I don't tend to treat fantasia as lore, because as stated above, it isn't actually seen in-lore in any major storyline and might not ever be. That said, I can understand why people might decide to just fantasia, and not change their name. Maybe they don't exclusively RP anymore. Maybe they want to keep their name so people can find them. Maybe they're changing the concept and simply dropping all previous RP history with that character because what they wanted to do with them didn't really pan out. Or it's entirely possible that they can afford a fantasia, but not a fantasia and a name change.
I, personally, don't see a point in utilizing a fantasia for any of my characters, except in the case of minor tweaks and such, but even those don't really 'count', since none of them relate to the fantasia itself (character's getting a tan, eye color change via alchemical lenses or something similar, disguises, etc). That said, I'm not going to crucify someone for it. I might gloss over it in conversation, or have my character dismiss that part of the discussion as unimportant information.
Personally, as far as fantasia itself goes, I find it much easier to pawn off sudden changes so far as race/height/body structure/build/gender as a type of glamour than to work a fantasia into the story. 'Glamour' also means that if I eventually get tired of the change, I can switch my character back, since it's known that glamours can be long lasting, but typically aren't permanent.
I think part of the choice behind it is that people like to be stubborn about a character concept, or in the worst case scenario, they paint themselves into a corner with something. They make or utilize some type of change to their character, really want to change it back, and aren't sure where else to go with it except to spin it out as a 'this character needs to change, and so I'll fantasia them'. Some people might even choose fantasia not realizing that it isn't typically accepted as in-lore. It all depends on perspective and reasoning, I guess. People sometimes have weird reasons for doing things.
I, personally, don't see a point in utilizing a fantasia for any of my characters, except in the case of minor tweaks and such, but even those don't really 'count', since none of them relate to the fantasia itself (character's getting a tan, eye color change via alchemical lenses or something similar, disguises, etc). That said, I'm not going to crucify someone for it. I might gloss over it in conversation, or have my character dismiss that part of the discussion as unimportant information.
Personally, as far as fantasia itself goes, I find it much easier to pawn off sudden changes so far as race/height/body structure/build/gender as a type of glamour than to work a fantasia into the story. 'Glamour' also means that if I eventually get tired of the change, I can switch my character back, since it's known that glamours can be long lasting, but typically aren't permanent.
I think part of the choice behind it is that people like to be stubborn about a character concept, or in the worst case scenario, they paint themselves into a corner with something. They make or utilize some type of change to their character, really want to change it back, and aren't sure where else to go with it except to spin it out as a 'this character needs to change, and so I'll fantasia them'. Some people might even choose fantasia not realizing that it isn't typically accepted as in-lore. It all depends on perspective and reasoning, I guess. People sometimes have weird reasons for doing things.
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