(12-19-2013, 03:12 PM)Ckayah Tia Wrote:(12-19-2013, 02:53 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:This. So much this.(12-19-2013, 02:48 PM)Magellan Wrote: Implicit consent is a slippery slope that leads to situations exactly like the one that is being debated. Dark and manipulative rp can lead to characters becoming broken and unplayable (as has happened to me), and suck the fun out of the entire process.
After finding out an IC friend (and I thought OOC friend) was scheming to rape one of my characters without consent, I was faced with retconning entire months worth of rp, or putting that character on the shelf for awhile (I chose the latter).
You had another option. Â Telling the player, "No. Â Not just no, but fuck no. Â Get bent." Â If that seems too harsh for you, please, by all means, contact me and I will be your angry ball of angry and tell them for you. Â I promise to leave most of their face intact when I'm done. Â
I don't mean to make light of the subject, but how is it any different than someone scheming to murder your one of your characters without your consent?Â
I mean, if that same person was planning on killing your character, would you be faced with the choice of either retconning months worth of RP or setting the character aside? No. You'd have the (well-established) choices of also saying "Sorry, nope. I don't agree", or acting out the fight and defending your character successfully. A rape scheme is really no different:
A: "My dear man, now you're mine, whether you like it or not." *stalks B, club in hand*
B: "A! How could you! I trusted you!" *whips out a knife and menaces A while circling around towards the door*
Another option instead of putting your character on the shelf, ret-conning, or telling them to get bent, or doing the RP and defending yourself and kicking his ass (I particularly like this option best), you can turn that character into an NPC in your story. Keep everything up until that point, but now instead of that person playing the character it's an NPC. Or if you don't want to do that, write an excuse for why that person is no longer around ( I know that yes they still are but they aren't someone you'd be RPing with anymore), they could go on a journey in order to "find themselves" or they were sent to the front lines or may other things. Or, I mean the person wasn't willing to discuss things with you, so you could even go so far as to say they died in a tragic accident while fighting the Garleans.
There are so many options in response to any situation. Don't let someone ruin your fun by putting the character on a shelf. You RP to enjoy yourself. So enjoy yourself and to hell with anyone who tries to ruin your fun.
