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Kilieit Kilieit Find all posts by this user Visit this user's website The Godless Blessed Posts:786 Joined:Mar 2016 Character:Aghurlal Qar-aKimusun Linkshell:RP Levelers; ROG of Limsa Server:Balmung Reputation: 219 Timezone:UTC RE: Canon RPers and You | #6 09-16-2016, 02:24 PM (This post was last modified: 09-16-2016, 03:39 PM by Kilieit.) Not for me. You do you, and it's nice to see them around, but please don't talk to me or approach me without asking first, or - pet peeve time, sorry - turn up to public RP events unannounced and uninvited. Show Content Angry rant about canons showing up to public eventsWhat you are doing is inherently non-canon-compliant and inherently headcanon-dependent. It means everyone around you has to agree to your interpretation of the character, your ideas for why they're here and not where they're supposed to be in MSQ, your interpretation of their backstory, personal relationships, inner desires... Honestly, that is a LOT to ask random strangers at an event to go along with when it's a character who any given player you run into has as much say in it as you do. AND THAT'S NOT EVEN STARTING ON THE FACT THAT showing up as a canon character, uninvited and unannounced, is a god-mod and a power-play. You're showing up and overwriting anything anyone's written into their backstory or ongoing plots about the canon character in question. You're going "nope, what you're doing isn't the case right now, because I prefer what I'm doing". When... again... that's a character that they have as much claim to write peripheral material about as you do. You're showing up as one of a few characters who everyone at the event "ought to" know and possibly want to talk to. One of the few characters who is likely to reasonably grab everyone's IC attention, as soon as they walk in... ...and you did none of the work establishing that as their character trait. You're riding the coattails of canon. I know of original player characters with similar gravitas. Those players did all the work building that character's connections, reputation, the interest others hold in them... when you show up as a canon character, all that's been done for you by the canon writers. It rubs people (people who worked hard on their OCs, and who are working hard on their OCs, in a primarily OC-centred environment) the wrong way. No, okay, maybe it just rubs me the wrong way. If you're being asked along by the organisers, or you're doing RP with friends, I promise you I have no problem with that. It still makes me smile to see canons out and about. And hell - I used to have in-game body doubles for, and also roleplay, two canons in my previous fandom. ...and I roleplayed on an out-of-game roleplay blog. Where interacting was completely opt-in and it wasn't awkward or difficult or anxiety-inducing to just ignore me. Not in-game, where my very visibly present character model and emotes would make it awkward for anyone to have to decide to "just ignore me". And my in-game body-doubles were strictly kept away from RP events. I think I roleplayed on one of them once, in party chat, with a friend. Besides that, they existed for OOC fun and interactions with my friends from my roleplay blogs. Because I felt strongly this way then, and I still feel this way now. TL;DR: Pre-organised RP where the participants consented to you playing the role: YES. Big public events where you haven't been invited and showing up is going to force everyone to decide to either make you the centre of attention for the duration of your attendance, or ignore you completely: NO. you can tell i feel strongly about something when i go heavy on the italics button lmao And... lastly... please, remember that you're basically the in-game equivalent of a Disney face character. Watch your conduct closely. There's nothing uglier than someone using a canon name making uncomfortably sexual remarks or aggroing on a stranger in /sh or /s. It's not as funny as you think it is. moved my edit-to-add to a new post [ tumblr | twitter | wiki | art ]

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Canon RPers and You - by Max - 09-16-2016, 01:55 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Unnamed Mercenary - 09-16-2016, 01:59 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Max - 09-16-2016, 02:38 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kilieit - 09-16-2016, 02:42 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Aegir - 09-16-2016, 02:05 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Verad - 09-19-2016, 10:21 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Pascaleret - 09-19-2016, 10:35 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Ehzo'ir Tyaka - 09-16-2016, 02:11 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Virella - 09-16-2016, 02:21 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kilieit - 09-16-2016, 02:24 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by SapphireSkylines - 09-16-2016, 02:24 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kage - 09-16-2016, 02:56 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Caspar - 09-16-2016, 03:29 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Charity322 - 09-16-2016, 11:53 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Caspar - 09-17-2016, 12:28 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kilieit - 09-17-2016, 06:31 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kilieit - 09-16-2016, 03:44 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kage - 09-16-2016, 03:52 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by ExAtomos - 09-16-2016, 04:36 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Edgar - 09-16-2016, 04:37 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kellach Woods - 09-16-2016, 04:41 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Warren Castille - 09-16-2016, 04:48 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Enla - 09-16-2016, 05:17 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Jana - 09-16-2016, 05:07 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Cecily Jisi - 09-16-2016, 05:37 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Virella - 09-16-2016, 06:07 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kellach Woods - 09-16-2016, 06:16 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Arrelaine - 09-16-2016, 06:39 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Enla - 09-16-2016, 07:27 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kellach Woods - 09-17-2016, 07:03 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Cecily Jisi - 09-18-2016, 10:39 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Aysun - 09-16-2016, 06:13 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Pascaleret - 09-16-2016, 08:04 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by LiadansWhisper - 09-16-2016, 08:05 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Shoshopu - 09-16-2016, 08:47 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Caspar - 09-16-2016, 09:11 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Warren Castille - 09-16-2016, 09:27 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Caspar - 09-16-2016, 09:30 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Warren Castille - 09-16-2016, 09:36 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Arrelaine - 09-16-2016, 09:55 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Yandros - 09-16-2016, 11:10 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Berrod Armstrong - 09-17-2016, 09:11 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Ritsu - 09-17-2016, 10:11 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kellach Woods - 09-17-2016, 10:19 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Charity322 - 09-17-2016, 11:30 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Silmanos - 09-17-2016, 11:40 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Cailean Lockwood - 09-18-2016, 04:51 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Dante Abigor - 09-18-2016, 05:41 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kellach Woods - 09-18-2016, 07:16 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Lutra - 09-18-2016, 09:38 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Cailean Lockwood - 09-18-2016, 04:23 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Zelmanov - 09-18-2016, 05:47 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Valen - 09-20-2016, 02:04 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Solenne - 09-20-2016, 03:44 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Sylentmana - 09-20-2016, 08:35 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Cecily Jisi - 09-20-2016, 09:33 AM RE: Canon RPers and You - by FullmoonFeline - 09-20-2016, 02:51 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Gegenji - 09-20-2016, 03:02 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Pip - 09-20-2016, 03:16 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Val - 09-20-2016, 03:03 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kilieit - 09-20-2016, 03:19 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Verad - 09-20-2016, 07:34 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by McBeefâ„¢ - 09-20-2016, 07:55 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Warren Castille - 09-20-2016, 07:56 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by McBeefâ„¢ - 09-20-2016, 07:57 PM RE: Canon RPers and You - by Kilieit - 09-20-2016, 08:07 PM

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