(10-18-2016, 05:42 AM)Valence Wrote:(10-17-2016, 08:10 PM)Kilieit Wrote: Welcome to a train of thought that leads to never roleplaying anything interesting, ever, because it's "too risky" or makes you a "special snowflake" (didn't we get over the term "special snowflake" and the concepts behind it in, like, 2013?).
By this logic, I wouldn't be roleplaying an Au Ra.
I'd reiterate what everyone else said to you on the previous page.
I for one, find the lore complying stuff to be way more interesting than special snowflakism. Just a matter of tastes and all..
Also no, Au'ra is not special snowflakism. Some things are risky considering the low amount of lore we know for Raen especially, but again, it's not like some other races haven't a clear lack of info either...
I... uh... wasn't seriously suggesting that roleplaying an au ra makes one a special snowflake, hahaha.
I was using au ra as an example to point out that roleplaying something we know nothing about shouldn't be a one-way ticket to "well you deserved it for being a special snowflake" when you're forced to retcon something later. It's a regular part of roleplay, and deserves a regular amount of sympathy (and leeway) when something new comes out that screws up a lot of what people were doing.
Like I said before, I thought we collectively got over berating people for being "special snowflakes" in 2013. I'm genuinely shocked to see the term being used unironically in this thread.