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Caspar · **02-09-2017, 01:17 PM**

(02-08-2017, 11:47 PM)Knight Kat Wrote: Almost every race has an OOC stigma attached. My friend gets teased, and subjected to all sorts of BS for playing a Lalafell, and he plays one of the best Lalafell characters I have ever seen. It's like people sit around and have pow-wows about what stigmas to assign to which race.

Au Ra had stigmas assigned to them before they even became playable. I've played a Keeper of the Moon Miqo'te for years with great success, and my Au Ra Xaela has been called a "scale-waifu" more times than I can count, but she is relatively well-liked too.

Half the time, the stigmas are mere jokes. Some people take the stigmas seriously. You don't have to play with those people.

I promise there are more than enough people who will not make their choice to RP with you based on silly racial stigmas.

The personal advice I offer you is learn the lore, practice good writing, always try to improve, make your character with believable strengths and weaknesses and RP cooperatively with others. This will make you and your character loved regardless of their race.

I must second this. I believe that one doesn't really know what it means to play a stigmatized race until your main is Lalafell. Though all races have their own stereotypes among players, the less common ones have very little ability to dispel them. The scarcity of Lalafell players combined with the somewhat inflexible way they're presented by the Main Story Quests means that negative impressions fall heavily upon a small (lol) group that's easy to punch down into. But I accepted this as an issue that I'd have to deal with when I chose the race. People not taking you seriously even OOCly, slandering you, assuming you're a troll, derogatory language, passive aggressive tells; I endure it all with a stiff upper lip. I've definitely been in my share of "that RP is bad" pow-wows where the stigma is brought up. Not to scare anyone but rather than it being "as if" these group deprecating talks occur, it's more like they *do.* For some a cursory sense of superiority is worth it, even if the rush only lasts a few moments.

I say don't take it to heart. Miqote may be common, but playing a character you don't love to please others is almost always disappointing to you in the end. Focus on selling your concept to others and committing to developing your character like you would any interesting character in a story and you'll eventually find an appreciative audience as I have.

Is it considered "weird" to play a Miqo'te?

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