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Caspar · **10-30-2015, 11:25 PM**

(10-30-2015, 10:30 PM)Shoshopu Wrote:
(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.

weeps

The whole childlike lalafell thing honestly isn't something that occurred to me at all when I was making Shoshopu, and I have never felt like I've had that problem, but some of my friends who play lalafell have. Back when I played FFXI and my tarutaru character, who I kept in mind when I made Shoshopu, had adventures in my imagination because I didn't write or RP, she got into some pretty serious and heavy stuff. However, since it was strictly in my imagination she kind of existed in a vacuum. Nobody ever took her one way or the other because she didn't interact with other players that way. So I went into playing Shoshopu with the assumption people would take her seriously and I just went with it. But I don't think Shopu comes off as one of those dark-compensation lalafell (like Virara or Abigor, who could and have kicked her ass, respectively). It's not something I intentionally go for, anyway. Her race only affects her character to the extent that her culture has influenced her as a character (the nomads who ride around on big animals thing), otherwise, she's just... her. She's a smart young woman doing magicky things.

tl;dr at the outset I chose her race for reasons that were independent of the kind of character I wanted to have and the story I wanted to tell. And for the most part, with just a few exceptions, that's how she's carried out in RP. She's practically only a lalafell because in FFXI I was a tarutaru, and in that game it was for all that sweet MP.

a tangent: Sometimes I wonder. Maybe I just don't RP at the Quicksand and public events enough, or something. I know people with lalafell characters who get creepy tells sometimes when they go out, but I've never had that on Shoshopu. (Sometimes I get compliments on her appearance in general, but not lately) I wonder if she looks too... "normal"... Dark, natural colored hair, as opposed to some kinda bright color, no makeup, no kawaii uguu outfits (at least not conventionally kawaii uguu, but I think she's cute as shit) ... and I wonder if that might be tangentially related to why I don't feel as if I've ever had the problem of people ICly not taking Shoshopu "seriously". But I'm used to not really attracting a lot of attention online in general (anon hate or creepers and the like) so it might just be whatever reason there is for that.

This post got rambley as shit, I'm sorry

I like how Shoshopu looks. (Too bad no big eyebrows though...) I think she's very cute. I'm sad we've not had many chances to RP yet despite living across Mist, but I'm going to make more of an effort to be around.Â

I am pretty aware of how uber-weird my character is, and I'm thankful I get to play with both other Lalafell and cloudbreathers who are more normal yet not boring. I always look for opportunities to do happier or funny RP when I can to counteract my general writing habits, and to lend then weight. Only dark rp all the time gets depressing.

As for the weird RPers, a few had their characters express an interest in Virara, which was unexpected but fine with me so long as they don't expect anything. I've only had one other Lala approach Virara with untoward intentions... Egh. However, one of the benefits of being such an impossibly innocent and yet corrupted character is I get to play dumb when those scenarios happen. I've gotten good at blowing up romance and erp scenes before they happen with her ferrous cranium.

Lalafell not taken seriously in RP.

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