(Obligatory Apology.... see? I feel bad even using an example.... here!)
That is where lies the problem though. You don't want to ruin someone's time by offending them with the tone of your language but you don't want to be less true to your character or to be unrealistic.
Lets create an example(for the record, nothing like my character I mentioned):
"Get out of my face, woman. As if I would associate with the likes of you.."
versus
"Get the fuck out of my face, you tramp. As if I would have affiliation with a diseased-ridden, whore like yourself."
The second example demonstrates a more harsh and brute-ish personality but could easily be seen as very distasteful to many people. This is where it starts affecting RP. Where do you draw the lines and where should you make exceptions? Allow characters to have more extreme personalities and enhance realism or be more soft for the sake of being as harmless as possible?
Softening personalities isn't just about being less realistic either, it also affects interpretations of a character. In the first example there is still room for doubt. Maybe the guy is having a really bad day or has good reason to dislike the person. The second example however leaves me with no sympathy for him and results in me looking down on him as disgusting, same way my characters would.
That is where lies the problem though. You don't want to ruin someone's time by offending them with the tone of your language but you don't want to be less true to your character or to be unrealistic.
Lets create an example(for the record, nothing like my character I mentioned):
"Get out of my face, woman. As if I would associate with the likes of you.."
versus
"Get the fuck out of my face, you tramp. As if I would have affiliation with a diseased-ridden, whore like yourself."
The second example demonstrates a more harsh and brute-ish personality but could easily be seen as very distasteful to many people. This is where it starts affecting RP. Where do you draw the lines and where should you make exceptions? Allow characters to have more extreme personalities and enhance realism or be more soft for the sake of being as harmless as possible?
Softening personalities isn't just about being less realistic either, it also affects interpretations of a character. In the first example there is still room for doubt. Maybe the guy is having a really bad day or has good reason to dislike the person. The second example however leaves me with no sympathy for him and results in me looking down on him as disgusting, same way my characters would.
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Characters: Andre Winter (Hy'ur) / K'nahli Yohko (Miqo'te)
