I agree entirely, I never quite understood the concept of taking 2 characters and going "okay, now you both like each other VERY much!" just like that. The only case I would understand would be in the sense of prearranged marriages so there's still room to plot around them or if you wanted someone to play as a mother/father of another character. Otherwise, relationships should build and be organic, that's kinda why RP is fun and so interesting... You're not just writing a story, you're experiencing it and anything can happen through it. The uncertainty makes it what's fun, such is life.
On another note... There's a particular user and sometimes we get users that see these threads less of RP and more of "I want to get a date IRL". Sometimes people will go out of their way to even build a false profile for their characters to claim they "RP" but with hidden intentions beneath to try and obtain something IRL instead. It brings me discomfort to see users that will go out of their way desperately enough to force these things not just for "RP" but literally as a tool of manipulation into RL relationships.
i.e. "Looking for romantic partner for RP, must be this, this, this, and that, also must be this OOC, here's my phone number, OH! and my character is randomglopshovedtogetherlastminute, please contact me \o/."
This looks almost harmless at first glance with enough writing and beating around the bush but there's some instances that someone will post repeatedly that they're looking for this and will even remove most of their RP requirements just for the sake of hooking up too. It's a little disgusting to see it abused in this sense as it reminds me of a previous thread asking if RP was just another way to pick up people than get a nice story. Not naming names but there's been a few of em lately both in game and on the forums that feel like it's been true lately.
As a personal experience, I developed a romantic relationship with my previous persona out of a duo that started as treasure hunters. It also stemmed off an OOC relationship but that was prior to the persona's birth as is. In the end of it, I felt weird mixing the IC and OOC relationship as it was such a big part of my character too. It feels awkward to play as a persona that is so related to someone or nearly requires their character to exist that I figure any IC relationships or etc for my character should be less of an impact on my characters here on out. I've restrained from any relationships IC that may develop OOCly and vice versa to prevent this again. I can see IC relationships still happening but the degree I had mine on my previous persona was too far into the base of the character for the persona to work or feel right again, so for now I feel personally that relationships IC should be somewhat less priority or it takes away from the character themselves. Or it may leave an certain impression that may change how you treat this char ICly/OOCly too depending on how things go in said relationships if they get involved both OOC/IC. That's all just my personal experience though and how I go about it.
On another note... There's a particular user and sometimes we get users that see these threads less of RP and more of "I want to get a date IRL". Sometimes people will go out of their way to even build a false profile for their characters to claim they "RP" but with hidden intentions beneath to try and obtain something IRL instead. It brings me discomfort to see users that will go out of their way desperately enough to force these things not just for "RP" but literally as a tool of manipulation into RL relationships.
i.e. "Looking for romantic partner for RP, must be this, this, this, and that, also must be this OOC, here's my phone number, OH! and my character is randomglopshovedtogetherlastminute, please contact me \o/."
This looks almost harmless at first glance with enough writing and beating around the bush but there's some instances that someone will post repeatedly that they're looking for this and will even remove most of their RP requirements just for the sake of hooking up too. It's a little disgusting to see it abused in this sense as it reminds me of a previous thread asking if RP was just another way to pick up people than get a nice story. Not naming names but there's been a few of em lately both in game and on the forums that feel like it's been true lately.
As a personal experience, I developed a romantic relationship with my previous persona out of a duo that started as treasure hunters. It also stemmed off an OOC relationship but that was prior to the persona's birth as is. In the end of it, I felt weird mixing the IC and OOC relationship as it was such a big part of my character too. It feels awkward to play as a persona that is so related to someone or nearly requires their character to exist that I figure any IC relationships or etc for my character should be less of an impact on my characters here on out. I've restrained from any relationships IC that may develop OOCly and vice versa to prevent this again. I can see IC relationships still happening but the degree I had mine on my previous persona was too far into the base of the character for the persona to work or feel right again, so for now I feel personally that relationships IC should be somewhat less priority or it takes away from the character themselves. Or it may leave an certain impression that may change how you treat this char ICly/OOCly too depending on how things go in said relationships if they get involved both OOC/IC. That's all just my personal experience though and how I go about it.
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