I'm admittedly wary of Garlean role-players, too. At first it was because I came across too many people just using "Garlean" as synonym for "evil." That's not to say Garleans can't be and often aren't evil, of course, but I just came across a lot of people who seemed to have both no reasoning for their characters behavior and no understanding of Garlemald. It was like they asked themselves, "How can I make my character a villain? I know, I'll have them be a Garlean so they're evil!!"
Nowadays, I see less of that and more... people role-playing Garleans, but playing them as openly loyal yet wanting it to be goofy, fun, slice-of-life social RP tavern-hopping with no consequences allowed (until they find some excuse for their character to go full bad-ass and beat people up with their Magitek prowess)? It's made me even more wary than I was before. Which may be a bit hypocritical coming from someone with a Garlean and a half-Garlean, but decent Garlean RP has always been difficult to find.
Nowadays, I see less of that and more... people role-playing Garleans, but playing them as openly loyal yet wanting it to be goofy, fun, slice-of-life social RP tavern-hopping with no consequences allowed (until they find some excuse for their character to go full bad-ass and beat people up with their Magitek prowess)? It's made me even more wary than I was before. Which may be a bit hypocritical coming from someone with a Garlean and a half-Garlean, but decent Garlean RP has always been difficult to find.
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