Aysun

I've played with the idea of death, because I like the idea of leaving a mark in another character's story like that. However, not all people like that, and I have attachment issues. Aysun is such an old character now (since pre-launch of 1.0 seems like a lot for one character, to me). I feel like at some point it could just get silly with 'everything she's been through/seen.' I have to monitor things to extend her life as a viable character for roleplay. Make sure they still make sense. Make sure she doesn't get a scar from EVERY mission, or even participate in them all, because it just gets unrealistic at a point. This has slowed her down in the sense of adventuring and participation in plots, but it's worked for me thus far (and has given me an extra layer of IC frustration to deal with x3). She still has one very big issue in her own backstory to confront, but then she's pretty much tapped out in that regard. Then it's just dealing with the day to day things I find in RP. The plots of friends and such! She's a side character, luckily, and most of her experiences come from her role in other peoples' stories - which is what I enjoy most. I think her death, if it is to happen in RP at any point, will be when I resign or am close to it. Done RPing her, period. It will have to be meaningful, to add something significant to someone's story. I'd want it to affect their character's life, so that she's remembered! If that moment doesn't present itself, she will be retired and be allowed to live out her happily ever after off-scene. I have a feeling it will be the latter, if only because I'm not sure my RP friends would WANT to RP the effects of her death on their characters. Unrealistic, maybe. But I don't do alts well. I focus on one character generally and throw everything I have into them. Aysun especially is close to my heart because I RP'd her elsewhere (though they are two very different versions of her as a character), and I've used her name in instances where I didn't even RP. She is my main OC, and my pseudonym online. Even her look is something I want to keep, even playing without RPing, because it's just perfect for me to play. I would have a hard time letting go unexpectedly. It'll have to be on my terms when I'm ready to stop RPing her. Because of this, I don't allow her in situations where there is the possibility of certain death by RNG. I don't send her into stupidly dangerous situations on a whim without preparations. She can and will get injured, badly, on occasion to remind her of mortality so she does not get reckless. I'm not going to God-mode out of death because I was stupid and got her into a situation with no way out.

OH my god, all these things. ...When you share a mental disorder with your character, but omg the character had it for legitimate reasons before you were even diagnosed don't judge me. ...When you have a goddamn believable reason for every. thing. they. do. period. Either in backstory or RP. ...When you can't wear certain (unique, slutty, badass) gear OOC because it just looks wrong on your character.

I've been surprised for a long time that there wasn't a LS for Resistance RPers. Yes, it's hard because we don't know what is going on on that front really, but I would think some sort of RP could be had..

This thread has been a good read. It's nice to not feel 'alone' in some things.. Though, I'm not terribly worried about anything regarding my character anymore. I've grown more than comfortable with her over the time playing her, and am well aware that there are plenty of parts of her that people won't like. Whether it be that she's snowflakey (Echo, Carteneau time warpy person - hi my name is 1.0 x_x) or just too bitchy to get close to. I have a small circle who enjoy her and can use her for their plots, and I enjoy her, so here we are. I suppose one thing I do worry about is that people will think that I put too much of myself into her. She does have some of my personality traits, albeit exaggerated, which is probably why she is so easy for me to play. Her overall personality is her own still, and has been shaped by her experiences (both in her history and through RP). Sometimes people don't like those traits, but I am able to separate the two easily enough. If someone criticizes one of those traits in her, I'm not exactly going to mind - they're criticizing her character, not mine. And while she's my mindbaby and I love her, I don't expect everyone else to! Most of my uncertainty/insecurity is all OOC and with RP in general. I worry that I come off as unapproachable, uninterested, or stuck up. Anyone who knows me knows I struggle with asking for RP, or being asked for it, even though I pretty much always want to RP. The actual asking will kill my RP mood. The idea of setting up a plot or discussing a meeting OOCly or starting a scene on Skype to RP sends me into a fit of anxiety and I shut down and can't do it. Thus, I rarely, if ever ask someone for RP, no matter how interested I am in their character, or how good a friend they may be OOC. When I ask someone, I feel like I'm putting myself on the spot, almost like stage fright. I am afraid that there are all these expectations, that I am supposed to bring something specific to RP about... when I usually don't have anything specific in mind, I just want to RP and see what happens. My preferred methods of starting up RP are simply different than most people. I like linkshell RP, as it allows me to just slip IC whatever I am doing, and often leads to meeting up with people at a location naturally. Or, if someone wants to ask me OOC, just a simple "are you available for RP?" and a quick decision of where to meet is best. I worry that my reputation is poor and still follows me. I've been told I'm a bear to moderate when it comes to forum/linkshell/etc. I tend to lack a filter at times when it comes to my opinions, and can come off as hostile. I'm also not afraid to call someone out. During the downtime between 1.0 and 2.0, we were not all on our best behavior, me included. I was involved in more than one heated discussion both here and in our old Skype group. I still have some topics that get me fired up around RP and lore, but I deliberately avoid such conversations here and elsewhere. I'm focused more on just enjoying my time than worrying about what other people may be doing these days. I'm learning to accept more things outside my comfort zone. It's been a good experience. I worry about my writing (who doesn't?). 5~ years of XIV RP and my writing style has definitely changed when it comes to RP. Though I have my roots in paragraph-roleplay, I am not all that comfortable with it anymore. I am descriptive when I want to convey emotion or mood, but I do not get very creative with my words. My posts are short and often speech-only, especially for conversation-RP. I would rather the conversation progress and be able to talk about more things IC with shorter posts than have lengthy, descriptive posts and have a 30 minute conversation last five hours. That's the preference I've developed, though. RP has become more about playing the character than the writing for me. Seeing her and those around her develop, building relationships, and so on. Something I'm most self-conscious about is my use of past- and present- tense in my writing. I tend to switch tenses frequently and seemingly at random, and I have no idea why. I heard this is a pet peeve and ever since then I've become aware that I do it and self-conscious about it. ..That got long-winded. I have enough anxiety and insecurity to write ten more of those paragraphs probably, but that gets away from RP and just social anxiety in general, so I will spare you all.

No, it explicitly states you are A Warrior of Light at the beginning of 2.0, that is one of the unrecognizable people who were at Carteneau and disappeared for 5 years. The actions of your character, one of many returning Warriors of Light, will lead them to become THE Warrior of Light (same as the actions of a non-Legacy player's character). /OT

I'm curious why they had to change any of the Duty Finder properties to begin with at that update... I never had problems before other than the usual DPS queues sucking sometimes, but that was to be expected. At least it WORKED. And we could join in-progress parties reliably to help out our friends when people bail. It's all broken now. And PS Ryanti, doing the three extreme primals to get your i90 weapon 2.x was so not just a mediocre alternative to T5. You have no idea how much pain I had in PF parties til I got my bow. Titan Ex is forever a scar.

If you communicate to the player who is probably not coming back, and your RP circle is also not going to give you a hard time with the retcon, I don't see why not. Retcons are my last resort personally, but it's about what makes the experience fun for you!

Still love our Haurchefant.. he was a sweetie.

This fails to answer why a word such as "fuck" is inappropriate. As mentioned before, one reason for its lack of use in a game is highly likely to be the rating of the game. It's already been stated that it's not just a modern word. At some point in time someone's going to get tired of using "pissing" or "swiving" and will want another. We all have our flavor for how we swear even in real life, perhaps they just don't like how pissing or swiving are used. Nor do they want to bugger off. Oh. It's a personal preference. I never said it was inappropriate for use, just that I prefer when people use words that are used by NPCs (I listed some examples) instead. Not like I haven't used 'fuck' in RP before. It's not used by NPCs likely due to game rating, as you said, but they use substitute words and sayings to communicate the same thing, so why not use what they are? Just more immersive imo when people put thought into fitting into the environment we have. Doesn't mean people are wrong not to, or wrong for writing differently, or wrong for not knowing any better. I'm asking because I want to figure out why people think it doesn't fit, as you said. Why does the word become jarring for some? Why does the word make it stand out instead of it just fitting right in? Why does the word not fit Eorzea's environment? Is it because it's a word we use often now? I see no reason at all for why it shouldn't fit. It is not as if it is a new word. It's not a new phrase. It literally only doesn't "fit" well to me personally because it is not used by the NPCs. It makes it jarring at first, yes.

This fails to answer why a word such as "fuck" is inappropriate. As mentioned before, one reason for its lack of use in a game is highly likely to be the rating of the game. It's already been stated that it's not just a modern word. At some point in time someone's going to get tired of using "pissing" or "swiving" and will want another. We all have our flavor for how we swear even in real life, perhaps they just don't like how pissing or swiving are used. Nor do they want to bugger off. Oh. It's a personal preference. I never said it was inappropriate for use, just that I prefer when people use words that are used by NPCs (I listed some examples) instead. Not like I haven't used 'fuck' in RP before. It's not used by NPCs likely due to game rating, as you said, but they use substitute words and sayings to communicate the same thing, so why not use what they are? Just more immersive imo when people put thought into fitting into the environment we have. Doesn't mean people are wrong not to, or wrong for writing differently, or wrong for not knowing any better.

Like I said, I prefer to see what is used by the NPCs be used by RPers. They seem to use archaic words AND modern British(loosely)-style stuff.

They also use "rut" and "bugger", depending on context. "Rut" is used for sex. "Bugger" is profanity. Swiv.....I've only seen the Limsan NPCs use though. Context could make it weird if two fancy Ishgardian men are in an argument and one of them outs "piratespeak". Weeeell considering Estinien was the one who said it there, we could think of it more as just an extremely foul thing to say (as 'fuck' is) that any Eorzean would use, not just pirates. Pirates of course, speak dirtier than most, and would of course use it more frequently!

Used to bother me to see the f-bomb IC. I preferred people who tried to be creative and come up with swears similar to those the NPCs used (whoresons, Thal's balls, Matron's teat [tit? can't remember], Seven Hells! etc). I still prefer when people use shite or bloody over the more real-world swears, but it doesn't bother me anymore to see the latter used. For the record, the NPCs have given us a word to use instead of fuck. swive swīv/ verbarchaichumorous have sexual intercourse with.

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I'm glad it wasn't just me. I was actually attempting to do some edits tonight on my page and get that same error whenever I try to save it. Halp, wiki-mod!

I am dying at that comic. DYING.

That happens a lot in England, too. People will ask how you are instinctively but then when you answer they're disinterested or just don't respond when you ask the same thing in turn. I'm so glad this isn't a thing in the Netherlands, people would legit tell others to mind their own business and leave them alone. Oddly, it was a friend from Holland that once chewed me out as a teenager. Saying that I was a shit person because I 'never asked her how she was'. Now I am hyper paranoid even into my adult life about asking people... >>;;

The mark is only on those who were teleported through time by Louisoix at Carteneau. The only way I could think she'd end up with it is if she saw it, liked it, and got it tattooed. Or if it was another mark and you just used the legacy mark as a filler. I'm sure there will be actual ideas of a more useful nature posted, however...

Holy crapbaskets I love this stuff. You draw guys good.. and girls good.. and wow.

Gaw I wish I could go. If this was like.. ONE HOUR EARLIER. If you ever change the times, look me up. x_x Definitely miss doing this stuff IC.

All that means is that they chose not to heal whoever died. "The Will of the Forest" is bandied about a lot, but the truth is, the only limits to a conjurer's ability to heal someone are their own skill and the strength of the ambient aether. The Elementals aren't preventing you from doing it, and I wouldn't put it past certain self-centered Hearers (who, remember, have absolutely no innate reason we are aware of to be good-of-heart) to simply say the Elementals don't want someone to be healed when the Elementals don't actually care. The Elementals are unlikely to know, since as far as we know, they don't understand mortal speech. Are there limits on what healers do? Sure. That doesn't mean they aren't miracle workers, though, for all intents and purposes. If we really want to get into semantics we could also talk about what is considered a miracle in a world of magic. For the record, I mean this seriously! I wonder what Eorzeans would consider a miracle if powerful healing magic was easy/common/etc.

I'm curious as to why you think healers aren't miracle workers? They can raise people from the edge of death (people who have all the appearance of being dead) back to life, among other amazing things. My reasoning for healers not being miracle workers would be the mourning people right outside the Stillglade Fane..

It really sounded like "Netflix and chill" sort of thing.. RE: OP.. Aysun fishes a lot. Could run into each other sometime! (If you don't mind blatant, confusing racism as an introduction..)

This feels like it was the last of the "original" or "oldies" mod team. Or is someone still hiding in there from the 1.0 days? Merri, you remember it. IT WAS A BOOK. WITH PAGES. YOU CANNOT FORGET IT.

I believe I started doing this awhile back because I was around people who did, and because it helped me indicate that I was IC. I don't care what other people do, of course, I just use them myself!