Here's a thought, as well:
Eorzea is a land with a distinct caste system in the various nations that comprise it. There's also failingly little evidence of photographs existing, and there's definitely no television. If you AREN'T a part of the high-ranking adventuring class, how does anyone even know what these people look like? Who the hell is Thancred? What's a Ser Grinneaux? We as players know what these names mean, but unconnected player characters can reasonably doubt someone being who they say they are. This leads to...
Playing an NPC requires a certain degree of decorum, sort of: If you're playing Raubahn or the Sultana or a Scion, it sort of forces the RP to acknowledge that person exists. As mentioned above, it's difficult to imagine running into Johnny Depp at a coffee shop, but if it DOES happen you can guarantee that the topic of the scene is going to be Johnny Depp At A Coffee Shop. It has the capacity to derail anything else going on when you cash in a character's celebrity.
I don't really understand why people like roleplaying canon characters, so I can't explain the appeal. To someone like me it kind of reeks of "Give me attention" and I logically know that isn't the case, but I've seen enough instances of someone sucking the air out of the room trying to swing that unearned clout and it doesn't settle well with me. That makes me feel bad for the people like the OP, who are just doing it to present a scene for their friends.
I'm alright with it happening for planned arcs, but I can't really explain away why the Azure Dragoon is hanging out with pirates in Limsa and getting drunk.
edit: And truthfully, I'd rather not have to. It's the same as when people do hugely-dramatic actions in public places: Magey explosion fights in the open streets, giant military maneuvering that would have major consequences in the MSQ, and the random "A primal appears in the Canopy and slaughters tons of people" kind of stuff does more to splinter a community than it does to bring one together. Someone Important turning up in public isn't on that scale, but the impact is the same: You either go with it or you don't, and that can splinter coherency in some awful ways. Shared communities don't handle one person or group telling them what the RP canon is, and yes, even in trivial things like "Minfy and Tataru Buy Dresses."
Eorzea is a land with a distinct caste system in the various nations that comprise it. There's also failingly little evidence of photographs existing, and there's definitely no television. If you AREN'T a part of the high-ranking adventuring class, how does anyone even know what these people look like? Who the hell is Thancred? What's a Ser Grinneaux? We as players know what these names mean, but unconnected player characters can reasonably doubt someone being who they say they are. This leads to...
Playing an NPC requires a certain degree of decorum, sort of: If you're playing Raubahn or the Sultana or a Scion, it sort of forces the RP to acknowledge that person exists. As mentioned above, it's difficult to imagine running into Johnny Depp at a coffee shop, but if it DOES happen you can guarantee that the topic of the scene is going to be Johnny Depp At A Coffee Shop. It has the capacity to derail anything else going on when you cash in a character's celebrity.
I don't really understand why people like roleplaying canon characters, so I can't explain the appeal. To someone like me it kind of reeks of "Give me attention" and I logically know that isn't the case, but I've seen enough instances of someone sucking the air out of the room trying to swing that unearned clout and it doesn't settle well with me. That makes me feel bad for the people like the OP, who are just doing it to present a scene for their friends.
I'm alright with it happening for planned arcs, but I can't really explain away why the Azure Dragoon is hanging out with pirates in Limsa and getting drunk.
edit: And truthfully, I'd rather not have to. It's the same as when people do hugely-dramatic actions in public places: Magey explosion fights in the open streets, giant military maneuvering that would have major consequences in the MSQ, and the random "A primal appears in the Canopy and slaughters tons of people" kind of stuff does more to splinter a community than it does to bring one together. Someone Important turning up in public isn't on that scale, but the impact is the same: You either go with it or you don't, and that can splinter coherency in some awful ways. Shared communities don't handle one person or group telling them what the RP canon is, and yes, even in trivial things like "Minfy and Tataru Buy Dresses."
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