(07-14-2016, 12:16 PM)Warren Castille Wrote:(07-14-2016, 12:13 PM)Verad Wrote:(07-13-2016, 04:03 PM)Morningstar1337 Wrote: The question I want answered is? Are Being a RP character in a group and being the protagonist mutually exclusive concepts outside of Journaling? I think i know what the answer is, but I want confirmation, to make sure?
Only if you presume that an RP community is completely interconnected and all characters must necessarily be having an impact on all other characters, however oblique that impact might be.
Since the RP community is actually quite fragmented with many different smaller subsets of players never interacting with each other, or in some cases unaware of each others' existence, these concepts are not mutually exclusive.
Verad's got it. It's entirely possible to be the protagonist of your own story without trying to be the protagonist of the entire server or community.
Yeah, almost everyone is the protagonist in their own stories. Â You, the player/writer, have your own personal narrative, your own experience, your own life. Â But it's uncommon for you or any one of us to have an impact on an entire community or nation. Â Clearly, some people can do that, but they are the exceptions.
My character, Mia Moui, is driven by the betrayal of her matriarch and the loss of her sisters. Â She believes them to be in the blackmarket trade in Miqo'te. Â Naturally, I cannot write a story that interferes with the larger narrative of the universe of FFXIV, but there's a lot of places to go on the map and off.
If a person wants to play along with Mia's narrative, that's great. Â If they don't, that's great too. Â It's just like real life. Â Not everyone is going to join you, accept you, or even want you around. Â The good new is, there are plenty of people who would like to if given a chance.
Carne armum ergo sum.
