I was forbidden by my IRL ex-husband from having IC romantic relationships for a long time, so I utilized Aysun's history to explain why she was uninterested and broken when it came to romance. So she was single for a long time in 1.0.
Shortly after launch of ARR I met who would eventually become her fiancee by chance. Aysun developed friendship with this character, and we RP'd a lot. He helped her extensively, accepted her fully, and eventually developed feelings for her over the course of several months. My IRL relationship was in its death throes, so an IC romantic relationship was allowed to develop.
I like slow and natural. None of it was planned or arranged OOCly, though we had open OOC communication so we became friends as well. Our RP styles just meshed, and our characters meshed (and met at a good time IC and OOC), so it worked.
I am a major sucker for the initial courting/developing feelings - that's easily my favorite part of any romantic RP. Figuring each other's quirks out, learning to read each other and such is also great fun. I was worried about things becoming stagnant, what with it being a "good" relationship and all IC, but it hasn't been. We haven't had to create artificial drama to make it interesting. The character development has been interesting on its own! Two years later they as a couple have been through a lot together, and it's been a great time.
Shortly after launch of ARR I met who would eventually become her fiancee by chance. Aysun developed friendship with this character, and we RP'd a lot. He helped her extensively, accepted her fully, and eventually developed feelings for her over the course of several months. My IRL relationship was in its death throes, so an IC romantic relationship was allowed to develop.
I like slow and natural. None of it was planned or arranged OOCly, though we had open OOC communication so we became friends as well. Our RP styles just meshed, and our characters meshed (and met at a good time IC and OOC), so it worked.
I am a major sucker for the initial courting/developing feelings - that's easily my favorite part of any romantic RP. Figuring each other's quirks out, learning to read each other and such is also great fun. I was worried about things becoming stagnant, what with it being a "good" relationship and all IC, but it hasn't been. We haven't had to create artificial drama to make it interesting. The character development has been interesting on its own! Two years later they as a couple have been through a lot together, and it's been a great time.
