Temmi Wrote:-snip-
I respect the right for people to not role-play with others based on the type of character they play. It's like those who avoid people who play up to the racist stereotype of specific types of characters. People are entitled to these types of reactions, to being selective about what they want to play with and I'm not saying they aren't.
What I am saying is that you shouldn't write someone off 100% because of either a singular character, or a singular idea that they express.Â
If I approached someone six to nine months ago, and they had said, 'No, I don't play with world-hopping characters, and I think playing one of those characters is lazy or void of creativity', that's absolutely unnecessary. But if someone said it the way you just did, that it didn't fit with their world view and how they played?Â
That's one-hundred percent alright. I might have been a little disappointed you weren't willing to interact with my main, but it's easy to understand that preference. I could have said 'Hey, I have other characters who fit with the lore, we could maybe RP with xyz lore-abiding character and yours?'.Â
That's the kind of reaction you hope for from the community. If you get shot down in one avenue, maybe you can try another route.Â
But instead, you (collective here, not specific) get reactions like, 'Your idea is bad, why would you want to do this, this makes you a horrible RPer, you just want to be a special snowflake.' And that's not right to do to another creative writer. Tearing into someone for the ideas they put forth is when it hits the line that it isn't okay. Disagreeing with someone is fine. Being derogatory or slanderous toward them isn't.
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