I skimmed over most of the posts here save for the Original Post and Zope's post in specific.
However, that being said, I do not believe anyone is calling out anyone or anything like that.
Now for my two bits. The topic of the thread is a little different than what has actually been discussed I believe? It is a very subtle difference, though. Or at least that is what it feels like to me because the tone seems to have diverted from "can non-emotional characters be 'emotive'" to "are descriptive emotes better than short emotes".
To be simple and simplistic (since people like Zope already nailed it on the head) in my answer to the original post, yes, yes you can absolutely be emotive with a non-emotional character.Â
To give yet another example as many have already demonstrated:
Tobias glances over to his left with an expressionless gaze. No inflection in his voice to hint at a passing of emotions.Â
However, that being said, I do not believe anyone is calling out anyone or anything like that.
Now for my two bits. The topic of the thread is a little different than what has actually been discussed I believe? It is a very subtle difference, though. Or at least that is what it feels like to me because the tone seems to have diverted from "can non-emotional characters be 'emotive'" to "are descriptive emotes better than short emotes".
To be simple and simplistic (since people like Zope already nailed it on the head) in my answer to the original post, yes, yes you can absolutely be emotive with a non-emotional character.Â
To give yet another example as many have already demonstrated:
Tobias glances over to his left with an expressionless gaze. No inflection in his voice to hint at a passing of emotions.Â
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On to the next issue that inadvertently arose! "Long descriptive or short and sweet?!"
The truth of the matter is this. Neither are better than the other. Everyone has their own style. Everyone has the right to their style. To each their bloody fucking own! There are RPers,like me, who will conform and meld to make whoever their RPing with feel more 'comfortable/at ease' (PLEASE RP WITH ME! Please? I have no friends T.T) and they themselves are comfortable with doing any style of RP.
In a writing a novel/story perspective, I believe it is all about pacing. Pacing. Pacing. Pacing. There are times when you really want to slow down the moment and delve into the minute details of the scene, but then there are times when you make the description broad and general to progress the story quickly.
Slow down. Speed up. When that is done (and everything that it entails) is what matters. Lest we have page after page after page...after page...about walking through meadows and trees and plains and mountains and more trees and more meadows in glorious, beautiful, descriptive detail...my apologies Lord Tolkien 
