character might seem to cleave to a particular stereotype - and I'm talking all races here, not just Lalafell - that doesn't mean they can't have some deeper facets to them. Chachan is indeed the cutesy, look on the bright side sort... but he's also clingy, a worrywart, and oftentimes stubborn on his ultimately childish outlook on life. Gogon leans more towards the other "stereotype" - the grimdark utter subversion of the cutesy trope - but I've also tried to show his general care and concern for his brother (even if it's often misguided due to his own views on things) and those he actually grows close to.
It's just how much character is in the character, and how deep those that interact with them are willing to look.
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